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Da News thread... anything important regarding Steve and Mac, or Strangely Normal, or the site, or news deemed worthy by us will be put here.
Stickied for her pleasure.
Though there's no news to report today besides the fact that this forum now exists... but as they say... no noose... is good noose!


text: Is the educational system failing students who can't get the top grades or have the wealth to buy their way through the brutal system? Ra Eun Ho (Kim Sejeong) realizes all too painfully that her high school doesn't support students like her who don't have the grades, wealth or connections. Despite her low school ranking, she still dreams of using her talents as a webtoon artist to get into Korea University to be with the boy she likes. Her best friend, Oh Sa Rang (Park Se Wan), is the daughter of the school janitor. She already knows that college is not a realistic goal for her so she already has her mind set to studying for the civil service exam. Despite having a lower ranking than Eun Ho, the moody Hyun Tae Won (Kim Jung Hyun) has a wealthy father who is an investor in the high school. So teachers look the other way in the face of Tae Won's bad behavior and poor school performance. The children of wealthy families get the best education that money can buy, with expensive study materials, private tutors and cram schools. But Song Dae Hwi (Jang Dong Yoon) is No. 1 in his class, despite being poor and having an alcoholic mother who does little to help him. He is forced to tutor other rich kids like Kim Hui Chan (Kim Hee Chan) for the money, while the beautiful Hong Nam Joo (Seol In Ah) seems to be dating him just to get his study notes. When a mysterious student starts causing trouble at the high school, Eun Ho is wrongly blamed. Can she catch the real culprit to clear her own name so that she can still strive to go to college? "School 2017" is a South Korean drama series directed by Park Jin Suk. It is the seventh installment of the popular school-based series, following "School 1" (1999), "School 2" (1999-2000), "School 3" (2000-2001), "School 4" (2001-2002), "School 2013" (2012-2013) and "Who Are You: School 2015" (2015).

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Exemption of bifacial cell technology from Section 201 measures to accelerate switch from mono to bifacial cell lines outside of China and drive demand in the United StatesJune 17, 2019On 13 June 2019, United States Federal trade authorities ruled that bifacial solar modules will be exempt from Section 201 tariffs, as outlined in a notice from the Office of the United States Trade Representative. The ruling will dramatically increase demand for bifacial solar modules in the United States due to the opportunity of avoiding tariff rates of 15% to 25% through February 2022, in addition to the benefits of higher efficiencies and energy yields associated with such products. IHS Markit expects that demand for bifacial modules in the United States will be primarily served by manufacturing lines across Southeast Asia, as products shipped from China will still face antidumping and Section 301 tariffs that will make them less competitive.Subscribers Only
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The Salsa dance originated in the 1970s in New York City, with strong Latin American influences (Cuba and Puerto Rico) and is a hot, spicy and sensual dance that will inspire Latin rhythms in everyone!
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Graduated from Franklin County High School in '87. A '91 Grad of Emmanuel College. A '94 Grad of Regent University. Served as youth pastor at Living Word Church, in Norfolk, VA for over 2 years. Youth Pastor, Music Pastor, Associate Pastor and wearer of many hats at Crossroads Community Church since '94. I am SO BLESSED with a wonderful wife, Kelly -- married since '96. We have three kids -- a son, Jackson and two daughters, Jordan and Avery Jo. My hobbies are various sports. I LOVE to play tennis, golf and basketball. Really enjoy water sports and snow skiing!!! I enjoy watching the Dawgs and the Falcons play football -- though it does test my sanity. I coach the kids in sports. Love to read -- usually 2-3 books at once. Also, I go to movies with the family every chance I get! And of course ... music, music, music!
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Why Use Music in English Language Learning? A Survey of the Literature
The use of music and song in the English language-learning classroom is not new. While many teachers intuitively feel that music is beneficial in teaching English language, there is sometimes a lack of the theoretical underpinnings that support such a choice. There are examples in the literature to argue the strong relationship between music and language that are substantiated by research in the fields of cognitive science, anthropology, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, First Language Acquisition (FLA) and Second Language Acquisition (SLA).
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If you're reading this the morning of Dec. 21, be cautious about your schedule for the rest of the day. Dessert early would be a good idea. Of course, I am referring to the END OF THE WORLD.
Some experts(?) have suggested that the Mayan calendar has predicted this day to be the last.
Nonetheless, the VP of Research and I are looking ahead to the birthday of the person responsible for his joining the staff of "Trivially Speaking," better known as Favorite Youngest Daughter.
We can be confident in our planning for Dec. 23. My research reflects that literally hundreds of people (and movements) have predicted the END.
The first such prediction known came from the early Romans — the later Romans were striking for more time off. These folks were operating under the guise of a myth surrounding Romulus (who was a myth himself) who supposedly saw 12 eagles and calculated that each eagle spelled only 10 more years for Rome so the world would have ended six centuries before the Common Era.
Oops, didn't happen, but the concept must have had a popular appeal. Early Christians, which included monks, scientists and theologians gave the earth 100 years after Jesus' death. Oops again, missed, however, predicting the end of the world became almost faddish in nature.
John of Toledo (not Ohio) predicted the END in 1186 based on the alignment of planets. Joachim of Fiore, an Italian mystic, gave it a shot as between 1200 and 1260. Nada, then some of his followers (mystic groupies?) went for 1290 revised up to 1335.
By now there were thousands of disappointed followers of the End of the World movements — they could have bought more green bananas.
The lack of the END was not discouraging. Johannes Stoffler, a sometime astronomer, predicted the END on Feb. 24 of 1524 based on planetary alignment. It just wasn't in the stars, so he revised his date to 1528.
About 70 years later, Martin Luther (yep, that one) offered 1600 as the last act.
This was getting serious, so in 1688 John Napier took time out from his work on logarithms to guess that as the year; when he missed he took another try at 1700. Not the least bit disheartened, many folks picked up the pace in the 1700s including John Wesley's thought that 1836 was the year. He did better with Methodism than forecasting and the world kept turning.
Harriet Livermore, a preacher of the time, made several guesses, as did Cotton Mather — not even close. However, unwilling to take no for an answer, the Bible Student Movement issued predictions for: 1874, 1878, 1881, 1908, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920 and 1925 — imagine their continuing disappointment!
In the late 20th century, Jeanne Dixon entered the sweepstakes as did Jim Jones (Kool-Aid will be served), Herbert Armstrong and Pat Robertson. Jerry Falwell tossed in his guess coinciding with the Y2K concern, still something (nothing would be the END).
That brings us to Dec. 21, 2012, when a number of scenarios have been suggested. Take your pick from: nuclear war, alien invasion, giant supernova, geomagnetic reversal, galactic alignment and a zombie apocalypse. Both NASA and the Mayans pooh-poohed the possibility.
In a way I hate to dismiss the whole idea. It lent rise to a couple of great films in the 1950s. "On the Beach" from a book by Nevil Shute used the scenario of a nuclear war, and "The World, the Flesh and the Devil" had just three people remaining in New York City.
Skeeter Davis had her own position on the issue with her hit song "The End of the World," in the 1960s; "Don't they know it's the end of the world? It ended when I lost your love."
Personally, I'll be back at work under the supervision of the Vice President on Dec. 22; my calendar still has a lot of days left to use up.
"I don't believe that Doomsday stuff," said Tom endlessly.
Jim Willard, a Loveland resident since 1967, retired from Hewlett-Packard after 33 years to focus on less trivial things. He calls Twoey, his bichon frisé-Maltese dog, vice president of research for his column.


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Thank the trail-builders
The author's July 1 letter– headlined "Presley's greedy," about the woman who cried foul over unpermissioned use of her property, touched off a couple of feisty replies satirically suggesting that the property and possessions of letter writer Scott Johnsen should be usurped without his permission.–editor
Unlike some Hook readers, the vast majority of people in Charlottesville who own houses along the Rivanna Trail understand the difference between supporting a public trail system and "stealing" someone's property.
Allowing people to walk along the edge of one's property is a small personal sacrifice for a large public good. Hundreds of volunteers of all ages have constructed and maintained this trail for the benefit of the whole community.
Only the most tunnel-visioned ideologue would equate these people's efforts on behalf of their community with trying to steal someone's car, or with selfishness of any kind.
On behalf of the rest of us, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank-you to the many homeowners along the Rivanna Trail who have allowed people to walk along the edge of their properties. You are part of what makes Charlottesville special, and your kindness is not forgotten.
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A song by Big Daddy Weave has become a Christian radio mainstay for many months. The song resonates with me every time I hear it. Maybe you are better at this following Jesus thing than I am but I tend to be forgetful and slow to learn. The song "Redeemed" sums up my struggle and encourages me to know (again) that I am not alone in this battle.
Seems like all I can see was the struggle
Haunted by ghosts that lived in my past
Bound up in shackles of all my failures
Wondering how long is this gonna last
Then You look at this prisoner and say to me "son
stop fighting a fight that's already been won"
That is the truth I have to remind myself just about every day. The fight has already been won. Yet I too often live as if my self-effort is required to make up for past struggles and efforts. That I need to earn the grace that is already mine. I need to remind myself everyday what the lyricist proclaims next.
I am redeemed, You set me free
So I'll shake off theses heavy chains
Wipe away every stain now I'm not who I used to be
I am redeemed
I am redeemed. Paul spent a little over two years teaching and discipling the new believers in Ephesus. Just a few short years after he left Paul received reports that those new hearts had reverted to old habits. Things were a bit of a mess and the word came back that the old behaviors of rage, immorality, lying, stealing and gossip were resurfacing. Paul wrote a letter to address this sad turn of events. Yet the amazing thing to me is that the first three chapters never address their sin. Paul even calls them as saints for crying out loud! If I was writing that letter it would have had an entirely different tone. Something more along these lines. "What are you thinking? I am so disappointed in you. What is wrong with you? Do you know how much I sacrificed for you?" But Paul doesn't do that. All he does is remind them who they are.
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He chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which He has blessed us in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, which He lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of His will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
In Him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of His glory. (Ephesians 1, ESV)
Makes me feel a little better that folks who were mentored by Paul needed a refresher course in who they were. It makes me feel a lot better that Paul understood that the first thing on the list was to remind them of who they were and then address their wrong behavior. We tend to reverse that order. One more line from this wonderful song by Big Daddy Weave…
I remember oh God, You're not done with me yet.
Praise God for that! And praise God for His amazing grace and amazing patience with this very slow learner.


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15 Years ago, my husband & I were married in the front parlor of this lovely Inn. We had not been back & was pleased with changes. Bill & Pat have been so kind & helpful.
We have enjoyed our stay & hope to return–sooner than 15 years!
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Force DVB Card Order
Forcing DVB Card Order
I built a system with two Hauppauge PCI DVB Cards, another Hauppauge PCI DVB Card (but is actually a USB Tuner) and a Hauppauge DVB-S2 card.... However these cards would appear on different '/dev/dvb/adapters' on each reboot, so I wrote this script. Note: I know this should be done with udev, however I couldn't get this to work correctly:
#!/bin/bash #changed for 2x usb 1x pci 1x sat #changed for 2x usb 2x pci 1x sat usbcount=0 pcicount=2 satcount=4 for x in 0 1 2 3 do if [ -d /dev/dvb/adapter$x ] then mv /dev/dvb/adapter$x /dev/dvb/rawadapter$x fi done rm -f /dev/dvb/adapter? for card in `find "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/" -iname "*frontend0" -printf "%p\n"` do #echo "$card" if [[ "$card" == *usb* ]] then echo -en "Processing USB Card:\t" id=${card: -11:1} ln -s /dev/dvb/rawadapter${id} /dev/dvb/adapter${usbcount} echo -en "adapter${usbcount} - usb\n" let usbcount=$usbcount+1 elif [[ ` lspci -k | grep ${card: 42:5}|wc -l` == 4 ]] then echo -en "Processing Sat Card:\t" id=${card: -11:1} ln -s /dev/dvb/rawadapter${id} /dev/dvb/adapter${satcount} echo -en "adapter${satcount} - sat\n" let satcount=$satcount+1 else echo -en "Processing PCI Card:\t" id=${card: -11:1} ln -s /dev/dvb/rawadapter${id} /dev/dvb/adapter${pcicount} echo -en "adapter${pcicount} - pci\n" let pcicount=$pcicount+1 fi done
The above script basically renames the 'adapter' devices to 'rawadapter', then creates symlinks to them, ensuring the 'order' of the symlinks is consistent.... So the usb cards are 0-1, pci 2-3 and Satellite 4.
Note the most upto date version of this script will be maintained on this page, and at [1]
Define registration order
An alternative approach has been reported here: http://www.fbcs.co.uk/wp/mythtv-getting-the-cards-in-the-right-order/
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Hi James
your main reference both in the text of your document and in your reference list should be to the Austroads document. In the text you should treat the diagram like a quote, ie put a page number reference eg (Austroads 2012, p. 16).
You should mention the RTA reference too, and there are a number of ways of doing this. The commonest would be when you are talking about the diagram, eg "this is supported by the following diagram, originally from the RTA (Austroads 2012, p. 23)." Alternatively it is also common when you cite it for the first time to use a format like (originally from RTA, cited in Austroads 2012, p. 23).
You don't have to put the RTA reference in your reference list unless you use it directly.
Thanks Patrick!
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The rear axle cross pin, an internal component of the rear differential that is housed in the rear axle assembly, may break. If the cross pin breaks, the rear axle may lock, which could result in a loss of vehicle control and a crash. Dealers will install a new rear axle cross pin to correct this concern. This recall should begin no later than January 25, 2011. The General Motors number for this recall is 10426.
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The first has to do with the combat witnessed by Schuylkill's 96th Pennsylvania Infantry at the September 14, 1862, battle of Crampton's Gap. The regiment was heavily engaged and suffered severe loss at this fight, which has been overshadowed by the larger battle of Antietam, fought three days later. Click here to read this post.
(By the way, if anyone is interested in learning more about Crampton's Gap, I strongly encourage you to pick up a copy of Timothy Reese's Sealed With Their Lives, which ranks among the best Civil War titles. . .at least in my humble opinion. The book is out of print and somewhat difficult to find, but if you do happen upon it, do yourself a favor and pick it up. It is an excellent book and a great primer on how Civil War campaign and battle studies should be written).
Other posts by Stu include a look at the newly refinished Historical Society of Schuylkill County and some Civil War grave desecration. Click here and here.
Enjoy. . .and have a Happy Thanksgiving!


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A Low-Literacy Medication Education Tool for Safety-Net Hospital Patients
This article examines a randomized clinical trial testing a medication education tool designed for low-literacy hospital discharge patients. The researchers found that the education tool did not have an effect on medication adherence.
A Special Supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine Showcases Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Research
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- 5. Risk and Resilience in Latinos
- 6. Improving Disaster Mental Health Care in Schools
- 7. Building Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships with a Somali Refugee Community
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- 11. Role Development of Community Health Workers
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- 13. Economic Evaluation of a Comprehensive Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program
- 14. School Site Visits for Community-Based Participatory Research on Healthy Eating
- 15. A Physician Team's Experiences in Community-Based Participatory Research
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Paint Nite: Secret Autumn Swing
The Original Paint Nite: Unleash your inner artist
Grab your friends and unleash your inner artist at the Original Paint Nite. You'll go from a blank canvas to a masterpiece of your own, with plenty of laughs along the way. Guided by a talented and entertaining artist, you'll be amazed at what you create, and how much fun you have doing it.
Yaymaker events give you everything you need to get up, get out, and get making! Instruction is provided by an expert host, so no experience is required, and everything you need is supplied. Grab your friends to paint, plant, tinker, and build—and give your week something to shout about.
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Paint Nite is invading bars and restaurants near you with everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. We'll guide you and your friends through two lively hours of creativity, drinking, and laughing 'til your cheeks hurt. The best part? You don't have to be an artist to have an amazing time. When you're in Falls Church looking to mix a little drinking and painting together, check out Falls Church Distillers. Falls Church Distillers is the only privately held distillery in Fairfax County! If you're looking for a girls night idea, a Paint Nite event at Falls Church Distillers should certainly make it on your bucket list of things to do in Falls Church. The menu at Falls Church Distillers includes favorites such as Antipasta and Bruschetta and Italian dinners. The drink menu includes a wide variety of choices, which often ranks Falls Church Distillers as one of the best local bars in Falls Church. Come early or stay a little later and find out why Falls Church Distillers is one of the best distilleries there is! Phone: (703) 858-9186 The Falls Church Distillery' Website: http://fcdistillers.com/ Falls Church Distillers Menu: http://fcdistillers.com/sites/all//themes/fcd_main/images/food-menu.pdf
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Jason is a full-time painter living in Arlington, VA. He also creates digital corporate art and portrait illustration. Jason's interest in art started at a very early age. He would record episodes of The Simpsons so he could pause the tape and draw the characters from the screen. Fast forward a decade to George Mason University where Jason completed Art Studio courses with a concentration in figurative oil painting. After working for two years at a gallery in Alexandria, VA doing framing and commercial artwork, he now paints and instructs as a full-time artist. He is inspired by the forms, colors, and design of the world around him. He also finds inspiration from song lyrics and video games for his abstract work. His favorite part of painting is finding out what everyone else sees in his work. Once the paintings are finished and on the wall he is more interested in what everyone else sees, rather than what he intended. It's what he enjoys about abstract art, the idea that someone is going to have to stare and think about what they see and what it means to them.


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Explaining the Nitrogen Cycle
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Today we trade in our waders for lab coats as we discuss your pond's nitrogen cycle. While many of us find it hard to stay awake for science lectures, we promise this one will save you time and money and give you the upper hand in the fight against algae and fish kills. The nitrogen cycle is present in all water gardens and is truly a great thing when in balance. As plant matter decays and fish produce waste, ammonia is released into the water. The bacteria in your pond naturally break this ammonia down into nitrites and then down into nitrates. Plants, including algae, feed off of these nitrates, which in turn die and decompose or are eaten by fish and the process repeats itself. Having too many fish in your water garden or an abundance of decomposing organic debris can dramatically increase the amount of ammonia in your pond and, in turn, can harm your fish or turn the water body into an all you can eat buffet for unwanted algae.
Put Your Water Garden to the Test
Different types of test kits are available for purchase that will allow you to measure nitrite levels and ammonia levels. Kits like our API® Pond Master Test Kit let you measure nitrites and ammonia and pH all in one package. Regularly testing the water quality of your pond will give you the ability to locate potential problems and adjust accordingly before they become a danger to your plants or fish. Your ammonia and nitrite levels should ideally be at 0 with a pH level between 6.5 and 8.5.
Are You Unbalanced!?
So you know why it is important to achieve balance in your pond, you know how to test for it, but how do you go about achieving balance? A great, natural way to combat high nitrate levels in your pond is by incorporating some aquatic plants. Plants like Water Hyacinth filter the contents of the water, helping to create a clean, clear pond. Furthermore, providing adequate filtration is key in maintaining a balanced water body. Pay attention to your fish load. The more fish available to produce waste, the more filtration will be needed to break down the resulting ammonia. A good rule of thumb is to figure one fish per ten square feet of water surface. Adding beneficial bacteria such as Nature's Defense® will further help to break down organic debris and fish waste. Using natural products and methods like those listed above will reduce your dependency on algaecides and other chemicals to fight algae blooms.
POND TALK: What products do you use to control your water gardens nitrate levels?
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I admit, I have a certain fondness for Slate. I like several of its writers (what up, Dahlia Lithwick), I like their sometimes cheesy headlines, I like the Explainer, I like reading the terrible answers and even more terrible questions in Dear Prudence. As Jon Stewart has taught all of us, irreverence is an essential stance toward the news of the day. Irreverence toward the powerful, however, is fundamentally different from mockery of the powerless, and part of today's Human Nature column illustrates the difference.
Human Nature is basically a quick-hits column (penned by Lord Saletan) that somewhat snarkily offers "both sides" of a current science or health issue. Here is a heartbreaking story from today's column, reproduced in entirety (minus the links to a related Slate article):
A fat man had his digestive tract surgically altered so he can adopt a baby. Circumstances: The man and his wife have been married for 15 years, are licensed as foster parents, have cared successfully for another adopted child, are the baby's cousins, and have had the baby in their home from age 1 week to age 4 months. However, the man weighs about 500 pounds. A judge rejected their petition to adopt the baby; the man says it's because of his weight. The court says that it can't legally comment but that applicants' health is always a factor. Rationale: "permanency for the child." Weight has become a common factor in evaluating adoption applicants in the U.S. and China. The surgery in this case was a gastric bypass so the man can lose enough weight to qualify for adoption. Wife's take: The fact that my husband had to go under the knife to keep our baby tells you how screwed-up the system is. Adoption advocate's take: The fact that he went under the knife to keep the baby tells you what a great dad he is.
Apart from its demonstration of the institutionalization of fatphobia, please note that both "sides" here focus on the individual man in question, and neither of them particularly demonizes him for his fat. (We'll ignore the WLS praise for the moment.) By all accounts, it's a sad scenario involving a man who sincerely wants to raise this child. (You can read about it in more detail here.)
So why on earth do I have to click on THIS to get to this story from Slate's front page?
This is not irreverence or speaking a bold truth. This is twisting a story to take a cheap shot at a man who, if you look at it from an FA perspective, is being discriminated against by the justice system, or, if you look at it from an "obesity epidemic" perspective, is MORTALLY ILL and needs life-altering surgery to save his life. But hey, who needs a sympathetic headline if you can stick yet another headless fatty on your front page?
Similarly, the headline on the column page makes fun of the subject of a different story: Brazilians who can now get sex reassignment surgery paid for by their national health care system. The headline? Taxpayer-funded genital mutilation.
Attention, Slate editors: when you make fun of hypocritical politicians like Larry Craig? That's funny. When you make fun of fatties, trannies, and victims of genital mutilation (in one column!!): NOT SO FUNNY. If you can't figure out why, start here. And stick to Larry Craig in the meantime.


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I Just Bought Some New Fish, How Should I Introduce Them To My Pond? Paul – Baytown, TX
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So you've made the decision to invite a few new friends to your home, but are you getting more than you bargained for? As is true with any purchase, you want to make sure you are getting quality before you hand over your hard-earned dollars. Inspect the fish you intend to purchase for symptoms of illness or poor health. Look over their fins, mouth, and gills for blemishes, discoloration, or signs of fin rot and check their body for growths, loose or missing scales, or other blemishes as they may be an early indicator of disease or parasites. Take a few moments to observe your prospect's behavior to make sure they are active and having no mobility hindrances.
Prep The Pond
Your newly purchased fish are typically handed over to you in an oxygenated plastic bag or container to allow adequate time to transport them to their new home. While it may be tempting to just dump them into your water garden upon your return home, you will want to make sure your pond is ready to accommodate its new inhabitants before you begin their acclimation process. Here are a few things to keep in mind:
- Make sure the water in your pond is free from potential fatal heavy metals and chlorine by adding a Water Conditioner during your water changes.
- To help prevent disease and reduce fish stress in your new tenants, add Pond Salt to the water between your water changes. To ensure the well being of your Aquatic Plants, only add 1 1/4 cups per 100 gallons of pond water.
- You can purchase a Pond Master Test Kit to verify acceptable pH and Nitrate levels in the pond.
- You can prevent many potential health issues throughout your fish population by simply maintaining a clean and healthy pond. You can read more about pond maintenance here.
Well, You Better Get Used To It
Now that the pond is ready for the addition of fish, it is time to get your finned friends ready for the big show. You will want to gradually equalize the temperature of the water your fish are currently occupying with that of the water in your pond. If the container carrying your fish floats, go ahead and place it in your pond. As the bag bobbles around in your pond, the water inside will start balancing with the outside water temperature. This process should take no longer than 30 minutes. During this time frame, slowly add small amounts of water from the pond into the container which will allow your new fish time to acclimate to the chemistry of your pond water. Most of us have, at one time or another, jumped into a pool too early in the summer only to find that the water is unimaginably cold. Those of you who've been in that situation understand why you will want to take your time with the acclimation process. Now that the water on both sides of the container is the same and the fish have had time to try out the make up of the water in the pond, you are clear to release them into their new environment! Take a few moments throughout the day to check in on the pond and monitor the behavior of the newly introduced fish. Active and curious fish are happy and healthy fish.
POND TALK: Are there any tricks that you've done to acclimate your fish?
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KABUL (Pajhwok): The ousted head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has accused President Ashraf Ghani of violating the Constitution and termed his removal as illegal and based on wrong suggestions. Addressing a press conference here,... read more
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KABUL (Pajhwok): Some politicians on Sunday demanded the next year Wolesi Jirga and district council elections to be free, fair and transparent. Mohammad Karim Khalili, former vice president and incumbent head of the High Peace Council (HPC),... read more
KABUL (Pajhwok): The sixth death anniversary of former president and High Peace Council (HPC) chief Burhanuddin Rabbani was observed in Kabul on Thursday, with participants demanding security, peace and unity in Afghanistan. The ceremony was... read more
KABUL (Pajhwok): Jihadi leader Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayyaf on Thursday claimed the government had failed to protect Islamic values by allowing corruption, thefts, vulgarity and immorality. Addressing a gathering marking the sixth anniversary of... read more
KABUL (Pajhwok): A recent survey released on Monday said the Wolesi Jirga performed well in terms of monitoring government's work and doing legislation during the current legislative year than the previous one, but fared 'poorly' in representing the... read more
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Kabul Garrison says as many as 500 youngsters are ready to keep security for religious places during Muharram mourning days alongside security forces. Lt. Gen. Afzal Aman Aman, acting director general of the Kabul Garrison,... read more


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On Wednesday, Estherville Mayor Kenny Billings signed a proclamation establishing October as Estherville Lincoln Central Community School Foundation Month.
The ELC Foundation was established May 30, 2001. The foundation seeks to form partnerships among students, educators and community patrons in securing funs for the promotion of education excellence.
An annual banquet is held each year to honor a member of ELC staff or community that exemplifies this partnership of excellence for area students.
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Estherville Mayor Kenny Billings signs a proclamation designating October as Estherville Lincoln Central Community School Foundation Month. Witnessing the signing are foundation members Molly Anderson and Betty Ann Rosfjord, ELC superintendent Tara Paul and third-grade student Gabrielle Paul.
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This year's Champions in Education Banquet will be held at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 16 at the Estherville Golf Course.
Former elementary principal Kris Schlievert will be honored at the banquet.


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Their season, their legacy, their reign atop the NBA was all at stake, and the Miami Heat responded in a manner befitting defending champions — with a blowout.
LeBron James scored 32 points and grabbed eight rebounds, ailing Dwyane Wade matched his postseason high with 21 points, and the Heat ran away from the Indiana Pacers 99-76 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night.
In the NBA Finals for the third straight year, the Heat will play the San Antonio Spurs in a series that starts Thursday in Miami.
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"They're just an amazing group of guys," said Heat managing general partner Micky Arison, not long after handing the East championship trophy to Chris Andersen, who held it aloft as teammates standing around him celebrated. "They've given us an incredible season so far, but it's a long way from over."
It could have ended on Monday, of course. The Heat had alternated wins and losses with the Pacers in the first six games of the series, and were coming off their worst offensive outing of the year in Game 6.
They responded with a rout, despite shooting just under 40 percent, well below their norm.
"By any means necessary ... we took care of business," James said.
Miami led by as many as 28 points, a shocking amount for a series that had an aggregate score of Heat 569, Pacers 564 entering Monday night. The Heat actually trailed by six in the early going, were still down 21-19 after the first quarter and it was starting to look like it was going to be one of those down-to-the-wire nights.
Not even close.
James exited with 5:08 left, shaking retired soccer star David Beckham's hand as he made his way to the Heat bench for a relatively subdued celebration. Not long afterward, security personnel started what's become a familiar task in Miami — surrounding the court and stretching out a yellow rope, preparing to hold people at bay for the looming on-court trophy presentation.
"You never want to take anything for granted," Wade said afterward. "Being here three straight years in a row, going back to the finals, is an amazing feat. I'm just glad we were able to do it. Everything that happened in the first six games didn't mean anything to us. It was about tonight. It was about Game 7. It was about finding a way to win here at home."
More than a few people didn't stick around to see the East title formally presented. After all, it's an all-or-nothing season for the Heat — and this trophy isn't the one that will satisfy them.
Ray Allen added 10 points for Miami, which earned its 78th victory of the season, matching the 11th-best, single-season total in NBA history.
Roy Hibbert scored 18 points for the Pacers, who got 14 from David West, 13 from George Hill and 10 from Lance Stephenson. All-Star Paul George was held to seven points on 2-for-9 shooting and fouled out early in the fourth quarter.
George was the last Indiana player on the floor as Miami prepped for its postgame celebration, shaking any hand he could find before being walked toward the visiting locker room by Pacers coach Frank Vogel, who slung an arm over his star's shoulder.
His time will likely come — someday.
Not yet, though. Not with this Miami team built for titles. It's the fourth trip to the finals for the Heat, who won the title in 2006 and have now been there all three years of the "Big Three" era, falling to Dallas in 2011 and then topping Oklahoma City in five games last year.
"The great thing is we're a young team and we are past the building stage," George said. "This is really our first year tasting success. The rate we are going, we see championships soon."
They're getting closer. A second-round loss to Miami in six games last year was followed by a seven-game, conference-finals exit this time around.
Still, they'll be watching the title round.
Miami went 2-0 against San Antonio this season, though neither of those games should be considered harbingers of what's ahead. The Spurs rested four regulars in the first meeting, the Heat were without three injured starters in the second matchup.
James delivered an inspirational address of sorts to his team Monday morning, publicly revealing no details of what he said afterward other than insisting that the Heat would be ready.
He was right. After 5 minutes, it was 12-6 Indiana. After that, the rest of the half was pretty much all Miami.
Once the Pacers cooled off a bit, the Heat immediately went into pull-away mode. Over the final 19 minutes of the half, Miami's edge was 46-25. Over the final 11 minutes, it was 33-14, as James and Allen outscored the Pacers by themselves.
Allen did less pregame shooting than usual on Monday. He was at the arena several hours before game time — as is his custom — and got in a pregame workout, but once he found a groove, he decided that was enough. And after going 13 for 46 in the first six games of the series, the NBA's career leader in 3-pointers had to believe that he was simply overdue to get going.
His first shot on Monday was a 3-pointer that connected, giving the Heat a 26-23 lead.
The Heat never trailed again.
By halftime, it was 52-37, with James scoring 18 points, Chris Bosh and Wade combining for 17 and Allen adding 10 more. And what had to be most troubling to the Pacers at halftime was their 15 turnovers, a number Vogel said earlier Monday would spell trouble if his team committed that many in the entire game.
And in the third, the run the Pacers so desperately needed never arrived. Indiana was still within 13 with 3:37 left in the period when Hibbert picked up his fourth foul. Ordinarily, that would mean someone goes to the bench, though Game 7 on the road for a trip to the finals hardly could be classified as an ordinary occasion.
So Vogel — who was second-guessed for not having Hibbert on the floor for the final moments in overtime of Game 1, when James got to the rim easily for a game-winning layup — left his center out there with four fouls.
Barely a minute later, it backfired. Hibbert picked up his fifth late in the third, and George got to five fouls by getting whistled twice in the final 46.1 seconds of the quarter.
By then, the outcome was obvious.
It was Miami's night.
And here's a look ahead to Heat vs. Spurs:
The NBA Finals matchup is set, and the Miami Heat will either win a second straight championship or the Spurs will go a perfect 5 for 5 in the title round while denying LeBron James a ring for the second time.
So it's Heat vs. Spurs for the Larry O'Brien Trophy, a series that will begin Thursday in Miami, on the same floor where the Heat and James finished off Oklahoma City to win last season's title.
Miami is looking for its third championship, San Antonio its fifth. And for James, it's a chance to erase a memory that has stung him for six years.
His first trip to the finals came when he was with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2007, and it was ugly — the Spurs winning in a four-game sweep for what was their fourth title. San Antonio has not won the West since, so maybe it's fitting that its return comes against James, albeit with the now four-time MVP in a different uniform.
"Obviously, I needed more," James said. "Our team, we were really good, but we weren't great. And that was a great team. We lost to a better team. So I understand that we needed more. We continued to get better over the years, but we never got to that level."
When that series was over, Spurs forward Tim Duncan approached James in a quiet moment and offered some words of encouragement about his budding superstardom.
Four MVPs, two more finals trips and one ring — and counting — later, James' star level is now meteoric. He'll have a chance to not only win consecutive championships, but consecutive regular-season and finals MVPs as well.
"The best player in the world," is how Indiana coach Frank Vogel described James.
When the Heat and Spurs play on Thursday night, it will mark their third meeting of the season. It may as well be the first.
Miami won both games this season, though it's doubtful much of anything worthwhile could be gleaned for the scouting reports from those contests. The Spurs sat four regulars in the first meeting, and drew a $250,000 fine from the NBA after coach Gregg Popovich's decision to send Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Danny Green and Tony Parker home before the game and at the end of a long road trip.
Predictably, Popovich's decision was immediately subject to scrutiny, and he even joked in his pregame media availability that night that the crowd of journalists around him resembled what he'd see in an NBA Finals setting.
Which, come Wednesday when both teams will practice in Miami, is exactly what Popovich will see. It'll be a finals that have a clash of on-court, off-court and even cultural styles. The Heat play a flashier brand of basketball, have stars who are some of the world's best-known — and best-paid — endorsers of products, and have had no choice but to embrace a constant spotlight.
The Spurs, meanwhile, seem to revel in shunning any sort of extra attention.
"I wouldn't say we avoid the attention, but I don't think we're out seeking it," Spurs forward Matt Bonner said. "Our team culture starts with our leadership, guys like Timmy and Coach Pop, that we focus on ourselves and what we need to do to complete the task, get the job done. Whatever attention we get outside of that, I don't think we run from it, but we're not out seeking it. At least, I think so. I hope so."
When the teams met in San Antonio in late March, Miami's 27-game winning streak — the second-best run in NBA history — had just ended, so the Heat kept James, Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers out while dealing with injuries. And Miami prevailed anyway behind Chris Bosh, who hit a late 3-pointer to seal an 88-86 victory.
Nobody will be resting anybody on Thursday night. The Spurs, who will have been idle for more than a week by the time Game 1 starts, finally know who stands in their way.
"I think the latter part of these days are kind of getting kind of long," Duncan said Monday. "But good preparation, good recovery time, all that stuff. Just anxious to know our opponent and start preparing for them."
The Spurs have been going live in practice, trying their best to stay sharp.
"It's just long. It's long," Parker said of the layoff. "Wish we could play like right now."
Soon enough, he'll get his wish.


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Rockies' Juan Nicascio fielding questions for next "Fan Mail"
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — There might not be a better story in all of baseball than the remarkable journey of Rockies pitcher Juan Nicasio.
When the regular season opens, a mere eight months after he broke a vertebrae in his neck and faced possible paralysis, Nicasio will be one of the Rockies' five starters.
A lot has been written about Nicasio, but now it's your turn to ask him a question in the latest edition of The Denver Post's "Fan Mail" feature. I will be be doing the fan Q&A with Nicasio on Wednesday morning, so get your questions in soon.
Email your questions to email@example.com. Please be sure to include your first name and where you are from.


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September 27th, 2012
The PhotoBook Review 003 – Video Preview
Launching tomorrow, September 28, 2012, Issue 003 of The PhotoBook Review features the shortlist for the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation Book Awards along with a number of interviews, essays, and photobook reviews.
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Another Botany Class Favorite for sweetness, and for yield in cold weather and short days of autumn. Makes heavy heads with real romaine backbone, flavor, and juice. Mint green wrapper leaves surround crystal white hearts of savoy-puckered leaves. Has a more closed and rounded top at full maturity than Plato II. Looks like the top of a 10-gallon hat.
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I had big cooking plans this weekend. I had picked up a cheap pizza stone from a local kitchen store and had a tub of yeast starter in my fridge, so was eager to make some pizza's Sunday night. I also wanted to test a recipe for gingerbread cookies. I had it all planned. I had bought the cookie cutter, piping pencil, an extra tray, everything I need to make them.
But its Christmas time isn't it. There are so many things to do to prepare for, that my plan to cook just never happened!
I hit the shops both Saturday and Sunday, and got most of my Christmas shopping out the way. I'm quite a fussy person, I get ideas in my head of what I want to buy people, and if I can't find the exact thing, if it's not perfect, then I keep looking! Apparently I'm quite particular in what I receive too, which is really bad (and I got an earful about it the whole weekend from my other half). It's just that if I like something, I buy it! Which leaves it really hard for others to shop for me.
So while I sit here and type this, I'm really disappointed that I can't share the gingerbreads. I am adamant in making them tonight, so maybe you'll get another post in a couple of days.
In the meantime, I leave you with these Pina Colada cupcakes. Really they are just the pineapple and coconut cupcakes from the Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook, but I like to think I'm eating a pina colada, because well that's what they taste like!
1 cup plain flour
1 cup caster sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
Pinch of salt
50g unsalted butter, room temperature
145ml coconut milk
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
Small tin of pineapple pieces
2 cups icing sugar
80g unsalted butter, room temperature
25ml coconut milk
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a 12-hole cupcake tin with paper cases.
In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg, coconut milk and vanilla and keep beating.
Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt, and gently beat for 2 minutes.
Evenly distribute the pineapple pieces among the paper cases (4-5 each case), then evenly fill up the cases with the batter. Place in the oven and cook for 20-25 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean when tested.
Allow to cool in pan for 10 minutes, then completely cool on a wire rack.
To make the icing, beat the icing sugar, butter and coconut milk on high for 2-4 minutes, until the mixture is light and fluffy. Generously top the cupcakes with the icing, then sprinkle with the desiccated coconut.
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Jhonny Peralta denies alleged use of PEDs
DETROIT (AP) -- Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta says he has never used performance-enhancing drugs after his name was reportedly found in the records of the man who ran a Florida clinic being investigated by Major League Baseball.
SI.com, citing unidentified sources, reports Peralta was listed in the records of Anthony Bosch, who operated the now-closed anti-aging clinic. Peralta says through attorney Barry Boss that he's never used PEDs - "and anyone who says otherwise is lying."
According to the SI.com report, Peralta was not directly tied to PEDs in the records.
The Tigers declined comment on the story, citing baseball's ongoing investigation.
The 30-year-old Peralta hit .239 with 13 home runs for the Tigers in 2012, when they won their second straight division title and went to the World Series.


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While Warner Bros.' "Wrath of the Titans" ($42.1 million) again conquered the overseas B.O. over the most recent sesh (April 6-8), Paramount and Fox Intl.'s 3D re-release of "Titanic" made waves in its opening frame, collecting $35.3 million from an expansive 84-country spread.
"Titanic" 3D earned top marks in debut markets including the U.K. ($4.4 million) and Germany ($3.4 million), though China — where the pic debuted April 10 — shined brightest, contributing $11.6 million just from its opening day locally. Pic's Chinese take was Fox's biggest opening day there ever and the country's second-biggest behind "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" at $15 million.
Fox Intl. released "Titanic" internationally, while Par handled domestic rights.
The 3D re-do's stellar start in China was boosted by the pic's Imax presentation, which contributed $1 million from only 64 theaters, for a per-screen average of $15,625. Pic played at a total approximately 2,400 3D screens in China.
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The film's hearty start is impressive given its three-hour-plus runtime, which posed difficulties in securing screens — both domestically and abroad. What's more, though "Titanic" cost $18 million to convert (at the high end of most conversions), with a late-breaking marketing spend, its worldwide cume of nearly $70 million through April 9 makes the 3D version highly profitable.
Meanwhile, the ledger sheet was also looking good on Warners' "Wrath," budgeted at $125 million (not including marketing), comparable to the original. The sequel crossed the $200 million global mark in its second weekend.
"Wrath" will bow in Japan on April 21; "Titanic" 3D expands into Latin America the weekend of April 13.


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Ahead of the Patriots' showdown with the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday, Bill Belichick made sure to give Larry Fitzgerald the respect he deserves — and then some.
Belichick bestowed some of his highest praise on Fitzgerald during a news conference last Tuesday, even going as far as to say Fitzgerald "might end up being the best [wide receiver] ever."
Only hours after Belichick's Patriots defense shut down Fitzgerald to
the tune of one catch for four yards, the Cardinals wideout offered up some big praise for the coach as well, according to AZCardinals.com.
"Coach [Bill] Belichick is not the best coach in history for no reason," Fitzgerald said. "He's done it for a long time. He does a great job defensively. It was good to get out with a win, to be honest."
The idea of Belichick being the best coach ever has been thrown around many times by any number of experts, analysts and fans, especially given his stellar record, five Super Bowl appearances and three titles. But Fitzgerald's affectionate comment just further accentuates the love affair between the two. When informed of Belichick's comments about the receiver last week, Fitzgerald gushed at the thought of Belichick even mentioning him by name.
"I mean it's an honor that he even knows my name to be honest with you,"
Fitzgerald said. "He's arguably the best coach to ever do it. You look
at his record and what he's been able to accomplish over his career.
He's an unbelievable football coach. I have a long way to go. I have a
lot to improve on and a lot to work on. Obviously I'm envious of him
with all his hardware he has and his team has."
Well, it's good to see Belichick get the attention he's earned over the years. And it's always encouraging to know that Fitzgerald is actually enamored with something other than Boardwalk Empire.
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Another interesting item from The Righteous Mind. People don't vote on self-interest all that much – that is, "self-interest is a weak predictor of policy preferences." [p 85]
Rather, people care about their groups, whether those be racial, regional, religious, or political. [p 86]
Or all those in sequence, which confuses things; or all those in sequence plus others plus all those not so much in sequence as in competition all the time, waxing and waning depending on which is most salient at any particular moment. That's my gloss, not his, but I think it has to be right, since we're all part of all the groups he named plus a bunch of others, and they're not all equally salient at every moment.
But anyway, the basic idea is useful and suggestive. A lot of us have experienced our atheism becoming less salient while our our membership in the gender group "women" has become more so, lately. We've experienced this so strongly that many of us express considerable hostility to the atheist "movement" as such.
Why is this? I don't even need to explain it, do I. It's because big chunks of the atheist movement have taken to using a fairly large number of women as verbal punching bags, using gender-specific words and sexual disgust as boxing gloves. That makes our gender group a lot more salient while it makes our atheism group seem hostile.
I wonder how that's going to work out over the long haul. I don't know, and I wonder.