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An effort to eliminate superdelegates in future elections has failed at a meeting of the Democratic National Convention rules committee in Philadelphia. (July 23)
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The U.S. psychologist whose book about school shootings was found in the Munich killer's room says often young gunmen research other perpetrators to find a role model. (July 23)
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The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee shared the stage in Miami with her VP pic, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine.
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WikiLeaks released thousands of internal Democratic National Committee emails that suggest that the party played favorites with Hillary Clinton.
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I used to peel off the thin wax layer that covers red apples. Is this necessary?
The food-grade wax applied to apples after being washed post-harvesting (which removes their naturally produced waxy outer coating) is safe.
From the U.S. Apple Association:
That said, if the layer of wax is so thick that you can peel it off, it wouldn't hurt to brush it off under warm water; wax isn't digestible. (I use a speck of Dawn or a spritz of enzymatic vegetable/fruit spray to clean my apples because I hate the added wax.)
If you're eating red delicious apples coated in thick wax, you are really missing out on the wonder of dense, sweet, crisp, tart apples. Red delicious have an unnaturally thick skin, mealy flesh, and little apple flavor. I highly, highly recommend some Gala, McIntosh, or other smaller, rounder, really delicious apples.
Also, it's at least a good idea to rinse with a light soap/vegetable wash since the wax can pick up dirt and bacteria.


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By Steven I. Apfelbaum and Alan Haney
Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land, published in 2010, provides a step-by-step process for developing, implementing, monitoring, and refining on-the-ground restoration projects that are applicable to a wide range of landscapes and ecosystems. The first half of the book introduces the process of ecological restoration through specific examples from t... read more
By David A Bainbridge
A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration, published in 2007, is the first book to offer practical, field-tested solutions to the critical problem of dryland degradation and desertification. Author David Bainbridge has spent more than 25 years actively involved in restoring lands across the American Southwest. This book presents the results of his years of fieldwor... read more
Edited by Gary J. Brierley and Kirstie A Fryirs
River Futures, published in 2008, discusses the emergence of this new era of river repair and documents a comprehensive biophysical framework for river science and management. The book considers what can be done to maximize prospects for improving river health while maintaining or enhancing the provision of ecosystem services over the next fifty ... read more
Edited by James Aronson, João S. Pereira, and Juli G. Pausas
Cork Oak Woodlands on the Edge, published in 2009, provides a synthesis of the most up-to-date, scientific and practical information on the management of cork oak woodlands across a range of biophysical, historical, and cultural contexts. It also includes sixteen pages of full-color photos that illustrate the tree, agro-silvop... read more
Edited by Dean Apostol and Marcia Sinclair
Restoring the Pacific Northwest, published in 2006, gathers and presents the best examples of state-of-the-art restoration techniques and projects. The Pacific Northwest is a global ecological "hotspot" because of its relatively healthy native ecosystems, a high degree of biodiversity, and the number of restoration initiatives that have b... read more
Edited by Dave Egan and Evelyn Howell
The Historical Ecology Handbook, published in 2001, makes essential connections between past and future ecosystems, bringing together leading experts to offer a much-needed introduction to the field of historical ecology and its practical application by on the ground restorationists. The book starts out with an overview chapter that introduces important co... read more
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Board Delays Canvass Again
The Marshall County Board of Education on Thursday further postponed the canvass of the Dec. 15 special election, which unofficially renewed the school district's operating levy.
The canvass is now scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. today at the Marshall County Courthouse in Moundsville.
Marshall County Clerk Jan Pest said that during regular primary and general elections, county commissioners sit as a board of canvassers to certify election results and declare them official. Because the board opted to hold a special election, though, board members are required to act as their own board of canvassers.
The canvassing process determines which provisional ballots should be counted.
The canvass originally was scheduled for the morning of Dec. 21, but the board was unable to form a quorum at the time.
As a result, the canvass was postponed until Thursday evening.
On Thursday, however, employees of the Marshall County Clerk's Office said the canvass had been postponed again. They could not provide a reason for the second delay.
No board of education members could be reached for comment Thursday. Assistant Superintendent Wayne Simms was unaware Thursday evening that the canvass had been rescheduled again.
He planned to contact board members today to learn the reason for the delay.
The operating levy, which was approved by an unofficial vote of 2,973-1,969, will give the school district $16.43 million every year for five years, adding up to $82.16 million for the entire period.
Only about 22.3 percent of eligible voters in Marshall County turned out for the special election.


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Problem when grouping by a column with a ComboBox editor and render
I'm trying to add grouping feature to my grids but when I try to group by a column that has a ComboBox editor and a renderer to display the displayField's value of the selected record in ComboBox, the group doesn't show the displayed/rendered value: it shows the raw value of the column.
I tried to use the groupHeaderTpl: '{columnName}: {name}' and groupHeaderTpl: '{columnName}: {renderedGroupValue}' but neither worked. I get the result "Company: 1" while I expect to see the result "Company: ABC".
Hope that there is an easy fix that I can apply to solve this very basic problem.
Thanks in advance
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Today I started to use ext-184.108.40.2065-beta.zip. But the problem still persists
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Since no one gave a suggestion on how to fix the problem we studied the code in order to fix it by ourselves.
Here is a fix that we have applied to set the rendered value of a column that is being grouped, to the renderedGroupValue in setupRowData function of Grouping.js
setupRowData: function(record, idx, rowValues) { ................. ................. if (rowValues.isFirstRow) { groupInfo.groupField = groupField; groupInfo.name = groupName; groupInfo.renderedGroupValue = groupName; if (header.renderer && header.renderer.call) { groupInfo.renderedGroupValue = header.renderer.call(header, groupName, null, record, idx, me.view.headerCt.getHeaderIndex(header), store, me.view); }


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By Sara Wilson,
president League of Women Voters of Curry County
The League of Women Voters of Oregon has carefully studied the results of voting "Yes" on Initiatives 66 and 67.
The League, along with many other organizations including the Oregon PTA and AARP, is requesting your "Yes" vote on these initiatives. Because of increased unemployment, the funds available to provide vital services are inadequate. To provide the level of services available in the 2007-2009 biennium the state needed an additional $4 billion. To make up the difference the Legislature cut $2 billion from the budget and used stimulus and reserve funds to make up $1 billion more. Finally, the Legislature added two new taxes that are the subject of this election. These will raise $733 million.
What will these increased taxes cost you? Unless your income is in the top 1 percent of Oregon taxpayers the answer is ZERO.
Measure 66 increases the marginal rate paid on income taxes of the wealthiest Oregonians. For an individual making over $125,000, and for families making over $250,000, the tax rate will increase from 9 percent to 10.8 percent on amounts above those levels. Those making over the threshold levels will be paying an extra 1.8 percent until the 2012 tax year. Then the rate will drop to 9.9 percent. For example, a couple making $260,000 in taxable income will pay an additional $180 in income taxes for the next few years. Individuals earning less than $125,000 and couples earning less than $250,000 will pay no additional income tax. Measure 66 also exempts the first $2,400 of unemployment insurance from income taxes.
Measure 67 raises taxes on many businesses. For sole proprietors, there will be no change in business taxes. S-Corporations will now have a minimum corporate income tax of $150, rather than the $10 that has been in place since 1931. Partnerships, LLPs and LLCs will pay a new tax of $150. Now they pay nothing. C-Corporations (the biggest corporations in our state) have, until now, had a minimum income tax of $10. In fact, two-thirds of these corporations paid only $10 in 2006. Measure 67 makes two changes. The first is a modest increase in taxes on significant profits. These corporations will pay an additional 1.3 percent on profits over $250,000. The increase drops to 1 percent in 2011. The rate that businesses pay is currently 6.6 percent, so the increase will cause the corporations to pay the extra 1.3 percent only on amount over the $250,000. Notice that these incareased taxes are on profits over $250,000, not on revenue.
Measure 67 also institutes a new minimum tax for C-corporations based upon a sliding scale. This scale starts at $150 for Oregon sales of less than $500,000. For corporations with $500,000 or more in Oregon sales, the tax will be no more than $1.50 on every $1,000 in sales. Finally, there will be a cap of $100,000 for corporations that have Oregon sales of $100 million or more. Only big companies with large revenue streams will be affected. Small businesses with modest sales are not affected.
It is extremely important that these measures pass. If they do not, the Legislature will be forced to cut even more vital services. Because over 90 percent of general fund revenue pays for education, health care and public safety, any more cuts will be extremely painful. This is especially the case because the economic downturn has caused an increased demand for state services.
The League urges you vote "Yes" for both measures on the Jan. 26 ballot. For more information, go to www.defendoregon.org.


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To the editor:
I recently spoke to a very religious woman about the health problems associated with the carcinogens in frac drilling fluids.
She said, "but wouldn't the government take care of this?" We must see that not enough is being done to protect public health and that we are responsible to put our prayers into action. The U.S. government is based on the responsible citizen, not the diffident, passive subject, but the vibrant, active and responsible citizen who is willing to speak out, to ensure domestic security.
There are politicians who have received large donations from energy companies. Destruction and death are the result of contamination. Is this pro-life? Absolutely not. Support health and life and do not accept lies and deceit.
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Back in May you were first introduced to Lithuanian photographer Tadas "Tadao Cern" Černiauskas' glorious new photo series "Blow Job."
There wasn't much more to it than subjecting participants — namely their mugs — to a high-powered blast of air and snapping a well-timed photo.
The project's video componant has now surfaced, and, with all due respect to the photos, they really don't do the blow jobs justice.


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I have recently upgraded my system from TexLive2010 to TexLive2012.
I have correctly set my Environment Variables and everything works well from the Command Line. My OS is OpenSuse 11.4.
My Problem is:
If I invoke the LaTex Editor Gummi from Terminal, everything works fine.
But if I invoke it through Righ-Clicking a File (Open with Gummi) or by right-clicking on Gummi icon, I get: "Compilation Program is Missing".
I have already made sure that rubber, xetex & latexmk are installed (as suggested by the below mentioned link):
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I don't hate using assembly language, since I have written some in my os course. But obviously, assembly language lacks abstraction, you have to pay more attention to the details.
Is assembly language really essential to write TAOCP?
He not only uses MIXAL, his assembly language for MIX, but also MIX, a model for a simple computer (like one which was used in the sixties). This is a model for teaching with which he is, to some extent, independent of development in the field.
If he'd used another programming language (which one, by the way, would you think would have been suited?), say NPL (nifty programming language), he would have had to either abandon the idea of using MIX or to introduce a compiler of some computer language of choice (which is a far more complex thing than what he is dealing with in Vol 1). That way it would not have become TAOCP but TAONPLP. The first one is independent of such a choice and, for this reason, timeless in a way few books about programming will ever be. The second one would probably be forgotten by now...
Also, as long as computers are working in principle the way his MIX does, it is a good thing to take that into account if you are really interested in learning how to work with them.
You young whippersnappers amaze me sometimes. You all too often have no clue that anything happened before you started school. (I have the same problem. It took me a long time to grasp that 15 years was actually a very short time, from an adult viewpoint. That's roughly the span from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis. To me, World War II is just history, but my father fought in it, and my mother was in junior high during it.)
TAOCP, vol. 1, "Fundamental Algorithms", 1st edition, was first printed in 1968. That's 45 years ago. Knuth started planning the series well before then.
For reference: The Intel 8086 first appeared in 1978, ten years later. The PASCAL language first appeared in 1971; the Jensen & Wirth book, about the second version of the language, came out in 1974. Initial development of C was 1969-1973: K&R was published in 1978.
Knuth intended the series to cover the field. He set the style, THEN, to be useful to practitioners THEN. He did not ever expect that series to become quite literally his life's work, or its writing to span what will probably be well over half a century when he finally finishes.
Assembly language is arguably not as critical today as it was then, but it is still far more important than the Java/C++/Javascript/Python/Perl mavens would like you all to believe.
Now GET OFF MY LAWN!
Knuth discusses his reasoning in the Preface. I'll quote just a few bits and pieces:
Although he doesn't point it out directly, I think his mention of ALGOL and FORTRAN points to another problem he avoided that may be even more important. Let's assume he had chosen Algol (clearly better suited to non-numeric programs). I would posit that Algol would probably be even more foreign to most of today's programmers than the assembly language he chose.
For the third edition, he redesigned the MIX to fit more closely with modern processors, and had to rewrite the code for it. I'd posit, however, that had he used a higher level language, the rewrite would have been substantially greater -- and all the reasons he gave would remain as well.
Knuth has updated his rationale as well:
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7 Bizarre Things (And 1 Bodily Fluid) People Use as Money
#4. Bottle caps
You may not be entirely familiar with the African republic of Cameroon, but all you really need to know is that it's apparently populated with scores of enterprising drunkards. Breweries in Cameroon, like the Coca-Cola company here in North America, thought putting prizes under the bottle caps would be a pretty sweet way to gain a sales advantage over the competition. The competition agreed and then pretty much every beer company had prizes under the caps.
Unlike Coca-Cola, where you've got a small fraction of a chance to win anything, the beer companies have a prize under almost every cap. The smallest prize is a beer and larger prizes include cell phones and luxury cars, because if you're piss drunk on mountains of free beer, you'll need to call someone to tow your wrecked luxury car.
Since a beer is worth about a buck and apparently everyone and their uncle is an alcoholic, locals have started using the caps instead of money to pay for things like cab rides. The cab drivers, possibly due to being drunk, end up having run-ins with the local cops, who they in turn pay off with bottle caps.
It's a fun cycle of alcoholic enabling that can't possibly be profitable for the breweries, but we're guessing their executives are also much too drunk to care.
#3. Canadian Tire Money
If you've never been to Canada, or never needed to shop for slightly overpriced retail items at a store that's basically Wal-Mart with a worse selection, you may not be familiar with Canadian Tire.
Nonetheless, Canadian Tire has been offering Canadian Tire Money for about 50 years. It looks vaguely like real money and serves as a customer loyalty program. You make a purchase and a certain percentage of the money you spent is given back to you in the form of Canadian Tire money, which are coupons redeemable for any item at the store. Generally you spend a few bucks and are given a few cents. It's quite unremarkable.
What's remarkable is that businesses across Canada such as liquor stores and small bars have adopted Canadian Tire money as a real substitute for cash and will accept it on a number of transactions. As Canadian Tire also operates their own chain of gas stations, numerous smaller businesses are willing to accept the money which they can then use to shop for items or gas at Canadian Tire. eBay Canada accepts Canadian Tire money as an official form of payment and back in the 90s, a German criminal committed to buying a lot of car parts and camping supplies was caught with $11,000,000 in counterfeit Canadian Tire money.
Canada's stupid.
#2. Mackerel
Because condoms full of piss can't buy everything, like love, or something that doesn't smell like piss, prison economics give us another winner with Mackerel. Ever since smoking started to be banned in prisons a few years back, prisoners needed something else to serve as the local currency. Straight out of left field came mackerel. We wish that "mackerel" was some new, hip prison slang, but it's not. We're totally talking about fish.
The mackerel is stuffed into plastic and foil packages and distributed to the prisoners, because (as if prison wasn't bad enough) everyone should have to carry around little change purses full of rotting, disgusting fish all day. Two packs of mackerel will apparently get you a haircut and, if the Wall Street Journal is to believed, prisoners actually call it "the mack" which we're not about to make fun of because we don't want a nation of fish-wielding felons angry with us. The reason mackerel is so popular as a stand-in for money is that a pouch costs a dollar and no one actually wants to eat it. This in turn may make you wonder why anyone wants the packs at all, but you have to remember it's prison and they need something other than toilet wine and hate crimes to keep them busy. And, again, the nightly, violent sodomy.[subtitle]#1. Space Money[/subtitle]
As you may or may not be aware, no one lives in space. Nonetheless, the National Space Centre and the University of Leicester in England designed the "Quid," the Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination, as a means of currency for interplanetary travelers. Again, we would be remiss if we failed to point out that there are currently no interplanetary travelers.
According to actual scientists with real credentials who invented the currency, it's made from polymers and has no sharp edges, unlike our modern coins which are responsible for no less than 500 decapitations per year in Idaho alone. Because it's predicted we could be taking regular trips into space to visit Disney MoonWorld as early as 2050, it's a good thing they got on inventing a suitable currency now so it will have plenty of time to devalue before it's needed and future moon strippers will be able to improvise a way to hold smooth plastic nuggets in their G-strings.
More of Ian's writing can be found at Scenic Anemia.
For more frightening facts about money, check out The 6 Most Horrifying Ways Anyone Ever Got Rich. Or find out about some celebrities who wish they could use their bodily fluids to pay for groceries in 6 Famous People Who Pissed Away a Fortune.


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I follow your blogs and love your posts. For the past couple of weeks I have been using http://gisonline.dep.wv.gov/xls/index.html to plot data points from excel files. But for some reason it is not working anymore. I really find this file very useful and would love it if you can tell me why its not working anymore. Please help. Thanks
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I'm not sure if you're referring to QGIS or ArcGIS but there is a very useful ESRI resource here which you might find helpful in absence of the above.


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By TAMARA IKENBERG
Contributing Writer
This weekend, thousand of special needs kids will benefit from the 59th Annual Crusade for Children Telethon, Louisville's longest-running variety show.
"The telethon itself is that moment of nostalgia. It's total old time TV, the kind of a thing that you don't see anymore," said telethon producer Larry Ledford. "It's a little bit of everything. You name it, we probably do it. We have bands, we have magicians, we have singers, we have firefighters."
This year's line-up includes longtime hosts Terry Meiners and Melissa Swan; "Crusade kid" pianist Tim French; The Miracle Dancers from Diane Moor Dance Academy: young and grown-up Crusade kids in walkers and wheelchairs who have their own dance troupe; magician David Garrard; hip-hop artist Samajesty Starr; and many more acts devoted to putting on a magnificent, high-spirited show.
The telethon is "a big family reunion of sorts of people who have worked with crusade or been affected by it," Ledford said. "It's like coming home." It's the culmination of a year of fund-raising by firefighters, local businesses and charities. Last year, the Crusade raised more than $5 million.
Co-host Swan is excited to sample the whole smorgasbord of talent but most looks forward to seeing the Miracle Dancers – who made their telethon debut in 1992 – strut their stuff. Their seven-minute routine, choreographed to the song "Footprints in the Sand," is scheduled for Saturday at 8:03 p.m.
"I can't wait. It's amazing what they do and how happy they are. Its really incredible and so heartwarming," she said. "If they can fight through that and come out and be happy despite their disabilities then its not at all hard for me to stand up for a few hours or for others to dig a little deeper and give a little more."
The troupe's beginnings go back two decades. It all started when Diane Chambers, owner of Diane Moore Dance Academy in Jeffersontown got a call from the mother of a girl with spinal bifida. The mom had called several local dance studios trying to get someone to help her daughter realize her dream to be a dancer.
"Nobody really wanted the challenge or knew how to work with her as far as dance," Chambers said. But Chambers was game, and the girl, who was on crutches, began lessons. Despite her limitations, the young dancer flourished. People started to hear about her accomplishments, and other special-needs kids joined her. Now there are 50 Miracle Dancers, divided into junior and senior groups.
"It's a wide rang of all kinds of kids," Chambers said. "We have a girl that's blind, we have kids that are deaf, we have kids in wheelchairs…just a big family of everybody loving everybody," Chambers said. "We try to build self esteem. No matter what they can do, we try to do things with them that make them feel like a star."
The Miracles have been rehearsing their telethon routine since January
"We have three extra practices this week. Its crazy," said senior dancer Ashley Reynolds, 25. Reynolds, who is blind, joined the troupe 8 years ago, "Crusade has to be one of my favorite performances of the year, because it means a lot to people. Crusade helped me when I was little."
Ashley's mother Mary Ann said her daughter, who attend a preschool for the blind, received a lot of crucial support from The Crusade.
The Crusade has been helping special needs children since it was established in 1954. Upwards of 138 million dollars has been distributed to agencies, schools, hospitals and more that deal with special needs children in Kentucky and Southern Indiana.
For those committed to the Crusade, contributing is a hard habit to break.
"We were baptized into it real early," said Jody Meiman, a battalion chief for the City of Louisville Fire Department. "My father was a member of the Lake Greenwood fire department for forty years and I was actually six months old the first time I rode on a fire truck during the crusade … I haven't missed a year."
He and his wife initiated their own three sons into the tradition as soon as possible.
"We put a car seat on the front of the firetruck, and seat-belted them in and they rode around with us," Meiman said. It all brings back wonderful memories.
"Some of my favorite moments were when my brother and I used to collect with our dad," he said. "That was probably the best part of it."
Crusade President and CEO Dawn Lee is in awe of the commitment of community firefighters to the Crusade. This year, she's particularly touched by the fact that the Monroe Township Volunteer Fire Department, which is located in tornado-stricken Henryville, Indiana, is still focused on doing everything they can despite the hardships they've endured.
Lee said The Monroe Township firefighters told her they didn't want their totals to go down as a result of the disaster.
"We were just in tears, because we weren't expecting them to collect at all," she said.
The arrival of the telethon is also a chance for Lee to look back on all the growing experiences of the past year.
One of her favorite moments was when the "big burly" men of the Lyndon Fire Department came to tour a preschool for the visually impaired.
"The kids come out, and they're learning about fire trucks by having to feel it. They're learning about the hose and how the water comes out from the hydrant, and they're feeling where the siren is and these guys just melted," Lee said "And every one of those guys on that tour, I guarantee will be back at that facility volunteering in some form."
Parents and children have also had a year of positive changes, courtesy of the Crusade.
Donna Lile, an Okolona resident, was unable to afford the $220 behavioral therapy for her son Brayden, who suffers from a pervasive developmental disorder.
"He has such trouble with changes in routine, and he wasn't at risk enough to qualify for insurance," she said. "It was affecting him being able to go out into the community and being socialized which was not helping his speech development."
Last spring, the Liles received a grant for behavioral support from the Crusade. It worked wonders. Brayden, now four-and-a-half years old, was successfully potty trained, which the Liles were originally led to believe wouldn't happen until he was six or seven.
His caseworker came to his school and home to help him. And once her work was done, "She gave us a lot of different tools to work with," Lile said.
Donna Lile is grateful for the Crusade's contributions. "What they do is so all encompassing; financial support, personal support…"
Wesley Hill, a 9-year-old boy with Leukodystrophy, has also been helped in many ways in the past year. He attended the The Kids Center for Pediatric Therapies, which is assisted by Crusade funds.
According to Wesley's mother Renee Hill, her son has benefited from Crusade services since he was a toddler.
His parents were told he may never walk. But with help from the Crusade, his motor skills and muscles were developed through horseback riding. And now, he's a proud member of the Bullit East Running Club.
He got the itch to become a runner one day when he went with his parents to pick up his sister Sydney, 13, from running practice.
"He started wanting to race her up and down the street, and then at practice he tried to race with her so the coach asked Wesley if he wanted to join the team," Renee Hill said.
When Wesley goes running, Sydney is always at his side.
"I like to run super fast," he said.
59th Annual WHAS Crusade for Children Telethon
When: 7 p.m., Saturday June 2 to 7 p.m., Saturday June 3 (radio coverage begins at 1 p.m.)
Where: Bomhard Theatre at The Kentucky Center,
501 West Main Street
Admission: Free
Watch and listen: TV: WHAS 11
Radio: 84 AM WHAS
Donate: Visit www.whascrusade.org, call 502.582.7706, mail to 520 West Chestnut Street, 40202, or give at a fire department or civic group location
The Crusade Board of Directors
Lynn Ashton: Executive Director, Kentucky Derby Museum Louisville, Kentucky
Lorie Beavin: Executive Director, Norton Clinical Agency Choices, Louisville, Kentucky
Board Treasurer Helen Cohen: Director, CPA/ABV, CVA Blue & Co., LLC Louisville, Kentucky
Board Chair Fr. Joe Graffis: Pastor, St. Edward Catholic Church, Jeffersontown, Kentucky
Board Secretary & Legal Counsel Tom Hoy: Dinsmore & Shohl Louisville, Kentucky
Shawn Kaelin: Assistant Director of Creative Services WHAS-TV Louisville, Kentucky
Brennen Lawrence: Major Worthington Fire Department, Louisville, Kentucky
Dr. Tom Mobley: Pastor, Nelson Christian Church, Bardstown, Kentucky
Danny Newby: Salem/Washington Township Fire Department, Salem, Indiana
Board Vice Chair Dr. Maureen Norris: Retired Dean School of Education, Bellarmine University Louisville, Kentucky
Mark Pimentel: President & General Manager WHAS-TV Louisville, Kentucky
Ann Schnepf: Director of Special Populations Greater Clark County Schools Clarksville, Indiana
Terrence Spence: Human Resources Manager WHAS-TV Louisville, Kentucky
John Walling: The Koetter Group, Floyds Knobs, Indiana
Doug Wethington: Sales Manager Clear Channel Radio Louisville, Kentucky
Derwin Webb: Attorney, Louisville, Kentucky


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For many eager fresh-faced fashionistas, a career in fashion PR can offer an opportunity to work the business side of fashion; fashion writing, fashion show production, in-store events/sample sales, branding, website development, all while helping fashion designers, boutiques, and fashion labels find the success they deserve.
As with any industry, fashion public relations is concerned with building and maintaining relationships with different target publics – media, prospective customers, vendors, investors, and deals with reputation management, serving as the conduit between those different groups and those in charge at your company – whether that is the CEO or the designer herself.
Fashion Schools, a portal web site designed to help students find the right fashion college, describes the role of the fashion PR as follows:
Fashion Public Relations Specialists and Publicists help apparel companies and retail stores build and maintain a favorable public image. Because they do not pay for publicity or media coverage, Public Relations (PR) Specialists must find creative ways to keep the company's brand name in the public eye. PR specialists select information that they want to share with the public and write up press releases or conduct press conferences to distribute the news through television, newspapers, radio and direct mail. They are also responsible for interacting with media when questions or crises arise from outside sources. As such, PR specialists must maintain strong professional relationships with media personnel.
Now, while that definition is slightly out of date – I would argue that le grand internet is has fundamentally shifted the way both industries (fashion and PR) operate, it does give a broad overview of the profession. Of course, PR isn't free,
The magic wand that fashion PR appears to wield over the editor's picks section in your favorite fashion magazine is, in fact, the result of hours of work coordinating, emailing and overseeing.
Most fashion PR agencies operate on a retainer basis, meaning each client pays for X amount of hours a month, based on individual practitioners hourly rates. And yes, even if you are an intern making zero dollars, you might still be billable in the eyes of your agency.
To get started in fashion PR and land that first fashion PR internship, know that you are facing a competitive industry where who you know and a great pair of boots will get you noticed a lot faster than a carefully constructed resume. Still, there are several things you can do to position yourself in the brightest light possible, at least long enough to secure that internship at before being relegated to the back office and sent on seemingly impossible errands on extreme deadlines.
Online and offline, who do you know and who could you get to know? Ask around and see if anybody knows anybody and then get in touch for a brief informational interview. Don't even worry about a job, just focus on getting to know people in the industry and making a good impression. Once that is done, I almost guarantee you that when a position does open up, you will get an email. Online, Twitter is a great place to begin to develop relationships with PR Practitioners and show off your smarts. Do a quick search to find people talking about things you are interested in, then introduce yourself and contribute to the conversation! PR Couture recently did a post on fashion PR and fashion industry ladies and gents tweeting away.
Work on your portfolio
Do you have any creative friends? A photographer, a stylist, a local band? Offer your services designing a press kit – include basic info like a bio, sample work, contact information, and testimonials. Print it all out, save a digital copy and bring it with you to your next interview. No friends? Don't worry, see if there are any local fashion shows coming up for charity and offer to write a press release. None of those either, get creative on your own and develop a media kit for a mythical company or for your favorite designer.
Start a fashion or PR blog
What about fashion truly inspires you? Are you obsessed with shoes, your own daily outfits, or a full on label whore? Set up a blog – the onsugar platform makes it super easy and start blogging! As you develop more content, outreach to other fashion bloggers you admire (many work in PR) and start commenting and building your blogroll. The blogroll is the modern fashion PR 2.0 gal's rolodex to start making friends ie contacts. The next time you apply for a fashion PR Internship, include a link to your blog in your cover letter. It will show that you are truly passionate about fashion and be an insider's look at who you are. Great working relationships are all chemistry, baby.
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Check the Fashion PR Job Board, run by PR Couture for fashion internships and PR positions
Fashion and fashion PR internships abound at Free Fashion Internships
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Be prepared to work! Check out Diary of a Fashion PR Intern for a behind the scenes look at New York Fashion Week.
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The 7 Most Unexpectedly Awesome Parties in History
#3. The Inaugural Games of the Colosseum
You know how some people get excited when we're the first ones to comment on a post? This party was kind of like that, except instead of celebrating being the first person to say "FIRST" on someone else's work, the Romans were celebrating being the first ones to use the Colosseum, one of the most massive and architecturally impressive structures in the world history.
Then Shit Got Out of Hand ...
Work in Rome drew to a halt for more than three months as the citizens partied their hearts out in a wine-drenched furor, with more than 9,000 animals slaughtered in the celebration. By way of comparison, the largest stadium in the U.S. is Michigan Stadium, and despite having a capacity of 109,000, it was the site of no animal murders whatsoever at its opening game.
Slaughtering 9,000 animals and Zeus-knows how many gladiators in a 100-day orgy of liquor and bloodshed would be enough to pump most nations up. Not Rome. In addition to the fights and plays and sacrifices, Emperor Titus commissioned two naumachia, or mock naval battles. Unlike gladiatorial fights, which rarely actually ended in death, naumachia were incredibly bloody. The Colosseum was flooded, actual battleships were constructed inside it, and whole armies of thousands fought to the death in an artificial ocean.
FIRST! (to die in a fake naval battle in the Colosseum).
#2. Alexander the Great Gets Drunk, Burns Down a City
After finally capturing Persepolis, the cultural jewel of the Achaemenid Empire/ancient Persia, Alexander the Great and his Macedonian army decided to celebrate with one of the most consequential parties in history. They called it a symposium, but it basically amounted to getting shit-faced, with the occasional male bonding on the side.
As depicted here.
Then Shit Got Out of Hand ...
According to Historiae Alexandri Magni, Alexander's Macedonian soldiers were emotional drunks. After discussing the matter with, no joke, a "drunken whore," Alexander finished his wine, smashed the bottle on his head and settled on one hell of a damning conclusion for Persepolis: "Why do we not avenge Greece, then, and put the city to the torch?"
Fun Fact: The entire Macedonian army was blind, horse-shitting drunk absolutely every step of its march to India.
At which point a plastered Alexander the Great personally directed his blitzed men on "a drunken orgy" to avenge their Greek neighbors by burning the Persian capital to the ground. It was the city Alexander had marched to the ends of the Earth to conquer, yet there he was, destroying it with torch in hand and with music playing in the background ... which we should probably mention was all the drunk girl's idea.
Sure enough, Alexander was pretty embarrassed once he sobered up the next morning. The entire city was destroyed, Alexander's Macedonians humiliated and His Greatness suffering from one hell of a hangover to boot.
Which he dealt with by getting hammered again and conquering another ancient city.
#1. The Funeral for the Wari Civilization
Few civilizations in history can lay claim to as epic an exit as the Wari of pre-Columbian South America. Instead of falling victim to conquest, plague or a Baghdad-sized dose of Mongols, these proud few checked out of history's Hotel California in a way any nation would be proud of: through a party so spectacularly awesome that 1,000 years later, we still don't know why it happened. All we have are the artifacts left over from a people who, for whatever reason, got together and had one massive bash before disappearing from the Earth forever.
But hey, you see one big fire dance and you've seen 'em all.
Then Shit Got Out of Hand ...
How much booze did the Wari need for this little get-together? Let's put it this way: They built their own sacred super-brewery for the occasion. One designed to produce as much as 1,000 liters of brew per day.
Which is all right for pre-partying, we guess.
After drinking themselves to a stupor, the Wari promptly kicked their party to 11 by burning down the sacred brewery, because fuck the next civilization that comes along wanting beer.
The Wari lords then tossed their cups into the fire in what is believed to have been a ceremonial closing rite for their culture, said their goodbyes and walked their separate ways into the annals of history as the faded echoes of "The Final Countdown" roared in their ears.
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Under the looming Twelve Apostles and Lion's Head, with views out across the turquoise-coloured sea, Camps Bay sports some of the trendiest places in Cape Town to see and be seen.
Head south from the beaches of Clifton (or north from the buzz of Sea Point) and you'll discover the chic suburb of Camps Bay. The main drag, Victoria Road, is jam-packed with funky restaurants, trendy pubs, and bucket-and-spade shops on one side, and a palm-fringed beach on the other.
It's here, on the white sands of Camps Bay, where you'll find bronzed and buff locals and visitors flexing their muscles and showing off their volleyball skills. While supermodels and rock stars of the world are known to hang out at Camps Bay, it's also a great place for families – the sandy beach is wide and flat, and parking is sometimes more available than at nearby Clifton. During the Easter break and around the Christmas holidays, Camps Bay is packed to the brim.
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If you're staying over, there's a wide range of accommodation on offer, from self-catering apartments to stylish villas and the old and gracious The Bay Hotel with its perfect views of Camps Bay beach. Be sure to contact Cape Town Tourism to book accommodation to suit your needs and budget.
Visitors come from far and wide to enjoy the friendly vibe and excellent restaurants (not to mention gorgeous views) in Camps Bay. Tides restaurant at The Bay Hotel is an award-winning eatery; Blues (+27 21 438 2040; www.blues.co.za) is an old favourite, especially if you like Mediterranean food. You can request information on restaurants and bars from Cape Town Tourism and drop in to any one of our Visitor Information Centres to pick up a handy restaurant map.
You'll find a number of good places for a glass of wine or cocktails along Victoria Road – and for holidaymakers and locals alike, Camps Bay is a favourite spot to watch the sun go down. If you're feeling like a dose of culture, find out what's showing at the gracious Theatre on the Bay (+27 21 438 3301; www.theatreonthebay.co.za).
For a bit of pampering, you could make use of the Camps Bay Retreat Skin & Body Centre (+27 21 437 9703; www.campsbayretreat.com), or head off to one of the other spas or yoga centres in the area.
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Melkbosstrand's 7km-long stretch of white sand beckons visitors to slip off their sandals and enjoy a stress-relieving stroll.
Home to Millionaire's Row, fashionable Clifton is known as Cape Town's St Tropez, and its four beautiful beaches attract holidaymakers in their droves.
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WHEELING - When hundreds of visitors pour into Wheeling Jesuit University's McDonough Center for the sixth-annual Cancer Research Classic boys high school basketball tournament on Jan. 4-5, there may be more than games to be won.
Dr. Gregory Merrick, who heads up Wheeling Hospital's Schiffler Cancer Center and Urologic Research Institute and organizes this highly ranked tourney, believes the men's health awareness handouts and screenings offered for free during the tournament just may save some lives.
"Let's face it - we men don't go to the doctor unless our wives are dragging us there. That's why men live seven or eight years less than women," Merrick said.
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ECONOMIC BOOST — The Cancer Research Classic received a $2,500 economic boost from the City of Wheeling during a news conference Tuesday at Wheeling Hospital. Shown at the event are, from left, Wheeling Jesuit University head basketball coach Danny Sancomb, City Manager Robert Herron, Dr. Gregory Merrick, Mayor Andy McKenzie and Councilmen David Miller and Don Atkinson. -- Kim North
The CRC serves as a conduit for getting men to take a look at preventive health measures and screenings, as there are numerous stations set up at the tournament offering helpful and healthful information. And since its inception, Merrick said he has had feedback from people who have taken advantage of the information offered at past tournaments.
"We know that even if the men pass up the information, the women with them will pay attention to it and start the conversation. We have seen many coaches stopping at the stations and picking up material, but we know the women will get the men to the doctor," Merrick added.
During a news conference at the hospital Tuesday, Merrick detailed events surrounding the two-day tournament that includes games between Wheeling's own Linsly and Seton-La Salle from Pittsburgh and Wheeling Central taking on challengers from Mercersburg, Pa., on Jan. 4. Wheeling Park will meet St. Joseph's Prep from Philadelphia the afternoon of Jan. 5.
The caliber of talent heats up with nationally touted teams from Chicago; Philadelphia; Richmond, Calif.; Gladstone, N.J.; Montverde, Fla.; Washington, D.C.; Hyattsville, Md.; Dallas, Texas; and Ardmore, Pa., taking to the court both days. Merrick said five players in previous years' games are all headed to the NBA. He expects even more high-profile players, many of whom are already signed to Division 1 colleges, to be handling the round ball at this year's classic.
He said the tournament will put the Wheeling community and WJU in the global spotlight when ESPN comes to town once again to televise evening games on Jan. 5. The economic impact on the community also is expected to be significant.
Gates open at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 4 and 11:30 a.m. Jan. 5. Admission is $7 for adults and $4 for students. Group rates are available by calling 304-243-6412.
Merrick noted the upcoming tournament is attracting the attention of patrons from as far away as Canada, California, Utah, Kentucky, Tennessee and elsewhere. That attention, coupled with the influx of teams and their fans, means a shot in the arm for the local economy, he said.
Mayor Andy McKenzie echoed that sentiment and presented Merrick with a check for $2,500 toward tournament expenses.
"We are very dedicated to this. Wheeling Hospital and Dr. Merrick are the driving force. ... This is a special and rare event, and it is a tremendous honor for Wheeling to host this," McKenzie said.
Merrick and the mayor agree that the local news and ESPN coverage of the tournament showcase Wheeling in a way the hospital, the university or the city could not afford on their own.
WJU men's basketball coach Danny Sancomb said the university is thrilled to host the tournament, which also offers potential students a chance to view the campus and the community.
"The locals support this very well, and the crowds were unbelievable last year. We look forward to seeing some great games with a lot of fun and competition," Sancomb said. "We just may see the next Lebron James out there this year."


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Friday, October 22, 2010
Spreading the Christian Faith
I've barely scratched the surface of the lives of this couple, but when the topic of this COG came up I thought it was time to take a closer look at the history of Dutch missionaries in the Dutch East Indies. There are basically three periods when looking at this.
The VOC, the Dutch East Indies Company, had never really cared about spreading the Christian faith, only about profit. When they bankrupted in 1798, the Dutch East Indies and surrounding territories had few Christians. In fact, it was mostly Islamic. But when around 1800 freedom of faith became a right in the Dutch East Indies, the mission got a large impulse. Special societies for the promotion of the mission were started, but the government in Batavia was afraid of unrest and refused to give the missionaries access to overwhelmingly Islamic areas. This changed in 1850 when the government reluctantly allowed missionaries on Java.
The missionaries in this time period came overwhelmingly from the middle class. After a brief education, which usually didn't prepare them in the least for the differences in culture, they were sent off with the instruction to report often by letter. Parts of these letters ended up in newsletters for their philanthropists, because the mission had to fund itself completely.
After a century of spreading the Christian faith the success was marginal. Small parts of the Dutch East Indies had been christened, but large parts were still overwhelmingly Islamic.
In 1901 the political climate in the Netherlands toward the Dutch East Indies changed. The new policy was to give something back to the colony in return for everything the Netherlands had taken from them with the occupation. The government gave great sums of money to set up hospitals and schools. It were often the missionaries who set up these hospitals and schools. This was very favorable for the mission, because it brought them into contact with the children and once they were converted to the Christian faith, the older people usually followed. At the same time, the Netherlands got a firmer grip on the more wild areas, like Netherlands New Guinea, making them safer and thus accessible to missionaries.
In this time period organization of the mission improved as well. In the Dutch East Indies the cooperation with the government improved greatly after a special mission consulate was opened. At the same time, the many organizations in the Netherlands started working together and a joint school for missionaries was opened in Oegstgeest. Research into languages, countries, and people had been done and the results were used to educated prospective missionaries. This caused the new missionaries to be far better informed about where they were going to be working.
From 1890 onwards, more and more unmarried women went to the Dutch East Indies as nurses, teachers or social workers. The male missionaries had to spend more and more time on administration, becoming managers instead of missionaries. The direct contact with the parish was done more and more by locals.
World War Two made an end to the mission. In 1940 the German missionaries that where in the Dutch East Indies were interned in camps by the Dutch. The Dutch missionaries followed them when the Japanese started their occupation of the Dutch East Indies in 1942. Proportionally a lot of missionaries died during the war because of the bad conditions and executions. After the war, the mission never really got started again. In fact, it slowly came to a complete stop. It was the end for European missionaries in this area of the world.
Throughout the many years of mission work, a lot of archives were made. A very big list of (almost) all archives that have anything to do the mission for the time period 1800-1960 can be found here. For my own research, this archive is very important, as it is the combined archive for all the missionary work done in the Dutch East Indies for the denomination Gerardus ten Broek was a missionary for. Also interesting is the Dutch book Zending en volksleven in Nederlands-Indië by H.T. Fischer, for those who read Dutch.
The little I know about Gerardus ten Broek fits completely into the image I've gotten from the mission in 1900-1942. He spoke Malaysian, a testimony to the improved education prospective missionaries got in the Netherlands. He opened a Dutch-Malaysian school, following the newly installed politics of the early 20th century. Whatever else I may discover about him and his wife, I am sure that the background I now have about the mission in the Dutch East Indies will help me place it in the right context.
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I am relatively new in reading your blog and I have learned a lot from your postings. I have a question relating to Dutch surnames.
My maternal family was from the Hamburg, Bremen are of Germany. I recently found the name of my great great grandmother, which is Anna Sophie Goetjem. My question is that a Dutch name? I have been puzzled with that for a few months and no one to ask until I found your blog.
Thank you, Claudia Sperl
Goetjem is a rare or incorrect spelling. Goethem, or actually Van Goethem, occurs in the Netherlands, most notable in Zeeland, bordering on Belgium. It seems to be a Belgian name, occuring around Antwerpen.
Goetjen, an alternative spelling of Götjen, is a German name. You may want to contact Roy Goetjen at goetjen.com. Bruno van Goethem has a Dutch Van Goethem site at goethem.com.
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Thank you so very much with that information. I had been searching that name but came up with nothing. This will give me another ancestor to explore. Will let you know what I find.
Thank you, Claudia
You got your answer before I even read your comment! I hope it helps. For future reference, I'll point you to two websites. You might know about them already, but in case you don't:
A great site to look up the spread of surnames over the entire world. You can zoom in on certain areas.
To find information about Dutch surnames. Goetjen has no hits on this site, but van Goethem does.
Hope these sites will help you in the future.
Fascinating information, J.M. Thanks so for posting it. My Southern Baptist relatives placed enormous emphasis on their missionaries' work in the Pacific island nations during the middle part of the 20th century. This adds another layer to my understanding of missionaries and their work.ReplyDelete
J.M. - I know very little about missionary work and knew nothing about Dutch missionary work. I always appreciate the international (at least to those of us in the states) aspect you bring to COG. I look forward to reading your posts and learning something new. Interesting and informative. Thank you!ReplyDelete
@Nolichucky Roots: thank you for your comment. The middle part of the 20th century saw an enormous bloom of missionary work (of all Christian denominations) in the Pacific and a lot of it was comparable across countries.ReplyDelete
@Cynthia: thank you for your comment. I always like reading the USA posts, because things work so different there.
Happy Blogiversary! I wish you many more to come. Keep up the great work :)
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- They are at the man's house where there is also his wife and child.
- There was a van in the movie.
- The man and some colleague were on a stakeout in the van.
- The man gets killed by some bad guys.
- I'm not sure but I think the bad guys get into the man's house and he manages to hide his wife and child somewhere in the house.
- Later on, the wife and the child are seen on a lawn in a park.
- The wife plays some audio tape, expecting music on it, but then there is some recording made by the late husband.
That's about it. Those are the only fragments I remember. I've googled for all the keywords mentioned above but wasn't able to figure out the movie's title. I assume it was a US movie.


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Kohler K-3639-96
Biscuit Archer 1.28 GPF One-Piece Elongated Toilet with AquaPiston Technology - Seat Included
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Product Features:
- One-piece configuration provides a uniform look and simplifies installation
- Elongated bowl offers comfort and convenience, extending out an extra 1-1/2" compared to a round configuration
- Covered under Kohler's 1 year limited warranty
- The Archer Collection offers an enduring, transitional design, incorporating elements found in Craftsman furniture and the intricate facets of fine jewelry.
- Constructed of durable, easy to clean vitreous china
- Installs in a floor mounted configuration
- Features a powerful gravity flush with AquaPiston technology
- WaterSense certified - toilet uses 20% less water than the current standard while still maintaining superior performance
- Includes a Cachet soft close seat and cover
Product Technologies / Benefits:
- AquaPiston: AquaPiston single flush canister technology uses the force of gravity and a precision-engineered tank, bowl, and trapway to create a strong, efficient siphon during flushing. The canister flush valve's 3:2 ratio optimizes flush performance and resists warping and deterioration, while its durable design features 90% less exposed seal material than a standard 3-inch flapper flush valve, guaranteeing leak-free performance. The light-touch canister requires lower activation force than a flapper, and once activated, allows water to flow into the bowl from all sides (360 degrees), increasing each flush's power and effectiveness.
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- Overall Width: 17-7/8" (measured from rightmost to leftmost edge of toilet)
- Bowl Height: 14-11/16" (measured from floor to bowl rim)
- Flow Rate: 1.28 GPF (gallons per flush)
- Water Area: 11-1/2" x 8-1/4" (inner rim dimensions of bowl, length x width)
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- Tank Width: 17-7/8" (measured from leftmost to rightmost edge of tank)
- Tank Depth: 8" (measured from back edge to front edge of tank)
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- Distance Between Toilet Seat Installation Holes: 5-1/2"
- Rough-In: 12"
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10 Fun Ways to Celebrate New Year's with the Family
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Cheese fondue is a fun, communal meal that everyone enjoys. You'll need a heavy pot for the fondue, a hot plate or burner to keep the fondue warm on the table, some long forks, and a loaf of crusty bread. Cut the bread into bite-sized pieces, keeping some crust on each piece. When the fondue is ready, gather everyone around the pot with individual forks. Take turns spearing the bread and swirling it in the melted cheese. If you lose your piece of bread in the pot, tradition says you may have to kiss the person on your left, kiss everyone at the table, or pay a forfeit devised by others at the table.
Dessert fondue calls for melted chocolate and pieces of fruit. Both types of fondue go great with champagne (ginger ale for the kids), making fondue the perfect dish for New Year's Eve!
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I was on my salad kick a few weeks ago and found this.
I thought it would be cool to try. Many years ago, my father in law owned a deli and would tell stories of a square egg maker. This is similar, I guess. I made circles (apples) and oblong (pears). It was fun to make! Here is how I did it:
I boiled the eggs, ran cold water over them for about a minute, then peeled one. For the apples, I rolled it and smooshed it down top to bottom. This took about 2-3 minutes. Keep working with it, until it holds it's shape. You have to be gentle. Just to be safe, make a few extra or plan on having hard boiled eggs for breakfast! Then I tucked an apple stem (and even cheated and used a grape stem) for a stem. They said to tuck a clove in the bottom, but I thought it would "taint" the egg flavor, so I didn't but you certainly could!
For the pear, I pinched the top with my thumb and fore finger to try and get a pear shape. It wasn't as defined as I would have liked, but still looks like a cute pear.
This is before the stem. The stem really makes it make sense!
So, ask, why would you do this? I think it would make a really cute garnish for a salad or even a veggie tray! Definitely a throw back, retro idea, that you could make new and hip! It seems like all my friends nowadays are getting chickens in their backyards,so let's help them out with all their surplus!
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On Feb. 21, a division of Health and Human Services proposed a cut in payments to the private health insurers for 2015 Medicare Advantage plans.
Obamacare includes provisions to cut Medicare spending to pay for health coverage to presently uninsured Americans. At the same time, the aim is to equalize spending between Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare so the government will pay the same amount, whether a beneficiary enrolls in Medicare Advantage or traditional Medicare. About 30 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans this year. Their plans are fully at risk to be eliminated in the near future. This notice of proposed rates opens a window for negotiations on the final ruling, due April 7. Please contact your representative urging them to prevent the proposed cut from getting into effect.
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Licensing Alcohol, Entertainment & Late Night Refreshment
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The Licensing Act 2003 replaced previous licensing legislation controlling; public entertainments, late night refreshment houses, theatres and cinemas and introduced licensing of late night takeaways including mobiles. The Act paved the way for the licensing of alcohol sales to be transferred from the Magistrates Court to the Local Council and made provision for local authorities to act as the licensing authority within their boundaries.
Detailed information including the licensing regulations, application forms, fees etc. is available on the website of the Home Office.
Under the legislation the Licensing Authority is required, after relevant consultation, to issue a Statement of Licensing Policy and you can view a copy of the Statement of Licensing Policy for Birmingham City Council on this website. The policy must be reviewed regularly to ensure that it is updated and consistent with the licensing objectives.
The Act states that persons and/or premises that conduct certain activities will be required to obtain a licence from the Council. The activities that are covered include;
The sale of alcohol by retail;
The supply of alcohol to club members and their guests;
The provision of regulated entertainment;
"Regulated entertainment" is defined as any of the following which take place in the presence of an audience for the entertainment of that audience and are provided for members of the public or a section of the public or exclusively for the members of a qualifying club and/or their guests or for consideration and with a view to profit:
a) A performance of a play;
b) An exhibition of a film;
c) An indoor sporting event;
d) Boxing or wrestling;
e) A performance of dance;
f) A performance of live music (subject to certain exemptions - for further information please see Live Music Act 2012);
g) Playing of recorded music.
(There are certain exemptions from this definition which are set out in the Act).
Please note that performances by children are governed by the Children and Young Persons Acts 1933 and 1963, and the Children (Performances and Activities) Regulations 2014.
If children are to perform as part of any regulated entertainment then a licence will be required from the Child Employment Team.
You can find further details by viewing the Child Employment Team web page Children in Entertainment.
The provision of late night refreshment.
Late night refreshment is defined under the Act as the supply of hot food or drink to the public or a section of the public on or from any premises whether for the consumption on or off the premises (mobile units included) between 11pm and 5am. This requirement includes takeaways, restaurants and place like garages or service stations that sell hot food.
A Premises Licence authorises the holder of the licence to use their premises for any of the above-mentioned licensable activities. Operating conditions may be attached to the premises licence, promoting the licensing objectives which are;
The prevention of crime and disorder;
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Unless a limited duration is specified in the operating conditions, a premises licence will be valid indefinitely, unless revoked, lapsed or surrendered. An annual fee is payable on the anniversary of the grant of each licence.
Other licences required under the Licensing Act 2003 include Club Premises Certificate - for supply of alcohol by or on behalf of a club to its members for consumption on the premises or for the provision of regulated entertainment by the club for its members and guests.
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Do our patients hear what we teach?
Carol Einhorn, MS, RN, CURN, GNP, CS
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill.
Last Modified: June 24, 2005
As a clinical nurse specialist, the majority of my responsibilities lie in the area of patient education. One day, while evaluating a patient for stress incontinence, I asked if she had been taught pelvic muscle exercises. She said "yes" and proceeded to show me by putting her hands in the air and repeatedly opening and closing her fists. That was how she was doing her exercises, not by contracting her pelvic floor muscles. Another patient was seen for urodynamic testing and was told that part of the procedure was an electromyography of the urinary sphincter. After that explanation, he thought he had a chance of being electrocuted. It took much convincing on my part that this was not the case.
One of my colleagues told me that she taught a patient with vascular leg ulcers how to apply an expensive occlusive dressing. She repeatedly instructed the patient on the procedure and he stated that he understood the instructions. When the patient was seen by the home-health nurse, however, the patient was found to be throwing away the dressing and applying the wrapper to his leg.
These incidents and others like them made me think about the jargon we, as health professionals, use and the way we teach our patients. Today, more than ever. patients may not be sufficiently informed or perhaps don't understand what we're trying to teach them. This can be attributed to rapid advances in technology, the complex health-care system, and earlier discharges from the hospital setting. It is also possible for the patient to become confused because each nurse or professional may explain the same concept differently. Many times we use different words to express the same thing, such as "urinate," "void," "pass water," or "take a leak." When we began performing extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), some of the nurses in our department taught the patients to strain their urine for the gravel to send for stone analysis. The patients were looking for chunks of stone, while the nurses had meant the sand-like par fides which the patients were throwing away. We had to clarify our terms so that stone analysis could be done. At times we must use words that the patient can understand instead of what we're used to. Also, it's important to take into consideration the fact that many different ethnic groups describe the same function differently. You and I may say, "I feel faint," whereas an African American might say, "I'm going to fall out."
Patient education is recognized as an integral part of nursing responsibility. Today this education is vital to the delivery of safe, quality patient care. The educational process is the same as the nursing process. We must assess the individual's needs, develop a plan of care, implement the plan, and evaluate the interventions. In years past, the nurse developed the plan of care. Today the nurse should collaborate with patients and significant others before the plan is devised. This ensures that the plan is individualized, goals are mutually agreed upon, and the patient is motivated to participate in meeting the goals. Before this collaborative effort was called for by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, patients were often not even aware of their plan of care and their outcome goals.
The Nurse Practice Act and the Patient's Bill of Rights set the standards for care. The courts have held nurses accountable for what they have or have not taught. If it's not documented, it's not considered as having been taught. For example, a nurse was sued for not teaching a diabetic patient proper foot care: the patient claimed that was the reason for the loss of his limb. In addition, we are not always comfortable in the role of teacher. There is a difference between wanting to teach and knowing how to teach, but patient education is not covered in the nursing curriculum.
We know patients need to be educated, but due to the many demands on us, that is not always our highest priority. Many times teaching is haphazard and inconsistent. Sometimes we decide when the patient should be taught according to our schedule, rather than being flexible. There should be negotiation and mutual agreement. Also, teaching may be done by several individuals from different departments just as patients are ready for discharge. Often, patients are given sheets of paper to read as they are leaving the hospital and are told to call if any questions or problems arise. However, we cannot be sure that they will actually read the material or that the patient will comprehend. The patient may be illiterate, may only speak or understand a foreign language, or may not understand the terminology and/or instructions. Others may learn not by reading but by doing. Finally, the patient may not even have a telephone. When that person returns to the clinic, office, or hospital, it is found that the instructions were not carried out or were not done appropriately.
Roe gives an example of an elderly woman who called the doctor complaining of nausea and vomiting. She was instructed by the nurse to use rectal suppositories. The nurse explained they were to be inserted into the rectum and would dissolve, thereby relieving the condition. The woman called later to ask how something wrapped in foil would dissolve. The nurse forgot to tell her to remove the foil before insertion. In another instance, a diabetic patient was taught the technique for insulin administration. He was taught by injecting an orange. The patient was admitted to the emergency room with a blood sugar level over 400. When asked to demonstrate drawing up his insulin, the patient did so. Then he asked for an orange to inject. He had been injecting the orange with insulin and then eating it![1]
It is important for us to consider several areas when teaching our patients. First is the age of the patient with whom we are working. Each age group has specific needs and requires age-appropriate interventions which will be discussed in greater length in "Options and Decisions" on page 2 of this issue. Another consideration is the patient's senses--sight, hearing, and dexterity. Older people cannot distinguish shades of blue. Therefore, something written in dark letters and on a blue background is hard to read. Also, bifocals make a difference in ability to see. I know this from my own experience typing on the computer. Sometimes the light hits the page the wrong way or there is blurring if the screen is not positioned property.
Patient education is an integral part of our responsibility. We must set aside time in our busy schedule to teach. Not all patients are motivated to learn or ready to learn when we're ready to teach; some are overwhelmed. We must provide them the opportunity to learn about their disease and the care required to remain as independent as possible. Many different strategies which will be discussed in this issue of innovations in Urology Nursing can be utilized to teach. Take the time to evaluate the patient's educational level, your own teaching methods, and the availability of educational materials. Comprehensive patient instruction is part of quality patient care and an essential part of the job!


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Very nice resort "DroomPark Schoneveld". Outside the resort, 1.5 km from the centre of Breskens, directly by the sea, directly by the beach. For shared use: park, indoor pool (01.01.-31.12.). Tennis (extra), children's playground (slide, swing). In the complex: reception, restaurant, bar, internet access, sauna (extra). Fitness room (extra). Bowling, kiosk, washing machine, tumble dryer (for shared use, extra), bicycles available (extra). Public parking. Shop 1.5 km, grocers 1.5 km, supermarket 1.5 km, railway station "Vlissingen" 59 km, ferry 1.5 km. Please note: car essential. Reception open 09:00-17:00 hrs. Please note: The photograph is a typical example. There are more similar properties for rent in this same residence. Beach reachable via stairs. Pets only on request and at extra fee payable on the spot. Child bed in total count of number of people. Schoneveld Beach Park is a beautifully appointed, very clean and cared for recreational park. The park is located almost right on the sea, the cleanest beach in the Netherlands. From the beach and the dunes, you have a wonderful view over the coast of Zeeland-Flanders. If the reception thinks it is necessary to ask a caution, you will have to pay this upon arrival (for example for groups or longstays the reception asks a caution of € 400-€ 600 per house). Longstays (longer than 21 days) on request! Please note: workmen not allowed. Pool closed for maintenance from 07.11.2011 till 15.11.2011. Swimming is possible in pool of adjacent holidaypark.
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Place is quiet and nice. It is superior place to spend some days with dog since there is an open space in front of cottage.
There are two super markets down the hill(mountain?) which is just enough to
have everything you need.
One thing you need to be careful is that this entitiy does not have WIFI connection. If you really want to connect to internet, you need to prepare by yourself.
Apartment was lovely - clean and well-stocked. Beds were comfortable and main bedroom was roomy. Restaurants and hiking trails close by.
Great place to stay during Alp days in Swiss. Charming apartment in a wonderful village with all comfort and home tools. Besides, Patricia the owner is really helpful and make you feel like home. I would recommend this apartment to any traveller.
This apartment is very well designed and the owner was very friendly. We spend a very good time in Brugge. I will recommend this apartment. But we had a problem with Wimdu because they gave us a wrong telephone and address and we couldn´t contact with the owner and Windu. Finally we could contact with Interhom and they gave me the right telephone and address. It was a very stressful situation.
We stayed in the appartment during Christmas.The appartment itself is fabulous and located in a wonderful, but quite village. All rooms, big kitchen, furniture and facilities were well taken care of. A practical space for a family, like ours with two young children. Forests for walking is near. Shops and cities are further away. A good option is to drive to the closest train station to catch one of the trains that take you through the whole country, with its nice towns and to Luxemburg city for just 4euro a day, children under 12 yrs travel free. Food and wine in Luxemburg are nice, so we enjoyed Christmas very much.
The place was very clean and big. It had a nice garden that we could use whenever we wanted, which is great if you go with kids. The only problem was that it said the beach was 400m away, which is true but it was 400m of steps, which is a problem when you are coming back and have to go up (with kids, baby and a lot of stuff).
Apart from that, everything was great.
Nice apartment as advertised
Very nice accommodation
Fantastic views - just like in the pictures.
Would go back anytime!
Located in central Supetar with walking distance to beaches and the ferry, this accommodation is a perfect hub for a Brac vacation.
The view from the terrace is scenic with a clear view of Split from the other side of the strait. The beds are comfortable and not as hard as a lot of beds are in these kind of accomodations. The kitchen, though small, works well to cook in. We cooked one meal a day here for almost two weeks without getting swamped. The host is nice and very helpful and sometimes unexpectedly gave us treats such as fresh lemonade or home baked cookies. We traveled with a 1 1\2 year old, which worked really well here, she had a crib of her own and loved both the host and the house cat!
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Skype 2.6 for Android: Send photos and videos – just in time for the holidays!
12/13/2011 in Big Blog by Dan Chastney
Today we are thrilled to announce the new version of Skype for Android. With Skype 2.6 for Android, you can send photos and videos to friends or family from Skype on your Android device. It's now even easier to share… Read more