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New Order, The Bee Gees, Oasis, the list goes on. Manchester's musical back catalogue is filled with hits, leaving a legacy of top talent matched only by its sport stars. Birthplace of the computer, today's Manchester is quirky, edgy, innovative … and did we mention the food?
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Known for fun and revelry, Canal Street was the filming location for TV's 'Queer as Folk'. A clutch of clubs and bars cater to every imaginable subculture – plus a few new ones. Whether you're flying the rainbow flag for Pride, a drag queen in search of a feather boa, or a group of friends out on the town, you'll be welcomed with open arms whatever your persuasion.Accommodation near Canal Street
"The finest example of Neo-Gothic architecture in the world", so experts say – Manchester's town hall bell tower is the city's pride and joy. The clock bell, Great Abel (like Westminster's, Big Ben), is inscribed with an admonishment from the poet Tennyson: "Ring out the false, ring in the true". Counting out the hours since 1879, if this doesn't move you, you have no soul.Accommodation near Manchester Town Hall
Inspired by the Pantheon in Rome, the city library is now a classic in its own right. After four years of restoration, at a cost of £50 million, this circular, neoclassical gem reopened in 2014. Settle yourself in one of the comfy chairs and make a start on the library's two million books – and when you fancy a breath of fresh air, cross St Peter's Square to the war memorial.Accommodation near Manchester Central Library
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Deansgate is Manchester's good-time central. It's one of Manchester's most popular areas in the evening (especially after work on Fridays), and at weekends. 250+ bars, restaurants and cafes are in and around the street and Deansgate Locks (aka 'party town'). Business casual, gussied up or jeans and a tee, if you really want to let your hair down, this is the place to be.Accommodation near Deansgate
The lifeblood of the city, the history of the River Irwell is as deep as the water itself – and remains a traditional icon for the city. Marking the natural boundary between Manchester and Salford, its banks are dotted with waterside bars, restaurants and spots to picnic, fish, swim or just watch the world float by.Accommodation near The River Irwell
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Until recently, Manchester City were considered the poor relations of city rivals, Manchester United. The arrival of Sheikh Mansour changed all that. These days, you can see the world's brightest soccer stars shine at the Etihad Stadium. And if you can't get a match ticket, opt for a stadium tour instead and see the home of the Premier League champions close up.Accommodation near City of Manchester 'Etihad' Stadium
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The "Theatre of Dreams" has been making fans dreams a reality here for years. Manchester United has become one of the most popular football clubs in the world, and their titles and trophies are held at an onsite museum. Whether you're planning to see a match or simply take a stadium tour, a visit here is an absolute must (unless you're a Manchester City fan!).Accommodation near Old Trafford
Both the BBC and Britain's independent broadcaster, ITV, are based here. And where you have journalists and TV types, can the city's best eateries and watering holes be far away? Go at the end of the day to see the reflections of the modern office blocks light up the waterfront and you never know who you might bump into having an after-work pint in one of the locals.Accommodation near Salford Quays
Over 240 hectares of historic estate, Heaton Park is one of the largest green spaces in Europe. There's no better place for golf, strolling in the woods, boating on the lake during the day … and stargazing at night. Festivals, feasts and fun-runs are held here throughout the year and the Animal Centre is always a children's favourite – just keep them at arms length.Accommodation near Heaton Park
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The Queen shops at Harrods. Everyone else shops at the Trafford Centre. If you fancy yourself a retail prince or princess, browse around this giant mall beneath its Romanesque arches. Among your royal subjects – Selfridges, Debenhams, John Lewis, Apple, Omega and Topman, Europe's largest food court, the 20-screen Odeon cinema, mini-golf, bowling alleys and more.Accommodation near Trafford Centre
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Amid the welcoming bustle of the city centre, Piccadilly Gardens is a green space with a difference. Redesigned by a Japanese architect, these 21st-century gardens are cool, modernistic and controversial. Take a bird's-eye view from the Manchester Wheel, then steady the vertigo with a real ale at the KRO Bar.Accommodation in Manchester City Centre
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Don't dismiss Manchester's most "alternative" quarter as merely a hipster's paradise. Sample a dizzying range of beers – locally brewed and from all parts of the world – in Port Street Beer House. Then soak up the brews with a chewy, cheesy, crispy pizza in "Dough". There's lots to do in this night-owl's hotspot.Accommodation in Northern Quarter
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Salford has arrived at last! Investment life-blood has transformed this urban wasteland into urbane sophisticate. The theatres and art galleries of the Lowry Centre – named for Salford's most famed "matchstick men" painter – ensure that the area is beyond cool. And the presence of ITV and the BBC ensure the city's role as MediaCity UK.Accommodation in Salford
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Tradition meets inner-city calm. That's what you'll find in Castlefield, another area which proudly demonstrates the proud canal based history of the city. Recent redevelopments have not detracted from the charming character of this part of the city, with the Bridgewater Canal and the red brick bridges in particular worth a special visit.Accommodation in Castlefield
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The streets of the outer suburb of Didsbury are peppered with Victorian mansions, homes of the mill owners who prospered there in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This district's gracious, old-village atmosphere makes it the ideal place for quieter nights out in stylish surroundings. Pop in to the village for a choice selection of restaurants.Accommodation in Didsbury
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Manchester United. For many, they are the only reason they have even heard of the city. The stadium stands like a sporting skyscraper, with upwards of 70,000 people regularly packing into the arena, turning the surrounding streets into a sea of red. Hungry on match day? Stop at one of the fish and chip shops for an English tradition.Accommodation in Old Trafford
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With a large student population, there's always something afoot in Fallowfield. Local bars and restaurants specialise in catering for champagne lifestyles on lemonade wages. It's worth venturing here if only for is fabulous comedy club XS Malarkey. The atmosphere is young and lively but you don't have to be a student to get a kick out of this area.Accommodation in Fallowfield
After 4 years studying in Manchester, Sam now lives in London but still maintains his Northern Soul.
This legendary live music venue has been part of Manchester's history for over 200 years – the unusual name comes from the height of the original stage. I have great memories of Luv Dub reggae nights here, and now regular sessions include Mr Scruff and the Craig Charles Funk and Soul club.Accommodation nearby
Mum-of-two Amanda lives just outside the city and has been working in Manchester for 15 years.
This welcoming milk bar/kitchen is located in the bohemian Northern Quarter and serves an amazing array of American-style breakfasts – the eggs Benedict and peanut butter malt milkshake are my personal favourites. It's always busy so you may have to wait for a table, but it's so worth it!Accommodation nearby
As a huge Man United fan, local girl Nicola can often be found at Old Trafford on match days.
Lounge on 12 is located in Manchester House, right in the heart of Spinningfields. It's an amazing place to enjoy indulgent cocktails whilst experiencing panoramic views of Manchester's skyline. You've also got a great chance of spotting a celebrity here!Accommodation nearby
Scottish-born Caroline loves Manchester's ever-changing atmosphere and amazing restaurants and bars.
As the name suggests, it's a Cuban bar that has a massive choice of rums and often hosts live acoustic music. The delicious tapas-style food and mojito royale (that's a mojito topped with champagne) are too good to miss out on. You might even spot the Booking.com Manchester crew here!Accommodation nearby
Tristan studied in nearby Lancaster and often ventured into Manchester for its live music scene.
The Manchester Academies on Oxford Road consistently have a choice of great bands and up-and-coming artists. Academy 1 holds 2600 people and offers the chance to experience well-known acts, while Academy 3 is much smaller – perfect for getting up close to your favourite singer-songwriters.Accommodation nearby
Lauren grew up in the countryside near Manchester and has since lived in Ireland, Spain and Mexico.
I know Christmas is almost here when the markets open up in mid-November. They're spread all over the city but the best atmosphere is outside the town hall in Albert Square. Stalls sell food, drinks and gifts from all over Europe – great for Christmas shopping while sipping mulled wine!Accommodation nearby
Originally from Istanbul, Derin loves Manchester's multicultural people and witty northern humour.
The Comedy Store Manchester is one of the best places in the UK to see stand-up comedy. It hosts weekly shows from Thursday to Sunday, with a mix of big names and up-and-coming comedians. It's great to be able to have a meal and a drink while watching live comedy!Accommodation nearby
Born near Manchester, Karl now lives in London and is getting to grips with life in the south.
Part of the University of Manchester, Manchester Museum is fascinating for visitors of any age and best of all, it's free. Its 4 floors of galleries contain everything from Egyptian mummies to a giant Japanese spider crab, but the most famous inhabitant is a fossilised T-Rex named Stan.Accommodation nearby
Born and raised nearby, Dee has lived in cities all over Europe but says Manchester beats them all.
I love going for food and cocktails at Dogs N Dough. It's hidden away near Albert Square, and serves the best hotdogs and pizzas in the city. There are always great deals, including half-price cocktails midweek. They also do the best milkshakes ever, and the dessert pizza is to die for!Accommodation nearby
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Follow signs for The Station to reach Manchester Airport's central rail, tram and bus interchange. It's a 20-minute train journey to Piccadilly Station (every 10 minutes from 05:30–23:30, less frequently overnight). Buy a ticket from the machines or booth for GBP 4.30. Metrolink trams leave every 12 minutes and cost GBP 4.20 – look out for the yellow ticket machines on the platform. It's a 45-minute ride to Cornbrook, where you can change lines for the city centre.
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is a hub for budget airlines and is just a 50-minute drive from central Manchester. Terravision buses leave from right outside Arrivals approximately once an hour from 05:00–23:50, stopping at Manchester Sackville Street (next to the main coach station) and Shudehill Interchange. Tickets cost GBP 8 single or GBP 12 return: buy them online, at the airport's Terravision desk, or from Terravision representatives at the bus stops in Manchester.
Manchester Piccadilly is a large modern station offering regional and cross-country services, including frequent connections to Manchester Airport and high-speed trains to London. It's remarkably easy to navigate and has a good range of restaurants, cafés and shops. The smaller, more old-fashioned Manchester Victoria offers local services around the north-west of England. Free Metroshuttle buses link the two stations from 07:00–19:00 (Sundays 10:00–18:00).
Manchester's main bus stations are at Piccadilly Gardens and Shudehill Interchange – from there, routes criss-cross the city and fan out to surrounding towns. Bus companies include Stagecoach, Arriva and First: all offer day passes for around GBP 4, available to buy from the driver. Free Metroshuttle buses also connect the city's main train stations and shopping areas from 07:00–19:00 (Sundays 10:00–18:00). Night buses are mainly limited to the Oxford Road corridor.
Manchester has both London-style black cabs and private taxis. Black cabs can be flagged down in the street, found at a taxi rank or pre-booked. The metered fares are standardised and all vehicles are wheelchair accessible. Private taxis are either white or silver, with yellow number plates and a yellow sticker indicating the name of the company. They can't be flagged down and need to be pre-booked. Fares vary but should always be displayed clearly inside the taxi.
Metrolink's 6 lines radiate outwards from the city centre through the suburbs, reaching nearby towns such as Bury, Rochdale, Altrincham and Ashton-under-Lyne. A new service also links Manchester Airport to Cornbrook, where you can change to other lines. Tickets cost between GBP 1.40 and GBP 4.70 depending on the journey – buy before you travel from the yellow ticket machines on the platform. Trams are surprisingly quiet so take care when crossing roads in the city centre!
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GRACEMONT, Okla. (AP) - Former Gracemont Police Chief Garri McClure has been sentenced to three years in prison for making lewd and indecent proposals to a 15-year-old girl.
Gracemont was sentenced Friday after admitting to visiting and sending hundreds of explicit text messages to the girl in hopes of beginning a sexual relationship.
He was sentenced to 10 years in the state penitentiary with all but the first three years suspended.
McClure was fired after charges were filed against him.
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|Here's the wonderful bundle of Ethiopian love I received from Fassica.
Shiro on the left, pure teff injera, and berbere on the right.
While stalking Instagram for new and tasty Ethiopian inspiration, I ran across Fassica! They're a small, new company based in California, who's goal is "to find a way to offer authentic Ethiopian spices and most importantly 100% Teff Injera (gluten free) to many through [their] website Fassica." People are always asking me which berbere I recommend, so you know I was all over this, right?
I got in touch with Fassica, and they sent me over a huge bag of all teff injera, plus a bag of miten shiro and berbere. The best mail ever!! YUM SO GOOD!!
|Miten shiro, tucked in with our favorite Souf Fitfit (torn injera and veggies/herbs tossed in a sunflower seed sauce) and a green salad. Recipes from Teff Love.
I'm so excited to finally have an online, domestic source for Ethiopian pantries, I love and can recommend. I really hope folks start ordering from them, because they deserve the business, and also because the berbere from Frontier and Penzey's is not what you want for Ethiopian food! Folks continue to purchase these brands, which are almost all cayenne pepper, and then complain that my recipes are toooOOOoo spicy. Of course they are! You just added 3 tablespoons of cayenne pepper to that pot of lentils!!!! :((((((
|Shiro, timatim fitfit, kale and doro wot with potatoes. I followed the video from Make Great Ethiopian Food for the doro wot, and cooked the onions for THREE HOURS, and added gardein Chick'n Scallopini and potatoes to make it vegan!!! Ha ha. Most doro wot cooks for longer. :-/
If you're worried about ordering injera online, Fassica packs theirs so securely, with padding and an ice pack, too. It's pretty much the most gorgeous pure-teff injera of all time, and I really wish I lived closer to them, so I could pick some up on when I'm hit by an Ethiopian whim. If you order some, be prepared to cook food to accompany it the day it arrives, because fresh injera needs to be used ASAP! Or if you have leftovers like I did, you can turn it into fitfit/firfir, or even dry it out in the fridge and make crunchy chips (dirkosh), which make the best hummus crackers--the tang in all teff injera cannot be duplicated.
Fassica is so awesome, they've agreed to send a bag of berbere and shiro to TWO of my readers (you must have a Canadian or US address to participate). Just leave a comment telling me what your favorite Ethiopian food is, and in a week I'll pick two winners at random to receive the free yums.
*To qualify for the giveaway, please comment by Midnight, June 5th PST, with an easy way for me to reach you. The winners are: Josiane and Jfshop!! Thanks for participating, everyone!
|Here's the shiro I made from their product. I followed the recipe on their site, and it's the first time I ever made it adding tomato.
Shiro is probably the easiest thing you could ever make. You just saute an onion and garlic in a little oil and add water and the powder (shiro is made from spices and ground legumes). It thickens up just like gravy, and after you've let it simmer for about 10-15 minutes, it's ready to go. If you don't have injera, you can just eat it with a salad and a big fluffy and crunchy baguette. It's super comforting to eat, and I long for it during our long gray and rainy days in PDX.
|Ye'souf Fitfit up close and personal.
|I mixed Fassica berbere with a little EFA oil and drizzled it over a very non-ethiopian dinner--cheese grits, steamed kale and tempeh bacon. It was sublime.
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A guard from the federal prison in Post has been charged with taking a bribe to smuggle marijuana to an inmate in the prison.
City officials, consultants and the 34th Street Association celebrated the anticipated start of rebuilding two miles of 34th's ancient pavement between Indiana Avenue and Avenue Q.
Delta Air Lines said Monday it will bow out of Lubbock for a second time later this year when it suspends service at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport May 1.
Good things come to convention and visitors bureaus that wait. And so it seems, given last week's announcement that Texas 4-H is bringing the state roundup to Lubbock, ending a 65-year relationship with College Station and Texas A&M.
Sanford & Tatum has expanded its lines of service to include in-house risk management and claims consulting.
Lubbock's sales tax distribution from the state today will be a little more than $5.9 million, a gain of only 1.6 percent from a year ago. Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs' office released the monthly distribution report Wednesday.
Absolute Fuels employees, whose last pay checks were never issued because federal agents raided the company in October, will need to seek the Texas Workforce Commission's help in getting their money.
After 65 summers in College Station and the Texas A&M University campus, the state's 4-H association is coming to Lubbock for its annual roundup.
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Does your daughter act like a tomboy? If yes, chances are that she might grow up to be a lesbian, a new study suggests.
American television queen Oprah Winfrey has cleared the long-simmering rumors about her sexuality. In an interview that aired Wednesday on ABC, the media-mogul queen opened up about her relationship with close friend Gayle King and persistent rumors that they are lesbian.
The U.S. entertainer Marie Osmond, whose young son died earlier this year, opened up for the first time about her son's suicide death to Oprah Winfrey, according to U.S. tabloid reports.
Kristen Stewart is taking on more realistic roles after final installment of her hit vampire series. The popular Bella of 'Twilight' will don the role of a teen runaway-turned-stripper in her new flick 'Welcome to the Rileys.'
After years of speculation, actress Sara Gilbert has finally acknowledged publicly that she's a lesbian.
Scandalous starlet Lindsay Lohan's days are never drama-free. The drama queen is generating headlines even in jail- she had a "hysterical fit" in her California prison after being taunted by fellow cons about her sexuality.
The saga of Michael Jackson doesn't seem to end with his death instead it got another major twist when a U.S. man claimed he was in a gay relationship with the Thriller maker, up until the singer's tragic death in June, 2009.
After years of fighting off rumors about his sexuality, Latin heartthrob Ricky Martin has finally confirmed what many people had speculated, saying, "I'm Gay."
Los Angeles, February 1 -- British soul singer Amy Winehouse is bisexual, at least according to her friends who claim she has confessed to them that she has had relationships not only with men but also with women as well.


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Atari to Publish Trio of Tetsuya Mizuguchi Titles in One Box
Written Tuesday, December 02, 2008 By Dan WebbView author's profile
Whilst the title may sound extremely generous of Atari, it may be a little misleading. Today Atari announced that they will be teaming up with Japan's Q-Entertainment to bring you three of the companies' successful Xbox Live Arcade titles in one box.
The package, called Q3 (Qubed) at this stage, will boast the following three titles; Rez HD, Luminies Live and E4 (Every Extend Extra Extreme ... what were they smoking when they thought of that title!?).
So if you missed them first time around or want the chance to milk some more points out of them, then here's your chance.
Q3 (Qubed) is due to hit stores worldwide in spring 2009.
For a detailed description in to each game, read on:
Rez™ HD was released on Xbox Live Arcade in January 2008 and is a fast-paced action-shooter. Set in a cyberworld, the player targets the enemies and hacks the system while creating their own beats. The dynamic, total integration of visual presentation, sound and player input provides the ultimate audio visual experience.
Lumines™ Live! was released on Xbox Live Arcade in October 2006 and is considered one of the best puzzle games of all time. The title combines puzzles, music and video entertainment to create an addictively-fun gameplay experience. The Q3 version is scheduled to include the Base Pack along with additional content that will enhance and extend the gameplay experience.
E4 (Every Extend Extra Extreme) is a visual and audio shooter/puzzle experience originally released on Xbox Live Arcade in October 2007. The goal in E4 is to self destruct, creating large chain reactions by defeating the enemies, which will ultimately extend the life of the game. It features five game modes including "Wiz ur Muzik", where players can implement their favourite music for a customized E4 experience.


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I am an Air Force brat, born in the long-defunct base at Harlingen. My childhood was spent reading and taking long car trips, as we moved from Texas to Alaska (where I lived through the great Anchorage quake of 1964), Alaska to Iowa (while my father was in Nam), Iowa to Maryland, Maryland back to Texas — San Angelo, to be precise. I came to San Antonio to attend two universities, from neither of which I graduated. By that time, I was a full-fledged Texan again. In 1987 I married Michael D. Griffin, A.K.A. Damon. We live in a 90-year-old house just north of downtown San Antonio.
I sold my first short story in 1986, and my first book. The audience I aim for, generally, is myself at age ten. I have known seven year olds who read my books with pleasure, and fourteen year olds who found them too hard. Children demand better books than adults do, so I try to answer the demand. The Ghost Sitter is my attempt at a realistic ghost story. In real life (I read true ghost stories extensively), ghosts seldom understand that they're dead, and haunt all sorts of places, even suburban tract homes, not just Gothic mansions.
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A round blue pill with the imprint TEVA on the front, and 3927 on the back of it is 10mg of Diazepam (made by Teva Pharmaceuticals).
Diazepam is a benzodiazepine and anticonvulsant that is used to treat Alcohol Withdrawal, Night Terrors, Seizures, and Anxiety, among other illnesses. Abuse of this drug may lead to psychological or physical dependence.
This prescription-only medication is not classified as a risk during pregnancy, but should be used only under a doctor's supervision.
An article recently published in the journal Thorax warns that taking benzodiazepines may be associated with a 54% increase in the risk of pneumonia, and those that did contract the disease were found to be a fifth more likely to die within a month and a third more likely to die within three years.


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Paperless records aim to ensure better care
Published: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 12:48 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 12:48 p.m.
HOUMA Cardiovascular Institute of the South announced Tuesday that it plans convert to an electronic medical-records system, an action state officials hope to see many hospitals and clinics undertake in coming years.
We aim to deliver the best possible service for our patients and keep forever before us the goal of achieving the best possible medical results with the least possible discomfort, said David Konur, CEO of Cardiovascular Institute of the South.
The center was founded in Houma, and its main office is located at 225 Dunn St.
Converting to paperless charts will allow the clinics to become more efficient and instantly share information between its 11 locations, said Nick Benoit, director of health-information management with the Cardiovascular Institute. It also eliminates fears that charts can be misplaced and ensures patient information is always instantly accessible.
The state Department of Health and Hospitals is beginning to offer incentives to hospitals that make the commitment to go electronic, such as reimbursing the hospitals for the cost of Medicaid patients, said Christina Streb, the states health-information technology strategist.
The state also received a Federal Communications Commission grant for $15.9 million over the next three years to provide rural hospitals in Louisiana with broadband telecommunications capabilities.
Its a big, big topic at the state, said Streb. Were very interested in getting as much momentum with the physicians as possible to get them to engage in either purchasing or leasing the electronic medical-records software.
The state has built a health-exchange program that they hope will easily allow physicians and hospitals to share medical information on patients once more doctors are persuaded to go electronic, Streb said.
For example, if you suffer a heart attack that sends you to the emergency room, doctors could obtain your charts from your regular physician almost instantly to find out your medical history and if youre on any medications, she added.
It will allow physicians and hospitals to agree to share a patients information when its necessary, said Streb.
The state hopes to implement the Louisiana Health Information Exchange program within the next one to three years, she added.
Weve been given a lot of funding and a lot of incentive this year to help the physicians afford to go paperless, Streb said.
Cardiovascular Institute of the South plans to have all locations running on a paperless-chart system run by the program SRSsoft Clinical Manager in about six to eight months.
The biggest task, Benoit said, is scanning in all the medical charts to convert all the hospitals current paper archives.
But the rewards will be worth it.
Hospitals on paperless systems benefit from being able to easily track chronic diseases. Doctors can instantly find out when patients had their last heart checkup, for example, instead of combing through pages of documents.
Doctors can make sure patients are monitoring their cholesterol and check to see if theyre on any medications. It also saves money because physicians can file claims with Medicare and Medicaid electronically and file prescriptions over e-mail.
You wont worry about a patient losing that little strip of paper with their doctors signature, Streb said. It can be instantly sent to their pharmacy to be filled.
Nationally, less than 20 percent of physicians have electronic or paperless medical-chart systems, and that number is below 10 percent in Louisiana, Streb said.
And while those numbers might seem low, Streb said that medical filing software is becoming less homespun and more legitimate.
Theres now a national certification process available for medical-records software providers called the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology
Though its rather costly, by going through that process it verifies for the clinics that theyve met minimum standards of performance, Streb said.
The initial three-year certification program costs about $28,000. But handling and protecting the private medical records of patients is a serious business.
Theyre trying to invoke standards to protect patient data, Streb said. But in the end, physicians who go paperless arent just saving money, but they can care for their patient better.
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hi, i read through a lot of topics but could not really find a similar description
i'm using WP 3.7.1 (just upgraded today as an attempt to check if it's a version problem, was using 3.6.x before, no change)
the theme i use is MusicPro
generally the plugin works fine, the issue is with the menus. I have the box of the Language selector appearing and i can add it to the menu (that already existed before i installed the plugin) but the Pages tab that would hold the items for the menu does not open. No matter what i do.
Therefore i'm not able to create menus. The one that is already created works to some extent, but remains the same when switching to the other language.
Can you help me out with what i could do to resolve this?
an interesting thing i noticed: when you go to the Appearance / Menu and the Manage Locations tab and click on Use new menu, the Pages tab is displayed but it's greyed out - but it has all the pages (the translated ones too, i mean). Of course you can't add them at this point, because you can only specify the name of the new menu and when you do and click Save menu, it all goes back to the general problem - i can only add the selector, but the Pages container does not open.


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Easy Homemade Chicken Salad
Total Time
Prep 30 mins
Cook 0 mins
I copied this down once while sitting in the waiting room for a doctor's appointment. (Goodness knows there's always time enough for copying recipes!) I think it came from "Child" magazine. I estimated number of servings.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 cups chopped cooked chicken or 1 1⁄2 cups cooked turkey
- 1⁄2 cup sliced celery
- 1⁄2 cup thinly sliced green onion
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄3 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish or 2 tablespoons chopped green peppers
- 2 teaspoons prepared mustard
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
- In medium mixing bowl combine first three ingredients.
- Stir in the lemon juice and pepper.
- Combine the mayo, pickle relish and prepared mustard.
- Add this sauce to chicken and gently stir in the eggs.
- Cover and chill until ready to serve.
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Yum! I had leftover turkey so this recipe was ideal. I made this as written, but a added a few tbsps of extra mayo to get the desired moistness. I really enjoyed this on wheat bread with lettuce. Great turkey salad! Thanx!
My Mom makes the BEST chicken salad, but when I asked her for the recipe she was not able to give me exact measurements. She is the kind of cook who just puts ingredients together and adjusts, until it looks and tastes right. So I began a quest to find a recipe that uses the same ingredients she does. This one came the closest, so I decided to make it today. I must say, it tastes very similar. I am pleased with the results. My Mom doesn't use lemon juice in hers, so I only put a small amount in what I made. I reduced the mustard to 1 1/2 teaspoons. I also added a dash of salt and omitted the onion (personal preference). I chopped the chicken, eggs and celery in my food processor because I don't like mine chunky. Thank you Patrish, for helping me recreate my Mom's beloved chicken salad!
I was looking for a quick and easy chicken salad because I was desperate for something to bring to work for lunch, and this was great! I left out the celery (don't care for it) and the eggs (didn't have time) and I substituted regular onion for the green onion (didn't have any). I also added some almond slivers to the mix. Served it on romaine lettuce, and made for a great little lunch!


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This is a discussion on Lever gun lesson please! within the Defensive Rifles & Shotgun Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; I own a Winchester 94 30-30. But if I was going to buy another one, i'd probably look at the Marlin 308 lever. The Marlin ...
I own a Winchester 94 30-30. But if I was going to buy another one, i'd probably look at the Marlin 308 lever. The Marlin rifles do seem to be a little softer shooting on the shoulder, at least this is what my wife tells me.
I have 2 pre-64 Win 94 in 30/30 and they are great classic firearms. I would not say no to a Marlin or a Savage though. All good choices.
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Marlin lever actions chambered in Hornady's new 308 Marlin Express produce spectacular performance.
308 Marlin Express
This new cartridge was developed by Hornady and is chambered exclusively in two new Marlin lever actions. It has enabled us to create the first traditionally-styled lever action rifle chambered for a true "flat shooting" cartridge.
Ballistics for the 308 Marlin Express are virtually identical to the 308 Win., resulting in enough energy to be lethal on big game out to 400 yards.
This unheard-of performance is made possible by Hornady's development of LEVEREVOLUTION® ammunition technology, using new powder formulations and their exclusive Flex-Tip® bullet design.
The two models chambered for this round are: the blued 308MX with a 22" barrel and walnut stock, and the stainless steel 308MXLR with a 24" barrel and laminated stock.
Both rifles will be available during the second quarter of 2007.Seems they have forgotten about Winchester's 307.It has enabled us to create the first traditionally-styled lever action rifle chambered for a true "flat shooting" cartridge.
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I have a Marlin Guide in 45-70 that was made before they added a couple of inches to the length. I love it. I added a Williams peep sight.
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I've got a Mod 94, a Mod 336 in 30-30 and an 1895 in 45-70. I don't even bother to hunt with the 30-30s at all but there is something about the 45-70 that is a joy to shoot. You can load it up to higher pressures or use Corbon ammo in it that you can't use in an old Trap Door Springfield and with the new polymer tipped lever action safe ammo they can hold their place over a decent range.
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I carry a Colt Delta Elite 10mm in Milt Sparks VM2 with 2 extra magazines on my belt. This is normally worn on a belt under my bib overalls and works great for me. My wife carries a Walther PPS .40 w/Crossbreed holster.
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A Knife In The Dark by TheHuntingWolfWatch
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It's just like she's saying it, "If you want him, come and claim him!"
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Tech Games: 24 Hours Into Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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For the uninitiated, Super Smash Bros. is a fighting franchise in which Nintendo's cutesy mascots beat each other up. Mario kicking Pikachu. The Princess smacking Zelda with a frying pan. Etc. When SSB came out roughly ten years ago, other fighting games were convoluted Street Fighter clones—press a joystick 100 directions, then hit a three-button combination, and your little guy/girl might do some anime-styled move. What worked for Smash Bros. back then was that you didn't have to memorize a technical manual's worth of codes and moves to play. You had two buttons to attack, you could jump, and you could throw stuff. Simple. Get to kickin' ass. Plus, four people could fight at once, making it a good party game next to its N64 sibling Goldeneye. The series wound up becoming one of Nintendo's biggest worldwide properties.
The newest version, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, somehow reached my hands before its hyped release on Sunday, and I'm already hooked. I'm the target market, though—this is a game heaped with gaming nostalgia. Kid Icarus' Pit shows up to whoop an ass. Wario farts to make foes dizzy, then runs 'em over with a motorcycle. And the playground Sega/Nintendo debate is revitalized by this game's Sonic vs. Mario duels…hopefully a Pogs resurgence isn't soon to follow.
But this game isn't meant for the Wii. It proudly boasts that you can use a zillion different controller types to play it, and that's because the Wii's default controls barely have enough buttons for this game. There's no motion control—you won't swing your arm to smack anyone, though the game has a hidden "wrist flick" option. And most importantly, the simple game ain't Wii Sports-simple. The pick-up-and-play core is still intact—wear your opponent down, and instead of draining energy like Street Fighter, you eventually launch foes off a floating platform. But there are tons of other little bits and pieces to the game, strategies to learn and items to make sense of, and the game doesn't do much to ease outsiders in. Other than a brief how-to video, it's either trial by fire, or, ugh, study the game's 36-page manual.
Doesn't bother me, but I'm the target market. If you ever played and enjoyed Smash Bros before, you shouldn't even question buying it—SSBB is a perfect mix of refinement and new blood for the series. (My only knock so far is that the series' first-ever online mode stinks. Though it may be a temporary issue, my online play so far has been full of lag; making fights all kinds of herky-jerky. At least it's not a paid service.) And I don't think Nintendo should worry about this game specifically; you look at the box, covered in angry-looking game mascots, and you know whether or not it's your bag. Nintendo's proud about this game's niche, and judging by the way the game has played for me so far—the spit-shined balance and variety of different fighters, the dozens of little modes, the, um, nostalgic Nintendo virtual sticker-collecting mini-games (I got an Eggplant Wizard sticker this morning, and I'm sad to admit that I was thrilled)—they're serving their diehard nerds right.
But Nintendo's got a problem with scheduling and with serving all niches. Where was last Christmas' Wii Sports-style game, complete with crossover appeal and super-simple, super-fun motion gaming? That's right—none came out, and grown-ups who dug the Wii (and actually managed to find one) have to wait until May for Wii Sports' heir apparent, Wii Fit—the fitness game that comes with a weight-sensitive balance board (think skiing, yoga, and, er, hula-hooping). It'll be a welcome weird game, but Nintendo had years to work out a strategy, to really make the most of their crazy Wii, and as of right now, they really haven't. I enjoy playing games w/ outsiders; Wii Bowling with my mom is easily my #1 gaming memory, and as good as SSBB is, it's not something I'd ever expect to play with her, my girlfriend, or a lot of non-gaming friends. And as a grown-up gamer with shit to do (aside from, er, collecting virtual nerd stickers), I think it's a fair criticism.


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So I get to the barn and once again, my horse sprung a front shoe. This is the second time she's done it to a front shoe within a week of being trimmed/shod (and I've only had her 4 months). I'm trying to figure out what's causing this and what some possible solutions are.
a) should I keep bell boots on her?
b) could it be due to footing outdoors in turnout? it is a bit uneven in spots. So far, she has never sprung a shoe while I was riding her. I would suspect she's doing this in turnout versus the stall but don't know for certain
c) do I need to look into having the farrier trim/shoe her differently?
d) do I need a new farrier?
I don't tend to notice her interfering while lunging or riding unless she's getting long and close to being due for her next trim.
Her hooves flake and wear quickly when barefoot so I've been putting shoes all around on her since I got her in June. She was a bit off when barefoot as well which I think may have been due to tender soles especially since the ground was quite hard due to the dry weather which I'm sure didn't help either.
I've been giving her SmartHoof for the past several months hoping that will help. If I can get her to where she can be comfortable barefoot, I will be thrilled but not sure we'll ever get to that point. In the four months I've had her, she's sprung a front shoe twice (within a week of being shod) and a hind shoe once (when she was close to being ready for her next farrier appt).


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A country music star is coming to town this week and its not too late to get your tickets to the concert.
Dusty Guitar Promotions will host popular country artist, Travis Tritt at Secrest Auditorium this Saturday.
"It's a very unique concert in the fact that it's just a solo acoustic so it's just Travis and a guitar and he's just there and exposed and it's just him. It's very unique in the fact that he talks a lot about what the songs are about and stories from the road and how everything is very personal to him," said Sales Representative, Darren Tigner.
Nashville recording artist, Doug McCormick and local band Carson Drive will also perform at the concert. Tigner encourages the public to get tickets while they last.
"There is only a very very select few seats left in the balcony, there is still really really good seats down on the floor. Seats range anywhere from 29 dollars up to 49 dollars so very very affordable, " said Tigner.
To purchase tickets you can visit etix.com, go to the Secrest box office or give Secrest a call by phone. Doors will open on saturday at 6:30 p.m. Tigner suggest getting their early to get a good spot.


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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)__August's First Friday Art Walk provides Topekans with plenty to enjoy.
This months event will also feature some added bonuses to patrons. Two weeks ago, Topeka City Council Members passed and issue that allows complimentary wine to be served at non-profit events put on by ARTSConnect.
The First Friday event also has partenered with Topeka Metro to provide a bus shuttle for the evening. The bus shuttles will run from 5:30pm-8:30pm beginning at the Quincy Station, making stops at 8th and Jackson and head towards Westboro, stopping at Grace Cathedral's Cloister Gallery, Swinnen & Associates, and the Topeka & Shawnee County Library. After Westboro the bus will travel to NOTO, with a stop at Warehouse 414 on the return trip back to Quincy Station to start over again.
The Topeka Metro at 820 SE Quincy will be transformed int an art gallery displaying art work from Topeka area high school students which will be placed upon benches near the schools. They will also be celebrating their 40 years of service with a birthday cake.
A full bus shuttle schedule can be found at www.topekametro.org and the list of Art Walk gallery features can be located at www.artsconnecttopeka.org.


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Amid funding questions, open enrollment remains
First, consider a national recession with deep effects on state and local revenue streams. Add a host of educational reform standards proposed by the governor in the state's hotly contested biennium budget. Then, pass an education plan (and supporting budget) that is based on these state and local revenue streams that are not only decreasing, but shifting in other unpredictable ways.
Schools end year in black
At the July 9 school board meeting, Treasurer Joy Kitzmiller reported that the Yellow Springs school district ended the financially challenging 2008–2009 fiscal year in the black.
Sunday liquor sales sought
There is a small movement afoot to allow Sunday liquor sales and consumption in the downtown business district, which could significantly affect village restaurants and also local nonprofit organizations. The local option issue is one for the November ballot that needs approval from a majority of registered voters in the village to allow businesses in the downtown precinct to sell liquor on Sundays.
Clinic leaves town for now
The Wright State physicians who operate the Yellow Springs Family Health Center at the corner of Xenia Avenue and Herman Street are temporarily relocating to Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia at the end of next month. According to health center Medical Director Cynthia Olsen, she hopes to unyoke the practice from a rapidly deteriorating facility and raise funds for a smaller, more efficient building in the same location as the original.
After 48 years, Dr. Englefield has retirement in his sights
After almost five decades as an optometrist, there's just one thing that still knocks the socks off Dr. Robert Englefield — and that's the miracle of human sight. "When you realize there's this never-ending light that comes in and stimulates the eye and then sends messages to the brain that lets it become a vision — I've never stopped being amazed," he said.
FCC senior apartments put on hold
The senior apartment building that Friends Care Community plans to build downtown has been delayed due to financing issues, Friends Care Director Karl Zalar said last week. Friends had hoped to break ground this spring on the project at the corner of Xenia Avenue and Limestone Street.
YSI acquires DAA, a new subsidiary
YSI Incorporated has recently acquired Design Analysis Associates, Inc., or DAA, of Logan, Utah, according to a June 11 YSI press statement. "We're very excited about this opportunity and glad they are now part of YSI," Rick Omlor, YSI president and CEO, said in an e-mail message this week.
Alternative vet clinic is approved
An alternative veterinary office will soon be a new business on the corner of Stafford and Union Streets, after Village Planning Commission approved at its Monday, June 8 meeting a proposal to turn an unoccupied house into a small clinic.
Run, walk for kids' center
Most daycare centers raise their rates from 3 to 5 percent a year, according to Marlin Newell, director of the Community Children's Center of Yellow Springs. But even in these trying economic times, the Children's Center, which has raised rates only twice in the past five years, has decided against increasing fees.
Yellow Springs housing market holds own, with some bumps
RECESSION IN THE VILLAGE This is the fifth in a series of articles looking at how the unstable economy is affecting various aspects of Yellow Springs life, including businesses, nonprofits, the arts, housing and schools. The aftermath of the sub-prime mortgage fallout finds the nationwide housing sector still in a serious rut caused by widespread […]


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Whoever first called the hot dog a "poor man's steak" probably hadn't had the $7 chili cheese dog at a Mets game.
But in truth, the humble frankfurter can make an inexpensive and fun meal, especially when you aren't paying ballpark prices.
A great hot dog relies as much on the toppings as it does the dog itself. And while the traditional standbys of ketchup, mustard and relish have their place, there are plenty of more flavorful and creative options.
All three of these topping ideas cost just over $1 per serving.
Shredded carrots, Dijon mustard and caraway seeds elevate simple sauerkraut. Diced avocado, tomato and bacon bits give a hot dog a fresh flavor. And sauteed red onion and hoisin sauce combine to make an out-of-the-box Asian-style topping.
For the best value, buy hot dogs in bulk. What you don't use will freeze well for several months if well wrapped. Or consider buying hot dogs from the grocer's deli. The quality often is better and you can purchase only what you need.
Souped-up Sauerkraut Topping
Start to finish: 5 minutes
Servings: 4
1/2 cup prepared sauerkraut, well drained
1/2 cup finely shredded carrots
2 tsp. coarse-grained Dijon mustard
1 tsp. caraway seeds
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
In a small bowl, stir together the sauerkraut, carrots, mustard and caraway seeds. Season with salt and pepper.
Nutrition information per serving of topping (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 15 calories; 1 calories from fat; 0 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 3 g carbohydrate; 0 g protein; 2 g fiber; 395 mg sodium.
Guacamole, Tomato
and Bacon Topping
Start to finish: 5 minutes
Servings: 4
1 avocado, diced
2 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tbsp. chili powder
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
1/4 cup chopped fresh tomato
4 tsp. crumbled cooked bacon
In a small bowl, stir together the avocado, lemon juice and chili powder. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon about 1 tablespoon over each hot dog, then top with tomato and bacon crumbles.
Nutrition information per serving of topping (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 98 calories; 76 calories from fat; 8 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 2 mg cholesterol; 6 g carbohydrate; 2 g protein; 4 g fiber; 206 mg sodium.
Red Onion and Hoisin Topping
Start to finish: 10 minutes
Servings: 4
2 tsp. canola oil
2 cups chopped red onions
1 tsp. minced garlic
Pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste
2 tbsp. hoisin sauce
2 tsp. Dijon mustard
In a large skillet over high, heat the oil. Add the onions and cook, stirring often, until well browned, about 5 to 8 minutes. Stir in the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook, stirring, for another minute.
Remove from the heat and stir in the hoisin sauce and mustard. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Nutrition information per serving of topping (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 77 calories; 25 calories from fat; 3 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 12 g carbohydrate; 1 g protein; 2 g fiber; 192 mg sodium.
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This relates to WP Version 3.
I'm attempting to create two lists for a sidebar, each list would be selected by a link category.
The codex suggest I can do this by using
wp list bookmarks
with a link category argument
(string) Comma separated list of numeric Category IDs to be displayed. If none is specified, all Categories with bookmarks are shown. Defaults to (all Categories).
However, when I look at the table of Link Categories I don't see any ID.
How does this work, or where is there a reference that explains how to build the code snippet to accomplish a list based on list categories.


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……In the morning when we rise!"
Apologises to Donovon (Leitch)
Two MG's side by side , a J2 and a TC, at the commemoration of the Ards TT in Newtownards , Co Down August 2008. Along with many other vintage classics gathered together to commemorate the Ards TT, first held in 1928. The race was the culmination of much thought and enthusiasm by two men. One was the legendary Harry Ferguson and the other was Wallace McLeod. Wallace was head of the motor engineering school at the Belfast Tech. The men were helped in their dream by the fact that (unlike the rest of the British Isles) the law in Ulster enabled roads to be closed off for motor racing. In 1927 the two men visited a race at Brooklands and persuaded some of the drivers that, if they could find a suitable Ulster road circuit, then they would participate. The venue was found and the six hour race was organised under the auspices of the Royal Automobile Club.
The circuit was in the form of a triangle 13.7 miles in total. The race started at the pits on the Newtownards Road Dundonald , and there still is a little commemorative building at that spot to mark the location. The cars then set off towards Newtownards via Quarry Corner then up and over Bradshaw's Brae and into Conway Square, Newtownards .
There are still marks on the masonry made by the cars as they clipped the corner into the square, now a pedestrian precinct.
The eventual winner of the first race in 1928 was Kaye Don 's Lea Francis.
At its peak the Ards TT attracted over a half a million spectators.
The Ards TT race continued very successfully each year until 1936 when one of the competing cars crashed at Newtownards killing eight spectators and injuring 40 others. The Ards TT was never held again.
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1919 in British-administered Palestine
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|1919 in British-administered Palestine
Events in the year 1919 in British-administered Palestine (British-controlled part of OETA territory).
|This section requires expansion. (August 2010)
- 3 January - The signing of the Faisal Weizmann Agreement by Emir Feisal (son of the King of Hejaz) and Chaim Weizmann (later President of the World Zionist Organization) as part of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919.
- 22 January to 10 February - First meeting of the Palestine Arab Congress held in Jerusalem.
- 26 February - The first official meeting of the Zionist General Council.
Notable births[edit]
|This section requires expansion. (August 2010)
- 8 May - Aharon Remez, Israeli civil servant, politician and diplomat, and second commander of the Israeli Air Force (died 1994).
- 10 June - Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian Arab physician, and later politician (died 2007).
- 2 August - Nehemiah Persoff, Jerusalem-born American Jewish film and television actor, and later painter.
- Full date unknown
- Binyamin Gibli, head of Israeli military intelligence (died 2008).
- Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Palestinian Arab poet. (died 1994).
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The quote was referencing: "It's only a very thin line separating MF shooters under 44X33 and MF shooters over 44X33. I think that whatever touches the former, eventually will touch the latter."Some of us are shooting on the thinnest line of all, 44x33 exactly.
The question is not only about resolution but also MTF, and than we would need add sharpening to the equation.
We also need to keep in mind that we may have different croppings. A square image on the D800 would be 24 MP.
(TMAX 100 has MTF of 70% or better out to about 100lp/mm, at or beyond the Nyquist limit of any of these sensors, and has MTF of 50% or better out to 125lp/mm, the Nyquist limit for the 24MP "APS-C" Sony/Nikon sensors. We are still "not there yet" in terms of DSLR sensors out-resolving all film.)
Also, as I have mentioned before, fine grained black and white films like TMAX 100 still out-resolve any of these sensors, and I have never heard either 35mm or MF users commenting that the resolution of such films is useless because lenses are inadequate, so why should this be the case with sensors?
In the MF world a high pixel count is extremely expensive, so you don't really want to pay for more pixels than your lenses can resolve ...
plenty of MF users say that about 40MP is enough for all their practical/comercial purposes, and a good number go as low as 22MP on their resolution needs.


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Jamie Foxx apologizes to Miley Cyrus
Published: Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 10:22 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 10:22 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) Jamie Foxx has apologized to teen star Miley Cyrus for a radio routine in which he urged the 16-year-old to "make a sex tape and grow up."
When the incident was brought up on the "Tonight" show Tuesday, Foxx apologized and said: "I didn't mean it maliciously."
Foxx had started talking about Cyrus on his Sirius satellite radio show after someone brought up the singer's recent feud with Radiohead. Foxx said: "Who is Miley Cyrus? The one with all the gums? She needs to get a gum transplant!"
Foxx noted to Jay Leno that he was doing a routine, saying: "Sometimes as comedians, you know, we go a little too far."
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Atrial Fibrillation Health Center
Cardioversion: Atrial Fibrillation
In atrial fibrillation, erratic electrical impulses in the upper chambers of the heart (atria) cause those chambers to fibrillate, or quiver. This results in an irregular and frequently rapid heart rate. The irregular pattern in the electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG) tracing shows these erratic impulses.
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Small DSLR bodies?
My wife needs a new camera. BUT, she has very small hands, so we are looking for a small-bodied DSLR. Right now, she is using a Nikon D40x, which she likes. I don't like the quality of pictures she gets, though. (Nikkor AF-S 18-135 f/3.5-5.6 ED lens)
She has fairly decent technique and understands the basics of photography quite well. (This is NOT the reason she isn't getting good photos. She gets very good images when she uses my Canon 7D) She does NOT want a professional level camera, though, as she is more interested in simple "snap-shot" or "vacation" photos. Plus, she jus tcan't hold a big, heavy camera system steady.
So, can anyone recommend either:
(A) a new lens for the D40x
(B) a new SMALL camera body. Or
(C) a new system. (Micro 4/3, mirrorless, etc.)
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I am an usual Linux user and I got addicted to the ability of running commands from the terminal or the Run textbox (The one which has got AltF2 as default shortcut). In Windows 7, I'd like to work approximately the same way, using the underrated Run... textbox I can recall by Super+R shortcut.
The principal thing keeping me from using it as my principal way of starting processes is the fact I must write the entire name of the processes I want to launch. Is there a way of introducing an autocomplete feature like the one Bash has?
I'm not talking of an external terminal-like program which supports this feature, I'm talking about integrating that into the "Run..." textbox, so that I can recall it like the ALTF2 Linux one, and start processes from a lightweight and little command line.


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Travel Nurse Career
There Are as Many Reasons for Choosing a Travel Nursing Career as There Are Travel Nurses
Some travelers start early -- recently graduated from nursing school, with a year or two of clinical experience under their belts. Our recruiters tell us that this type of traveler is excited about living in new cities and working in different facilities. Some travelers who are just starting out want to see which kind of medical facility is the best fit for their talents. Is it a busy metropolitan teaching hospital where the action never stops, or a smaller community facility where RN's must truly "do it all?" Some RN's decide that it's time to try travel nursing after many years as a staff nurse. Maybe the kids have grown up and left the nest, and a whole new world of career possibilities has opened up. And, let's face it, many RN's choose a travel nursing job for the outstanding pay and benefits. Travel nurses can easily earn more than staff nurses -- and explore the US while they're doing it!
As our recruiters say, "There is really no 'typical' travel nurse. They're all unique. Whatever their motivation, they're sure to find a rewarding travel nurse career with us."
Case in point: see what a seasoned RN, Pat, has to say about the reason she chose travel nursing and why it's worked out so well for her.
Interview with Pat S., RN: Working Travel Nurse
Q: Why did you choose the travel nursing profession?
A: Travel nursing is a wonderful change of scene and a rewarding career path. After 37 years of staff nursing and management, I'm back to doing what I love, which is bedside nursing. I have a flexible schedule, plenty of time off and look forward to new challenges every shift.
Q: What's the difference between travel nursing and a permanent staff position?
A: Travel nursing gives nurses the opportunity to observe different approaches to healthcare, learn at world-famous hospitals, advance in the practice and train with new methods and equipment. On a personal level, there's nothing like the freedom of traveling around the country, meeting new people and visiting with family and friends.
Q: Does travel nursing fit in with your goals for retirement?
A: As long as I'm mobile and can maintain my sanity, I plan on travel nursing into my seventies. I have six children and eight grand children. As a travel nurse, I can visit with them any time I want or they can come see me on assignment and share in travel adventures.
Q: What's your advice for nurses considering a career in healthcare travel?
A: Have a few years of nursing under your belt before traveling. This way, your organizational skills, nurse working knowledge and patient rapport are all in place before you're challenged with brief orientations in new settings, where you're expected to hit the floor running.
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Santa Fe Corn & Black Bean Salad
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Prep 15 mins
Cook 30 mins
Yummy Southwestern salad that is lowfat and good for you. Tasty too!
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- 3⁄4 cup salsa (I use Rojo or Resers, uncooked not sauce style)
- 1⁄4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 2 -3 jalapenos
- 1 garlic clove
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin
- 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can corn
- 1 (16 ounce) can black beans (S&W reduced salt is good)
- 1⁄2 cup green pepper, diced
- Mix all together.
- Let stand 1/2 hour ("cooking time" is standing time).
- Serve in lettice lined bowl if desired.
- (For extra flavor you could sprinkle on some Taco Spice from a Spice Pack - like McCormick or Lawry's - adds a ton of sodium though!).
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My Neice made this for her Mother's 50th Birthday party that had a south of the Border theme. We loved it. We had fresh ingredients and used them instead of canned. Thanks for sharing


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A Corny Letter box LbNA # 36331 (ARCHIVED)
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A Corny Letter box
Difficulty Easy
10 Minute walk (roundtrip)
The clues:
To begin our search, locate an Ear of Corn that Paul Bunyan would love to eat. From that location, head on the main though fare in the direction of the rising sun. If you are on the right road, you will pass the corn plant and then The wife of Burger King.
Along the way you will see a building on your left that is Finger Licking Good. Drive on for another 6 or 7 blocks, continuing through a large intersection. Look to you right for a red electric cart that would be suitable for Paul Bunyan in his senior years.
About a mile down the road, on the right, will be a small park. Pull into the entrance and park at the west end of the lot. You will see a shelter and some playground equipment. Head in that direction, walking between the two. There are 2 paths, take the one on the left (not the ski path).
To verify you are on the right path, look to the left for a broken sign that has ARD HIL. Mosey on down the path past Boomerang on your left. Bear right on the path, passing Corkscrew on your right and a small bridge on your left. Continue bearing right heading up a slight hill. Continue up the hill following the curving path to the right then it will then curve to the left. Look for a 3-foot high single tree stump on your left side. (It will be a sawn off black stump, not a rotted off one). It is few steps off the path. Stop and turn to face the stump. Look through the bushes behind the stump and you will see two dirt paths.
Take the second (furthest away) path to the right. The path will curve to the right. If you look down the path you will see 2 BIG trees sharing a common trunk. Walk towards those trees. Behind those trees you will see a little wooden bridge for bicycles. Cross over to the path with the wooden bridge and then head left.
Walk about 25 or 30 steps until you come up to a very wide oak tree and the path will curve to the left. Continue on the path for another 25 steps (you will know you are there when the path curves to the right and uphill you will also notice a big v tree on the right. Stand next to the big v tree, turn around 180 degrees and walk back 4 to 5 steps. Stop and look right for a broken off tree that stands about 9 ft tall (still standing) and about 8 steps into the woods. Due to the overgrown foliage, you will have to look hard to see that the top of the tree is broken off. Walk back to the tree and to the right of the tree stump is a fallen log. Inside the end of the log is A Corny Letterbox
When you replace the box, be sure to cover the hiding place with bark. This has been taken twice so please take your time and ensure it is hidden well so others can enjoy the box too!
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Throughout this column I've placed strong emphasis on the aspects of Web 2.0 that concern open, shared data rather than flashy effects. Certainly Ajax is important because when used well it can enhance the usability of Web sites. But Web feeds, open, Web-friendly APIs, and third-party plug-in and mashup capabilities are the real substance of Web 2.0. One community closely associated with the Web's original stewards, the W3C, is committed to a particular, coherent set of practices along these lines. The Linking Open Data (LOD) community combines the vision of the W3C for using semantic features to enhance the Web with the pragmatism that characterizes mainstream Web 2.0. At the heart of this community is a semi-official project of the W3C, which says on its main Wiki page (see Resources):
The goal of the W3C SWEO [Semantic Web Education and Outreach] Linking Open Data community project is to extend the Web with a data commons by publishing various open datasets as RDF on the Web and by setting RDF links between data items from different data sources.
The emphasis on RDF is natural for the W3C, which has been pushing the technology for a decade, but one development that gives LOD extra legs is the emergence of influential voices realizing that insistence on strict RDF format across the board is probably not the best present strategy for winning over Web developers. LOD supports RDF as a conceptual model, but the new emphasis is more on linking and openness than on any one syntax. After all, RDF is merely URIs, links, and labels, so any model that includes these three can readily work with RDF systems. The full LOD community is a penumbra around the W3C-led core who support all the advantages of opening up data that I've discussed so far in this column, and who see RDF, Atom, JSON, and so on as merely tools for Web developers to open up their data.
What is the Web of data?
The LOD community in all its diversity draws inspiration from the thoughts of the Web's inventor, Tim Berners-Lee. In his article, "Giant Global Graph" (see Resources) he expressed the basic evolution of the idea with a few apt observations:
- 'The realization [behind creation of the Internet] was, "It isn't the cables, it is the computers which are interesting". The Net was designed to allow the computers to be seen without having to see the cables.'
- 'The [World Wide Web] increases the power we have as users again. The realization was "It isn't the computers, but the documents which are interesting". Now you could browse around a sea of documents without having to worry about which computer they were stored on.'
- 'Now, people are making another mental move. There is realization now, "It's not the documents, it is the things they are about which are important".'
Berners-Lee points out that all stages of this evolution are about webs of links—a web of computers (though we call this a "network" rather than a "web"), a web of documents (what most people call "The Web"), and ultimately a web of all the things we want to share. He argues that we should extend the basic principles of the Web more directly to data (for example, the contents of traditional databases), and that we should not be shy about making links to non-computer resources such as people, tangible and abstract things, places, and so on. I'll discuss the trick to linking to non-computer resources in a later section. This expansive view of linking is called "the Web of data" and forms the basis of LOD.
Taking a closer look at what LOD means in practice, the starting point is in four basic principles Berners-Lee drafted in another paper, "Linked Data" (see Resources). As paraphrased by Wikipedia these are:
- Use URIs to identify things that you expose to the Web as resources.
- Use HTTP URIs so that people can locate and look up (dereference) these things.
- Provide useful information about the resource when its URI is dereferenced.
- Include links to other, related URIs in the exposed data as a means of improving information discovery on the Web.
Principle 1 means you should try to expose information as much as possible using URIs. Not just Web pages, but front-office application documents, database rows and metadata, personal data, transactional logs, business rules and policies, and even services. If sharing it is useful, look to give its component pieces URIs. You might wonder about security. Perhaps you're used to relying on the traditional application to protect your data. Remember that people bank on the Web. They make stock trades on the Web. They book travel and buy things on the Web. The Web is well-proven as a secure data conduit, provided best practices are followed.
Principle 2 means you should give up obscure ID schemes, even URI schemes, and just stick to HTTP, which has served the Web so well. This ensures that the widest variety of tools and resources will be able to access it.
Principle 3 means that the data that you provide to people who access the data URIs should be in a common format suitable for sharing on the Web. XML is one obvious candidate for this, but not all XML is suitable. You would need to use XML in a way that is semantically transparent, which means that the constructs in the XML are described in a rich way that can be processed by a machine. RDF is the main format used in the LOD community. It offers very high semantic transparency, but support for RDF is not yet as widespread as support for XML. One way to get the best of both worlds is to use GRDDL, a system for viewing XML through an RDF lens.
You might be wondering about JSON and microformats which have gained so much fame in the Web 2.0 world. The problem with these is that they are almost always even less semantically transparent than XML, although GRDDL can be used with microformats.
Principle 4 is basically the "share the wealth" principle. The first three encourage you to make possible Web pointers to data, and to maximize the usefulness of the data at those pointers. Once you have these pointers, you should not be shy about using them. Provide links as broadly as you can. You never know how someone or some machine is going to choose to navigate your Web of data, and the entire goal of LOD is to make it easy to use data in ways that were not originally conceived.
Beyond data
The principles set forth in the previous section make a lot of sense for stuff
that's already available as computer data. Documents, files, databases, and such are
called "information resources." But Berners-Lee says, "It's not the documents, it
is the things they are about which are important." Obviously much of the things in
this category are not information resources. They are people, places, and other tangible and abstract things. How do you create a Web of stuff whose existence is not contained within a computer? This is where LOD has picked up on a very clever trick. You go ahead and give such things a URI anyway, say
http://censusdata.example.com/joe.cool. You don't use Joe Cool's home page (
http://joe.cool.name/heyjoe.html) to identify him, because this would confuse anyone following such a link. Is the link a relationship with the person, or with his home page document?
The trick is that when anyone goes to the identifier for Joe Cool himself,
http://censusdata.example.com/joe.cool, they get back a special HTTP
response code that says "this is a non-information resource, so I can't give you the
resource itself, but I can give you some links where you can get more information about it." This special HTTP code is the 303, and the main link to related information might be the link to Joe Cool's home page,
http://joe.cool.name/heyjoe.html. The 303 step, however, makes it perfectly clear that the original identifier addressed the person, not his home page.
I've long been a sceptic of systems that try to couple the identities of non-information resources too closely to computer representations. I think there are basic philosophical problems with doing so, and that it tends to add a lot of complexity to systems. I must admit that the 303 trick is the least complex approach I've seen, and I'll be interested in watching how it develops with wider practice. Some of the philosophical issues do remain, and I don't think I exaggerate when I say that if successful 303s could open up a new era of information systems as profound as the original Web, with its annoying, yet enabling 404s.
Expanding bubbles
The LOD community maintains a diagram of significant, public data sets that are available using LOD principles. Figure 1 is a recent version of that diagram.
Figure 1. LOD datasets
You can find a link to a clickable version of this diagram in Resources. The size of each bubble is a rough indication of the amount of data in that data set. Some interesting items are:
- Freshmeat, one of the classic sites that lists open-source data
- MusicBrainz, an online database of digital music tracks and albums
- Project Gutenberg, a venerable initiative to make out-of-copyright texts freely available
- FOAF, an RDF approach to social networking
- DBPedia, an LOD wrapper around Wikipedia articles
Wrap up
Despite its wild success, much can be done to improve the Web. At the heart of the W3C's efforts for doing so is the semantic Web, which would create a network of semantically transparent data. LOD is basically a very Web-developer-friendly path to the semantic Web, and one that neatly complements the most important Web 2.0 concepts. I've discussed mashups before in this column. You take a service output from site A and mix it into one from site B. With LOD this doesn't have to be such a conscious process, specialized for each component site. You really get to draw transparently from a wealth of data and services scattered across the Web. Some will be free for use, and some will be restricted for security or commerce, but these are just details that Web developers have already sorted out, for the most part.
LOD means making it easier for people to discover important things you place on the Web, and making it easier for them to do unexpected, fruitful things with them. The next time you have a Web project, start by thinking of it in terms of what information and non-information resources are represented in the Web app, and do everything you can to give each one a well-designed HTTP URI and a semantically rich data format, and create links, links, and more links.
- Find a very friendly introduction to LOD through a presentation Tom Coates made available on the Web: "Native to a Web of Data."
- Tim Berners-Lee assembles the basics of the web of data in his paper, "Linked Data."
- Tim Berners-Lee puts some of the LOD concepts into perspective in his note, "Giant Global Graph."
- Find a wealth of useful links on LOD at the W3C SWEO Linking Open Data community project home page.
- See the clickable version of the LOD dataset diagram.
- The low-level technical detail for those interested in LOD is explained in "How to Publish Linked Data on the Web," by Chris Bizer, Richard Cyganiak, and Tom Heath.
- "The future of the Web is Semantic," by Naveen Balani, is a good introduction to the semantic Web.
- Dan Connolly explains the various sorts of Web names and identifiers in "URIs, URLs, and URNs."
- Tim Berners-Lee discusses his linked data principles, among many other topics in this interview.
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The average dog is a nicer person than the average person
-Andy Rooney-
If I was playing a game for a million bucks and my game just went from a possible Pagonging to having a chance at turning things around, I'd be pretty full of glee too. I think everyone would. Some people might show it, some might not. I'm with Fanny, doesn't make you a bad person. It means you want to win the game!
Ask me to show you poetry in motion, and I will show you a horse.
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person
-Andy Rooney-
Eh, and I am done on this point. Just a couple of more days until the next show! Hopefully we'll get an actual immunity challenge this time.
Yes!! I agree with this 1million %!
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First, thank you for your work, I like this plugin.
As it didn't exist, I was trying to make po/mo files in French, in order to use it here in France. Job done with poEdit.
But when I load these po/mo files in my site, then the page doesn't display the calendar.
Everything else is fine : name, phone, email, captcha are displayed, but not the calendar.
I can send you the po/mo files if you need them to test, but can you help ?
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They say around 6:00 p.m. Thursday, a man in his early twenties came up to a woman who was leaving the Family Video on West Morton Street, said he had a gun and asked for money.
The woman gave him cash and he ran off headed north.
Police say no one saw the gun, and the woman was not hurt.
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Puppies: Manningham, Williams & Crabtree (or IR). I know Williams is suppose to be back...but doubt he will be 100% early.
Starter: Boldin
Next up: Jenkins
On the job training: Patton
Questions: Lockette, Moore, Hall, Hastings, & Jacobs.
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Originally posted by LifelongNiner:just trying to get a rise out of someone in here.... it was a joke.... what can I say, it's the off season, boredom sucks
Originally posted by KK49:
Lockette too??? damn . I heard about Hall , didn't read about Lockette burning him. Well I guess if Jenkins wants to impress, he knows who to line up against now. so the question is ... is Cully that bad or Lockette starting to emerge . Hope it s just a case of a veteran not giving 100 %, and the new guys really trying too hard to impress.
It's OTAs. I think PJ Fleck looked good too at this point in the season. Don't read too much into that.
Originally posted by Youngone:
F it call T.O.
Originally posted by scarletandgold:
still think we should have drafted Aaron Dobson.
Originally posted by Karma:Marlon Moore, Chad Hall, Joe Hastings, and Chuck Jacobs won't make this team. Manninngham and Crabs will be on the PUP.
This group has TONS of talent and even more concerns. We know who the starters will be, but the order after that is debatable. I think this will be my favorite group to watch for camp battles.
Roster spots: 5-6
Locks: Michael Crabtree, Anquan Boldin, Mario Manningham (PUP)
Competition: Kyle Williams, A.J. Jenkins, Quinton Patton, Ricardo Lockette,
[/b]Long shots: Marlon Moore, Chad Hall, Joe Hastings, Chuck Jacobs
Outlook[b]: Many of you will argue that Kyle Williams or A.J. or Patton should be locks, but I can see situations where any one of them gets cut. Harbaugh has proven that he makes decisions in the best interest of the team so draft position, past achievements or perceived loyalty don't earn roster spots. That's great for the team and puts more pressure on these guys to perform. Crabs and Boldin will most likely start and Manningham looks to be headed to the PUP off the bat. That leaves 3-4 spots. Williams has the inside track because he has the most experience and he is also a punt returner. Jenkins, Patton, and Lockette all have tremendous potential and each has earned praise from Harbaugh. I have a feeling that the battle between these three will last through the preseason. Unless I am mistaken, the PUP is for the first six weeks of the season. The team will probably keep all six (Crabs, Boldin, Williams, Jenkins, Patton, and Lockette) until Manningham is healthy or until one of them falls far enough behind the others. The third group of guys would need a HUGE camp or a string of injuries to have a shot. Moore is probably the best of the bunch, but they seem to all have a common denominator. They have great work ethics, so the top guys will be pushed even harder.
Originally posted by 9ersLiferInChicago:
Marlon Moore, Chad Hall, Joe Hastings, and Chuck Jacobs won't make this team. Manninngham and Crabs will be on the PUP.
In that order. Marlon Moore stays if we keep 6 WR's.
have no clue what any of these guys can do. Boldin is solid but the rest are complete unknowns.Originally posted by pasodoc9er:Boldin, AJ, Patton, locket, kyle, looks like a pretty imposing set or receivers. With any luck, at least 3 will still be healthy by end of season. But I really like the group.