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Recently, President Obama officially declared November "Military Family Month," honoring the sacrifices and contributions made by the brave family members and loved ones of our service men and women. You can check out the president's entire proclamation here.
In his address, President Obama also called for us all to "reaffirm our commitments to these selfless individuals who exemplify the highest principles of our Nation." We here at CCPL heard the message loud and clear. And so, this Friday, November 12th, we're excited to launch a new collection of resources for military families at the Perryville Branch Library. The collection includes essential resources for adults, children, and teens in a variety of formats, from DVDs to children's learning resource kits, all with the aim of connecting the members of military families with the materials they need to handle the challenges of deployment, separation, reunion, and the many other situations they so courageously face each day.
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For children, we offer everything from picture books like Mommy, You're My Hero! and While You Are Away to helpful DVDs such as Mr. Poe & Friends Discuss Family Reunion After Deployment. A special learning resource kit for military families based on the classic children's story The Kissing Hand is also available.
For caregivers and spouses, there's the U.S. Army's Deployment Cycle Readiness: Soldier's and Family Member's Handbook, as well as the guide, Life as a Military Spouse. Many free pamphlets, guides, book lists, and resource guides are available as well. We've only just begun to build this collection for you, and as we go forward, we welcome your input and suggestions on the resources you and your family need. For a listing of helpful online resources, click here.
This Friday, November 12th at 11am, we'll be holding a special ceremony at the Perryville Branch Library to unveil this collection and honor our local military families, as well as our veterans. Live music, activities for children, and light refreshments will be on hand. Please join us at the library as we celebrate these members of our community who inspire us every day with their courage, resilience, and commitment to their families and country.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by max, Nov 15, 2008.
Sounds good to me. Nash + AI + Shaq + Maxiell would be interesting.
Trade talk: Who's staying, who's going? - ESPN
Rumor about Amare Stoudemire sounds good, but be careful | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Against Uta earlier this year, Amar'e had a really strange game. 22 points, 20 rebounds (11 offensive), 5 turnovers, 5 personal fouls. At one point, he put together a string of 11 straight games over 20 points, almost all of them against good teams (SAS, DEN, POR, ORL, LAL, DAL, NOH, MIL, UTA). Against Boston, he played 30 minutes and had 3 points, 1 rebound. 0-7 from the floor. 4 turnovers. 4 fouls. Got 1 block and got blocked once himself. On the other end, KG was 7-10. His stats are virtually indentical in wins and losses. The only major difference is his efficiency. FG% of .581 vs. .487. That's to be expected though, since better teams play better defense. 45 turnovers in January for him in 15 games. 3 per game is very "playground". Sheed has 1 turnover per game. Amare's higher scoring and better average would probably make us better offensively, but the turnovers would be an offset to that. I still don't know.
IMO sheed > Amare. I dont want Sheed to leave..
trade RIP + amir jhonson for amare . ESPN.com - NBA - Trade Machine Results One can dream lol C: Sheed( dice) PF: Amare( maxiell) SF: Prince SG: AI(afflalo) PG: stuckey(bynum)
That is another option. Freeing up even more cap space after this year. Phoenix would probably find it attractive for their style.
Rip & AJ for Amare would be a better deal for Phoenix than for us. Rip would love it too. Imagine the space a Shaq screen would create for him. He can probably park a schoolbus in there after hitting his jumper.
That trade I'd try. Putting A'm'a'r'e beside Sheed has more potential than replacing Sheed with him.
Sounded like Shaq wanted the offense run through him more. Amar'e high touch need was causing some tension. And vice versa.
(in Marv Alberts voice) ...Yes!
There are rumors that the Wiz are open to moving Caron Butler. Is this season too far down the tubes to consider moving AI, Rip, Tay plus whatever for him?
Rip will get you Butler and pocket change by himself. Butler is cheap. Start him at the two and then let him back up Tay with AA getting lots of burn.
http://dimemag.com/2009/02/nba-trade-rumor-amare-stoudemire-for-lamarcus-aldridge/ Rumor: Suns offer of Amare for Marion and Beasley rejected by Heat | Fanster.com - All Sports. All Phoenix. Rumours going on and on.
Money wise yeah, but I don't know that they want his contract.
Yeah, Butler is signed for two, Rip for four.
The Wiz can't risk getting ripped off twice on the same player, can they?
What if it was AI returning home for Butler + someone? Tay goes to the bench, Rip back starting.
Sheed on the Spurs would probably make me have to stop watching basketball for the rest of the season.
Amare Stoudemire a Piston? Rasheed Wallace in San Antonio? Both unlikely to happen - Detroit Pistons Basketball: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats - MLive.com
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Arsène Wenger believes a lengthy FA Cup run could play an important part in increasing his team's confidence levels.
Arsenal face Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday on the back of a run of form that has seen them win four and draw one of their last five league games.
Wenger is wary of the threat posed by the Welsh club after they beat the Gunners earlier this season, but is confident his side will rise to the challenge.
"They had a very good game [at Emirates Stadium]. We have to give them a different response on Sunday," the manager said.
"I think it is an important moment of the season for us, to strengthen the confidence of the team.
"We feel we are on a good run but how far can we go? To win in the FA Cup will strengthen us.
"It bothers me [not to win trophies], of course it bothers me because I'm not here to watch other people win trophies.
"For us it's important to show continuity and consistency and the FA Cup is part of that. To get people to believe more in the team it's important that we win on Sunday."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Download Though most organizations have invested considerable time and effort in improving their endpoint risk management processes, many of them are ill-equipped to handle the myriad of third-party applications that are increasingly introducing the most risk into today's IT environment. That's because as the typical IT organization has worked on reducing the risk profile of PC and server operating systems, cyber criminals have started to look for greener pastures - namely among third-party applications. This white paper discusses three strategies to protect endpoint security from risky applications.


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With the first pitch of the 2013 season less than three weeks away, the build up to baseball season is off to a great start as the fifth annual First Pitch Dinner is officially sold out. A full house of Tar Heel fans will get the chance to listen to the big league experiences of several former Tar Heels and bid on numerous unique Tar Heel items.
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If you or someone you care about has ever had an antibiotic resistant infection, you know how dire that situation can be. Stuart Levy, a professor of microbiology at Tufts University in Boston, has centered his research around the theme of antibiotic resistance and he says there are few antibiotics in the pipeline for use on that inevitable day when our current infection-fighters are finally overcome. Dr. Levy is delivering the keynote address at ASM's Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting in Baltimore in February.
Antibiotic resistance may not be making big headlines these days, but that's not because the threat is any less serious than before. Levy says he first became interested in antibiotics as a child, when he watched a course of antibiotics heal his twin brother, who suffered from an infection. Later, as a researcher at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France, he learned that bacteria can swap around the ability to resist antibiotics, and that failing to manage a small problem with resistance can have some serious consequences down the line.
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In memory of alumnus Austin Stanfill '12, who passed away on May 3, University of St. Thomas Campus Ministry will lead a rosary at the end of every 12:30 p.m. Mass from May 9-17 in the Chapel of St. Basil. The Rosary will be recited at the end of the 10:30 a.m. Mass on May 12. Join the University community to pray and remember Stanfill.
University Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministry the Rev. Michael Buentello, CSB, in a campus-wide email, invited the campus community to commemorate Stanfill.
"In our unity, we will remember all the good that Austin stood for and present him to our Saving Lord, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary," Buentello said. "Our prayers and thoughts are with the family and his close friends. In this time of sadness, we need to remind ourselves of the promises of the saving mission of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior and his gift of eternal life."
Stanfill, recognized as the Outstanding Graduate in International Studies from UST last year, had been accepted on scholarship to pursue his master's degree in international economic development at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University in the fall.
During his time at St. Thomas, he was actively involved in the Center for International Studies Social Entrepreneurship Program, a service-learning program in which students have the opportunity to eradicate poverty through allocating micro-credit loans given to the impoverished. He held several leadership positions in the program, including president during his senior year and director of grant writing. He was able to study abroad in Strasbourg, France and Taiwan.
Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. on May 7 at the Waltrip Funeral Directors, 1415 Campbell Rd., Houston, Texas. Read Stanfill's full obituary.
Funeral services are at 10 a.m. on May 8 in the Fellowship Hall at Chapelwood United Methodist Church, 11140 Greenbay, Houston, Texas. Following short graveside services, a reception will be held in the Fellowship Hall. In lieu of flowers, the family asks those wishing to send their condolences make a donation in Stanfill's memory to the Social Entrepreneurship Program: University of St. Thomas, Micro Credit Program, 3800 Montrose Blvd, Houston, Texas.
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Arsenal is delighted to announce that young defender Elton Monteiro has signed his first professional contract with the Club.
The Swiss defender, who celebrated his 17th birthday on Tuesday, has been a regular for Steve Bould's Premier Academy League side, with 18 appearances to his name so far this season.
Everyone at the Club looks forward to Elton's continued development with Arsenal in the forthcoming years.
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Welcome to Gwithian Holidays - St. Ives Bay Cornwall
Gwithian Holiday Suites offer superb self catering accommodation in the village of Gwithian, just a short walk from a three mile stretch of golden sand called St Ives Bay.
Being sandwiched between open countryside and the towans (Cornish for sand-dunes) and just a short drive from the popular towns of St Ives, Penzance and Hayle makes Gwithian an ideal base for a relaxing Cornish holiday. Falmouth, Truro, Lands End, The Lizard peninsula, Newquay, the outdoor Minack Theatre and the spectacular Eden Project are all within easy driving distance.
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Within easy walking distance is a popular pub and two beach cafes each selling reasonably priced lunch and evening meals. Just a few miles inland is the town of Hayle which offers a good choice of pubs and eateries and a few miles further lies the popular harbour town of St Ives with its countless cafes, bars and restaurants.
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The National Collegiate Athletic Association awarded the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission and several partner organizations the hosting rights to three national championships.
Cleveland is set to host the 2014 National Collegiate Women's Bowling Championship, the 2014 Division II Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving National Championships and the 2014 Division II Wrestling National Championships.
The 2014 Division II Wrestling National Championships is scheduled to take place March 12 to 14 at Cleveland Public Hall.
Edinboro University (Pa.) and the Sports Commission is set to host the 2014 Division II Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving National Championships at SPIRE Institute March 12 to 15 in nearby Geneva.
The Sports Commission and the Mid-American Conference is scheduled to bring the National Collegiate Women's Bowling Championship back to Freeway Lanes in Wickliffe in April of 2014.
The championship event is expected to feature the top eight collegiate teams in the country.
The two organizations partnered to host the event at the same venue in April 2012.
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Sony SLT-A57 ReviewMonday March 19 2012 Sensor Review
Sony unveiled its 2012 line and introduced the Sony SLT-A57, an updated version of its first digital SLR camera with a video viewfinder and EVF, the SLT-A55.
The A57 features the (refurbished) essentials of its predecessor's spec sheet while also including progressive-scan video, artistic filtering, greatly improved battery life, and a better-crafted finish (on the same level as that of the SLT-A65).
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Further readings for the Sony SLT-A57 Review
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
We've put the Sony SLT-A57, a digital SLR with electronic viewfinder that incorporates a well-known 16Mpix CMOS ASP-C sensor, through its paces at DxOMark. What progress can we expect? How does it compare with its competitors, both reflex and hybrids? Here are our results.
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Comparison with Nikon D5100
When I compare Nikon D5100 here with A57, is the Nikon much better. But in comparison on dpreview.com is better A57. Much better in DR and even a little better in ISO performance. Samples from dpreview by ISO 6400 A 67 are nice. What to hell is true now? I decide btw. this two cameras. Which one should i buy?
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sorry but from 800 to 3200 iso a57 is bettere than a77.
saw with my eyes compared crop from raw file...
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Welcome to our house. It's a three bedroom, two bathroom, ranch house located deep in the heart of Texas. It's 1650 square feet and the front porch is bigger than our first apartment. This is it when we bought it back in 2008.
It looks sad and lonely, right? In my first post about the yard I lovingly referred to it as " an abandon house surrounded by a gravel pit." Also, it has two front doors and that looks really weird to me. (The one to the right actually goes into the laundry room). So, here it is today….not finished but so much better!
Outdoor projects : Driveway and grass, garage foundation, garage, fence, self watering garden, DIY playset, sod, side yard
Then you have our front porch, a work in progress for sure. It's huge and feels like a giant outdoor living room.
Porch projects : Wooden welcome mat, flat entry table, built-in bench, pillows, Texas forever sign, poured paint pots, three tables, porch reveal, painted front door (and these aren't there anymore, but I also did the dumpster rocker, porch chairs, painted rubber mat)
Next we have the entry. As you scroll through you will notice a theme in my before pictures. Salmon. Peach. Pink. Avid Apricot, if you want to get technical. You can call it whatever you want, but the walls, ceiling, and closets were all the same horrible color. For awhile there I felt like I was living in a stomach.
Here is the entry today. I haven't spent much time decorating it…it's usually just a dumping ground for shoes, keys, and diaper bags. I did tidy it up for the internet though :)
Entry Projects : None really, everything was done pre-blog. Unless you want to count really random stuff, like the front door, the closet organization, broken blinds frame or ruffle Christmas trees.
Take a left and you will enter the kitchen. Well, the kitchen and dining…they are pretty much one room. We have been working on this part of the house for a really long time…like two years. We are slow. No, we are fast, but our double toddler terrors really slow us down. Anyway, the kitchen and dining room are pretty much complete and I LOVE THEM. Looking back on these before pictures makes me cringe…woo doggies it was ugly!
Kitchen and dining projects : here we go…. curtains and rods, new appliances, paint colors, painting and raising the cabinets, butcher block countertops, toekicks, stenciled pantry, organized pantry, farmhouse table, penny countertop, planked walls, painted walls, chalkboard, pantry door, plate wall, windows, command center, yellow table, floating shevles, yardstick art, kitchen reveal, how to raise your cabinets and add a shelf, butcher block countertop follow up, painting dirty grout
On the other side of the entryway we have a hallway that leads to the laundry room, bathroom, guest room, and boys room.
There aren't any posts about the hallway yet (and I don't have a before picture), though we did paint, replace the floors, and redo all the trim/baseboard/doorframes.
The first door on the right is the laundry room…
This was a pre-blog project, so there is only two posts about this room – Laundry room, raising the cabinets
Next is the guest room (and office/craft room).
I am currently working on redoing the guest room again. It's not finished yet, but here is a sneak peek…
Once again, it was completed pre-blog, so there are only two posts in this room: reveal, frame wall
Next we have the boy's room. I did some stuff in here when I was preparing for the birth of my second son, but now we are in the middle of a complete renovation. Somehow I managed to not take a before picture of this room (how???), but it looked just like the guest room, so here is a picture of that one again…
Boys room projects so far: triple book slings, nursery chair, decoupaged star, motor oil on the carpet, growth charts, the plan, paper bag floors
Next we have the kids/guest bathroom. We have about halfway remodeled this and honestly I have no idea when we are going to get around to finishing it.
Bathroom posts: lazy girl tiling, vanity, shower curtain, step stool
That bring us back into the entryway, and if you walk toward the back of the house you have our living room.
Here are the before and afters (so far). Wasn't that pink horrible?
In that last photo, I had cleaned up to take pictures of the living room, which of course means I just hid all the random crap from the living room in the kitchen. So there you have it, blog "backstage", including a little toddler director.
Living room posts: penny countertop, barstools, floors and shelves, toy box, side table, fabric letter, white wallpapered table, debrowning, hexagon leaf table, lampshade, ceiling fan lampshades, DIY curtain rods, homemade curtains, fake blossoming cherry tree
In the living room there is a little hallway that leads to our master bedroom…
Hallway posts: just one, the birch forest stencil.
That brings us to the master bedroom. Oh, the master bedroom. I think most of y'all will nod your head in agreement that the master bedroom is normally overlooked. When we start decorating our homes we normally begin with the rooms that people are actually going to see, and we forget about ourselves and our "retreat". My master bedroom is undecorated and constantly messy. It is better than the before, but certainly nothing to brag about. I didn't even clean it up for the internet because that would just be a lie. It's never clean. Never.
Master bedroom projects: The bed that almost killed me.
Moving on to the last room, our master bathroom. This is the room we are currently remodeling (well, this and the boy's room). I haven't even put a picture of it in its current state on the blog yet, so y'all get a sneak peek. Here is the before and the current…
Master bathroom projects: green dresser, wood flooring countertop, wood flooring countertop part II, installing a faucet and sink, how to turn a dresser into a bathroom vanity, stenciling, mirror and light, easy tile backsplash
And that's that! Is your curiosity satisfied?
If you would like to see all my projects – including ones that aren't featured in the house tour – visit my project gallery. Also, I made a fun little image for your pinning pleasure :) *cough*wink*cough*


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Ralph Tanner, a professor of microbiology at the University of Oklahoma, focuses his research on anaerobes in the environment and putting those bacteria to use in industry.
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In newest sample images of the Canon Rebel 450Xso I was left with many questions after viewing your shots. In short they were not the best in terms of sharpness nor color fringing. I am a very long time Canon Shooter using camera dating from the original F-1 Film cameras to the 1st and second Digital Rebels the 300 and the 350. I have Items of irritation with Canon's flash system results from all the flashes taken with Canons auto flashes but I can honestly say that have never gotten the type of terrible images that you exhibit in this artical. The sharpest area of the frame of any given lens is usually the center. That is not the case here. It also appears the the body was allowed to select the subject in many pics so that you need to download and scroll around the image to discover the focal point. Even in the massive building shots the building themselves are not tact sharp. No where is the lens used mentioned so I am assuming that the new 17-55IS zoom was used. If this is true then the lens definitely is not on my lenses to use under any cercumstance. So what lens was used.
Item 2: When using a multi-focal point camera and you allow the camera to pick the poing of focus it is still required to decide whether or not to go with that point. That lack of choosing the point is what I think happened here and why many of the images are not sharp. I fact if the images that are displayed here would make me decide to forego this model and wait til the next one. OR get a good PS camera. I am positive that is not representative of the camera and will decide when Canon finally decides to ship my previously ordered 450 Xsi body only. Come on Canon I am waiting. I loved my 300 and 350 models.
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Pb's Latest Forum - Samples Of Pre-tested Rebel 450 Xsi
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Posted 04 May 2008 - 08:48 AM
The lens used for all the samples images was the standard kit lens - the EFS 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS.
Posted 05 May 2008 - 01:12 PM
QUOTE (markgoldstein @ May 4 2008, 03:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The lens used for all the samples images was the standard kit lens - the EFS 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS.
Thank you Mark for your quick responct. I am happy that I did not want the new lens with the body. I am anxiously awaiting delivery of the body. Have you heard when Canon will release it to the general public. Thank you again. Also what iso do you normal shoot your tests at?
John R. Spurr
Eyes of Boojum
Posted 05 May 2008 - 01:38 PM
Most of the test shots were taken at ISO 100 or 200, with the indoor images using anything from 400 up to ISO 3200 (whichever setting provided a hand-holdable shutter speed).
Posted 15 May 2008 - 03:11 PM
It turns out that the first 18-55m kit lens was faulty...
So we've uploaded an entirely new set of photos taken with another 18-55mm lens.
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Every now and then, I have ice cream and popcorn for lunch.
I know from where you're sitting it probably looks all like salads, roasted vegetables and legumes over here. And I love all that stuff…that's why I write this blog. I make them taste good and they make me feel good. It's a love-love relationship.
But sometimes (usually on a Saturday) a late lunch ends up being two scoops of the silliest flavors you can think of (No joke, I had a gingerbread flavor called Hansel He's So Hot Right Now this weekend. It was marvelous.) and some salty popcorn to balance it all out.
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Part of me likes to think I'm doing 7-year-old me justice and living the dream of ice cream whenever I want. I kind of am.
My goal when I make a salad is to make it as alluring as ice cream for lunch can sometimes be. I like to give it an edge, (read: cheese) a little extra flair (harissa) and implement some lazy, but effective technique (roasting) – together those things make a lunch that I would pick over ice cream 6 days out of 7.
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Spread vegetables out on a baking sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes, tossing half-way through, until golden brown.
Combine lentils and vegetables in a bowl. Add a touch more olive oil if the vegetables are a little dry. Sprinkle with salt and cheese and serve warm or at room temperature.
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MMA fighter Paul Gaffney III asks his son, Paul IV, 6, a question, and Paul blinks his answer, with his wife Heidi and HarleeGrace, 4, in the background at Tokyo Joe's Studios in Hooksett on Tuesday. Paul Gaffney is preparing for a bout Friday night while he and his wife care for their two young children, both stricken with a degenerative brain disorder known as Canavan disease. (Thomas Roy/Union Leader)
The Manchester resident took a year off from work and tried to cram an entire childhood into less than two years.
"As a father, you never think about burying your son," Gaffney said, sitting beside his two children, both in wheelchairs, and his wife, Heidi.
The Gaffneys won't need to save for their kids' college years like other parents, but they refuse to plan their children's funerals "just because statistically the doctors say that they're not going to live very long," Gaffney said at Team Link Hooksett Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts, where he trains.
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The Gaffneys' first child was born by Cesarean section eight days late in August 2007. Seemingly a healthy kid, Paul IV learned to roll over in his crib early. But his parents noticed the boy was crying more than a baby should. Then at around five weeks, he started throwing up and, with his eyes shifting from side to side, was brought to a Massachusetts hospital.
Both parents must carry the gene, most commonly found in Ashkenazi Jews, which neither parent is. And then the chance of a child getting the disorder is 1 in 4.
The Gaffneys, who live on Manchester's West Side, learned an expectant mother had a 1 in 1.2 million chance of delivering a child with Canavan. (A person is twice as likely to win an Olympic medal, according to one website.)
The following year, Mrs. Gaffney was pregnant again. A test, conducted when HarleeGrace was five months in the womb, showed she had the gene.
They kept her.
For the children
After his daughter's birth, Paul Gaffney got involved in martial arts to get into better shape but didn't enter his first fight until last summer. After winning his first three amateur fights in his 170-pound weight class, Gaffney, who last November was laid off from his heating and air conditioning job, plans to defend his top amateur ranking at tonight's Winter Brawl mixed martial arts event at Rockingham Park in Salem.
His Friday opponent, Andrew Tripp, knew nothing about Gaffney's personal life until a reporter asked how that might influence the fight.
Gaffney, a part-time bouncer at Drynk, a Manchester bar and restaurant, said his son joins him in the ring after a victory.
"I love my kids more than anything in this world," he said. "And I think if a doctor ever told me that your life expectancy or your life is more valuable than you career or your fighting, I would stop in a heartbeat, but so far the doctor says I'm still healthy to fight, so I'll continue to keep on fighting."
"Regardless of my family issues, I would never ever want anybody to hold back from anything because if I took something that I didn't deserve, I don't want it," Gaffney said. "I want something... because I deserve to have it."
Neither child can speak or walk.
"They're like total opposites," said Mrs. Gaffney, a stay-at-home mom.
At age 4, Paul was able to answer yes or no by blinking his eyes a certain way, something his sister hasn't picked up yet.
Both of their faces lit up when their dad bounced a ball on a mat at Team Link Hooksett.
HarleeGrace communicates using an iPad at Parker-Varney School in Manchester. She can choose between two items that make a noise — say, a light-up toy vs. a cow.
Paul attends Jewett Street School, accompanied full-time by a nurse in a self-contained special needs classroom, where the boy sees several therapists.
Their parents say in some ways their lives are easier than parents with children without disabilities, knowing, for example, their kids won't mingle with trouble-making peers.
Like putting Paul on a snowmobile for a ride.
Both parents sport a tattoo on their left leg with their kids' names and the phrase "I Love My Tubie's." A border of a heart is made to look like a feeding tube, which both children use.
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This book sheds light on the principles behind the relational model, which is fundamental to all database-backed applications--and, consequently, most of the work that goes on in the computing world today. Database in Depth: The Relational Model for Practitioners goes beyond the hype and gets to the heart of how relational databases actually work.Ideal for experienced database developers and designers, this concise guide gives you a clear view of the technology--a view that's not influenced by any vendor or product. Featuring an extensive set of exercises, it will help you:
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Brilliant. In one stroke, Date shows how SQL is needlessly complex due to vendor conflation of implementation details with relational functionality. In the next, he gives us a language to express relational declarations and operations with great clarity and brevity. The result is, I can rapidly plan advanced data manipulation operations without worrying over non relational burdens such as column ordering, or the inability to address values in the SELECT clause. He provides an atlas to convert the resulting relational algebra back into SQL. It's astonishing when something as simple as a series of joins flowing from a parent tuple, or showing an exclusive union of two relations, can be radically simplified using this approach. If you want a manual for correctly writing the kind of "advanced SQL" needed for many advanced reporting operations, this book is foundational.
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Theory in Practice?
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Do not get me wrong. I do enjoy understanding the robust theory behind the Relational Model. But I am on my way of finishing this book and I still do not see how these compiled chapters of excessively-abstract theory will help me as a practitioner because:* The author insists with Tutorial-D on his examples. In practical terms this has little or no value.* So many concepts are irrelevant in practice, i.e. what is the point in dedicating a whole chapter to types and domains, and explaining why they are the same? Relations and Types: What piece of this chapter can be exactly useful for my day to day tasks?* It constantly mixes concepts between model and implementation and does not provide a good guidance on separating those two worlds.I can understand if the author resents the ANSI SQL and he would like to explain the details. But that is a topic for non-practitioners and theory analysts. I was actually expecting a book with common examples, and how to adjust typical situations to a good relational theory (and mentioning its benefits) using the technologies available in the market. After all, I think that is the concept of being "practical".So, do not be fooled by the subtitle of this book.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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OK. But not definitive.
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To be fair, when I started reading the book I was looking for a mathematical coverage of realtional algebra and other math that underlies all relational database models including Oracle and SQL Server. I was seeking the common priciples that unite these systems. The book does cover relational theory but I did not find it to be organized from the mathematical point of view. Rather than building database theory from the math, the book seemed to attempt to overlay modern databases on top of the algebra.
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Read this if you think you understand data!
By jdfrost
In my twenty years in the field of data analysis I have watched many organizations fail in their implementation of relational data systems. The successes I have witnessed were the products of information analysts and database designers who understood the relational model. This is the most (and perhaps the only) readable book on the subject of the Relational Model which is addressed to real-world practitioners. It will clarify your thinking. If you never write SQL code, you don't need this book. Otherwise, you probably do.
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An excellent introduction to the relational model by one of the best thinkers in the field.
By Dan Hanks
When I was early in my Computer Science degree I took a course in which we discussed database fundamentals. In that class we learned about things like tuples, relations, predicates, predicate logic and deductive proofs. All of these were involved with the relational model, but it wasn't until later when I discovered the writings of Fabian Pascal and C. J. Date that I began to really understand how the above concepts tied into the database systems I was using, such as Oracle, MySQL, and Postgresql. One of those aha moments came when I realized that the deductive proofs we had done in that class were essentially queries to a database system. I came to see how each row (tuple) in a database table (relation) represented a set of values for a predicate that the relation represented. Overall, a database, then, was the logical AND of all the facts represented by the tuples of each relation. Queries were simply deductive proofs which allowed one to derive new facts from existing facts in the database. Good stuff all around.If you're lucky, you will have studied Date's venerable Introduction to database systems while taking a college course in databases. If not, then you're still lucky, becuase Date has condensed the fundamentals of the relational model into a very approachable and very practical book published by O'Reilly, Database In DepthDatabase In Depth takes you through a tour of the key concepts of the relational model, starting with the very basics (types, tuples, relations and so forth), and takes you step-by-step into more formiddable territory (stuff like normalization, join dependencies, integrity constraints, relational algebra, and the like). Throughout the book, Date explains each concept in his characteristic clarity. Date knows this stuff through and through, and it shows.You may be tempted to think like many others that theory and fundamentals are fine and dandy, but how practical are they in the real world? In my experience, they're crucial. By understanding the fundamentals and the theory behind the databases you work with, you can avoid costly design flaws that lead to poor data integrity. By understanding these concepts, you can design databases that you can trust absolutely to store and deliver accurate results. I've had to work with databases that weren't designed with these concepts in mind, and the difference is stark.One warning, you wont be spoon-fed here. The material can be challenging, and Date expects you to use your brain. This isn't SQL For Dummies. The real advantage you will gain by reading a book like this is that you will understand the mathematical and logical reasoning behind practical design principles such as why, for example, it's important to normalize (and the pitfalls you can run into when you de-normalize), why nulls can potentially lead to bad logic, and why duplicate rows are a bad idea all around. You'll be able to understand the ways in which most of today's database systems fail to faithfully implement the relational model, and the consequences of those failures (and consequently how to design your databases well despite these shortcomings).Unlike many computer books that become obsolete within a year or two of their publication, Database in Depth is among that narrow collection of computer books that remain useful and relevant for years. This is precisely because it remains grounded in theory and fundamentals, instead of being tied to specific brands and versions of software.The bottom line here is if you do much of anything with databases, then just about anything you read by C. J. Date will be worth your while. Database In Depth is no exception.
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Very disappointing
By Anonymous
Whilst the author is obviously an expert with a detailed knowledge of the relational model and its problems, he is an awful writer, so it takes a lot of work from the reader to extract information from this book. The book is peppered with unnecessary phrases like "At this point I would like to recap on some of the points I have made in this chapter, whilst paying special attention to blah blah blah". Just make the point! I've always found O'Reilly books to be admirably concise, so I was really disappointed to find a book so in need of radical editing on their shelves. The author also uses the book to attack other authors and database professionals, even at times the original reviewers of the book. It gives that uncomfortable feeling of walking in on a private argument.At this point I would like to finish my review.
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Excellent, concise, challenging, and thought-provoking
By Eric
Since I read Date's An Introduction To Database Systems 8th Edition, all 1024 pages of it, I've been wishing he'd do a shorter guide so that people put off by the size of Intro (outstanding though the book is) would still benefit from learning the relational model.Database In Depth is even better than I expected, since he incorporated concepts from Third Manifesto as well. This is a book every software developer should read. The relational model offers a useful, elegant, and complete model of data that everyone using SQL, XML, or any other data management technology needs to understand, if only to use their own technologies more effectively. Well-written, well-organized, and the examples at the end of the chapters are truly icing on the cake - they provoke thinking, not just rote memorization. This will make an excellent class textbook.
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It's a wonderful thing!
By JimmyDee
This title offers brief descriptions and careful defintions of all the features of the relational model -- and illuminating discussions of those features which seem to be most frequently misunderstood, ignored, or forgotten by so-called database practitioners.For those not familiar with C. J. Date, let me offer this: he is a profound and prolific contributor in the field of data, databases, database systems, and the languages used therein. His thoughts and ideas have always been carefully considered and captured in well written, painstakingly correct but nontheless entirely readable prose.This book is a much smaller tome than Date's "Database Systems" -- detailed and formal explanations will have to be found elsewhere. This book doesn't touch upon the topics covered in Date's (and others) "Temporal Data" -- the scope is strictly limited to the relational model.There is very little new in this book - I detected only a few slightly different descriptions of things I've read (and heard - lucky me!) from Date over the past few years. But the material which is included is well organized and very polished.As Date points out, our understanding of the relational model is maturing. More exciting to me is that, in recent years, our ability to describe the relational model seems to be improving more than our ability to understand it. This is due in large part to Date's efforts.I'm completely glad to have this small volume in hand. If you embrace the relational model and are a practitioner, you will be, too.
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so i've decided to make my first costume a custom mandalorian armor, to practice a little and also just for the fun of trying to create something from scratch...
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a little simple, since it's ofcourse just made with 'drag and drop' stuff
also a boba fett drawing i found online somewhere, that i altered and has some more detail
since i'm waiting for my bobamaker bucket to be made and shipped, im thinking of starting on a blaster any ideas of how and where to get some disabled guns or even flare guns or something?
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You can use any mark 4 454 block,to build a 427.You can use the 3.76" crank from a real 427,or from a 396 or any 366 or 427 tall deck truck engine.If you are going to use old TRW type 427 pistons then the real 427 crank or a 366/427 truck crank is best since they will have enough or more then enough counterweight to balance without hravy metal.If you are going to run lighter rods and pistons then the 396 crank is fine.
As far as I know you can use an early crank in a later gen 5 or 6 block if you use the rear main seal adapter.This would allow you to use factory roller cam setup if that was what you are after.If you want to keep it a street car then the best heads would be either ported out iron large ovals,or even better yet, a set of new GM or Edelbrock rectoval heads.Most highpo 427's came from the factory with rectangular port heads,but in reality these heads were a litle too big for any engine that wont see 7000 rpm or more on a regular basis.
And as a final note my persoanl opinion is that for anything I was going to drive as a real street car I would get my hands on a 454/427 block and drop a 4.25" crank in it and get closer to 500 cubes out of it and just tell everybody it is a 427.Nobody will know any better,and you can get 100 free hp out of the combo no matter how you build it.Good luck.
|Using the reg 454 block (Gen IV) and with aftermarket cranks of the 3.75 stroke as cheap as they are... I would go with good H beam rods and some nice light as possible pistons and of course large oval port heads... Lots of torque and plenty of HP for the street/strip machine...
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Hey guys,
Whats the best way to build a modern big block 427? Other than going out and buying an buying a period big block and building it up?
Is it better to go Cast Iron or Aluminum?
Does anyone make an aftermarket BB 427? As I understand, I can destroke a 454 to get it right? If so, would that be a roller block or an older style flat tappet?
What about the new C5R 7.0L block that Chevy came up with for the Corvette? Or is that just a small block all dressed up?
A buddy of mine convinced me not to build the 383 I was going after a while ago (you may remember some of the posts) when he said (Dude, if you are going to spend money on a car that already works (my Trans Am), why not instead spend your money to restore your camaro, and if you do that, why not put a big block in it? And I figured, why not at least look into it. Since restoring the Camaro will be a little expensive, I've got time to do the research on the motor which will probably be the last or one of the last items I put in it.
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MAAC-to-MAAC Champs! WWP tops Wagner 10-9 in OT
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - Junior Alyssa Turza was named Most Outstanding Performer after scoring four goals in the top-seeded Iona College women's water polo team's 10-9 overtime victory over third-seeded Wagner College in the 2012 MAAC Women's Water Polo Championship Game, Sunday afternooon at the McCann Natatorium.
Senior Cecilia Leonard scored three goals for the Gaels while senior Mackenzie Mone, freshman Katie Stelnicki and sophomore Erika Lauraitis each added one goal for the Maroon and Gold.
Joining Turza on the All-Tournament Team are teammates Leonard and sophomore Marisa Gaynor, along with Chelsea Beck and Lauren French from Wagner, Kelly Kline from Marist and Hannah Ishida from Villanova.
Iona receives the MAAC's automatic berth to the 2012 NCAA Water Polo Championship, which will take place on May 11-13 at the Aztec Aquaplex in San Diego, CA. The Gaels will find out their opening round opponent, and seeding, Monday evening during the Women's Water Polo Selection Show at 8:00 pm ET.
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EN 316 Native American Novels and Poetry
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Offered: Fall
Prerequisite: EN 211 with a grade of "C" or better or HON 102 and HON 112 and sophomore standing.
Survey and critical analysis of contemporary novels and poetry in English by aboriginal writers of North America. Development and influences will be considered. Earlier works may be included for comparative purposes.
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I remember a long time ago on an airline that doesn't exist anymore taking a flight in Business Class. Extra drinks and a spiral staircase for a great price. It was smart, it was cool, and it was affordable.
Today IBM announced the new IBM System z10 Business Class (z10 BC). Designed as a powerful, entry-level version of the IBM System z10 Enterprise Class (z10 EC) announced earlier this year, the IBM z10 BC provides midsize clients with all the unique attributes of an IBM mainframe.
Performance and capacity planning data can be found in the just updated Large Systems Performance Reference. IBM's Large Systems Performance Reference (LSPR) method provides comprehensive System z processor capacity data across a wide variety of workload environments. The great value in LSPR is that it is based on actual processor measurements, it covers a wide variety of workload environments, and the LSPR benchmarks are representative of production workload elements.
Great capacity, small footprint, less energy, more memory, sophisticated features, now all for midsize clients. The only thing missing is the spiral staircase. But that's to make it more energy efficient.
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Students in this concentration will earn a bachelor of science degree and HTL or CT certification. Graduates work closely with pathologists in anatomic pathology departments of hospitals or clinics.
Cytotechnologists (not to be confused with cytogeneticists) prepare cellular samples (such as those from PAP smears and biopsies) for study under the microscope and assist in the diagnosis of disease by the examination of these samples. Histotechnologists prepare body tissue for examination by a pathologist to diagnose body dysfunction and malignancy and identify tissue structures, cell component and staining characteristics, relate these to physiologic functions, implement and evaluate new techniques and procedures, make quality control judgments and apply principles of management and education methodology when appropriate.
The first three years of the curriculum are at the university; the fourth year is completed through an accredited cytotechnology or histotechnology practicum off campus. The university is affiliated with hospitals in Wisconsin and Michigan; however, students may apply to any accredited school in the United States. If students meet the hospital's standards and are accepted, they register for the cytotechnology or histotechnology practicum courses at NMU and pursue a twelve-month full time program under the direction of the hospital.
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By Chris Harris
Arsène Wenger believes Arsenal must accept criticism over their defending this season - and strive to improve.
The Frenchman saw his side keep a clean sheet against Marseille in midweek but the Gunners have conceded 21 goals in ten Premier League fixtures this season.
That figure is skewed by the 8-2 defeat at Manchester United in August but Wenger still wants his team to work hard and tighten up at the back.
"You have to accept the numbers," he said. "When you concede goals you have to accept that you have defensive problems and that is the same for every club.
"We scored five goals at Chelsea and everybody in the week questioned the defence. That's part of our game and I must say that when you have conceded eight at Manchester United that is of course a subject that we have to face.
"I believe we have improved, we showed it again on Tuesday night, and it must be a motivation for us to improve our defensive record because it is not good."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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whistlin_wings wrote:I grew up in a neighborhood with only 3 pools and a public golf course. Thug life is all I know.
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Aurora University is deeply committed to the local community. Partnerships that benefit students, the university and the local community are a high priority.
Here are a few examples of some of our partnerships:
- The after school program, MyTime, now in its fourth year, is helping middle school children improve academic performance. My Time links AU students with more than 1,000 students at local elementary and middle schools, with a tutoring program that provides students with one-on-one homework assistance and opportunities to participate in special-interest activities.
- Faculty and staff serve in numerous governance and volunteer roles in local community non-profit agencies including United Way, Communities in Schools, Family Counseling Services, YWCA, Aurora Public Library Foundation, Greater Aurora Economic Development Commission, The First Tee of Aurora and with service clubs including Rotary.
- Harvesting Hope, a child development program for residents of Hesed House homeless shelter in Aurora, was created by several Aurora University graduate Social Work students. It was developed as a class project, but an Aurora University faculty member and students, along with other community members, have continued the program on a volunteer basis. The program seeks to improve the critical thinking and social skills of homeless children.


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Orleans Hill 2005 California Viognier ($10.99)
Clear light gold. Peach nectar and vanilla aromas, ripe and full. Luscious texture and a hint of sweetness on the first taste segues to a finish that's more dry and tart, with medium body and a hint of alcohol (it's listed at 13.5%). Pleasant enough if just a bit awkward. It's from the same producers as the no-sulfites-added "Our Daily Red" featured last week, but the label language "Made from organically grown grapes" indicates that this wine is normally sulfited. (July 1, 2006)
FOOD MATCH: Viognier's heady aromatics call for bold flavors to match, and Cantonese shrimp with lobster sauce made a fine choice.
VALUE: Nothing at all the matter with this affordable price.
WHEN TO DRINK: Viognier in general is not for aging, and this fresh and fruit-forward model is no exception. It will last through the year, but don't cellar it.
Here's a link to the winery fact sheet on Orleans Hill Viognier.
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Carolina's golf teams also have an outstanding team facility, the Chapman Golf Center, which opened in November 2001 and underwent further renovations in the summer of 2010. The 4,500-square-foot facility houses offices for the men's and women's golf coaches, men's and women's locker rooms, a team meeting room and a reception area. There is also a climate controlled individual teaching area with two hitting bays and a state-of-the-art teaching system. At the far end of the range adjacent to the team facility is the Williamson Golf Team Practice Facility used exclusively by the men's and women's golf teams. In addition to a practice range, there are putting and chipping greens as well as bunkers so the teams can hone their short games. All of these superb facilities are located just minutes from Carolina's campus.
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From Eastern North Carolina and/or Raleigh/Durham International Airport:
Take I-40 West to Chapel Hill. Stay in the left or middle lane because I-40 splits about five miles past the airport (the right lane heads to Durham). Stay to the left and follow I-40 West to Exit 273-A. Follow NC-54 West for approximately three miles. There will be a Finley sign on your left at the sixth stop light on NC-54. Go left and the club house is approximately 1/2 mile away.
From North of Chapel Hill:
Take I-85 South to Durham. Take exit 174B for US-15/US-501 toward Chapel Hill. Slight left at US-15 S/US-501 S. Take exit 105B toward Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Chapel Hill/US-15/US-501/I-40 and merge onto Durham Chapel Hill Blvd/US-15/US-501. Continue to follow US-15/US-501. You will make a left turn onto Old Mason Farm Road. (There is a sign for both Finley and the N.C. Botanical Garden.) The club house will be approximately one mile away.
From Charlotte and West of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 North to I-40 East. 85 and 40 split in Hillsborough, just west of Chapel Hill. Take I-40 to exit 270 and exit onto Route 15-501 South. Stay to the left on 15-501 Bypass. You will make a left turn onto Old Mason Farm Road. (There is a sign for both Finley and the N.C. Botanical Garden.) The club house will be approximately one mile away.
From South of Chapel Hill:
Take I-77 North to I-85 and then follow the same directions as from Charlotte. Or take I-95 North to I-40 West. 95 and 40 converge just north of Benson, N.C. Then take I-40 all the way to Chapel Hill and follow the directions from the airport (see above).


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I would like to know what is the difference between TEFL and CELTA or other certifications available? Im planning to certify as a Teacher of English for Foreign Learners (particularly Young Learners) hence my interest. Could someone who knows also suggest a highly accredited and good course + certifying body in Europe? Not necessarily in the UK... as that might be one of the most expensive options.
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Someone was sad that I hadn't posted about my trip to New Orleans. Well, let me just tell you, it was amazing. I walked on the Moonwalk, atop the levee, looking out over the Mississippi River in awe. I listened to jazz on the streets. I ate great food, and best of all, made friends I'll never forget. The keynote was well received, I made them laugh, and then made them cry, and I think they really liked it.
All very good. Of course I couldn't wait to get home, which is always the case. And now it's as warm here as it was there, and I'm outside daily and relishing every second.
I have a couple of projects you can get involved with though so I want to get to those right away. First, our annual SPRING INTO FITNESS CHALLENGE is about to begin over at Maggie's Health and Fitness. This year's challenge is to create a workout plan for the month of April. It can be anything you like; choose something from the many fabulous workout DVDs, websites, magazines, etc, or make up one of your own. The idea is to build yourself a month-long schedule. Make a chart to hang on your wall with what you will do on what day of the week, and what day or days you'll give yourself for resting up. Get it all ready so that you can begin on April 1st.
We'll be sharing our workout plans, and reporting in each day on the page and via the email loop. (you can subscribe to the email loop too if you prefer it. Send a blank email to this email address: firstname.lastname@example.com )
Best part: everyone who manages to get through the month of April sticking to their plan, will be tossed into the drawing for some neat prizes at the end of the month. (To be announced.) It's entirely on the honor system, and you'll be granted a few cheat days to use or not at your own discretion. So please pop over to the Facebook page or join the yahoogroup and join in the SPRING INTO FITNESS fun! (I don't make any money or anything off this, or even add you to a mailing list or anything. It's just because I think we do better if we support each other.)
Okay, next thing, and this is big. DR. DUFFY'S CLOSE ENCOUNTER will be ready to publish on Kindle and Nook over this weekend. (Originally titled OUT OF THIS WORLD MARRIAGE, it's been re-edited, polished, packaged, and I'm re-releasing it.) I'd like to shoot for a powerful opening day on MONDAY MARCH 26th! I would like you all to help me spread the word and the links (which I'll have soon) in my "BUY THE BOOK ON MONDAY & SAVE A BUCK" Campaign. So if you'll just check in on my facebook page or on twitter (@maggieshayne) over the weekend, (and I'll try to post here as well on Sunday with my fellow Broads' permission) I'll get an easy to share post up with the Nook and Kindle links to the book, and I'll ask you to share them for me. The book will be $3.99 on Monday only. Tuesday it goes up to its regular price of $4.99. Let's see if we can make this work! THANK YOU ALL for playing along.
Do you love this cover? My daughter Jessica of Author's Life Saver did it!
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Mio amazed us a while back with the incredibly priced Spirit 685. A 5in screen sat-nav with European maps and RDS-TMC traffic never cost as little as £100 before. The Spirit 687, in contrast, is a more believable £150, but it does have a number of features which set it apart from its cheaper stable mate.
The Spirit 687 looks identical to the 685, with the only obvious physical difference being the AV input microjack on the bottom. This is primarily intended for connecting a rear-facing camera, to aid reversing. However, the supplied cable sports regular composite video and stereo RCA audio inputs, so you could conceivably hook up any video source with these connections, such as a portable DVD player, should you want to entertain the kids or watch a movie in your car once you've reached your destination. Like the 685, the 5in screen has a resolution of 480 x 272, which is adequate but not up there with premium models, and fairly limited for video. We also found that some video inputs gave the 687 problems, such as the downscaled video signal from a HD camcorder. The device couldn't keep up with the video and lost its picture.
The remaining differences are inside. The 687 comes equipped with twice the memory of the 685 - 4GB instead of 2GB. Both are supplied with maps for 44 European countries, but the 685 only has 23 countries preinstalled, and if you want to install any others from the DVD you will need to remove existing countries first. The 687 has all 44 countries stored on board out of the box.
I just received my Mio 687. It DOES have full postcode search. At least mine does.
My Navman 575 has full postcode search, despite the TR review elsewhere, and so did the 685 that I saw in PC World. I think they all do now. The resolution of the screen is fine though daftly, the TMC car charger lead has the cable cutting into the slot for the bracket to mount it on the dashboard.
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Financial Words of the Week: Fixed Rate / ARM
Previously, we defined interest as the cost of borrowing money. You have a range of options when it comes to interest rates. Before you take out a new loan or credit card, be sure you understand those options.
When looking at mortgages, you will likely see fixed rate and adjustable rate mortgages. With a fixed rate mortgage, your lender sets the interest rate during the application process, and it does not change for the life of the loan. With an adjustable rate mortgage, your interest rate will change regularly, based on a published reference rate. The frequency of this change depends on your mortgage.
Loans other than mortgages can be either fixed rate or variable rate. The definition of a fixed rate loan is the same as a fixed rate mortgage, but variable rate loans differ from adjustable rate mortgages in how frequently the rate can change. If the reference rate changes frequently, the interest rate on a variable rate could change monthly. Many car loans have fixed rates, while most credit cards have variable rates.
If you are unsure what your interest rate is on an existing loan, you can look at the terms and disclosures on your monthly statement or your loan paperwork. If you are applying for a new loan or line of credit, the application disclosure should tell you how the interest rate is set.
UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: UMBF) is a diversified financial holding company headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., offering complete banking services, payment solutions, asset servicing and institutional investment management to customers. UMB operates banking and wealth management centers throughout Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arizona and Texas, as well as two national specialty-lending businesses. Subsidiaries of the holding company include companies that offer services to mutual funds and alternative-investment entities and registered investment advisors that offer equity and fixed income strategies to institutions and individual investors.


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even if it works to a degree-how much honey can it spin before it wears its self out its a novel idea
but i spin several tons-and have used many many types of spiners you will learn about what it takes -
what we need is a good honey stick machine
many ways to do this but there has been a race to perfect a cost sensable machine-under $3000 would be resoable-needs to make about 150-200 sticks an hour-and run all day -huge opertunity here-
I bought a whole bunch of honey sticks the year before last from Brushy on a sale. I still have a big old handful here, broke them out for Christmas for the kids. The kids really did not go for them much back then or Christmas. I like plain honey flavor best but have a bag of assorted flavors (or colors). But with the market, the mark up on the honey would be worth it I believe. I just have not found the right kids.
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Post: FS: Phish MSG 12/28 PTBM Sec 312 Row 1
~ Brian made the trade go completely smooth. Communicated great and met on time. Would gladly trade with again!12/29/16
Post: FS: Phish MSG 12/28 PTBM Sec 312 Row 1 (3 Available, But Will Sell In Any Quantity)
~ Smooth! Good communication...solid player!12/27/16
Post: FS: 12/28/13 Phish MSG: Two PTBMs In Sec 208 Row 5
~ great communication and easy to work with. thanks, Brian, for trading with me. 1/03/14
Post: Phish MSG: ISO 2-3 Together For 12/30; HAVE 12/29s & 12/30s To Trade
~ Great, fast and easy trade! Great communication!! Would definitely trade with Brian again!1/02/14
Post: FT: 2 12/30 For 2 12/29
~ Met Brian before the show. Couldn't have made things easier. I also didn't feel like a moron as we were both using the post-it note system to keep track of where tickets were going. Great trade!12/30/13
Post: Phish Worcester 10/25 - 4 Floors To TRADE For 4 Good Seats Together
~ Nice guy, on the ball, quick to respond. Super smooth transaction. Would definitely recommend. It was my first time using cashortrade, so it was nice that everything went so smoothly!
Thanks Brian!12/03/13
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~ Great, easy transaction with Brian. After dozens of false leads on craigslist and elsewhere, dealing with Brian was a more than welcome change. Quick response, honest and reliable. Would not hesitate to trust him again. 12/03/13
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Solid waste managers often assume a landfill's greatest threat to groundwater is the migration of liquids that come in contact with waste, otherwise known as leachate.
That's not surprising, given that in 1997 the EPA announced that the "... fundamental objective of monitoring land disposal sites is to serve as a check on potential leachate contamination."
Yet in California, when landfills have investigated the source of groundwater contamination, gas was the culprit in almost every case where volatile organic compounds (VOCs) represented the principal agent of water-quality degradation.
In the past five years, three relatively large, active landfills with fully operational corrective-action groundwater extraction systems found that gas—not leachate—was contaminating groundwater. Moreover, the landfills' extraction systems were not only not improving water quality, they were occasionally making it worse. These landfills are now focusing on controlling gas migration instead.
It's clear, then, that groundwater can just as easily be contaminated by gas as by leachate. Landfills in arid and semi-arid regions of the country, where the low volume of leachate and the distance from the landfill to aquifers and other underground water sources hamper the formation and migration of leachate, should pay particular attention to how gas may be affecting water quality.
What To Look For
Federal regulations promulgated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Subtitle D, require nearly all public landfills to monitor groundwater, and most states have developed guidelines for designing monitoring programs.
Unfortunately, these guidelines are very general. They provide little or no advice on how to interpret monitoring data, skill that's critical to determining whether leachate or gas is contaminating groundwater.
The first indication of contamination is often the presence of relatively low concentrations, perhaps in the parts-per-billion range, of VOCs in samples from perimeter groundwater monitoring wells: vinyl chloride, tetrachloroethene, trichloroethene, 1,1-dichloroethane, dichlorodifluoromethane, benzene, and toluene.
Many of these substances are found in both landfill gas and leachate, so their mere presence won't pinpoint the source. But examining inorganic groundwater monitoring data—particularly how concentrations of major ions (calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, sulfate, carbonate, bicarbonate) and certain metals have changed with time—can.
Landfill gas is made up principally of methane and carbon dioxide. While methane has limited solubility in water, carbon dioxide is easily soluble. So it can dramatically change the geochemical makeup of samples by interacting with host minerals in the aquifer.
Dissolution of carbon dioxide in water usually forms bicarbonate or carbonate ions in groundwater (the dominant ion that forms is pH-dependent). This process also will affect pH and/or the concentration of other ions in solution. Interactions of water affected by dissolved carbon dioxide with minerals containing calcium and magnesium in the host geologic material can increase the dissolved phase concentration of these substances.
This is one clue that gas is the culprit. There are others as well.
If the vadose zone atmosphere under or near the landfill contains a high proportion of gas, the proportion of oxygen will be decreased. The result can decrease an aquifer's oxidation-reduction potential, in turn affecting the solubility of trace metals such as iron and manganese.
Some inorganic effects—such as increases in alkalinity, calcium, and magnesium—are characteristic of gas contamination, but the exact nature of the effects varies considerably depending on the water's initial chemistry.
What To Do Next
If the source of groundwater VOCs can be attributed to the migration of landfill gas:
— Lister is a senior technical manager with SCS Engineers in Long Beach, Calif.
Be careful with covers
Landfill operators often try to limit leachate formation by switching to a less-permeable cover, thus reducing water infiltration. But since this also reduces the amount of gas that migrates out of the landfill through the cover, this tactic can exacerbate gas issues. Therefore, changes in cover characteristics may need to be done in concert with upgrades to the landfill's gas-control system.


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