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To mark the one year anniversary of the disastrous BP oil spill, a small group of Indigenous women, elders and youth gathered at sunrise on April 20 in Gulfport, Mississippi and began walking more than 1,430 miles north to Lake Superior in Wisconsin. Carrying a pail of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico, they will walk forty miles a day for over six weeks to reach their destination.
On June 12 at the Bad River Reservation near Ashland, Wisconsin, they will meet other groups carrying water from the Atlantic, Hudson Bay and the Pacific—representing all four directions of Turtle Island, as Indigenous people call North America. Gathering with friends and allies from across the continent, they will celebrate the completion of the Mother Earth Water Walk 2011.
Sharon Day, a soft-spoken Anishinaabe woman, is coordinating the southern leg of the walk. A traditional singer, maker of hand drums, and a health and youth educator, she is a leader in the Minneapolis Indian community. On the wall of her office at the Indigenous Peoples Task Force, an organization she founded and has directed for 25 years, is a large weathered map of the Great Lakes, which she bought for seven dollars on her first trip to Lake Superior decades ago.
"We want the walk to be a prayer," Day says. "Every step we take we will be praying for and thinking of the water. We'll carry the water and an eagle staff. We'll start at sunrise and end at sun down each day. Every four days, we'll have a ceremony. This will be our life until we get to Lake Superior."
The Mother Earth Water Walk began eight years ago, in the spring of 2003, as a result of the work of Anishinaabe elder Josephine Mandamin. She had grown up eating the fish and drinking the water on Manitou Island in Lake Superior and witnessed the collapse of the Great Lakes ecosystem during her lifetime. Today, most Anishinaabe communities have to boil their water before drinking it, and health agencies warn of the dangers of eating fish, once a staple of Great Lakes Indian Nations.
The Great Lakes hold 20 per cent of the fresh water in the world. But today the lakes region faces grave dangers: hydrofracking (fracturing of bedrock for oil and gas exploration), toxic releases, transport of radioactive waste, invasive species, oil refineries, huge consumption by bottled water companies and other corporate users along with the increasing privatization of water services for the 44 million people who get their drinking water from the lakes.
Josephine Mandamin felt compelled to take action about what was happening to the lakes. She asked herself "what will you do?" and, in the spring of 2003, answered the question by picking up a copper pail and walking around Lake Superior. Her mission was to raise awareness of threats to the lake and to teach people to love and care fore the water. Since then, every spring she and a small band of Anishinaabe and supporters have walked around one of the Great Lakes.
What will you do? "You have to decide what it is you are going to stand for," Day explains. "Water is essential to life. We live in the water of the womb of our mother before we come into the world. We are birthed from water, our bodies are primarily water and we can't survive without clean water. At some time in your life you have to take a stand."
In Anishinaabe teachings, women are the caretakers of the water, entrusted with the responsibility to protect and speak for this precious resource. Through the Water Walk, women like Day will carry out this obligation, part of their original instructions from the Creator. They also hope to share their teachings with others by meeting with youth groups, religious congregations and other interested organizations along the way.
"We know that the water is living and there are many water spirits, and that's who we sing to, but to most people, the water is not alive. When we commodify water, it becomes a product and we no longer think about it as a living thing," she explains.
Day clarifies that Indigenous peoples are not trying to save the earth. "The earth will survive. The issue is whether we as humans will survive. For that to happen, we need to start thinking and behaving differently. The idea that 'bigger is better'— well, just look at how huge dams and nuclear power plants have impacted the water. We hope to educate communities about the damage we are doing to our Mother Earth, to the plants and animals, and to the water.
"This is not just about Indigenous peoples," she stresses. "Every place in the world there is something happening to the water."
Day explains that the walkers will make connections with people all along their route. "We are hoping that folks along the way will help us out by walking with us, giving us a bit to eat, or a place to sleep. We are counting on the good wishes of people along the way."
Part of what is giving her and others the optimism and strength needed to embark on this long journey are the elders who, despite great hardship, have committed to walk. "One of our elders and my friend, Margaret Peak Raymond, is coming over from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to join us in Missouri. She needs hip surgery — but she is coming. And she is bringing her cousin who is legally blind and almost seventy. The support of women like that is so touching."
Josephine Mandamin, 69, will bring the water from Hudson Bay, and walk from Winnipeg. "I imagine looking out over Lake Superior and seeing all the sparkles on the water, all the spirits, and how happy they will be," says Day about the Mother Earth Water Walk ceremony June 12 at Bad River Reservation: http://www.badriver-nsn.gov/.
Joy and happiness are also what she sees for future generations. She is solid in her belief that young people are the key to transformative change. "It is our children— they will be the people who will be trained as the biologists and the hydrologists of the future. They'll bring with them an understanding of our natural science along with Western science and that is how we can repair the damage, that's where it will come from. That is my hope."


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By Karen Lightman, Managing Director, MEMS Industry Group
Originally posted on EE Times
The MEMS industry saw double-digit growth in 2012, is now valued at more than $10 billion by Yole Développement, and is on track to double in market value by 2015. Let's examine the drivers of this impressive ramp.
First off, 2012 was the year of "Yes! I can finally hear you and you can hear me, too." Thanks to MEMS, fuzzy cell phone conversations and dropped calls will soon be a thing of the past. It started at CES 2012 with the teardown of Samsung's Focus Flash Windows smartphone, revealing WiSpry's RF MEMS inside.
This was a historic moment for not just WiSpry but for RF MEMS, as it was the first example of RF MEMS in a commercially available consumer product. History continued to be written and revealed through teardowns.
Jeremie Bouchaud of IHS iSuppli disclosed at the MEMS Executive Congress US that the Apple iPhone 5 uses three MEMS mics in the phone, plus a fourth one in the headset. You can read my earlier blog on "making beautiful music" with Analog Devices MEMS mics — one of four suppliers for iPhone 5 — to better understand the technology behind the 'smart-quality' sound achieved through MEMS mics.
The convergence of consumer and medical applications, enabled by MEMS technology, marked another landmark moment in 2012. The explosion of health-focused apps shows that consumers are fascinated with tracking their health through their mobile devices.
In the past, much of what's been offered has been overly bulky or annoyingly unreliable. Some of the apps are just plain crap (like the pedometers that you can fool into "thinking" you are walking by simply waving them back and forth).
Thankfully, in 2012, a bevy of products emerged, all with MEMS inside to help us live healthier lives. BodyMedia's products let you ((http://www.bodymedia.com/ )) monitor caloric intake and real calories burned, making it easier to lo lose weight. Offering another wearable device,
LUMOback's MEMS-based 'belt' helps you to improve your sitting and standing posture, in order to reduce or eliminate back pain. These are just a few examples of the MEMS-enabled, life-improving that give consumers the power to manage and control and improve their own health and quality of life. I predict that in 2013+ we'll see even more in this area. These are some of the reasons why I LOVE MEMS!
Some of the other big wins for MEMS including the rise of "sensor fusion," where MEMS and sensors are intelligently integrated with software algorithms to improve performance and reduce power consumption. In some cases, it's the MEMS device-makers that are bundling this "special sauce" with the sale of their MEMS chips (Bosch Sensortec, Freescale, Kionix and InvenSense, to name a few). In others, we also saw the rise of a few stars such as Movea, Xsens, Hillcrest Labs and Sensor Platforms.
This new category of MEMS company has been around for a few years, but their stars started twinkling in 2012 and I doubt their shine will diminish. In fact, I think the next few years will be heralded as the year of "MEMS algorithms" – where we'll be able to take MEMS to an entirely new level of 'smart' with even smarter software.
I'd also like to note that, in 2012, the MEMS Industry Group, of which I'm managing director, made history by enabling our 140+ member companies to create and edit a document to standardize sensor- and MEMS performance definitions. MEMS is infamous for its lack of standards. So this humble document is a step in the right direction as we head towards my dream of MEMS total ubiquity. In my heart of hearts, I like to call it "MEMS total world domination," but that's a story for another column.

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Katie Holmes: Kaboodles Toy Store with Suri!
Katie Holmes and her camera-shy daughter Suri (in a D&G Junior jacket) head to Kaboodles Toy Store on Tuesday (March 1) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Earlier in the week, the mother-daughter duo bundled up and grabbed drinks at Starbucks and some cupcakes at a local bakery.
Katie, 32, is reportedly suing Star magazine for $50 million after the tabloid ran a January cover story with the headline "Addiction Nightmare: Katie Drug Shocker!"
"Of all the fabricated stories that continue to be published about me, this instance is beyond the pale," she said in a statement (via L.A. Times.)
"[They] knew this outrageous story was false and printed it anyway to sell magazines," she added.
FYI: Katie is wearing a Jennifer Meyer initial necklace in "S" for Suri and J Brand "Bette" high-rise wide leg jeans in Wonderama. She carried a Max Mara "Margaux" tote!


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DEAR AMY: My girlfriend and I have been in a close relationship for more than five years, and all signs point to marriage way down the road.
However, I keep a few close friends, both male and female, and one in particular has my girlfriend irked. I have never had any romantic interest in this girl, and I have been honest and open about my meetings with her to catch up.
My girlfriend sees this as an issue, and it has caused us a fair amount of stress as we debate whether this is OK.
While I care strongly for my girlfriend, I care about keeping my friends as well. Your thoughts on the matter? Can close friends of the opposite sex be maintained in a relationship? -- Good Guy
DEAR GUY: This question (or a version of it) is asked so frequently lately that it leads me to diagnose a new relationship ailment: CFC -- chronic friendship confusion.
So listen up. It's not really that complicated.
Close friends of the opposite sex can be maintained while in a "couple" partnership.
Close friends of the opposite sex cannot be maintained exclusive (or outside of) the "couple" partnership.
After five years together, your girlfriend should be comfortable with all of your other friendships. How would you make her comfortable? You would include her in your friendships. You would be completely transparent, inviting your opposite sex friend to your home or to go out with you and your girlfriend.
You would give both women ample opportunities to get to know each other in case they, too, wanted to strike up a friendship. You would not spend time alone with this opposite sex friend unless your girlfriend was comfortable with it.
And if after doing all of these things your girlfriend was overly jealous or possessive of you, you wouldn't marry her.
DEAR AMY: As a mom of several children ranging in age from newborn to young adult, I am often in conversations with the parents of my children's friends. Often, their children will repeatedly and rudely interrupt our conversations. These interruptions are not important, sometimes repeatedly telling the parent they want to go, they are hungry, they are bored, etc.
These interruptions are not preceded with an "Excuse me" or anything.
At what point is it OK to tell the offending child something along the lines of, "I'm talking with your mom right now. Please have patience, and we'll finish our conversation, and then you can have your mom all to yourself."
I've taught my kids to start with "Excuse me" and then wait until I acknowledge them.
I just can't stand trying to train an adult who is interrupted multiple times by her children. Are other people not teaching respectful conversational skills to children? -- Frustrated Mother
DEAR MOTHER: It's not appropriate to try to train or actively parent other people's children when the parent is standing there, but you have leeway (and leverage) when you are involved in a conversation and a child interrupts you.
If you are speaking, and the child interrupts, you can say, "Wait a minute, honey, I need to finish my sentence before you speak."
If the other person is speaking, and the child interrupts, you'll have to be tolerant about how she handles it.
I agree that parents don't teach respectful conversational skills to kids, but I'm not sure this is a recent development. Many adults I know seem to lack these skills, too.
DEAR AMY: Responding to "To Work or Not to Work," I have been a stay-at-home mom for 22 years.
I've heard it all from people telling me I should work. People should never feel guilty for taking care of the family. You will reap far better rewards being there and guiding your children. All the material things cannot replace time spent raising your family. Life is too short; kids grow up too fast. Enjoy every moment! -- Happy at Home
DEAR HAPPY: My mother was also a stay-at-home mom for 22 years, and then my father left. Without a profession, it was a struggle to find decent work. Staying at home is a privilege many moms do not have.
You can contact Amy Dickinson via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Qatar University to have Arabic as Medium of Instruction Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Qatar University to have Arabic as Medium of Instruction Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Qatar View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message GeronimoJoined: 11 Apr 2007Posts: 490 Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:33 pm Post subject: Last year "The Economist" presented an article describing the rise of Qatar... http://www.economist.com/node/21536659 According to the "Economist"'s league table, Qataris are nowadays about twice as wealthy as U.S. citizens, in terms of GDP per person. And, following the opening of The Shard, the "Guardian" addressed the question of 'How Qatar is taking on the world'... http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/07/qatar-takes-on-the-world? But if Qatar has long learned to be pragmatic managing to host a huge American base while still conducting military exercises with its neighbour, Iran its approach, says Kinninmont, has also been driven by very personal factors, not least in the friction with Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad. "The emir spent a lot of time cultivating Assad as an ally. The feeling was that they could explain and he would listen. But Assad didn't want to listen." Within Doha itself, my Qatari students told me that English was useful for them to use when they went shopping in their capital city. With regard to Patricia Ryan's question - as raised above by Nolan Chance- Latin was the language of the powerful Roman Empire, and where is it now? - part of the answer is available at... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_languages and another part is to be found here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_words_with_English_derivatives Geronimo Back to top 2bucketsJoined: 14 Dec 2010Posts: 515Location: Middle East Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:11 pm Post subject: Is this the end of "the great training robbery. "? Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17604Location: USA Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:44 pm Post subject: Watch this space... VS Back to top GeronimoJoined: 11 Apr 2007Posts: 490 Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 3:42 pm Post subject: A listing of the Undergraduate Programs available in Fall 2012/13 at Qatar University is available here:- http://www.qu.edu.qa/students/programs.php Of the 34 degree courses on this list, English is shown as the´Language of Instruction´for 19 of them; and Arabic for the remaining 15. Geronimo Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17604Location: USA Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:42 pm Post subject: Basically majors taught in English are... Science, Medicine, Engineering, and English. In Education you can go Arabic track or English track. Seems logical... I wouldn't be surprised to see Engineering be the next to switch to Arabic and then Science. The foundation program has been cut to one year rather than two. VS Back to top blastermillJoined: 30 Aug 2011Posts: 101 Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:09 am Post subject: veiledsentiments wrote: So... are you enjoying your new job with the PR department of the Qatari government? Let's be serious. They have lots and lots and lots of money... a handful of bright people... and ginormous egos. The Emirati ego crashed their ideas of being the "next Hong Kong" and as they are licking their wounds, Qatar has taken over the hype. And what is currently happening at QU shows exactly where their limitations are... If they are as smart as you think, they would be best directed to make darn sure that there isn't a war with Iran... cause their goose could also get cooked. VS I am no PR man but I have worked for the gov't in a couple of places and have been on reform committees. There is no need to knock the achievements of this tiny country, yes they do have a lot of money but they are also investing it wisely in their future, their children's future and trying to help other countries as well. They have an incredible foreign aid program to help the countries emerging from the Arab spring. If the Syrian gov't had listened to the recommendations of the PM a few months ago when he tried to help resolve the crisis, this horrific civil war wouldn't be taking place. They helped broker a solution to Yemen's political crisis and are providing aid and support to all countries trying to restructure their political systems. Have you visited this country? It does a lot for its citizens and now there is an increasing awareness of global issues and obligations on the part of young Qataris. It will take time but they are moving forward at an incredible rate. Tell me when the US gov't did so much for the citizens. Only Obama has understood the need for good social and medical services and he gets knocked around for his concern. Here this kind of concern is appreciated and welcomed. Come for a visit and see. There are loads of problems, particularly with the Asian labor force but things are starting to change there too. They plan to build a whole industrial housing area with recreational facilities to help them out. Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17604Location: USA Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:07 pm Post subject: blastermill wrote: I am no PR man but I have worked for the gov't in a couple of places and have been on reform committees. There is no need to knock the achievements of this tiny country, Nor is there any reason to be quite so obsequious and overly positive. I lived in the Gulf for years. It is much of a muchness. Mainly what a country can do when it has nearly unlimited wealth, a benevolent dictatorship, and a miniscule population. I was not criticizing Qatar as I have found their activities interesting and positive... I have merely found your cheerleading a bit OTT. VS Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15318 Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 6:54 am Post subject: A country that has established Al Jazeera TV clearly has something going for it ! Oh I forgot, you can't watch Al Jazeera in the USA ! Back to top 2bucketsJoined: 14 Dec 2010Posts: 515Location: Middle East Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 2:21 pm Post subject: Al jazeera is available on Link TV and Free Speech TV in the USA. There are several showings daily. These are available on Direct TV satellite. There is also "Mosaic ", which is a compilation of news broadcasts from various Middle East countries including Iran and Palestine translated into English. So, I get better Middle East coverage in the US than on the Jazeera (Penninsula) . Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17604Location: USA Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 3:01 pm Post subject: You can also stream Al-Jezeera directly from their website in the US. VS Back to top GeronimoJoined: 11 Apr 2007Posts: 490 Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:35 pm Post subject: In fact, the Al Jazeera network is currently campaigning for the right to extend the availability of its broadcasts in the U.S. under the heading:- "DEMAND AL JAZEERA IN THE USA" For details of this campaign, go to... http://www.aljazeera.com/demandaljazeera/ Geronimo Back to top mesquiteJoined: 04 Jan 2009Posts: 80 Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:59 am Post subject: The QU kid I spoke to (know his dad from QF) said this new foundation program is a real mess. They have opened a new program for the students who are in the Arabic-medium strain. They are now obliged to take four credit courses. The problem is the disparity in level - classes full of mixed ability students. Some students can barely speak English, others got to the top level of the former foundation program but because they've switched to Arabic have to go through these new courses with weak students. The kid is in this position, he did 4 courses of foundation, passed them all and even got 5.5 on the IELTS but all a waste of time as he has to do four new credit courses. He said some of the students don't even understand the teacher! They have some sort of placement system, Accuplacer, i think which they don't actually use to stream the students into low level or high level. This is a major mistake. Why put competent students into classes where they know everything? Why put students who are at false-beginner level in courses where they can't cope. This problem is partially due to the open-door policy of admission - they allegedly admitted over 4000 students into the new program. This is a huge number, no wonder they are desperate for teachers and had to rehire teachers who had been unfairly fired last semester. I'll take Zayed any day over this. No real consideration of student needs and desires. I think ignoring low level students and their problems is a time-bomb. If they let them in, they they should accommodate them and not force them to take classes they can't cope with. This student says it's a real mess, he sits with guys who can barely speak and are frustrated with the constant assessment going on. He also told me he gets frustrated with learning basic grammar when he has already learned how to write an essay. Sounds like a crazy system to me. Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17604Location: USA Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:33 pm Post subject: Is there anyone who didn't expect it to be a total mess? So typical. And it will be such for the next few years... Streaming by ability has always been an issue in the Gulf. I have taught too many classes in the Gulf with a range from false beginner to near native speaker. Of course one problem with Arabic speakers is that they vary so much by skill. Their reading/writing nearly always a couple levels below their speaking/listening. VS Back to top blastermillJoined: 30 Aug 2011Posts: 101 Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:04 am Post subject: Compulsory English at QU They are still forcing students in the Arabic stream to do four courses of English. So what else is new! English is still compulsory. Students are not too happy as some have already done two years of the Foundation program and now must do another two years! Give me a break! Back to top ImdramayuJoined: 09 Feb 2007Posts: 386Location: Prince Sultan University Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 9:02 am Post subject: Diminished job prospects Making Arabic the medium of instruction will hurt the job prospects & relevance of studies for graduating students. Sure...entering and doing well in the program will be easier. But less useful. So...all the really good students will leave and study at another univ in Qatar where English is the medium of instruction. That'll leave QU with the Ss who didn't have the skills to learn a 2nd language. Thus, academic standards will decrease as QU will be left with only the above. 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Volume 20, Number 3
April/May 2003
Taking Risks
By Karen J. Mathis
Risk. It's an interesting concept. There are all sorts of ways to use the word "risk," with both positive and negative connotations. A risk taker is either a heroic figure or a reckless cad, depending upon the situation and a person's perspective. We speak about "risk-benefit analysis" as though we can standardize how high or low the level of risk might be. Actuaries and statisticians throw the word around, quantifying risk with particular aplomb. Parents caution their young against taking unnecessary risks.
So why is an entire issue of GPSolo devoted to the concept of risk? As you work your way through this issue, you will see that risk is not a foreign concept to attorneys or their clients. Almost everything in life involves risk, and quite often that risk turns into liability, damages, perhaps even a lawsuit and a judgment. Limiting risk, or at least advising a client regarding the existence of risks, is a large part of what general practitioners, solos, and small firm lawyers do. In this issue our editorial board, authors, and staff alert you to a number of these minefields and offer ideas, checklists, and proven steps to recognize risks and then manage them. I think you will find it a fascinating read.
For a few minutes let's look at heroic risk, because each day lawyers are taking risks that make them heroes. John Adams was implored not to represent the redcoats charged with killing colonial patriots in Boston. Adams was already known as one of the best legal advocates in the Bay Colony and certainly did not need the notoriety or risk such representation would produce. We all know the end to the story: Adams represented the British soldiers, and they were acquitted.
Take another example, the modern-day story of Brian Hermanson, a Section member from Ponca City, Oklahoma. Brian is a very good lawyer and was in a solo practice. Then Brian was appointed by the Oklahoma courts to represent accused Oklahoma City bomber accomplice, Terry Nichols. Defending the accused and serving as effective counsel for the derided, scorned, and hated is a risky thing to do. Whatever your feelings regarding Nichols, you should join in thanking Brian for taking this risk, for putting his personal safety and his economic well-being on the line, and for defending the U.S. Constitution by providing a competent defense to one accused of horrendous crimes.
On September 11, 2001, attorneys at the New York Port Authority and at the law firm of Holland & Knight, to name just two, put their lives at risk doing their jobs. Perhaps they didn't expect the day to be any different from those before it. Yet by noon many had lost their lives to the risk and reality of terrorism. Lawyers, like many others, risked their own lives to save those in the World Trade Center and its surrounding buildings. They looked risk in the eye and stared it down. They are heroes.
As this issue goes to press, our nation has just entered into war with Iraq; we can only imagine the risks our soldiers, sailors, and pilots will face. When you think about risk, do you think about Section members such as Lieutenant Benes Aldana and Major James M. Durant III, JAG officers who may soon be on the front lines in the Middle East? The risks they face are of the most harrowing kind. Yet they leave family and comfort behind to protect us, the rule of law, and our way of life. They epitomize the highest values of our profession and make us proud of their courage in the face of such risks.
In so many ways, both small and large, lawyers take risks. Ours is a profession that seeks thoughtful contemplation and reasoned colloquy much of the time. Yet, time and time again lawyers step up to the plate and take big risks on behalf of a client or a cause. If you have examples of important ways you or other lawyers have taken risks for the common good, won't you send them to the GPSolo editor so they can be shared with our readers?
As you read through this issue's articles, enjoy them, and remember that risk comes in packages of all shapes and sizes. As an American lawyer you have been trained to face risk and to deal with it. Perhaps by doing so, you, too, are a hero!


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It's mid-May in the Texas Plains with the promise of another dry, hot summer string farmers in the face.
And James Martin is optimistic about his peanut crop. He expects to make good yields on the 236 acres he planted this year. He usually does, averaging close to 5,200 pounds per acre.
Martin says rotation and irrigation timing are critical for profitable peanuts. And he's efficient. Production costs run $400 per acre.
Steve Moore is living proof that hard times make better managers. "In past years, I didn't pay as much attention to inputs; I'd spray on a 14-day fungicide schedule whether the peanuts needed it or not," says Moore, who farms in Early County, Ga.
"You can't cut a lot of corners in peanuts and still make a good yield, but you can watch input costs."
Peanuts make up more than 30 percent of Moore's total farm income and he maintains a yield goal of 3,500 to 4,000 pounds per acre.
"It's fairly easy to grow a peanut crop, but I just haven't found too many places where I can reduce costs. If it rains, we have to spray fungicides. And I wouldn't even think about growing peanuts without irrigation."
You don't want to be an insect, disease or weed in Joe Cobb's Windsor, N.C., peanut fields. He's going to take you out. And he's going to spend less doing it than most peanut growers in the Southeast.
"We've made a lot of changes for the better on this farm over the past 10 years," Cobb says. "Everything I do ahs a value, every trip across the field, every chemical I use or don't use."
He keeps meticulous records so he knows what works and what doesn't on his 360 acres of peanuts, 300 acres of full-season soybeans and 850 acres of cotton.


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Breguet exercises a genuine fascination through its capacity for innovation. Its inventions have left an indelible imprint on watchmaking history and the developments currently being achieved within its Manufacture make Breguet an undeniable reference in its field. This philosophy is entirely in tune with my vision of fine watchmaking: its ability to push the boundaries of horological construction, blending aesthetics with mechanical constraints, makes it a full-fledged art in its own right.
Breguet is not only a brand embodying watchmaking excellence, but also a part of our cultural heritage, brimming with history and emotions. The timepieces emerging from the Manufacture Breguet are works of art rendered unique by the artisans' hand, and endowed with genuine soul. This brand has been cherished by my grandfather Nicolas G. Hayek, nurtured by challenges and passion. I am dedicated to doing all in my power to perpetuate and develop the art of Breguet.


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A soon-to-be released study of enrollments in Mandarin classes in Australia has yet more evidence that the much hyped craze for Mandarin learning isn't what it might seem to be (as I keep saying).
In Australia, by the final year of senior high school, 94% of those who began to study Mandarin sometime earlier have dropped the subject, and 94% of the relatively small group who remain are ethnically Chinese, resulting in a situation in which "the teaching and learning of Chinese in Australia is overwhelmingly a matter of Chinese teaching Chinese to Chinese."
Things don't get much more direct than that.
From a newspaper story that quotes the report:
Unless the drop-out rate is tackled, "there seems little point in planning to expand the number of students starting Chinese at school".
The report attributes the drop-out rate to three factors. Students studying Chinese as a second language are "overwhelmed" in assessments by "strong numbers" of students who have Chinese as a first language.
Second, they don't develop sufficient proficiency because of the difficulty in learning Chinese and the inadequate time set aside for it.
Finally, they are trying to learn Chinese "in an often unsupportive environment at school, in their family, and in the community".
The report, by Dr. Jane Orton of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at Melbourne University, will be presented to a forum late this month on Mandarin language education. I'll post more once I've had a chance to read it.
Thanks to Victor Mair for alerting me to this.
- Demand for Asia study overhaul, the Age, October 12, 2008
further reading:
- Chinese Language Programs in Australia: 94% Drop-Out Rate, the Lingua Franca, October 13, 2008
- foreign languages in NZ secondary schools, Pinyin News, September 6, 2008
- UK degree-program enrollments in foreign languages, Pinyin News, August 21, 2008
- US post-secondary enrollments in foreign languages and the position of Mandarin, Pinyin News, August 18, 2008
- U.S. college language enrollments, Language Log, August 21, 2008 (about the Pinyin News post above)
- Results of US AP exams: first year for Mandarin, Japanese, Pinyin News, February 14, 2008


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Post subject: Macaron
well i've recently gotten back from a trip to france and i LOVED these beutiful cokies called macaron (not the american macaroon) i've tried a couple recipes but each time i make them the cookies are flat and stuck to the parchement paper and cant seem to form the crust before baking, could it be due to the humidity and heat level of where i live or does anyone know a god recipe for macarons?
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I've never seen these before, but they look fantastic! I've gotta give them a try!
Okay, so it looks like these are two domes of sweetened almondy meringue with a creamy filling in between. My first guess is that, if your meringues aren't crusty, they aren't sufficiently whipped. The recipes I'm looking at all say stiff-peaks (My french is rusty, but google's translate engine indicates "firm snow" so I'd guess stiff peaks is a fair bet.).
That looks like the most obvious place for things to go wrong-- underwhipped eggs can't form the structure to stand up to gravity (the structure forms when filled with air, and then hardens in place from the heat of the oven), so that might be why your macarons went flat. I'm not sure what effect high humidity will have on that, but my guess is that it's not a good effect.
A couple of tips: Add a small amount of something acidic to your egg whites-- 1/2 tsp of creme of tartar, or the same amount of lemon juice (only if the recipe can stand the additional taste), or rinse the bowl with some white vinegar and then wipe it out before adding egg whites-- acid helps the structure formation-- it'll save you lots of time. Also, you can add about a tablespoon of water to the egg whites-- this can add a little volume. If you're worried that your room temp. egg whites are too warm, pop them in the fridge for 10 minutes before whipping.
Good luck!
Edit: upon further reading, the whipped texture of egg whites might not be stiff peaks-- it must be fairly firm for the dome to form and harden, but to have peaks on the macarons when dollopping them onto the parchment paper is undesirable. Also weird: french for parchment paper translates literally as "sulfurized paper"-- I would think they could eat least call it "siliconized" or something, heh.
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Post subject: French Chocolate Macarons
We actually made these in our Professional Baking class in 2005. Our teacher has written many books, including Cooking With Tea, and he has been an inspiration to me. Here is a macaron recipe that is really very simple, yet makes a big impression.
CHOCOLATE MACARONS - adapted from Pierre Herme
makes 24 cookies
3/4 cup whole milk
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
8 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 cups whole blanched or slivered almonds, no skins
1 pound powdered sugar
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, divided in fourths
6 egg whites (about 3/4 cup)
Optional: drizzling of white and dark chocolate
To make the chocolate filling for these little bites, combine the milk and butter in a saucepan and bring just to a boil. Immediately remove from heat and whisk in the chopped chocolate. When smooth, pour into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight.
To make the macaroons, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line 4 baking sheets with parchment. Mix the sugar and almonds in the food processor until the almonds are finely ground. Add the cocoa and mix. In an impeccably clean mixer bowl fitted with a clean whisk, free of any grease, beat the egg whites until they are smooth and form stiff peaks. With a rubber spatula gently fold in the cocoa powder in fourths, ending with a thick batter. Spoon tablespoons of the batter onto the prepared pans, leaving about an inch apart. Smooth the tops with a slightly moistened fingertip. Bake for 11 minutes. Slide the parchment off the baking sheet onto the counter to cool.
To assemble these little delights, spread about a tablespoon of the ganache on the bottom of one macaroon and seal with the bottom of another, making a sandwich. Place on a tray and chill them for about on hour before serving. If desired, drizzle melted white and dark chocolate to garnish.
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This extract explains how to maintain a balanced diet, during war-time. The author outlines different food contituents and their effect on the body.
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Hard Time Cookery was published in 1940 by the Association of Teachers of Domestic Subjects (now the National Association of Teachers of Home Economics).
Although there is very little background information available for this text, it is clear that teachers felt they could provide a valuable service to the public during war time by offering advice on diet. In fact, during WWII nutritionists were instrumental in advising the government on how to design a healthy rationing system. As a result, the British population was given unlimited access to potatoes and bread, and could choose between other rationed items, although in practice these were limited. The discovery of vitamins was relatively new (vitamins A and B were identified just before the outbreak of WWI), and so the notion of maintaining one's health with a balanced diet was unfamiliar to many. In 1917, when 2,500,000 men, from across the social spectrum, were given medical examinations, over forty percent of them were found to be unfit for military service - mainly due to malnourishment. Consequently, the government was compelled to invest time and money into dietary research.
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By improving glucose-insulin metabolism, regular consumption of cocoa flavonol may improve cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)….
First author Giovambattista Desideri, MD, director of the Geriatric Division, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila in Italy, stated that, "Given the global rise in cognitive disorders due to the 'graying' of populations in Western countries, our findings provide encouraging evidence that consuming cocoa flavonols could represent a fascinating new tool for preserving/improving cognitive function during senescence.
Mary Ann Johnson, PhD, national spokesperson for the American Society of Nutrition (ASN), who was not involved in the study, stated that, "There is great interest in identifying nutritional factors that could potentially delay or prevent conversion of MCI to dementia."
What makes this study novel, she said, is that it is a randomized controlled trial in people with MCI, it employed well-known cognitive tests, and it used 3 levels of cocoa flavonols: low, medium, and high.
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Based on prior studies, intake of flavonoids may be associated with a decreased risk for incident dementia, a lower prevalence of cognitive impairment, and better cognitive evolution over 10 years in aging adults, the authors note.
To investigate further, Dr. Desideri and colleagues recruited 90 elderly individuals with MCI into the Cocoa, Cognition and Aging (CoCoA) Study. They were randomly assigned to consume once daily for 8 weeks a drink containing 1 of 3 levels of cocoa flavonols: 990 mg, the high flavonol (HF) group; 520 mg, the intermediate flavonol (IF) group; or 45 mg, the low flavonol (LF) group.
The team assessed cognitive function and a verbal fluency test. Baseline performances on these 3 tests were similar. During the study period, the researchers did not see any significant changes in MMSE scores in relation to group assignment.
However, the time needed to complete the TMT A did change significantly during the study period (P < .0001), with significant reductions observed in participants in the HF group (-14.3 seconds; P < .0001) and IF group (-8.8 seconds; P < .0001) but not in those in the LF group (+1.1 seconds; P = .65).
The results were similar for the TMT B test, with significant reductions in the time needed to complete the test seen in the HF and IF groups (-29.2 and -22.8 seconds, respectively; for both, P < .0001) but not in the LF group (+3.8 seconds; P = .21).
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The improvement of verbal fluency test score was significantly greater in HF participants than in those assigned to the LF group (P < .05).
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The researchers caution that the intervention lasted only 2 months; therefore, the extent of the cognitive benefits and their duration, as well as their impact on a clinical course of MCI, remain to be established.
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On spring break I, the teacher, headed for the mountains. Most of my students went straight to the beach. Thats a Chinese poem if you read it again. All semester I thought various poetries but lingered longest on the Chinese. For some 3,000 years the Chinese poets stayed faithful to the seasons, the fragility of life and heartbreak. They saw nature at work in everything, from blossoms to empires, but they carved a thin slice of time between the irruptions of nature and the cruelty of killers to speak for fallible humans.
These are the Chinese poets we know of, the best-known ones, and maybe this is the reason why they are still read. Over the centuries there must have been thousands of other Chinese poets, forgotten now, who wrote pleasing poems to flatter the court, or formal poems to flatter the demands of some forgotten teaching. Those poets made a trade: they gained temporal favor but were gone with the next anthology. The ones we still read wrote only what we still feel: the sorrowful passing of time. Well, some of them wrote on the joys of love too, but there was always wine involved, and then regret. The wine came in the first line, then love, then suddenly winter. Or war. Or old age. One of those.
The Chinese poets we still read wrote about all the seasons, but spring was by far their favorite: they praised it and mourned it simultaneously. The thousands of forgotten Chinese poets only praised it, thinking it wiser not to remind the temporal powers that they were temporary. For that offense, posterity forgot them. And this is why I teach Chinese poetry: if you write only to please you will be forgotten.
Remember that while you are at the beach glorying in the blossoming of your flesh with its attached iPods, spring break is only half the story. The truth of spring is that nothing really gets a break. In the mountains spring is hard work. The dogwoods trumpet it, then yellow and die. Everything else, flower, worm, reptile or bird, pushes at the hard surface with all its strength until its topmost tendril breaks out, brightly colored from the exertion. Flowers are pretty because they work hard to break out of the cold ground. Ask any flower.
Animals have it no easier: their mating season is an incredible command: mate now, in the next six weeks, or else. Its or else for most creatures. Humans, who mate all year, may fool some poets into thinking that its always spring. It aint: look at all the forgotten poets.
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The lead: TubeMogul soars in debut
TubeMogul sprinted out of the gate Friday in its first day of public trading, soaring more than 64 percent and closing at $11.50.
The results were even more impressive considering how the Emeryville-based video advertising company significantly lowered its IPO expectations Thursday, slashing its opening price from the $11- to $13-a-share range to just $7. TubeMogul had hoped to raise up to $90 million, but at $7 a share had to be satisfied with $43.75 million.
It's been a wild ride for the tech IPO market over the past few months. After a miserable start in April, a string of successful debuts by Silicon Valley companies in May and June — including those of GoPro and Arista Networks — helped make the quarter the best for IPOs since late 2007. But a warning earlier this week by the Fed that biotech and social-media stocks appear overvalued threw cold water on the market and helped lead TubeMogul and fellow market rookie CareDX, a Brisbane-based biotech, to significantly lower their initial price targets. CareDX, which debuted Thursday, dropped its opening price from the $15-to-$17 range to $10, but closed at just $9.05 Thursday. On Friday it managed to peek above its debut price, closing at $10.50.
Playing it conservatively was apparently the right choice for TubeMogul. "For us to come out and do so well in these conditions shows what a strong company we are," TubeMogul co-founder and CEO Brett Wilson told the Merc's Heather Somerville in an interview Friday. Wilson said he kept in mind the travails of TubeMogul's video-ad competitors when setting the initial price to bargain-basement levels.
The company's two main rivals, Redwood City-based YuMe and New York-based Tremor Video, have seen their shares steadily sink over the past year. YuMe went public last fall after slashing its opening price from the $12-to-$14 range to $9, but has struggled to maintain even that, closing Friday at $6.20. Tremor closed Friday at $3.77, after debuting at $10 last July. Both rode TubeMogul's coattails for a nice bump Friday though, with YuMe surging 4.4 percent and Tremor up 1.3 percent for the day.
Wilson told the Silicon Valley Business Journal he was "surprised by the distaste that some investors have for the digital advertising technology sector," as he tried to navigate TubeMogul's course in the run-up to its IPO.
A lack of tech-savviness among investors doesn't help. "It's difficult to explain to most investors what ad tech business models are, let alone how rapidly they're changing and what differentiates one company from another," Pivotal Research analyst Brian Wieser told the Wall Street Journal.
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There are few matches in sports history quite as infamous as the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match that pitted Billie Jean King against Bobby Riggs, and now the story behind the historic match will be coming to theaters this fall.
Battle of the Sexes stars Academy Award winner Emma Stone as King and Academy Award nominee Steve Carell as Riggs and features an incredible cast that includes Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming and Elisabeth Shue.
The film will not only touch on King and Riggs' professional struggles during this time, but it will also delve into each tennis star's personal struggles, from Riggs' gambling issues to King coming to grips with her sexuality.
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|February 28, 2006, 08:31 PM
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Shooting Eggs...
I looked through the 'fun things to shoot' thread, and was unable to find anything about shooting eggs. So, I will volunteer to be the guinea pig on this one . Some friends and I were trying to come up with something fun/ cheap/ reactive to shoot, and I thought eggs would be just the ticket. We are gonna try raw, soft boiled, and hard boiled, and see what gives the coolest result when hit with a .223, .308, or whatever else someone brings. I ve got my money on the soft boiled! At $4 per 60 eggs it ought to be quite a fun 'research' project!
I'll post results soon!
|March 4, 2006, 05:03 PM
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My friend and I took about 60 eggs out to the range to try this out, and I was pretty pleased with the results. It has rained A LOT here lately and the berm was pretty much a wall of mud, which held the eggs quite nicely. We were on a 100yrd range, so the berm of course is about 120-130 yards from the firing line. After we got the eggs set up, we returned to our rifles to begin the fun. I was shooting my Savage Tactical 223 with 3-10x50 Leupold, friend was shooting Remington 700 Varmint? 308 with Leupold. THe eggs proved to be small enough to be somewhat challenging, and were explosive enough to leave no doubts when you hit them. They also did not leave anything to clean up which was also nice! As far as raw vs. boiled, they worked out about the same. All in all it only cost 5.00 plus ammo for a couple of hours of serious fun!
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Too bad now that range must smell like a ...
|March 7, 2008, 11:59 PM
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"...what gives the coolest result..." Depends on what you hit it with.
Try a 48 ounce can of tomato juice with a 12 guage slug at about 5 yards. Yep, I have. Did a demo for my Cadets long ago. All I saw was the lid going up 50 plus feet and disappearing over the back stop on a CF range.
5 dozen eggs would cost a fortune up here.
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|March 12, 2008, 06:50 AM
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moth balls
I used to shoot moth balls at 15 yards with my Browning Buckmark, 22 caliber. They turn to dust when hit.
|March 12, 2008, 03:35 PM
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sounds interesting enough
Eggs here are a bit more spendy at $ 3.99 for 18. So I'll probably not try this.
However, our Navy Seals like to use golf balls on top od beer bottles. Maybe the'll like this idea.
As far as the smell. I'll bet the range critters love it.
|March 12, 2008, 03:52 PM
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This is how we dispose of left over dyed Easter Eggs
|March 12, 2008, 04:03 PM
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I would be willing to bet the best eggs would be rotten ones where the gases inside have begun to build up. I remember as a kid one of our chickens had sat on unfetile eggs for 21+ days and when we through them into the woods they popped and smelled to high heaven.
|March 12, 2008, 04:05 PM
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Try shooting helium ballons at a distance dancing in the wind. Use two different colored baloons tied off to the same spot and declare one a bad guy and the other a hostage and take the shot w/o hurting the hostage.
|March 12, 2008, 07:20 PM
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Or tether the balloons to an R/C car with enough string to avoid possibly damaging the car and have someone drive back and forth, starting and stopping.
But for indoor fun we used to put expired Tylenol caplets in my now defunked arrow catcher (the foam kind) and pop em' at 10 yrds w/ pellet guns.
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Eggs present no real challenge for a good varmint or target rifle (approx 2 MOA in size), and they make a mess of everything. Why not try shooting grapes (approx 1/2 MOA size)? It's a lot more challenging.
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|March 14, 2008, 09:25 PM
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At my club, there is an anual egg shoot where the benchrest guys shoot eggs at 300 yards. It looks fun, but my hands arent quite steady enough for that
|March 15, 2008, 11:08 PM
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When my sons were very young what they liked shooting the best was animal crackers/cookies.
At short ranges (airgun ranges) we would shoot aspirin or vitamins.
Regular "saltine" crackers were great at much longer ranges.
All are VERY cheap and require no cleanup although you never know what the aspirin and vitimins would do if injested by animals.
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I love the criminal/hostage balloon idea. I'll have to try that.
|March 22, 2008, 09:20 PM
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A buddy and I once set up a dozen cans of Buckhorn beer out there at two to three hundred yards and proceeded to have great fun with a M700 .223. Yes, we picked up the cans (what was left of 'em).
|March 25, 2008, 11:23 PM
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You think this is FUN?
So, you think it's FUN to shoot at us? Well, alright then, If'n ya insist I'll meet ya outside in 5 minutes and we will see who has fun mister!
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Leftover Easter eggs
"This is how we dispose of left over dyed Easter Eggs "
We did this Sunday afternoon. ....... the kids (extended family) dyed 6 dozen eggs last week. Sunday, we shot 5 dozen, with everything from .22s to a .270.
Target effects of direct hits:
.22- breaks eggs apart
9mm/.38- egg salad
.357- egg puree'
.270 WIN eggnog
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|March 26, 2008, 05:31 AM
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Went pheasant hunting in a lettuce field years backin the central valley California, where we took a break and did a little target practice with a 12 gauge.
We gave a new to a tossed salad.
Fruits and vegetables is the only way to go!
|March 26, 2008, 08:30 PM
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try putting the eggs in viniger for a day or so. it takes off the shell and leaves just the iner membrain and it bounces and kinda squishy try hiting one of those with a high powerd rifle. a 22 pretty much liquifys them!!!
Around hollowen time well after me and my friends take small to medium size gourds not the pumpkins but them smaller roundish things that are like pumkins hit one of them at 50 yards with a 22-250 liquifies them nothin left at 100 yards they are still liquified but not compleatly
Another good boom is that if you have a asediline torch. take a 2 litter bottle with a cap and fill it with the asediline gas. then screw on the cap and set it with in range and shot it with a 22 anything bigger all u will her is the gun!! ((it some times doesn't go on the first shot so shoot it a few more times but it still might not work but don't worry one will!! just keep trying)), and a real basic one is take a bottle fill it with vinger not all the way LESS then half full. then take a small sheet of saran wrap and put baking soda on the saran wrap. grab the corners and put them together and make a torpedo shape at the end with the baking soda. now put the rounded end into the bottle(end with bakingsoda). this is probably the hardest part but it all depends on how much baking soda u used. once in have the corners set on the threads of the bottle neck and screw the top on. now go out side and shake it up!! pressure should start to build. you can either shot it with a 22 and blow it apart and have a good boom or throw it into the air and have it come back down and go boom(!!!!doesn't always happen the first time you throw it needs hard surface to work!!!) or if it or you it the top and bust it this makes for a great rocket that goes for at 100 yards or so. Have fun
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LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran British broadcaster and journalist Alan Whicker, whose career spanned five decades and whose clipped delivery style was parodied by Monty Python, died on Friday at the age of 87.
Whicker was best known for the award-winning "Whicker's World" globe-trotting documentary series which ran on the publicly funded BBC and ITV networks between 1959 and 1988.
One of his programs featured the Haitian dictator "Papa Doc" Duvalier. The hit BBC satirical program Monty Python parodied Whicker's military-style demeanor in a sketch set on a tropical island where everyone acted and dressed like Whicker.
Whicker had been suffering from bronchial pneumonia and died on Jersey in the Channel Islands, his home since the 1970s, his spokeswoman said.
Valerie Kleeman, his partner of 40 years, said Whicker had always loved his work.
"He said that he didn't know where work ended and private life began. Quoting Noel Coward, he would say, 'Work is more fun than fun'," she said in a statement.
A captain in the British Army during World War Two, the Egypt-born Whicker was one of the first Allied soldiers to enter Milan and filmed footage of the body of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
He became a journalist after the war and joined the BBC in 1957 and worked on the current affairs show "Tonight" but it was "Whicker's World" that made the journalist with his trademark blazer and moustache into a household name.
He retired from full-time broadcasting in 1998 but returned in 2009 with a BBC series, "Alan Whicker's Journey of a Lifetime", in which he returned to many of the locations and people he had encountered during his career.
In 2005 he received a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) from the queen for services to broadcasting.
(Reporting by Max de Haldevang; Editing by Belinda Goldsmith and Michael Roddy)


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Centreville, White Pigeon fall
Centreville High School hosted its annual preseason girl's basketball tournament Tuesday.
Two opening round games were played with White Pigeon and the Lady Bulldogs participating.
However, both teams dropped their first game of the season.
The Lady Bulldogs and Lady Chiefs will play in the consolation game tonight starting at 5:30.
Howardsville Christian 39, Centreville 34
Howardsville Christian was able to hold off a surging Centreville team in the fourth quarter to win 39-34 on Tuesday.
The Lady Eagles built a 12-5 lead after the first eight minutes of action, only to see Centreville double them up in the second quarter, 8-4.
Yet, the Lady Bulldogs still trailed 16-13 at halftime.
The third quarter proved to be crucial to the game. Howardsville Christian built their lead, out-scoring Centreville 13-2 to lead by 14 heading into the final eight minutes.
The Lady Dawgs poured in 19 fourth quarter points.
A hoop by Ashton Lehman with just over a minute to play brought the Lady Bulldogs to within one at 35-34, but the Lady Eagles scored the final four points to ice the game.
Christen Kahila led all scorers with 15 points, pulling down 10 rebounds as well. Lehman added eight points and four rebounds while Faith Morell and Jenna Beeker each had four ponts.
Katie Logan had three points and five assists in the loss.
Howardsville Christian out-rebounded Centreville 47-33 on the night.
Renee Moore led with 12 points. Stacey Barnett added nine points and 10 boards while Brittany Parks hit the glass hard with 13 rebounds.
Niles-Brandywine 58, White Pigeon 14
White Pigeon's basketball team dropped a 58-14 decision to Niles-Brandywine in the opening game Tuesday.
The Lady Bobcats scored 39 points in the opening quarter and held White Pigeon scoreless.
White Pigeon battled back to score six second quarter points, but trailed 52-6 at halftime.
In the third, White Pigeon held a 4-2 advantage but trailed 54-10 heading into the final eight minutes.
Each team was able to score four points in the final stanza.
Rachel Brock and Bethany Hagner each had six points for White Pigeon. Haley Miller added the other two points.
Brandywine was led by Mackenzie Shelton and Tammy Lee, who each had 11 points in the win.
East Noble 67, Lakeland 32
Lakeland's girl's basketball team dropped a 67-32 decision to East Noble on Tuesday.
The Lady Knights opened up the game with a 21-point first quarter, holding Lakeland to only seven.
East Noble poured in 19 more in the second quarter, leading 40-15 at the break.
Lakeland had 17 second half points, but was out-scored by 10 points.
Leading the Lady Lakers was Abi Thompson with 15 points and eight rebounds. Morgan Meyers added five points while Becca Levitz added four points and five steals.


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One of the many tough things about postpartum depression is that moms don't realize they have it until they bring the baby home. This might change in the near future, though, thanks to findings from scientists at Warwick Medical School that link genetic variants to postpartum depression (PPD).
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Their study looked at 200 pregnant women and measured their depression levels before giving birth and two to eight weeks after delivery. The women who developed PPD were more likely to have two genetic variants that had a biological effect on the moms' stress levels. If scientists could develop a blood test to detect the gene variants, moms could be treated for PPD symptoms earlier.
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Seattle Seahawks Fantasy Forecast – Week 1
Week 1 of the NFL season is here and now is time to talk about how your Seattle Seahawks will fare in the world of Fantasy Football. There certainly isn't Gold on the roster but a close examination reveals some OK options on the offensive side of the ball.
Tarvaris Jackson– 30 rush yards – 175 pass yards, 2 touchdowns – Tarvaris Jackson is certainly a risky start this week – if you are starting him in Fantasy, I am truly sorry! He does know the offense but that is about all the positive we can take from his Week 1 start. Seattle passed for 285 yards and two scores with four interceptions in San Francisco last year though but Matt Hasselbeck was behind center.
Marshawn Lynch – 70 rush yards 10 receiving yards – Marshawn Lynch will get his chance to shine as the Adrian Peterson of this offense. But he certainly is not AP! Lynch, Justin Forsett and Leon Washington only totalled 76 yards on 20 carries in San Francisco last season – not all that appealing.
Lynch will get his touches however and if desperate he could be a start. I would stay away from Forsett and Washington for the time being.
The 49ers have a decent run defense particularly at home. Lynch will be OK but not great based on the number of touches he could see.
Sidney Rice – 50 receiving yards Rice is clearly the best receiving option for the Hawks but a shoulder injury just may limit his production. Tavaris Jackson also limits the Rice ceiling!
*** Update – Rice has been ruled OUT for Sunday****
Mike Williams – 65 receiving yards, 1 touchdown – Williams could be OK with Rice sitting out. He is a good possession type guy and could be the Red Zone target this week. Although I project him to have a good game, Williams is certainly a huge risk for your Fantasy squad.
Ben Obomanu – 30 receiving yards – There is not a whole lot of yards to go around but Obomanu will now be the third option behind Williams and Zach Miller.
Although the 49ers weakness on defense is the secondary, starting any Hawks WR is risky at best!
Zach Miller – 50 receiving yards, 1 touchdown – With John Carlson out for the season, Zach Miller becomes the unquestioned TE1 in Seattle. Miller was the leading receiver in Oakland and could become a favourite target for new OC Darrell Bevell's offense.
Miller may outpace all of the Seattle WRs and is a decent start in any league.
With Frank Gore signed and a decent receiving corp. in San Francisco, it is not advisable to use the Seattle defense.
Wait a week or two and see how this unit gels before trotting them out there for your Fantasy squad.


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Eagles coach Andy Reid said it is a "real stretch" for injured DeSean Jackson to play Sunday against Tennessee.
Jackson suffered a concussion yesterday against the Falcons. "DeSean Jackson has a concussion," Reid said. "He is in the training room. He is in good spirits."
Reid also dismissed reports that Jackson suffered memory loss.
"You get hit like that, you're not going to remember everything," Reid said. "He remembered his touchdowns, he didn't remember the hit."
Reid also said Kevin Kolb is his likely starting quarterback against the Titans, indicating that Michael Vick would not be healthy enough to play.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner told Republicans in the House of Representatives on Friday that he will not rely on Democratic votes to pass a "clean" debt ceiling increase without spending cuts, lawmakers said.
Boehner, in a meeting with House Republicans, denied media reports that he intended to bring such a "clean" debt ceiling bill to the House floor, said Representative Shelly Moore Capito of West Virginia.
"He told us that was inaccurate and that he was going to stay strong and work with us to find a solution and that was the key to success," Capito told Reuters after the meeting.
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High-Resolution Observations of Sea-Ice-Edge Processes in the Bering Sea
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AbstractThe enormous eastern Bering Sea shelf, which extends from the North Pacific Ocean to Bering Strait, is among the most biologically productive marine ecosystems in the global ocean. Its extraordinary marine resources are integral cultural and dietary components of native Alaskans and they support commercial fisheries that comprise ~50% of the US's commercial fish harvest. The Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST) Science Plan [2004] emphasize that the eastern Bering shelf ecosystem is undergoing drastic changes that cannot be understood without addressing the role of sea ice, which profoundly influences physical and biogeochemical processes in the region. In particular, processes occurring at the sea-ice edge were identified as the single most important problem to understand.
We propose a unique field effort to examine the three-dimensional structure of the ocean near the ice edge in the central Bering Sea using the REMUS AUV developed at WHOI. We will, for the first time, be able to get a detailed view of the dynamic and biological response of the ocean at a retreating sea ice edge measuring a variety of important variables [current velocity (up- and down-looking ADCPs), temperature and conductivity, chlorophyll fluorescence, CDOM fluorescence and optical backscatter] at dynamically relevant scales (~1 m vertically and < 1 km horizontally).
The proposed field work directly address key questions of the WHOI Arctic Research Initiative, including regional effects of changes in the Arctic on sea ice extent, nutrient transport and coastal dynamics, and will address one of the key components of the Bering Sea ocean-ice system as identified by the NSF NOAA Bering Ecosystem Study research plan.


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Lady Gaga Tweets Stage Design for 'Born This Way Ball' + Unveils 'The Monster Pit'
Lady Gaga is getting ready for her next tour, which is the 'Born This Way Ball.' The trek is set for 2012 through 2013. To get little monsters psyched about her return to the road, she tweeted a black and white sketch of the massive, wonderland-like stage set up, along with some details about a newly created entity called 'The Monster Pit.'
The stage design looks like a sprawling, expansive and epic castle, with the Monster Pit surrounded by a moat and cordoned off. What is this Monster Pit we speak of?
Well, a few hours before unveiling the stage design, Gaga posted: "To give you a bit of insight on the design of my new tour, the central area within the stage will be known as 'The Monster Pit.'"
She then posted more details of this "Pit," revealing: "'The Monster Pit' is General Admission only, and Little Monsters unlock it when they arrive to the arena or stadium."
Sounds exciting.
The Mother Monster then wrote: "Entry to 'The Monster Pit' is relegated to the fans who have arrived first, waited all night, + dressed to 'Ball.'"
So it's like a costume party of sorts?
She finished with this tweet:"Every night Haus of Gaga will choose fans from The Monster Pit to come back stage + meet me! These tickets are NOT more expensive."
So the Monster Pit tickets are affordable and if you happen to nab these exclusive tickets, you might get to meet Gaga in all her glory. It's like the reverse of roadies that troll the pit at rock shows and give laminated passes to the hot girls so they can get busy with the rockers after the shows. We're guessing that little monsters would auction off their kidneys to get Monster Pit tickets.
Gaga was quick to clarify that there is no dress code. She wants everyone to show up and have fun. She posted: "Reading your questions : ) No dress code requirement. "Born This Way" means anything goes."
Gaga finally tweeted the image at the stroke of midnight. Beforehand, she professed her love for little monsters, telling the to have the time of their lives. Oh how they will at the 'Born This Way Ball.'


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The Oceanic OCS dive computer was recently named to ScubaLab Tests' "11 Hot Dive Computers" and is leading the industry in the number one spot!
"We live in a Golden Age of dive-computer technology. Over the past two decades, these machines have evolved into powerful data centers capable of monitoring virtually all aspects of our diving." - ScubaLab
Features such as the intuitive menu system and exceptional build quality helped impress the testing staff but the Dual Algorithm is what really set itself apart. ScubaLab went on to explain that "You can dive liberally or conservatively simply by picking the appropriate algorithm. In both you can further customize by using the Conservative Factor setting or adjusting the tissue loading bar-graph alarm."
Check out the original article here.