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The main differences between the soft and hard cheeses is that hard cheese require a cheese press and cultures.
Cheese making is a commitment and requires a lot of patience. It's also an investment that requires several specialty items not available at your local store. Be prepared if you want to attempt it. If you try to take shortcuts you could end up with an inferior product.
It's also very fun and rewarding, especially with the high cost of specialty cheeses.
Step 1: Useful links
Here are some links I found to be helpful and informative.
This is a great forum with very experienced members. You'll find a lot of answers to your questions here.
A good site for a beginners. You can get recipes, ingredients, and equipment here.
I have this book, it's very good.
I buy my cultures here. You have to buy more culture but its cheaper overall.
Good site with info and recipes.
A google search of cheese making will give you a ton of information.
Great I'ble but just one thing (being Pedantic)
In step 4 you say to prevent mold (mould) you boil everything
In step 8 you check the curds using a thermometer or finger
That must really hurt boiling your finger for 30 minutes!! ;-)
We made many kind and types of chees but every family know how to make the basics.....Graviera Cheese (like this you 've made) and Feta Cheese
The holes number/size dependind on the zymosis (greek word) of the cheeses....long time more bables...
Also a tip (said by sheepowners who the make the best cheese....any cheese when you cut it, it brakes in smaller pieces this mean is well aged.) We age our cheese for 4-6 months for the hard and about 1-3 montths to feta..
These are my tries of makin cheese
And thanks for all the cheese.
I just wanted to add that I was recommended by a cheese maker to use these tablets you can buy to sterilize baby bottles. They dont leave any taste, so might be preferable to anyone considering a bleach solution.
I know you can buy them in the baby aisle here in NZ for a couple of bucks, and Im thinking there is probably a product similar in other parts of the world.
I've never used it but I've heard they work just as well.
To our author, I question the statement that milk loses calcium during the pasteurization process. Where does it go? All store-bought milk is pasteurized and most is also HOMOGENIZED (to prevent the cream rising to the top). It is the homogenization process that does something to the calcium that necessitates the addition of Calcium Chloride. Whatever this something is I am sure the calcium doesnât float off into the atmosphere. The homogenizing unit is just like a glorified blender that reduces the size of the cream particles. Nowhere have I seen an adequate and convincing explanation of what happens to the calcium (if anything) during the homogenization process, nor the real reason for the need to add calcium chloride. It is a mystery.
"Firstly I don't believe the millions of gallons of homogenized milk that are being sold every day is all useless as far as uptake of the calcium is concerned."
Several years ago, my physician was discussing the results of some lab tests with me. One of his question surprised me: "You don't drink much milk, do you?" I told him that I drink at least a quart a day, at every meal and an afternoon snack of milk and cookies. He replied, "Your body isn't using it very well, then." Since then, on doctor's orders, I take a daily supplement of 1000 mg of calcium because a quart of milk a day for some reason isn't providing me with enough calcium.
http://drlwilson.com/Articles/calcium.htm (Under cows milk and milk substitutes)
http://drcate.com/raw-milk-why-mess-with-udder-perfection/ (has a great graph)
Also, the cheese making bacteria don't need the calcium to culture the milk, but to make it congeal and form a clean break
http://www.cheesemaking.com/store/pg/239-FAQ-Cheesemaking-and-Milk.html (point 7, under "raw milk", and point 4 under Pasteurized/Homogenized milk).
There are more resources on this, but it's getting late (for me). I will however say that there is some level of controversy over why it's harder to absorb calcium from pasteurized homogenized milk. While fat-globule size is generally sited as a major problem, many people argue that the enzymes and vitamins destroyed in pasteurization are the problem. And to add to it all, goats milk is naturally homogenized and cheese makers don't seem to have any problem getting a clean break with that. So there is some mystery involved. I encourage you to do some of your own research, as I have only scratched the surface of this subject, and am by no means an expert. This is simply the explanation that seems most likely to me.
Do you use calcium chloride in your cheese?
Are you a real beekeeper? Beekeeping is one of my next ventures.
And yes I am a beekeeper. I started when I was about 15 (now 69) and have had up to 200 hives producing 40,000 lbs of honey in one season. Keeping bees has been my passion for all my adult life and I consider myself an expert, though no university degrees to show you. I have approx 400 books on beekeeping dated from the 1600s to modern times which I I find fascinating as they plot the development of beekeeping over time. Ask me any beekeeping questions you like. Which part of the world are you in? Unfortunately the widespread use of agricultural chemicals as well as cosmetic lawn care products and insecticides in urban areas have all contributed to huge declines in all insects including honey bees. As an example, the seed of most corn grown in the USA is coated with a neonicotinoid insecticide (related to nicotine in cigarettes). The amount of chemical applied to ONE seed is enough to kill 80,000 bees!! And the stuff takes years to break down in the soil. The coating on the seed gets into the plant and into the pollen, and when the bees collect the pollen and take to back to their hives it kills the baby bees in the hive.
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Thanks for the info.
As for getting a hive next year, never do today what you can put off til tomorrow. This time of year is the ideal time to start.
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I had a few options to upgrade my lights. I could buy some external driving lights from a company like Hella or KC. They are readily available in all shapes and sizes and are extremely bright. People often add them on their cars as additional fog lights, or even for off-roading. I decided that installing these on my car would be somewhat of a hassle. I would have to mount them, which involves drilling things. Then the new hole begins to rust (especially in the salty winters) and it creates more work. It would also put more load on the battery, and I would possibly have to install another relay.
I chose the second option, which was replace the sealed beam headlights with reflector enclosures. Then a normal halogen or xenon bulb can be clipped into the reflector and plugged right into the car's female plug. It was much less trouble, cheaper, and less things to go wrong in the future.
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I converted a motorcycle over to motorcycle E-code pattern (7 inch round housing), and even with a 35 watt halogen it's head and shoulders above the original 55 watt sealed beam.
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2) You leave yourself open to lawsuit if you do cause some to have an accident and a witness happens to get your license plate number.
3) If said witness call the police if you think of taking off after you CAUSED an accident you can and DEFINITELY be CHARGE with fleeing the scene of an accident which has some SERIOUS repercussions.
So I hope this gives you the idea to NOT do stuff like that.
Try driving for 10 or 11 hours straight and every third vehicle you meet have their auxiliary lights on! Talk about causing eye strain and fatigue. If most drivers would read their owners manual and check out their state traffic code, they would find out that they should treat their auxiliary lights as though they are high beam head lights. If you meet other vehicles, you should turn them off since they don't have a dimmer switch for them. Most auxiliary lights are brighter than low beam headlights and they only illuminate about 20 feet in front of the vehicle using them…but they cause an irritating glare. I have been using my high beams for years on drivers that run with their auxiliary lights on all the time. I don't know why they think they are so cool when they aren't. wrksnfx and lunchbox9864 both most likely run around with their bumper lights on blinding everybody and when someone throws the brights on them they get their feelings hurt because they can't be cool if they have to turn them off. All I have to say is if you can't see the road unless you are running those stupid auxiliary lights all the time…you need to stay home after dark and quit blinding everybody you meet on the highway! As for using my high beams to give you a taste of your own medicine…so be it. You get what you give!
Keep up the good work Yerboogieman and maybe those who think they are the only one's that matter will get the message...I am right there beside you giving it back to them! If they run off the road...it is probably because they were distractracted trying to figure out how to bright light you back and couldn't find the switch since they run around all the time blinding other drivers with those stupid bright bumper lights on!
If the headlights of D.O.T. approved stock vehicles are to bright for you then that means you should either if your headlights are hazy then they need to be recondition or upgrade your older vehicles stock headlights to the newer brighter headlights or both this will offset the brightness of visible light of oncoming traffic w/o blinding them and cause you less eyestrain & headaches.
Before you whine about my vehicle's is too old to do this on it my response is bull, because I own a 1979 Ford Ranchero 500 and I installed brighter lights on it in the STOCK headlight buckets, without any problems and yes it did cost a little more than old stock headlights a worthwhile investment but if you want to argue about it then look at this way.
Cost of newer headlights vs. less eyestrain & headaches = less eyestrain & headaches
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I've known him since he was a 19 year old kid when we first met way back in our days at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri.
I've seen him grow artistically into one of the greatest visual development / production design talents of the modern animation industry.
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In all the years he's been in animation he's been behind the creative scene in a great many of the biggest and most significant animated productions of our time.
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A light, flavorful cranberry holiday cake that is ready to eat in less than 5 minutes.
What You'll Need
- 1 Package Easy Cake Microwave Vanilla Cake Mix
- 1/4 Cup Sweetened Dried Cranberries (Craisins)
- 2 Tablespoons Orange Juice
- 2 Tablespoons Cooking Oil
- 1 Large Egg
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon Rum or Brandy (optional)
- Dash of Cinnamon (optional)
How to Make It
Chop the cranberries into 1/8 inch pieces and set aside. Mix the Easy Cake batter according to the package directions, using the orange juice instead of milk. Stir in booze and cinnamon if desired. Add the dried cranberry pieces and stir gently with a fork (make sure all cranberries are covered with batter). If desired, add the frosting bar that comes with the mix. Microwave for approximately 2 min 30 sec (cooking time will be about 10 seconds longer than for the plain cake, and should be increased or decreased depending on the power of your microwave oven and whether the frosting was used). Enjoy!
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That's a nice name, but a more descriptive one would be "Scrambled egg still in the shell". This is a simple egg trick my Sensei told me about; it's easy and fun and makes a tasty hard-boiled treat.
**UPDATE** I've done some research. The actual name in Japanese is
�rD�gu � or MD�D�g_~T which means Yellow Boiled Egg. Pretty straight forward name. I guess Golden egg is just the poetic version. (Instructables apparently doesn't support non-roman characters, so the Japanese didn't show up.)
Step 1: Getting started
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- one leg cut from a pair of nylons
**EDIT** It's been suggested that what I'm really using here is one leg from a pair of stockings. This could very well be true, as I know literally nothing about nylons or stockings. If so, just replace each instance of "nylons" with "stockings", and go at it!
**EDIT #2** Apparently the type of stocking / tight / legging / nylon may play a larger role than I knew. The stockings I use have a relatively low level of stretch. If the material is too stretchy then it won't spin properly. Also, it took me 4 eggs before I finally got a Golden egg (before I figured out the flashlight check in Step 3), so hang in there if it doesn't work on the first try!
once you scrmble and boil the egg the thin membrane between the shell and a regular boiled egg is gone making it hard to peel.cut the egg in half and dig it out with a spoon
This can be is a positive. The thin membrane is extremely nutritious. It's sold as a dietary supplement to alleviate joint pain. I've been trying to figure out a way to better eat the membrane: it's hard to remove from egg shells. So this is a nice find!
I found this via
http://www.supercompressor.com/home/golden-goose-scramble-your-eggs-while-they-re-still-in-the-shell-kickstarter which mentions this Kickstarter project Golden Goose, though I think an old pair of tights (aka panty hose) would be better than a long sleeved t-shirt
Check Julia Child hard boiled eggs in pressure cooker, shell almost peels itself, best & easiest I've ever tried.
once you scrmble and boil the egg the thin membrane between the shell and a regular boiled egg is gone making it hard to peel.cut the egg in half and dig it out with a spoon
This guy made a cool egg spinner. Going to try it out tomorrow.
Right now I am visualizing a plastic easter egg large enough to hold a real egg and fitted with a mandrel. We'll see--if it works, posted here, if not, YouTube.
Also, see the Instructable for how to test the scrambling process with a lamp.
Many people are under the impression that the peeling problem has to do with how quickly or slowly the eggs were cooled after cooking. It actually has nothing to do with the cooking process. It is mostly due to the age of the egg itself. Fresher eggs have a lower albumen (egg white) pH which causes the whites to more strongly bond with the shell membrane. Additionally, eggs have what is known as an "air sack" in the wide bottom portion of the shell. As an egg ages it loses moisture through the shell and the air sack grows bigger. Older eggs are easier to peel because their air sack is larger and thus the membrane that is just inside the shell is easier to remove. Fresher eggs have a much smaller air sack and thus the shell and membrane are more tightly bonded with the cooked egg white.
the best, and easiest way to make a hard boiled egg, prescrambled or other wise is to use an older egg to begin with. put the egg in cold water, bring the water to a boil, then kill the heat and let it cool down on its own.
Peeling of regular hardboiled eggs is dependent on the freshness of the eggs and how they are hard boiled, so these may be factors as well but I am banking on the disrupted membranes theory.
My egg spinner is made with one 500ml water bottle with bottom removed and a small hole in the lid. A screwdriver bit was put in the lid hole with copious duct tape used to fasten it all together.
Unfortunately I think I scrambled the eggs too well as only one of the four survived boiling (the shells cracked on the rest). But here it is in all its delicious, golden glory!
I would say you have confirmed the speculation that reversal is key to success with these things. Got to get those insides moving and let inertia do the rest.
I'm not sure why three of my eggs cracked during boiling. All four looked good after spinning and the three that cracked did so with a audible pop (sometimes accompanied with flying boiling water!). I also had a few regular boiled eggs from the same carton pop as well.
I can also confirm that the Golden Egg is definitely a bugger to peel. I just used the same spoon method mentioned above to get the results shown in my pics.
isn't it so much like the instructables community to see an age-old, dirt-simple technique and say "but what if I chucked an egg holder into my drill instead?"
Handling eggs at high speed can be tricky ;-)
I have seen egg beaters with a single "beater". A couple of cuts, open the cage, insert your egg, secure with a rubber band and spin that baby!
To the "Dollar Store"!
Thanks for the ible ATTILAtheHungrey.
My first success.
Wow! Impressive. And I love the flashlight trick. Never would've thunk it.
If speed of the drill is the problem, then perhaps you need a faster tool, like a router.


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Just got a 135 and it had flux core wire .030 and it was welding fine. I changed out to solid wire, changed polarity and adjusted tension and it seems to start out fine then seems to lose the feed rate. The same ground point was used for both( was practicing on some scrap pieces. As I'm new to welding, I don't have enough experience to no where to look first. The gas is straight CO2. Thanks, Tom
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Look at spool tension as well as tension at the feed rollers.
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you need to start with mixed gas 25% argon 70%co2. Then check your rollers and make sure they are operating on the right size. one groove is for .035 and one groove is for .023 wire. make sure that the tensioner is tight enough to hold the wire from slipping when its being fed trough to the gun. Also make sure the wire is nice and clean and hasen't been sitting on a shelf rusting. Check your tip also.... you will need to buy some spares especially if the tip was used with the flux core wire. When you buy the tips make sure that the tips are for the size wire that you are using.... and buy a tip cleaner kit also, about three bucks.
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I do believe the stickout was too long and it seems to be welding better
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After being privy to the observations and objections raised privately by Indonesian friends to the misuse of religious conversion in mixed marriages (Tamu + Indonesian) one is forced to bring this out in the open to highlight the resultant side effects…the generation of disenfranchised children born of these marriages.
Presently, there exists a growing trend among expats/Tamu in Bali and other parts of Indonesia to resort to the convenient way to get married to an Indonesian…convert to Islam.
This does not appear to be a problem per se but it does raise a number of issues that need to be urgently redressed not only by local communities but also government and foreign embassies.
Some say that converting to Islam is easy: contact a Muslim cleric, confess your sins, convert to Islam, promising to follow the precepts laid down by this great Faith.
Quite often the 'converted' who carry a Muslim name in their wallet do not make the change in their passport, inform/register the marriage with Indonesian authorities and further do not follow the basic principles of the Faith, even in the food they eat or the lifestyle they live.
This is an insult to Islam and its followers.
Respecting the Faith (Islam) is the first casualty. Following closely is the fate of the children from these marriages.
By what Faith are they brought up? What cultural values are instilled in them? What are their legal rights in Indonesia, as well as, the home country of the 'foreign' parent?
And how does one arrive at the answers when many such marriages are not 'registered' with relevant Indonesian authorities and the concerned foreign embassy.
To add to the problems of the children is the known fact that the 'foreign' parent, in some cases, has divorced and remarried more than once under Islamic rites.
One wonders what the fate of these children will be (domestic disturbances aside) in the event of the death of the 'foreign' parent, diplomatic disputes or worse still, war.
It has been suggested that government must use the Banjar, local polisi, immigration and the foreign embassies to ensure registration of all such marriages. Further, the passports of those who have converted must be amended accordingly,
One is not suggesting a Right Wing approach but the need of the hour is to protect/uphold/enforce the rights of these disenfranchised children; And in addition, to do the same for the Indonesian spouse.
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Great post and really interesting to see how Google are evolving Android. The usability of Android Honeycomb for a non-techie user is the thing that has held Android tablets back compared to the slick nature of iOS on the iPad. Hopefully Ice Cream Sandwich will resolve a lot of those issue whilst still allowing a technically minded user the opportunity to configure the OS as they like.
Can ice cream in these new phones synchronize with Outlook without jumping through hoops?
"The usability of Android Honeycomb for a non-techie user is the thing that has held Android tablets back compared to the slick nature of iOS…"
Android CAN be used as a simple app launcher if people want to. All the other features that makes it "too complicated for non-techie users" like widgets, live wallpaper, etc. are entirely OPTIONAL.
too bad they are bitting off of all the compeitiors Windows phone mango been had this and it works better then any android bite off. Oh well I guess microsoft will have to sew them over that too. SMH Google will be just a memory soon enough:)
I told u so.com. "been had this" "Microsoft will have to sew them over…"
What an illierate little person you must be. Ghetto much, ebofonics much? Lemme guess, you have a windows or iPhone and know nothing of android, right? Android is the way of the future. Why bother posting just to run your mouth about negative stuff?
I've been using HTC Incredible for almost 23 years and these are pretty much standard features with the HTC Sense. I'm not really impressed with any of these other than upgraded camera options.
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Fatty Acid Profile, Comprehensive (C8-C26), Serum
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
This test is a comprehensive profile that provides information regarding the patient's nutritional status and mitochondrial and peroxisomal fatty acid metabolism.
Fatty Acid Deficiency/Excess:
Fats are important sources of energy for tissues and for the function and integrity of cellular membranes. Deficiencies are commonly caused by inadequate dietary intake of lipids due to an unbalanced diet, long-term parenteral nutrition, or by intestinal malabsorption. Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid, and alpha-linolenic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid, are considered essential fatty acids in that they cannot be made by the body and are essential components of the diet.
The major clinical manifestations associated with essential fatty acid deficiency (EFAD) include dermatitis, increased water permeability of the skin, increased susceptibility to infection, and impaired wound healing. Biochemical abnormalities may be detected before the onset of recognizable clinical manifestations. EFAD can be detected by diminished levels of the essential fatty acids linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid, as well as by increases in the triene:tetraene ratio.
Excess dietary fatty acids have been linked to the onset of cardiovascular disease. Elevated levels of linoleic acid can contribute to overproduction of the proinflammatory 2-series local hormones.
Fatty Acid Oxidation (FAO) Disorders:
Mitochondrial beta-oxidation is the main source of energy to skeletal and heart muscle during periods of fasting. When the body's supply of glucose is depleted, fatty acids are mobilized from adipose tissue and converted to ketone bodies thorough a series of steps providing an alternate source of energy. Deficient enzymes at any step in this pathway prevent the production of energy during periods of physiologic stress such as fasting or intercurrent illness.
The major clinical manifestations associated with FAO disorders include hypoketotic hypoglycemia, liver disease and failure, skeletal myopathy, dilated/hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and sudden unexpected death in early life. Signs and symptoms may vary greatly in severity, combination, and age of presentation. Life-threatening episodes of metabolic decompensation frequently occur after periods of inadequate calorie intake or intercurrent illness. When properly diagnosed, patients with FAO disorders respond favorably to fasting avoidance, diet therapy, and aggressive treatment of intercurrent illnesses, with significant reduction of morbidity and mortality.
Disease-specific characteristic patterns of metabolites from FAO disorders are detectable in blood, bile, urine, and cultured fibroblasts of living and many deceased individuals. Quantitative determination of C8-C18 fatty acids is an important element of the work-up and differential diagnosis of candidate patients. Fatty acid profiling can detect quantitatively modest, but nevertheless significant, abnormalities even when patients are asymptomatic and under dietary treatment. Enzyme and molecular confirmatory testing is also available for many of the FAO disorders at Mayo Medical Laboratories.
Peroxisomal Disorders:
Peroxisomes are organelles present in all human cells except mature erythrocytes. They carry out essential metabolic functions including beta-oxidation of very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFA), alpha-oxidation of phytanic acid, and biosynthesis of plasmalogen and bile acids. Peroxisomal disorders include disorders of peroxisomal biogenesis with defective assembly of the entire organelle and single peroxisomal enzyme/transporter defects where the organelle is intact but a specific function is disrupted. Peroxisomal beta-oxidation of VLCFA is impaired in all disorders of peroxisomal biogenesis and in selected single enzyme deficiencies, particularly X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, resulting in elevated concentrations of VLCFA in serum or plasma.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
This test is a comprehensive profile that provides information regarding mitochondrial and peroxisomal fatty acid metabolism, and the patient's nutritional status, and is useful for:
-Monitoring patients undergoing diet therapy for mitochondrial or peroxisomal disorders (possibly inducing essential fatty acid deficiency in response to restricted fat intake)
-Monitoring treatment of essential fatty acid deficiency
-Monitoring the response to provocative tests (fasting tests, loading tests)
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
An increased triene/tetraene ratio is consistent with essential fatty acid deficiency.
Fatty acid oxidation disorders are recognized on the basis of disease-specific patterns that are correlated to the results of other investigations in plasma (carnitine, acylcarnitines) and urine (organic acids, acylglycines).
Increased concentrations of serum very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFA) C24:0 and C26:0 are seen in peroxisomal disorders, X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, adrenomyeloneuropathy, and Zellweger syndrome (cerebrohepatorenal syndrome).
Increased concentrations of serum phytanic acid (along with normal pristanic acid concentrations) are seen in the Refsum disease (phytanase deficiency). Serum phytanic acid concentration also may be increased in other peroxisomal disorders and, when combined with the VLCFA, pristanoic acid and pipecolic acid allow differential diagnosis of peroxisomal disorders.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
For nutritional assessment, a 12- to 14-hour fast is required; however, infants or persons suspected of having a fatty acid oxidation disorder should not fast before testing owing to the possibility of acute metabolic decompensation. Instead, collect the specimen after the longest fast possible, just before feeding. In the case of a patient on total parenteral nutrition (TPN), specimen can be drawn as normal.
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.
Octanoic Acid, C8:0
<1 year: 7-63 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 9-41 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 8-47 nmol/mL
Decenoic Acid, C10:1
<1 year: 0.8-4.8 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 1.6-6.6 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 1.8-5.0 nmol/mL
Decanoic Acid, C10:0
<1 year: 2-62 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 3-25 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 2-18 nmol/mL
Lauroleic Acid, C12:1
<1 year: 0.6-4.8 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 1.3-5.8 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 1.4-6.6 nmol/mL
Lauric Acid, C12:0
<1 year: 6-190 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 5-80 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 6-90 nmol/mL
Tetradecadienoic Acid, C14:2
<1 year: 0.3-6.5 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 0.2-5.8 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 0.8-5.0 nmol/mL
Myristoleic Acid, C14:1
<1 year: 1-46 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 1-31 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 3-64 nmol/mL
Myristic Acid, C14:0
<1 year: 30-320 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 40-290 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 30-450 nmol/mL
Hexadecadienoic Acid, C16:2
<1 year: 4-27 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 3-29 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 10-48 nmol/mL
Hexadecenoic Acid, C16:1w9
<1 year: 21-69 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 24-82 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 25-105 nmol/mL
Palmitoleic Acid, C16:1w7
<1 year: 20-1,020 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 100-670 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 110-1,130 nmol/mL
Palmitic Acid, C16:0
<1 year: 720-3,120 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 960-3,460 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 1,480-3,730 nmol/mL
Gamma-Linolenic Acid, C18:3w6
<1 year: 6-110 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 9-130 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 16-150 nmol/mL
Alpha-Linolenic Acid, C18:3w3
<1 year: 10-190 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 20-120 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 50-130 nmol/mL
Linoleic Acid, C18:2w6
1-31 days: 350-2,660 nmol/mL
32 days-11 months: 1,000-3,300 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 1,600-3,500 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 2,270-3,850 nmol/mL
Oleic Acid, C18:1w9
<1 year: 250-3,500 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 350-3,500 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 650-3,500 nmol/mL
Vaccenic Acid, C18:1w7
<1 year: 140-720 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 320-900 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 280-740 nmol/mL
Stearic Acid, C18:0
<1 year: 270-1,140 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 280-1,170 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 590-1,170 nmol/mL
EPA, C20:5w3
<1 year: 2-60 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 8-90 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 14-100 nmol/mL
Arachidonic Acid, C20:4w6
<1 year: 110-1,110 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 350-1,030 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 520-1,490 nmol/mL
Mead Acid, C20:3w9
1-31 days: 8-60 nmol/mL
32 days-11 months: 3-24 nmol/mL
> or =1 year: 7-30 nmol/mL
Homo-Gamma-Linolenic Acid, C20:3w6
<1 year: 30-170 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 60-220 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 50-250 nmol/mL
Arachidic Acid, C20:0
<1 year: 30-120 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 30-90 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 50-90 nmol/mL
DHA, C22:6w3
<1 year: 10-220 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 30-160 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 30-250 nmol/mL
DPA, C22:5w6
<1 year: 3-70 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 10-50 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 10-70 nmol/mL
DPA, C22:5w3
<1 year: 6-110 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 30-270 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 20-210 nmol/mL
DTA, C22:4w6
<1 year: 2-50 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 10-40 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 10-80 nmol/mL
Docosenoic Acid, C22:1
<1 year: 2-20 nmol/mL
> or =1 year: 4-13 nmol/mL
Docosanoic Acid, C22:0
0.0-96.3 nmol/mL
Nervonic Acid, C24:1
<1 year: 30-150 nmol/mL
1-17 years: 50-130 nmol/mL
> or =18 years: 60-100 nmol/mL
Tetracosanoic Acid, C24:0
0.0-91.4 nmol/mL
Hexacosenoic Acid, C26:1
<1 year: 0.2-2.1 nmol/mL
> or =1 year: 0.3-0.7 nmol/mL
Hexacosanoic Acid, C26:0
0.00-1.30 nmol/mL
Pristanic Acid, C15:0(CH3)4
1 day-4 months: 0.00-0.60 nmol/mL
5-8 months: 0.00-0.84 nmol/mL
9-12 months: 0.00-0.77 nmol/mL
13-23 months: 0.00-1.47 nmol/mL
> or =2 years: 0.00-2.98 nmol/mL
Phytanic Acid, C16:0(CH3)4
1 day-4 months: 0.00-5.28 nmol/mL
5-8 months: 0.00-5.70 nmol/mL
9-12 months: 0.00-4.40 nmol/mL
13-23 months: 0.00-8.62 nmol/mL
> or =2 years: 0.00-9.88 nmol/mL
Triene/Tetraene Ratio
1-31 days: 0.017-0.083
32 days-17 years: 0.013-0.050
> or =18 years: 0.010-0.038
Total Saturated Acid
<1 year: 1.2-4.6 mmol/L
1-17 years: 1.4-4.9 mmol/L
> or =18 years: 2.5-5.5 mmol/L
Total Monounsaturated Acid
<1 year: 0.3-4.6 mmol/L
1-17 years: 0.5-4.4 mmol/L
> or =18 years: 1.3-5.8 mmol/L
Total Polyunsaturated Acid
<1 year: 1.1-4.9 mmol/L
1-17 years: 1.7-5.3 mmol/L
> or =18 years: 3.2-5.8 mmol/L
Total w3
<1 year: 0.0-0.4 mmol/L
1-17 years: 0.1-0.5 mmol/L
> or =18 years: 0.2-0.5 mmol/L
Total w6
<1 year: 0.9-4.4 mmol/L
1-17 years: 1.6-4.7 mmol/L
> or =18 years: 3.0-5.4 mmol/L
Total Fatty Acids
<1 year: 3.3-14.0 mmol/L
1-17 years: 4.4-14.3 mmol/L
> or =18 years: 7.3-16.8 mmol/L
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Stellaard F, ten Brink HJ, Kok RM et al: Stable isotope dilution analysis of very long chain fatty acids in plasma, urine, and amniotic fluid by electron capture negative ion mass fragmentography. Clin Chim Acta 1990;192:133-144
2. ten Brink HJ, Stellaard F, van den Heuvel et al: Pristanic acid and phytanic acid in plasma from patients with peroxisomal disorders: stable isotope dilution analysis with electron capture negative ion mass fragmentography. J Lipid Res 1992;33:41-47
3. Rinaldo P, Matern D, Bennett MJ: Fatty acid oxidation disorders. Ann Rev Physiol 2002;64:477-502
4. Jeppesen PB, Chistensen MS, Hoy CE, Mortensen PB: Essential fatty acid deficiency in patients with severe fat malabsorption. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;65:837-843
5. Lagerstedt SA Hinrichs DR, Batt SM, et al: Quantitative determination of plasma c8-c26 total fatty acids for the biochemical diagnosis of nutritional and metabolic disorders. Mol Gen Metab. 2001;73(1):38-45


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At Dec. 4 meeting at Waldorf West Library, she warned Charles County parents about problems with the curriculum, which school officials say is aimed at linking curricula in English and math from state to state.
The standards are also aimed to provide a clear understanding of what students are to learn, according to information on the Maryland State Department of Education's website.
Maryland adopted the standards in 2010 and is among 45 states, Washington, D.C., and four territories that have adopted them.
Jennifer Hicks, of Charles County Values Educational Excellence, called the state standards a "cure-all." in a press release. Hicks hosted the citizen-led meeting that featured guest speaker Ann B. Graves, founder of Maryland Values Educational Excellence.
Hicks said in a later interview that she has a son who graduated from Charles County Public Schools but opted to home-school her younger child this year because she found out the system was fully implementing the new standards.
Graves presented a PowerPoint presentation with clips of news reports on Common Core and testimony from parents in other counties on the standards and how they have affected their children since implementation.
Graves said the main goal of the presentation was to show parents that Common Core is a one-size-fits-all approach, and that it's not state-led as many say.
Charles County Public Schools assistant superintendent of instruction Amy Holstein said in a later interview that Common Core Standards were not created at the state level and that they are used as the system's academic benchmark.
She said the curriculum and how it is taught to reach the benchmarks is a state decision.
Graves questioned the politics that she said is present in the curriculum.
During the meeting she discussed the many private companies that have had a hand in Common Core and said looking at some of their individual websites, it is clear to her that there is a clear social lean.
"Most of Common Core is based on social change through social justice," she said.
Holstein said she isn't looking at politics but focusing on educating children.
Graves cited educators who are against Common Core saying the math is not as rigourous as the standards claim. She said one professor, James Milgram, who was part of giving input on Common Core, spoke out against it, saying students weren't getting higher levels of math as they should be such as calculus. Some students, Graves said during the meeting, aren't getting algebra until grade 9.
Holstein said she did not agree with that.
Algebra II is offered to students through Common Core, and she said depending on the path a student is on, they can even get calculus.
Holstein said the difference between Common Core and what was being taught before is that Common Core is focusing on teaching skills until they are mastered as opposed to teaching bits of skills in one grade and some more in another grade.
Based on the recommended sequence of math courses for Charles County schools, eighth-grade students, depending on the path they are on, will either be instructed in eighth grade mathematics or algebra 1.
According to the recommended sequences, all Charles County Public School students will have "the opportunity to pursue college-level mathematics courses such as pre-calculus, AP calculus and AP statistics, while classes still provide appropriate assistance for students with math needs."
Holstein said all public school graduates under Common Core would meet at least the minimum math requirements for Maryland universities.
Graves addressed concerns with the English portion of Common Core also being less rigorous and not having been put together by educators.
Holstein said one of the big differences in the English and language arts portions of Common Core is a focus on nonfiction writing samples students are to analyze as opposed to fiction.
Holstein does not agree with many of the claims coming from those who oppose Common Core, but she does agree in some areas. One area she agrees with the opposition is with children who have special needs.
Graves explained during the meeting that children with special needs are not addressed in Common Core, and many parents are upset that their children with special needs are being set up to fail.
Holstein said the school system does have concerns with special education, but the concern lies with new state tests known as PAARC, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career, and not specifically the new standards.
Special accommodations for students with special needs have been taken away for the new tests, Holstein said. That first came about last year when the accommodations were taken away for students with special needs taking the Maryland School Assessments.
She said there will be some special considerations for students with special needs, but there is a concern.
Holstein would like to see special needs students addressed differently.
"We want to make sure our students are tested the way they are instructed. That's only fair," she said.
Holstein said the state is currently looking into concerns in regard to special education.
Keeping parents informed is another area in which Holstein is in agreement with Graves. Holstein said she strongly believes it is a school system's responsibility to inform parents and keep them up to date on the curriculum changes. By doing so, she believes it will rid a lot of "misconceptions."
Graves encourages parents to get involved by visiting classrooms, seeing for themselves what is being taught and getting involved.
Hicks said she would like to have another meeting about Common Core and have more of a forum approach to it including educators. Holstein, in a phone interview, said she would be willing to participate in such a meeting.


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Meet the Staff
Beverly Mowery Cooper
Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer
Associate Publisher
Beverly Mowery Cooper has been with SIGNAL since 1984, serving in a variety of positions including assistant editor, managing editor, executive editor and senior director of publications. In her current role as vice president of AFCEA and associate publisher of SIGNAL Magazine and SIGNAL Connections, Cooper oversees the publications and knowledge-sharing efforts of AFCEA, including editorial, advertising,specialty publishing and Web 2.0 initiatives.
Cooper worked for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and PRC before coming to SIGNAL. She earned a B.S. degree in journalism from University of Maryland.
Email: Beverly Mowery Cooper
Robert K. Ackerman
Editor in Chief
Senior Director, SIGNAL Media
Robert K. Ackerman has been the editor in chief of SIGNAL Magazine for more than 15 years. A seasoned technology journalist, Ackerman also has served as a war correspondent covering the Iraq War embedded with the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.
A journalist by training, Ackerman also minored in political science in university. His journalism career dates back more than three decades, beginning with stints as a radio reporter covering the Republican and Democratic parties' political conventions during the 1976 elections. Following those conventions, he served as a media advisor or a press secretary for candidates in state and presidential campaigns.
Most of his journalism work over the years has been in print journalism. His writings have covered a range of issues involving technology, politics and international security.
Prior to becoming SIGNAL's editor in chief, Ackerman served as the magazine's senior editor. He has been with SIGNAL Magazine for more than 25 years, during which he has written hundreds of feature articles and authored more than 300 columns and commentaries. His areas of coverage have spanned topics such as military information systems, foreign affairs, intelligence, laboratory research and development, space technologies, international security, terrorism and information operations. He has won or shared in journalism awards from the Aviation Writers Association; APEX; the American Copy Editors Society; PRSA; the Society for Technical Communication; and the American Society of Association Executives.
Email: Robert K. Ackerman | Robert's Author Page
Sandra Jontz
Executive Editor and Director of Content Development
Sandra Jontz has been a journalist for more than two decades. She extensively covered the U.S. military, both from within the United States and nearly a decade overseas. Jontz was a war correspondent, covering multiple military combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti and Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is a graduate of George Mason University and holds numerous awards from the Virginia Press Association. In her roles as executive editor and director of content development, Jontz contributes magazine articles and is responsible for expanding original content on the SIGNAL's website.
Email: Sandra Jontz
George I. Seffers
Technology Editor
Before joining SIGNAL Magazine as technology editor in June 2010, George I. Seffers was a media relations representative with Northrop Grumman and an internal communications specialist with Raytheon Technical Services Company. He has also been a reporter for Defense News and Federal Computer Week, where he covered a broad range of military and intelligence communications and electronics topics. At SIGNAL, he covers the full spectrum of technology issues.
Seffers earned his bachelor's degree in English and Communications from Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas.
Email: George I. Seffers | George's Author Page
Rachel Lilly
Director of Digital Media and Community Manager
Rachel Lilly handles online media and social media management, including development and implementation of strategy. Before joining AFCEA International, Lilly worked as a news producer for the NBC and FOX affiliates in Roanoke and as a reporter for Examiner.com and Bisnow Media. She graduated summa cum laude from Virginia Tech with a B.A. in Communication, specializing in electronic and print journalism, and a minor in English. She has an M.A. in Communication from Johns Hopkins University with a dual concentration in digital journalism and public/media relations.
Email: Rachel Lilly
Production Manager and Digital Media Editor
As SIGNAL Media's digital media editor, Cyndy Hogan's responsibilities include production and editing of Web content and support for all digital media initiatives. Hogan has a long background of working in association publications. She spent more than 12 years at the National League of Cities, serving as managing editor of its weekly newspaper and managing other print and online communications for the association. She also served as publications coordinator for the Association of University Programs in Health Administration and began her career as a reporter for The News & Advance, the daily newspaper in Lynchburg, Virginia. She holds a bachelor's degree in mass communication from James Madison University. Email Cyndy Hogan
Ali Cybulski
Associate Editor
Ali Cybulski is SIGNAL Magazine's associate editor. Before joining SIGNAL, she was a writer/editor with the American Bar Association, a copy editor with The Chronicle of Higher Education and a copy editor with USA Weekend, Gannett's Sunday magazine. She also has experience as an editor of horticultural trade magazines. Cybulski has a bachelor's degree in magazine journalism from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
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Chris D'Elia
Art Director
Chris D'Elia has been the art director of SIGNAL for more than 15 years. During this time, he has been responsible for the look and feel of SIGNAL as well as the cover designs for most issues. He lays out each issue and also helps the association with special projects and ads. He also helps small business advertisers promote themselves by helping them with advertising design.
Email: Chris D'Elia
Christina Yanette
Publications Assistant
Christina Yanette is SIGNAL's publications assistant. She supports the editor in chief, chief knowledge officer and advertising director with administrative, budget and production work. While processing bills and payments, she handles article research and magazine requests, manages the library and archives. Yanette is the contact for SIGNAL's article reprint program. She supports the magazine's bonus distribution program and tracks advertising pages and commission figures for advertising representatives.
Yanette works with outside authors on copyright compliance procedures and payments, and maintains the editorial calendar. She also prepares award package entries for consideration in editorial competitions. Previously, Yanette worked for EMC Corporation as a human resources assistant and at TRW as an administrative assistant. She earned an associates degree from what is now Southern Virginia University.
Email: Christina Yanette
Jennifer Deuterman
Senior Director, Advertising
Jennifer Deuterman works as a team with the account executives to prepare advertising programs that are customer centric to meet the marketing goals of SIGNAL's advertisers. She along with the outside account executives sell advertising space for the print magazine, digital version, app, website, e-newsletter, webinars, and lead-generation programs.


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(NBC BAY AREA) The estranged wife of embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling pledged Tuesday to go "as far as I can go" to fight what she characterized as the NBA's sexist move to remove her as a co-owner of the team in response to her husband's racist remarks.
"Would an owner's wife say the same thing and would the owner be asked to leave the NBA? Or would they just say, well, she's only the wife," Rochelle Sterling said in an interview with "Today."
Sterling said while derogatory remarks about African Americans her husband made in a recording released last month, as well as new controversial comments he made in a CNN interview that aired Monday, make her sick, she said she doesn't think she should be targeted in the NBA's push to force a sale of the team. She recalled attending a game recently where she said fans were giving her high fives and saying" Go girl, don't give up."
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The assumption that brain drain is everywhere and always negative does not necessarily hold true and hides the need for a more nuanced methodology for assessing migration's impacts. Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah of the Institute for Public Policy Research explains.
In the early 1990s, Ethiopians who had been living in refugee camps in Sudan began to return home. As Laura C. Hammond of Clark University explains, they created a new community in an unfamiliar part of Ethiopia that is thriving 12 years later.
Belonging to a diaspora entails a consciousness of, or emotional attachment to, a place of origin and its culture. Steve Vertovec of the University of Oxford explains the role diasporas play in migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries.
Asia's tsunami will have an enduring impact on diaspora groups and immigration policy, write Frank Laczko and Elizabeth Collett of the IOM.
Jeffrey H. Cohen of Pennsylvania State University outlines the migration and remittance patterns of people from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
The impact of climate change as a driver of human migration is expected by many to dwarf all others. Still, certain frequently repeated forecasts of the number of people who stand to be displaced by climate change are not informed by a complete understanding of migration dynamics, as this report explains.
الأردنية ودعم اقتصاده. وابتدأت العَمالة غير العربية الآتية من آسيا بالزيادة في السنوات الأخيرة في الأردن، وبالأخص من سريلانكا والفِليبّين.
Migrants from the Philippines and Sri Lanka have taken on a growing role in filling labor shortages in Jordan, leading to significant challenges surrounding the recruitment of these foreign workers. Based on interviews with government officials in sending and receiving countries and focus groups with migrants, the report analyzes the role of private recruitment agencies and points to oversight gaps.
Civil society provides a crucial link between governments and the communities they represent—infusing policy processes with grassroots knowledge to which governments may not otherwise have access. Looking at the European Union's efforts to engage with civil society in its "neighborhood," this report examines the benefits, challenges, and mechanisms to building dialogue and cooperation on migration and development.
The report examines U.S. immigration and international development policies, which have unique objectives and respond to distinct political and administrative constraints, and points out that international development has never been a U.S. immigration policy objective; nonetheless, it is an unintended consequence.
Migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries rarely collaborate on migration issues because the structure of global migration systems ensures they often disagree about core policy issues. This report shows that migration collaboration makes sense when states share common goals they cannot achieve on their own.
Over the past year, MPI has partnered with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to examine how diasporas contribute to – or detract from - development efforts in their countries of origin. MPI and USAID have published an edited volume of the research. Please join us for the release of the book where speakers will discuss new thinking on the role of diaspora engagement in U.S. foreign and development policy.
This edited volume examines the development impact of diasporas in six critical areas: entrepreneurship, capital markets, "nostalgia" trade and "heritage" tourism, philanthropy, volunteerism, and advocacy.


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Charlie Jackson came to the Valley in 1971. He was a strong, short, good-looking teenage climber from
He immediately had made sure to meet Bridwell. Jim was always open-minded and on the lookout for promising talent, fresh new faces and so took him out some. Jim could even be thought of as a kind of Welcome Wagon Neighbor. He introduced CJ to the rest of us, giving him his imprimatur. I had recently finished the Salathe Wall solo and was ready to do much more after a couple of weeks of deep rest. Having just backed off a solo of a second ascent attempt of Tis-sa-ack when I realized I had only one hammer, I really wanted to still get up more big routes right away, but maybe with a partner or two instead. Solo tedium had become more than I could face again. I was thrilled to be going up on a big route with an actual fellow human this time, certain it would be much more fun than days of backbreaking solo work.
I don't remember, CJ and I must have done a small climb or two together in the days before we walked up that afternoon, all the way past the major lines, and on into El Cap Chimney, where the West Face began. This four-year old route had had only about three or four ascents by this point, was nearly untouched, was still aided A4, and had some 5.9 and 5.10 on it. So no one was seriously looking at it as a free route yet. Twelve years after the first ascent, it did become a 5.11b climb in 1978 of incomparable quality. Royal had placed only one bolt on the whole FA and from the few accounts, it was a fun interesting venture, highly featured, reasonable and wonderfully remote with some big ledges available, perfect for CJ's starter El Cap route.
Establishing a makeshift bivy in the talus at the base of the sweeping smooth slabby lower portions of this remote wall in the summer afternoon warmth deep inside what is called El Cap Chimney, we climbed some sketchy mixed hard aid and free moves to sink our teeth into the wall getting a steep slabby pitch fixed with our spare time. I was in well-practiced form, and he told me as he watched, that he was really encouraged starting this 20 pitch wall with someone who was experienced. His comment surprised me, as his usual approach towards everyone was reserved, a little standoffish and watching. We had fun that afternoon, and were both excited to be going on this adventure, way away from the current summer madness further toward the road, down the complicated terraces up which we had just labored in the Valley heat. We had our own private gorge, and a beautiful El Cap wall above us, still radiating warmth all around us as the sun left for this August night.
At dawn, we ran up our line fixed the night before to begin the route in earnest in the chill. This lead involved a mixed traverse to a vertical section that contained the only original bolt on the entire wall. Reaching this spot, my plan had always been to bypass RR's one and only bolt if I could and when I got there, I saw a hard hook move would do this. But it was a very difficult hook move that dumped me onto a lower angle apron 15 ft below when the badly designed Chouinard hook pivoted. Having all the wisdom of years, of course I had a big Swiss Army knife in my front pocket, and landing on that apron with this stupid piece of equipment in there, I sustained a significant hematoma, a bad disabling bruise on my thigh. Suddenly my climb was now painful, and somewhat one-legged. Although the fall was a short 25-30 footer and must have seemed unimportant to CJ, for me everything had just changed. The young climber found he had a leader who was now in pain, had to work instead of glide upward all while making faces and groaning as if it really hurt. And eighteen pitches more to gain. But going down did not occur to me; we did not discuss it; I was willing to go through the process with this new trouble at hand and would not turn back.
I redid my hook placement, succeeded in passing the bolt and so reached the belay a few feet above the hook move. We just kept going. But every step up with that leg meant a surprising amount of agony, and not one to whine or garner sympathy, I had a hard time thrilling to the wonderful things around me or to the elaborate trail we were following up the multi-featured and ornate wall.
I felt CJ sink back into himself as he was forced to functionally share in someone's misfortune, however mutely, as if I had him hostage. Even though we continued on swiftly and in fact ended up doing the fastest ascent of the route to date and even though we could obviously do the route, he disdained the emotional aspect of my predicament, the grimacing and what must have seemed to a young guy, almost a maudlin "acting out" by me as I made myself work with what I had regardless of how harrowing this pain was. He silently kept himself engaged to the task of getting up the wall, perhaps also still worrying that his safety might fall in jeopardy despite the fact we were doing very well.
We gained a long slanting dihedral a couple of hundred feet long where the crux aid was purported to be, and a hanging belay was set up for the last pitch in this formation. CJ took this engaging lead, climbing brilliantly, and in preparing for it coldly and hardly jokingly said something about how he had all his belayers do something or other, concerned with racking of equipment, as if he were the seasoned old pro and I was just a helper housekeeper. I have to imagine I had made a mess of the rack to get to this belay. It was a comment that in other circumstances would have been funny and a cute teasing jab by a younger man at a slightly older slightly wiser one, but in our state, it rested between us, ugly, as his only pronouncement and acknowledgement that I was hurt and suffering; instead of being a concession to me in friendship it took on the mantle of disrespect and distaste.
So just as the fall had in a second changed the spirit of the climb, suddenly upon this utterance I no longer had to keep wondering if teenage CJ had any humanity towards me. I concluded that his determination was really his picture and as the rest of the climb unfolded I now would feel pointlessly alone in pain, and used in the sense that this young guy and I would not have been up here if it weren't for my background but that he would enjoy denying me common respect and friendship. It seemed we were both soloing now. Because I was somewhat disabled and worse, in real pain, he could entertain the fantasy he was up to the challenge alone, discarding me on some level in a narrowly conceived boyish competitive fantasy, regardless of whom I was in the community.
Later we found a spot for the one bivouac we would need and on which we had planned. It was a ledge comfortable for one man and a very unusual squeezy horizontal slot nearby that could house another climber. I quickly evaluated the choice and knew to play a ruse here. I wisely yielded the ledge to CJ and took the slot, mostly vanishing from sight in it and at first loving its imagined embrace, enjoying the nearly complete shelter from night breezes along the giant El Cap face. Also I avoided having to be side by side with this partner with whom I had become unhappy. Later on peeing would prove to be a big hassle from the slot and staying in one head orientation for hours and hours with only an inch or so extra space for me in this kooky space was also annoying. CJ really liked his copious, classic open ledge for a while but later had to face the elements as night wore on, growing cold.
By 4 PM the next day we reached the summit, 20 pitches above the ground, thinking the route was intricate, interesting and not horribly hard. We did not really think about making it go all free very much although looking back, it could have gone even in 1971 eight years before Lakey and Jardine bagged it. The summit meant the end of our having to work together and the certain delicious return to really true selfishness enjoyed on the ground and in camp. CJ left for home soon; I went on to climb the Hourglass left side among other routes, and in a few years was no longer climbing on a professional level as law firm and estate construction grabbed most of my time and energy. I heard that CJ started an arborist business back in his hometown in


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Hi Folks,
The goal: A nice, simple categorized Start Page to act as my portal to best sites, daily special, important chores, my main bookmarks. A Start Page that acts like a bit of a reminder system, and lets me open up say .. DonationCoder, FreewareGenius, Wilders, BitsDuJour, and GiveawayoftheDay in one small categorized group. (Even if it is five clicks). Or make a small category for my software support forums. Or this, and that, and the other.
Much as I like using Linkman for bookmarks and PIM, and it is the repository for tens of thousands of links, a personal start page with categories of bookmarks would be very nice. (Linkman has Fastlinks and Daily links features, it would be great if they expanded their functionality to a categorized start page !) So I checked to see what software or web services are available, either on a host or a program that puts the page on your on puter.
There are tons of social bookmarking and portal sites that do stuff like this, yet they tend to do it in a clumsy, bulky manner. However maybe one of them can do the job nicely, if you think this can be accomplished with a site like Symbaloo, Netvouz, NetVibes, iGoogle, My Yahoo, myAOL, Diigo/Furl, Flyapp, Eskobo, linkagogo, Homepage Startup, Pageflakes, Only2Clicks, StartAid, Tizmos, Zimbio, Webwag, Widgetop, Backflip, 3x3Links, or another .. or one of the Firefox extensions like Speed Dial or FastDial or Auto Dial or XMarks .. please share away ! (There should be more than the 9 links on the front page that you will get by those looking like the Opera implementation.) Some like Symbaloo or Netvouz may have a clean, neat, easy-to-make category-oriented skin, however I haven't seen it yet in a quick net-browse.
If you simply want to group the "big 50" or 100 or so bookmarks (the ones you glance at daily or frequently) .. and then occasionally make some additions or add or a new category .. they are of little help, at least what I have seen so far. Oh, importing is not the issue for me, I only want the frequently used bookmarks set up in a special order. An hour or two setup is expected, but should be quick and relatively painless.
And clearly you could build your own page, that might be the ultimate solution.
However you would like to use a service that built in a lot of niceties. e.g. If your page could have sub-pages (at least one level would be very helpful) if sections could be moved from page to page, if there could be a read-only method for visitors that you could send a link to, if the note function is good, stuff like that, it would help.
Linkshelf http://www.linkshelf.com/ was mentioned on DonationCoder in 2006, and its entry methods are decent.
My Linkshelf
This site lets you make fairly quickly a clean categorized list, however it lacks a lot of niceties and nothing is happening with it for years, as far as I can tell. Oh, you could set up a second level with an alternate sign-on, a bit of a workaround.
And, when I tried to figger out where it came from and what it was doing, one site mentions how it comes from a pedigree of a developer who did similar stuff in the porn world. Making privacy polices problematic (this is hosted by linkshelf) and being a real strain and pain in general to my way of thinking, even if there is no functional connection.
Favoor has similar functions:
However it also has not gone anywhere for years, is less helpful than Linkshelf in some ways, looks as dull as possible and is close to being a nothing. It does add a sticky note function not in Linkshelf, one of the few features that would be nice to have integrated but can be done in NoteZilla or Stickeis. I think I may have ended up with someone elses Favoor and when I went into a page to check who is the sign-on I got program warning messages with my "change my settings" on the page. This is going nowhere.
Switching to programs that you install, local management, in these cases the resulting page is on your hard disk, although note the note about pop-ups that were in Tidy Favorites.
Tidy Favorites is more active, with GAOTD and Bits, with Free and Pro (paid) versions.
Tidy Favorites (Nov 2008)
Tidy Favorites Is a Customizable Thumbnail Homepage
Giveaway of the Day - Tidy Favorites Pro - April 27, 2009
I haven't installed it to look at the skins, to see if there is something really tidy and neat available with categories. If someone has a picture of this working in a real tidy fashion (looking a bit like Linkshelf in simplicity) then I would likely give it a buzz. However it seems to be more of an alternate bookmark manager (which I do not need) than a clean home page maker. And apparently they are hoping to have subscribers paying $20/yr. (Not a deal-breaker if the program is fantabulous.)
The Favorite Start Page - Gudbrand Eggen
While this goes back to 2003, compatibility updates are common, including Firefox 3 in 2008.
File Forum (with pic)
So far this is my leader, ready to go. Far from super-elegant, yet functional. Being on the disk will help speed.
Your suggestions ?
Steven Avery


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When it comes to Eli I tend to agree with Junc. Eli has played big in big moments and has been able to carry his team late in a game but he also makes very questionable decisions and poor throws. Eli is capable of being elite but until he is consistent, I don't think you can grant him that status.
I am sorry that bothers you, I feel bad for you.
LOL @ this "reprogramming" crap. Like he's some sort of computer or something.
He's a lost cause, he was never good and never will be. His deficiencies early on were hidden by a great defense and good running game. Now that his running game is gone he's been exposed for what he truly is....crap.


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The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) is a new risk assessment tool used to assess potential risks to the health and safety of occupants in residential properties in England and Wales. The legislation came into effect in England on 6 April 2006 andĀĀ2006 in Wales.Ā HHSRS replaces the Housing Fitness Standard, which was set out in the Housing Act 1985.
The new assessment method focuses on the hazards that are most likely to be present in housing. Tackling these hazards will make more homes healthier and safer to live in. The Fitness Standard does not deal with, or deals inadequately with, cold and falls for example.
All owners and landlords, including social landlords. The private sector contains some of the worst housing conditions and owners and landlords should be aware that any future inspections of their property will be made using HHSRS. Private landlords and managing agents are advised to assess their property to determine whether there are serious hazards that may cause a health or safety risk to tenants. They should then carry out improvements to reduce the risks.
Landlords should incorporate HHSRS into their next planned stock condition survey and deal with category 1 hazards during planned refurbishment. Tenants should be aware of the new approach taken by local authorities to deal with bad housing conditions. They still have discretion over the action they take but they are more likely to prioritise cases where there is some evidence of serious hazards.
A risk assessment looks at the likelihood of an incident arising from the condition of the property and the likely harmful outcome. For example, how likely is a fire to break out, what will happen if one does?Ā The assessment will show the presence of any serious (category 1) hazards and other less serious (category 2) hazards.Ā To make an assessment, local authority inspectors will make reference to the HHSRS "Operating Guidance". During an inspection they may take notes manually or may use a programme on a hand held computer.
Here are some examples of deficiencies that may contribute to a Category 1 Hazard
If a local authority identifies serious category 1 hazards in a home, it has a duty to take the most appropriate action. Local authorities are advised to try to deal with problems informally at first. But if this is unsuccessful, they could require a landlord to carry out improvements to the property. For example by installing central heating and insulation to deal with cold, fix a rail to steep stairs to deal with the risk of falls, or mend a leaking roof.
Local authorities also have powers to prohibit the use of the whole or part of a dwelling or restrict the number of permitted occupants. Where hazards are modest they may serve a hazard awareness notice to draw attention to a problem.
Where an occupier is at immediate risk, the authority can take emergency remedial action. A property owner who feels that an assessment is wrong can discuss matters with the inspector and ultimately will be able to challenge an enforcement decision through the Residential Property Tribunal. Failure to comply with a statutory notice could lead to a fine of up to £5,000.
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The Strategic Plan Progress Report highlights the city's accomplishments over this past fiscal year. It furthers the initiatives of the city's 2014-2019 Strategic Plan.
The City of Henderson's 2015 Water Quality Report provides you with detailed information about your drinking water.
Held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6pm in the City Hall Council Chambers. Council agendas are available online.
The City of Henderson offers a variety of premier pools and aquatic complexes open seasonally or year-round for your swimming and diving enjoyment.
Cool off in one of 12 fun splash pads around the city. Our splash pads are surfaced with recycled rubber for traction and to keep the surface cool. Best of all they're free!