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You buy insurance to protect yourself against liability or loss that you could never afford on our own. But how do you ensure you are getting the right type of insurance or that it's worth the cost? With all the policies on the market, it can be hard to know what you need and what you can do without.
Here are some suggestions for determining which insurance policies to purchase.
- Pet insurance. Instead of buying pet insurance, set aside money each month for pet care. With most plans, premiums rise and coverage declines as your pet ages. There are also several pre-existing and genetic condition clauses that eliminate a variety of surgeries.
- Wedding insurance. Skip it. Instead, ask your credit card company what they cover—you may be protected by using your credit card for catering and photography deposits
- Identify theft insurance. Having your identity stolen is a nightmare, but in most cases you won't have to pay for it. Federal consumer protection laws will cover you.
- Flight insurance. Purchasing flight Insurance is like buying a life insurance policy for just one particular flight. You're better off just buying a life insurance policy and skipping the flight insurance.
- Extended Warranty Insurance. Unless the product is new to the market, you probably don't need an extended warranty. Most products come with a manufacturer warranty and credit cards may offer additional protection.
- Traveler's insurance. This can get messy. If you cancel a trip due to a health problem, you may have to prove it wasn't due to a pre-existing condition. Plus, your credit card company may cover travel expenses charged to your card.
- Auto insurance. The law requires it. At the very least, you need liability with property damage coverage.
- Medical insurance. This is a must even if you can only afford catastrophic coverage.
- Renter's insurance. If you're a renter, be sure to purchase this—it's typically very inexpensive and it covers theft, loss from a fire, and it may even cover items stolen or lost outside the home.
- Life insurance. This is necessary, especially for parents. Meet with a licensed agent to find the policy that fits your family's needs.
Final Tip: When it comes to insurance, the top consumer complaint is delays in claim handling, followed by denial of claims and unsatisfactory settlements. If you would like to file a formal complaint, visit the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Link to https://eapps.naic.org/cis/


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Executive Summary – College of Public Affairs and Administration
**The below information is from the 2006-2016 UIS Strategic Plan. For information on the current 2018-2028 Strategic Compass, visit https://www.uis.edu/strategiccompass/ **
The College of Public Affairs & Administration is dedicated to the belief that effective public affairs education, significant public affairs scholarship and active service to the community will improve government and public policy in Illinois, the nation and our wider global community. We have a long history of interdisciplinary public affairs education, scholarship and public service. Departments in the College meet the needs of a wide range of students from their first semester of undergraduate education through their doctorate. We offer opportunities to faculty and students that simply cannot be found elsewhere in Illinois.
Our faculty members are engaged with their practitioner colleagues in government and support agencies. Our proximity to the State Capital, the headquarters of state agencies and associations and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library offers our students, staff and faculty educational and co-curricular opportunities designed to encourage life-long civic engagement and a dedication to public service. A significant number of political and public policy leaders in Illinois have been our students, teach as adjunct faculty, work with our faculty and seek our expertise on public affairs issues.
The College of Public Affairs & Administration is at the forefront of the UIS mission to provide an intellectually rich, collaborative and intimate learning environment for students, faculty and staff, while serving local, regional, state, national and international communities. Our College faculty and staff hope to provide an integrated package of curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular initiatives that will guide our students to develop a strong sense of civic engagement, a commitment to social responsibility and an understanding of democratic values.
Vision Statement
Within five years, the College of Public Affairs & Administration will be a place where:
- Graduate and undergraduate students select our programs because we give them a unique opportunity to learn in the classroom and in the halls of government from innovative teachers who care about student success and well-being,
- Our faculty members are recognized nationally as innovative teachers who foster student engagement through active learning,
- Our College is recognized nationally as a leader in an interconnected college of public affairs that blends disciplinary expertise with the flexibility of interdisciplinary curricula,
- Faculty members are recognized nationally for their leading-edge scholarship,
- State and regional public policy makers seek assistance from our faculty, staff and students because our high quality research and service anticipate and respond to emerging public policy needs and advance public discourse on major public affairs issues,
- Distinguished national and international scholars and practitioners come to our College to share their expertise in the classroom and in projects with students and faculty and
- Our graduates become active and engaged members of our alumni community.
Mission Statement
The College of Public Affairs & Administration is a leader in public affairs engaged in excellent teaching, leading-edge scholarship and public service to advance public discourse, improve government and enhance public policy in Illinois, the nation and our wider global community.
Statement of Strategic Intent
The College of Public Affairs & Administration will be central to the efforts of UIS to achieve the goal of being recognized as one of the top five small public liberal arts universities in the US. Our pursuit of excellence in teaching and scholarship will advance the overall reputation of the University. Since its inception, the College of Public Affairs & Administration has been dedicated to providing a broad liberal arts foundation for graduate and undergraduate students seeking an excellent public affairs education. The faculty, staff and students of the College of Public Affairs & Administration will make a unique positive contribution to our community through the application of expertise to significant issues of public policy and by nurturing the desire for civic engagement to achieve positive social change from the local to the global levels.
Our Strategic Initiatives
Strategic Initiative #1- Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Public Affairs:
The primary goal of the College of Public Affairs & Administration is to maximize student learning through excellence in teaching. Excellence in teaching in public affairs disciplines involves the integration of traditional scholarly approaches with an appreciation for the practitioners' needs for professional development. The College will strive to recruit, enroll, retain and graduate a larger number of high quality graduate and undergraduate students.
Strategic Initiative #2- Excellence in the Scholarship of Public Affairs:
The College of Public Affairs & Administration affirms its commitment to the idea that excellence in teaching and a strong commitment to scholarship are inextricable. Our departments have a strong history of performance in scholarship where those forms of scholarship shape and improve public affairs policies and practices. We seek to exemplify the model of teacher/scholar to encourage our students to recognize that life-long learning involves the engagement with a discipline through scholarly activity.
Strategic Initiative #3- Public Affairs Engagement through Education, Scholarship & Service:
The College of Public Affairs & Administration will promote an enjoyable and supportive learning community that produces engaged and informed citizens. Our public affairs initiatives will make a positive contribution to our community through the application of expertise to significant issues of public policy and by nurturing the desire for civic engagement to achieve positive social change. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and outside partners will have opportunities to enhance their personal growth, social capital, support networks, networking opportunities and extracurricular programming.
Strategic Initiative #4 – Developing Local to Global Awareness & Involvement:
The College of Public Affairs & Administration encourages open dialogue on public affairs issues in an inclusive atmosphere. Providing our students with skills needed to encourage life-long learning requires involving those students in vigorous discussion of public affairs issues of concern locally, regionally, nationally and globally. Students, faculty, staff and external constituents will be exposed to a multicultural learning community representing diverse viewpoints in public affairs.
Stretching Our Horizons
- Expand graduate & undergraduate majors, minors and certificates
- Partnerships in the areas of community and environmental health
- Establish Distinguished Chair of Public Affairs
- Speakers' series focused on significant policy controversies and civic engagement
- Develop a distinguished practitioner-in-residence program

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Along the banks of the winding Green River, newly fallen leaves rustle as a man walks from his camp toward the high bluffs. Pausing to gaze back into the deep river valley and then upward into the sunlight sparkling on the crimson and golden leaves still clinging to their summer hosts, he thinks about the great darkness that lies just ahead beneath the forest floor. He has journeyed there many times since he was a young man. Around campfires he often listened to the stories of the old people who journeyed into the darkness. Now he himself is old. Perhaps this winter he will tell his own tales about the great cave that opens directly beneath his feet.
The mysterious darkness of Mammoth Cave in southwestern Kentucky has both lured travelers to enter and warned them to stay away. Some entered and never returned. Most entered and came back to tell of their experiences in the dark, silent, and mysterious cave. From the dawn of time visitors have been awestruck by the cave's size and its rugged beauty.
About This Lesson
Getting Started: Inquiry Question
Setting the Stage: Historical Context
Locating the Site: Maps
Determining the Facts: Readings
Visual Evidence: Images
Putting It All Together: Activities
How the National Register
This lesson is based on Mammoth Cave National Park, one of the thousands of properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places.


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Fire Prevention
The Fire Prevention program insures that campus buildings and fire protection equipment are maintained in compliance with all appropriate state and city fire codes and safety policies of the College. The Safety Services staff inspects buildings, tests and recharges fire extinguishers, investigates fires and fire alarms, checks fire alarm systems, fire pumps, standpipes and sprinkler systems are in good working order. Construction plans are reviewed for compliance with fire codes and ordinances.
An educational program on fire safety, evacuation and fire reporting is offered to all students and staff to demonstrate safe and correct procedures to avoid a fire and, if necessary, to escape in a fire situation.
Education and training programs are available to any on-campus group on request. Programs include relevant audio visual presentations and hands-on fire extinguisher training.
Police, Public Safety and Parking
Gannon Bldg, Room 2110
Phone: (517) 483-1800
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On a scorching August day in Studio City, Metro buses screech down Ventura Boulevard stamped with NBC advertisements boasting its revamped Thursday block: "NBC's New Family of Comedies." Inside Stage 21 on the CBS Radford Studios, the "Parks and Recreation" cast — the well-tested denizens of said night — appear unfazed by the burden that brings.
Jim O'Heir, who plays clumsy Jerry, has his nose in the pages of People magazine, getting up to speed on reality tabloid star Kate Gosselin's whereabouts. When not scrolling through his phone, Aziz Ansari — a.k.a. the narcissistic and delusional Tom Haverford — can be heard blathering about his newfound obsession with "Scandal." And every so often Amy Poehler, queen bee, sends waves through the set with her cackle, like when Aubrey Plaza, who plays consistently bored April Ludgate, predicts that "unibrows and leather satchels" will be the new trend on the red carpet this season.
The luxury of newfound security? Or the familiarity with tuning out the noise?
The sweet and singular workplace comedy about low-level government employees is proof that little shows are not to be underestimated. The comedy adored by critics and second-screen junkies has been on the bubble season after season; time slot changes and shortened seasons added to its battle wounds. But for a network with few smash hits and more than a few duds, "Parks and Recreation" represents the breed of admired shows that manage to trudge on, giving pleasure and profit amid ratings topsy-turviness (along with cohorts such as "Parenthood" and "Community").
The show's new promotion prompts Poehler to dish up some spontaneous headline options for her baby: "Last show standing"? "And then there was one"? "Parks and determination"?
As the TV world assembles to pay homage to its big players on Emmy Sunday (once again, Poehler is a nominee) and the platoon of new fall shows step up to await their fates, the little show that could is heading into its sixth season. Premiering with a one-hour episode Sept. 26, it finds itself at a challenging juncture: actors are leaving for other pastures, its producers are busy with new gigs, and there's that matter of being the last of a dying breed on a network shifting its comedic brand of comedy.
"A lot is changing," says co-creator and executive producer Michael Schur. "It's a weird bizarro world. It feels like the end of some kind of special era. It's sad, but it's not necessarily a bad thing."
After a precarious start, the show once thought of as little more than a knockoff of "The Office" managed to form its own identity with its style of humor — a mix of silly funny (e.g. those tastefully tasteless murals) and charmingly sweet; a fitting recruit to stand alongside the network's other faster-paced, niche comedies, "The Office" and "30 Rock," and — for a while — "Community."
But that era is slowly making way for comedies with broad appeal in the network's bid to draw a larger audience on Thursday nights, some fraction of the glory it had for decades when it ruled the night with sitcoms such as "The Cosby Show," "Cheers," "Seinfeld" and "Friends." "Parks and Recreation," whose time slot will change to 8 p.m. ET/PT, will lead into three new family-heavy programs: "Welcome to the Family," dealing with teenage pregnancy and culture clashing; "Sean Saves the World," starring NBC Thursday alum Sean Hayes of "Will & Grace" as a single father juggling a teenage daughter and work; and "The Michael J. Fox Show," in which the beloved star appears as a version of himself, juggling his ailment, family life and work.
"We always get stuck in semantics," says Jennifer Salke, NBC's president of entertainment. "We said we want 'broad,' and what we meant was we want the reach of something like 'Modern Family' in concert with other things we have on our schedule." Salke tried to dispel the notion that the new lineup — being branded as a "New Family of Comedy" — means the shows are strictly about families, strictly for families. 'It's a family of comedy stars."
"Parks and Recreation's" newfound time slot also presents other duties: It will serve as the challenger to CBS heavyweight "The Big Bang Theory." It's a joust that seems to elicit one of April's signature eye rolls from nearly the whole cast in terms of the inevitable outcome. "The Big Bang Theory" is broad all right — it averaged nearly 19 million total viewers last season, about six times that of Poehler's crew.
"A lot of people like to drink Budweiser," says Nick Offerman, who plays bacon-loving Ron Swanson and has a metaphor for the competition. "I prefer Guinness myself. I don't go into any bars and say, 'Let me try some Budweiser and let's see if they have improved it any. Beers are precious. I'm going to choose the ones that are thick and full-bodied."
The quirky comedy, from Greg Daniels and Schur, was originally conceived as a spinoff of "The Office." But with Poehler onboard, the pair saw an opportunity to carve a new path, inspired by the local politics of "The Wire" and the theme of optimism rising out of the 2008 presidential election to touch on public life and public service. What resulted was a show centered on small-town government, with Poehler's overly enthusiastic Leslie as the misguided parks and recreation official in Pawnee, Ind.
Nothing would be boring in this small town. Where some comedies might tread lightly in embracing change, "Parks and Recreation" cuddles with it, unafraid of life-transforming events. Characters pairing up as couples. New characters coming in. And Poehler's Leslie isn't doomed to a lifetime of inertia. The fourth season saw Leslie become a member of the city council (a step up!) and, last season, she got married.
It's been a practice born out of necessity. "Because we have always been a bubble show, our philosophy has always been to go for it — it's the TV equivalent of live every day like it's your last," says Schur, citing cable groundbreaker "The Shield" as inspiration. "We've never saved anything for later because we never knew if there would be a later."
Critics seemed to be charmed by it all. James Poniewozick of Time magazine ranked it the No. 1 TV series of 2012. "In an election year, there is ample reason to feel depressed about politics and the people involved in it. So it was doubly welcome to have this full-hearted, brilliant civil-servant sitcom expand its purview from the Pawnee, Ind., parks department to the city council and Washington itself."
Already contending with the temporary absence of Chris Pratt, who stars as lovably oafish Andy Dwyer, who took on a role in a Marvel film, the show will endure more permanent truancies. Rashida Jones, who plays Leslie's BFF Ann Perkins, and Rob Lowe, who joined the series in the second season as excessively optimistic Chris Traeger, will depart in the middle of the season.
"Storytelling-wise it was sort of a perfect storm of a lot of things coming to a head," says Lowe, who was originally tapped to do eight episodes. His deal was up, and Jones was looking to focus on other projects. "This show did something really special for me. I mean, the amount of people who come up to me on the street and say 'Pooping my pants' or point to me and say 'Ann Perkins' is insane."
Their departure, centered on their decision to conceive a baby, is a slow-burn story line this season — the episode The Times sat in on saw Leslie struggling with the news by making abandonment jabs aimed at Ann. "Ann and Leslie are handling it all as well as Rashida and Amy are handling it," Jones says. "Leslie is in denial, she's angry. She's in the stages of grief. I like that the writers are letting the audience and the actors go through this together."
Its crossroads don't stop there. The show is no longer a spring chicken. This season it will celebrate its 100th episode. It's a sensitive time when a series typically shows its age. The numbers have demonstrated that little by little, season after season. The series, a favorite among young viewers attracted to the meta comedy style, drew just a 1.2 rating among the 18-34 demographic last season, according to Nielsen.
It's maturing pains make it all the more trying that Schur and fellow "Parks" executive producer Dan Goor have a new comedy out this fall — "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" on another network (Fox).
Focus hasn't slipped, the producers assure. Goor is more heavily involved with the day-to-day running of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine." Schur splits his time between the two. It helps that both shows are just a golf cart ride away from each other on the Radford lot.
"They've set up such a crazy factory here that if Mike is spending a lot of time away, I haven't noticed," says Ansari.
Plus Poehler is always there. Rather than chase after a movie career post-"Saturday Night Live," she sought sturdier ground in TV much in the way Tina Fey found an afterlife in "30 Rock." The 42-year-old comedian's passion and focus on the show are palpable. Midway through scenes and after, Poehler, who serves as a producer, firmly suggests which jokes should be cut or what cadence to take on a particular line.
Poehler received her fourth Emmy nomination in the lead actress in a comedy series category for "Parks and Recreation," with no win under her belt. This year she's up against Lena Dunham ("Girls"), Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Veep"), Tina Fey ("30 Rock"), Edie Falco ("Nurse Jackie") and Laura Dern ("Enlightened").
She'll write that speech before she'll comment on how her "little weird child" is now the last one standing on Thursday nights. She instead bears in mind the journey of getting here.
"I remember that anxiety of being at the bottom of show mountain," she recalls, sitting near the craft service table. "When we just had two or three episodes down, I was going crazy. I could hear the knives sharpening and everyone ready to give a very quick opinion of a show — recaps and Twitter have made it terrifying to be out there. But that's part of the demented reason we're all in this business. We like to sweat."
Maybe some recreation is finally in order.


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Sundays in the Shade
Join us on June 25th for a relaxing afternoon of lounging in the shade with live acoustical music. Lay out your picnic blanket or unfold your lawn chair and prepare to for the treat of these various local artists! This event has no entry fee! Tastings and wine purchases will be available in the Tasting Room.
The Tasting Room is open from 11AM-5PM, with LIVE MUSIC from 1-4PM.
Live Music: Peter Fitzgibbon


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Kenneth E. Van Ness Emeritus Professor of Physics and Engineering
Ph.D. in Mechanics and Materials Science - Rutgers University
Selected Publications
Reid, T.J., Van Ness, K.E., et al. "Physical and thermal properties of blood storage bags: implications for shipping frozen components on dry ice," Transfusion, 42, 836-846, July 2002.
J.K. Lynch**, K.E. Van Ness, T.J. Nosker, R.W. Renfree, and M.J. Miraglia*, "Creep Behavior and Prediction of an Immiscible Polymer Blend." Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Composites Engineering, ICCE/8, 08/2001.
Van Ness, K.E., Nosker, T.J., Renfree, R.W., Lynch, J.**, and Kalista, S.J*., "Stress-Relaxation of Polyolefin-Based, Oriented, Glass-Fiber Materials," Proceedings of the Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference, 57(3), 2833-2837, 1999.


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Many love to discuss the idea of the paperless office in healthcare. This turns out to be a dream that is (at least for now) impossible to obtain. In fact, some people argue that the amount of paper you use in an office increases because an EHR can print out a whole patient record so quickly. However, the bigger issue with paper post-EHR implementation usually has to do with all of the paper that your patients bring into the office and the paper documents that your patients need to sign. One day these issues might be resolved through HIEs and digital signatures. Until then, the most important tool a physician can have in their practice is a great scanner.
I've told the story multiple times about my very first EHR implementation where we used one of those cheap multi function scanners in medical records because we already had it. Fast forward a month or so and we'd literally burned through that scanner. That's when I learned my first lesson that not all scanners are created equal.
I've had the powerful, but expensive Fujitsu scanners listed on my EMR Technology page for a long time. I know a lot of doctors offices that use these and they are just work horses that with some simple regular maintenance last forever. My biggest problem with these scanners has been their price. I remember how hard it was for me to convince a practice that it was worth the hefty price tag.
Ambir ImageScan Pro 820i and Ambir ImageScan Pro 930u
The good news is that healthcare now has another option in the Ambir ADF scanners. Ambir's been in the scanner business for quite a while, but these ADF scanners are a relatively new addition to their scanner line up. I've had the chance to use both their Ambir ImageScan Pro 820i (See Amazon Listing) and their new Ambir ImageScan Pro 930u and can say I was quite pleased with both scanners.
I won't bore you with all the specific specs for each scanner since you can read those on the website. I'll just cover some of the highlights. The obvious difference between the 820i and the 930u is the speed. They do 25 ppm and 40 ppm (black and white) respectively. Seeing those numbers shows a stark contrast, but to be honest I never felt like the 820i was slow and I expect it would be fast enough for most ambulatory offices.
The 930u also has the fabulously named "Ultrasonic misfeed detection." Isn't that a great name? Per the websites it, "Stops jams and double-feeds before the happen." Although, in the time I've been using both scanners I've never had problems with either scanner having a problem.
I personally love the robust scanning software that comes with both scanners. In fact, if anything there might be too many options to choose from in how you want to configure your scanner. I'm sure they could improve this with a little better interface that does a better job hiding some of the more advanced options and bringing out those options that people really care to configure most often. Although, as a techguy I loved having all the options at my disposal. The only trouble is that many practices don't have a tech person who will wade through the options to find the best configuration. Thus my suggestion to make it feel simpler. The good part is that most people will configure it once and then not worry about it again.
The on-scanner buttons are simple and basically lean on the software in the background to do the heavy lifting. One button that I wish they had was a way to quickly switch between Front Side, Back Side and Duplex scanning. It's pretty annoying to have to go into the software to change this setting. A button on the scanner to toggle through those settings would be ideal.
I'm not sure why, but the 820i also feels like a better designed, more sturdy product than the 930u. The 820i has the smoother edges which also adds to its visual appeal, but there's something about it that makes it feel like a much more solid scanner than the 930u. I'm not sure if the 930u just uses cheaper plastic or something, but it doesn't have the same well designed feel of the 820i. I wouldn't say the 930u has a poor design, but when comparing the two side by side you can see the difference. I also love the flip up tray (820i) better than the slide in tray (930u), but that might be personal preference.
They're both quite compact designs for an ADF scanner. I'm not sure you could really get a smaller footprint than what they've done with both of these scanners. Another great feature is that the scanners support ID scanning as well. Considering the number of licenses and insurance cards that we scan in healthcare, this is great.
Most EHR vendors will be glad to hear that it supports the popular TWAIN driver which I think most EHR vendors use to interface with scanners. The TWAIN driver automatically rotates pages, adjusts brightness, and autocrops images to minimize file size and increase OCR accuracy. Other features include: auto page sizing, blank page removal and auto deskew.
All in all I was quite pleased with the Ambir ADF scanners. I couldn't find any major problems with them in all my tests and use of the scanner. I'll be adding them as an EMR and HIPAA approved product on my EMR Technology page.
If you've used the Ambir scanners or other scanners, I'd love to hear about your experiences in the comments.
Full Disclosure: Ambir has been an advertiser on the site since 1/2010.


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A dense and global route network, two highly efficient hubs and perfectly tailored services: this is how passengers arrive quickly, reliably and comfortably at their desired destination. Good reasons, therefore, why around 60 million passengers each year choose to fly with Lufthansa.
Lufthansa's service worldwide includes more than 14,640 flights a week to 463 destinations in 114 countries (as of: 01/2014, includes codeshare connections with partners). At the same time the route network is being constantly expanded and continually adjusted to meet passengers' requirements.
The Lufthansa hubs in Frankfurt and Munich belong to the most important and punctual hubs in the whole of Europe. Short distances to gates, outstanding services for passengers with connections as well as modern terminals with inviting lounges and shops make changing planes for passengers as easy and entertaining as possible.
The Lufthansa Group partners Brussels Airlines, Austrian Airlines und SWISS with their hubs in Brussels, Vienna and Zurich are the ideal addition to the Lufthansa route network, Germanwings serves more than 100 destinations from Germany. So passengers can select even more flight connections and at the same time, thanks to harmonised processes, experience seamless travel even when they have connecting flights.
A future-oriented basis for success: the Lufthansa Group's progressive fleet, which is continually being modernised, includes around 600 aircraft of widely differing sizes. By 2025, 261 brand-new aircraft with more efficient fuel consumption and lower noise emissions will be brought into service. These will include ultramodern long-haul aircraft such as 34 Boeing 777-9Xs and 25 Airbus A350-900s.
Detailed information on Lufthansa products and services is available at LH.com.


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n 1962, someone asked John Glenn what he had noticed looking down from his Mercury spacecraft during his February flight in orbit around the earth. One of the few things he remembered seeing clearly was a "lot of desert with a big irrigated area that comes down a valley northwest of El Paso."1 This strip of green represented the fields of the Elephant Butte Irrigation District, part of the Bureau of Reclamation's (Reclamation) Rio Grande Project (the Project). The Project occupies the fertile bottomlands along the Rio Grande in south-central New Mexico and west Texas. Southeast of El Paso, the river forms the boundary between the United States and Mexico. The Rio Grande Project provides critical water to thousands of acres of rich irrigated farmland in southern New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. Some of this land was already irrigated when the Project began, more than a century ago. Other areas were still desert—fertile, but inhospitable for lack of water.
The heart of this huge Project is the Elephant Butte Dam, one of Reclamation's largest dams when completed in 1916. The dam's reservoir stores the floodwater that pours down the Rio Grande in the spring and delivers it to farmlands during the summer and fall, when otherwise there often would be no water in the river at all. Caballo Dam and reservoir, constructed in the mid-1930s, store more water and provide flood protection for the entire Project. Elephant Butte and Caballo reservoirs can store a total of 2.3 million acre-feet of water. The Project's complex, interrelated irrigation system includes five diversion dams, 139 miles of main canals, 457 miles of smaller canals, and 465 miles of drains. Innumerable individual ditches carry the vital water to fields and crops. This lesson focuses on Elephant Butte Dam and the Mesilla Valley irrigation system, the oldest, largest, and best-preserved section of the Rio Grande Project.
Congress passed the Reclamation Act, which created the United States Reclamation Service, in 1902 to "reclaim" the lands of the arid West and turn them into productive family farms. Bringing water to the West extended the benefits of the 1862 Homestead Act to parts of the far West that had not been able to take advantage of the free land it offered. The Reclamation Act was one of the first laws passed after Theodore Roosevelt became president. It was also one of the first important pieces of legislation passed during the Progressive Era.
Today, the Rio Grande Project provides water for about 178,000 acres of land and electric power for communities and industries in the area. The Project is home to some large family-owned and many small farms. Crops those farms produce, of which the most important are cotton, alfalfa, vegetables, pecans, and grain, as well as the world-famous Hatch variety of green chili, are valued at over $200 million a year.
1 "Transcript of Glenn's News Conference Relating His Experiences on Orbital Flight," The New York Times, February 24, 1962.
About This Lesson
Getting Started: Inquiry Question
Setting the Stage: Historical ContextLocating the Site: Maps
Determining the Facts: Readings
Visual Evidence: Images
Putting It All Together: Activities
How the National Register
This lesson is based on the Elephant Butte Irrigation District in New Mexico. It is among the thousands of properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places.


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Yes. Once you have configured hosting for a domain, you can use a file manager to handle all your files in a more convenient way.
To access the file manager functions:
- Log in to Parallels Plesk Panel.
- Go to Domains > domain name > File Manager (in the Files group).
- Create and upload files and directories.
Place the files and directories that should be accessible via HTTP protocol to the
httpdocsdirectory, and files/directories that should be transferred securely over SSL protocol to the
httpsdocsdirectory. Place your CGI scripts into the
- To create a new directory within your current location, click the Add New Directory button.
- To create new files in the required directory, click Add New File, in the File creation section specify the file name, select the Use html template check box, if you want file manager to insert some basic html tags to the new file, and click OK. A page will open allowing you to enter the content or html-formatted source of a new file. After you are done, click OK.
- To upload a file from the local machine, click Add New File, specify the path to its location in the File source box (or use the Browse button to locate the file), and click OK.
When you upload web content through File Manager or FTP, your control panel automatically sets the appropriate access permissions for files and directories. The permissions are represented as three sets of symbols, for example, 'rwx rwx r--'. The first set tells what the owner of the file or directory can do with it; the second tells what the user group, the file or directory belongs to, can do with the file or directory; the third set indicates what other users (the rest of the world, i.e. Internet users visiting a site) can do with the file or directory. R means the permission to read the file or directory, W means the permission to write to the file or directory, and X means the permission to execute the file or look inside the directory.
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Now, however, concerned that Mickey has become more of a corporate symbol than a beloved character for recent generations of young people, Disney is taking the risky step of re-imagining him for the future. The first glimpse of this will be the introduction next year of a new video game, Epic Mickey, in which the formerly squeaky-clean character can be cantankerous and cunning, as well as heroic, as he traverses a forbidding wasteland. —The Times.
MEMO: To all Epic Mickey personnel
FROM: Disney Board of Directors
SUBJECT: New Mickey
Guys—we love the rethink, but we just have a few tweaks:
—When Mickey leers at Minnie in the waterfront bar, let's have him squeak, "You know what they say, baby. Big ears . . ."
—In the "Brokeback Mickey" flashback, when Mickey makes tender love to Donald Duck, let's have Mickey murmur, "Leave the little sailor hat on."
—When Mickey is shown starving to death after the nuclear disaster, and he eats Porky Pig, we feel that Porky should still be alive when his feet are removed.
—When Mickey faces off with Bambi, let's have him remark, "Only you can prevent forest fires. But I guess it's a little late for that."
—It's fine to show Mickey getting hammered and then trying to drive the little train through the Magic Kingdom, but what if he plows right into a tiny clown car that gets stuck on the tracks? We hear the clowns screaming, confetti shoots into the night sky, and then we cut to a horrified paramedic, asking, "Good Lord, how many of them were in there?"
—Once Mickey is in the maximum-security prison, how about if he gets a crude tattoo of Jesus wearing the white gloves?
—In the scene where Mickey tries therapy, we love it when Mickey tells his rhino shrink, "I grew up behind the walls of a one-room hellhole in the ghetto. It was infested with filth and vermin, including my cousins." But we question the moment when Mickey breaks down sobbing and howls, "It's true! They used my mother to test hair coloring!"
—We love the bit when Mickey and Minnie take their seventy-eight children on a family outing, swarming over the subway tracks. But let's have the kids crack up laughing as they watch their drunken dad try to proposition an empty wallet.
—We like seeing Mickey teaching the snootier characters some gritty life lessons. What if he drags Jiminy Cricket into an alley and pees on him?
—Let's have Minnie appear on "The Real Housewives of Disney," along with Cinderella, Snow White, and the Little Mermaid. Then Minnie could sneer, "Do any of you bitches not have a gay husband?"
—When Mickey finally hits rock bottom and runs into the church, seeking redemption, let's have all the female parishioners instantly jump up onto the pews, pointing and shrieking, "Kill it! Kill it! " ♦


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Walking Workout: Tone Your Arms As You Walk
Sarah Kehoe
30-Minute Upper-Body Blitz
Forget hand weights or park-bench push-ups. You can walk your way to sleek shoulders, a sculpted back and toned arms without them. "Just making fists with your hands for these moves signals the arm muscles to contract and adds a little extra burn," says walking pro Tina Vindum.
The Routine
Warm up by doing three big, slow arm circles in each direction to prime your shoulder joints. Walk for 5 minutes, then do the first exercise here, matching the pace of the arm movements to your footfalls — no stopping! Repeat until you've done all four moves; finish with 5 minutes of walking.
Sarah Kehoe
Upright Row
Targets: Shoulders, upper back, and abs
- Make a fist with each hand and start with hands near hips, palms facing you.
- Bring both fists up to armpits, skimming torso with knuckles and keeping elbows bent out to sides higher than hands throughout movement.
- Squeeze shoulder blades and upper-back muscles together to draw elbows back, raising fists to shoulder height.
- Lower hands to start.
- Do 25 reps.
Sarah Kehoe
Chest Press
Targets: Chest, biceps, and abs
- Make a fist with each hand, arms straight down by sides, palms forward. (Beginners can keep hands open.)
- Keeping shoulders down and back, contract abs and lift both arms straight in front of you, palms up, to press pinkies together at shoulder height.
- Squeeze chest, then lower arms to start.
- Do 25 reps.
Sarah Kehoe
Lateral Press
Targets: Shoulders and triceps
- Make a fist with each hand and raise elbows out to sides at shoulder height, fists at armpits, palms facing in.
- Keeping elbows fixed at shoulder height (as if you have a broomstick over shoulders), slowly swing fists down until they're perpendicular to ground and then out, ending with arms extended straight out to sides, palms facing behind you.
- Bend elbows to return to start.
- Do 25 reps.
Sarah Kehoe
One-Arm Reverse Flye
Target: Shoulders
- Place left hand on left hip and, making a fist with right hand, rest it on top of left hand, palm facing in. Draw shoulders down and back.
- With right elbow slightly bent, lift right arm on a diagonal to right and up, ending with right hand slightly higher than right shoulder, palm forward.
- Lower right arm to return to start.
- Do 25 reps. Switch arms, repeat.
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, April 2009.


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More May Tips & Tricks
The Tips & Tricks column in the May 2009 issue of Creating Keepsakes shared how to create chic shoe accents and paper shoes, generate a colorful backdrop in seconds, make alcohol-ink leaves and more. Following are additional details not found in the magazine!
Create a Cute Purse Look
May's the perfect time to say "thanks" to Mom or a friend, and what better way to slip her candy or a note than in a paper-purse design she will love? Here's how Paula Hogan, a designer for Stampin' Up!, created this appealing look with the company's supplies.
Purse Holder by Paula Hogan for Stampin' Up!. Supplies Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette and Very Vanilla (all textured) and Close to Cocoa; Patterned paper: Candy Lane Designer Series, Certainly Celery Patterns and Pink Pirouette Patterns Designer Series; Stamps: Eastern Blooms; Ink: Close to Cocoa Classic and Pink Pirouette Classic; Ribbon: Pink Pirouette 5/8" striped grosgrain and Pretty in Pink 3/8" taffeta; Rub-ons: Bright Delight and Many Occasions; Die-cutting machine: Sizzix Big Shot for Stampin' Up!; Dies: Bag w/Scallops Bigz XL, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz, Matchbox Bigz XL, Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip and Scallop Circle #2 Bigz; Other: 1/4" circle punch, button latte and crochet thread.
To create the purse holder:
1. Cut purse box from Pink Pirouette textured cardstock using a Big Shot machine and Bag w/Scallops Bigz XL die.
2. Stamp branch image in Pink Pirouette ink on front of bag and apply rub-on image using wooden applicator included in packaging. Assemble bag.
3. Cut butterflies from Candy Lane Designer Series paper using Big Shot machine and Butterflies die. Tie two small butterflies together using crochet thread; adhere to bag.
4. Punch hole in each side of bag using 1/4" circle punch. Tie Pink Pirouette grosgrain ribbon through each hole to form a handle.
5. Tie crochet thread through holes of button; adhere to bag.
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Oliver Steil
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|Previous College:
|Texas-Pan American, '06
UMBC head tennis coach Rob Hubbard named Oliver Steil as assistant coach for both the Retriever men's and women's tennis programs. He is entering his eighth season with the program in 2015-16.
Steil served as a graduate assistant tennis coach at the University of Texas-Pan American from 2006-09 and was involved in all aspects of the program. He also worked at UTPA's Wellness and Recreational Sports Complex over the past 14 months.
The native of Brunssum, The Netherlands, earned four letters in men's tennis for the UTPA Broncos from 2003-2006. During his rookie season with the Broncs, Steil was ranked first on the team in singles' victories while posting an overall record of 19-13.
He won both the singles' and doubles' competition against Lamar University at the Southland Conference Tournament for the 72nd-ranked Broncos. Steil was named the team's Most Valuable Player in his senior campaign of 2006.
Steil earned his bachelor's degree in Kinesiology in 2006 and his master's degree in the same discipline from UTPA in 2009.


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MILPITAS, Calif. Wednesday October 15, 8:00 am ET--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK - News) will host a conference call on Monday, October 20, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Pacific Time, to discuss its third quarter financial results. To listen to the conference call, please dial 913-312-0939 at least 10 minutes before the call commences. The dial-in password is 6040075.
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor detailed what sounded like a rather tense phone call he had with President Barack Obama about immigration reform Wednesday.
The call came hours after Obama issued a terse statement attacking House Republicans for failing to move on the issue one year after a bipartisan "gang of eight" introduced a bill that eventually passed the Senate.
Soon after, Cantor released his own statement in which he said Obama doesn't know how to work with Congress. Cantor seemed particularly dismayed Obama's phone call expressing his desire for immigration reform came just hours after the "partisan statement" that "indicated no sincere desire to work together."
"Today, President Obama called me to discuss his desire for comprehensive immigration reform. The President called me hours after he issued a partisan statement which attacked me and my fellow House Republicans and which indicated no sincere desire to work together," Cantor said. "After five years, President Obama still has not learned how to effectively work with Congress to get things done. You do not attack the very people you hope to engage in a serious dialogue."
The Senate's immigration bill, which passed last July, has been rejected by House Republicans. Cantor indicated that position won't change. House Republicans have signaled a preference to take a piecemeal approach to immigration legislation, but they have yet to hold votes on any measures.
More than 190 House Democrats have signed a "discharge petition" in an attempt to force a vote on the Senate bill, but they have no path to get to the required majority of signatures. Many Democrats and immigration advocates have urged Obama to take executive action on certain measures like deportations. However, by doing so the President would severely complicate already-thin prospects for comprehensive reform.
"I told the President the same thing I told him the last time we spoke. House Republicans do not support Senate Democrats' immigration bill and amnesty efforts, and it will not be considered in the House," he said. "I also reiterated to the President there are other issues where we can find common ground, build trust and get America working again. I hope the President can stop his partisan messaging, and begin to seriously work with Congress to address the issues facing working middle class Americans that are struggling to make ends meet in this economy."
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Ford's high-tech touch screens and dual-clutch transmissions sank the U.S. automaker in the latest Consumer Reports reliability survey, but hybrid and all-electric vehicles fared well.
The survey's most reliable U.S. automaker just two years ago, Ford fell seven places from 20th place in 2011 as rival GM's four brands, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick and GMC, improved. Ford and its upscale Lincoln brand were ranked 27th and 26th, respectively, by Consumer Reports subscribers with many respondents complaining about the multimedia "MyFord Touch" and "MyLincoln Touch" infotainment systems and the six-speed "PowerShift" automatic transmissions.
The magazine said more than 20 percent of Ford Explorer owners and lessees who responded to the reliability survey reported vehicle problems. That compares to only 1 percent of owners of the sub-compact Prius c hybrid, the most reliable vehicle in the 2012 Auto Reliability Survey.
"This data shows we have some work to do," Ford spokesman Mark Schirmer told The Wall Street Journal.
Jake Fisher, director of automotive testing for Consumer Reports, told a meeting of the Automotive Press Association in Detroit Ford's expanded use of touch screen multimedia systems and fuel-saving PowerShift transmissions in Fiesta and Focus models "doesn't bode well for the future," the Journal said.
"Ford's bumpy road can been seen in the numbers," said Fisher. "Sixty percent of Ford-branded models and half of Lincoln's were below average in predicted reliability, and none placed above average."
In March, Ford re-booted "MyFord Touch," sending owners a software upgrade to make displays simpler and virtual buttons bigger. Ford owners can also ask dealers to install new software to improve the performance of their PowerShift transmissions.
Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge and Ram, ranked 19th, 23rd, 24th and 25th, respectively, were rated slightly better than Ford in the survey and GM vehicles showed the most improvement among domestic brands.
The biggest winners were hybrids and electric vehicles.
The slow-selling all-electric Leaf was Nissan's most reliable car and the plug-in hybrid Volt was Chevrolet's, both with above average reliability. Toyota's Prius family, the standard Prius hybrid, the hatchback wagon Prius v and the new plug-in Prius all were rated above average in predicted reliability.
Fisher said some Priuses have been on the road for more than a decade and have more than 200,000 miles on them with few problems with batteries and drivetrains.
"There's no rocket science to electric cars. There were electric cars before there were gas-powered cars. It seems to be a reliable technology," he said.
Overall, Toyota's three brands -- Scion, Toyota and Lexus -- were the most reliable sold in the United States, with 16 of the Japanese automakers' 27 models at the top of the ratings. Cadillac's CTS coupe was the most reliable domestic passenger car and at No. 11 and Cadillac was the most reliable U.S. brand.
The tiny Prius c had the survey's best score despite criticism from Consumer Reports for a stiff ride, excessive cabin noise and cheap-looking interior trim.
Mazda was No. 4 in the survey, Subaru fifth, Honda sixth, followed by Acura, Audi, Infiniti, Kia, Cadillac, GMC, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Chevrolet, BMW, Hyundai and Volkswagen.
The least reliable vehicles in the survey were Jeep, Volvo, Buick, Mini, Chrysler, Dodge, Ram, Lincoln, Ford and Jaguar at 28th. Porsche was not included because of an inadequate sample size of vehicles.
The Consumer Reports survey tracks reliability of about 1.2 million vehicles as much as a decade old to predict the reliability of 2013 models that have not been completely redesigned. The survey averaged overall reliability scores for the 2008-12 model years.
Jeep not moving production from U.S. to China
Chrysler Group Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne sent an email to employees last week denying Chrysler plans to move Jeep production from the United States to China.
Ordinarily that would be no big deal to anyone except members of the United Auto Workers whose jobs might be affected, but in this political season it's become an issue in the presidential race.
Marchionne's email denied a Romney campaign ad called misleading by Democrats suggesting Chrysler was considering moving Jeep production from Ohio and Michigan to China. The Romney ad says Obama "took GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy and sold Chrysler to the Italians, who are going to build Jeeps in China."
While Chrysler has indicated it wants to build Jeeps in China for Chinese customers it has no plans to close any U.S. production facilities and will invest more than $1.7 billion to make the all-new SUV successor to the Jeep Liberty in Toledo. The Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango are made in Detroit.
"I feel obliged to unambiguously restate our position: Jeep production will not be moved from the United States to China," Marchionne said in the email obtained by The Detroit News. Marchionne, who also heads Italy's Fiat, which bought Chrysler out of bankruptcy in 2009 and fully repaid its government loans, said Chrysler was "investing to improve and expand our entire U.S. operations, including our Jeep facilities."
"Jeep is one of our truly global brands with uniquely American roots. This will never change. So much so that we committed that the iconic Wrangler nameplate, currently produced in our Toledo, Ohio, plant will never see full production outside the United States. Jeep assembly lines will remain in operation in the United States and will constitute the backbone of the brand. It is inaccurate to suggest anything different," Marchionne wrote.
The Obama campaign countered with its own 30-second ad aired in Toledo, where the $85 billion industry bailout saved thousands of jobs, calling Romney's ad dishonest and a "lie."
Support for Obama among blue-collar workers in Ohio and other rust belt states is seen as vital to the president's re-election effort and Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton attacked the Romney ad, with Clinton pointing out during a campaign event that Obama's first car was a Jeep.
Chrysler reported selling 556,000 vehicles in the third-quarter. Profits rose 80 percent from the third quarter a year ago, to $381 million, and the company said it had $11.9 billion in cash with debt of $693 million.
During a conference call, Marchionne also said Fiat SpA would not close factories and plans to use money it set aside to acquire the remaining 41.5 percent of Chrysler stock it doesn't own to retool to produce more profitable vehicles in Europe, the News reported.
He said Fiat-Chrysler Group would build a smaller Jeep in Europe and Fiat would make a small SUV.
Later, a General Motors spokesman said a Romney campaign ad implying GM used bailout funds to hire more workers in China than in the United States showed there are "Hubble telescope-length distances between campaign ads and reality." He said GM was creating U.S. jobs and bringing global profits back to the United States.
A Romney campaign spokeswoman told the News the Obama campaign "is less concerned with engaging in a meaningful conversation about his failed policies and more concerned arguing against facts about their record they dislike."
Despite worsening losses in Europe, GM reported third-quarter earnings of $1.5 billion, exceeding expectations.
Chevrolet shows off 'old school' new V-8
It's a long way from the original 1953 small-block V-8 to the new LT1 engine in the all-new 2014 Corvette, but the power plant shares the heritage of the old Chevy V-8.
The aluminum block 6.2 liter LT1 engine has a camshaft inside the block rather than overhead and uses pushrods and rocker arms to work the valves. The design allows the Corvette to retain its signature wedge shape and front-engine, rear-wheel drive configuration.
With an 11.5:1 compression ratio, the new engine cranks out 450 horsepower without supercharging or turbocharging and GM's active management system improves fuel economy by shutting down four cylinders when the engine is cruising.
Fuel economy is expected to be similar to the 26 mpg on the highway the current manual shift, sixth-generation Corvette gets.


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The postcards started coming last month. "Stanley," "Marge," and "Toby" wrote to booksellers from "Pine Haven" to draw attention to Jill McCorkle's first novel in 17 years, Life After Life, coming from Algonquin in March. Algonquin used the characters in the postcards (one read in part: "I know you are hoping I die an early death so you can get my money") to whet booksellers' appetite for a recent galley mailing, sent from the same fictional Fulton, N.C., continuing care retirement community where the book is set.
"We thought the promotion was funny, and it grabbed our attention," said Tracy Taylor, general manager of Elliott Bay Book Co. in Seattle, Wash. "It didn't take long to figure out that this was not a real retirement home and that the promo was from Algonquin. Really, who else does such an amazing job promoting books? Stan sounds a little like the grandfather in Little Miss Sunshine, so I can't wait to read the book."
It took John Valentine, co-owner of the Regulator Bookshop in Durham, N.C., a bit longer to figure out why Pine Haven sounded so familiar. "It was startling," he said, "because I was halfway through the book." For him, the novel struck a personal note, because his father lives in a retirement community. "[McCorkle] writes with a sense of humor and poignancy. Our generation is dealing with aging parents," Valentine said. "I think it has a chance to be a really big book. It goes way beyond the Southern novel niche."
For longtime booksellers like Valentine, McCorkle needs no introduction. She's one of the few, possibly only, writers to publish her first two novels simultaneously. The Cheerleader and July 7th came out on the same day in 1984. Louis Rubin signed The Cheerleader when he started Bright Leaf Books (soon after renamed Algonquin Books). Shortly afterward, he acquired the next novel McCorkle was writing, which was being completed while she was waiting for her first book to come out.
But for Craig Popelars, Algonquin's marketing director, the postcards, which McCorkle wrote at his request, were a way to signal that the book is a very big deal. The galleys include a note from Shannon Ravenel, McCorkle's longtime editor, who called it "a masterpiece." "Hands down, it's her very best," said Popelars, "and we plan to break out all the fireworks to give it the launch it truly deserves." That includes bringing her to ABA's Winter Institute and sending her on a 15-city tour. "The campaign reflects our in-house excitement for the novel," he added.
Despite the hoopla for Life After Life, McCorkle has been steadily writing and publishing for the past three decades. "I've spent a lot of time writing short stories. I think the time I spent focused on short fiction fed this novel." As did her longer work. From her third novel, Tending to Virginia (1987), McCorkle borrows the model for the whole town, and the geography resembles that of Ferris Beach (1990).
Life After Life (yes, that's also the name of Kate Atkinson's new novel due out in April) grew, as much of McCorkle's work does, organically from her family. "Ironically, I think this idea started perking in the aftermath of losing my father [two decades ago]," said McCorkle. She also based it on her mother, who suffers from dementia and lives in a nursing home. And, she added, "there's probably a little of me in everybody."
In an essay she wrote to accompany the galleys, McCorkle noted, "I am very interested in that fine line between fiction and reality and between comedy and tragedy—and pushing the line as much as possible. In this novel, I was also interested in pushing the line between life and death in hopes of finding that split moment when the reader is aware of both places."
Although she is already at work on her next novel, along with more short stories and a poem or two, don't look for it to come out at the same time as Life After Life. Algonquin, now an imprint of Workman, and McCorkle have both grown over the years.


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Gut microbes: best friend or worst enemy?
It's one of medicine's hot topics – that the microbes in our gut may contribute to hard-to-treat problems like allergies, auto immune disease, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease and even obesity and diabetes.
Ideally these different bugs – and there's 100 trillion of them in there – should keep us healthy by doing important jobs like regulating our immune systems and helping with metabolism. But emerging evidence suggests our health can suffer when the balance of these microbes goes awry.
It's complex science and we're a long way off knowing all the answers, but an intriguing example of how gut microbes might influence our health came from Dutch scientists this year after they took microbes from the guts of lean people and put them into the guts of people with metabolic syndrome – that cluster of symptoms like overweight, high blood pressure and high blood sugar that can lead to diabetes. Six weeks later the recipients had good news – their insulin sensitivity had improved, meaning their bodies were better at controlling blood sugar.
The factors that might be disrupting gut microbes - and contributing to chronic disease as a result – is on the list of topics at this weekend's Lifestyle Medicine Conference in Sydney organised by the Australian Lifestyle Medicine Association. Our sanitised environment and changing diet are among the suspects, but according to Sydney gastroenterologist Professor Tom Borody, one of the conference speakers, it's six decades of using antibiotics that's upset the balance of gut microbes the most.
"Gut microbiota perform so many essential roles in the body that they work like an organ in their own right. Yet we're damaging this important organ by knocking out valuable bacteria with recurrent use of antibiotics, "he says. 'We should only use antibiotics when we really need them, not when we have a cold, for instance."
But if, as some research suggests, problems like irritable bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease are related to disrupted gut microbes, it could take more than a tub of yoghurt to fix the problem.
"Probiotics are promising - there's evidence they can help in part to restore the balance after antibiotics, for instance - but we don't have yet have a probiotic that can undo all the damage," says Borody.
He has another idea – recolonising the gut with microbes from a healthy gut. Called faecal microbiota transplantation, and still considered a fringe therapy in Australia, it involves harvesting microbes from donor poo and transferring it to recipients in a procedure similar to a colonoscopy. It's more widely accepted in the US where it's often used to treat Clostridium difficile, a potentially serious bacterial gut infection related to antibiotic use which kills thousands of Americans each year.
"But there's also some evidence that other conditions including ulcerative colitis, chronic severe diarrhoea and IBS can be improved with FMT," says Borody who uses the technique in his own practice and believes we need more research to explore its potential as a treatment.
As for what we can do ourselves to keep our gut microbiota in good shape, he suggests avoiding antibiotics where possible, but if you do need them to take probiotics as well.
"Probiotics aren't perfect and are limited in what they can do, but they can bring useful microbes into the gut," he says.
Fibre in the diet may help too by providing food that helps good microbes flourish, he adds. And if you're travelling to exotic locations, a glass of wine or two won't hurt, he adds.
Called faecal microbiota transplantation, and still considered a fringe therapy in Australia, it involves harvesting microbes from donor poo and transferring it to recipients in a procedure similar to a colonoscopy
"It's quite common for IBS to begin after an overseas trip but a small amount of alcohol can work together with stomach acid to prevent new bacteria colonising the bowel."
There's a free pre-conference forum at 5.30pm, Friday November 2 at Freshwater to hear the ABC Science Show's Robyn Williams speak about 'Science and wellbeing: facing the doubters', and Professor Ian Lowe of the Australian Conservation Foundation talk about the influence of the environment and unlimited economic growth on public health. See www.lifestylemedicine.com.au for more info.
Have you found relief for gut problems like IBS or inflammatory bowel disease?


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10 Ways to Ruin Your Party
From the guest list to the menu planning, we tell you what not to do in order to host the perfect party.
Hosting a party can be a stressful process. The fear of a failed party is enough to scare people away from ever hosting one. But, if you know what not to do, you'll find that hosting a party isn't that difficult.
1) Forget the Little Details
Things like food placement, music, and lighting are key to a good party. Make sure that your food is spread evenly around your entertaining space. Don't place all of your food in a corner of the room or you will create a bottleneck. Also, place your bar in a location where people can flow by to make it easier for your guests to quench their thirst.
Music and lighting are often over-looked, but they set the mood for your party. Match these aspects to fit the desired tone of your party. Jazz music and dimmed lighting work well for classy cocktail parties, where bluegrass and more lively lighting are great for a cookout.
Here are our suggestions for Party Music Playlists for cocktail parties, shrimp boils, and more.
2) Wait Until the Last Minute
The 30 minutes before your guests arrive should not be spent running to the grocery for more napkins or mixing together a dip. Instead, you should be spending that time putting garnishes on your food and getting yourself ready.
A week before your party make your grocery list. Once you buy all the food and drinks, pull out all of your serving pieces, plates, and utensils so you can see if you're missing anything. Then, choose the location for each of these items so you can plan the party layout. Go ahead and label the serving pieces for yourself so you can get an idea of where your food is going to be. Set up your bar, too. Don't forget the lemon and lime wedges and a bowl of mixed nuts.
Make any food you can in advance so you can easily pop it in the oven before your guests arrive. You also need to clean in advance. You don't want to look down at your sofa during the party and see it covered in dog hair or a layer of dust on your dining room tabble.
3) Use a Recipe for the First Time
Use something that you're familiar with and can be made with ease. If you haven't tried a recipe before, there is the possibility that it could taste awful, look unappealing, or be far too complicated for you to complete.
When choosing your menu, whether for hors d'oevres or a dinner party, make sure that it is well balanced. Five different cheese dips won't go over very well. Variety is always important because everyone has different tastes.
4) Over-Do It
It's easy to get carried away with the decorations, food, drinks, entertainment, lighting, and even the guest list. But try to keep things to a minimum to make it easier on you. You don't need to get fresh flowers for every table, or every kind of cocktail under the sun. Too much of a good thing can create clutter and simply look overdone. But, as our next tip suggests, don't be too sparse with what you provide. There is a fine line.
5) Serve Only One Kind of Food and Drink
There needs to be some kind of variety in the food and beverages you provide. Although you may love to munch on cheese straws and sip on a cold beer, your friend may want a gin and tonic and a vegetable tray. This goes for cocktail parties and dinner parties. A bit of variety is important, but remember, don't over-do it!
6) Mismatch Food and Drinks
Matching your music and lighting for the desired tone is just as important as matching your food and drinks. A cocktail party needs a variety of wine, beer, and liquor drinks, and bite-size hors d'oevres. An outdoor cookout needs less of a variety of drinks-cold beer always goes great with hot dogs, hamburgers, and baked beans. Sipping on Chardonnay and taking a bite of a chili-covered hot dog don't go hand-in-hand.
Also, if you're trying to stick to a theme, do just that-stick to it! No one wants to show up at a Cinco de Mayo party and not be able to have a margarita and some chips and salsa.
Related: Refreshing Teas and Non-Alcoholic Sippers
7) Be Heavy-Handed
Whatever you do, don't force people to help you cook, serve, or clean. These are your guests after all. If you need extra help, ask one of your closest friends if she'd like to pitch in, and if you're lucky, you may get some volunteers. Don't take advantage of them, though. Give them just one task if they offer to help.
A good rule to follow is to not require your guests to do anything at the party. This includes introductions, dancing, games, and so on. If they want to take part in any of the activities, they will join when they are comfortable.
8) Leave People off the Guest List
You probably have a core group of friends you invite to small gatherings, but for larger parties the guest list is a bit trickier. You don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but at the same time you don't want to include everyone you've ever met.
Write out a list of your guests and your relationship to each of them. It could be "neighbor," "co-worker," "college friend," etc. Once you see the labels you have given people, try to think "If I invited John, my neighbor, should I invite my other neighbor?" If anyone has invited you to a similar party, you should certainly include them on the guest list, as well.
9) Isolate Yourself
You might feel as though you need to stick to the kitchen to fix food and clean up, but that's where thorough preparation and a helpful friend come into play. If you do the work in advance, you won't have to isolate yourself in the kitchen the whole time. And if you get some extra help to clean up, the dirty dishes and glasses won't seem so overwhelming as they pile up during the party.
Also, keep in mind that as a host you should try to talk to everyone at the party and make them feel welcome. Don't just sit in a corner and gossip with your best friends.
10) Forget the Ice
As obvious as it may sound, some hosts forget that their freezer's icemaker won't sustain an entire party for the night. Have extra bags of ice on hand to refill the ice bucket. Warm drinks can easily kill a party and send your guests home early.


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You always hear Jim Cramer shouting about Bristol–Myers. Well he says Bristol Maaah-yerss. Why is that?
When the "Mad Money" host was running his hedge fund, he would use Bristol-Myers as a milepost in an attempt to make decisions about how to deploy capital, especially during times of market uncertainty.
"We'd have a meeting every morning at 6am," explained Cramer. "And every time we had some kind of scare someone would inevitably say, "what are we going to do, Jim? This nuclear power plant in Chernobyl has melted down, or Iraq has invaded Kuwait. What do we do?"
Cramer always relished those kinds of moments.
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There's a reason spices have been prized since ancient times: they're magical.
A sprinkle, a pinch, a dab, a dash: a tiny bit can whisk a plate of food from one country to another, one cuisine to the next. And luckily, spices from all over the world are accessible to home cooks willing to venture to the grocery store, or to one of many great spice purveyors online.
Every good cook, though, requires restraint. And believe us, it took a lot of restraint to whittle our list of favorite spices down to ten. (We even asked you for help.) Here are our 10 Essential Spices, plus some of our favorite ways to use them.
Cumin: Cumin, which can be used ground or as whole seeds, adds a warm, earthy quality. It's popular in Indian, Pakistani, Middle Eastern, Cuban, Brazilian, and Northern African cooking, as well as the Chinese cuisines of Sichaun and Xinjiang. If using the seeds, which last longer and have a stronger aroma than ground cumin, toast them gently in a dry pan or in the oven to enhance their flavor. Toast the seeds and add them to curries, chilis, stews, and soups; rub onto root vegetables and/or cauliflower with olive oil, salt and pepper, and roast; use in a spice rub with salt and pepper for roasted chicken; add to guacamole, hummus, or another creamy dip; use in a Moorish paella; toss into a stir fry with ground meat and vegetables; season soft-scrambled eggs.
Cayenne Pepper: Cayenne peppers are generally dried, ground, and sifted to make the spice known by the same name. The hotness produced by cayenne pepper is caused by its high concentration of capsaicin, which is believed to have many health benefits (detoxing being one of them). It adds a smooth, pervasive heat to any dish, and it is typically the key ingredient in many hot sauces. Rumor has it that Christopher Columbus encountered cayenne peppers on his explorations in the Caribbean Islands and brought them back to Europe, where they were used as a substitute for then-expensive black pepper. Use a pinch in hummus and guacamole to add a spark of heat; work into Shrimp Gumbo; toss with roasted vegetables, olive oil, salt, and pepper; sprinkle into salads and salad dressings; carefully work into sauces, soups, chilis, and stews.
Red Pepper Flakes: Crushed red pepper flakes are made from various combinations of dried hot chilis, such as ancho, bell, and cayenne. They add a bass level of textured heat to any dish. While many associate crushed red pepper flakes with Italian food, they are also used in Chinese, Cajun, Carribbean, and most cuisines in Latin and South America. Since different blends vary on their level of intensity, make sure to pay attention to the amount you add to a dish. Sprinkle the flakes onto pizza (like this Broccoli Rabe, Potato and Rosemary Pizza) and pasta dishes; toss with roasted vegetables; add to a tomato-based sauce; brighten up a piece of fish or a plate of shrimp; sprinkle onto toast with avocado, salt, pepper, and lemon juice; add to sautéed greens.
Smoked Paprika: Smoked paprika, also known as pimenton, is made in Spain from smoked, ground pimiento peppers. It comes in a variety of intensities and flavors: dulce (sweet and mild), agridulce (bittersweet and medium-hot), and picante (hot). Pimenton is a building block of Spanish cuisine, and lends a smoky, earthy quality to meats, fish, and vegetables. Rub onto roasted potatoes and other roasted vegetables with salt, pepper, and olive oil; sprinkle onto fried potatoes; add to condiments like salsa, aioli, vinaigrettes, and romesco sauce; mix with olive oil and marinate feta cheese; combine with salt and pepper to season meats and fish before roasting or grilling; sprinkle onto poached, fried, or deviled eggs. Try our Moroccan Merguez Ragout with Poached Eggs; rub onto grilled corn.
Coriander: Coriander seeds are the seeds of what US English-speakers refer to as cilantro. When crushed, they have the similar citrusy, slightly-spicy flavor of their leafy counterparts. Like cumin, you can find coriander in both seed form and ground form; however, since ground coriander loses its flavor quickly, it is best to buy whole seeds and grind them fresh. To enhance their flavor and aroma, you can toast the seeds in a dry pan or oven before use. Work coriander seeds into curries, stews, and soups; toss with roasted vegetables, salt, pepper, and olive oil; use in rice dishes, like Mujaddara; add to pickling brine; use as an alternative to caraway in rye bread; make sausages with it, as they do in Germany and South Africa; brew into Belgian-style wheat beers; crack with black pepper and use to coat chicken breasts.
Cloves: Cloves are the aromatic dried flower buds of a type of evergreen tree and resemble tiny, 1/4-1/2 inch long nails. Known for their warm, sweet, aromatic taste, they can be used both whole and ground (whole cloves are often studded into meats and vegetables for cooking). Indian, Mexican, and Vietnamese cuisine all use cloves in savory foods, while many American recipes call for cloves in desserts. Add to fragrant broths, such as pho; mix into drinks, like apple cider; simmer them whole in this Shrimp Biryani; grind and use in gingerbread, shortbread, spice cake, and autumn -- and winter -- spiced desserts.
Cinnamon: Cinnamon is obtained from the bark of several trees from the genus Cinnamomun; there are over 100 different varieties of the spice. It is used in both savory cooking and sweet; the Middle East, for instance, features cinnamon as a spice in many chicken and lamb dishes. Smelling cinnamon is also supposed to increase brain activity -- a theory we can get behind. Use it to flavor bastilla, tagines, and hearty stews; sprinkle onto toast with sugar and butter; add to a cookie recipe; sprinkle onto breakfast puffs; stir into oatmeal; sprinkle into mediocre coffee (or good-quality, for that matter); work into an ice cream base (because, as Kristen Miglore says, everyone knows cinnamon ice cream is the best kind of ice cream).
Nutmeg: Nutmeg is the seed of the nutmeg tree, a tree that produces two spices: nutmeg and mace (mace is the dried, lacy covering of the nutmeg seed!). It is used to spice savory dishes – like in Indian or Middle Eastern cuisine – or in dessert recipes. Known for it's slightly-sweet, woody taste, it can be bought whole or ground; but, like other spices, it is most flavorful when ground fresh. Work it into a gooey, cheese-y dish like fondue or quiche; use in a béchamel sauce; bake into autumn- and winter-spiced cakes, cookies, and pies; use in David Eyre's Pancake; garnish a mug of eggnog.
Ginger: Ground ginger, the ground, dried root of the ginger bulb, adds a citrusy, floral, earthy zing to dishes. It is used most often in baked goods, along with other earthy, aromatic spices like cinnamon and cloves. Fresh ginger, which is sharper than ground ginger and used more often in savory dishes, can be substituted for ground ginger at a ratio of 6:1. Use ground ginger in ginger cookies; add to pies, cakes, and tarts; make Monkey (Ginger)Bread; or use in a savory spice blend for curries, chilis, and soups.
Cardamom: Cardamom, a pod-shaped spice, comes in black and green varieties. While both have a floral, resinous smell and taste, black cardamom is smokier and has a coolness similar to mint. Both types of cardamom are used in sweet and savory cooking, especially in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Use it to perfume drinks such as Chai and hot chocolate; toss whole pods into rice as it cooks; grind and use in baked goods, such as cakes, coffee cakes, muffins, and shortbread; make Cardamom Doughnuts; use in a syrup to poach fruit; add to a brine for preserving lemons.
What are your favorite ways to use these spices? Let us know in the comments!
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A petition was posted on the White House web site this week seeking to change the national anthem to R. Kelly's 2003 hit "Ignition (Remix)."
The petition states that "America has changed since Francis Scott Key penned our current anthem in 1814" and the R. Kelly banger would be a perfect replacement since it's "still hot and fresh out the kitchen."
The group has a goal of reaching 100,000 signatures by April 2, and had managed to collect more than 7,300 as of this writing.
However, some of the supporters may be waiting until the "freaking weekend" to get on board.


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Statements on the death of Post columnist David Broder
Below are statements on the death of Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist David Broder.
The Broder family:
"David Broder died on March 09, 2011, at the age of 81. He lived a full life with abundant blessings, both personal and professional.
The list of people and organizations to which David was grateful is rich and varied. His reporting colleagues and friends were a deep source of enjoyment for him. To name all of them is impossible. However, we would especially like to thank the Washington Post Company, the Washington Post Writers Group, Washington Post Company Chairman Don Graham, and former Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee for their extraordinary roles in David's life over many decades. The late Katharine Graham also held a special place in David's heart for her friendship and her commitment to first-rate journalism.
David was a kind and generous spirit throughout his life. One of the ways in which he gave of himself was through his university and graduate school teaching at Harvard, Duke, and the University of Maryland. He loved his students, and never tired of their company. Additionally, David and Ann Broder created the Ann C. and David S. Broder Professorship Fund at the University of Chicago, their joint alma mater.
David spent his professional life with political leaders at all levels of society, from precinct captains to Presidents, on Capitol Hill, and in State Houses and City Halls in all fifty states. His greatest admiration and respect were always for the voters themselves, who would answer a knock on their door, let him into their homes, and share their observations on the issues of the day. Their passion for this country and its possibilities mirrored his own. To the countless thousands who, since 1953, inspired his curiosity and informed his reporting, we offer our thanks.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Arena Stage, the National Symphony Orchestra, or the Capital Area Food Bank.
We will hold a memorial service this spring in Washington DC to commemorate David's life, and will announce details soon.
The Broder Family
March 09, 2011"
A statement from the White House:
"Like so many here in Washington and across the country, Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of a true giant of journalism, David Broder.
David filed his first story from our nation's capital before starting as a junior political writer on the 1960 presidential election.
In the decades that followed, he built a well-deserved reputation as the most respected and incisive political commentator of his generation - winning a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Watergate and earning the affectionate title of Dean of the Washington press corps.
Through all his success, David remained an eminently kind and gracious person, and someone we will dearly miss.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends in this difficult time."
Statement from senate the office of Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)
"No reporter in recent times was a better reporter than David Broder. He would show up in the most unexpected places. Sometimes he was the only reporter present. He never played favorites. He would be uncomfortable with such praise by an elected official. Public service and journalism are richer for his distinguished, long career."
From longtime Meet the Press executive producer Betsy Fischer:
"'Meet the Press' mourns the loss of a true giant in journalism. David Broder was part of our 'Meet the Press' family since 1963, when he was just 33 years old. He appeared as a panelist and later a roundtable member a record 401 times during his remarkable career -- and he was a true gentleman and first rate journalist every single time. David was beloved by the staff and crew of 'Meet the Press' throughout the years. We feel so incredibly honored and grateful to have worked with him. We offer our heartfelt sympathies to his family, friends and his colleagues at the Washington Post."
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Omaha, NE's the Faint have gone through countless changes in their relatively short career, but with each shift, both in terms of personnel and style, they have made a distinct new impression and turned more and more heads. Originally called Norman Bailer and featuring current members Clark and Todd Baechle (later he changed his name to Todd Fink, after marrying future Saddle Creek recording artist Orenda Fink of Azure Ray), as well as bassist Joel Peterson, the group's early years were a mix of lo-fi pop and tongue-in-cheek easy listening with a touch of punk rock ideals borrowed from their early skateboarding days. Along with a prepubescent Bright Eyes and a recently formed Cursive, the band was one of the seeds that spawned the explosive Omaha scene as well as a flagship act for the highly regarded Saddle Creek Records.
A very limited cassette release and a few tracks on split 7″s and samplers were the band's only output, but the spark was there, and after adding Matt Bowen to the mix, the Faint proper first came into being around 1998. Media, the group's first full-length, was still a far cry from their later sounds, but the record was a fitting introduction to the band that featured a bevy of conflicting sounds, from new wave-inspired pop to Lullaby for the Working Class-style acoustic dirges. It wasn't the perfect record, but it was an inspired start that gave the band a good idea of what they were, and more importantly were not, striving for. In the wake of Media, the band set out to add something special to their live show, and in the course of the year, Bowen left the band and Jacob Thiele joined up to add the all-too-important keyboard sounds into the mix.
Early 1999 saw the band re-enter the studio with a new agenda, focusing on danceable beats, catchy keyboards, and an '80s-influenced sound that both revered and reinvented the past. The result was Blank-Wave Arcade (Saddle Creek), a pulsating record about sexuality, transportation, and mass consumption that instantly attracted hordes of new fans who were blown away by the group's distinctive new sound. The new material, along with a seizure-inducing D. I.Y. live light show and incorrigible on-stage energy, created a major buzz, and soon the Faint were revered as the second coming of new wave genius. A series of remixes on both a limited-edition LP and a tour to support a CD from Insound furthered the hype, and by the time the Faint entered the studio yet again in early 2001, the buzz had grown to a resounding roar.
In August of 2001, the group released its third LP, Danse Macabre (Saddle Creek), a somewhat darker exploration of the styles hinted at on Blank-Wave Arcade. They also added a guitarist by the name of Dapose (born Mike Dappen), whose death metal past worked perfectly with the gloomy, but still oddly upbeat, sentiments of the new record. The disc was released to instant acclaim and almost immediately became one of the label's best-selling titles. the Faint followed it up with even more touring and also found the time to release the Mote/Dust 12″ (GSL) in October of 2001, featuring two more remixes, a Sonic Youth cover, and a new track featuring Bright Eyes songsmith Conor Oberst. The band was all quiet on the recording front until March of 2003, when they released an album of remixes from Danse Macabre called, strangely enough, Danse Macabre Remixes. The disc featured remixes by artists like Paul Oakenfold, Photek, and Medicine. They followed this up with Wet from Birth, which was released in fall 2004. The band remixed "Meet Your Master" from Nine Inch Nails' Year Zero, while bassist Joel Peterson reworked Of Montreal's "Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games" under his Broken Spindles alias. the Faint built their own studio, named Enamel, and formed their own label, Blank. Wav, on which they released their fourth album Fasciinatiion in summer 2008.
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sykkelmannen » December 1st, 2017, 8:17 am wrote:nationality slovak.
reason for username: a passion for bicycles. sykkelmannen means 'the bicycle man' in norwegian.
sykkelmannen » December 1st, 2017, 1:17 pm wrote:nationality slovak.
I knew about 9/11 being a demolition since 2006. Then a lot later I learned about the fake planes. Today I googled nuke hoax, found the septemberclues predecessor website and from there I jumped to the updated web. And I learned the whole 9/11 stage was a movie. It surprised me tho because I had some conflicting info in my head, and I still wonder about some of those things. I guess I'll find the answers as I read thru the forums.
fbenario » December 2nd, 2017, 2:43 am wrote:You're a Slovak cyclist? Peter Sagan is great, love watching him ride. Is he the greatest Slovak cyclist?
FervidGus » December 3rd, 2017, 12:41 pm wrote:No capital letter "G" is given because what we have had as government for the past few centuries is pitiful.
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I'm an engineer from Sweden with a master's degree in software engineering, working as a programmer at a consultancy firm. My area of expertise is therefore naturally within IT.
I have been aware of many of these hoaxes for a long time. However, it is only recently that I have gotten more serious about digging deeper into them. I have to thank the Swedish podcast Radio Cui Bono for sparking the interesting. What I want to get out of my membership on this forum is to discuss things that I still find unclear, and by that get a better understanding into the various hoaxes.
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Maine police dogs to get bullet- and stab-protective vests
AUBURN, Maine (AP) � Several police dogs in Maine are getting bulletproof vests.
Police in Auburn say a departmental dog named K-9 Dutch will be receiving a vest that protects against bullets and knife stabs.
The state Department of Corrections is also getting vests for two of its K-9s, Rex and Gunner.
Officials say the vests are made possible through a grant awarded to Vested Interest in K-9s Inc. by the Petco Foundation.
Vested Interest in K-9s is a charity that provides bullet- and stab-protective vests to police dogs throughout the U.S.


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