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Sandy • Landon Donovan crouched behind the ball and waited.
After 45 minutes of sluggish and relatively uninspired play, the U.S. trailed underdog Cuba 1-0, in front of more than 17,500 restless fans at Rio Tinto Stadium.
So when the referee blew his whistle, Donovan wasted no time. The United States' all-time leading goal scorer hardly needed a step toward the ball to bring his team level with a penalty kick just before halftime.
And when the U.S. came out of the locker room, that urgency was still there.
"At halftime, I just told them, 'Guys, you've got to speed it up here a level or two,' " said U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann.
The Americans did just that, scoring three second-half goals to beat Cuba 4-1 and advance to the Gold Cup quarterfinals. The victory was the seventh in a row for the U.S., matching the country's best-ever mark, a run that ended with the 2007 Gold Cup title.
Klinsmann expected a tough test from a defensive-minded Cuba, particularly in the first half.
"These types of games, you've got to do double as much work as the opponent," he said, "because they sit deep … and it makes it tough to break them down."
In the first half, while the Americans looked content to possess the ball and make safe passes, it was the Cubans who struck first.
A streaking Ariel Martinez Gonzales beat U.S. left back Edgar Castillo to the end line and found a teammate waiting inside the box. United States captain Oguchi Onyewu was too late closing out on Jose Ciprian Alfonso, who netted a terrific goal.
"We lost focus for a minute and they countered," said goalkeeper Nick Rimando, one of three Real Salt Lake players who started the match. "[But] the one thing you don't have to do is panic there."
With time winding down, Castillo was upended while running with the ball in the box, setting up Donovan's penalty kick. The equalizer was Donovan's 52nd international goal.
The U.S. took control in the second half. After a handful of near-misses, midfielder Joe Corona broke the stalemate in the 60th minute, when a ball fell to his feet at the top of the 18-yard box and he blasted it past Cuban keeper Odelin Molina for his first international goal.
"As the game kept going, we wore them down and we managed to open those spaces," Corona said.
RSL captain Kyle Beckerman helped seal the U.S. victory with his second assist to forward Chris Wondolowski in as many games, causing the hometown crowd to chant Beckerman's name.
"Both those crosses that he's whipped in have been just superb," the forward said of Beckerman. "It makes my job easy, where I just pick out a certain run and just try to get across my defender."
Wondolowski later tapped in one more in the 85th minute, his sixth goal for the U.S. in his last three matches.
The U.S. next faces Costa Rica and RSL forward Alvaro Saborio as group play continues. After dominating Belize and Cuba, Klinsmann called Costa Rica the next benchmark for his team.
"We need now games where we are eye to eye with the opponent," Klinsmann said, "where we know it's going to come down to the wire."
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By Rev. Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder, Ph.D."The old avocations by which colored men obtained a livelihood are rapidly, unceasingly and inevitably passing into other hands; every hour sees the black man elbowed out of employment by some newly arrived emigrant, whose hunger and whose color are thought to give him a better title to the place."-Frederick Douglass "Learn Trades or Starve" (1853)The Obama Administration and a bipartisan group in the Senate are making serious turns to tac … [Read more...]
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Aortic aneurysm repair - endovascular- dischargeAAA repair - endovascular - discharge; Repair - aortic aneurysm - endovascular - discharge; EVAR - discharge; Endovascular aneurysm repair - discharge
You had endovascular aortic surgery repair to repair an aneurysm (a widened part) in your aorta, the large artery that carries blood to your belly (abdomen), pelvis, and legs.
Your doctor made a small incision (cut) near your groin to find your femoral artery. Then your doctor inserted a stent and a manmade (synthetic) graft through the incision into the artery. The doctor used x-rays to guide the stent and graft up into your aorta where the aneurysm was located. The graft and stent were then opened up and attached to the walls of the aorta.
What to Expect at Home
If the doctor put a catheter in through your groin to place the graft:
- You can walk short distances on a flat surface. Limit going up and downstairs to around 2 times a day for the first 2 to 3 days after the procedure.
- Do NOT do yard work, drive, or play sports for at least 2 days, or for the number of days your doctor tells you to wait.
You will need to take care of your incision.
- Your doctor or nurse will tell you how often to change your dressing.
- If your incision bleeds or swells up, lie down and put pressure on it for 30 minutes.
Walk short distances 3 to 4 times a day. Slowly increase how far you walk each time. When you are not walking, try to keep your legs higher than the level of your heart.
Ask your doctor about follow-up x-rays you will need to have to check if your new graft is okay.
Your doctor may ask you to take aspirin or another medicine called clopidogrel (Plavix) when you go home. These medicines are blood thinners. They keep your blood from forming clots in your arteries or stent. Do not stop taking them without talking with your doctor first.
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Lifestyle Changes
Endovascular surgery does not cure the cause of your aneurysm. Your arteries may become wide again. To prevent the aneurysm from coming back:
- Eat a heart-healthy diet, exercise, stop smoking (if you smoke), and reduce stress to help lower your chances of having a blocked artery again.
- Your health care provider may give you medicine to help lower your cholesterol. See also: Cholesterol - drug treatment
- If you were given medicines for blood pressure or diabetes, take them as your doctor has asked you to.
When to Call the Doctor
Call your doctor or nurse if:
- You have pain in your belly or back that does not go away or is very bad.
- There is bleeding at the catheter insertion site that does not stop when pressure is applied.
- There is swelling over at the catheter site.
- Your leg or arm below where the catheter was inserted changes color, becomes cool to the touch, pale, or numb.
- The small incision for your catheter becomes red or painful, or yellow or green discharge is draining from it.
- Your legs are swelling.
- You have chest pain or shortness of breath that does not go away with rest.
- You have dizziness or fainting, or you are very tired.
- You are coughing up blood or yellow or green mucus.
- You have chills or a fever over 101 °F.
- You have blood in your stools.
- You are not able to move your legs.
- If your belly starts to swell and is painful.
De Bruin JL, Baas AF, Buth J, Prinssen M, Verhoeven EL, Cuypers PW, van Sambeek MR, Balm R, Grobbee DE, Blankensteijn JD; DREAM Study Group. Long-term outcome of open or endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. N Engl J Med. 2010 May 20;362(20):1881-9.
Gloviczki P, Ricotta JJ II. Aneurysmal vascular disease. In: Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 65.
Greenhalgh RM, Powell JT. Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 31;358(5):494-501.
Lederle FA, Kane RL, MacDonald R, Wilt TJ. Systematic review: repair of unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Ann Intern Med. 2007 May 15;146(10):735-41.
Review Date: 2/10/2011
Reviewed By: Shabir Bhimji, MD, PhD, Specializing in General Surgery, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Midland, TX. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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Hyundai is blurring class lines with the Veloster. It's got doors like a coupe yet it's shaped like a hatchback. No matter what it's called, the Veloster is designed to win over just about everyone. With attractive and unique asymmetrical styling and a sporty demeanor, the Veloster is loaded with standard features that set it apart. Add to that best-in-class interior volume and high-quality materials, with a base price just over $18,000, and the Hyundai Veloster is hard to beat.
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A new Rally Edition arrives for 2016 with unique wheels, special paint and sportier tuning. The Veloster Turbo gets a new and improved 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. The Veloster also gets optional Siri Eyes Free integration for 2016.
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The Hyundai Veloster is unique. It's an adventurous and daring design, an interesting combination of hatchback with smart packaging, sport coupe with appealing quirks, and activity vehicle. If you want different, the Veloster is for you. Many vehicles have tried like this to be a combination of things, but we can't think of any that have succeeded like the Veloster.
However, if it's a jack of three trades, it's master of none, and sometimes even feels like a coupe that makes no compromises, good mostly for young singles or couples. It's definitely not a four-person commuter. It has one door on the driver's side and a short rear door on the passenger side. Call it a three-door coupe or a four-door (not five-door) hatchback.
The standard engine is a 1.6-liter four-cylinder making 138 horsepower, with either a 6-speed manual transmission or a dual-clutch automatic, both good. Being based on the subcompact Accent, it gets a penny-pinching 27/35 miles per gallon City/Highway rating from the EPA. If you want more torque, and you might, there is Veloster twin-scroll Turbo that makes 201 hp and 195 pound-feet of torque, with a 6-speed manual or paddle-shifting automatic, which can handle the torque better than the twin-clutch. It can spurt to 60 mph in about seven seconds, with better brakes and grippier tires, and gets about three mpg less.
There's also the Veloster Turbo R-Spec model with a firmer suspension, tighter electric power steering, B&M sport shifter and sporty interior trim. Meanwhile some things are stripped, such as the pushbutton starter, electroluminescent gauges, mirror turn signals, and leather heated seats.
New for 2016 are the standard 17-inch and optional 18-inch alloy wheels, black seats with yellow inserts, and a seven-inch touch screen with navigation, HD Radio, Apple Siri, SiriusXM Travel Link, and the latest Blue Link telematics.
In government NHTSA crash testing, the Veloster gets five stars overall with four stars in frontal impact and rollover. The IIHS rates it Marginal in the small frontal overlap test (telephone pole), Acceptable in side impact, and the top Good rating all other categories.
The 2016 Hyundai Veloster 3-door coupe with 6-speed manual retails for $18,000, and with the twin clutch automatic it's $19,100.
Veloster Turbo with manual retails for $22,600; Veloster Turbo with paddle-shifting automatic lists for $23,800. Options on the Turbo include leather, 18-inch wheels, rearview camera and huge panoramic sunroof. (All prices are MSRP and do not include destination charge.)
We wouldn't call the Hyundai Veloster beautiful, despite its curvaceous roofline, just distinctive, with proportions unlike anything else on the road. There's not a lot of trim tarting it up; instead, it stands out with the use of LED headlamps and taillamps, a big black grille, and side skirts.
Inside, the Veloster tosses some conventions aside, although it doesn't set trends like the sheetmetal does. Not unless you count the motorcycle-inspired bits, for example a center console that's intended to look like a bike saddle, and air vents suggesting tailpipes. There's a good number of nooks, bins and cubbies. On the Turbo, there's a giant start button.
For a compact car it's spacious in front, but in the rear it's only playful, not exactly practical. The small door makes climbing in and out a challenge for adults. It works better with the rear seat dropped for a road trip for two, or for carrying gear for a weekend.
As the engine comes from the humble Accent, some dynamic parts come from the unexciting Elantra, but thanks to good engineering the Veloster doesn't seem to suffer. Both transmissions are good, and the base engine, if shy on torque, is quite happy to rev. Meanwhile the Turbo's 195 foot-pounds of torque are available at low revs.
The cornering is fairly flat and mostly crisp, although on patchy pavement it can get unsettled. The Turbo gets stronger brakes and tires with more grip, for more aggressive dynamics. However, the steering offers weighting and feedback that's less precise than we would have liked. The R-Spec adds a stiffer suspension and B&M sport shifter. The ride is less comfortable than the turbo, without offering much better performance.
If you like the quirky looks (we do), and can live with the single small rear door (we can), the Hyundai Veloster has a lot going for it. Decent power and cornering, good transmissions. It turns heads, is fun to drive, and gets great fuel mileage.
Sam Moses contributed to this report.
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|Excise Tax Technical Changes Act of 1958.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "Excise Tax Technical Changes Act of 1958".
(b) AMENDMENT OF 1954 CODE.—Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise provided, the amendments and repeals made by title I of this Act shall take effect on the first day of the first calendar quarter which begins more than 60 days after the date on which this Act is enacted. For effective dates of amendments made by title II of this Act, see section 210.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 32 (manufacturers excise taxes) is amended by striking out sections 4220 to 4225, inclusive, and by inserting after section 4219 the following:
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MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Brewers today announced details of its "Fan-Tastic Forty" promotion that will award prizes to fans who purchase Season Seat packages for the 2012 season. All fans purchasing or renewing ticket packages of 20 games or more will have an opportunity to win a variety of unique prizes and experiences spread out over 40 days. From Monday, January 16 through Friday, February 24, one Season Seat Holder per day will be selected to win a designated prize in the promotion.
Fans must purchase or renew a 20-game package or above to qualify for the drawing. Purchases made prior to today will already have an entry in the contest. Purchases made within the 40 days will be eligible for the next day's drawing and remainder of the prizes. For example, a purchase on January 19 will be eligible for all prizes from January 20 – February 24. The last day to purchase to be eligible for prizes is Friday, February 17.
"This program debuted last year with some incredible, unique prizes and it was extraordinarily popular with our fans," said Brewers Chief Operating Officer Rick Schlesinger. We are always looking for opportunities to reward Season Seat Holders for their ongoing support, and this promotion is a fun way to start the New Year."
Fans looking to renew or get more information about new packages are welcome to call (414) 902-HITS (4487) or visit brewers.com/fan40. Full sweepstakes rules are also available at the website.
Prizes include signing a Major League contract for a day (including big league pay), a $1,000 Shopping Spree in the Brewers Team Store by Majestic, and 2013 season tickets at 1982 pricing.
A complete list of prizes along with the date they will be selected follows:
January 16 – Team Store Shopping Spree. Win $1,000 to spend in the Brewers Team Store by Majestic during a private shopping session.
January 17 –Your Very Own Ticket. For one game during the 2012 season, your photo will be printed on every season ticket.
January 18 – Signed Bat & Jersey. Win an autographed bat and jersey from your favorite current Brewers player.
January 19 – Free Parking for the Season. Enjoy complimentary Preferred Parking for every game in your 2012 ticket plan.
January 20 – Timber Rattlers Experience. Be in uniform as a member of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, the Brewers Class A Affiliate during their 2012 game at Miller Park.
January 21 – Gehl Club 4-Pack. Enjoy the luxurious Gehl Club experience with three friends for four games during the 2012 season.
January 22 – Pizza for a Year. Win a one-year supply of Palermo's Pizza.
January 23 – Slide Down Bernie's Slide. Get a chance to go down Bernie's slide, just like the Brewers mascot.
January 24 – Party Suite for you and 29 Friends. Take in a 2012 home game with 29 of your friends from a spacious Party Suite, complete with food and beverage.
January 25 –Owner's Seats at Miller Park. Sit in the owner's seats for a game with three friends and enjoy a visit from Brewers executives.
January 26 – Shadow a Brewers Beat Writer. Shadow brewers.com beat writer Adam McCalvy from pregame through the 9th inning for a 2012 home game.
January 27 – You in the Team Photo. You will be included in an unofficial team photo with the 2012 Brewers roster and coaching staff.
January 28 – Private Party in the Clubhouse. Host a fully-catered party for you and 19 guests during the offseason in the Visitors' Clubhouse at Miller Park.
January 29 – Signed & Framed Greinke/Gallardo 200 Ks Print. Receive a one-of-a-kind autographed 200 strikeout commemorative print of Zack Greinke and Yovani Gallardo.
January 30 – Keeper of the Grounds. Be a groundskeeper for one game during the 2012 season.
January 31 – Miller Lite Beerpen Experience. Enjoy a 2012 home game in the Miller Lite Beerpen on a Friday night with 29 of your friends.
February 1 – Tour the Roof. Take a tour of the Miller Park roof and experience the best view of Miller Park.
February 2 – Throw Out the First Pitch. Throw out the first pitch prior to a 2012 Brewers home game, plus receive a personalized Brewers jersey.
February 3 – Hitting Lesson with Brewers Hitting Coach. Win a private lesson from Brewers Hitting Coach Johnny Narron while you and a guest take batting practice before a game at Miller Park.
February 4 – Signed & Framed Braun MVP Print. Receive a one-of-a-kind autographed commemorative MVP print of Ryan Braun.
February 5 – $500 in Concession Vouchers. Receive $500 in food and beverage vouchers, courtesy of DNC Sportservice.
February 6 – Press Pass. Enjoy pre-game dinner and take in three innings from the Brewers Press Box. Enjoy the remainder of the game from Field Diamond Box seats.
February 7 – Manage the Mini Sausage Race. Win all five spots as Mini Racing Sausages in the Sunday relay race during the 6th inning of a 2012 home game, plus eight Field Level tickets to the game.
February 8 – You in Control. Watch three innings of a 2012 home game from the Scoreboard Control Room and see firsthand how the scoreboard works.
February 9 – Club Suite Party with Doug. You and nine guests will sit in a Club Suite for a game complete with food and beverage, and enjoy a visit from Brewers General Manager Doug Melvin.
February 10 – Autographed Baseballs. Take home a set of baseballs autographed by each member of the 2012 Brewers starting rotation.
February 11 – Movie Night on the Big Screen. You and seven friends will enjoy a private movie screening on the scoreboard at Miller Park.
February 12 – Catered Tailgate Party. Enjoy a Pavilion party prior to a 2012 Brewers home game, catered by DNC Sportservice. Includes 20 game tickets.
February 13 – Game of Catch with a Brewers Reliever. Play catch with, and receive pitching insight from a Brewers relief pitcher.
February 14 – Watch the Action with Bernie. Enjoy the life of Bernie Brewer and watch three innings of a 2012 Brewers home game with him in his dugout.
February 15 – Owner's Box Seats at Wrigley. Sit in the Visiting Owner's Box at Wrigley Field. Includes transportation and tickets for two on the Amtrak Hiawatha Service.
February 16 – Klement's Sausage for a Year. Receive a one-year supply of Klement's sausage products.
February 17 – Club Suite with a Brewers Alum. You and nine guests will sit in a Club Suite for a 2012 home game, complete with food and beverage, and enjoy a visit from a former Brewers player.
February 18 – VIP Luncheon. You and a guest will sit at the head table during the 2011 Season Seat Holder Luncheon in the NYCE Stadium Club with two Brewers players and/or coaches and Brewers executives. Take home an autographed baseball from each player and/or coach.
February 19 – View from the Bullpen. You and five friends will sit in the Brewers bullpen as the Brewers take batting practice prior to a 2012 home game.
February 20 – You in the Brewers Radio Booth. Spend an inning in the Brewers radio booth during a 2012 home game.
February 21 – Signed Opening Day Baseballs. Take home a set of nine baseballs each autographed by a member of the Brewers starting lineup on Opening Day.
February 22 – Signed and Framed NLDS Photo. Receive a signed photo of the celebration following the Brewers NLDS Game 5 win.
February 23 – Turn Back the Clock Pricing. Receive 1982 pricing for your 2013 season tickets.
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UPDATE: while we were wowed by the Samsung UE55F8000 when it launched, newer rivals such as the Panasonic TX-P55VT65B and Philips 55PFL8008 are even more awesome. For that reason the Samsung has dropped to a still very respectable 4 stars. Check out our full, updated Top 10 here.
The first of the 2013 TVs has landed and it's a doozy. After all, this 55in edge-lit LED screen promises a shiny new Smart Hub, new features and better all-round performance. Does that all add up to the best TV money can buy? Let's see...
picture quality
Last year's Samsung screens dazzled with vibrant colours and impressive contrast – but you can sometimes have too much of a good thing. The UE55F8000 has the mix just right: colours are subtler with a natural balance, while black levels are inky deep. And there's enough clarity and crisp detail to count every freckle on Emma Stone's face. Not that we've tried...
metal arc stand
The new metal arc stand has been designed to create a 'floating display' effect, and while it looks sufficiently floaty, there is an issue: the stand is as wide as the screen itself, which at 120cm is too long for your standard-issue AV rack and leaves the whole thing prone to tipping forward. Not good for the nerves after splashing two and a half grand on a telly.
We tend to bemoan the thin and harsh sound that plagues most flat screen TVs. But not so with the UE55F8000 – two mid/treble drivers are supplemented by two woofers, providing a total of 40W of oomph for meatier and cleaner audio. You might want to hook it up to a surround system, but we were quite happy listening to it on its own.
power and performance
Lurking behind that 55in Ultra Clear Panel lies a powerful quad-core processor – a world first for smart LED TVs. Its addition brings a smartphone-esque slickness to proceedings: flicking through the redesigned Smart Hub panels is swift, while browsing and selecting apps is noticeably quicker too.
voice control
Voice control is improved after its debut in last year's Samsung UE55ES8000: it's faster and you speak into the Smart Touch remote rather than yelling at the telly. But it's not quite Tony Stark's JARVIS: it still struggles with simple phrases, and some words get lost in translation. So fuss straightening.
Smart Hub and S Recommendation
The new Smart Hub is swanky. Broadcast TV, apps, social networking (Facebook, Twitter), streaming services (iPlayer, Lovefilm, Netflix and more) and stored media are presented across a slick, user-friendly interface that means you're only ever a click or a swipe from what you want.
Not just a pretty face, this Sammy's also a clever clogs. The S-Recommendation tool notes your viewing habits and offers similar shows and online content for your perusal. It gets even more personalised over time so if it suggests something like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia during this week's Question Time, it's finally got you pegged.
A 5MP camera pops out of the top Jack-in-the-box style to fulfil your Skyping needs and bring Samsung's motion-control feature to life. It's much improved, with effective two-handed gesture recognition for waving through menus and panning and zooming images. You might have to find a new place to put your Wii's infra-red sensor or Kinect, though.
what comes bundled?
Despite trends among the fashionable folk of the world and contrary to what is supposed to make a person geeky, we're still loath to wear glasses. But the bundled 3D specs are light and it's not as if we'll be wearing them to the pub. You get two pairs included with the TV.
Samsung's sleek remote deserves its own presentation cushion, not to be lost down the sofa. Swipe across it, speak into it, even scrawl channel numbers onto it. Buttons? Pah! Buttons belong with Ceefax and visions of nuclear armageddon.
Samsung UE55F8000 vs Sony KDL-55HX853
Review by Kashfia Kabir


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McDonald Ganisyeje showing the Minister of Tourism Hon. Daniel Liwimbi MP and other top government officials from the Ministry and Department of National Parks and Wildlife how the solar cookers work.
- See also: Global Calendar of Events and Past events in Malawi
- October 2015: - In June 2015, United Village Transformation, led by Claudia Sansone, adopted a rural village near Daeyang Luke Hospital in Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi. The United Village Transformation team opened a preschool and provided agriculture and medical resources to the village. They also distributed several CooKits. Claudia Sansone reports that the villagers were very enthusiastic about the solar cookers and were eager to begin using them.
- September 2013: Inspiration from Solar cookers International fosters a CooKit introduction project in Malawi - Claudia Sansone, whose interest in solar cookers began when she met with current Solar Cookers International board member, AJ Lederman, and then SCI board member Pat McArdle, at a UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York in 2011. Sansone says that after she read McArdle's novel Farishta, she was convinced that solar cooking could be successfully introduced in Malawi. With guidance from SCI executive director Julie Greene in Sacramento, California, USA, Sansone purchased several CooKits. She used these cookers to make templates, and then produced a number of the solar panel cookers to distribute. Traveling with her family to Malawi, she hosted classes and demonstrations on solar cooking with the CooKits. With a friend, she taught the women at Elizabeth Chikoya's Women's Development Center and members of the Gogo Grandmothers how to make more solar cookers with locally available materials. Read more at: Malawi and Solar Cookers International
- November 2012: Update from the Care and Support Network - The Care and Support Network is producing both parabolic solar cookers and CooKits and the women from Chimwemwe Centre produce briquettes from waste papers, sawdust, and maize husks as alternative source of energy. The theme of the function for this year was 'Tourism and Sustainable Energy' hence our presence there. We explained to the top government including the Minister of Tourism who visited our stands that use of solar cookers and briquettes is an alternative source of energy to using firewood and will help us protect our forests that are being depleted at an alarming rate. The Minister was impressed and bought one parabolic solar cooker the same day. Leading by example J! Land and Lake Safaris, a Tour Operator where McDonald Ganisyeje works full time provided logistical support for the solar cookers to be available at The Lilongwe Wildlife Centre where one of the parabolic solar cookers is stationed for demonstrating to the public. Land and Lake Safaris also provides waste papers from the office through the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre where the women collect them and make use for making the briquettes.
- March 2011: Sun Ovens, an Illinois, USA company, joins forces with the Rotary Club of Naperville, Illinois to help promote solar cooking for the people of Malawi, Africa. Given the economic and health struggles the country is currently facing, this population will benefit greatly from having access to safer and healthier food. The Global Sun Ovens they brought were perfect in slow cooking the "seven grains" diet given to people living with AIDS. This is a nutritious blend of seven wholesome grains that, when softened, provide patients the best nutrition without being too heavy or harsh on their digestion. Prior to the introduction of solar ovens, people would use a huge amount of fuel like charcoal or firewood to soften these grains. Now, all they have to do is to harness the power of the sun to cook their food. This minimizes their exposure to cooking fumes and the need to gather fuel. More Information...
- August 2010: Former African Parks Network volunteer, Pierre de Winter and his friend Mijntje van Kemenade returned to Majete Wildlife Reserve in July this year to introduce a solar cooking project to the boundary communities of Majete. The aim of the project is to train a group of women in solar cooking and the use of CooKit, demonstrating an alternative to traditional unsustainbable methods of cooking with firewood. In August, two trainers, McDonald Ganisyeje and Justin Namizinga, held the first session to train one woman selected from each CBO, and the community extension of staff of Majete.
- April 2007: McDonald Ganisyeje reports that a solar cooker construction workshop has opened in Nkhotakota, with three employees. Solar CooKits cost about $5.40 to produce, using heavy cardboard that is cut by hand. Ganisyeje hopes to open additional workshops in the Chiradzulu District and the Mchinji-Lilongwe area. Contact: McDonald Ganisyeje
- November 2006: McDonald Ganisyeje of Malawi teamed up with Dr. Jan Snyder of United States in mid-2006 to build 53 panel-type solar cookers similar to the CooKit. These cookers will be sold, with the proceeds used to purchase supplies to build greater numbers of solar cookers to reach ever greater numbers of families. The project will target the Lilongwe and Nkhotakota areas first, and if all goes well will expand to other areas. Contact: McDonald Ganisyeje, Land & Lake Safaris, Box 2140, Lilongwe, Malawi. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
- November 2006: As part of a teaching program to promote pasteurization of drinking water, Earl Stanley sent 100 of Solar Cookers International's water pasteurization indicators (WAPIs) to the Touching Hearts organization for use in Malawi. The WAPIs were distributed by Rev. Max Jawati. "It fills me with great joy and satisfaction," Jawati said, "to report to you that the WAPIs we received … were successfully tested by 50 families in the rural villages and are life and cost effective." He noted that the WAPIs not only worked well when pasteurizing with solar energy, but also when pasteurizing over wood or charcoal fires. Contact: Michele Dixon, Touching Hearts, Inc., P.O. Box 761, Novi, Michigan 48376, USA. E-mail: email@example.com
- July 2005: In the first year of his latest solar cooking project, Hosana Nyirenda hoped to train 30 women to make and use solar cookers. Ultimately, 42 women and eight men were trained. (Forty of them learned how to teach others.) Sixty-seven solar cooking demonstrations were conducted, raising solar cooking awareness of some 4,500 adults and children. A few communities are considering solar cooker projects of their own. Nyirenda's project was supported by the Lilongwe Rotary Club. Funds are sought to extend the project to other areas of Malawi and to focus on serving those who suffer from HIV/AIDS. Contact Hosana Nyirenda through the Lilongwe Rotary.
An unusual sponsor of solar cooking in Malawi is the non-profit organization, Peace Child International. One of its programs called Be the Change (BTC) challenges young people to make a difference in their communities. In Malawi the youth action work focuses on solar cooking. One young man proposed to his colleagues that they make and sell solar cookers as a BTC project. With a very small budget, they did all planning and implementation of the project. By 2001,the group has been able to provide 50 village families with solar cookers in 9 different villages. The group has reached out for support from organizations in Germany and Austria, and has also been aided in locating reflective materials by a Malawian business, Universal Industries. (Source: Solar Cooker Review, November 2001)
A quite different type program in Malawi was reported on at the [[Kimberly meetings]] in South Africa in 2000. The country has excellent solar insolation and severe deforestation in some areas. The Department of Energy Affairs has established a Renewable Energy Program, which intends to promote a range of renewable devices, including solar cookers. Using box cookers sold through a micro-financing scheme, the project intends to establish distribution centers across the country. A private business, the Zako Solar Cookers Industry is the principle manufacturer of ovens, and nongovernmental organizations are assisting in the distribution.
To begin, a national planning workshop was held. Various stakeholders came together to divide up the tasks involved in presenting a series of demonstrations on energy saving measures. Participatory principles were stressed and a choice of optional renewable energy modes offered to people. The foci of the project included both arresting environmental degradation and the reduction of poverty.
Information presented at Kimberly described the program at a very early stage. Follow up to ascertain results of the project had not yet been accomplished. This project, started by governmental initiative, is an important development in Africa where the bulk of solar cooking work has been done through non-governmental organizations, many from outside the continent (Kimberly, p. 67).
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Solar Cookers International has rated Malawi as the #20 country in the world in terms of solar cooking potential (See: The 25 countries with the most solar cooking potential). The estimated number of people in Malawi with fuel scarcity but ample sun in 2020 is 2,700,000.
Malawi has a renewable energy component in its school curriculum.
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- Wikipedia article on the climate of Malawi
- Discussion of southern Africa's suitability for solar cooking
- Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables
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- September 2016: Poverty, Drought and Felled Trees Imperil Malawi Water Supply - New York Times
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text: Apparently Robin Thicke and Paula Patton enjoyed threesomes. At some point she became aware that he was using this as an excuse to pick up women for himself and Paula turned a blind eye to most of it as long as he was discreet. The whole butt grab thing though embarrassed her and brought his womanizing to the public eye. He promised to only talk to other women or party with other women if Paula was around. That lasted for about a week. As recently as last week Paula caught him with another woman and that is when she decided to finally leave. It was not the first time she busted him since his promise and she got tired of it and didn't want to be embarrassed again when one of the women inevitably sold photos or a story and look like a fool. So, buh bye.


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DENVER (AP) -- Nolan Arenado hit a go-ahead double in the seventh inning and the Colorado Rockies beat Pittsburgh 3-2 Sunday for a three-game sweep of the NL Central-leading Pirates.
The Pirates came to Coors Field this weekend with a five-game winning streak. They hold a three-game edge over St. Louis, and visit the Cardinals for a three-game series starting Tuesday night.
Pedro Alvarez homered for the Pirates.


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Next Egyptian President´s Job Is Ill-Defined (WSJ) WALL STREET JOURNAL) By MATT BRADLEY CAIRO, EGYPT 05/14/12)
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Elections Begin Next Week, as a Fight Over the Constitutional- Drafting Process Leaves Unsettling Void in Power Structure
CAIROAs Egyptians prepare for what many hope will be their country´s first free presidential elections next week, an impasse between liberal politicians and Islamists over a new constitution means candidates are vying for an ill-defined role.
An impasse between Egypt´s liberal politicians and Islamists over a new constitution means candidates are vying for an ill-defined role. As Egyptians prepare for what many hope will be their country´s first free presidential elections next week,
Weeks of disagreement over who will write Egypt´s next constitution have dashed hopes that the founding document will be written before elections end in mid-June. That puts Egyptians in the unusual position of voting for a president whose powers and relationship to other government bodies are vague.
"Now we will have a president. What is the authority of this president? He will have to fight for this authority," said Nigad Al Boreai, a liberal-minded human-rights attorney.
The debate, centering on who will sit in the assembly charged with drafting a new constitution, is part of a wider power struggle among Egypt´s branches of government. A constitutional voidin which a lame- duck military leadership, a military-appointed cabinet of ministers, an Islamist-dominated parliament, and soon, a president will battle for power in a political arena bound by few rulesthreatens to unsettle Egypt´s first steps toward civilian rule.
Egyptian politicians are divided as to whether an existing constitutional declaration, passed unilaterally by the interim military regime last year, provides the checks and balances needed to guide the presidency through the months before parliament can appoint a constitutional congress, draft the founding document and put it to the Egyptian public for approval.
Liberal-minded politicians who enjoy little representation in parliamentargue that the military should issue a stop-gap constitutional declaration to delineate presidential powers in places where the 63-article constitutional declaration is too vague. The articles say little about the power of the presidency to wage war or dissolve parliament, for example.
Some politicians suspect that any military declaration would lean toward empowering the new president at the expense of the Islamist- dominated legislature. A moderate Islamist, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, and a secular-minded former diplomat, Amr Moussa, are the frontrunners in the vote set to begin Wednesday.
Members of Egypt´s Islamist-dominated parliament, for their part, say an additional constitutional declaration is unnecessary. They say that the military´s March 2011 constitutional declaration is comprehensive enough to govern the presidency before a new version can be drafted.
Both arguments reflect a fundamental disagreement over how the new constitution should be written. Islamist politicians, particularly from the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, hope Egypt will adopt a parliamentary system like that of Britain.
Islamist presidential candidates, such as the Brotherhood´s Mohamed Morsi, have so far had an unimpressive showing in their presidential bids.
A parliament-dominated constitution would empower Islamists and give them authority over the cabinet of ministers who handle the government´s day-to-day administration.
More-liberal politicians, meanwhile, hope to see a mixed presidential- parliamentary system like the one in Franceone that would offer a strong executive hand to check the Islamists in parliament.
Ahmed Said, the leader of the secular-minded Free Egyptians Party, said of Islamist politicians, "The horrifying thing that we have right now is that I have seen the greed in their eyes to take over everything very quickly." Mr. Said is among a few dozen politicians negotiating the terms of the constituent assembly.
The constitutional process was never supposed to be this bumpy. A nationwide referendum in March, 2011, gave parliament the power to nominate the constituent assembly. But the articleswhich were overwhelmingly approved by the public didn´t specify the terms by which Parliament would nominate the 100-person assembly.
After the parliament voted to stack the constituent assembly with conservative lawmakers, a supreme administrative court suspended it last month on grounds the new body was unrepresentative of the public at large and that parliament can´t legally determine its own role in the assembly.
But negotiations among political parties to reform the constituent assembly have taken weeks. The debate hinges on how many of document´s drafters will draw from the parliament itself or from various institutions such as labor groups, professional organizations and religious bodies.
Representatives from the Brotherhood´s political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, who enjoy a dominant plurality in parliament, argue that the military´s own constitutional declaration stipulates that the legislature should decide who will draft the new constitution.
Osama Yassin, an FJP member of parliament who is negotiating over the constitutional drafting process with other political parties, said he expected the parliament to draft a law governing the constituent assembly this week.
That will still leave the question of presidential powers unresolved only six weeks before the ruling generals have promised to transfer power to an elected president. (Copyright © Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) 05/14/12)
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Treasury Secretary: Big Tax Reform Coming Soon
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the Trump administration is close to unveiling "major tax reform." At a financial summit Thursday, Mnuchin said tax reform will get done regardless of what happens with healthcare.
Earlier this week, President Trump said healthcare will have to be resolved before sweeping tax reform can be taken up in Congress. House Republican leaders are floating a new proposal to repeal and replace Obamacare. That follows last month's collapse of the House GOP healthcare bill.
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Step 1: Design your project and collect the tools materials
We've designed these wooden box shelves for heavyweight storage and incredibly easy construction. Use them for hats and gloves, books, games and toys, or even laundry supplies. Custom-size them for whatever space you have available and for whatever it is that needs a home.
You'll be able to build one large box from a sheet of plywood and have a bit left over for another box. Any veneered 1/2-in. plywood will work, but we suggest birch because the grain doesn't show through paint. Buy a quart of woodworker's glue, and 3/4-in. and 1-in. brads for your nail gun. If you don't have a nailer, you can hand-nail, but it will be a bit of a struggle. You'll also need fast-drying wood filler. Buy a quart of B-I-N or KILZ primer and a quart of latex enamel paint in the color of your choice. If you choose a gloss finish, be aware that if you don't pay attention to filling and sanding, every single imperfection will proudly display itself. Also pick up some mini rollers (Photo 6) for applying the finishes. And finally, a flush-trim router bit will speed up the final trimming (Photo 4). That way you can cut the outer panels a little long and achieve perfectly flush ends without the hassle of precise cutting.
Step 2: Cut out the parts
It's easiest to rip the parts on a table saw, but you can use a circular saw and a ripping guide. If that's your plan, use a crosscutting guide (Photo 1) when you cut the lengths. Use fine-tooth crosscutting blades for both types of saws. After deciding on the size of your box, you'll need to rip two different widths for the box panels. Rip the four inner panels 1/2 in. narrower than the final box depths, and rip the four outer panels to match the final depth. Be sure to rip enough material to get all of the parts made. If you like adjustable shelves, drill the peg holes before assembly. Measure the inner box after assembly to get the dimensions for the back panel. Cut the back 1/8 in. overlong in both directions and rout off the excess as we show in Photo 4.
Step 3: Assemble the box and trim the edges
Assemble the outer box with glue and nails. As you glue and nail on the back, bend out any bows in the sides (Photo 2).
Cut the top and bottom outer panels to length, 1/8 in. longer than the box. Apply a bead of glue about 1/4 in. in from the edges and a second bead in a zigzag pattern in the middle (Photo 3). Align the panels flush with the front and with equal overhangs at the ends.
Nail the parts together with 3/4-in. nails. Be careful. It's tough to fix the damage from nails that miss the mark. If you have clamps, use them to squeeze closed any gaps. A tight joint will reduce the amount of sanding and filling you have to do later. For a perfect edge, shave the overhangs with a flush-trim router bit (Photo 4). As before, cut the side panels 1/8 in. longer than the box sides, and then apply and trim them as you did with the top and the bottom.
Step 4: Finish the box
Sand the exposed plywood edges until they're smooth, first with 80-grit paper and then 120-grit. Then work wood filler into all of the edge grain, nail holes and dents (Photo 5). After the filler sets, sand everything flat with 120-grit paper.
Brush primer into the inside corners and then roll primer onto the rest of the box (Photo 6). After it dries, voids that didn't get filled will be very apparent. So fill anything you missed, and then sand and prime those spots again. Brush and roll on two coats of paint, lightly sanding between the coats with 220-grit paper.
Step 5: Mount the box on the wall
It's imperative that you screw these boxes to at least two wall studs; no wall anchors of any kind will pass muster. Use at least two 3-in. deck screws near the top and two more at the bottom into separate studs. If more studs are available, use those, too. In Photos 7 and 8, we show you an easy way to position and drill pilot holes so the screws will hit the studs when you mount the boxes.


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I have a bit of an issue with a bcm43xx internal card and mac spoofing. I'm had this issue doing a wireless security lab for school. I use macchanger to set my MAC to a known allowed address, but I cannot connect to the wireless network. Using ifconfig I can verify the MAC change, but can never connect. I had to boot back into winXP to be able to continue with the lab.
Just wondering if anyone here has any insight into why it would look as if it changed successfully, but didn't. Its also strange in that Wireshark only picked up broadcast traffic and never IP/TCP/UDP traffic that I *knew* was going through the air.


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While traditional 45-minutes-a-week talk therapy teaches communication skills, many couples can communicate perfectly well until their emotions get in the way. When your emotions hit an 8 or a 9 on a 0-10 scale, all of your communication skills instantly disappear. This is why, for couples with strong emotional reactions, traditional therapy can actually make things worse. I use 3-HOUR SESSIONS to help you identify and strengthen the positive parts of your relationship, eliminate the hot-buttons that drag you into those old vicious-circle arguments filled with hurt, anger or resentment and to develop the right emotional climate for healthy and productive communication
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My therapy approach is well suited to help you understand yourself and your partner better. I will guide you to exprience your own insights about the nature of thought and how your thinking contributes to your experience of life and the relationship, moment by moment. I also provide a variety of resources for you to further your education between sessions..
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In couples therapy couples learn to identify and stop the recurring patterns in the relationship that cause hurt, rejection, and feelings of abandonment. Once this occurs couples are safe enough to learn a new way to communicate without judgement or blaming. The ability to identify deeper more vulnerable needs and feelings leads to a sense of trust and a bond of secure connection. We all have baggage that can interfere with closeness until we can resolve what is necessary.
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A must watch for everyone who is wondering why autism rates are 1 in 88, when 40 years ago it was 1 in 10,000, and if vaccines have something to do with it. They do talk about vaccines and mercury as one of the culprits in this catastrophis epidemic.
The video is a bit long, but worth the watch.
Notice how Coleen Boyle tries to avoid answering a lot of questions (and sometimes not even anwering them) by repeating what was already said.
To the right of the article right under Video Playlist click on House Oversight Cmte. Hearing on Autism - Panel 1
Please watch the video BEFORE posting your comments. This is NOT a debate.


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In Linn County, an orchard and cider company made the cut as one of the 30 best hard ciders in the world. Let's have a taste with Dan Kaercher!
In Linn County, an orchard and cider company made the cut as one of the 30 best hard ciders in the world. Let's have a taste.
On any weekend, just south of Lisbon on Sutliff Road, you encounter a steady stream of traffic stopping at a small farmstead. Bicyclists and motorists alike are finding the way to Sutliff Orchard, a family run brewery that can boast it is the only hard apple cider distiller in the state. During the week, the brewers are busy with apple inventory, fine tuning their cider recipe, bottling and distribution to local grocery stores and retailers. But from April to November, when the weekend rolls around, the orchard is buzzing with activity.
The tasting room, located in the lower level of a century old barn, is a small pub that serves up a light menu, live music and, of course, its hard cider. The place is fast becoming a favorite destination for day-trippers enjoying a drive or ride in the countryside of Linn County. Once inside the tasting room, you feel right at home in this friendly atmosphere.
So, the retail area is fairly new for us. We're open Saturdays and Sundays 11 to 6 down here. The hot summer days and the fall days are really fun.
It's a friendly atmosphere, it's local, it's -- if you look around and see everybody is happy and it's just a really close knit, fun place to come.
Saturdays it's a sleepy little place that we have a couple of carloads regularly throughout the day. Sunday, with the live music, it's been really popular and we started serving some food. So our theme is sliders and ciders on Sunday afternoon.
Although this is primarily a restaurant and bar, Scott is quick to give impromptu tours of his brewery to unveil some of the hard work that goes into each bottle of hard cider.
Scott Ervin: We'll bring them in on the forklift, we'll bring them in here and so we keep, we store them in these bins. A cider apple is usually not the big number ones, it's the number two so it's a smaller apple and maybe not uniform color and this is also the processing area. So these are tanks that we do our final mixing in. These tanks are grundy tanks where they can be pressurized. So we're bottling soft cider today. And when we first started back in 2002 it took us an hour to fill a case of hard cider. So we bought this machine, it's a tabletop counter pressure bottler that does two bottles at a time.
Ervin: So we start out by rinsing and washing the inside of the bottles. It goes through a double evac cycle and then it will pressurize the bottle and then the cider will gravity fill into the bottle.
Ervin: And then it will release the pressure to atmosphere right there.
When Scott Ervin and his family relocated to a small farm outside of Lisbon becoming a hard cider distiller wasn't at the top of the list for this California transplant. The farm already had a small grove of 20 apple trees and, as Scott puts it, there are only so many apple pies and apple crisps one can make.
Ervin: And so we started fermenting the apple juice. We bought a small little hand cranked press with fresh juice in the fall but then also fermenting the small five gallon batches and we fell in love with this drink.
A drink that was once the toast of the Colonial town.
Ervin: Back in the 1700s it used to be really popular in the United States. Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin have all been big cider guys. And as I understand it the United States used to make some of the best ciders.
With the spread of apple orchards west of the Mississippi, hard cider enjoyed continued popularity through the 1800s. However, the country's movement towards more arid climates and the rise of large beer breweries contributed to hard cider falling out of favor. Creating hard apple cider takes patience, persistence and a lot of apples. Sutliff Orchard has added 600 more dwarf trees to the farm's original 20. But Scott still gets many of his apples from neighboring orchards in eastern Iowa to keep up with demand. However, the unique Sutliff taste comes from the apple variety grown on the property, the English cider. Today's abundance of wineries and microbreweries has led to many new products and the rediscovery of old favorites. Hard apple cider is making a comeback thanks to the new crop of brewers. Roll into Sutliff Orchard any weekend from spring to fall to experience the only exclusive hard apple cider brewery in Iowa. Grab a cider, stay for the food and enjoy the music.
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Three Sugar Bowl Participants to be Inducted Into College Football Hall of Fame
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Three former Allstate Sugar Bowl participants are among the 17 members of the 2012 College Football Hall of Fame Class as announced by Archie Manning, the chairman of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. Manning, himself, is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame as well as the Most Outstanding Player of the 1970 Sugar Bowl. He is also a member of the Allstate Sugar Bowl Committee.
For more information about the Allstate Sugar Bowl and its events please log on to its website www.allstatesugarbowl.org.


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Pastry flour is a lower-protein flour used to make certain delicate baked goods like biscuits, shortbread cookies and pie crusts. Pastry flour contains a little more protein than cake flour, and a little less protein than all-purpose flour. Some larger grocery stores carry pastry flour in their baking sections; it is also available from specialty stores, and in baker supply catalogs or websites. Some people substitute an equal amount of half cake flour, half all-purpose flour for pastry flour.


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Sok Wah Ng
Artist's BiographySok Wah is a recipient of National Arts Council Overseas Arts Bursary and graduated from Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney in 2002 with a Bachelor in Music Studies. Originally enrolled in the Music Education course with piano as her main instrument, she decided that percussion performance was more suitable for her and switched course. Upon graduation, she received NAC\'s Emerging Artist Fund for her homecoming recital, titled Sounz at the Young Musician\'s Society auditorium. Most recently in October 2012, she received the Artist Development Fund to attend Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in Austin, Texas and travel to New York to receive framedrum instructions from Yousif Sheronick and Glen Velez who are both notable teachers and performers.
Since graduation, Sok Wah has been very active in the local arts scene. Besides freelancing with Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO), Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO), Singapore Festival Orchestra (SFO) and Singapore Lyric Opera (SLO) , she performs with many other arts groups. Her repertoire covers a wide range of settings and genre from Chinese opera, western classics to middle-eastern music and modern dance music. She performs as a soloist as well in chamber music, musicals, operas and orchestras. Most recently on 31st March 2013, she premiered a double percussion concerto with wind band, Landscape Gradations composed by Philip Tan with Riduan Zalani as the other soloist and the Singapore Wind Symphony.
She loves travelling and enjoyed her stint to Osaka, Japan with SSO in 2003, attending the Festival D\'Avignon- Off in Avignon, France 2005 as part of a dance-violin-percussion trio, performing and coaching the Ntu Symphonic Band percussion section for the World Music Contest, in Kerkrade, Holland in 2005, multi cities in China, 2007 with SCO and performing as a guest percussionist with The National Symphony Orchestra (Malaysia). Her latest trips were to Penang and Kota Kinabalu in East and West Malaysia respectively to coach the combined percussion team of Musica Sinfonettaia (Penang) and Jesselton Phiharmonic Orchestra (KK) for their annual music camp and tour.
2012 has been a huge milestone for her in many ways as she celebrates a decade of music making. The highlights include being invited to perform a duet with Shane Thio (pianist) in Instrumentally Yours series as part of Esplanade\'s 10th anniversary celebrations, finally attending PASIC and many more.
In addition to performing, Sok Wah is also an active percussion coach, teaching and sharing her music knowledge with everyone who wish to know more. She has taught percussion to students from Australian International School, German-European School, Nanyang Girls\' School, Victoria School, Nanyang Technological University, Raffles Girls\' Primary School, Singapore American School and many others. She is currently a part-time lecturer at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts for percussion studies and runs her own percussion and piano studio.


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Tickets to Nebraska volleyball's annual Red/White Scrimmage went on sale Monday morning through the Nebraska Athletics Ticket Office.
Former Nebraska volleyball standouts Amber Rolfzen and Justine Wong-Orantes won the gold medal with the U.S. Women's Volleyball National Team at the Pan American Cup on Sunday in Ca�ete, Peru.
The U.S. Women's National Team has announced its 14-player roster for the 12-country Pan American Cup being staged June 17-25 in Peru. Former Husker All-Americans Amber Rolfzen and Justine Wong-Orantes were named to the squad.
The U.S. Women's Volleyball National Team named its 21-player preliminary roster for the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix on Tuesday, and former Husker All-Americans Amber Rolfzen and Justine Wong-Orantes were named to the team.
This is a story about one of the Huskers' greatest-ever athletes who turned down a scholarship because she did not think she was good enough to play volleyball for John Cook.
So what kind of summer vacation is in order when you've just graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, earned another AVCA All-America honor and can't help but remember the pinnacle
Nebraska redshirt freshman setter Hunter Atherton was selected to compete with the Big Ten foreign tour volleyball team in Europe in June.
University of Nebraska Volleyball Head Coach John Cook announced Friday that Tiani Reeves and Brooke Smith have decided to depart from the Husker volleyball program.
Nebraska volleyball assistant coach Tyler Hildebrand was honored for his work at his previous school, Long Beach State, as he was named the AVCA Division I-II Men's Assistant Coach of the Year on Tuesday.
In front of a packed house of 2,040 fans at Kearney High School on Saturday afternoon, the Nebraska volleyball posted a 25-17, 25-16, 25-17 sweep of the Colorado State Rams.
The Nebraska volleyball team will play its lone 2017 spring match against Colorado State at the new Kearney High School on Saturday at 3 p.m.
The University of Nebraska and Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority (MECA) will host the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship at CenturyLink Center Omaha on Dec. 17-19, 2020.


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|Private Law 87-446
|Sts. Mary and Joseph Church, Sawyer, Minn. Conveyance.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, is authorized to convey a tract of tribal land located on the Fond du Lac Reservation, Minnesota, described as: Lot 5, section 33, township 49 north, range 18 west, fourth principal meridian, Minnesota, containing 39.0 acres, more or less, subject to prior valid existing rights-of-way, to the Saints Mary and Joseph Church, Sawyer, Minnesota: Provided, That the title to the land hereby authorized to be conveyed will revert to the United States in trust for the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe when it is no longer used for religious purposes.
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Ammonia poisoning
Ammonia is a strong, colorless gas. If the gas is dissolved in water, it is called liquid ammonia. Poisoning may occur if you breathe in ammonia. Poisoning may also occur if you swallow or touch products that contain very large amounts of ammonia.
WARNING: Never mix ammonia with bleach. This causes the release of toxic chlorine gas, which can be deadly.
This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.
Poisonous Ingredient
- Ammonia
Where Found
- Ammonia gas
- Some household cleaners
- Some liniments
- Some fertilizers
Note: This list may not be all-inclusive.
- Airways, lungs, and chest
- Cough
- Chest pain (severe)
- Chest tightness
- Difficulty breathing
- Wheezing
- Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and throat
- Tearing and burning of eyes
- Temporary blindness
- Throat pain (severe)
- Mouth pain
- Lip swelling
- Heart and blood
- Rapid, weak pulse
- Collapse and shock
- Nervous system
- Altered mental state
- Fever
- Restlessness
- Skin
- Bluish-colored lips and fingernails
- Severe burns if contact is longer than a few minutes
- Stomach and gastrointestinal tract
- Severe stomach pain
- Vomiting
Home Care
Do NOT make a person throw up unless told to do so by poison control or a health care professional. Seek immediate medical help.
If the chemical is on the skin or in the eyes, flush with lots of water for at least 15 minutes.
If the chemical was swallowed, immediately give the person water or milk, unless instructed otherwise by a health care provider. Do NOT give water or milk if the patient is having symptoms (such as vomiting, convulsions, or a decreased level of alertness) that make it hard to swallow.
If the person breathed in the poison, immediately move him or her to fresh air.
Before Calling Emergency
Determine the following information:
- Patient's age, weight, and condition
- Name of product (as well as the ingredients and strength, if known)
- Time it was swallowed
- Amount swallowed
Poison Control
The National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) can be called from anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Take the container with you to the hospital, if possible.
See: Poison control center - emergency number
What to Expect at the Emergency Room
The health care provider will measure and monitor the patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Blood and urine tests will be done. The patient may receive:
- Breathing support
- Continued flushing of the eyes and skin
- Fluids through a vein (IV)
- Endoscopy -- camera down the throat to see burns to the esophagus and the stomach
- Medicines to treat the symptoms
Outlook (Prognosis)
Damage is related to the amount and strength (concentration) of the ammonia. Most household cleaners are relatively weak and cause little or mild damage. Industrial strength cleaners can cause severe burns and injury.
Survival past 48 hours usually indicates recovery will occur. Chemical burns that occurred in the eye frequently heal; however, permanent blindness may result.
Goldfrank LR, Flomenbaum NE, Lewin NA, et al, eds. Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies. 8th ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2006.
Ford M, Delaney KA, Ling L, Erickson T, eds. Clinical Toxicology. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2001.
Review Date: 8/3/2011
Reviewed By: Eric Perez, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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Cary NasatirAffiliation:
Nasatir School Of Percussion
Artist's BiographyCary Nasatir is the director of the Nasatir School of Percussion, a private teaching facility in Castro Valley, California. In addition to the school, Cary is an adjunct faculty member at Patten University in Oakland; percussion staff adviser to five Bay Area schools; and has published several articles on percussion for various music magazines and websites (inc. Conn-Selmer!). His book \"Praise And Worship Drumming...A Guide To Playing In Church\" was released from Hal Leonard Publishing in 2005.
Mr. Nasatir studied percussion in his home town of Chicago with Roy C. Knapp, Haskell W. Harr, Jose Bethancourt, and Casper Boghosian, as well as conducting with Manual Piculas.
Clinics and workshops include full percussion aimed at school-aged percussionists. Subjects covered include volume control, stick and mallet selection, and technique on auxiliary percussion instruments.
For school district in-service sessions, Nasatir demonstrates proven professional techniques on the fine points of percussion. Music educators will receive hands-on pedagogical instruction in nine of the most important rudiments used in school literature including: Rolls, Flams, Drags and 4 Stroke Ruffs. Taking his techniques back to your percussion section will cause a difference in volume, tone, tempo, phrasing, interpretation, and clarity, while instilling confidence in your young percussionists.
For schools with a faith-based curriculum, additional workshops are based around Cary's book for drumset: "Praise and Worship Drumming...A Guide To Playing In Church".
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Silver Max: A Monster on Turf
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
While the leading dirt runners of the 3-year-old division have fallen by the wayside, Silver Max steadily has been establishing dominance of the second-season runners on the turf.
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
While the leading dirt runners of the 3-year-old division have fallen by the wayside, Silver Max steadily has been establishing dominance of the second-season runners on the turf.
Multiple graded stakes winner Silver Medallion has been retired following a suspensory ligament injury he sustained during a workout at Belmont Park.
Eight stakes winners are among the entrants for the $150,000 Fort Marcy Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the grass May 5 at Belmont Park, with Boisterous the 5-2 morning line choice.
Get Stormy, making his first start since he was eased out of the TVG Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) last fall, led throughout in the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap Feb. 11 for his third grade I win.
Jason Shandler and Tom LaMarra handicap the Donn Handicap and Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap. watch video
Silver Medallion has found a home on grass since arriving at Todd Pletcher's barn last fall, but he'll face the toughest test of his career in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (gr. I) Feb. 11.
The Fort Lauderdale Stakes (gr. IIIT) not only drew a full field, but many of the entrants are recognizable names with both turf and dirt experience. It should make for an interesting race, as a field of 12 will do battle.
Californian Steve Marshall has purchased 125-acre Ardmore Farm near Versailles, Ky., the first Kentucky farm developed by Briggs & Cromartie Thoroughbred Consultants. The deal was brokered by Biederman Real Estate.
Black Rock Stables' Silver Medallion pulled clear in the stretch and coasted home for an easy 1 3/4-length win in the $100,000 Tropical Turf Handicap (gr. IIIT) on closing day at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Trainer Christophe Clement may have the one to beat in the Tropical Turf Handicap (gr. IIIT) with Brushwood Stable's 4-year-old colt Mr. Ryder following a third-place effort last out in the Oct. 15 Knickerbocker Stakes.
Humble and Hungry earned the first stakes victory of his career when he soared past his rivals near mid-stretch to easily upset the $111,200 Commonwealth Turf Stakes (gr. IIIT) at rainy Churchill Downs Nov. 3.
Pluck will make his first appearance at Churchill Downs since winning last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) when he faces a full field of 3-year-olds in the $100,000 Commonwealth Turf Stakes (gr. IIIT) Nov. 3.
2 new horses enter the list as 2 horses leave the list. How does Jaycito being off the trail effect the TCI Top 20? Read Blog
Derby Kitten capped a big day for Ken and Sarah Ramsey, as the homebred 3-year-old got up in the late stages to win the $200,000 Coolmore Lexington Stakes (gr. III) April 23 on a stormy day at Keeneland.
Silver Medallion is the lone Coolmore Lexington (gr. III) entrant with a chance to make the Kentucky Derby; Casper's Touch would point toward the Preakness (gr. I) with a good effort in the April 23 race.
Trainer Bob Baffert went to his bench in the $1 million Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) and he came away a winner for the sixth time in the prestigious race when Midnight Interlude rallied for a head victory April 9.
A huge weekend of racing like this, which includes three Derby preps and opening weekend of Keeneland, needs little introduction. Let's get right to it. Read Blog
With morning-line favorite Premier Pegasus scratched from the 2011 Santa Anita Derby, is it now anybody's race? Will Silver Medallion take to the dirt? Is it time for another surprise? Predict the Order
San Felipe winner and morning line favorite Premier Pegasus, owned and trainer by Myung Kwon Cho, is out due to a hairline fracture.
There are several changes to Steve's Derby Dozen this week, including a very tight race for the final spot. Read Blog
Sensational maiden winner earned 114 Beyer in debut for Steve Asmussen. Read Blog
There are changes in this week's Derby Dozen. A few new and a few moved, as we welcome Premier Pegasus and Silver Medallion to the mix. Presented by Pauls Mill Read Blog
A majority interest in Silver Medallion, winner of the El Camino Real Derby (gr. III) and Eddie Logan Stakes in his last two starts, has been sold to Steven Marshall.
This is not about who is going to win the Kentucky Derby, as much as who so far has the look of a Derby winner--who is on track to peak on Derby Day, who looks eager to do more than they already have. Read Blog
The 40th running of the nine-furlong race will be held March 26 on Polytrack. Formerly known as the Lane's End Stakes, the Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes was downgraded from grade II to grade III this year.
It just goes to show you how fragile life is on the Derby trail, metaphorically, of course. One minute you're sitting comfortably near the top of the contenders list and the next you're in a free fall. Read Blog
After losing the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) an hour earlier, trainer Steve Asmussen landed a nice consolation prize when Silver Medallion drove to an upset victory in the $200,000 El Camino Real Derby Feb. 12.
Trainer William E. Morey says he can't see sending California Derby winner Positive Response with heavily favored Comma to the Top in the $200,000 El Camino Real Derby (gr. III) Feb. 12 at Golden Gate Fields.
CashCall Futurity (gr. I) winner Comma to the Top, on a five-race winning streak, heads a list of 16 3-year-olds nominated to the $200,000 El Camino Real Derby (gr. III) at Golden Gate Fields Feb. 12.
See the races from the first weekend of 2011. View Slideshow
Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint contenders Silver Timber and Bridgetown turn in solid works at Keeneland Oct. 30. Silver Timber worked on the main track, while Bridgetown worked on the turf.


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Blackberry Pie Murder
Baker and amateur detective Hannah Swenson solves a mysterious murder while planning her mother's wedding. Hannah Swenson keeps trying to focus her attention of her bakery, but life just keeps getting in the way. The Lake Eden, Minnesota woman is "volunteered" into planning her mother's wedding. And things don't get any better when she has an accident and kills a man while delivering cookies in her truck. Despite the fact that it was storming, Hannah is ...
Blueberry Muffin Murder
Kensington, Mar 2002, 22.00, 336 pp. ISBN: 157566707X To drum up tourism during the off season, Lake Eden, Minnesota hosts its first annual Winter Carnival. The Cookie Jar bakery owners Hannah Swensen and Lisa Herman are providing many pastries though not the official Winter Carnival cake. That honor has been bestowed on TV show celebrity, Connie �Mac� MacIntyre, host of �Cooking with Connie�. Connie Mac expects everything her way an...
Fudge Cupcake Murder
Kensington, March 2004, 22.00, 307 pp. ISBN 0758201524 In Lake Eden, Minnesota, Hannah Swenson owns and runs the only bakery and cookie shop in town and business is booming thinks to her excellent baking concoctions. She is helping her brother in law Bill run for town sheriff and is a volunteer teacher for those who want to learn how to make desserts. One night after class, she goes to throw out the garbage only to find the murdered body of the...
Lemon Meringue Pie Murder
Kensington, March 2003, 22.00, 320 pp. ISBN 0758201508 Lake Eden is a small resort town in Minnesota that is relatively crime free but when a homicide occurs, Hannah Swensen, the owner of the cookie Jar, is usually in the middle of the investigation. Murder is the farthest from Hannah's mind because her beau, Norman Rhodes bought a house from Rhonda Scarf and plans to demolish the building to build his and Hannah's dream home. Rhonda sold the h...
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Peach Cobbler Murder
It's no secret to Hannah's friends that Hannah is no fan of Shawna Lee Quinn. But that's especially true since Shawna opened the Magnolia Blossom Bakery right across the street from Hannah's own shop. Business is looking pretty poor, and if things don't change soon, Hannah and Lisa might have to close their doors. On a happier note, Lisa and Herb's wedding day has finally arrived. So what if Shawna Lee has promised to bring her famous peach cobbler t...
Sugar Cookie Murder
Kensington, Oct 2004, 16.00, 352 pp. ISBN: 075820681X Hannah Swenson owns the Cookie Jar Bakery in Eden Lake, Minnesota. Currently she is working to get ready for the Christmas party and food competition at the community center. Hannah is compiling a book of recipes that the townsfolk are renowned for. Everyone seems to want to be included in the cookbook so Hannah is struggling not to ruffle any feathers by showing every dish entered at the p...
The Chocolate Chip Murder Mystery
Hannah Swensen dropped out of graduate school to return home to Minnesota when her father died. She opened a cookie store chiefly run by her lone employee Lisa, moved in with her one-eyed cat, and (to the dismay of her ferociously matchmaking mother) settled down to a satisfying life of thirtyish spinsterhood. The morning her non-domestic, real-estate-agent sister Andrea drops off her daughter for babysitting (again!), Hannah discovers former high ...