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Policies & Forms:
New Student Health History and Emergency Medical Form
Emergency Medical Form for Returning Students
Medication Order and Consent Form
Concussion Graduated Re-entry Plan
Diabetic Health Care Plan for Pump Users
Health Services - EAST
The goal of school health services is to strengthen and facilitate the educational process by improving and protecting the health status of students and staff. Healthy students foster an optimal educational experience.
School Nurse: Patricia O'Toole, BS, RN
508-778-1782 Ext:225
fax: 508-775-3163
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Important information from the nurse:
All new students must have a physical exam on file by the end of the school year. See Physical Exam Policy to the right.
Please note:
No student is allowed to carry medication of ANY kind EXCEPT an inhaler. However, students may carry inhalers ONLY if there is a medication order signed by the student's physician stating the student may self administer medication (see Medication Order to the right) AND a Medication Administration Consent Form (again form can be found to the right) by the student's parent/guardian.
Please take a moment to read the following information from the Department of Public Health:
Health and Wellness Awareness:
BMI informative website:
Mass in Motion is a government sponsored initiative. The website has some helpful tips regarding nutrition and exercise.
Nicole Cormier is a registered dietitian, owner of the nutrition consulting company, Delicious Living Nutrition, and author of The Everything Healthy College Cookbook. She received her Bachelor's of Science in Human Nutrition from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and completed her dietetic internship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.Some of Nicole's nutrition ideas are listed below:
Lunch box (PDF)
Breakfast Fuel (PDF)
Fact vs. Fiction (PDF)
146 Reasons Why Sugar is Ruining Your Life (PDF)
Health and Wellness Data Base:
All members of the Sturgis community have access to an online database, Teen Health and Wellness
Parents who would like the login and password, please check with your child or contact the library at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Alaskan Malamute is one of the oldest Arctic sled dogs originally bred for hauling heavy freight. All of our breeders remain an important part of our site, which is why our friendly, local dog and puppy listing directory is recognized as top of the line, healthy, happy puppies. We take tremendous pride in the reputation we have developed and are proud of our presence in the area. If you are interested in our puppies for sale, then indeed take a peek at our spectacular selection and choose the newest member to your family. You'll definitely be glad you did!!
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Ever gotten all hot and bothered watching a movie and thought, hmm, What if we…? See what works (and doesn't) minus the great lighting and butt doubles.
The movie: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The scene: Hot-blooded, half-naked werewolf Jacob spoons for hours with Bella to save her from freezing to death in a tent.
The road test: "We aren't big spooners, so my husband kept asking if we were done yet—and I wanted us untangled so we could sleep. Eventually we stopped talking and relaxed. Then, unlike Jacob and Bella, after 20 minutes skin-to-skin, we let ourselves seal the deal. The spooning was great foreplay. But I'm still on Team Edward!"
—Elizabeth, 32
Next: Unfaithful >>
The movie: Unfaithful
The scene: Diane Lane ducks into a restaurant bathroom with her lover, Olivier Martinez.
The road test: "We tried it in a one-person bathroom, not a stall. The sex was fun, until I got germ-obsessed about doing it on a public toilet seat. Afterward, as we were leaving, a guy tried to walk in. In the punk move of the century, I shrieked and hurried back inside. My boyfriend had to explain that I was mortified and asked the man to go away for a second. Maybe if you like the idea of getting caught, this is hot. But if you're just horny and looking for immediate gratification, try the car instead."
—Alison, 36
Next: 9 1/2 Weeks >>
The movie: 9 1/2 Weeks
The scene: Lovers Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger get kinky on the kitchen floor as he feeds her.
The road test: "At first my husband was more concerned about food spilling than getting me hot, but there was something freeing about closing my eyes and trusting him to feed me. The sweet, bite-size things—strawberries, grapes, spoonfuls of lemon meringue pie—went down easiest. I have to say, we didn't get that turned on at the fridge, but we did laugh all the way to bed."
—Kim, 29
Next: Basic Instinct >>
The movie: Basic Instinct
The scene: Murder suspect Sharon Stone—wearing a white dress and nothing else—gives interrogator Michael Douglas an eyeful.
The road test: "When my fiancé came home, I was sitting down, wearing a white dress, with my legs crossed and one arm draped over the back of the chair, holding a fake cigarette. He looked surprised, but took off his coat and sat down across from me. I asked in a raspy voice, Do I look like a murderer?' I later found out that's not even a line from the movie. Then, I gave him my best sexy look, uncrossed my legs slowly and recrossed them. The chair was rickety and creaked when I moved, but it turns out being Sharon Stone's character—and taking her sexual confidence into the bedroom—was a treat for both of us!"
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Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL are on board with a new White House "Do Not Track" technology plan that will give more control to users and more power to the Federal Trade Commission. A new Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights was also introduced today.
The ad industry has also signed on to the browser-based do no track standard. "Companies that are [Digital Advertising Alliance] members – including the web's largest ad networks like Yahoo, Valueclick, and AOL Advertising – will have to answer to the FTC if they do not recognize [do not track] requests from consumers that come through the browsers," ClickZ reported.
It is expected the process will take nine months before we actually see the browser-based technology, which may come in the form of a browser button. Google, which has been getting heat over tracking Safari and Internet Explorer users, is expected to enable do-not-track in its Chrome Web browser by the end of this year, according to the Wall Street Journal.
"[Google] is pleased to join a broad industry agreement to respect the 'do-not-track' header in a consistent and meaningful way that offers users choice and clearly explained browser controls," said Google Senior Vice President of Advertising Susan Wojcicki in the statement.
"The advertising industry also committed not to release consumers' browsing data to companies who might use it for purposes other than advertising, such as employers making hiring decisions or insurers determining coverage," according to the announcement.
In other words, web tracking will continue; those who opt out will see less ad personalization based on browsing history. It doesn't protect your data in the instances of market research, product development, or inquiries from law enforcement.
As for the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, it focuses on seven areas where companies must protect the privacy of users:
- Individual Control: Consumers have a right to exercise control over what personal data organizations collect from them and how they use it.
- Transparency: Consumers have a right to easily understandable information about privacy and security practices.
- Respect for Context: Consumers have a right to expect that organizations will collect, use, and disclose personal data in ways that are consistent with the context in which consumers provide the data.
- Security: Consumers have a right to secure and responsible handling of personal data.
- Access and Accuracy: Consumers have a right to access and correct personal data in usable formats, in a manner that is appropriate to the sensitivity of the data and the risk of adverse consequences to consumers if the data are inaccurate.
- Focused Collection: Consumers have a right to reasonable limits on the personal data that companies collect and retain.
- Accountability: Consumers have a right to have personal data handled by companies with appropriate measures in place to assure they adhere to the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights.
ICO Investigation in UK Over Google's Browser Privacy Claims
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has confirmed it is in discussion with Google to ensure the search giant is complying with all necessary UK data laws following the reports about privacy settings being bypassed.
"We are aware of this issue and are continuing to make enquiries with Google to ensure that they comply with the Data Protection Act and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations," ICO said in a statement to V3. As V3 notes:
The issue is particularly interesting from a UK and European perspective as it comes weeks before the so-called Cookie Law comes in to force in May, which will force firms to obtain the consent of users before deploying cookies on browsers.
Google has admitted in the past it is struggling to develop the best system possible to adhere to this law.
The incident is not the first time Google has had a run-in with the ICO either. Google was previously investigated over the collection of Wi-Fi data from private accounts by its Street View cars.
Google Sued for Violating Wiretapping Laws
Meanwhile, a lawsuit was filed in federal court in Delaware against Google because "Google's willful and knowing actions violated" federal wiretapping laws and other computer-related statutes by bypassing Safari's privacy settings, attorneys for Matthew Soble of Illinois said in a complaint, as reported by Bloomberg.
In another case, a Missouri man alleges that Google violated the Wiretap Act and is asking for damages on behalf of 62 million users, according to paidContent.
Since this news of Google's browser tracking broke last week, lawmakers – Edward J. Markey (D., Mass.), Joe Barton (R., Texas) and Cliff Stearns (R., Fla.) – and two watchdog groups – Consumer Watchdog and the Electronic Privacy Information Center – began pushing the FTC to investigate whether Google violated a privacy settlement the FTC signed with Google last year.
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The IESG
The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) is responsible for technical management of IETF activities and the Internet standards process. It administers the process according to the rules and procedures that have been ratified by the ISOC trustees [see RFC 2026/BCP 9, The Internet Standards Process]. The IESG is directly responsible for the actions associated with entry into and movement along the Internet "standards track," including final approval of specifications as Internet Standards.
The IESG consists of the Area Directors (ADs) who are selected by the Nominations Committee (NomCom) and are appointed for two years. The process for choosing the members of the IESG is detailed in RFC 2727/BCP 10, "IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees."


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2010: Named Ivy League Rookie of the Year and selected First Team All-Ivy...Appeared in 94 sets...Selected Ivy League Rookie of the Week a conference-best five times...Led the team and finished fourth in the Ivy League in assists per set (9.02)...Averaged 3.43 digs per set and 1.78 kills per set...Posted highest assist total in a three-set match among all Ivy League players during 2010 season – 47 vs. Rhode Island, Sept. 4...Named to Yale Invitational, Blackbird Invitational (Long Island University) and Fullerton Classic (Cal-State Fullerton) All-Tournament Teams...Tallied a triple-double (34 assists, 17 kills and 10 digs) against Albany on Sept. 25...Posted 40-plus assists four times...Had a personal season-high 23 digs in a win at Columbia on Nov. 12.
Before Yale: Played for La Costa Canyon High School, the No. 1 ranked team in the nation in 2008… Helped La Costa to three CIF Division I titles and a California state championship… Named a PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace… Earned the Avocado League Most Valuable Player award as a junior… Plays for the nationally prominent Encinitas Wave club program… Won a Gold Medal with the Wave in the 16 Open Division in 2008… Twice earned all-tournament honors at the Junior Olympics.
Appleman on Polan: "It's exciting to find a player with Kendall's ability that is committed to an Ivy League education in addition to playing Division I volleyball. She can play anywhere on the court, and I expect her to make an immediate impact on our program."


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An editorial in the Aug. 14 Tomahawk Leader:
Maybe not this year or the next, but when the day arrives when a Tomahawk or Merrill police officer doesn't respond to your 911-emergency call, you might stop to think, "Is this state-mandated levy cap on municipalities a good idea?"
Depending on your medical condition, you likely won't beg the question, but a recent study conducted by the University of Wisconsin has, and it explains why that officer never showed up at your door.
Before the alarming news, the good news is Lincoln County residents are not in this alone. Wisconsin remains in the top quartile of states where property taxes are measured on either a per capita or per $1,000 of personal income basis. See, every taxpaying Wisconsinite is taking it in the gut.
To remedy this embarrassing blemish, the state mandated a 2 percent levy cap on municipalities two years ago. The solution, give local governments a placebo and check back in a few years to see what happens. Add in some lifelines: communities can either grow, since the levy rate can be adjusted to the growth rate in property values from new construction, or communities can go to referendum – the same type referendum that school districts regularly get voted down. Good thing the new construction market is fairing well these days, right?
Municipalities have other options. They can get rid of libraries, cut police officers, cut firefighters, cut public officials, but the most likely course of action to reduce fiscal stress is to delay capital and routine maintenance expenditures. The small things, like leaking sewers and potholes in the roads.
And once the wounds start to show, the wolves come out. Fiscal health of a local government directly affects its cost of borrowing money for capital projects. In addition, fiscal management and capacity are key indicators examined by bond rating agencies. Simply put, they kick you when you're down.
But back to the good news, we're not in this alone. The statewide study, to which some 200 Wisconsin communities replied, reveals that 49 percent reported their current revenue base is inadequate and more than 64 percent felt their fiscal condition in five years would be inadequate.
Heck, the bottom line is everyone loves paying less in property taxes. But at what cost are we willing to sacrifice that officer at the door?
It's good to know we're not alone
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I have really enjoyed Norths kites and bars and have flown North exclusively for the past year.
This year I wanted to upgrade a couple kites in my quiver and I couldn't believe the price hike they have taken on already expensive gear. Resorting to used gear thru forums, often with repairs or dated models. I just can't afford a new quiver every year or even every other year.
Today I discovered Switch kites!!!!
I was so excited to see realistic pricing. So excited in fact that I bought a new 16m and bar today from them for less than half the price (almost 1/3 the price) of major brands.
Still gotta fly it and report back and if all goes well I believe ive made my (Switch)
No doubt kite companies see this thread hanging out at the top of the forum for weeks now.
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Scene & Heard: Goodwill Gridiron Halloween
Ravens players Prescott Burgess, left, and Damien Berry. Some Baltimore Ravens suited up to play on a Monday night. But it wasn't for a football game, and these weren't their Ravens uniforms. This was the 12th annual "Goodwill Gridiron Halloween Party" at Dave & Buster's, benefiting Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake. Co-host offensive tackle Michael Oher made for a scary sight, towering over the crowd in a Jason mask. Meanwhile, his white jump-suited co-host, kicker Billy Cundiff, was rocking it as Elvis, with wife Nicole Cundiff -- aka Priscilla Presley -- at his side. Running back Matt Lawrence and his wife, Jennifer Lawrence, dressed as another famous couple -- Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. Linebacker Prescott Burgess was a fireman. Long snapper Morgan Cox and his wife, Lauren Cox, were particularly animated -- coming as characters from the Super Mario series of video games. Many of the party's guests also got into the Halloween spirit. Greta Engle, Kelly & Associates lead consultant, was dressed all in black as Batgirl, while her friend Christine Miki, Benelogic president, was in all white as a Snow Queen. She said she was inspired by last weekend's weather. "We're flower children," said Sandy Howard, Miles & Stockbridge partner, bedecked in beads, white boots and a psychedelic print dress. "The good thing is, we didn't have to buy our costumes," said a faux long-haired Peter Parvis, Venable partner, hinting that perhaps this wasn't the first time they'd donned these threads. Meanwhile, their friends Jim List, Towson attorney, and his wife, Kim List, Towson paralegal, had come as Jimi Hendrix and Amy Winehouse. "We're dead rock stars," he explained. Michele Walsh, Gordon Feinblatt attorney, was dressed as Teresa Giudice, from the TV show, "Real Housewives of New Jersey." "I like to do reality stars. Last year, I came as Snooki," she said. Marge Thomas, retiring Goodwill president/CEO, said she had come as an "Indian lady, because my husband and I were in India and we bought the outfits." Bob Kimmons, past board chair, presided over the silent auction as Mr. Monopoly, while his wife, Stephanie Kimmons, PATHWAYS director, came as Boardwalk. Some folks declined the costume route, including incoming CEO Lisa Rusyniak, and board members Jayne Miller, Ken Grant and David Downey. "I was just lazy," said Downey. -- Sloane Brown
Algerina Perna, Baltimore Sun
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About Greg Golden Band
Greg Golden learned to play the guitar by ear and has been playing and touring in bands since the '60's and '70's. In 1974, touring took a back seat to opening Bizarre Guitars and Guns in Reno, where Golden has been an avid collector and seller of guitars ever since. But he never lost the love for playing guitar and teamed up with drummer Boris Tavcar, bassist Tony Phoenix and vocalist Randy Scoles to release his Frank Hannon-helmed debut album.
"Far Away" blazes through that intersection between arena rock and glam metal at top speed, without bothering to look for oncoming traffic. It is everything that the Greg Golden Band signifies; big guitars, soaring vocals and power drumming. Scoles has authoritative pipes like Sebastian Bach or Vince Neil, while Golden lays down a super heavy riff. The song is the catchiest on the album and a surefire headbanger. "Old School" is another heavy rocker that will elicit plenty of sing-a-longs. Frank Hannon guests on vocals and Golden's guitar scorches across the frets in this ode to fist-pumping rock.
The album is certainly big on guitars and Golden shines when in the spotlight. The solo on "Deep South" is a sweet ascension from Earth and "Back to Reno" is a straight bar-rocker built on Golden's riffage.
The album is heavy and direct without many frills. Golden can definitely flex his guitar muscle and packs the songs with plenty of beefy guitar playing. This album is perfect for those who want to put on their old L.A. Guns sleeveless T-shirt and peel into the desert in a black Trans-Am, equipped with a 12-pack and an afternoon to kill.


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Help Desk Management Benchmarking Association™ is currently a free association of help desk management professionals within major corporations. HDMBA™ conducts benchmarking studies to identify practices that improve the overall operations of the members.
The Benchmarking Network provides the necessary research support efforts in organizations engaged in Benchmarking activities. We provide basic research by:
- Providing access to article databases on Help Desk Management Benchmarking topics
- Conducting customized research on selected areas through the use of targeted surveys
- Conducting telephone interviews with process owners
- Our research is professionally summarized and presented to clients and participants in a form that key learnings can be derived with minimal effort.
The Help Desk Management Benchmarking Association™ maintains its independence from the findings by not providing full-scale implementation services. The best practices we identify are based on the results of the study. The objective of our efforts is to provide the highest value findings, not to continue to sell additional services.
The first step in any successful Benchmarking project is establishing an adequate foundation of understanding of the Benchmarking process as it is defined by corporations today. The Benchmarking Network provides general and customized courses in Benchmarking.
"Introduction to Benchmarking" is a two day course. Participants gain complete understanding of the concepts of Benchmarking through identification and analysis of "Real Life" case study examples.
The Help Desk Management Benchmarking Association™ will facilitate this course at your location or at other locations throughout the world.
All courses and course materials can be customized and licensed for your company and industry.
The Benchmarking Network holds regular yearly roundtables. For more information on roundtables, submit an information request here.
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Species In-Depth
At the Aquarium
The California Condor is illustrated on The Wave's mosaic tile mural, Rios de la Vida (Rivers of Life). The fountain, mural, and accompanying graphics illustrate the story of our Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers. Although not on exhibit in the Aquarium, this bird is included in our website animal database to expand on the information touched on in The Wave fountain exhibit.
Geographic Distribution
There are four wild colonies in central and southern California, Arizona, and Baja California, Mexico, resulting from captive bird breeding programs and reintroduction.
These birds are not habitat specialists. They require three ecosystem habitats to meet their needs—areas for nesting, roosting, and feeding, preferably not too far from each other (although they roam many miles when searching for food). They prefer grasslands, chaparral, and scrub oak areas to forage for food. Roosting and nest sites occur mostly in cliff areas and tall trees. They are found near the coast and inland.
Physical Characteristics
These birds have heavy beaks with a distinct hook at the end. Their robust black legs and feet end in heavy toenails, not talons. Adults are black except for white wing linings visible when the birds are soaring. Their head is featherless except for a small black patch of plumage in front of the eyes. Head, bare neck, and crop are usually orange to red in color and become more vividly red during mating season or when the bird is agitated. Female birds have bright red eyes and do not have the fleshy head crests of males.
Newly hatched chicks are light colored with an off-white down covering that is soon replaced with gray down. Juveniles develop dusky black skin and dark feathers. During the third year their head goes through varied color transformations before taking on the adult appearance. Adult plumage does not become complete until the birds are about six years old.
Adult California Condors are 117-134 cm (3.8-4.4 ft) in length with a wingspan of up to 290 cm (9.5 ft). They weigh 10-11 kg (22-25 lbs).
Condors hunt prey mostly by sight, soaring on thermal updrafts and wind currents until they spot a potential meal. They are vultures and like vultures are carrion eaters, preferring large animal carcasses including domestic animals such as cows, horses, goats, and sheep. Mule deer are favorites, but smaller animals are also eaten. They often eat small bones for a source of calcium, a habit that causes them to confuse man-made objects with bones and eat them.
A Condor may eat up to 1.36-1.8 kg (3-4 lbs) in a day and not eat again for three to four days. They often eat so much at one meal that they have to wait for several hours on the ground before taking off.
Condors reach sexual maturity at about six years of age, but do not always mate that early. When they do mate, it is for life. Breeding commonly takes place between late January and early April. A formal courtship consisting of head-bobbing and wing-rocking side-to-side and up and down precedes mating. During the courtship ritual the pair visits several potential nest sites. Researchers believe that the female selects the site for nesting which usually occurs in rocky cliff areas in holes, under ledges, in crevices, and occasionally in holes in large sequoia trees. Every other year, a single 10.2 cm (4 in) long blue-white or green-white egg is laid. Because this species is somewhat careless in caring for their eggs, breakage is frequent. If the egg is damaged or disappears, a second egg may be produced.
Both parents take part in egg incubation (about 56 days), with the tending parent putting the egg on top of its feet to incubate it. After the chick hatches, both parents participate in its feeding and care for 6-7 months until it fledges and starts to fly. Young adults may rely on parents for food until the following year.
Sharp eyes discover food while aloft. Because of their weight, they find it difficult to take off from flat ground and prefer high terrain where they can launch directly into free air. They are expert at soaring and sometimes appear very high in the sky riding thermal currents, possibly for pleasure. They have been observed at altitudes up to 4572 m (15,000 ft) and can reach a flying speed of 88.5 km/hr (55 mi/hr).
Condors are unusually silent. They have no real "voice", only uttering wheezes or suppressing coughs or grunts. However, when soaring and gliding, wind whistles shrilly as air rushes through their spread, finger-like, primary wing feathers.
Carrion feeders have traditionally been considered dirty, disease bearing animals. To the contrary, Condors are quite fastidious. After eating, they clean their head on grass, branches, or rocks and like to bathe thoroughly in a pool. They then spend several hours preening and drying their feathers. Preening is also a favorite activity while roosting.
The absence of head plumage in these birds is an adaptation to their carrion diet and the way they eat. Their bare heads allow them to poke deeply into the animal carcass without getting too soiled. Their soiled bare head is easily cleaned.
Condors use a form of thermoregulation to conserve energy in which they allow their body temperature to drop several degrees during the night. In the morning they spread their wings to raise their body temperature quickly. They also spread their wings throughout the day when roosting, an activity which helps straighten their feathers which have a tendency to bend from constant flight.
In hot weather Condors defecate on their legs and feet. As the liquid fecal material evaporates, it cools their legs. Their blood circulation transfers the temperature change to other parts of their body.
It is believed that few California Condors live longer than 15 years in the wild.
Although California Condors historically ranged broadly across North America into northern Baja California, apparently there was never a large population of these birds. Numbers dropped as a result of human migration to the west coast bringing with it activities that affected the population. These included, and still do, human intrusion of habitat, hunting, lead poisoning from ingestion of carrion containing lead shot and poison intended for coyotes, effects of DDT and other chemicals, collection of eggs and specimens for display, loss of prey populations, and construction of telephone and electrical lines with which the birds collide.
In 1981 when only 21 Condors remained in existence, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) established a Condor Recovery Plan. In 1987 the wild population became extinct with the capture of the last few wild birds to save them for a captive breeding program. Reintroductions began in 1992 with the release of birds bred in captivity. The continuing breeding program carried on by several agencies has had moderate success. Many of the reintroduced birds have not survived primarily due to collisions with power lines and also as a result of illegal hunting and ingestion of polluted carrion. The present goal of the recovery program is to establish two viable populations of 150 birds each with at least 15 mating pairs.
California Condors are listed as endangered by both the USFWS and California Fish and Game. The IUCN Red List designates them as Critically Endangered.
Special Notes
Initially, reintroduced California Condors were equipped with two battery-powered radio transmitters for tracking purposes. However, these birds go where radio signals drop off and their activities and survival could not be followed. Today, most birds carry a solar powered Global Positioning System (GPS) which sends signals about their movements and whereabouts to a satellite that then sends the signals back down to ground stations for researchers to interpret. The 60 gm (2 oz) transmitter and a colored identification tag are attached to the front of the wing where they do not interfere with the bird's movements, flight, or safety. The batteries last two years.


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About Ali
Hey! I'm Ali, and I am so happy that you found your way here to Gimme Some Oven!
I created this little corner of the internet as a celebration of life shared around the table, and specifically, the recipes that bring us all together. Because really, most of my favorite memories in life tend to take place around one table or another. From cozy weeknight date nights in with our favorite garlicky pasta, to impromptu happy hours after work with friends toasting the world's best margaritas, to decades of Christmas Day dinners fighting over the last slice of Grandma's pecan pie, to bringing pans of my favorite chicken enchiladas to friends after surgeries, to introducing our hundredth friend to the brilliance that is nooch popcorn — life has convinced me that good food shared with good people is simply the best.
And of course, all the better when that food is quick and easy to make, seasonally inspired, lightened up a bit, and wildly delicious — right?
If that sounds like your style, you've got a kindred spirit right here. ♡
A bit about me.
When I began this blog back in 2009, I was working as a full-time musician by day and cooking up a storm by night. Now, I have the privilege of getting to work on this blog full-time from my little kitchen in Barcelona, writing and photographing and creating recipes that will hopefully make their way into your home as well. I love what I do, and love all of you, and love this crazy world wide web that brings us together.
I'm a Kansas City girl who recently had some friends set me up on a blind date with the guy of my dreams…and then fell head over heels in love with him…and then married him ♡♡♡…and then together, we decided to follow our craziest dreams and move to Spain in the fall of 2018. Now we're livin' the expat life together in the heart of Barcelona making a new home here with our two pups, and we're soaking it all up. Life has a way of changing in a heartbeat. And I'm so thankful for this new season that has been filled with so much love and light.
As you'll come to find, I also have a deep love of travel, and love setting out on adventures as often as possible, especially while we're living in such close proximity to so many of the places on my European bucket list. So if you follow along with our life behind the scenes, don't be surprised if the scenery changes often. But here at home? My favorite things in life tend to always revolve around good friends, studying Spanish, Barre3, Mexican food, the Enneagram, playing music, and making food for people I love. Oh, and snuggling with our cute pups as often as possible.
A bit about the blog.
Another love in my life is this space right here.
I actually started this blog on a total whim back in 2009 when I was beginning to cook more and more, and wanted a place to organize and keep track of my favorite recipes. It was a total hobby for me. And as you can see if you take a scroll back through the archives, ha, I still had lots to learn back in those early days. 😂 But the more I began blogging, the more I enjoyed learning about photography and recipe development and writing. And the more I began to find my own style of cooking, and the values and rhythms and ingredients that felt true to me. And through it all — thanks to the miracle of this crazy world wide web — I started seeing more and more of you give these recipes a try for yourself. Which I still say is the absolute coolest thing ever.
Truly. Back when I was in college, food blogs didn't even exist! Let alone, have the potential to support full-time incomes.
But over time, this site grew to the point where I was able to leave my previous job as a musician and work on cultivating this space full-time. And for that — and especially for all of you who tune in week after week, month after month, year after year — I am deeply grateful. I take very seriously the trust that you all place in these recipes, and love working on new ones that will hopefully be total winners when passed around your own tables. So whenever I see you tag a recipe on Instagram or read a comment that you made and loved a recipe, welp, just know that you've downright made my day. Absolutely love it.
A bit about my food philosophy.
So what kinds of recipes will you see on Gimme Some Oven?
I always used to struggle with the fact that this blog didn't really have a "niche", especially having heard from so many experts claim that blogs couldn't be successful without one. But here's the thing — I blog the way I cook. And I really enjoy cooking a little bit of everything!
I love the balance of improvising a stir-fry one day, and then measuring the precise amounts of ingredients for a meringue the next. I love adding as many greens and veggies to my plate as possible, and then maybe indulging in a fudgy brownie for dessert. I love cooking as seasonally as possible, yet will cave for a good pint of fresh blackberries at the store any day of the year. I love dinners that take less than 30 minutes to cook most nights of the week, and then enjoying a glass of wine as I babysit a slow-cooking pan of paella on a Saturday.
A little bit of everything. All things in moderation. All of that good stuff.
That said, without a doubt, most of the recipes on this site generally fall into the quick, easy, seasonal, and lightened-up category. And while I still eat meat, we cook plant-based recipes most of the time at home nowadays (especially thanks to marrying a vegetarian), so you may notice that proteins are becoming less and less common around here. Otherwise, you'll find that the blog generally has a pretty good balance of recipes showing up here in a given month. And as always, if you ever have any recipe requests, don't hesitate to let me know! I love making them happen!
For more info about blogging, photography, and life behind the scenes, feel free to check out my FAQ page, which I try to constantly update. And if you haven't already, feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel, where we're now posting new videos regularly about life behind the scenes, in addition to lots of yummy food videos. And of course, always feel free to follow along and come say hi on Insta too. ♡
More than anything, I just want to say thank you so much for being here, and hope that this site can play some small part in making your days a little brighter and tastier. Cheers!
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Great job, Ali – and an impressive amount of work! I found you by searing for a recipe about making Vietnamese Pho. Your approach is fantastic and I totally connect with your food philosophy. I also love to cook a bit of everything and don't have a specific niche. I had a food-related website for about ten years and have had articles about food and cooking published. I am very impressed by your photos, the ease of the recipes, and fun writing. Keep up the good work! Can't wait to test out the pho this week.
I have always loved your blog Ali and now am finally starting one of my own. Feeling late to the blog party – so love your generous spirit to fellow bloggers and LOVE your recipes!
I've tried several times to view the red enchilada sauce recipe but have somehow been unable to find the exact measurements of the ingredients. Even the video doesn't specify. Please advise as to where I can find that info. Thanks!
Have loved all the recipes you shared so far. Keep it up!
Love Spain! My beautiful wife and I visited two years ago and are planning a new longer trip in 2021.
My wife makes an incredible Cambodian curry. It hits all five points of flavor. I wonder if you would be interested in it. One or two warnings. For one it is addictive. Two, there are twenty ingredients. Fresh Thai basil and fresh lemongrass is essential. Shrimp paste and quality fish sauce is also necessary. If you have access to these ingredients you will make this again and again.
My wife and I love to cook, bake and bbq. Our family dinners with our adult children and spouses are legendary for diversity of foods. My daughter has been taking a night now too. Only stipulation is no processed foods. All ingredients must be fresh and preferably in season.
NO LIVER OR OTHER ORGANS. But tripe, sweetbreads and intestines are ok. We live in a coastal community in Connecticut so seafood is a go to at most meals whether as part or main dishes.
My son and your husband could be brothers, not quite twins but close.
Please, Please, Ali, get Michael to share his Cambodian Curry recipe! But also, today I found your "gimmesomeoven" site searching for a homemade enchilada sauce. So glad to break free of cluttered-hard-to-use sites; I am loving your layout, readability, and fan-commentary. I too am from KC (and my name is also Ali and my first husband was a chef). And I look forward to finding many more gems on your site. Thank you for embarking on your adventures & blog!!
Hi Ali, and greetings from Kansas City (actually Lee's Summit) where it's unusually rainy and cool…perfect cooking weather! Thank you for your awesome blog and recipes. I have never enjoyed cooking, until recently my husband signed us up for a meal kit service. We quickly realized that it wasn't so hard and we have started to dip our toes in the water!! (And yes, we cancelled the meal kit service.) I'm excited to make this pasta salad for my daughter's wedding reception picnic! Thanks again!!
I tried your chicken recipe and it was superb. My granddaughter lives with me and I have to make her lunch daily as she hates the cafeteria food. And chicken is her favorite but the chicken I was cooking was so dry and tough, but she still ate it. So I decided Would try to find out what I was doing wrong. Well, now I know. I also found your recipes for steak and pork chops and can't wait to try them. I'm a 78 year old grandma and my granddaughter is almost 14 and she likes good food and likes to make food so I want it to be as delicious as possible .
Love your blog. I am planning to make your awesome sounding ROASTED CAULIFLOWER ENCHILADAS and the Lemony Lentil Soup this weekend for friends, can't wait to try it! One question on the enchiladas. Did you process or chop the roasted cauliflower or use it chunky as it came of the oven? Your recipe doesn't say but running it through the food processor, to me anyway, would make sense
Hi Ali! I'm glad I found you amidst all the other cooking/lifestyle blogs out there. Your 'philosophy' is refreshing and real. I'm a fan! I do have a quick question: I'm making a double batch of your "Chicken Enchilada Casserole" for a family birthday celebration. I need to make it on Thursday for Saturday night. Is that doable? Would I put it together then pop in oven close to dinner time? My concern is that after 2 days the corn tortillas would get soggy.
Thanks for any tips and suggestions. I'm going to make the enchilada sauce and your recipe for Mexican Caesar Salad w Yogurt Dressing (using lime juice of course!).
Great Job on all. Fantastic Baked Chicken recipe!
Move over Martha Stewart.
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Love! Love! Love your site! Every recipe I've made has been easy to follow, easy to make, nutritious and delicious! I so appreciate the variety of recipes you post. Thanks for helping make dinnertime fun!
Hey Ali! I LOVE you blog; you have the best recipes. One request: can you do more instant pot recipes and/or add instructions to adapt your stovetop/slow cooker recipes for instant pot? I am obsessed with my new IP and keep wanting to use your recipes with it, but there aren't a ton made for or applicable to IP. Please help!
Thanks for all you do!
Hi Ali,
I came across your recipes on Pinterest. I have had several pinned for awhile. Just made your Broccoli cheese soup last night, and have only enough leftover for my lunch (Yea!). I have a vegetarian daughter so she loves it when I make something she can enjoy, which is often. Finally took the time to read your blog this morning. Looking forward to searching it some more. Hope you will keep it up. Thanks (and I'm a Kansas City girl too)
Hi! I am totally new but just found your recipe on crispy carnitas in the instant pot as well as tamales and homemade enchilada sauce (which is the bomb, by the way). I have had friends ask me to make a great cilantro soup and I am struggling with finding the right recipe. Any insight you have living in the Iberian peninsula would be fantastic! Thanks so much from South Carolina!
I love your style and vsriety of recipes. I am half Greek. I would be glad to share some of my cheater recipes with you. I like to take complicated recipes and make them easier to make. Modern appliances and canned or frozen Iingrediences can make it fun to cheat. I have also found no difference when dumping e everything in a mixer to prepare many cookies and cakes and sauces. Another good cheater tip. Anyway you keep your good recipes coming. I love the foods of many cultures. Glad to have found you.
Hi Ali your French Toast muffins look amazing. Can they be made the day before and heated up in the microwave before serving.
Ali, I tried wants to send you a suggestion about all of your travels have been spent many days in Barcelona while traveling around the world we made two trips up to Andorra which may not sound like the most exciting place in the world but it was so interesting and so much fun the religious center up there will knock your socks off with the history behind it we happen to go up on good Friday and it was sleeting in just dreadful but if you recall there's always the story of bad weather on good Friday be sure to go to Andorra it's also a great shopping place people from France an all over come up there because it's Textfree haven that's supposed to say tax TAX
Hi Ali. I was looking online for a smoothie recipe to make in my newly unwrapped Christmas present, and I found you. Congrats on your move to Spain – how exciting is THAT! Enjoyed the last 30 minutes reading about you, and will make sure to bookmark GimmeSomeOven!
Hi Ali! I just made (again!) your delicious to die for carrot cake for my hubs birthday. It's his favorite and every year he askes for it ;) I was just checking your new recipes and saw the tahini dressing …it's next on my to prepare list. BUT one thing caught my eye…the photo of the tahini jar and it's label. So I'm glad you are here in Barna enjoying this great place, people and foods…. and to let you know you have a follower in town. Keep up the great job!
Hi Ali:
Just wanted to let you know I was craving chicken enchiladas in red sauce. I found your recipe and your red sauce is exactly what I was looking for. Excellent recipe and my wife gave me a "10" on this one. Great job! You should be very proud of this one – the sauce is what makes the dish.
Any thoughts on putting out a cookbook??? Would LOVE that. :)
I have used your vegetarian recipes for a few weeks and still cannot get over how perfectly super great tasting every meal has been! Awesome, Thank You very much. No more meat for us.


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This is a place to share my experiences researching my family's genealogy. I have named it for my Great Great Grandmother, Henrietta, my most interesting ancestor who has inspired me to keep hunting so I can tell the story of my family.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
The Newest Blossom on the Tree
8 comments:
- Donna said...
Very well written and moving - probably because it expresses so well the universal feelings of bonding and hope for the future we feel at every new birth. Congratulations on the life of Lily.
- March 24, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- Janice said...
What beautiful sentiments, tied together perfectly with love.
- March 24, 2011 at 11:15 AM
- Myrt said...
This is exactly why we do this, isn't it? For the love of the little ones in the family. THANKS for sharing your tender feelings.
- March 24, 2011 at 11:28 AM
- skyandmama.blogspot.com said...
Beautiful! Moving & lovely...I remember those first few weeks with Sky and how the world became new again. Babies do hold the light, the memory of divinity, and we are drawn to the them as the essence of why we are here. Baby time is exactly as you wrote - a meditation, a being in the moment too deeply to reflect on where you are. I miss it!
- March 24, 2011 at 2:37 PM
- nuccia said...
So beautiful! Brings back so many wonderful memories of life with a new baby ...
- March 24, 2011 at 4:39 PM
Suzanne - isn't it wonderful to be alive and experiencing things like your new blossom? Thanks for sharing. I hope I have an experience like this someday, too!
- March 24, 2011 at 11:52 PM
What a wonderful post! We loved having you here and wish you lived closer. Lily misses you already as do we. Bill and I appreciate all you did for us while you were here and are looking forward to the summer...just knowing you will only be a car ride away is so comforting. We all love you very much and I am so happy to be a part of your family.
- March 26, 2011 at 11:11 AM
Suzanne, it is so special to be connected to you this way. Your blog is eloquent and very moving. If only Frank Heys could see you now!
- March 29, 2011 at 2:44 AM


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SALT LAKE CITY — The LDS Church has announced plans to restore a historic site in northeastern Pennsylvania, with ties to its founding prophet, Joseph Smith, its claim to priesthood authority and two volumes of its scriptural texts.
In an April 15 letter to LDS stake and ward leaders, the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the project under the title of the "Priesthood Restoration Site," with the 90-acre site in Oakland Township (formerly the town of Harmony) near the present-day town of Susquehanna.
The project will include the restoration of historic buildings and farm settings at Harmony as well as the construction of commemorational monuments. It will join the church's existing two dozen historical sites across the United States and is expected to be similar to LDS historical sites in Palmyra, N.Y; Kirtland, Ohio; and Nauvoo, Illinois that highlight a similar period of early Mormon history.
It is in Harmony where Joseph Smith lived several years with his wife, Emma, and where, according to LDS teachings, that much of the Book of Mormon was translated, where 15 sections or revelations of the Doctrine and Covenants were received and where Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery received priesthood ordinations from heavenly messengers.
"The site is sacred ground for Latter-day Saints," said church historian and recorder Elder Marlin K. Jensen, a member of the church's First Quorum of the Seventy. "Our hope is that by restoring the historic buildings and making the area more accessible, visitors of all faiths will be able to enjoy the beauty of the site and learn more about the restoration of the priesthood and the translation of the Book of Mormon."
Joseph and Emma Smith moved to Harmony in 1827, staying first with her parents — Isaac and Elizabeth Hale — until purchasing a nearby home and 13 1/2 acres from Emma's brother Jesse for $200. They lived in the area until 1830 — the same year the LDS Church was formally organized. The Smith home burned down in 1919.
Oliver Cowdery, a school teacher, soon arrived after the Smiths and served as a scribe in the translation of the Book of Mormon. The LDS Church teaches that in response to their prayers about scriptural teachings of baptism, John the Baptist came to them on as a resurrected personage, conferred the Aaronic Priesthood on them that day (May 15, 1829) and commanded them to baptize each other in the nearby Susquehanna River.
Latter-day Saints also believe the ancient apostles Peter, James and John similarly appeared to the pair some days later in a nearby area and gave them the authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood, which Latter-day Saints consider a higher priesthood.
The site location for the Priesthood Restoration Site currently features a sculpture depicting Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery receiving the Aaronic Priesthood from John the Baptist, a sugar maple grove and a cemetery where the Q&ASmith's infant son Alvin is buried as well as the Hales.
In January of this year, the LDS Church completed the purchase of a 10-acre parcel of property in Oakland Township.
Located on Route 171, the parcel contained an auto salvage, garage, junkyard and used-parts facility. The Scranton, Pa., Times-Tribune reported the purchase price at $2.1 million.
The parcel was adjacent to 147 acres owned by the church, its most-recent previous addition coming in 2005.
Erected five decades ago, a large bronze historic marker located between Route 171 and the Susquehanna River acknowledges the church's historic events of the area, the location of the former Smith home and the proximity of the river.
Church historians have recently completed several archeological digs in the project location, uncovering key information and artifacts they say will be helpful with the restoration project.
The project is still in the design phase, and the church didn't provide any architectural renderings with its announcement. An aerial photo of the project site was available at the church's newsroom.lds.org web site: newsroom.lds.org
Also, the church's First Presidency is inviting interested Latter-day Saints to make small, one-time contributions to the restoration project. They can specify "Priesthood Restoration Site" on church-donation slips available from local LDS bishops and branch presidents.
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NEW BEDFORD — CARE SouthCoast is under state quarantine after an outbreak of an unusually virulent strain of a respiratory virus killed about a dozen cats, according to the city's animal control director and a veterinarian for the shelter.
NEW BEDFORD — CARE SouthCoast is under state quarantine after an outbreak of an unusually virulent strain of a respiratory virus killed about a dozen cats, according to the city's animal control director and a veterinarian for the shelter.
"We have seen the calici virus in other cat shelters in the city but we haven't seen it this bad before," said Manny Maciel, the city's animal control director. "This is the worst we have seen in the area."
The quarantine order was issued Tuesday by the state Division of Animal Health under the Department of Agricultural Resources, according to Maciel.
Dr. Kimberly Kleinfeld, the shelter's veterinarian, said Tuesday that about a dozen cats at the Hathaway Road shelter have died since Feb. 16 from the upper respiratory virus.
She said another 30-35 are sick and four or five more are showing no signs of the illness, the symptoms of which include mouth sores, drooling and difficulty swallowing and eating. The incubation period is seven to 10 days and the virus is transferred through saliva and all bodily fluids, she said.
Kleinfeld said the regular strain of the virus is "very common" and it is seen in about 25 percent of all cats. Usually, cats fight it off or are vaccinated for it and they are fine.
However, the strain of the virus seen at the shelter is not common at all, she said.
"This is a new strain of an old virus," she said. The mortality rate is "incredibly high" and for unknown reasons the virus tends to kill healthy cats instead of older ones, Kleinfeld said.
In addition, the mutated form is resistant to many vaccines, said Kleinfeld, a mobile veterinarian who runs Home Veterinary Services of Dartmouth.
Treatment includes two upper respiratory series vaccinations for the virus three weeks apart, she said.
None of the cats at the shelter can leave as a result of the quarantine; no cats can enter the facility, and no visitors are allowed while the order is in place, according to Kleinfeld and Maciel.
"There's a strict confinement. There's no movement of any cats," Maciel said.
Susan Goldsmith, manager of the animal shelter, said the virus is "common" and hits many shelters. She added CARE shut down operations "immediately" after learning of the presence of the virus there.
"They have done everything responsibly," Maciel said. "They're trying to confine (the cats) and do the best they can with it."


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Google Glass has been hogging the spotlight when it comes to eyewear, but get ready to see new technology designed for those stuck with old-fashioned prescription eyeglasses.
About 64% of Americans wear glasses to improve vision. Many can't stand them, complaining that glasses are cumbersome, headache-inducing or don't work in all situations. Meanwhile, the growing amount of time people spend in front of computers and mobile devices has also raised concern about the potential damaging effects on eyesight.
That's spurring innovation among eye specialists, who say the glasses industry has been largely stagnant since bifocals were invented by Benjamin Franklin in the 18th century.
"It's a marketplace with slow technology adoption. There hasn't been new technology in eyeglasses in forever," said Stephen Kurtin, chairman of Superfocus, which makes adjustable-focus glasses that enable wearers to choose the best focus for every distance.
Now, companies are designing a host of solutions to aid glasses wearers, including futuristic lenses and even an iPhone app that developers say can help people wean themselves off glasses.
One area of focus has been on reducing eyestrain for people who spend several hours a day staring at computers, tablets and smartphones. Many optometrists believe the light emitted from such devices could damage a viewer's eyesight over time, although that hasn't been conclusively proven.
Still, lens companies are rolling out a slew of new lenses that they say will help ward off those potentially harmful effects.
"Why would you take the risk? Let the science unfold and let us protect ourselves as it's unfolding," said Don Oakley, president of VSP Optics Group, which this year introduced its Unity with BluTech lenses at 30,000 eye doctor offices in the U.S.
BluTech lenses are infused with melanin, a natural pigment found in the iris of the eye, to help filter out high-energy blue light and UVA/UVB radiation while allowing what Oakley called "innocuous" light to pass through.
The melanin gives BluTech lenses a yellowish hue, and is available for any prescription. Other companies produce lenses with blue-light filtering coatings.
Oakley said BluTech lenses reduce eyestrain and fatigue from long hours spent in front of the computer. Adding BluTech lenses to a pair of glasses is typically less than $100; they can be worn indoors and outdoors and can also be added to non-prescription glasses.
He cautioned that BluTech "doesn't prevent anything per se but it protects."
Although many eye doctors think all that time staring at your smartphone is bad for your eyes, one firm is encouraging people to use mobile devices to improve their vision.
GlassesOff Inc. is gearing up to launch an iPhone app this year that it claims can enhance near-vision sharpness. The New York company contends that human vision is based on two main factors: the quality of an image captured by the eyes and the image-processing capabilities of the brain as it interprets the image.
By spending 12 to 15 minutes a day, three times a week for three months completing a game-like program, GlassesOff says, a user can improve the image-processing function by teaching the brain to better interpret blurred images.
The app is tailored for each individual and adapts according to his or her progress; the goal is to wean a viewer off reading glasses altogether.
"It's relevant to practically any person that I know," said Nimrod Madar, chief executive of GlassesOff. "We can empower people to self-improve their vision condition, so you're no longer depending on external intermediates."
The notion that people can improve their eyesight through eye exercises has drawn skepticism from some optometrists and ophthalmologists.
But in a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, the scientists behind GlassesOff said participants in a study at UC Berkeley showed a nearly 10-year improvement in eye age. That enabled them to be able to see more than two lines further down an eye chart and achieve normal or near-normal visual performance.
That was the case for Sharon Hayat, 46, who had depended on low-strength reading glasses to see small text. She was approached by GlassesOff to be a participant in an early trial this summer, an offer she accepted despite being "very skeptical, very dubious."
"It's kind of like a video game that you play," the homemaker from Skokie, Ill., said. "There are these little dots that flash and these little stripes and I was like, 'This is not going to do anything.' "
But by the end of the program, she said, she had no trouble reading newspapers and menus without her reading glasses. She was even able to reduce the text size on her Kindle e-reader.
"Just this week I had my son's cough medicine and I didn't need anything to read the label," Hayat said. "I hate to sound like a commercial, but it really did work."
In the last few years, one of the new lens technologies that has gained the most traction is adjustable-focus eyeglasses.
The glasses are intended for people afflicted by presbyopia, an aging condition that affects the eye's ability to focus on close objects, and are made by a handful of companies, including Van Nuys company Superfocus and Britain's Adlens.
Superfocus' adjustable-focus glasses feature fluid-filled lenses and a slider on the nose bridge. Users can manually adjust their lenses by moving the slider to the desired position, which changes the focus of the lens and eliminates the need to switch between multiple pairs of glasses or the use of bifocals or progressives.
Since being introduced to the commercial market four years ago, Superfocus has sold several thousand pairs nationwide, said Kurtin, the company's chairman.
The lenses took years to develop because it was "technologically so difficult," he said. "You want to make a lens that has all the commercial attributes, yet change shape, yet be optically perfect."
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Nancy Brinker, founder of the Susan G. Komen Foundation said today that she "made some mistakes" over how her organization handled the recent funding controversy with Planned Parenthood.
Making her first public statement since the organization cut and then reinstated funding to Planned Parenthood, Brinker wrote a letter to Washington Post columnist Sally Quinn. The message was in response to an open letter Quinn wrote on her blog. Brinker wrote that the foundation remains committed to serving women and must "avoid even the appearance of bias or judgment in our decisions."
Brinker's letter comes just days after Karen Handel, Komen's vice president for public policy, resigned.
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Dear Sally,
Thank you for your open letter to me. I've valued your friendship and support over the years, just as I've valued all of those who have run the races, attended community fundraisers, and otherwise supported our organization and our mission to end breast cancer, and I apologize for how we mishandled this situation.
Because you know our work, Sally, you know that we would never, ever, leave women unserved, especially the low-income, uninsured and underinsured women who are relying on us more than ever in an uncertain economy. My promise to my late sister Suzy was a promise to all women, especially those with no resources to face a breast cancer diagnosis themselves. This is why I was determined to create the Komen foundation 30 years ago and name it in remembrance of my sister as a symbol of action for all the mothers, sisters, daughters, and friends who have struggled against and lost their battles to cancer. That is why we are here and why we've been here for three decades — to find cures in the laboratories, and to take care of women who need us. That mission and promise has not changed, and our commitment to this cause will never change until we find a cure.
I've seen many commentators suggest that the swift reaction to our decision is an indicator of something larger and more dangerous in our society — culture wars, if you will, or the feeling that women's health care is being sacrificed on the altar of political ideologies. If I have learned nothing else from our experience of the past week, it is that we in women's health organizations must be absolutely true to our core missions, and avoid even the appearance of bias or judgment in our decisions.
I made some mistakes. In retrospect, we have learned a lot and must now rebuild the trust that so many want to have in us, and respond to the many thousands who continue to believe in our mission and do what we do best: the funding of cutting-edge science and to bring that work to our communities to help the hundreds of thousands of women we serve each year.
Sally, again, I have been grateful for your support over these 30 years and for the commitment of all of those who have called or written to pledge their continued support. I apologize to all who are disappointed in us, and will work hard to restore your trust.
Very truly yours,
Nancy G. Brinker
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- Retrieving based on keys
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All the non-relational databases generally retrieve data based on the Key only. For each piece of data, there is a Key associated with it. If you want to retrieve any data than you need to specify the Key. You cannot perform search based on the value of any fields as in relational databases. In CouchDB, Key will be equal to Document Id.
You can retrieve all the documents in a particular database. For retrieving all the documents in the database "employee", you can use the following code:
String dbname = "employee"; Database db = dbSession.getDatabase(dbname); ViewResults results = db.getAllDocuments();
Here the db.getAllDocuments() method is used to retrieve all the documents present in "employee" database.
You can retrieve a single document from a particular database. If you want to retrieve a document whose id is "1" from the "employee" database, then you can use the following code:
Database db = dbSession.getDatabase("employee"); Document d = db.getDocument("1"); System.out.println(d.toString());
Here you are using db.getDocument("1") method to retrieve a particular document and it accepts DocID as its input parameter.
The result for DocID=1 is:
CouchDB also provides many different methods to retrieve documents in various ways as required. For example, if you want to retrieve the first five documents from the "employee" database, you can use the following code:
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpGet get = new HttpGet("http://localhost:5984/employee/_all_docs?startkey=%221%22&limit=5"); HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(get);
The result is:
{"total_rows":10,"offset":0,"rows":[ {"id":"1","key":"1","value":{"rev":"2-1489202834"}}, {"id":"2","key":"2","value":{"rev":"1-4204838667"}}, {"id":"3","key":"3","value":{"rev":"1-4214212353"}}, {"id":"4","key":"4","value":{"rev":"1-1670290986"}}, {"id":"5","key":"5","value":{"rev":"1-3067378719"}} ]}
From id values, you can retrieve all the documents. For example, if you want to retrieve documents whose id is from 3 to 6, then you can use this query:
HttpGet get = new HttpGet("http://localhost:5984/employee/_all_docs?startkey=%223%22&endkey=%226%22");
The result is:
{"total_rows":10,"offset":2,"rows":[ {"id":"3","key":"3","value":{"rev":"1-4214212353"}}, {"id":"4","key":"4","value":{"rev":"1-1670290986"}}, {"id":"5","key":"5","value":{"rev":"1-3067378719"}}, {"id":"6","key":"6","value":{"rev":"1-3896700837"}} ]}
Note: %22 is used for "(single quote).
You can also retrieve documents in descending order by including "descending = true" in the URL.
Again, CouchDB is a non-relational database. Non-relational databases only allow querying data based on "key" only, so we cannot retrieve data based on field values from such databases. But CouchDB provides a "Views" feature which lets you retrieve data based on "field" values. Views are used for querying and reporting on CouchDB documents. Views are defined with Javascript functions:
function(doc) { emit(null, doc); }
To create a permanent view, the functions must first be saved into design documents. The IDs of design documents must begin with _design/ and have a special views attribute that have a map member and an optional reduce member to hold the view functions.
Back to the "employee" database example: At this point, you have data for nine employees in the database. So now we will show how to create a View and how to retrieve data using that View.
Views are shown below. First the name of the View is given, followed by the function it implements. If more than one View is created, then they will be separated by comma as shown below.
{ " javalanguage ": { "map": "function(doc) { if (doc.Language = = 'Java') emit(null, doc) }" }, "java_and_se ": { "map": "function(doc) { if (doc.Language = = 'Java' & doc.Designation = = 'SE') emit (null, doc) }" } }
Now we will create a design document and put two Views and its functions in that document. The code below shows how to create a design document named "_design/couchview" and how to put Views in it. Here we are creating two Views named "javalanguage" and "java_and_se" and its functions.
- javalanguage is used to retrieve the employees data for which "Language = Java" is satisfied.
- java_and_se is used to retrieve the employees data for which "Language = Java" AND "Designation = SE".
Database db = dbSession.getDatabase("employee"); Document doc = new Document(); doc.setId("_design/couchview"); String str = "{\"javalanguage\": {\"map\": \"function(doc) { if (doc.Language == 'Java') emit(null, doc) } \"}, \"java_and_se\": {\"map\": \"function(doc) { if (doc.Language == 'Java' & doc.Designation == 'SE') emit(null, doc) } \"}}"; doc.put("views", str); db.saveDocument(doc);
Okay, we just created two Views named "javalanguage" and "java_and_se", which when called will retrieve employee's data from the database for which the function criteria are satisfied. Now we will call "javalanguage" View:
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpGet get = new HttpGet("http://localhost:5984/employee/_design/couchview/_view/javalanguage"); HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(get); HttpEntity entity=response.getEntity(); InputStream instream = entity.getContent(); BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(instream)); String strdata = null; while( (strdata =reader.readLine())!=null) { System.out.println(strdata); }
When you run the above code you will receive the following output. In this case, we retrieved total of seven employees data for which "Language = Java". If required, you can also extract document id from the result and retrieve data for each document.
The results of the retrieval process are:
{"total_rows":7,"offset":0,"rows":[ {"id":"1","key":null,"value":{"_id":"1","_rev":"2-1489202834","EmpNO":"1","Name":"Mike","Group":"J2EECOE","Designation":"Manager","Language":"Java"}}, {"id":"2","key":null,"value":{"_id":"2","_rev":"1-4204838667","EmpNO":"2","Name":"Hayden","Group":"J2EECOE","Designation":"RA","Language":"Java"}}, {"id":"3","key":null,"value":{"_id":"3","_rev":"1-4214212353","EmpNO":"3","Name":"Tom","Group":"J2EECOE","Designation":"JRA","Language":"Java"}}, {"id":"4","key":null,"value":{"_id":"4","_rev":"1-1670290986","EmpNO":"4","Name":"Harry","Group":"J2EECOE","Designation":"TeamLead","Language":"Java"}}, {"id":"6","key":null,"value":{"_id":"6","_rev":"1-3896700837","EmpNO":"6","Name":"Andrew","Group":"J2EECOE","Designation":"SE","Language":"Java"}}, {"id":"8","key":null,"value":{"_id":"8","_rev":"1-1691341568","EmpNO":"8","Name":"James","Group":"BCMD","Designation":"SE","Language":"Java"}}, {"id":"9","key":null,"value":{"_id":"9","_rev":"1-793156542","EmpNO":"9","Name":"Peter","Group":"BCMD","Designation":"TeamLead","Language":"Java"}} ]}
Now if we want to retrieve data of the employees for Language = Java and Designation = SE, then we will call the java_and_se View as follows:
HttpGet get = new HttpGet("http://localhost:5984/employee/_design/couchview/_view/java_and_se");
The results in this case are:
{"total_rows":2,"offset":0,"rows":[ {"id":"6","key":null,"value":{"_id":"6","_rev":"1-3896700837","EmpNO":"6","Name":"Andrew","Group":"J2EECOE","Designation":"SE","Language":"Java"}}, {"id":"8","key":null,"value":{"_id":"8","_rev":"1-1691341568","EmpNO":"8","Name":"James","Group":"BCMD","Designation":"SE","Language":"Java"}} ]}
In this article, we've shown how to create an Apache CouchDB database, how to insert data into that database, and how to retrieve data based on "keys" and "field" values, among other operations. All in all, we think you'll agreethat CouchDB is easy to use for data storage and retrieval.


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So i was out de-greasing my bike chain today when the mail man pulled up. he had a small box in his hands, which i knew was my new(used) proto rail! I was lucky enough to get this on e-bay with a new feed neck, and boblong assassins barrel all for only 307 shipped.
being that i got this guy used, it didn't come with a box or warranty card, but i found a manual online and im pretty good at learning to tech my own gun (done it with spyders and ions so far). tools arnt a big deal, everything you buy comes with an hex wrench or crescent wrench so i have plenty of that i can put into a kit.
So i opened the box which wasn't much bigger then my halo box, and found my pretty black PMR in bubble wrap, its pretty clean, a few really small nicks in the finish, but nothing really noticeable. and the barrel was just underneath. so i put it together and held it fir the first time.
Initial feel
this thing feels great in my hands, no more hard plastic grips (sorry electra 05), they arnt the best ive felt in my time, but for stock grips, that are fantastic!! now when i play i don't use the back grip a lot, mostly the front reg. but ive been toting this thing around my house since it arrived and cant put it down. I can see these grips being perfect for times where you need to sprint and or dive around.
the trigger, like most have said, is below par with the rest of the gun, but it still works pretty well. i haven't had a chance to get the right sized wrench to adjust the travel of the trigger yet, but it came in a pretty nice spot. once i get it set right, walking in semi mode shouldn't be too much of a problem.
the back cap doesn't seem to be as brittle as people have said, being that mine is used, im not positive that this is the stock cap, but it looks like the pictures, in which case, I think it will hold up until i can round up 20 bucks to replace it. more of the looks than anything (im gunna do silver accents)
the eye covers on my marker sit pretty flush with the rest of the body, they too seem to be durable enough to last till i feel like changing them. i think vikingshadow said his stuck out at the bottom, perhaps he just got a bad cover. other then the fact that they don't match the anno of the rest of the gun, you cant even tell they are there.
setting the board
i don't have a ton of experience with changing the settings on a board, but when i got this open and flipped the switch for adjustment mode(#2 switch to on), it was a piece of cake! all you do is pull the trigger up to 4 times (for whatever you want to adjust), and when you find the right color (red, green,yellow/orange or flashing) you hold the trigger for a second and it will flash a number of times indicating which setting its currently at. that is to say, it flashes 12 times on the pbs mode for the stock 15.9 pbs. after that you can adjust by pressing the trigger as many times as to get to the desired mode (17 for 24bps, 2 for psp ect...) then you turn it back to normal operation mode (put the # 2 switch back to off) and its as easy as that.
i haven't had a chance to take the bolt out yet, or gas it up and rip a few off,
but when i do i will come back with more review.
if anyone knows about the BL assassins barrel, could you let me know what you think, also the part on the reg where the line comes in rotates, is this normal? also if anyone has this marker, what do you have the dwell and other settings at?
thanks for reading!
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So i was finally able to gas up and pop off a few rounds, and i was really really impressed! this gun is whisper quiet, and in semi mode has very little kick, i was hitting a target about 8 inches wide from 100 feet or so. now i had it set on psp at 24bps (not sure about dwell) and when if kicked in i thought i broke the gun. this thing absolutely rips! i had the rocking trigger on the 05 electra, and there is no way i would be able to get up to these rates of fire! i know psp isnt the same as semi, but still, the option of psp and millenium mode are just another thing that set this marker apart from 'low end' markers.
one thing i did notice is that when i first got the gas on the gun it leaked out the end of the bolt (barrel side). this stopped after the first shot. I'm not sure this is normal, so ill hafta look into it.
as far as air efficiency goes, i cant really say for sure. i only shot about 150 balls, and didn't get a good feel for how much air it uses, or for the consistency of velocity. but ill tell ya straight up, shooting this marker feels great. If your looking to take a step up in your marker, this is the gun! it rips, its quiet, its light as a feather, and it feels good in the hands. and its also a good project gun as there are tons of upgrades that you can get for it!
thats all for now, please ask questions if you have any.
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the part were the macroline goes in at is supposed to swivel.and i got about 600 shots from my rail with 2000psi.and thats without the reg broke in.im sure it will be alot better once it is.
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it prolly leaked because the pressure wasn't high enough inside to seal everything till you took the first shot -
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I was told by someone that Dye Markers are quite complex guns to tech, is it true? , cause that would swing me to buy something a little easier to look after.
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havent taken the bolt apart yet, dont wanna do that till i get some grease to re-lube. but getting the whole bolt system out was a breeze, just undo the end cap and pull the whole thing out. getting at the board is easy too, the only thing i would recommend is new on off and eye buttons. those things are an *** to get back in there if they fall out. maybe viking has done some work with the hyper 2, but that doesnt look to tough eaither, just remember how things were when you took them apart and put them back in in that order.
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The Hill Reporters Speak Out On "Laughingstock" Columnist Dick Morris
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Reporters at The Hill newspaper are levying tough criticism at the publication's columnist Dick Morris following recent outlandish predictions that caused Fox News to restrict his time on the air.
"I think everyone at The Hill views him the way that people outside The Hill do," said one staffer. "He is a laughingstock, especially the way he acted in this last election."
"I don't think people take his column seriously," added another. "What did he predict, 300 electoral votes for Romney?"
New York magazine's Gabe Sherman reported December 4 that segments involving Morris and fellow Fox News political analyst Karl Rove would now require approval from a top network executive. He explained of Morris:
Inside Fox News, Morris's Romney boosterism and reality-denying predictions became a punch line. At a rehearsal on the Saturday before the election, according to a source, anchor Megyn Kelly chuckled when she relayed to colleagues what someone had told her: "I really like Dick Morris. He's always wrong but he makes me feel good."
Morris had used his Fox perch to offer an array of outlandish predictions, including repeated claims that Mitt Romney would win the presidency by a "landslide," Republicans would pick up 10 Senate seats, and stating it was "very possible" President Obama would drop out of the race altogether.
The commentator's record at The Hill was not much better, using his widely-mocked final columns before Election Day to predict a Romney "landslide" of more than 5 points in the popular vote and several GOP Senate victories.
But while Fox News - famously lacking accountability - has decided to reduce Morris' appearances in response to his embarrassing commentary, The Hill appears to be taking no such steps. And that concerns some of the paper's reporters who worry that his work adversely affects their brand.
"If it was up to me, I would not have him as a columnist, but it's not up to me," said a third reporter. "His columns are wildly outlandish. I think that he, as evidenced by this [interview], he probably brings more negative attention than positive to the paper."
Media Matters reached out to more than 30 Hill staffers seeking their views on Morris and his recent "benching" by Fox. While some staffers declined to comment, indicating they found Morris irrelevant or feared retaliation, none would support or defend him.
Those who chose to speak, requesting anonymity, said the columnist lacked credibility.
"I saw his piece about predicting a landslide and just kind of shrugged," said a fourth Hill scribe
Then there was the Hill writer who said simply: "He is what he is, I don't read his column, he is sort of a joke."
At one point, after Media Matters began seeking comment from Hill staffers, a "mass email" went out to the paper's reporters "specifically instructing us not to talk," according to one staffer who had agreed to speak, but indicated it would not be possible after receiving the email.
Managing Editor Bob Cusack then emailed Media Matters stating: "I am the best contact for any piece you are writing about The Hill. Thanks." He later requested questions via email rather than participate in a phone interview.
Media Matters emailed Cusack several questions asking about his view of Morris, the columnist's future at the newspaper, and what Cusack thought of staff members' concerns.
His email response: "We're not going to comment."
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As a society we often cry foul when certain things are not the way we want them to be yet we would be able to change things if we only gave more thought to the whys of the state of things. For instance, as Zimbabweans we often wonder why women are underrepresented in certain spheres yet we (especially other women as mothers) contribute to women's absence in those fields. For instance when children are growing up, it is perceived acceptable for the girl to sit inside the house, sit in the kitchen and watch mum (or the maid) do the cooking while the boy is allowed to go outside and play in the mud and bring a bug into the house to scare his 'light hearted' sister who will scream her lungs out and rush to report this little rogue of a brother to the mother.
Girls are expected to play with dolls while boys play with cars and so when the toys are brought into the home, the boy knows the dolls are out of bounds and the girl won't touch that toy car, even if both of them want the other. And so from a very tender age, society gives children limitations and forces them to conform to societal expectations of who they can be and what they should do. So, how then can we have more girls who are curious to know how bacteria grows and festers? How can we have more girls that are curious to see the mechanics of a car and from then develop a desire to design their own version of a car?
I wonder what Dr Rudo Makunike's life was like when she was growing up? I would like to believe she was one of those girls that were curious about what makes mushroom grow and what causes meat to go bad if not dried or refrigerated. As the first female pathologist, Dr Rudo was drawn to spend her life dedicated to pathology, which is the scientific study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences. Educated at the University of Zimbabwe and the University of Sheffield, she is an outstanding woman. A 1995/96 Fellow of the Gordon Signy Foreign Fellowship of the World Pathology Foundations, Dr Rudo is also a member of the Society for Paediatric pathology. In 2002 she was one of only five pathologists in Zimbabwe. She is also Chairperson of the Department of Histopathology at the University of Zimbabwe.
Her work sounds very technical and complex, but I guess being unfamiliar with the terminology they use in pathology I would find it complicated. What she does is study what causes the disease (etiology), how the disease develops (pathogenesis), what happens when there are structural alterations of cells (morphologic transformations), and the consequences of those changes (clinical manifestations). So it is the work of people like Dr Rudo that helps us to know that AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus which is passed on through sex or sharing of infected blood cells (the etiology of AIDS). It is through her kind of work that we know how the HIV spreads itself through the blood of the individual and attacks the white blood cells and once attacked the CD4 cell count decreases hence weakening the immune system of an individual (the pathogenesis and morphologic transformations). And it is also through the work that Dr Rudo does that we know that once an HIV infected person's immune system fails they fall pray to all sorts of diseases; (mapundu) skin rashes, (chikosoro) coughs and flu, (maronda) sores, (mamota) abscess, the thinning of hair, the change in skin quality and the colour of the lips among other symptoms (these are the clinical manifestations that will enable doctors to say please get tested and let's see if you are not infected.)
The diagnosis of cancerous cells and explanations of how they affect the body are done by pathologists like Dr Rudo. Autopsies; medical examinations that reveal the cause of death are also done by pathologists. The diagnosis and treatment, the admission into hospital, the prescribed medication and the discharge of patients from hospital depends on the result of tests done by pathologists. So you are now well aware of how important and vital Dr Rudo's job is and how privileged the nation would be to have more women engaged in the work that she does.
She has published works on research she conducted on the nature of xerodema pigmentosum in Zimbabwe, a disease that results from genetic disorder where the body fails to repair the damage caused by ultraviolet rays and results in individuals getting sunburnt, getting freckles or displaying abnormal features on their skin when exposed to very little light. She has also done research on oral malignant melanoma, a cancerous tissue growth or tumour that is usually located in the oral cavity. She was also part of a team that conducted a clinical study on the effect of providing women with latex diaphragm, lubricant gel, and male condoms as compared to using male condoms only and how that impacts women's chances of getting a human papillomavirus infection which causes cancer of the cervix, vagina, vulva and anus in women.
I really wish our society would encourage girls to grow fungi in their bedrooms, maybe then we would have more Dr Rudos in our midst.