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NIDA. (1999, September 15). Scientists Identify Brain Chemicals Involved in "Switching On" Cocaine Addiction. Retrieved from https://archives.drugabuse.gov/news-events/news-releases/1999/09/scientists-identify-brain-chemicals-involved-in-switching-cocaine-addiction
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Scientists supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have identified two chemicals in the brains of mice that appear to play a major role in the addiction process. Their study appears in the September 16 issue of Nature.
Cocaine users may take the drug anywhere from several times to several years before they become addicted. However, at a certain point, their use becomes compulsive and they have great difficulty quitting.
Determining what happens in the brain at this point has been a major goal for scientists seeking to understand the mechanisms of cocaine addiction.
"It seems that prolonged drug use eventually causes a 'switch' to be thrown in the brain, symbolizing the onset of addiction," says NIDA Director Dr. Alan I. Leshner. "With this new research, we are beginning to understand exactly what that switch is and how it works, and this should help us develop medications to turn the switch off."
One component of the switch appears to be the activation of a gene that codes for the production of a protein called delta-FosB. Researchers have known for several years that prolonged administration of cocaine or other drugs of abuse increases the production of this protein in the nucleus accumbens, an area important for the perception of pleasure. They also knew that delta-FosB belongs to a class of chemicals that turn on other genes. However, which genes delta-FosB was activating and how this contributed to addiction was a mystery.
To learn more about the role of delta-FosB in the addiction process, researchers at Yale University, Harvard Medical School, and Northwestern University developed mice with an extra delta-FosB gene that, when activated, produced large quantities of the chemical in the nucleus accumbens. They figured that studying the effects of high delta-FosB levels on the animals' responses to cocaine would shed light on its role in cocaine's effects and why long-term cocaine administration increases production of this protein.
The researchers found that adding the extra delta-FosB gene caused the mice to become more sensitive to the pleasurable, or rewarding, effects of cocaine, a change that is thought to play an important role in the development of cocaine craving and addiction. This suggested that the increase in delta-FosB levels that occurs during long-term cocaine administration may be at least partially responsible for the increase in cocaine reward.
But how does delta-FosB make cocaine more rewarding? The researchers speculated that delta-FosB might be activating one of the genes that produces components, or subunits, of brain chemicals called glutamate receptors. Glutamate is one of the compounds that carries messages among neurons (nerve cells) in the brain. After being released by certain neurons, glutamate binds to glutamate receptors on the surface of receiving neurons, thereby affecting their activity, which in turn affects brain function. Studies have suggested that changes in glutamate receptors, perhaps involving changes in individual components or subunits of the receptors, may be important in cocaine addiction.
The scientists found that switching on the delta-FosB gene increased the production of one glutamate receptor subunit designated GluR2. Furthermore, this increase occurred specifically in the nucleus accumbens.
To determine whether an increase in GluR2 production might increase sensitivity to cocaine reward, the researchers used viral vectors to transfer a GluR2 gene directly into the nucleus accumbens of one group of mice, which increased GluR2 production in this region. For comparison, they also transferred genes for other glutamate receptor subunits and other proteins into other groups of mice.
They found that inserting the GluR2 gene but not the other genes dramatically enhanced sensitivity to cocaine reward. This suggested that changes in glutamate receptors in the nucleus accumbens may be the second component in the addiction switch. The next step, according to the scientists, is to determine how these changes lead to the abnormal brain responses to cocaine that constitute addiction.
Note: The full text of the paper, "Expression of the Transcription Factor delta-FosB in the Brain Controls Sensitivity to Cocaine," can be found in Nature, Volume 401, Number 6750, Pages 272-276.


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- Low public debt and comfortable foreign exchange reserves
- Ambitious public investment programme
- Population of 32 million and a growing labour force
- Strategically positioned on the New Silk Road between China and Europe
- Underdiversified economically and dependent on commodity prices and rainfall
- Lack of jobs, widespread informal economy
- Low competitiveness due to lack of competition
- Underdeveloped banking sector, use of directed credit
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Growth supported by investment (33% of GDP)
Uzbekistan is expected to remain one of the most dynamic economies in the CIS in 2019, although official growth figures appear to be overestimated. Public investment, aimed at improving industrial facilities and infrastructure, especially in the gas, hydroelectric, road and housing sectors, should continue to support activity, particularly in construction. The state could get support from multilateral donors and foreign private investors who were encouraged by the measures taken in September 2017 to open up the economy, which included liberalising the exchange rate and halving customs duties. Manufacturing (machinery, automotive equipment, food processing) and services are also expected to remain buoyant. Exports, which make up nearly 20% of GDP, are expected to slow as the price of gold (the main export product) stabilises and gas, copper, and cotton exports increase weakly. External demand could be affected by trade disputes between China and the United States. As imports of capital goods and metals for infrastructure and industrial facilities are expected to continue to grow briskly, trade could ultimately make a slightly negative contribution. Household consumption, which accounts for more than 50% of GDP, may also be less buoyant as the ongoing recovery in remittances from the approximate two million expatriates in Russia and Kazakhstan is offset by the adverse impact of higher prices on real incomes. Inflation is poised to remain high, fuelled by periodic price increases for utilities (water, gas, electricity) to bring them into line with market prices, as well as by the rise in food prices fuelled by shortcomings in trading and distribution systems. However, inflation should decline at the end of the year as the effects of the September 2017 50% devaluation of the the so'm wear off.
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The authorities have embarked on a vast reform of the public finances, the cost of which is estimated as 2.5% of GDP for 2019. Just 8,000 of the country's 350,000 companies paid taxes in 2017. Generally, they manage this because of their monopoly position and preferred access to credit. Among those that do contribute, state-owned companies pay half the tax. There are 1,800 such firms. They employ 800,000 people, or 18% of the working population, and are charged prices that are not in line with their costs, in return for the benefits they enjoy elsewhere. The depreciation of the currency weakened many of these companies, as they carried debt in foreign currencies. To avoid a fall in revenues, the Uzbek authorities want to broaden the tax base, while lowering the tax rate to reduce the informal economy. Public debt is low, and Uzbekistan's sovereign wealth fund (SWF) holds reserves equivalent to 40% of GDP, so there is room for manoeuvre.
The underdeveloped banking system is closely controlled by the state, particularly regarding its lending policy, with 60% of loans linked to state-owned companies. The three largest banks, which are all state-owned, account for half of all assets. With the exchange rate liberalised and the central bank doing a better job of steering inflation, agents should be encouraged to gradually convert their assets in foreign currencies, which can no longer be used as a domestic means of payment, thus contributing to the de-dollarisation of the economy.
Trade liberalisation is being accompanied by a widening goods and services deficit. Remittances from expatriates are no longer sufficient to compensate for this, resulting in a small current account deficit, which is easily financed by concessional loans from foreign donors and FDI. External debt is low, and reserves are equivalent to more than 20 months of imports, although half of these reserves are held by the SWF.
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A COMMENTARY ON CPAs IN 1908
The editors of the Journal have chosen in this issue to reprint the comments of two distinguished speakers on the occasion of the annual meeting of The American Association of Public Accountants at the time of that organization's coming of age — its 21st birthday in 1908. Not coincidently this present year of 1987 represents the 100th birthday of the Association, and thus also of the organized profession of public accountancy in the United States.
The Association, of course, was a predecessor of the Ameri-can Institute of Certified Public Accountants, which now repre-sents the bulk of CPAs in the United States in all of the manifold areas of practice. One of the first and major ac-complishments of the new organization was to legitimize its claims to professional status for accountants by persuading the legislature of New York in 1896 to pass a bill "To regulate the profession of public accountants," the first such statute in this country.
Mr. Thos. Cullen Roberts, Secretary of the Association in 1908, and the first speaker, devoted his time to a recounting of the trials, the tribulations, and ultimately the accomplish-ments of the new organization and the men who created it. The Association attained success in obtaining legal recognition through the passage of the New York "C.P.A. Act," suffered failure in trying to establish an institution of higher education for accountants, and along the way experienced some difficulty in attracting and keeping Association members. (At the time of the first annual meeting in 1889, eighteen of the then thirty-two members were in arrears with the payment of their dues.) High ideals motivated the organizers, forming, as they did, "a society or guild for .... mutual benefit and advantage .... by compelling the observance of strict rules of conduct .... and by establishing a high standard of professional attainments . . . . " Mr. Roberts ended with a perhaps overly rose-colored rememberance that during his tenure as Secretary "all mem-bers work(ed) together in perfect harmony."


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The thing about the tragedy seen in the news is that sometimes it hardly seems real. "It can't really be that bad," we think. … or numbers and causalities are so high they are incomprehensible. Often it is easier to tune out the horror we see because the magnitude of what we are seeing is just too great and, after all, what can I do about it?I think the most powerful number is ONE. One person has an identity. One person has a story. One person is manageable and can feel empowered to help. One person is me and one person is you. One person can make a difference.I think it is somehow easier to see children as individuals. Sometimes it is only through the lens of childhood — humanity's shared experience — that we both ground ourselves and are compelled to action.This series, Horizon, warns us to take action now, honor our past, and make better decisions for the sake of the future. Our pasts come in various shapes and sizes and it's what we do with our past that defines us, not merely the past itself. Our nation's long-standing obsession with non-renewable resources must end, and our lament from the visible destruction (otters, gulls, pelicans marred in raw oil) ought to urge us away from this unsustainable path that risks lives daily and the future of the generations to come.
I think it is important to remember that people die so that we can continue to drive our cars and light our homes with fuel from non-renewable resources.
On April 5th 2010, the big news story of the day was about the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster. We were riveted as we waited for news of survivors. None came. Twenty-nine people were dead. That number is comprised of 13 fathers, 29 sons, 14 husbands, 3 grandfathers, uncles, coaches, brothers… not to mention the other roles these men had as providers, friends, and loved ones. 24 children lost their fathers and 6 grandchildren lost their grandfathers. These numbers were hard to come by and are most likely low because some miners didn't have obituaries, but it's the best I could figure from my research. Many of the miners were too young to be married and start families. One man was just 5 weeks from retirement and had booked a cruise for he and his wife to celebrate that May. And that is just the story of one. This was the worst coal disaster in US history since 1970.
Then 15 days later the story vanished from the headlines.
On Tuesday, April 20th 2010, an oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana. The Deepwater Horizon rig explosion killed 11 men. Among them, 9 fathers, 10 husbands, 11 sons, uncles, co-workers… not to mention AGAIN the other roles these men had as providers, friends, and loved ones. 17 children are left fatherless as a result of this tragedy. One child, the second child of Gordon Jones and his wife, was born weeks after his father died and will never feel his father's embrace.
I guess that I made these images to help us remember that it's not just pelicans and otters that get covered in our excavated non-renewable resources. As a culture we are neck deep in it and we, each ONE of us, needs to find to help curb this addiction we have on non-renewable energy.


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AURORA — I never thought I'd enjoy a high school swim meet as much as I did Tuesday when I saw a four-time gold medal winner face a bunch of suburban girls in a dual meet. I thought of this in London last July when I covered Missy Franklin, who just completed her junior year at Regis Jesuit High, break the world record in the 200 backstroke, the national age-group record in the 100 backstroke and swim legs on the gold-medal winning 400 medley relay (for another world record) and the 400 freestyle relay.
But there she was Tuesday, hopping up and down with her teammates in a pre-meet rally cry ("OLE! OLE-OLE-OLE! RE-GIS! RE-GIS!), cheering on teammates on the JV team, then taking pictures with Highlands Ranch girls whom she blew out of the pool. She smiled so much I wondered if she was smiling underwater.
She had many offers to go pro and make deep into seven figures. But she kept her amateur status and signed to swim at California next season.
"One of the best parts about staying amateur is I'm still able to do things like this," Franklin said. "I still have these opportunities. At this point I want to take them. I've given up so much for that. The support I got after I made my decision was huge. So I've just been going off that.
"I'm so happy. The second I made the decision I felt 100 times better. Being able to come work out with my friends and spend time with them, you get so close to a team. You do so much together and to be with them my senior year, my last year at Regis, oh, my gosh, we have senior night next week! I'm going to ball my eyes out. But to be part of that, I'm so happy I did it."
She qualified for state in the 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley, the 50 freestyle (while swimming the opening leg of the 200 relay) and the 100 freestyle (as part of the 400 relay). She'll likely swim another dual meet to qualify for other events to give Regis plenty of options on how to use her at state.
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Tracking over 230 lost site-nights for cabin rentals prompted Denny Quigley to step up and add two more cabins to his inventory at the Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resort at Kozy Rest near Harrisville, Pa.
"Last year, after hearing the reservation staff telling people we are sorry we don't have a cabin available, I decided to have them start keeping track of the lost sales," said Quigley, owner of the 164-site park, in a press release. "I was shocked to see the total lost sales from early July through October to be over 230 site-nights."
The demand for cabin rentals is at an all-time high throughout the outdoor hospitality industry. Quigley stated that his cabin income is up 20% already this year.
That's when Quigley started to look at cabin manufactures at the Leisure Systems Symposium, ARVC Outdoor Hospitality Convention and the PCOA convention. "We have a 5W park and I was looking for rentals to meet our standards," Quigley said. "That's when we went back to Fork Creek Cabins of Paradise, Pa. We had purchased two cabins from them in 2010 and they have been great."
Jellystone Park at Kozy Rest was recognized as ARVC's Medium Park of the Year last December, and Quigley says offering quality amenities is very important. "We really try to go after the 'WOW' factor in everything we do," said Quigley. "It means a lot when we escort our customers to the cabins and hear them say 'WOW' when they walk through the door. The next thing we hear them say is that they need to show this to their friends or relatives."
Fork Creek Cabins was Quigley's choice because "They pay close attention to the details like the cabinetry and trim work. They use quality materials throughout the cabins. Jonathan Allgyer from Fork Creek cabins has been very flexible to work with on the floorplans and details. We wanted Moen faucets and Jonathan worked with his supplier to see that they were installed. From Dan Allgyer, the owner, to Amos the delivery and setup person, they really have our best interest in mind."


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Williams-Bayer Industries, Westland, MI, a manufacturer of CNC bent tubing, catalytic converter shells, exhaust pipes and other metal stampings and assemblies, recently experienced productivity and quality issues related to its coil-processing equipment. After an evaluation by a Coe Press Equipment service team, the firm learned that the feeder's side blocks were misaligned and that the rollers on the feeder and the straightener were in need of repair. Coe shipped the equipment back to its factory in Sterling heights, MI, where a crew ground the rollers back to spec and coated them with a new matte chrome finish. They also replaced the bearings and adjusted the side blocks to ensure true alignment of the feeder to the die.
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After a busy offseason during which the Red Sox acquired Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell, the Red Sox began the 2006 season strong but unraveled due to a slew of injuries in the second half. Fenway Park also debuted the EMC Club and State Street Pavilion Level en lieu of the .406 Club and old roof box seats. Along with its annual concert (2006 featured Dave Matthews Band), Fenway park also hosted the first "Futures at Fenway" minor league doubleheader in August. After missing the playoffs for the first time since 2002, the Red Sox signed Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Record: 86-76, 3rd in American League East
Manager: Terry J. Francona
Attendance: 2,930,588
The 2006 season began with high hopes but the Red Sox were devastated by injuries and failed to make the postseason for the first time since 2002.
On April 11, the newly acquired Josh Beckett won the team's home opener and Jonathan Papelbon earned his fourth save of the young season. In 2006, Papelbon converted his first twenty save opportunities in his first year as Boston's closer.
One of the season's most dramatic moments came at the beginning of May. With catcher Josh Bard struggling to catch Tim Wakefield's knuckleball through the season's first few weeks, Doug Mirabelli was reacquired from the Padres. Mirabelli flew from coast-to-coast and was whisked to Fenway Park in a police car, where he arrived just minutes before the first pitch and caught a 7-3 Wakefield victory on May 1.
On June 27, the club honored the 1986 American League Champion Red Sox team before that night's game against the New York Mets, who they met in the 1986 Fall Classic 20 years prior. Participants who were introduced to the Fenway Park crowd included Wade Boggs, Bruce Hurst, Dwight Evans, Jim Rice, Al Nipper, Marty Barrett, Oil Can Boyd and the team's manager, Joe Morgan. The next night, the Fenway Park crowd welcomed back Pedro Martinez who made his first start against the Red Sox since leaving the team after the 2004 season.
Jason Varitek tore cartilage in his knee on July 31 and wouldn't return until September. Varitek's loss was one of many, as the malady-ravaged Red Sox went 9-21 in August. The lowest point might have been a gruesome, five-game sweep by the Yankees at Fenway Park late in the month, which brought back memories of 1978's "Boston Massacre," when the Yankees visited Boston and took all four games of an early September series against the Red Sox.
Though the team continued to struggle, David Ortiz set a single-season, franchise record with 54 home runs, breaking the mark previously held by Jimmie Foxx. Though the team finished third in the AL East, it wasn't due to poor defense as the 2006 Red Sox compiled a MLB record fielding percentage of .98909.
On the last day of the season, Nicaragua-born Devern Hansack threw five no-hit innings in a rain-shortened 9-0 victory but he was not credited with an official no-hitter.
Following the disappointing season, the Red Sox won the right to negotiate with Japanese star pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka and signed him in the proverbial 23rd hour of the negotiating window.
Following the 2005 season, the third and fourth levels of Fenway Park underwent massive renovations. The glass of the .406 Club, which had separated fans in the club from the field, was taken down and the space was split into two open-air seating areas: the EMC Club on the third level and the State Street Home Plate Pavilion Club above. The EMC Club offered its members à la carte dining, a dedicated concierge and three full service bars while the Home Plate Pavilion Club provided an upscale buffet to accommodate its larger capacity. Both clubs offered some of the best views of the field and provided Fenway Park with new year-round function space that has enabled many groups and parties to host events at the ballpark. The Red Sox Hall of Fame plaques also found a new home in the hallway outside the EMC Club
On the fourth level of the ballpark, in addition to the Home Plate Pavilion Club, the team replaced the roof box seats with the Pavilion Club and Box sections. This new pavilion level included new restrooms, concessions and concourse space while adding over 1,000 club and box seats, which increased Fenway Park's seating capacity to 35,108.
In addition to the construction of the State Street Pavilion Level and EMC Club, the team removed the centralized speaker cluster in center field and replaced it with a new distributed sound system to provide a greatly enhanced level of sound quality and coverage in the ballpark.
To improve ingress near Gate D, a new staircase was built at the corner of Yawkey Way and Van Ness Street that cut over the player's parking lot to join the back of the First Base Deck and the ramp at Gate D on the grandstand level.
On September 27, 2006 the right-field foul pole, nicknamed Pesky Pole for decades, was officially dedicated to Johnny Pesky, who celebrated his 87th birthday that day.
Fenway Park staged its first Futures at Fenway minor league doubleheader in 2006. The Lowell Spinners, Short-Season A Ball affiliate of the Red Sox in the New York-Penn League, beat the Oneonta Tigers in the first game, before the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox beat the Rochester Red Wings, 5-4. Earlier in the year, Boston College won the 2006 Baseball Beanpot at Fenway Park,
|2006 Non-Red Sox Baseball At Fenway Park
|April 25
|Boston College 10, Harvard 2 (Beanpot Championship)*
|April 25
|Northeastern 7, University of Massachusetts 6 (Beanpot Consolation)*
|August 26
|Futures at Fenway: Lowell Spinners 3, Oneonta Tigers 1
|August 26
|Futures at Fenway: Pawtucket Red Sox 5, Rochester Red Wings 4
*Starting in 1990, Fenway Park has hosted the annual Baseball Beanpot, baseball's version of the longstanding Boston hockey tradition. Originally, the competition featured the same schools that battle for Hockey Beanpot: Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern University and Harvard University. However, when BU dropped their baseball program after the 1995 season, the University of Massachusetts took their place. The Baseball Beanpot has been held at Fenway Park every year since its inception except for in 2004 and 2010, when the tournament was played at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton, MA.
With the 2006 NCAA Women's Final Four being played in Boston, Fenway Park greeted basketball fans for a ballpark-wide party on April 1. At the end of May, Massachusetts Senior Senator Edward Kennedy hosted an event celebrating the release of his book "My Senator and Me." Fenway Park also welcomed a series of musical events in 2006: Dave Matthews Band and Sheryl Crow played at the park twice in July, while the group Train performed during a Microsoft Tech Ed Conference party in June. The second annual "Hot Stove, Cool Music" concert was moved into Fenway Park's Big Concourse due to rain but the acts, including an appearance by James Taylor, still put on a great show.
|2006 Non-Baseball Events At Fenway Park
|April 1
|NCAA Women's Final Four Party
|May 31
|Senator Edward Kennedy Book Release Event
|June 15
|Microsoft Tech Ed Conference Party
|June 19
|Father's Day Walk
|July 7-8
|Dave Matthews Band and Sheryl Crow Concerts
|July 12
|Hot Stove, Cool Music Fenway Sessions Concert
|August 13
|Picnic in the Park
|December 9
|Christmas at Fenway


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To begin, create a new canvas and set the dimensions to 200 by 200 pixels. In the vectors toolbox, click on the shape button and select the star. Create a star on the canvas and change the dimensions to 100 by 100 pixels. Change the star color to White and give the star a one pixel border.
Position the star by changing the x and y values both to 50. Save the canvas to a file called star.png. In the Frames window, change the frame delay time to 10. This means when we animate, there will be a one-tenth of a second interval before changing.
Click on the image and then in the Filters menu, go to Noise and select Add Noise.
An Add Noise dialog box will appear. It will ask you for Amount and Color. Change the amount to 100 and check the Color and click OK. You will see a color pixel effect on the star.
We then go to the Frames window and click on the small options list icon at the top right of window. Select Duplicate frames and a dialog box will appear.
Change the value to 9 and click OK.
In the Frames window, it should show 10 frames.
What we do next is we just change the noise value of each image in each frame. This can be random as we need a sparkling effect. Since the starting noise value was 100, the last frame should just be below 100. This is so we can make a smooth cycle.
After you have randomly assigned noise values to each image, go to the Optimize window and change the Export File format to Animated GIF. Keep everything else as the default.
Now go to the File menu, select Export. Rename the Animated GIF to something appropriate and keep the Save As Type as Images.
Now, go to the image in the file location and preview in web browser.
By the way, my example doesnt match the canvas size.
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Due to drainage issues in this particular area, I chose to place this cold frame on top of a raised bed rather than flat on the ground. Once spring planting season arrived, the frame was lifted off and stored until the next winter.
Winter gardening is the busy gardener's dream come true – bountiful harvests with little to no weeding, watering, or other tiresome work. However, you do need to provide a bit of protection for winter veggies. DIY cold frames can be both inexpensive and highly functional, and constructed using materials you may already have on hand.
How Cold Frames Work
Just like children, winter gardens need protection when the mercury plunges. However, the goal is not to create summer-like conditions. Instead, cold frames limit the freeze/thaw cycles by collecting solar heat, blocking chilling winds, and deflecting soaking rains. These traits tend to keep temps inside approximately 10-20 F above outside temps, depending on materials used.
Construction Basics
Cold frames are simple to build. The goal is to create a bottomless box no higher than 12-18 inches in back, no lower than 8 inches in front, and as deep/wide as you need. While there's no hard and fast rule on height and length, try to keep it on the lower side to best retain heat. And while many construction plans recommend slanted tops to provide optimal solar heat acquisition, it is not entirely necessary as long as placement is in full sun. Use what's on hand to keep costs down, such as scrap untreated lumber, bricks, masonry blocks, or hay bales, and don't worry about slanting the top unless you want to do so.
To create the light (or lid) you need some type of translucent material to allow the sun's rays to enter the box. Recycle old storm doors or windows, shower doors, salvaged greenhouse panels, Lexan, or other clear material to further increase savings. If none of these materials are available, use heavy-duty plastic sheeting. You can build a frame for the sheeting or simply drape it across the box and secure with blocks, water jugs, or other heavy items to prevent heat escaping.
Site Selection
Choosing a site couldn't be easier. Walk your garden and select the sunniest spot available. Check to ensure it's not in a low place that collects rainwater, as cold winter rain pooling under the frame will end your winter garden. It is also beneficial to place the frame in an area with some protection from winter wind, such as near shrubs or other tall plantings, provided they do not block valuable sunlight. However, stacking hay bales or other large items along the windward side of the frame days can provide temporary wind protection in the event of especially cold and windy.
Additional Considerations
While you want to keep heat in, there will be times when you have to ventilate excess heat. Keep a thermometer in the center and monitor throughout the day until you it's time to vent. In most cases, outside temperatures of 20 F and higher require venting for at least part of the day. At the cooler end, you may need to lift the light only a few inches. Warmer weather will call for wider openings.
However, you may also need to occasionally provide additional insulation. When temps drop into the single digits, add extra insulation by placing a heavy blanket or several inches of hay across the top and sides. Just be sure to remove during the day when temps rise to avoid overheating.
Constructing a cold frame with readily available materials provides inexpensive protection for the winter garden. And with a little creativity, you can build a frame that costs you nothing more than time.
Build Your Own!
1. Assemble materials. Our list included: one double-pane window, two large sheets plywood, two small door hinges, 1 inch pipe foam insulation, door and window insulation tape, stainless steel wood screws, wood glue (or other weather-resistant glue, we used Gorilla Glue) and exterior paint. The tools you will need are a saw, saw horses, drill, screwdriver, measuring tape, pencil and eye and ear protection for the power tools.
2. Decide the dimensions of the box. Because our window measured 29 by 33 inches, we made the box those dimensions. And because the window should slope southward to take advantage of the low angled sunlight, we made the front of the box 6 inches tall and the rear wall 18 inches tall.
3. Measure and trace the shape of your pieces on the plywood. Templates or patterns might be helpful. And do the math for the sloped sides! Because your window will rest on the top of all four walls, be sure the sloped sides are the same length of the window (the bottom of the side walls' measurements will be different).
4. Cut the wood walls.
5. Glue and screw the walls together. We chose butt joints, but if you are a skilled woodworker and are using solid wood boards (versus plywood), other types of joints might be desirable.
6. Remove the window's existing hardware, if needed. Attach the window to the frame using door hinges. Here we reused the existing hardware holes drilled into the window's frame.
7. Paint the box. You can choose a color to match your house, as done here, but be sure to paint the interior of the box white for maximum light diffusion.
8. Attach pipe insulation to bottom of frame– this will protect the wood from the soil and help "seal" the frame to the ground. If needed, attach peel-and-stick door/window insulation to areas where window doesn't seal tightly.9. Fashion a sturdy prop stick. I used scrap wood and covered the top with left over insulation foam.
A version of this article appeared in a November/December 2017 print edition of State-by-State Gardening.
Photography courtesy of Kristi Cook and Michelle Walsh.


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When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?"
"Yes, Lord," he said, "you know that I love you."
Jesus said, "Feed my lambs."
Again Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you love me?"
He answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep."
The third time he said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?"
Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you."
Jesus said, "Feed my sheep." [John 21:15-17]
Fr. Kaspal at Holy Trinity gave a homily a couple of weeks ago on Christ's three" Do you love me's?" and Peter's three yeses. He said The first "Feed my sheep" refers to the people in the Church. The second refers to the folks who have left the Church or left the side of Christ. The third "Feed my sheep" refers to the people who have never known Christ at all.
I am a sucker for all shepherd/sheep mentions. My heart opens. The tears flow.
And the request--command, really--to feed my sheep is something I struggle with.
Don't worry, Christ will see to it that the Gospel is spread with or without me for heaven's sake. But at the same time, we are given our little mission and we are called to fulfill it as best we can to the point of death. So here I am, an ardent (if ever-stumbling) Catholic surrounded by friends who are (mostly) not Catholic, in a culture that is virulently anti-Catholic, and in a Church by whose more vitriolic, nitpicking members I am mortified. They were like sheep without a shepherd. That is all of us, but I have talked to so many people lately, whether it's porn addiction or a wayward child or ongoing mental torment, who are like sheep without a shepherd and how do you lead them to the Shepherd? You have to be really really lost, and to have really really run out of ideas, to hear the voice of the Shepherd and maybe the most I am ever going to be able to do is to keep people company while they're stumbling around in the pasture.


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After years of gathering and assessing information from multiple stakeholders, including the AAFP, the FDA has given final approval to a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) for extended-release and long-acting (ER/LA) opioids.
Part of an ongoing federal initiative aimed at combating misuse and abuse of prescription medications, the REMS requires manufacturers of these powerful analgesics to bankroll the development and dissemination of FDA-specified education on ER/LA opioids for prescribers of the drugs, production of relevant patient education materials, and ongoing assessment of the REMS' reach and effectiveness.
According to a July 9 FDA news release(www.fda.gov), "The REMS introduces new safety measures designed to reduce risks and improve the safe use of ER/LA opioids, while ensuring access to needed medications for patients in pain."
- The FDA recently approved a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) for extended-release and long-acting (ER/LA) opioids.
- The REMS requires pharmaceutical companies that manufacture and distribute these drugs to provide voluntary prescriber education, as well as patient education materials.
- An FDA blueprint developed with input from stakeholders, including the AAFP, lays out the core messages to be covered in educational offerings for prescribers of ER/LA opioids.
Maintaining patient access to these medications has been a primary focus of the AAFP throughout its longstanding involvement with this issue. In a letter(4 page PDF) about the proposed REMS that was sent last December to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, M.D., AAFP Board Chair Roland Goertz, M.D., M.B.A., of Waco, Texas, stressed that point, while also acknowledging the threat posed by the nation's burgeoning epidemic of prescription drug abuse.
"A key mission of the AAFP is to protect the health of the public, and we are deeply aware of the serious problem of prescription drug abuse and the resulting deaths," said Goertz. "At the same time, we need to address the ongoing public health requirement to provide adequate pain management."
Goertz went on to say that the Academy is "deeply concerned about the public health consequences of undertreatment of pain, as well as opioid misuse," citing the 2011 Institute of Medicine report, Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education and Research(www.nationalacademies.org), which called for enlisting various groups to address the issue collectively. "Careful review of the report suggests that many of its recommendations are consistent with AAFP policy, and it clearly describes the need to involve family physicians and other primary care physicians in the care of people with pain."
Furthermore, Goertz added, as both a national CME accreditor and an Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)-accredited CME provider, the Academy is committed to ensuring that CME developed under the REMS is in full compliance with the AAFP's CME credit system criteria and the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support.
Educating Physicians and Patients
That's a key point, because the REMS that FDA officials approved is all about education -- both for physicians and other prescribers of ER/LA opioids and for patients. Briefly put, the REMS comprises three primary components:
- Educational programs for clinicians who prescribe opioids. The FDA worked up a "Blueprint for Prescriber Education" that lays out the core messages to be covered in voluntary educational offerings for prescribers of these drugs. Among elements to be included are information on weighing the benefits and risks of opioid therapy; how to choose, manage and monitor patients who use these agents; and how these patients should be counseled in their safe use. Recognizing the potential for or evidence of abuse, misuse or addiction also will be part of the training.
- Updated medication guides and patient counseling documents. These materials will provide patient-friendly guidance on safely using, storing and disposing of ER/LA opioid drugs. Specifically, patients will be instructed to consult their prescribing clinician before changing the dose of their medication; counseled about specific signs of overdose and who to contact in an emergency; and given advice on how to safely store these medications in the home to prevent accidental ingestion.
- Assessment and auditing of prescriber training. The FDA has established certain goals for the percentage of ER/LA opioids prescribers who complete the training, as well as for assessing prescribers' ongoing understanding of relevant risk information. A key part of this assessment will be determining whether the REMS is adversely affecting patients' access to necessary pain medication.
According to the FDA blueprint, it is expected that after completing the CME/CE activities, prescribers will
- understand how to assess patients for possible treatment with ER/LA opioids;
- be familiar with how to initiate therapy, modify dosages and discontinue therapy with these agents;
- be knowledgeable about how to manage ongoing ER/LA opioid therapy;
- know how to counsel patients and caregivers about the safe use of these medications, including how to store and dispose of them; and
- be familiar with general and product-specific information about ER/LA opioids.
AAFP Policies Defend FPs' Unfettered Right to Prescribe
The AAFP has an overarching policy that opposes any action that limits patients' access to physician-prescribed pharmaceuticals, as well as any actions by pharmaceutical companies, public or private health insurers, lawmakers, or the FDA or other agencies, that have the effect of limiting the use of any pharmaceutical product by medical specialty.
A second, more specific Academy policy "opposes legislation or executive action that would require mandatory education of family physicians as a condition for prescribing specific drugs, such as opioids."
It's important to note that although the FDA has authority over the pharmaceutical industry, it has no power to regulate physicians or other clinicians and so cannot require prescribers to complete education related to opioids or any other drug.
Furthermore, although physicians are required to register with the DEA to prescribe certain controlled medications, including ER/LA opioids, the DEA currently has no statutory authority to require physicians to complete specific educational activities to prescribe any drug. The upshot is that at this time, the CME/CE called for by the FDA is not mandatory for prescribers.
The AAFP has fought long and hard to keep it that way, denouncing calls for mandatory CME on opioid prescribing that formed the basis of a bill(www.govtrack.us) introduced by Sen. John Rockefeller, D-W.Va., in March 2011, as well as a plan introduced a month later by the Obama administration.
Working Behind the Scenes
As for the current FDA action, "The AAFP has been working very closely with the FDA, the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and industry to be sure we get this right to head off the mandatory CME being threatened by Congress and the administration," said Daniel Ostergaard, M.D., AAFP vice president for health of the public and interprofessional activities.
"The work we've done with the FDA, in particular, has helped ensure that this CME is now offered in a voluntary fashion and is paid for by industry."
Kathy Marian, M.Ed., manager of CME standards and outcomes for the AAFP, echoed Ostergaard's sentiments: "The AAFP, as a credit system, plays a key role in ensuring the CME/CE credit system guidelines are respected and that there is alignment in these guidelines that supports REMS CME/CE and ensures compliance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support."
Furthermore, she added, "The AAFP, as a provider of CME, provides clear vision of the components of effective learner-centered CME design and assessment."
An FDA question-and-answer Web page(www.fda.gov) on the ER/LA opioids REMS notes that the first CME/CE activities are anticipated to begin by March 2013.
However, the agency noted, "Even before the CE activities conducted under the REMS become available, all prescribers are encouraged to thoroughly discuss the risks and benefits of these products with their patients. A patient counseling document approved with the REMS will be available to assist the prescriber in these discussions."
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Here is pretty in pink Blossom. Blossom has always been one of my favorite characters because even though she has the looks, she is still one tuff cookie. She doesn't take crap from no one and she can also be very demanding. I do think that Blossom is the leader of the three girl pack but I could be wrong. For those of you that are looking forward to the new Powerpuff Girls 2013, you will enjoy learning "how to draw Blossom". I will be back later on today with other fun stuff so don't go anywhere. Peace out people.
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TRAM TIME: Have you taken the Valley Floor Tour? If you've been to Yosemite we'll say the chances are good. It's the classic green motorized snake-y mobile that wends its way along the Merced and beneath the cliffs. (Yeah, we know, "snake-y" is a bit fanciful, but tell us you haven't made a similar comparison.) And what goes down during the tour? A ranger talks about the rocky landmarks and manmade structures and the climbers of El Capitan. All very informative. But more specialized tours are available -- call them Immersion Excursion Speciality Tours -- through Labor Day. Meaning that if you're looking for more than a general overview of the valley, you'll want to hop on one of these babies.
THE FIVE: Secret Seekers is on Monday (yep, it is what it sounds like; Yosemite's less talked-about bits will be discussed); Rock Stars is on Tuesday (hellooooo, El Cap); Wednesday is a kid-oriented day; Thursdays go avian; and Friday puts the emphasis on H2O. Bet some park buffs'll get in all five before early September, but even if you just sign up for one you'll be going deeper than most visitors to Yosemite ever go. So a tip of the ranger cap to that (not that we own a ranger cap, but boy howdy, do we ever covet 'em; we'd wear 'em about town and soak up the compliments, for sure).


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Days after Verizon announces it will acquire Yahoo, Yahoo is testing a new search bar at the top with a missing logo at the left.
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Here's how you can enable the experiment:
Go to Yahoo.com and load your browser's developer console:
Google Chrome: Tools, Developer Tools
Mozilla Firefox: Web Developer, Web Console
Internet Explorer: Developer Tools (F12), Console
Copy and paste the following code:
document.cookie="B=196eqthbl2sv6&b=3&s=g6; path=/; domain=.yahoo.com";window.location.reload();
Press Enter, refresh the page and you'll see the experiment.
If doesn't work, try this other method:
Open Chrome and install this extension.
Go to Yahoo.com and select "Edit Cookies" option on the context menu:
Find a cookie named B and replace the value with this cookie value:
Click "Submit cookie changes" and refresh the page.


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Thank God You're Here (Australian TV show)
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This is a list of quotes from the Australian Show, for the UK Re-make, see Thank God You're Here (UK TV series).
Thank God You're Here is a show where they get four celebrities, costume them and get them to walk into a room they know nothing about and try to talk their way out of it.
Episode 1.1[edit]
- Shane Bourne: Frank, how are you feeling?
- Frank Woodley: I'm feeling…I'm feeling… I'm feeling…good! Not cocky, but just feeling, well actually you know what? I'm feeling like I'm a spider of entertainment. And that's because I'm going to weave a web of comedy from stuff I just pull out of my bum. We'll see. Fingers crossed.
- Shane: Oh, I can't wait. Get the Mortein!
- Heidi: These products are all good, as the slogan says...
- Fifi Box: If you can do it, you can!
- (hooter)
- Frank: Does yours hurt as much as mine?
- Gladiator: A little bit
- Frank: It's like agh! (Hits metal on chest.) Far out! They could make them out of mink! It wouldn't be so good in the battles of course. But in this bit, (Hits metal on chest.) the mink would be better. In the battle, agh, agh! You're dead!
- Dan: Tell me, what news from the Eastern Front?
- Frank: Oh, the barbarians are going off their nut! Hairy, hairy, hairy bastards.
- Frank: Rome glorious Rome! We root like rabbits.
- Rome glorious Rome! We have the trusted like habits!
- But slightly different because it's a little bit away from us.
- Rome glorious Rome! We will one day rule the universe!
- Rome glorious Rome! We will turn the barbarian's scrotums into a purse!
- Peter Rowsthorn: This one was the dolphin pad, which we have clearly marked 'H', because dolphins, they're high intelligence beings, have their own alphabet. They understand D as an H.
- Frank: I am Pete. But my friends call me Tom.
- Dan: Tom.
- Heidi: Okay.
- Frank: No, you are not my friends yet!
- Heidi: Do any of you hold any qualifications for early childhood?
- Frank: Oh, yes. I'm qualified to go through early childhood.
- Heidi: Now, of course we have to do a police check, 'cause you will be working with children. Now, who...
- Frank: Right. (Drops his giant toothbrush, and walks out of the room, disappearing out the back.)
Episode 1.2[edit]
- Heidi: Welcome to Australia's number one children's show...
- Shaun Micallef: Hey, That's My Hat.
- Heidi: Tina, what's the letter of the week
- Shaun: The letter of the week is from Alfred Gurnes
- Heidi: Goodbye to all our friends today, we've had so much fun and so much gay
- Shaun: -ness, that is a lifestyle choice, so whether you're a girl or whether you are boys, come again tomorrow wont you, I… crave.
- Shaun: I am the Amphibian Man. My code name is Get Me Out Of Here Immediately.
- Matthew Newton: I am the Spotty Dick. And my code name is Chunder.
- Dan: And you, fellow?
- Angus Sampson: My name is Beaver. My code name is Beaver.
- Leader: It's our friend from the French resistance.
- Matt: Hubba hubba!
- Shaun: (His microphone falls from his pocket.) My God, these haven't been invented yet!
Episode 1.3[edit]
- Shane Bourne: Before we start. Frank?
- Frank Woodley: (Indicates bald head.) This is all I know, They've given me this. I'm not sure what that means. I dunno if I'm gonna be a baby or if I'm gonna be sort of um, "Whoa, the power and the passion!" (Dances crazily.)
- Andrew: How much time would you estimate you've taken off in the last six months?
- Frank: In the last six months?
- Andrew: Yeah.
- Frank: Oh, probably not more than six months.
- Frank: Is your body a temple? I hope it is, although, I hope that a priest hasn't entered it.
- Frank: (Indicates clothes.) I must admit I'm starting to think I'm probably not going to be going "Whoa, the power and the passion!" I'm starting to think it's a different direction.
- Dan: Thank God you're here master.
- Frank: I'm glad to be here. Because I'm always glad for a master of the way always has a happy heart. Even once, I got a pimple on the inside of my buttocks and when I walked it would rub and rub! But that did not deter me from the centre of the way.
- Frank: (In accent.) Don't try to eat a stone, you'll... it'll hurt! And don't ever try to throw a feather at someone in anger for the will look at you and just go (Drops accent.)"Well what are you doing?"
- Dan: Master, lead us in a prayer
- Frank: Okey, dokey. Great wall of china!
- Dan: In Tibetan, master, if we may.
- Frank: (Shakes his head.) You have learnt much my son. But you have not learnt to not be a smart ass.
- Dan: I want you to stand and state your name. Who are you?
- Glenn Robbins: Um... Ken. Ken the... Ken the conqueror.
- Dan: You sir?
- Akmal Saleh: Vicilious Demericus. But I'm also known as Craig.
- Fifi Box: Sally Bacterious.
- Dan: Sally. You have a strange voice for a viking warrior.
- Fifi: I do. I do. Some like it though.
- Dan: Good, sit mighty Sally. And finally...
- Frank: I'm... I'm Ken as well. But I'm Ken, the one who tried to conquer some stuff and didn't work out.
- Dan: What do you call this?
- Glenn Robbins: It slices. It dices. But wait, there's more. It also works as a... Ken?
- Frank: Killing thing.
- Glenn: So when you're attacked by an enemy, don't stab him. Slice him and dice him, pop him in the freezer and have him a bit later on.
- Dan: You have discovered a new method to navigate the mighty waters.
- Fifi: I thought what we could do is just put the boat in the water, grab an oar, see what happens.
- Dan: I like it.
- Akmal: We did this, but we forgot to get in the boat. And then the boat went... next time we actually got the boat and went in it, and we thought that was much more effective.
- Glenn: Let's just say, she's not great at coming up with ideas. She's much better, Ken, and I think you'll agree when I say this, at making love.
- Dan: Ken the non-conqueror, but Ken the wise, tell me, some say the earth is round.
- Frank: Ha!
- Dan: Some say the earth is flat. But you say it is neither. Why?
- Frank: Well, I've got a hunch. Because I think it's like a big skateboard ramp and you head off up into the nothingness, do a bit of a trick, come back. That didn't make any sense, let's get into the raping!
- Glenn: Also, he's not great with the ideas.
- Dan: Enough! We only have time to pray now. And we must pray to mighty Thor, mighty Oden, please I ask of thee, give me wisdom.
- Ed: I ask of thee strength. (Points at Glenn.)
- Glenn: I ask of thee…
- Akmal: He's not great with ideas either!
Episode 1.4[edit]
- Nicola: Does this mean you and I are through?
- Angus Sampson: Well... Let's just work that out. (He draws a graph on the whiteboard.) If we take this variable as Monday to Friday. This variable: 9 to 5. I take 12 to 3 off, I could fit you in on Tuesdays to Thursdays 12 to 3.
- Nicola: You said you loved me, John.
- (There's a pause. Angus looks at Ed.)
- Angus: Well, I love you, too.
- Ed: Good.
- Angus: To health, love, and multimedia legislation.
- Dan: I hate to be a stickler for tradition, but if we could have that in Latin, just to keep in with...
- (They all agree.)
- Santo Cilaro: In vino veritas, et avec omnibus we travel.
- Dan: We were looking at possible changes, you had mentioned, Brother, you wanted to change some of the prayers to sort of update them for the young people. To keep it fresh.
- Angus: Wanted to get the Snoop Dogg language happening, the 'shizzleator' into the blessings.
- Dan: Shizzleator?
- Angus: Shizzleator.
- Dan: How would that sound?
- Angus: Ordered my shizzle, oblezzile, essing with ezzizzle, a celebrizzle of the word of the jizzle.
Episode 1.5[edit]
- Simon: This was a fact finding mission on African poverty and yet you started in the Greek islands.
- Alan Brough: I wanted... I wanted to get some perspective.
- Simon: On board a yacht?
- Alan: Lots of perspective.
- Simon: Thank God you're here.
- Shaun: Yes, well, I came as soon as I could, my boat was slow.
- Simon: The king awaits. Your highness.
- Shaun: Your Majesty.
- Dan: Ah, at last. So tell me, my good man, how did you get here?
- Shaun: As I said to your footman, I arrived here on boat.
- Dan: But you live in the next village.
- Shaun: It was carried aloft by four others.
- Shaun Micallef: (Sitting down) Please excuse my unworthy crack.
Episode 1.6[edit]
- Ensemble: Come let us be gay
- Angus Sampson: Ah, my favourite part of the evening
Episode 1.7[edit]
- Frank Woodley: My grandfather actually lost a leg in the war. It wasn't his. He was a doctor.
- Bob Franklin: This section is known as Oak Corner. It was named by a fellow who had to be let go in the end due to a lack of imagination.
- Josh Lawson: And if we all look out to the left, the bus will tip over.
- Bob: As we always say in Melbourne. Take Photos, But Leave the Women Alone.
- Frank: Just because you need nappies, doesn't mean you can't dance! That's my motto!
- Frank: Yeah, we don't have beds anymore. We find that if we stack them in shelves and strap them in, its far more efficient!
- Frank: I think cause our inmates like… inmates? Our clients like that personal… they like to feel, they like me to caress them in a friendly, no! We're not like that!
- Interviewer: Of course your residents have a whole programme…
- Frank: Residents! That's the word I was looking for.
- Frank: The items in the package were of a packaged nature, that's the only information we have to date without a doubt it was probably one of the more packaged um, packages yet to be packaged.
Episode 1.8[edit]
- Angus Sampson: Whenever you're feeling very very ill, get in the ring with Ozzie Boxing Phil.
- Ensemble: [referring to Ozzie Phil's pies] They say that they are Australian pies but, where are they made?
- Angus Sampson: New Zealand.
- Ensemble: It says on the box "Made in Thailand".
- Angus: That's Thailand on the north island of New Zealand.
- Josh Lawson: Government regulation prohibit the following four activities: 1. Smoking. 2. Offensive language. 3. Offensive smoking. And 4. Smoking language.
- Hamish Blake: Anyone trespassing on the ground will be fined $500 and be forced to eat a shoe.
Episode 1.10[edit]
- Ensemble: How do you do it with the ladies? What's your secret?
- Angus Sampson: Well, first I listen to them. I look at them and then I touch them.
- Ensemble: Listen for his opening line that he's famous for.
- Angus Sampson: Nice gloves.
- Ensemble: What deck are you on, Mr. Higginbottom?
- Angus Sampson: The top. Always the top.
- Angus Sampson: George used to say to me...
- Ensemble: Yes, Mr. Higginbottom?
- Angus Sampson: Don't rush me woman.
- Ensemble: This was a normal horse, now it's a miniture horse
- Akmal Saleh: Yeah, well I'm a miniture clown!
Episode 2.1[edit]
- Ensemble: I wanted to go to the toilet, do you know what the waiter said? It's closed for the winter.
- Anh Do: Well don't you know if you go when it's to cold it can damage your bits.
- Ensemble: The health inspector is here what should I tell him?
- Anh: Tell him not to pee because it's to cold.
- Ensemble: Please state your names.
- Anh: Sir Michael with the big sword.
- Tony Martin: Sir Guy of Sebastian.
- Hamish Blake: Darren the Nitpicky, and it's an oval table not a round table, I'm a bit dissapointed.
- Cal Wilson: Sir Lady Brian the Boy of Lady.
- Ensemble: You are going to fight the enemy territory of...
- Tony: Mulgrave.
- Ensemble: What are you fighting for?
- Tony: Ah... Brasher's record voucher.
Episode 2.2[edit]
- Ensemble: Do you have anything that's low fat?
- Dailan Evans: (Laughs.) You're jokin' aren't ya, um I mean yep yes we do, ahhh we have a straw.
Episode 2.3[edit]
- Andrew Bayly: We were watching television when we heard a screech of tyres and a bang!
- Matthew Newton: Yeah, that was me!
- Heidi: Are you a learner driver?
- Matthew Newton: [holding up an L-plate] Nah, I'm a legend!
Episode 2.4[edit]
- Nicola Parry: [as Michelle, Bob's wife] I feel like we are drifting apart. There's no communication. He's always out with his mates or at home drinking in front of the television.
- Heidi Arena: [As a marriage guidance counselor] How do you respond to that, Gary?
- Bob Franklin: That's a problem, apparently. Make of that what you will.
- Heidi: How would you describe your love life?
- Bob: I think it's terrific! It's a shame Michelle isn't involved in it.
Episode 2.5[edit]
- Hamish Blake: [as a pharmaceutical doctor, asked to come up with a slogan] No more gas, it's a flact.
Episode 2.6[edit]
- Josh Lawson: Thank God you're here, I was knocking for hours!
- Josh: If you are a barbecue out there, I think it's very important to know that you will be caught at some stage.
- Andrew G: I am Sister Andrea the Ever-So Chaste.
- Josh: I am Sister Beyonce the Jiggy.
- Jo Stanley: I am Sister 2 Sister, the Pop Group.
- Alan Brough: I'm Sister Bob...the gassy.
Episode 2.7[edit]
- Daniel Cordeux: Can you give me one good reason why this city needs you?
- Tony Martin: [As "Flashman"] No, not one good reason but, three good reasons. [pause] Maybe just the one would be good though in this instance.
- (hooter)
- [As part of a "During the Week" segment about cooking]
- Ensemble: Jerry, you must be very excited because you just opened your new restaurant.
- Tony Martin: [As a chef] I know and I'm a dentist!
- Ensemble: Tell me one domestic cleaning duty you've done since you moved in here.
- Arj Barker: I emptied the trash on my Macintosh.
- Ensemble: You bought us some food but, hot dogs? We're vegetarians!
- Arj Barker: Well, put some lettuce on it!
- Ensemble: For those who haven't seen this show, how would you best describe "A Town in the Valley"?
- Tahir Bilgic: [looks at audience] Who hasn't seen this show? Get out! I think it's a drama/comedy. We're trying to be dramatic but, we're poor actors.
Episode 2.9[edit]
- Heidi Arena: [As a parent, at a parent-teacher interview] How's Chris doing in school?
- Merrick Watts: [As the teacher] He's doing very good. He's a very bright kid, isn't he?
- Heidi Arena: Chris is a girl.
- Merrick Watts: But, he looks like a boy.
- Heidi Arena: You've also given her an "A" in French.
- Merrick Watts: Yes, very good. "A" is the highest mark I give.
- Heidi Arena: She doesn't do French.
- Merrick Watts: But, when she did, she was an "Ass".
Episode 2.10[edit]
- Daniel Cordeux: What is going on here?
- Tony Martin: [As a SWAT officer] Renovation Rescue!
- Nicola Parry: Ken, we here that one lucky punter has walked away with $50,000. How did they manage that?
- Hamish Blake: Yeah, I was rapt, I mean, we don't know who it is. Don't know who it was and we don't definitely don't have any inside information so, good on them and no investigation needed.
- Interviewer: What will your tactics be for the race?
- Tony Martin: [As a Jockey] I'll be attempting to go the other way around the track to confuse the other horses.
Episode 3.11[edit]
- [As part of a "During the Week" segment, SCU - Special Crimes Unit]
- Female Police Officer: You don't mind being outranked by a woman, do you?
- Angus Sampson: I always prefer them on top.
- Angus Sampson: [As a police officer, having burst into a warehouse to catch some criminals] It's scum like you that got The Curiosity Show taken off air.


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Life finally calmed down enough that we were able to spend a weekend with the Keevers. Miles (and mommy and daddy) couldn't have had a better time. First we hit Nasa and got to see a helicopter and a coastguard boat.
Nasa has the coolest playscape ever with the fastest slide I've ever had the pleasure of riding.
The kids got to "fly" spaceships and the adults got to play in a few too.
The rides on the Kemah Boardwalk were a huge hit for Miles and Kaylee. Miles got to ride a dragon which is now his new favorite thing since Darin introduced him to the movie "How to Train your Dragon".
Miles and Kaylee were able to ride some "big kid" rides all by themselves. Miles was having so much fun he was laughing hysterically.
I know I'm looking forward to going back!
This year we had 3 full days of celebrating. First we went to the MOMs Club Halloween party.
Lyla wanted to be a dinosaur just like her brother.
The next evening, we visited the Smithville Rec Center and played on their games. It wasn't quite what we were expecting but Miles had a blast playing with Pop.
On Halloween night we drove into Austin and went trick or treating with my dad and Eve. Miles was a trick or treating pro. Lyla was fine getting candy but she wasn't too keen on talking to strangers and even got scared at a few exhibits. Miles did a good job encouraging his sister to walk up to houses telling her "it's just pretend" or "it's fun!"
Eric's sister and husband gave us a much needed vacation at their house in Ft. Worth last weekend. Travis even got to come along too. Miles was in awe of his cousin, David. We enjoyed the first half of a TCU football game until the kids were too tired to push forward.
Miles had fun playing football with the big kids in their front yard. He seemed to think it was a good idea to run around with a baseball helmet covering his eyes. David thought it was hilarious.
We also were able to have a quick visit with my grandparents. Lyla enjoyed playing with Gama's costume jewelry and Miles had fun decorating daddy.
Now we are (im)patiently awaiting Halloween. Both kids can barely contain themselves. Lyla has already declared she wants to be a dinosaur like her big brother. Miles had fun testing out an old lion costume I found in the garage.
The highlight for September was a visit from Cameron and Emily. We enjoyed a day in Austin shopping for Halloween costumes, riding the Zilker train, and lunch at Shady Grove. It was very nice having an extra set of hands with the kids running opposite directions on the playground:).
Miles has a newfound love of making funny faces. The kid show, Yo Gabba Gabba, seems to have a lot to do with it.
Lyla is still 100% girl. She has mastered the art of giving kisses and loves playing with her baby doll and wearing jewelry.
August was a month of high-highs and low-lows. An insane amount of progress was made on the house.
The kids have been adjusting well to life at the duplex. They seem to understand that this is temporary and that we will be living at the land soon. Lyla at 18 months is able to communicate 80% of the time using words to tell us what she wants. I think having a big brother around to teach her and mimic is helping. She is also already potty training. I'm not pushing it too much but if she wants to use the big potty, I'll let her.
Miles is such a big kid now. I really enjoy getting to play with him and especially love that he can communicate! We've made a lot of new friends in the Bastrop area and don't go into Austin nearly as much as I thought we would. I do miss a few things about Austin (good restaurants, Costco, and Target) but other than that I absolutely LOVE Bastrop and I think the kids do as well.
Sadly on August 15th my wonderful grandmother lost her battle with lung cancer.
She was able to live independently until the last 4 weeks of her life which was such a blessing. I'm so glad that I was able to be with her when she passed. While it was an experience I'd rather not have to relive I'm so proud of what an amazing family I have. Most of us were able to be with her when she passed which was something that was very important to her. I love you and miss you every day, Mema.


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At Peoli, it is our constant effort to ethically source natural dyestuffs, use harvested rain water and solar energy for each process and archive the diminishing crafts as a step towards creating a sustainable system of hand spinning, natural dyeing and hand knitting in Uttarakhand.
The variations produced in the colour and the yarn due to the various hand processes - give rise to a new hue and texture…a unique piece every time – that is the magic of "the handmade".


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Google AdSense updated their reporting interface today for the first time in years. It looks sleek, uncluttered and a very minimalist version of the old interface. If you don't have it updated in your account, AdSense is rolling it out to all publishers over the next few days. For those who are in the dark, here is how the new look appears.
However, since the new UI launch, my inbox has lit up with plenty of complaints about the new UI.
Many AdSense publishers access their accounts via mobile phones, which isn't too surprising in this day and age. Unfortunately, the AdSense team failed to take into account this very major usability aspect into consideration. So now those attempting to access their earnings and reports discover that the new AdSense UI essentially breaks when viewing on a mobile phone when they switch from the "Mobile View" with limited information to the "Classic View" with more detailed reporting information. Mobile version does display basic information, and does load cleanly and quickly, but for power AdSense publishers, it is the more detailed information that they really need to access.
What phones aren't working? Reports include iPhones, Blackberry phones as well as (funnily enough) Samsung 3S running Android. There are probably more, since the update is still rolling out, but it is the iPhone that has everyone up in arms with comments about whether it could be intended or not due to it being a competitor to Google's Android. Some people are reporting a better mobile experience, athough no one specified what mobile phone/platform they were on, of it they attempted to get more detailed information from the "Classic View" versus the "Mobile View".
Meg Geddes (@netmeg) left a comment on the AdSense Google+ page about the issues she is having:
Now that it doesn't render on my iPhone, it's entirely useless. Was that intentional or just a happy coincidence? Not only that, because I previously viewed it in Classic view, there's no clear way to even GET to the mobile view. I finally managed to manipulate it (via going back and forth in portrait and landscape mode) to click on the mobile view, and all I get now is a message that says "The authentication with the AdSense API failed" with a click to reload that gives me the same error. You people need to actually TEST this stuff before you release it
They have also changed how reporting is ordered in the UI as well.
Also, when visiting the "Performance reports" tab, you'll notice that your reports are now organized by type. Click 'Common reports' to access your standard reports, and then use the new date range selector. You'll still be able to choose to either see your default report or daily account performance, just as before.
There is also a second problem with the new UI. Those publishers who access their accounts in another language have most of their new interface displaying in English. For those who know both languages, or remember what stats look like, it is easy to figure out. But for those who do not know English well, this is a major stumbling block.
On the positive side, the AdSense team is aware of the English / non-English issue and are working on it.
Details: We're currently experiencing problems with non-English versions of the AdSense interface. In these other languages, the majority of content is being displayed in English. However, this has no effect on ad serving or reporting. Our engineers are working on fixing this problem as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.
No word on when "as soon as possible" will be unfortunately.
If you are having problems viewing the AdSense with your mobile, please comment with the phone, OS and whether you tried Classic View or Mobile View.


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Black Cow Vodka review
Reuniting the Curds and Whey – Black Cow Vodka and Vintage Cheddar:
Did you know that you can make vodka from all kinds of things? I was fascinated to hear about Black Cow, the world's first pure milk vodka, made in Dorset from the milk of grass grazed cows.
A premium vodka is something rather special – but the precedent for milk vodka comes from countries like Mongolia, where Arkhi (a kind of milk vodka with an alcohol level of around 15-20%) is made by every nomadic family with their own still using fermented cow milk yoghurt. This kind of vodka can be made using the milk from yaks and horses too.
Jason Barber though sticks to dairy cows milk from his farm in Dorset. He started adding value to his milk production by making cheese and was looking for something to do with the whey, a by-product of cheese production. He discovered that by fermenting the whey, he could create a kind of alcohol which could be distilled. Triple distillation results in the fine and pure vodka made from grass-fed Dorset cows. A unique product, especially when paired with the cheese he also produces.
The result is a light, vodka with floral and vanilla notes, creamy and sweet on the palate. Perfect for drinking neat on ice with a little cheese.
I was sent a gift pack to try for myself – it's a great experience and perfect for this time of year when summer is just starting. And, I've got two more packs to give out to a couple of lucky London-Unattached readers. Worth £15 each, the winner will get this beautiful gift pack including 50ml of Black Cow Vodka and an 80g Black Cow Vintage Cheddar Truckle.
If like me, you are quite fascinated by the concept, you can now take a distillery tour and enjoy a vodka tasting, cocktail class and lunch in the new Black Cow bar and kitchen. It's a very special experience, where you'll enjoy a lunch menu of locally sourced ingredients created by Mark Hix in addition to learning all about Black Cow Vodka. All in the charming setting of Childhay Manor Farm, in West Dorset near Beaminster.
For more information, check the Black Cow website.
Meanwhile, if you'd like a chance of winning one of the gift packs, just follow the rafflecopter through.
On – 23 May, 2017 By Fiona Maclean