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The Raw-Milk Deal
Pure-food worshippers put their health at risk—especially when they drink unpasteurized milk.
In February 1907, a New York physician discovered that his longtime dairy supplier had switched to pasteurized milk. He so detested the practice—not to mention the taste—that, as he wrote to the New York Times, he would rather "run the risk of typhoid, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and tuberculosis rather than [endure] the evils that I believe would follow the systematic and prolonged use of pasteurized milk."
One assumes the doctor was indulging in a public temper tantrum, not broadcasting a suicide wish. By 1907, physicians knew well the blistering fevers of typhoid, the terrible choking deaths of diphtheria, and what was then called "the white plague" of tuberculosis. Raw milk containing those very pathogens had been linked to the deaths of hundreds of children in New York City annually. And by the time that letter was published, some four decades of experiments showed that the quick-heat treatment of pasteurization could save lives.
But the subject of raw milk just makes people irrational. The doctor's snit about his preferred dairy product is part of a grand theatrical tradition, a century's worth of contention, lawsuits, accusations, counter-accusations, profanity, career damage, threats, and a certain amount of pure melodrama: "Pasteurized milk is dead milk which will rot on standing," one of the New York physician's intellectual descendents declared during hearings preceding the FDA's 1987 ban on interstate shipping of raw milk. "One of nature's most perfect foods has been murdered."
Worshippers at the milk shrine—to indulge in yet more hyperbole—stand before only one image of that perfect food. It's golden, creamy, foamy, fresh from grass-fed, family-farm cows. It doesn't cause but cures illness. Raw milk, with its legion of followers, has become a poster child of the food rights movement, giving emotional power to the idea that all of us deserve access to untainted, unprocessed, healthy food.
And it's in this incarnation—the one that draws a cultlike following—that the raw-milk ideal becomes dangerous. They're not alone, of course; pure-food advocates in general tend to cast a romanticized glow over their favored products. We hear that old-fashioned organic produce contains more nutrients than that grown by modern agriculture, despite the fact that most research suggests that, basically, a carrot is a carrot and one spinach leaf is pretty much another (and all lose nutrients as they sit on a shelf). We hear that we should return to old-fashioned farming methods, advice that ignores the key fact that such techniques are so inefficient that they can't sustain the world's current population. There's an element of wishful thinking to many food mythologies, but—unlike the haloed status of raw milk—most don't lead directly to risky behavior or public health concerns or physicians complaining that increased consumption of "nature's perfect food" has led to a recent doubling in the number of milk-borne disease outbreaks.
Pasteurization, named for the great 19th-century French scientist Louis Pasteur, is essentially the process of heating a liquid to a temperature that will kill most microorganisms living within it. Hoping to aid winemakers who were concerned about the rapid spoiling of their product, Pasteur discovered that as the wine aged, populations of bacteria increased, metabolizing sugars and producing acid as byproduct. But if it was gently heated to 120 degrees Fahrenheit before aging, the bacteria were killed, and the wine would keep for much longer.
It was actually a German chemist, Franz von Soxhlet (who never seems to get any public credit or, of course, blame), who, in 1886, first proposed using the technique to reduce bacteria in bottled milk. * In the United States, public health advocates began urging dairy farmers to begin using pasteurization as a means of breaking down a near tidal wave of child mortality. Raw-milk followers, including our friend the irate physician, fought the move.
It wasn't until 1914—compelled by a typhoid epidemic linked to unpasteurized milk—that New York City finally enforced a pasteurization rule. Seven years later, the city's infant death rate, which had hovered at an appalling 240 of every 1,000 live births, had dropped to 71 deaths per 1,000, a victory many credited to pasteurization.
But not everyone was convinced. (Some consumers thought that the change in milk's taste meant that it was now less nutritious.) It took another decade for the U.S. Public Health Service to adopt a Pasteurized Milk Ordinance restricting transportation of raw milk; the policy came thanks largely to microbiologist Alice Evans, who proved that bacteria in cow's milk could make humans very sick. Evans, in fact, caught one of the diseases she was studying—brucellosis. At the time, the disease was frequently called undulant fever, so named because body temperatures rose and fell in "undulating" waves, accompanied by intense sweating and joint pains. Evans suffered recurring attacks of the fever for years and liked to joke that it was the revenge of the microbes.
It would still take several decades for pasteurization to become the national standard. Public health officials estimated that in 1938, a full fourth of all food-borne illnesses were linked to unpasteurized milk. In one of the more publicized cases of the 1940s, Edsel Ford, son of auto tycoon Henry Ford, died from drinking raw milk from one of the family farms.
Today, just about 0.5 percent of all the milk consumed in this country is unpasteurized. Yet from 1998 to 2008, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received reports of 85 infectious disease outbreaks linked to raw milk. In the past few months, physicians have treated salmonella in Utah, brucellosis in Delaware, campylobacter in Colorado and Pennsylvania, and an ugly outbreak of E. coli O157-H7 in Minnesota, which sickened eight people in June. Epidemiologists not only identified a rare strain of the bacteria but matched its DNA to those stricken, the cows on the farm that supplied them with raw milk, and manure smearing the milking equipment and even the animals themselves. When regulators shut down the dairy farm, supporters promptly charged them with belonging to a government conspiracy to smear the reputation of a hallowed food.
Some, like Wisconsin raw-milk champion Max Kane, dismiss infectious disease altogether: "The bacteria theory's a total myth," Kane told one interviewer. "It allows us to have an enemy to go after similar to how it is with terrorism. It's food terrorism."
After a dairy in Washington state was linked to an E. coli outbreak last December, the farmer himself put it like this in an interview with the Seattle Times. Scientists were wrong to malign his milk because "everything God designed is good for you."
It seems an odd conclusion to draw from an outbreak of Escherichia Coli O157:H7, an organism dangerous enough to kill people by causing complete renal failure. I wish someone would explain the logic that leads to the conclusion that this apparently divine infection is actually "good for you."
Raw-milk and other pure food obsessives are in love with a past that never really existed. The golden, creamy milk of those 19th-century farms killed people, often enough that public health crusaders fought for years for the protection of pasteurization. Our great-great-grandparents' farms were never meant to sustain the world; in 1898, in fact, the famed British chemist Sir William Crookes warned that without chemical fertilization, global famine loomed by the 1930s. And the pure-food, raw-milk, farms-of-our-forefathers movement would be so much more impressive—and appear so much more concerned for others—if it would trade some of its inspirational rhetoric for something I like to call healthy reality.
Correction, July 19, 2010: This article originally misspelled the name of Franz von Soxhlet. (Return to the corrected sentence.)


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The XF35mmF1.4 R is probably the most loved lens by the X-mount users.
It was criticized for its slowness when it first came out, but now that the issue has been resolved, it is praised for the great image quality it produces and for setting the new standard for the prime lens.
When you take a look at the MTF chart however, it doesn't seem like much of a lens. The response is high at the center, but the response falls short at the peripheral area. It will be classified as "decent lens" at best.
To tell the truth, The lens designer didn't give much consideration to the MTF chart. To put it the another way, the interest wasn't only limited to the spec that can be seen in the catalog, but it was far greater.
Let's review the MTF chart that are used in the catalog.
-The distance to the subject is constant from the center to the peripheral, meaning the subject is two dimensional.
-The subject is set at infinity
-The score is determined on the frequency range of 15l/mm and 45l/mm (in case of APS-C format)
There are a few problems with this.
1. It doesn't describe how three-dimensional subject will appear.
2. Not all lenses are used most often with the distance set at infinity. The chart doesn't indicate the performance of cross range and mid distance.
3. The latest sensor depicts high frequency range higher than 45l/mm. The influcence of 60l/mm is far greater for the actual sharpness of the images.
XF35mmF1.4 R worked on these problems.
The designer created the lens with the idea that the short to mid distance is the most often used range. And he made sure that the subject in the range will be at its highest quality, utilizing the full potential of the sensor.
To achieve this, there are trade-offs of course. The image quality is not constant from the center to the peripheral area. But it is rare that a photographer would shoot something that is two dimensional with this lens. If you could ignore the catalog spec, then the actual design is far more practical in reality.
"Image quality" over "Spec"
The popularity of XF35mmF1.4 R proves this. There is something more than just the catalog spec.
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Sith- just like I've mentioned at other sites (ad nauseum ), I hope some day you use your powers to create obscure film-based characters! I would so love to see what you could do with some background cantina guys or Jabba goons. We need a good headsculpt of the Mosep and Solomahal aliens!
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Humorist Garrison Keillor won't be taking a summer vacation.
Instead, the creator and host of "A Prairie Home Companion" kicks off a 26-city "Radio Romance Tour 2013" next month.
Keillor wraps up the current season of his popular public radio variety show on Saturday from Tanglewood in Massachusetts. Then he's launching his coast-to-coast bus tour July 8 in Spokane, Wash.
Keillor plans 27 concerts, from Washington state to Maine. The shows will not be broadcast.
Keillor will be joined by comedian Fred Newman, who does sound effects, and pianist Richard Dworsky and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band featuring guitarist Pat Donohue and violinist and mandolinist Richard Kriehn. The shows will run more than two hours and will offer duet singing, with either singer Aoife O'Donovan or singer and fiddle player Sara Watkins.
There also will be such "Prairie Home" staples, as commercials for fake sponsors, like Powdermilk Biscuits, Guy Noir Private Eye and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
"The summer tour is a show that I carpenter together from things that I remember liking a lot over ... the last 20 years or so, and piecing these all together" Keillor told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Thursday.
Keillor said that during intermissions, he and either O'Donovan or Watkins, depending on the date, will stroll into the audience with hand-held microphones to sing duets.
"Some people sing with us and other people just go to the toilet," Keillor said.
Keillor has done previous summer tours and said he likes the activity.
"Sitting on the porch with a lemonade is a very nice idea. But what will I do on the porch after 15 minutes that is less interesting?" he said.
The tour wraps up Aug. 6 in Interlochen, Mich., the day before Keillor's 71st birthday. The next season of "Prairie Home" opens in mid-September at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul.
"A Prairie Home Companion" draws more than 4 million listeners on more than 600 public radio stations each week. The show celebrates its 40 anniversary next year.


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I have read quite a bit about Vampire energy over the last year, and it seemed like leaving your XBOX, laptop, etc, plugged in was a bad idea. Based on a few things I have read, it seemed that I was losing a few dollars a day from having my various adapters plugged into the wall, but not into my devices.
A couple months ago I decided to finally get a Kill-a-Watt and start some testing of my own. I've been gathering data and recording various notes in Excel and am almost ready to write up some detailed testing along with the costs of things, but I did notice a couple very interesting items.
With a couple of cell phone chargers disconnected from the phones, I plugged them into the Kill-a-Watt and found that they didn't draw any measureable power. Now the Kill-A-Watt might not be measuring this, but if it's < 1watt draw, that means not a lot of power being used. Even at 1 watt, across 24 hours that's 24 watt-hours, and a $0.10/kw, that's 1 penny every 4 days, or about $0.08/month. Not a lot of power.
I also tested my laptop charger, thinking that might be an issue. After all, I disconnect at times, but leave the adapter plugged in. Was there a significant amount of vampire power being used?
No. That also drew 0 watts according to my measurements.
The XBOX 360 was a different story, pulling a steady 2 watts after it was shut down. That's still a fairly insignificant amount of power, not enough to get me to unplug anything on a regular basis.
I've got more testing to do, and more measurements to make as well as some number crunching to evaluate power usage here at the ranch, but from what I've seen of a few IT related devices, they're pretty skimpy on vampire power.


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Your fuel pump is obviously important for your car, and it would seem as if your vehicle couldn't move without one. That's not always true, though. Some vehicles can limp along with a malfunctioning fuel pump for a few blocks or even miles. But driving with a poorly performing fuel pump is not good for… Read more


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It had been heavily rumored that Kiptyn Locke would be the next Bachelor, but ABC is saying not so quick, as they have still yet to name the new Bachelor.
It however seems all but certain that the next Bachelor will be picked from this season of The Bachelorette. The 3 front runners are Reid Rosenthal, Kiptyn Locke, and Jake Pavelka.
Personally, none of these guys stand out that much to me, but I think I would rather see one of them be the new Bachelor than someone new. So we ask you this question. Who do you want to see as the next Bachelor? Feel free to comment and vote in the poll below.
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It's a Fourth of July baby!
Scott Stapp and wife Jaclyn welcomed son Daniel Issam Stapp at 3:01 p.m. on Sunday, July 4, the Creed frontman has announced via Twitter.
"It is such a true blessing to be a father and husband," Stapp, 36, writes. "Again, I am reminded of how deeply I love, how deeply I respect, how deeply I admire and how deeply I appreciate my best friend, my only love, my wife — Jaclyn."
The couple are also parents to daughter Milán Hayat, 3½, and son Jagger, 11. The Stapps announced the pregnancy in December, sharing the sex of the baby and the name they had chosen in February.
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By all accounts, Tommy Joseph is a solid major league prospect. Whether he was solid enough to warrant the trade of Hunter Pence is debatable. What isn't debatable is that the Phillies are not better off for the 2013 season, at least not in terms of talent in right field.
Joseph, the centerpiece of the trade that sent Hunter Pence and cash to the Giants this afternoon, would not appear to factor into the big league picture for next season. Carlos Ruiz will be back, leaving no room at catcher. Besides, Joseph just turned 21 years old. He has power potential, but in his first year at Double-A he has eight home runs with a .260/.313/.391 line in 335 plate appearances. Seth Rosin, a 23-year-old who is currently at Class A, does not project onto the major league roster in 2013, either. Which reduces this deal, from the vantage point of 2013, to Hunter Pence for Nate Schierholtz and some payroll flexibility. Schierholtz is a better defender with an excellent arm, but the Phillies lose about 30 points in on base percentage and plenty of home run power, not to mention the only right-handed power bat in their lineup.
Over the last two seasons, Schierholtz has posted a .271/.326/.429 line with 14 home runs in 558 plate appearances. By comparison, Jimmy Rollins hit .268/.338/.399 with 16 home runs in 631 plate appearances last season.
Pence, on the other hand, hit .289/.357/.486 with 28 home runs in 676 plate appearances during his year in Philadelphia. So in right field, the Phillies take a step back for 2013. Domonic Brown, who was called up today, is not a relevant consideration, since he could have moved into left field even if Pence had remained with the team.
The relevant factor is payroll flexibility. The Phillies likely would have had to pay Pence between $14 million and $15 million next season. Now, they can theoretically spend that money at one of their two obvious vacancies: center field and third base. The third base market is not pretty -- Kevin Youkilis and Mark Reynolds are the top two options available. Center field offers Michael Bourn, Melky Cabrera, and Shane Victorino.
But strictly in terms of talent, the Phillies do not figure to be as good in right field in 2013 as they would have been had they held onto Pence.


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Well looky here! Apparently, after recognizing that the world wasn't accepting Chavez's recent grandstanding as proof that Fidel was alive, the two Dictators are again dancing for the cameras. The fact that these guys have to continually "prove" that Fidel is still alive is proof enough to me that, without the "cult of personality," their ideas are totally bankrupt.
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20 Sep, 2018
Van Damme Stands Tall on a New Poster for the Upcoming Action-Drama WE DIE YOUNG
Jean-Claude's current film LUKAS (THE BOUNCER) premiered last month in France and has been getting some great reviews with some saying that it is his best performance since JCVD back in 2008. The film looks to be a departure for JCVD and while there is action ijn the film, it looks more character driven then most of his films. JC seems to be keeping that trend with his next project that he has coming in the form of WE DIE YOUNG from acclaimed director Lior Geller who made the short film ROADS.
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New VENOM Featurette Shows Us How They Brought the Marvel Anti-Hero to Life
Sony Pictures and IGN.com have just released a brand new featurette for the upcoming VENOM which showcases how star Tom Hardy and the special effects team brought the title character to life for the highly anticipated Marvel adaptation coming in October. take a look behind the scenes below and view a new international poster released a few days ago! Official Synopsis: Reporter Eddie Brock develops superpowers after becoming a host to an alien parasite. Tom Hardy, of course, stars as Eddie
19 Sep, 2018
Marvel and Disney Developing SCARLET WITCH, LOKI and Other Limited Series for Their New Service
Here is some news that is rather exciting (if true) and interesting at the same time. Variety has reported that Marvel and Disney may be developing stand alone series of some of their popular MCU characters for their new streaming service that is due to launch next year. The report is saying that the companies are creating series based on Loki and Scarlet Witch and that Tome Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen would reprise their roles from the films. The report also says that there are plans for
19 Sep, 2018
REVIEW: THE PREDATOR Switches It Up Once Again and Delivers The Most Action Packed Entry Yet!
REVIEW: THE PREDATOR STARRING: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Alfie Allen, Thomas Jane, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey, and Yvonne Strahovski DIRECTED BY: SHANE BLACK Official Synopsis: When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race. THE REVIEW: I think that it goes without
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The Martial Arts Thriller NIGHTSHOOTERS To Get UK Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital Release in December 2018
Well, we have certainly been here before when it comes to the home video release of director Marc Price's hit indie action-thriller NIGHTSHOOTERS which showcases the awesome talent of up and coming martial arts star Jean-Paul Ly. The film was supposed to hit the home video market this month actually but was delayed as the film is hitting the festival market with a premiere at the prestigious Raindance Film Festival set for next month where it is also nominated for Best UK Picture. I don't mind
18 Sep, 2018
Keanu Reeves Plays God in the New Trailer for His Sci-Fi Thriller Replicas!
The 2018 New York Comic Con is almost two weeks away and once again I will be in attendence for my second year in a row. My 1stvisut to the NYCC last years was a fantastic experience to say the least and one of the highlights was attending the panel for the Sci-Fi thriller Replicas with JOHN WICK star Keanu Reeves in attendance. I was literally 20 feet away from the star and it was truly awesome to see him in person and to see the 1st official trailer for the film before anyone else. You can
18 Sep, 2018
It's Higher, Further and Faster for CAPTAIN MARVEL in the 1st Trailer for the MCU's Latest Entry!
Well, we all know that Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury was trying to contact Captain Marvel herself before he vanished like half of the universe at the end of AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR and now we have the first official trailer with Brie Larson as the titular super hero from the pages of the popular Marvel comic. Larson was on Good Morning America today to talk about the highly anticipated MCU entry and she was gracious enough to unveil our first look at the new film at the same time. Marvel and
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17 Sep, 2018
The VENOM IMAX Poster is All Tongue for the Upcoming Comic Book Adaptation!
UPDATE: Shortly after I wrote this post, a new International Poster was released for VENOM as well and it is the best one yet! Check it out below! Regardless of the film's PG-13 rating, I'm pretty sure the comic book and fanboy crowd will flock to theaters come October 5th when Sony's VENOM starring Tom Hardy finally makes its debut. The film is still said to be dark and gritty with director Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad)promsing that they pushed it as far as they could. At any
17 Sep, 2018
Scott Adkins Offers Us One Last Menacing Glimpse as Shooting has Wrapped on AVENGEMENT!
There's no denying that action star Scott Adkins and director Jesse V. Johnson have something really special going as the two have just completed work on their sixth collaboration together which is the down and dirty action-thriller AVENGEMENT which sees Adkins playing a really bad individual who sets out to make the ones responsible for making him that way pay ever so dearly. Along the way, Adkins and Johnson have shared with us some rather juicy images from the set of the film which featured
17 Sep, 2018
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Social media post leads to animal torture, abuse charge
Steron Jihad Glover arrested
GREENVILLE, S.C. —Investigators said they were notified of a post on a social networking website that showed Steron Jihad Glover punching and kicking a dog several times.
A post on social media led to the arrest of a man on an ill treatment/torture of animal charge Saturday.
Authorities with the Greenville Police Department said they were called to the Mallard Cover Apartments to investigate an allegation of animal abuse.
A search warrant was obtained, and officials said Glover was arrested. He is also charged with marijuana possession.
The dog was placed in the custody of Animal Control. Police posted Monday that the dog was up and around and feeling better.
Greenville police they already have someone lined up to adopt the dog, who was named Gucci, after the rapper Gucci Mane.


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LITTLE ROCK A driver was killed and passenger injured Sunday when a vehicle rolled multiple times on Interstate 30 in Clark County.
Arkansas State Police say it happened shortly after 3 p.m. as 67-year-old Thomas Gulley, of Malvern, was driving a 2004 Ford west on the highway at the 60 mile-marker, which is about three miles west of Arkanssa 53.
According to a preliminary report, Gulley overcorrected after the Ford struck a rumble strip, sending the vehicle into a spin. It then rolled twice before hitting a tree, police said.
Gulley was dead at the scene. A passenger, identified as 53-year-old Sandra Dean Dendy, was taken to Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia for treatment of unspecified injuries.
Police say it was raining at the time, though it wasn't clear if the weather contributed to the single-vehicle accident.
Gulley was the 463rd person to die in a traffic accident in Arkansas so far this year, according to preliminary figures.


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Edith Bodfield, 76 - February 18, 2009
Edith Fern Bodfield, 76, of Gothenburg passed away on Feb. 15, 2009, at Gothenburg Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19, at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel in Gothenburg with the Rev. Larry Viter officiating.
Visitation was at 12 noon to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel.
Burial will be at the Gothenburg Cemetery.
Bodfield was born on July 22, 1932 at Gothenburg to Walter E. and Hilma (Monson) Larson. She grew up and attended schools at Gothenburg.
Bodfield lived in Fort Morgan, CO, from 1956 to 1959. She also lived in Erie, CO, from 1965 to 1969. She married Richard D. Bodfield in 1969 at Lexington.
She retired from Monroe Auto Equipment in 1995 after working there for 20 years. She loved to crochet, read, bake, and work crossword puzzles, family members said.
Bodfield was preceded in death by: her parents; 3 sisters—Ellen, Esther and Ruth; three brothers—Milford, Carl and Leonard; her husband; and grandson Robert Michael Bodfield.
?Survivors include: her son James D. Burk of Cozad; six daughters—Linda (Paul) Treffer of Lexington; Janice (John) Scott of Lexington; Dianne (Larry) Keller of Uniontown, OH; Mary (Mark) Davis of Grand Island; Kathy (Jeff) Stevenson of Lexington; Beth (Kevin) Hanrahan of Omaha; along with 11 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
Memorials may be given to the Gillian Barre Foundation, the National Arthritis Foundation or the American Cancer Society.
Online condolences may be given to the family at www.blasestrauser.com
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August 30, 2013
First-year students Brilyn, Bristyl and Joseph "Tripp" Webb chose Earlham to help them develop the skills and knowledge necessary for careers that help people.
The triplets admit that academics and campus size were the main draws, but the equestrian center also played a significant role in their decisions. And for Brilyn and Bristyl, the women's basketball team helped to persuade them. The Webbs were three-sport athletes in high school and grew up on a Clydesdale horse farm about 40 minutes south of Earlham in Oxford, Ohio. They woke early to care for the large animals and were busy late with practices, schoolwork or again with caretaking duties for the Clydesdales.
"You learn to prioritize," Tripp says. "Our parents taught us that you get only what you put in, and hard work is the key."
Brilyn plans to major in biology and eventually work as a physical therapist focusing on pediatric sports injuries. Bristyl and Tripp both plan to major in biochemistry and become pharmacists.
The three siblings kept their college choices to themselves until they had each made a decision.
"We definitely made our decisions individually, and we didn't let each other know what our individual choices were," Brilyn says. "Mom wanted us to choose for ourselves, but once we found out that we were all going to Earlham, we felt great because we knew that we would always have a friend wherever we go."
For Brilyn and Bristyl, Earlham allowed them to continue playing basketball.
"We love the sport and fell in love with Coach Johnson and Coach Iden and their vision for the team," Bristyl says. "I hate to lose, and I like to be the underdog."
The two helped their high school team to a 21-0 regular season record as seniors, and their closeness is evident on the court. Bristyl is the all-time assists leader, and Brilyn is a member of the 350-point club at Talawanda High School.
"I wouldn't have been able to have that record without her and vice versa," Bristyl says. "We know each other so well and what we are going to do in a game situation. Before she gets trapped with the ball, I give a 'yoohoo' so she knows where I am before the trouble even begins."
Not to be left out, Tripp is incredibly close to his sisters, and he and Bristyl may run track.
"I will play intramurals, but I came to school to focus on academics," Tripp says. "This is a prestigious school, and I feel that I need to focus on studying."
Tripp admits that he is the quiet one of the three. Brilyn and Bristyl say that although he is quiet, he garners tremendous respect. During high school, guys routinely asked for Tripp's permission to date Brilyn or Bristyl.
Tripp admits that he is the quiet one of the three.
"I love heart to hearts because I enjoy feeling that I can help someone on a personal level — that my input matters," he says.
"We all love to help people, and shouldn't helping people be everyone's goal?" Bristyl says.


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IBM, which is being sued by chemicals manufacturer Avantor Performance Materials for fraud and breach of contract in connection with a software project, said the accusations were blown out of proportion and that it was surprised by the move.
"We believe the allegations in the complaint are exaggerated and misguided and are surprised that Avantor chose to file suit," the company said late on Friday in an emailed statement.
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IBM said it had "met its contractual obligations and delivered a solution that Avantor continued to use in its operations."
Avantor, which produces chemicals and raw materials for pharmaceutical products, laboratory chemicals and chemicals used in the electronics industry, filed a lawsuit on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
It said it was seeking tens of million in damages from IBM, which according to the lawsuit, had misrepresented the capabilities of a software program that runs on a platform by SAP, resulting "in a near standstill" of Avantor's business.
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DENVER (AP) — Police shot a man suspected of killing one woman and wounding another Friday after he fired a gunshot at one of several makeshift explosive devices made from propane tanks that he placed in the middle of a street.
The man was shot in the chest by an officer responding to a report of a shooting in the Harvey Park neighborhood. A woman was later found dead in a nearby home, and a second woman was found wounded in another home, Police Chief Robert White said.
Police said Daniel Abeyta, 31, was being held for investigation of charges including murder. The identities of the women were not immediately released, and no motive was evident.
Police said Abeyta was in critical condition, while the surviving woman was in serious condition.
White said the man had two or three propane tanks with gunpowder on top and had placed them in the middle of the street. He said the man fired at one of them and it "activated," but no one was injured.
Before he was shot, the man was seen walking with his weapons. Police alerted residents to stay inside and a high school was put on lockdown. Abeyta was shot within about a half hour of that warning.
Police didn't immediately say whether Abeyta lived in the neighborhood, but Melissa Allen told The Denver Post (http://bit.ly/1bDQbgb) that he has lived in the area at least since she moved in three years ago. She said he lived in a house with his wife and two children, who are in elementary school.
Allen said she and her children saw him walk down the street Friday.
"He seemed like a nice person," she said. "He was always with his kids outside."


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Guitar48300 wrote:Ok in all fairness the forum says you posted your "how about you start a conversation?" question at 3 in the morning, which during that time I was in dreamland(not the kirby one ) and I didnt even get out of bed til 10:20 today.
what time is it for you, right now.
Guitar48300 wrote:Ok now to respond to you're topic: The only marvel superhero I loved was Spiderman. Loved him, loved the different villains. But I also liked all the marvel movies I saw. The only hero I didnt see was Hulk. My favorite marvel movies were the Iron Man ones. And yes, I too think it's stupid that disney owns Marvel. Disney has taken too many things they shouldnt have. Marvel, Club Penguin, and Star Wars, what's next? Disney buys Nintendo? I don't know what Star Wars 7 is gonna be, but if disney's in charge it's not gonna be anything like the first 6. Plus how can you make a Star Wars movie without Darth Vader/Anakin, The Emperor and Yoda?! Though it would be kinda cool to see star wars in Kingdom Hearts 3.
I personally think if we don't do something quick, disney might take over the world!! Well...at least we'll always have our lucid dreams to refuge in...
My top five favorite marvel super heroes are:
1. Spiderman
2. Wolverine
3. Iron man
4. Ghost rider
5. Human torch
And I agree it sucks that Disney has star wars, I mean it is really stupid to make a new movie out of it. The story is finished, done, over, what kind of a sequel is are they gonna make? Goofy with a light saber? I even saw this new spiderman show that Disney made(just a commercial) and it was RIDICULOUS, because spiderman isn't for kids, even the new "Amazing Spiderman" movie was horrible. I hate how marvel is ruined right now.
Guitar48300 wrote:New Topic: What did you get for christmas?
I hate to disappoint you but I don't celebrate Christmas, sorry man.
What did you get for Christmas?


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Sparky Resurrected In 'Frankenweenie' Video Featurette
In Tim Burton's Frankenweenie, a young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences. In theaters October 5, 2012 from Walt Disney Pictures, the new featurette takes you behind-the-scenes of Sparky's resurrection.
The voice cast includes four actors who worked with Burton on previous films: Winona Ryder (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands), Catherine O'Hara (Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas), Martin Short (Mars Attacks!) and Martin Landau (Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow), while Charlie Tahan and Atticus Shaffer were later added. Over 200 puppets and sets were created for the film, and that several of the character names—Victor, Elsa Van Helsing, Edgar "E" Gore and Mr. Burgermeister— were inspired by classic horror films.
"A heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life—with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor's fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new "leash on life" can be monstrous.
A stop-motion animated film, 'Frankenweenie' will be filmed in black and white and rendered in 3D, which will elevate the classic style to a whole new experience."


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Amiri Baraka, in his 1984 Autobiography, recalls a fistfight with the legendary composer and bassist Charles Mingus outside the Five Spot, one of Manhattan's hippest jazz clubs in the 1950s and '60s. Mingus took one look at the jazz critic and slugged him, only to have Baraka slugging back in his best Sugar Ray imitation. "I'm sorry," Mingus said. "I made a mistake. I was wrong." As Baraka explained with more than a touch of self-flattery, "I guess he meant because he thought he could just slap me and walk away, having chastised some jive intellectual. But I'd ducked and dodged around some much meaner with they hands mf's than Charlie Mingus."
At least the two men came to an understanding, even if it was unclear how, after their scuffle, Mingus assessed Baraka's chops as a jive intellectual. Not all conflicts between jazz critics and their subjects have been resolved so easily, as John Gennari points out in Blowin' Hot and Cool: Jazz and Its Critics. The book includes a few other moments when the musicians turned the tables on their professional scrutinizers. Pianist Cecil Taylor, after being outed by his onetime champion Stanley Crouch, responded with an equally ferocious poem. Mingus, in his memoir Beneath the Underdog, imagined how pathetic a group of ofay jazz critics would sound jamming on the bandstand. And in 1961 Miles Davis hosted an extravagant "press conference in reverse" at his Central Park West penthouse, in which he, Cannonball Adderly, Horace Silver, Philly Joe Jones and other legendary musicians engaged in a playful but revealing interrogation of Martin Williams, Nat Hentoff, Dan Morgenstern and other notable tastemakers. "What qualification does a jazz critic need?" asked Silver. "Anybody can be a jazz critic," Hentoff admitted. "The standards are very low." Hentoff, whose own jazz criticism has set a particularly high standard for more than half a century, had a good point.
Gennari, an assistant professor of English at the University of Vermont, has not been living in jazz's most exciting moment, but he has come along at a fortuitous time for jazz studies, a growth industry in the academy. The book had its origins as an American Studies dissertation, and was then revised and refined over more than a decade. Jazz critics usually scribble notes in dark, smoky clubs and then hastily turn in copy in a caffeinated rush of deadlines, cobbled anecdotes and many, many adjectives. With a few exceptions, they tend to be neither technically proficient musicians nor credentialed scholars but former English majors and sometimes lapsed humanities graduate students–a venerable tradition in cultural journalism.
There are a few PhDs discussed in Gennari's book, but none did their scholarly work on jazz, which was an impossible pursuit until relatively recently: Marshall Stearns taught medieval literature at Hunter while founding the Institute of Jazz Studies; Barry Ulanov taught theater history at Barnard while editing Metronome; and Albert Goldman, after receiving a PhD in English at Columbia, fled academe for hired hackdom after learning that an entry-level Brooklyn College instructor made less money than a subway conductor. Williams received a master's in English from the University of Pennsylvania, and Gennari, who received his PhD from the same institution, demonstrates that the lessons of New Criticism weren't lost on the most influential jazz critic of his time. Hentoff, for his part, left Harvard's American Civilization graduate program after a year when he met resistance to the idea of taking black artists seriously in general and writing a Duke Ellington dissertation in particular. He may have bemoaned the standards of jazz criticism, but higher education was not exactly friendly to it back in the 1950s.


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Following up on the recent post on T follicular helper cells (TFH), a study published on December 17th in the Journal of Experimental Medicine reports that TFH represent a major site of HIV replication and persistence. The finding is not necessariy surprising, because lymph node studies conducted in the late 1980s and early 1990s showed that CD4 T cells in areas named germinal centers bore a great burden of HIV infection, and it is now known that this is where TFH locate during an immune response. But it was not previously understood that these CD4 T cells comprise a discrete subset, and TFH are now becoming increasingly well characterized in terms of both identifying features (such as surface markers and cytokine secretion) and their function in providing help to B cells.
Matthieu Perreau and colleagues from the University of Lausanne investigated TFH in three different groups of HIV-positive individuals:
An analysis of the different CD4 T cell populations present in lymph nodes revealed that TFH contained the greatest amount of HIV DNA: assuming 1 HIV DNA copy per cell, approximately 5% of the TFH population was infected. After 72 weeks of ART there was a 1.5-2 log drop in the number of TFH containing HIV DNA, but a reservoir of infected cells remained detectable. Cell culture experiments showed that TFH were highly susceptible to HIV infection and replication compared to other CD4 T cell subsets, with the difference being most notable among the LTNP. The expression of the proliferation marker Ki67 by TFH was found to correlate with HIV DNA levels and ability to support HIV replication in vitro. Consistent with the elevation in immune activation that occurs in HIV, the proportion of TFH expressing Ki67 was 50% higher in the untreated HIV-positive individuals compared to HIV-negative controls.
The discussion section of the paper highlights several implications of the results, including:
Richard Jefferys is the coordinator of the Michael Palm HIV Basic Science, Vaccines & Prevention Project Weblog at the Treatment Action Group (TAG). The original blog post may be viewed here.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Courtney B. Vance has won the first Tony Award of the night, taking the trophy for best featured actor in a play after host Neil Patrick Harris opened the show with a high-octane song boasting this night would be bigger than ever.
Vance, who was previously nominated for Tonys for "Fences" and "Six Degrees of Separation," won for playing a newspaper editor opposite Tom Hanks in "Lucky Guy."
The Tonys are being broadcast live by CBS from Radio City Music Hall. Harris is back for his fourth turn as emcee and leads a show featuring talented children and pulse-pounding musical numbers.
"Kinky Boots" and "Matilda the Musical" are the front-runners for top musical, while those for best play are "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" and "The Assembled Parties."


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MISSION, Texas (AP) – Three heavily armed Texas patrol boats rounded a bend in the Rio Grande on a recent afternoon and came upon two young men paddling an inflatable raft full-speed ahead toward the Mexican shore. The state troopers and game wardens bobbed helplessly in their boats as the men passed their raft and paddles up the bank to others, and a crew of troopers peeked through the tall reeds on the U.S. side for whatever load had just been deposited.
It illustrated the limitations U.S. agencies face in deterring smugglers at the Texas border in the face of Gov. Rick Perry's recent announcement to send as many as 1,000 National Guard troops down.
Combined, the two gunboats from the state's Department of Public Safety and one from the Parks and Wildlife Department carried 2,400 horsepower and 15 .30-caliber machine guns — indisputably the most advanced craft on the Rio Grande.
But they were foiled Thursday by an 8-foot raft and smugglers' scouts who track their movements from the moment the patrols hit water. A short time earlier when the patrol boats passed in the opposite direction, two men — likely scouts — had stood in the same spot holding a fishing net.
Perry termed the latest guard infusion a "deter and refer" mission on Monday; the troops will deter criminal activity and, if they encounter immigrants who have entered the country illegally, they will refer them to Border Patrol.
Since mid-June, Texas already has been paying an additional $1.3 million per week to put more troopers and game wardens in South Texas. The National Guard deployment is expected to cost $12 million per month and they've been told to plan for a year. The soldiers will join the more than 3,000 Border Patrol agents already in the area, plus an unspecified number of state law enforcement officers who've become nearly as ubiquitous in recent weeks.
"We were deployed down here not to deal with the federal immigration part of it," DPS Lt. Charlie Goble said. "We were deployed down here to deal with the criminal element that comes along with it."
So if DPS or the guardsmen encounter immigrants — including children from Central America who've come in droves — they will call Border Patrol, but they will target the smugglers of drugs and people.
It is dangerous work. Already this week, two Texas game wardens have been assaulted while on patrol, Parks and Wildlife Capt. James Dunks said. One on the river was hit in the side of the face with a rock. The other, patrolling the bank, had a 10-minute brawl with a human smuggler who was eventually arrested.
As those incidents suggest, Dunks said smugglers seem more likely to engage with law enforcement than they were in the past. Still, he said, their preference is to do their work out of sight.
"It's a cat and mouse game," Goble said. "We'll counter what they're doing and then they'll turn right around and try to counter what we're doing. ... From the time we launch until the time we recover usually we're being watched. We just continue changing our tactics right along with them.
"Our mere presence out here is the biggest deterrence."
Earlier he said, "We aren't making these arrests daily, but we are seeing a tremendous amount of criminal activity going on."
In the two years since DPS gunboats arrived at the Rio Grande, they have not had to use deadly force. "We were encouraged to make the intimidation factor of these boats overwhelming," Goble said.
But it's not clear whether they have deterred criminal activity on a waterway where they can't possibly be everywhere at once.
"If you look at the straightaway we're in, half to three-quarters of a mile straightaway, regardless of what speed we're travelling, regardless of what speed we're capable of travelling, there is going to be some time to cover that distance," Goble said. "Just as we came around the corner a while ago they spotted us. They can very rapidly get personnel and/or product back to their bank, back to safety."
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Two Gainesville men were arrested in a child-sex sting conducted by Alachua County sheriff's deputies during the weekend.
Two Gainesville men were arrested in a child-sex sting conducted by Alachua County sheriff's deputies during the weekend.
As part of the weekend-long "Operation Nightlight," deputies arrested Richard Ashcraft III, 40, of 1021 NW 23rd Ave., and Lance Kriete, 20, of 13 Fraternity Row, on charges related to using a computer to solicit sex with a child, according to arrest reports.
Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Todd Kelly said the operation ran from Thursday through Sunday morning, and it was intentionally a smaller operation than past stings.
"We had less lines in the water, so to speak," he said. "So we caught less fish."
The Sun reported the first arrest in the operation on Friday, when Benjamin Parker, 23, was taken into custody. At the time, the Sheriff's Office would not release circumstances of the arrest or give any further information about the case.
Kelly said Monday that Friday's article may have contributed to fewer arrests through the rest of the weekend because potential predators may have stayed away from Gainesville after learning of the first arrest — a situation he called a double-edged sword.
"Ultimately, that's good for us that they stay out of Gainesville," he said. "But also, they are not caught."
The arrest report states that Ashcraft, a mechanic at Bestway Cab in Gainesville, believed he was emailing and text messaging a 13-year-old girl when he asked if she had ever had sex and if she wanted to.
An undercover law enforcement officer on the receiving end of those messages agreed to meet Ashcraft at a Gainesville gas station, supposedly across the street from the girl's home. Once Ashcraft arrived, the undercover officer asked him to buy "her" some Skittles while "she" walked over.
When he walked to his car with the bag of Skittles, deputies arrested him.
Ashcraft was being held at the Alachua County jail on Monday on a $75,000 bond. He faces two third-degree felony charges and one second-degree felony charge.
Kriete, a University of Florida criminal justice senior from Boca Raton, responded to an online ad posted Friday night by authorities posing as the father of a 14-year-old girl, according to the arrest report.
In an email, Kriete discussed having a sexual encounter with the girl, according to the arrest report.
Early Saturday morning, Kriete messaged officials again asking to arrange a meeting that morning. Deputies say that night, Kriete traveled to a predetermined location in Gainesville for sex with the girl. He was arrested and taken to the Alachua County jail.
After the arrest Kriete said he was conducting a sting operation of his own, adding that he planned to record the "dad" offering his daughter for sex and call law enforcement from a bathroom.
He was released Monday on $75,000 bond.
Kriete is listed as a risk manager for the UF chapter of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Fraternity President Trent Talbot released a statement Monday regarding the incident.
"We were shocked, disappointed and saddened to learn yesterday of the alleged personal conduct of Lance Kriete, a member of our Fraternity," he wrote. "As a result, we have been working closely with the local authorities, the University of Florida administration and our General Fraternity to ensure that Beta Theta Pi contributes in every manner possible to the timely legal investigation."
Talbot also asked for privacy for the fraternity.
"Out of concern and respect for Lance's friends and fraternity brothers that have been affected so significantly upon learning of the allegations, we ask for considerate privacy in the coming days as the investigatory process continues," he wrote.
Kriete faces two third-degree felony charges and one second-degree felony charge.
Kelly said the grant-funded operation was a success after leading to three arrests.
"Any time you can remove somebody who's preying after our children, and you can remove them from our community, that's successful," he said.


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'"The Buffalo Sabres are here in Buffalo to stay, with new financial ability. All that risk should be gone, appears to be gone," team owner Tom Golisano said. "With all the rule changes, we should have a more exciting and interesting game."'
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Golisano hails new NHL labor deal for securing Sabres' future
'"I think people feel they want to have a hope and a prayer that their team is going to have a chance at the Stanley Cup," Golisano said. "With this new parity and new stability, it should make for a more competitive environment."'
Sabres 2005 draft preview
'Prior to the ratification of the new CBA, much of the Sabres drafting of the past seven or eight years had been dictated by the bottom line. Many of their top selections came from the college or European ranks, which virtually ensured that the player would not have to be signed to a contract as quickly as would a player from the junior ranks. While there may still be some of that past strategy in the Sabres approach to their first round selections in the post-CBA world, the more even financial landscape should allow Darcy Regier and the Sabres scouting department to focus more fully on all prospects available.'
Darcy Regier And Larry Quinn On WGR
'Regier said that he did want to make an effort to re-sign both Alexi Zhitnik and Miroslav Satan. Zhitnik is unrestricted, and currently the Sabres and the league are discussing whether the team can speak with him. To re-sign Satan, the Sabres would have to make a $3.8 million qualifying offer, which is being debated by the organization.'
Buffalo Sabres to host 2005 NHL draft party
'Broadcasting live from HSBC Arena will be Brad Riter and Jeremy White from WGR Radio 550, the radio home of the Buffalo Sabres. There will be free parking, food, and drinks provided. Everyone in attendance will also have the opportunity to meet and get autographs from current Sabres, Sabretooth, and Alumni. Plus, there will be plenty of games and activities for the kids including an inflatable slide, Sabretooth's house, face painting, and more.'
CBA Information Session
Sabres Owner, B. Thomas Golisano, managing partner, Larry Quinn, general manager, Darcy Regier, head coach, Lindy Ruff and COO, Daniel Dipofi met with local media members for almost two hours discussing a variety of issues from tagging to the team's general "cap" philosophy.
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'As for the team, Darcy Regier, the Sabres' general manager, said he expects it to operate with a player payroll in the $27 million to $29 million range, well below the league maximum cap of $39 million and about $4 million less than the $33 million player payroll it carried in the 2003-2004 season.'
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Floating a strategy for thwarting "Obamacare" in autumn fiscal debates, House Republican leaders on Tuesday pledged to demand a one-year delay to the health reform law in any deal to raise the federal debt limit.
They also unveiled a strategy to withhold money to implement Obamacare in connection with a stop-gap funding measure that would keep government agencies open from October 1 to December 15.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told House Republicans in a closed-door meeting that delaying all or part of Obamacare would be a key goal in the debt limit debate, party aides said. Reuters first reported that the delay strategy was under consideration in August.
Cantor is planning to hold a House vote this week, likely on Thursday, on his plan to deny funds to the healthcare law while extending government spending authority. But House Republican conservatives are resisting the effort, saying that it is too weak to stop the healthcare reforms.
The House plan for a stop-gap funding measure known as a continuing resolution, or CR, would be split into two parts, allowing the Senate to reject the portion defunding Obamacare while passing and sending the stop-gap funding measure to President Barack Obama.
The plan would reduce chances of a government shutdown.
Cantor's and House Speaker John Boehner's logic is that the Senate would be forced to take a difficult vote to provide funding to launch Obamacare health insurance exchanges, which Republicans believe will be unpopular with voters.
While the House has voted 40 times to repeal, defund or limit Obamacare since its passage in 2010, the Democratic-controlled Senate has chosen to simply ignore most of these measures.
"We will send to the Senate the provision which says 'Up or down, are you for defunding Obamacare or not?'" Cantor said of his plan. "The House has taken a stand numerous times on its opinion of Obamacare. It's time for the Senate to stand up and tell their constituents where they stand on this atrocity of a law."
But conservatives expressed dissatisfaction with the plan, saying it would fail to take advantage of the leverage associated with the September 30 deadline for a new government spending authority and would amount to little more than another symbolic vote.
They would prefer a simpler funding measure that simply excludes appropriations for Obamacare and threatens an October 1 government shutdown if the Senate fails to pass it.
House Republican leaders "are trying to avoid actually having a vote to defund Obamacare in the House that counts," said Representative Tim Huelskamp of Kansas.
Republican moderates argue that withholding appropriations won't stop Obamacare because most of its funding comes through mandatory spending on programs such as the Medicaid healthcare program for the poor.
The funding measure introduced on Tuesday by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers would extend funding for 11 weeks at the current annual rate of $988 billion - a level that keeps automatic, "sequester" spending cuts in place.
Rogers called for a broader budget deal that ends the "draconian" sequester cuts set in motion by a 2011 debt limit agreement, with another round of deeper cuts set to launch in January.
"It is my hope that this stop-gap legislation will provide time for all sides to come together to reach this essential goal," he said in a statement.
The House strategy to tie a debt limit to an Obamacare delay complicates a fiscal deadline over which President Barack Obama has vowed not to negotiate. House Republicans also want to use the debt limit as leverage to demand deeper spending cuts on expensive federal benefits programs.
DEFAULT BY OCT 18? The U.S. Treasury has said that an increase in the $16.7 trillion debt limit is needed by mid-October to ensure that the U.S. government can meet all of its obligations, including debt payments.
The Bi-Partisan Policy Center, a Washington think-tank, estimated on Tuesday that without an increase in the borrowing cap, a default could come as early as October 18. Previously, the group had estimated that the government could likely pay its bills through mid-November.
The group also projected that a $1.1 trillion debt limit increase would be necessary to meet U.S. obligations through the end of 2014, a date that would cover the next congressional election cycle.
The Republican plan to add Obamacare to the party's debt limit demands drew swift criticism from Democrats, who want a "clean" increase that avoids the drama of an August 2011 hike that caused financial market turmoil and prompted Standard and Poor's to strip the United States of its top-tier credit rating
"We had hoped our colleagues across the aisle had learned that they should not put the full faith and credit of the United States at risk. They are now threatening our entire economy if we don't hand control of Americans' healthcare back to the insurance industry," said Representative Chris Van Hollen, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee.
(This September 10 story has been refiled to fix typographical errors)
(Additional reporting by Richard Cowan; editing by Jackie Frank, Clive McKeef and Cynthia Osterman)


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- Rails: Vertical tubes are 30mm x 30mm, Horizontal rails are 15mm depth x 30mm high
- Power: 240V - 78 watts. Includes 1.5m white power cord and plug
- Installation: Can be plugged-in or concealed wired - see installation instructions below
- Control: Must be controlled by wall switch or programmable timer (sold separately)
- Wiring: Select Left or Right wire exit - see installation instructions below.
- Surface temperature: up to 55º C
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Select your required wiring option when purchasing. The heated towel rail's innovative symmetrical design allows it to be rotated so the wiring can be on the top or the bottom.
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Australia Post and Toll typically require a signature upon delivery and our nominated couriers typically deliver only during business hours. So it is best to provide a shipping address that will be attended during business hours. If someone is not available to accept the goods the standard practice is to leave a card informing you how to collect at your local Post Office or for re-delivery.
You can put a short note on your order on the order checkout screen to provide delivery instructions, however Renovator Store cannot guarantee the carrier will observe these requests.
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For a single item purchase you can easily arrange for delivery to an Australia Post parcel locker. There are 200 locations across Australia (also at 7-Eleven Stores and BP Service Stations) that are accessible 24/7 and free to arrange. They will email and SMS you when its ready to collect! See the details here.
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Installation flexibility. This heated towel rail is unique as it comes with a built in adapter so it can be:
- Installed with the electrical cord hard wired and concealed in the wall; or
- Simply locate it near an existing outlet and plug it in.
Renovator Store recommends planning to "concealed wire" before you tile your bathroom - it provides a minimalist and modern look. The switch or timer controller can then be located in a convenient location, usually near the light switch.
Consider a timer. If hard wired, the switch for the unit can include a programmable timer so you can set it to automatically turn on early on those cold winter mornings - your towels will be toasty warm when you wake up! In winter, set it to turn on even earlier so your bathroom is warm too (this will depend on the insulation of the room). Discuss it with your electrician.
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text: Top of Mind: Machinery Gut Check October 29, 2013 07:31 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Jeanne Bernick Top Producer Editor Email Equipment is a major cost for farm businesses. Making smart decisions about how to acquire machinery, when to trade and how much capacity to invest in can reduce machinery costs by as much as $25 per acre, says William Edwards, Iowa State University economist. All of these decisions require accurate estimates of the costs of owning and operating machinery. Machinery costs can be divided into two categories: annual ownership costs and operating costs. "The true value of these costs is not known until the machine is sold or worn out," Edwards says. "But the costs can be estimated by making a few assumptions about machine life, annual use, and fuel and labor prices." Figuring costs for used machinery is trickier because usually fixed costs will be lower, while repair costs will be higher. The secret is balancing higher hourly repair costs with lower hourly fixed costs. A great resource to help you figure out equipment values is our Farm Journal Media Used Equipment Expert, Greg Peterson, known to most of the world as Machinery Pete. Since 1999, he has compiled more than 500,000 auction prices, which he updates at www.machinerypete.com. Peterson's recent articles in Top Producer focus on analysis and information from his used equipment value index, which highlights the overall market for farm equipment. In this issue, Peterson focuses on the new cycle for agriculture and what that means for used equipment values on page 58. You can hear Peterson at our Top Producer Seminar Jan. 29-31, where he will host a session on equipment values and help you discern costs per acre. To see our agenda and register for the seminar, visit www.topproducerseminar.com. Executive Women in Chicago. Speaking of seminars, I'd like to encourage all of our female readers to attend the third annual Executive Women in Agriculture (EWA) conference Dec. 5-6 in Chicago, Ill. Designed for farm owners and operators and those in agribusiness, the conference will help you hone your business skills. Our speakers range from financial and market experts to our keynote, Karen McCollough, an author and motivational speaker who will address new generations and thinking in the workplace. Her tips for managing people, along with her humor, are sure to inspire. Visit www.execwomeninag.com for more information and to register. I wish you all a safe and bountiful harvest and look forward to seeing many of you at our winter events. Editor of Top Producer firstname.lastname@example.com Back to news


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20 Inspiring Outdoor Spaces From Our Green Tours
When we first moved to New York and were searching for an apartment, my husband and I looked at a place on the Upper East Side. It was the only residential apartment in a commercial building mostly occupied by doctor's offices and insurance companies. The interior was tiny and ill-cared for, with a crummy galley kitchen. But completely unexpectedly, it had an amazing tree-covered terrace off the bedroom that was almost as big as the interior of the whole apartment. The terrace looked out to the back of a row of brownstones, all private and well-maintained. It was an outdoor lover's dream. We ended up not taking the place for a host of reasons (location, price), but I often think about that terrace and how amazing it must be at this time of year...
When the weather starts to warm up and the trees begin to bloom, I am of the firm belief that people who have outdoor space are the luckiest people alive. As an urban dweller currently living in a 2nd floor apartment walkup, I am not blessed with so much as a fire escape. But that doesn't stop me from admiring other people's backyard gardens, rooftop farms, and patio lounge areas. (And from wanting to be their friend!) The Green Tours we've featured on Re-Nest are always my first stop when I'm looking to be inspired. Here are 20 of my favorites:
1 Toni and Rick's Serenity in Stone
2 Kelly and Erik's Urban Farm
3 The Farrells' 250-Square-Foot Mongolian Yurt
4 Jessica and Jered's Solar-Heated Stylish Home
5 Jennifer and Jason's Elegant Portland Craftsman
6 Cissy and Richard's Daring House by the Sea
7 David and Sara's Deep Green Dream Home
8 Lynn and Steve's Carriage House Restore
9 Lyndsay and Fitzhugh's Summer Cottage in the City
10 Tamsin's Windswept Dune Cottage
11 Ros and James' English Countryside California Cottage
12 The Nafshun Bone's Beautiful Arts and Crafts Abode
13 David Low's Water Tower Turned Writer's Retreat
14 Basil Lee's Rooftop Corn
15 Samantha and Ron's Restorative Garden
16 Nick and Rachel's Creative Warehouse Loft
17 Lark and Patrick's Old Time Homestead
18 Rebecca's Vintage Brownstone
19 Paul and Lisa's Green Dream Home
20 Bernee & Dado's Cheery Oakland Hideaway
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Many people will recognize themselves, or someone they know, in "Frances Ha"—though there may be an even split between those who specifically recommend the film to the people who would most appreciate it and those who merely say to a third party, "Oh, man. This totally reminds me of [fill in name]. But I'd never tell her that."
Passive-aggressive and expertly generational, "Frances Ha" is either hilarious or devastating, and probably both. Featuring characters long-explored in indie cinema and most recently as the focus of "Girls," "Frances" is a film that's incredibly wise about its characters' faults and idiosyncrasies yet never feels like star/co-writer Greta Gerwig and director/co-writer Noah Baumbach ("Greenberg") are judging. Just telling it like it is, with a helpless shrug and a genuine tear.
Gerwig plays Frances, an awkward mess of a 27-year-old whose best days can still be called shenanigans and worst days seem like perfect epitomes of everything that's wrong. What is wrong, exactly? She's the person the world doesn't seem to have time for, the creative type without the talent to cut it, the high-culture fiend without the funds to support her habit. Frances proudly declares that she and her best friend Sophie (Mickey Sumner, Sting's daughter) are the same person, but it's only true in their quirks. Sophie's got a job at Random House and a boyfriend she likes enough, while Frances understudies at a dance company (where they shout "Understudies, out!") and splits with her boyfriend over her loyalty to living with Sophie. Who soon moves to live with a lesser friend in a better neighborhood.
The mentions of buzzy authors and artists isn't being elitist; "Frances Ha" touches on how culture divides people and how pretentiousness can be unintentional when it comes from oblivious elitists. Someone asks Frances if she ever gets to Paris and doesn't mean anything by it, but that doesn't make the question any less absurd for someone whose precarious finances constantly change her living situation.
Whether it's a dude texting, "Ahoy, sexy," or Frances returning from an international trip just to make a meeting that could have been rescheduled, the film is beautifully attuned to mid-20s ridiculousness. A few lines don't sound like something anyone would ever say (Frances notes, "I have trouble leaving places"), but the resentments and inside jokes between friends couldn't shine through any stronger. It's a girl movie for both genders, a testament to the double-edged liberation sword of loneliness and swallowing pride.
Meanwhile, love and work look like the toughest thing in the world, but only for those on the outside.
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A traveling exhibit housed in a mobile trailer soon will be making the rounds to educate the public about Operation Game Thief, a key program used by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Law Enforcement to combat fish and wildlife crime.
The project recently reached its fundraising goal of $30,000. The money will be used to purchase a 20-foot enclosed trailer that will house the traveling exhibit, which will highlight wildlife poaching cases that have been solved through the Operation Game Thief program. Included in the trailer will be poached wildlife and an interactive display exploring the types of cases pursued by Fish and Game Conservation Officers.
"We're very thankful for the generous sponsors who made this outreach effort possible," said Fish and Game Sgt. Wayne Saunders, who is coordinating the project.
Key supporters included the Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire, which provided a $10,000 grant; and Rymes Propane & Oils, LL Cote in Errol, Bear Country Power Sports in Errol, and the New Hampshire Wildlife Federation, each of which contributed $5,000 for the project. Fish and Game is working with The Trailer Outlet in Winnisquam, N.H., to have the custom trailer built.
Operation Game Thief is a silent witness, anti-poaching program that encourages the public to report any suspicious activity or knowledge about a poaching violation. The toll-free hotline – 1-800-344-4262 – is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to report wildlife violations. People can also report violations online at http://www.wildnh.com/OGT. Poaching is the illegal take of game or fish, trespassing, littering, theft, or destroying property.
Anyone interested in making donations to help complete the Operation Game Thief Trailer project (such as detailing the trailer, creating taxidermy exhibits and procuring a generator) can contact Saunders at 603-271-3129.
Saunders anticipates getting the traveling Operation Game Thief exhibit on the road by this September. It will go to fairs and sportsmen's shows and accompany speaking engagements by Conservation Officers, spreading the word about how the public can help protect New Hampshire's natural resources by reporting wildlife law violators.


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