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- BRS 2 Part Doser - 1.1 mL per minute
Why does BRS recommend this?
The BRS 1.1 mL dosing pump is a very cost effective yet long lasting stand-alone dosing pump for trace elements and 2 part. By hooking the pump up to a simple timer or aquarium controller they can be one of the most inexpensive ways to get an automated 2 part dosing system. With their peristaltic design they will not back siphon with extremely accurate flow rates.
Each pump is capable of dosing a single solution. You will need two pumps to automate both calcium and alkalinity solutions.
Timer not included
BRS 2 Part Dosers are intermittent duty pumps and not meant for continuous operation. We recommend on/off cycles under a few hours to maximize life span. You will need two pumps in order to dose both calcium and alkalinity. When used with controllers like the ReefKeeper or Apex, we recommend connecting these to a mechanical relay outlet, and not a TRIAC outlet on the controller's powerbar.
- Silent operation
- Extremely accurate
- Will not back siphon
- 12 month tube life (at 4 hours of use per day)
- 12 month Bulk Reef Supply warranty on pump motor and head
Max Head - 20ft
Dimensions - 4" x 3.25" x 4.5"
Power Consumption - 3W @ 120VAC
Tubing Type - Santoprene
What's Included?
1x 1.1mL Dosing Pump
1x Pump Mounting Bracket
1x Mounting Bracket Screw Set
17 FT 1/4" OD Dosing Pump Tubing
Excellent quality easy to set up. By Juken on 1/11/2018Juken would recommend this product to a friendMy parameters have been perfect since i started using these doser's . I would highly recommend these doser's.
Worth Every Penny By Reefer Man on 11/13/2017Reefer Man would recommend this product to a friendI have 4 of these Dosing pumps to dose my Triton Products, I have not had a problem.
The only thing is to make of the amount they are dosing and not just set it and go. I had 1 pump that dosed more then the others so I adjusted the time on that pump to make the difference, other then that all good and running strong for almost a year.
Best bang for your buck and long lasting By richard on 10/16/2017richard would recommend this product to a friendGot these a few years ago still working as if they was new
Ok, but measure your flow rate! By Greg on 10/6/2017Greg would recommend this product to a friendWorks great, but runs at 1.8 mL / minute, not the advertised 1.1 m/L. Be sure to calibrate each one you buy -- both of mine were different, and neither were the advertised 1.1 mL (1.8 and 1.7 for the two I bought.)
quality product By PETRO on 10/5/2017PETRO would recommend this product to a friendquayet
Works great! By Ernest on 9/14/2017Ernest would recommend this product to a friendI have this doser to dose no pox daily- works like a charm!
Best Inexpensive Way to Dose By Tom on 9/3/2017Tom would recommend this product to a friendI have 3 of these dosers. I've been dosing Calc and Alk for over a year with no problems. I just added the third for dosing H202. It's the most economical way to automate dosing your tank. I wish BRS would find/carry a product that would allow me to put this on my Apex Energy Bars solid state outlets.
Long lasting By Bakerrichard27 on 9/1/2017Bakerrichard27 would recommend this product to a friendVery accurate long lasting I never hear mine they are quite love them cheap easy
Quality doser By Juken on 7/25/2017Juken would recommend this product to a friendvery reliable and accurate mine doses 1.8 per minute but that's ok.
Very good product and great price! By John on 7/13/2017John would recommend this product to a friendBought two dosers rated at 1.1ml/min. Both were calibrated at 2.00ml/min.. No problem though as I expected some variance from specs and reviews shown in site descriptions. Units seemed well constructed and easy to use. Installed using mount brackets included and hooked up to a two outlet timer, set for 3-5 min runs during the night (2 part ) and have checked for accuracy several times since. Right on the money at 30 ml each for the 15 min total run times. Noisy? Maybe a tiny bit but certainly not a deal breaker unless you're running in your bedroom at night! All in all a great purchase for me!
Way off stated value, and very loud By Barnaby on 6/12/2017Barnaby wouldn't recommend this product to a friendI bought three (3) 1.1 ml dosing pumps plus other miscellaneous items, received them promptly from BRS in good order, they were well packed. I calibrated them according to the instruction and their rates are 1.88, 1,85, and 1.79 (ml/min). So they are way off the stated nominal value of 1.1, I know I'm not buying/paying for a scientific instrument but that give me doubt on the manufacturer's QC, if they have one.
The other issue is they are all very loud! They started quite in the first minute or two, but ramp up to loud clicking sound, sign of very bad design and/or construction of the motor and gears.
I'm from Canada so it will be hassle to return them, for now I mount them outside of the cabinet on a timer and that helps to reduce the noise. Only time will tell if they are durable and can keep a consistent flow rate in the long term, but don't be fooled by the overall 5 star rating, they are nowhere near a well engineered product.
Excellent piece of equipment. By Donnie on 6/12/2017Donnie would recommend this product to a friendI would not hesitate to recommend! Better than I expected. No more worries.
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Sunlight Supply EcoPlus Dual Digital Timer$19.99
Bulk Reef Supply 2 Part and BRS Top Off Doser Replacement Tube
reg. $12.99
Special Price: $11.69
Out of stock
Bulk Reef Supply Space Saver Jug - Thin 4 Liter (1.05 Gallon)$12.99
Product Questions
No the pumps are sold per pump. To have two pumps to dose two liquids you would need to purchase a quantity of two pumps.
It sure is. You can find the replacement tubes at the link below:
You can use either. The rigid tube doesn't bend as easy but holds its shape better, wheras the soft tube is easier to route around corners, etc but kinks a bit easier. Feel free to use either in whichever application is better suited.
Input/output tubing are the same and both are 1/4" though its a compression fitting so its fairly forgiving if your close.
This stuff will do the trick just fine (most use clear).
While this pump is very consistent in dosing, due to the rotational cycle, there tend to be natural pauses as the rollerblocks take turns in compressing the tubing, which results in variation in fluid dosing speed during a single 1 minute rotation. As a result, when run for full minute cycles, you'll see good consistency, but it will not be very effective at running for less than a minute when trying to dose very small amounts of fluid. For this, we would normally recommend a pump with a high precision stepper motor or at the very least a dosing pump with more than two rollerblocks, such as the Drew's Doser, in order to reduce the momentary pauses during rotation.
Have a great day!
Most likely the issue is the tubing leading to the pump or the tubing inside of the pump is not air tight which allows the suction to break. You will want to inspect all tubing to ensure there is not air leaks for the siphon to break.
These will last quite a while from 3 years and up without over use or abuse. They come with a one year warranty. Currently there are replaceable tubing however no electronic or mounting replacements.
It certainly can however depending on the placement of the tubing if you are not using a specially DIY fridge to keep the tubing from sitting in the open the pump will draw food and as it stops the food that remains in the tubing will begin to rot and cause big issues. You will want to checkout some forum posts on building a fridge with a venturi to grab the food into a separate feed pump which circulates in the fridge keeping the frozen food cooled until it enters the tank. Feel free to let us know if you have any further questions!
It depends on what you are doing. Assuming you want to dose something like two part, this doser would be the best route to go because of the relatively small quantities being dosed.
There is no calibration for these pumps as they are a fixed dosing rate peristaltic pump. :-)
This can be used with a timer to dose a small amount of NoPox throughout the day. Feel free to let us know if you have any further questions!
The pump itself doesn't have any programming. It just doses 1.1mL for every minute it is turned on. You adjust how much it doses by changing how long a timer turns it on. As for how much to dose, what were you planning to dose?
Have a great day!
It measures 4" x 3.5" x 4" Tall
The dosing pump can be used with the reefkeeper as long as it is plugged into the relay outlet which has the ability to power the pumps. Feel free to let us know if you have any further questions!
To prime the pumps you will simply attach the full amount of tubing from the container to the aquarium, You will then turn the pump on and allow it to fill with the solution. Once the solution starts coming out the other side you will want to run it for a few minutes to remove and air gaps. Keep in mind this can take some time and we recommend pumping it into another container instead of the tank itself.
I have the nano cube 28 with stand, and was wondering if I could place the 2 part solution in my stand, and have the pumps deliver the water into the sump area of the back of the nano cube. The water would need to be pushed about 48 inches up. Thanks!
These pumps can pump up to 20ft of head pressure. Going up from the stand to the tank would be no problem at all!
These pumps do not include any sort of timer. They will need to be controlled with a digital timer capable of operating at 1 minute intervals (or less) or an aquarium controller like the ReefKeeper of Neptune Apex.
Here are the digital timers we carry.
I hope this helps!
Have a great day :)
The dimensions of our 1.1 ml/min and 50 ml/min dosing pumps are 3 1/4" W x 4" H x 4" D.
The mounting plate should allow for flush mounting on the wall so the depth measurement will remain the same.
I hope this helps!
Have a great day :)
The physical motor will last a long time and as long as it is spinning it will work well. The surgical tubing inside however may wear down and crack. If the pump is ever not able to draw liquid up you will want to inspect and replace the tubing inside. Additionally over time this tubing will stretch and change the amount of liquid dosed and measurement will need to be taken to test how much it is dosing. This can be a s simple as taking the tubing out of the tank, turning the doser on for 10 minutes and measuring how much liquid is dosed in 10 minutes.
The 1.1 mL Dosing pumps will need to be physically plugged into an outlet to turn on. With some aquarium controllers they use different types of outlets to turn the outlet on and off. TRIAC switches can switch power very quickly and silent, where a relayed outlet makes a clicking noise and takes about a half a second to react. TRIAC outlets can have a hard time detecting power and turning the dosers and other low power consumption items on and off reliably, where the relayed outlets are very reliable for almost all items. If you don't have an aquarium controller it shouldn't be a concern since most digital and analog timers are going to be relay driven. If you are using an aquarium controller just refer to the controller's manual to know what outlets are TRIAC and which are relayed.
That isn't a problem at all :-)
Variability is to be expected with dosing pumps and the 1.1 mL is an average rating of the pumps. Overall it is best to measure the flow to find the accurate dosage depending on power, lifespan of the tubing and several other factors. Often remeasuring once a year will help to keep the flow accurate.
That won't be a problem. The pump shouldn't have any issue pulling solution up anywhere within a normal sized aquarium stand.
In most applications it is but I would still recommend using the relay outlets on 1 & 4 just to be safe!


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Robert Kuttner, economist and co-founder of The American Prospect, says the magazine was founded "deliberately to be a strong liberal voice," and he adds, "I think the role of magazine like ours is to put forward ideas, to put forward a perspective on the election but to do so consistent with accuracy." Kuttner, who is known for his political commentary — he's the author of nine books and a has published in everything from the alt-weekly Village Voice to the Huffington Post — continues, "I think the right lives in a fantasy world; it's possible to have a viewpoint but also have some respect for evidence."
Kuttner spoke at the UO on Oct. 2, and he will be giving two more campus talks as part of his "Untangling the Economy" series. He is the UO's 2012 Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics.
Kuttner might be a liberal voice, but he critiques left- and right-wing politics alike. Among the politicians he does like is Oregon's own Sen. Jeff Merkley, who will be speaking as part of the Morse Center series as well.
As the presidential election draws near, one question that arises is: If Obama wins, will progressives try to push him further to the left? Kuttner says he thinks they will. "Mitt Romney is God's gift," he says. "I mean to have this incompetent a candidate, who is also resented by the right-wing base of the Republican Party. This is better than Christmas." He continues, "I'm afraid that the Republican base, which is increasingly captured by the far right, is going to conclude if Obama does win that the problem was they had a dreadful candidate, not that their ideas were out of sync with the rest of the country."
Kuttner says it will take a couple more defeats before the Republicans conclude that they are too right-wing. But will Obama go left? Kuttner doubts it. He says the most likely scenario is Obama wins by a few points, Dems manage to hold the Senate, and almost-but-not-quite capture the House, leaving the Republicans still able to block most things. He says that in four years if the economy is still sluggish "even a far-right candidate could win because he's not the incumbent." So he doesn't see the Republicans moving to the center or Obama, who he calls a centrist, not a progressive, moving much to the left. Though he does see Obama becoming tougher as a partisan, "That you could extend an olive branch at the Republicans and not have them throw it back in your face, I think even Obama has realized that's an illusion."
In a recent column, Kuttner writes that politically things "will change for the better only when Democrats manage to nominate a compelling progressive."
He tells EW that he sees Merkley as one of the handful of compelling progressives, as well as Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts, if she gets elected, which Kuttner thinks she will. As to whether Merkley or another true progressive could be elected president four years from now, Kuttner is more dubious. "Money is so powerful that compelling progressives get weeded out at earlier stages," he says.
Looking at the possible field for 2016, he says Hillary Clinton has 50/50 chance of running, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has momentum. But he says that would make the fourth center-right Democratic president: Carter, Clinton, Obama "and then, God help us, Andrew Cuomo." That would not be good, Kuttner says. He sees Cuomo as "one of those Wall Street Democrats who is very centrist on budget issues and doesn't do anything about unions." He says Hillary Clinton is still centrist, but a little better "because she's a stronger person."
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When Mark Curran was hired as president/CEO of Lion's Share Federal Credit Union, he had a pretty good idea of what to expect having worked at another cooperative for 18 years.
What did come as a surprise was just how much compliance had become a pressing and ongoing priority.
"I expected to have a pretty steep learning curve regarding some of the newer compliance issues, but was still surprised at the level of reporting that's required," said Curran, who took the helm of the $36 million Lion's Share FCU in Salisbury, N.C., in the fall of 2011.
Prior to his current role, Curran was the senior vice president of business development at Palmetto Cooperative Services, an item processing CUSO in Irmo, S.C. His career history also includes more than 15 years of branch operations experience at the $2.2 billion Coastal Federal Credit Union in Raleigh N.C., and time spent as a senior account manager at CUNA Mutual Group.
"At the CUSO, we had just a few products that I needed to know," Curran recalled. "At a credit union, the myriad of financial products, services and delivery channels can be overwhelming. It helps to have really good people working for you, which, fortunately at Lion's Share FCU, we do."
Changing of the guards within the credit union industry are just as commonplace as in other sectors but one could argue that making the transition from homegrown entities such as CUSOs and state league affiliates are a unique distinction.
For Michael Gudely, a former president/CEO of a community bank and a CUSO, getting up to speed on the day-to-day issues that directly impact operations was the biggest difference when he became president/CEO of the $189 million Southeastern Federal Credit Union in Valdosta, Ga., in November. Prior to then, he headed Innovative Business Solutions LLC, a business lending CUSO in Fort Mill, S.C., from March 2009 to November 2013.
"In a credit union environment, it's interchange, risk-based capital, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Durbin," Gudely said. "For me, while I have some familiarity on a cursory basis, I've had to do a bit of work on my own to catch up. You don't want to transition and be out of the loop."
While at IBS, Gudely's main focus was on member business loans and serving the CUSO's credit union clients. He describes the relationships as very delicate because the CUSO has to answer to its owners and subscribers.
"Your owner credit unions can just call you up and say, 'Why don't you do this?'" Gudely said. "The CEOs of the owner credit unions are very focused on MBLs – it's a very narrow focus. We have MBLs at Southeastern but there are also indirect, mortgage and consumer loans.
That product and service mix was the main reason why Gudely left IBS to take the helm at Southeastern. He said he was looking to align with a more complex organization, even though he enjoyed his time at the CUSO and misses his colleagues there.
Another notable shift for Gudely at Southeastern was the board's desires to have the CEO continue to be more visible in the community. Within the walls of IBS, much of the interaction took place there with the occasional visits to the sites of the CUSO's credit union clients. A self-described extrovert, Gudely said he was excited about getting to know the locals in Valdosta. In fact, Gudely – and his wife – have been received very well within the community, he added.
"But it was a little overwhelming at first. I've met more people in 90 days (at Southeastern) than I have in five years," he noted. "As the CEO, when you go outside of the credit union, you're warmly welcomed and pulled in 100 different ways. It's been quite a task to keep up with but it's starting to slow down a bit."
Connecting with others was really put to the test when Gudely was approached with the request to help put together an economic session with only a week or so to pull it off. Rather than pass it off to someone else, he jumped in and the result was Southeastern hosting a breakfast forum Feb. 19 that featured officials from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and several universities who spoke on the national, state and local economic outlook and its impact on credit unions. The session also reminded him that it's OK to delegate tasks to others – a trait he still considers a work in the progress at Southeastern.
"You don't want to micro manage," Gudely said. "We have a strong team of six vice presidents and 70 employees. I do need to let go and have people run with it. I have to constantly remind myself to do this."
Curran can relate to meeting with many people but those interactions occurred more while at Palmetto. He said he enjoyed the freedom and travel that was afforded to him at the CUSO and now that he's at Lion's Share, he misses going to many different league annual meetings and national conferences.
"However, there's a certain level of comfort and security in making my own decisions about when and where to travel now. I enjoy sleeping in my own bed most nights," Curran said.
For both Curran and Gudely, board relations and now, member interactions, have new meanings. Curran said clearly the regulatory burden at the credit union is more of a daily focus than it was at Palmetto. The CUSO only had to report to its board of directors, whereas a credit union has to satisfy NCUA and state regulators. Likewise, most of Palmetto's CUSO's customers understood what a CUSO was and knew the products we offered.
"At a credit union, we are continually having to educate members and potential members about what a credit union is, why we're different and what products we offer that can help them achieve financial security," Curran said.
Gudely has discovered that while some members of Southeastern are engaged, most are not. Still, because they own the credit union, a long-term view on where and what to invest in is an advantage not shared by banks.
"When you're Bank of America, you're so large, you don't have that flexibility. At community banks, you're only as good as your last quarter and whether you turned a profit. You never know if the bank will be sold," Gudely noticed. "Credit unions can really respond to the members' needs. You can make investments that are better for (them)."
Regardless of whether the board is at a CUSO or credit union, having a strong link can go far. Gudely said a CUSO board consisting of credit union CEOs generally has knowledge in the area of expertise that the CUSO specialized in. At credit unions, volunteers can come from all walks of life and bring great knowledge to the table that helps steer strategic vision.
To illustrate, Southeastern's board is very focused on growth whereas IBS growth plans were more controlled, Gudely said. Indeed, Southeastern, which has been on a 10-year growth track, is open to merging in smaller credit unions and wants to continue upping its visibility.
"Honestly, when I first went to the CUSO, I thought I would go back to banks after the smoke cleared. But as I've talked to others over the years and I've seen how credit unions are, I ask, 'Why would I want to go back?'"


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After his much-anticipated Yeezus album leaked online five days before its official release date, a CGI video for first single "Black Skinhead" seemed to suffer the same fate yesterday evening (July 7) before being yanked as suddenly as it appeared.
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Don't take this the wrong way, but I've always thought that if your birthday is on Christmas Day -- not that you have any choice in the matter, of course -- it's either a waste of a birthday or a waste of a holiday.
Either way you're getting jobbed out of a day on which people buy stuff for you, wrap it up and give it to you. Christmas and birthdays are specifically designed for that kind of activity. But if your birthday is on Christmas, it all just gets lumped together. It's great for the people buying stuff for you -- since they kill two "here, hope you like it"'s with one present -- but it stinks if you're you.
How does that work, anyway? Are the presents in your pile specifically identified as "birthday present" and "Christmas present"?
Can you legally change your birthday to avoid getting doubled up with the gifts like that?
While you are pondering that, you can also ponder this: There have been 17 individuals who were born on Christmas Day and have played for the Indians or Browns -- and you haven't heard of any of them.
Well, two maybe. Browns cornerback Hanford Dixon and Indians second baseman Manny Trillo were both born on Dec. 25. The other 15 players from the Indians and Browns who were born on Christmas reads like a Who's Who of Who's He?
Before I reveal them, how about this: In the entire history of the NBA only seven players were born on Christmas, and none of them ever played for the Cavaliers. That's pretty weird, don't you think?
Here, then, (years they played for Cleveland in parenthesis) are the other 15 Indians and Browns players who were born on Christmas Day. Please hold your yawns until all have been introduced:
DICK BRAGGINS (1901) -- After attending Case Western Reserve, he pitched four games for the 1901 Cleveland Blues and was so impressive that he never pitched in another big league game again. Ever.
LLOYD BROWN (1934-37) -- He was a pitcher. His nickname was "Gimpy". That is not a good combination.
BEN CHAPMAN (1939-40) -- A decent 15-year playing career was overshadowed by his race baiting of Jackie Robinson, as manager of the Phillies in the late 1940s.
VINCE DAILEY (1890) -- He was an outfielder for the 1890 Cleveland Spiders, who, as I'm sure you know, were managed by the late Gus Schmelz and the even later Bob Leadley, the only two managers in history who were never asked for their autographs.
FRANK ELLERBE (1924) -- An infielder who played 46 games for the Indians that year. He is best known for nothing, really. Nothing at all.
GREEK GEORGE (1935-36) -- Allegedly a catcher. Given name: Charles Peter George, but he went by "Greek," perhaps because hitting was Greek to him. Five-year career batting average: .177.
TOM GULLAY (1923-24) -- In his 26-game major league career he pounded out 12 hits, only 4,244 shy of Pete Rose's all-time record.
JACK HAMILTON (1969) -- A pitcher who appeared in 20 games for the Indians two years after, while pitching for the Angels, he hit Boston slugger Tony Conigliaro in the face with a pitch, essentially ending Conigliaro's career.
JOE QUINN (1899) -- He was a player manager on the infamous 1899 Cleveland Spiders, who hold the world record for futility by going 20-134. Lave Cross started the season as manager, was fired, and replaced by Quinn, who guided the team to a glittering 12-104 record the rest of the way, for a sparkling winning percentage of .103. Amazingly, he never managed again.
QUINCY TROUPPE (1952) -- Caught six games for the Tribe, at age 39, having spent his prime years in the Negro Leagues.
MORRIE RATH (1910) -- In 67 at bats he hit .197. But it was a hard .197.
ERMAL ALLEN (1947) -- Backup quarterback to somebody named Otto Graham.
STUART ANDERSON (1984) -- A linebacker. Played in four games. Showered after all four.
MARLON FORBES (1999) -- A defensive back who played in 16 games that year, starting all but 15 of them.
MEL MACEAU (1946-48) -- A backup center. Job descriptions don't get any more depressing than that.
Yahoo! Sports' David Brown has ranked the sexiest general managers in major league baseball, from No. 1 to No. 30.
Why? Because the public has a right to know.
Anyway, Indians fans will be happy to know that Chris Antonetti came in at No. 9 on that list. According to Brown, Antonetti has "The most formidable cheekbones in the AL Central."
FortunateIy, I believe that's the third tie-breaker in the event two teams tie for the division title. So the Indians have that going for them.
Blogger Kelly Dwyer ("Ball Don't Lie") points out that LeBron James has not been called for a foul in two weeks, a span of over 186 minutes of playing time without The King being gonged.
James has gone over five full games without being called for a foul.
In two or three of those games James almost got called for a foul, but after checking the replay, the referees instead gave the fouls to Tyler Zeller.
Rumors persist that University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban is going to be the next coach of the Browns. That doesn't sit well with ESPN's NFL analyst Ron Jaworski, who obviously doesn't like the cut of Saban's jib.
"I'm not a Saban guy because I don't like liars," said Jaworski, referring to Saban's comments a few years back when he was coach of the Miami Dolphins, in which he said he had no interest in leaving the Dolphins, shortly before he accepted the job at Alabama.
In his two years coaching the Dolphins Saban's record was 15-17, and if the NFL has taught us anything through the years it's that the only thing worse than a liar is a liar who loses.
Conversely, the league also has a phrase that is synonymous for liars who win:
"When can you start?"
The Browns are in Denver on Sunday, and you know what that means: passes at that altitude travel farther after they get batted down.
Weak of the week
You've got to love all these sharpshooters in the NBA. Two weeks ago the Portland Trailblazers set a new NBA record for most three-point field goal attempts without making a single one, when they went 0-for-20 in a win (WHAT?) over Toronto.
Last week, the Denver Nuggets set an even newer NBA record by going 0-for-22 from behind the arc in a 101-93 loss to those same Trailblazers.
Said Denver coach George Karl: "We just didn't have enough shooters out there."
Sounds to me like Denver had TOO MANY shooters out there -- but not enough makers.
Weak. Very weak.


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1.Brooklyn Floppers.
2.Fvck Ray Felton
3.Fvck Steve Novak
4.Fvck the refs
5.Melo YOU'RE SLIPPIN A BIT.
1.Brooklyn Floppers.
2.Fvck Ray Felton
3.Fvck Steve Novak
4.Fvck the refs
5.Melo YOU'RE SLIPPIN A BIT.
I'm going to cry now, it's been exhausting...
lol, how about some of you guys 2nd options on the knicks felton and JR :lol
Raymond Felton 3-19 fg 0-2 3pt 5 ast 5 fouls 5 TOs Worst than the Bobcats.
Amare come back please.
Felton iced Melo there at the end. I think Melo got tired as well, he played like 50 minutes
Look first things first, I'll give credit where it is due, they played hard tonight and outplayed us tonight.
But, not to make excuses....Kidd is out, Ray is off Melo plays the whole game and we lose in OT
We simply ran out of gas.
Not mad at Ray it happens like that sometimes.
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
As bad as Felton and the refs were tonight, as non-existent as JR and Novak were, we lost b/c Carmelo bricked the game winner. He also missed 6 free throws (2 in the final minutes of the 4th). Melo is 0-2 this season in clutch game winners (Dallas and NJ).
At end of 1st half Felton chucked up a 3 despite having Chandler all alone on the left, waiving his arms calling for an uncontested dunk. Figures those 2 points meant ball game.
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Drylands cover over 40% of the earth's land surface. They are home to more than 2 billion people, most of whom live in developing countries and are among the poorest in the world. The natural resources on which the majority of dryland dwellers depend are fast disappearing, making desertification one of today's greatest environmental challenges. Climate change is likely to exacerbate these challenges. But is it all doom and gloom? A panel of high profile global drylands experts met during the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, Spain, to discuss ways of increasing investment in sustainable drylands management in the face of adverse effects of climate change.
The title of the workshop was : "Drylands are not Wastelands: Boosting their potential for a better world". The discussion sought to find out why drylands were lagging behind in development and sustainable use of natural resources. While people have been discussing the challenges in drylands for decades, one major new element in the last years is the need for a stronger economic argument to make the case and answer such questions as: What are the return on people and ecosystems of another Green Revolution? How much do natural resources already contribute to national welfare? What is the economic potential of some of the wild fruits and plants? The participants agreed that there was a need to raise awareness that drylands are not wastelands but have productive land and resources like Gum Arabic and medicinal plants.
IUCN ESARO works to raise awareness of the dynamics affecting use of natural resources and conservation of biodiversity in drylands and build capacities to manage drylands and protect livelihoods of people while sustaining natural resources and conserving biodiversity. It also works to strengthen policies relating to natural resource use, biodiversity management and conservation policies in drylands. Activities include influencing regional governments to adopt national policies that support appropriate drylands biodiversity management systems.
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By Steven KleinFor board members unaccustomed to union politics, negotiating a new teachers' contract can be daunting. Boards in larger districts can avoid some pressure by subcontracting with third-party agents, such as a state school boards association representative or attorney, to handle the negotiations. But in smaller districts, board members and superintendents often meet directly with union and teacher representatives to hammer out agreements.
In February 2007, this was the situation in the Riverdale School District in Portland, Ore. Faced with declining enrollment and insufficient state revenues, the board wanted to reduce salaries and renegotiate a number of contract benefits, including an extremely generous retirement stipend and health benefits and a significant number of sick days that drained district finances and adversely affected instructional quality.
Contract negotiations offer an opportunity to fine-tune your contract—to align expectations with practice and to update language to reflect current and anticipated fiscal realities. Whether your board is planning to subcontract or lead its own negotiations, you will be up against a seasoned union veteran trained in negotiation strategies. You likely can't match your opponents in experience, but you can take steps to increase the likelihood that you will come away with a deal that is acceptable to the board.Would you like to continue reading? Click here to log-in or become a subscriber to ASBJ.com.
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Minato would use his space-time jutsu and go after Itachi. Itachi could not evade it and receive a beating by Minato. Itachi would use Katon Gokakyu No Jutsu but Minato would evade it easily. Minato again would use space-time justu but with a kunai this time but Itachi uses Crow Bunshin and prepares tu use Amaterasu but Minato evades it easily again but Minato didn't notice Itachi caught him in wires and use Amaterasu but Minato evades at the last moment but Amaterasu caughts his leg.
Minato use the speed of light and frees himself from Amaterasu and hitting Itachi with Rasengan. Itachi badly wounded uses Susano'o but Minato summons Gamabunta but Itachi attacks Gamabunta with Totsuka Sword sealing him but that's not a problem and Minato summons him again (he may do it again because the Summon justu is of temporay space).
Once summoned again he teleports with Gamabunta inside Susano'o crushing Itachi and if not Minato uses Rasengan and is all over.
(If Minato is caught with Amaterasu he isn't getting it off. Has he done anything that would even imply that thats possible? Has anyone done so? And being sealed inside the totsuka blade isnt like being teleported somewhere else. Its permanent genjutsu. The opponent is sealed in a genjutsu stupor for all eternity. And if Minato gets caught with wires.....their is no evading Amaterasu. He's done. you either get out of the casters sight instantly or its over.)
Would he be too fast for Itachi?
Please note this is not my comment. I'm posting it from another website. To a person to which I don't know.


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Beyond Non Sequitur IV
Has anyone seen Officer Lincecum?
Hate me, y'all!
Has anyone seen Officer Lincecum?
Hate me, y'all!
LOL!! That is really funny! I don't appreciate the connection you made with Lincecum, though. >:[ oh well. I'm sure there will be tons of jokes like these made for the next year, I should probably get used to it.
Apparently TIMMAY! has an off-season home in Northeast Minneapolis:
I wonder who's going to take his spot in the rotation now that he's going on an extended vacation.
Where are Cheech and Chong's travelin comedy tour stop for last night?
I know Cheech might have stopped his liberties in the usage of the substance, but Tommy definitely might need a toke.
Could this be the work of someone in law enforcement from the Cheech and Chong "Nice Dreams" movie?
Where is Stacey Keach aka Officer Stedanko during all of this?
I want to know before TMZ tells me the answer people…..
Rays Renegade
LOL Tim Lincecum! We all know how he celebrated the Cy. Ironically, my mother made brownies the same day he won it. Only won variable missing from that.
Lauren — Yeah, that story isn't gonna die anytime soon. Still, to me it's not a big deal. Makes him human. The human freak.
Erin — I don't know who's taking his spot but it could be me. Just sayin' ;-)…
RR — Hate to admit it but if it's past midnight and I can't sleep and TMZ is on the tube, er… I watch it… all of it… and like it.
Elizabeth — And that's the BEST variable! Time for you to educate your mother on baking the proper way. LOL.


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Google Map GPS Cell Phone Tracker allows you to track Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and Java ME cellphones using Google Maps. It has two parts, a server and phone clients. You have a choice of two servers, using asp.net and SQL server or PHP and MySQL. The server software allows you to view cellphone locations in realtime using Google Maps and store routes and view them later. The client applications send their locations to the website periodically. All four applications work properly in the background and are written natively on each platform.
GPX Viewer is a simple program to visualize a GPX file. It uses libchamplain and cairo for the plot. It can show multiple GPX files, show waypoints and multiple tracks per GPX file, highlight a selected track, show a speed vs. time graph, and show distance, duration, average, moving average, max speed, moving time, and GPS points. It supports zooming, smoothing of the speed graph, and highlighting points in a speed graph on a map.
O2OO reads sensor data from a car into a sqlite database and generates graphs of the data so you can analyze the behavior of the car. It can also retrieve the location from a GPS module and store it in the same database, then can create a Google Maps KML-file, coloring the route line with a color depending on a sensor reading.
LocDemo demonstrates the functionality of libwlocate. After startup, it evaluates the current geographic position of the user and displays it within a map. This solution offers geographic localization that works without the use of GPS and without submitting tracking or position data to commercial providers of such services.
MyGeoTrails allows you to mark places of interest on the map along the trail created by the app and share them on Facebook if you wish. You may even share the complete trail with the click of a button. Use retrace mode to travel back on a trail already created before. The app records your GPS locations periodically when you press the start trail button. The information is stored only in your phone. When you explicitly share your trail information, only then is the information moved around on the Internet.
A minimalist news reader.
Some chemistry-related programs for the GNOME desktop.


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These cookies won't make you fat, in fact they could make you lose pounds. Niki May Young explains what your web developers will have to do to ensure your charity avoids an unwelcome fine from the ICO after 26 May.
There is now exactly one month left before the grace period for the implementation of the privacy and electronic communications EC directive comes to an end and your website must comply with its regulations, or risk action by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO).
Wondering what I'm on about? I'm talking cookies, and not the type that are unkind to your waistline, rather the kind that are used to identify users and track their behaviour on your website.
In 2009 a citizens rights directive in the EU amended implementing changes to the existing cookies law in a bid to ensure that users were clearer on where and how their information is being used. On 25 May last year these amendments came into force in the EU, but the UK's ICO implemented a year-long grace period for websites to take action. This ends on 26 May.
The legislation is in force now, but as aforementioned, the ICO has given a grace period before it will punish the non-compliant. However once this is over, the ICO could issue an organisation with an information notice asking it to provide the ICO with information of what steps it has put in place with regards to complying.
If the organisation is found to be non-compliant the ICO can then issue an undertaking requiring the organisation to take action. If this is not adhered to it can issue an enforcement notice. Non-adherence to this notice is a criminal offence.
In some cases, the ICO can issue a monetary penalty notice, with a maximum fine of £500,000. While this is only likely in extreme cases of abuse it is worth noting that these powers exist.
Act now
If you haven't already gotten in touch with your website developers to conduct an audit of cookies on your site, do it now. While the ICO has suggested that it will look at the most severe cases of non-compliance in the first instance, it will serve your charity well to have at least put measures in place by 26 May to become compliant in the near future, Mairead O'Reilly and Erica Crump, solicitors at Bates Wells & Braithwaite advise.
At a briefing on the upcoming changes this week, the pair said that while some members of the ICO have suggested charities may be treated with a lighter touch with regards to compliance, charities are advised not to take a "wait and see" approach.
So what do you have to do?
On a basic level, what the legislation means is that your website will have to do three things at the earliest point when a user encounters your site:
- Tell the user that cookies are there
- Explain what the cookies are doing
- Obtain consent from the user to store a cookie
The directive states that the information provided should be "sufficiently full and intelligible to allow individuals to clearly understand the potential consequences of allowing the cookies". This means that it is not enough to say that your website uses cookies - ie, a statement on the homepage that reads "This site uses cookies, by using this site you agree to their use" - you must also link to a detailed page explaining in plain English what cookies are, which are present on your site, what information they will collect, and how this information is used. You do not need to list each individual cookie used, only which types of cookie you use.
Crucially, you must gain active consent from the user. This means ensuring they tick a box or take an action to confirm that they have read the information and are happy for cookies to be used. But the user need only give consent once, unless the type of cookies being used on the site change.
Implementing the changes (examples)
Once you have undertaken your cookie audit you will have to liaise with your website developer to implement changes to your site. O'Reilly and Crump advised that the correct solution to applying these provisions will depend on your organisation's and user's needs. But there are examples already out there which comply.
The ICO's own website (see thumbnail 1) displays a banner at the top of the site explaining that it uses cookies, providing links to further detailed information and using a tickbox consent to remove the box from view. The box remains on the user's screen until they tick it. It's not the prettiest, but it does the job and is a simple solution for those who cannot invest much more time in providing a slicker approach. Oxford Web, a web design company follows suit in a much more palatable way (see thumbnail 2).
Some sites have used the pop-up approach, which appears when a user enters the site. BT offers this stating that the cookie settings on the website are set to allow the cookies, offering the user the opportunity to either 'learn more', opt out, or continue (see thumbnail 3).
Consequences for your site
Some people have raised concerns that the very inclusion of pop-ups or banners advising users that there are cookies on the site may put people off using the site altogether. And if the user disallows cookies for that site, they will have a less than optimum experience of the site. Unfortunately only experience after compliance will tell if this will be the case and to what extent it will affect your site.
Other effects such as skewed results in analytics could also be a result of someone continuing without cookies. Complying with a users request not to use cookies could also present difficulties from a technical point of view and require costly development changes.
Some things still not clear
The ICO doesn't have it all worked out yet. Some website owners have campaigned for allowances for certain cookies, such as analytics or strictly necessary cookies, which enable activities the user has specifically asked for, to be left out of the legislation.
Similarly there has been a call for 'implied consent' where simply notifying the user that cookies are used on the site would be considered enough if the user then continues to use the site. While this was dismissed by the ICO as it was believed there was not enough understanding of what cookies are, it remains to be seen if the issue will be revisited later.
Some have also raised the issue of browser compliance, so that the user can set their cookie preferences on their browser, rather than on each individual webpage, this too has been dismissed initially by the ICO, but could be revisited in the future.
Don't think you have cookies on your website?
If you are not a web developer yourself, you may not be aware of if your site has cookies or not.
Cookies come in many forms but together they create a memory system for a website. Technically, they are a file of numbers and letters downloaded onto a users device when they access a website in order to allow the website to recognise the device. But they are used for a number of reasons which include improving the user experience and avoiding repetitive information inputting.
Cookies can be either temporary - used just for the one session the user is visiting your site - or permanent - stored for future use until it is deleted. They can also come from either first, or third parties.
First-party cookies are ones originating from the site that the user is visiting and are often used to save user preferences on the site. For example, if a user is asked a question by a website and they tick a box that says 'don't ask me this again', a cookie will log that the user does not want to be asked that particular question, and the answer to the question will be stored to remember the preference for the next time they visit.
Cookies are also used whenever a user fills out a form, or if they are purchasing an item in a shop, in order to allow the user to progress through to payment without losing the details of the sale. These cookies are only an intrusive as the user will allow - if they don't want certain information to be stored, they should not input that information. The information is also only stored by the website in which they are used.
Third-party cookies are generally used in advertising and are often considered to be more intrusive, because they collect information about your browsing habits and are often shared with other websites.
If you use Google analytics or other analytics software, you have third-party cookies, but these only store information about your website use.


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Hello, I am from Dallas and I go to a southern baptist school. Recently I had a project in my Logic and World Views class were I had to debate with another classmate on a controversial topic in today's society, I choose the existence of god because I am an atheist and I wanted to try to convince my classmates that there is not supernatural being. After my debate my schools head master asked me "since evolution proposes that the fittest will survive and the week will die off, is it a good thing if a bigger boy was beating up a small boy?" I responded with no and said that his question was not relevant. But what is the right answer to this question or is there one? Thought you could help, Thanks!
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Sonny is decent filler if a trade deadline deal goes down. He's pretty much squandered his golden opportunity with the Raps, sad to say.
DD is too slow to guard SGs and not strong enough to guard SFs yet, so not sure where he fits either. If he can get stronger, then SF could be his natural position.


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President Barack Obama's decision to nominate Sen. John Kerry as secretary of state has moved Massachusetts one step closer to another special Senate election.
President Barack Obama's decision to nominate Sen. John Kerry as secretary of state has moved Massachusetts one step closer to another special Senate election.
If Kerry is confirmed by the Senate, he would have to resign the office he's held for nearly three decades — touching off another round of political dominoes in a state that spent much of the year hosting one of the hardest-fought Senate races in the country.
The list of potential candidates to replace Kerry is long.
On the Republican side, Sen. Scott Brown would immediately become the front-runner if he decides to run. He lost a re-election campaign last month to Democrat Elizabeth Warren but remains popular and still has his political organization intact.
Brown, who is returning to Massachusetts to attend his father's funeral on Monday, has yet to say whether he will run. If he doesn't, other possible GOP candidates include former Gov. William Weld and former gubernatorial candidate Charles Baker.
There's no clear front-runner on the Democratic side.
The names of possible contenders that have been tossed around include Reps. Michael Capuano, Edward Markey, Stephen Lynch and Niki Tsongas. Others mentioned as potential candidates are U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, Pittsfield state Sen. Ben Downing and Ted Kennedy Jr., a son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.
One prominent Democrat pulled her name out of contention on Friday.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, who ran for the Senate in the 2010 special election and lost to Brown, says she won't be a candidate this time around.
"I love my job as attorney general, and will not run for the vacant Senate seat," Coakley said in a one sentence statement.
Under state law, Gov. Deval Patrick must schedule a special election within 145 to 160 days of Kerry's resignation. He must also name an interim senator to fill Kerry's seat until voters decide the winner of the special election.
The Democrat said he's begun talking to potential candidates to fill the seat on a temporary basis, although he wouldn't reveal the names of those he's considering, saying the conversations are being held in confidence. He said he's looking for someone who would take on the role of senator "in the spirit of John Kerry."
"I have had already a number of inquiries from people who are interested in the interim appointment," Patrick told reporters Friday. "There are some pretty compelling candidates."
The governor said he expects that anyone he appoints on an interim basis will not be a candidate in the special election, although he did not say whether he would exact a pledge from his interim appointment not to run.
Patrick got such a pledge when he appointed former Democratic Party chairman Paul Kirk to temporarily fill the Senate seat left vacant by Kennedy's death in 2009.
Immediately following Obama's announcement, accolades began pouring in from both sides of the political aisle.
Warren, who could soon be the state's senior senator, said that while Kerry's confirmation "will be a loss for Massachusetts, it will be a tremendous plus for the United States and the world."
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino called Kerry "an outstanding senator who has worked tirelessly for the citizens of the commonwealth and the residents of Boston," while Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo said Kerry exemplified "the best qualities of public service."
Massachusetts House Republican leader Brad Jones praised Kerry's long record of public service, calling him a "distinguished United States veteran" and an honorable individual.
Patrick reiterated on Friday that while he would prefer to be able to name an interim senator who would serve until the end of Kerry's term in 2014, he does not anticipate any changes to the state's succession laws, which have been changed twice in the past decade by Democratic lawmakers.
"They have no appetite in changing the law and I have no appetite in proposing a change in the law," Patrick said Friday.


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The Kronk Gym was a destination. You did not drop by, on the way to somewhere else.
It was a dark and sultry Sorbonne, a basement near downtown Detroit. Its champions made it famous. Its men made it work.
Johnathon Banks was 15 when he walked down those steps. He had been a Golden Gloves fighter in Detroit already, but he knew where the mothership was. He had been there for a while, one of many kids punching bags and jumping rope, when a soft but arresting voice called him out.
"Young fella," Emanuel Steward said. "Come here and show these guys how to punch."
The noise stopped for Banks and his sparring partner.
"I'm thinking, wow, Emanuel Steward has singled me out," Banks said the other day. "I wound up dropping this dude, and it was a good thing, too."
That began a 15-year education that quickly turned into friendship and now becomes a rolling tribute.
Last Saturday night, Banks took on undefeated Seth Mitchell, the latest in a line of American heavyweights who have dissipated in their first encounter with heat.
Banks floored Mitchell with a left, and sent him down twice more in the second round, and when the fight was stopped Banks had moved within the shadow of a heavyweight championship.
He said he did it for Steward, 68, the essential boxing trainer of his generation, who died of cancer on Oct. 25.
On Nov. 10 he gave a more pragmatic memorial.
Banks flew to Hamburg, Germany and took over Steward's corner. He was the fill-in trainer for Wladimir Klitschko, his longtime sparring partner, the 36-year-old who, with his brother Vitali, embodies the heavyweight division.
"I felt like Emanuel was with me," Banks said. "I just told Wladimir everything that he already knew, everything Emanuel used to say to me. I told him to let his hands go, things I remembered."
Klitschko is now 59-3 after a unanimous decision over Mariusz Wach. Afterward, he flew from Germany to Detroit, his face still swollen, to attend Steward's memorial service.
Ray Leonard was there, too, the rival of Steward's first star pupil, Thomas Hearns. Another good friend, Aretha Franklin, sang, "I"ll Fly Away."
Trainers are where you find the truth in boxing. That's why the corner is so lonely.
At the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, Freddie Roach quietly waits for the promoters and managers and the hangers-on to take themselves into a neutral corner and allow his man, Manny Pacquiao, to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr.
At the Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard, Robert Garcia prepares Brandon Rios, Nonito Donaire, his brother Mikey, and a procession so lengthy Garcia worked the corner in every fight but one during the Home Depot Center card in October.
Coaches call plays. Trainers have one minute to cut through the fog and get their man stabilized, or kick-started.
One night Teddy Atlas was so peeved at the reluctant Michael Moorer that he sat on the stool while Moorer remained standing. Moorer wound up with the heavyweight title, over Evander Holyfield.
Steward somehow balanced himself as an uncle and a guru, all the while keeping his distance.
"Evander Holyfield fought Riddick Bowe three times and only beat him once," Banks said. "That one time was when Emanuel trained him."
"He always talked about rhythm. He always looked at movement and footwork in the ring. He would get you to understand that you had to be able to stop on a dime and then crack a guy, and everything was based on rhythm. When he started working with Holyfield, they were at a party and he had him go out on the dance floor. He wanted to see him move."
Steward had few concrete rules. He did insist on white shoes. "You can't feel quick in black shoes," he said.
Steward trained Oliver McCall to knock out Lennox Lewis. That's why Lewis hired Steward for what turned out to be his golden years, when he beat Holyfield and Mike Tyson.
At various times Steward trained Julio Cesar Chavez and Oscar De La Hoya. But Hearns, Milton McCrory, Steve McCrory, Mike McCallum and the other Kronk guys were his diamonds.
Steward was the technical analyst on HBO's boxing telecasts, with Jim Lampley and Larry Merchant. In sports broadcasting they, too, were undisputed champions.
The heavyweight life requires a passport and patience. Since Banks beat Javier Mora in L.A. 38 months ago, six of his eight fights have been in Germany or Poland.
Now Banks is a commodity, at 30. Perhaps he will fight Chris Arreola on the way to a title shot, or perhaps he'll leap right in with WBA champ Alexander Povetkin.
Klitschko is at the end of Banks' road. When they take each other to school, they'll use the same notes.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Taylor Meyer was 17 years old when she died after binge drinking. Her mother, Kathie Meyer Sullivan, says all she has left are pictures of her teenager around the house.
"She got together with a bunch of friends of hers and ended up drinking for the night," Sullivan explained.
Taylor was drunk and wandered away from her friends.
Three days later she was found dead, face down in a couple feet of water.
"She was supposed to do a lot more than that," Sullivan said.
Overall about 5,000 kids die each year because of underage drinking, and 52 percent of teens have consumed alcohol by the eighth grade. A study shows out of the 20 million alcoholics in America, more than half started drinking as teens. Psychologist Deborah Day says it's important kids know the consequences.
"They're not prepared for the impact of drugs and alcohol on their systems," said Day.
Talking to teens about underage drinking can be tricky. So, here are some tips the Mayo Clinic recommends. Share the facts. Make sure they realize anyone, even teens, can develop a drinking problem.
Debunk the myths. While teens may think drinking will make them popular and give them a high, let them know it's a depressant that can lead to sadness and anger too. And get ready to answer tough questions about your own drinking habits. Consider sharing a story about a negative consequence your drinking caused. Sullivan has shared her daughter's deadly story with kids in more than 100 schools.
"I let them know, Taylor didn't die of a brain tumor. She died because of poor choices surrounding alcohol," said Sullivan.
They're poor choices she hopes other teens won't make. The three leading causes of death for 15- to 24-year-olds are car crashes, homicides and suicides - alcohol is a leading factor in all three.
MORE TIPS FOR PREVENTION: There are many things parents and educators can do to help prevent youths from drinking.
- Discourage violation of alcohol rules by consistently enforcing them.
- Provide and promote multiple venues where adolescents can get together with their friends.
- Provide them with the developmentally appropriate knowledge, skills, and motivation to resist peer and other pressures to drink.
- Recognize and identify when a youth has a problem with alcohol use and assist them in finding professional or medical help.
- Make a special effort to be a mentor and confidant to your children/students; especially when they are going through times of stress from social transitions and increasing responsibility. (Source: www.surgeongeneral.gov)
Click here for more information from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration regarding underage drinking and talking to your kids.
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It was wonderful to see you using our understanding of human evolution - about how we perceive information - to convey information about evolution. You used evolution to teach evolution. What I mean is that we human have evoled to interact with other humans, and right from the start, you have humans (on screen) telling the visitors about science - how exciting it is, how passionate they are, etc. You teach the science process using the very techniques that we've established work in conveying information. There's no 'dry, boring science.' Rather, there's happy, smiling PEOPLE telling the visitor about this wonderful discovery of how the world works.
You have done an amazing job, and should all be very proud. I wish we had something like this in America, where Evolution very unfortuantly is a four-letter word.
I have discovered that I am best
i went there yesterday and the bit i liked best was the charles darwin dome it was full of interesting facts