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A flurry of end-of-term Bush administration changes in rules, permits and plans could alter canyons, mesas, grasslands and forests across the West.
From the November rules for oil- shale development to a revision of the Endangered Species Act last Thursday to an oil-and-gas lease sale this Friday, there are a spate of changes that touch Western lands. And while the changes may benefit some commercial interests and create jobs, environmentalists are raising alarms.
"The Bush administration is pushing to open as much public land as possible for short-term gain," said Roger Singer, the Sierra Club's Colorado regional representative.
Officials at federal agencies say many of the actions have been years in the making or are responses to statutory requirements.
The agencies include the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the the Office of Surface Mining.
"The bureaucracy really doesn't move quickly," said Ceclia Boddington, a Department of the Interior spokeswoman.
Western officials and environmentalists don't see it that way.
"Last-minute maneuvering" is how Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter described the BLM's September move to open 2.4 million acres in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming to oil-shale and tar-sands development.
Among the last-minute initiatives critics say the Bush administration is speeding through or launching:
• A Sept. 4 environmental- impact statement clearing the way for oil-shale development, followed by Nov. 17 commercial-development rules and a Nov. 28 overhaul of six regional management plans to accommodate oil-shale projects.
• A permit for the Black Mesa Coal Mine on Navajo and Hopi tribal land in Arizona. The tribes were given a 45-day review period by mining officials, and a request for more time was denied. Permit approval is expected this week.
• A BLM sale this Friday of 163,000 acres of oil and gas leases in Utah near national parks, such as Arches and Canyonlands and Dinosaur National Monument. The plan that was needed to offer the leases was completed Oct. 3, and the sale was announced Election Day.
• Cutting the public-comment period from 60 to 30 days on rule changes to the Endangered Species Act by removing a Fish and Wildlife Service review that is intended to assure that key species are not jeopardized.
• Having no public-comment period on a plan to open 3,700 miles of new pipeline and power-line corridors across the West's public lands by having the plan approved at the Interior Department secretarial level. Western governors have until Dec. 30 to comment.
• Issuing an "aspirational" management plan for the Comanche and Cimarron Grasslands in eastern Colorado and Kansas on Oct. 17 with a 30-day comment period.
"There is this sense of a headlong rush by the Bush administration," said Steve Smith, assistant regional director of the Wilderness Society.
Officials for the federal agencies say the timing of these actions is complex and varied.
The Black Mesa mining proposal, for example, was part of a 2006 environmental-impact statement, even though the permit application was made only in May.
"The company has fulfilled the requirements for its application," said Al Klein, regional director of the Office of Surface Mining, "and we are obliged to make a decision."
The energy-corridor plan was mandated by the 2005 Energy Policy Act and involved the Department of Energy, the BLM and the Forest Service.
"The scale of the plan made it something for the assistant secretary for lands and minerals to sign. It is standard procedure," said Jill Moran, a BLM spokeswoman.
When a plan is signed at the agency level, the public has the right to file protests with the head of the agency — such as the BLM director. There is no protest mechanism at the secretarial level.
"The governors of all the affected states do have the right to review it," Moran said.
Streamlined process
A bureaucratic determination also cut the comment period on an Endangered Species Act rule change that was adopted Thursday.
The change frees federal agencies overseeing projects — such as dams and pipelines — from having to consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service to assure that key species are not adversely affected.
Agencies will assess species themselves. The aim is to streamline and simplify the process, Interior officials said.
It was ruled a minor change because it would not have a $100 million impact on the economy, and that decision cut the comment period.
"It's not that it isn't important; it just doesn't meet the criteria," said Chris Paolino, an Interior Department spokesman.
"There are at least a couple of examples right here in Colorado where species were overlooked in agency evaluations that Fish and Wildlife raise," Erin Robertson, senior biologist for the Center for Native Ecosystems.
For example, in an oil-and- gas lease on South Shale Ridge, outside De Beque, the BLM failed to note the presence of the threatened Colorado hookless cactus.
And the Forest Service failed to take into account the reintroduction of Canada lynx in the Rio Grande National Forest when evaluating the proposal for the proposed Village at Wolf Creek development.
In both cases, after consulting with the FWS, protections were added, Robertson said.
The 1.4 million-acre Commanche and Cimarron Grasslands in Colorado and Kansas in October received the first management plan under new Forest Service planning rules.
"The aim here was to balance between specifics and getting a plan out," said John Rope, a Forest Service planner. "I'm not sure we've figured it out yet."
On Nov. 4 in Utah, the BLM set a sale of about 360,000 acres of oil and gas leases for this Friday. Twenty days later, it amended the plan after the National Park Service objected to sales near national parks.
Last Friday, it amended it again, saying not all of the environmental assessments could be completed in time. The sale is now down to 163,000 acres.
"That decision shows this was a rush job," said Steve Bloch, attorney for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.
The BLM is required to have a quarterly lease sale, and the industry's requested parcels have built up to more than a million acres, said Terry Catlin, energy team leader in the BLM's Salt Lake office.
There was a logjam until the management plans were adopted enabling the industry to designate acres, she said.
"The process was a little different," Catlin said. "It does look like we were a little rushed."
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HFD captain's sacred trust also a sorrowful dutyJune 4, 2013 Updated: June 5, 2013 2:51pm
Capt. Michael Mire and his crew were fighting a small apartment fire in southwest Houston on Friday afternoon when the radio in the pocket of his bunker coat began to tell of another blaze some two miles away that had already been lost.
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Mire's first feelings weren't of sadness or grief - although those would come later - but of sheer, overwhelming exhaustion at the grim task that lay ahead. He allowed himself only a few seconds. Then the stout, 37-year-old, fourth-generation firefighter peeled off his gear and rushed toward his engine.
"I have one down," he told the district chief he left in charge. "I've got to go."
By the time Mire reached the hospital room at Memorial Herman Southwest, the first firefighter, Robert Bebee, was dead. Mire headed to the scene of the deadly inferno off Southwest Freeway and found three others.
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The body of Matthew Renaud was in an ambulance. Those of Robert Garner and Anne Sullivan were placed in metal baskets and shrouded by flags.
Mire helped carry the last two from the rubble to the ambulances that would take them to the medical examiner's office. He next saw them over the weekend at the prepping facility on West 34th, where, for the first time in his eight years as the family assistance coordinator for the Houston Fire Department, he broke down.
"The sight of seeing three gurneys with American flags draped over them, it just finally caught up to me," he told me in an interview this week.
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Mire had seen plenty of death in this role. He had buried 10 other firefighters, peered inside body bags to confirm identities, knocked on doors to tell wives and mothers that their heroes weren't coming home, meticulously planned the grand memorials held in their honor.
But never before had there been four at once. Never before had the fallen been friends, as Renaud and Sullivan were. Sullivan, he says "used to bug the hell out of me about becoming a Houston firefighter." He kept reassuring her she'd get hired. And she did.
It wasn't a job Mire sought out when he moved from his native New Orleans to join the HFD in 2002. But he's come to see his dual role as a sacred duty, a sacrifice that means long days that begin before his two young children awake and end long after they're asleep.
Duties have evolved
Calls come in the middle of the night, and a few times from other cities: Boston, New Orleans, Bryan-College Station.
A job once limited to funeral planning has evolved to include everything from grief counseling to mediating family disputes to giving unofficial legal advice to grieving families with nowhere else to turn.
"It may sound corny or hokey, but I feel in a strange way, God prepared me for this role," Mire says.
At 6, he lost his mother to her seventh stroke, caused by a rare brain disease. At 8, he lost his father to a heart attack. The brother he was closest to, an assistant fire chief in New Orleans, died in a motorcycle accident in 2004.
When Mire counsels mourning families, he doesn't just listen to their pain. In a very real way, he knows it.
The youngest of six children, Mire says he was bounced from house to house, enduring emotional and physical abuse from relatives who couldn't be bothered to love him. He grew into a "scrappy, angry kid," he says, hungry for control, and also for a purpose.
Eventually, he learned self-control is the only kind there is. He found his purpose in fighting fires, and in honoring those who die doing it.
Whether the firefighter dies in the line of duty, in a car accident, or from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Mire is there. He makes sure the body is treated with respect, that people don't gawk. "It's not a public spectacle," he says. "They're handled with care, they're handled like people, like heroes."
The same questions
Often, as was the case last week, families have already gotten the word, through texting or Facebook, before he can pull up to the house in his red Suburban.
"Whether they already know or not, they all ask the same questions: 'How do you know it's my husband? Are you sure it's him? Let me see him. And if I can't see him because he's burned so bad, then how do you know it's him?' "
Mire answers simply and directly. No euphemisms. He testifies to what he saw with his own eyes, that it's him, or her, and that, in some cases, the body is burned too badly for viewing.
"The hardest period for them is the initial shock," he says. "And then probably a week after the memorial service when they feel the emptiness of a house."
When it comes to the memorial Wednesday, which is expected to draw thousands, Mire calls himself methodical in his planning. He has the help of logistics guru Richard Gomez of the firefighters' union, but every detail - from the bagpipes to the programs - is cleared through Mire.
Earlier this week, he presided over a meeting of HFD command staff, answering questions, addressing everything from squabbles over the procession route to the scheduling concerns of a congressional member eager to get back to Washington after the service.
Mire wants the event to be an awe-inspiring tribute, a memory to hold onto. Not a going-away party, as it seemed to be years ago, but a gathering of family.
A ritual, and a release
When it's all over, when he has overseen the last private funeral Friday, Mire says he'll follow his ritual.
"I don't ever go to their receptions. I don't ever hang around. After I follow up with the family after the service, I slip out the back door."
He'll head for Katy, and on the way, he'll call his wife of 14 years, Anita, his high school sweetheart, the woman who wakes up at 4 every morning to pack the six small lunches he eats throughout the day, the woman who waits up each night until his key turns in the door.
He'll ask her to get the kids dressed and pick a restaurant. He'll take a shower, a kind of cleansing process that he says rinses away the wrenching experience of the last few days, but not the memory.
He'll spend the night with those he loves most, count his blessings and appreciate that he's still here to enjoy them.
Then, in a day or so, Mire will report back to work at the fire station. And he'll wait for the next call, hoping it never comes.

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Having problems with your Canon PowerShot SD700 IS Digital ELPH / IXUS 800 Digital Camera ?
LCD appears to be broke but is just VERY DARK?
\015 It looks like my screen wont turn on, and I thought it was broken. It still takes pictures, but the screen isnt working. Nothing major happened to it, it seemed to have come from nowhere. HOWEVER, I have since noticed that in direct sunlight, you can see movements!! It may be simply that the screen is set to very dark. HOW DO I FIX THIS??? I WANT MY SCREEN BACK!!!\015\012\015\012I love this camera!\015
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The LCD needs to be replaced, usually around $100 at most repair shops.
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love the desktop photo
sweet bike
love the desktop photo
sweet bike
Ideal place to get you started with conky. Its very easy to install and customise.
Hope this helps!
Changed my desktop around drastically yesterday.
DE: GNOME Shell.
Theme: GNOMish Dark(although it was still on Ambiance at the time of the snapshot).
Icon theme: GNOME, I think(although it was on the Unity icon theme at the time of the snapshot).
Extensions: Dash-in-Dock and Quicklists, and I added the extension that puts the Trash in the Panel, along with a Removable Device menu last night.
Wallpaper: http://dfx4509b.deviantart.com/art/PST-008-361120645
And just a little tidbit, Ash Ketchum's just the alias I log into Ubuntu with, not my name.
Reason for the switch to GS: a tad quicker than Unity on my hardware, along with being roomier for such apps as GIMP, Inkscape, Pinta, or Synfig, along with Chromium or Firefox, Launcher is a nice feature in Unity, but it tends to get in the way, especially on a 15" 4x3 LCD monitor, and this is coming from a guy who likes Unity. Also, with a few extensions, GS is about as easy to use as Unity, pretty much, but hey, can't knock Unity too hard as it's still in its infancy, pretty much.
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Ubuntukylin 13.04 (Unity 6.12)
Theme: Ubuntukylin default
Icons: Myhumanity
Wallpaper: Ubuntukylin default
Mouse Theme: OpenZone Black
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldHvcjfXjQg
I used an application called archey sorry for the slow reply I havent been watching the thread so much.
Feel free to add a fellow linux gamer on steam && desura : Maokei
This is my desktop using the conky script
1st screenshot has full desktop with banshee playing and 2nd screen shot has the application "drawers" running showing all my custom made icons for games that i can go back to different systems using a back button and all run from command line. I have set up a program called "easystroke Gesture Recognition" to use my middle mouse to show these menus when pressed
I like it
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Some more DEs on a 1024x600 screen:
-A-New-Hope gtk theme
-Clarity icons
-some Linuxmint default wallpaper
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This one has some compiz features added (like expo and scale...) because I still love it
-WindowMaker (not a DE)
-malys-unicolors-gray gtk theme
-Potenza icons
-Enlightenment 16
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This one is on my new zenbook screen:
-Orta gtk theme
-malys-uniblue icons
-Kogalani wallpaper
-emerald theme: Orta round:
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1.8GHz AMD Sempron 3400+, 1.5GiB RAM, 80GiB HDD. Archbang with the stock Conky config, and a slightly modified Tint2 config. And actually, Archbang runs great on my hardware.
As for browsers, I use Firefox Nightly as my main browser, but I have Google Chrome Dev for my secondary browser, and both browsers were pulled from AUR.
Also, Manjaro, Fedora 20 Alpha, and Debian Sid virtual machines. Manjaro is the Openbox spin, and it was literally left with the stock config except for the slightly smaller terminal font, Fedora VM is the Xfce spin, and the panels and terminal font were shrunken down slightly, and then the Debian Sid VM is using LXDE, however I got rid of the Window List and replaced it with Cairo-Dock.
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Metal: HP dc5750 | OS: Arch Linux 32-bit | Kernel: 3.14.0-1-ARCH | 1.8GHz AMD Sempron 3400+ | 1.5GiB RAM | 80GiB HDD | DM/DE combo: LXDM + MATE.


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July 15, 2013
Archaeologists Discover World's Oldest Calendar In Scotland
[ Watch the Video: The Beginning Of Time? ]
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe OnlineArchaeology experts say they have made a remarkable discover of what could potentially be the world's oldest "calendar."
The ancient calendar dates back to around 8,000 BC, predating the first formal time-measuring devices known to man by nearly 5,000 years. The scientists wrote in the journal Internet Archaeology that they believe that understanding when time began to get logged is critical to understanding how society developed.
The researchers discovered that a monument created by hunter-gatherers in Aberdeenshire appears to mimic the phases of the Moon, keeping track of lunar months over the course of a year. The monument also aligns on the Midwinter Sunrise, providing an annual astronomic correction in order to maintain the link between the passage of time and the changing seasons.
"The evidence suggests that hunter gatherer societies in Scotland had both the need and sophistication to track time across the years, to correct for seasonal drift of the lunar year and that this occurred nearly 5,000 years before the first formal calendars known in the Near East," said project leader Vince Gaffney, Professor of Landscape Archaeology at the University of Birmingham. "In doing so, this illustrates one important step towards the formal construction of time and therefore history itself."
The Warren Field site was first discovered as unusual crop marks spotted from the air by the Royal Commission of the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS).
"We have been taking photographs of the Scottish landscape for nearly 40 years, recording thousands of archaeological sites that would never have been detected from the ground," Dave Cowley, Aerial Survey projects manager at (RCAHMS). "Warren Field stands out as something special, however. It is remarkable to think that our aerial survey may have helped to find the place where time itself was invented."
Dr Richard Bates, of the University of St Andrews said this finding provides exciting new evidence for the earlier Mesolithic in Scotland. He said it demonstrates the sophistication of these early societies and reveals that 10,000 years ago hunter-gatherers constructed monuments that helped them track time.
"This is the earliest example of such a structure and there is no known comparable site in Britain or Europe for several thousands of years after the monument at Warren Field was constructed," Bates added.
The archaeologists said the discovery enriches their understanding of the ancient communities' relationship with time and the heavens.
"For pre-historic hunter-gatherer communities, knowing what food resources were available at different times of the year was crucial to survival," said Dr Christopher Gaffney, of the University of Bradford. "These communities relied on hunting migrating animals and the consequences of missing these events were potential starvation. They needed to carefully note the seasons to be prepared for when that food resource passed through, so from this perspective, our interpretation of this site as a seasonal calendar makes sense."


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No. 1 starters
Josh Beckett's performance against the Angels in Game 1 was the stuff of legend; he threw a 4-hit shutout with 8 strikeouts and no walks. He is 1-3 lifetime against Cleveland with a 6.57 ERA in four starts against them, but he had a 1.80 ERA (with a 1-1 record) against the Indians in 2007. C.C. Sabathia gave up three runs in five innings in the ALDS, but he went 19-7 this year with a 3.21 ERA. He is 2-4 against Boston in his career, with a 3.91 ERA in 7 games, but that number shrinks to 2.35 at Fenway, and he sported a 1.29 mark against the Sox in 2007.
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The Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives was established in 1981 by ordinance to maintain the non-current records of the city-county of Butte-Silver Bow. Given the significant industrial, political, and social history of Butte in the American West, the government records and archival holdings are in great demand by scholars, authors, and genealogists. The mission of the Archives is to:
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|Reviews for Echo
| Lee chapter 1 . 7/21/2006
I really liked it and i think your and amazing writer. I think your going to go far with writeing, so i'll be sure to read all your work when your a big sucksess. Also that means i should get you to sign something you'v writen now hahaP
| Moondog Dozier chapter 1 . 7/21/2006
The tone and voice in this are comfortably relatable. Very touching and well presented. Great work.


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How ironic that the Legislature spent so much time over the past couple of years trying to figure out how to reduce the price Alaskans pay at the pump for gasoline, while at the same time continuing to allow our state's refineries to earn an acceptable return on their investment. The irony is that we already have an alternative fuel supply - one that can be less expensive and cleaner-burning as well - in natural gas.
The two primary methods natural gas is used to fuel vehicles are with compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquid petroleum gas, more widely known as propane. CNG is currently used to power more than 8 million vehicles around the world. Propane is also used to fuel vehicles, although propane is most often associated with the 6.9 million homes it heats (according to 2000 data).
More than 10 million vehicles worldwide run on propane. By some estimates, propane could displace nearly 1 billion gallons of gasoline per year by 2017, leading to a significant improvement in air quality.
According to the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority, the North Slope has substantial quantities of natural gas and that gas contains large amounts of propane. ANGDA further claims that Alaska has the potential to distribute propane to 99 percent of Alaskans via highways, rivers and coastal barges.
Propane has the added benefit of being environmentally friendly. Propane vehicles produce less greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide and particulates, compared to conventional gasoline. In other words, propane can easily meet or exceed current and future emission standards. Power, acceleration, payload and drivability of propane-fueled vehicles are comparable to gasoline and diesel engines.
The concept is proven. The largest school district in Oregon, Portland Public Schools, uses natural gas to transport more than 12,000 students daily, totaling more than 3.5 million miles each year.
Finally, propane offers some distinct economic advantages. The Battelle Memorial Institute found that propane is the most economical alternative fuel for fleets (on a per-mile basis) when operating, ownership and infrastructure costs are all taken into consideration.
Unfortunately, both the Anchorage and the State of Alaska refused to consider propane last spring. The budgets passed by the Legislature in April of 2009 included millions of dollars for the purchase of new and replacement vehicles for both the state and municipal fleets. However, neither the state or the municipality was willing to even consider propane-powered vehicles.
Instead we'll continue to rail against refiners and high gasoline prices, take umbrage at the EPA when we fail emissions tests, and argue over vehicle emissions testing. But we deserve better.
Even more ludicrous is Anchorage's unwillingness to consider a readily-available source of inexpensive compressed natural gas. Every day the municipal landfill produces enough methane gas that could be treated, compressed and used to equate to as much as 5,000 gallons of gasoline. Instead of processing the methane or selling it to a third party, the municipality burns the gas.
Because Anchorage lacks convenient "fast-fill" stations similar to the corner gasoline station, Alaskans who recognize the benefits of CNG are installing personal "slow-fill" systems in their homes. This is the result of a classical "chicken and egg" scenario. Entrepreneurs are unwilling to invest in erecting fast-fill stations because there is very little demand. People are unwilling to buy propane or CNG-powered vehicles because there is little supply. Utah's legislature resolved this dilemma by providing seed money for fast-fill stations, a prime example of government being the logical solution to an investment problem. The state of Alaska could provide seed money as loans to entrepreneurs, and Alaskans would have access to cheaper fuel for their vehicles. As a result our air would be cleaner.
I urge the governor and mayor of Anchorage to follow the lead of other states that have provided incentives for the construction of "fast-fill" CNG or propane stations.
Sen. Fred Dyson, a Republican, is a mariner, former commercial fisherman and oil industry engineer. He represents Eagle River, Chugiak and parts of Northeast Anchorage.
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junk DNA
Definition: that portion of DNA that is not transcribed and expressed, comprising a major fraction of the base pairs of the human genome; much of this DNA is repetitive in sequence and appears to serve no purpose; its function is not known. segments of DNA that appear to serve no function and are replicated along with the rest of the DNA that serves vital functions; examples are pseudogenes and tandemly repeated DNA sequences that seem functionless but are retained by unequal crossing-over.
Synonym(s): selfish DNA
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PYLEIGH LASS easily won a mares' novices' hurdle at Wincanton earlier this month and the second has franked the form since. She still looks to be a on a decent mark here and should take all the beating. Wilde Ruby has been knocking on the door and should be winning soon but the better ground is a worry for penalised Newton Abbot winner Call Me Sir and Nutin Fancy has disappointed since finishing a close second at Chepstow in January. Comeonginger is worth a second look on his handicap debut while Cinevator will strip fitter for his run at Uttoxeter, but may need to drop a few pounds before winning again.
Cinevator (IRE) 11-2 (11-9) Held up in rear, mistake 4th, ridden after next, well behind from 7th, tailed off, 10th of 11, well behind Shalone (11-12) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-120 (4) gs.
Teenage Kicks (IRE) 18-1 (10-11) Led and jumped right, headed 8th, led again 11th, headed 4 out, every chance and blundered 2 out, no impression, 4th of 8, 12l behind Caddie Master (11-0) at Worcester 2m 7f beg chase (4) gs in Jun.
Phone Home (IRE) 25-1 (11-7) Towards rear, driven 4 out, kept on under pressure from 2 out, never nearer, 5th of 15, 26l behind Bygones Sovereign (10-4) at Exeter 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gd.
Comeonginger (IRE) 4-1 (10-12) Raced on inside, took keen hold, held up tracking leading trio, went 3rd at 5th until ridden soon after 3 out, soon struggling, tailed off, 5th of 6, well behind Highland Retreat (10-11) at Taunton 3m nov hdl (3) hvy in Feb.
Nutin Fancy (IRE) 6-1 (11-0) Mid-division, headway approaching 7th, weakened before 3 out, tailed off, 9th of 15, 44l behind Moorlands Mist (11-0) at Chepstow 3m NH mdn hdl (5) sft in Mar.
Frontier Dancer (IRE) 16-1 (10-3) Mid-division, struggling 12th, tailed off, 8th of 16, 38l behind Noble Legend (11-1) at Haydock 2m 6f hcp chs (2) gs in Mar.
Pyleigh Lass 11-8fav (10-9) Tracked leaders in 3rd, challenged and narrow leader when left clear 2 out, stayed on well, won at Wincanton 2m 6f mrs nov hdl (4) gd beating Dimpsy Time (10-12) by 20l, 12 ran.
Prime Location 11-10fav (11-12) Tracked leaders, niggled along after 8th, ridden when not fluent 3 out, soon beaten, weakened before next, 4th of 5, 25l behind Promised Wings (11-8) at Newbury 3m hcp hdl 0-115 (4) hvy in Mar.
Wilde Ruby (IRE) 6-1 (11-5) In touch, went 2nd from 4th, ridden after 2 out and outpaced, stayed on before last, went 2nd run-in, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Bow To No One (11-7) at Stratford 2m 3f mrs hcp hdl 0-120 (4) gd.
The Potting Shed (IRE) 33-1 (10-12) Held up towards rear, well beaten after 7th, tailed off, 8th of 12, well behind Chiberta King (10-12) at Newbury 2m 3f nov hdl (4) sft in Jan.
Stony Road (IRE) 13-2 (11-4) In touch, headway 5 out, weakened next, 6th of 8, well behind Pension Plan (11-2) at Ffos Las 3m hcp hdl 0-115 (4) sft in Mar.
Be My Light (IRE) 6-1 (10-9) Mid-division, hard ridden after 3 out, never on terms, 5th of 10, well behind Mystic Appeal (10-11) at Wincanton 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) sft.
Call Me Sir (IRE) 14-1 (10-8) Held up, not fluent 1st, headway 3rd, led before 2 out, ridden out, won at Newton Abbot 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gs beating Samingarry (11-3) by 2l, 11 ran.
Elegant Olive 9-2fav (11-12) Held up in rear, headway approaching 6th, soon ridden, weakened after 3 out, tailed off, 11th of 16, well behind Winds And Waves (11-9) at Huntingdon 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-100 (5) sft in Jan.


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Crime of the Week 10-04-09
Published 7:00 pm, Friday, October 2, 2009
The Plainview/Hale County Crime Stoppers Committee will pay a reward of up to $750 to anyone with information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person or persons responsible for the following crimes:
•On Saturday Sept. 19, someone entered a residence at 607 W. 30th. Taken were a 72-inch DLP Mitsubishi television and a PlayStation2 video game system. This case is being investigated by Capt. Manuel Balderas. He can be reached at 296-1187, or callers can contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 293-8477.
•Either on Sunday, Sept. 27, or Monday, Sept. 28, someone entered Garza Construction, 700 S.W. Third. Several DeWalt power tools were taken. This case is being investigated by detective Al Longoria. He can be reached at 296-1189.
Crime Stoppers will pay a reward of up to $350 to anyone with information on the following crimes that leads to the arrest and indictment of those responsible:
•On Sept. 21, someone entered a residence at 1600 W. 11th. Entry was gained by breaking a window. Taken was a 42-inch LG plasma television.
•Unknown persons have been going business to business advising that they are from Foster Art Studio in Lubbock. They are offering to touch up business signs at a low cost. The business owners pay the suspects deposit money in advance and the suspects never return. The only descriptions of the suspects given are a black male and a white male in an older model pickup.
•Jesus Rodolfo Duran II, 25, Hispanic male, 5-foot-11, 270 lbs., brown hair, brown eyes: wanted for burglary of a building.
•Brent Austin Cross, 42, white male, 5-8, 190 lbs., blonde hair, blue eyes: wanted for aggravated sexual assault elderly/disabled.
•Jose Ruben Perez, 18, Hispanic male, 5-10, 170 lbs., black hair, brown eyes: wanted for indecency with a child sexual contact.
Anyone having information on these or any other crimes in Plainview or Hale County can contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 293-8477 (293-TIPS). All calls will be confidential.
You can now leave a tip directly from your cell phone by texting "PLVCS plus your message" to 274637 or on the Internet by logging on to http://plainviewhalecounty.Crime Stoppersweb.com/login.aspx.
: Crime Stoppers will pay a reward of up to $250 for information that leads to the arrest of the following persons. Warrants have been issued for their arrest. Callers can contact the Hale County Sheriff's Office Warrants Division at 296-2724 or contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline:


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As fans of The Young and the Restless know, late last year Burgess Jenkins departed his role of Billy Abbott, and wss eventually replaced by Jason Thompson.
Back in November of 2015, soap fans were informed in a statement by Jenkins that he chose to leave the CBS Daytime drama citing one of the main reasons for his decision: "It"s been a terrific time, but after a lot of thought I have made the difficult decision to leave The Young and the Restless. Commuting back and forth from the East Coast where my home and family are based has been challenging."
Now in the Winston-Salem Journal, Jenkins revealed more details about why he chose to exit the primo role. It had to do with wife, Ashlee Jenkins who was battling breast cancer: "I departed the show because my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer back in November, and continuing to travel back-and-forth from the East Coast to the West Coast every week would have made it impossible for me to take care of her.
Jenkins addressed why the couple chose not to make any public announcements until they got a better idea of her prognosis. "At this point, however, we know that she is going to be OK … just in for a long and grueling battle with chemotherapy and radiation. Which stinks, but it's a real blessing just knowing when we wake up in the morning that she's not fighting for her life…. It's great to see her back to normal."
Burgess also addressed how touched he has been by the fans support from his work on Y&R: "The fans have been tremendous, a great outpouring of folks either asking me to stay or wishing me well, which is appreciated. It's nice to know that you've told a good story and left an indelible mark."
According to the Winston-Salem Journal, the actor is currently back w0rking with Actors Group, an acting school he started in Winston-Salem that helps prepare students for film and television work. "It's a studio I've had going for nine years and something that I love dearly, so it is good to be back in the saddle with my other instructors and students. Frankly, nothing is more thrilling than watching the students grow and succeed and book work."
Share your thoughts on Burgess opening up about why he left Y&R in the comment section below!


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Most people eat from their garden. My wife, Nancy, and I drink from ours. We call it our smoothie garden.
Most people eat from their garden. My wife, Nancy, and I drink from ours. We call it our smoothie garden.
It started about four years ago. We had been reading about the benefits of soy isoflavones and were looking for ways to get more soy into our diet, which isn't a hugely easy thing to do. Whole soybeans are tough to chew and even harder to digest. Soy powders are too expensive. Soy milk doesn't have enough isoflavones to make a difference. Tempeh and tofu are great sources, and we love them both, but there's a limit to how much tofu and tempeh you can eat in a day.
Then we started making smoothies for breakfast. We started with fruit smoothies, using fruit juice as a base, then tossing in a chunk of tofu, a banana, maybe some berries and yogurt.
They were tasty ... maybe too tasty. With a history of diabetes in my family, I started to worry about all that sugar every morning, so we started adding veggies to cut down on the sweetness. A carrot here, a cucumber there. Then came summer, when we were facing a horde of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. We had already canned, dried and frozen all we could handle, so we started throwing the surplus in the blender.
As our taste buds got used to veggie smoothies, we started throwing kale, collards and assorted salad greens into the mix. When winter cold season came on, we started adding a small piece — which later became bigger hunks — of raw ginger root for its potent medicinal benefits.
Over time, our smoothies became nutrient dumps. We add lecithin, essential-fatty-acid oils, ground flaxseeds and sesame seeds.
This spring we planted our garden with smoothies in mind, and we've been drinking from the ground ever since. Our current favorite starts with five or six tomatoes straight off the vine, a cucumber and a sweet red or yellow bell pepper. Some days we'll throw a raw beet in here. We almost always add collards or kale. Ginger, tofu and flaxseeds are standard. Next time I go to the store, I'm buying some chia seeds, which recently have been found to contain even more EFAs than flax.
It's almost become an addiction. With fall already here and winter coming, we're wondering where we'll get the produce we need. We might have to put up a smoothie greenhouse.


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A proper perspective
Softening, Reconciling and Forgiving | Wednesday, September 18, 2013
One of my favorite hobbies is shopping at thrift stores. Growing up here in South Bend, I think I have been to just about every Goodwill and Salvation Army in the area, as well as the new Saint Vincent de Paul store on State Road 23. I have been very fortunate to often find the exact item that I have been looking for – a suit, leather boots, dress shoes, belts, shirts and sweaters. The items are not perfect by any means, but they are certainly suitable and are about as good as anything I could buy new. This happens to me so often that I wonder if there is an element of providence in my thrift shopping.
Certainly there is a great amount of luck involved in thrifting and I appreciate thinking of thrifting mathematically in terms of probability. But given the high frequency with which the exact item I seek emerges, it is difficult to pin this on mere chance. This past summer for example, my brown leather dress shoes fell apart and I needed a new pair. Sure enough, I went to Saint Vincent de Paul and found a pair of high-quality, leather-soled dress shoes that were in great shape. Chance or providence? I'm not sure, but I sense that part of my 'luck' in thrifting is a product of my expectations going in. I never expect to find what I need. So when these things emerge – and fit! – it is easy to see them as small blessings.
Our experiences are more often than not shaped by our expectations. This applies across our lives. If we have improperly ordered expectations, we are going to be frustrated with reality. To expect perfect relationships, an easy 4.0 GPA or offers from every job to which we apply would be improperly ordered and reality will almost certainly disappoint these expectations. But this disappointment does not exist only in the realm of our frivolous desires. On a deeper level, expectations frustrated by reality often beget a great sense of despair and anger. This is the sort of anger that accompanies the unexpected death of a loved one. It is reasonable to expect your parents to live through your college graduation. But what happens when this does not align with reality? What happens when we are confronted with an untimely death?
My father was born with a congenital heart defect and required open-heart surgery when he was six years old. That surgery had a 50 percent chance of survival. He beat those odds, but with the hypoglycemia and seizures he experienced as he got older, my father was told to expect to live to be 40 years old. He lived to be 50 and he was blessed with three healthy children. It is not difficult to see God's hand in all of this. Nor is it difficult to see the many blessings that are a result of my father's time on this earth. In order to see these gifts, a shift in perspective is required. Instead of 'only living to be 50,' it becomes 'being blessed with 10 years longer than expected.' Nor can we expect any of the great gifts with which we have been blessed such as life, health, talents, family and friends. These are incredible gifts that cannot be taken for granted.
This perspective shift allowed me to better understand and deal with my father's passing. It continues to be a great lesson. In Genesis, man is made in the image and likeness of a loving Creator who "knit us in our mother's wombs." When we understand that we are created beings our expectations become properly ordered. Everything that we have can be traced back to our Creator. In this sense we can see God moving over all, "softening, reconciling and forgiving" as Zosima teaches us in the Brothers Karamazov. This orientation towards gratitude leads us to more fully appreciate God's sacrifice of his only son. Thus, on the one hand, we are filled with a great sense of wonder at our creation and a great sense of unworthiness – "What is man that you are mindful of him?" But on the other hand, in Christ we have the greatest assurance of God's love and this is our greatest hope.


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The republicans can rationalize all they want but they're still losers. They may begin to say they now see the light regarding LGBT people but they are only doing it because intellectually they know their party is mostly comprised of old people who will soon be departing and they are desperate to attract the young. If they are serious about, gulp, changing they are going to have to demonstrate through action and legislation that they wantaparty of inclusion.


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The state Commission on Public Integrity is proposing charges that could lead to a $50,000 fine for Clifton Van Guilder, a former Dept. of Environmental Conservation engineer, for allegedly seeking federal Department of Energy funding for a position that he wanted.
The matter was referred by the Department of Environmental Conservation to the CPI. See the notice of reasonable cause here.
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The State Commission on Public Integrity has charged a former employee of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) with violating the State Code of Ethics by allegedly soliciting the U.S. Department of Energy to fund a post-employment position for himself at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL). DOE holds a license from DEC for its operations at KAPL.
Clifton VanGuilder, a former Environmental Engineer III, allegedly sought an illegal gift and an unwarranted privilege by asking DOE to fund the position for him. He also is charged with acting in a way that would lead to the impression that he was violating his public trust. Specifically, Mr. VanGuilder is charged with violating Public Officers Law Sections 73(5) and 74(3)(d), (f) and (h).
Pursuant to Executive Law §94(12)(b), a Notice of Reasonable Cause alleges a violation of the law, but is not a finding that the alleged violation occurred. Mr. VanGuilder faces a fine of $40,000 for the gift violation and $10,000 for the Code of Ethics violations.
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Because... It's an outrageous fantasy. Get yourself some fur and shades and pass yourself off as a Russian oligarch to view a brief taste of life on the other side. The house was designed for a Victorian art collector by Richard Norman Shaw whose legacies around London include the Savoy Theatre and New Scotland Yard. When you're this rich, staff bedrooms outnumber family chambers by almost two to one (there are 11 of the former in a separate compound), fountains and waterfalls spring out of the swimming pool and there's a different sitting room for each day of the week, all frantically embellished with mouldings and carvings. The house fronts peacefully on to the Thames. Even the en suites have en suites - there's a steam room and private sitting room off the his 'n' hers master bathrooms.
It's a shame that... We, without a king's ransom to spare, can only dream.
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Wallingwells, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire. £375,000, Eadon Lockwood & Riddle, 0114-276 1277
What? An ex-farmhouse and mill with 18th-century roots.
Condition Expensively bad. At least half needs a structural overhaul, as well as cosmetic embellishments. £150,000 would help. Plus it's currently divided into two self-contained homes.
Why you should It's enormous, with the potential to provide eight or more bedrooms and a clutch of reception rooms. Even cars are amply housed in a triple garage. A stream runs through the large garden, and Sheffield is an effortless commute.
Why you shouldn't A project this size could soak up wealth without compensating returns.
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Cons Two of the bedrooms are downstairs, with the living areas above.
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I've picked 5 things for this month - all things which stood out and shone in my personal opinion.
1. Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Frizz Remedy - For a long time I've been a fan of Aussie hair products, but I've particularly been rekindling my love with this 3 minute miracle conditioner since Aussie kindly sent me some products recently. It makes my hair feel soft, silky and more manageable when I've used it. Love love love this conditioner!
2. Tesco Vitamin E Face Wipes - Have been using these wipes for a few weeks now, they have been on offer in Tescos for just 27p for ages! My mum and I have stocked up on about 10 packets each because they are just so lovely and fresh feeling! I don't use them for make-up removal, but I use them every morning before applying face cream and my make-up. Definitely highly recommend grabbing a pack or two of these while the offer is still on!
3. Revlon 'Cherries In The Snow' lipstick - seeing as it is Halloween time, a red lipstick was always going to come in handy. I dug out this from my collection and have absolutely fallen in love with it. It is a lovely texture - doesn't feel drying on the lips at all. I have a hard time with some lipsticks - they make my lips look really unsmooth and show all the fine lines in my lips. This lipstick doesn't do that - I personally think it is the perfect formula of lipstick (for me anyway). On top of this, it's a downright lovely shade too! Intense red but with a sort of softness to it. Not too harsh. LOVE!!
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5. And finally, the famous Benefit Coralista Blush - what can I say, I absolutely adore this blush. It may just be a phase, but I truly can't get enough of it! It's the perfect pinky peach with a golden glow to it. It looks wonderful on the cheekbones and apples of the cheek. I better stop gushing over this product now, but trust me - YOU NEED THIS BLUSH IN YOUR LIFE (or atleast swatch it at a counter )!!
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A high-resolution map from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), released yesterday, has provided the most telling visible evidence to date of a 112-mile (180-kilometer) wide, 3,000-foot (900-meter) deep impact crater, the result of a collision with a giant comet or asteroid on one of Earth's all-time worst days.
The existence of the impact crater, Chicxulub, was first proposed in 1980. In the 1990s, satellite data and ground studies allowed it to gain prominence among most scientists as the long sought-after "smoking gun" responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs and more than 70 percent of Earth's living species 65 million years ago.
The relatively obscure feature is all but hidden in the flat limestone plateau of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. But using 3-D measurements of the Earth made with instruments on board an orbiting Space Shuttle, the remnants of the crater can now be seen clearly.
"There are spectacular features that pop out in these maps as never before, and more subtle features, like Chicxulub, become apparent for the first time," said Michael Kobrick, SRTM project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, California. "In fact, much of the surface expression of Chicxulub is so subtle; if you walked across it you probably wouldn't notice it. That's where the view from space becomes invaluable, " Kobrick said.
The Chicxulub data show a subtle, yet unmistakable, topographic indication of the impact crater's outer boundary: a semicircular trough 10 to 15 feet (3 to 5 meters) deep and 3 miles (5 kilometers) wide. Scientists believe the impact, centered off Yucatán's coast in the Caribbean, disturbed the subsurface rocks, making them unstable. The rocks were subsequently buried by limestone sediments, which erode easily. The crater rim's instability caused the limestone to fracture along the rim, forming the trough.
Exactly how the Chicxulub impact caused Earth's mass extinctions is not known (see links below). Scientists imagine three possible scenarios: Some think the impact threw massive quantities of dust into the atmosphere which blocked the sun and arrested plant growth. Others believe sulfur released by the impact lead to global sulfuric acid clouds that blocked the sun and also fell as acid rain. Another possibility is that red-hot debris from the falling asteroid or comet triggered global wildfires.
In February, NASA finished processing the SRTM mission's North America data set and delivered it to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). More than eight terabytes of data recorded aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour were refined into 200 billion research-quality measurements of Earth's landforms. NIMA will perform additional data finishing and send it to the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation Systems Data Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for final archiving and distribution.
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U.S. Summons Experts to Draft Asteroid Defense Plan
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Fighter Jet Hunts for "Vulcanoid" Asteroids
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Royal Pacific Resort Theme
Visit the lush South Seas setting at this beautiful resort. The pool is lagoon-themed pool and beautiful orchid courtyard are just two of the amazing features that transport guests to a tropical paradise.
Loews Royal Pacific is smoke-free. Designated outdoor smoking areas are available.
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Guests at this resort receive exclusive on-site hotel benefits.
- Universal Express Unlimited – Skip the regular lines in both parks. A free benefit valued at $89 per person, per day.
- Early Park Admission one hour before general entry (with valid theme park admission) to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
- Complimentary water taxi transportation to Universal CityWalk and buses to CityWalk and the theme parks.
- Priority seating at select restaurants.
- Resort-wide charging privleges.
Royal Pacific Resort Rooms
1,000 total rooms
51 suites (including kids suites)
Three room types: standard, premium and suites
All rooms are non-smoking
Standard rooms (standard or water view) are approximately 335 square feet
Premium rooms (all club level rooms & suites) are standard or water view
Suites include Kid's Suites, King Suites, Hopitalitiy Suites, & a Presidential Suite
In-room movies, video check-out and remote control television with cable
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Two dual-line phones (one cordless) with voicemail
In-room safe
Coffee maker and coffee
Refreshment pantry
Iron / Ironing Boards
Hairdryer & make-up mirror
Newspaper delivery upon request (New York Times)
Character wake-up call
Cribs available on request
Rollaways available through Star Service hotline for a $25 per day fee. Limited quantity available.
Loews hotels are pet friendly. A $50 per day charge, with a maximum of $150 per stay fee will be charged per room. At Royal Pacific, non-smoking standard rooms only are available for guests with pets.
Laundry, dry cleaning, pressing, and shoe shine services available.
Star Service (concierge) available to help make your stay more comfortable.
Jurassic Park Themed Kid's Suites at Loews Royal Pacific Resort
Kids Suites let mom and dad have a little privacy, and the kids have some fun! With a standard king bedroom for the adults plus a separate room for the kids, there's plenty of space for the whole family. From raptor cage light-up headboards, to custom wall murals, furniture, and artwork from the making of the movies, these dino-suites bring the thrill of the Jurassic Park ride at Islands of Adventure roaring back to life. Of the 8 Kids Suites the hotel has, and one is located on the Concierge Level.
Royal Pacific Resort Dining
Bula Bar & Grille
Orchid Court Sushi Bar
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Lagoon Pool – Family sandy beach lagoon-style pool. Cabanas available.
Royal Bali Sea – Interactive children's water play area
Dive-in Movies – Movies shown poolside on select nights
Jogging & Walking Paths
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Shuffleboard, Croquet Lawn, and Ping Pong
Torch Lighting Ceremony
Wantilan Luau – Enjoy hula and fire dancers on this journey through the South Pacific
The Gymnasium Fitness Center & private massage rooms
Gold Universal Orlando – Preferred tee times and complimentary transportation to Windermere Country Club and Grand Cypress Golf Club
Game Room – open 8a.m.-midnight daily
Poolside Activities
Royal Pacific Resort Shopping
Toko Gifts
Treasures of Bali
Royal Pacific Resort Transportation
Overnight parking available to guests. Self parking $18 plus tax per night. Valet parking $25 plus tax per night.
Complimentary transportation available from the resort to Universal Studios, CityWalk, and Islands of Adventure via water taxi. Hotels are also within walking distance of the parks.
Royal Pacific Resort Childcare
The Mariner's Club provides supervised children's activities for children ages 4-14. Cost is $15 per hour, per child and $15 per meal. Hours of operation are 5:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Sunday-Thursday. Open until midnight on Friday and Saturday. Children must be potty trained. Reservations at 407-503-1200.
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The power of touch is typically underestimated but it is really one of the most powerful senses of human beings. The skin is the largest and the most delicate organ of our body and the message which is transmitted to it by means of contacting acquires sent out to the mind which replies to tactile stimulation.
The total health as well as vigor of the body depends a large amount on the feeling of contact. Massage is essentially promoting the muscles of the body by scrubing the physique with gentle movements. Remedial massage is merely a step forward in that; it administers certain strategies for different health and wellness problems. As the word 'restorative' signifies, it is something which assists to heal or bring back health and wellness.
Remedial massage is therapeutic in quality as it suggests a deep cells style massage designed to attend to certain wellness concerns, injuries as well as muscle problems. According to massage specialists, all the parts of the body are interconnected as well as if one component is under duress it will certainly impact the entire body. For example, a person with consistent headaches will find that maybe the genuine reason depends on a knee injury.
Remedial massage psychotherapists are skillfully qualified to diagnose the problem and also treat it with the help of massage. The customer with the problem possibly asked to turn his head to allow the therapist to see how much the head muscles turn or if there is any tightness in the neck region which is responsible for the problem.
Psychotherapists using restorative massage are educated to ascertain the assortment and sort of movements the customer may have in specific muscle groups and address appropriately. The position of the customer is additionally monitored and different muscular tissue teams are palpitated to establish if there is any tightness or lack in them. Given that muscles function by contraction, minimized muscular tissue cells impair that movement and a restorative massage in this context assists tremendously as it gets the muscle relocating again.
In cases of injuries or fractures where the worried muscle is inactive for a long time, remedial massage is suggested to stretch and also influence those muscles to get them functioning once again. In this type of massage different trigger points are turned on. These trigger points are just small, intensely contracted areas of the muscular tissues and they are maneuvered to relax as well as stretch them. Trigger points could typically become a major source of discomfort as well as discharging them relieves the discomfort. These points likewise at times are only recommendation points for pain in some other area. As an example, the trigger point maybe in the shoulder however the pain is in the spine.
Remedial massage offers lots of conveniences and it is not a privilege but a need in cases of traumas as well as numerous pains as well as pains like arthritis, iced up shoulder, tennis elbow, the neck and throat or back pain, frustrations and so on. Healing massage as a free procedure has actually been found to be specifically beneficial to individuals experiencing joint inflammations and also for those with much less intensity of the health problem, restitutive massage by itself is really valuable.
Arthritis generally affects the joints as well as the bones. By utilizing restorative massage on the afflicted muscles the pain can be soothed to a huge level. The flow of the region boosts and the joints receive loosened up thereby reducing the pain. Remedial massage unwinds the muscular tissues and gives much more versatility to the joints. Arm or legs start moving a lot more freely as well as the pain starts ebbing away. A singular session suffices to present the distinction. This certain massage is likewise practical to those struggling with fluid retention as the massage assists to purge away the poisonous substances from the physique.
Problems, backaches may all be dealt with by restitutive massage as it enhances the blood circulation in the damaged region resulting in decreasing of discomfort and inflammation. When the physique is massaged and also massaged with rhythmical movements, the muscles chill out and also unwind and also a sensation of welfare pervades the body. As a result, anxiety degrees decrease and the tension immediately begins flowing out of the body. This sense of touch is all also powerful as it delivers a signal to the brain that we are being taken care of by one more individual, which leads to a sense of well-being.
Remedial massage is for that reason not only practical for our physical well being but is a most potent tool even for our emotional state.
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Ajudar os Deficientes, é algo que tem muito mérito, e ainda por cima, em Open Source, para ser mais acessível!
Teenage Honduran builds open source eye-tracking computer interface for the disabled
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This unique and worthwhile project was put together by a 17-year-old electronics and programming whiz from Honduras, of all places. The Eyeboard system is a low-tech eyeball-tracking device that allows users with motor disabilities to enter text into a computer using eye gestures instead of a physical interface. This kind of system is not unique - there's plenty of eye tracking interfaces out there - but Luis Cruz has figured out a way to build the full system into a set of glasses for less than US$300, putting easier communication within reach of users in developing countries. He's also releasing the software as open source to speed up development. Personally, I spent my year as a 17-year-old in a series of heroic failures trying to impress girls with my air guitar.
Do nosso amigo Jon Cantin, eis Jon, porreiro da vida, a divertir-se, fazendo duma placa de Madeira, um Dinossauro...
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