text:
The true test would be to see if it works in Arizona. And I'm a little confused on how to apply it.
If you had told me 10 years ago that I'd be writing a post about how to make my own deodorant, I'd have laughed. Scoffed. Shaken my head — no way. However, 10 years ago, I didn't live in a humid area. (See also: 5 Hair Conditioners You Can Make at Home)
Those of you who read my posts know I'm a sucker for any DIY challenge. My criteria are:
Secondly, although the popular brand of deodorant that I use works well, I am never happy with the scent. In fact, I use "unscented" because I hate all the other scents, and I still dislike the weird, chemical-ish scent. So, I added another criterion — could I make something with a scent that I actually liked?
Third, and probably most important — is there a health risk involved with any of the chemicals in commercially made products? This debate is confusing. According to a post on the National Cancer Institute site...
...researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a part of the National Institutes of Health, are not aware of any conclusive evidence linking the use of underarm antiperspirants or deodorants and the subsequent development of breast cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates food, cosmetics, medicines, and medical devices, also does not have any evidence or research data that ingredients in underarm antiperspirants or deodorants cause cancer...Because studies of antiperspirants and deodorants and breast cancer have provided conflicting results, additional research is needed to investigate this relationship and other factors that may be involved. (Emphasis added.)
Those two words — "conflicting results" — are what bother me a little. Don't you try to reduce your cancer risk, even if it's just a possibility? For instance, you likely use sunscreen and avoid charred meat. Further research may confirm that commercial deodorants do not increase cancer risk, and that would be great (I've used them for many years) but just in case...I'm going to give homemade deodorant a try.
Also, there was the does-aluminum-lead-to-Alzheimer's controversy, but the organization's own website pretty much put my mind to rest about the connection. You see, most commercially made deodorants and antiperspirants contain aluminum, which blocks your pores.
After perusing several recipes, I ended up trying this deodorant recipe from Live Whole Be Free.
In the spirit of frugality, I wanted to try using ingredients I had on hand. I already had baking soda and cornstarch. I purchased the coconut oil and essential oil at a local natural foods store, and those cost $8.99 (coconut oil) and $6.39 (essential oil).
The above recipe is for a lemon-clove deodorant, but when I started opening testers and sniffing away, "lemongrass" really got my attention.
My next stop was the local Salvation Army store, where I found a small plastic, lidded container (which I took home and washed in hot, soapy water). Cost: $0.50.
Mixing the deodorant was very simple. First, I combined the baking soda and cornstarch, then added the coconut oil and drops of essential oil. It went together very easily, and I poured it into the container. I was worried about the coconut oil overtaking the lemongrass scent, but that wasn't a problem. They seemed to combine very nicely, and I wasn't overpowered by either one.
Day 1 test conditions: 84 degrees. I went to a farmers market, which was very hot, and then came home to some housework and ironing. No stickiness and no "wearing off" of the nice scent.
Day 2 test conditions: Work, and an all-day presentation for 20 people. No problems; nice scent.
Day 3 test conditions: Work, and a one-hour presentation for 95 people — and this presentation was the true test, because it made me really nervous. It was also about 80 degrees outside, and I had a heavy box to lug. I figured this would be the make-or-break day for homemade deodorant! I didn't need to worry — again, all I smelled was the lemon. However, keep in mind that this is a recipe for a deodorant, not an antiperspirant. It doesn't keep you dry. I may experiment with my next batch, increasing the baking soda/cornstarch ratios. Another alternative may be to make my own bath powder concoction and layer the products.
The final test? I strode into my husband's man-cave, holding up my arm, and said, "Wanna sniff my pit?" (Bear in mind that we have been married for thirty years.) After giving me a look, and actually not laughing, he said, "Sure, why not?" His proclamation? "All I smell is lemon." He's a real sport.
Revisiting my criteria, then:
Is the Product I Make Better?
I like the scent better. I like the fact that it's all-natural better. I can improve upon the packaging by scooping the product into an empty roll-on container, which will make it easier to apply.
Is It Cheaper?
Yes, I think so. The price for a "natural" deodorant is $7.49 at my local natural foods store (for 2.7 ounces). I spent $15.88 on the coconut oil, fragrance, and container. The jar of coconut oil I bought was 12 ounces, and the recipe only called for five tablespoons of it. Cornstarch and baking soda are very inexpensive. Although the essential oil was expensive, a little goes a very long way.
How Much Time Did It Take?
With all the materials in front of me, a whopping four minutes.
Will I Make It Again?
Should You Try?
Well, that's very much a matter of personal preference. You will need to weigh your impressions about health, your perceptions about scent, and your budget.
Disclaimer: The links and mentions on this site may be affiliate links. But they do not affect the actual opinions and recommendations of the authors.
Wise Bread is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.
The true test would be to see if it works in Arizona. And I'm a little confused on how to apply it.
Monica, I spent the last 3 years in Tucson and just used a mixture of cornstarch and baking soda (more cornstarch than baking soda because it scratched my skin too much). I did just fine, even with my 15 minute bike rides (each way) to work all year round.
My only complaint was that it left powder under my arms on dark clothing but it was easy to wipe off with a cloth and doesn't stain. Of course when I went for a run I did get a little smelly but I didn't mind because, well, I was exercising. :)
My concern about using coconut oil is it staining clothes. That's the only reason I haven't tried a recipe like this.
I just moved to SC so I'll get to test the deodorant in intense humidity as well!
Absolutely, Arizona would be a great test. I heard it was 113 the other day? Wow. As far as application, I have tried a couple of different methods. I have just scooped it out with my fingers, but yes, that leaves your fingers all messy. My latest method is to use a tissue, get a scoop of the deodorant, and then apply. I saw empty containers on ebay so I think that's my next move. Love to hear how it works in that withering heat. Thanks for commenting!
I love homemade deodorant. I even saved my old stuck deodorant containers, poured mine in and keep it in the fridge so I can swipe it on like the store bought stuff. unfortunately I find it just doesn't cut it in our south Texas heat and humidity of 100+ degrees. Come fall again, I'll switch back.
With sales and coupons, I NEVER pay more than a dollar for deodorant at a drugstore. More often than not, it is free (just pay sales tax). Yes, it is nice to make it out of natural ingredients, but if you are doing this to save money, you are wasting your time!
Frugalcat, I admire your ability to get a great deal! As I mentioned in the post, there were several reasons to try making my own. In all honesty, the nice fragrance is my favorite part about it.
My daughter pointed out that I didn't address the question of underarm clothes staining. This has not been a problem, thus far! I am really pleased because I, too, was worried about the coconut oil.
Thanks for the comment!
I just use a light dusting of bicarbonate of soda under my arms and that is it. I make sure I wipe it away afterwards, so that it doesn't rub. I find it gets rid of any body odours quickly and effectively and lasts all day. I sometimes repeat the process a couple of times before it works, but it always works well!
i made some, with alittle twist. just use vanailla and sweet almond oil, and add alittle more baking soda. 3 parts baking soda,1 part cornstarch, 1/2 part sweet almond oil, 3/4 part vanilla. at the end resauld should be a sort of solid beacause of the extra powder, tomhelp with sweat. idk if u have 2 do this but i microwaved it twice 4 5 seconds. u do it once, let it cool, and do it again, then u put it in a jar, and sprinkle nsome baking soda on it -oils "float" to top although it doesnt under your arm because you put it on thin- nice recipe, nice website


text:
Profile: INTP
Revision: 3.2
Date of Revision: 6 Aug 2010
INTPs are pensive, analytical folks. They may venture so deeply into thought as to seem detached, and often actually are oblivious to the world around them.
Precise about their descriptions, INTPs will often correct others (or be sorely tempted to) if the shade of meaning is a bit off. While annoying to the less concise, this fine discrimination ability gives INTPs so inclined a natural advantage as, for example, grammarians and linguists.
INTPs are relatively easy-going and amenable to almost anything until their principles are violated, about which they may become outspoken and inflexible. They prefer to return, however, to a reserved albeit benign ambiance, not wishing to make spectacles of themselves.
A major concern for INTPs is the haunting sense of impending failure. They spend considerable time second-guessing themselves. The open-endedness (from Perceiving) conjoined with the need for competence (NT) is expressed in a sense that one's conclusion may well be met by an equally plausible alternative solution, and that, after all, one may very well have overlooked some critical bit of data. An INTP arguing a point may very well be trying to convince himself as much as his opposition. In this way INTPs are markedly different from INTJs, who are much more confident in their competence and willing to act on their convictions.
Mathematics is a system where many INTPs love to play, similarly languages, computer systems--potentially any complex system. INTPs thrive on systems. Understanding, exploring, mastering, and manipulating systems can overtake the INTP's conscious thought. This fascination for logical wholes and their inner workings is often expressed in a detachment from the environment, a concentration where time is forgotten and extraneous stimuli are held at bay. Accomplishing a task or goal with this knowledge is secondary.
INTPs and Logic -- One of the tipoffs that a person is an INTP is her obsession with logical correctness. Errors are not often due to poor logic -- apparent faux pas in reasoning are usually a result of overlooking details or of incorrect context.
Games NTs seem to especially enjoy include Risk, Bridge, Stratego, Chess, Go, and word games of all sorts. (I have an ENTP friend that loves Boggle and its variations. We've been known to sit in public places and pick a word off a menu or mayonnaise jar to see who can make the most words from its letters on a napkin in two minutes.) The INTP mailing list has enjoyed a round of Metaphore, virtual volleyball, and a few 'finish the series' brain teasers.
In seasons of low energy level, or moments of single-minded concentration, the INTP is aloof and detached in a way that might even offend more relational or extraverted individuals.
If Thinking can desist, the INTP is free to brainstorm, calling up the perceptions of the unconscious (i.e., intuition) which are mirrored in patterns in the realm of matter, time and space. These perceptions, in the form of theories or hunches, must ultimately defer to the inner principles, or at least they must not negate them.
Intuition unchained gives birth to play. INTPs enjoy games, formal or impromptu, which coax analogies, patterns and theories from the unseen into spontaneous expression in a way that defies their own comprehension.
The internalizing nature of the INTP's Sensing function leaves a relative absence of environmental awareness (i.e., Extraverted Sensing), except when the environment is the current focus. Consciousness of such conditions is at best a sometime thing.
More information about Type Relationships

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Lots of work getting the house together, though also some time to get into active sport again.
As I write this we're camping in one room in our house while the floors are sanded. To get to this stage involved a marathon session of several days of stripping carpet and lino. We've got a mixture of old timber boards in most of the house, but only the kitchen/dining room had them exposed and polished. Getting the carpet up was easy: getting the lino and backing glue/paste off was not - but thankfully several friends came and lent a hand over the weekend. We're now into debate about what the various woods are: jarrah (a reddish West Australian hardwood) is easy, but opinions vary about the others.
Meanwhile Katie has been developing plans for the garden. She's already had a tree surgeon round to thin out some of the trees in the bottom half of the garden, which should help the fruit trees and vines, and has had the benefit of giving her sea views (well glimpses really) from her office window perched on the mezzanine. Water features, a boule court, beds, more trees are all on now on the drawing board.
As are plans for turning the garage into her studio, as well as doing lots of odds and ends like painting, wiring, plumbing - the house seemed pretty livable to me until Katie's energy got turned loose on how it should be J . So our days seem pretty occupied.
But that still leaves early mornings and evenings. There is no daylight saving in Western Australia, so the best time to get out exercising is early in the morning. Katie has her scull in the Edith Cowan University boatshed on the Canning River, and tries to be on the water at 6am several days a week. She got a shock the other day when two dolphins surfaced just behind her, and followed the boat playing an jumping out of the water.
I've taken up bicycling with the RSBCA again, with groups whose start-times vary from 5.30 to 6.30am on different days. I'm slowly getting fitter: I keep getting dropped by the peleton, but a bit later along the route each time. I've also been doing some more sailing on Saturday afternoons: some very close racing, and it's great to be sailing in 20 knots wearing shorts and a t-shirt.
Holly gets lots of exercise too, mostly on the beach as it's been pretty hot. She's not very keen on waves, but it tends to blow from the east in the mornings before the sea-breeze kicks in, so the water's flat then. She can still be reluctant, and I don't think other dog walkers quite believe the sight of Katie wading out carrying Holly before throwing her and a stick into the sea simultaneously. I took her round a local lake one evening, and spotted her watching something crawling along the grass - I was worried it might be a snake, but it turned out to be a long-necked turtle who seemed unconcerned by Holly's attentions.
We're in the middle of the Fremantle Festival, so that has provided lots of choice for the evenings. The opening concert was in a local park - a bit mixed in the choice of music, but a pleasant picnic, and we all returned to our house afterwards with guitars, mandolin and sundry percussion instruments. Lots of songs we hadn't thought of playing in years, and we've vowed to produce a South Beach Songbook for future sessions.
The parade was on Sunday and we watched from the balcony of a local hotel. A glorious mixture of cultures and causes - from Croatian to Sikh and from protestors against live sheep exports to those opposed to a new bypass. Lots of bands and music.
All in all, life feels pretty busy - but I am putting out feelers on things to do when we've got the house and our belongings a bit more organised.
|Home|Journal Index|Photo Index|Speech Index|Note


text:
Dining & Nutrition
When it comes to food, let's be honest: there's a difference between eating as a way to fuel your body and dining as a way to spark your spirit. At Summerfield of Fresno, we deliver on both. You'll get healthy, nutritious options that can be tailored to doctor-recommended diets and specific meal restrictions. And you'll also get flavorful, inspired meals created by a Food Network celebrity chef who excels in culinary marvels.
Sometimes, people think you need to sacrifice your love for great food when you join an assisted living community. We believe otherwise. Meals are central to fostering community, connection, and celebration. We embrace that delicious tradition every day, and every meal, at Summerfield of Fresno.
- Family-style meals developed by a celebrity chef, with an emphasis on fresh, seasonal selections
- Focus on nutrition, so you make sure to get the nutrients you need, along with the flavors you love
- Individualized dining choices so you can have your favorite dishes while still adhering to the guidelines of a doctor-recommended diet
- Dining with others to keep social connections strong, in a light-filled, cheery dining space
From the very start, we set out to redefine the dining experience for assisted living, and we've succeeded. Come and sample our exceptional and inspired menu selections.
Located in Fresno, CA, Summerfield of Fresno is an elegantly furnished senior living community with 56 assisted living suites, as well as respite care. Our skilled, friendly, and compassionate team members are available 24 hours a day to deliver personalized service for every resident. Enjoy restaurant-style dining, a range of social and educational activities, in-house beauty salon, activity room, laundry, and housekeeping. Everything you need meets everything you love, at Summerfield of Fresno.
We're Here to Help
Find helpful blog posts, e-books, and resources about senior living, health topics, caregiver wellness, and more for older adults and family members.
If you're looking for an amazing senior living experience, look no further than Summerfield of Fresno.
Elevating Memory Care to new heights with services and amenities like nowhere else.


text:
Most of us are trying to get better at something. And when we think about our future progress, we tend to imagine we will improve linearly. We'll work hard at mastering some skill; we'll steadily get better and better.
But, as the Canadian writer Scott H. Young points out in a recent blog post, progress in most domains is not linear.
In some spheres, like learning a language or taking up running, improvement is logarithmic. You make a lot of progress when you first begin the activity, but, as you get better, it gets harder and harder to improve.
Logarithmic activities require a certain sort of mind-set, Young writes. During the early high-growth phase, when everything is coming easily, you have to make sure you maintain your disciplined habits, or else you will fall backward.
Then later, during the slow-growth phase, you have to break some of your habits. To move from good to great, you have to break out of certain routines that have become calcified and are now holding you back.
For example, when Tiger Woods was first competing at golf, he had to stick to his arduous practice routine even though success seemed to come ridiculously easy. But then, when he hit a plateau, he had to reinvent his swing to reach that final tippy-top level.
In other domains, growth is exponential. In these activities, you have to work for weeks or even years at mastering the fundamentals, and you barely see any return. But then, after you have put in your 10,000 hours of effort, suddenly you develop a natural ease and your progress multiplies quickly.
Mastering an academic discipline is an exponential domain. You have to learn the basics over years of graduate school before you internalize the structures of the field and can begin to play creatively with the concepts. Ice hockey is an exponential activity (it takes years just to skate well enough).
Many people quit exponential activities in the early phases.
You've got to be bullheaded to work hard while getting no glory. But then when you are in the later fast-progress stage, you've got to be open-minded to turn your hard-earned skill into poetry. Vincent van Gogh had to spend years learning the basics of drawing, but then, when he'd achieved mastery, he had to let loose and create art.
I could think of some other growth structures. In some domains progress comes like a stairway. There's a period of stagnation, followed by a step upward, followed by a period of stagnation, followed by another step. In other domains, progress comes like waves repetitively lapping the shore. You go over some material and the wave leaves a residue of knowledge; then you go over the same material again and the next wave leaves a bit more residue.
Yet other domains follow a valley-shaped curve. You have to go down initially before you can go up.
The experience of immigrating to a new country can be like this; you have to start at the bottom as you learn a new society before you can make your way upward. Moral progress is like this, too. You have to go down and explore your own failures before you can conquer them. You have to taste humiliation before you can aspire toward excellence.
Thinking about growth structures reminds you that really successful people often have the ability to completely flip their mental dispositions.
In many fields, it pays to be rigid and disciplined at first, but then flexible and playful as you get better. If you go into politics, you have to make the transition from campaigning, which is an instantly gratifying activity, to governing, which is an exponential activity, requiring experience, patience and hard-earned wisdom.
This way of thinking also makes it clear that skill acquisition is a deeply moral activity. You don't only need knowledge about what to do; you have to train yourself to defeat your natural desires.
In the fast-growth phase of a logarithmic activity, you have to fight the urge to self-celebrate and relax. In the later phase, when everyone is singing your praises, you have to fight self-satisfaction.
It does seem clear that our society celebrates fast-payoff instrumental activities, like sports and rock stardom, while undervaluing exponential activities, like being a statesman or craftsman. Kids increasingly flock to logarithmic sports, like soccer, over exponential sports, like baseball.
Finally, this focus on growth structures takes your eyes off yourself. The crucial thing is not what traits you intrinsically possess. The crucial questions are: What is the structure of your domain? Where are you now on the progress curve? How are you interacting with the structures of the field?
The crucial answers to those questions are not found in the mirror. They are found by seeing yourself from a distance as part of a landscape. That's a more pleasing and healthier perspective in any case.


text:
You have to be some kind of monster to think it is light to kidnap girls and sell them. The Boko Haram leader has made it clear that those kidnapped girls are property and he will sell them. This situation is a very unfortunate and it is so mind-boggling as to why the US has not stepped up to make this a priority. If these girls were from the United States there would be such an outcry that the US would haven choice but to intervene. I feel like because there really is not an economic purpose in Nigeria for the US that this is why the have not intervened as of yet. Several people have been taking their frustration of the situation to social media with the #BringOurGirlsBack campaign, even the First Lady has made her discontent known as well. So this is in my opinion is unacceptable and needs to be handles with a quick swiftness.
Check out the story as reported by CNN:
'I will sell them,' Boko Haram leader says of kidnapped Nigerian girls
(CNN) — Fears for the fate of more than 200 Nigerian girls turned even more nightmarish Monday when the leader of the Islamist militant group that kidnapped them announced plans to sell them.
"I abducted your girls. I will sell them in the market, by Allah," a man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in a video first obtained by Agence France-Presse.
"There is a market for selling humans. Allah says I should sell. He commands me to sell. I will sell women. I sell women," he continued, according to a CNN translation from the local Hausa language.
Boko Haram is a terrorist group receiving training from al Qaeda affiliates, according to U.S. officials. Its name means "Western education is sin." In his nearly hourlong, rambling video, Shekau repeatedly called for Western education to end.
Nigerians protest over kidnapped schoolgirls
"Girls, you should go and get married," he said.
The outrageous threat means the girls' parents' worst fears could be realized. Parents have avoided speaking to the media for fear their daughters may be singled out for reprisals.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said the video "does appear legitimate."
The tape won't intimidate or deter Nigeria from efforts to save the kidnapped girls, the Nigerian government said.
"It is disheartening that someone would make such a terrible boast," Doyin Okupe, spokesman for President Goodluck Jonathan, said in an interview with CNN.
"It is to be expected of terrorists," he added. "No group can affect our resolve. We will see this through to the end. We have the commitment and capacity to get this done. No matter what this takes, we will get these girls."
On Sunday, Jonathan vowed, "Wherever these girls are, we'll get them out."
But he also criticized the girls' parents, saying they weren't cooperating fully with police.
"What we request is maximum cooperation from the guardians and the parents of these girls. Because up to this time, they have not been able to come clearly, to give the police clear identity of the girls that have yet to return," he said.
Nigeria's finance minister responds to criticism
Weeks after the girls' April 14 kidnapping, Africa's most populous country seems to be no closer to finding them, triggering complaints of ineptitude — some of which are expressed on Twitter with the globally trending hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
Boko Haram: Nigeria's crisis
Jones outraged 200 girls kidnapped
Nigeria's finance minister said Monday that her country's government remains committed to finding the girls, but should have done a better job explaining the situation to the public.
"Have we communicated what is being done properly? The answer is no, that people did not have enough information," Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told CNN's Richard Quest.
Revealing details about the investigation is tricky, she said, "because you are dealing with people that you don't know, and you don't know…what they might do to these girls."
On Sunday, about 100 demonstrators gathered outside the Nigerian High Commission in London, chanting, "Bring them back!" and "Not for sale!"
Crowds from Los Angeles to London rallied Saturday as well.
"We need to take ownership as if this happened in Chicago or this happened in Washington, D.C. We need to be talking about this," Nicole Lee, outgoing president of the TransAfrica Forum, told CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper."
"I think people are doing that. It's catching fire."
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton weighed in on Twitter over the weekend.
"Access to education is a basic right & an unconscionable reason to target innocent girls," she wrote Sunday. "We must stand up to terrorism. #BringBackOurGirls."
Militants attacked school last month
According to accounts, armed members of Boko Haram overwhelmed security guards at a school last month, pulled the girls out of bed and forced them into trucks. The convoy of trucks then disappeared into the dense forest bordering Cameroon.
On Friday, Nigerian authorities updated the number of girls kidnapped to 276. At least 53 of the girls escaped, leaving 223 in the hands of their captors, police said.
Authorities said the number of missing girls could grow as police fill in spotty school enrollment records.
Families had sent their girls to the rural school in Chibok for a desperately needed education. The northeastern town is part of Borno state, where 72% of primary-age children never attended school, according to the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria.
It's even worse for girls than boys. "In the North particularly, the gender gap remains particularly wide and the proportion of girls to boys in school ranges from 1 girl to 2 boys to 1 to 3 in some states," UNICEF says.
Twelve northern states follow Sharia law.
In recent years, Boko Haram has carried out dozens of attacks, killing thousands of people at schools, churches, police stations, government buildings and elsewhere. Targets include Christians, senior Islamic figures critical of Boko Haram and people the group believes are engaged in "un-Islamic" behavior, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says.
Boko Haram has gained training in weapons and communications from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in recent years. This helped it move from little-noticed attacks to more spectacular ones, including against Western targets and the Nigerian government, which it seeks to overthrow, U.S. authorities say. In 2011, it carried out an attack with IEDs on the United Nations headquarters in Abuja.
It's unclear just how big the group is. The U.S. State Department says Boko Haram's membership estimates "range from the hundreds to a few thousand." A U.S. government report in December 2011 found that a "consistent lack of reliable reporting on Boko Haram has contributed to the difficulty in assessing its size, makeup, and goals."
Crisis unfolds as Nigeria hosts World Economic Forum
Though Nigeria has Africa's largest economy, driven largely by oil, poverty remains widespread: Nearly 62% of the country's nearly 170 million people live in extreme poverty, according to the CIA World Factbook.
That dichotomy takes center stage this week as a World Economic Forum meeting convenes Wednesday in Nigeria's capital of Abuja. The country "already plays a crucial role in advancing the continent's growth; yet it is also emblematic of the challenges of converting natural wealth into solutions that address persistent social challenges," the World Economic Forum on Africa says on its website.
Okonjo-Iweala, the finance minister, told CNN that Nigeria's intense efforts to find the girls have nothing to do with the high-profile event.
"We are doing things because we are Nigerians, and we have to solve our own problems. These are our daughters. It's like it's my daughter missing. Every single one of those girls is my daughter," Okonjo-Iweala said. "I wake up in the morning depressed when I know that they have not been brought back home. The President wakes up depressed, because he came from a poor family, and without education he would never been where he is today."
Nigerian authorities, she said, are doing everything possible to find the girls — and they're asking for help.
"Any international organization, any country that has different technology, ways of detecting, please let them help us to get these girls back," she said.
The United States is sharing intelligence with Nigeria to help in the search, according to a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the situation.
"We are sharing intelligence that may be relevant to this situation. You are going to see a focus on this in all three channels of government: diplomatic, intelligence and military," the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information.
Police vs. protesters?
Police in Abuja denied having arrested a leader of a protest over the weekend that was critical of the Nigerian government's efforts. In a statement, police said they "invited" Nyadar Naomi Mutah, a native of Chibok, for a "fact-finding interview." She cooperated and "was immediately allowed to return home to her loved ones," police said.
But Aminu Mahmoud, a lawyer representing Mutah, said her client was arrested Sunday without charge.
Fellow protest organizer Hadiza Usman said that during a session called by first lady Patience Jonathan to meet with protesters, the first lady recognized Mutah and said "let's keep you aside for now."
It was not clear whether that had anything to do with Mutah's later going to the police station.
In its statement on the matter, Abuja police also said security agencies "are leaving no stone unturned" in an attempt to ensure that the children are rescued.
Source: CNN


text:
Cypress Extends TrueTouch® Gen4 Touchscreen Controller Line
Cypress Extends TrueTouch®Gen4 Touchscreen Controller Line
Gen4X Devices Double the Industry's Best Noise Immunity and Lower Total System Cost
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NAS: CY) today introduced the newest members of the TrueTouch® Gen4 touchscreen controller line. Gen4X controllers offer the industry's highest noise immunity, and were designed for cost-sensitive platforms including models for the rapidly growing China smartphone market. They deliver unparalleled performance in the presence of all noise sources—the biggest challenge faced by touchscreen designs—and support both in-cell and SLIM® single-layer structures to meet system-level price points needed to drive high volumes in emerging markets. Improvements to the family's analog front-end minimized size and enabled twice the charger noise immunity of previous Gen4 offerings, which have gained popularity with industry leaders around the world due to outstanding performance in noisy environments. More information on the new Gen4X controller family is available online at touch.cypress.com.
"The China smartphone market is exploding, and Cypress's TrueTouch solutions deliver superior performance for those platforms," said John Carey, Senior Director of TrueTouch Marketing for Cypress. "Gen4X extends the Gen4 family leadership by offering the world's first price-sensitive solutions that outperform all competitors in noise immunity."
Gen4X provides the world's most robust immunity to charger noise: up to 15V peak-to-peak (Vpp) from 1 - 500 kHz, with a 0.5-mm cover lens and a 22-mm-wide finger. Gen4X takes signal-to-noise ratio to unmatched heights, thanks to Cypress's unique ability to deliver on-chip 10V Tx and proprietary Tx-Boost™ multi-phase Tx solution.
Gen4X also delivers high-performance, multitouch functionality with customizable advanced features, including Cypress's industry-leading waterproofing capability. The entire Gen4 family works flawlessly with moisture on the touchscreen and/or with wet fingers. These features are enabled by Cypress's unique, patent-pending ability to provide both self and mutual capacitance sensing on the same chip.
Fast, Low-Power System Solutions
Gen4X employs the same 32-bit ARM® Cortex™ core that is at the heart of the Gen4 family to deliver the best combination of speed and low-power consumption. The family easily delivers a refresh rate of 150 Hz, and a deep-sleep mode that only draws 4.5 uW with wake-up initiated via address match on the COM port.
Gen4X devices offer up to 36 capacitive sensing I/Os for ideal sensor pitch with screens up to 5 inches, support standalone CapSense® touch-sensing buttons, and drive both in-cell structures and SLIM single-layer sensors. Gen4X is the first toucschreen controller family to bring Superphone performance to emerging markets.
Touch Leadership
Cypress's touch-sensing portfolio is the industry's broadest and most well adopted, encompassing TrueTouch®, CapSense®, and TrackPad solutions. The company's IP portfolio is unmatched, including true, single-layer sensor solutions for dramatically reduced touchscreen costs and self and mutual capacitance sensing on the same chip that enables advanced features such as waterproofing, proximity sensing, support for 1-mm stylus, and hover.
Samples of the new Gen4X controllers are now available to lead customers. Cypress expects to deliver volume production to lead customers in the first quarter of 2013. The family will be available in a 44-pin 5 mm x 5 mm QFN with 28 sense I/Os, a 44-pin 5 mm x 5 mm QFN with 33 sense I/Os, and a 48-pin 6 mm x 6 mm QFN package with 36 sense I/Os.
About TrueTouch
Cypress's TrueTouch technology provides the industry's best noise immunity, highest signal to noise ratio (SNR), fastest refresh rates, lowest power consumption, and world's best accuracy and linearity. The flexible TrueTouch solution allows customers to rapidly develop leading-edge solutions without having to buy turnkey modules. They have a choice of using touch sensors (glass or film) and LCDs from preferred partners, and can develop innovative mechanical designs ranging from flat to curved surfaces of varying thickness. In addition, TrueTouch devices offer Cypress's legendary noise immunity with patented capacitive sensing technology that enables flawless operation in noisy RF and LCD environments. Additional TrueTouch information is available at touch.cypress.com.
About Cypress
Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the flagship PSoC 1, PSoC 3, and PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip families and derivatives, CapSense® touch sensing and TrueTouch® solutions for touchscreens. Cypress is the world leader in USB controllers, including the high-performance West Bridge® solution that enhances connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets, PCs and tablets. Cypress is also the world leader in SRAM memories. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, mobile handsets, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial and military. Cypress trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at www.cypress.com.
Cypress, the Cypress logo, PSoC, PowerPSoC, CapSense, TrueTouch, SLIM, and West Bridge are registered trademarks and Tx-Boost is a trademark of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. All other trademarks are property of their owners.
Cypress Public Relations
Don Parkman, 408-943-4885
KEYWORDS: United States Asia Pacific North America China California Minnesota
The article Cypress Extends TrueTouch® Gen4 Touchscreen Controller Line originally appeared on Fool.com.
Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Copyright © 1995 - 2012 The Motley Fool, LLC. All rights reserved. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


text:
OCEAN CITY – In an effort to rectify the situation for all parties involved, the Mayor and Council has approved an emergency ordinance to purchase the Caroline Street property that was destroyed in a fire in April.
The house, located at 111 Caroline Street, will be purchased by the city for a price of $235,000. At the City Council meeting Monday, the Mayor and Council approved the ordinance to purchase the property in hopes that the vacated, burnt house could be torn down and replaced with a green, park area.
The house previously served as the home to Marion and Richard Manning before a hit-and-run accident left their house in shambles this past April.
On the evening of April 3, the Mannings' house was destroyed in a devastating fire that was the result of a car crashing into their home. Jay Mickell Benedict, 36, of Ocean City, crashed his truck into the Manning's home rupturing a gas line. Benedict fled the scene of the accident in his truck, leaving the home engulfed in flames. Fortunately, the Mannings were able to escape unharmed. Their house, vehicles and belongings, however, were not as lucky.
Benedict was arrested and pleaded guilty to driving without a license and failure to remain at the scene of an accident. He has since been sentenced to probation and $1,375 in fines and is working to contribute to some sort of settlement for the Mannings.
As for the Mannings, the loss not only left them without a home, but also devoid of priceless treasures that were destroyed in the fire.
On June 13 at the Greene Turtle North, community members came together for the "A Day For Friends Benefit," in an effort to raise money to help the Mannings in their time of need.
With their house left in conditions not conducive to living, and most of their possessions destroyed, it was decided that selling the property would be most beneficial.
The property, located at the entrance to Ocean City at the end of the Route 50 Bridge, has been sitting as an eye sore to those traveling over the bridge. The Mayor and Council agreed that purchasing the property would not only benefit the Mannings, but would also benefit the town.
Councilman Jim Hall put his full support behind the ordinance.
"We think that it would be a great addition to Ocean City, with possibly a park in that area, so we hope to not only purchase it, but have it torn down as fast as we can get it down," he said.
The council voted unanimously, with Councilman Lloyd Martin absent, to pass the ordinance upon first reading.
To read the complete story, see Friday's issue of The Dispatch or the online update.


text:
1231 prosperity
Happy New Year everyone. Your friendship and camaraderie this year has made me very prosperous, even without the Rolls. Best wishes to you and your families for a safe and peaceful 2013. I'll see you there.
1230 zoo
We have a pretty good zoo in Portland. It's not the best, but the animals are well cared for and healthy. All year long I planned to visit. Plans to arrive early (before the stroller brigade) were made, cancelled and made again ... and then a baby elephant was born. Since then the crowds have been legendary and the thought of any quiet time vanished.
So, two days from the end of the year, the best I can do is the crowd-control vehicle near the gate.
Wait til next year!
1229 self portrait
Most of time when I take pictures of shiny things I try to keep myself out of the image.
1228 purity
Nothing but the finest for the plants in my office.
1227 warped
Long ago, the sun shone in the Pacific Northwest, with rays powerful enough to warp vinyl.
1226 luscious
Red velvet lusciousness.
1225 peaceful
Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday.
1224 junk
With most of its merlons broken off, this rook could be considered junk.
1223 little
Car shows can be tiring. Time for a little lunch and a little nap.
I love the clouds and dad's face reflected in the shades.
1222 fluffy
Chloe wisely conserves her strength, knowing that in a couple months she was going to be called on to help Ellen around the house. Good girl!
1221 hot
The first day of Winter seems like a good day to look at a photo from Photoshop World of the 105 degree Las Vegas desert (or dessert, I never really know.) The shot is through the window of my hotel room, and while it's somewhat comforting to know that it was my window that would provide access to the fire department, I hoped they would knock first.
1220 my favorite place
Portland is my favorite place, hands down. And of all the places that make up this wacky ville, one of my favorites is Oaks Amusement Park. Opened in 1905 it retains the charm of a simpler time. Many of the rides have been around for decades, and the wooden carousel is just one example. It's also home to a roller rink with a 60 year old Wurlitzer organ for music, and a wooden floor built to float should Willamette River spill over its banks.
The park has no gates, so it's available for early morning walks before the crowds arrive, and it's also a great place to poke around after an evening of shooting roller derby. I often drag out-of-town visitors to the park for some early morning photowalks.... don't I Steven? ;-)
1219 aged
Barrels left over from a commemorative brew.
1218 strange
... and yet, in the scheme of things, pretty normal.
1217 misty
I like the way the neon reflects off the mist.
1216 gloomy
It gets to the point you don't even know what to say anymore.
A friend spent time on Tuesday hiding under a table at a mall food court while a gunman walked about killing innocent shoppers and mall workers. And then yesterday happened in Connecticut.
As a nation we won't discuss gun control because the gun lobby completely owns our government . Yet we hope and pray for peace, between the killings and the tears.
1215 symmetry
The PBR ad on the side of this beer truck is an example of symmetry.
1214 vacation
I'm so, so busy at work these days (thankfully!) that it makes me dream of vacation.
1213 used
After years of service, this barge is in drydock, being retro-fit with a new hull to allow it to ply different waters.
1212 modern
A brand new dormitory opened on the Portland State University campus this fall. LEED certified, wi-fi throughout, flat panel screens, ... all the modern amenities.
1211 tools
Looks like a reputable place to get your wooden car fixed.
1210 debris
1209 first class
First class glass.... Nikon's 70-200mm, f2.8. Can't afford it, but what a fun rental!
1208 games
Eternal Darlin' is such a great name! It makes this a pretty good post for our 28th anniversary too.
1207 primitive
Laughing Planet Cafe has dinosaurs that roam the table tops. I usually get the habanero hot sauce to keep them away from my burritos.
1206 metalic
Sanded down to bare metal.
1205 youth
1204 found objects
I imagine there's another pair just like them out there somewhere.
1203 old fashioned
Back in the day ...
1202 neglect
The chrome still has some nice shine to it. A little elbow grease should bring it right back around.
1201 maturity
A senior category participant in a recent cyclocross race.
1130 lightness
As the days grow shorter lightness fades earlier and earlier.
1129 spot
Spots of water on late summer leaves.
1128 fancy
Fortunately the ketchup was fancy. The burger looks like it was run over by a McTruck.
1127 showbiz
Maybe it's not all glory.
1126 famous
A few TV shows are shot in town ... I think Christian Kane might be famous.
1125 skin
Roller Derby is a great place for colorful skin.
1124 spontaneous
Bottoms up!
1123 futuristic
Futuristic, Futuramic? Tomato, tomahto.
1122 square
Square dancers that is.
1121 warning
Chloe alertly springs into action to warn me of potential danger. Good girl!
1120 accidental
Rider down. Somewhere in the tangle of the fencing is the guy's bike.
1119 motionless
Between acts.
1118 manufactured
What a tragedy to not only lose a snack food icon, but also 18,500 jobs.
1117 shadows
The sun is getting lower and lower in the sky every day.
1116 strength
Don't mess with this fellow or you're likely to get your bell rung.
1115 multiples
Somewhere, 5 lamps are missing their shades.
1114 imperfection
Well worn mallets still make nice marimba music.


text:
Categories: Events
Event date: 01/09/2022 - 02/09/2022
Northampton Academy
Wellingborough Road
Telephone: 01604 210017
Email: email@example.com
Copyright ©2023
Log in
The school is part of United Learning. United Learning comprises: UCST (Registered in England No: 2780748. Charity No. 1016538) and ULT (Registered in England No. 4439859. An Exempt Charity). Companies limited by guarantee. VAT number 834 8515 12.
Registered address: United Learning, Worldwide House, Thorpe Wood, Peterborough, PE3 6SB. Tel: 01832 864 444
Financial Accountability and Freedom of Information
Website Terms, Cookies and PrivacyPolicies
This website uses cookies
Marketing cookies - we use cookies from 3rd party sites (Facebook Pixel) who may combine it with other information that you've provided to them or that they've collected from your use of their services.
see terms for more infomation


text:
Wisconsinites were shell shocked in 2011 by a wide-ranging legislative agenda in their State Capitol that seemed to come out of the blue. Anti-consumer bills, union busting legislation, voter ID, enormous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy along with requirements for "super majority" votes to raise revenue were fast tracked through the legislature.
The extreme agenda sparked massive protests regularly topping 100,000 and an 18-day Capitol occupation. In the middle of all this, mild mannered UW Professor William Cronon posted a personal blog speculating that the legislative onslaught may not be home grown, but might have to do with a little known cadre of politicians and corporations known as the American Legislative Exchange Council. The Wisconsin GOP kicked up a media firestorm when it demanded all of Cronon's emails in a fruitless attempt to prove that this highly regarded historian was involved in partisan political activities.
A year later, Professor Cronin's thesis has been upheld by a new report detailing the hijacking of Wisconsin by 49 ALEC members and their corporate sponsors. This massive ALEC caucus (Wisconsin only has 132 legislators), which includes top leadership in both houses, has worked with ALEC alum Scott Walker to transform the state in a manner only an ALEC corporation could love.
Walker's Early ALEC Agenda
Before Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker ran for governor, he was a state legislator from 1993-2002 and a proud member of American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). At ALEC, corporate and legislative members gather behind closed doors to craft and pre-vote on legislation that is later introduced in state houses across the land with no disclosure of its ALEC roots.
In his first year in office, Walker cosponsored "Right to Work" legislation (1993 SB 459) making it harder for public and private sector unions to organize or exist. That bill failed to pass, but Walker kept trying sponsoring "Paycheck Protection" legislation (1997 AB 624), which would make it tough for unions to spend money on elections. He also worked hard to pass "Truth in Sentencing" (1997 AB 351), which would greatly increase the number of inmates in prison at the same time that he attempted to privatize Wisconsin's prison system (1997 AB 634, 1999 AB 176 and AB 519), He also co-sponsored a bill (1997 AB 745) which would have prohibited all state agencies, including higher education, from providing goods and services that could be procured from the private sector, with rare exceptions.
All these measures reflect long-standing ALEC bills and priorities. This week, a new report from the Center for Media and Democracy shows that Walker is still one of ALEC's most able and effective politicians. In the 2011-2012 session, the Wisconsin legislature passed at least 32 bills reflecting 41 ALEC provisions, the vast majority of which were signed into law by Governor Walker.
No doubt the ALEC team trophy is in the mail.
Going for Broke, Walker's ALEC Agenda Today
After his election in 2010, Governor Walker delivered a one-two punch only ALEC would love. His first proposal was an "omnibus" tort bill that draws on numerous ALEC templates to make it much harder for Wisconsin families to hold corporations accountable when dangerous products injure or kill their loved ones.
When asked by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel if Walker was drawing from the ALEC playbook, Walker's press secretary Cullen Werwie replied "absolutely not." But as the bill was pending in the legislature, ALEC sent an email to Wisconsin members stating ALEC "supports this legislation which includes numerous provisions that reflect ALEC's civil justice reform policy and model legislation." The bill benefits Big Pharma and other ALEC firms. After Act 2 became law, ALEC issued a release applauding team Walker for their "immediate attention to reforming the state's legal system." Walker promoted the bill as needed to entice new businesses to the state; he promised 10,000 new businesses and 250,000 jobs while on the campaign trail.
On Feb. 11, 2011, Walker sent shock waves through the state by introducing a "Budget Repair Bill," which effectively eliminates collective bargaining for state workers -- making way for a race to the bottom in wages and benefits for some 380,000 workers. A key aspect of Act 10 Act, which prohibits the state from collecting union dues, reflects ALEC's Public Employer Payroll Deduction Policy Act. Another key aspect, which does not allow unions to re-certify unless they get the majority of 100 percent of their members to vote, was just approved as an ALEC "model bill" at their May 2012 meeting in Charlotte.
While consumers and working families were most injured by these bills, it did not escape notice that unions and trial lawyers -- who traditionally support Democrats -- were also harmed. In introducing the budget repair bill, Walker said the state was "broke" and he had no other option. In public, he stuck to these talking points with admirable discipline, but he told a different story when talking to his top campaign contributor.
How to Become a Red State? Divide and Conquer
In sworn testimony before Congress in April 2011, Gov. Walker said his controversial measure was not political and that he had no intention of going after the donor base of the Democratic Party. He specifically denied ever having a conversation along those lines. A video recently released by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel provides evidence to the contrary.
The video catches Walker talking to a campaign contributor in January 2011, before he introduced the union-busting bill. Billionaire Diane Hendricks greets Walker with enthusiasm and asks two critical questions: how he was going to make Wisconsin a "red state" and if he would be implementing "Right to Work" legislation. Walker replies that the "first step" would be "to divide and conquer" the unions through a budget bill dealing with public sector workers. He also discusses legislation to limit corporate liability.
This frank talk to a woman who would later hand his recall campaign committee as single check for $500,000, puts the Walker agenda in a new light.
So How is the ALEC Economy Working for You?
Walker's efforts to dismantle unions and kneecap trial lawyers are completely in synch with the ALEC agenda. CMD's published over 800 ALEC model bills last year and the ALECexposed.org archive reveals that ALEC has dozens of bills to dismantle unions and to protect companies that produce dangerous and deadly products. No other issue area, except perhaps school privatization, contains such a raft of bills.
But what has the Walker/ALEC agenda gotten Wisconsin residents? Rather than delivering the 10,000 new businesses and 250,000 jobs, Walker is down 4,338 businesses from when he took office and the state ranks dead last in job creation according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
The only real winners have been the global corporations that back ALEC and its radical agenda. Walker has received $406,553 dollars in recent years in campaign contributions from ALEC member corporations, and millions more funneled though 3rd party groups by the Koch brothers and Koch Industries, which funds ALEC and sits on the governing board of ALEC. David Koch's Americans for Prosperity, is spending undisclosed millions on TV and is reportedly tasking some 70 staff to the Walker recall election on June 5.
These corporations will fight tooth and nail to prevent the recall of their single best investment.


text:
Anthurium, roses, protea, ranunculus, hyacinths, dahlias, bells of Ireland, etc. in pink net wrap bouquet.
Flowers (of equal value) and colors (if available) can be customized at check out. We will confirm your order via email or text before it gets processed.
*This is an actual customer order. Please note that your bouquet and wrap will be similar and not identical, depending on availability, freshness, and seasonality. If certain florals, foliage, wrapping paper, and/or ribbons are not available, we will replace with an item of equal or higher value.


text:
Huge news, folks. With all the news that Sprint would acquire T-Mobile, this one took us by surprise. Instead, it's AT&T that entered into a "definitive agreement" with Deutsche Telekom to acquire T-Mobile USA.
What does this all mean? Well, for one, AT&T is going to surge right past Verizon, but AT&T will also be acquiring a ton of spectrum. The carrier says that it is still committed to deploying 4G LTE to its customers and is still on track to do so. In fact, AT&T now expects to get 4G LTE to an additional 46.5 million customers thanks to its acquisition of T-Mobile.
René Obermann, Deutsche Telekom CEO, says, ""After evaluating strategic options for T-Mobile USA, I am confident that AT&T is the best partner for our customers, shareholders and the mobile broadband ecosystem. Our common network technology makes this a logical combination and provides an efficient path to gaining the spectrum and network assets needed to provide T-Mobile customers with 4G LTE and the best devices. Also, the transaction returns significant value to Deutsche Telekom shareholders and allows us to retain exposure to the U.S. market."
Indeed, it's exactly what Dutsche Telekom needs in order to maintain relevance in the U.S. where T-Mobile is currently the fourth largest wireless carrier behind Verizon, AT&T and Sprint.
For more details, see the press release on the following page.


text:
Arab Spring fund flows to UAE exceed $8 billion: PM
About 30 billion dirhams ($8.2 billion) of funds have flowed into the United Arab Emirates over the past two years from countries hit by the Arab Spring uprisings, the UAE's prime minister said on Monday.
"We received 30 billion dirhams from the Arab Spring...plus/minus," Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who is also Dubai's ruler, said in answer to a question by a member of the public at an open forum of government officials.
Large amounts of capital fled Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Yemen and other Arab countries in search of safe havens after political and economic turmoil erupted in those countries in early 2011.
Because of its political stability and Dubai's status as an international business centre, the UAE attracted a large share of the capital. Sheikh Mohammed's figure was believed to be the first public estimate of the amount by a top official.
He insisted, however, that it would be wrong to think the UAE was benefitting from the Arab Spring, as stability in countries hit by the unrest would benefit the whole region including the UAE.
"If we had peace and stability, we would have more than 30 billion coming from those countries," Sheikh Mohammed said.
He did not specify in what forms the money had entered the UAE; part is believed to have come in the form of short-term bank deposits, and part as direct investment in businesses and real estate.
Dubai's real estate market began to recover last year from a crash in the previous few years, partly because foreign investors saw the emirate as a safe haven, property analysts said.
The UAE attracted $7.68 billion of foreign direct investment from all countries in 2011, up from $5.50 billion in 2010, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Sheikh Mohammed also said the UAE had invested much more than 30 billion dirhams in countries hit by the Arab Spring.
The oil-rich UAE has pledged billions of dollars in aid to help stabilize cash-strapped Arab states since the uprisings began, and UAE companies have shown interest in investing in North Africa.
(Reporting by Martin Dokoupil, Amena Bakr and Mahmoud Habboush; Editing by Andrew Torchia)


text:
Inside-Out English Muffin Grilled Cheese
Cinnamon Swirl Bread
My Life as a Domestic Nerd
Wonderfully yummy Friday Favorites! So fun to see that I too have book-marked many of the same recipes that you have choosen through out my week of blog browsing....:-) Happy Weeekend SnoWhite!ReplyDelete
Not only are your Friday finds so yummy, they introduce me to new blogs too! Thank you :) - Thanks for including my chicken too!ReplyDelete
I tagged you in a meme today. http://cookathome2010.blogspot.com/2010/09/eggs-benedict-arnold-also-some.htmlReplyDelete
yum yum yum! So many exciting recipes!ReplyDelete
I love your Friday Favorites section (and thanks for including me!) Can't wait to check the rest of them out. Well, the ones I haven't already bookmarked that is :)ReplyDelete
The recipes you choose always sound so good. At least one recipe calls for crescent rolls. Do you use the ones in the blue can, or do you use your recipe for crescent rolls to make the dough?ReplyDelete
@ Julia --
I make my own -- the recipe is quick and delicious:
Thanks for stopping by! I'd love to hear from you; especially how you're finding JOY in your kitchen.


text:
Democrats Trying to Undo Pension Cut in Payroll Deal
Updated: 9:45 p.m.
In the final stretch of negotiations, Congressional Democrats are waging a last-minute behind-the-scenes battle on the payroll conference committee to supplant a cut to federal worker pensions, according to aides on both sides with knowledge of the talks.
The negotiation is the remaining issue holding up a deal for the conference committee.
Conferees Sen. Benjamin Cardin and Rep. Chris Van Hollen have teamed with House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer to demand that a cut to federal worker pensions be replaced with a cut to federal worker pay. The cut would be used to partially pay for an extension of unemployment insurance benefits.
All three Members are Maryland Democrats and represent numerous federal workers, and Cardin is up for re-election in 2012.
"We're still working on the details; there are a lot of conversations happening," Van Hollen said this evening.
Hoyer unleashed a fiery tirade against the measure in a closed-door House Democratic Caucus meeting earlier today, according to a source in the room. The Members have publicly said throughout the process that they believe federal workers have already paid their fair share to offset the deficit.
Asked this afternoon whether he could ask his Members to vote for a measure that cuts government worker pensions, Hoyer said, "I've got to find out exactly what it is before I tell them anything."
The Democratic proposal mirrors President Barack Obama's call for a 0.5 percent cost-of-living increase for federal workers in 2013, down from a 1.7 percent increase. Savings would accrue over 10 years.
A GOP aide said the Democratic counterproposal is not acceptable because it does not have an immediate effect.
While House Republican conferees have all said they are ready to sign an agreement, House Democrats have demurred.
Conferee Rep. Xavier Becerra declined to talk specifically about the situation but noted that Democrats are unhappy about the offsets.
"I'm not interested in hurting middle-class workers, regardless of where they work, to help other middle-class workers. It seems to me that's a wash," the California Democrat said. "We've always said to our Republican colleagues, to the degree we have to come up with pay-fors, they should be common-sense pay-fors, and ultimately what the pay-fors are going to be … that's the reason why you haven't seen [a deal]. That's still part of the discussions."
The talks to remove the federal worker pension cuts have serious implications on the leaders' ability to report the package out of the conference committee.
As of late this evening, it was unclear that any of the Senate Republican conferees would vote in favor of the plan. Without Senate Republican support, all four of the panel's Senate Democrats would need to support the package for it to be approved, making Cardin's vote crucial.
Earlier in the day, sources indicated that GOP conferees Sens. Jon Kyl (Ariz.) and John Barrasso (Wyo.) — both members of Senate Republican leadership — were unlikely to support the deal. These same sources said that Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) might be the most likely to flip but that even those chances were slim.
Senate Democratic aides indicated that House Republicans were looking for some cover from Senate GOP approval, but the eleventh-hour press on Senate Republicans as leaders scrambled for compromise seemed almost too late given how they had been absent from negotiations before tonight.
"Senate Republicans have been largely out of these talks," Senate Democratic Conference Vice Chairman Charles Schumer (N.Y.) told reporters Tuesday.
Aides in both leadership and close to the conference committee said the majority of negotiations was between Baucus and Camp, with the involvement of top leaders. The issues raised by other conferees have consumed the debate since those same leaders felt they were close to striking a deal.


text:
Update: The winner is Vesper
July 24, 2013
Giant Giveaway From Green Giant
Update: The winner is Vesper
77 comments:
The Green Giant Roasted Veggie Tortilla Chips sounds yummy for evening snacks! ON, CanadaReplyDelete
I am in Ontario and I love salt and vinegar chipsReplyDelete
I am in Ontario,love any chips with a cheese or bbq flavorReplyDelete
I'm from Ontario and I like dill pickle chips.ReplyDelete
- Victoria EssJuly 24, 2013 at 2:30 PM
I am in Ontario, and I love cheese flavoured chips!ReplyDelete
I live in SaskatchewanReplyDelete
and love BBQ chips
Why don't more people do giveaways for chips?? This is, my dream come true! Seriously, you do not want to see me and a bag of chips. It's not pretty. Haha.ReplyDelete
Sorry - forgot to say I'm in Nova Scotia and dill pickle has been my favorite lately.ReplyDelete
I live in Nova Scotia, I love BBQ chipsReplyDelete
- foomentoJuly 24, 2013 at 6:21 PM
Ontario, and I love prawn flavoured chips.ReplyDelete
I live in Ontario, right now on a salt n vinegar kick!ReplyDelete
In Ontario, and I like sweet potato chips :)ReplyDelete
- windpuzzle1July 24, 2013 at 7:55 PM
Ontario. Sour cream & onion.ReplyDelete
- brypark1July 24, 2013 at 8:19 PM
Mesquite BBQ - OntarioReplyDelete
- Jay TeeJuly 24, 2013 at 8:59 PM
I'm from Ontario and I enjoy all dressed chips.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 24, 2013 at 9:01 PM
From Ontario. Generally enjoy regular, or jalapeño flavour chipsReplyDelete
- ruizschJuly 24, 2013 at 9:41 PM
Ontario, and love ketchup chips.ReplyDelete
I'm in Ontario and I love tortilla type chips!ReplyDelete
- Natalie TJuly 24, 2013 at 10:22 PM
Ontari-ari-oh and I find salt & vinegar chips highly addictive.ReplyDelete
- nixbrit1July 24, 2013 at 10:31 PM
Ontario & zesty cheddar.ReplyDelete
- Rachelle TJuly 24, 2013 at 10:56 PM
Ontario / lightly salted potato chipsReplyDelete
- epibreeJuly 24, 2013 at 11:34 PM
Dill pickle
BC and I like ketchup chipsReplyDelete
- jerpatoJuly 25, 2013 at 1:43 AM
Ontario and I especially like dill pickle chips.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 25, 2013 at 7:29 AM
I live in BC and like every flavour (I'm a chip freak!!!), thanks for the chance to win!!ReplyDelete
Newfoundland, and chili flavour is my favouriteReplyDelete
Newfoundland, and chili flavour is my favouriteReplyDelete
I live in Ontario and I like plain salt chips.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 25, 2013 at 10:43 AM
I'm in ontario and like cheese flavoured chips.ReplyDelete
- michelle tremblettJuly 25, 2013 at 10:49 AM
I am in Ontario, My family and I love BBQ chips :)ReplyDelete
I am from NB and I love cheese-flavoured chips!ReplyDelete
I am in Alberta, and I prefer cheese or bacon flavoured chips best :)ReplyDelete
- pestorestoJuly 25, 2013 at 11:36 AM
I am from ONT and prefer pizza flavoured chips.ReplyDelete
I live in Ontario and we love good ol plain chips...with dip occasionally~~Lori R JacksonReplyDelete
I'm in Ontario and I LOVE dill pickle or jalapeno chips (although any flavour of chips will do). Chocolate meh....Chips are my weakness!ReplyDelete
Hmmm...I'm not sure where my comment went! I'm in Ontario and I LOVE dill pickle and jalapeno chips (although any chip will do)! Chocolate meh.....chips are my weakness!ReplyDelete
I live in Ontario and always enjoy Dill Pickle chips. Although I love them all.ReplyDelete
I live in Ontario and I really like bbq flavour chips!ReplyDelete
via RHonda W G.
I live in Alberta and I like lighted salted chips the best.ReplyDelete
i live in ontario and i like ruffle chipsReplyDelete
BC and zesty cheddar.ReplyDelete
- finalpingJuly 25, 2013 at 1:37 PM
I'm in Ontario and love ketchup chips (<-- only in Canada!)ReplyDelete
the Multigrain Sweet Potato Chips sound good. I live in OntarioReplyDelete
(Debbie W)
- nooshangJuly 25, 2013 at 1:46 PM
I am from ON and I love cheddar & sour cream chips.ReplyDelete
- jackchloJuly 25, 2013 at 1:52 PM
Ontario & smokey bacon chips.ReplyDelete
- halaksaveJuly 25, 2013 at 1:56 PM
Ontario ~ Sea Salt & PepperReplyDelete
- servlipJuly 25, 2013 at 2:06 PM
Love salt and vinegar chips (they make me sweat in a good way!)ReplyDelete
- lunastel1July 25, 2013 at 2:19 PM
I enjoy sour cream and onion chips and I'm from Ontario.ReplyDelete
Ontario, sour cream and onionReplyDelete
I'm from Ontario and I like the wavy kind as seen with the Sweet Potato-flavoured chips.ReplyDelete
- kqsurvJuly 25, 2013 at 6:36 PM
Ontario, plain chips.ReplyDelete
I'm in Ontario and sour cream 'n onionReplyDelete
I live in ON and I like salt and vinegar. :)ReplyDelete
I live in Newfoundland, and I love Ketchup chips!!!!ReplyDelete
Tammy Dalley on rafflecopter
BC I like lightly salted usuallyReplyDelete
I am in Newfoundland. I love BBQ flavoured chipsReplyDelete
- eleanorJuly 26, 2013 at 2:36 PM
I'm in Ontario. My favourite chip flavours are low or less salt plain, sour cream and onion and bbq.ReplyDelete
Ontario and I like salt & vinegar & BBQ (Cathy on rafflecopter)ReplyDelete
I am in Ontario and love sour cream and onion chips and BBQ chips.ReplyDelete
I live in NL and ketchup are my fav chips,although I love all chips!!ReplyDelete
(Karla Sceviour)
I am in ON, love Jalapeno flavor.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 27, 2013 at 10:08 PM
bc - anything cheddar!ReplyDelete
im in bc and i like cheese flavour the bestReplyDelete
I'm in BC and I like taro chips.ReplyDelete
Ontario - i like bbq, salt and vinegar, sour cream & onion, and plain.ReplyDelete
entering in rafflecopter as jen s.
Im in Manitoba and I love all dressed chipsReplyDelete
- sarah sarAugust 1, 2013 at 7:06 AM
I'm from Ontario. I love BBQ and ketchup flavoured chips.ReplyDelete
texan_michael AT yahoo DOT com
I live in Manitoba and my favorite are bbq chipsReplyDelete
I'm from Ontario and I love DoritosReplyDelete
I'm in BC. I'm s sucker for ketchup chips.ReplyDelete
Angela Mitchell
I am in alberta and like sour cream and onion!ReplyDelete
I am in Ontario and like sour cream and onion or nacho flavor.ReplyDelete
Ontario - I love ketchup chipsReplyDelete
Ontario. Salt and Vinegar all the way!!ReplyDelete
Ontario - Salt and vinegar all the wayReplyDelete
Ontario - Sour Cream and OnionReplyDelete
Ontario - Sour Cream and OnionReplyDelete


text:
Welcome to Our Blog!
Colts Neck Pediatrics would like to welcome you to our blog. Here you will find informative and useful postings about child health care and our practice.
At [Name of Practice] we believe that educated parents are better prepared to make decisions regarding their child's health and wellbeing. Our blog was designed to provide you with valuable health care information, the latest pediatric developments and child health care advice from our dedicated team.
Colts Neck Pediatrics hopes you find our blog to be a great resource for keeping up to date with proper child health care and treatments.
We welcome all comments and questions.
-- Colts Neck Pediatrics
This website includes materials that are protected by copyright, or other proprietary rights. Transmission or reproduction of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use, as defined in the copyright laws, requires the written permission of the copyright owners.


text:
Experiments on Common-Pool Resources
There are two conventional common-pool-resource games that have been experimentally tested by economists. The first game, developed by Elinor Ostrom, Roy Gardner and James Walker is structured as an investment game (1994). The second game, developed by David Budescu, Amnon Rapoport, and Ramzi Suleiman is structured as a request game (1992). This section also discusses the role of evolutionary processes and experiments testing the evolution of social norms with regards to common resources, using repeated prisoners' dilemma games.


text:
about 'streaming
road trip! Once a month, the Four Rs hit the road in the Airstream, usually within a three hour driving distance from our home in Bend, Oregon (older posts are near Portland and Vancouver WA, where it's always raining). In the summer we venture further.
there's no place like home Sometimes the most memorable sights are right in your own back yard.
foldable favorite The DWR is 16ft long. My man is tall. I am not small. The dogs have assumed the entire floor area for themselves. Space is at a premium and any item that folds or compacts for travel is our friend. You'll love these!
tips Learn from our boneheaded mistakes
miscellany Everything else
One Response to "about 'streaming"
just found your site, look forward to catching up on your road trip adventures…


text:
Men's Wild West Grisly Boots J Toe
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Moreno's Wear is pleased to present to you our classic and original 100% Grisly handcrafted round toe exotic boots. They are your first choice if you truly know the value and appreciation of elegant boots. Every single pair of our collection will keep you satisfied knowing you are purchasing the finest exotic skin and leathers with the ultimate, pleasant walking experience.
- Single Stitched Welt
- Replaceable Heel Cap
- Steel Shank to prevent objects from penetrating underneath.
- 13" Hand-Embroidered leather shaft
- Heel 1.5"
- Handmade
- Genuine Grisly
- J Toe Profile
- Hand Stitched Upper Shaft
- Full Leather Shaft
- Full Leather Pull Straps
- Cushioned Leather Insole
- Full Leather Lining
- Full Leather Piping
- Goodyear Welt Construction
- Wild West Boots


text: Facebook's apps and games have been a sore spot for cautious consumers for quite sometime: Privacy breaches and rogue apps muddied the water early on, but even as Facebook upped privacy requirements and cracked down on noncompliant apps, some users are still hesitant to join in. A new tool that launched this week aims to quell your Facebook app fears\u2014or at least arm you with information\u2014about which apps protect your privacy and which ones don't. Privacyscore, a company that estimates the privacy risk of using a website based on how it handles your personal and tracking data, released a Facebook app that rates other Facebook apps' privacy on a scale of 0 to 100. To find out how secure your apps are\u2014or an app you're thinking of using\u2014just visit their page and enter in the name of the app. Because each Facebook app has its own privacy policies, it's difficult for users to feel safe and understand how apps will use their information, says PrivacyChoice CEO Jim Brock. "Facebook doesn't control or enforce app privacy practices, so it's up to users to know the privacy risk of sharing personal data with apps," he says. When you enter in an App into the search field, Privacyscore returns an overall score, as well as a list of data points that contributed to its score. Facebook app Words With Friends, for example, returned a score of 79 out of 100. (The average score for all Facebook apps reviewed was 78.) When you click for more details, you're sent to a Privacyscore page with more information. [Want more tips, tricks and details on Facebook privacy? Check out CIO.com's Facebook Bible.] Among the information you get is the following: The site's policies: This breakdown delves into whether personal data isn't shared for marketing purposes, deletion requests are honored, assurance of notice if data is requested and vendor confidentiality is confirmed. Privacyscore assigns a number to each of these: Words With Friends, for example, receives points for not sharing personal data with marketing and honoring deletion requests. It does not, however, offer a notice if data is requested and received no points in that category. Who tracks you there: The second column looks into companies that track you and your data. For example, if you download Words With Friends, more than 50 tracking companies will receive information about you. Privacyscore goes one step further to rate each tracking company based on whether it confirms user anonymity, observes "sensitive boundaries," provide an opt-out choice, the number of months it retains your data, and whether the company provides industry oversight. Out of a possible 50 points, Words With Friends received 39. How do some of the big Facebook app publishers rate? According to Privacyscore, Playdom and its Facebook apps received the top rating of 93 out of 100 Privacyscore points. Electronic Arts placed second at 91. Other app publishers "fell below the standard," according to Privacyscore: Gaming giant Zynga and its apps received 82 points while K-Factor Media received a score of 72. "Facebook users deserve better than a C+ when it comes to their privacy," says Brock. Kristin Burnham covers consumer technology, social networking and enterprise collaboration for CIO.com. Follow Kristin on Twitter @kmburnham. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline and on Facebook. Email Kristin at firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland
View from Dunluce Castle of County Antrim along the coast in Northern Ireland.
Canopied Path
A canopied path takes visitors on a short walk from Muckross House to Muckross Abbey in Killarney, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland.
The Quiet Man Bridge
Leam Bridge, as it is known locally, is in a condition almost identical to 1951. This is the bridge where Sean Thornton dreams of his youth in the opening scenes of The Quiet Man movie and hears his mother's voice describing White O'Morn cottage.
Sunlit Path
A sunlit path takes visitors on a short walk from Muckross House to Muckross Abbey in Killarney, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland.
Boats at Ross
These colorful canal boats take visitors on short jaunts along the shallows of Lough Leane at Ross Castle which sits majestically on the edge of Killarney's lower lake in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland.
Dunluce Castle
Dunluce Castle is one of Northern Ireland's most iconic historic monuments and is perched on the north Antrim coastline.
Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
Inch Beach in County Kerry Ireland is a sand spit jutting into the sea between Dingle Harbour and Castlemaine Harbour.
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, Northern Ireland
The bridge links the mainland to the tiny island of Carrickarede.
Portrush, Northern Ireland
Portrush is a small seaside resort town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the County Londonderry border.
Brandon Bay
Brandon Bay in County Kerry is an exposed beach break that has pretty consistent surf and can work at any time of the year.
Giant's Causeway
Brandon Bay Beach
Muckross Abbey Graveyard
Inch Beach
Muckross Lake
Northern Ireland
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge
The bridge links the mainland to the tiny island of Carrickarede in Northern Ireland.
PHONE - 214-458-5416 EMAIL - email@example.com


text:
Mom Arrested for Attacking Son's Bully — Is It Fair?
If you mess with the bull, you get the horns, but if you mess with a cub, you get the Mama Bear. That's just what happened in Florida this week, when a mother was arrested after attacking the teen who bullied her son.
Felecia Phillips, 35, went to her son's bus stop at 7 a.m. on Wednesday in order to ensure her son's safety and ended up confronting a student, 17, from Flagler Palm Coast High School about the fight he had with her son the day before.
An argument ensued and Phillips pushed him via his face. The teen retaliated, slamming her to the ground as the bus arrived. Phillips was not deterred and chased the teen onto the bus, grabbing his hair while other students tried to pull him away.
The bus driver intervened, claiming Phillips was a trespasser and had to exit the vehicle.
Phillips chose vigilante-style justice since her son had been bullied for years.
"He called me a [expletive], and I did push him in his face. I just want you to leave my son alone," Phillips said. "He's not that type of kid to go around messing with other kids. You guys are walking around all day, drinking, smoking, breaking into people's houses, stealing cars and everything. My son is trying to get an education. Leave him alone."
Phillips, who called the teen "disrespectful," is charged with child abuse and trespassing on school property. She was booked on $2,500 bond. The teen may not be charged for slamming Phillips to the ground as he was acting in self-defense.
While we commend and support Phillips desire to protect her son at all costs, she should have involved school administrators or authorities before taking physical action. She has every right to look out for her child's safety, but she should have left it to people with the official capacity to help, as opposed to reacting with her fists at first.


text:
Financial Aid
Many financial aid options are available to make your journalism major affordable.
Although a private college education may seem out of reach for many, recent research from Kiplinger reveals that the actual value of some private universities may prove this assumption wrong. In 2010, Kiplinger selected Azusa Pacific University for its Top 100 Best Values in Private Colleges rankings. Read more about APU's ranking in Kiplinger's Best Values in Private Colleges.
APU students may take advantage of three types of financial aid: scholarships and grants, education loans, and student employment.
Scholarships and Grants
Scholarships and grants are considered "gift aid" and do not require repayment. They can come from federal, state, or private sources. Scholarships are typically merit-based, meaning they are awarded depending on demonstrated academic ability or other specific talents.
Scholarships are often available from sources outside of APU. You can search for these scholarships through websites such as finaid.org or fastweb.com. The Undergraduate Enrollment Services Center is sometimes notified of scholarships available through APU departments or local organizations, and can provide information about any available scholarships on request.
Education Loans
Education loans are usually repaid after graduation, may be deferred until after graduate school, and often have very low interest rates.
Military Benefits
Military members—and in some cases their spouses and dependents—qualify for financial assistance covering tuition, housing, and books. Azusa Pacific is a Yellow Ribbon University and Military Friendly School, so you can be confident that you'll receive the benefits and flexibility you need to complete your education.
Student Employment
On-campus student employment is available for students needing additional income to pay for education-related expenses. APU students also find work off campus in the surrounding community.
Net Price Calculator
We're committed to helping families understand early in the college search process the value of the APU experience, and options for affordable financing of a top-tier Christian university education.
Now that you're familiar with the financial aid opportunities available to APU students, it's time to estimate what your true cost may be to attend Azusa Pacific. Remember, estimations are only as accurate as the information you provide. Click on the Net Price Calculator button below to begin.Net Price Calculator
Note: This information is current for the 2023-24 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.


text:
Accused Molester Dossey Pleads To Lesser Count – May 19, 2010
Kevin L. Hoover
Eye Editor
ARCATA – Accused child molester Timothy Ryan Dossey pled guilty to a lesser charge of child endangerment and was released from jail May 5. Formal sentencing takes place June 14.
Dossey, 26, had been held in Humboldt County Jail on $50,000 bail since March 4, when he was arrested on suspicion of Child Molestation and Sending Harmful Matter to Seduce a Minor. Arcata High School school officials learned of the allegations and notified police. It was alleged that Dossey, an AHS Junior Varsity girls' basketball coach, developed an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old female student.
Dossey was arraigned March 9 on three felony charges: child molestation, communication with a minor with intent to commit a molestation and arranging to met a minor for the purpose of engaging in a lewd act.
But on May 5, the first count was reduced to child endangerment and the other two counts were dismissed.
The Penal Code 273a (a) charge that Dossey pled to is a "wobbler," that is, a felony charge that may be reduced to a misdemeanor. It may be expunged from his record following probation.
Meanwhile, Dossey will not be allowed to hold a teaching position in California as long as the conviction remains on his record. He will not have to register as a sex offender.
Deputy District Attorney Kelly Neel was reluctant to offer detail on why the charges were reduced and dismissed prior to Dossey's sentencing. However, she said, "Decisions were made in conjunction with, and with the support of the victim's family."
Neel maintained that the charges were "not necessarily reduced," and that the guilty plea "will prevent him from ever obtaining a teaching credential." If Dossey applies for a teaching job, she said, he will have to fill out a questionnaire which specifically asks whether he had ever been convicted of a felony.
To legally return to the teaching field, she said, Dossey would need a pardon from the governor. She said that Dossey will be on felony supervised probation, and that he will be required to undergo counseling.
Arcata Police Chief Tom Chapman expressed qualified satisfaction with the disposition of the case, but with concerns.
"I'm glad the DA's office was able to reach a mutually agreeable settlement," Chapman said. "I'm disappointed that he won't have to register as a sex offender. We have sex offender registration for a reason."
Chapman expressed concern that given the circumstances of the settlement, Dossey could relocate to another area and continue the behavior.


text:
Sabon® font family
Designed by Jan Tschichold in 1967
Claude Garamond in 1499-1561
Jakob Sabon, who the type is named for, was a student of the great French punchcutter Claude Garamond. He completed a set of his teacher's punches after Garamond's death in 1561. Sabon became owner of a German foundry when he married the granddaughter of the Frankfurt printer, Christian Egenolff. Sabon died in 1580, and his widow married Konrad Berner, who took over the foundry. Tschichold loosely based his design on types from the 1592 specimen sheet issued by the Egenolff-Berner foundry: a 14-point roman attributed to Claude Garamond, and an italic attributed to Robert Granjon. Sabon was the typeface name chosen for this twentieth century revival and joint venture in production; this name avoided confusion with other fonts connected with the names of Garamond and Granjon.
Classic, elegant, and extremely legible, Sabon is one of the most beautiful Garamond variations. Always a good choice for book typography, the Sabon family is also particularly good for text and headlines in magazines, advertisements, documentation, business reports, corporate design, multimedia, and correspondence.
Sabon combines well with:
Sans serif fonts such as Frutiger, Syntax.
Slab serif fonts such as PMN Caecilia, Clairvaux.
Fun fonts such as Grafilone, Animalia, Araby Rafique.
See also the new revised version Sabon Next from the Platinum Collection."
Sabon Bold
be installed on a computer for
use with applications.
Licensed per user.
embedded in an eBook, eMagazine or
eNewspaper. Fonts are licensed
annually per issue.
a server and e.g. used by automated
processes to create items.
A license is per server core CPU per year.
on which the font will be installed.
that you can use over time. We'll let
you know when you're running low.
installations you want to license.
Some mobile app fonts allow an
unlimited number of installations.
Further information
you intend to embed the font in.
Each license is valid for one issue for a year.
CPUs of the servers on which
the font will be installed.
A license has a term of 1 year.
number of monthly page views
anticipated. The license has no time
limit and does not need to be replaced.
You only pay for additional page views
if your site gets more traffic than expected.
you know when you're running low.
language support of the font.
the font: W1G (98 languages),
COM (56 languages),
PRO (33 languages) or
STD (21 languages).
available in. These differ in contained
characters and file size. You get all
available versions with your license.
with your web font license.
Typecast is a web-based tool to create visual
and semantic designs. Check for readability,
rendering and beauty then share a working
prototype of your design.
Tip: Add fonts to your Favorites, then test your custom selection in Typecast!
language support of the font.
Std / OT CFF
supports at least
No unencoded glyphs available
Windows menu name: Sabon LT Std
PostScript name: , SabonLTStd-Bold
PostScript full name: , Sabon LT Std Bold
Download a free trial
Use this font in your own documents with a free 5 minute trial through SkyFonts. Trials are for evaluation purposes only. Learn more.
This font is currently not available.
You already tried this font within the last 24 hours or you may have exceeded your daily allowance of trials. Learn more.


text:
Ant Fossils from Europe Resemble Modern Asian Ants
Professor Evan Economo of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University and his team have compared a database of modern ants with a database of fossil ants. The analysis has shown in which locations fossilized ants are more related to the ants now living in the same area of the world. Interestingly, ants which lived in Europe 45 to 10 million years ago were more similar to modern ants now living in South East Asia than their European counterparts.
"Imagine I could send an ecologist to Europe back tens of millions of years ago. Then, ask them to look at the ants and to tell me where they think they have landed … They would say South East Asia," he said. The study has been published in the Journal of Biogeography.
The team is studying why we encounter certain groups of ants in specific regions on Earth, and how their distribution has changed over time. Understanding the worldwide distribution of biodiversity is one of the biggest challenges for biogeographers and ecologists.
"Many biologists tend to perceive biodiversity as a fixed image, while in fact it is a very long movie and we don't understand the full story yet. Getting more snapshots of this movie will help us to reconstruct the teaser trailer of life," said co-author Benoit Guénard.
Today's biodiversity evolved over millions of years and although invertebrates count for two-thirds of life on Earth, large scale analyses are still scarce.
"To understand the present, we need to consider history" said Dr. Economo.
The three biologists combined a fossil ant database with a modern ant database including 1,060 publications, over 4,000 worldwide sites, and several fossil deposits to compare the geographical distribution of modern ants with their ancestors.
"Until recently, scientists were able to talk about the characteristics of ants fossils, but it is only thanks to new informatics tools that we are able to combine and quantify a huge amount of data," Economo said.
The integration of these two databases shows interesting differences and similarities between the geographical distribution of ancient and modern ants. For example, fossil ants which once lived in Europe were more comparable with modern South East Asian, Indian, or even Australian ants, rather than with the ants currently populating Europe or Africa. During most of the Cenozoic era, especially at its earliest period around 60 to 5 million years ago, the Earth was much warmer. Tropical forests covered most of the globe, including Europe, and even Antarctica was covered with vegetation. In those days Europe was a tropical rainforest with a completely different ecosystem from the one we see today. Then climate shifts, continent re-arrangements, and ecological variations caused large-scale extinctions in some parts of the world. Ants adapted to warm climate were not able to survive in cooler temperatures. The data also showed evidence of continent-wide extinctions. For example, ants that were once globally widespread are now restricted only to Sri Lanka.
These results help scientists to go a step closer into the interpretation of the "tree of life", the network of the relationships between living and extinct organisms across the globe.
"If we can get a better understanding of the climate in the past, of the consequences of climate change and of how it shaped communities, then we might be able to interpret the future of biodiversity under the current climate change scenario," said Guénard.
Read more at:
– Integration of global fossil and modern biodiversity data reveals dynamism and stasis in ant macroecological patterns


text:
Learn more about NIH Library offers classes, consultations, and resources that can help you through your entire writing, editing, and publishing process.
Announcements & News
Working Remotely? View HSTalks Biomedical & Life Sciences Online Lectures
The NIH Library is pleased to provide trial access to the HSTalks Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection of online lectures.
Introducing "NIH Library Go": A New Look for an Old Favorite
Have you ever been doing online research and come across the NIH Library's Full-text Plus! button? If so, you have experienced how the NIH Library staff is working behind the scenes to make sure you have seamless access to full-text content. We are always looking for ways to improve these services. Starting in October, we are introducing NIH Library Go, which will replace the Full-text Plus! button.


text:
Dr. Ryan Saling
Contact Information
56619 Skyline Dr.
Senecaville, OH 43780
Dr. Ryan Saling treats many different hand and foot conditions non-surgically by providing gentle chiropractic adjustments to the hands and feet. If you are in search of a non-surgical solution for your foot pain in Senecaville, OH, Dr. Saling is an option you should consider. He is a hand and foot chiropractor who has taken high-level training in providing chiropractic foot adjustments. In fact, Dr. Ryan Saling is a member of Chiropractic Hand & Foot Clinics Of America™, a national fellowship that trains and certifies doctors of chiropractic in the application of chiropractic hand and foot adjusting techniques.
You may be familiar with chiropractic as an option for spinal healthcare.
Dr. Saling is a chiropractor by degree and he thus provides spinal adjustments just like you'd expect from a chiropractor, however he has taken chiropractic to a whole new level in his Senecaville Chiropractic office.
If you've never experienced an adjustment to your feet you don't know what you're missing! The foot adjustments that Dr. Saling provides at his Senecaville chiropractic hand and foot clinic are an amazing experience for his foot patients. The chiropractic foot adjustment is generally a very pleasant experience for his patients.
Dr. Ryan Saling, Senecaville chiropractor helps many patients with conditions such as:
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Heel Spurs
- Arch Pain
- Flat Feet
- High-Arch Feet
- Bunions
- Hammer Toes
- Bunionette (5th toe bunion)
- Neuromas
- Pain, Numbness, Tingling
- Ankle Sprains and Ankle Pain
In addition to adjusting the feet to correct foot pain and dysfunction, Dr. Ryan Saling also adjusts the tiny bones and joints in the wrists and hands as well as other areas of the body. Through repetitive use and stress, the hand bones and joints may lose their healthy alignment. A hand condition often starts as a subtle soreness in the palms or fingers or a numbing sensation in the fingers. These symptoms can eventually lead into more severe symptoms of wrist and hand pain or weakness and loss of grip strength. These symptoms are commonly associated with misalignments of the carpal and metacarpal bones in the wrist and hand. When these bones are not aligned properly it pinches and irritates nearby nerves and causes stress to the joints. Dr. Ryan Saling, Senecaville chiropractor has been trained to use gentle chiropractic adjustments to the hands and wrists to alleviate pain and stress to correct your hand condition.
Common wrist and hand conditions that Dr. Saling often treats in his Senecaville chiropractic office include:
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Wrist Sprains
- De Quervains Tendonitis
- Trigger Finger
- Thumb Arthritis
- Numbness and Tingling
- Weak Grip Strength


text:
Five Fingers of Death (1973)
Directed by Chang-hwa Jeong / Cheng Chang Ho
Sub-Genres - Martial Arts | Release Date - Dec 2, 1978 (USA - Unknown) | Run Time - 104 min. | Countries - China | MPAA Rating - R
Share on
Synopsis by Michael Buening
One of the Shaw Brothers Studios most well-known films, King Boxer was an international success that helped instigate the kung fu craze of the '70s. It opens with an old master (Wen Chung Ku) attacked in an alley. He fends off the fighters, but decides he isn't strong enough to travel to a martial arts school to learn the Iron Fist (also called Iron Palm) fighting technique. He sends his pupil and son-in-law Chao Chi-Hao (Lo Lieh) instead. When Chao arrives at the school, he finds the students and teachers in preparation for the All China Tournament. They fear that if their archrivals win the competition they will rule with cruelty. Chao, the clumsy rookie, must start at the lowest rung of the school's ladder and work his way up. Meanwhile Ming Dung Shun (Tin Fung), master of the "bad" school has hired Chen Lang (Gam Hei Chu), a tough mercenary, and two Japanese ronins to kill or maim the "good" school's best fighters. In one of these fights Chao's hands are broken and it seems as if he will not be able to fight again. Chao redoubles his efforts to overcome his injury and learn the Iron Fist technique. Mastery of the technique is indicated by a "whooo-hee whooo-hee" sound effect and a quick zoom to the fighter's glowing hands. Chao's old master is also attacked and killed by these fighters and his daughter/Chao's girlfriend Yin Yin (Ping Wang) flees to tell him the bad news. Chao fights his way to the All China Tournament, and prepares to take on Ming Dung Shun and his cohorts. In the United State, the film is more commonly known as Five Fingers of Death, the more exploitative title given to it by Warner Brothers.
one-against-odds, courage, battle [war], gangster, school, villain, academy, bad-guy, champion, China, conquest, cowboy, evil, expert, good-guy, karate, Kung-Fu, martial-arts, master [expert], national, secrets, sports, student, tournament, winner, artist