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Ideally situated next to Key Largo Resorts Marina, this hotel's location places patrons in the perfect position to take advantage of endless Florida Keys fun! Those seeking hotels in Key Largo for that relaxing tropical vacation or corporate retreat find the Holiday Inn® Key Largo hotel to be just what they're looking for.
From days spent oceanside beneath the Florida sun to snorkeling and scuba diving adventures to romantic sunset cruises, Key Largo recreation is what vacation fantasies are made of. Take the family to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park to see the 30,000-gallon aquarium or get even closer to marine life by swimming with the dolphins at Dolphin Plus.
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Adam opens the show discussing Kanye West's bizarre auto-tuned rant about mixed-race relationships. He also complains about the space heater being left on all day long yesterday, and why he can't get the people he lives with to turn their stuff off. Adam and David Wild also exchange song choices and make fun of artists who open songs with super long monologues. Adam then takes some fan phone calls.
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Lawmakers of both parties congratulated themselves on the overwhelming bipartisan passage of a law that bars members of Congress from insider trading.
But with key provisions of the STOCK Act due to take effect this summer, another group that falls under its requirements is raising objections.
Beginning Aug. 31, agencies will be required to make the personal financial details of top-level government managers, along with information about spouses and dependent children, available to the public online.
Ultimately, the records are to be compiled in a single online database, fully searchable and downloadable.
Advocates for greater government transparency have hailed those steps as important safeguards against insider training and conflicts of interest within the Senior Executive Service, unelected officials with access to potentially valuable information about the workings and plans of the executive branch.
But the Senior Executives Association warns that the public disclosure of personal finances could leave its members vulnerable to identity theft, make their children "prime kidnapping targets" and blow the covers of intelligence operatives.
"They are very real problems," said Carol A. Bonosaro, president of the Washington-based advocacy group, "entirely apart from the issue of how would you feel about accepting the job and then learning later that the price of accepting that job was your nosy neighbor, your disgruntled employee could look and see exactly what your personal finances were."
Bonosaro said members have spoken of "falling back" out of the Senior Executive Service, or abandoning plans to join it, to avoid having to disclose assets publicly.
The FAA Managers Association and the Assembly of Scientists, which represents researchers at the National Institutes of Health, have also expressed concerns.
John Wonderlich, policy director for the Washington-based Sunlight Foundation, says the objections range from "scaremongering" to "valid concerns."
"It's important to have this kind of information about senior executives, senior career employees, because of the kind of power they have within the executive branch," he said. "There are individual regulators that easily have as much or more power than an individual member of Congress does."
But Wonderlich said he shares the concern that the disclosure requirements could expose covert intelligence operatives.
Such operatives are exempt from disclosure. But the absence of a public report on, say, an agent posing as an embassy official could identify him or her as a spy.
The problem, he said, is that lawmakers failed to carefully consider "all of the topics that they needed to deal with."
"Congress was dealing with it more like how you deal with a spider that falls on your arm," he said, "which is to try to get it off you as quickly as possible."
Approved by bipartisan majorities in Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in April, the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act declares that lawmakers and their staffs, the president, vice president and thousands of executive branch workers are not exempt from laws against insider training.
The rare bipartisan effort amounted to a bit of self-policing intended to burnish the image of an unpopular Congress. It requires the individuals it covers to file reports of transactions exceeding $1,000 and directs their agencies to post the details online.
Senior executive branch employees already file personal financial disclosure forms to be reviewed by lawyers or ethics officials within their agencies for possible conflicts. These reports have been available to the public from the agencies on request.
Bonosaro says the new rules will introduce a new level of exposure. The Senior Executives Association said the online database would be a "gold mine" for foreign countries seeking information about U.S. government operations.
Wonderlich said personal financial disclosures are "absolutely essential to the idea of citizen trust in government and avoiding conflicts of interest and empowering oversight so that we avoid situations like the kind the STOCK Act responded to."
The legislation follows periodic questions about trades by lawmakers of both parties. Bonosaro figures that senior executives were included in the provision because "misery loves company."
"There was never an issue with regard to career executives," she said.
Lawmakers say they are watching for unintended consequences.
"While I continue to be supportive of the transparency goals of the STOCK Act, if the public disclosure provisions have a negative impact on hiring and retention or may jeopardize the safety of our personnel and their families, a study would be warranted," said Sen. Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat. "This is the age of identity theft and cyberterrorism, so it is important to have controls on private information, particularly of our federal workers serving overseas."
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger described financial disclosure as "a key tool for building public confidence in elected officials."
"Lawmakers should be held to a higher level of scrutiny," the Baltimore County Democrat said. "However, I represent many federal employees, especially at Fort Meade, [the National Security Agency] and Aberdeen [Proving Ground], and know how hard it is to recruit and retain qualified government workers. Some have raised legitimate concerns, such as the requirement to disclose family members' personal information on the Internet."
The Senior Executives Association released a position paper outlining its objections in June. Bonosaro says the group continues to meet with members of Congress and representatives of the executive branch.
She acknowledged the difficulty of getting lawmakers to revisit legislation they passed only months ago, particularly during an election year. But she believes the disclosure requirements could be delayed to allow more study of their potential impact.
"We've got a lot to do," she said. "We obviously need to follow up with an awful lot of members."
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Super-Simple Roasted Nectarine Bruschetta
2 minced onions
3 Tbs extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp minced fresh rosemary
1/2 of a nice baguette, preferably sourdough ('cos it tastes better)
+sea salt, to taste
*As always, try to use organic ingredients when you can. And plant yourself some rosemary - it's so easy to grow and you never need too much at a time. Best to run outside and clip it off!
The process
1. Heat your oil and onions in a frying pan over medium heat, stirring constantly for the first couple of minutes. You want to start them cooking down, but you want to avoid having them brown at this early stage. After 2-3 minutes, turn the heat down to low and let the onions cook on their own (stirring occasionally) till they're soft and sweet, ~20 minutes or more. Add 1 tsp of water at a time, if they start to dry out.
NOTE: The longer you cook your onions, the sweeter they'll be - it's up to you. An hour = very sweet; 20 minutes = still lovely, if you're in a hurry. You'll notice the onions in my photos aren't fully caramelised - I figured keeping a little bit would contrast nicely with the fruit, and I ran out of time on the day.
2. While your onions are cooking away, grill or broil your nectarine cheeks till the skin starts to char (but the flesh should be soft). Grill marks look pretty, but you'll be chopping the nectarines up so don't worry too much. Turn them as necessary. When they're ready, pull them out of the heat and set aside to cool. When cool, chop them and mix with the onion.
3. Slice your baguette into 1" (2.5cm) thick slices and toast both sides. You can use a toaster oven, oven or frying pan for this. Try to time it so they're done just before you serve.
4. Top each slice with a hefty spoonful of nectarine/onion mix, sprinkle with rosemary and sea salt, to taste.
Serve! Ideally with wine, of course. A bubbly, perhaps?
The cost
My bruschetta cost me ~$5, using organic ingredients.
Amanda xx
5 comments:
- cygnet1 said... [Reply to comment]
Are u in Phoenix, Arizona ? If Yes .... U Have to go to Singh Farms ....open every Sat from 9 - 1 pm .
LOVE ur blog ... Always wait for ur nxt :-))
- January 11, 2012 at 9:51 PM
- Paula said... [Reply to comment]
I love this idea of a fruit based bruschetta! First one I've come across and it looks wonderful.
- January 12, 2012 at 11:14 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks c for the recommendation! Haven't been and it looks fabulous! Heres the link for any other interested Phoenix visitors ... http://www.yelp.com/biz/singh-farms-scottsdale
Will let you know how it goes :)
Thanks Paula - I hope you enjoy it! xx
- January 12, 2012 at 12:27 PM
- chinmayie @ lovefoodeat said... [Reply to comment]
Never thought of using fruits in a bruschetta! Looks great :)
- January 13, 2012 at 5:10 AM
I loved the sound of this recipe, but didn't have enough nectarines... so I made it with peach and plum as well as the nectarines. Served with a nice blue cheese and a chilled white wine. Doesn't get much better! Delicious recipe and a great blog. Thank you! :)
- January 23, 2012 at 10:42 PM


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The Max-Grip Nylon Pick's molded gripping surface features a carefully engineered coarse grid that provides an unparalleled non-slip surface. The combination of Max-Grip™ surface and molded nylon material makes this the perfect pick for speed pickers and hard strummers who want extreme precision and durability-without losing control of their pick.


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BALTIMORE – After a month off from competition, the UMBC track and field teams open the 2013 calendar year on Saturday at the Penn State Relays. The Retrievers started their indoor season back on Dec. 1 at the Bison Opener at Bucknell University.
At the Bison Opener, the Retrievers picked up three wins, led by sophomore Mercedes Jackson (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown), who broke her own school record with a time of 7.47 in the 60m dash. Senior Amanda Deller (Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen) and sophomore Ebonique Jones (New Castle, Del./William Penn) earned wins with Deller sweeping the throwing events and Jones capturing the long jump.
In the distance events, sophomore Paulette Fogle (Washington, D.C./Bishop McNamara) and freshman Lynne Deckel (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) finished second and fourth, respectively in the 800m run while sophomore Alyse Gibson (Columbia, Md./Reservoir) and Mary Katherine Kulp (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) earned top-five finishes in the 3,000m run.
For the men, junior Trae Proctor (Brandywine, Md./Thomas Stone) looks to repeat in the 60m hurdles at Penn State. Last year, he won the event with a personal-best time of 8.03 and later lowered the mark to 8.02 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational. Proctor kicked off the 2012-13 season with a second place finish (8.03) at the Bison Opener.
Junior transfer Yao Adantor (Laurel, Md./Reservoir/Morgan St./Maryland) had a successful debut for the Retrievers, qualifying for the IC4A meet in the shot put with a personal-best toss of 15.74m (51'7.75") at Bucknell. This distance lands second on UMBC's all-time list while his weight throw mark of 15.23m (49'11.75") slots ninth.
The Retrievers registered two second-place finishes in the jumps as senior Shioma Obemeata (New Rochelle, N.Y./Iona Prep/St. Francis) and junior Mo Drammeh (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) competed in the triple jump and high jump, respectively. Obemeata recorded a leap of 14.40m (47'3.0") while Drammeh cleared 1.94m (6'4.25").
UMBC opened well on the track as well, earning multiple top-five finishes in the distance events. Freshmen Redatu Semeon (Waldorf, Md./Thomas Stone) and Ben Pickett (Abingdon, Md./John Carroll) finished second and fourth in the 3,000m run. In addition, classmate Andrew Keresztes (Port Jefferson, N.Y./Port Jefferson) and junior Andrew Smith (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) placed 2-3 in the mile.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York environmental regulators want another three months to finalize new gas drilling rules so that a study of health impacts can be completed, an agency spokeswoman said Tuesday.
The deadline to finalize the regulations is Thursday, when the New York Department of Environmental Conservation will seek a 90-day extension, including a public comment period, DEC spokeswoman Emily DeSantis said. The extra time would allow Health Commissioner Nirav Shah and three national experts to review the health effects of shale gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing, she said.
The state has had a moratorium on shale gas development since the DEC started an environmental impact study in 2008. Under state law, proposed new regulations stemming from that study expire on Thursday.
Health and environmental groups on Tuesday repeated their call for a comprehensive and independent health impact analysis before high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is allowed in New York. DEC Commissioner Joe Martens rejected that request in September, saying Shah would review DEC's own health impact assessment with input from outside experts. The DEC's health review has not been made public.
The experts, named less than two weeks ago, are John Adgate, chairman of the Environmental and Occupational Health Department at the Colorado School of Public Health; Lynn Goldman, dean of George Washington University's School of Public Health and Health Services; and Richard Jackson, chairman of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of California Los Angeles' Fielding School of Public Health.
Goldman said a week ago that she hadn't seen the state's health assessment yet but that she was told to have her review of it finished by Dec. 3.
Fracking releases gas from rock by injecting a well with millions of gallons of chemically treated water. Regulators contend that overall, water and air pollution problems related to fracking are rare, but environmental groups and some scientists say there hasn't been enough research on those issues.
On Tuesday, a group of health professionals led by David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany's School of Public Health, launched a new initiative on the health risks of shale gas development. They urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo not to commit to a 90-day extension but instead allow the proposed regulations to expire and draft new ones based on a comprehensive health impact assessment.
Kate Sinding of the Natural Resources Defense Council said it would be a "monumental error" for DEC to file for a 90-day extension, which would require it to release revised proposed regulations within a couple of weeks, before any recommendations of the health experts could be incorporated. Instead, she said DEC should allow the regulations to expire and propose new ones after the health review is completed.
But Karen Moreau, executive director of the New York State Petroleum Council, said, "Given the Governor's decision to conduct a health review on hydraulic fracturing, DEC's move to extend by 90 days the implementation of regulations guiding this job-creating practice is a fair and appropriate step."
The Joint Landowners Coalition of New York, which represents about 77,000 landowners seeking leases with gas drillers, said the announcement about a 90-day extension was cause for optimism that "an end is in sight to the over 4 ½-year long regulatory process for high-volume hydraulic fracturing."
A group of farmers, landowners, businesses, and gas industry representatives launched an ad campaign on Tuesday calling on state officials to wrap up the environmental impact study and let drilling begin.


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Forever's Facilities are Getting Upgraded
There is one thing that Forever prides itself on when it comes to its products: quality. Forever Living Products has operated for nearly 40 years with the care and passion for delivering the best quality of Aloe Vera from plant to product to you.
Recently, our manufacturing facilities and Aloe Vera plantations have made significant upgrades to make Forever's products even better! If you aren't excited about the behind-the-scenes work that goes into the Forever products already, then you will be after learning about these upgrades!
Universal Aloe
At the Aloe Vera plantations in the Dominican Republic, there are thousands of acres of Aloe Vera. Combine the Aloe in the DR and the Aloe Vera at the Mission, Texas location and it's clear that Forever has become a leader in growing these incredible plants.
Recently, Forever has made an investment to upgrade the tanks, machinery and technology with state of the art equipment that is new on the market. This massive undertaking is a testament to the commitment of our leadership to ensure our Forever Business Owners and customers are given nothing less than the highest quality of Aloe.
Universal Aloe has also recently kicked off a project to expand the Aloe fields, which includes adding additional acreage on a monthly basis. This is giving Forever the power to grow alongside your business.
Aloe Vera of America
Have you ever visited the Aloe Vera of America (AVA) facility in Dallas, Texas? Much of the product that is sold around the globe goes through AVA. In fact, AVA recently hit a new record by shipping 92 40-ft. containers around the world in just one week! That's a lot of product!
Aloe Vera of America also recently launched a new multi-million dollar ERP system, which stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. It may sound like a complicated technological tool, but understanding the huge impact that it will have on the availability and efficiency of product manufacturing is simple. This system will give AVA the ability to look into the steps along the manufacturing process, starting with the product demand. It will allow the staff at AVA to plan orders of raw materials to make sure they are meeting the demand and getting products shipped to you more efficiently.
Sometimes, it can take AVA up to three months to get raw materials to make the products. Then, because every material that enters the Forever facilities go through rigorous testing to ensure quality, another few months may be needed. By the time these products are ready to be shipped, it could be more than six months from the beginning of the process. The new ERP system will give AVA the ability to better plan ahead so you can get your products when you need them.
Forever Nutraceutical
In 2018, all Eagle Managers will have the opportunity to tour this state of the art, pharmaceutical grade, nutritional supplement facility in Phoenix, Arizona. You could be part of it by qualifying! What's even more exciting, is that you could see the latest technology and equipment at this facility in action.
Since F15 has exploded around the world, Forever Nutraceutical has installed a new machine to keep up with the growth. This machine creates the blister packs that you may recognize in the F15 and Clean 9 programs.
Additionally, a new Stick Pack machine has been installed to package ARGI+ and Forever Fiber, and possibly new products in the future. These are just a part of the full upgrade to machines at Forever Nutraceutical, including new tablet machines, that are helping Forever produce more nutritional supplements to meet the demand and growth around the world.
Forever Direct
This massive distribution center in Holland is where AVA ships containers for the European and African markets. Here, staff breaks down these shipments and distributes products all over the EU, Eastern Europe and Africa.
Something that has been extremely successful for Forever Direct is the new pick and pack service for France, Scandinavia, Germany, Austria and Benelux. This facility is able to pack individual orders and ship directly to the FBOs in these countries. This has allowed Forever to keep the pricing of products down, while continuing to fulfill orders quickly.
Also, Forever Direct has recently undergone a $1.8 million dollar investment to increase capacity as the European market continues to grow. This exciting expansion is helping Forever speed up distribution and make the facility even more efficient to round out the plant to product to you process.
Do these incredible technology and manufacturing updates have you feeling #ForeverProud? Share it on social media using the hashtag and if you ever get the opportunity to tour one of the Forever facilities, be sure to take photos, share your experience and enjoy the behind-the-scenes work that goes into bringing your favorite Forever products to life.


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George Zimmerman's estranged wife now says she doubts his innocence in the 2012 Florida shooting that left Trayvon Martin dead.
Shellie Zimmerman, who is in the midst of divorcing George, said on NBC's Today show Thursday that he hasn't been the same since his acquittal on murder and manslaughter charges earlier this year. A Sept. 9 fight in which she claimed her husband threatened her with a gun has led to their looming divorce, and she wonders what really happened in the shooting that sparked a national discussion about race, guns and self-defense laws.
"I believe the evidence, but this revelation in my life has really helped me take the blinders off and start to see things differently," Shellie Zimmerman said.
"I think anyone would doubt that innocence because I don't know the person that I've been married to," she added. "I have doubts, but I also believe the evidence."
Representatives for George Zimmerman declined to comment to Today.
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Powerful Cleaning--But Not Too Clean
|Thanks to its many different process variants using hot or cold immersion with downline vapor degreasing, Thomas Erie's new parts-cleaning system has proven ideal for meeting requirements related to quality and functionality.
The firm's varying customer base and product mix presents unique parts-cleaning requirements—the cleaning processes needed depend on the subsequent assembly steps that take place after each part is stamped. For example, as described by company president Don Morphy, aluminum parts to be anodized must be completely clean of all oils and carbon residues from the stamping process.
However, some of Thomas Erie's customers—those that do not perform subsequent anodizing—do not want their parts perfectly clean, since bare aluminum parts without any coating tend to be very adhesive. This prevents the parts from moving smoothly along automated tracks during subsequent manufacturing processes.
Ironically, Thomas Erie has had customers reject parts for being too clean. In these cases, the company must process the stamped parts so that they retain a slight oil coating—but not too heavy a coating as to cause the parts to pick up dirt or prevent the customer from printing on the parts. It is a delicate balance: clean, but not too clean.
So, in addition to other requirements, when Thomas Erie recently went in search of a new parts-cleaning system, it specified a process that could result in "semi-clean" parts that would allow the parts to move smoothly through automated assembly processes.
Out with the Old
Thomas Erie entered the market for its new parts-cleaning system late in 2008, to replace its perchloroethylene-based system. That system's distillation requirements allowed it to run only 16 hr. out of a 24-hr. day—8 hr. were required for the machine's distillation process in preparation for the next day, an unacceptable amount of downtime to meet Thomas Erie's capacity requirements. And, the system was providing inconsistent results. Operators would have to stop a particular production process or stop the parts-cleaning machine and re-distill the cleaning solution, possibly delaying production and delivery.
While shopping to replace the aging system, Thomas Erie sought not only a system that could meet the "semi-clean" specification, but also an environmentally friendly system, even though an aqueous washing system had previously proven ineffective for its parts-cleaning needs.
Lastly, the company hoped to reduce energy consumption and the amount of waste produced from its parts-cleaning processes, while boosting capacity.
In with the New
The solution for Thomas Erie: a Dürr Ecoclean Universal 71C solvent-based parts-cleaning system, which uses nonhalogenated hydrocarbons as cleaning media. This setup allows the safe and economical use of solvents for removing oils, greases, emulsions and swarf between or after manufacturing processes. Thanks to its many different process variants using hot or cold immersion with downline vapor degreasing, Thomas Erie's new parts-cleaning machine has proven ideal for meeting its requirements related to quality and functionality.
The new cleaning system boasts dual work chambers for increased capacity and an automatic feed option that the company can integrate later when it installs a planned conveyor system to further automate cleaning operations. The workpiece baskets at Thomas Erie feed automatically into the first work chamber available, simplifying and streamlining operations.
According to Morphy, the Dürr Ecoclean Universal 71C has provided Thomas Erie the flexibility and consistency it sought, including handling the "semi-clean" specification. The machine's intuitive control panel makes it easy for the operator to program any number of diverse cleaning cycles, so that, says Morphy, "changing processes takes just a few seconds and a few taps on the touchscreen.
|Thomas Erie sends millions of stamped aluminum components, such as these aerosol-can closures, through the dual work chambers of its new parts-cleaning system.
Reduced Costs for Waste, Energy and Materials
Since installing the new cleaning system, operating costs for parts cleaning at Thomas Erie have dropped dramatically—for cleaning fluids and electricity. The former machine's boiler was, as Morphy puts it, "an energy hog," running continuously, 24 hr./day, even when the machine was not running. And, the firm no longer has to incur costs related to working with perchloroethylene.Also contributing to cost savings from the new cleaning system: Thomas Erie reclaims and separates solvent from the stamping oil. Solvent used to wash the parts returns to the wash tank only after it has been separated from the oil through the distillation process, ensuring the use of pure solvent when washing parts. Thomas Erie expects to further reduce waste costs by recycling the stamping oil back into the stamping process. MF
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A team of researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and four other institutions have found that young children with egg allergies can benefit from treatment with oral immunotherapy. The study titled, "Oral Immunotherapy for Treatment of Egg Allergy in Children," appears online in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, July 19.
In a multi-center, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of 55 children with egg allergy, between 5 and 11 years old, 40 children received an egg-white powder as daily oral immunotherapy and 15 children received a cornstarch powder placebo over a 24 month period. Fifty-five children participated in a food challenge, which is a test where a person with food allergy gradually consumes increasing amounts of the allergenic food under medical supervision in order to determine at what level the person experiences allergenic symptoms.
Children who successfully passed the food challenge at 22 months, without having an allergic reaction, discontinued oral immunotherapy and avoided all egg consumption for four to six weeks. At 24 months, these children underwent an oral food challenge with egg-white powder and a cooked egg to test if they had developed tolerance to egg. Children who passed this challenge were placed on a diet with egg consumption and were evaluated again at 30 and 36 months.
"After 10 months of therapy, 55 percent of those who received oral immunotherapy passed the oral food challenge and were considered to be desensitized, compared to none of those on placebo," said Scott Sicherer, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "After 22 months, 75 percent of children in the oral-immunotherapy group were desensitized, meaning with their daily dose they could ingest much more egg than before."
In the oral-immunotherapy group, 28 percent of the children passed the oral food challenge at 24 months after being off daily therapy for 4 to 6 weeks and were considered to no longer have an allergy to egg. At 30 months and 36 months, all children who had passed the oral food challenge at 24 months were consuming egg.
"We found that oral immunotherapy provides protection in a majority of children with egg allergy by raising the reaction threshold," said Hugh Sampson, MD, Dean for Translational Biomedical Sciences, Professor of Pediatrics, and Director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "It represents a promising therapeutic intervention for food allergy and the approach is relatively safe, with most of the reactions to dosing categorized as mild."
Approximately 15 percent of the children who received oral immunotherapy did not complete the therapy due to significant clinical reactions. The mechanisms underlying the success of oral immunotherapy and their relationship to natural immune tolerance are unknown.
"For oral immunotherapy to be recommended as a standard of care, it will be important to better define the risks of oral immunotherapy versus avoiding the food the child is allergic to, and determine the correct dosing regimens with the most favorable outcomes," said Dr. Sampson. "It is also important to identify patients who are most likely to benefit from oral immunotherapy, and develop strategies that promote long-term tolerance."
The trial was conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)-supported Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR) at clinical sites in Baltimore; Chapel Hill, N.C.; Denver; Little Rock, Ark.; and New York City.
About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses both The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Established in 1968, Mount Sinai School of Medicine is one of the leading medical schools in the United States. The Medical School is noted for innovation in education, biomedical research, clinical care delivery, and local and global community service. It has more than 3,400 faculty in 32 departments and 14 research institutes, and ranks among the top 20 medical schools both in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and by U.S. News & World Report.
The Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is a 1,171-bed tertiary- and quaternary-care teaching facility and one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. In 2011, U.S. News & World Report ranked The Mount Sinai Hospital 16th on its elite Honor Roll of the nation's top hospitals based on reputation, safety, and other patient-care factors. Of the top 20 hospitals in the United States, Mount Sinai is one of 12 integrated academic medical centers whose medical school ranks among the top 20 in NIH funding and U.S. News & World Report and whose hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll. Nearly 60,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients last year, and approximately 560,000 outpatient visits took place.


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This week, we have another tie, because I have gone equally silly in the head over both Maps and Fuck Buttons. Really – honestly - the rest of this week's releases can go hang. It is sort of like being at a party with loads of ace faces but the only ones what exist for me are Maps & Fuck Buttons. So I am going to keep them all to myself in the kitchen and shan't let any of the other records have any punch.
Single Of The Week! (Number One!)
If you'll allow me to be bossy for just a second, I'd like you to lift your eyes towards that four letter abomination after Fuck Button's single title. Do you see? It says 'edit', everyone, and in this case, it means shaving off SEVEN AND A HALF MINUTES from the original version. Now, far be it from me to invoke Muso Law, but this is wrongness on a grand, grand scale. Because 'Surf Solar' is magnificent for at least nine - possibly nine and a half - of its original ten and a half minutes. And it's a building, morphing, throbbing thing – all lovely, ratcheting old skool house dartiness - a modern take on the sounds you'd hear when yoots would wear All White to nightclubs. And everyone thought peace and purity could be achieved via the mass use of illegal mind-shonkers. (A great time, one imagines; shame it didn't quite work out).
I am not one of those irritating girls what madly goes around BELLOWING at the TOP OF MY VOICE about how much I LIKE SEX, ME in case any boys happen to be listening. I really do promise, despite what follows. Because my best analogy for the four minute cut-down of 'Surf Solar' is that it is the vulgar quickie, old-one-two shag to the original version's slow fuck proper. There's no foreplay, no teasings-out, no wide-eyed backdrops being whitewashed in readiness for the big daubs of bleached noise. Which for me, at least, makes it kind of pointless. Because this is a journey of a record, a slow melt - it earns the right to take four minutes stroking your aural bits before it sticks the dirty-acid-found-in-a-back-alley down your neck. Obviously you are free to ignore my gross TMI-ing, but do make sure you buy the longer version - it's wondrous.
Single Of The Week! (Number Two! Although I Should Say! This Is In No Particular Order! Because Both are Brills!)
Maps - 'I Dream Of Crystal' (Mute)
To bastardize a line from Steel Magnolias (what I re-watched in dropped-jaw awe this week), I would rather have 10 seconds of wonderful than a whole song of nothing special. And the keyboard run on 'I Dream of Crystal' at 02:10 - the bit where the song bursts over the horizon and blinds you in its hazy, electronic rays - is nothing short of extraordinary. It's the rainbow shining after all was dark, on a place where things were threatening to become ever darker. So while James begins his story telling us that he can 'handle just about anything' and calls upon his aggressors to 'Do what you like to me', he then comes over all Considine-in-Dead-Man's-Shoes. Threatening to '…hit you...hard as I can' he then seems to relent ('But that's not really the plan') and instead of violence, uses the swelling music as a weapon, as if he's drowning his foes in musical treacle; suffocating them with his rich synths. Bear with me while I wildly extrapolate - but it really does feel as if Chapman has found a way to use positive, beatific noise to illuminate foul corners and bat away the badness - by making a record so dense, NOTHING can fight its way through. His very own Wall of Sound! And not only is this an intriguing notion (man wards off the black dogs with synth sunrises) it also happens to sound uncommonly beautiful for we who listen. Now, I don't want to wish the poor chap ill (and it does sound as if he's seen things we wouldn't believe) but someone once said that from the darkness comes the light. And when that light sounds like Maps - as you can tell - I get very, very giddy.
The Crookes - 'A Collier's Wife' (Too Pure)
The Crookes are seven agoraphobic school children from Rhyl who play recorders and like wordsearches themed around marsupials. Sorry, but the thing is, I done gone lost the press release. Whomever they are, and from wherever they may hail, the important thing is that they happen to have made a lovely b-side, what is called 'By The Seine'. At first I thought they were singing 'scene' - because they pronounce it that way. And naturally that was all rather irk-making, because 'scenes' are always, always dreadful. But that being quite enough lax and lazy journalism for one week, I will get on with the curious business of musical description. Which is where I explain how 'By The Seine' sounds like Dog On Wheels as channelled by Beirut circa 'The Penalty'. And very beau it is too.
Get Back Guinozzi! - 'Low Fly Tropical' / 'Police & Thieves' (Fatcat Records)
Utterly charming, naïve skank-pop, 'Low Fly Tropical' is a swaying palm tree of a single. But on the proviso that the palm tree is to be found in a Parisian boîte, where a cute sixth form girl-choir with rad hairslides have taken to the stage. It's all amiably DIY, perkily recorded, and has a glorious Clash cover on the b-side. Lovely, lovely stuff.
Speech Debelle - 'Spinnin'' (Big Dada)
Enormously well-timed release from the girl of the moment. Who will - if there's any justice ('There isn't' – The Industry) - be around for a long while to come. On much brighter form than on 'Better Days', 'Spinnin'' sees Debelle whip out her hookiest and most optimistic skillz - with one thing in particular sticking out like a sore post-Mercurys head. It's that pretty muted trumpet, and it's very nearly as natural and appealing as Corynne herself.
Hadouken! - 'M.A.D.' (Free download, here)
One of the best things about avoiding the album 'experience' (as I mostly do), and concentrating just on singles, is that I can choose to ignore The Canon. I can forget about indie Sindys, I can merrily avoid kisses with fists and wait until the good stuff comes along, and when I love that entirely in isolation. Whether 'M.A.D.' constitutes 'good stuff' I cannot tell you. All I know is that for some reason my sensible side has put up its white flag and now the twits are running riot. Believe me, Hadouken! have reached unforeheard levels of berkishness on 'M.A.D.' and yet, AND YET - it has given me great pleasure. I'm a bit afeared for myself if I'm honest - and I don't expect you to respect me for it; I do in fact command you to de-friend me immediately. Behold the garbage pail wrongness of the artwork! Witness the thieved Trigger Happy japery of the video! It's a comedy record! From a novelty band! Who sound like a Prodigy tribute act! Except - you know - for kids!
In order to justify myself, Let's Pretend for a moment. It's just that when I think about which sort of band would be most fun to be in, I see Hadouken! grinning inanely and beckoning me to join them for some tinnies. I mean, it is all very well thinking you would like to be in a band like Wild Beasts, or Arcade Fire, or Friendly Fires, or Fleet frickin Foxes. You know, SERIOUS INDIE. But honestly readers, would it not honestly be more larks to play the sort of records SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED to be MASSIVELY OFFENSIVE when ASBO TEENS play them OUT LOUD on MOBILE PHONEZ on the bus? Sod lolling about trying to be clever and shoe-horning references to Balzac/Camus/Fante into your lyrics. I want to do MEATHEAD SYNTHS - and I'm completely serious, before you ask.
The Dodos - 'Fables' (Wichita)
It's not got the same barreling urgency as a record like 'Fools' – but let's face it, not many do. They are another of those bands who do their best work – and make most sense - in a live setting. Not least with all that makeshift drum-kitted noise, all dustbin lids and beaming sweaty faces. I love it when two little people can make that much big, rousing noise – although it's worth pointing out that 'Fables' is rather a soft affair. All that said, there are some harmonies on the chorus that make your heart skip like a girl who has just located the hopscotch chalk.
Also out this week!
Apse - '3.1' / 'The Whip' (ATP)
Alberta Cross - 'ATX' (Ark Recordings / ATO Records)
The Cinematics - 'New Mexico' (The Orchard)
Available to download only. Listen at MySpace, here.
Chromeo - 'I Can't Tell You Why' (K7!)
Eagles cover from the duo with the horrible lady-leg keyboards.
Wendy is on Twitter, here. Come and say toodle-oo.


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BGTG 69 - Mar 21, 2007 - Adlung Spiele Games
Here's a solo show focusing on a particular publisher, Adlung Spiele. These are the guys (or maybe just one guy with some freelance authors & illustrators) that produce one of my favorites, Verräter, and other small card games. Most of them are only small in format, though--a single deck of cards in a tuckbox. Many of their games play much larger than they appear, feeling like more of a boardgame in a cardgame box. Verräter is certainly one of those--in fact it's the game that put Adlung on the map for having such titles, even though they'd been around a few years earlier. Although I covered Verräter in great detail on one of my earliest All About shows, the audio quality was limited by working with landline telephones, and I was never sure everyone got to hear what my guest Greg Aleknevicus and I had to say about the game. This was my chance to catch up a little. Though I don't go into nearly the same level of depth about the game, I do use it to start the show, then proceed to also discuss its thematic sequel Meuterer, as well as other notables like Vom Kap bis Kairo, Die Fugger, Canal Grande, and others.
Something I forgot to mention in the show is how Adlung has a franchise in their collection of card games, the Team Work series. I've never played them, as they're a party game and those are often difficult due to the language barrier. However, they sound very much like a more convenient, and probably easier version of Wat'n'Dat, a German party game I do happen to own. In all of these, it starts with the familar format of a cluegiver trying to get their partner to guess the correct word, often helped by knowing the category. Only here the cluegiver is a partnership, and these partners have to alternate words in the clue they give. No, they aren't allowed to converse privately beforehand. Hilarity ensues. Actually, the comments I've read online suggest it doesn't work as well as you'd like. That would match my experience with Wat'n'Dat, where you depict the answer by alternating placement of wooden sticks and glass beads with your partner. Trouble is, too often you're on a completely different page with the partner, leading to confusion. Worst of all is how that is no fun for the guessing players, who have a botched clue to try to untangle.
BGTG 36B - All About Verräter
My review of Die Fugger in Boulder Games' Gamenotes magazine (scroll down one third)


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Linda Hutchings, 17-year-old hitch-hiker, beaten and killed
Victim's name: Linda Hutchings, 17
Investigative agency: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
Date killed: Aug. 15, 1979
Cause of Death: Not disclosed.
Suspect: None
Linda Hutchings burst out of the front door when she saw her older brother Alan strolling up the sidewalk of their Arvada home.
"Look, look," Linda squealed almost breathless as she pointed up at the sky and thrust binoculars at him.
A thunderhead was billowing high above them.
That was Linda, recalled her brother while fighting back tears. The pretty blonde girl, who often flashed a gleaming smile, was thrilled by simple pleasures.
When the family went to her uncle's cabin in the mountains she would unroll a sleeping bag outside on the pine needles and lay under the stars. She loved nature.
Linda often scampered after squirrels, threw frisbees and when Alan got out his harmonica, she ran into the kitchen to retrieve spoons to play on her knees.
Linda loved to draw portraits of people and animals and dreamed of becoming a professional artist. She would pull out her favorite records and play them over and over.
The last time her family heard her joyous voice was on Aug. 15, 1979. On that day she went to her boyfriend's apartment in Lakewood.
Family friend Ron Weaver said her boyfriend was several years older than Linda. He was drinking heavily that night. There was a good chance they were also using drugs, acknowledged Linda's brother Alan.
Weaver said her boyfriend fell asleep. She was going to school the next morning and had to get home. Her boyfriend had a temper and she didn't want to wake him up, he said.
She left a note in the early morning hours saying she was headed home. She didn't mention how she was going to get there, whether she found someone to give her a ride.
Linda was wearing white jeans, a white peasant-style top with embroidery and tennis shoes. She may have been wearing a red coat.
It was too far to walk, so friends and family believe she did what many teens did back then: hitch-hike.


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on sunday we packed up and headed to dauphin island to do some exploring.
on our way
we made it to fort gaines and oscar posed with a sign for me
checking out some cannons with grandpa
mom looking out at the fort
here i am with some of the great/scary stairs
oscar only wanted to hold daddy's hand or grandpa's hand
down the stairs
grandpa wore his hat backwards
grandpa and gramma looking out over the bay
i convinced everyone to get pictures taken on the potty.. for some reason they were hesitant
jeremy and oscar with a cannon
gramma and her first picture next to a palm tree
being silly by the sign
we had lots of fun - the fort was full of neat things to look at. the guidebook that mom has said to give yourself at least 30 minutes to look around, but we spent at least 3 hours. we were all very tired and hungry and went to eat at the pelican reef restaurant. the food and service was wonderful, we all had some seafood (and a grilled cheese for oscar). i ate enough seafood that my lips started tingling!


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Mini-Stock Suspension - Roll With The Changes
Mini-Stocks Face Suspension Design Challenges
Editor's Note: The material for this story was provided by Steve Smith, whose book Building the Mustang Ministock addresses the issues of the MacPherson strut suspension. Information about the complete work is available at the end of the story.
The law of supply and demand can play a critical role in a racer's life. Mini- Stock racers are finding this rule to be a hard reality. The supply of once popular models for race cars has diminished. Racers are looking for different options. One of the options gaining popularity is the '79-'93 Ford Mustang.
Popularly known in the Ford world as the "Fox-bodied Mustang," these cars, on the surface, appear to be likely candidates for the Saturday night Mini-Stock wars. However, there is one drawback that has caused some to shy away from this option: The car is built on a suspension platform that is different. It uses a MacPherson strut front suspension and incorporates a splayed four-link rear that can be susceptible to binding.
With a little knowledge of the general principles and application of acceptable theory, these suspension hurdles are quickly overcome. Steve Smith Autosports, with the help of Gary Ebeling and Esslinger Engineering, saw the challenge of creating a competitive Mini-Stock on this platform. Their finished product was competitive right off the trailer. They've also graciously agreed to share some of the tips used in building this car, an '84 Mustang.
The main problem with a MacPherson strut suspension is its tendency to gain positive camber at the outside front wheel as the wheel moves in compression and is steered. In building this car, the first chore was to reduce the positive camber gain and to set enough static negative camber to overcome the tendency.
A true MacPherson strut combines the shock absorber, spring, and upper control arm into one unit. The bottom of the strut is bolted onto a steering knuckle or spindle. The top of the unit bolts into a strut tower, built into the car's inner fender.
This design is not found in the Ford Mustang. The coil spring is not part of the unit, but instead placed between a lower control arm and a bolt-in frame crossmember. The spindle is attached to the lower control arm with a ball joint. The strut itself bolts to the top of the spindle.
In a strut suspension, the upper mounting point of the strut moves outward as the chassis rolls to the outside during cornering. At the same time, the inner mounting point on the lower control arm is pulled inward, creating positive camber, meaning a need for static negative camber. One way to create negative camber is by moving the inner mounting point of the lower control arm higher on the chassis. But this is not legal in most Mini Stock classes. A more practical approach is to use a longer lower control arm at the right front.
Positive camber at the right-front corner of the car will make the car push because the tread face of the tire is losing contact and reducing grip potential. The right-front tire develops its maximum grip during cornering when there is 1.0 to 1.5 degrees of negative camber. In order to achieve this, there must be higher amounts of static negative camber to start. With Mustang strut cars, the range is 6.0 to 8.0 degrees negative.
To set large degrees of negative camber, you need to use some caster/camber plates at the top of the strut tower. A longer right-front lower control arm will be beneficial. In the case of the '84 Mustang, a newer model ('89) control arm was used, which was about an inch longer. The longer control arm moves the lower mounting point of the strut outward 1 inch, which adds negative camber. The longer control arm also creates a wider swing arc, which reduces camber loss in bump travel. With the large amount of static negative camber, the car will push on corner entry.
Top of the Assembly Caster/camber plates replace the stock mounting hardware on top of the strut tower. Slots in the plates allow for plenty of adjustment capability. The right-front plate is wider to allow for the strut to be offset for greater negative camber. Since the top of the strut needs to pivot, racing plates use spherical bearings to reduce deflection of this pivot point. A large amount of positive caster helps reach the goal of static negative camber. Positive caster provides the self-centering effect for steering, but the more caster, the harder the driver's steering effort in the turns.
Slotted holes in the front suspension crossmember were enlarged on the project car, setting it ahead 3/16 inch when the subframe was reattached. It was done to create additional positive caster. Since it added caster on both sides, an adjustment to the left-side caster/camber plate could take the additional caster out of the left side.
The bolt-in subframe was stitch-welded to the framerails for additional strength. This method has a greater advantage than one continuous bead weld.
Mini-Stock racers can be faced with a challenge in the area of front coil springs, especially in spring height and rate. A stock spring on the '84 Mustang is 14 1/2-inches high and rated between 320 and 350 pounds. A racing spring will be 5 inches shorter and rated at 450 to 650 pounds. For those on a budget, cutting a stock spring could be an option, but you will need to understand the impact on the spring rate in doing this. To achieve this figure, divide the desired height by the spring's current height, which will give you a number less than one. Invert that number (divide one by the new number) and multiply the old spring rate by this new number to find the spring rate of the cut spring. A general rule of thumb to keep in mind is cutting one coil increases rate by 50 pounds.
Racing springs are linear, meaning each inch of compression takes the same amount to compress. Variable rate springs should not be used for racing applications if you are looking for the best route to a consistent setup. Variable rate springs have different spacing between coils.
The free height of a spring (with no compression) should be measured and noted. Periodically, the height should be checked by taking the spring out and measuring it again. A spring checker can help determine the consistency of the rate.
As a safety reminder, springs in a stock passenger car can be compressed several inches when installed. To properly and safely remove the lower A-arm and spring, use a spring compression tool.
Many racing associations will allow the use of aftermarket springs, so this car will be running on Hypercoil springs. Since weight-jacking bolts cannot be used, a coil spring spacer is employed. Spacers are available in adjustable and non-adjustable. The project car uses an adjustable spring spacer.
Traditional thinking about the front roll center is not applicable with a MacPherson strut suspension. Because of its use, a lower front roll center is not a goal of the MacPherson strut package. A lower roll center creates positive camber at the right front during cornering. There is nothing that can be done, especially in a stock-type class, to move the roll center location of a strut car. The only viable option is to adjust the suspension with the idea of countering the positive camber gain during cornering.
To find the roll center, make a scale drawing of the front view of the front suspension. A 1/4-scale drawing is a good choice. Draw a 90-degree line perpendicular to the top pivot point of the right-front strut. Extend that line until it intersects a line extending through the two pivot points of the right-front lower control arm. This intersection is the instant center (IC). Draw a line from the IC back to the right-front tire centerline to find the swing-arm length. Repeat the process for the left side. The intersection of the swing arms is the true roll center.
Passenger cars come with rubber bushings in the upper and lower A-arms. These were designed to reduce road noise and vibration. This is not a concern with a race car since the stock rubber bushings flex and compress during braking and cornering. A stiffer material is needed. Global West Suspension Systems has a "Del-A-lum" product for lower control arms that was used on this car. The bushings are a six-piece design with an aluminum housing and an inner liner. The bushings have six bearing surfaces and a circular grease channel for efficient lubrication.
Another material choice for bearings is polyurethane. This is available in various degrees of hardness and you will need to know which hardness would best suit your application.
If your rules require rubber bushings, make sure to replace them with new parts before starting competition. When stock bushings are used, they should be checked every week for signs of wear and cracking.
The project car was built with Carrera front struts, comprised of the housing and strut cartridge. The cartridge works along the lines of a racing valved shock absorber. In this case, the housing was shorter than a stock housing and could have been made shorter by cutting the tube.
Bumpsteer is the change in the steering angle of the front wheels during suspension travel. On the Mustang, one item for consideration was the change in the lower control arm. If the longer right front is used, the right-front tie rod from the same application must also be used. After checking bumpsteer, this car was found to have a straight line of toeing-in with bump travel and toeing-out in rebound. The condition was traced to the outer tie rod end being too high and/or the inner pivot point on the steering rack being too low. To combat it, the steering rack was raised with offset rack mounting bushings. This was done after ensuring enough clearance between the top of the rack and the oil pan. The use of taller tie- rod ends from the '90-'93 Mustang moved the tie rod lower.
Upon completion, the Mustang was taken to Irwindale (CA) Speedway for a test at the 1/3-mile oval. Like all track tests, the success rate would be contingent upon the amount of homework done. Having the proper setup at the shop saves time and effort when you hit the track.
In the first testing of the Mini- Stock, the car was fast. Fabricator Gary Ebeling also served as the test driver. In his career, Ebeling has logged nearly a dozen driving championships and more than 200 main event wins.
After taking a few laps to get familiar with the car, Ebeling was able to put it through its paces. With only one adjustment, the car was within three-tenths of the track record. Future track tests, with fine-tuning adjustments for this particular car, are expected to close the gap between lap times and the existing track record.
The Mustang's MacPherson strut front suspension proved to be a challenge that can be overcome with a little effort. The unfamiliar system at the front and the rear stock four-link can be utilized to create a competitive car. This car also utilized a powerful Ford 2300 engine built by Esslinger Engineering, the subject of a future build-up story.
The complete details on the Mustang Ministock build up are available from Steve Smith Autosports Publications. The 136-page book is filled with pictures of each step of the process, as well as car building and tuning information. To obtain a copy, contact Steve Smith Autosports Publications; 714/639-7681; www.SteveSmithAutosports.com.


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Federal Appeals Court Tosses Out Challenge to Healthcare Reform Law
08-Nov-2011The three-judge panel determines lack of standing for Virginia attorney general
by Mark Hagland
In a surprise move, a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court based in Virginia has tossed out one of the most prominent challenges to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the federal healthcare reform law passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. This is the first federal appeals court to throw out a case for lack of standing, after a lower court had ruled on the merits of the case (though on Dec. 9, 2010, a judge for the U.S. District Court of New Jersey had dismissed a lawsuit challenging the law on the part of a group called New Jersey Physicians, Inc., for lack of standing, before any substantive ruling was made). The three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, based in Richmond, ruled that two plaintiffs bringing challenges to the law—the Lynchburg-based Liberty University, and Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli —did not have legal standing to bring the case. The concept of standing in U.S. law is anchored in the idea that in order to challenge the constitutionality of a federal law, a plaintiff must demonstrate that the plaintiff is or will imminently be harmed by that law.
After the ACA was passed in March 2010, the state of Virginia immediately passed a law barring the mandated purchase of health insurance in the state, in an effort on the part of Virginia state legislators to give the state standing in an eventual court challenge, by creating a direct conflict between state and federal law. Gov. Robert McDonnell signed the Virginia bill into law on March 25, just two days after President Obama had signed the ACA into federal law.
On Thursday, the Fourth Circuit argued that such a strategy was not legitimate. "To permit a state to litigate whenever it enacts a statue declaring its opposition to federal law… would convert the federal judiciary into a 'forum' for the vindication of a state's 'generalized grievances about the conduct of government,'" the judges wrote. The panel concluded that under such a theory, any state legislature could acquire standing to challenge any federal law merely by enacting a statute to prohibit the application of the federal law.
As it now stands, two federal court cases are making their way toward the United States Supreme Court. On Aug. 12, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Atlanta, ruled that the individual mandate element in the law was unconstitutional, though that court also determined that the ACA as a whole was constitutional. Meanwhile, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Cincinnati, upheld the constitutionality of the entire ACA on June 29, explicitly affirming the constitutionality of the individual mandate. Both the rulings in the Sixth and Eleventh Courts were decided by 2-1 majorities. One more federal appellate court, in the District of Columbia, still has a legal challenge pending. Oral arguments in that case are scheduled for Sept. 23.


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By Peter Hitchens
"It's amusing, if frustrating, to see the response of dogmatic unbelievers to my brother's thoughtful and generous remarks. It is clear that many of them find such thoughtfulness and generosity repugnant in their hero (and some of these contributions are embarrassing in their sycophancy). They would much prefer him not to have said this."
Link to article http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2010/11/how-not-to-argue-part-94-the-sad-case-of-christopher-hitchenss-hero-worshippers.html
Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) was an Anglo-American author and journalist. His books made him a prominent public intellectual and a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. He was a columnist and literary critic at Vanity Fair, Slate, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry and a variety of other media outlets. He was named one of the world's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect.
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Do you refer to women's breasts as bongos? Do you do so at work? If so, you're in the target audience for Playboy's newest web site, thesmokingjacket.com. The publisher claims it's a website you can surf from your desk.
"We were missing a golden opportunity to reach guys when they're online the most: when they're sitting at their desk, not working, sending e-mails to their friends," said Jimmy Jellinek, Playboy's editorial director.
Hef himself appears on the site in a video (in a smoking jacket, natch) and says "next to the mansion, [the Smoking Jacket] is the best place to hang out on the planet ".
The website has no nudity, and the word "Playboy" is absent -- so filters won't block it. However, its content doesn't appear to be that HR friendly. There are articles about MILFs, which in most workplaces are an acronym that is not generally considered politically correct. There's another article discussing singer Katy Perry's "California Gurls" music video predicting "Katy's melons will explode like a tit-pinata".
So, good luck reading that at work. In fact, reading THIS at work may already have you in trouble.
Playboy has struggled lately to stay relevant in the Internet age. Its magazine is nowhere near as sexually explicit as most pictures on the web, and most naughty pictures online are free. In fact, magazines of all sorts are struggling. Playboy has created an iPhone/iPad app (which is strange considering Apple's restrictions). Its even thought of reducing the number of issues - meaning while there would be a Miss March, there might not be a Miss April.
Scott McGrew is a longtime Playboy reader -- far longer than his parents probably suspect. He's also proud to say he's been to a party at the Playboy Mansion as a guest of Hugh Hefner. He spent most of the time at the mansion calling old friends and saying "guess where I am."


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Quote of the Day
"When God looked down and saw his Son bearing the sin of the world, He didn't see His Son, He saw instead the sin that He was bearing. And in that awful moment, the Father turned away."
~Ray Pritchard (from "God Turned Away?")
Today's Answer
Why Did Jesus Need to Be Baptized?
Alfred Edersheim
Theories abound on the reason that Jesus submitted to baptism. After all, if He was sinless as the New Testament claims, then His baptism must have held some ulterior motive. Perhaps John and Jesus plotted or conspired together to gain attention for Jesus's ministry; perhaps Jesus came as a representative of the sinful human race; perhaps He submitted to baptism as foreshadowing His death and resurrection; or perhaps His baptism made the act of baptism work for everyone else.
Each of these theories, however, misses a few key elements. For example, we have no evidence that John or Jesus spoke prior to the time of the baptism, even though they were cousins. John lived in the wilderness and only knew what sign to look for. But most of all, John's baptism was not primarily a baptism of repentance (the turning away from sin). Instead, the submersion in water identified the person with the coming Messianic Kingdom.
Those whom John baptized had already repented and sought to be joined to the coming Messiah and His reign. John, in fact, would only accept true obedience—even from the spiritual leaders of Israel. His mission was to prepare the way for Jesus to come, not to take away sin.
In fact, no ulterior motive is required. Jesus asked John to baptize Him simply as an act of obedience to God's purposes. God had given John the promise of a coming Messiah and the way to identify Him. Jesus fulfilled that promise. His baptism was simply the right thing at the right time: the last act of His private life.
Adapted from The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim (Book II, Chapter XII) and from the lecture notes of Dr. Doug Bookman, professor of New Testament Exposition at Shepherds Theological Seminary (used by permission).
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What's the Importance of the Holy Spirit Coming?
Answered by Doug Bookman
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After cheering their way into the top three during the Patriot League Spirit Competition this fall, the Brush High School Cheer Squad took their school spirit to a larger arena, participating as one of 22 3A teams entered into the 2012 State Spirit Competition held at the Denver Coliseum on Saturday, December 8.
BHS was just one peppy bunch of squads that ranged from 5A schools down to 2A squads that filled the coliseum with shouts and glitter galore during routines that, for larger schools, included categories such as cheer, pom, co-ed, jazz and hip hop routines.
After their first routine of just over 2 minutes, the Beetdigger Cheerleaders won the opportunity to display a second routine of cheer, dance, stunt and tumbling components and came out with a 13th placing out of 22 3A teams in attendance.
The 3A Cheer Finals category was won by the squad from Manitou Springs, with University coming in second, St. Mary's taking third and Holy Family earning fourth place. Strasburg came in as the winning Co-Ed category squad and Clear Creek won the Pom division.
Lead by head cheer coach Layne Costerisan, the BHS Cheer squad now enjoys a membership of 20 spirit-filled students including Heather August, Meridith Brandenburg, Kelsie Casados, Madison Chapman, Kailani Deleon, Bella Guzman, Juanita Hernandez, Stephanie Hunter, Hailey Leake, Macalle Mincks, Abi Myhre, Alexis Olaguez, Brianna Richmond, Eve Sheets, Zoe Sheets, Megan Snider, Dallas Thurston, Andrea Valles, Amanda Walter and Breanna Wommack.
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Arlene Chee, 46 of Monument Valley, UT passed from this life Friday, January 31, 2014 in Blanding, UT. She was born November 25, 1967 in Monument Valley, UT.
She is survived by her parents Eugene and Lena Chee; sons Nathan Nelson Adakai, Brandon (Chilly) Adakai, Kyle Adam Adakai; daughter Megan Bahozhoni Adakai; sisters Marylena Yellowman, Angela Nelson, Melina Benally; brothers Eugene Chee, Jr., Edgar Chee; and one granddaughter Amia McKenzie Adakai.
She is preceded in death by her grandfather, Cecil Parrish
Funeral Services were held Wednesday 11 a.m. February 5, 2014, at the United Methodist Church in Oljato, UT. Interment at family cemetery, Oljato, UT.
Arlene was in the care of Desert View Funeral Home, North US Highway 491 of Shiprock, NM 505-368-4607.


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Date(s) - 26/01/2020
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Main Chapel
This is our main meeting of the week, which we hope has a relaxed, friendly atmosphere, and to which anyone is welcome.
This is an all age service, where children should feel at home. During the first half hour, we sing songs, read from the Bible, pray and have a special message for the children. There is also an opportunity to contribute financially to the work of the Church, or to one of the other organisations we support. Six times a year, we invite missionary or other Christian organisations to update us on their work, and we take up an offering to support them on those Sundays. See the section on Our Partners for more information on the sorts of organisations we support in this way.
On the first Sunday of the Month, we share Communion during the Family Service, to remember the death of Jesus, and the new life he has given us by paying for our sins, and taking the punishment that was due to us. Anyone who is a baptised Christian believer may share in the bread and wine.
During the second part of the service, the children are invited to go to their own Sunday School activities, while the rest of us learn from the Bible. We think it is important to listen to God speak to us through his Word as set out in the Bible. We believe that the whole Bible is relevant to us today, and shows us the way to have a full life.
See the section on our Sunday Diary to find out what part of the Bible we are looking at currently, and see the section on Sermons to talks given at SPC.
After the service, there is a chance to chat over a tea or coffee, and if you wish there is an opportunity to pray with one of the Elders.


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Request in person: Deliver Transcript Request Form to Room 101 in Founders Hall on SCC's Jackson Campus. You will be able to pick up the transcript within 1-2 business days after you have submitted the request. You must present a form of identification if you are picking up the transcript in person. If you would like someone other than yourself to pick up the transcript, please write this on the request form with their full name and that you give them permission to pick up the transcript on your behalf.
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"The great marvel of King's series is that she's managed to preserve the integrity of Holmes's character and yet somehow conjure up a woman astute, edgy, and compelling enough to be the partner of his mind as well as his heart."—The Washington Post Book World
Praise for Garment of Shadows
"As always, the relationship between Holmes and Russell is utterly understated yet traced with heat and light."—Booklist (starred review)
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"Imaginative and subtle."—The Seattle Times
"Impossible to put down."—Romantic Times
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Sensual Tip: Night Date Simply Exciting
For many men, a common pre-dated checklist includes: take a bath, shave, choose cool clothes, apply properly the amount of choline and make it a fun place. Yes, the popular sensual tip for guys, especially on the first date, is to scrub once before calling the hot women they are going to spend. While regular self-satisfaction can certainly be a boon for the health of male organs, is there any good reason to really indulge in a pre-date position?
Advantages Sensual Tip: Night Date Simply Exciting
There is a reason why a quick (or long) self-gratification scenario before dating is a popular and established sensual tip. Some of the benefits associated with this practice include:
It calms nerves. It's no secret that self-gratifying makes one feel more relaxed and relaxed. Any sensual activity, especially if it produces the end result, releases chemicals that help calm tension and anxiety and make one feel more open. There is science to support it. One study looked at whether people who had a moment's release before public speaking felt better and performed more easily; Nothing surprising, their speakers are much better after releasing them. Since a date, especially a first date, it can sometimes cause a man to feel tense – and therefore more likely to make mistakes – pleasure before dating can help a man become more relaxed while out with a beautiful woman.
This might help with coupling. Many men find that they complete in a way they consider early on. Actually, men are built to find sensual release faster than women (which is why most men learn how to properly pre-play can be very important). If a man finds that he is disturbed by not surviving as long as he wants once he has reached penetration, past fun may be helpful. For many men, after emitting a few hours before they can add a little on their "endurance".
This may help with control. Of course, some men know that they will not jump into bed with the women they spend, especially if this is a first or early date. However, many men become highly stimulated during dating so the situation becomes uncomfortable. Their senses pleaded for liberation. In some cases, misery can be very clear, some people are proud but others are embarrassing. Stimulating yourself before dating can help the male members stay calm and make it likely to pop up tonight. Sensual Tip: Night Date Simply Exciting
It could, of course, also be a negative side of pre-date self-pleasuring.
Trouble of determination For some men, gratifying themselves early can make strong firmness at night more difficult.
Self-awareness Some men also find themselves feeling unconscious if they do one thing before meeting their date. They may feel ashamed of their lack of control or may be unconsciously worried that somehow the woman will know what they are up against. This can affect how they behave according dates.
Like any other sensual tip, choosing or not choosing pleasure before dating is a personal decision. Whatever the decision, the man needs to make sure that his maturity is in top shape because it is indeed his appearance with a female friend. Regular use of first-class men's health organ crème (health professionals recommend Man1 Man Oil) helps ensure peak condition. Look for crème that contains L-arginine, an enzyme that helps produce nitric oxide, which in turn makes the blood vessels of the male organs open to drain enough blood. In addition, make sure the crème includes vitamin A, which has strong antibacterial properties. This can help eliminate the odor of unwanted members, a major turn-off that can ruin a good first impression. Sensual Tip: Night Date Simply Exciting


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Why are your custom orders so much more expensive than your in-stock items?
This is an economy of scale question. With in-stock item, we are able to produce multiple of the same item using the same material and process, and this drastically lowers the cost of producing these items.
Where as with custom orders, we have our team of leather artisans making just 1 case specifically for you. From the moment you place your order to us shipping your leather goods, there would have been 12-15 people involved in processing and producing your order; that's a tremendous amount of work that goes into producing one product for you.
When you have 1000 pieces produced at 1 time, you can spread out the production cost by 1000, where as when we produce 1, the cost of making 1 would conversely be a lot higher.
We price our in-stock goods fairly just so that customers can try out our in-stock goods at a lower price before they decide to purchase one of our custom made to order goods.
Can I send you my own leather for you to produce something for me?
No. We cannot accept your leather for several reasons ~ transport, liability, quality control, etc. We simply would prefer that we produce our goods with leather that we are 100% confident in working with to provide you with something we can stand behind.
Can I add my favorite sports team logo on the case?
Unfortunately we would not be able to stamp copyrighted or trademarked logos, unless you have the rights, permissions, or authorizations to use the logo from the owner of the logo.
Can I have this produced and delivered sooner? I need it next week.
To be fair to all customers we produce our goods as they come in. However, we will do our best to meet your timeline, if you need the item slightly sooner than the 25-30 day production lead time.
Although we cannot guarantee that you will receive your item within your specified timeline, we will however, do our best to accommodate. If you would kindly note your required delivery date in the Special Request section, we will make a note of this as we put your order into production. Again, we cannot guarantee that you will get the item in your specified timeline.
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These boxer shorts from Swedish designer Maxomorra made of organic soft cotton jersey has a hedgehog print on a blue background with an elasticated waist, lined front and overlocked hems.
Maxomorra makes sustainable children's clothing and has been using organic or ecological cotton since the start of the company in 2008. It is the heart and soul of the brand and one of their core values.
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18th January 2013, 12:34 AM
As a few of you may be aware, i rescued Sadie in may 2012, she is a troubled soul, and we have come a long way with her, but she has suddenly started to display some worrying behaviour, she is an extremely nervous and jumpy with people, but absolutely dotes on me and Ruby, in the last couple of weeks there has been quite a bit of activity going on indoors what with christmas and guests and family, (she,s used to just me and Ruby and the odd visitor) and at the moment i have my daughter and partner staying with my young two year old grandson. Sitting on the sofa with Ruby and Sadie, with laptop, my daughter comes over and squats to chat to Ruby and Sadie, and Sadie starts to growl at her, katie my daughter softly tells her to schh, starts to talk to me, and Sadie is getting more upset over this, as katie stands, Sadie lurches towards her barking almost in an aggressive way, which has happened in similar situations, and always when she,s on the sofa, or when people walk through the door, i just don,t know whats got into her, this is a dog that is so timid and shy, obviously this has raised a few issues and concerns, as Sadie is very nervous with tots about, and i know she won,t tolerate being pulled around, so i,am very careful when my grandsons are about, any advice how to deal with Sadie on this matter, should i discipline her, i don,t want to cause her any more problems, or do i need to get expert advice on this, family seem to compare her to Ruby, who is laid back and chilled, Sadie will cower if anybody different trys to approach her and pet her, my son and daughter are both animal lovers, and they quite often joke and call her Psyco Sadie, but seriously i am worried, i won,t give up on Sadie, i rescued her, and i will do all i can to help her. Karen, Ruby and Sadie :(


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During the 2008 presidential campaign, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) made a promise. That is, he assured us we would have an annual economic growth rate of 6 percent, an average annual income of US$20,000 — later increased to US$30,000 — and an unemployment rate of below 3 percent by the end of his first term. His was quite insistent about this promise and even told the public to get ready for good times. Five years later this "6-3-3" plan has been proven to be a con, and Ma himself has become a byword for liar.
Ever since he assumed office, Ma has been busy aligning the economy with China's. Not only has production remained flat, Taiwan's GDP is growing more slowly than any other Asian Tiger. People are struggling to make ends meet and are calling for Ma to step down. Shoes are being hurled at him wherever he goes. Yet he still relies on China, even trying to pull a fast one and sign the cross-strait service trade pact, regardless of the effect it will have on millions.
He attempted to keep everyone in the dark about the pact, even legislators in his own party, and the legislative speaker was ignorant of many of its components. Consequently, by popular insistence, the legislature was obliged to review the agreement clause by clause. Ma, infuriated by the slow progress, blamed Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平).
The Special Investigation Division wiretapped the legislature, hoping to ensnare Wang. Ma not only acted as judge and jury, announcing Wang's guilt, he also — in his capacity as Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman — attempted to revoke Wang's KMT membership, before holding a press conference — this time in his capacity as president — declaring that Wang was no longer fit to serve as speaker. The result? He bumbled again. His approval ratings sank to 9.2 percent, a record low for Taiwan.
We discovered why he was in such a hurry when he delivered his Double Ten National Day address. He began talking of how the people of China and the people of Taiwan were all Chinese, and how cross-strait relations were "not international relations." The entire address was given over to the service trade pact. Apparently, Ma's speech was for the ears of his masters in Beijing.
On Sept. 16, I wrote an article arguing that Ma's vendetta against Wang was about opening up to Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), telling Xi of his resolve that the service trade pact would be passed. The whole plan to oust Wang went ahead, at the instigation of Ma's trusted aide and representative to the US, King Pu-tsung (金溥聰), to protect the trade pact.
If Ma fails to produce the trade pact that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants, it will no longer think him suitable for its purposes. He will not only lose face, he will lose the CCP's support. Wang had to go, and the pact had to be promptly delivered. Now that he has failed to fell Wang, and has only succeeded in getting the public to turn against him, one can well imagine how concerned he is. It is no wonder, then, that he was so keen for Beijing to hear him say that "cross-strait relations are not international relations."
If Taiwan is just a part of China, whither the Republic of China (ROC)? Ma wants to sign the service trade pact with China, and bring down the ROC. However, he cannot be allowed to bring Taiwan down with it.


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After an enforced 'winter break', CW Football shall be returning this week with the first round of games happening this weekend.
We shall be finishing off the season that was started and then at the end of the season we shall look at certain areas which may need changing to develop the league.
The only real major change is the make up of the Board.
- The domestic committee is made up of Myself as Chairman, The 6 Captains (Smith, Goff, Goughy, Tharmi, Kyle and Jamee) as well as the PA Rep (Burke)
- The sub-committee for International Selection will look like: Myself as Chairman, the PA Rep, the International Captain (Goughy) and the Scout. (Rodgie).
Myself and Sriram will be doing the simming duties.
I'll be simming the first round of games this Sunday, so captains will need to email me a team sheet to email@example.com by Sunday 25th 00:00 (which Sunday 25th 11:00am Melbourne time).