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KATEY: Do you have any background/love for the Fast & Furious franchise?
SEAN: Well, yes. I mean, I've seen them all. I actually loved Fast Five. And I was really impressed with last night's spot.
KATEY: I've noticed a ton of commenters responding to last night's trailer with "Whatever, these movies suck!!!" So I want to figure out a way to be like "listen, guys, it transformed itself completely from where it started. Give it a shot." I have only seen 4 & 5, though 4 was boring as hell and loooooved 5.
SEAN: Yeah, I'm trying to remember Four as I type this, and can't.
KATEY: it involves Mexico and the desert.
SEAN: Oh, shit. Yeah. With that tunnel that went underground?! That was terrible.
KATEY: Yup! Totally terrible.
SEAN: But yeah, the franchise should be out of Movie Jail after Five. It totally saved itself. I can pick it up from here ….
SEAN: Katey, I was most surprised to find that the second trailer to completely blow me away (after the Iron Man 3 spot, which was fantastic) was the trailer for Fast and the Furious 6. That series has completely shifted gears -- pun intended -- from the dregs of Tokyo Drift and the bland fourth installment. Fast Five put it back on the right track, and I'm not ashamed to say that I'm genuinely looking forward to a F&F sequel. Are you with me?
KATEY: I'm totally with you on Fast Five-- but I think some people need convincing on what made it so great. When I go back to remembering it all I can think of is pumping my fists in the air with triumph when they went over the goddamn cliff in the car and survived. It starts off like a Looney Tunes cartoon, and pretty much ends that way too. But I think a live-action Looney Tunes cartoon is the destiny of this franchise, and it just took them 4 movies to figure it out.
SEAN: Maybe. I'm singling out one addition to the franchise that, for me, helped it turn the corner: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The ensemble consistently grew from sequel to sequel. But the focus kept falling on Diesel because he simply has more screen presence than Paul Walker or Tyrese. Johnson became another massive, glowing sun around which this franchise can spin, and so long as he's willing to play ball in the F&F universe, I think these sequels can exist on another plane.
That being said, if Six ends up being as unremarkable as the fourth Fast films, I think it's right back to Movie Jail for the series. Don't you? I'm keeping the franchise on a short leash!
KATEY: I don't know-- one look at that car flying through the cockpit of the flaming plane and I was 100% in. And I'm right there with you on The Rock. I find him compulsively likable in absolutely everything, and so long as he and Vin Diesel are getting up in each others' faces and sweating, I have to assume I'll enjoy it a little bit.
But for people who weren't convinced by Fast Five... how can we talk them into keeping some faith?

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January 09. 2014 3:02PM
Suspect in Claremont home invasion jumps to his death in Vt.
By NANCY BEAN FOSTER
Union Leader Correspondent
— A suspect in a home invasion and attempted sexual assault jumped to his death in Vermont Thursday despite attempts by law enforcement officers to stop him.
Just before 11 a.m. Thursday, Claremont Police received a report of a burglary and attempted aggravated sexual assault in a home on Providence Avenue, according to Claremont Police Chief Alexander Scott. The female resident of the home was able to identify her attacker and told police that the man, who has not yet been publicly identified, drove a white van, Acott said.
Claremont Police asked law enforcement agencies in New Hampshire and Vermont to be on the lookout for the van and the suspect. In the meantime, said Scott, information on the suspect's Facebook page and from his relatives led investigators to believe the suspect was planning to commit suicide.
"Based on phone calls he made and his Facebook posts, we believed he was going to attempt suicide," said Scott. "He called a relative and informed them he was heading toward Vermont on Interstate 91 and the relative made us aware."
Police from Vermont located the white van sitting near a bridge on Interstate 91 over Route 44 between mile markers 54 and 56 in Windsor, Vt. Vermont police informed the Claremont Police Department of the suspect's location. As police approached the suspect from either side of the southbound bridge, a Claremont officer was able to visually identify the suspect, said Scott.
"Our officer then stepped back and let the Vermont State Police take over," said Scott.
The state police were able to make contact with the man, but before they could get close enough to stop him, he leapt from the bridge, falling nearly 100 feet onto Route 44. After hitting the ground, the suspect was then struck by a vehicle travelling on Route 44, said Scott. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
"He's the first person in my 23 years on the job to jump in front of us," said Scott. "We've had people shoot themselves, but never had anyone jump."
Scott said the suspect was known to the police but wasn't in frequent trouble in Claremont.
The victim of the attempted burglary and sexual assault was transported to a hospital but did not suffer any serious injuries in the attack, Scott said.
"She's doing as well as can be expected given the circumstances," said Scott.
Police are currently withholding the suspect's identity pending notification of next of kin, said Scott.


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Sarah and Josh set off for a well-deserved break in a remote Romanian village, hidden deep in the Carpathian Mountains. They're staying with Sarah's old friend, Yolande Benstead, a retired journalist and ex-pat who lives in an eerie mansion with no one but her mysterious manservant for company. By chance Sarah has arrived at an appropriate time - the village has become the setting for a top-secret International Peace Conference.
Sarah is awoken in the night by a terrifying apparition. Is it a ghost or just a figment of her imagination? What is that unbearable noise? And will the others believe her story?
But Miss Smith is not the only one who's had a fright. Conference delegates are being terrified too. Literally scared to death. Is there something curious about the old house or something deadly about the whole village? It's down to Sarah and Josh to piece together the mystery that surrounds this Ghost Town.
Written By: Rupert Laight
Directed By: Gary Russell
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith); Jeremy James (Josh); Ingrid Evans(Yolande); Brian Miller (Abbotly); Robert Jezek (Jack McElroy); Elizabeth Faulkner(Candice McElroy); Mark Donovan (Professor Vodanski)


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Topspin 2
Top Spin 2
One of the top Xbox sports games in both sales and popularity returns for another victory on Xbox 360. Everything you loved about Top Spin is back and made even better. The peerless player-creator is reborn with the powerful digital identity that truly puts you in the game. Experience the pro tour in venues that are alive and dynamic with environmental elements that react to your play. Characters are even more stunning with the addition of HD technology and the inclusion of the top players in the world like Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams, Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer. Put it all online and you once again have the greatest tennis game ever created.


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Cubans paid tribute to Saint Barbara and the Santeria deity Chango on Wednesday with offerings of flowers, fruit, burning candles, drumming and animal sacrifices.
Chango is the orisha - spirit or deity in the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria - of lightning, fire and war, and is associated with Saint Barbara.
Believers hold ceremonies for "protection" from evil on Saint Barbara's feast day, which is held every Dec. 4 in Cuba.
Experts say as many as 80 percent of Cubans observe some kind of Santeria.


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I figured out how to use my sewing machine! Because all I need is another hobby and the ability to find vintage fabric on ebay....
She also has a bunch of accessories to jazz it up, but I figured you all only care (assuming you do, even) about the sewing project part. With the whole shebang going on, she looks pretty groovy. And most importantly, she's feeling pretty groovy.
Otherwise, back to knitting at home again. I have one finished sock from the Cape, a cocktail and a new project in the works. The cocktail is a vodka and apricot -mango spritzer and the new project is the Ella Rae cardigan pictured below. I am going to leave off the bobbles and use some vintage buttons on it. (since I have how many now??) The yarn is the Louisa Harding Nautical Cotton, which is exactly on gauge.
behind Ella's photo, you'll see a pattern for a great shrug, which I found on RAVELRY. Am planning to do it out of the leftover Cotton.
But Ravelry - I got in past the waiting list, thanks to a friend who sent me the invite - and gotta say, I'm hooked. what a great site. Set up amazingly to browse for ideas and patterns and see what others have done. I'm only scratching the surface so far, but am really intrigued.
Am afraid DSS may have to step in when the kids are wallowing in their own filth, but in the meantime they seem happy to be ignored and I'm happy to surf away.


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Opinion: The discourse following the Parkland shooting has to stay constructive
EDITOR'S NOTE: Boris Epshteyn formerly served as a Senior Advisor to the Trump Campaign and served in the White House as Special Assistant to The President and Assistant Communications Director for Surrogate Operations.
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - I want to keep talking to you about the aftermath of the heart-breaking shooting in Parkland, Florida.
In the time since the shooting, most of us have witnessed or participated in a wide-ranging debate on how to make sure attacks like that do not keep happening in our country.
Proposed actions range from more gun control, to enforcing the current laws on the books, resolving the mental health crisis in this country and stronger school safety.
These discussions have been diverse and, overall, constructive. They show that while we can be divided on how to approach a life or death issue, we can be united in the need for an approach that works.
We have already seen concrete action from our elected officials. The Senate is debating the Fix NICS Act, which the House has already passed. Yes, political wrangling is going on in the Senate over this bill. However, the fact that they are moving on it as fast as they are is a result of the outpouring of support for stronger background checks from us, the American people. I do think that Fix NICS will end up passing in the Senate.
President Trump is directing his administration to ban bump stocks as quickly as possible. That measure was stuck in no man's land after it was proposed last fall in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting. Action is being taken because Americans are demanding it and the president is listening.
Here is the bottom line: this is not a time to get discouraged by the government's procedures and bureaucracy. It's important to stay encouraged and stay passionate, whichever side you fall on. That is how we will achieve real results.


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My Cute Diapered Neighbor
By: Johnny
It was laundry day for me because it was my day off, I knew it was my day off when I got out of bed and soon realized when I looked at the totally soaked and drooping flannel diapers underneath the taught clear plastic pants I was wearing and knew I had no more clean diapers, diaper pants or pads. After showering, I put on an Attends with two depend Booster Pads, I then cut three vertical slices thru the plastic on the crotch of the Attends, then I tightly taped on another Attends with two more boosters. My diapered crotch was huge! I pulled on my last pair of clean plastic pants and then my gym shorts with a t-shirt over that to cover up the diapers and plastic pants sticking out from the waist of my shorts. With three loads of laundry (1, all diapers & plastic pants) and a full pot of coffee brewing, I figured I wouldn't need to be changed for a while. When I went to my apartment's laundry room, all of the washing machines were in use except one. With only one machine I decided to wash my most important articles first, those important articles were my diapers, pads and waterproof pants. I put my collection of diapers (both Velcro and pull on), my many diaper booster pads and my plastic and rubber pants into the machine, added some soap, shoved in the quarters knowing that at least my private articles were in the process of being sanitized. I had a half hour to run an errand and get back to secure a dryer for my hygienic items and start washing my other clothes.
All I wanted to do is mail a package at the post office, when I got there the line was 30 people deep. I think I was in line for over an hour, my measurement of time however, was the fact that I took two huge coffee pisses in my diapers while I was standing in line. I was damn glad that I was wearing mass protection when I pissed again while in gridlock going home.
When I got back to my apartment I waddled with a very soaked and swollen set of disposable diapers exposed now at both the waist and the leg holes. I entered the laundry room and to my horror my personal diaper stuff was not in the machine that I left it in! I then noticed that all three of my laundry loads were washed, dried, folded and neatly stacked with a note pinned to my diaper stack. The note said: "I felt you needed some help so I finished your wash.
There were some items that shouldn't be in a dryer, ( my plastic and rubber pants were missing)! I have them air drying at my place-4D, you owe me $4.50 in quarters." About that time an attractive young woman in her early 30s came through the door. She caught eye contact with me and then lowered her eyes to my diapered crotch and said "Are those your diapers?" I stammered a muffled "I guess I owe you $4.50" Before I could say anything else she said "That's OK sweetie, I understand, but it's not good to put plastic and rubber in the dryers so I have them air drying in my apartment." I was so relieved, I literally relieved myself in my disposables one more time.
"Let me check my things, then we can go up to my place and get your panties." As she bent over I could see shiny yellow plastic pants bulging with diapers sticking out of the back of her stretch pants. As she stood up I could see the whole contour of her well padded crotch through her stirrup pants. I sprouted an instant boner and almost came on the spot! She stepped forward and grabbed me by my huge swollen, soaked, drooping double diaper, plastic covered crotch and said "Baby, you need some dry diapers bad! Let me check my stuff and we'll fix you up." She had all three dryers going, I told her I just lived across the hall and would help her carry her laundry up the four flights of stairs. When I walked back in the laundry room she was squatting down at an open dryer door showing me about 3 inches of a shiny yellow pair of plastic pants covering an obvious diaper line under her light blue stretch pants. I thanked the RUBBER PANTS GODS for sending me to a place where there is a beautiful woman who is not only sympathetic to my diapered situation but is well diapered and waterproof herself.
"C'mon, let's bring my stuff upstairs and you can get your vinyl and rubber panties. You have some very cool water proof panties, let's go see my layette, maybe we can share." As we walked through the door of her apartment I got the familiar scent of rubber and ammonia, I followed her into the bathroom where to my relief I could see about 8 different pairs of my waterproof pants hanging on a drying rack in the bathtub spinning the rack to the other side I see about ten various styles of plastic pants.
"Thanx, I really appreciate this." I said, as she grabbed each pair of pants, turned them inside-out and gave them a good shake sending tiny water beads across my face. She laughed, saying "See, you're too wet. You need to be dry, warm and waterproof." she said as she gave a pull on a pair of my rubber pants, then let go with a loud snap.
"Yes, they work well. What's your name, by the way?"
"Wendy" she replied, "Hi, I'm Johnny" I replied. I reached my hand out to shake but Wendy reached her hand out and pulled the waist of my shorts to reveal my 4 large bladder voids in a four booster double Attends setup, covered by a pair of semi transparent plastic pants that were drooping half way to my knees. I turned red.
"I wear diapers too, but I don't wear disposables much" she said.
"Really?" I said, as the red diminished, already knowing she was wearing diapers and plastic pants, "I love cloth diapers, as long as I'm protected by a good pair of plastic pants." Wendy said "And you have some really good ones here," as she shook out a pair of my clear plastic bikini pants and held them up her waist.
"Do you need a change?" she said. My diapers are so heavy they're practically falling off, I said "YES!" Wendy replies "OK Johnny, I have something new for you if you have something for me, let's trade. I know we just met but I'd be glad to change you." I explained that I'd been diapering myself for the last 25 years, not 365 but at least one wet day a week.
"That's so cool! I've been back in diapers for about 15 years. I used to be married, my ex is diapered 24/7 365. We have two kids, they're nine and twelve and are just evolving from toddler diapers to adult diapers. They were here last summer, maybe you saw them. I said I'd seen them and was reminded that I started wearing diapers and plastic pants again when I was ten.
"Good. I trust you're a true "Diaper Lover" and not a perv. I could use a diaper savvy baby sitter this summer." Wendy then looked down and saw a tiny trickle of piss leaking under the legband of my plastic pants. Pulling a blur of shiny blue plastic and a cotton/diaper looking bundle out of a tall dresser,"here" she said as she handed me the bundle, Wendy then motioned to me with her finger as she entered the bathroom.
I followed her in and was taken aback by the size of this bathroom.
"Here's the hot tub, as she waived her hand giving me the tour, here's the walk-in shower pit, over there is the toilet and the one next to it is a bidet, women really love it, you'll love it too if you shit your diapers and need a quick cleanup. Wendy began to peel off her stretch pants to finally reveal her beautiful soaking diaper, plastic covered butt and slender hard body. She steps into the multi spigot shower stall and pulls down her wet diapers and plastic pants, steps out of them and hands them to me then points to a stainless steel 55 gallon cylinder with a foot pedal. when I stepped on the pedal the lid popped open and a rush of ammonia hit me in the face, it had a couple dozen diapers and diaper pants in it.
"throw the diapers in there and give me the plastic panties.
I threw the diapers in the pail and took the smooth semi transparent white vinyl panties and pressed them on my face and inhaled loudly, wearing Wendy's plastic panties over my face. She laughed so hard she almost slipped in the shower. I laughed so hard I pissed my diapers for a 5th time (and never leaked).
I followed Wendy to her bedroom where she opened a dresser drawer that was full of plastic pants and diapers, She pulled out a pair of plastic training pants with a triple thick layer of terry cloth inside.
"These should do" she said "Do you need some help, or do you want to do it yourself?"
"I can do it." I said as I walked into the bathroom with her plastic training pants.
"Don't forget to put your soggys in the garbage" she said as I closed the door. I pulled off my wet Attends and cleaned myself with a baby wipe she had sitting by the sink. I then pulled on the terry lined plastic pants, they were a little tight at the legs but when I felt the plastic covered cotton between my legs, everything felt wonderful. I walked out of the bathroom without putting my shorts back on, I lifted up my t-shirt to show Wendy how her plastic covered training pants fit.
"Oh, those look good on you!" she said.
"Let's trade until the next wash." Wendy stood there with a half shirt on and wearing several cotton pads and my clear bikini plastic pants. She looked so good in them, all I could do is agree. We then walked towards each other, grabbed each other's plastic c overed crotches and began to make out feverishly. This was the beginning of a fantastic diapered relationship.
As I found out later, Wendy would date diaper lovers for a living but my arrangement with her was always free. We'd go out, always heavily diapered and wearing plastic or rubber pants and drink beer always having a contest to see who would leak through of our plastic protection first. We also shared many mornings sharing coffee and finishing off our night diapers with more wettings, sometimes with her DL girlfriends. But that's another story.
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Climbing shifts indoors, goes ropeless on boulders
HALFMOON, N.Y. -- A giant faux boulder dominates the cavernous space inside suburban Albany's newest climbing gym, a whale of a rock with twentysomethings often clinging to its undersides, straining to mount the 16-foot-high lip through subtle balanced moves and brute strength.
As often as not, climbers drop off the bumpy surfaces of the pale blue boulder. They sometimes fall on their backs onto foot-thick foam or more often get stuck, dangle from handholds, then drop to their feet, rubbing tight forearms and studying the so-called "problem" for another attempt. Others "top out" then walk across it to the easy, stepped descent at the back.
The design and weeknight crowd at The Edge reflect two big trends in climbing, toward indoor gyms and low-elevation challenges that don't require a safety rope. The gym logged about 10,000 visitors its first year, including kids at birthday parties and a few old mountaineers keeping their hand in, and many gym athletes, several on a youth team.
"I think once you start improving, that's when you get hooked," Helen Ho said after making a half-dozen athletic moves beneath the boulder's 60-degree-angle overhang before dropping off. Soon she was carefully working her way up a separate vertical problem that required a series of graceful, flexible movements, shifting her weight from one small foothold to another, nearly requiring a split, hips pressed to the wall, hands gripping only "slopers." Those roundish protrusions were spaced along the way, difficult to hold firmly.
"Nice," her two friends said when she reached the top and walked off. All three were Albany Medical College students. Ho started climbing as an undergraduate at a Houston gym five years ago. Now 26, she also climbs outdoor cliffs with her boyfriend, who has the rope and hardware needed. She compared bouldering to sprinting, noting that its many hard problems can be discouraging at first, and wall climbing to distance running, requiring more endurance. She does both, and said climbing has made her stronger and capable of putting her body in positions she couldn't before.
As for the boulder, "Sometimes we'll choose to use it as a warm-up. Other times we'll just go there and try to do a few problems," said Joyce Lu, who learned to climb indoors as an undergraduate at UCLA. "It's more conducive if you're with a group. Because then you can, like, cheer each other on and stuff."
On many weeknights, the main action's on the boulder, with most climbers ranging in age from about 16 to 35. The gym's 40-foot blue and yellow walls tend to attract older enthusiasts, especially those who started in the outdoors when bouldering was only something you did to warm up and the few indoor walls were cobbled together in backrooms for off-season training. The loose accordion of five walls, with about 100 climbing routes, also gets busy, with everyone clipped to safety ropes.
"Of the 10,000 people that have been here, I'd say maybe 2 percent have been outdoors," manager Adam Catalano said. "Ten or 15 years ago there were maybe five (commercial) gyms in the country. Now there's hundreds."
Catalano helped build The Edge as a project for Youth for Christ and included the public when he opened its doors last year. He himself started with traditional rock climbing and spent 10 years running outdoor trips for kids. After a gym they frequented in nearby Schenectady lost its lease and closed, the nonprofit built this one. The giant boulder was added in recognition of recent trends: 3,000 square feet of climbing surface with about 70 alternative problems to solve to reach the top. Those square feet are paying the mortgage and utility bills, he said.
Surveys by the Outdoor Foundation, an affiliate of the trade group the Outdoor Industry Association, showed nearly 4.1 million youths and adults went indoor climbing, bouldering or sport climbing in 2011. That compared with about 1.6 million Americans who went ice climbing, mountaineering or traditional rock climbing outdoors.
"I think it is two worlds," said Tom Rosecrans, a longtime climbing guide and owner of the RockSport climbing gym in Queensbury, near the southern edge of the Adirondacks. "A lot of them will never put a rope on."
There is crossover, of course, but bouldering is more athletic and dynamic and less expensive, said Cort Gariepy, chief executive of Rockwerx in Barre, Mass., who designed the boulder and climbing walls for The Edge with Catalano's input.
"It's much more accessible than traditional climbing. There's much less gear involved. It's less dangerous. It's just much more accessible to the general public," Gariepy said. "In fact, when I get together with my old climbing cronies they blame me for having ruined the sport."
There are about 250 professionally built climbing gyms in the U.S., with probably three times that many total. The first climbing gym in North America opened in Seattle in the 1980s, he said.
Bouldering requires flexible, sticky-soled climbing shoes, maybe a small bag of chalk for help with grips, maybe a "crash pad" if you do it outdoors. Most gyms rent shoes. Climbing with top ropes, looped through an anchor or pulley at the top of a wall or cliff, requires wearing a harness to attach the rope and a belayer on the other end to stop any falls. The Edge recently added two automatic belay machines for solo wall climbing.
In sport climbing, a variation indoors and out, the climber attaches the safety rope to fixed anchors along the way. Traditional outside climbers carry a "rack" of protection equipment they place in cracks to support the safety rope.
The new clean, well-lighted, full-service climbing gyms have become popular spots for after-work exercise, said Kynan Waggoner, operations director for USA Climbing, the national governing body for competition climbing. "With that level of service, that customer may or may not be as attracted to going out and being in the dirt," he said.
Indoor competitions include bouldering, sport and speed events. Climbing is on the shortlist for consideration as an Olympic sport for 2020.


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Busy Philipps may be willing to dish out style advice to fellow expectant mamas — but she's not about to start breaking out the postpartum weight loss lectures.
Currently pregnant with her second child, the Cougar Town star admits that while her celebrity status opens her up for public scrutiny, she's not planning a big bounceback after baby.
"Like most things in this business, I think that you have to do what's right for you and you can't be too concerned about what some magazine is going to write about you," Philipps, 33, tells HuffPost Celebrity.
"We're in a business where a lot of people are blessed with pretty incredible bodies, that they work hard for or comes naturally, and not everybody has the same body."
According to Philipps, staying healthy is priority during pregnancy and women "should be given a break" when it comes to packing on the extra pounds — especially by those dubious doctors!
"It's interesting when people make comments about celebrities' weight gain or lack of weight gain as if they're a medical professional that's treating that celebrity," she notes. "Like, 'This doctor does not treat Jessica Simpson, but thinks her weight is unhealthy.' If you don't treat her, then how do you know?"
After the arrival of daughter Birdie Leigh, now 4, the actress took her time regaining her post-baby bod — a journey, she says, lasted almost a year — preferring to instead instill a positive attitude (and approach) in her little girl.
"I wanted to be healthy for her and have a healthy body image so that she hopefully grows up to see that her self worth isn't defined by how thin she is," Philipps explains.
"Thrilled to be expecting another baby with husband Marc Silverstein, Philipps wasn't sure if expanding their tight-knit trio was even in the cards for the couple. No one, however, was more ecstatic over the news than the big sister-to-be, whose wish is finally coming true.
"My daughter is very excited … it's actually something that she has asked for for quite some time," she says. "My husband and I were on the fence about whether or not we were going to add to our family, but now that we're on our road, we're really excited."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Reaction to the monthly jobs numbers isn't what it used to be.
The first unemployment report since President Barack Obama's re-election barely got a mention from the White House and Republicans after Friday's release. Gone was the frenzy of political posturing that followed every release throughout the presidential campaign.
Obama would try to cast each economic snapshot as a sign of slow but steady recovery, while Republican rival Mitt Romney bemoaned the unemployment rate as a sign that the country needed fresh economic leadership.
But there's a new postelection, political reality in Washington: Obama is sticking around for four more years no matter what the unemployment rate is.
Economic drivers are also behind Washington's muted response Friday. While economists project a continued drop in unemployment and an uptick in economic growth through next year, that could all be at risk if Obama and congressional Republicans can't reach a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff"— a series of automatic tax increases and spending cuts due to take effect at the end of the year.
Perhaps with that in mind, the White House made no plans for the president to comment publicly on the news that the unemployment rate fell to a nearly four-year low of 7.7 percent in November. Instead, Obama spent the day in private meetings with his advisers — including some on the fiscal cliff. He left his administration's response to top White House economist Alan Krueger.
"Today's employment report provides further evidence that the U.S. economy is continuing to heal from the wounds inflicted by the worst downturn since the Great Depression," Krueger said in a statement.
Vice President Joe Biden also chimed in briefly during an event Friday afternoon, saying: "I think we have turned the corner."
Even before his re-election campaign kicked into high-gear, Obama made a point of addressing the jobless rate most months, regardless of whether it had climbed or dropped.
He'd speak from the White House, at small businesses in the Washington area or, often this year, at the start of campaign rallies in political swing states. He used his remarks to reassure the public and financial markets, or press Republicans to pass his proposals for jumpstarting the economy.
Congressional Republicans, and eventually Romney, would respond with vigor and cast the unemployment rate — which peaked at 10 percent during Obama's first year in office — as a sign that the president was leading the economy down a dangerous road and needed to be replaced.
With that opportunity gone following the Nov. 6 presidential election, and the unemployment picture improving, Republicans barely mentioned the jobless rate Friday. Instead, they used the monthly report to criticize Obama's willingness to go over the fiscal cliff unless Republicans drop their opposition to higher tax rates for the top 2 percent of income earners.
"The Democrats' plan to slow-walk our economy to the edge of the fiscal cliff instead of engaging in serious talks is a threat to our economy," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Friday.
Fiscal cliff negotiations between the White House and Republicans are at an impasse. Despite Obama's warning that he's willing to go over the cliff unless Republicans come around on taxes, the GOP is holding firm in its opposition to higher tax rates on the wealthy.
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May 21, 2013
Earn $50 gift card, help with family cooking project
Earn a $50 gift card by participating in hospitality, management and dietetics research. The department is looking for parents, ages 20-45, who prepare at least four meals a week at home and have a child 13 years of age or younger living in their home.
To earn the gift card, attend one of the Cooking for Families classes offered 4:30-5:30 p.m. and schedule a separate time, at your convenience, to test the preparation ease of two child-friendly recipes. Select one of the following dates to attend the Cooking for Families class — all classes will be in 167 Justin Hall:
- Tuesday, May 28
- Tuesday, June 4
- Monday, June 10
To register for the class and sign up for a time to prepare the child-friendly recipes, call 785-532-2394 or contact Diane Duncan-Goldsmith at email@example.com or Shely Weinrich at email@example.com.
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In downtown Manchester, and around NH, coyote sightings on the riseBy PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 20. 2012 11:33PM
MANCHESTER - Pond Drive is the type of neighborhood where everyone knows everyone. So when Jim Keane caught a glimpse of his newest neighbor in the headlights of his truck one recent Saturday night, he was surprised.
'I was like, 'What?' - I know what a coyote looks like. I've seen them in Arizona. That was a coyote,' he said.
While the thought of a coyote traversing a busy and populated area like the one in and around Goffs Falls Road - near Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Brown Avenue and Manchester-Boston Regional Airport - may sound ridiculous, officials with New Hampshire Fish and Game aren't surprised at all.
'It's not unusual to hear of a sighting in an area like that,' said Patrick Tate, a wildlife biologist with NH Fish and Game. 'You hear about them statewide. As long as the essentials are there - food, water, and shelter - they will make a go of it. The population there, the sound of planes overhead - if the essentials are there, they will adapt to make it home. They can learn to live on the outer edges of the city.'
Tate said that sightings of Eastern coyotes typically increase this time of year, the animal's breeding season. They can also increase after a coyote has a litter of pups. Sightings usually take place at night, but reports of coyotes spotted during the day typically increase once their young are born.
That news has Keane concerned.
'There's a daycare school right up the hill,' said Keane. 'There are kids who walk through this neighborhood to school. I walked through here to school. They and their parents need to be aware that these coyotes are around.'
Each call we get is legit,' said Parker Hall, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Service in Concord. 'It fluctuates all throughout the state. You can pretty much bet all neighborhoods have coyotes, whether they know it or not. They're not going to be huge or large populations, but they're very, very adaptable.'
Hall said every year, as the snow begins to melt, he and his colleagues begin getting calls reporting sightings.
'This is the time of year when our complaints start to ramp up a little bit - this is the time of year when it's hard on coyotes living in the wild,' he said. 'It's a stressful time for them. Food is scarcer at this time of year. It's probably a little easier on them this year because they can get to the ground and eat mice and rats,'
Keane described the animal he saw as being about 5 feet long, and weighing roughly 50 pounds. Tate said the typical Eastern coyote averages between 30 and 40 pounds, and can look bigger than it actually is.
'The hair in their fur can stand about two inches long,' said Tate.
Keane said he has heard from friends, and seen postings online, regarding missing pets.
Hall said it's entirely possible that coyotes are to blame.
'We get a lot of reports of that,' said Hall. 'Cats are an easy prey for coyotes - especially the young that don't know how to fend for themselves other than climbing trees. They're pretty defenseless. They'll go after a small dog, a lap dog, that's just a few pounds. Anything larger than that, and a coyote's not likely to tangle with it. They're wild animals. They have to weigh whether it's worth it to tangle with an animal their size or bigger - they don't have the luxury of going to the veterinarian if they get hurt.'
Tate said that the Pond Drive area is actually an ideal location for the coyotes to establish a territory.
'You have the Cohas Marsh area right there, along the edge of the airport,' said Tate. 'That would feature water, brush and small animals for them to feed on.'
In January, a Barrington woman reported watching a coyote take her 17-pound Sheltie into the woods. Also in January, Alex Cazmay, 9, of Atkinson, said she was bitten by a coyote while visiting friends in Haverhill, Mass.
Keane says the increased development through the area has likely pushed the animals into his neighborhood.
'I was talking to some friends, and this one guy said with all the development on the hillside at Crystal Lake, we're getting coyotes all the time now,' said Keane. 'He said we've had two or three go through our yard, and someone else saw one come through with seven pups. I had no idea. My grandfather lives here. He's lived here 68 years - he's never seen a coyote.'
New Hampshire Union Leader Reporter Doug Alden contributed to this story.


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Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure: A Little-Known Failure of Conventional MedicineAugust 2006
By Dave Tuttle
Sadly, millions of Americans who think their blood pressure is under control are wrong! Shocking evidence reveals that most people treated with antihypertensive drugs still have higher-than-optimal blood pressure.1,2 As a result, they remain at a heightened risk of suffering stroke, heart attack, and kidney failure.
Because hypertension (high blood pressure) is a multifactorial problem,3 effective management is rarely achieved by taking one drug. In fact, optimal management often requires a broad-based approach that includes both pharmaceuticals and nutritional components, along with regular self-monitoring of blood pressure. Compelling evidence indicates that many conditions that lead to and sustain high blood pressure can be corrected through an integrative approach emphasizing lifestyle modification, pharmaceutical agents, and nutritional support.4-18
Perils of Inadequate Blood Pressure Control
Clinical studies now show that an alarming number of adults under medical care for hypertension are unable to achieve optimal blood pressure control.
According to physicians at the Baylor College of Medicine, only 27% of Americans with hypertension have their blood pressure effectively controlled to levels below 140/90 mmHg.1 Elderly women are at the greatest risk. A study published last year in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that in an astonishing 77% of women over the age of 80, hypertension was not sufficiently controlled by the treatment plans designed by their doctors.19 Since optimal blood pressure is now considered to be less than 120/80 mm Hg,20 the number of Americans whose blood pressure is controlled to optimal levels is far lower than these disturbing official statistics suggest.1,19
Inadequately controlled blood pressure exerts a tremendous health burden, invariably contributing to stroke, heart attacks, and kidney disease.2 There are likely numerous contributors to this epidemic of uncontrolled blood pressure. An alarming study from 2002 revealed that many doctors do not recommend treatment to their patients unless blood pressure values exceed 160/90 mmHg . . . a level proven to increase disease risk!1
Another possible contributor to inadequate blood pressure control is that physicians are reluctant to treat older patients aggressively, even though elderly patients are at greatest risk of suffering from hypertension. Clinicians' reluctance to implement comprehensive treatment plans in their older patients may stem from a perception of lower benefits or greater risk of side effects in this population.21
Furthermore, blood pressure is controlled by a complex interplay of factors that include diet, genetics, response to stress, medications, and other underlying health conditions.3 Thus, enlightened health care practitioners and their patients are discovering that inadequately controlled blood pressure requires a multifactorial strategy. An optimal strategy employs a combination of nutritional and pharmaceutical options to offer a comprehensive approach for normalizing blood pressure.
Limits to Standard Treatment for Hypertension
Standard treatment for hypertension includes lifestyle modifications such as avoiding dietary salt intake and losing weight, as well as the use of various prescription drugs such as diuretics, beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and angiotensin II receptor antagonist drugs.3 One of the most widely used classes of antihypertensive drugs are those that interfere with the actions of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE). Drugs that inhibit or block the actions of angiotensin converting enzyme (such as ACE inhibitors) work by decreasing the activity of a potent vasoconstrictor, thus helping to maintain healthy blood flow and optimal blood pressure.20
Despite implementing lifestyle changes and taking one or more prescription drugs to manage high blood pressure, many adults have inadequately controlled hypertension.1,19 Clearly, better tools are needed to manage the dangers of inadequately controlled hypertension. New findings suggest that natural agents may help to fill the void left by conventional hypertension medicines.
According to Dr. Raymond Townsend of the University of Pennsylvania, a leading hypertension researcher, a natural agent derived from milk protein known as the C12 peptide can be safely combined with prescription medications that are used to treat high blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors such as high cholesterol. When asked in a recent interview whether the C12 peptide can be used concomitantly with prescription medications, Dr. Townsend responded, "As far as we know, the answer is yes. No drug interactions are known, but it is still early in the scientific development of the C12 peptide, so it is recommended that persons taking other medications should consult with their physician first."24 The C12 peptide can help aging adults integrate nutritional agents with other conventional medical options to best support and maintain healthy blood pressure levels.
Novel Casein Peptide: A Natural ACE Inhibitor
While searching for a natural agent to help optimize blood pressure, researchers hydrolyzed (or split) the milk protein known as casein, and isolated the C12 peptide. Clinical studies have since shown that the C12 peptide is a natural ACE inhibitor with specific blood pressure-lowering effects.5
A small study conducted in the United States demonstrated the C12 peptide's effectiveness in helping to normalize high blood pressure. This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study examined 10 men and women who averaged 50 years of age, had an average blood pressure of 152/98 mmHg, and were not taking antihypertensive medications. Each subject took a placebo for six days and then a single dose of either 200 mg or 400 mg of C12 peptide. Blood pressure was monitored via a small blood pressure unit that each subject wore throughout the day. In the 200-mg and 400-mg treatment groups, systolic pressure declined significantly, by an average of 2.4 mmHg and 4.5 mmHg, respectively, while diastolic pressure dropped by an average of 4.4 mmHg and 6.5 mmHg, respectively.6 The study results demonstrate that the C12 peptide has a notable impact on blood pressure after only a single dose.
A Japanese study sought to evaluate the longer-term benefits of supplementing with the C12 peptide. Eighteen mildly hypertensive subjects, with a mean blood pressure of 141/99 mmHg, received 200 mg of the C12 peptide daily for four weeks. The researchers recorded significant reductions of 4.6 mmHg in systolic blood pressure and 6.6 mmHg in diastolic blood pressure. Blood pressure declined gradually over the four-week study period, indicative of a healthy decline, as opposed to a dramatic drop that could cause dizziness or fainting. When treatment was halted, the subjects' blood pressure began to return to the baseline levels recorded prior to treatment. The researchers also observed that the C12 peptide appears to have long-lasting effects: even two weeks after treatment ended, diastolic blood pressure levels were still significantly lower than baseline levels.7 No unfavorable side effects were reported.
Because of these positive clinical findings, the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare has approved a health-enhancing beverage containing the C12 peptide for sale throughout Japan.8 (The C12 peptide is not recommended for people who are allergic to dairy products, and like other ACE inhibitors, the C12 peptide should not taken by women during pregnancy.)


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Construction crews came to western South Dakota to take part in an unprecedented effort to build the facilities needed to support 150 Minuteman Missiles. One of the most important structures was this egg shaped capsule, which was 29' in diameter and 54' in length. Inside of this capsule was a box known as the Launch Control Center (LCC), which was 11' wide and 54' long. It was from within this structure that missileers would be in direct control of 10 Minuteman Missiles. They could launch these missiles in the event of a Soviet pre-emptive nuclear strike. The capsule at Delta-01 was buried 31 feet below the surface and surrounded by reinforced concrete. The LCC needed this protection to survive a nearby nuclear blast. They performed such diverse technical duties as monitoring maintenance of silos or silo security alarms, running endless tests, and decoding messages from headquarters.
Questions for Photos 3 & 4
1. How would you describe Photo 3? Does the capsule "fit" into its surroundings, in other words would you suspect that it was there once it was entirely below the surface?
2. Why was the capsule buried below the surface? Would you feel safe inside of the capsule? Why or why not?
3. How would you describe Photo 4? Does it look like a difficult place to work? Describe what a typical day might be like for a Missileer. If needed, refer to Reading 3.
4. What would you do in your spare time if you worked in the Launch Control Center? Do you think the 24-hour shift would go by quickly or slowly? Why?
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Lighter ban on planes begins tomorrow
The Bic is banned and the Zippo is zapped as airlines today begin enforcing a no lighters policy aboard their planes.
It's already against the law to have lighters in checked baggage because they might start fires in cargo holds. Congress passed a bill last year adding lighters to the list of prohibited items in the cabin.
Smokers will still be able to carry up to four books of safety matches into the cabin, though smoking itself is banned. Despite warnings over the past 45 days about the impending ban, airport officials expect to confiscate a lot of lighters in the weeks ahead, especially from foreigners who haven't heard about it.
The head of the Air Travelers Association thinks the ban is long overdue while the president of the Business Travel Coalition says it's extremely silly.


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The Lord's Testimony
In a day and age when people doubt that there is any ground for certainty, the Word of God provides us that anchor and grounding upon which we can stake our very lives. We never need doubt that the Lord ...Read More
The Word of God in Nature
The fact that God has revealed Himself in nature gives a meaning and purpose to education that is impossible with non-Christian approaches. When we study science, math, photography, business, or any other subject, we are studying laws the Lord has ...Read More
Many scientists say that a Creator does not exist or that there is no way of knowing if He exists because we cannot see, hear, taste, touch, or smell Him. Today's passage, however, states that there is empirical evidence ...Read More
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Highlights of Rochester Institute of Technology's Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend this year include a talk with actor Alec Baldwin, the RIT Presidents' Alumni Ball, the RIT women's hockey team's first-ever contest at Blue Cross Arena in downtown Rochester, and the return of RIT men's hockey as the Tigers face Penn State at Blue Cross Arena.
Baldwin will speak to students, faculty, staff, alumni and guests as the Horton Distinguished Speaker at 1 p.m. Oct. 20 in RIT's Gordon Field House and Activities Center. The Inside the Actors Studio-style talk will give the audience an inside look at Baldwin's life and a chance to learn about his career and philanthropy.
Baldwin has appeared in more than 40 films, including The Cooler, The Hunt for Red October and The Departed. On television, Baldwin currently stars as Jack Donaghy on NBC's 30 Rock, winner of the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Emmy for outstanding comedy series. Baldwin is also a dedicated supporter of causes related to public policy and the arts.
The Presidents' Ball allows RIT alumni, students, parents, faculty and staff an opportunity to chat with President Bill Destler during a three-course dinner with wine, a casino night and live music by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. The Ball commences at 6 p.m. Oct. 19 in the Rochester Riverside Convention Center Empire Room in downtown Rochester.
The RIT women's hockey team, playing its first season at the Division I level, will host Princeton at 7 p.m. Oct. 19 at Ritter Arena. The defending Division III Women's Ice Hockey National Champion RIT Tigers will also face Yale at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at Blue Cross Arena.
The RIT men's hockey homecoming game versus Penn State will be held at 7:35 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Blue Cross Arena.
Tickets are available as follows:
• Alec Baldwin—$10 for RIT students, $15 for RIT faculty/staff/alumni/parents/guests and $25 for general public
• Alumni Ball—$75 per person and available through the Office of Alumni Relations
• RIT's women's hockey games—free for RIT students, $4 for RIT faculty/staff/alumni/parents and $5 for general public
• RIT's men's hockey versus Penn State—$6 for RIT students, $12 for RIT faculty/staff/alumni/parents and $14 for general public
Discounted tickets for RIT students/faculty/staff/alumni can be purchased in person at the Gordon Field House Box Office with valid RIT ID. General public tickets for the hockey games can be purchased via Ticketmaster (outlet, online or charge by phone at 800-745-3000).
For more information and to register for events, go to rit.edu/brickcity.


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Robots Helping Out Dentists
By Dr. Harold Katz - Bad Breath Expert
Posted: December 4, 2009
In Palm Beach County, FL, the health department is giving local dentists a new tool to help others, called the "Sim Man". It may not be an actual human, but dentists can use it to simulate real life scenarios and even help save lives.
People can use it to play different medical roles and have the "Sim" character function as if it was a real patient. The robot can mimic functions of a real patient with the breathing and blood pressure, so it can be monitored and cared for properly. The exercise is believed to aid medical professionals in reacting properly in actual crises. One thing the robot could be lacking from a real human, though, is bad breath.
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Olly Moss has designed this awesome poster just in time for the 2013 edition of the Oscars—it has all the Best Picture Academy Awards for the past 85 years, each of them represented by its main character. It's quite a feat.
The Oscars will happen on February 24. [Olly via Laughing Squid via Gizmodo Español]
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Hugh Galloway was born during 1785 in Virginia. He died in 1864 in Illinois.
Hugh married Sarah Peterson in 1806 in Virginia. Sarah was born in 1789 in Virginia. She died in 1843 in Illinois.
They had the following children:
Esther Galloway was born on 27 Jun 1808 in Virginia. She died in 1879 in Pennsylvania.
Rose Galloway was born in 1811 in Virginia. She died circa 1876 in Jefferson County, Virginia.
Frederick Galloway was born in 1814 in Prince George County, Virginia. He died about 1814 in Virginia.
Mary Galloway was born in 1818 in Prince George County, Virginia. She died in 1877 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
Jesse Galloway was born about 1820 in Christian County, Illinois. He died in 1874 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
Abraham Galloway was born circa 1824 in Illinois. He died in 1863 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
William Galloway was born in 1827 in Illinois. He died on 19 Aug 1905 in Pennsylvania.
Frank H. Galloway was born in 1831 in Christian County, Illinois.
Joseph W. Galloway was born in 1833 in Christian County, Illinois. He died about 1833 in Christian County, Illinois.
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Landspaces,Paintings by
Simran Singh Gleason
Landspaces: Artist's Statement
I call this show "Landspaces" as a result of a typo while trying to emit "landscapes." I immediately liked the result, and found the word I've been looking for since I put the show together. I think the name really fits because what I'm really doing is exploring the notion of space and spatial representation in a tw dimensional drawing. In a landspace we have constant three (four?) dimensional input from a multiplicity of sources. The view, the sounds, the smells, textures underfoot, all change subtly and dramatically as we move. There is a definining experience of space that is very difficult to describe, very difficult to translate and convey.
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Frédéric Delavier has captivated millions with Strength
Training Anatomy. Now readers have access to Delavier's exercise
expertise and trademark illustrations once again with Delavier's
Stretching Anatomy. With full-color photos and illustrations, this
guide depicts over 130 exercises to increase flexibility, tone muscles,
and reduce injury.
Frédéric Delavier is a gifted artist with an
exceptional knowledge of human anatomy. He studied morphology and
anatomy for five years at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris
and studied dissection for three years at the Paris Faculté de Médecine.
The former editor in chief of the French magazine PowerMag,
Delavier is currently a journalist for the French magazine Le Monde
du Muscle and a contributor to several other muscle publications,
including Men's Health Germany. He is the author of the
best-selling Strength Training Anatomy, Women's Strength
Training Anatomy, The Strength Training Anatomy Workout, and Delavier's
Core Training Anatomy.
Delavier won the French powerlifting title in 1988 and makes annual
presentations on the sport applications of biomechanics at conferences
in Switzerland. His teaching efforts have earned him the Grand Prix de
Techniques et de Pédagogie Sportive. Delavier lives in Paris, France.
Jean-Pierre Clémenceau is a fitness coach to the stars and
has trained numerous French celebrities using an approach based on
positioning and breathing. Clémenceau has worked with legendary
actresses including an Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche (Chocolat,
The English Patient, Three Colors: Blue, The Unbearable Lightness of
Being), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Melancholia, The Science of Sleep, I'm Not
There, 21 Grams, Elektra recording artist), Emmanuelle Béart (Mission:
Impossible, Don Juan, Manon of the Spring), and Jane Birkin (Blow-Up,
recording artist, muse to musicians John Barry & Serge Gainsbourg, and
namesake for the Hermès Birkin bag). He is the author of over 15 health
and fitness books as well as numerous exercise DVDs. He has a background
in yoga, shiatsu, and reiki.
Michael Gundill has written 13 books on strength training, sport
nutrition, and health including co-authoring The Strength Training
Anatomy Workout. His books have been translated into multiple
languages, and he has written over 500 articles for bodybuilding and
fitness magazines worldwide, including Iron Man and Dirty
Dieting. In 1998 he won the Article of the Year Award at the Fourth
Academy of Bodybuilding Fitness & Sports Awards in California.
Gundill started weightlifting in 1983 in order to improve his rowing
performance. Most of his training years were spent completing specific
lifting programs in his home. As he gained muscle and refined his
program, he began to learn more about physiology, anatomy, and
biomechanics and started studying those subjects in medical journals.
Since 1995 he has been writing about his discoveries in various
bodybuilding and fitness magazines all over the world.
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42 U.S. Code § 254c–8 - Healthy start for infants
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(a) In general
(1) Continuation and expansion of program
The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, shall under authority of this section continue in effect the Healthy Start Initiative and may, during fiscal year 2001 and subsequent years, carry out such program on a national basis.
(2) Definition
For purposes of paragraph (1), the term "Healthy Start Initiative" is a reference to the program that, as an initiative to reduce the rate of infant mortality and improve perinatal outcomes, makes grants for project areas with high annual rates of infant mortality and that, prior to the effective date of this section, was a demonstration program carried out under section 241 of this title.
(b) Considerations in making grants
(1) Requirements
In making grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall require that applicants (in addition to meeting all eligibility criteria established by the Secretary) establish, for project areas under such subsection, community-based consortia of individuals and organizations (including agencies responsible for administering block grant programs under title V of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.], consumers of project services, public health departments, hospitals, health centers under section 254b of this title, and other significant sources of health care services) that are appropriate for participation in projects under subsection (a) of this section.
(2) Other considerations
In making grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into consideration the following:
(3) Special projects
Nothing in paragraph (2) shall be construed to prevent the Secretary from awarding grants under subsection (a) for special projects that are intended to address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators in communities along the United States-Mexico border or in Alaska or Hawaii.
(c) Coordination
Recipients of grants under subsection (a) of this section shall coordinate their services and activities with the State agency or agencies that administer block grant programs under title V of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.] in order to promote cooperation, integration, and dissemination of information with Statewide systems and with other community services funded under the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.
(d) Rule of construction
Except to the extent inconsistent with this section, this section may not be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary to make modifications in the program carried out under subsection (a) of this section.
(e) Funding
(1) Authorization of appropriations
For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated—
(2) Allocation
(A) Program administration
Of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve up to 5 percent for coordination, dissemination, technical assistance, and data activities that are determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for carrying out the program under this section.
(B) Evaluation
Of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve up to 1 percent for evaluations of projects carried out under subsection (a). Each such evaluation shall include a determination of whether such projects have been effective in reducing the disparity in health status between the general population and individuals who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups.
Source(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 330H, as added Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title XV, § 1501,Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1146; amended Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b),July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 110–339, § 2,Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3733.)
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The effective date of this section, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 106–310, which was approved Oct. 17, 2000.
The Social Security Act, referred to in subsecs. (b)(1) and (c), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Title V of the Act is classified generally to subchapter V (§ 701 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of this title and Tables.
2008—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 110–339, § 2(b)(1), struck out par. (3). Text read as follows: "Effective upon increased funding beyond fiscal year 1999 for such Initiative, additional grants may be made to States to assist communities with technical assistance, replication of successful projects, and State policy formation to reduce infant and maternal mortality and morbidity."
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–339, § 2(a), substituted "Considerations in making grants" for "Requirements for making grants" in heading, designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par. heading, and added pars. (2) and (3).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 110–339, § 2(b)(2), (c), added subsec. (e) and struck out former subsec. (e) which related to additional services for at-risk pregnant women and infants.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 110–339, § 2(b)(2), struck out subsec. (f) which related to funding of program and additional services for at-risk pregnant women and infants.
2004—Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 108–271substituted "Government Accountability Office" for "General Accounting Office" in heading.
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- I'll scan the records myself. This will require two scans per record and I will stitch them together using Gimp. By scanning them myself, I will save money and will get spend more with each individual document.
- As I scan each record, I will read over them and look for valuable information. I'll take notes on anything of interest to save myself time in the future when I go back to find it.
- Save the new digital files to my computer and back them up on a flash drive.
- Eventually, upload the images to my Flickr account and tag them in a way that will allow other researchers to find them. I'll also highlight the most interesting documents here on my blog.
[Image reproduced from microfilm in South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, S. C. Lexington County Estate, Box 17, Pg 3, FR 273-368. Estate File of F. E. Leaphart, E1965.]


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Growing Gluten Free Sourdough Starter in the Refrigerator for a Milder Sour
Growing starter in the refrigerator is said to minimize the sour taste of sourdough. It also enables us to reduce the feedings from 3 times a day to twice. I find my starters ferment very quickly these days making me wonder if I have enormous invisible colonies of yeast and bacteria in my kitchen. I also ferment water kefir, milk kefir, and kombucha so I assume there is quite a bit of activity going on.
A friend of mine, Peggy, likes to tinker in the kitchen. She experiments with many recipes and techniques and documents them in great detail. She tried growing a starter in the refrigerator, something I haven't had time to see all the way through.
Here are her notes:
"I decided to go with a simple loaf of bread using quinoa and sorghum flours.
I had a small amount of rice-sorghum-teff starter left over from making multigrain bread and fed it for four days with alternating and equal amounts of quinoa flour and sorghum flour. I chose to use these because they were what I had on hand. I also was going for a lighter colored bread.
I gave it a little boost with 1 tablespoon of water kefir to perk it up on the second day.
After 24 hours of feedings I put it in the fridge because it was very bubbly and soupy! I didn't want a strong sourdough flavor this time as I just baked two batches that were strongly fermented.
I continued to feed it 3 times a day continuing to keep it in the fridge.
36 hours later, I removed it from the fridge because it looked flat and dead But four hours later, when I next looked at it, it was furiously bubbling away!!! I had been deceived by the chilled mixture. I fed it and returned it to the fridge.
8 hours later when I took it out to feed it, it was actively bubbling even though it was so cold. I think it liked the fact that I had taken it out that first time for a few hours."
She said that the finished bread had just enough sour taste to let you know you were eating sourdough. Not overpowering at all!


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The language of friendship is not words, but meanings.
Henry David Thoreau
Oil prices are mixed in overnight trading after a supportive API oil inventory report that has been offset by yet another sign that the main economic and oil demand growth engine of the world… China is slowing. The latest manufacturing data out of China weakened more than expected for July. The HSBC/Markit reading came in at 47.7 or solidly below the expansion threshold of 50. The PMI data is an energy sensitive Index and with China in the contraction mode it certainly suggests that oil demand growth out of China is likely to be less than has been forecast so far.
On the other side of the world the Eurozone manufacturing index actually came in better than expected for July led by strong growth out of Germany. For the first time in two years the Index came in at 50.1 or above the expansion threshold and above the 48.8 level from June. This could be an early sign that the EU economy may finally be starting to bottom and beginning to work its way out of recession.
The Brent/WTI spread is back on the defensive so far this morning after a modest short covering rally over the last day or so. The spot September spread has narrowed to a $70/bbl premium of Brent over WTI after trading well over the $1.50/bbl level yesterday. Last night's API data showed another large draw of 2.1 million barrels from Cushing strongly suggesting that the destocking pattern that has been in play for the last month or so is likely to continue. Cushing stocks are still above normal but now stand at the lowest level of the year.
I view the activity over the last few days as primarily a short covering rally and not yet a structural change in the narrowing trend of the spread that has been in play since February of this year. The spread has already hit parity and actually traded with WTI at a premium to Brent on an intraday basis on both Friday and Monday. I expect the narrowing trend to remain in place.


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We'll Never Be Young Again: Remembering the Last Days of John F. Kennedy
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Hi all,
I was taking a lesson the other day in light wind, and was having trouble figuring out the timing to sheet in and out while sining/figure-8ing. I get the feeling it's like this:
Kite on the upstroke, moving through apex with some momentum: start to sheet in
Kite at middle of the downstroke: continuing to sheet in
Kite at bottom of the downstroke: fully sheeted in
Kite moving upstroke: start sheeting out
Kite through middle of upstroke: almost entirely sheeted out
Is that right or have I mixed it up? (Is there a better way of describing the above?)
Also, what's pumping all about? Is that basically pumping?


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Jacques Borgetto was born in Paris
He became passionate about photography from a very young age, carrying his Rolleiflex camera everywhere on his travels.
After studying photography he became an assistant while pursuing his own artistic work.
He was selected by the "Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d'Aries" and participated in the Young Photographers exhibition together with Bernard Plossu and Bernard Descamps.
He has held exhibitions at the Musée Réatu du Mans, tha Maison de la Culture de Sens in Aiz-en-Provence, and in various art galleries.
He published a book on photography entitled "I'Homme et I'Olivier" in 1984.
His photographs can be found in the collections of the Bibliothéque Nationale and the Musée Réatudu Mans.
In 1986 he moved to the South of France with his family and worked for the local General Councils and ran photography workshops for children.
In 2002 he returned to live in Paris. He then travelled around Europe and South America, especially in Argentina and Chile.
He is currently working on a project concerning nomadic settlements in the high plateaus of China and Tibet.
Since 2006, he's back in Paris.
Various exhibitions :
Promenades Photographiques de Vendôme, Festival international du film sud américain à Biarritz
Sélection officielle du Mois de la Photo à Paris
Paris Photo
Rencontre Internationales d'Arles, 60 ans de Picto
Nature Humaine à Leblanc
Résidence au château de Maison Laffite « Terres foulées »
Nuits photographiques de Pierrevert
Galerie Françoise Paviot
Espace photographique de l'Hôtel de Sauroy
He wrote 3 books thru Filigranes editions
- L'autre versant du Monde
- Nous avons fait un très beau voyage
- Terres foulées.
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Life Span:12-15 years
Litter Size:1-3 puppies.
Recognized By:CKC, FCI, AKC, UKC, ANKC, NKC, NZKC, APRI, ACR
Color:Two colored varieties include chocolate, black, wild boar, blue (gray) and fawn. These dogs will have tan markings over the eyes, on the sides of the jaw, underlip, inner edge of ear, front, breast, throat, paws insides of the legs.
Hair Length:Long, Short
Shedding:Moderate Shed
Male Height:14 to 18
Male Weight:9 to 20 lbs
Female Height:14 to 18
Female Weight:9 to 20 lbs
Living Area:Dachshunds are very good indoor dogs. They are typically quite active, but because of their size, they can get their needed activity indoors, without requiring a yard. Dachshunds are extremely good diggers, so if you're planning to leave them unsupervised in the yard, be certain that your fence is secure, particularly at the bottom. If the dog becomes bored, he is quite likely to dig out. Because the Dachshund is prone to obesity, you should watch their food intake. Don't allow them to free feed or over eat. Dry food is lower in calories than canned food and is better for the teeth, as well.
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Dachshunds are elongated dogs with short legs that are of the hound family. They are German in origin, and their name literally means badger dog, though in Germany they are commonly referred to as Dackel or Teckel dogs. The standard sized Dachshund was developed to hunt badgers while the miniature was developed to hunt rabbits. Dachschunds come in two sizes; the standards on both varieties are exactly the same except for size. They are all longer than they are tall. There are three coat varieties; smooth coated, long coated and the rarest, the wire coated. Dachshunds are low to the ground with very short legs and very muscular bodies. Their skin is very elastic, but not wrinkly. They are very well balanced in spite of their long bodies and they hold their heads high. Their head taper uniformly to the tip of the nose. Their eyes are medium sized, dark and almond shaped, with dark rims. Their ears are set near the top of their heads, are rounded and moderately long. The flopping down of the ears was intentionally bred into the dog to prevent their ears from getting filled with dirt and other debris while they were hunting under the ground. Their lips are tightly stretched and they have strongly developed teeth that fit closely together in a scissors bite. Their teeth are exceptionally strong for a dog of their size. The Dachshund has a long muscular neck that flows gracefully into their shoulders. Their trunks are exceptionally long and very muscular. Their bodies hang low to the ground, but should not be loose. Their front legs are very strong, as they were built for flushing animals out of burrows. They have very tight and compact front feet with well arched toes and tough, thick pads. Their hind legs are very well muscled with strong and powerful thighs. Their hind feet are smaller than their front feet. They have a long and rounded croup that sinks slightly toward the tail. Their tails are set in and have no pronounced curving. The Dachshund has a very fluid gait. Their forelegs reach forward without lifting much as they run. Dachshunds are very popular in the US, ranking 6th in terms of the number registered with the AKC. This breed has become synonymous with Germany. In fact, they are so closely associated with this country, that a Dachshund was the official mascot for the 1972 Summer Olympics, held in Germany.
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There are three coat varieties of Dachshund. The Smooth Coat-Short, smooth, shiny coat. Should not be long or thick. Their tails should taper gradually without too much hair. The Wirehaired Coat-This coat consists of a uniform tight coarse outer coat with a finer softer undercoat. This variety of Dachshund has a beard and eyebrows. Hair is shorter and smooth on the ears. Their tails are thickly haired and taper to a point. The Longhaired Coat-This variety has sleek hair that often has a slight wave. It is longer under the neck and on the fore chest, the underside of the body and on the ears and behind the legs, but they should not have long hair all over the body, nor should their hair be overly curly. Their tails have the longest hair and are carried somewhat like a flag.
It is believed that the ancestors of the Dachshund existed as far back as ancient Egypt, due to artifacts found that depicted small dogs with very short legs. This German breed was developed as a badger hunter hundreds of years ago. In German, "dachs" means badger and "hund" means hound. The breed was derived from a mixture of German, French and English hounds and terriers. These dogs have many terrier traits and are excellent hunters. They have been bred to have very short legs, to help them dig as well as to help them get into the burrows where animals like badgers and rabbits reside. The first verified reference to a Dachshund comes from books written in the 1700s. The original German Dachshunds were larger than today's standard; weighing as much as 40 pounds. But, over time, they were bred to be smaller to assist them in hunting, and over time, the miniature variety was developed for hunting smaller prey. In addition to furrowing out den animals, dachshunds have also been used as standard hunting dogs, for fox and locating wounded deer. They have even been used in packs to hunt larger game like wild boar, and very fierce animals like wolverines.
Dachshunds are very clever dogs. They have a lively temperament and are very gregarious, but this particular breed is prone to vary in temperament more greatly from dog to dog. They are brave to a fault; often not realizing how small they are. They are bred for work and have a fair amount of energy. They are very sturdy for their size. Dachshunds require a large amount of interaction. If they become bored, they can be destructive, so it's important to keep them entertained when you can, and to keep them confined when you can't. Bored Dachshunds have also been known to become aggressive. Socialization is important as is obedience training, since some Dachshunds are very willful. They can also be quite demanding if spoiled. Once trained, they are very loyal and loving to their owners. They can be protective to a fault; they know no fear and will go into battle with any animal they perceive as a threat, regardless of its size. Dachshunds are extremely playful, and will love a good game of fetch, hide and seek or chase with their owners and with other pets in the home, so long as they are properly socialized with each other. They are prone to chasing small animals and birds when they are outside. For this reason, it's important not to let your dog off his leash in an uncontained area. He may become focused on chasing a bird and run away. This is not a good breed of puppy to bring into the home if you have small children. However, an adult Dachshund who acquires children will usually do quite well with them, as long as they are properly introduced. Particularly in the case of Miniature Dachshunds, however, children should always be taught how to handle them, since they are somewhat fragile, simply due to their size.
Dachshunds are prone to spinal disc problems, also known as Dachshund paralysis. This is due to their very long spinal columns and very short rib cages. Dogs with this problem can become completely paralyzed. For this reason, it's important that your dog be trained early on not to jump, as jumping puts additional pressure on the spine. You should also be taught how to hold your dog properly, as improper handling can lead to back problems, too. Some veterinarians caution against Dachshunds using stairs, though most feel that it does not pose a problem for the dog to use stairs, as long as they are walking instead of running. Researchers are finding that the occurrence and severity of these spinal disc problems are hereditary in large part, so it's important to inquire about such problems from your breeder. They are also prone to Heart disease, urinary tract problems and diabetes. This dog can become inactive as they age, which makes them prone to obesity. This disease causes the same problems in dogs as in humans, shortening their life expectancy and making them more prone to heart disease, joint problems and diabetes. Being overweight also puts additional strain on their backs. Dappled Dachshunds are prone to Deafness and blindness. For this reason, they are very rare, as most breeders refuse to breed this pattern. Whenever you purchase a puppy, it's important to purchase from a reputable breeder. Reputable breeders will work hard to breed out deficiencies by not Breeding any dog that has shown signs of genetic or Health Problems. Breeders that are not reputable, however, will breed any dog, and are more likely to replicate genetic problems in their puppies. Before you purchase a puppy, ask questions about the lineage of the puppy.
Longhaired Dachshunds require daily brushing to keep them free of mats and tangles. Short haired versions will require weekly brushing and wire haired varieties need to be trimmed at least twice a year. This breed is an average shedder; rubbing them down occasionally with a damp towel will help keep the hair at bay.
These dogs do need exercise. As young dogs, they are typically quite active, but can get lazy as they get older. So, it's important that you provide them enough opportunities to exercise to keep them strong and prevent obesity. Since this dog is small, games of fetch in the house may be enough to get them proper exercise. However, they will also enjoy a walk with you and can get a good amount of exercise this way. Because of their short legs, they are not considered good running companions. Dachshunds are very popular breeds for competition. In fact, the Weiner Nationals are extremely popular Dachshund races. In addition, many Dachshunds participate in earth dog trials, competitions for dogs to track and locate artificial bait or caged live mice. Because this breed is a scent hound, they also often compete in scent tracking events. The Dachshund Club of America holds a national scent tracking championship each year for the best trackers in this breed.
The Dachshund requires firm and consistent training, but once trained, they are a great companion dog and extremely loyal. From an early age, they must understand that you are the "alpha dog", as they can be quite stubborn and resist training. Dachshunds require socialization at an early age, to prevent them from being wary of human strangers and fearful. They should also be taught early on about inappropriate barking and taught not to jump, since this can be dangerous for their spines. Crate training works well for housebreaking the Dachshund. Because this breed can be stubborn, and because their accidents are easy to miss due to their size, it's important to be very persistent in house breaking them. If they have an accident that goes unnoticed, they will believe that going to the bathroom in the house is acceptable, and the habit will be nearly impossible to break. Keeping your puppy in his crate unless you are actively interacting with him will help ensure that there are no accidents. Puppies should not be allowed to roam the house unsupervised until they are consistently house trained. It's wise to leave your Dachshund in his crate when you leave the house even after he's house trained, since they are prone to destruction when bored. After a period of time, you will know your dog well and will know whether or not it's safe to allow him to roam the house when you're away.
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MySQL Customer: Tema Networks
"Open Source is a way of thinking, which is reflected in the relevant component and product selections. The real benefits for SMBs such as Tema Networks are advantages in both cost structure and time-to-market. This combined with agile project models brings an order of magnitude improvement in the competitiveness to serve the business needs of the major telecommunication companies in the world."
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Note As of November 15, 2015, the Zune service has been discontinued. This may cause errors when attempting to stream or download content or update the service.
Create a playlist
Playlists can include any songs, artists, albums, and genres from your Zune music collection. You can listen to your playlists on your computer, or you can sync them to a Zune player or Windows Phone and play them on that device.
Songs are played in the order they were added. You can edit the playlist to change the order, or you can shuffle your playlists to listen to songs in a random order.
To create a playlist:
If you have more than one playlist, a pop-up menu displays your playlists. Drop the item onto the playlist you want.
Or, you can right-click an item, like an album or a song, click Add to playlist, select the playlist, and then click OK.Create an autoplaylist
Autoplaylists are updated dynamically, based on the criteria you select. Here's how to create one:
You can find your new autoplaylists under Autoplaylists with your other playlists.
Edit a playlist
Sync a playlist from your computer to a Zune player or Windows Phone
The next time you turn on your device, you'll see your new playlist.
Sync a playlist from a Zune player or Windows Phone to your computer
To see your playlists:
The following table summarizes what you can do with playlists and autoplaylists.
|Do this
|See what's in a playlist or an autoplaylist
|Click the playlist or autoplaylist title.
|Rename a playlist or an autoplaylist
|Right-click the playlist or autoplaylist title, click Rename, and then type the new name.
|Delete songs from a playlist
|Right-right-click a song title, and then select Remove from playlist.
|Change the order of songs in a playlist
|Drag songs up or down within the playlist.
|Change the order of songs in an autoplaylist
|Click an autoplaylist, and then click edit autoplaylist. Under Arrange songs, select a new setting.
|Sync playlists or autoplaylists to your Zune device
|Drag one or more playlists or autoplaylists to the Device icon, located in the lower-left corner of the page.
|Burn playlists or autoplaylists to CD
|Drag one or more playlists or autoplaylists to the Burn icon, located in the lower-left corner of the page.
|Play a playlist or an autoplaylist
|Double-click the playlist or autoplaylist title.
|Locate playlist or autoplaylist songs in your collection
|Right-click a song, then click View in collection.
|Shuffle a playlist
|Play the playlist and turn on shuffle.
|Repeat a playlist
|Play the playlist and turn on repeat.
Playlist tips
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