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Spicy tofu with ground pork
Americans may question this combination. Why put a meat-substitute with meat? Sadly, tofu gets a bad rap in the states as a health food. Yet high-quality tofu (or practically any tofu in Japan) can be absolutely delicious even raw with a dab of ginger and a little soy sauce dribbled over the top. This dish, mabodofu, brings together the soft freshness of tofu with the contrasting texture of ground meat and unites it all with a bit of spice, an absolutely wonderful combination. Make a whole meal out of it, by piling it on an oppulent bed of red-leaf lettuce and eating it with a bowl of steaming hot rice.
Mabodofu is originally Chinese. I have no idea if the Japanese completely changed the flavors when they adopted it into their repetoir. I've only had it in Japan. Whenever I've gone to the lunch place where I ate this dish the first time ever, filled with businessmen, cigarette smoke, and super delicious lunch sets, I hope this dish will be the daily special as it was then. I'm never in luck, though. Now the cigarette smoke and slightly out-of-the-way location keep me away, but I still remember that mabodofu.
Sometime last week, I picked up a top quality cake of momendofu, or firm tofu, at Nishiki market on my way home. The day before, I'd finally gotten a small jar of tobanjan, a Chinese spicy paste made from soy beans and a little reminiscent of miso paste. In my kitchen, it easily came together for a quick dinner which few people could regret for its nutritional value and delicious flavors. Read the rest of this entry »

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A landmark immigration bill survived a major challenge in the Senate on Thursday when its bipartisan "Gang of Eight" sponsors beat back an amendment that would have delayed a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal residents.
The proposal by Iowa Republican Charles Grassley would have prohibited a first step toward granting them legal status until the U.S. Department of Homeland Security "has maintained effective control" of the entire U.S.-Mexico border - 1,969 miles - for a period of six months.
Critics charged it could take years to achieve such a nebulous goal, undermining a centerpiece of the effort to overhaul the immigration system.
The Senate bill would allow those living in the United States illegally to apply for legal status within six months of enactment.
The vote on the Grassley amendment was the first test of unity and clout in the full Senate for the Gang of Eight - four Democrats and four Republicans - as they protected what they see as a pillar of their measure: a provision to quickly make undocumented immigrants legal residents.
Grassley said the defeat of his amendment, 57-43, broke a promise by President Barack Obama's Democrats to permit an "open debate." Democrats forced a vote after little discussion.
"This type of obstruction is the wrong way to start the amendment process," said Grassley, who argued his amendment would ensure there is "true border security before legalization and that's what the people of this country want."
Republicans in the House of Representatives touted a tough new law-and-order bill aimed at illegal immigrants. It was a sign that at least for now, the conservative wing of the party was driving the immigration debate in that chamber.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte called the legislation "game changing" with its provisions giving state and local police departments powers to apprehend undocumented people.
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"It's alarming that this bill would turn millions of undocumented immigrants into criminals overnight. It's not only terrible politics but its inhumane policy," said Representative John Conyers of Michigan, the senior Democrat on the committee.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, who shepherded the bill through his panel last month and is now charged with getting it through the full Senate, also attended. Following the meeting, Leahy predicted the measure would pass the Senate before July 4.
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Laurent Rivard scored a game-high 16 points to lead the Crimson past Cornell Friday night (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Laurent Rivard led the Crimson with 16 points and Kyle Casey added 13, as the No. 23 Harvard men's basketball team won its 24th straight game at home, defeating Cornell, 71-60, Friday afternoon at a sold out Lavietes Pavilion.
The Crimson, which has won seven straight games, ties its program record with a 5-0 start to Ivy League play (1980-81) and improves to 19-2 overall. Cornell slips to 7-12 and 2-3 in the Ancient Eight. Harvard is also tied for the best start in program history, matching the 1945-46 squad.
Keith Wright scored nine on 4-of-5 shooting and had a team-high seven boards, while Wesley Saunders contributed eight points. Harvard shot 18-of-44 overall (.409), including 6-of-20 (.300) from beyond the arc. The Crimson also went to the foul line 34 times, hitting 29 shots (.853). The Crimson held the Big Red to 20-of-53 shooting (.377) and outrebounded Cornell by a 34-30 margin.
Johnathan Gray led Cornell with 14 points.
Wright scored the Crimson's first five points of the game, as he converted a conventional 3-point play, as Harvard led early on, 5-2. After Cornell tied it, 7-7, Brandyn Curry drove the lane and finished with a layup putting Harvard back on top, 9-7. With 12:55 to play in the first, Christian Webster drilled a trey, making it 13-9 in favor of the Crimson. Casey increased Harvard's lead to 17-11 when he hit a layup after being fouled at 11:22 remaining.
With 10:17 left, Rivard stole the ball in the Cornell zone and dribbled down the floor with a bucket in the paint and the harm. He made the ensuing free throw giving the Crimson an eight-point lead, 21-13. Harvard continued to grow its lead, as Rivard drained a triple from the right side, 25-15. With 5:47 left, Rivard was fouled before he made another 3-pointer, giving Harvard a 12-point edge, 30-18.
With time winding down in the first half, Saunders banked a layup, giving Harvard a 38-24 lead at the break. Rivard led all scorers with 11 points at the half, shooting 3-of-5, including 2-of-4 from long distance. The Crimson made 10-of-22 field goals (.450) and hit 15-of-18 free throws (.833). Harvard held the Big Red to just 8-of-26 shooting (.310) and outrebounded Cornell, 18-14.
After Cornell cut the deficit to 41-31, Casey ended the run with a dunk through traffic, and Rivard added a layup on the fast break, putting Harvard back up by 14, 45-31. With 10:20 to go, Casey was fouled attempting a left-handed layup and made both, 49-33.
Casey added a triple with 9:19 left, giving the Crimson its largest lead to that point, 54-33. Less than a minute later, Steve Moundou-Missi converted a conventional 3-point play, making it 57-35. Webster buried a wide-open triple with six minutes left, keeping Harvard up by 20, 60-40.
Cornell got within, 15-, 62-47, but Rivard hit his third 3-pointer of the game to put the game out of reach, making it 69-50.
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Jimquisition: Let's End the FPS Sausage-fest
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I would like to know what's the point of adding female models in a FPS like call of duty though, you're not going to see any difference in the fast paced action.
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That's a look almost straight out of saints row
I really don't see why women are excluded from fps games
Id also like to break the all men are 6 foot meat bags
This week's Jimquisition (Through the eyes of a Podtoid fan):
00:20 - *round of applause because I never saw that coming*
00:21-05:15 - *takes Jim's words as gospel*
05:16 - try and figure out how confident Jim was to dress up for the occasion.
But seriously, hopefully the games industry'll pull it's head in.....at some point.....
Good episode, and fair points. I always said the same thing when people say that woman can't be in games, because you have to make them weaker or smaller or some nonsense.
That said, Jim I have to know: are they real? :)
That's why I enjoyed Saints Row 2 so much. In FPSs it doesn't really matter as much. I'll have to ask my wife if she would appreciate that or even notice; she likes CoD but I've never heard her complain that it's all dick. I think that most people still think of open combat as being a more masculine area.
And as George Carlin would've pointed out; in FPSs they're all running around with weapons that are shaped like dicks, killing people with projectiles shaped like dicks, so they can drop bombs shaped like dicks.
I agree with the whole video - women aren't in as many FPSes as they should be. Valve has made a whole franchise (albeit with only 2 games in it if you don't count Still Alive), first person, with a female protagonist. Surely another company could do the same?
Also, there is ONE female character in the Modern Warfare franchise if I'm not mistaken. She's the soldier you have to rescue from the downed helicopter on the Shock and Awe level of Call of Duty 4. Seriously, that's the only role females have? To be rescued? It's as if Infinity Ward though 'I know what we can do! Show that women are defenceless when not making sandwiches!' or something. That game had a huge budget...so where were all the ladies?!
My original draft of the video addressed this a lot more but I toned down the realism argument, but to address it here, although women aren't officially considered for infantry and other roles (though new roles are opening up all the time), that hasn't stopped women being engaged in combat, or dying just as readily as men. Especially in the case of games like MW3 and BO2, where wars are being fought on US soil, it is logical to surmise that women would be most likely called upon to defend territory.
In a recent suit filed to ask for more opportunities for women, it's also been argued that women, while not "assigned" to combat units, have been "attached" to them, something the suit argues contains "no practical difference."
So yeah, opportunities for women in the US military are definitely more limited, but there is enough precedent to realistically portray them fighting in online multiplayer modes.
Mass Effect 3's multiplayer is chock full of female and male avatars of varying shapes and sizes. So yeah, that along with all the other examples brought up really shines a light on this not being an issue of "balance," or "cost," or even "misogyny," but just flat-out laziness.
The "female character is smaller" did actually happen in Rainbow Six Vegas, where a male character stuck very slightly out of cover sometimes and a female character didn't.
I don't think that other games have had the same thing though. In Halo 3 for instance it just changed your voice set. Reach you were slightly thinner but there was no change in hitbox.
There is nothing stopping the classes themselves being bound by gender, though. Any one of TF2's classes could have been a woman by default, hence keeping the model distinctive.
You forgot Halo! Look at the difference between Spartans!
Jim, I will pay you ALL of the money to never dress like a lady again.
ALL of it.
The problem with that argument is the Mass Effect 3 is not competitive, when AI shoot at you, they're bound to hit about every single bullet. (Auto aim). Females and Males don't matter at all, in a precision human vs. human based shooter like Call of Duty, it would.
The best argument at all is for something like Halo: Reach or even Lost Planet 2. Hell, I remember that Aliens vs. Predator had a female marine option available to those who earned it.
This is still easily solved, have some of the classes in the game be always female, giving you more sillouhettes. You can also have the female sillouhette be almost identical to the male one.
Your second doubt is just not true, plenty of female opponents in games are the most dangerous. (Mass Effect 3 with the Phantoms and Banshees) Besides enemies in FPS games wear lots of clothes and are fought at a distance and as Jim said, he rarely recognized when he killed a man or a woman.
The Class/Silhouette design mechanics really only work in cartoonish graphics though. Every class in a modern shooter is still shaped like a human covered in body armor. I doubt "slightly wider hips" or "slightly pronounced chest" (body armor is going to cover most of those things) are going to THROW EVERYONE OFF THE RAILS as much as you think.
And really? Having a female model would trick people into thinking they're non-hostile?
I......I..I don't even have a response to that. I really don't. At all.
The thing about BlackLight is that the characters look distinctly gender neutral to begin with... well actually, they out and out don't look human. You could easily mistake them for an alien force or something. All their equipment is hightech and blocky. They're large moving shapes that at best have maybe the basic silhouette of males and females.
If you were going about it for a modern military shooter, it would require a completely different set of animations. The female skeletal structure is very different from the male. Especially in the pelvis. Think about it, that means that pretty much every movement is going to have to be animated twice in subtly but noticeably different fashions to make it seem legit.
Should they start doing this? Hell yea.
I'm just pointing out it really isn't as easy as just scaling hitboxes and using the sculpt tools to flesh out the curves when you're making characters that are true to form.
As a sidenote. If we're talking about the multiplayer. I don't really think of them as male characters, or characters at all for that matter. They're a floating pair of arms as far as I'm concerned.
Is this supposed to be a bad thing? I kind of like it. The armor is made for duty, not looks. It would have been hilarious if female spartans lacked waste armor to show off their stomach because.....female
The arguments people use to justify not having female characters in games are so flimsy, and none of them really have anything to do with women specifically. All the arguments they use could be used to make an all-female filled game.
Actually, that would be really interesting to see. Unless it's something like DoA. I mean a game like an FPS (something typically male and "gritty" or "badass") except everyone is a woman, and not sexualised. Maybe there could be some plot about some future virus that latches on to the Y chromosome and completely debilitates the carrier, thus forcing females to fill all roles of society. The plot could be focused around trying to find a cure. That could be really interesting.
Oh and Jim, you look so sexy. Just like in my dream last night.
This is because that's apparently how we, men, want women to look like.
We need more than women in games we need some cool female lead characters. real female characters not caricatures. Although i see no reason why there aren't female characters in MP FPS games.
I do feel that more games could give this option oh so easily... Certain games even have female models already, but for some reason dont use them! I think what some may be forgetting is that we're not looking for a vastly diferent model here. Just some slightly feminine features in the same combat gear with a female voice to add to the immersion. It's pretty damn simple (how much does it cost to have a voice actor go "urgh", "aaaah", "medic!" and "grenade" anyway?).
So why not stick the female model in the multi-player part of the game? It's already there, is what your saying! No excuse!
Is it ever mentioned which God we are thanking for Jim? I can't seem to recall him ever specifying, so no why can't it be female! Thank God for Jim ^^
I'm 6 foot =D.
Good luck convincing anyone to fund that. This is the biggest problem really. FPS games cost alot of money. and if i'm going to invest 10-50 mn USD you better convince me that this game will not turn off or piss off the core demographic of FPS gamers, angry 15-30 year old virgin males.
I know the game was old, but I remember there were female soldiers in the COD 2 single player missions in Russia. That was definitely a historical fact I thought was well enough included into the game.
Those defenses against female characters are absolute bullshit, and you and I both know it. The people that spew those defenses (that it costs more to make female and female characters, and that it's imbalanced), are hiding behind those absolutely shitty excuse when, in reality, this is the reasoning for most of them.
They don't want to shoot women. They don't want to see women die. They don't want to line up a woman in their sights, and pull the trigger. I sure as hell don't in a serious game, in a cartoony and lighthearted game maybe, but not a serious one, that's for sure. And that's okay. It just doesn't sit right with me. So?
It's a shock value for most. Sort of like the knifing system in BF3, where you saw your hand pull a man in his early 20's over, and he looked at you, almost with a helpless stare, as you jammed a blade into his chest/throat.
That system irked the fuck out of me. Every time.
Now imagine playing a game like BF3, and pulling that same move against a female character. Early 20s. Mildly attractive. If done right, not really wishing to do harm to the world, more that they have to. It will make some lose sleep. It'll give me nightmares, that's for sure.
Once again, shock value. It's why realistic* shooters don't have women in multiplayer. People haven't opened up to the idea of that yet.
But I go on 4chan. I can tell you something, and I know it better than most. No matter how shocking something is, no matter how it irks you, you can always be desensitized to it, to the point where, you really don't give it a second glance.
I never thought I could get over the knifing in BF3. I did. Eventually. Alot of people don't think they can get over shooting female avatars in a realistic game that portrays itself seriously. They can. Eventually.
The problem is, the first game to implement it will lose alot of sales, simply because people don't want to be phased by it. Of course, there's always a loophole.
Oh, and to all you people actually trying to argue about balance issues with male vs female characters.
S4 league. Female and male characters. Lighthearted game. Shooter.
Doesn't necessarily have to be an FPS, just a game where the female characters are portrayed as being strong and capable, and not being objectified or being nothing but eye-candy.
I can dig no female characters in CoD since the SAS, Navy SEALS and Delta Force at least do not allow women in its ranks. It would have made sense to include them in the stuff thats happening on US soil since at that point if you can point and shoot, you're probably getting sent somewhere to do it.
Howeve the knowledge that Vasquez was not one of the pre-order multiplayer skins, or that female skins are not in Colonial Marines, is a fucking crock of the highest order. Vasquez was one the biggest badasses ever, had some of the best lines and to me was pretty interesting. Fuck I'd have dropped Apone and kept Drake AND Vasquez
Not cool Gearbox.
I know this thread is specifically about FPS, and potentially multiplayer as it has been brought up a bit, but I have a confession.
I am a male who will at any opportunity roll female in any video game. My mind kind of tells me that since I'm entering a fictional world where I have the power to change things and am completely different from my real persona, I gravitate to female as I know what it's like and am comfortable with male.
I rolled femshep through 3 epic journeys, a girl named Talora survived Demon's and Dark Souls, there's a craaaaazy woman who blew up more than one Saint's Row city, there's a female lvl 72 Blood Elf lost in Blizzard's servers...I think I've made my point.
I hate to say this, but judging by the marketing and overall tone of the "real-war" FPS games, they seem to be catering to dudes, men, guys. There's no reason why there couldn't be female character options, but I really don't imagine a massive demand for it, lest there be a petition sizable enough that the wargame devs would comply.
Really though, outside of the wargame FPS sausagefest, there is a plethora of options for a female to experience a fantasy world as her gender. Publishers and Developers aren't completely pants on head retarded yet, they do market research and focus group testing and I get the impression that this sausagefest is no coincidence.
I don't get why you would feel worse about killing a female in a game than a male. Maybe I'm just uncommonly detached when it comes to videogames? I'm never bothered regardless of gender, race or age (old lady, DIE!!!). I don't understand why some consider certain people of higher value than other based on trivial things such as age.
Am I as cold in real life? No, I struggle giving one of two friends a slightly smaller piece of cake than the other! It doesn't matter which gender they are though, or where they are from. If they are good people I value them equally.
In a game there are no consequences of shooting the other one, regardless of their gender, age or race. I'll gladly blow their brains out if it means extra points. It's so detached from real life that I don't even think twice about it. I would certainly like the option of a customizable character including race and gender, but it wouldn't affect how I acted towards other players any!
I must agree, quite striking really, its the big curly hair that does it.
Really good point well made.
For shame, it wasn't that bad... Watch some Eddie Izzard, sir, you'll get over it.
Oh, tangentially related, did you know that Playboy has put men on the cover occasionally in the past decade? Granted, they have not been posed in a sexual way, more like a role model, but still. Progressive thinking wins!
Funny, how BLACK OPS II of all games seems to try to change that, at least for the singleplayer portion, in MMS (Modern Military Shooter), by giving you support-characters, which are women. One we can even "see" in the clip Jim showed - the pilot of the jet we see there is female.
And in other FPS-subgenres, we already have female characters (Zoey, Rochelle and Chell from Valve, even Chell is slightly a strech due never really 'shooting' - Samus in the Metroid Prime games - the mentioned Killzone 1 even), so it most the MMS, which are dropping the ball on this.
However, I can sort of understand the cost-issue. While a new model might not cost as much, espically if you put them into tons of gear and already have a buckload of playermodels in the MP, a VOICE-ACTOR is needed at times aswell. Depending on how chatty the player-characters are in the respective situations, that might cost more than the new model. That was even one of the reasons, why Tripwire, for a long time, didn't add a female playermodel to Killing Floor, despite having like 30 playermodels to pick from (but only two voices in total) - in the end, their EUROPEAN RETAIL-PARTNER created that female model (and paid all costs related to it) in the end. While already avaible for people buying the boxed Gold-Edition for about 3 months, everyone else can get her next week, August 1st - it's a bit complex, why other people have to wait for it, check the KF-Forum (with 5$, it's for a single model quiet a lot, but 1$ of each purchase will go to charity and... well, it's the only female model so far, most people will buy it for that price - I know I will.)
Christ, that was longer than I expected. So, I guess I end this now - finding some brain-bleach to get the pic of Jim in women-clothes out of my head. FAST.
Well from what I know from religion God (with an uppercase), usually refers to the male Christian god, occasionally known as YHWH or Yahweh. While god (with a lower case) usually means gods like Zeus, Aprhodite or Artemis.
That is a surprisingly convincing drag O.o
Look at this guy. Look at his eyes. He's almost like a puppy.
Now imagine if that guy was replaced with a in game version of this: http://i.usatoday.net/news/_photos/2011/04/24/women-soldiers-afghanistan-0I3D7RJ-x-large.jpg
I bet you couldn't knife that, could you?
That's why alot of people don't want female characters in grungy, realistic FPS multiplayer.
It's alittle more serious than this:
Militant Feminist... now there is a strange term, is that a feminist who is in the military or one that enforces gender equality with a gun and doesn't take shit from anyone?
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� DEVELOPMENTALLY IMPAIRED-LAWSUIT � A class action lawsuit has been filed against Gov. Paul LePage and his administration for allegedly failing to provide group-home care and other services to nearly 200 intellectually and developmentally impaired adults.
� SECRETARIES CONFERENCE � Secretary of State Matt Dunlap says Portland has been chosen as the host site for the 2015 summer meeting of the National Association of Secretaries of State.
� DEP-OIL SURCHARGE � The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has ended an extra surcharge on gasoline and other petroleum products, saving consumers an estimated $5.5 million this year.
� PORTLAND HOMELESS � The city of Portland will count the number of its homeless residents. With the help of local, state and federal partners, Maine's largest city will be searched Wednesday evening to determine how many men, women and children are homeless.


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Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
Chapter 8 Sodium and Potassium
On average, the higher an individual's salt (sodium chloride) intake, the higher an individual's blood pressure. Nearly all Americans consume substantially more salt than they need. Decreasing salt intake is advisable to reduce the risk of elevated blood pressure. Keeping blood pressure in the normal range reduces an individual's risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, and kidney disease. Many American adults will develop hypertension (high blood pressure) during their lifetime. Lifestyle changes can prevent or delay the onset of high blood pressure and can lower elevated blood pressure. These changes include reducing salt intake, increasing potassium intake, losing excess body weight, increasing physical activity, and eating an overall healthful diet.
Salt is sodium chloride. Food labels list sodium rather than salt content. When reading a Nutrition Facts Panel on a food product, look for the sodium content. Foods that are low in sodium (less than 140 mg or 5 percent of the Daily Value [DV]) are low in salt.
Common sources of sodium found in the food supply are provided in figure 4. On average, the natural salt content of food accounts for only about 10 percent of total intake, while discretionary salt use (i.e., salt added at the table or while cooking) provides another 5 to 10 percent of total intake. Approximately 75 percent is derived from salt added by manufacturers. In addition, foods served by food establishments may be high in sodium. It is important to read the food label and determine the sodium content of food, which can vary by several hundreds of milligrams in similar foods. For example, the sodium content in regular tomato soup may be 700 mg per cup in one brand and 1,100 mg per cup in another brand. Reading labels, comparing sodium contents of foods, and purchasing the lower sodium brand may be one strategy to lower total sodium intake (see table 15 for examples of these foods).
An individual's preference for salt is not fixed. After consuming foods lower in salt for a period of time, taste for salt tends to decrease. Use of other flavorings may satisfy an individual's taste. While salt substitutes containing potassium chloride may be useful for some individuals, they can be harmful to people with certain medical conditions. These individuals should consult a healthcare provider before trying salt substitutes.
Discretionary salt use is fairly stable, even when foods offered are lower in sodium than typical foods consumed. When consumers are offered a lower sodium product, they typically do not add table salt to compensate for the lower sodium content, even when available. Therefore, any program for reducing the salt consumption of a population should concentrate primarily on reducing the salt used during food processing and on changes in food selection (e.g., more fresh, less-processed items, less sodium-dense foods) and preparation.
Reducing salt intake is one of several ways that people may lower their blood pressure. The relationship between salt intake and blood pressure is direct and progressive without an apparent threshold. On average, the higher a person's salt intake, the higher the blood pressure. Reducing blood pressure, ideally to the normal range, reduces the risk of stroke, heart disease, heart failure, and kidney disease.
Another dietary measure to lower blood pressure is to consume a diet rich in potassium. A potassium-rich diet also blunts the effects of salt on blood pressure, may reduce the risk of developing kidney stones, and possibly decrease bone loss with age. The recommended intake of potassium for adolescents and adults is 4,700 mg/day. Recommended intakes for potassium for children 1 to 3 years of age is 3,000 mg/day, 4 to 8 years of age is 3,800 mg/day, and 9 to 13 years of age is 4,500 mg/day. Potassium should come from food sources. Fruits and vegetables, which are rich in potassium with its bicarbonate precursors, favorably affect acid-base metabolism, which may reduce risk of kidney stones and bone loss. Potassium-rich fruits and vegetables include leafy green vegetables, fruit from vines, and root vegetables. Meat, milk, and cereal products also contain potassium, but may not have the same effect on acid-base metabolism. Dietary sources of potassium are listed in table 5 and appendix B-1.
Considerations for Specific Population Groups
Individuals With Hypertension, Blacks, and Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Some individuals tend to be more salt sensitive than others, including people with hypertension, blacks, and middle-aged and older adults. Because blacks commonly have a relatively low intake of potassium and a high prevalence of elevated blood pressure and salt sensitivity, this population subgroup may especially benefit from an increased dietary intake of potassium. Dietary potassium can lower blood pressure and blunt the effects of salt on blood pressure in some individuals. While salt substitutes containing potassium chloride may be useful for some individuals, they can be harmful to people with certain medical conditions. These individuals should consult a healthcare provider before using salt substitutes.
FIGURE 4. The relative amounts of dietary sodium in the American diet. a
a Source: Mattes RD, Donnelly D. Relative contributions of dietary sodium sources. J Am Coll Nutr. 1991 Aug;10(4):383-93.
TABLE 15. Range of Sodium Content for Selected Foods
The ranges of sodium content for selected foods available in the retail market. This table is provided to exemplify the importance of reading the food label to determine the sodium content of food, which can vary by several hundreds of milligrams in similar foods.
a All snack foods are regular flavor, salted.
Source: Agricultural Research Service Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 17 and recent manufacturers label data from retail market surveys. Serving sizes were standardized to be comparable among brands within a food. Pizza and bread slices vary in size and weight across brands.
Note: None of the examples provided were labeled low-sodium products.
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The complaints over Dan Monson's tenure at Minnesota were numerous and included this: Players that appeared to have talent seldom showed improvement and occasionally went backward.
We are now in the third season with the costly and much praised Tubby Smith in charge, and it's sad to report the roster has taken on a Monson-like quality.
Last winter, the Gophers played the two large freshmen, Ralph Sampson III and Colton Iverson, side-by-side and to good effect for stretches. The expectation was that two tall, raw rookies would show major improvement as sophomores. That hasn't been the case -- with Sampson's play remaining erratic and Iverson undergoing a mysterious decline.
Sampson played 22 1/2 minutes and averaged 4.4 rebounds and 5.9 points in the Big Ten a year ago. Halfway through this conference schedule, his per-game minutes have increased by five, his rebounds by one and his points by 1.7.
His pattern has been to be a force for a stretch, and then to disappear for crucial minutes (as against Michigan State in late January).
Iverson played 17 1/2 minutes and averaged 3.2 rebounds and 4.3 points in the Big Ten a year ago. He's lost two minutes per game, his rebounds are the same, and he's averaging a minuscule 1.9 points.
The young man from Yankton, S.D., was in need of scoring moves around the basket as a freshman, and that's still the case after several more months of working with Tubby's staff.
Two other players that Smith brought in for the 2008-09 season were junior college transfers Devron Bostick and Paul Carter. Bostick was the national junior college player of the year and advertised as a guard with an all-around game. Carter was a lean athlete alleged to have a tremendous upside.
Bostick was a bust even before his six-game suspension for an undisclosed misdeed earlier this winter.
Carter played with a team that toured China last summer and was said to be all the rage. And then he returned for his junior season and has been the same player: an occasional leap that draws a yelp from the home crowd, but rarely a factor in deciding a game.
That was 80 percent of Smith's allegedly strong recruiting group for 2008: Sampson, Iverson, Bostick and Carter. They either have stayed about the same, washed out or backslid.
The fifth recruit in what was Tubby's first real class was Devoe Joseph. With Al Nolen Jr. flunked out, Devoe's the starting point guard and showing signs of progress as a sophomore.
This wasn't exactly the forecast in the fall of 2008: that one of the five new faces would be on the rise by the closing weeks of a second Big Ten season.
And that bunch has turned out to be a dramatic success compared to Tubby's signees for 2009: freshmen Royce White, Rodney Williams and Justin Cobbs and junior college transfer Trevor Mbakwe.
White and the Gophers officially split ways Wednesday. This left his statistics in a five-month association with Smith's program as five misdemeanors (three pending adjudication), two retire- ments and zero minutes played.
Finding another school could be an option for White. He's a veteran of only one transfer -- booted from DeLaSalle and winding up at Hopkins High School -- and might want to consult with Mbakwe, an expert on the subject.
Since March 2006, Mbakwe has played at two high schools (Henry Sibley, St. Bernard's) and two colleges (Marquette, Miami Dade), and now he's waiting for an assault case in Miami to be resolved in order to play for the Gophers next season.
The other freshmen, Williams and Cobbs, have been younger versions of Carter and Bostick to this point -- a leaper in Williams and a guard better suited to the Horizon League in Cobbs.
One more item: Smith is now being offered the loss of Nolen as the latest excuse for what's so far a flop of a season. In reality, Nolen was a surprising asset as a freshman, and surprisingly unimproved two years later.
That has been a too familiar theme with Smith's 2009-10 roster. For close to $2 million annually, Tubby's employers have a right to see a level of improvement in the athletes that offers no reminders of Coach Monson.
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Failure of your heat and/or A/C in your Jeep Grand Cherokee is due to the failure of your blend door.
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First, you must determine which system on your vehicle needs to be fixed. There are three possibilities. Please note that it is possible that BOTH your blend door and re-circulation doors are broken. Be sure to check all of the instructions listed below.
- Single Zone Blend Door
- Re-Circulation Door
- Dual Zone Blend Door (Separate temperature control knobs for passenger and driver)
Single Zone Blend Door
The blend door failure is not as common on the Laredo as the Limited, although it will happen, it just takes longer. Single Zone refers to one A/C and heat control for the entire vehicle. If there are separate temperature controls for either side of the vehicle, then you have a Dual Control Blend Door and need to follow those instructions.
Click Here to See Jeep GC Installation Videos
Diagnosing the Single Zone Blend Door:
- You can physically check the operation of the blend doors by fully swinging out the glove box. There are two removable rubber stops at the top of the box opening and in early models, a dampener arm on the right side of the box (they took them out in later models, and I'd suggest that you do the same).
- With the glove box open, you can see the blend motor to the left of the opening. The motor should move when you change the temperature setting. However, failure to move does not indicate a bad motor. The computer will shut the motor down if it detects a system fault. Either way, you need to remove the motor and check the axle before any diagnosis is possible.
- The motor is held in place with two Phillips screws. Disconnect the wire, remove the motor and you will see a plastic axle that is connected to the blend doors. The axle should have a limit pin on the white plastic axle (like the comma on a "Q") The GC failure occurs because this pin breaks, transferring the force of the motor directly to the blend doors. When this happens, it's just a matter of time before the doors break. Check for a broken limit pin on the axle and check that you can turn it ~50 degrees of movement between the two stop points.
- Start the GC and turn on the AC. You should be able to manually switch between heat and AC by turning the axle with your fingers.
- If the motor is spinning and not stopping, or the blend doors are not switching between AC and heat, your blend doors are broken and the Heater Treater Blend Door Fix is the answer.
- If everything is working properly, the blend doors are not the problem. In that case, you'll want to check the re-circulation door below.
Re-Circulation Door
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The re-circulation controls whether external air is pulled into the fans or internal air is re-circulated. When the re-circ door fails, air enters through the external vent and blows straight out the internal intake. It's like having a window open all the time. The second most common fail is for the door to break off completely and fall to the bottom of the box, blocking the fan intake. When this happens, you will generally have greatly diminished air flow and the characteristics may change if you hit a big bump, randomly bouncing the broken door around.
- The simplest way to diagnose the problem is to turn the AC on with the fan blowing at the highest possible setting. On the outside of the car, check the air flow into the intake vent between the hood and windshield, between the windshield wipers. When the re-circ button is off, you should feel/hear air being pulled into the system. With the re-circ button on, there should be no air flow. If the system behaves the same with re-circ on or off, you most likely have a problem with the re-circ door.
- If the air flow test is inconclusive, you can also remove the glove box and see the re-circ box in the upper right hand part of the opening(use the picture as a reference). You can see inside the box with a flashlight and watch or feel for any door movement when turning the re-circ button on and off. The re-circ door should seal against the internal grate when on (don't get your finger caught by the door closing…it hurts).
- On the Limited model, you can also read the AC fail codes to check for failure. With the AC on, hold down the AC and Re-circ buttons simultaneously, and turn the drivers side temp control one click to the right. Fail codes should flash on the screen if there are any problems. If your AC codes read any combination of 19,20,51,52…this indicates that the re-circ door is broken.
- Note that the re-circ door can fail independently of the blend door. So make sure you still check your blend doors for failure.
Dual Zone Blend Door
Heater Treater's Dual Zone Blend Door fix is for Grand Cherokee Limited's with dual zone temperature controls. You can read the fail codes on the system by following this procedure:
- Turn the ignition switch on and turn on the AC system. You should see a temp display for the two sides.
- Simultaneously hold down the AC and re-circ buttons while turning the drivers side temp control knob one click to the right.
- This puts the system into diagnostic mode and you should see a zero for no codes or if there are problems, one or more of the following codes. The higher number code is an historic fail code and the smaller number a current fail code.
15, 47 – Left temperature door not responding
16, 48 – Right temperature door not responding
21, 53 – Left temperature door travel too small
22, 54 – Left temperature door travel too large
23, 55 – Right temperature door travel too small
24, 56 – Right temperature door travel too large
20, 52 – Re-circ door travel too large (check our re-circ door listing)
54 and 56 are the most common fail codes and indicate a broken blend door. The system may still be marginally functional, but it will totally break soon. If any of the codes are present, the Heater Treater is the solution.
We have three different kits for repairing the dual control.
1. Standard Heater Treater.
This kit is the least expensive and easiest to install. It converts the system from dual control to single control by connecting the blend doors together and operating from the driver's side temperature control knob. The passenger side still displays a temperature and will "adjust", it just doesn't do anything. The passenger will usually never know the difference. This kit is correct for either the single or dual control systems. Click Here for a video guide to diagnosing and installing the fix.
2. Heater Treater PRO.
This kit requires removal of the plenum box and generally customers use this if they have to remove the box to replace the heater core or AC evaporator core. It's basically just a duplicate of the OEM doors, only metal that won't break again like the plastic doors.
The Pro is for advanced technicians and involves the removal of the dashboard and steering column. It's only recommended if you already plan on replacing your heater box and your AC evaporator. You can replace your Re-Circ door as well.
The repair will take 4-5 hours and Mechanical skill ARE recommended.
Aluminum vs Steel air doors
We are the industry engineering experts on air doors and have been in business over ten years with multiple vehicle application. Early on we evaluated aluminum doors and found some obvious and not so obvious issues.
- Aluminum would appear to be lighter and less stressful on the actuator motor...not true. As we all learned in Kindergarten physics, if you have a fat guy sitting in the center of the see-saw, it doesn't have an impact. Rotational stress is a function of distance from the axis. Our doors are heavier, but the bulk of the weight is in the axle which has no impact on required torque. In fact, the added axle weight actually stabilizes movement.
- The actuator motors have waaaay more torque capacity than required for this application, and actually is the root cause of the common failures. We've been doing this across multiple models and have never seen an issue with motors wearing out or breaking with steel doors.
- Welding aluminum plate is problematic and we saw issues early on with doors breaking at the periphery of the weld pattern. Aluminum plate changes physical characteristics from the extreme heat associated with welding and becomes weaker at the weld point. This is why aluminum plate is riveted, not welded on airplanes. Welding is OK on aluminum structural components that can withstand the heat, but not plate.
- Aluminum is "springier" than plastic and can vibrate in the air flow producing a humming noise. It's generally not an issue or even annoying, but the resonant vibration can further weaken aluminum welds.
- Our steel plate is more rigid and gives a more reliable and consistent seal against the extents of movement.
We've seen comments that my plastic door lasted 10yrs or more and I"ll just replace it with another plastic door and get 10 more years of service. On the surface that sounds logical, but it's not quite true.
The failure is due to the weakness of the plastic door and the torque applied by the actuator motor during the calibration process which is an automatic function that can't be controlled. The original battery in the vehicle was the minimum that the supplier could provide and lowest cost. You never see a Ford advertisement that says "buy our vehicle because we use better batteries than Chevy". However, aftermarket battery sales companies want to provide a battery that will last longer and perform better since they have to stand behind their product. It's common to go from a 55CCA OEM battery to a 70CCA replacement. You'll notice brighter headlights, quicker starting, more start power on those cold days, and power windows that go up/down faster.
This impact also shows up on the torque applied during the HVAC calibration process and will break a new plastic door much faster than the original door. The calibration is a function of on/off cycles of the engine and depending on usage, expect a replacement door to last only 12-18 months. Even a metal connection on the replacement air door to the motor will fail because the plastic stop points on the box will break, transferring force to the plastic door again. Our metal doors replace all the plastic components with steel and the doors are strong enough to withstand any forces that the system applies and will be a permanent fix to the system.
If you are selling the vehicle and just want it to work long enough to get rid of it, cheap plastic is a viable solution. If you need longer term performance, steel doors are the way to go!!


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There is an art and a science to searching any database from library catalog, through periodical index on to a file on a World Wide Web server. Library catalogs and periodical indexes/databases usually follow particular standards and rules which make it possible to search particular fields within the record or full-text. This helps control the number of records returned and is quite specific and likely to be what is being sought.
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Call it Project Milo. Call it Milo & Kate. Call it, last we heard, canceled. You can also call Lionhead Studios' attempt to use the Xbox 360 Kinect sensor array to let players interact with a virtual boy a more ambitious effort than anything else we've seen using Microsoft's popular new tech.
But we've seen so little of it, making a new seven-minute video about the game all the more fascinating. Drama director John Dower, who worked on Milo for three years, spends most of this new video, which just popped up online, discussing how he directed the real actor whose motion-captured movements became Milo's. Through that description, we get more hints about what the game was (is?) going to be like.
We already knew that a storyline had been grafted upon the Milo tech. The boy had recently moved to America with his parents but was lonely and felt disconnected from his parents. He would conjure an imaginary friend — the player — and develop a bond that could be shaped by how you play games with him, how he interprets your tone of voice and the choices you make together.
I didn't know, though, that Milo would be attacked by deer and that he might, as it seems from the video, lash out at the player. I didn't know about a lot of the actions hinted in this video.
The last official showing of the Milo game was last summer. John Dower talks in this video of having worked on the game for three years and speaks of that work in the past tense.
What will become of Milo and his tech? Who knows. What might we miss? This video shows.


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 7, 2008
Quarter Note Press releases Get Better Sound, the Reference Set-up Manual that guarantees better sound from any home audio system.
New set-up manual enables audiophile music lovers to unlock sound previously unattained from their audio systems.
Atlanta, GA, October 7, 2008 Eight years after introducing his 31 Secrets to Better Soundreceived by over 15,000 audiophiles around the worldJim Smith has written a reference manual for setting up home audio systems. When he wrote 31 Secrets, Jims companyAvantgarde-USAwas the North American importer for Avantgarde Acoustic Hornspeakers.
During the period from January 2000 CES through January 2004 CES, Jims set-ups at shows garnered over seven Best Sound of Show audio press comments* for Avantgarde-USA, with many more similar mentions in smaller publications and message boards. The voicing techniques (and more) that Jim employed to win those Best Sound of Show awards are now available to audiophiles in Get Better Sound.
Jim Smith explains:
An unexpected discovery became the basic motivation for this set-up manual. The thing that became the driving force for me arose from the incredible number of systems that I heard in audiophiles homes in the past eight years. Not just with Avantgardes, but with a host of other high-end components.
In all of those visits to audiophilesto my great surpriseI never encountered one system that was performing anywhere near its potential. In fact, very few were performing at even half of the performance of which they were capable!
And yet, the common denominator among their owners was the question, What about upgrading to the XYZ component? It was clear that they thought that buying another amp, CD player, etc. was the path to audio nirvana.
But their priorities were misplaced. There was no need to spend another dime on components until they had gotten their system optimized to be able to play the room.
In instances where I was able to address the voicing issue for someone I visited, it took a relatively small amount of time (as compared to a large amount of money being spent on some new component) to get the system to an entirely new level.
Buying a new component without getting from it what you should be getting is about the same as throwing money out of the window. As a lifelong audiophile, Im in favor of upgrading components, but believe in doing it from a foundation of performance. So this manual is part of my mission to change all that for audiophiles everywhere!
Geoffrey Poor of Balanced Audio Technology (aka BAT) comments*:
Ive learned more from Jim than any other individual in my thirty-plus years in this business, which now includes having been a retailer, loudspeaker manufacturer (Dunlavy Audio Labs, 1992-1995), and, now, one of the three partners of Balanced Audio Technology (1995-the present).
Jim Smith is a professional who has the experience, knowledge, and intellect to make anyone's system sound its best. At last, he's put his knowledge into the form of a book that can be read and understood by anyone. You don't have to be a seasoned audiophile to appreciate this book. Indeed, it can help beginners and professionals alike.
About the author
Jim Smith managed a high-end audio shop in Virginia in the early-to-mid-70s, then worked for Audio Research Corporation and Magnepan until late 1979 when he opened Audition, an acclaimed high-end audio shop in Birmingham, AL.
After leaving the industry in 1993, he returned in late 1999 with his new audio distribution company Avantgarde-USA, which imported Avantgarde Acoustic, Audiopax, and Zanden.
In 2005, the exchange rate continued to shift unfavorably. Rather than continuing to introduce dramatic price increases on existing models, Jim ceased all import efforts. He founded MyUSP.biz, a firm that concentrates on assisting audio companies (manufacturers, distributors, and retailers) with improving their sales and marketing success.
Quarter Note Press is Jim's publishing company, which concentrates on providing useful and previously unavailable information to niche markets, such as high-end audio consumers. Get Better Sound is available exclusively from www.getbettersound.com.
For more information, contact Jim Smith at 770-777-2095, or firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit the Get Better Sound website www.getbettersound.com.
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A whistleblower salutes Manning
When President Barack Obama signed the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act on Nov. 27 of last year, actual whistleblowers were notably absent from the event. Traditionally, supporters are invited to witness the signing of legislation, so where were the whistleblowers? The sad truth is that the "Whistleblower Protection" statements issued by the Obama administration are more public relations than actual practice. Despite Obama's promise to create the most transparent government in U.S. history, the number of annual classifications continues to skyrocket and a record number of government whistleblowers have been charged under the Espionage Act.
Pfc. Bradley Manning, the 25-year-old soldier arrested in May 2010 for revealing documents via WikiLeaks, is a victim of this war on whistleblowers. I attended Bradley's December pretrial hearing at Fort Meade, Md., in which the defense sought accountability for the unlawful pretrial punishment Bradley endured at the Quantico Marine brig in Virginia. For nine months, Bradley was held isolated in a 6-by-8 cell, and allowed only 20 minutes of sunlight and exercise per day, in violation of Navy instructions and also, as Judge Denise Lind this week determined, in violation of military law.
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The U.N. Chief Rapporteur on Torture called these conditions "cruel, inhuman and degrading," and any reasonable person would see them as torture. Brig staff knew that their actions were under intense scrutiny from three-star Gen. George Flynn and the Pentagon, leaving no doubt that the command structure exercised undue influence over Quantico's "poor" decision making.
I would be more shocked by this egregious treatment of a U.S. soldier were it not for the malicious prosecution I experienced. Just before Sept. 11, I was hired by the National Security Agency as a senior change leader. However, when I disclosed how NSA officials perpetrated fraud with the multibillion-dollar Trailblazer program and exposed NSA as the White House executive agent for the illegal secret surveillance of U.S citizens with the Stellar Wind program (when a superior, legal and far cheaper alternative existed), the government came after me as an enemy of the state. I was subsequently targeted by the Justice Department in 2006 as part of a "leak" investigation. In November 2007, I was unceremoniously visited in a dawn raid by a dozen agents from the FBI and indicted in April 2010 by the Department of Justice.
Deplorably, the Obama administration has dropped whistleblower protections at the door for intelligence and national security issues. The words "national security" alone should not exempt any person or program from public scrutiny and questioning. But as I saw firsthand, the U.S. intelligence community today remains plagued with over-classification, the politics of personal ego among high-ranking officials and a willingness to trample on human rights and civil liberties for negligible benefit.


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History: An 11 year-old, spayed female Labrador retriever presents for polyuria and polydipsia. The owners report mild lethargy but the dog is otherwise doing well. Physical examination reveals body condition 4/9 but is otherwise within normal limits for a dog of this age. A complete blood count is within normal limits. The chemistry profile reveals total calcium 15.4 mg/dl (NR, 9.4-11.8), ionized calcium 1.7 mmol/L (NR, 1.12-1.40), creatinine 2.1 mg/dl (NR, 0.6-2.0), BUN 39 mg/dl (NR, 8-30). Urinalysis reveals dilute urine with a specific gravity of 1.008. Thoracic radiographs are taken (Figure 1) and an ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration is performed..
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Joseph Williams: Hunger Strike Games
Taking his game off the field and into the community, University of Virginia football player Joseph Williams went on a hunger strike to support a campaign for living wages by university service employees.
Williams was appalled to learn the university planned to spend millions on sports enhancements, like a domed practice field, when many university employees can't afford basics. He attributes his concern about social inequality partly to his family's experience of homelessness. When Williams was young, they moved more than 30 times, sometimes staying in shelters and church basements.
The only football player to join the student-led hunger strike, Williams sees the action as part of his role as an athlete. "Because of the 'pedestal' status we often receive," he said, "I think we can use that to serve our community." After completing his degree in political and social thought, Williams plans to work toward a master's in public policy.
A new wave of campus clothing that's made with a livable wage.
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Learn basic drumming technique with this tasty and creative introduction to the popular World Music Drumming curriculum. Students will experience calypso, rock, swing, Middle Eastern patterns and much more! Eight multicultural songs and ensembles reinforce the drumming patterns in a sequential, easy-to-teach approach. The 128-page Teacher Edition comes complete with score, reproducible student parts and lesson plans with objectives, teaching process and supplementary strategies. For added fun, a performance/accompaniment CD is included in the Classroom Kit to help learn the songs and percussion parts. Songs include: Go to the Carnival; Get It Together, Harambee!; Haida; Worry, Worry, Worry; Rock Out!; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands; Rock-a My Soul; Peanut Butter Jam. Grades 2-5.
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Watch Marcus LIVE on CNN with Anthony Bourdain and Roy Choi/
CNN series Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown will present a live, one-hour retrospective episode, Parts Unknown Last Bite, airing from Las Vegas this Sunday November 10 at 10pm ET, following the Season Two finale of the series, "Detroit."
Marcus will join Treme/The Wire start Wendell Pierce, author of "LA Son" and Kogi Truck chef/owner Roy Choi, comedian Bonnie McFarlane and CNN anchor Don Lemon from the historic Las Vegas locale Atomic Liquors (a former package store and café where patrons would watch nuclear test blasts from the roof).
Parts Unknown Last Bite will feature highlights from the past season and feature a lively debate among the guests on subjects such as food sustainability and guns in America - topics that were raised in various episodes of season two.
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Planact is a non-governmental development organisation, incorporated as a Section 21 company in 1995, whose aim is to bring about local development for the poor within an integrated framework. Originally formed as a voluntary association of professionals in 1985, Planact has evolved into a well-established non-profit organisation whose contributions to urban development processes are widely known and valued. To contribute to the achievement of the strategic development goals of poverty eradication and deepening democracy, Planact's work is directed towards promoting and supporting integrated human settlements and contributing to the local government transformation process and the development and strengthening of community-based organisations. These three focus areas form integrated components informing Planact's work programme, described in more detail below.
Planact's vision is that "all people in vulnerable situations live in habitable environments of their choice and are able to express and advance their interests freely".


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Payton, Lo Duca willing to accept minor-league assignments if necessary
TUCSON — A month ago, outfielder Jay Payton and catcher Paul Lo Duca arrived in camp as insurance. That hasn't changed, but they have turned heads with their solid play. Payton and Lo Duca both said they would be willing to go to Triple-A. They don't have escape clauses in their contracts, so it's basically accept the assignment or face retirement.
However, I firmly believe the Rockies would do right by them if another team expressed interest in a trade or waiver claim.
"I would go down to Colorado Springs. I think I have shown I can still play and that I can help somebody," said Payton, who made a diving catch in center field earlier this week.
Payton could be an interesting piece for a team looking for reserve help. In years' past, he would have been a perfect fit for the Rockies, but they have the deepest bench in baseball. Payton can play all three outfield spots, and profiles as a decent pinch-hitter against left-handers. Lo Duca has shown he can still catch after essentially sitting out last season. Problem is there haven't been many opportunities in this camp as the Rockies are working in both Chris Iannetta and Miguel Olivo.
In Triple-A, Lo Duca would have to play some first base since there would be three catchers in Colorado Springs, with Lo Duca joining prospect Mike McKenry and solid veteran Paul Phillips.
Found out this out: Iannetta has been re-lacing gloves since he was 9. He was fixing infielder Chris Nelson's glove this morning. … Aaron Cook played DJ this morning in the clubhouse, rocking upbeat pop hits. … Jeff Francis will face Cleveland's Jake Westbrook Friday in Goodyear. … Today's pitching against the Reds: Ubaldo Jimenez, Matt Belisle, Matt Daley, Juan Rincon, Justin Speier and Franklin Morales. … Closer Huston Street, out with shoulder inflammation, is scheduled to play catch tomorrow for the first time in 11 days. … The Kansas City Star is reporting that Scott Elarton has signed a minor-league deal with the White Sox. Elarton, a legend from Lamar High School, is one of the all-time good guys. I am pulling for him to make it back to the big leagues.


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Kalendarz Historyczny Polski (Kwiecień)
April 1st – Death of Zygmunt I (King), 2nd – Death of Andrzej Leszczynski (Archbishop of Gniezno).
Hmmm, the month starts ominously. This jester likes that on the 20th- Krakow Cathedral (Church Blessing/Consecration, at founding?). A Good Day Indeed!


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April 14, 2008: Ninety-six years ago this evening, the temperature in the North Atlantic had just dropped below freezing while the RMS Titanic steamed toward America at 22 knots, racing through the calm cold water, heedless of iceberg warnings.
The Arctic, today.
The captain and crew knew far less about ice and Arctic conditions than we do today. If they had, could this tragedy have been averted?
So many factors contributed to the tragedy: the temptation to set a transatlantic crossing record in calm seas, the lack of binoculars in the crow's nest, the radio room's focus on sending passenger messages, the Captain's preoccupation with running out of coal, the unusual conditions in the North Atlantic and the lack of sunspots – the list of factors goes on and on.
But perhaps the most significant was the news article labeling the RMS Titanic an unsinkable ship.
If the improbable is called impossible, it becomes inevitable!
This video features photography of the ship, news coverage of the tragedy,
And there are other factors – after impact, sinking might have been avoided and more passenger could have been saved – but the poor decision-making continued. This is a story with many lessons to be learned.
On Monday night, April 14, Museum visitors can experience the Arctic today and the Titanic's fate a century ago.
Chris Linder, researcher and photographer
Chris Linder, researcher and photographer from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has spent the last year near the Poles and will take you on his Arctic and Antarctic adventures. His images of research expeditions during the International Polar Year will show what we now know about the Poles and how we are learning more.
His story will highlight Arctic changes and their potential effects on global climate change and our ability to avoid the "icebergs" currently in our path. After his presentation, you will experience the Night of the Titanic in immersive full-dome video.
Please join us for this very exciting and thoughtful evening.
Consider it a date with destiny!


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Jacana Bay is a secure housing estate comprising of 48 generously planned stands of varying sizes. (650m2 -1400m2). The estate is located on the south-eastern banks of Hartbeespoort Dam, near Meerhof Village. Each stand has a gentle north-facing slope and magnificent views of the dam as well as the Magaliesberg mountains beyond. The Site Development Plan (SDP) is based on ecological design principles and endeavours to create an active natural ecosystem including water collection, lakes, bird-life, and indigenous and water-wise vegetation. It also includes 24-hr monitored security, a perimeter electrical fence, access control and rotating guards. Furthermore a Netcare 911 regional station is located less than 2km from the development. The suburb of Meerhof is located on the South-eastern banks of the Hartbeespoortdam and properties therefore predominantly have views towards the North, West and North-west which ensures beautiful views of the sunset, Magalies Mountain and Hartbeespoortdam. The suburb is located next to the well-known Jasmyn Country Market which is extremely popular for the fresh produce sold, its beautiful gardens and restaurant. Not only is Hartbeespoort close to both Johannesburg and Pretoria, which makes it either an ideally located get away destination or a home away from the city. The suburb of Meerhof also is close to schools and shopping centers in the area, heritage sites, the Cable car ride up the mountain, hot air balloon rides, fishing resorts and animal sanctuaries.
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University of Houston Law Center alumni Maria-Vittoria "Giugi" Carminati '08 discusses the rapidly evolving field of space law in the wake of the space industry commercialization in an American Bar Association Journal article. The feature appears in the publication's February 2013 Issue.
Carminati is an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges. She is the co-author of The Laws of Spaceflight: A Guidebook for New Space Lawyers. In addition, she is a member of both the Aerospace and Defense Industries Committee of the ABA Section of International Law as well as the International Arbitration Committee of the ABA Section of International Law.
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