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11th International Conference on Permafrost
PYRN DACH at the 8th AK Permafrost meeting
Young Researchers Workshop at ICOP 2016
PYRN Award winners at GeoQuebec 2015
11th International Conference on Permafrost
Thank you for a successful 11th International Conference on Permafrost, June 20-14 2016 in Potsdam! Besides highly interesting scientific and engineering presentations, PYRN members were active as session co-chairs and playing or watching the All-Star-Football-Tournament! Further, PYRN was organizing a Junior-meets-Senior-Lounge and Awards for the best oral and poster presentations as well as an award for the best Frostbyte. A 2-day Young Permafrost Researchers Workshop prior the conference on June 18-19 provided valuable workshop sessions on different topics to more than 150 participants. A new PYRN Executive Committee was elected too! Further, PYRN was organizing a Junior-meets-Senior-Lounge and Awards for the best oral and poster presentations as well as an award for the best Frostbyte (see the awardees here)."
Read more...PYRN DACH at the 8th AK Permafrost meeting
On 22-24 January 2016, a meeting of PYRN DACH (Germany-Austria-Switzerland) was held in the frame of the 8th AK Permafrost meeting in Hamburg, Germany. We came together to discuss the recent development of the network, ICOP2016 preparation and future visions for PYRN. Christina Schädel (Northern Arizona University), Christian Beer (Stockholm University) and Christian Hauck (University of Fribourg) reported on their career development in permafrost research and opened new perspectives and discussions on a scientist`s life. Samuel Weber (University of Zurich) was appointed as new representative for PYRN Switzerland next to Ingo Hartmeyer (University of Salzburg) representing Austria and Josefine Lenz (AWI Potsdam) representing Germany. During the general AK Permafrost meeting more than half of the 66 participants were Early Career Researchers who contributed to lively discussions and knowledge exchange by various presentations on mountainous permafrost, modelling, paleo-... Read more...
Young Researchers Workshop at ICOP 2016
A "Young Researchers Workshop" will take place at the XI. International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP 2016). This workshop is organized as a joint effort of PYRN (Permafrost Young Researchers Network), APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists), the young researcher representatives of the USPA (United States Permafrost Association), and ADAPT (Arctic Development and Adaptation to Permafrost in Transition).
The workshop aims at providing opportunities to young researchers to learn and build interdisciplinary knowledge:
• how to get published in scientific journals (professional trainer)
• practical methods and
• essential soft skills.
For detailed information on the Young Researchers Workshop p... Read more...
PYRN Award winners at GeoQuebec 2015
The first PYRN Outstanding Oral Presentation Award was presented to two Carleton University students at the GeoQuebec 2015. The award of $300 CAD was shared by Brendan O´Neill and Marcus Phillips, who gave excellent presentations titled "Permafrost Degradation Adjacent to Snow Fences along the Dempster Highway, Peel Plateau, NWT" and "Improving Water Content Description of Ice-rich Permafrost Soils", respectively. Congratulations!
Read more...Recent Announcements
APECS online conference
2016 Canadian Young Geotechnical Engineering and Geoscientist Conference
CliC 2014 Annual Report is available
Fall 2016 PYRN Newsletter (number 49)
IASC Progress newsletter 2014
IPA ANNUAL NEWSLETTER (Frozen Ground 40) is now available!
PYRN 10th anniversary workshop in Russia
PYRN flyer
PYRN Russia Library
PYRN Russia workshop on Yamal crater studies
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Friday, April 6th, 2007
By Margie Wuebker
86-year-old woman abducted from home
Son says mother made cell phone call from assailant's car trunk
The Shelby County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the apparent abduction of an 86-year-old Fort Loramie woman who used her cell phone to call 911 from the perpetrator's car trunk.
Victoria M. Eilerman apparently was confronted by someone who walked into her 7990 state Route 705 home early Thursday afternoon. Signs of a struggle as well as blood found at the scene lead authorities to believe the elderly woman did not go willingly and they do not suspect robbery as a possible motive.
Eilerman had gone shopping earlier in the day with a daughter (Linda Platfoot). Don Eilerman, one of the woman's seven children, told The Daily Standard they arrived home around noon and his mother was to play cards with friends an hour later.
When she did not arrive to pick up her sister at an appointed time, a brother-in-law went to check on her whereabouts. After spotting "drops of blood" in the house, he assumed she possibly cut herself and went to get help, according to Don Eilerman.
He indicated his mother placed the first cell phone call to 911 a short time later. Bulletins carried over scanners during the night and again this morning informed area law enforcement agencies the woman placed three cell phone calls within a short period and reported being assaulted. There have been no more communications, according to her son.
Authorities are looking for a 6-foot tall white male driving an older model (1970s or 1980s) black sports-style car such as a Camaro or Trans Am described as being "a person and vehicle of interest." It is possible the vehicle does not have hubcaps.
A neighbor reported seeing a vehicle matching that description in the area east of Fort Loramie between noon and 2 p.m.
Don Eilerman said his mother had noticed a white van driven by a well-dressed man pulling into a neighbor's lane shortly after she and her daughter arrived home. However, that vehicle is not believed to have been involved in the subsequent abduction.
"We are keeping all avenues open to any other information that may lead us in another direction," O'Leary stated in a news release. He did not respond to repeated messages left on his answering machine this morning and a dispatcher indicated there was nothing new in the case.
Victoria Eilerman has lived alone since the death of her husband Paul in December 2004 and deals with heart problems. Her son indicated she was not in the habit of locking her doors and authorities reportedly found no sign of forced entry.
"There are lots of theories in connection with Mom's disappearance," he said. "The most common is that someone walked in, surprised her and then abducted her because he did not know what to do with her."
Family members are keeping vigil at an undisclosed residence and praying for a positive outcome. Although hoping for the best, they fear the worst with each passing hour.
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Virginia Starts Slow, Handles VMI
Posted By Gabriel Rodriguez On Sep 26 2010 @ 9:30 am In Virginia | No Comments
Virginia overcame a very slow start and sent the Keydets packing, 48-7.
With about two and a half minutes to go in the first quarter VMI scored on a one yard touchdown pass from Cameron Jones to Robbie White. This tied the game, 7-7. To that point in the game Virginia had rushed for only four yards. It was clear that VMI came with the intention of playing tough and stopping the run, and they were doing it.
Unfortunately for the Keydets, all of their momentum stopped after that play. Raynard Horne took the ensuing kickoff and returned it 87 yards for a touchdown. Virginia quarterback Marc Verica threw two touchdown passes in the first six minutes of the second quarter and the rout was on. Virginia back-up quarterbacks Ross Metheny and Mike Rocco each threw a touchdown pass in the second half, further complicating their battle for the no. 2 spot on the roster.
So the Cavs get a big win but it was against an FCS team, and a bad FCS team at that. They can't let the 48-7 final score overshadow some of the mistakes they made and some concerns they should have because of this game.
First of all, the slow start. This game was tied late in the first quarter and VMI could have been winning. Early in the game Chase Minnifield muffed a punt that game VMI the ball in the red zone. Luckily their drive went nowhere and their field goal attempt was wide. After that was when VMI drove and scored their touchdown. Minnifield made up for his mistake later by getting interceptions on consecutive drives. Senior corner Ras-I Dowling saw his first action of the season but looked rusty. He got beat on a deep throw early and was called for pass interference soon after that. The Cavs also had only four yards rushing in the first quarter and fifteen yards rushing in the first half.
Virginia has a real issue with starting games slowly. Against Richmond they were holding on to a 14-7 lead at halftime. Against USC they committed early turnovers and dumb penalties that stalled drives. They need to remedy this sluggishness because the they won't be able to dig holes and get out of them against the rest of the ACC.
Virginia also had some fumbling issues. They committed four fumbles, including Minnifield's muffed punt, and lost two of them. VMI was not able to capitalize, but a more talented opponent will.
Virginia needs to correct some of these issues because the rest of their games are against ACC opponents. Now it really matters. They start that part of their schedule next week, when they host the Florida State Seminoles.
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I don't know, there is some things that work against that. First, they say "they appear to be gashes or welts" but we don't know that for sure, but like I was saying, there are some things that work against that. For one, the funeral director said that Trayvon's body showed no signs of a physical fight. However, if there was a physical altercation, some things about that...for one, Zimmerman changed his account on that. One account he gave, he said he followed the teen, lost the teen, and then went to check the street he was on, and then was jumped from behind and beat by Trayvon. Then, in a different account, Zimmerman said that he followed the teen, lost the teen, and then the teen jumped out in front of him and asked "Do you have a problem?" and Zimmerman says he said "No." and then he says that Trayvon said "Well you do now" and then attacked him. Zimmerman, which account is it? However, neither account is true if we look at what Trayvon's girlfriend says: http://globalgrind.com/news/trayvon-...ks-out-details Quote:
When you start looking at different things like that, looking at what "appear to be" welts on the back of Zimmerman's head during one part of the video doesn't do much for some of us. We don't know for sure if those are welts on the back of Zimmerman's head, but we do know that he is a liar. We know that he followed and stalked the teen when he was told not to. We know that Trayvon was pleading for his life shortly before being shot. We know that Zimmerman should have been arrested and should have been scheduled for a trial before this became a huge national story. Edit: I'm really baffled about that still shot showing the supposed welt on Zimmerman's head. If you watch that video, you don't see such a stand-out mark on Zimmerman's head at any part of the video that shows that part of Zimmerman's head. It is like they took a still image from the video, enhanced the video, and then digitally enhanced the part of his head that looks like a welt, but highlighted it with different colored pixels, but when people see it, they think "Oh wow, there is a big welt there!". Like Dhomochevsky said, we don't need abcnews scoping out the video or the media trying to piece together things. We just need Zimmerman on trial and the experts trying to figure out what happened that day (to the best they can).
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Of course he is still being tried by the court of public opinion. Did the Prosecutor leave the case, because there was a rumor about that.
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I'd just like to say: Zimmerman sucks. If he just stayed in his car and away from Trayvon like the police told him to, the real police would have shown up, they'd question Trayvon, things would likely be no big deal, we wouldn't have this thing become a national spectacle, and so forth.
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There are more fatties than previously thought because BMI underestimates obesity. Hello Land of the Fat.
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The waist/height ratio is a bit more interesting - mine, for example, ~0.45 (32/72). My BMI is 27.1.... well..... my target weight would still leave me with a BMI of 25.1 (well duh I exercise). But most personal trainers, nutritionists, ... in other words, *people who actually have the training* do nothing but make fun of the BMI measurement as applied to individuals. It is one of those statistical thingies that insurance companies and less well-educated doctors cling to. They almost universally recommend caliper-type fat measurement at key body points. Its not a bad arm-waving rough rule-of-thumb though.
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Fatboy Kim's gonna launch his toy rocket soon. Hooboy, he'll be having a bucket of fried chicken while watching the action from the control room.
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In the "if we were a monopoly it would save you money" fantasy news destined to empty the pockets of consumers even faster, instead of *competing* in a well-regulated free market - the monoliths simply consume each other via buyouts until there's one large ugly seamonkey left in the tank.
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One day, I hope, these giants will find themselves face to face with a country that cares. Not this one, certainly, but some distant future... that or the/a/some apocalypse.
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Honecker widow Margot defends communist East Germany
Whoa, she's very ignorant. Doesn't she realize it was East Germany's refusal to allow their people freedom and visiting their West Germany/Berlin relatives that made many escape to the west.
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http://www.tecca.com/news/2012/03/28...rom-employers/ Of course, the House of Rep. would reject the notion of supporting privacy when it comes to Facebook. Breaching privacy follows in line, with the Supreme Court decision today - which allows the police and jailors to strip search people, even for minor offenses. The decision was 5-4 and the 5 consists of the "conservative" judges. So, among the "conservative" base, there is an ever greater push towards police state policies. And today: Arizona is looking to outlaw "trolling": http://techland.time.com/2012/04/03/...rnet-trolling/ America is heading towards some very very dangerous waters. EDIT: Oh wow. http://campusprogress.org/articles/a..._universities/ Yea, you read the link. "Az. Official Considers Expanding Ban on Ethnic Studies to Universities".
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Some industry analysts are indeed predicting a smart-watch boom, especially with Apple expected to enter the market in 2014. Canalys estimates the smart-watch market will exceed 5 million shipments in 2014.
It's been a slow and steady climb for the wearable technology. Canalys estimates that 333,000 smart watches were shipped in 2012, with Sony and Motorola leading the charge. In 2013, the firm forecasts more than 500,000 smart watches will ship before the market grows exponentially in 2014, with 5 million shipments as Apple, Google, and Microsoft join the fray.
Opportunities and Challenges
"Smart watches will be the most important new product category in consumer electronics since the iPad defined the market for tablets," said Chris Jones, Canalys vice president and principal analyst. "Software platforms tied to smart watches will also be a tremendous opportunity for developers to write apps in categories such as health and wellness or sports and fitness."
Canalys said hardware design will be critical for smart watches, as consumers will only want to wear fashionable products. The firm predicted market for traditional watches will quickly be disrupted once consumers determine that smart watches add sufficiently valuable functionality to their lives while being "stylish enough." Canalys estimates that more than a billion watches were shipped in 2012.
Despite the predicted success, though, Canalys said device vendors will face a number of tough challenges.
"Strict power constraints will prohibit cellular technology, limit the number of sensors and necessitate communication with smart phones over Bluetooth Low Energy," said Canalys analyst Daniel Matte. "ARM architecture licensees that design custom silicon will enjoy significant hardware advantages in this space."
Smart watches will also require custom software.
"An effective smart watch won't just be a second screen for a smart phone. Creating a competent developer platform specifically for the form factor will be an enormous challenge," said Canalys analyst James Wang. "Google and Microsoft must execute more successfully than they have done with their tablet platforms and will have to adapt their business models appropriately."
Just Plain Bad Technology?
We asked Roger Entner, principal analyst at Recon Analytics, for his thoughts on the smart-watch market. He's been skeptical from the beginning.
"What does the smart watch really do that you can't do with your phone right now? If the only thing that changes is that I hold my watch to my ear instead of my phone to my ear, it's not going to sell," Entner told us. "We have here in Dedham the Museum of Bad Art. Maybe we should have a Museum of Bad Technology."
All quipping aside, Entner said the key issue with smart watches is the power envelope. How much power do you put in a smart watch? How big, then, does the battery have to be? How does that affect the screen and how heavy is the watch by the time it's decked out?
"If you make a smart watch light, it automatically doesn't have a lot of power and therefore your screen size is limited. I think wearable technology requires a voice-driven feature, you can't depend on a screen," Entner said. "The only exception might be glasses. But then again how much weight to do you want to carry on the back of your nose? Not a lot. If the glasses slides off your nose it shouldn't break your toe."


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By Stephanie Marton
Americans claimed a victory this summer when the U.S. won the top spot in the world's first global index of female entrepreneurship. I worked in women's business development centers and have done my homework on the SBA, and I thought the U.S. deserved the praise. Until I moved to Southeast Asia, that is. In this region, I have witnessed surprising experimentation in women's entrepreneurship that has slipped unnoticed below the international radar. The U.S.' support for women is driven by the strengths of the overall business climate, but the U.S. is most likely to stumble on ideas off our radar outside the national context. A review of top journals shows that articles on entrepreneurship cover emerging economies only 0.5% of the time. In under-studied contexts, might we find untried solutions?
At first glance, Malaysia does not have a lot going for women starter-ups. It is a Muslim state with conservative gender codes that persist in the fabric of domestic life. State Sharia law continues to disenfranchise women legally (limiting divorce rights, for instance). Despite these cultural realities, three cultural and socio-economic forces have combined to allow for radical experimentation in female entrepreneurship: A grow-or-die commitment to growth through innovation; a national imperative to optimize the productivity of its native workforce; and a strong public sector positioned to execute daring interventions.
Malaysia is preoccupied with entrepreneurship. In the shadow of China's growth machine, the trajectories of Southeast Asian nations are focal points of national governments and international investors. Malaysia relies heavily on small and medium enterprises (SMEs), dubbed by the government as "the backbone of Malaysia's long term industrial development programme." The focus on entrepreneurship is in vogue, but SMEs are also just a larger portion of the economy here. SMEs are >90% of businesses, contributing a third of GDP, and more than half of all employment. Malaysia's recent investments have targeted entrepreneurship capital. In 1997, for instance, Malaysia famously conjured a tech cluster out of the empty space outside of Kuala Lumpur, deemed Cyberjaya. Although a disputed success (the relatively sleepiness of the area barely suggests a hub), the effort speaks to a venture-focused national agenda.
The region is equally preoccupied with championing women's productivity. "Womenomics" has swept the region, again led by East Asian neighbors. Malaysia has followed suit to prioritize women's inclusion in the workforce to boost national productivity. It helps that the Prime Minister of Malaysia is the former Minister of Women; I heard him speak convincingly in May on just how seriously he is taking the Millennium Development Goals on gender. Organizations and private companies are following the public sector's cues. In an April article, Malaysia's TalentCorp CEO reinforced that "harnessing female talent could conceivably unfetter Malaysia's economic potential and facilitate its journey to high-developed status." Constructive women workers are a national mission.
The commitment to ventures and women has been realized in Malaysia because the state has enough teeth to act on it. Malaysia is a near single party system, with the governing coalition ruling relatively unchallenged since the mid 1950's. As in many economies in Southeast Asia, the government has a large hand in the economy, with over 400 government-linked companies, and more than one government-linked fund that directly invest in companies. The coalition relies heavily on the vote of the majority ethnic group, the natives Malays, who thus far have failed to receive the full fruits of Malaysia's prosperity relative to the wealthy minority Chinese and Indians. This political alignment with the Malays has directed the power of the coalition toward economic inclusion of this group, particularly through uplifting the poorest among them, the Malay women.
The commitment to entrepreneurship and women, and the power to act on it, has made Malaysia a petri dish for radical experimentation in promoting female entrepreneurship. Malaysia largely covers the spectrum of programs tried in the U.S., including skill development programs, earmarked capital pools and networking conferences. Last summer, the state hosted the first Women's Entrepreneur Conference held in Southeast Asia, drawing over 200 women to the jungle region of Sarawak. Beyond these tried and true avenues, Malaysia has stepped it up this year. On the back of a prominent women's appreciation campaign, the prime minister included a $16M line item in the budget for a plan called "Get Malaysian Business Online." In partnership with , the program will build free or highly subsidized websites for a target 50,000 SMEs (only 15% of Malaysia's 700,000 SME's are on the web today). The program's explicit targets, and the vast majority of registrants, are women.
The program is a huge budget item with a laser focus on women entrepreneurs, the likes of which few nations have pulled off. Malaysia may still be behind the powerhouses as the UK and the U.S. in absolute numbers, but its efforts in the past decade have paid off with striking growth in women's entrepreneurship. A Forbes study on the "15 Best Cities for Female Founders" last year celebrated growth rates of women's entrepreneurs around 40% between 1997 and 2012 (NYC is at 30%). According to the Ministry of Trade, Malaysia has seen a 55% increase in number of women-owned SMEs since 2005. Malaysia is starting to get some attention for it's improving climate; the global index of female entrepreneurship ranked Malaysia ahead of Japan, Russia, and Turkey.
Though Malaysia's moves may be too politically aggressive for the free-market wheeling U.S., Malaysia offers a useful experimental playground to watch. Investors, wealth managers and activists have been collaborating recently in the U.S. on a movement dubbed 'gender-lens investing', which is essentially a call to include gender as a category of analysis in valuations and strategy setting for firms. Experiments in this topic are particularly suited to a nation such as Malaysia, where the composition in the traditional finance is strikingly female-heavy, with women in one-third of senior banking roles and well represented in C-suites, a phenomenon that has garnered attention from the Muslim world. Malaysia may very well integrate gender into investment; the largest Malaysian PE firm started a pro-bono project this summer to advise the operations of women-owned firms, a focus that could easily translate into gender-based experiments with traditional capital. With the perfect storm of factors in place for experimentation, Malaysia is worth watching as it continues down this path, a lesson to the U.S. to keep its search broad (and ego in check) as it develops the next generation of best practices for women.
Stephanie Marton is a management consultant specializing in strategy and corporate development. She is now posted with BCG in Southeast Asia where she has focused on emerging market opportunities in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Yale University.


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The election is sort of over. Bill Shorten has conceded. The Coalition has 74 seats and projected to get two of the last five. Maybe more than two.
The Senate won't be known for a few weeks, but is going to be ugly.
This will be a testing time for Malcolm Turnbull. He he was majority Government in his own right. However he has significant discontent on his right and a revitalised Labor which can scent victory in three years.
If he can produce a policy programme that gains widespread support, he may survive. But policies that are agreeable to the Liberal caucus and to the Senate will be hard to find.


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Green-thumbers Janet and Don Knight from Northern California became brown-thumbers when they started gardening in Las Vegas, but now they're green-thumbers again. In fact, they are producing vegetables year-round to sell at the farmers market from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday at 333 S. Valley View Blvd.
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The Knights purchased a large lot expecting to grow vegetables and raise horses. They soon heard you can't grow vegetables in Las Vegas. That became a challenge to them.
Determined to solve their problem, they went to Star Nursery where they met Master Gardener Cliff Young. He gave them a mini Master Gardener course. They followed his advice and they've been successful ever since. They also went through the Master Gardener training program. They volunteered at the university orchard where they expanded their knowledge even more.
Janet took her training a step further. She took a Master Food Preservers course at the University Cooperative Extension. Now she processes her excess produce, and this led her to teaching food preserving classes. She loves seeing the glow in people's eyes as ideas pop into their heads.
Janet boiled their successes down to five things: soil preparation, compost tea making, planting at the right time, pest management and shading and wind protection.
SOILS: The Knights first used wood chips to mix in the soil. Since the chips were not composted they encountered failures from the start.
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Since the Knights had horse manure, Sal Ramirez of Viragrow soils encouraged them to mix it in with his soil. Ramirez finds animal manure adds microorganisms to stimulate microbial activity to benefit the plants.
Bruce Nielsen of Prime Color Growers encouraged them to add Zeo-Soil to the prepared soil. He said this natural organic material enhances soil and plant growth by holding and transferring water and minerals (mainly nitrogen) to their plants. The Knights have used it for years and sell it at their farmers market booth.
COMPOST TEA: The Knights are pure organic gardeners. "We make our own compost tea (fertilizer). We place compost with chicken and horse manure in a big barrel of water and let it brew for several days. We then spray it on our vegetables a couple of times a year."
PLANTING SCHEDULE: The Knights started off following the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension vegetable planting guide. Janet said, "As we learn more about growing vegetables we are tweaking the guide to expand our production. Gardeners from other parts of the country want to plant when they did back home and usually fail." You can get the planting guide by going to http://tinyurl.com/plantsked.
Janet said, "Our produce is in high demand. Kale, chard and collards have become our trademark. We only harvest the outside leaves, to keep them producing longer. When vegetables stop producing, we fill in the spaces with other vegetables."
The Knights plant their vegetables closer than recommended. "We find the plants shade the soil to conserve water and control weeds."
NO PESTICIDES: "We never use pesticides. Don likes to make breakfast, so I snoop through the garden looking for bugs. With these constant visits we seldom have any pests. It takes me about 20 minutes per day to do my snooping."
SHADE AND WIND: The Knights use a 30 percent shade cloth. "It does two thing: shades the plants but also deflects the wind." Plants grown under a windbreak are almost twice the size of exposed plants. Janet also finds that winds tear up plants and suck water out of them.
The Knights are also part of the Community Supported Agriculture Coalition. "We make vegetable baskets to deliver to certain locations weekly." If you want a basket, sign up for one at their booth. Many of these baskets go to senior citizen centers.
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Silodosin (Oral route)
Brand Names:
- Rapaflo
Dosage Forms:
- Capsule
Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy Agent
Alpha-1 Adrenergic Blocker
Uses of This Medicine:
Silodosin is used to treat men who have symptoms of an enlarged prostate gland, which is also known as benign enlargement of the prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH). Benign enlargement of the prostate is a problem that can occur in men as they get older. The prostate gland is located below the bladder. As the prostate gland gets larger, certain muscles in the gland may become tight and get in the way of the tube that drains urine from the bladder. This can cause problems in urinating, such as a need to urinate often, a weak stream when urinating, or a feeling of not being able to empty the bladder completely.
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Before Using This Medicine:
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Silodosin is not indicated for use in the pediatric population. Safety and efficacy have not been established.
Older adults
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of silodosin in the elderly. However, elderly patients are more likely to have age-related kidney problems, which may require caution and an adjustment in the dose for patients receiving silodosin.
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There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Other medicines
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with this medication or change some of the other medicines you take.
- Atazanavir
- Boceprevir
- Clarithromycin
- Cobicistat
- Idelalisib
- Indinavir
- Itraconazole
- Ketoconazole
- Nefazodone
- Nelfinavir
- Ritonavir
- Saquinavir
- Telithromycin
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- Cyclosporine
- Eliglustat
- Nilotinib
- Simeprevir
- Tocophersolan
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Sildenafil
- Tadalafil
- Vardenafil
Other interactions
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
Other medical problems
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
- Hypotension (low blood pressure) Use with caution. May make this condition worse.
- Kidney disease, moderate Use with caution. The effects of this medicine may be increased because of slower removal from the body.
- Kidney disease, severe or
- Liver disease, severe Should not be used in patients with these conditions.
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Take this medicine only as directed by your doctor. Do not take more of it, do not take it more often, and do not take it for a longer time than your doctor ordered.
It is best to take this medicine with a meal.
If you have trouble swallowing capsules, you may open the capsule and pour the medicine into a small amount of cool or room temperature applesauce. Stir this mixture well and swallow it immediately (within 5 minutes) without chewing, and followed with a glass of cool water to ensure complete swallowing of the medicine.
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
- For oral dosage form (capsules):
- For benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH):
- Adults 4 to 8 milligrams (mg) taken as a single dose once a day.
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Missed dose
If you miss a dose of this medicine, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.
Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
Ask your healthcare professional how you should dispose of any medicine you do not use.
Precautions While Using This Medicine:
It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits for any unwanted effects that may be caused by this medicine.
Do not use this medicine if you are also taking clarithromycin (Biaxin®), ketoconazole (Nizoral®), itraconazole (Sporanox®), or ritonavir (Norvir®). Using these medicines together may cause serious unwanted effects.
Dizziness, lightheadedness, or fainting may occur after you take this medicine, especially when you get up from a lying or sitting position. Getting up slowly may help lessen this problem. If you feel dizzy, lie down so you do not faint. Then sit for a few moments before standing to prevent the dizziness from returning.
This medicine may cause some people to become dizzy or less alert than they are normally. Make sure you know how you react to this medicine before you drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are dizzy or are not alert.
If you plan to have cataract surgery, tell your eye doctor (ophthalmologist) that you are taking this medicine. A serious eye problem called Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome (IFIS) has occurred in some patients who were taking this medicine or who had recently taken this medicine when they had cataract surgery.
Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.
Side Effects of This Medicine:
- Less common
- Chills
- cold sweats
- confusion
- dizziness
- dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when getting up suddenly from a lying or sitting position
- Incidence not known
- Abdominal or stomach pain
- clay-colored stools
- dark urine
- fever
- headache
- itching
- loss of appetite
- nausea
- pinpoint red or purple spots on the skin
- rash
- skin blisters
- unpleasant breath odor
- unusual tiredness or weakness
- vomiting of blood
- yellow eyes or skin
- More common
- Change or problem with discharge of semen
- Less common
- Diarrhea
- muscle aches
- sore throat
- stuffy or runny nose
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
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May 20, 2008
"I love her because she's a helluva fighter. She's tenacious and I like that. She cares for everybody, for people like me."
20 comments:
- rhhardin said...
I like her for her cattle futures.
It shows that she thinks first of the little people. - 5/20/08, 9:42 AM
- Chris Wren said...
Oh. Until I followed the link I just assumed the quote was from Andrew Sullivan.
- former law student said...
Hillary cares for all women, except for Bill's legitimate prey, such as Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, and Juanita Broddrick. After all, the big guy's entitled to a little recreation.
Re: "Iron my shirt": It's amazing how much mileage Hillary's campaign got out of one rinky-dink radio station's stunt.
In terms of offensive T-shirts, I think Obama's winning the Outrage Olympics: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2008/05/14/politics/p122224D39.DTL&o=0 - 5/20/08, 9:51 AM
- pst314 said...
Responding to objections that HillaryCare could bankrupt many small businesses, Hillary said "I can't be responsible for every undercapitalized small business in America."
This must be a new meaning of "cares for everybody" that I'm not familiar with. - 5/20/08, 11:11 AM
- Simon said...
pst314, that quote is from 1993, and relates to a healthcare plan that she's not presently offering. One assumes she's now grasped the flaws in the earlier plan, otherwise that would be her healthcare plan rather than what she is proposing, which is still monumentally misguided (from a conservative perspective, at any rate), but because of the concept, not the fine detail. In the detail, it at least corrects some of the most-criticized aspects of HillaryCare.
- bearbee said...
Responding to objections that HillaryCare could bankrupt many small businesses, Hillary said "I can't be responsible for every undercapitalized small business in America."
That could result in significant unemployment. As of 2004:
Small employers with less than 50 employees accounted for 95 percent of all establishments and 41 percent of total employment.
Rack that stupidity up along with her idiotic energy solutions.
BTW how does she feel about undercapitalized campaigns? - 5/20/08, 11:49 AM
- bearbee said...
One assumes she's now grasped the flaws in the earlier plan,...
Let us hope so. - 5/20/08, 11:53 AM
- Bruce Hayden said...
I agree with the fighter point, but the suggestion that she cares for everyone, or really anyone besides herself and her own is wishful thinking.
- martha said...
No.....Hillary cares about power. She thinks she knows how to "take care" of other people--whether they agree with her or not she wants to meddle with the lives of everyone for the "betterment" of the little person. God help us if she is ever in a real position of power--her healthcare debacle should have been enough of a lesson for those who think Hillary cares. You have to more than care--you have to know how to implement policy effectively. Hillary is running a bankrupt campaign. You think she could run the country any better?
- vbspurs said...
Did you guys click on the slideshow on that link?
This photo of Obama there reminded me of this other one I saw, recently.
Photographers adore capturing him in Kennedyesque silhouettes.
They couldn't with President Clinton because the guy was a walrus, no matter how much he stooped down, with folded arms.
But they can with Obama.
They want Obama for the millions they will rake in personally, selling their photos.
The voters may want Hillary. But the photographers are sending celluloid love notes to Obama.
Victoria - 5/20/08, 1:14 PM
- garage mahal said...
Hillary cares for all women, except for Bill's legitimate prey, such as Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, and Juanita Broddrick. After all, the big guy's entitled to a little recreation.
I know right!? I heard he's a cat killer too, according to Willey. Something to keep in your back pocket when you want to pr0n another Clinton thread, no matter how unrelated it may seem. - 5/20/08, 1:48 PM
- Methadras said...
Hillary cares for only two people on this earth, Chelsey and Herself.
- vbspurs said...
he's a cat killer too, according to Willey.
In fairness, George, I'd believe Clinton was a pussy killer. - 5/20/08, 3:18 PM
- vbspurs said...
/garage! Sorry abt. that.
- Helen Cadogan said...
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- Helen Cadogan said...
I'm not a Hillary fan. Never have been. Never will be. Never will vote for her. However, I've come to respect her tenacity and her willingness to get down in the trenches and fight.
She's had her sense of entitlement ripped away, and, ironically, it seems to have made her a conservative. Obama, she says, hasn't won the nomination. What's left unsaid is 'why should I give it to him if he hasn't earned it?'
I agree with Hillary's implied comment. Affirmative action is ruinous to this country. The last thing we need is a president who got to the Oval Office simply cuz he's black. Obama, true to his communist background, wants exactly that. He wants the Oval Office without doing the hard work to earn it. That's why he says don't talk about me, my pastor, my wife, my friends, my religion, my anything.
Barack Obama, the affirmative action candidate for the POTUS. Hillary Clinton, the political conservative E.F. Hutton wannabe: if the Obama takes the WH, he will have to do it the old fashioned way, earn it!
The irony is delicious! - 5/20/08, 5:03 PM
- former law student said...
Garage: From the title of Ann's post: She cares for everybody, for people like me. Hillary does not care for everybody, sorry.
Hillary Clinton, the political conservative E.F. Hutton wannabe:
E.F. Hutton? The apt analogies to Hillary's campaign are Lurleen Wallace and Evita Peron. Or did E.F. Hutton get the nod because her husband was term-limited out? - 5/20/08, 6:43 PM
- pst314 said...
"One assumes she's now grasped the flaws in the earlier plan"
That's quite an assumption. - 5/21/08, 7:31 AM
- Michael_H said...
"She cares for everybody, for people like me."
Nah. She cares for power, and lusts after everyone's money.
She cares enough about Bill to live in a different house, in a different state. She cares enough about Chelsea to use her as a campaign mascot, but not enough to let her speak to the press. - 5/21/08, 8:36 AM
- Michael_H said...
"She has totally found her voice," said a longtime adviser, "but what is so frustrating for her is that there isn't enough runway to get anything done."
Like totally. Short runway, bummer, and like so not fair. I mean, you know?
Heaven in a hammock, can the next queen of America not find better longtime advisors that that?
And the incessant whining about sexism - if she can't stand up to Olberman and Matthews, for crying out loud, how can she expect the voters will believe she can stand up to Kim Jong-Il? Or Mahmood Imadinnerjacket? Or Czar Putin I?
Would yo vote for McCain if he (or his surrogates) constantly complained in the same manner as Hillary and her surrogates? - 5/21/08, 8:46 AM


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Could somebody try and make me a signature and avatar out of this? I'd like for the avatar to be 100x100 and be centered on Yui and the signature can be however big you want. No text.
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2011-01-07, 20:02 | Link #1960 |
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can anyone pls make me a sig with this pic:
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i suggest to make it a sexy type sig put my name and the K-on symbol on it and an avatar Anime: K-on Time: 0:12-0:17 or 1:06-1:08 or 1:09-1:11 of this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xrN-...eature=related Size: 100x100 Extra: Border your choice ^-^ tnx in advance ^_^
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After bringing in defensive linemen Raheem Brock and Shaun Ellis in for visits this week, the Patriots went in another direction, with ESPNBoston.com reporting they've signed defensive end Mark Anderson on Friday.
Anderson was a fifth-round draft pick for Chicago from the 2006 draft, and spent his career in Chicago until last season when he joined the Texans back ono October 5th. He played in 11 games and had 4 sacks with Houston last year.
He had 12 sacks during his rookie season, which was the most he's had during his NFL career.
If you'd like to get a chance to see him in an interview, here's one I found on YouTube.com following a Bears win over the Lions back in 2009.


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- The Mystery Of Time And Space is a popular online graphic adventure game created by Jan Albartus. The game was produced using Macromedia Flash and was an early influential example of the escape the room genre. The game currently has 20 playable levels, which has increased over time since its creation and may increase in the future. The game is currently available in 15 languages, including English, French, German, Japanese, and both traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese. There is also a moderated chat room available for players to discuss the game. The levels have been noted for their jazz soundtrack, especially the Christmas-themed Level 8 and its jazz representation of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town".
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The Toledo area s three Value City Department Stores will be closed before the end of March, eliminating the jobs of 174 workers, a spokesman for the new owners said.
The stores at 5960 Lewis Avenue in Toledo, 2694 Detroit Ave. in Maumee, and 2678 Woodville Rd. in Northwood this week began closeout sales in anticipation of their closing. The intent is to shut the outlets within six to eight weeks.
Value City Furniture Stores, owned by another company, are not affected.
VCHI Acquistion Co., of Columbus, which recently bought an 81 percent ownership of Value City Department Stores from Retail Ventures Inc., also of Columbus, said today that it is closing 37 of 113 stores that don t fit into its plans to revive the chain.
When it is finished, the owner will have 53 Value City stores and 23 other stores will be converted to Burlington Coat Factory outlets. VCHI is closing 14 Value City stores in Ohio.
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It's a corporate exercise that companies should probably only do in a sealed bunker, far from the ears of investors, shareholders and journalists, and it works like this: the boss assembles his team and tells them to imagine they are sitting down for a crisis meeting because the major project, product or investment they have launched has gone horribly wrong. It's been a fiasco; a meltdown; an omnishambles — and everyone in the room has to work out what's happened. They aren't even allowed out of the room until they have a decent list of causes for the disaster, and no one is allowed to stay quiet.
That is a "pre-mortem", and it's supposed to take place before said project or product ever sees the light of day. Some in the business world swear by it, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman says that when he expounded on the concept in a speech at the World Economic Forum, one executive approached him afterwards and said this idea alone justified the trip to Davos. Kahneman has admitted that companies rarely implement ideas he mentions to them, "Except for the pre-mortem — people just love the pre-mortem."
A new book is set to bring the pre-mortem concept back to the fore. In The Obstacle is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Trials into Triumph, out next week, business strategist Ryan Holiday argues: "Far too many ambitious undertakings fail for preventable reasons," and says our natural predisposition to believe our plans will come off swimmingly leads to avoidable disasters.
"As technology has improved — predicting the weather on our smartphones and doing trades with algorithms — we've lost touch with the reality of risk," he told the Standard last week, explaining why he has opened one of the chapters of his new book with the concept of the pre-mortem. "Our positivity sets us up to be unpleasantly surprised."
Recognised as an effective way of assessing the pitfalls of important decisions, the pre-mortem has been gaining currency since writer and "intuition expert" Gary Klein coined the term in 2007. Its advocates claim that it has particular relevance as companies emerge from recession.
Chris Matthews, principal at the consultancy firm SutherlandsPugh, recommends that all his clients (big law firms and professional services companies) "pre-mortem" any major pitch they make for business.
"I think that there is a now heightened awareness of how to consider risk at the moment — people have seen the damage that is done when things go wrong.
"The pre-mortem sidesteps people's natural defensiveness," he says, referring to our natural instinct to tell our superiors that everything is always fine, and to become defensive if we are questioned or scrutinised.
"The boss can say, 'Imagine we're a year from now and the project has been such a catastrophe that we've all been fired and we're sitting in a bar getting drunk. Tell me why that might have happened'. This gets people talking about the concerns that they harbour."
Maybe someone should have told the IOC delegates as they awarded the 2016 Olympics…
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WAKE FOREST, N.C. – What makes your life compelling?
That was the challenge posed by evangelism professor Alvin Reid to more than 1,000 high school students from across North Carolina and southern Virginia at the Reach Up Rally, held on February 15 at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Reach Up was sponsored by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and hosted by The College at Southeastern, an undergraduate school of Southeastern Seminary. In addition to Reid the event featured popular rock band Rush of Fools.
Reid, who teaches evangelism at Southeastern, took the students to Acts 4 and showed them the example of the apostles as he encouraged them to live in such a way that others know unmistakably that they belong to Christ.
"If you are breathing, then there is something inside of you that says, 'My life must matter for something,'" Reid said. He offered that one way the apostles made their lives matter was by being bold about the gospel.
"If you claim to be a Christian, then people are watching you, and they have a right to watch you," Reid said. "There ought to be something different, compelling and real about us."
Reid recounted to the packed chapel crowd his own experiences equipping teenagers to share faith, and he challenged them to focus not on themselves but on the power of God in their lives.
"The gospel is the power of God," he said. "It's not our ability, or our technique. It's the gospel."
Reid further called the students to live lives of transparency, forsaking whatever stood in the way of their witness – popularity, status, maybe even friends. He cited examples from Scripture of young people who followed their passion for God and made an eternal difference, a difference he said they could make in their homes and schools.
"There are young people your age winning gold medals in the Olympics," Reid reminded them. "You can live for God.
"The gospel is the most precious thing you ever have in your life," Reid added in closing, "and it is the greatest thing you will ever tell someone."
For more information about the Reach Up rallies and the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina's student ministry division, visit www.bedotell.com. For more about The College at Southeastern, visit college.sebts.edu.
The mission of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ by equipping students to serve the church and fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20). Southeastern is an institution of higher learning and a Cooperate Program ministry of the Southern Baptist Convention.


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On the Top 6 episode of "The X Factor," everything that you thought would happened did. Carly Rose Sonenclar blew everyone else out of the water; Demi Lovato interrupted Simon Cowell; CeCe Frey lost more of her dignity; Emblem3 rode skateboards.
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As if the show wasn't already predictable enough, knowing who comes in the top 1 and 2 place every week basically renders the weeks in between the first and last live shows moot. We know who will make it to the finale in two weeks: Carly Rose and Tate Stevens. So why are we still watching Fifth Harmony stand side by side and take turns displaying how very diverse they are? Why is Diamond White singing "Diamonds" from the inside of a diamond? Why is the sky blue? What else is even on on Wednesdays at 8?
Everyone got two songs Wednesday night: the first was an "unplugged" version of a pop song, the second was chosen by Internet voters. Unplugged is unforgiving to certain singers, namely the ones who can't actually sing, namely CeCe. So that was rough, her version of "Edge of Glory." Also rough: Emblem3 doing "Just the Way You Are" and "Forever Young" in their surfer-yell voices while having no emotional connection to the songs whatsoever.
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Actually, let's back up here for a minute. Emblem3 was having a rough time with all of Demi's criticism last week, so to unwind, they went to a skate shop. Last week they went to the mall. Then Fifth Harmony went and got their nails done. Last week they went shopping. So why are Simon's groups going on so many field trips? The other folks deserve a little pampering and time off, too. Carly Rose could really use an eyebrow waxing.
Having two songs gave some contestants a chance to improve, like Tate Stevens, whose acoustic number, "Living on a Prayer" got much criticism. But he came back with Garth Brooks's super-country "If Tomorrow Never Comes" and he was really very good. Fifth Harmony, too, had a second chance, after failing to win anyone over with "Set Fire to the Rain." (LA Reid is incensed that a group called Fifth Harmony hasn't been doing harmony… can't argue with him there.) But they actually harmonized quite a bit in Demi's own "Give Your Heart a Break," which Demi said was better than the original. Aw, how sweet.
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For some, though, two songs mean an extra chance to fail. Diamond White started strong on "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World," but was straining pretty hard on "Diamonds" in the second act. CeCe was just bad on both of her performances, though Simon, already writing her off, said he will miss her when she goes.
Of course, Carly Rose Sonenclar is the best. She unplugged Justin Bieber's "As Long As You Love Me" and it was dark and interesting. And then she did "If I Were a Boy" that was sweet and great. We found our winner, let's just wrap this show up, folks.
Who should go home Thursday: Fifth Harmony and CeCe Frey. And everyone else, pretty much.
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Whether you're team pie or team cake, Jessie Oleson of Cakespy.com has you covered. The self proclaimed "Dessert Detective Agency" serves up daily blog posts about bakeries, recipes, food artists, and products for lovers of all things sweet. And with a new book coming out and a storefront in Seattle, Oleson is busy as a beaver bringing a little sweetness to the doldrums of everyday life— good thing she's powered by super cupcakes!
What superpower would you want? The ability to fly!
Favorite Batman actor (film or tv)? Adam West.
Lois Lane or Lana Lang? Lois Lane!
Favorite super villain? Claw from Inspector Gadget.
Favorite superhero flick? Cliché, but I really liked Dark Knight.
What was the inspiration for your Superhero! button design? Um, duh: the superpowers that we can all reasonably attain from cupcake consumption, naturally.
Any cool projects in the works right now? Ooh, I am super excited about the sock design I did for Sock It To Me! which will be released later this summer. It features cupcakes, unicorns, and robots!
What button are you wearing right now? One by JustJenn Designs that says "Font Whore".
Check back next Tuesday for more on the Superhero! Button-O-Matic series!


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Gresh & Zo No Huddle: Dez Bryant Rules, Jets O-Line, And Some College FootballGresh and Zo go "No Huddle" on the Jets offensive line, Dez Bryant's new rules in Dallas, and even some college football talk!
Toucher & Rich: Bert Breer On Patriots-LionsToucher & Rich talk with Bert Breer about the Patriots-Lions and who will choke on Thanksgiving - the Patriots or Jets?
Patriots Hold On To Beat Vikings 28-18Tom Brady outscrambled Brett Favre, then kept the ball away from Tarvaris Jackson when Favre was knocked out of the game, and the New England Patriots held on to beat the Minnesota Vikings 28-18 on Sunday.


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The next User Group Meeting will be held in Melbourne FL from 24-26 February, 2016.
GSI is proud to announce its new INCA4 camera. Click "Read More" to view a video from CMSC 2015 about the new INCA4.
GSI was at the 31st Annual CMSC in Hollywood (Florida) July 20-24, 2015
GSI welcomes its new V-STARS distributor. 3D-China, based in Shanghai, will now be supporting all V-STARS sales and service in China. See the Partners page for 3D-China's contact details. SunWard, based in ZhengZhou, is not a V-STARS distributor.
Potential V-STARS users should be aware that systems looking very much like V-STARS and purporting to offer similar capabilities may well constitute unlawful use of GSI's intellectual property.
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Like most of its luxury peers, Neiman Marcus is getting ready to finally make its mark on New York City, according to the New York Post. The daily newspaper reports the luxury department store chain has been in negotiations with the Related Cos., one of the developers behinds the massive Hudson Yards project on the West Side of the City, to open a 200,000-sq.-ft. multi-level store in the Big Apple. However, nothing is final yet. According to the Post: "While [$30 to $40 per sq. ft.] ...
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By Raphael Satter Associated Press
LONDON — The U.K. has been secretly gathering communications data from American Internet giants with the help of fellow spooks at the U.S. National Security Agency, the Guardian newspaper reported Friday, a demonstration of the international scope of America's top-secret espionage program.
The Guardian said it had seen documents showing how the British signals intelligence agency GCHQ has had access to America's "PRISM" electronic eavesdropping system since at least June 2010, adding that the data had generated nearly 200 intelligence reports over the past year.
GCHQ declined to comment on the story Friday, saying only that it takes its legal obligations "very seriously."
The Guardian said evidence for GCHQ's involvement came from the same 41-page Powerpoint presentation cited Thursday by both that paper and The Washington Post as the basis for their reports on PRISM, a heretofore-unknown eavesdropping program used to collect emails, documents, audio, video, and other data from major Internet companies including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, and Apple.
While PRISM is theoretically targeted at data belonging to foreigners on foreign soil, the Post said that the spies merely have to believe there's a better than even chance that the target is foreign before scooping up its data. The paper also cited training material as saying that inadvertently spying on Americans was "nothing to worry about."
It's not clear whether British officials would be subject to the same restrictions with respect to their own citizens, and the traditionally close links between GCHQ and the NSA have already worried some in the U.K. who fear that British spies may be eavesdropping on their own citizens through American espionage programs.
"The U.K. government must tell us what they knew about PRISM," said Jim Killock, who directs the London-based Open Rights Group. In a statement released earlier Friday, Killock called for an investigation into "whether the U.K. government or intelligence agencies were in any way involved with any related invasion of U.K. citizens' privacy."
The report: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jun/07/uk-gathering-secret-intelligence-nsa-prism
GCHQ: http://www.gchq.gov.uk/Pages/homepage.aspx
Open Rights Group: http://www.openrightsgroup.org


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- Grilled Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches
- Vidalia Onion Barbecue Sauce
- Grilled Summer Veggies
- Succotash Salad
- Fresh Peach-Basil Vinaigrette
Take supper outside with a delicious menu that promises great tastes and easy prep for any casual get-together. You won't miss the fat or the calories in these scrumptious recipes. We've even given you a luscious treat for dessert--low-fat Cheesecake Tarts. They offer the richness of regular cheesecake in every lightened bite. Slices of fresh fruit on top provide extra goodness.
Healthy Benefits
- Introducing a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables to children at an early age promotes healthful eating habits later in life.
- Kids who play outside regularly are less likely to become overweight adults.
"Light-and-Flavorful Backyard Feast" is from the June 2007 issue of Southern Living.


text: Bill James's Steroid Accusations Have Higher Range Factor Than Canseco'ssussman4/05/08 12:50pmFiled to: J'AccuseBaseballBill JamesMinnesota TwinsGary Gaetti17EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkBy now even most casual baseball fans know the story of Bill James. Baseball thought of stats one way, he thought of them another, using complex equations using the quadratic formula and integrals and grep. Easy enough. But perhaps Mr. James has another e=mc² up his sleeve when it comes to the way we think of steroid accusers. Big muscles and home runs? No, how about baldness and acne?AdvertisementBugs & Cranks' Cameron Martin read The Bill James Gold Mine 2008 and caught a curious passage about one reason the Minnesota Twins might claimed two of those shiny trophies:Suggesting the possibility that the Twins' two World Championships may have been aided by their team being among the first to discover...well, I'd better not go there. Nor will I point out that Gaetti was bald and had acne and Puckett died young." And don't forget about Kent Hrbek. The letters "HR" are right there. That couldn't have happened naturally. Someone probably infused those letters into his surname. But perhaps I've said too much. AdvertisementIt's true that steroids can lead to baldness, but another symptom is being a dude. I can't see that being an indicator of using performance enhancers. Then again, maybe that's just my old guard baseball fan instincts kicking in. Guide us, Bill James, into a world where new stats can help us delve into yesteryear of baseball and pick out the cheaters:SVORP (Steroid Value Over Replacement Pills) = (HR * [Acne / Bacne]) / total basesBill James Thinks Steroids Fueled The Twins' Two Championships [Bugs & Cranks]Reply17 repliesLeave a reply