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Caribbean Pot Roast
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 190 min
- Ready Time: 205 min
- Yield: 5 to 6 servings
- 2 tablespoons Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- OR Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray, if using slow cooker
- 3 to 4 pounds boneless beef chuck roast
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/3 cup Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 3/4 cup ketchup
- 1 (12 oz.) jar Smucker's® Sweet Orange Marmalade
- 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, or to taste
- 1 (15 oz.) can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon grated lime peel
- Cooked rice or noodles (optional)
- Chopped fresh cilantro for garnish (optional)
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oil in Dutch oven over medium heat. Season meat with salt and pepper. Brown roast on all sides in pan.
- SPRINKLE meat with flour. Combine 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, curry powder, ketchup, sweet orange marmalade and hot pepper sauce in medium bowl; stir in black beans, water and ketchup. Pour mixture over roast.
- BRING to a boil, then cover tightly and simmer, stirring occasionally, about 3 hours or until meat is fork-tender.
- REMOVE meat to serving platter. Cut into serving-size pieces. Stir lime peel into gravy and beans. Pour gravy over meat. Serve over cooked rice or egg noodles and garnish with chopped cilantro, if desired.
- COAT slow cooker with no-stick cooking spray. Place roast in cooker.
- SPRINKLE meat with flour. Combine salt, curry powder, ketchup, sweet orange marmalade and hot pepper sauce in medium bowl; stir in black beans, water and ketchup. Pour mixture over roast
- COVER and cook on LOW 8 to 10 hours (or on HIGH 5 to 6 hours) or until meat is fork-tender. To serve, see final step above.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1/5 of recipe), Calories 890 (Calories from Fat 160), Total Fat 18g (Saturated Fat 5g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 115mg, Sodium 1040mg, Total Carbohydrate 113g (Dietary Fiber 5g, Sugars 53g), Protein 64g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 6%, Calcium 6%, Iron 45%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
* Ensure all recipe ingredients are gluten free by referencing the ingredient labels, as products may vary. If uncertain, contact the ingredient manufacturer.

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In my work (writing scientific software in C++), I often get asked by the people who use the software to get their work done to add some functionality or change the way things are done and organized right now. Most of the time this is just a matter of adding a new class or a function and applying some glue to do the job, but from time to time, a seemingly simple change turns out to have far-reaching consequences that require me to redesign a substantial amount of existing code, which takes a lot of time and effort, and is difficult to evaluate in terms of time required. I don't think it has as much to do with inter-dependence of modules, as with changing requirements (admittedly, on a smaller scale).
To provide an example, I was thinking about the recently-added multi-user functionality in Android. I don't know whether they planned to introduce it from the very beginning, but assuming they didn't, it seems hard to predict all the areas that will be affected by the change (apps preferences, themes, need to store account info somehow, etc...?), even though the concept seems simple enough, and the code is well-organized.
How do you deal with such situations? Do you just jump in to code and then sort out the cruft later like I do? Or do you do a detailed analysis beforehand of what will be affected, what needs to be updated and how, and what has to be rewritten? If so, what tools (if any) and approaches do you use?


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Photos: 13 music festivals for '13
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April 28, 2010
Freshlyground and Shakira record official 2010 FIFA World Cup™ anthem
Freshly Ground performing at Kirstenbosch. Photo courtesy Jim Sher
South African music sensation, Freshlyground, has teamed up with global superstar, Shakira, to record and perform the official anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.
The collaboration will perform Time for Africa at the official FIFA pre-tournament concert at Soweto Stadium in Johannesburg on June 10.
The track is now available for download through various digital retail outlets.
According to Soccer Laduma, the video for Time for Africa will be available in standard definition as well as in 3D.
"The 3D version of the video will be offered in support of FIFA and Sony Corporation's raft of 3D programming around the FIFA World Cup, which will include 25 World Cup matches that will be filmed and broadcast in 3D."
The soccer magazine added that the official 2010 FIFA World Cup™ album, Listen Up, will be released by Sony Music Entertainment, in the weeks preceding the event.


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Teach your children about child safety. Most strangers are nice, but some are not. You can't tell if a stranger is nice or not by looking at him or her. But you can tell if a situation is good or bad...(Read more)
Be sure to check out our helpful links at the bottom of the page, too, including products, services and sites designed for parents, grandparents and caregivers.
Theme-Park Smarts, Great Summer Safety Tips From Parents Magazine
"The only thing scarier than the roller coasters is the thought of getting separated from your kid. Here, five ways to give you some crowd control.
1. Have a game plan. Before you go, talk to your family about what to do if someone gets lost: Stay put, or find a park worker or another mom with kids.
2. Bring a Family Photo. (or TAT TIP take one with your cell phone the day of your trip!) This will make it easier for park security to locate your child. Take digital snaps of each of your kids right before you leave so you can show what they're wearing.
3. Tattoo Your Child. That's us! If your kids are too young to memorize your cell-phone number, mark it on them. One neat idea is personalized temporary tattoos that have your number right in the design ($20 for 30; safetytat.com).
4. Check the Map First. Start the day off by locating the park's information centers in advance so you can point them out to your children or get to them quickly in case of an emergency. Also, look for the first-aid and baby-care centers.
5. Be Stroller-Savvy. Do something to distinguish yours from all the others, like tying a balloon or a colorful ribbon on it. This is especially important if you rent one at the park -- yours will be identical to hundreds of others."
Tat Tip: Many of us -- including me -- have tried using a permanent "Sharpie" marker on our kids. Here's why we shouldn't:
Excerpt from Wikipedia: "According to the manufacturer's safety data sheets (MSDS), various Sharpies contain: n-propanol, n-butanol, diacetone alcohol, xylene, and cresol. The first of these, n-propanol, is commonly used in cosmetics. The other four, however, are industrial solvents, chemicals that should not be sniffed, eaten, or put on the skin. As solvents they penetrate the skin and fingernails, and do enter the bloodstream."
mmmmmmm. Sounds tasty, doesn't it?
Also, with hand written identification on your child -- such as a note in their pocket with your phone number, a sticker inside their shoe, or even a temporary tattoo you write your number on (like our Quick Stick Write-On!)-- you are relying on your number being 100% legible and not smearing off with sweat, water or moisture. Be extra careful to write legibly. Choose identification your child won't lose. If you are using our Quick Stick Write-On! SafetyTat, the marker provided is waterproof (so it won't smear or fade) and non-toxic, but not appropriate for writing directly on skin. The Quick Stick Write-On! provides a complete barrier between the marker and your child's skin.
Tat Tip: Have a Plan
Many parents struggle between giving their children freedom and providing them protection. Freedom offers children time to explore, learn, run (and fall), succeed (and fail). Freedom offers opportunities to learn, albeit sometimes "the hard way". Where do we draw the line?
While we cannot protect our children from every mishap, what we can do is prepare them.
We already knew that parents love the peace of mind SafetyTat provides and kids love the cute SafetyTat designs. We learned something very important: when wearing SafetyTat, many children do not panic when separated from parents. They feel EMPOWERED. They are calm, know exactly what to do and understand that the simple tattoo on their arm is a way to get back to his/her parents fast.
Having a plan helps to set your children's expectations and allows them the confidence that they know just what to do in a given situation. If you calmly talk to your children about "what to do if..." They will not be fearful. They will simply take charge.
Tat Tip: Historically, we have told our children if they are lost to seek a police officer. Not so. Here's why:
According to Gavin de Becker, Child Safety Expert, and author of Protecting the Gift (Excerpt) "Teaching this to a young child ignores several facts: All identifying credentials, insignias, badges and nameplates are above the waist, but a young child sees a world of legs. In fact, many children get lost in the first place because of following legs (the wrong set): Legs aren't that distinctive when viewed from two and a half feet off the ground."
De Becker also states as an inflexible rule: Teach children that if they are ever lost, Go to a Woman. Why? De Becker says, "First, if your child selects a woman, it's highly unlikely that the woman will be a predator; A woman is likely to stop whatever she is doing, commit to that child, and not rest until the child is safe."
TatTip: We tell our children if they are lost, ask a MOMMY for help.
Lost Child Stats and Facts
Presented here with our permission from Family Safety Expert,
Alyssa Dver, Founder of
The Center to Prevent Lost Children
All information from The Center to Prevent Lost Children now owned by SafetyTat LLC
- Over 2000 U.S. kids get lost every day.1
- Less than 10% are reported to any authority.2
- 90% of families will experience losing a child in a public place. 20% have lost a child more than once.2
- 95% will forever remember the trauma of getting lost.2
- Parents rank losing a child 5 times more concerning to them than terrorism and 3 times more concerning than abduction.2
- Kids get lost most often in malls and stores (45%)2
- 27% of families that visit an amusement park lose a child while they are there. That's nearly 1 in 3!3
- Only 9% of parents put some form of safe ID on their children.2
- 76% of parents want to know what to do to prevent a child from getting lost.2
1: NISMART2: National Incident Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children. U.S. Department of Justice. October 2002.
2: Wander Wear Inc. parent survey, September 2006.
3: IntiMetrix study, 2002.
A Special Message from the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children
"Don't You Forget About Me" presented by Ernie Allen, President and CEO
Family Education Website
Take the "Safety Quiz." You may be shocked by your score!
Tat Tip: Talk about it!
Communication is the key to prevent losing your child. While applying a SafetyTat to your child, use that time to thoughtfully explain to him or her what to do if you are separated. Tell them that their tattoo is a way an adult can return him or her to you. You may be amazed by how much they can comprehend about child safety. They will most likely feel confident and protected.
Who doesn't love McGruff? We parents were probably first introduced to "take a bit out of crime" years ago from this canine detective.
McGruff says to teach your children about child safety. Most strangers are nice, but some are not. You can't tell if a stranger is nice or not by looking at him or her. But you can tell if a situation is good or bad...Click to read more tips
Sites Designed to Help Children and Families in Need
Austin Hatcher Foundation: For carefree, cancer-free childhoods
Founded by Jim and Amy Jo Osborn, The Austin Hatcher Foundation supports research towards the diagnoses, treatment and development of a cure for pediatric cancer and provides support and hope to children and families undergoing treatment as well as to those who have lost children due to cancer.
The foundation was created for the profit of common good by parents who know the long reach of pediatric cancer. Born from loss, Austin Hatcher Foundation passionately values the sparkle of infant life.
Amy Jo and Jim are inspired and committed by the memory of their son, Austin Hatcher Osborn--"Hatch" that out of the loss of one, thousands will be served and saved. Visit the Austin Hatcher Foundation website
Helpful Sites
KultureCity on Sevenly
KultureCity Fundraiser T-Shirts! Fabulous Sevenly T-Shirts benefit KultureCity, for Autism Awareness and Acceptance. Beautiful!
Buy yours today!
Disney With Children
Beth made her first trip to Disney World at age 10. Almost thirty years later she has been multiple times before having a child, but has now been with her 3.5 year old daughter over 30 times. Disney World is a magical place with or without children, but Beth found that Disney World can be daunting when going with a young child However with each trip she learned more about how to make one's visit with children the most magical experience ever!
Check out Disney With Children's Website >
Trekaroo: Kids. Trips. Tips.
Do you like to travel but are frustrated taking a chance on how kid-friendly your destination may be? Fret not. We have found a great resource for people just like you! Trekaroo!
You'll find great tips on age-specific destinations, gear, and travel tips. You can talk with parents who have "Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt" for candid opinions on a variety of destinations. You can even book your trip online. We found the map right on the home page the most helpful. as It sorts your information by region.
Last, but not least, if you are bubbling over (or boiling over) after a trip you've taken and would like to write a review for Trekaroo, you can do that! And they'll even compensate you for your written review.
This site is so good, we just had to share. Check out Trekaroo Travel Tips Website >
Care For Hire
Care4hire.com is an online database for families and caregivers to search babysitters, housekeepers, tutors, elder/companion care, pet sitters and other miscellaneous service.
A free preview of available caregivers is available to families. Whether you need a caregiver for a few hours to a few days, you will find it at Care4hire.com.
Once you are a registered member, you will be given immediate access to caregiver through email and phone. FREE TRIAL to search for caregivers in your area.
"Because I Said So" A great book By Dawn Meehan
(From Amazon.com Reviews) Written by the enormously popular blogger Dawn Meehan (of BecauseISaidSo.com) and Mom 2 My 6 Pack, this book is like a longer, more detailed version of her terrific blog. Those of you who have come to know and love Dawn and her family through her blog will recognize all the characters, but there's new material in there so you won't feel like it's just a re-tread of the blog.
If you want a light, easy and wildly funny look at parenting a large family, stop here. It's a ton of fun to read, and it will make you feel great to realize that all parents - no matter how many children they have - struggle with the same craziness in raising our kids.
Kulture City
A non profit organization with the mission to create a world where all individuals with autism and their families are accepted and treated equally.
Pathfinders for Autism
Maryland's largest autism organization dedicated to helping individuals, parents and professionals find resources, supports and training while working to increase the awareness of autism spectrum disorders and advocating for the needs of individuals with autism and their families.
Just for fun: Scary Mommy
Baltimore mom, Jill, writes with an honest, humorous perspective on motherhood. If you're looking for a laugh, here's the place to find one. "Highly sarcastic. You've been warned."
Just for fun: The Butler Bag
Tired of digging in your purse for a pen... and coming up with crumbs? This revolutionary purse will organize you. You will have a birds eye view of all your purse's contents -- There is a perfect compartment for your child id safety SafetyTats. Every mom needs a Butler.
Other topics to consider: Safety Tips for Lost Children, Internet Safety, Child Safety, Child ID, Corporate Partner Safety Programs and Materials, Interactive Safety Quizzes, International Abduction Prevention, Importance of Photos, Prevention Works


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At its Annual Alumni Recognition Dinner, to be held Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at the Hilton at Short Hills, the Alumni Association of Rutgers School of Law–Newark will celebrate the achievements of Anthony R. Coscia, a partner and member of the executive committee of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP and chair of the board of commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; the Honorable William J. Martini, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of New Jersey; and the Honorable Rudy B. Coleman, Judge of the Appellate Division, Superior Court of New Jersey. Coscia and Judge Martini will each receive a Distinguished Alumnus Award and Judge Coleman will receive the Fannie Bear Besser Award for Public Service.
The dinner will also celebrate the 100th anniversary of the law school and honor Stuart L. Deutsch's final year as Dean.
Coscia, Class of 1984, practices in the area of corporate, financial, and real estate transactions. As chair of the Port Authority board of commissioners since April 2003, he has broad oversight responsibility for the agency's transportation businesses and $5.9 billion annual capital and operating budget. From February 1992 to March 2003, Coscia was chair of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. He is a trustee of the New Jersey Network Foundation, New Jersey Community Development Corporation, and the Liberty Science Center Foundation, and a member of the Partnership for New York City and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center council of trustees.
Judge Martini, Class of 1972, has served on the U.S. District Court, sitting in Newark, since November 2002. He began his legal career in the Hudson County prosecutor's office. The following year, he was named an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, holding that position until joining his family's law firm in 1977. He entered politics and won election to the Clifton City Council in 1990 and became a Passaic County freeholder in 1992. In 1994, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first Republican to win an election in the 8th congressional district since 1958. In 1999, he was appointed to head the Port Authority, a position he held until becoming U.S. District Court judge.
Judge Coleman, Class of 1974, had been a partner at Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey before he was appointed to the Superior Court in 1995. He has served in the Family, Civil and Criminal Divisions in the Union County vicinage. He was assigned to the Appellate Division effective August 2003. Judge Coleman has been a member of several Supreme Court committees, including the Commission on the Rule of Professional Conduct, the Disciplinary Oversight Committee, the Commission on Professionalism in the Law, and the Vicinage Advisory Committee on Minority Concerns.


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CHESTER - An event was held in numerous communities across the valley on Saturday, and even though the guest of honor wasn't able to attend, her presence was known by all who took part.
Before her untimely death during a liver transplant operation on Feb. 18, the family and friends of 21-year-old Chelsea Lingenfelter had planned an organ donor drive in Wellsville with her in mind. Despite the tragic outcome, the Team Chelsea group that championed her cause decided to go through with the event, more committed than ever to the cause of organ donor awareness.
Six other communities, including Chester, East Liverpool, East Palestine, Newell, Salem and Salineville, followed Wellsville Mayor Susan Haugh in setting aside the day as Organ Donor Awareness Day in Honor of Chelsea Lingenfelter. Calcutta and St. Clair will hold similar events in coming weeks.
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REGISTERING — Bonnie Merriman of Chester, left, is signed up by CORE volunteer Christy Conley to become an organ donor during the Organ Donor Awareness Day event at Chester City Hall on Saturday. - Richard Sberna
Chelsea's mother, Joni Lingenfelter, said she was overwhelmed by the participation of so many other communities.
"My heart won't even fit in this building right now," she said.
More than 100 local residents had signed on to be organ donors by late Saturday afternoon.
Joni said that Chelsea's goal was to spread the word of the urgent need for organ donors to as many people as she could. By that measure, she believes her daughter would have been very pleased with the results.
"I was honestly thinking, if each place got one or two people, how proud would Chelsea be," Joni said. "It's a wonderful thing, so wonderful."
Joni Lingenfelter's fiance, Steve Logston, performed at the event with his group, the Acme Brothers Band. He also expressed his gratitude to the people of Wellsville, and in the other participating towns and villages, for their support.
"There's so many good-hearted people," he said.
Joni said that it usually takes a personal experience with the need for a donor organ to get people involved on a personal level. Such was the case with some of the people who signed up to be donors themselves. One of them was Bonnie Merriman of Chester, who became registered with the Center for Organ Recovery and Education at Chester City Hall on Saturday.
Merriman said that her grandmother had received a liver transplant several years ago.
"We're real pro-organ-donation," she said.
In East Liverpool, Jill Nusser volunteered her time signing people up with Lifebanc, which is responsible for organ donor efforts in Ohio. In addition to being a registered donor herself, Nusser was the recipient of a corneal stem cell transplant that helped to restore her sight. She recognizes that she owes her renewed ability to the sacrifice of another person, and feels the obligation to pass the favor on when her time comes.
"It's the best thing you can do," she said. "If you can save one life, in one way or another, it's a great motivator."


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10gen, the open source document-oriented MongoDB creator, says Intel Capital and Red Hat have made strategic investments in it.
It means to use the undisclosed amount of money for product development and support of its rapidly growing worldwide community and user base. It has visions of being the top NoSQL database on the cloud and is reportedly hiring.
It doesn't need the money. It's up to Series E and got $42 million in September from VCs - who supposedly valued the company at between $500 million and $550 million - followed by an undisclosed investment from the CIA's venture arm In-Q-Tel. Since 2009 the start-up has gotten more than $73.4 million and with these last two undisclosed investments TechCrunch thinks the total amount is now around $81 million.
That would mean, given filings, that Intel and Red Hat tucked $7.6 million in 10gen's jeans; and the CIA may have been good for $400,000.
It's Intel's first investment in the NoSQL market. It's reportedly thinking about future hardware designs that accommodate parallel processing and solid-state drives.
Red Hat is expanding its technical and go-to-market collaboration with 10gen. Its OpenShift PaaS, Linux distribution and JBoss Middleware support MongoDB; and it's thinking about hybrid clouds.
MongoDB isn't like Oracle; it doesn't use SQL or store data in tables and rows; and it focuses on unstructured data.
Thousands of organizations are supposed to be using MongoDB, mostly on x86 machines, for operational intelligence, content management, product data management, high-volume data feeds, user data management and Hadoop.
10gen's nearest competitor is CouchBase.
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Mandatory Break? Dead time rule is complicated, misunderstood
Ravell Call, Deseret News
SOUTH JORDAN — It's a bitterly cold January morning as Coach Dave Peck climbs on a platform in front of the 70 or so football players to discuss a season that doesn't officially start for another eight months.
"This next year is going to be whatever you want it to be," said Peck, Bingham High's football coach. "We have enough talent that we could be something special. But that's up to you."
The students listening to Peck's advice on why working hard now will bring them success in the fall are all enrolled in a powerlifting class. The coach's hope is that the boys will not only get stronger but they'll develop fitness habits that will last throughout their lives.
At the same time, a few miles away at Jordan High, football players are working on their running technique and sprint drills under the supervision of head football coach Eric Kjar. The class is strength and conditioning, and like the class at Bingham, is made up of football players.
Football coaches are not allowed to coach their players right now, but classes like these, which can be found at almost any high school in the state for nearly every sport, are not considered a violation of what is referred to as the "dead time rule."
Every sport sanctioned by the Utah High School Activities Association has 12 to 15 weeks of mandatory dead time, meaning during that time, coaches are not allowed to coach the student athletes who play for them.
The dead time rule has under gone several overhauls, but originally was meant to do two things — prevent coach burnout and allow student athletes to participate in more than one sport.
Unfortunately, not only has the rule failed to accomplish those goals, its complicated, often misunderstood and difficult to enforce.
Access, equality and enforcement are the three main issues with the current rule. Most of those who are punished report the violations themselves, while others find creative ways around the rules.
Meanwhile, coaches feel pressure to do more and more with and for their student athletes than they ever have, while teenage athletes are choosing to specialize more than ever, especially at larger schools.
"It was a laudable goal," said assistant UHSAA director Bart Thompson, himself a former coach of three sports, of the dead time rule. "The average tenure of a football coach is four or five years. And high schools are being saddled with a difficult problem. What if a coach doesn't want to coach after nine or 10 years, but they still have a teaching position at the school. How do you find a position for a new football coach?"
The dead time rule states, "There should be no coach to player contact related to the sport, including conditioning and weight lifting, outside of the school day. This includes not observing players perform in that sport."
Specifically, the rule said coaches — paid or unpaid — cannot organize practice at any level, even in another league; they can't compete as a team, at any level; they can't hold meetings (except post-season banquets), fundraisers or open gym, open court, open pool or open field of play or use batting cages.
While most coaches believe the mandatory time off is a good idea, they acknowledge the rule is rarely enforced and has created other problems. For example, during dead time, a tennis coach can't work with his student athletes, and those students can't use the school facilities outside of the school day (athletic classes are an exception). That means if tennis players want to work on their tennis game outside of the high school season, which is only three months long, they have to join a club, find a private coach or work out at a private gym during the 12 week dead time, which has a significant cost associated with it.
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Though these are great things to pursue, I'm also interested in more practical ways I can use it to 'sleep' more effectively on ideas, improving and coming up with new ones, and overall letting the magic work on problem-solving of my waking-time work. Are there methods to turn it into a tool for speeding up this thought-simmering of the subconscious mind?


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Supplements May Not Prevent Bone Fractures
An influential government advisory panel on Monday questioned the benefits of supplements containing both vitamin D and calcium for healthy women, saying there's insufficient evidence to show they prevent bone fractures.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended against the use of low or moderate doses of the supplements, after concluding they don't work to prevent fractures and might increase the risk of kidney stones. It said there wasn't enough clinical data to determine whether high doses—or those above 400 international units of vitamin D and 1,000 milligrams of calcium— are effective.
Vitamin D and calcium supplements have long been recommended for women—especially those past menopause—to prevent fractures from osteoporosis. Vitamin D and calcium are often put together in the same pill at varying doses. But it's exactly the variation in the types and formulations of supplements that makes it difficult for researchers to study their benefits and for policy makers to come up with good advice.
Jessica Herzstein, a task-force member, said clinical studies don't show a benefit of supplements at low or moderate doses. And there simply isn't enough data on whether high doses of vitamin D and calcium can prevent fractures in healthy people who don't have osteoporosis, or brittle bones, she said.
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The recommendations, a final version of preliminary guidelines released in June, are the latest report to muddy the picture on the effectiveness of dietary supplements. Recent research has suggested that vitamin C, vitamin B-6 and vitamin B-12 don't deliver all of their purported health benefits.
Cliff Rosen, past president of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, agreed that there isn't much data showing calcium-and-vitamin-D supplements can prevent bone fractures. Dr. Rosen served on an Institute of Medicine panel that in 2010 recommended a daily vitamin D intake of at least 600 IUs for children and adults up to age 70. "I think the two biggest public health messages are to supplement calcium with diet and keep your weight down," said Dr. Rosen, explaining that excess weight can drive down vitamin D levels.
However, he said, there's no harm in taking a 200-IU dose of vitamin D because it's difficult to get the recommended daily amount of 600 IUs from food alone for children and adults up to age 70.
Doctors recommend women figure out with their primary doctors how much calcium and vitamin D they are getting from food and either make adjustments to their diets or add separate supplements of both nutrients to get to recommended daily intake of each. Calcium is involved in bone growth and maintenance, while vitamin D helps bones absorb the calcium. Calcium is found in milk, yogurt and other dairy products while vitamin D is found in fatty fish like salmon. The best source of vitamin D is the sun, but because sunlight cases cancer, people are advised to limit sun exposure.
While doctors say people could get most of their calcium needs from food, it's harder to get vitamin D from food.
Last year, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended people age 65 or older who are considered at risk for falling and potentially breaking bones exercise and take a vitamin D supplement. That recommendation remains unchanged by Monday's task-force recommendations.
Dr. Herzstein says the panel is looking at vitamin D and other vitamins to see if they prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease. The panel will also start work on collecting data to make recommendations on screening for vitamin D deficiency.
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I would like to know what are the formal power series $$f(t) = \sum_a \omega_a t^{-a}$$ over an algebraicially closed field of characteristic 2, with two properties: (1) The series represents a rational function, i.e. the coefficients satisfy a linear recursion, and (2) $\omega_{2a} = \omega_a^2$ for $a \ge 0$.
One family of solutions is $\omega_a = p_a(u_1, \dots, u_r)$ where $p_a$ is the $a$-th power sum symmetric function in some finite subset of $F$, $p_a = \sum_{i = 1}^r u_i^a$.
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Here's a picture of the underside of that plate on my 055XPROB connected to an 804RC2 3-way head -
You can see a slot headed screw thread here and there are 2 more that need to be slackened to release the head (in this case an 804RC2). Also when you unscrew it you may need to turn the silver plates, not the top of the head.
There are three small set screws recessed in the bottom of the plate at the top of your tripod. You must back them off enough to allow the base of the ball head to be rotated. Be sure the middle shaft of the tripod is tightened or you might be rotating the entire shaft. And grip the base of the ball head below the "ball".


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Pale Blue Dot - Test Render. by HameedWatch
©2009-2016 Hameed
"I got the whole world in my hands"
Absolutely beautiful and very realistic
It's breathtaking. I have no idea how you can do this but it's very intense.
Greetings Hameed,
Most superbly exceptional indeed!
My best,
Michael C. Turner
Most superbly exceptional indeed!
My best,
Michael C. Turner
Pretty impressive, mate!
This is amazing and beautiful, but I think it needs more frames. It's not very smooth
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A smaller but higher quality render, this time with displacement for the main cloud body.
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6 Awful Jobs That Must Exist in Video Game Universes
A lot of mail flows in and out of the video game world. Luckily, Avery Edison is there to catch it ...
#6. Mario's Mechanic
Work in the Mushroom Kingdom is hard to find, so when I got a gig with the pit crew at the kart races, I was thrilled. Mom always said that training as a mechanic would never get me anywhere, that I should be more like my brother (he got his MBA in Pacing Back and Forth and Throwing Things), but now I'd have the chance to show her just how wrong she was.
I was assigned to Mario's kart. The race began, and after only one lap he pulled in to the pit stop, jumped out of the kart and ran around shouting "Mamma Mia!" The kart itself was in horrible shape -- the bumper had been dented multiple times by some kind of heavy projectile, the wheels were clogged with banana skins and the whole chassis was bent and buckled from carrying coins for some demented reason.
Oh God, it's alive. I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry.
I went to work removing the fruit, and asked my partner to do something about the ruined tire rubber (I guess a certain plumber has been watching too much Tokyo Drift). He shook his head and gestured to a truck that was delivering a brand-new kart for Mario. I soon discovered that our entire job consisted of helping the truck driver get new karts down so that Mario could jump in them, speed away and come back in a lap's time with another ruined vehicle.
"The spectators want to see crashes, but the drivers won't get in anything but a brand-new kart. This is the price we pay for greatness."
"Just look at the turnout this year. Fantastic."
I was so confused -- what about the food shortages in World 2? The fuel crisis that has left World 8 consumed by darkness? How can the people allow waste on this scale?
"That is the price they pay for greatness," he replied.
I quit my job. Maybe I'll go back to school, get a diploma in Hiding in Lava and Then Popping Out When Someone Comes By. There are no blue shells in lava.
Lucky I quit, as they got rid of physics the next day. I hate when they do that.
#5. Sonic's Supplier
Look, I know what I am, OK? I'm a drug dealer. At best I operate in a legal gray area. So when this weird blue hedgehog comes to me asking for speed, of course I'm gonna give it to him. I didn't even charge him that many golden hoops, although I could see he was loaded with 'em.
I tapped him on the shoulder and his wallet just exploded.
It was a great customer-salesman relationship for a while there. He became a regular, someone I could rely on for income, and somebody who could rely on me for good product. I honestly thought he was a good guy.
But when he brought that kid into it? Man, that was fucked up. Tails, or whatever? I don't know what their relationship was, but I do know that Sonic didn't want him dosing off the same stuff. Insisted I give the kid freaking LSD, just so Sonic could sit back and laugh while Tails ran around telling people that he was "flying."
"I'm invincible! Test me Sonic, test me!"
How did they even meet? What happened to Tails that gave him an extra freak tail? Is Sonic a giant hedgehog, or is Tails a really small mutant fox? These are the questions I don't want answered.
And don't even get me started on that Knuckles dude. I have absolutely no idea what that guy's deal is. You'd think with the dreadlocks and all, he'd be into reefer. But no, the first time Sonic brings Knuckles over, the red freak asks if I'll sell him all the coke I have in exchange for some "cool martial arts moves." It's weird -- I don't think I remember Bruce Lee ever getting off his head on cocaine and then trying to break a boulder in half with his hand.
They always mention these guys, too, but no one else seems to know who the hell they are.
Now I'm at the point where I feel like if I try to cut Sonic and his friends off, they're gonna hurt me. That's not how this relationship should be, you know? I'm meant to be the dude with the control, the supply. I'd be happy to watch the three of them crash and burn in a blaze of narcotics, but for Amy Rose. Every other day she comes by, tears in her eyes, and asks me if I've seen her "boyfriend." Says she's been hammering away at guys for Sonic and needs to see him. As twisted as their "love" is, I think she'd be heartbroken if Sonic OD'ed.
"Better take a photo of me so you don't have to look through Google Images."
Plus, I am making just crazy money. If I were a tree, you'd never be able to see how old I was because I gots too many rings to count, playa!
Seriously though, this is a tragedy waiting to happen.
#4. Luigi's Housekeeper
I have done some difficult jobs in my time. I've scraped cake batter of the walls of the Cooking Mama house, dealt with sexual harassment from Lara Croft's butler and even spent hours at a time underwater when I was looking after tadpoles for the Battle Toads. But Luigi's mansion has to be the worst place I have ever worked.
Swear to God, Lara, this wasn't funny the first time.
To be fair, Luigi did warn me that over the years there had been a few reports of spectral activity in the building. But I dismissed such talk as local color, a funny little fib the Realtor had probably told to squeeze a few more coins out of the lanky Italian. Little did I know that the whole house was built on an ancient Koopa burial ground.
"Remember ... Wounded Shell!"
Technically, I am a live-in housekeeper, but I have not been able to sleep a single night I have been here. The hundreds of ghosts that inhabit every room of this house are a constant distraction -- knocking things over, making loud noise ... one of them even stole from me, and I am not the type of woman who even has things worth stealing.
I am sympathetic to their plight; I would be angry if the land of my people was desecrated, too. But I don't think I'd be so passive-aggressive about it, so annoying. I haven't met a ghost yet that doesn't try to get my attention when my back is turned, and then run and hide as soon as I try to look at it. That's childish behavior, is what it is.
I'm not sure what the hell that backpack is, and I'm starting to think I don't want to know.
In addition to dealing with the ghosts, I'm having to clean up after a ridiculous number of Mario's parties. Well, he calls them parties -- they seem more like bizarre contests designed to humiliate and even physically wound those he considers friends. I have dared to ask Luigi how he can put up with such mistreatment, but Mario always butts in before Luigi can reply, and says, "He's a-having a good-a time! And who a-said the help-a could talk?"
Oh, so now you're inviting the ghosts and your oldest enemy above me? You're a terrible person, Mario.
I feel bad for my employer, who clearly has a lot of issues surrounding his brother. He seems to idolize Mario, despite all the ill treatment, and does everything he can to emulate him. Luigi even labors under the illusion that Daisy, a woman who bears an eerie resemblance to Mario's Princess Peach, is his girlfriend, and he's always asking Mario to join the two of them on a double date. You should see Mario try to hold in the laughter.
Infidelity is just a palette swap away.
I know I should quit, go work somewhere else (I hear the Tetris guys need help keeping things organized), but whenever I bring the subject up with Luigi, I see tears in his eyes. I don't think he could stand another person leaving him.


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Officials suspect youths from a local community that is embroiled in a land dispute with another ethnic group may have carried out the attack.
The report by the International Crisis Group blames Khartoum's "piecemeal approach to resolving conflicts and the divide-and-rule default politics" for the worsening situation in the east.
The fired minister was involved in a fight with another lawmaker at the National Assembly recently.
The last notable hold-out to the amnesty offer is rebel leader David Yau Yau, but officials are hopeful he will agree to lay down arms.
The head of the SPLM-DC said he worries that development would suffer if South Sudan joins the regional group.
In four years, the number of homeless children in Juba has jumped from 1,200 to 3,000, a survey conducted by the NGO Confident Children Out of Conflict finds.
South Sudan's finance minister says civil servants, some of whom haven't been paid since September, might not see a wage packet until the new year.
Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Kyung-wha Kang says ending violence would help South Sudanese to rebuild their lives.
More than 80 women turn up in Juba for surgery to correct obstetric fistulae, a preventable medical condition often caused by obstructed labor.
A retired Roman Catholic bishop expresses doubt that rebel leader David Yau Yau was behind raids in Twic East in which scores died.
Spending has been severely restricted since 2012, when South Sudan halted oil production amid a feud with Khartoum over pipeline transit fees.
Locals who cut down trees in Eastern Equatoria's forest reserves insist they have no other way to make a living.
South Sudan's central bank agrees to reverse a currency devaluation that took effect earlier this week after lawmakers complain that it has caused prices to spike and put many essential goods out of reach of ordinary citizens.
Years after the Sudanese civil war forced them to flee to Sudan, 1,700 South Sudanese leave a transit camp in the north, where some of them have spent years, to return to their homes in South Sudan.
A bus driver is shot dead and several passengers wounded when armed men attack a vehicle driving between Torit and Kapoeta in South Sudan.
A project gets under way to repair roads in Unity state that were damaged by flooding.
Flooding affects more than 220,000 people in South Sudan, a quarter of them in Jonglei state, officials say.
Hundreds of South Sudanese soldiers are deployed to try to track down Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters, who are suspected of carrying out two deadly raids this week inside South Sudan.
The South Sudanese government says it plans to toughen up requirements for journalists who wish to work in the country after an overseas website published false information about President Salva Kiir.
A lawmaker from Jonglei state in South Sudan urges President Salva Kiir to rescind an amnesty offer made to rebel leader David Yau Yau.
Cross-border traffic is almost at a standstill at a key transit point between Uganda and South Sudan after days of heavy rain cause flooding on one of the main roads linking the two countries.
Fledgling government made up of former warlords faces enormous task of taming lifelong rebels with new concept
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South Sudan in Focus airs at 7:30 pm in Juba (1630 UTC) and can be heard on FM stations throughout South Sudan, on shortwave, and on VOA's 24-hour channel in Nairobi at 8:30 pm. The program is hosted by John Tanza in Washington D.C., and a network of stringers around South Sudan, and reporters in Washington, D.C., produce the stories that are heard on South Sudan in Focus.
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Mountain Parks Electric, Inc. is having an election to fill seats on its six-member board of directors. Voters throughout the Mountain Parks community should be receiving ballots in the mail this week.
For the purpose of the election of the members of the board, the areas serviced by the Cooperative are divided in six districts. The term of each member selected is three years, and directors exercise all of the powers of the Cooperative, except those powers reserved to members in accordance with the bylaws of Mountain Parks Electric, Inc.
Candidates running for District 1 are incumbant Alexander Buhayar of Fraser and challenger Richard Jernigan of Winter Park.
Another race in District 3 in Jackson County includes incumbant Carl Trick II of Cowdrey and Donald L. McKinley of Walden.
Mail-in ballots for the board of director election were mailed April 16 to all members residing in District 1 and District 3. In order to be counted, the return envelope must be signed and mailed to Mountain Parks Electric, Inc. in Granby no later than April 26.
Members in District 1 and District 3 who do not vote by mail may vote in person by floor ballot from 8 a.m. to 9:25 a.m. the day of the Annual Meeting.
The results of the election will be announced at the Mountain Parks Electric, Inc. Annual Meeting on Saturday, May 11, held at Mountain Parks' main office warehouse at 321 W. Agate Avenue in Granby.


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We have new information from Bowling Green Police about the Tuesday night stabbing on Butler Way.
Police have confirmed Tommy Whobrey Sr., 44, was stabbed in his torso.
Police say his cousin Joseph Wolfe, 39, stabbed Whobrey at his home on Butler Way.
Whobrey is being treated at The Medical Center.
The hospital confirmed, he is in serious condition.
Wolfe is in the Warren County Regional Jail."
"Officers were able to determine that Mr. Whobrey and Mr. Wolfe had been together and an argument had broken out between the two of them, and they went out into the yard, and Mr. Whobrey was stabbed by Mr. Wolfe.," BGPD Public Information Officer Ronnie Ward says.
We'll keep you updated with more information, as it becomes available.


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Western Kentucky University officials discussed their five-year master plan to members of Bowling Green's City Commission and Planning Commission.
The plan includes several changes designed to ease conflict between vehicles and the thousands of on-campus pedestrians.
Some changes include:
Andy Gillies, Executive Director of the BG Planning Commission said the commission has had several zoning decisions affecting property within the periphery of Western's campus within the last several years, and hopes Thursday night's meeting will help the commission in future decision-making.
Western officials also revealed that the new Mass Media building and the Downing Student Center will both be open by the start of classes on Aug. 18.


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Silent Hill: Requiem to Shephard's Glen - 02-11-2009, 04:32 PM
Shephard's Glen: A little quaint town in Nevada. It's one of those towns that takes you forever to find; it's harder to find than the middle of nowhere. It was founded about, oh, I think 200 years ago now; we're coming up on the bicentennial anniversary and there's a big party and parade planned.
But see, what a lot of the townspeople don't know is that the founding families' ancestors - Shepherd, Holloway, Bartlett, and Fitch - brought with them an oath from Silent Hill. They and numerous other families fled, but the God followed; to keep the newly founded village safe, they pledged that every fifty years, one child from each founding family would be sacrificed.
"We, the Family Shepherd, in order to ensure our continued protection and prosperity, do enter into this Holy Contract with our God, accept our duties as Master of Arms and willingly consign our child to the water in God's name."
"We, the Family Fitch, in order to ensure our continued protection and prosperity, do enter this Holy Contract with our God, accept our duties as Master of Rites and willingly consign our child to the blade in God's name."
"We, the Family Holloway, in order to ensure our continued protection and prosperity, do enter into this Holy Contract with our God, accept our duties as Keeper of Lore and willingly consign our child to the noose in God's name."
"We, the Family Bartlett, in order to ensure our continued protection and prosperity, do enter into this Holy Contract with our God, accept our duties as Executor of Law and willingly consign our child to the earth in God's name."
The Bartlett line has always been full of mayors. Holloways, they are the judges. Fitches are doctors and nurses and surgeons more often than not, and the Shephard family goes either into war or into police service. No one knows why; it's just how it is. There's no influence on the children; they grow up and that's what they want to do, continue the family tradition.
Of course, the children usually aren't told of the town's darkest secret; sacrifices to appease an unforgiving God happen every fifty years. Fifty years ago, this was broken by an accident; the wrong Shephard child was killed in water and a terrifying mist overtook the town. This matter, of course, was fixed and the town renewed itself. Soon, everybody who knew what had happened had passed away; the families continued on.
As the Bicentennial Celebration approaches, the parents of each chosen branch of the families has to prepare for this. It doesn't matter if they have only one child or two; infant or adult, it doesn't matter. There are other branches of the families in Shephard's Glen; they can continue the family line. It's a brutal way to live in a messed up place.
You've noticed that the 'chosen' kids - though you obviously don't know this - are becoming more and more withdrawn, less people-friendly and they no longer come to school. They haven't been told of their forecoming fate; and only the Keeper of Lore generally knows about it. Maybe you are one of these kids; maybe your parents have more or less treated you as a pet: fed you, clothed you, washed you, put you to bed as though it were a mere chore. Of course, if you're an only child you may have noticed your parents spoil you considerably.
Suddenly, one day both the Bartlett kids vanished. A mysterious fog has wrapped the town in a shroud, and it seems like no matter how hard you try to leave, you just enter the town on the other side. Scary creatures haunt the shadows, and the safest place to be is either the school building or your home.
Whenever you're out walking around, sometimes you hear an eerie grating noise, like metal on the pavement behind you; yet you see nothing when you turn to look around. However, it brings to mind an old fable-song you heard as a child:
Where is Steven, mommy? He can't play and I'm sad.
You mustn't ask, my darling- Steven has been bad.
Billy too, and Sally? Did they do something wrong?
I'm afraid it's true, child- all your friends are gone.
Beware of he who took them- he goes by many names.
The Bogeyman, the Shadowed One, but all are he, the same.
For every sin a child has, must be a punishment to bear.
Your friends are now beyond our reach; trapped deep within his lair.
And if they take what is not theirs, there can be no doubt.
He'll stretch their skin until it snaps, and all the blood drains out.
Remember to always behave, for sins he won't abide.
He wields a rusty, jagged blade, to cut out your insides.
The lying little children, with souls selfish and small.
Will find their wriggling tongues cut out, and nailed to the his wall.
The bullies and their spiteful wrath will find torment as well.
Soon he will strike them where they stand and drag them into hell.
Child, you must obey your parents; do everything they say.
Little ones who do otherwise, he tortures in the flames.
Beatings cleanse the soul, they say, and that is what he'll do.
If you don't control your anger then you'll feel his anger too.
You are your brother's keeper, remember it always.
Or else, the Bogeyman will chain you underneath the waves.
And while good children live, bad ones cannot escape their fate.
For once you hear his screeching wail, it's already too late.
So do not cry aloud at night, stay hidden in your bed...
Or the Bogeyman from Silent Hill will come chop off your head.
As hell breaks loose here in Shephard's Glen, you'll fight monsters of horrendous countenances, see nightmarish landscapes unfold before your very eyes - and you are not the only one who witnesses these beasts and terrors. However, you've got your own nightmares to deal with, whatever they are...
Shephard's Glen has become Hell itself; can you survive it?
1. Only Miranda, Sarah_K_O_M, TheHayleyDoll, and myself. Do not PM me begging to join, this is set due to the amount of new users coming on.
2. The monsters specifically in this RP are as follows:
Swarm (Bugs, can be smashed on the floor)
Ferals (Dogs, appear to be missing some flesh)
Lurkers (Humanoids with tail-like appendages that appear to be legs that are bound together; have no faces, only a wide, toothy mouth stretching vertically from their forehead to their chin)
Nurses (Humanoids with heavily bandaged faces and rather trashy uniforms. Feel free to yell 'Get some pants!!' when you kill some. Usually are seen only in the hotel and hospital nightmares.)
Schisms (Humanoids with a fleshy pendulum-like appendage for a head; said appendage is split down the middle with what appears to be a mouth)
Siam Siam (Humanoids, I can't exactly describe these so well so look images up on Youtube. Avoid at all costs if able. O_O)
Smokers (Humanoids with no arms, lungs expand to spew nasty smoke. Avoid at all costs.)
3. Don't godmod, auto-hit unless it's one of the listed monsters, blah blah. Read the RPG area stickies. >>;
4. Nightmare realms are mostly occurant in dreams; however, as the town dives further into da.mnation (or so the Order calls it) they begin to occur in real life. Usually it takes form in starting out as a regular dream, but the longer it goes, the more everything begins to peel and decay. Things age and rot and rust, and then you wonder if you're even in the same place - especially once it starts happening while you're awake.
5. You will have a nightmare monster. Whether it is an event, person, flaws about yourself that you absolutely despise for whatever reason, or a heavy fear, only you can see it in the Nightmare dreams; in the real world however, everyone can see it. It can be anything from a normal-looking rendition of it to a completely mutated freak of nature.
6. We are all starting in Shephard's Glen; either you've lived there your whole life or you moved there several years ago for whatever reasons your parents had.
Character sheet (optional, but I'd prefer if you did use them.)
Name: (Note, you can be from any of the 4 founding families but I'd prefer if you were not from the selected branch for sacrifice. O_o)
Age: *can be from 8 to 50*
Appearance: (typed please, no pics)
Nightmare Monster if your character has one and the story behind it:
Opening paragraph and my character sheet will be in the next post. Stupid character limit! X.x
I stare at the girl in the mirror: T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen.
But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away.
I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you;
Make it feel the way it's supposed to be!
Name: Tanith Fitch (not selected branch)
Age: 17
Appearance: Black hair tinted purple with hair dye, yellow eyes. Has a scar across her right eye and eyebrow as a result of an accident in her welding class; she is not blind in that eye but she is astigmatic in that eye and has to wear a single contact lens to try and correct it. Has two small tattoos on the outer corner of her eyes and temples; it looks vaguely like purple dragon scales.
Bio: Tanith grew up in Shephard's Glen; born there, raised there, she'd probably die there too if the monsters didn't stop appearing. When she was sixteen, a piece of metal was flung from another welding booth in her class and cut a line down her face, narrowly missing her eye; she quit the class but continues welding as a hobby and job, she also occasionally helps out at the car repair when they need someone to weld. Her father is a doctor and her mother is a manager at the local grocery mart. In the past several years she's noticed her younger cousin, Martha, had become more withdrawn; the reason why was beyond her, though it may have been to do with the fact she was an only child... Tanith has one older brother who left Shephard's Glen for a university outside of town and she hasn't heard from him since the mist enshrouded the Glen. As a result of her worry and anxiety, she has occasional anxiety attacks where her heart beats irregularly and they usually settle down on their own; she hasn't had to go to the hospital for them yet but if she has another one, her father'll probably drag her kicking and screaming. She hates hospitals.
Personality: Tends to be more a realist than a pessimist, though if the occasion calls for it she's definitely more pessimistic than anything else. Her fear of hospitals is unfounded; she's just always been scared of them, ever since she was little.
Nightmare Monster if your character has one and the story behind it: It's a vaguely dragon-esque beast with sharp pieces of metal for teeth; in its chest, when it stands up on its hind legs, you can see a cage sticking out of the left side and what appears to be a bird/butterfly monstrosity inside that flaps its wings erratically. Its claws and the end of its tail are various surgical apparati. It stands for her heart's anxiety-caused flutters, her fear of hospitals and metal shrapnel, and for some reason her adoration of dragons.
Etc.: Has a mild allergy to various kinds of flowers, and is allergic to one specific breed of dog which unfortunately is the same one that created the infamous Lurker dogs. Also is very stubborn and has a 'my way or the highway' attitude.
Another gloomy day in Shephard's Glen. Population: 353- cancel that, 347. The Summersons disappeared last night. Tanith wrote down the names that had been posted on the board; more and more people kept going missing, just disappearing in the dead of night and barbed wire, for some reason, appeared on the doors and windows of the houses of the missing families, barring entrance from all sides. She took a black permanent marker and drew it across the listed names, shaking her head in mild despair, and she stuffed the notebook and marker back in her bag, walking away from the oversized corkboard-like billboard; it was pretty low to the ground, low enough to pin things to. Wonder if anyone's bothered going to school today. Probably not. Teachers're all gone, so's the principals. She rubbed her right eye, pushing the contact lens back in place, and she stuffed her hands in her pockets, still walking down the misty road; nobody drove cars anymore, the gas station having dried up, so it was fairly safe.
The school loomed up ahead, a three story brick building covered in dead and decaying ivy and moss. ...On second thought, maybe I'll go see if Dad needs any help today. She gulped, staring at the building; it just gave her the creeps now. Even before the weird fog had rolled in overnight, sometimes in the dead of night you could hear metal grinding on the ceramic tiles of the floor. She could definitely hear it now; a low, grating, grinding wail vaguely reminiscent of nails on a chalkboard. She crossed her arms, pulling on the sleeves of her jacket, and shivered, not because of the cold. "Come on, 'nith, the Bogeyman isn't real," she mumbled.
I stare at the girl in the mirror: T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen.
But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away.
I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you;
Make it feel the way it's supposed to be!
Name: Jeff Brooks
Age: 16
Appearance: Brown hair, blue eyes. Fairly tall and average build.
Bio: Jeff's mother lived in a nearby town with her son. She and Jeff's father had separated before he was born; his name was Marcus Shepherd and he'd told Leanne, Jeff's mother, that she had a choice, namely she could have an abortion and he'd stay, or keep the child and he'd go. Leanne chose her unborn child over her lover, and he left. She didn't regret anything, but grew very close to her son over the years.
When Jeff was six, she met another man, this one named Acario. It was a whirlwind relationship and they married very quickly. However, Acario had married Leanne for just one thing; to get at her son and began sexually abusing Jeff soon after. Leanne suspected nothing til, four years later, she arrived back from work early and caught Acario in the act of abuse. The subsequent court case, despite the fact that Acario was sentenced to ten years in prison, broke Leanne completely and she had a nervous breakdown. Now, Jeff resides with a foster family, the fifth one he's been placed with, and Leanne is currently in a mental hospital, unable to care for either her son or herself. The foster family he lives with lives in Shephard's Glen, near the school.
Personality: Can be arrogant and very nasty on occasion. Jeff also hides his feelings, and won't talk to people readily. He is also very pri'ckly and takes offence very easily, resulting in a lot of people not liking him.
Nightmare Monster if your character has one and the story behind it:Jeff's nightmare monster is Acario, as Jeff remembers him from when he was a child and suffering abuse. As in, Acario is a giant, and with a twisted malevolent face. It stands not only for the still remembered abuse at Acario's hands, but also for Jeff's secret fear of Acario once he finally gets out of prison.
Name: Justin "Infri" Blake
Age: 15
Appearance: Black hair, hazel eyes. Slightly below average height, skinny.
Bio: Justin, or Infri as he's mostly known as, vanished into Silent Hill around ten years ago. Back then, Silent Hill was certainly known of amongst the teenagers, but was mostly considered an urban legend. One day, Infri and his friends had been playing Truth or Dare, and Infri was dared to go into Silent Hill. To prove he wasn't a coward, he went... and never returned. The teenagers went back to the town in fear, and the police searched all over the place, but never found him. Now, the teenagers who were around at that time are now in their twenties, but Infri remains the same age he was when he was trapped in Silent Hill. He has no idea how long it's been since he went there, but recently he was able to escape. Silent Hill and Shephards Glen share Toluca Lake; somehow, Infri was able to cross the lake and enter Shephards Glen.
Personality: Stubborn, rude, very immature, but can be nice to those he considers his friends.
Nightmare Monster if your character has one and the story behind it: Infri had a troubled childhood. His mother left his father before he was born, and he's never met her. His father physically abused his son and neglected him, mainly cuz he just didn't care about him. Infri spent a lot of time in hospitals cuz of what his father did; broken ribs, broken arm, cuts from broken glass were very common. Infri was frightened of hospitals, partly cuz of having to go so often, but also cuz his father had instilled in him from an early age a fear of hospitals, saying that if he told the doctors and nurses anything about how he'd gotten injured, they'd take him away and put him in prison. Infri's nightmare monster is a shadow creature with a head that's roughly the shape of a horse's head, but without ears or eyes. It's wrapped in bloodstained scrubs, and has syringes for claws. It represents his fear of hospitals as well as his buried fear of his father.
Jeff was hanging outside the school, smoking listlessly as he sat down on the ground. He only went to school cuz it was still better than being at the house; he didn't consider his foster parents' house to be a home. Over the years of being shunted around foster homes, Jeff had lost a lot of school and had ended up being kept down a year. He barely even noticed Tanith's arrival at the school and continued to stare down at the ground.
A soaking wet figure crept away from the lake and towards the large building he could see. Infri shivered in the mist, but kept on walking. He didn't know this place at all, nothing seemed familiar and he could recognise no-one. He was frightened, not just cuz of the place he'd left and cuz he was was sure that he'd never really be free of Silent Hill, but of the unknown place he was entering with no help in sight.
Tanith sniffed a bit and covered her nose, wincing, and turned, seeing Jeff. "How can you not hear that?" She paused and looked back at the school; the keening of metal on the floor had stopped. ".. Nevermind." She shook her head and sat down on the ground, staring at the building. "Place keeps getting creepier by the day."
Joey Shephard, the town's 49-year-old sheriff, was walking past the lake on his rounds and noticed Infri walking across the road. "Hey, kid, you're supposed to be at home, not wandering ar- Who are you?" He blinked; he'd never seen this guy before.
I stare at the girl in the mirror: T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen.
But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away.
I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you;
Make it feel the way it's supposed to be!
"I was trying to ignore it. If I looked up, who knows what I might see? This place gives me the creeps, but it's still better than being at the house." Jeff stubbed his cigarette out. "Not really as tho there's really a school to go to; no teachers for one thing."
Infri turned at the sound of Joey's voice. "I'm Infri, um, Justin Blake," he replied nervously.
"Yeah, guess not. .. I feel like making an exploding pumpkin for some reason." She yawned and scatched the back of her head, looking bored.
"How'd you even get here, kid?" Joey walked over to him. "You look scared to death."
I stare at the girl in the mirror: T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen.
But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away.
I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you;
Make it feel the way it's supposed to be!
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New Nurses Verbally Abused by Colleagues Have Lower Commitment to Employer, Less Likely to Stay in Current Job
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Verbal abuse against nurses in the workplace, including abuse by other nurses, is both common and well-documented. The negative effects of that abuse and the adverse impact on patient care are also well-documented. Now, a study of newly licensed registered nurses (NLRNs) finds that nurses who are verbally abused by nursing colleagues report lower job satisfaction, unfavorable perceptions of their work environment, and greater intent to leave their current job.
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