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National Greening Program: Visioning a Green Renaissance in the Philippines
You can gauge a country's wealth, its real wealth, by its tree cover. --- Richard St. Barbe Baker
IT's as old as our history and we have been at it since the 1980's – bringing back the green luster of our forest cover, which now stands at 7 million hectares.
A far cry from the 21 million hectares of forest blanketing the country at the turn of the 20th Century.
Realizing its time to bring together various efforts to "walk the talk" along the path of "Tuwid na Daan," President Benigno S Aquino III signed Executive Order No. 26 on February 24, 2011, which is by far "the widest and most sustained reforestation venture ever embarked on a national scale combining the resources and manpower of almost all national line agencies," according to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje, a licensed forester and who have been with the DENR since the 80's. The goal: 1.5 billion trees covering about 1.5 million hectares for a period of six (6) years, from 2011 to 2016.
So on May 13, 2011, President Aquino launched a major new effort: the National Greening Program (NGP) where the three key national agencies, namely: the DENR, the Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) would systematically "marry" their operations and activities for ways to percolate the country's green renaissance as envisioned in EO 23 and 26 under a convergence framework among the three key agencies towards a more focused and unified interventions to achieve sustainable rural development.
But NGP doesn't want to just raise trees, it wants to change the way we think about trees and forests.
A major part of this undertaking goes beyond mere tree planting, as Paje noted, pointing to the poverty alleviation, food security and even value formation of Filipinos on looking at the country's precious forest resources as the strength of the program that assures its viability and continuation even in the post-Pnoy era.
This was no less true of the enormous concentration of steadfastness and dedication aptly made analogous to the iconic symbolisms of the Filipino peasants' hard life as told in the folksong "Magtanim ay Di Biro" and from which President Aquino aptly drew an analogy to underscore the enormous challenge and resolve ahead:
"Sabi po sa isang awiting…Ang magtanim ay 'di biro. Sang-ayon po ako dito: Hindi biro ang magbungkal ng matigas na lupa, hindi biro ang yumuko at mangawit sa pagtatanim ng punla, hindi biro ang mabilad sa ilalim ng tirik na araw. Ngunit alam din po natin ang tutubong biyaya kapalit ng sipag at pagsusumikap natin; seryosong bagay ang pagtatanim dahil anumang may kaugnayan sa Inang kalikasan ay isang seryosong usapin.
"Kaya naman ngayong araw, patutunayan nating seryoso tayo, hindi lamang sa mismong pagtatanim, kundi sa kapit-bisig nating paninindigan na pangalagaan ang ating Inang Kalikasan. Sa paglulunsad natin sa National Greening Program, nagpupunla tayo ng mga butil ng pag-asa para sa kalikasan, na siya namang tiyak na aanihin ng mga susunod na Pilipino."
Paje explained that past reforestation efforts were not easily recognizable as a tool to fight poverty and hunger as it was interwoven into the maze of other national issues. With EO 26 which adopts NGP as a national priority, he said the effort has been turned into a well-oiled engine designed to bear directly to the stability of the country's food security, poverty reduction and even climate change mitigation.
"It's fitting, then, that the country's green renaissance will be percolating this year on a high note with our nation's leader leading by example," said Paje.
NGP's goal wont be easy
Consider: the government's overall performance in reforestation is at an average of 30,000 hectares annually, and it would take 280 years to reforest eight million hectares, according to the DENR-Forest Management Bureau.
But Paje thinks it is not. The secret weapon this time: EO 26's adoption of the convergence strategy.
NGP aims to reforest 100,000 hectares requiring 100 million seedlings needed for 2011; 200,000 hectares with 200 million seedlings for 2012; and 300,000 hectares with 300 million seedlings annually for 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Half of the total number of seedlings to be planted would be forest tree species for timber production and protection purposes, with the other half consisting of tree species used in agroforestry sites conducive for growing cash crops and fruits.
Says Paje: "It's ambitious, it's a very ambitious goal, If it were just about planting 1.5 billion trees then NGP becomes a public relations ploy, and not about forests. But that's not NGP. NGP takes its strength from converging the skills and resources of just about every sector in our society, be it in public or private sectors. What we really want are healthy and mature 1.5 billion trees. We want trees we can take care of, not just numbers."
Convergence, as a strategy, is a response to the fragmented delivery of agriculture and rural development services; a holistic perspective of the ecosystem for mutually reinforcing interventions for improved governance and to maximize use of resources. The convergence strategy adopts the watershed ecosystem management approach as the intervention framework in convergence areas. Convergence as a response to poverty reduction has a defined constituency; focus of interventions are small farmers, fisherfolks and marginalized upland dwellers - especially those in areas covered by tenurial instruments of DENR.
The main guiding principles of the convergence are: complementation of the three agencies' resources and expertise, recognition that local government units (LGUs) are the integrating and converging force at the local level for sustainability of interventions; adoption of participatory approach as an indispensable part of all phases of the development cycle (planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation the development cycle; and provision of an enabling environment to bring-in investments by the private sector.
To the DENR chief, the prospect of resuscitating a piece of Philippine history isn't just good business especially for the private sector, it's a chance to be an integral part of the nation's green renaissance.
A key feature of NGP, Paje explained, is to correct certain gaps in past reforestation undertakings where planting is "left at the discretion of the tree planters which usually were concentrated in areas that were most convenient to them without regard to whether the tree seedlings planted will thrive in those areas."
"Before, we just allow civil society, government and private sector to plant without concerned government agencies such as the DENR and the DA prescribing them how, where and what to plant," he said.
"This time under NGP, convenience is not really an issue but whether somebody will take care of what have been planted. We will only plant in tenured areas, meaning, where there are communities who will take care of the plantation. Nurturing plays a key role in NGP,"
Paje notes, adding that another feature of NGP is that it will also spur the country to achieve wood sufficiency to meet the demands of industry, manufacturing handicraft and furniture industry since the program revolves on the compatibility of species and location.
NGP also has the advantage of tapping into the President's "social capital" to get the people's participation which Paje is certain to inspire popular support for the program. "In the NGP system, we will have people's organizations to take care of the planted seedlings since the benefits of the planted seedlings will accrue to them," he explains.
"What we can do is philanthropically commit our resources and manpower for this program. NGP presents an opportunity to all of us to reinvest them back into the country's forest. It will bring together all the folks that have helped realize define Philippine environmentalism throughout the years, from farmers and youth to volunteers and environmentalists," Paje stressed.#

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The company wants to add HDT's robotic arm technology to its anti-explosives products because it will let bomb technicians evaluate and defuse explosives from a safer distance, said Dennis Kelly, president and CEO of A-T Solutions.
HDT Global claims its MK2 Robotic Arm has the near-human dexterity. It was developed as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency initiative to create advanced prosthetics.
The arm is a lightweight, high-strength remote device that can use any tool meant for human hands and can perform many tasks previously impossible for a robotic arm, A-T Solutions said in its announcement. The MK2 is capable of handling a power drill, inspecting a suspicious package, unzipping a backpack and disabling explosive devices.
The robotic arm is compatible with a majority of the robots and mounting systems currently in use by military and law enforcement organizations worldwide.
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Someone needs to sit down co-writers Joseph Kahn and Mike Palermo and explain to them that cramming 71 stories into a 90-minute film doesn't automatically make your movie clever and high-energy. There's a good movie (or four) lost somewhere inside the Hypercolor prison that is Detention, but what ends up on screen reeks of missed opportunities.
There are so many fun details woven into the plot (note: the term "plot" is used very, very loosely) that it made the final product painful to dislike. It's set in high school, stars a bunch of '90s-worshipping teens, and there is a murderer on the loose. Or at least, for a few minutes there is (the culprit thankfully saves us from having to listen to the first abrasive teen we meet who yells at her mom for feeding her carbs and ridicules ugly boys' BBMs). Then the story becomes about Riley (Shanley Caswell), who's such a loser that she gets mugged by a hipster on the way to school. Her sharp tongue does a decent job of hiding her affection for her bff Clapton (Josh Hutcherson), but of course he is distracted by the blondness of head cheerleader Ione (Spencer Locke). Ione's jilted ex-boyfriend (Parker Bagley) isn't a fan of Clapton's, but is dealing with problems of his own--namely the fly DNA in his hand which he hid for a long time by wearing a TV on his fist, but has trouble covering up when he's barfing acid at parties.
Pause as Grae mainlines Taurine into her veins in an attempt to refuel while delving into the depths of this movie's madness.
There's also vintage overalls, nipple slips, body-switching, UFO sightings, Dane Cook with a scar on his temple, and witty repartee while wearing neon RayBans. And a grizzly bear time traveling machine. I know I've forgotten something in there, because they make it impossible to remember anything.
On paper, the movie shows innovation, creativity, and adventurous filmmaking. The only thing you can count on from the movie is its randomness, along with a mean sense of humor. But it doesn't stick to any one subject long enough to form a solid base that anchors the completely unreal world. Is this Donnie Darko or Heathers? Or Freaky Friday? I had no idea what the rules of the universe were, because sometimes kids were distressed over dead bodies, other times they didn't even flinch as they pushed one aside, cops took some reports seriously and ridiculed others, and all of a sudden people start traveling through time but don't operate by Back to the Future Rules. The movie raises more questions than it answers, only "explains" things with quickly cut, snide commentary. Making sense out of this movie is like herding cats. I caught the funny stuff, like a 2011 teen stuck in 1992 desperately trying to get a cell signal, but like everything else, it was just a fleeting moment that wasn't powerful enough to save the movie.
If they had picked just a couple of things to focus on in a coherent narrative, pared down all the non-sequiturs and kept all of the self awareness and fast edits, this would have been a really fantastic film. The end result was AANS (all attitude, no substance).
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Medical Costs Register First Decline Since 1970s
U.S. consumers' health-care costs fell in May for the first time in almost four decades, the latest evidence that government policies and an expansion in generic drugs are holding back prices.
The Labor Department's price index for medical care — a figure that includes individuals' outlays for insurance, medical supplies, doctor visits and hospital stays — fell a seasonally adjusted 0.1% in May. The leading driver of last month's drop was a 0.6% contraction in prescription-drug costs.
The dip came as overall inflation across the economy remained moderate, rising a seasonally adjusted 0.1% during the month, a reflection of the slow recovery that has contained product prices and wages for years.
The latest turn in consumers' medical costs, in figures released Tuesday, follows decades of steady gains in health-care costs from technological advances and increased use of health services. The last time medical costs posted a monthly decline, the patent on the modern MRI machine was a year old and the first test-tube baby was three years from being born. That was 1975.
Compared with a year earlier, the medical prices index increased 2.2%. That's higher than the overall 1.4% gain in consumer prices but still the slowest annual expansion since the 1970s.
The Labor Department's index only intends to measure consumers' out-of-pocket costs, but as a huge buyer of medical care the government can influence prices more broadly.
The effects of the federal health care overhaul — the Affordable Care Act that passed in 2010 —and constrained government payments to doctors and hospitals seems to be trickling down to consumers, both those directly purchasing insurance plans and those buying drugs and treatments.
"The slowing of healthcare inflation right now seems to be driven by onset of new policies," said Alec Phillips, a Goldman Sachs economist who follows health care trends. "That is probably going to be a temporary factor."
In the coming year, the next phase of the health care overhaul will expand coverage and increase subsidy payments and could, in turn, push medical costs back up, Mr. Phillips said.
A PricewaterhouseCoopers report released Tuesday said a soon-to-be-implemented provision of the law that penalizes hospitals for expensive readmissions could help contain costs next year, supporting proponents' views that the law will push down costs in the long run.
"The Affordable Care Act included numerous provisions to reduce health care costs while encouraging the delivery of high quality health care," White House spokeswoman Tara McGuinness said. "The law has already contributed to a dramatic slowdown in health care spending over the last three years. "
A number of other factors are aiding the slowdown.
Prescription prices are now down slightly from a year earlier, reflecting the latest stage in the industry cycle. Many patents are expiring and cheaper generic drugs are coming to market. Analysts expect that trend to reverse in coming years.
Meanwhile, employers are shifting the burden of health-care costs to workers. With consumers paying a greater share of costs out of their own pockets, they're encouraged to shop for more affordable options, which puts pressure on providers to lower their costs.
"I think this is a longer-term trend," said Randall Ellis, a professor of health-care economics at Boston University. "It appears that the reforms will stick and health-care exchanges and other policies will bring competitive pressure to markets."
Over the past four decades, consumer medical costs have increased, on average, more than 6% annually. Improved technology, such as better drugs and medical imaging, drove much of the increases. The advancements drew more people to pursue care and expand the amount of treatment they receive. That increased demand helped drive up costs.
U.S. health care inflation started easing about a decade ago, then slowed sharply once the recession hit, reflecting a retrenchment of the broader economy. While medical costs started to pick up early in the recovery, they have eased further since the middle of last year.


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Portrait Jar Depicting a Blind Man, Moche IV, A.D. 400 - 500
Tan pottery with brown, white, and black paint
9 x 8 5/8 in. (22.9 x 21.9 cm)
Mrs. F. F. Prentiss Fund, 1973
Made during the apogee of the Moche people of the north coast of Peru, this painted ceramic exemplifies the portrait jar, so-called because of the naturalistic, three-dimensional rendering of individual facial features. This portrait jar is relatively unusual within the genre, because it depicts a blind man wearing a simple cloth headdress and because it lacks the stirrup-spout handle of most Moche portrait jars.
The Moche culture--named for a major site in the Moche River Valley near the present-day city of Trujillo, Peru--coalesced in the third century A.D. and rapidly expanded northward as far as the Piura Valley to flourish in numerous coastal river valleys that drained westward from the Andes mountains into the Pacific Ocean. At least several Moche states, each with an urban capital, are thought to have coexisted during the next three centuries, the largest being located in the southern part of the region at Moche.
Members of the Moche elite were accorded lavish burials, the most prestigious typically commanding the largest number of grave offerings. Prominent among these offerings were modeled and painted ceramics, such as the Oberlin portrait jar, that are characterized by simple, compact, and volumetric forms with smooth, polished surfaces. All scientifically excavated Moche vessels come from burial sites.
The individuals and scenes depicted on these vessels provide a wealth of information about the everyday life, beliefs, and rituals of a people who, as far as we know, did not have a written script and so left no written records. Muchic (Mochica), the language that their descendants spoke at the time of the Spanish conquest, is no longer spoken.
Moche vessels are assigned to one of five periods, known as Moche I-V, on the basis of formal analysis. In the case of pots with stirrup-spouts, for example, the thickness and profile of the spouts tell us the period to which it belongs, whereas on vessels with fine-line painted decorations on the outer surface, the amount of detail and relative size of areas of solid color are reliable indicators of relative date.
Dating the Oberlin portrait jar, which has neither a stirrup-spout nor fine-line decoration, depends heavily on comparisons with datable stirrup-spout portrait jars.1 While the earliest portrait jars (ca. 100 B.C.) are relatively generalized, later examples are highly realistic, with some faces expressing such emotions as laughter or sadness. The high degree of realism found in the Oberlin portrait jar is comparable to that in jars produced during Moche IV (A.D. 400-500). By this time the Moche were using molds for most of their portrait jars (on the making of this jar, see Technical Data).
The Oberlin portrait jar belongs to a small group of ceramic depictions of individuals who are blind in one or both eyes and who appear to have enjoyed some importance in Moche society. Moche portrait jars almost certainly represent individuals of high status, many of whom are thought to have been key officials, if not rulers. Even those who appear to be blind seem otherwise healthy; and when they are depicted on full-figure vessels, they are never bound, deprived of their clothing, or otherwise marked with traits identifying them as enemy prisoners. It has been suggested that blind individuals and other physically deformed people were believed to have certain supernatural powers, and thus enjoyed special privileges and duties in Moche society.2
Portrait jars often include a headdress, probably indicative of office or rank, but since a single individual may appear wearing different headdresses, exactly what each particular headdress connotes is in most cases unknown. The Oberlin man wears a simple cloth headdress tied in the front with a rounded flap at the back. His large ear spools are typical of high-status Andean males.
Three deep scars appear to either side of the Oberlin man's mouth. Such distinguishing marks are not uncommon in Mochica portrait jars and may represent battle scars. A frog is painted on each of the man's cheeks, and quadrupeds were once painted over his eyebrows;3 these decorations may reflect either the known Moche practice of tattooing or the more common face painting. The exact significance of these particular animal motifs is unknown, but they probably served to help identify the individual portrayed.
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With André Emmerich Gallery, New York, from whom purchased in 1973
New York, Center for African Art, 1990. Likeness and Beyond: Portraits from Africa and the World. 14 February - 12 August. Cat. no. 95.
Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 31, no. 1 (1973-74), p. 5, fig. 2.
Technical Data
The jar appears to have been modeled by hand out of red clay, possibly using a molded form as a base. It was almost certainly fired. A thin, fugitive black slip was applied to create the hair and facial decorations, while the hat and ear spools were painted with a thicker, buff-colored slip.4 A flat band that extends down over each ear, as well as the scars on both sides of the mouth, were also painted black, while the empty eye sockets were painted white.
The jar bears signs of extensive burnishing with stone or bone tools, particularly on the face. The face is pitted with a number of tiny white circles with small dark depressions at the center. There is evidence of surface losses beneath the nose, on the front of the right ear spool, on the left side of the hair, on the underside of the jar, and just beneath the chin. A possible sign of repair is detectable on the interior, in the lower rear part of the hat, but there is no evidence of a repair on the exterior. A presumably recent ethanol-soluble varnish has been removed.5
1. The exact region of production cannot be determined.
2. In some Moche fine-line paintings, individuals who appear to be blind hold musical instruments such as rattles, flutes, panpipes, and ocarinas, suggesting that they were musicians; in other fine-line paintings, similar figures form part of a procession. See Elizabeth P. Benson, The Mochica: A Culture of Peru (New York, 1972), pp. 68-70; and Alan R. Sawyer, Ancient Peruvian Ceramics: The Nathan Cummings Collection (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1966), p. 41.
3. Although the quadrupeds have nearly disappeared, the long tail of the one over the man's right eyebrow suggests that they may have represented foxes.
4. Laura Srygley, "An Analysis of a Moche Portrait Jar of a Blind Man," student paper, Oberlin College, 3 May 1981.
5. This varnish was identified by Richard Buck in a letter dated 16 January 1973.


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I mourned the closing of Dumpling Master for a long time. When a new restaurant with the unlikely name of Huge Tree Pastry opened in its space I was curious, but not until I saw a good Thi Nguyen review in the LA Times did I give it a try. C. Thi Nguyen, who is one of the contributors to the "The Find" column in the LA Times is one of my favorite food reviewers. He has an engaging writing style, a good nose for sniffing out new finds and excellent taste. If Thi likes something, I'm pretty sure I will too.
Huge Tree is a Taiwanese breakfast spot with all manner of pastries and dumplings. Scallion pies, fried daikon cakes, beef rolls (wheat cake with beef and mustard pickle) and something called salted rice ball, a Chinese doughnut wrapped pork and pickled mustard greens and coated with sticky rice.
The secret to a lot of these dishes is the "mustard pickles," pickled mustard greens. These greens were a great mix of tangy, sour and salty and enhance pretty much anything they go on, an all-purpose relish. I even waked out with an order to go.
Also good was the sweet tofu, which went especially well with the crullers, churro sized fried, unsweetened dough sticks that taste like Indian fry bread.
The only dumplings we got were fried pork but they were quite good and next time we'll try the Xiao Long Bao and as many dishes with mustard pickles as we can find.
Huge Tree Pastry
423 N Atlantic Blvd
Monterey Park, CA 91754
(626) 458-8689
Thursday, August 25, 2011
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A group of people intending to "tend the Common Lisp Garden". Their goal is two-fold : improving the attractiveness of CL for people who are considering using it, and providing those who want to learn the language with a plethora of small projects, so that they can learn it by practicing it, yet in a useful way.
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This group currently uses the ALU wiki to coordinate work on various projects. The main page can be found here : http://wiki.alu.org/Gardeners_Projects
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I know, many Steelers fan are planning for the day (next year) until Ike is let go; But after seeing the video on Steelers home page, Unless Ike start have serious injuries, or his plan slip, the Steelers will resign him. And if C. Allen plays up to his potential, Allen will be the highest paid CB and Taylor will be on this team until, a few more year.
Taylor keeps himself in great shape, and Mr. Rooney looks at him as a son. This is a win/win for the Steelers and the Taylor.


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Growing a baby will challenge your body, your mind, your marriage, your job, and your whole being as you experience feelings you've never had before. Pregnancy can be summed up in one word: change! Everything will change, from making breakfast to making love. Yet when you consider that you are bringing forth a life in just nine short months, it will make the inconveniences and discomforts much easier to bear. While pregnancy is a journey unique to every woman, most mothers-to-be have the following questions and concerns...
Morning Sickness
Q. What causes morning sickness? And when will it end?
A. As with so many other complaints of pregnancy, morning sickness is caused by hormones. These hormones affect much more than your reproductive system. They can unsettle your stomach and slow your digestion, enhance your sense of smell, and leave you exhausted at the end of the day. Long before the rest of the world can see that you are pregnant, you may feel as if your body has been taken over by aliens who seem to enjoy making you miserable.
As most pregnant women discover, "morning" sickness can strike any time of the day or night, with queasiness that can be triggered by hunger, the smell of the neighborhood hot dog stand, or just getting out of bed in the morning. Fortunately, it usually ends sometime during the third or fourth month. One thing that can be said about pregnancy nausea: Two or three months of feeling crummy can really help you appreciate feeling the surge of energy and appetite that comes when it's over.
To keep early morning sickness at bay, many women eat saltines or wheat crackers before getting out of bed. Eating six mini-meals throughout the day rather than three larger ones makes digestion easier and can help prevent hunger-triggered nausea. Fruit smoothies are also a good choice, as they're rich in nutrients and, because they're cold, they often don't have a strong scent to upset your stomach. If your prenatal vitamin is making you sick, try taking it with food, and talk to your doctor if you're having trouble keeping it down. There are medications as well as new vitamin options that are designed for women who are suffering from severe morning sickness.
Q. My hands and feet are swollen. Is this normal?
A. Your blood volume surges by 40 percent during pregnancy, slowing down your circulation, which can cause a swelling in your hands and feet known as edema. Your growing uterus can compound the problem by putting pressure on your vena cava (the large vein that brings blood back from your lower limbs). So put away the pinchy pumps and look for some loose-fitting loafers.
To help control swelling, avoid sitting or standing for long periods of time. Get up and get moving -- exercise such as walking or swimming improves the circulation in your hands and feet. Elevating your feet and ankles for an hour, especially at the end of the day, will also help. Whatever you do, don't restrict fluids -- your body needs to be hydrated to maintain a healthy pregnancy.
If you're worried about swelling, try this test: Press your finger against a swollen ankle. If it leaves a noticeable dent, try elevating your legs for an hour. Then press your ankle again, and if this still leaves a mark, you'll want to talk to your doctor about it. Excessive swelling can be a sign of preeclampsia, which produces high blood pressure in the mother and prevents the baby from growing normally. At regular visits, your doctor will check you for other signs of the condition: high blood pressure, sudden weight gain, or the presence of protein in your urine. Tell your doctor if you are worried about the swelling, but if your blood pressure and urine are normal, you need not be concerned about the health of your baby.
Constipation and Hemmorrhoids
Q. What can I do about constipation and hemorrhoids?
A. Constipation is an occupational hazard of pregnancy and the postpartum period because hormones slow down the movement of food in your digestive system. The iron in your prenatal vitamin can add insult to injury. Remember the two F's of constipation prevention: Eat more fiber and drink more fluids. Fruits, vegetables, and whole grains soak up water in your intestines and help keep waste moving along -- try prunes, pears, figs, apricots, carrots, zucchini, and celery. Eating whole wheat breads, cereals, and pastas will also help you bulk up your fiber intake. Another easy trick: Add a few tablespoons of wheat germ to your cereal or to a fruit and yogurt smoothie. To increase your fluids, make a water bottle your constant companion. Try to drink at least eight glasses of water a day, and treat yourself to different types of fiber-rich juices such as apricot, prune, and pear nectars.
Hemorrhoids can be a side effect of constipation. Pressure from the enlarging uterus along with the increased blood volume of pregnancy can cause the veins in the rectal wall to enlarge, bulge, bleed, and itch. Hemorrhoids are harmless, but they are a pain in the butt! Constipation and straining during elimination aggravate the pain and can make you miserable.
Fluids and fiber in the diet will help keep hemorrhoids to a minimum. For a nutritious stool softener, we recommend adding one tablespoon of flax oil to a daily smoothie. Kegel exercises (tightening and releasing the muscles in your pelvic floor at least 50 times a day) will improve blood flow to the area and strengthen the tissues. Exercise also helps because it prevents blood from stagnating in the lower areas of the body.
To soothe the itching and sting of hemorrhoids, use cool compresses, such as crushed ice in a clean sock. A cotton ball soaked in witch hazel will help shrink hemorrhoids and ease discomfort, and a warm bath may be soothing as well. Talk to your doctor before trying any over-the-counter remedies available at the drugstore.
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Q. How can I tell the difference between false labor and the real thing?
A Veterans of childbirth may be inclined to answer this question by exclaiming, "Oh, you'll know!" But the early stages of labor, especially in a woman's first birth, can be hard to distinguish from the Braxton-Hicks or pre-labor contractions that are common in late pregnancy. So how will you know?
Contractions become more noticeable in late pregnancy, and for some mothers the precise time at which labor began can be identified only with hindsight. We use the 1-5-1 formula to recognize the beginning of the true labor. If your contractions last for at least 1 minute, are 5 minutes or less apart, and continue for at least 1 hour, it's time to call your health care provider and announce that you are in labor! The timing of contractions may not be precise to the minute, but if you chart them, you'll see the 1-5-1 pattern emerge if this is the real thing.
Pre-labor contractions tend to be irregular -- they follow no discernible pattern and do not become longer, stronger, or closer together. Changing what you are doing will often make them go away. For example, if you've been lying down, get up and take a walk. Contractions in false labor are usually only felt in the front of your body, whereas in true labor, they'll begin in the back and move toward the front. If you think you're in labor and it's well before your due date, listen to your instincts and go to the hospital. Pre-term births do happen, but they are the minority.
Arriving at the hospital only to be sent home again with a diagnosis of "false labor" is nothing to be embarrassed about. It happens to plenty of pregnant couples, especially first-timers. Pick up something good to eat on the way home and enjoy a few more days of peace and quiet before the baby comes.
Shortness of Breath
Q. I feel short of breath. Is something wrong?
A. Most shortness of breath during pregnancy has a logical explanation. As the uterus expands upward, your lungs can't expand downward as they take in air. It's like trying to breathe deeply while wearing tight jeans -- there's no room for expansion. Your body may compensate for the lower volume of air by breathing just a bit more quickly.
Good posture may help alleviate breathlessness. With your chest lifted and your shoulders back, you can breathe more easily than you can when your body sags into a slump. Sleeping with your head raised can help as well. Sudden, severe shortness of breath, accompanied by chest pain and rapid breathing, calls for immediate medical attention. This could be a blood clot in the lungs -- a rare but serious problem.
Q. Why am I itching all over?
A. Skin that's stretching over the abdomen, hips, thighs, and breasts may itch. Or you may have developed a prickly heat rash in some of those new folds and creases that you've acquired during pregnancy.
During pregnancy, drink lots of water to hydrate your skin and apply moisturizer or another emollient to seal in moisture when your body is still slightly damp after a bath or shower. Avoid long, hot showers and harsh soaps (try using an oatmeal-based soap), as these can rob your skin of the natural oils that keep it smooth.
If prickly heat is the problem, use lotion in the area to smooth skin and minimize irritation from bras, underwear, and other clothing. Avoid synthetic clothing that keeps your skin from breathing, and you may want to skip the pantyhose altogether. Treat your skin to a massage, a soothing touch we like to call "vitamin T." Late in pregnancy, you may notice small red bumps known as pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPP) on your abdomen, thighs, or arms. These are harmless and should disappear after delivery.
Pregnancy causes so many changes in your body that it can be unnerving. These changes are normal and are probably not any cause for concern. Don't be afraid to contact your doctor or midwife with any questions, and try to remember what a special time this is.
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Pumping seems to hurt no matter what I do. I've tried different sizes of flange (from small, medium, Large and XL Medela.)
I've tried lubricating with some edible oil but so far even when I wash it off, the baby objects to three different oils I've tried and the oil.
The oil seemed to only help a tiny bit anyway. Most of the pain seems to be from the suction and pulling.
I'm having trouble figuring out how anyone manages to pump at all let alone get enough milk out to pump exclusively.
Are there ways to make it painless?
Or is it just too painful for some people?
I know some people don't respond well to the pump and don't manage to extract much milk with one but I haven't been able to find answers about pain and pumping other than some mention of finding the right size flange.
I'm not really trying to store up milk, I'm really just trying to use the pump to increase my supply but the pain is probably a bit counterproductive.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. - Thousands of men, women and children experience family violence each year, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Traditionally, therapy for violence survivors has predominantly focused on evaluating their trauma and pain. In contrast, a University of Missouri researcher broadens the therapeutic focus to empower survivors through highlighting their resilience, resourcefulness, and ability to overcome adversity.
"Therapists and mental health practitioners can expand the lens of how survivors see themselves and help them recognize their strengths and the resilience they've learned from their situations," said Kim Anderson, associate professor in the MU School of Social Work. "Utilizing a strengths-based approach can greatly improve recovery for victims of family violence. As with any situation, helping people focus on their abilities instead of their problems increases their motivation and will to succeed."
Compared to current approaches that emphasize diagnosing symptoms and mental health issues, the strengths-based approach helps identify survivors' abilities, such as perseverance and overcoming, and how those skills can be used in their present-day lives.
"What are normally regarded as negative traits in survivors of family violence might actually be their survival strengths," Anderson said. "Traits that practitioners often try to change may be extremely important to maintain and can help survivors thrive in environments where there isn't violence."
The strengths-based approach trains social workers, mental health practitioners, educators and students to uncover the positive in survivors' life stories--the skills gained by enduring and coping with immense adversity. This facilitates a more collaborative process, where the professional and the survivor each utilize their individual expertise to develop solutions.
"Victims of family violence find it difficult to see their own strengths and self-worth because it's often colored by shame and blame," Anderson said. "Similarly, practitioners find it difficult because they tend to focus only on victims' problems. Instead, they need to cast a light on survivors' abilities to cope and overcome the adversity brought on by family violence. This reveals hope that they won't always be victims of violence and they can achieve what they want in their lives, whatever their dreams are."
Anderson's new book, Enhancing Resilience in Survivors of Family Violence, is based on more than 10 years of research, teaching and practice in the field of family violence. The book includes case examples, research-based practices and assessments to guide practitioners and survivors. Additionally, the unique intervention of digital storytelling is presented as a means for survivors to process and share their narratives of trauma, resilience and recovery.
Anderson is a professor in the MU College of Human Environmental Sciences. In Fall of 2010, Anderson was invited to be a key speaker at the Recovery and Strengths Perspective International Conference in Taipei, Taiwan. The conference was hosted by the social work department at National Cheng-Chi University in Taipei.


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Thousands Protest Roe V. Wade Decision
There are 367083 comments on the Newsday story from Jan 22, 2008, titled Thousands Protest Roe V. Wade Decision. In it, Newsday reports that:Thousands of abortion opponents marched from the National Mall to the Supreme Court on Tuesday in their annual remembrance of the court's Roe v. Wade decision.
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#1 Jan 22, 2008
Wow! No posts? I would've thought this one would be a "web-buster".
#3 Jan 22, 2008
So exactly who is going to care for and raise the children who's mothers know better than to think they can succesfully raise a healthy baby? The Pro-Life Activists? I think not. Instead of wasting so much time causing near traffic accidents with your goofy signs, why not volunteer to care for the children who's mothers abandoned them rather than abort?
Pro-Lifers have no right to tell people what to do with their bodies and their lives.
I am an advocate of safe sex (abstinence is unrealistic). However, for the young girls out there that are torn by the decision of what to do during pregnancy, listen to and follow your heart.. not these wackadoo extremists that think they have any right to choose for you.
At the same time, for those with multiple abortions, get your tubes tied.
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#4 Jan 22, 2008
No one wins when an abortion happens. That having been said, it is no one's right to tell another what their decision must be about very personal matters.
The right wingers will march as they may and cry "murder, most foul!".....that doesn't make it so. Life begins long before conception, but we haven't outlawed certain wastage practices prior to conception. Sustainable life may begin closer to 20 weeks gestation in most cases. Those who believe that it begins at the moment of conception have had that notion handed to them by some (arbitrary) arbiter of these things...for there is no verse in the Good Book that says "life begins at x weeks."
Very few of us advocate the notion that abortion makes everyone involved happier. It doesn't. Abortion should be avoided whenever possible for fairly obvious reasons. It may in some circumstances be the lesser of two evils and I don't propose to tell anyone what decisions they ought to make. The consequences of personal decision should remain the consequences of personal choice. It may not be a Roman notion, but it is a quintessential American idea.
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#5 Jan 22, 2008
There is one in Nebraska this weekend.
#6 Jan 22, 2008
What's to post about? They're about 35 years too late. Abortion isn't going to be repealed. Never in history has a civil right been taken AWAY from people. Its simply not going to happen. More restrictions? Maybe, but that also wont stop anyone that wants one.
Education would help reduce the perceived necessity of abortion. Sadly, most that are against abortion are also against manditory education.
#8 Jan 22, 2008
Newt Gingrich and his neo-con Republicans took control of Congress back in 1994 to 2006.
Bush stole the election in 2000 and most of his years he had a Republican House, Republican Senate, Republican Governors of most States and Republicans in most State Houses all across America.
Plus the Supreme Court has been Republican for decades.
The Republican party could have overturned Roe v. Wade for many years and they did not.
Republicans need that issue for votes so I believe they will never pass that.
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#10 Jan 22, 2008
The right to choose is the law of the land. Deal with it.
"Smile your mother chose life"
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Peace begins in the womb
#12 Jan 22, 2008
That is great! We have one but its called the life chain but its latter in the year. Are you going to attend or participate?
"Smile your mother chose life"
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Peace begins in the womb
#13 Jan 22, 2008
Then you can deal with the creator of the land and of life.
#14 Jan 22, 2008
Lets kill more in Iraq, thats more moral, we can blame the "Terrorists"
While were at it why not nuke Iran, I mean what would Jesus do?
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#16 Jan 22, 2008
Yes, but why is your choice always death?
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#17 Jan 22, 2008
What does this even mean?
#18 Jan 23, 2008
Try "tens of thousands." (Last year's crowd was estimated around 200,00.)
This massive demonstration yesterday (I was there. A mass of people, mostly under 40 years of age, curb to curb as far as the eye could see, marching up Constitution Ave.) certainly dwarfed the "thousands" gathered last fall in D.C. to protest the Iraq war (that elicited front page coverage in all the dailies, and "top story" on the network news programs. But in the clueless universe of entertainews, Iraq (and those ubiquitous celebs) always get front page priority. Pro-life events like the March for Life get nada.
I suspect when the media tries to cover this story they see the overwhelmingly *youthful* face of this movement and its growing force, and they get afraid, very afraid. Better to go into denial than to face the reality that "pro-choice" is aging badly and becoming a very UN-popular position in American society.
#19 Jan 23, 2008
All you abortion right activist are a bunch of hypocrites seeking a attention.
If human life is so valuable, why aren't you all in the trailor parks and ghetto's saving babies who are ALIVE!
Instead you focus on fetus who are not even viable.
In other words, you protect the egg but don't give a hoot about the chicken.
You all need to go find some other cause because no one is buying your true intent.
Do I get an Amen.
Amen brother, preach brother.
Pastor Arawak
#22 Jan 23, 2008
Okay, so I slipped. All you anti abortion wackos, why don't you get a life, and go save a life in the trailer parks and ghettos? No camera's there huh?
You're all a bunch of wanna be's seeking the spotlight.
What will it be next week? Trying to save the cockroach?
You dummies have a right over your own bodies, come try and exercise it over mine......okay then....
#23 Jan 23, 2008
The choice is NOT always death, that's why it is a choice. Look at China, they're aborting left and right over there. Why don't the anti-choice people take their signs and their self-righteousness and go picket over there ???
#24 Jan 23, 2008
Fine, as a free people, we have the right to choose to face the Lord at the end of our lives to deal with what we've done (if he really exists). Given that right, we also have the right not to listen to the self-righteous as they strive to take away the right to choose.
#25 Jan 23, 2008
I took a friend to a clinic for counseling as her b/f was out of town (She ended up not getting an abortion after talking to the counselor at Planned Parenthood). It's amazing how these self-absorbed nuts flock to you quoting biblical verse and ranting about how we're all going to H*LL even though they had NO idea why we were there. It was good that she had the option to choose. I will always support that option regardless of what the self-appointed saints tell us.
#28 Jan 23, 2008
Isn't it amazing that WE who have already been born and avoided being ABORTED can think it is OK to ABORT a child, fetus, whatever you want to call it ????
#26 Jan 23, 2008
Newt Gingrich and his neo-con Republicans took control of Congress back in 1994 to 2006.
Bush stole the election in 2000 and most of his years he had a Republican House, Republican Senate, Republican Governors of most States and Republicans in most State Houses all across America.
Plus the Supreme Court has been Republican for decades.
The Republican party could have overturned Roe v. Wade for many years and they did not.
Republicans need that issue for votes so I believe they will never pass that.
Americans are the most uninformed peoples in the free world.
With All Due Respect,
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I want to have a simple one page trial balance sheet (using php) to maintain companies accounts.
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These are the option user need to do.
Add/remove : option to add as expenditure,Income,Liabilities,Assests
Modify: option to modify exixting expenditure,Income,Liabilities,Assests
User can never modify the totals.( the sheet should calculate it)
the details keep in mysql. (I'm open to any database even a .txt file) as long i can view and backup up it.
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Ive been trying to learn socket programming for a while now. I've seen some tutorials that go into sockets with languages such as php, and c++. Tutorials are great and everything, but I only know what sockets can do in programming, nothing about types is known by me. I was wondering if someone could recommend me to tutorial or a book that goes from basics--describing what sockets can do and onto how to create them.
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Bontrager's Shock Pump keeps your suspension plush and right where it needs to be. It works with front forks and rear shocks and the angled head puts funky valves within easy reach. The gauge is dual sided so you can actually see what your pressure you're getting to and the precision bleed valve reduces pressure in tiny increments to dial you in.
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I read some opinions...but I would buy this product again
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It is not true that air escapes from fork when you mount the pump on the valve. You just need some time to get used to a new tool...
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The arm on the low pressure side moves by 3 psi at a slightest bump.
The valve also has to be screwed in a crazy LONG way and TIGHTLY for a proper seal. If it is not, you can see a big pressure lost when the switch is flip from on to off.
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My memory is so bad these days, I could hide my own Easter eggs. But one story I hope to remember till I die.
My memory is so bad these days, I could hide my own Easter eggs. But one story I hope to remember till I die.
My niece, when she was about 4, caught a ride to Sunday school each week with a neighbor who was Baptist. My sister worked most Sundays and had endorsed the arrangement.
Early Easter morning that year, Chelsey was in her pajamas and digging through the big basket the Easter Bunny had left, discovering one by one the chocolate candies and sundry pastel toys hidden in the plastic grass. My sister tends to go overboard for her kids on every occasion, so Chelsey was knee-deep in seasonal booty.
The neighbor arrived with her own child, both of them dressed to the nines in Easter finery.
"Chelsey?" she asked. "Are you going with us to Sunday school?"
Chelsey looked up, her hands still buried in the faux grass, smiled and said sweetly but matter-of-factly, "Not today. It's Easter."
That probably wasn't the right answer to give a Baptist, but it's a story I love to tell. Chelsey's knee-jerk, innocent response was opposite that of much of the congregation in the church where I grew up, also Baptist.
We saw folks at Easter we didn't see the rest of the year. And as if by some unwritten rule, the Easter overflow, as I thought of them, always had the prettiest frocks, shiniest shoes and most remarkable bonnets. Maybe that's because they didn't wear them out the rest of the year.
In childhood, Easter dresses and shoes were as essential as clean underwear. The shoes were new. The dress, not necessarily.
For my first 16 years on this earth, my grandmother made almost every dress I wore, including Easter dresses. She smocked and tucked and tatted and hemmed, and I stepped out as stylish as a young Kate Middleton. Some years, my older sister's hand-me-down from the Easter before was a perfect fit, and I gladly wore it.
I loved hand-me-downs, especially from my cousin Marilyn Jo, who had a bought-ready-made wardrobe. One year she bequeathed me a blue velvet number with a lace bib that got me all the way through senior teas.
I almost felt sorry for my older sister, who, first in the pecking order, never got hand-me-downs.
Children get so many clothes now that I doubt they will be able, as I am, to remember specific outfits as if they were family members. Certain Easter dresses are so indelibly etched in my brain that I can tell you if the zipper was on the side or the front and how many crinolines it required.
My memory is boosted, of course, by my mama's stack of scrapbooks with endless photographs of Easter and Christmas mornings. If ever I grow too dotty to remember the Easter of the pale-blue taffeta frock with the white, patent and pointy-toed flats, I can find about a dozen photographs of me in uncharacteristic repose on a Boston rocker, dress spread out in all its cumulus glory.
I remember feeling lovely. Perfectly able to compete with those Baptist bunnies who hopped in on special occasions only and had to ask directions to their own Sunday school class.


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The Labor Department is offering service-disabled veterans a four-year, $16 million contract to help in securing the department's critical IT infrastructure and information systems.
The department's Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) has a Cybersecurity Strategy, which calls for a coordinated effort across the DOL community to respond to evolving cyber-threats.
With the indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract, all tasks will be compliance and service oriented. The winning service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) will assess how well DOL's Cybersecurity Assessment Module (CSAM) is protected from threats and then audit the OCFO's information systems.
The IDIQ would also include program and application support, network and system administration, and documenting usage of various DOL systems and recommend process improvements.
More than in the past, DOL is playing a significant role securing the federal government's non-military and non-intelligence information systems and data as well as safeguarding the nation's critical IT infrastructure. But its information systems are changing.
DOL plans to retire PeoplePower application this year, and the workload of the New Core Financial Management System is expected to increase due to cybersecurity, technology, and other departmental requirements.
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Oh I can tell exactly what they gained.
First, they gained a permanent seat on the JCP (Java Community Process Board), which gives them more infuence over the future of Java. And Oracle's entire enterprise application stack is built on Java.
Second, they gained the Solaris operating system, which has long been the "gold standard" for running high transaction / high availability Oracle databases.
Third, they gained control of Sun's hardware business.
What they hope to do with all this is simple. They want to become a full solution provider for all your data needs. They will probably build "database appliances" with zero maintenance and such. Just shove your data into it, pull it back out, and you are good to go.
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Body of missing library genealogist ID'd in N.Y.
By Jeff Wiehe
Investigators have identified the body of an Allen County Public Library genealogist feared dead after he disappeared while filming a documentary in Toronto.
Ronald "Ryan" Taylor, 56, was found Sept. 25 in the lower Niagara River near the New York Power Authority and Devil's Hole State Park in Lewiston, N.Y. According to a Niagara County Sheriff's Department report, Taylor drowned and no suspicious circumstances surround the death. His body remained unidentified until today because medical examiners in Erie County, N.Y., were waiting for dental records to confirm the body was indeed Taylor's.
The day after he vanished, Taylor missed a scheduled flight from Toronto to Fort Wayne. Colleagues found his bags still in the hotel, in the Bloor Street and Avenue Road area of Toronto. Investigators think Taylor might have taken a bus from Toronto to Niagara Falls hours before his body was discovered.
Taylor was born in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. A Toronto Police Service report released after he disappeared described Taylor as 5 feet, 10 inches tall, 300 pounds with a heavy build. It also said he suffered from Diabetes and depression for which he required daily medication.
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As some parents' refusal to have their kids vaccinated continues to be a topic of heated, contentious debate, the consequences of "opting out" have become more apparent. For one fifth grader named Aidan Walsh from Manitoba, Canada, that means studying from home for up to three weeks after an older student may have been infected with measles. That's because Aidan's mom Kim Paul doesn't believe in immunization. She reportedly feels he's safe at home with homeopathic remedies. And as a result of her decision to keep Aidan unvaccinated, she feels pressured by his school.
Paul told CBC News, "To me it almost seems like a bullying situation, you know. Get the needle, get the needle, if you don't get the needle, you can't go." There's that so often misused and abused word again -- bullying. The use couldn't be more wrong here.
Perhaps Aidan's school -- and many schools here in the U.S. -- encourage moms like Paul to vaccinate, or else alert them that their child cannot come to school until the vaccine-preventable disease cases (or even single case) have cleared. At the most, I could see how Paul and other anti-vaccine moms may feel "pressured," but only as much as a school pressures parents to make sure their kids are treated for lice or don't come to school with any other illness or ailment that would put other kids at risk.
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She's not being "bullied" -- just asked to do right by her child and others in her child's school. As provincial health officials noted, parents of unvaccinated kids would have to keep them away from school to prevent infection and "ensure his/her safety as well as the safety of his/her peers."
Of course, I can understand wanting to manage a child's health in a particular way. There's a time and place for homeopathic treatments. But when it comes to infectious diseases, parents like Paul don't have much of a choice. If they insist on keeping their children unvaccinated, their kids have to stay home for the good of the whole -- like it or not. And if it's not about the community, then considering that 92 percent of measles cases last year were in unvaccinated people, moms like Paul would do well to consider the looming risk for their own child, as well.
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With bows in her hair and wearing a pretty dress, 5-year-old Sophie Braun slides red-and-white beads on a red pipe cleaner to make a candy cane.
The youngster from Botkins concentrates on her craft as she waits for her chance to visit Santa Claus, who visited the Wapakoneta branch of the Auglaize County Public District Library on Monday.
"I want an American Doll and a Barbie," Sophie says, peering through her glasses. "I want Carolyn, she's the American Doll, and I want Barbie and Pop Star."
Her younger sister, Stella, 3, sat across from her at the craft table.
Admiring her sister's choices, Stella, rattled off her Christmas wish list, which mirrored her sister's.
"I want an American Doll and Barbie and Pop Star silly," Stella said.
The two girls made the trip with their aunt and cousins as the girls' parents, Stacy and Sam Braun, stayed home with their 1-year-old brother. The Brauns also watched their 1-year-old niece for Sybil Koenig, of Botkins, who also brought her two young sons to meet Santa. Santa made his appearance courtesy of the KAPOW Club.
Corey Koenig, 5, interrupted his candy cane-ornament making to figure out his Christmas list for Santa.
"I will take a big tractor," the son of Sybil and Derek Koenig said. "I really like farming."
He said his father does not farm, but he sells tractors and farm equipment so that is why he likes tractors.
His younger brother, Quinn, focused on home entertainment.
"I want a TV upstairs for my bedroom," the 3-year-old said.
Agriculture also appealed to 4-year-old Joshua Copeland, who first whispered his list to his mother, Katie, who brought him to meet Santa and to have his photograph with Kris Kringle taken by Brad Avery of Avery Aperature. Avery donated his services.
"I want bulls and cows and yaks and girl cows," Joshua said. "I want a truck with a hook and a wagon ... and little pieces of hay for them to eat."
The son of Katie and Josh Copeland said his favorite part of Christmas is opening the presents under the Christmas tree.
Wapakoneta Elementary School student Lastat Shreves, 8, would like to have Santa give him an Xbox and a model train for Christmas. He said he was excited about Christmas coming, but it takes too long for the holiday to finally get here.
"My favorite part of Christmas is opening the presents and playing with the toys," Lastat said.
Members of the library staff including Youth Services Coordinator Karie Maurer-Enning helped organize the event. Maurer-Enning started the evening with reading the story "The Elf on the Shelf."
"I thought the event went well, it was a great night," Maurer-Enning said. "We had a wonderful turnout and the kids were glad to see Santa — so that is a successful night.
"It was a lot of fun and we had a lot of families here tonight and that is what we were hoping for — to give families a chance to enjoy the evening," she said.
An official count had 123 people attending the event. Maurer-Enning said she recognized a lot of her regular storytime children attending the event as well as a lot of newcomers.
"We obviously encourage reading so we love to have them here," Maurer-Enning said. "We try to integrate reading into all of our programs, to encourage kids to come to our storytimes and to participate in our other reading events."
At the conclusion of reading her story, Maurer-Enning challenged the young readers to find the Elf on the Shelf in the library. He also made an appearance along with Santa Monday night, but he was hiding in a palm tree.
"From Dec. 1 through Dec. 22, the Elf on the Shelf will be hiding throughout the library to encourage readers to explore the library because they will have to look everywhere for him," Maurer-Enning said. "This is a way for the children to further explore the library and have fun."
The Christmas checklists did not end with the children, some adults had wishes they wanted granted.
"I just want a chance to see my family and hopefully they are all well and good," Wapakoneta Middle School Principal and KAPOW member Wes Newland said.
He and his wife, Alice, have a son, Keith, who now lives in Columbus, and a daughter, Michelle, who now lives in Cincinnati.
Youth Services Assistant Coordinator Cheryl Bailey expressed a similar wish.
"I want peace and happiness and a chance to enjoy the holiday with my family," Bailey said.
Before Santa flew out of sight on a sleigh pulled by reindeer, he praised all the kids from 1 to 92.
"This was a really nice event," Santa said. "The kids all have a lot of energy, I like to see that before the holidays.
"I can tell they are all good boys and girls regardless of their age," the jolly old elf said. "If they continue to be good, they all should have a merry Christmas."


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|Appliances are pre-installed, pre-configured, system images. This Spin is intended to make it easier for anyone (ISVs, developers, OEMS, etc) to create and deploy virtual appliances. The AOS (The Appliance Operating System) is a scaled down version of Fedora with a small footprint containing only the packages necessary to run an appliance.
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|Fedora Electronic Lab is Fedora's high-end hardware design and simulation platform. This platform provides different hardware design flows based on the semiconductor industry's current trend. FEL maps in three methodologies {design, simulation and verification} with opensource EDA software. Release Notes
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|LXDE Spin
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|[[Moblin_Spin | Mobin (will be renamed MeeGo for F14)]
|The Fedora Moblin Spin is a Fedora-based operating system designed with the mobile user in mind. We started with the Moblin™ Interface, a hardware and usage model independent layer built on the GNOME Mobile platform that provides one uniform way to do development across mobile devices, then enriched it with new open source technologies also intended for mobile development and usage. The result is an integrated software experience designed for use on multiple platforms, including netbooks and nettops. The Fedora Moblin Spin is designed from the ground up for the social media maven with full UX integration into Twitter, Identica and numerous other social networks, integrated instant messaging including Jabber and numerous other IM networks. With media viewing for all your photos, videos and music as well as calendaring and email, you will never miss another moment, meeting, or message.
|Pending Spins SIG and Trademark approval, Recurring
|Security Spin
|The Fedora Security Spin provides a safe test environment to work on security auditing, forensics, system rescue and teaching security testing methodologies in universities and other organizations. The spin is maintained by a community of security testers and developers. It comes with the clean and fast LXDE Desktop Environment and a customized menu that provides all the instruments needed to follow a proper test path for security testing or to rescue a broken system. The Live image has been crafted to make it possible to install software while running, and if you are running it from a USB stick created with the LiveUSB Creator's overlay feature, you can install and update software and save your test results permanently. Additional information is available at the Security Spin home page and its wiki page.
|Pending on Spins SIG approval, Recurring
|Sugar on a Stick Spin
|Sugar on a Stick (SoaS) enables children to reclaim computers. SoaS aims to make it easy for children, parents, or local deployers to provide each student with a small device (USB stick or thumbdrive) that can starts any computer with the student's personalized Sugar environment. We would like to see Sugar's presence, journal, and clarity principles usable on any machine — at school, at home, and anywhere there is a suitable computing device.
|Pending on Spins SIG approval, Recurring
|XFCE Spin
|The Fedora Xfce spin showcases the Xfce desktop, which aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and user friendly. Xfce is a full fledged desktop using the freedesktop.org standard.
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One person was killed and at least eight people were injured in shootings since Monday afternoon on the South and West Sides, police said.
Two other people, brothers ages 35 and 38, were killed in a separate shooting early Tuesday morning on the Far South Side. And two people were stabbed in what is believed to have been a domestic-related incident, officials said.
The 25-year-old man who died sustained gunshot wounds on the 6600 block of South Claremont Avenue in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, said Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala. Witnesses said the man sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
Jonathan Murray, of the 6600 block of South Oakley, was pronounced dead on the scene at 4:25 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Police did not release further details about the circumstances of the shooting.
In addition to the fatal shooting, at about 4:52 p.m., a man and woman sustained stab wounds in the 800 block of East 65th Street in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side, Zala said. a 19-year-old woman sustained a stab wound to her leg and was taken to the University of Chicago Hospital. A 19-year-old man was also stabbed in the shoulder several times, police said. Preliminary information indicated that it may be a domestic-related incident, officials said.
In other shootings:
• A 14-year-old boy was shot in the leg about 1:40 p.m. Monday on the 4700 block of South Indiana Avenue in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side, said Zala. He was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in good condition, Zala said. Police said the teen may have been shot in a drive-by shooting.
• At about 5:03 p.m., a 21-year-old man was shot in the groin, Zala said. The shooting happened on the 11600 block of South Loomis Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said. The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in good condition, Zala said.
• At about 5:51 p.m., an 18-year-old man was shot in the arm on the 5000 block of South Oakley Avenue in the Tri-Taylor neighborhood on the West Side, police said. The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, Zala said.
• At about 8 p.m., a man and woman walked into Loretto Hospital on the West Side after reportedly being shot on the 4800 block of Adams Boulevard in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side, police said. The 26-year-old woman and her 23-year-old companion told police they were each shot in the foot, police said.
• About 11:45 p.m., a 38-year-old man was shot in the 5800 block of South Wolcott Avenue in West Englewood, News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said. Police said the man had been standing on the sidewalk with a group of people when a shooter on a bicycle opened fire. The 38-year-old was struck in the arm and the stomach and was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where his condition was stabilized.
• Also about 11:45 p.m., a 36-year-old woman was shot multiple times in the 6100 block of South Rockwell Street in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side, Gaines said. She was taken to Advocate Christ, where she was listed in critical condition.
• About 1 a.m. Tuesday, a 34-year-old man was shot in the stomach in the 5100 block of South Prairie Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side, police said. The man was taken to Stroger, where his condition was stabilized.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (May 12, 2012) – Firing her best round of the week, ETSU freshman Gabriella Wahl (Heidenheim, Germany) wrapped up play in the NCAA Central Regional with a strong round of 1-over-par 73 Saturday at the Ohio State University Golf Club's Scarlet Course.
With that effort, Wahl ended the event tied for 34th in the 126-player field. In fact, she finished ahead of 11 players who were ranked in the Top 100 nationally by Golfstat.com.
ETSU head coach Stefanie Shelton was extremely pleased with Wahl, who finished the event with a score of 229 (79-77-73). Her round on Saturday consisted of four birdies and five bogeys, and she actually stood at 2-under midway through the day.
"Gaby played so well today," Shelton said. "I could not have been more proud. She really learned the course over the first two days and it showed today. She was very aggressive and played her game. That was the key for her today."
Saturday's final round wraps up a historic and record setting freshman season for Wahl, who set new standards for any newcomer to the ETSU women's golf program. She led the team in stroke average for the season and ended the regular season with back-to-back tournament victories – which included an Atlantic Sun Conference championship.
For her efforts, she was a first-team All A-Sun pick and the league's freshman of the year. Unfortunately, she came up just short of earning a spot in the nationals.
"It was a great season for Gaby and what we saw from her is what she expects to do," Shelton said. "This is the type of player she is and we're excited to have her for three more seasons."
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As the latest standard bearers of both the British Invasion and boy band mania, One Direction excels at generating excitement. In particular, the group creates pandemonium in every label executive's favorite form—record sales—which means that "Take Me Home," the quick follow-up to the group's wildly popular debut, "Up All Night," is inevitably a bit of a cash grab.
There's nothing wrong with an artist trying to sell records, of course, but rarely does it feel quite this cynical. Almost every song on "Take Me Home" appears carefully engineered to stick to a three-minute run time and the same strict structural formula, in which two verses crescendo into forgettable choruses. Inexplicably, the sonic palette chosen for this can't-lose endeavor falls somewhere between a clubbier Snow Patrol and a dull rendition of "Tubthumping" (although the comparison is unfair to both Snow Patrol and Chumbawamba).
Lyrically, One Direction rarely rises above the basic constructs of yeah-yeah choruses or weak relationship aphorisms that, despite frequently using the club as a backdrop, are likely to sound cliché to middle-schoolers. When the group does switch things up, it's often to revisit the vaguely patronizing girl-you-deserve-better theme of their breakout single "What Makes You Beautiful," with lyrics such as "You'll never treat yourself right darling, but I want you to" on "Little Things." While they may be presented as heartthrobs, the boys of One Direction ultimately come off seeming much more like the kind of creepy, "sensual" guy who's always offering to give back rubs. "Take Me Home" is an equally empty gesture.
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