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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Four more Ohio districts removed poor-performing students from their rolls, state Auditor David Yost said Monday in the final step of his investigation into a practice whereby schools attempted to improve performance ratings.
More than 70 schools or districts also had attendance reporting errors, though these didn't appear to be purposeful, Yost said.
The four districts bring to nine the number that Yost has identified in his investigation of the data withdrawal practice known as "scrubbing."
The districts Yost identified Monday are Canton and Cincinnati city schools, Winton Woods city schools in Hamilton County and Northridge Local schools in Montgomery County.
Yost's top recommendation Monday was requiring the state to peg school funding on yearlong attendance figures to encourage attendance through the entire year. Now, attendance figures are based on a count in October.
"Importantly, schools that break enrollment under such a system would suffer a loss of funding as a result," Yost's report said.
Yost also said the state should require independent oversight of districts' data reporting instead of the current honor system, and the state should also independently monitor transfers by at-risk students.
Yost previously said Campbell, Cleveland, Columbus, Marion and Toledo city schools improperly removed students.
Yost's auditors spread out across the state to investigate a statistically selected sampling of districts.
He launched the review in response to unusual practices discovered in Toledo and suburban Cincinnati districts, as well as in Columbus. In November, federal authorities joined the investigation into the Columbus schools and Yost separated the district from the rest of the state probe due to the likelihood of criminal referrals.
Columbus Superintendent Gene Harris plans to resign at the end of the school year, in a move she says is unrelated to Yost's probe.
Another district employee, data analyst Stephen Tankovich, also announced his resignation effective next month. Tankovich had served stints as the district's chief information officer and accountability director. He's been a key figure in unfolding events.
A former district superintendent in the southwestern Ohio district of Lockland sued last year to keep their jobs amid the state investigation. Donna Hubbard and her son alleged the school board violated open-meetings laws when voting 3-1 to oust them.
Yost identified five districts for questionable attendance methods during the first round of investigative findings. A second round of results was issued ahead of November's election to aid districts seeking levies. It turned up no additional irregularities.
Amid the investigation, the state Board of Education opted to delay release of district assessments, known as report cards, which are eagerly anticipated by educators, parents and communities. Board members said they were concerned that widespread inaccuracies may exist in attendance data that could have compromised the rankings.
Yost appeared before the board and urged release of the information. He said it wouldn't interfere with his work.


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The ammonia test measures the amount of ammonia in a blood sample.
Ammonia level
A blood sample is needed. This may be taken from a vein. The procedure is called venipuncture.
You should not eat or drink for 8 - 12 hours before the test. Your doctor may ask you to stop taking certain drugs that can may affect test results.
Drugs that can falsely raise the blood ammonia level include:
A high-protein diet can also raise the blood ammonia level. Talk to your health care provider before this test if you are taking any of these medications.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, you may feel moderate pain, or only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
This test may be done if you have or your doctor thinks you have a condition that may cause a toxic buildup of ammonia. It is most commonly used to diagnose and monitor hepatic encephalopathy, a severe liver disease.
Ammonia (NH3) is produced by cells throughout the body, especially the intestines, liver, and kidneys. Most of the ammonia produced in the body is used by the liver to produce urea. Urea is also a waste product, but it is much less toxic than ammonia.
Ammonia is especially toxic to the brain. It can cause confusion, lethargy, and sometimes coma.
The normal range is 15 - 45 micrograms per deciliter (mcg/dL).
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The examples above show the common results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different samples.
Abnormal results may mean you have increased ammonia levels in your blood. This may be due to:
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
Patients with liver disease may have clotting problems. After the venipuncture, pressure should be applied to the puncture site for several minutes to ensure that bleeding has stopped.
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Nevah MI, Fallon MB. Hepatic encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome, hepatopulmonary syndrome, and systemic complications of liver disease. In: Feldman L, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases . 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2010:chap 92.

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Statement by Mr. Martin Mogwanja, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF at the side event Children and Armed Conflict
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Mr. Secretary-General, Your Royal Highness, Esteemed Panelists, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Far too often armed conflict restricts children's access to education and health services, resulting in devastating impacts on their lives and their futures and violating their fundamental right to education and health care.
In addition to the negative consequence of the fighting itself on education, it is regrettable that boys and girls living in conflict zones are often deliberately denied access to education and healthcare by warring parties. Parties to conflict have intentionally targeted school buildings, placed mines and other explosive devices in school compounds, and burned schools to the ground. Armed forces and armed groups have also attacked health facilities, looted medical supplies, and barred humanitarians from vaccinating children from life-threatening and debilitating disease.
Many parties to conflict have also used school compounds for military purposes. Sometimes, the children are provided with alternative learning sites, but often they are left without access to schooling. At times, armed forces have used schools as bases while the students remain and classes continue to be held. This co-location of soldiers and students poses particular risks to children who may be caught in the crossfire as these schools become military targets. Military use of schools can likewise have a chilling effect on school attendance, particularly for already disadvantaged groups such as girls.
The magnitude of the impact of this problem is undeniable. In Cote d'Ivoire, 224 schools experienced some form of attack during the recent post-election unrest, including destruction, partial damage, looting, presence of unexploded ordnance, stationing of troops on school property, and even the digging of graves on the school grounds. While children were not present in all the schools when the attacks occurred and some schools have re-opened, we calculate that attacks on the 224 schools means that the education of approximately 65,000 children is affected.
In addition to being a grave violation of rights, attacks on schools and hospitals have high financial costs. In Cote d'Ivoire, the cost of rehabilitating one school averages nearly $45,000 dollars, while in Afghanistan, the construction and equipping of a school that has been completely destroyed costs between $50,000 and $60,000. These structural expenses which must be covered by governments and donors do not include the equally important need to invest in human capital, to train and deploy teachers and invest in the quality of education.
Attacks on schools also result in considerable hidden costs for children and their communities. Schools are an important part of the normal daily routine for children. When they can no longer attend classes, another layer of their protective environment is peeled away. The restoration of education is thus seen as a critical psychosocial and protective response to maintain or restore a sense of normalcy for children experiencing the intense stress of conflict.
Attacks on a country's education and health care systems are rampant in conflict settings and pose grave threats to children's lives and future livelihood. They are attacks on children. All parties to conflicts should take the necessary steps to refrain from such grave violations and guarantee that children's access to education and healthcare is not disrupted.
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I join others in thanking the German mission for organizing today's event. I wish to express UNICEF's full support for Germany's efforts towards introducing a Security Council resolution to add attacks on schools and hospitals to the list of grave violations that lead to listing of parties in the Secretary-General's annual report on children and armed conflict.
Monitoring of the full range of attacks on schools and hospitals and their impact on children is on-going. However, we see a need to develop the system's capacity to more systematically monitor and respond to the violations. This will require expanding upon the networks that support the Country Level Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism, by reinforcing links to education and health partners including NGOs, and strengthening our monitoring methodologies and indicators to better gauge and measure the impact of attacks on schools and hospitals.
The introduction of a new trigger would build further momentum for greater efforts to address these challenges consistently and creatively. It would also offer a great opportunity to strengthen advocacy and awareness raising around the protection of schools and hospitals during conflict. This could be done notably through advocating for the designation of schools as zones of peace, as we have seen in Nepal and the Philippines, where the military is banned from using schools.
In other instances, we can seek to replicate the days of tranquility approach, which has in some instances resulted in all parties to a conflict agreeing to facilitate the delivery of key vaccination services to the population.
UNICEF also anticipates that action plans will be negotiated with armed forces and non-state armed groups who commit attacks on schools and hospitals in violation of international humanitarian and human rights law. These agreements will be an important tool for ending this violation and ensuring children have uninterrupted access to education and healthcare.
UNICEF will continue to be fully committed to its work in providing education and healthcare to children in emergencies as spelled out in our Core Commitments to Children in Humanitarian Action. In the case of attacks on schools and hospitals, our programmes may include reconstruction, resupplying schools and medical facilities, designing teacher training programmes, psychosocial support, preparation of peace-building curriculum, advocacy to end the violations and guarantee access to education and healthcare for all children, and work to secure schools as zones of peace.
Ladies and Gentlemen, while the continued denial of education and healthcare to children remains a tragic fact, UNICEF takes comfort in the commitment the United Nations family and the broader international community make to ending this violation a global priority.
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Osho,What does tantra mean by purity?
One of the things being asked about is: What does tantra mean by purification of the mind, purity of the mind, as a basic condition to further progress?
Whatsoever is ordinarily meant by purity is not what is meant by Tantra. Ordinarily, we divide everything into bad and good. The division may be for any reason. It may be hygienically, morally or in any other way, but we divide life into two - good and bad. And ordinarily, whenever we say purity we mean goodness - the "bad" qualities should not be allowed and the "good" qualities should be there. But for Tantra this division of good and bad is meaningless. Tantra does not look at life through any dichotomy, any duality, any division. Then "What is meant by purity in Tantra?" is a very relevant question.
If you ask a saint, he will say that anger is bad, sex is bad, greed is bad. If you ask Gurdjieff, he will say that negativity is bad, that whatsoever emotion is negative is bad and to be positive is good. If you ask Jainas, Buddhists, Hindus, Christians or Mohammedans, they may differ in their definition of good and bad - but they have definitions. They call certain things bad and certain things good. So to define purity is not difficult for them. Whatsoever they take as good is pure, whatsoever they take as bad is impure.
But for Tantra it is a deep problem. Tantra makes no superficial division between good and bad. Then what is purity? Tantra says that to divide is impure and to live in non-division is purity. So for Tantra purity means innocence - undifferentiated innocence.
A child is there; you call him pure. He gets angry, he has greed, so why do you call him pure? What is pure in childhood? Innocence! There is no division in the mind of a child. The child is unaware of any division into what is good and what is bad. That unawareness is the innocence. Even if he gets angry, he has no mind to be angry, it is a pure and simple act. It happens, and when anger goes, it goes. Nothing is left behind. The child is again the same, as if the anger has never been there. The purity is not touched; the purity is the same. So a child is pure because there is no mind.
The more mind grows, the more the child will become impure. Then anger will be there as a considered thing, not spontaneously. Then sometimes the child will suppress the anger - if the situation does not permit it. And when anger becomes suppressed, then sometimes it will be transferred onto another situation instead. When there is really no need to be angry he will get angry, because the suppressed anger will need some outlet. Then everything will become impure because the mind has come in.


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It is amazing in our enlightened age that an almost forgotten word in our vocabulary is the word eternity.
It is an adjective meaning archaic, eternal, without beginning or ending, timelessness. This word eternity is a 'one-word' sermon. We speak of time, of years, of centuries, of millenniums but eternity is rarely mentioned. Yet, we cannot escape its reality as we are all travellers to eternity.
We may try to avoid it, reject it, despise it, but we must face it. In the Bible, Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, "He has set the world to come in their hearts," or "eternity in their hearts." Again, Isaiah 57:15 states, "For thus says the high and lofty one that inhabits eternity." The word eternity cannot be measured by human calculation; it staggers the mind and leaves us in awe. It is, however, a reality.
There is a fascinating story relative to eternity. It relates to a man named Arthur Stace who was born in Australia in 1884 and died in 1967. He was a known alcoholic, a homeless man and a tramp of the street. In 1932 he went into an Anglican church, where there was food offered freely, and while there he listened to a gospel sermon from an Anglican minister. He was convicted of his sin, left the church, and under a tree bowed his knees and accepted the Lord Jesus as his personal saviour. What a change took place - from drunkenness to sobriety. From rags to true riches.
Some months after his conversion, Arthur Stace listened to a Baptist evangelist preach with passion in the open air. This man emphasized the word, eternity and said, "Oh, that this word could be emblazoned across the streets in Sydney." From that moment on this uneducated man, barely able to write even his own name, had a mission.
Using chalk, he commenced to elegantly handwrite, in colourful graffiti, the word eternity all over the city of Sydney. Each day, he arose at 4 a.m. and wrote until 10 a.m.; this continued for approximately 35 years. No one knew who was doing this until 1956, when the pastor of the church saw Arthur write eternity on the pavement. He asked him: "Are you Mr. Eternity?" Arthur Stace replied, "Yes."
This word eternity was seen by four billion people at the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Sydney. It was after the spectacular fireworks display at the 2000 new millennium celebrations. When the smoke and clouds dissipated, there gleamed in distinctive handwriting the word eternity The crowds cheered spontaneously, knowing the word eternity related to Arthur Stace.
Millions around the world saw the word eternity when watching the Sydney display. This 'one-sermon word' still gleams in three distinct places in Sydney, Australia to this very day: 1) Mr. Eternity is engraved on Arthur Stace's gravestone 2) In copperplate writing almost eight inches high, the word eternity can be found at the town hall square entrance and 3) inside the huge bell at the clock tower, in original copperplate writing, is the word eternity.
It is wise to consider this word eternity, for one day time will cease and eternity will begin. It will not matter what we possess materially, for we brought nothing into this world and we will take nothing out. Our eternity will depend on what we did with Jesus who is called Christ. The Bible makes it abundantly clear that Jesus Christ purchased salvation at the cross 2,000 years ago. Romans 5:6 says, "Christ died for the ungodly." According to John 19:30, Jesus cried "IT IS FINISHED." These three words eliminate dependence upon self-effort, righteous works, money, etc. Ephesians 2:8-9, says "Salvation is not of works lest anyone should boast". Our eternity in heaven is totally based upon Christ's death for sin. His resurrection declares God's satisfaction in the work of the cross.
Where will you spend eternity? Arthur Stace will meet many in heaven that faced the reality of that one word he became famous for - eternity. Dear friends, to miss Jesus Christ in this life will be an unfathomable loss for all eternity (Matthew 11:28).
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And by the time the last American troops pulled out in 2011, the Iraqi amphora might not have looked like new.
At the feet were the bones of an ox, an iron knife, four amphora and some lances--these were in a very rusty condition.
It was the custom to write the age of the wine and the vintage on the amphora, or cask.
Standing on the table was an amphora of gilt pasteboard which fostered this illusion.
The index-finger hole is very large and eccentric, forming the handle of the "amphora."
He was making an amphora of the common kind women and donkeys carry to the fountains.
In the scene on the neck of this amphora appears a priestess followed by four maidens who bear upon their heads a long chest.
The unsuspecting brown girl trips jauntily down to the river-bank to fill her amphora—usually a battered Standard Oil tin.
Properly, the amphora, or earthen vessel with two handles, in which wine was usually kept.
Your idea, Symphorien, seems to be to drain that amphora to the very bottom.
early 14c., "two-handled vessel for holding wine, oil, etc.," from Latin amphora from Greek amphoreus "an amphora, jar, urn," contraction of amphiphoreus, literally "two-handled," from amphi- "on both sides" (see amphi-) + phoreus "bearer," related to pherein "to bear" (see infer). Also a liquid measure in the ancient world, in Greece equal to 9 gallons, in Rome to 6 gallons, 7 pints.


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About Mosel-Saar-RuwerView a map of Mosel-Saar-Ruwer wineries(moe-ZELL saahr -RUE-wehr)The Mosel river winds its way through this wine region, passing by some of the steepest, most northerly vineyards of the world. The wines from the Mosel have a most distinctive soil based on slate. The slate-rich soils covering the region are what imparts the amazing, well-loved slate-y, mineraly flavors and aromas to the delicate Mosel wines. To keep this necessary slate in tact, when the rock slide down the steep vineyard hillsides, the vineyard workers grab a bucket and carry the rocks right back up to the vines. There is a level of care taken in the vineyards of Mosel that rivals most other regions. Tasting the wines helps to understand why.
Notable FactsRiesling is the grape of the Mosel – the combination of this grape with the slate soils is what makes Mosel wines so breathtakingly delicate. Common descriptors of the Mosel Rieslings include steely acidity, wet stone and delicate texture. Lower in alcohol and high in acidity, the wines are still balanced with the rich flavors of Riesling and the slate-y flavors from the soil. Two districts (or Bereiche) that you find most often on Mosel labels are Bernkastel and Zell. Both are good producers of wine from this region. Many other good wines are coming from the area – just look to make sure the bottle says "Riesling" on the label – that's a sign of quality.
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White Wine GuruWith some of the steepest and northernmost vineyards in the world, as well as the coolest climate, Germany produces some of the best white wines in the world, mainly Riesling. Delicate, age-worthy, intense and elegant are the typical descriptions for these wines. Note that "sweet" is not a common descriptor because the idea that most German wines are sweet is just not so. In fact, the majority of wines made in Germany are dry and more recently, the country is exporting value wines that are easy to drink, extremely food friendly and, luckily for some, containing labels that are easier to read!
The classification system of Germany is somewhat confusing. Like the rest of the old world, there's some hierarchy to it all. The categories are: Tafelwien (table wine), Landwein (land wine, similar to France's Vin de Pays) and the first "Q" level, QbA. QbA wines are easy-drinking and inexpensive – the only requirement being that the wine must come from one of Germany's thirteen official wine growing regions. The final level is QmP, which is the strictest level of German wines. The qualification consists of 6 levels, based on ripeness level at harvest, though that does not always translate into sweetness level.
Here are a few definitions to help in picking out a German QmP wine:
Kabinett(cab-ee-NET)The driest level, Kabinett is usually light-bodied, low to medium in alcohol, and fairly dry. Great everyday wine and food-friendly.
Spatlese(shpate-LAY-zuh)Grapes are picked a bit later than Kabinett (Spatlese means late harvest) and have a fuller, more intense body. Most wines of this level are dry although some are off-dry.
Auslese(OWSE-lay-zuh)Wines of this level are made from select grapes harvested even later than Spatlese. The grapes are selected in bunches to make sure they are of the perfect ripeness level. One step up in both body and sweetness, Auslese wines are balanced but with a bit more sweetness – perfect with spicy Indian food.
Beerenauslese(bare-ehn-owse-lay-zuh)The longer the words get, the higher up in sweetness level you rise. Like Auslese, the grapes are selected individually, but while Auslese is selected bunches, Beerenauslese are selected berries, and usually berries affected by botrytis, or noble rot, so you have an even more specific wine, which, in turn, increases both its sweetness level and its price.
Trockenbeerenauslese(trok-ehn-bare-ehn-owse-lay-zuh)Okay, so Trocken means dry in German and yet this wine is the sweetest of the German levels. The "trocken" comes into play as the berries picked for this wine are dried, intensifying the sugars. So the wine is made from late-harvest dried berries affected with botrytis - a combination that makes a decadent (and expensive!) bottle of wine. A treat if you are able to ever try one.
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I read the following blog this morning on a low standard of being a good dad.
For those who do not read the link, he is commenting on the low bar of being a great dad, apparently it is a couple of notches above being a deadbeat.
I have to admit, I've been a "victim" of it. I take my daughter to Starbucks every Sunday to (1) give my wife some time alone and (2) because I like spening time with my daughter. She plays with her iPad and then I read to her. I've had a numerous people say I am such a good dad. And for what, reading a couple of books? Would a mom who did the same thing get the same compliment? Or would they think what a bad mother letting her daughter use the iPad so she could read her newspaper while drinking her coffee.
For debate: What is the bar for being a good dad so low and what can be done about it.
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While I applaud the basic idea of the University of Minnesota's new one-year research program, described in the January issue of ARCHITECT, I have a fundamental problem with one aspect of it, or rather its implications: it emphasizes only knowledge, as far as I can tell, that is science- and technology based. In integrating practice, research, and learning, and offering a shortcut to licensing after a B.Arch., it also points to the ongoing erosion of what I consider to be one of the foundations not only of our academic system, but also of American society in general, which is the notion of a four-year, liberal arts, undergraduate degree program.
I am one of those who would have benefited from this new program, which lets students engage in directed research, practice, and community activities in a manner that gains them IDP credit, while letting them take licensing exams along the way, so that they can practice as soon as they graduate. When I graduated with an M.Arch., I taught and worked for a licensed architect for close to two years, but my remaining experience was with an architect who was then not licensed (the husband-and-wife principals took their exams shortly thereafter). When I went to register for my exam, I found out that California had just changed its laws to disallow academic experience. I have never become licensed.
I also teach on occasion at the University of Cincinnati, whose co-op program is famous (or notorious) for giving students oodles of so-called real-life experience even before they graduate. The result is well-prepared students who receive strong reviews from practitioners but who, in my opinion, are not always well prepared enough to know what to do with all their technical skills.
One of the things that sets the American education system apart—though many other countries are now copying it—is the notion that many students spend four years winding their way through academic programs in which they try out various forms of knowledge, learn a great deal of stuff that has no practical purpose, and earn degrees in areas that might not be directly related to what their jobs might be. I believe this is good. What they are learning is how to be informed citizens. They come to understand, if the college is any good, where we are today, where we have come from, and where we are going. They read literature, find out about history or economics, dabble in art or astrophysics, and in general receive a broad overview of what our society knows. Then they either go out into the real world and learn by doing, or receive graduate degrees by obtaining specialized knowledge.
Of course that is a romantic picture, and one that is also subject to constant erosion as we try to make our educational system, whose costs have risen out of all proportions to everything else except healthcare, more affordable. Yet I believe that core notion is worth holding onto, and for that reason I have long felt that architecture, as a specialized discipline, should only be taught at a graduate level. Let students build up a strong base of knowledge, analytic abilities, and experiences, and then have them learn how to translate that all into the world of architecture. Architecture as a way of knowing your world through its physical, human-made structures, on the other hand, is an excellent undergraduate major. It should function as English, history, or any other such broad form of knowledge: as a way of learning about the world you inhabit through a particular discipline.
It is a quaint and perhaps conservative model. It is not efficient, and as the article I reference points out, it means that it takes a great deal of time to get to the point that you are allowed to practice. I think that is fine, though I agree that the whole process should be streamlined. I think the larger problem is that most architects do not make as much money as doctors or lawyers when they graduate, which means that the rewards awaiting architecture students at the end of a long march towards licensing are not sufficient to retain many of them. This is part of the reason why architecture is still a lily-white and middle-class profession. I think that trying to solve that by making the education system shorter and more efficient is putting the cart before the horse. You could make the argument that directed research allows for a different kind of knowledge, one that does combine theory and real-world structure. I remain skeptical. Not everything is data. Some things are just beautiful, strange, or difficult to understand, but fundamental to what makes our shared culture. That is where architecture should (also) have its foundation.
Aaron Betsky is a regularly featured columnist whose stories appear on this website each week. His views and conclusions are not necessarily those of ARCHITECT magazine nor of the American Institute of Architects.


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Brock captured a Zubat when he spotted it on his way inside the cave but its capture was not seen on screen. He later sent out Zubat to battle Team Rocket. He rarely used Zubat for direct combat, instead focusing on confusing opponents with Supersonic.
In Johto Brock encountered a doctor who had a female Zubat. Brock used his Zubat to in a fight against Team Rocket. While battling, Zubat evolved into a Golbat. Brock's Golbat was only a Golbat for a short period of time. He soon evolved into a Crobat in a battle with Team Rocket.
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|Clefairy and the Moon Stone
|Clefairy and the Moon Stone
|Wing Attack
|The Spell of the Unown
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|Lapras of Luxury
|+ indicates this Pokémon used this move recently.*
- indicates this Pokémon normally can't use this move.
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[2]As a Zubat[3][4]As a Golbat Add a photo to this gallery==TriviaEdit==
- He is male, because in episode 165 "Hassle in the Castle", Brock used him to impress a trainer who had a female Zubat.
- In both the Japanese and English versions of the anime, he is voiced by Shin-ichiro Miki who is best known for playing James of Team Rocket in the original Japanese version and who also plays Misty's Staryu and Ash's Charizard.
- Crobat is Brock's only Flying-type Pokemon.


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Awesome blog and great way to give a start to those wanting to try out BackTrack.
I must admit that I myself plunged head first into linux with backtrack, which although not the recommended thing
to do, with a lot of google and sparingly asked queries, I feel I got a grasp of the basics.
Your blog will help a lot of people get started and reduce the repeated queries on basics.
Perhaps correct the spelling on the main title
Backtrack from begginer to advanced == Backtrack from beginner to advanced.


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Thread: Knee Pains on toddlers
5th August 2012 03:35 AM #1
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Knee Pains on toddlers
Hi! I would just like to have a few answers or ideas about my concern.
Do toddlers really get knee pains and how can I prevent it from happening? My four-year-old son occasionally gets knee pains at night, around 3-4 times a month. I can see no consistent reason as to how he gets it. It happened to me, too, when i was his age until fourth grade, according to my mum.
My son said he feels like his knees are extremely tired and wants me to massage it for him. Poor guy, he often cries himself to sleep when the pain attacks.
Thank you!
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That is so sad =(. Funny that you should mention it, I had the same problem until around the third or fourth grade. My mother called them growing pains, and I would imagine that they do somewhat correspond with a growth spurt.
Have you considered bringing your son to a chiropractor? Getting an alignment could help tremendously with these pains.
Other than that all I can suggest is massage, warm compresses, and possibly upping his potassium intake. Maybe some of the other great mums on this board will have more suggestions!
6th August 2012 08:17 AM #3
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My guess is that there may be a genetic component involved. Possibly there was a weakness in your knees that you passed to your son.
Have you mentioned this to your doctor? If you can diagnose the cause then you'll be well on your way to figuring out how what you need to do to reverse the pain.
I would be sure that your son is getting enough essential fatty acids. Cod Liver Oil may benefit your son. If the pain is in the joint, the essential fatty acids could help. You could also try giving him gelatin, which is made from cartilage. A little gelatin (like what he would get in a serving of Jell-O) would not be enough to do any good. But larger quantities have been known to help people who have joint pain. There's also Condroiton Sulphate and Glucosamine Sulphate which can help as well.
In fact there's an Emergen-C product that is formulated to support joints and this is something your son could easily drink (it tastes like a sweet, fizzy drink).
I don't think the Emergen C for joing support drink would be harmful, and you could even have him drink 1/2 of it at breakfast and half at dinner to make sure the benefits are spread out throughout the day (and definitely before bed).
It may take a few weeks for you to see the benefits, but it's worth a try.
Please post back and let us know how it goes.
mom2many gave some good ideas for things you can do to help with the pain until you find something to clear this up completely.
Warm regards,
7th August 2012 01:16 AM #4
Hi lil_momma,
You've had some excellent suggestions above. Whilst I am not a midwife, I have worked in the health profession for a number of years I would certainly advise getting his knee checked by your doctor if at all possible.
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'In the years they missed, the Sabres were either in financial trouble or trying to overcome unconscionable managerial mistakes. Too many times over the years, Ruff has been given the tools to build a garage and been asked to construct an oceanfront estate.'
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Essence of the Heart Gala ~ Dining for Divva's Achiever's... New Orleans, LA
JC International Love Quarters
Sunday, June 30, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT)
Event Details
"Essence of the Heart" Gala Benefitting Divva's Achievers Culinary Camp to be held in Savannah, GA
Love Lives Foundation has been feeding stomachs and souls with love since 2006.
The Love Lives Foundation is hosting a Charity Gala to benefit the Culinary Camp for their Divva's Achievers program this summer -- June 30, 2013! During the Gala there will be dinner, a fashion show, and live entertainment.
The Essence of the Heart gala is a FUNdraiser to give financial support to Divva's Achievers Culinary Camp, a weeklong development course in the areas of community service and culinary advancement for youth ages 12-16.
Divva's Achiever's Culinary Camp focuses on food, philanthropy and having the BEST TIME possible. The camp promotes inspiration as children will participate in culinary lessons, assigned community service and have the experience of dining in Savannah's top restaurants.
The Camp is an intimate and enriching experience for all involved! Our Achievers attend camp at no cost. –They have only three rules to follow -1. Love to give! 2. Love food! 3. Have fun!
What better way to relieve a child of some of the stress of today's society than to send them to summer camp outside of their neighborhood?
Since 2006, the Love Lives Foundation has been reaching out to meet the needs of citizens in a vast number of communities. The foundation operates on the strategy of serving clients with love and putting their needs first.
The Divva's Achievers program encourages at risk youth to become positive contributors to society by exposing them to the world of culinary arts and community service.
The program is committed and dedicated to changing the outlook of this generation by involving the children in volunteer services and culinary lessons that will display the art of food, and serving while encouraging them to build and maintain healthy and rewarding relationships amongst their peers.
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Joseph A Craig in Historic Treme
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Aflatoxins are toxins produced by a mold that grows in nuts, seeds, and legumes.
Although aflatoxins are known to cause cancer in animals, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows them at low levels in nuts, seeds, and legumes because they are considered "unavoidable contaminants."
The FDA believes occasionally eating small amounts of aflatoxin poses little risk over a lifetime. It is not practical to attempt to remove aflatoxin from food products in order to make them safer.
Food Sources
The mold that produces aflatoxin may be found in the following foods:
- Peanuts and peanut butter
- Tree nuts such as pecans
- Corn
- Wheat
- Oil seeds such as cottonseed
To help minimize risk, the FDA tests foods that may contain aflatoxin. Peanuts and peanut butter are some of the most rigorously tested products by FDA because they frequently contain aflatoxins and are widely consumed.
You can reduce aflatoxin intake by:
- Buying only major brands of nuts and nut butters
- Discarding any nuts that look moldy, discolored or shriveled
Review Date: 1/30/2013
Reviewed By: Eric Perez, MD, St. Luke's / Roosevelt Hospital Center, NY, NY, and Pegasus Emergency Group (Meadowlands and Hunterdon Medical Centers), NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Bethanne Black, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang.


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Pop-Culture | Posted by Atiya I-M on 10/15/2014
My Problem With The "Powerful Bitch" Trope
Lately I've noticed a trend in some of my favorite shows that makes me uncomfortable on a number of levels. From Blair Waldorf on "Gossip Girl" to Sadie on "Awkward" it appears that if you are a female protagonist on TV, mean is the new black and being good gets you nowhere. These protagonists are catty and manipulative. They'll stab you in the back, make fun of your clothes, and do it all with a smile on their face in a fierce outfit. I'm talking about the powerful bitch.
Disclaimer: I know that historically and currently "bitch" is a sexist term that is often applied to women who have the audacity to speak their minds and have ambition. I'm not speaking in that context. The …


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can someone please explain this to me?
No announcement yet.
fat adapted?
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The short version:
The body uses protein (primarily) as the building block for more/repaired infrastructure -- muscle, organs, etc. For energy, it has 3 basic choices: alcohol, sugars, fats. And it will burn them in pretty much that order. Ignoring alcohol, it comes down to sugars (principally fructose or glucose) and fats. When sugars are readily available, the body burns them everywhere. This makes evolutionary sense to me, because they are transitory in nature - fruit is ripe and edible for a brief period only, vegetables somewhat longer, but not really long term. But excess energy can be stored as fat - preserving the ability to function during bad times.
Keeping that fuel tank well filled is an evolutionary advantage - so the body will always burn the short term stuff and save the long term for ... the long term. Control of this is a highly sophisticated biochemical operation, but at a high level, insulin is the driver. Insulin is released in response to the presence of glucose in the blood stream, and one of its effects is to prevent the burning of fats (lipolysis). Thus, to become a fat burner, you must reduce the presence of insulin in the blood stream.
The body will release the fat stores once it is clear the easy sources - sugars - are not only gone but also don't appear to be coming back any time soon. When the insulin level declines, the fat is released and fat burning takes off. The period of transition is called fat adaptation - and when you've made the transition to primarily burning fat, you're "fat adapted."
I've left out a lot of detail. There are many good sources for more information, including Mark's Primal Blueprint and Phinney and Volek's The art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living.


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By Steven Threndyle
There is a major reason why British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest has been the epicenter for North American snowboarding since the mid-80s. It pukes, dumps, and precipitates (not always as blower pow, alas) from Halloween right on through till early May – and the snow is heavy so those narrow planks (aka 'skis') just don't cut it. At places like Grouse Mountain, Mount Seymour, Mount Baker, and Whistler, trails have been hewn from out of the primordial rainforest, and 'boarders carve turns around gigantic, iconic trees like the Sitka spruce, Douglas fir, mountain hemlock, and western red cedar.
Hence, a decidedly woodsy vibe permeated KnowShow 12 at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre from January 18 – 20th. KnowShow brings together retailers – many from independent shops that still make up the backbone of Canada's action sports industry – to the West Coast for three days of mid-winter show'n'tell, with a healthy mix of hardgoods and lifestyle/fashion.
KnowShow features floor space rented by mega-brands like Quiksilver, Hurley, Rip Curl, DaKine, and Lifetime Collective, but also by an emerging flood (let's keep that rain metaphor going) of Canadian designers making their mark through brands like Airhole (facemasks), Endeavor (snowboards/bindings), Herschel (packs, computer bags), Native (footwear), Sitka (clothing/lifestyle), Vivo (headwear) and Now (snowboard bindings).
Perhaps the most unique brand story belongs to Voleurz, a design house started by three University of Victoria students about five years ago. Co-founder Darren Rayner says that "we started out making videos with our friends and people started asking us if we sold anything, and, well, our shirts were pretty much hand made at the time. We threw parties, we video'd each other skiing and skateboarding and mountain biking, and our name – taken from the French "voleur"—to steal – is strictly coincidental." Voleurz' Rayner was still stunned by the massive social media sensation of his Sh*t Skiers Say YouTube video. Officially released by Whistler Blackcomb and an immediate internet sensation with over one million views, Rayner says "Ironically, there isn't a single logo in the video." Voleurz is sold primarily through independent snowboard and surf shops in France, Spain, Norway and Australia; but has also been introduced into Canadian Rip Curl stores as well.
At the Herschel Supply Company booth, sales manager Adam Ruddell proudly showed off four packs (Caliber 16 snowboard back, plus the Survey, Journey, Settlement bags) in a new Herschel x Holden collaboration. Herschel's signature contrasting pack lining sets its packs apart from the rest as do retro touches such as leather pack straps, brass buckles, and, new for 2012, hard-wearing, good looking corduroy fabric. "We've expanded from 300 to well over 400 SKUs in the last season," Ruddell says—indeed, they'd run out of lookbooks by the time that TW Business got to their booth on Friday. Herschel packs are now sold in 35 countries. "The feedback that we've been getting from retailers has been really strong," Ruddell concluded, "Our accounts tell us that we're usually one of their best-selling brands."
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Tamar Braxton Joins John Legend's Fall Tour
Listen to Tamar Braxton on iHeartRadio | Listen to John Legend on iHeartRadio
Tamar Braxton is packing her bags to join John Legend on his upcoming fall tour. Kicking off October 20th in Mashantucket, Connecticut, the "Made To Love" North American tour will make stops in Boston, Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, Denver and Las Vegas. The six-week road trip will wrap up on December 1st in Los Angeles.
Tamar Braxton is gearing up for the release of her second album Love And War, which will hit stores on September 3rd. The second season of her reality television series "Tamar & Vince" is set to premiere on September 5th on WE tv.
Check out the dates for John Legend's "Made to Love" tour:
Sun-Oct 20 Mashantucket, CT
Tue-Oct 22 Boston, MA
Wed-Oct 23 Washington, DC
Fri-Oct 25 Atlantic City, NJ
Tue-Oct 28 New York, NY
Thu-Oct 31 Durham, NC
Fri-Nov 01 Atlanta, GA
Sun-Nov 03 Miami, FL
Mon-Nov 04 Clearwater, FL
Wed-Nov 06 Austin, TX
Thu-Nov 07 Grand Prairie, TX
Tue-Nov 12 Detroit, MI
Wed-Nov 13 Toronto, ONT
Mon-Nov 18 Milwaukee, WI
Tue-Nov 19 Minneapolis, MN
Thu-Nov 21 Denver, CO
Fri-Nov 22 Salt Lake City, UT
Sun-Nov 24 Vancouver, BC
Mon-Nov 25 Seattle, WA
Wed-Nov 27 Oakland, CA
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Researchers "Change the Laws of Physics" With Sub-Absolute Zero Quantum Gas
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Lasers, magnetic fields coax lattice-arranged potassium gas into a bizarre state
Scientists have demonstrated a feat that your physics teacher may have told you was impossible -- they have created a material with a temperature below absolute zero. And the world below absolute zero is an unusual place indeed.
I. It's a Very, Very Mad World
Atoms float upwards, ignoring gravity. In a phenomenon that theoretical physicists believe mimic "dark energy", the atoms even stabilize in conditions that would normally crush inwards. It's as if gravity itself is being overridden and energetic arrangements that would normally create instability, instead stabilize. In short, we've entered the Twilight Zone of particle physics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wolfgang Ketterle
was a pioneer in the field of negative absolute temperatures. He remarks, "[With negative absolute temperatures it is] as though you can stand a pyramid on its head and not worry about it toppling over."
The MIT professor in a
new interview
lauds the new work by
Ulrich Schneider
of Munich, Germany's
Ludwig Maximilian University
and colleagues. In the work Professor Schneider demonstrates the first-ever peer-reviewed instance of a negative absolute temperature material breaking the absolute zero behavior.
The work began with Professor Schneider creating a peculiar quantum gas, using lasers and magnets. Composed of potassium atoms the gas was arranged into a lattice structure. A radical adjustment in the magnetic fields switches the atoms from the lowest energy state possible to the highest energy state possible.
The quantum gas is composed of potassium atoms. [Image Source: MaterialScientist]
Here is where the special behavior takes hold.
Normally the stabilizing repulsion of the original configuration would be replaced with an immense attraction, causing the system to collapse and implode. But thanks to the trapping lasers, the lattice instead remains stable in the new super-energized state. Comments Professor Schneider, "This suddenly shifts the atoms from their most stable, lowest-energy state to the highest possible energy state, before they can react. It's like walking through a valley, then instantly finding yourself on the mountain peak."
The result is a gas that by the formal definition of the Kelvin scale is a few billionths of a degree Kelvin below absolute zero (0 K).
II. Negative Absolute Temperatures? That's Really Cold, Right?
But don't be confused. The below-absolute-zero system is not cold. It is in fact very, very hot -- hotter than any positive Kelvin system. In cooler positive temperature systems, the numbers of particles in low-energy states outnumber those in high-energy states, giving rise to the formal quantum mechanics definition of temperature. Typically entropy pushes atoms to occupy lower energy states, on average.
Lord Kelvin's temperature scale is formally based on probability, not necessarily heat.
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But in certain specialized quantum mechanical systems, the entropy actually decreases as the system energy (and "heat") increase, giving rise to a negative quantum temperature.
In other words, to understand this wild breakthrough, you must abandon your traditional notions of negative being cold and positive being hot and think in quantum terms. This isn't your high school physics teacher's negative temperature. It's a bizarre exercise in inverted entropy.
Could such a state be possible for the faster-than-expected expansion of the universe (a phenomena cosmologist attribute to
so-called "dark energy"
, a poorly understood mechanism)? Professor Schneider argues the idea is worth exploring. He comments, "It's interesting that this weird feature pops up in the Universe and also in the lab. This may be something that cosmologists should look at more closely."
Negative temperature materials could be a boon to both
theoretical particle physics
quantum computing
. But much work needs to be done to understand their bizarre new spin on physics.
The work by Prof. Schneider and his colleagues was
in the highly prestigious peer-reviewed journal
And if that makes your brain hurt, take a break and read the classic college urban legend of a physic professor's exam question of whether hell is exothermic or endothermic and his student's
epic response
"I modded down, down, down, and the flames went higher." -- Sven Olsen
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SOLD Bronze Dasavatar Set of All 10 of Vishnu's Avatars 6"-7"
Item #: 60b10
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Total Height Including Base: 6-7 inches each
Base Width & Depth: 2.25 x 2.25 icnhes
Weight: 1 pound each totaling 10 pounds
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Lost Wax Method: This sculpture is a one of a kind, lost wax method bronze statue hand made by the artists of South India. The sculpture pictured is the only sculpture Lotus Sculpture has like this in our store. When you order this piece you will receive this exact sculpture. It is truly one of a kind as there is only one made exactly like this! Each bronze is hand made by a group of bronze artists whose families have been crafting bronze sculptures for centuries with the art being passed on by each generation. The hand crafted bronzes statues have an incredible amount of detail which many other mass produced, brass Hindu statues lack. Lost Wax South Indian bronze statues are the only sculptures used by Hindu temples throughout India and the world. Click here to learn more about the Lost Wax Method.
About the Golden Polish: This bronze sculpture has been polished after casting giving it a golden shine. Polished bronze murtis are often used in temples. Temples prefer the polished bronze because the rituals involved in puja often involve bathing the bronze deity, abisheka, which naturally removes the bronze patina of an older piece. Over time and with no periodic care the golden polish will naturally dull to form a dark patina that is naturally found on aged bronze.
Vishnu's preserving, restoring, and protecting powers have been manifested in the world in a series of ten earthly incarnations known as avatars. The avatars arrive either to prevent a great evil or to affect good upon the earth. Nine are said to have descended already: three in non-human form, one in hybrid form and five in human form. The most important are Rama, fearless upholder of the law of dharma and Krishna; youthful hero of the Bhagavad-Gita Vishnu's final avatar is expected to arrive at a time when the earth is at the end of its present cycle, with the purpose of destroying the world and subsequently recreating it.
1. Matsya the Fish - Saved humanity and the sacred Veda text from the flood.
2. Kurma the Turtle - Helped create the world by supporting it on his back.
3. Varaha the Boar - Raised the earth out of water with his tusks.
4. Narashima, half-man, half lion - Destroyed a tyrant demon king.
5. Vamana the Dwarf - Subdued king Bali, a powerful demon.
6. Parashurama the Brahmin - Destroyed the warrior caste.
7. Noble Rama - Rescued his wife Sita and killed the demon Ravana. Upholder of the dharma.
8. Krishna the Divine Cowherder - told the Epic poem Bhagavad-Gita to the warrior Arjuna.
9. Buddha - The enlightened one.
10. Kalki the Horse - Destroyer of the world. Yet to come to the earth.
Bronze is an extremely durable metal made from a combination of 5 metals; copper, iron, tin, with minute additions of silver and gold. This combination is called Panchaloha bronze and is the basis for making the sacred Hindu temple statues of India and the world. Copper is the most prevalent metal in the alloy. Copper also gives the metal a softer composition that allows the bronze artisans to carve the details that are prevalent in each piece. All the South Indian bronze sculpture Lotus Sculpture carries are Panchaloham and thus suited for any home altar or community temple.
Because of the durability of the metal not much is needed to maintain a bronze sculpture. Many of our customers purchase a bronze statue and perform daily puja and abhisheka consisting of bathing the Hindu deity in ghee, milk, coconut milk or other liquids. In this case nothing is needed to keep the statue clean as it will be bathed daily. If the sculpture is used for "darshan" or simply viewing the sculpture it is best to dust the statue as needed so no dirt collects in the details of the sculpture. For both polished golden bronzes and antique patina bronze statues if you would like the sculpture to shine use a cotton cloth with some coconut oil or other natural oil to wipe down the piece as needed.
Many of our bronze Hindu statues have been placed in outdoor temples. Bronze's durability makes it perfect for cold winters and hot summers of any climate. We suggest you bathe the sculpture every couple of months so that dirt does not collect on the sculpture and then use a cotton cloth with some natural oil to give the statue a shine. Both indoors and outdoors a bronze statue can be left alone which, overtime, will give the bronze an antique patina.
On some bronze statues you can see small hints of lime green, verde-gris patina. Some people prize this color for its age others want to remove it. If you would like to remove the verde-gris use a tooth brush with some coconut oil or other natural oil and lightly go over the verde-gris. This should remove the unwanted patina from the sculpture.
If you have any questions concerning your bronze statue please email us at [email protected] or call us at 1(760) 994-4455.
This sculpture is in our Oceanside, California store and ready for immediate shipping. The shipping charge is automatically calculated by UPS for shipping within the United States. Each sculpture is usually shipped within 24 hours of the order with the exception of the weekend. To obtain a shipping quote simply add the statue you are interested in to your shopping cart and then select click on the "Calculate Domestic Shipping" button. Lotus Sculpture uses Instapak foam injection packing system or bubble wrap and recycled peanuts to ensure that all our pieces arrive undamaged. Click here to learn more about Lotus Sculptures packing.International Shipping
This sculpture is in our Oceanside, California store and ready for immediate shipping to anywhere in the world. If you are in Canada please select "UPS Standard to Canada" for the shipping option. If you are an international customer please select "International Shipping" during checkout. The shipping charge will be calculated as $0. Lotus Sculpture will email you the correct shipping cost subject to your approval or you may call us at 760-994-4455 or email us at [email protected] for a shipping quote. Lotus Sculpture uses Instapak foam injection packing system or bubble wrap and recycled peanuts to ensure that all our pieces arrive undamaged. Click here to learn more about Lotus Sculptures packing.


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I have a pulled chest muscle after doing judo without warming up back in 2009. I got some exercises for rehab and after a few months it was ok, but now it has resurfaced after I started up training again waaay too enthusiastically after a holiday.
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TENNIS - The Bronc and Lady Bronc tennis teams hosted matches with Natrona county Tuesday the Broncs won 4-1 the Lady Broncs lost 3-2.
The Broncs will play at a tournament in Scottsbluff, Nebraska this weekend the Lady Broncs are off.
VOLLEYBALL - The Lady Bronc volleyball team was swept in Gillette last night in their first conference match of the new season.
The Lady Broncs along with Big Horn and Tongue River will all compete this weekend at the Gillette invitational tournament.
FOOTBALL - The Sheridan Bronc football team beat Laramie 27-7 in the season opener Friday night. The Broncs jumped out to a 21-0 halftime lead and were never threatened in the second half, Head coach
Don Julian.
Bronc QB Kameron Eckhard threw two touchdown passes and senior running back Daniel Sessions had two touchdown runs in the victory.
The Broncs did turn the ball over three times and had numerous penalties and Julian says all that is
The Sheridan Broncs took the win over the Laramie Plainsmen with a final score of 27-7.
TENNIS - The Bronc and Lady Bronc tennis teams split results with Jackson yesterday as they opened their season.
The Broncs dropped the team match 3-2 while the Lady Broncs won 3-2.
Lady Bronc winners were Julia Fenn and Katelynn Brooks in number one and two singles the winning match for the Lady Broncs came in number three doubles when the team of Belen Espada Wioque and Taylor Greeting took their match in three sets.
The Lady Broncs will be back in action today and tomorrow as they travel to a tournament in Rapid City.
#1 Reed Ritterbusch defeated Ben Fairbanks 6-2, 6-2
#2 Adam Berry lost to Josh Gilmore 4-6, 3-6
#1 Logan Garstad defeated Jackson Livingood 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
Turner Martini Peter Frank
#2 Lachlan Brenan lost to Fuller Ross 6-3, 6-2
Tristen Gamble Bily Frank
#3 Robert Meixsell lost to Ryan Levy 6-4, 6-3
Alex Benett Ryland Sauter
SHS: 2 Jackson: 3
#1 Julia Fenn defeated Michelle Slaughter 6-0, 6-0
#2 Katelynn Brooks defeated Ellie Kucera 6-2, 6-0
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL - The Sheridan Bronc football team opens the season tomorrow night at Laramie. We will have the game live for you on 14-10 KWYO the First Federal pregame show will start at 5:30 kickoff is at 6:00.
On the eve of the season Head coach Don Julian says the Broncs have done the hard work to be ready to start the season.
And Julian says the Bronc seniors have done a great job of being positive leaders for the underclassmen.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL - The Tongue River Eagles didn't play football in 2011, last year Head coach John Scott took over to rebuild the Eagles program and now in year two the team looks to move forward with the foundation that was built last year.
Scott talks about what has changed going into this year's season from the growing pains of 2012.
And he says the nice this about camp this year has been they are way ahead of where they were a year ago.
Results from the Big Horn Smokehouse Cup held Sunday August 25,at the Big Horn Equestrian Center:
Jan Pamela / Pony Bar & Grill defeated No Trees / Big Horn Beverage, 13-6.
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Fortunately, the Milk
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Dad has been left in charge of the house in Mom's absence and there is no milk for his children's cereal. Not much of a plot unless the author is Neil Gaiman. In the ultimate "the dog ate my homework" story, Dad explains why it took so long to get the milk. The story involves alien aduction, pirates, a dinosaur professor in a hot-air balloon, "wumpires," the space-time continuum- oh, you get the idea. Illustrator Skottie Young 's illustrations manage to match the zaniness of the plot. I'd write more, but I think Bigfoot needs help finding a book and there's the spell cast on the Youth Services Department and . . .
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A 28-year-old man traveling aboard a JetBlue flight from New York City to Salt Lake City Thursday faces two federal charges after he allegedly molested a minor seated next to him.
According to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court, the man began talking to the 17-year-old girl and was soon in a "deep conversation" with her that concluded with the exchange of a hug. During the conversation the man ordered a double Jack Daniels and Coke and let the teenager take a few sips of the drink.
At some point, the man draped a blanket over himself and the girl and they cuddled, the court filing states. They also exchanged some kisses before the teenager fell asleep. She awoke some time later and found the man was holding her down with one hand and touching her breast with the other.
As the teenager pushed the man away, he grabbed one of her hands and placed it over his genitalia while trying to cuddle with her again and then tried to place one of his hands down her pants. At that point, the teenager got out of her seat and told a flight attendant that, "The man next to me tried to put his hand down my pants and I'm a minor," the filing states.
The attendant kept the juvenile in the rear of the plane for the remainder of the flight and notified authorities at the Salt Lake International Airport of the alleged sexual misconduct. Airport officials contacted the FBI. A special agent and airport security met the plane at the gate and took the man into custody.
He told authorities he had cuddled with and kissed the girl before falling asleep with his arm around her. The man said when he awoke, his hand was on her breast. He also told investigators he had put his hand on her stomach, the filing states.
The man is charged with nonconsenual sexual contact and contact leading to a sexual act aboard an aircraft; the first offense is punishable by up to two years in prison and the second carries a penalty of up to three years in prison.
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Wright State quickly erased a 2-0 deficit with seven runs in the bottom of the first and went on to a 10-2 run-rule decision over Detroit Sunday at the WSU Softball Field, completing the series sweep.
After the Titans scored twice in the top of the first, the Raiders sent 12 batters to the plate in tallying seven in the bottom of the frame. After Jess Gorman led off with a double to left center, Hanna Floyd hit her second home run in as many days, a two-run shot off the scoreboard in left, to tie the game. Three straight singles by Alex Machen, Kaitlyn Kite and Taylor Knore loaded the bases and Kortney Tackett made it four in a row with a hit up the middle to drive in Machen and give WSU the lead for good.
One out later, Angie Clark walked to force in a run and Gorman was hit by a pitch with two outs to make it 5-2. Floyd then closed out the inning with a two-run single to left.
Reagan Stofcheck had an RBI single in the second and added another in the fourth to make it 9-2 and Wright State forced the run-rule in the fifth as Machen singled in Gorman.
Krystian DeWitt (10-12) picked up her third win of the series by pitching 3.2 innings of scoreless relief, scattering three hits and a walk while striking out two.
Offensively, Floyd, Machen, Kite, Tackett and Stofcheck each had two hits with Floyd driving in four and Stofcheck two. Gorman and Kite each scored twice.
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My DH (dear husband) yesterday was complaining about my SIL's 4 year old and said she's never punished when she acts up. He somehow then brought up spanking and that he thinks kids should be spanked for extreme behavior. That my BIL (brother-in-law) spanks but my SIL (sister-in-law) doesn't.
I was never spanked and I turned out just fine. Maybe I never did the "extreme" behavior he is referring to. I'm not so convinced he really means just "extreme." But, I'm just NOT ok with spanking at all. To the point that if he ever hits our child (yes I consider it hitting) I will leave. Unfortunately this didn't come up before we married...It makes me furious.
I told him that I am not ok with that at all. He said that he is and basically wasn't interested in discussing it. I told him that there needs to be a conversation about rules and punshments between he and I before anything ever occurs. But, he wasn't trying to talk about it.
It's ok if you respond that you spank. I'm not going to jump down your throat. Maybe a response that you do will calm me down that it isn't this horrid thing. But, I feel like it is. Especially when I look in the face of my lo. I can't imagine ever spanking her.
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Res publica non dominetur
With the passing of legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, I was reminded of the IBM "Prodigy" ad in which he appears. "Prodigy," quite frankly, is the best tech ad ever — ever (sorry, "1984," despite Apple's ad introducing not only the Macintosh but Ridley Scott's directing prowress) — and it joins Red Hat's "Truth Happens" (QuickTime / OGG versions) as two short video pieces I show people when talking about GNU/Linux.
The ad is here on YouTube. Take a minute and 33 seconds to watch. I'll wait. You may want to keep it open in another window to refer back to it.
What occurred to me while watching Wooden tell the kid, "A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that's teamwork" (emphasis mine), was that this quote applies not only to basketball in particular or sports in general, but specifically to those participating in making Free/Open Source Software work.
Watching the ad, then, with an eye toward how IBM addresses FOSS allowed me to watch with a new perspective. Other aspects of the ad also draw the same conclusions — pointing to the FOSS paradigm — even though all of those who instruct the lad don't impart anything that can be directly tied to FOSS.
An anthropologist tells him "Homo habalis was the first to use tools." It rings true because we are the first to use tools that we can't actually hold — the digital bits and bytes that course through our hardware and over the World Wide Web.
Harvard professor and Boston police harrassment victim Henry Louis Gates tells the boy, in what I think is the most profound English sentence in the ad, "Collecitng data is only the first step toward wisdom, but sharing data is the first step toward community." No additional commentary is needed there, and the overwhelming irony of having someone named Gates imparting something so profoundly insightful about the open source paradigm is almost too perfect.
A poet speaks: " Poetry. There's not much glory in poetry, only achievement." Replacing "poetry" with "FOSS programming" is a simple and complete fit.
Even the male narrator says, after the poet: "What he learns, we all learn. What he knows, we all benefit from." Where have we experienced that before?
Author Sylvia Nassar and actress/director Penny Marshall: Nassar says "One little thing can solve an incredibly complex problem," and who hasn't been there scripting or programming? Can I see a show of hands? I thought so. Marshall: "Everything's about timing, kid." Indeed.
Skipping over the businessman and the pilot — though the businessman does teach "constant improvement," which is a FOSS tenet — we get to the heart of the ad: The Latin teacher and the plumber — the intellectual and the worker — both stating profound truths that apply to life in general and FOSS in particular.
The Latin teacher: "Res publica non dominetur," which translates, as far as I can tell, literally to "(The) thing of the public (let) not be dominated" — more idiomatically, "Don't let something that belongs to the public get taken over by a despot" (thanks, Willy Smith, for the quote on the translation, from his more eloquent blog on the "Prodigy" ad here). Like the Gates quote, notihng to add here, however I think I'm going to add that phrase to my personal Coat of Arms.
And the plumber, with the most succinct and direct quote: "Plumbing. It's all about the tools." Which the same can be said for FOSS: It's all about the tools.
The others may or may not speak directly to the FOSS paradigm and philosophy, with the remote exception of Muhammad Ali's chiling yet inspiring two sentences: "Speak your mind. Don't back down." I'm trying to find where the guitar player, the soccer player, the astronomer and the pilot fit in, but nevertheless, it seems that seven years ago, IBM did the Free/Open Source Software community a huge favor by producing this ad.
[Thanks again to Willy Smith for his insightful blog, which not only helped me translate the Latin, but also points out better than I do the FOSS nuances of this ad.]
(Fedora ambassador Larry Cafiero runs Redwood Digital Research in Felton, California, and is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
June 15, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Another good one. Very positive.
If you expand FOSS to Open Source Everything what are the possibilities?
McElligot's Pool thats what Open Source is. Our protagonist Marco is filled
with the wonder of what might be. Imagine where science, all science would be if the practitioners in all fields could share, free from any restrictions? And with Open Source Education, well there sure would be lots and lots more science types to do that free sharing. Maybe Open Source Government would keep it all honest and above board? Hey even LtFSG would have more time on his hands then.
Marcos was a bit of a dreamer, I think Larry and I both are also.
Open Source Dreamers.
Larry, I wish I could write like you. But for now I'll just go get those
May 23, 2011 at 7:02 am
"I'm trying to find where the guitar player, the soccer player, the astronomer and the pilot fit in"
those are application in Linux you will be able to use, works for artist,astronomers, designers, architects, instrumentation, ETC…


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