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Pass E-News on to your friends and colleagues—it's free! o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o Broaden your education in the United Kingdom and Jamaica! Make plans now to attend one or both of these conferences: United Kingdom, September 9-13, 1999 Ocho Rios, Jamaica , December 2-6, 1999 For your copy of the printed programs send your full name and postal address to email@example.com. Please mention code 940. o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o If you or your organization would like to sponsor four issues of Midwifery Today E-News, contact email@example.com. Don't miss our special introductory price! o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o This issue of Midwifery Today E-News is brought to you by these sponsors: - Baby T's Gifts for Families Look for their ads below! o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o In This Week's Issue: 1) Quote of the Week o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o 1) Quote of the Week: "You can't get a diploma for sitting and waiting patiently. You can't get a degree for talking someone through a stressful and painful experience in a supportive way. You can't get a doctorate for knowing in your bones that something isn't quite right. And so it is that one of the greatest problems for midwives is that their knowledge and skills are often indefinable, instinctive and sometimes not easy to describe." - Caroline Flint, president, Royal College of Midwives o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o 2) The Art of Midwifery Fact Cards Break information down into smaller units. Cut 3 by 5 cards in half and put a vocabulary word on each, the definition on the other side.... Or write facts on these cards; for example, "The normal range for a hematocrit is... " and put the answer on the other side. Keep the cards in your purse. Test yourself with them whenever you're waiting somewhere: during long labors, at the gas station, when you pick up your kids at school, and so on. When you answer the question correctly, put a little dot in the corner of the card. - Carolyn Steiger, "Becoming a Midwife," Hoogan House Publishing 1987 Guest Speakers Invite professionals in your community to make a presentation to your study group. When I was first studying midwifery and was part of a study group, a pediatrician taught us about newborn exam, jaundice and so on; an obstetrician taught several courses by request, and a nutritionist, an herbalist and practicing senior midwives also advised us. One hint: When professionals first move to town they are especially good resources to tap because they are not overloaded, and you can help them establish their practice by bringing them clients. Don't forget to invite help from other professionals such as lactation consultants, perinatologists, La Leche League leaders, nurses in many specialties, birth assistants, childbirth educators and doctors. 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Many colleges offer basic nutrition courses that can be supplemented with personal research. Holistic, at-a-distance modules are available... but be cautious of product-oriented programs. - No matter what you do, document everything.... Besides its utility as a blueprint for obtaining requisite skills and knowledge, the credentialing process provides a convenient means of recording where, when and how competencies were achieved. By combining a variety of select college courses and workshops, regular conference attendance, an active apprenticeship, volunteer work, and lots of independent study, a motivated student can progress toward primary practice efficiently, even outside a formal program. - Consider learning in unique ways. Think "outside the box." I took college weight-training classes, which covered weightlifting, applied muscle movement, postural dynamics, diet, metabolism and sports injury rehabilitation. These courses provided a broad understanding of body mechanics and paved the way for in-depth study required for my massage practitioner license.... alongside structural concepts, I highly recommend studying botanical medicine. Pursued on or off campus, you'll find herbolgy, homeopathy, and other complementary therapies indispensable. Watch for workshops, conferences, lectures, intensives, and correspondence programs covering areas you're interested in. - Subscribe to a variety of journals and newsletters. I cannot overstate the value of this! Share subscriptions with a friend if money is tight, and see what your public library carries. Plan to spend all your extra pennies on pregnancy-related texts. Set goals and read every day. - Learn to respond calmly and efficiently in a crisis. Maintain certification in first aid, neonatal resuscitation/professional rescuer CPR, PALS, ACLS, and other first-responder type programs. Taking these courses also allows you to meet members of the local emergency response team.... Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) covers a wide variety of perinatal complications and emergency technique.... This stimulating program is guaranteed to improve your professionalism and self confidence. - Investigate nursing training. Even if you decline to take the full program, you can take individual courses in pharmacology, intravenous therapy, phlebotomy, injections, enemas, catheterization, charting, medico-legal issues, infectious disease updates, and so on. Some urban universities, medical centers and research facilities also present classes on a variety of healthcare topics.... Keep up to date with the latest diagnostic techniques, trends and treatments. I highly recommend advanced levels of HIV/AIDS training, including serologic treating certification and partner notification courses. - Study suturing diligently. Perhaps you might start privately at first, with textbooks and videos. Closely observe experienced practitioners at work. Confer with senior midwives to help you select your equipment. Begin practicing on inanimate matter. Foam models have their place, but repairing living vascular tissue, sensitive to pain, in the confined space of quivering thighs after you've been up all night is much trickier. At least, work on a chunk of fish or chicken flesh since the texture is much more realistic. Then refine your technique at a midwifery school or conference workshop. (I also worked in a high-volume spay-neuter veterinary clinic where a kind DVM taught me his quick and sturdy stitching style. Think outside the box!) - Attend as many births as you can because this is where real learning takes place. To students who'd like to be invited more often: Be utterly reliable, helpful and discreet. If you volunteer to be on call, mean it. A valued apprentice works hard on her own studies, not expecting to be spoon-fed and led by the hand. She strives to add something unique and worthwhile to the birth team, not just be a spectator. she prepares creatively in advance and brings her own equipment. - Judy Edmunds, Paths to Becoming a Midwife: Getting an Education, edited by Jan Tritten and Joel Southern, a Midwifery Today book, 1998 ==== We'd like to help you find the best way possible to realize your dream. Do you want to learn how to be a doula or a midwife? Or change your practice to include new techniques? Midwifery Today has been helping midwives and aspiring midwives find their way for over twelve years through our magazine, newsletter and books. Paths to Becoming a Midwife: Getting an Education is the second edition of our popular manual, but it's a whole new baby. A big baby. We've revised it from 90 pages to more than 300. University of Texas anthropologist Robbie Davis-Floyd was our midwife, and helped see us through this birthing process. What had seemed at first a short-term project--revising an old standard--became far more. Our new standard includes articles by many of the midwives and birth educators you know and love: Elizabeth Davis, Diane Barnes, Robbie Davis-Floyd, Judith Rooks, Sharon Glass Jonquil, Judy Edmunds, and many more. We've emphasized childbirth education and direct-entry programs as well as mapped out certified nurse-midwifery and apprenticeship programs. We've also included chapters on getting started, politics and philosophies, and midwifery into the future. Our resource guide includes a directory of schools and programs as well as valuable information on childbirth organizations. ISBN: 1-890446-00-9; 332 pages; 7 X 10; $29.95. Order by May 7, 1999 and pay just $25 plus shipping. Be sure to mention code 940. To order or for more information, email o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o Learn more from these Midwifery Today issues: No. 4, The Education Issue Get these back issues for only $6.00 each plus shipping. (Regular price: $7.00) Call 800-743-0974 to order today! Mention code 940 and save $1 per issue. Expires May 7, 1999. o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o 5) Question of the Week: What are the strengths and weaknesses in your educational path to midwifery? Send your response to: firstname.lastname@example.com o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ===PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!==== Visit the multiple award-winning WATERBIRTH WEBSITE for the most complete waterbirth information available on the net! ============THANK YOU!============== o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o 6) Switchboard I am planning to apply to and take courses for lay midwifery through Utah College of Midwifery. Has anyone heard of them? What is the opinion on them and their curriculum? - Mischa ==== Thank you to fellow readers who were kind enough to respond to my last letter [E-News Issue 12]. I am pleased to announce that New Hampshire, USA has taken an important step by submitting an amendment in our own state legislature that makes it legal for women to breastfeed in public. Prior to this, a woman could be arrested for indecent exposure while breastfeeding! Thanks for your support! - SES ==== In response to Rayner Garner's request in E-News Issue 15 for a suitable book in which there is a good description o of the anatomy and biology of the uterus, there is a very good chapter on this topic in a book I have. I have no idea if it is available in the U.S.A. because it is written by a childbirth educator here in Australia. It is: The Midwife Companion: The art of support during birth by Andrea Robertson, Published by ACE Graphics, 1977, ISBN 0 9588015 3 3 - Andrea Q. ==== I look forward to receiving E-News every week. I find it interesting and informative. I have decided to venture out into the community and offer a variety of services. This is a big step for me as my midwifery background has been hospital based (as it is for the majority of midwives in Australia). I have been providing community based prenatal classes for a number of years. I have enjoyed this as I was not bound by hospital policies and politics. I was able to provide quality information and options for expectant parents. Providing midwifery services such as prenatal care, homebirth, birth support and postnatal care is exciting and a little scary. I would be interested in hearing how others faced the challenges that independent practice presents. If you are interested, I have decided to enter cyberspace and start up a website as one of my new ventures. My address is http://member/rivernet.com.au/janepalm/index.html. Let me know what you think. - Jane Palmer ==== Four weeks ago I had to undergo surgery to remove 2 large cysts from my ovaries (one on each one). They
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To me, the most important is the power of observation. Each pregnant woman and her environment is unique, and unless we spend proper time and use good listening skills, so much can get past us. The apprentice must be able to notice in detail what she has in front of her and process that observation quickly. This starts with carefully watching the midwife at work. At each prenatal she will see how the midwife gets to know the pregnant woman as a whole entity. The physical, emotional and spiritual dimensions reveal themselves more and more through touch and talk as time is spent together. The more the apprentice sees the more she can begin to help. After awhile it becomes second nature to get out the chart and start to document. Soon she is getting the equipment ready for the prenatal and after awhile, she is doing more of the hands-on things such as taking blood pressure, doing urine checks, palpating, and listening to heart tones. At the same time, it is important that she remain patient. The attitude and response of both the midwife and mom dictate the pace at which she advances in these areas, and the apprentice must stay attuned to that and respect it. There is always something to learn and if she is not in a hurry to do so, the time she spends becomes more effective. The birth works in the same fashion. First the apprentice observes, then slowly but surely she incorporates her knowledge and puts it to work. This kind of slow, careful and thoughtful apprenticeship is incredibly valuable because it ingrains knowledge while it builds confidence. It is concrete and in the present, not abstract and removed. Didactic learning is a natural part of the apprentice's work; it is not set apart in a classroom. She sees, researches, asks questions and formulates her midwifery thinking and accompanies it with solid book learning. Many people propose that because you don't go to school your experience isn't structured and you don't learn as well. But I have found that hands-on experience combined with didactic learning creates better understanding because it is simultaneously gained on many levels. It is to the apprentice's advantage to work with a variety of midwives in a variety of settings. By the same token, it is every midwife's responsibility to pass on her knowledge. I encourage my apprentices to work as doulas in the hospital, attend postpartum mothers and work with other practitioners when the opportunity arises. I am only one perspective in their education. Our best tricks and techniques are learned from working with many. It takes a lot of time to become a good midwife--practice makes perfect. After years it becomes second nature, and those years pay off if the apprentice is serious. Her skills and abilities will finally be secure and her judgment sound, and she will be fully ready to receive the next generation into her hands. o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ===PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!==== Missouri Birth Center needs help! Looking for CNM willing to work part time working into full time. Rural practice, full scope, benefits available. Great schools, recreation includes lakes and outdoors to local music, crafts, and Branson entertainment. Call Diane Barnes, 417 272-8845 office, 417-338-5431 home. ============THANK YOU!============= o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o 8) Coming E-News Themes Coming issues of Midwifery Today E-News will carry the following themes. You are enthusiastically invited to write articles, make comments, tell stories, send techniques, ask questions, write letters or news items related to these themes: - tear prevention (April 23) We look forward to hearing from you very soon! Send your submissions to email@example.com. 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Sherrod Brown says he is focused on his job in the U.S. Senate. Still, it probably hasn't escaped the Ohio Democrat's attention that his prospects for getting elected to a third term next year are looking, well, pretty good. In terms of voter interest, it is early, but not for organizing and fundraising. In a big, diverse state such as Ohio, the top campaigns are multi-year slogs. That's why Brown named his campaign manager, veteran Justin Barasky, in January.

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1963 Chevrolet Chevy II 350 Special
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This is the first car that owned that run and I drove, so this the first car that I ever drove on a regular bases. I messed the motor up on it so we pulled the old six and put a 1973 chevy 350 in it that we had built pretty good! So now it is the very first hot rod that is my car that I will get to drive every day!
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My Grandad got the car new, in 1982 he left it to me, I drove her for a year or so then put it in storage, In 2000 I got her out and with the help of friends , restored her back like new with just a few newer up grades. She is sometimes seen pulling a matching Scotty camper.
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It now has a 350 V8, with the original powerglide. It has an edelbrock aluminium performer intake and a edelbrock performer 600cfm carb, may be a 650 not sure really?
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2 door hard top, 348 with power glide trany, AC, AM-FM-CD player, power windows, painted back suntan copper
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Ever since Le nozze di Figaro opened the inaugural Glyndebourne festival in 1934, the opera has been a signature work of the house. And Michael Grandage's production, new last year and revived this season by Ian Rutherford, is fast establishing itself as a Glyndebourne classic.
A late 1960s setting provides a neat frame for Mozart's comedy of manners. The class structures around which the narrative spins are still very much evident, while a whiff of revolution hangs in the air, and there is a sense that society is being increasingly shaped by ideas of image and identity. Certainly, the Count's attitude towards women seems to tally with the sexual "freedom" and its double standards during the swinging sixties, even if the direct political context seems a little mismatched.
There is much to enjoy in the visual references too – although Grandage displays restraint where necessary. The Almaviva castle, a patchwork of Moorish architecture, with colourful tile patterns and filigree woodwork, beautifully sun-drenched by Paule Constable's lighting, provides a fitting backdrop for floral shirts and floaty kaftans. And as the wedding party gets going towards the end of the third act, guests twist and jive against the glow of hot-pink disco lights.
A young cast displays some fine talent. Amanda Majeski's Countess is dignified and moving; her performance of "Porgi amor" is poised but deeply reflective (as opposed to the sense of borderline-boredom that sometimes overshadows this aria) and a great showcase for her rich, resonant soprano. Joshua Hopkins is likewise superb as the Count, contrasting a smooth, honeyed tone with a characterisation that is lecherous and abusive. And Lydia Teuscher's Cherubino is pure joy.
Adam Plachetka and Laura Tatulescu are excellently matched as Figaro and Susannah, technically assured and confidently acted – and with such consistent performances across the cast, Mozart's glorious ensemble arias are a real highlight of the evening. Only the wide height differences within the central quartet make the charade over mistaken identity towards the end rather implausible.
Much credit should go to Jérémie Rhorer, making his UK operatic debut, who conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra with warmth and vitality – establishing pace and propelling the action forward, but with charm and a lightness of touch. The evening is a complete delight.


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Annie, a 6-year-old slightly crippled border collie, keeps a huddle of sheep in a pen by staring them down.
"She's pissed," says owner Marianne Sasak, who has trained Annie, along with her 2-year-old collie, Dot, to be stock dogs - moving herds of ewes around a field, directed by short voice commands and whistles. "That's a tough little dog to be able to stay there," she says of Annie, who hasn't budged.
Adorable but intimidating, Annie backs away a little when one of the ewes starts at her, but Dot, standing next to her at the edge of the small pen is stationary, backing her up.
"If the dog has any weakness, the sheep will take it, and they're fast," Sasak says.
Sasak is the organizer of the fourth annual Steamboat Stock Dog Challenge, which will be held at the Stanko Ranch from Sept. 1 to 3. Border collies like Dot and Annie, and their handlers from all over the United States and Canada, will compete in the challenge.
For the trial, each dog and handler will be judged on their ability to get a herd of sheep around a pasture and into pens. Handlers use whistles and a small set of voice commands to move their dogs around the sheep and the surrounding pasture.
In Sasak's field, Dot demonstrates those tasks. Her handler says, "come by," and Dot goes at the herd of sheep from the left, rounding them up in a clockwise direction. When the sheep move too fast, Dot backs off. When Sasak walks into the herd and says "there," Dot separates them into two packs and works a little harder to keep them apart.
When Sasak turns away, Dot automatically brings the sheep back to her, because Sasak didn't tell her to do anything else. Essentially, the Stock Dog Challenge takes the kind of work Dot is doing, Sasak says, and makes it very precise.
The reality of using stock dogs to herd sheep is pretty mundane, Sasak says. The sheep aren't supposed to go too fast, but they're not supposed to stop. They should come off a field at a nice, steady trot.
"All your work is based on keeping your livestock fairly quiet," Sasak says.
But range sheep have a tendency to fight the dogs at the trials - they're used to ducking predators, and the only way to do that is to huddle together or run headlong at the dog.
"That's their only protection really, is to be in a group and use their heads," Sasak says.
Dot is strong-eyed, so sometimes she keys in on the sheep so intently that it's hard to break her gaze. Other dogs are looser, not so leery. The best dogs, Sasak says, are the ones that fall somewhere in between.
"Border collies work like a predator, not like a guard dog," she says as Dot crouches and eyes the herd.
The Steamboat challenge, for many handlers, works as a training camp for the Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Trials, a larger event that has the same kind of freer range sheep and similar altitudes and weather conditions.
"This is the perfect place for them to practice before Meeker," Sasak says, later adding that she wants her event to stay on a smaller scale. This year, there are 45 handlers and 80 dogs signed up for the Steamboat challenge. About 250 large mountain sheep will be on loan for the weekend.
Last year, the trial drew between 300 and 400 spectators each day, Sasak says. Most stay for a couple of hours and move on. To vary the activities, Sasak has arranged a chuckwagon lunch for each day, and a few sheepdog-themed demonstrations.
They'll shear some sheep at about noon Sunday, and different breeds will be on display. Clinics on stock dogging and wool spinning run throughout the weekend. Sasak says she had seen some local interest in stock dogs and hopes to get more clinicians for the next challenge.
Overall, the scenery and setup of the Steamboat event make it a popular one for handlers, Sasak says. There have been a few hiccups - last year, an unwatched border collie drove five sheep across a road, but those are indicative of the breed's nature, which is a little restless.
Walking out of the field and toward Sasak's barn, a few sheep come trotting up from behind. Dot's not tied up, even though her show is over, so she's still running them. When you take your eye off a border collie, she says, it might run somewhere - with the sheep.
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Brazen thief targeted 85-year-old man and his minivan
My 85-year-old grandfather was pumping gas into his minivan at a gas station at King George Boulevard and I believe 102 Avenue on the way to a hip specialist appointment.
As he finished filling his tank, he walked back to the driver's door to find a man sitting in the front seat.
My grandpa went to grab the steering wheel through the open window and said something to the thief as the man looked at him and drove away, leaving my grandpa at the gas station.
He must have come in through the passenger door.
The man stole his van, along with his cane that was inside. 911 was called right away and I believe there was a witness. Luckily my grandpa was not hurt and he was given a ride home by the police. The van and thief are still at large.
I see many stories about such events so I felt that I wanted to write you my story as I cannot believe that someone would do something like this, especially to an elderly man.
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Well, it was only a matter of time before the lead single from How I Got Over hit the web. No, I'm not referring to the title-track, which was released last year to promote the record's original release date. But, following delay after delay, Def Jam is pushing "Dear God 2.0," a refreshingly subdued, socially conscious burner featuring Jim James and Monsters of Folk.
It's an interesting choice at first listen, seeing how the Roots' previous singles have been much more hip-hop based and radio-friendly. While this is absolutely a hip-hop track through and through, "Dear God 2.0" clearly appeals to a different sect (indie-rock folks). It's also a huge about-face from everything else heard on the radio right now. But when have The Roots ever been a group to do "What They Do?" Also, after seeing the track list, this really isn't that much of a surprise. I'm just interested in hearing how this fits into the rest of the album, which has been described as a blend of soul, jazz, funk, and rock.
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Blacklisted "We're Unstoppable" is a collection of sorts for the band, but also serves as an introduction to those who missed the train the first time. "We're Unstoppable" features their highly praised "Our Youth Is Wasted" recordings (originally released by Stillborn Records, now out of print) as well as their hard to find demo recordings, together in one quality collection.
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The management of an organization should not only able to view the adoption of the quality management system standards as a profitable business investment but also as a required certification issue.
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The International Organization for Standardization is the world's leading organization for standards development. ISO 9001 is an international standard that gives requirements for an organization's quality management system (QMS). The organization had developed the 9000 standard for quality management certification. According to the ISO website, the ISO 9000 Quality Management system standards cover four areas:
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2. Applicable regulatory requirements.
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ISO 9001 is a useful basis for organizations to be able to demonstrate that they are managing their business so as to achieve consistent (good!) quality goods and services. If you are not satisfied with the performance of your supplier, you must provide them with the appropriate feedback. Learning from complaints helps organizations to improve their future performance – that is what
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Many people management issues in a firm can be set against the framework of ISO9001. ISO9001 is a people management standard. Who better for help achieve the standard than people management professionals.
A system is an assembly of activities that acts on something in order to achieve a result. A system has a definable set of inputs, a definable transfer function between input and output and hence a definable set of outputs. ISO9001 calls for the firm to be systematized. If achieved in the right way both lead to enhanced profits.
People crave order. Systems give order. Using
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Video game maker Capcom is 30 years old. To celebrate their 30th anniversary, the company is looking back to its roots.
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According to Kataoka, the collection will include games from the very early days of Capcom. All of the them will be playable in their original form; even the original bugs will be included to allow players to experience all aspects of the games. Optional features will also be included to alter the difficulty (as some games were brutally unforgiving) and allow casual players to enjoy them without having to throw their controllers across the room, as many of us did back in the day.
The game collection will be available for download on the PlayStation Network Store and Xbox Live Marketplace (no news on the Wii or Wii U). One of the games, Black Dragon (Or Black Tiger as it was known in the west) will be made available as a free to play demo. No details have been released on how many other games will be included. Kataoka stated that they have not decided whether to make the games in the collection available as a bundle, or individually.
Further details on the Arcade Cabinet will be announced on February 7th. As of now, the only game in the collection that has been officially announced is the above-mentioned Black Dragon, but long-time fans of Capcom may be able to recognize some of the others from the silhouette image above. I've managed to spot a couple I recognize. How about you?
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Hello we are looking to get a set of walkie talkies so we all can keep in touch with each other when the haunt is running. Was just wondering if any of you have any ideas on which ones are the best value for this?
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Hello we are looking to get a set of walkie talkies so we all can keep in touch with each other when the haunt is running. Was just wondering if any of you have any ideas on which ones are the best value for this?
Thanks Joe
Well we just went through phase one of walkie talkie ownership- cheap Talkabout radios and cheap single pin ear pieces. I'm done with those forever!.
I asked the same question a little while back and someone with a lot of experience was kind enough to give me their opinion. It really depends on your event, but the bottom line is you get what you pay for, and with walkie talkies you are going to have to pay! Motorola CLS1410 is what I'm looking at now based on the information that I was given, what I've read online, and what my event needs are/are going to be.
I don't know best or worse. I can only tell you my experience. I bought 18 sets (36 total) of these:
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The rechargeable batteries were useless but the walkies only cost me about $14 each at the time. We used supercheap AAA batteries that would last about 2 days (8 hours'ish). So we spent about $20 on batteries for 2 day increments. We used them 8 nights and they worked great for us. We had about 12 to 15 people on these cheap headsets too:
No real problems except for one or two headsets that appeared to be faulty. We were all outdoors with people up to 1/2 mile apart with rolling hills and trees. No reception problems.
thanks for your input! we are a small haunt don't need some thing that can go for miles just for an indoor haunt.
Was just wondering what ones people are using out there and how well the work.
I have two radios that are 2 mile radios, and we have found these to reach much farther than two miles. I use these with my crew during the day when we are setting up, loading effects, etc.
At night, I use the small GRMS radios everyone is talking about, either Uniden or Cobra work great for us. We are a distance apart and have lots of trees and some terrain between our main haunt and our outdoor haunt, and these things work great even with the obstacles. I will continue to use these for a few more years until I can afford (and justify) the expense to Professional Commercial-Grade Motorola radios.
I actually carry one of the Motorola radios every night, because I am in a campground and need to be in contact with the campground staff all night, so I use two radios. I love the Motorola radios but they are $350 apiece. I have found some that are only $250 each, but when you need about 12 radios, this gets expensive and they need to be justified (for me anyway).
If you use the GMRS radios, most come with "privacy" features. Buy all the same model so the privacy will work with all the radios. This keeps outside interference from other GMRS radio uses in the area.
When I am working a big show (I do concert production as well) I am usually carrying a Motorola Commercial radio, but someone else pays for that!
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I don't profess to know the female gender, and expect it will take a lifetime before I can slightly comprehend your species lol. We are all here for a purpose, and that's hopefully to find someone special. I realize I may not every ones cup of tea, but I'm someones.
I could say the things you want to hear, and be the kind of man you are looking for through my words, but I feel that getting to really know someone requires that personal interaction. Then will you truly find out just what kind of person you have actually encountered. I'm just a down to earth guy, with average looks, who tends to wear his heart on his sleeve a bit too often. I'm a romanticist at heart. Have had my heart hurt a few times along the way, but still believe that the missing piece to MY puzzle is out there somewhere. I'm chivalrous, and always say that chivalry is not dead, but is lying dormant at times. Like to open the door, and hold your chair or help you on with your coat. If you don't want an Honest, Sincere, Faithful, Communicative, Loving man, then I'm not for you. I know I haven't described myself very much here, but feel if you are interested in learning more, then you will surely write and ask.
Let's face it, this dating stuff is hard enough without complicating matters. Anywho, thanks for reading my thoughts, and drop me a line and just say Hi if nothing else!.
Side note: We are all here for a purpose, whether it be for Friendship, Dating, or for Long Term. If we wait too long for the other to reach out and touch us, we may just be passing up a great person. Don't wait for the other to make the first move.
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Comment Re:why not garden and have chickens instead? (Score 1) 184
Keeping up to 4 laying hens responsibly in a decent-sized urban back yard is actually quite rewarding, and requires little work (average 5-10 minutes per day for up to 4 eggs per day). If you treat them like a factory then yes, you will get "vile creatures". Input=output. Chickens kept in poor living conditions can be expected to behave like prisoners.
I am not aware of any large cities with ordinances that allow for roosters, but even so they are a hell of a lot quieter than the dogs and ambulances and drunk people that you deal with in the city.
As to the smell: as long as you provide clean bedding materials, move their coop at least twice a year and compost the waste it should not be an issue. And you'll end up with ample quantities of the best fertilizer out there for your garden.
All this depends on having a patch of land to work, which the system in the article is a clever alternative to if you have a desire to be connected to your protein source.


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3 Arrested After Bolingbrook Shooting Leads To Car ChaseA squad car was rammed by the escaping vehicle during the chase that went onto Interstate 55 and ended in unincorporated Joliet.
Car Chase Sends 2 To The HospitalA car speeding away from police ended up crashing into two other vehicles Sunday night on the Southwest Side, sending the speedster and another driver to the hospital, police said.
Dolton Investigates Possible Robbery Suspects' Link To MurderDolton police are trying to determine if two men allegedly involved in an armed robbery may be tied to the murder of a 52-year old man.
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A new version of WinAROS has been released. "WinAROS is a preinstalled AROS Environment that runs under Windows, using QEMU. WinAROS is a way to use AROS under Windows and try your programs, made with AmiDevCpp. The new Version comes with Themes and GhostScript installed."
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I haven't seen a RAR file in I don't know how long. I'd thought I'd remember, since I got annoyed that I had to find a program to un-rar it. Everything I see is either zip, tar.gz, or tar.bz2.
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(John Boynton Priestley), 1894–1984, English author. An extraordinarily prolific writer, Priestley worked in a variety of genres. He first wrote literary criticism as a student at Cambridge, thereafter producing such celebrated volumes as The English Novel (1927) and Literature and Western Man (1960). His many novels include The Good Companions (1929), Angel Pavement (1930), Bright Day (1946), It's an Old Country (1967), and The Image Men (1969). In his plays he experimented with expressionist forms and psychological themes; see Time and the Conways (1937), and with social criticism in dramas like Dangerous Corner (1932). Other plays include An Inspector Calls (1945), The Glass Cage (1957), and When We are Married (1938), revived with great success in 1986. Priestley also wrote mystery stories, personal history, and social criticism, English Journey (1934), Rain upon Gadshill (1939), Thoughts in the Wilderness (1957), and The Happy Dream (1976). His works of history include The Edwardians (1970) and Victoria's Heyday (1972). His reminiscences, published between 1962 and 1977, cover the full spectrum of British 20th Century culture.Bibliography
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The War on Poverty at 50
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"On the 50th anniversary of President Johnson's War on Poverty, we can be thankful for important progress we've made in reducing poverty in America and Ohio," said Amy Hanauer, executive director of Policy Matters Ohio. "Today, the safety net cuts poverty nearly in half and provides relief to many poor and near-poor people and families."
When measured using a comprehensive poverty measure, poverty has fallen significantly over the last half-century. Since the mid-1960s, average incomes of the poorest fifth of Americans have risen significantly, infant mortality has dropped sharply, and severe child malnutrition has largely disappeared.
Nevertheless, poverty and hardship remain high, with millions of Americans struggling to put food on the table or a roof over their heads. More should be done to strengthen efforts to reduce poverty and hardship and promote economic opportunity.
Under a version of the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) that uses today's poverty standards (starting with the SPM poverty line for 2012 and adjusting for inflation back to 1967), the overall poverty rate has declined substantially — from 26 percent to 16 percent between 1967 and 2012. [1]
- This research from a team at Columbia University shows that poverty among children fell from 29 percent to 19 percent under this measure. Among the elderly, it fell from 47 percent to 15 percent.
- If government benefits are not considered, today's poverty rate (using the SPM) would be 29 percent; when those benefits are considered, the rate falls to 16 percent.
- In 2012, government benefits and the tax system reduced the number of people in poverty by 40 million. But nearly 36 million of these people would have still been poor if the safety net in 2012 were only as effective at keeping people out of poverty as it was in 1964.
- A recent study found that disadvantaged children in the 1960s and 1970s with access to food stamps in early childhood and whose mothers had access during their pregnancy were less likely to have stunted growth, be diagnosed with heart disease, or be obese than those who had lacked access to this nutritional assistance. The children also were 18 percentage points more likely to graduate from high school.
This Chart Book by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides more data, and Amy Hanauer is available to discuss the anniversary of the war on poverty.
[1] The researchers also measured poverty using a different poverty line that's based on what people spent for basic necessities such as food and shelter in different years, rather than based on what people spend today and adjusted back for inflation. This method results in a lower poverty line in 1964, reflecting the lower living standards at that time. As a result, under this measure, poverty still has fallen since 1967, but the decline is more modest because the starting point is lower.


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It is a bit of wonderful weather we are having, I am doing the same, washing many things and getting htem out on the line!I am pleased to see its not only my daughters that love to go round with bare feet ;)Hope it all takes off really well for you all x
bod for tea has left a new comment on your post "Reasons to be Cheerful XXIV (#R2BC)": Those sunflowers are magnificent! Lots of comments about the weather on #R2BC this week :D Looks like your daughter is about to curtsey, so cute!
Oh yes, the heatwave is lovely. Well done on the volunteering and community involvement. Great photo of your little one and the bigwig.
I should really follow your example with the washing thing. I hate having it hanging everywhere but if I leave it for 2 days it's a nightmare!
I am with you on the simple thing of getting the washing dry!Your sunflowers look wonderful too!
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Dee Bost scored a career-high 32
points, including five of Mississippi State's 11 points in
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was he the type of guy that paddles for a wave, misses and and then trys to paddle for the next one in the set? like nobody could go till he gets his. i can't stand that.
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Thread: What would you do???
Aug 2, 2012, 07:50 PM #11
you should have jumped on his board and tried to tandem surf...after all it was a soft top.
If you were surfing town beach, Gansett, I feel sorry for you. I was looking at the cam yesterday and laughing at the swarm of "surfers." I ride a longboard but I give shortboarders their due. Try some other breaks. I had a peak to myself this morning.
Aug 2, 2012, 08:06 PM #14
Aug 2, 2012, 08:30 PM #15
well if you're gonna stay and surf there, dropping in on someone is not the best technique. A few formative years at first street taught me to sit right on top of the breaking wave as close to the peak as possible then..take off behind him...call him off...shred behind him and make sure you push him to far to the shoulder that he dorks out...when he calls you out for being a d!ck tell him to stop shoulder hoping... lastly prepare for a
2.yelling match
3.heated debate
4.insult or at the least
5. an intelligent discussion on surfing etiquette
If your not ready for 1-4 then surf somewhere else
I can agree and disagree.. I was paddling for that wave first and the guy who hit my board was just passing by me towards the wave coming in behind me. He came out of nowhere when I thought it was clear...instead while he was paddling towards the wave, he set up for it and caught it, while I was about to drop in. It annoyed me but in a sence.. I was dropping in on him.
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What would I do? Go home and grab the log. Then sit about 10 feet further out than him and just put him through hell. If you can't beat them, join em.
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By a "WaveJet" sit a little bit deeper than him every time.
Aug 2, 2012, 09:00 PM #19
Funny you mentioned.... I saw some dude on one of these last Sunday, either it was a Wavejet, or he somehow figured out how to hookup a trolling motor to it or something, because dude was just standing upright and the board had bubbles coming from the back and his board was moving at about 1mph behind the lineup, he never tried catching a wave, I don't even think he knows how, he had a beer in one hand i think and was just cruising and having a good ole time
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We get crap like this during summers in WB constantly on anything bigger than knee high. I'm not really phased by it now (used to get me heated back in middle school circa '92). Now on days like that (yesterday) I do several things in a specific order.
1) STAY AWAY from the packs. I know there are breaks where that's not possible, but in NC there's usually plenty of peaks. If it's less than chest-high (which is often here) I'm on a longboard. During the summer I'm on my beater longboard. I make a point to follow etiquette (trading sets, paddling back out around the peak, calling left/right, asking if someone is "going", etc)
2) If I'm dealing with a repeat offender (that insists on dropping in, snaking, wave hog repeatedly) I'll say in a nonchalant manner, "I thought I had that one." That does 2 things at once. a)It shows that I'm following etiquette and was going to go. b)I'm not going to just sit there and not call them out.
3) If they do it one more time I say, "Look, on the next set I'm just gonna to go."
4) It doesn't normally come to this, but the many brown spots on my beater speak for themselves. So I keep my word and go on the next set...regardless of their actions. I've run into boards, got my shins banged, pushed them off their board Mickey Dora style, had someone scream at me for a minute straight, etc.
Point is, most of the time it only gets to #2, sometimes #3. If it gets to #4 they're a **** (or deaf and inconsiderate) and are going to do whatever they want until someone stands up to them. LBC and Smithfield are right though, you've got to back it up. Not that waist-high summer chop is worth it, but eventually enough is enough.


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I'm a big believer in second chances. We all need them. Plus, my home town is Las Vegas, the historic center of the planet of second chances.
Now comes celebrity chef Paula Deen who in the span of a week has seen her empire collapse. She's been accused of all kinds of racist behavior at her southern restaurants. The Food Network has announced they will not renew her TV show when the contract expires at the end of June.
It's a brutal ending to her career as she's known it.
Some will say that she's a victim of her upbringing and an unforgiving PC environment.
And, like I said, I'm all for second chances, forgiveness, etc. But I'm also a stern advocate for the concept that actions have consequences.
Let me take my journalist hat off and put my priest hat on for a paragraph: If a person is guilty of inappropriate contact with children, for example, and person isn't going to be my Sunday school teacher. Ever. That doesn't mean he or she couldn't be the church's accountant and it doesn't mean that person couldn't attend church and receive all the sacraments and forgiveness we have to offer. But actions have consequences. And sometimes those consequences remain in effect even after contrite apologies and forgiveness.
Paula Deen's actions fit into this category. The Food Network did the right thing, i think, in ending her contract. Knowing what we know about her now would make watching her TV cooking show difficult.
Maybe with some time, Paula Deen can get her second chance. In the right circumstances, I'd be all for that. But for now, actions have consequences.
Below are two YouTube clips. One of Paula Deen's apology (which leaves me with plenty of questions for her) and a second clip that more fully explains the allegations against Paula Deen.


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I have concerns over the Government's energy and climate change policies.
The Government has a policy to develop only renewable sources of energy. This seems noble from a "climate change" point of view.
These renewable sources of energy include wind farms, hydro plants and geothermal generation. Everything else such as tidal power is still pie in the sky stuff.
Wind farms do not provide constant reliable energy so can only make up a small amount of the total generation. One of my concerns is that this will mean more pressure to build hydroelectric dams.
These hydro projects are extremely destructive for the local environment.
For example, the dam proposed by Meridian Energy for the Mokihinui River on the South Island's West Coast would flood a river valley and swamp large amounts of native bush.
It would destroy the habitat of endangered birds such as the blue duck.
Also, rivers such as the Mokihinui are extensively used for recreation by local communities.
Dams are being proposed by power companies on many other rivers as well.
But the number of rivers is finite and eventually there will be no more rivers to dam.
Energy conservation and encouraging local individual generation is important.
Why is it not compulsory to put solar water systems on new houses?
Why can't individuals who generate their own electricity sell it back on the grid?
Why aren't power companies required by law to engage in energy conservation measures with their customers?
The corporate "for profit" model of generation encourages power companies to sell as much electricity as they can.
If there is extra demand, they somehow have the right to pick a river and put a dam on it.
The more electricity used the better as that means more profit for power-generating state-owned enterprises and dividends for the Government.
The sources of energy that are reliable and proven in New Zealand to provide base load generation that could be further developed are geothermal generation and coal.
New Zealand has an abundance of geothermal energy and coal. It does not have an abundance of natural gas.
It seems crazy to me to go around damming more rivers, building wind farms on every ridge line, or risk importing gas because of supply concerns for powering gas-fired power stations.
If it is okay for China to build 50 more coal-fired stations a year then why can't we build one or two more? This will not make a shred of difference to global warming since we produce only 0.2 per cent of the world's CO2. It will provide reliable energy.
The other issue that is of concern to me is the Kyoto protocol and the Emissions Trading Scheme.
This is a scam. I cannot understand why there is not more public anger about this.
The science behind global warming is uncertain. There is no evidence that the scheme will have any effect on the world's climate.
Consumers will end up paying for the Emissions Trading Scheme as costs are passed on from businesses and farmers who will want to maintain their profit margins.
This money will then be given, through Kyoto, to low-growth economies in Eastern Europe whose CO2 emissions have not increased as much since 1990. Middle men such as carbon traders will take their cut.
People are already struggling with the cost of living without the increased costs that this ridiculous bill will generate.
Even if the money was collected it would be better used to build light rail or fund solar water heaters on state houses in New Zealand.
Apart from being able to say we are doing our bit in the battle against climate change, letting a few Greenpeace supporters sleep better at night and keeping onside with the Europeans, I can't see any benefit to this bill.
People are not going to drive less, eat less food or use less electricity. It will just cost more to do so. A one-off $112 rebate is a joke.
We should not be a world leader on climate change. We are a small isolated country at the bottom of the world.
The Europeans are the only ones to have a limited cap and trade system. Shouldn't we wait and see how this and other systems work and what impact they have before climbing on board?
It is unclear why the Labour Government is ramming this through before the election with so little debate and with so many changes from the minor parties.
The Emissions Trading Scheme and the nonsense about renewable energy will not make any difference to the world's climate even if the theories from the UN international panel on climate change are 100 per cent correct.
What they will do is damage this country physically and economically.
* Greg Plowman is a resident of Onehunga, Auckland.


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On monotonicity of regression quantile functions
In the linear regression quantile model, the conditional quantile of the response, Y, given x is QYx([tau])[reverse not equivalent]x'[beta]([tau]). Though QYx([tau]) must be monotonically increasing, the Koenker-Bassett regression quantile estimator, , is not monotonic outside a vanishingly small neighborhood of . Given a grid of mesh [delta]n, let be the linear interpolation of the values of along the grid. We show here that for a range of rates, [delta]n, will be strictly monotonic (with probability tending to one) and will be asymptotically equivalent to in the sense that n1/2 times the difference tends to zero at a rate depending on [delta]n.
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