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Create a Queue class that implements a queue abstraction. A queue is a FIFO list (First In First Out queue). A simple example is waiting in line, where the first person in the line is the first served. New arrivals are added to the back of the line, the next person served is (removed) from the front of the line.
The Queue class needs to implement the following operations:
* adding to the queue at one end (the tail)
* removing from the queue at the other end (the head)
* printing all items the queue (from head to tail)
* erasing all items in the queue (leaving the queue empty).
* destructor to empty the queue before it's destroyed (to release all memory)
Additions and removals always occur at the opposite ends of the queue.
You should create the following methods in your Queue class to implement the above operationsm
Your Queue implementation uses a companion QueueItem class to represent each element in the list. A QueueItem contains character string as the data value, a unique (among all QueueItems in a Queue) integer node identifier, and a pointer to the next QueueItem in the list. [/QUOTE}
class QueueItem {
QueueItem(char *pData, int id); // ctor
void setNext(QueueItem *pItem);
QueueItem* getNext();
int getId();
const char* getData();
char mData[30]; // or, use a char* if you want to dynamically alloc memory
int mNodeID;
QueueItem * mpNext;
The QueueItem member functions are very basic, just setting or getting data members of the class. All the linked list manipulation is done by the Queue class member functions.
The Queue class member functions manipulate the linked list of QueueItem's, creating and destroying QueueItem objects as needed using the C++ new and delete operators. The Queue class member data includes a pointer to the head and and pointer to the tail of the linked list of QueueItems, and an integer node counter used to provide a unique node ID for every newly created QueueItem (incremented each time a new QueueItem is added, and passed as a parameter to the QueueItem constructor. It is never decremented).
The following is a partial example of the Queue class; you will need to fill in the remaining methods.
class Queue {
Queue(); // ctor inits a new Queue
~Queue(); // dtor erases any remaining QueueItems
void addItem(char *pData);
void removeItem();
QueueItem *mpHead; // always points to first QueueItem in the list
QueueItem *mpTail; // always points to the last QueueItem in the list
int mNodeCounter; // always increasing for a unique id to assign to each new QueueItem
The Queue class member functions should not have access to the private members of QueueItem objects. They call the public member functions of QueueItem.
As an example, the outline of the Queue::addItem() member function is shown below. It must add a new QueueItem at the tail of the Queue, and update the mpTail pointer to point to it. The first item in the Queue is both the head and the tail of the list.:
void Queue::addItem(char *pData)
// dynamically create and init a new QueueItem object
QueueItem *pQI = new QueueItem(pData, ++mNodeCounter);
if (0 == mpHead) // chk for empty queue
mpHead = mpTail = pQI;
// link new item onto tail of list using mpTail pointer
The removeItem() method removes the head QueueItem from the queue, and should release the memory using the C++ delete operator. It updates mpHead to point at the following item (if any) as the new head. If the list becomes empty, both mpHead and mpTail must be set to null (0). It does not change the value of mNodeCounter (which is always incremented when a new item is added). If called on an empty Queue, it does nothing.
The erase() method removes all the items in the queue and should release the memory. To implement, you could loop calling removeItem() until the queue is empty.
The Queue destructor should ensure that all items are removed from the queue. The easiest way is to call the erase() method from the destructor.
The user code (main) never see's QueueItem objects, since they are used only for implementation inside of class Queue. main() has only the Queue object to work with. For example, the following code would create a queue with three elements, and then print it out:
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In elections, candidate support begins with the base--the most loyal core of voters.
No candidate can succeed without that loyal cadre of supporters, for they form the foundation for his or her campaign.
That's probably what Pres. Barack Obama is thinking with his return to California. No state has been more devoted to the president than this one. California may have lost its economic sheen, but it remains "golden" for Mr. Obama.
And so, in between stops to promote his new jobs proposal, the president has been scooping up ooldes of cash.
The way the election is shaping up, he may need every last cent.
But beyond the speeches and swanky cocktail parties, the president is here for another reason.
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In order to collect California's 55 electoral votes -- and enough electoral votes from other states to prevail for a second term -- Obama must re-connect with the people.
"Connecting" was the signature piece of the Obama campaign in 2008. Part of it came through his magnificent campaign speeches, but an even more valuable element emerged from his masterful use of the Internet.
Through his state-of-the-art website and delivery of messages to the growing mobile phone community, Obama cultivated and stayed connected with millions of voters, often on a daily basis.
Republican opponent John McCain never came close to Obama in mastering the Internet as a mechanism for tapping into the voters.
Four years later, the world is a much different place.
People, especially young people, are enraptured with social media. The pulse of that communication system beats loudest in California, and even more so in Silicon Valley.
Mr. Obama knows this, which is why he visited Facebook a few months ago and Linked-In on this trip.
He knows that in order to generate the kind of buzz he created in 2008 he'll have to reach people on their turf and on their terms. You can bet that while the president is breaking bread with his big supporters, his campaign folks will be swapping communication ideas with local internet geeks.
That's what makes the California trip so important for the president. He needs more than California's cash; he needs California's brains. And if the past is any indication of the future, he'll get more than his share.
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Where do you discover new kid-friendly crafts?
Of course Pinterest is an excellent source for fun ideas and kid-friendly crafts. But I also get a lot of ideas from scanning the shelves at the dollar store, and online shopping at some of my favorite stores. Sometimes I see something I love and immediately think, "Hey, Sydney and I can make that!"


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Portland Pirates CEO arrested for drunken driving
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) � The CEO of the American Hockey League team in Portland, Maine, is free on $500 bail following his arrest this week for drunken driving.
Police say 57-year-old Brian Petrovek was released from the Cumberland County Jail on Wednesday, hours after being charged with operating under the influence.
Petrovek is the managing owner and CEO of the Portland Pirates. The Portland Press Herald says he failed a field sobriety test after getting his Jeep stuck on a median.
The Pirates are in their second year as the AHL affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes, the NHL team that supplies the coaches, players and support staff for the team.


text: Back Helicobacter Pylori in Children Click to Enlarge What is Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)? H. pylori is a spiral-shaped bacterium found in the stomach, which (along with acid secretion) damages stomach and duodenal tissue, causing inflammation and peptic ulcers. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, H. pylori causes the majority of ulcers. How does H. pylori cause damage? It is believed that H. pylori's shape and characteristics cause the damage that leads to ulcers. Because of their shape and the way they move, the bacteria can penetrate the stomach's protective mucous lining where they produce the enzyme urease, which generates substances that neutralize the stomach's acids. This weakens the stomach's protective mucus, makes the stomach cells more susceptible to the damaging effects of acid and pepsin, and leads to sores or ulcers in the stomach or duodenum (first part of the small intestine). Click to Enlarge The bacteria can also attach to stomach cells, further weakening the stomach's defensive mechanisms and producing local inflammation. For reasons not completely understood, H. pylori can also stimulate the stomach to produce more acid. What causes an H. pylori infection? Researchers do not know what causes people to develop H. pylori. It is believed that H. pylori is transmitted orally from person to person through close contact (kissing) or through fecal-oral contact. Most people are first exposed to it during childhood. What are the symptoms of H. pylori? The following are the most common symptoms of H. pylori. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. After being infected with H. pylori, gastritis--an inflammation of the stomach lining--may develop. However, most people will never have symptoms or problems related to the infection. When symptoms are present, they may include the following: Abdominal discomfort, which may: Cause a dull, gnawing pain Occur two to three hours after a meal Come and go for several days or weeks Occur in the middle of the night when stomach is empty Be relieved by eating or taking an antacid medication Loss of weight Loss of appetite Bloating Burping Nausea Vomiting The symptoms of H. pylori may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Consult your child's doctor for a diagnosis. How is H. pylori diagnosed? In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, diagnostic procedures for H. pylori may include the following: Blood tests. These tests identify antibodies that indicate the presence of the bacterium. Stool test. This test identifies evidence of the bacterium in the stool. Breath tests. This test determines if carbon is present after drinking a solution that contains urea--the presence of carbon indicates the release of urease by H. pylori. Tissue tests. Tissue is removed during an endoscopy. The endoscopy or EGD is a procedure that allows the doctor to examine the inside of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. A thin, flexible, lighted tube called an endoscope is guided into the mouth and throat, then into the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. The endoscope allows the doctor to view the inside of this area of the body, as well as to insert instruments through a scope for the removal of a sample of tissue for biopsy (if necessary). This tissue is used to: Detect the presence of the enzyme urease Examine the bacteria that is present under a microscope Start a culture test to grow more bacteria for examination Treatment for H. pylori Specific treatment will be determined by your child's doctor based on the following: Your child's age, overall health, and medical history The extent of the disease Your child's tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies The expectations for the course of the disease Your opinion or preference Treatment may include: Antibiotics to kill the bacteria Medications to suppress acid production, including: H2-blockers. They reduce the amount of acid the stomach produces by blocking histamine, a powerful stimulant of acid secretion. Proton pump inhibitors. They more completely block stomach acid production by stopping the stomach's acid pump, which is the final step of acid secretion. Stomach-lining protectors. They protect the stomach lining from acid and help kill the bacteria.


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I really am going to stop talking about my stove soon.
But for the first time in my cooking life, I am able to cook chicken on the stove top without it sticking to the pan and destroying all my hopes and dreams, or at least the ones pertainings to poultry, before my very eyes. I have chosen to believe this is less about my failure as a cook, or my unfettered impatience when it comes to turning meat before it's time, and rather about the failures of my prior stoves to heat things evenly.
Just work with me on this delusion, because it's leading somewhere.
Although I have often scorned the boneless chicken breast, I saw some that were so lovely at the Bethesda farmers market on Sunday I had to pick them up. This takes us to Chicken Breast with Fresh Sage, which was instantly appealing on several levels. First of all, it's adapted from a Patricia Wells recipe, which is practically synonymous with guaranteed-simply-divine; it involves sage, one of my favorite herbs and there are few other ingredients to mess with here.
(Bonus: our poster, JulieBee, uses the word "moreover" in describing its lemony deliciousness; I just love a recipe that employs an adverb!)
The first thing you will notice is the call for what seems like an excessive number of sage leaves. (Is it just me or has there been a shortage of sage at the markets this year? I noticed this all year in L.A., where it is currently easier to procure medical marijuana some days than furry batches of this herb, and the trend continues in D.C., where I had to settle for one lonely bunch from the herb lady, who seemed genuinely pained by my sage-less sadness yet fobbed the blame on the last sage-hoarding customer.) Don't worry –- if you get a nice big bunch you will have plenty for this recipe.
So once you get your olive oil and butter going, pop your nice chicken breasts in there (hopefully purchased from people who raise really good flavorful birds it does make a difference here) and let them sizzle away. Are you tempted to turn them too early? Please stop that.
Once you have turned the breasts, tuck your sage leaves under and close to (as opposed to the not-quite-specific "around" that the recipe suggest) and keep a watchful eye so that you don't over cook them. I realize this can be a tricky dance (one of my breasts would not quite finish in the center) so if you have particularly plump meat you may wish to finish this in the oven.
The sauce reduction takes no time and really enhances this dish, a bit of lemony goodness infused will all important butter fat. You can actually skip the last bit of butter if you choose, but then please don't serve it to me.
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By JulieBee (Adapted from "Trattoria" by Patricia Wells)
Serves 2 to 4
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Methanol injection pre-turbo compressor was used in the golden years of CART/Champ Car Indy cars. When the Unsers raced the Andrettis, Zanardi, Paul Tracy, etc.
Compressor wheels can be coated for corrosion resistance, electroless nickel plating. Something used on heavy duty diesels that run a lot of EGR.
any difference in efficiency form volute injection to pre compressor injection?
I've never sprayed water meth into a compressor before, but I've read things from it corroding the compressor wheel, to if it is not atomized properly the large droplets can actually damage or even chip the compressor blades, or pool in the intercooler as the temp drop and huge restriction causes condensation. That's pretty much the reason for me never going that route, and doing charge pipe injection just for the IAT reduction, and steam cleaning of the valves.
Yes, fluid droplets hitting the compressor wheel can certainly damage it. On race cars which swap out turbos often, not so much an issue. Performance wise, spraying in front of the compressor is better. Basically, the air gets continuously cooled DURING compressor by the methanol absorbing the heat. So constant intercooling which improves compressor performance vs doing the cooling after all the air is compressed.
I wonder how much difference these guys are actually seeing. They will invest thousands of dollars just to see a few hundredths. Compared to traditional WMI, is it worth bothering with on a street car?
its not only about the turbo compressor wheels getting damaged, don't those metal particles go straight into the combustion chamber? When those particles go in I would assume they could impact the combustion as they could create hot spots that could lead to pre-ignition. Not only that but the additional metal particles could add to the wear and tear.
As previously mentioned on race cars that swap turbos, do fluid flushes and tear downs after races its not an issue.
I would like to see the incremental benefits of pre vs post compressor injection, my bet is that its not enough to out weigh the risks/ add'l costs


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Tucson resident Anita "Sarge" Kellman has been working in the medical field for more than 25 years.
She's a clinical liaison for patients who are undergoing biopsies and other procedures, and she's been meeting cancer survivors all along.
Kellman is also a big fan of exercising, and after learning navy seal techniques more than ten years ago, she decided to combine her passion for helping patients with working out.
In 2004, the Beat Cancer Boot Camp emerged from this passion.
Since then, thousands of cancer survivors, their friends and family have participated in multiple events.
They include educational classes, lunches, dinners and exercise sessions where Kellman leads the "troop members" during one-hour physical routines at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park and other locations.
"The format is to make a total body work out," Kellman said. "I want to make sure that when the women walk away that they feel that they're stronger and healthier just by showing up."
Word has been spreading about the program, and it's now in seven states but it seems to be poised for even more growth.
Since appearing as a guest trainer on NBC's "The Biggest Loser," Kellman has been getting even more calls to take the program to other communities.
She has decided to relinquish responsibilities locally to focus on its national growth.
"It's going to be an adjustment for me also because this has been my life for ten years day in day out," she said. "I spend many hours not only teaching the class but working on many projects and helping the community in various ways for boot camp."
The Tucson chapter will be run by a board, made up of several committees from its general membership. Participants will tend to an array of areas such as marketing and outreach.
Board president Mary Specio-Boyer said she's excited about the future and helping other women.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 and has been active in the organization ever since.
"I've been able to not only make new friends but to share my experiences and make them meaningful and that's so, so very important," she said. "The other thing I like about this group is that my friends and family are all involved."
Nancy Pearson is an archaeologist at the UA's Arizona State Museum.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 and she's been attending boot camp since the beginning, when she happened to meet Kellman.
"Cancer boot camp discovered me," she said.
"The sergeant, Anita Kellman, was working when I went in for some cancer treatment and I remember, heard some of her coworkers say, 'hey, she does boot camp.' And I thought, huh, I wonder if I can do a boot camp?" Pearson said.
Pearson found she could do it and she continues to be involved.
She and the other women say it provides many benefits, including camaraderie with physical and emotional support when it is especially valuable in their lives.


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Singer Rebecca Ferguson appeared to faint on live TV today as she finished off a performance on Loose Women.
The chart star, who found fame through 'The X Factor', was a guest on the UTV programme and was promoting a forthcoming single when she crumpled to the floor, with her backing band rushing round and coming to her aid.
It is thought Ferguson, who will head out on tour in little over a fortnight, had fainted.
She told fans only yesterday that she was feeling unwell and suffering from a "bug", but was hoping to be well for her day of promotion.
I am feeling much better will rest today so sorry to worry everybody I fought through that song but at the end had nothing left love yas xxx— Rebecca Ferguson (@RebeccaFMusic) February 27, 2014
Fans expressed their concern, with many posting messages on Twitter asking about her welfare.
Ferguson releases a new single 'All That I've Got on Monday', taken from her second album Freedom.
TV bosses did not screen the collapse when the show was repeated on the station's +1 catch-up channel, replacing it with a message which said: ``Legally we're not allowed to show you what was on earlier.''
Following the show, Ferguson said she was feeling better and said she slumped because she simply had "nothing left" after pushing herself to get through the track.
In a message posted online, she said: "I am feeling much better. Will rest today. So sorry to worry everybody. I fought through that song, but at the end had nothing left."
A spokeswoman for the show said: "Rebecca became unwell during her performance on the show today. She was seen by a nurse at the studios and is fine now."


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Stick to what's written on your shopping list. Check food expiration dates. Cook just enough but no more.
These and a few other simple practices can help curb global food waste, which amounts to 1.3 billion tons of food every year, experts say.
This is vital at a time when climate change and population growth are reducing the availability of food for millions of vulnerable people around the world, they add.
"With the World Bank warning of the possibility of a four-degrees-centigrade [7 degrees F.] temperature rise by the end of the decade and an expected world population of 9 billion by 2050, global food production and supply is going to be highly affected," Dennis Garrity, United Nations drylands ambassador and senior fellow at the World Agroforestry Center told AlertNet in Nairobi. "The time to act is now."
There are 870 million hungry people in the world today, experts estimate, but droughts, floods, storms, and climate-related plant diseases, among many other factors, continually reduce access to food.
Now experts say that cutting the amount of food that goes to waste, both in the developed and developing world, is key to addressing this.
One of Africa's food waste hotspots is the Dandora rubbish dump on the outskirts of Nairobi.
The 30-acre piece of land receives 2,000 tons of solid waste every day, an uncertain share of it food waste. The presence of pigs, marabou storks, dogs, and other animals – as well as human scavengers – indicates there is plenty to eat, however.
"I have worked on this site for the past six years," said Eunice Khasandi, a 36-year-old mother of four who scavenges waste food at the dump.
"We collect food and sell it to pig farmers on the outskirts of the city," said Khasandi, who is one of an estimated 6,000 scavengers who visit the dump, according to the City Council of Nairobi.
The scavengers sell a 50-kilogram (110 lb.) sack of waste food for Sh200 ($2.50). If the sack contained an equivalent amount of maize meal, Kenya's staple food, it would be enough to feed between 250 and 350 people if served with stew for lunch, nutrition experts say.
"Under normal circumstances, one kilogram (2.2 lbs.) of maize meal can feed between five and seven people," explained Avraj Marwa, executive chef at the Sarova Panafric, a 4-star hotel in Nairobi.
Food ends up on rubbish dumps for a variety of reasons: because people buy on impulse, purchase items that are almost past their sell-by date, cook more than they can eat, or simply buy food that just never gets eaten.
The hospitality industry produces a great deal of food waste, Marwa said, trying to cater to different tastes among its clients. But many people also waste food through lack of education, he said, urging better education to limit that waste.
"We need to introduce eating etiquette lessons in African schools, at the earliest level. This can be of great benefit for the pupils, for society, and the future environment," the chef said.
To mitigate the growing problem of food waste, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a global campaign in January. "Think. Eat. Save. Reduce Your Foodprint" aims to cut food waste worldwide.
This campaign comes two weeks after the launch of FoodTank, a food think tank initiative that aims to connect food producers, consumers, policymakers, activists, and farmers, with a view to reducing the amount of food that goes to waste.
"Wasting food makes no sense – economically, environmentally or ethically," said Achim Steiner, UNEP's executive director in a statement at the launch of the UNEP and FAO food waste campaign.
Kenya, like many other developing countries, also loses large amounts of food during post-harvesting handling, either to pests, poor storage, or contamination.
In 2011, for instance, 180 bags of maize weighing 90 kilograms (198 lbs.) each that were earmarked for relief were destroyed in Kituyi, eastern Kenya, in front of starving residents of Mutomo district, who had lost their crops to drought. The reason? The maize had been contaminated with aflatoxins.
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• Isaiah Esipisu is a freelance journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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PENDLETON - A Hermiston, Ore., farm which calls itself America's largest onion grower violated federal law when a supervisor reinforced the domestic abuse of a female employee with workplace harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
The EEOC's investigation found that a seasonal farm worker for River Point Farms faced relentless verbal abuse from her male supervisor from 2005 to 2010. In addition to unwanted sexual comments and requests for sexual favors, the supervisor constantly told the female employee that women are inferior to men and that she should submit to her husband, a co-worker employed at River Point.
"My supervisor told me I was less than a man, that my husband should be allowed to beat me, and that I should put up with it because I am a woman," said the worker.
More than once, the supervisor publicly encouraged the woman's husband to kill her. After her spouse attempted to kill her in September of 2010, the supervisor blamed her for causing her husband's arrest and fired her. Although River Point allowed her to return to work thereafter a few weeks later, the company nonetheless laid her off much sooner than others and did not rehire her for several months while others were hired in her stead, a retaliatory act for her complaints about the supervisor's abusive and discriminatory treatment, the EEOC said.
Gender-based harassment and retaliation for reporting it violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement through conciliation, the EEOC filed the lawsuit (EEOC v. RPF Holdings, LLC dba River Point Farms LLC CV-12-01765-SU) in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, seeking monetary damages on behalf of the female employee along with corrective measures in the workplace.
"This is a harrowing case -- our investigation found that the supervisor would laughingly recount an incident at work where this worker was pregnant and hiding under a table, yet her husband kicked her so savagely in the stomach that she went to the hospital," said EEOC District Director Michael Baldonado. "By law, employers must answer for the actions of their management and cannot allow this type of sexist and abusive behavior in the workplace."
EEOC Regional Attorney William R. Tamayo said, "With nearly one-third of American women reporting being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives, it is important that all employers learn how to respond to domestic violence as it impacts the workplace. A study of domestic violence survivors found that 74 percent of employed battered women were harassed by their partner while they were at work. Employers should train their supervisors to respond quickly and reasonably to employees who report harassment, and to not take adverse actions against those who speak out against abuse."
River Point Farm's website, www.riverpointfarms.com, reports annual production of 490 million pounds of onions for major customers such as ConAgra, Costco, Kroger, and Safeway.
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Conor Daly passed the three-phase Indianapolis 500 Rookie Orientation Program. Pippa Mann passed a refresher program. Marco Andretti and Helio Castroneves surpassed 225 mph.
On the busiest day of practice yet for the 97th Running of the Indianapolis 500, 32 driver/car combinations co-mingled on the 2.5-mile oval during the six-hour session under sun and temperatures hovering in the low 60s.
It was a grand day to get down to business for some teams and drivers, and for others to get started on their race preparations. The latter included the Dale Coyne Racing entries for Mann, Justin Wilson and Ana Beatriz, Townsend Bell in the second Panther Racing car and Daly in the second A.J. Foyt Racing entry.
Andretti, driving the No. 25 RC Cola car for Andretti Autosport, posted the quickest lap of the month at 225.100 mph (39.9823 seconds). Castroneves was .0043 of a second behind in the No. 3 Shell V-Power/Pennzoil Ultra Team Penske car.
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Eight cars had lap speeds in excess of 223 mph (quick lap of May 12), and the top 26 were separated by a second. In total, 1,733 laps were turned without incident.
"It helps when you can simulate a mini-race, so we had that luxury and we've been taking full advantage of it," Andretti said. "(Last year) was the first year for me that pole was in reach, so I got too fascinated with just how fast would the car go instead of getting the proper car underneath you for the race.
"Everybody's like, 'Last year you were really strong in the race,' and this and that, but the car was a handful in the race and obviously it bit me there in the end. So we knew we needed to make some gains and we have so far, but obviously we know how Indy goes. It's early."
Reigning IZOD IndyCar Series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay (224.386 mph) was third, 2012 championship runner-up Will Power (223.784) was fourth and JR Hildebrand (223.624) was fifth. Series points leader Takuma Sato was sixth (223.363).
"We've been trying some changes – some work, some don't – and that's all part of testing," said Hunter-Reay, driver of the No. 1 DHL car. "Had another opportunity to run with the teammates and it's really good to see all of Andretti Autosport working together that way."
The warmest day of the month is forecast or May 14, which will entice another busy day of on-track activity (noon-6 p.m. ET).
Daly, the fourth first-year Indianapolis 500 driver to complete the formal ROP, was duly impressed with the Honda-powered No. 41 ABC Supply Co. car, racetrack and speed.
"That's what living the dream feels like. It was really cool," said Daly, 21, of Noblesville, Ind. "First of all, I haven't been on an oval in three years. The first run was kind of difficult to get familiar with it because the car turns in really, really well. Once I got rid of that first run, we were able to get on it."
The Rookie Orientation Program is designed to provide first-year Indianapolis 500 drivers an opportunity to get acquainted with the racetrack. The three speed phases, set by INDYCAR based on the weather and track conditions, include 10 laps at 200-205 mph, 15 laps at 205-209 mph and 15 laps at 210 mph-plus.
INDYCAR driver stewards Arie Luyendyk and Johnny Unser also monitor car control, placement and a consistent driving pattern. AJ Allmendinger, Tristan Vautier and Carlos Munoz completed the program May 11 and were cleared to join in practice and qualifications.
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"I felt poorly prepared for the fast pace of training and the variety of styles
where the same techniques were executed in fundamentally different ways."
This article is the second in a series of four autobiographical articles by Aiki News Editor-in-chief Stanley Pranin and was first published in 1990 in Wushu, a Japanese-language magazine dealing with Chinese martial arts.
In my last article I covered the circumstances under which I began my practice of aikido in 1962 and some of my strongest memories from those first few years. I would like to pick up the thread of my narration where I left off last time. The year is 1965 and I am a student at the University of California at Los Angeles. In the intervening two years I had been promoted to ikkyu by Takahashi Sensei. Although the demands on my time for studies were heavy I managed to continue training on Fridays and weekends. Also, my interest in aikido had grown to the point that I began to take Japanese language classes as an elective at the university.
At that point in time, I did most of my training at the Los Angeles Aikikai. It was one of the first dojos established in the mainland U.S. and continues to operate today. Besides the chief instructor Isao Takahashi Sensei, most of the senior students were nisei or sansei and several of them had moved to California from Hawaii where they had earlier begun their aikido training. As I recall, more than half of the dojo members were of Japanese descent. Some of those early aikidoka did much to spread aikido in California during the early years and such names as Clem Yoshida, Rod Kobayashi, Dan Mizukami, Francis Takahashi, and Daniel (Kensho) Furuya stand out most in my mind.
That summer at the dojo was a very exciting time for everyone as we were anticipating a visit from the Head of the Instructors' Staff (Shihan Bucho) of the Aikikai Hombu Dojo, the famous Koichi Tohei Sensei. Tohei Sensei was at that time perhaps the most well-known aikido teacher in the west due to his frequent travels to America and the publication of his early books in English. He had introduced aikido to Hawaii in 1953 and remained there teaching for about two years. At that point in time, the image of aikido in the minds of most foreigners was primarily shaped by his concept of the art which emphasized kiand, in this sense, Tohei was more influential outside of Japan than even the Founder Morihei Ueshiba. Tohei was known for his unrivaled technique, and easy-to-understand, entertaining teaching approach. For those of us who had never met him, we were anticipating a man almost bigger than life.
When Tohei Sensei actually walked into the dojo that warm summer day in 1965 I indeed felt a powerful presence. Since his English, though quite serviceable, was difficult to understand, one had to pay close attention to his words. When he stepped on to the tatami to teach, he would often smile and relate amusing anecdotes to convey key points regarding techniques. Tohei Sensei's movements were very graceful and he would often jump or hop while executing them. Although he was heavily muscled, even a bit stout, I found his motions more dance-like than martial. At the same time, there was certainly no doubt that he had plenty of power in reserve if he ever cared to call upon it.
Being raised in health-conscious California I was somewhat disappointed to find that he smoke and drank, although in retrospect having lived in this country (Japan) for many years, I now understand that there is nothing surprising about any man having such habits from the Japanese cultural standpoint. I also had occasion to seen him in social contexts and he was very charming and entertaining and quite adept at social dancing.
Tohei Sensei's approach to teaching was simplicity itself. He started presenting a series of preparatory exercises done alone or with a partner designed to teach one to move in a relaxed, circular fashion. He had also developed a series of "ki testing" drills where one would check to ensure that his partner was "extending ki" properly. These exercises were a lot of fun and were something you could show to impress and mystify your friends. I remember in particular the "unbendable arm" and "unliftable posture." Tohei Sensei taught a core of some 50 aikido techniques and each was executed in a highly individualistic way and clearly bore his stamp. He would demonstrate techniques in a casual, playful manner, as if to suggest that if one mastered the movements of aikido executing them was mere child's play. We were taught that it was wrong to attempt to develop or resort to physical strength as this would impede our ability to learn to apply ki when executing techniques. What we were doing was in one very real sense an "unlearning" process in that we were reprogramming our bodies and minds to deal with physical reality in a new, more efficient manner.
It was a wonderful and exciting experience having Tohei Sensei with us for several weeks and during that time about a dozen members of our dojo took dan examinations, myself included. I received my first dan in August of 1965 about three years after beginning training.
With the approach of fall, I returned to my studies which gradually came to consume more and more of my time. I still managed to keep up aikido training, but could barely manage two days a week. In America, unlike Japan, students during their university years are required to devote themselves to academics more intently than any other period of their academic careers.
Tohei Sensei visited Los Angeles again in the fall of 1967 and even though I had not been training very much due to the demands of graduate school I was told to take my nidan test on the spot without any prior warning. I felt very awkward about this as I knew I was not prepared. I still have an 8mm film of the randori section of that test and find it quite comical to watch as I almost lose the top of my keikogi during the confusion of being attacked. Somehow I was passed to nidan by Tohei Sensei on that occasion. Compared to today's standards I think our level was lower in those days. But aikido was still a young martial art in the west and there were few experienced teachers then. To put things into perspective, in my research in later years I learned that even the Aikikai Hombu Dojo accelerated dan promotions during the 1950s in order to develop a teaching corps. In fact some of today's most well-known teachers were skipped one or two dans during aikido's early years.
The next year I transferred to the University of California at Berkeley to begin my Ph.D. course in Romance Languages and Literatures. This was the 1968-1969 academic year and the university was the center of great student unrest and many demonstrations and riots occurred. It was not at all an atmosphere conducive to academic study. Ironically I became much more heavily involved in aikido during that year as Dr. Robert Frager and I shared responsibility for teaching the university's aikido club. Given the chaotic situation on campus, aikido became in a certain sense more important to me than my studies. Moreover, I made the decision to travel to Japan during the summer break in hopes of meeting the Founder Morihei Ueshiba in person. Another reason for the timing of my visit was the fact that I was to be inducted into the army in the fall of 1969. The United States were embroiled in the Vietnam war and many college students were being called to serve. Unfortunately, word reached us at Berkeley late in April 1969 that the Founder had passed away. I was greatly saddened by this event and considered postponing my trip. But upon reflection, since I had to enter the army and didn't know when my next chance would be, I determined to make the trip to Japan anyway.
My flight from Los Angeles left for Tokyo on June 23, 1969 and arrived at Haneda the next day. I took a taxi from the airport to the Aikikai Hombu Dojo and was on the tatami training within several hours of my arrival. I participated in a gasshuku session of a university club and they sent their strongest members to train with me one after another until I became worn out and had to sit down! It was quite an introduction to Japan.
I had with me two letters of recommendation written in Japanese by my friend Mr. Rod Kobayashi—one for Doshu Kisshomaru Ueshiba and the other for Koichi Tohei Sensei. The letters stated that I would be training in Japan during the summer and hoped to conduct some historical research on the Founder Morihei Ueshiba. The letters asked them to look after me and lend their cooperation. Doshu was cordial enough and vaguely acknowledged my desire to conduct research. Tohei Sensei, upon his return from abroad soon after my arrival in Japan, had a similar reaction when he read my letter.
I soon found a house to stay in Mitaka for the summer with the help of the dojo and settled into a routine of training. I attended Doshu's early morning class four or five times a week, Tohei Sensei's Friday classes and often participated in sessions conducted by Kisaburo Osawa, Seigo Yamaguchi and Yasuo Kobayashi Senseis. Yamaguchi Sensei's aikido in particular fascinated me although I confess to being able to understand almost nothing so unique was his style. Nonetheless, I participated in his Monday evening classes faithfully and was allowed on one occasion to practice at a company dojo where he taught. I also attended Morihiro Saito Sensei's Sunday classes and enjoyed them very much. I found him to be an amazing technician. Through a friend, Tom Smith, I learned about the possibility of practicing with Shoji Nishio Sensei whom I had never met. We visited a small judo dojo in Sugamo where he instructed and I found his approach to aikido very dynamic and quite unlike anything I had ever seen. This visit resulted in my training there on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for about six weeks.
The atmosphere inside the Hombu was fascinating. Although I was already a nidan at the time having studied aikido for seven years, I felt poorly prepared for the fast pace of training in the summer heat and the variety of styles where the same techniques were executed in fundamentally different ways. I found I was learning to mimic the styles of several teachers but had no style or technical base of my own. Also, there was a clear division in the dojo already at that time. When Tohei Sensei would teach on Fridays it was a different set of people who would show up at the dojo. Conversely, few of those who trained during the week would come for Tohei Sensei's classes. There were deshi in the dojo who were considered under the tutelage of Doshu and those under Tohei Sensei. Everyone knew that there were strong divergences of opinion on teaching methodology and the stage for the split that was to take place in 1974 had already been set.
My efforts to gather materials on the Founder met with little success. I was able to buy a few books and several back issues of the Aikido Shimbun published by the dojo, but my requests through the office to obtain copies of photographs or films led to no concrete results. Finally near the end of my stay I asked Iwao Tamura, one of Tohei Sensei's deshi who was fluent in English, if it would be possible to ask Tohei Sensei again about helping me. As a result, I was called to a room on the second floor of the dojo late in August. Present were Tohei Sensei, Mr. Tamura and myself. I was told clearly that I was considered to be a student of Tohei student and as such was mistaken to have trained with other teachers during my stay in Japan. Tohei Sensei also criticized the Founder's teaching methodology and said in no uncertain terms that I should focus my efforts on his ki approach to aikido. I was 24 years old at the time and emotionally unprepared to deal with such a confrontation. Totally deflated, I left the dojo almost in a trance state and wondered seriously how I could continue my aikido training having heard such words about the Founder from his top student. I returned home and set about writing a long letter to Rod Kobayashi who was close to Tohei Sensei describing in detail what had happened and asking for advice. As I reflect on the situation with the benefit of hindsight, I can to a certain extent sympathize with Tohei Sensei's viewpoint. Within the budo context, it goes totally against proper etiquette for a student of one teacher to train with another, let alone several, simultaneously. Also, the Founder's way of expressing himself using esoteric and religious terms to describe his aikido certainly could not be expected to be meaningful to ordinary Japanese practitioners or to foreign students of the art.
Only a few days of my stay remained and I didn't go much to the dojo. I had to reflect upon what aikido really meant for me as an individual and prepare myself psychologically for induction into the U.S. army. I left Japan rather disillusioned but the wiser for my experience there and distance and time proved to be great healers.
In the next article I will describe my experiences while in the military, the beginnings of Aiki News, and the separation of Tohei Sensei from the Aikikai Hombu in 1974.
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By Lateef Mungin, CNN
(CNN) — A gunman boarded a school bus in Alabama, took a 6-year-old boy hostage and killed the driver who tried to save him, police said Wednesday.
The incident occurred Tuesday and continued into Wednesday morning, with authorities still desperately trying to free the young child, who was being held by the gunman in an underground bunker.
"We will continue to work diligently through the night in an effort to bring closure to this incident as quickly as possible," the Dale County Sheriff's Department said late Tuesday.
Authorities identified the slain bus driver as 66-year-old Charles Albert Poland Jr.
Late in the evening Tuesday, the shooter had the child in some sort of underground bunker or storm shelter, and authorities were communicating with him through a PVC pipe, CNN affiliate WSFA reported.
Adding to the tension was the fact that the child needs medication that has to be taken daily, CNN affiliate WDHN reported.
Overnight, authorities were able to send the child's medication down the pipe into the bunker and also determine that the boy had not been physically harmed, WDHN reported.
The incident started at about 3:40 p.m. (4:40 p.m. ET) near a church in Midland City, Alabama, in the southeastern corner of the state. Authorities have since expanded an evacuation area in an effort to protect nearby residents.
Michael Senn, a local pastor, told WSFA that he spoke to several students who had been on the bus.
He said a girl described the shooter getting aboard.
"He told most of them to get off the bus," Senn related. "And then he grabbed a little boy and shot the bus driver four times." The driver's body was removed from the bus early Wednesday, WDHN reported.
Mike Creel, the suspect's neighbor, said he also talked to some of the children who escaped the bus. It was a terrifying scene, Creel told the affiliate.
The suspect initially demanded two children, Creel told WSFA.
"The one child he got ahold of actually fainted," said Creel. "That was the reason he was able to grab him. And now he is hidden in his homemade bomb shelter."
Creel said the suspect had been living in the area for about two years and began building the shelter right when he moved in.
Authorities have not released the name of the suspected gunman.
Early in the morning, local authorities allowed the FBI to take the lead in the hostage situation, WDHN reported.


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Solidarity is a value that is practised and shared by the inhabitants at the heart of natural regions, which can become hostile, and consequently they need to help each other to progress better together or simply to survive. In the name of the principle of solidarity, each player in the field of trail-running is asked to prioritise going to the aid of anybody in danger or difficulty wherever they are and in whatever circumstance.
In a more global manner, the participants and players in the trail-running field often show solidarity by making a commitment in favour of environmental, social or societal causes or by helping the underprivileged. Trail-running race organisers implement this principle of responsibility by directly supporting charitable actions and sustainable development; numerous participants "run for a cause" to support the projects of their choice.


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The Longer You Attend, the More it Costs
Taking only 12 credits a semester or 24 credits a year will cost you.
Enrolling in 24 credits per year instead of 30 credits means one more year of college.Ā If you can't take 15 credits one semester, it is better to pick up the credits in a summer or mini-mester than to prolong graduation.
The cost of attending part-time.
Enrolling in only six credit hours a semester will increase your time to graduation to 12 years for a bachelor's degree. That could mean an additional $62,000. It adds up quick.
The opportunity costs.
The opportunity cost is the amount of money you are not making in your chosen field because you have not completed your degree. In general, adults with a college degree earn more than those without a degree.
Talk to the Financial Aid professionals.
The professionals in the financial aid office can help you determine how much each year of school will cost you, develop a budget and apply for educational funds (grants, loans and scholarships). They know where to look for funds and how to apply. Every family is eligible for some type of financial aid including low-interest federal loans.
The cost of one more year of college.
The extra cost of a fifth year of college for a bachelor's degree can be more than $10,000.Ā
Working - in moderation - can help.
Working fewer than 15-20 hours per week has been shown to help a student through college, and even improve grades. Finding a job on campus is best, because college employers understand the importance of education first. If you must work off-campus, look for an employer who will understand you are a college student first.
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Ark: Survival Evolved Taming Calculator
Ark: Survival Evolved Taming Calculator
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I spawned in a multiplayer game and I was scared because I'm kinda new to ark. Well you will never guess the first thing a saw. Before I spawned in I was getting attacked by a Sabertooth. Lol
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To tame ya just feed it Choco bars. (Yo Kai watch anyone?)
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Get one of these, An Mammoth, and an Therazino and you have the cast to an Ice Age Movie.
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Once I perfect tamed a level 150, and named him Axel. He was my best tame so far(level 45) and we did everything together. But one day, we heard an alpha rex had been spotted on the server, at this time, I reached level 85, and I decided to scout the area with Axel to find it. But a thylakoids came and knocked me off Axel, and Axel killed it. However at this unlucky time, I heard the ground shake. I turned around, and was greeted by alphas sick smile. After my gruesome death( damn rex) I was sad because I thought Axel was screwed. However after a month of playing, someone on the server sent me a message saying they saw my saber tooth. They brought him to me on an argy, and I renamed him Greatness, and he(somehow) had loot and do from the alpha!!!
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Put headphones on it. Give it a controller. Make it play ark or somethin. Call it gamercat. Updoot if you like gamercat.


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After reading Dan Rodricks' column ("Obamacare, Obama, GOP take a tumble," Nov. 5), I was surprised that he took off his liberal polarized glasses and finally has realized what many of us moderate Democrats have long known.
And that is that we have a deceptive and incompetent president and administration. But what Mr. Rodricks failed to indicate was that the deception over President Barack Obama's statements that "you can keep your health insurance if you like it" was accepted by Maryland's senators and Democratic representatives like Elijah Cummings, John Sarbanes, Steny Hoyer and the rest of the bunch, so they are just as guilty because they bought into the deception. Furthermore, they showed their incompetence by not voting to keep the government open.
Mr. Rodricks is wrong to blame the GOP for shutting down the government as each of the GOP budget bills provided all the funds to keep the government operating except for Obamacare-related funding or implementation. It was President Obama's and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's "all or none" demands and lack of compromise on the GOP's budget providing for funding of "most" all government activities. That is the real deception that the left-leaning media has ignored.
Michael Vance Ernest Sr., Catonsville
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I started running some years ago. That first, tentative heavy jog around Wandsworth Common in baggy grey trousers and my PE trainers changed my life. From there I dove head first into the health and fitness world, and this hasn't come without some unhealthy troubles.
Running has remained the constant. And this has been wholeheartedly positive. I've steadily grown my Lycra collection, run marathons, half marathons and other races, made great friends, got a job at a running magazine, achieved thighs so muscular my jeans no longer fit… But with the plunge into this world – the websites, the magazines, the forums – came a dark side riddled with conflict, confusion, insecurity and, well, ill health.
Over the years, I've watched various trends come and go. The fun diets and fitness movements – you know, eating seven eggs one day and then only beetroot the next, adding cayenne pepper to your lemonade, clocking 1,000-calorie workouts, something to do with cavemen when people hashtag 'paleo'. May I tentatively suggest that the reason we don't eat like cavemen and live in caves anymore is because, y'know, we don't have to?
This year the extreme has hit the mainstream. National newspapers are telling us to give up sugar; The Times even had a model explain how. I've upped my banana consumption to three a day in protest (you can have 25 a day before potassium levels get dangerous, FYI). People in my office are on the 5:2 diet. The fridge is leaking almond milk. Chocolate-lovers are eating medjool dates instead. Now I'm one of the biggest date-lovers – I'd go to the Middle East just to eat the best ones going – but please! I'm drinking matcha tea as I write this, for goodness' sake, and no matter what anyone tells you, it really doesn't taste great when you get to the lumps.
My 'normal' friends and my three very head-screwed-on sisters look on in confusion. I recently sneaked some almond milk into my luggage on a family holiday and was met with outrage. When I got back, I went on a five-day juice detox and my sisters sent me abusive texts. I only actually made it to 10pm of the first day (but that's hardly the point) – no matter what you read in magazines about it being tough but then feeling really energised, and having glowing skin and hair, it's just not worth giving up food and drinking celery for. Believe me, I tried.
The trouble is that this is the message you get from the media. I work in health magazines and I'm surrounded by the reality; it isn't quite as straightforward as it appears.
Staff regularly take part in challenges to 'get ripped'. A recent example was a 'six-week flat belly challenge'. Three female staff members underwent a psychologically scarring 'before' shoot in a brightly lit basement studio, wearing far-too-tight underwear to emphasise those 'flabby' bellies. Then, six weeks later a glamorous 'after' picture hailed the results.
These girls worked their asses off to get into shape: 90-minute daily sweat fests, carb-free meals, banana bans, weekly weigh-ins. I watched my good friend, who was incidentally in the best shape of her life pre-challenge, question everything she thought she knew about being healthy, suffer more body insecurity than she'd ever experienced, and become envious when her colleague mentioned her periods had stopped. Was her body fat not low enough to stop her ovaries working properly, goddammit? Disruption to the menstrual cycle is a common side effect of low body fat. And that's just one example – the grim realities are endless. But when the final feature came out, none of that was documented. The reader just saw a slightly modified meal plan (they can't publish how little they were actually eating!) and a short account of it being hard work but worth it for the results ('Sure, it was hard not eating bread, but look at my abs').
How can this be positive when the reader sees that her hips are wider than the girl's in the picture, and tries the plan to no avail?
I always thought it was a journalist's job to tell the truth. Even if the truth is a bit grim. For the bulk of humans, to get ab definition you need to stop seeing your friends, work out like a demon and eat chicken breast for breakfast. Even lentils have too many carbs. If the challenge was about what it really takes to be a bikini model, then it's valid: it proves to the masses that being a bikini model is a full-time job requiring discipline and deprivation, and one that's not viable for most people. Furthermore, getting visible abs isn't really enough, because then what? You're still the same person. Why don't they tell us this?
The problem, sadly, doesn't stop there. You can't just choose not to buy the magazines sending out these messages. Once you're invested in the health and fitness world there is a whole manner of things to obsess over and, erm, aspire to. I love people being active and doing things that make them happy, and if their happy cloud seeps into mine through a tweet or a blog post, then lovely. Positivity is super. But can we just take a second to ask about all the extreme fitspiration? The smug vegan food bloggers, and the people screaming 'strong is the new skinny' (while being skinny but also having abs). I am a self-confessed sucker for it. I thrive on these blogs. My Instagram is swelling with pictures of rainbow salads and thigh gaps. Swelling, I tell thee.
It's an unhealthy obsession and I'm not proud. I gave up my Daily Mail celebrities-in-bikinis online feed six months ago. I'm six months clean! But I've found other things with which to fill my insecure head.
I hate how often I think about my body. Every time I catch my reflection or see a photo of myself, my eyes aren't drawn to my happy face, I focus on my arms or how 'cheeky' I look. I know that happiness doesn't come from a thigh gap from giving up going out for dinner. I'm an active person and it makes me feel brilliant, but there is still this unhealthy edge to my desire to be healthy, and it troubles me. I'm not sure what the answer is and, in 10 years' time, I am sure I'll look at pictures of my present self with envy (that's what wiser people say to me, anyway). It doesn't stop it happening.
We all need something to strive for, but this ideal body is not a real something. I'm aspiring to a false reality I know I don't even want. The beautifully shot Instagram pictures of that vegan desert and the classic 'hipbones on the beach' selfie are just that: tactfully taken images of isolated things. The rest is made up in your head.
The press does its bit to enforce an unrealistic health ideals and then it filters through into every lifestyle choice. Of course I want the world to be health-aware, but it's gone too far and we all need to calm down. Go for a run, then eat toast. It's OK! Eating toast is OK. It doesn't even have to be gluten-free – and if it is, it'll cost you £3 a loaf. But getting sucked into the world of women's health and fitness as it exists now might cost you one hell of a lot more.


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Watch a 6000-W Laser Cut 1.5-in. Steel
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DLC Manufacturing and Fabrication, Inc., New Ulm, MN, has updated its website with videos showing its 6000-W Trumpf laser (a TruLaser 5040) cutting 1.5-in.-thick mild steel. Take a look—www.donnerlaser.com/video.
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Vision Statement
To be an organization which promotes self-sufficiency and assures the protection of vulnerable individuals. We strive to have an organization which values the needs of our customers, the contributions of our staff, and the participation of our community. This vision shall be achieved through a culture which encourages continuous improvement.
Organizational Values
Applying the highest standards of ethics and practice in the performance on one's duties.
Doing What is Right
Within organizational parameters, and based on facts, to make the decisions and to act in accordance with the values and the vision of the department.
Taking Responsibility
The acceptance and ownership of the consequences of one's decisions and actions.
Results Oriented
To identify desired outcomes and work toward achieving those outcomes in an efficient manner.
Team Oriented
Working with others to promote an enviroment of "collective" ownership of organizational outcomes.
Being positively energized and motivated while working toward one's full potential.
To explore and develop new ideas and products that improve individual and organizational performance.
Acceptance of Risk
Understanding that progress and change involves some degree of uncertainty.
To continuously achieve excellence of both process and product.
Continuous Growth
Taking responsibility to seek and utilize opportunities that support individual and organizational development
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Melanie Harmon to serve as communications director for Ken Buck's U.S. Senate campaign
Melanie Harmon, a "senior writer" to former President George W. Bush, will serve as communications director for Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck's U.S. Senate campaign.
"I consider it a true honor to be working for Ken," Harmon said in a statement Thursday. "Ken will be an exceptional senator for the state of Colorado."
Harmon is a native of Colorado and a 2006 graduate of the University of Denver. She returns to the state from Washington, D.C., where she recently did freelance writing for groups such as the National Right to Work Foundation, the Republican National Committee and the American Conservative Union.
Harmon's recent election work came last year in Virginia doing direct mail writing for the failed GOP gubernatorial campaign of Ken Cuccinelli. On her website, Harmon also lists having worked for Mitt Romney in 2008 and Pete Coors, who lost a 2004 Colorado U.S. Senate race to then Attorney General Ken Salazar.


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FileView ActiveX Control 2009 brings a drop-in Windows Explorer-like file and folder browsing UI component to your application. It is a perfect replacement for the plain, inflexible, modal APIs which UI developers are currently limited to. It offers complete support for Thumbnail, Details and GroupView, AutoUpdate, dragdrop, icons, contextmenus, non-filesystem items, default key-handling, infotips and renaming. It features powerful behavior control and customization functionality that takes it miles ahead of Windows Explorer by adding features like filtering, checkboxes, custom items, custom columns and dragdrop control and customization of default contextmenus, displaynames, icons and infotips. When combined with FolderView and ShComboBox controls, it recreates the entire Windows Explorer UI in your app. FileView ActiveX has a royalty-free redistribution license and no external dependencies and it comes with comprehensive documentation and numerous samples.
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FIA Formula 1 World Championship-Winning Lewis Hamilton Gear Ratio!
Own your piece of Lewis Hamilton's car with this official race-used Lewis Hamilton memorabilia from the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport collection.
This race-used gear ratio helped Lewis Hamilton to clinch the 2014 FIA F1 Driver's World Championship and you can own it for your desk or mantelpiece!
Each race-used gear ratio from the MGP-W05 is hand embedded in high optical quality acrylic for an impressive piece of memorabilia, which preserves the racing heritage for generations to come. The main curved acrylic section is bonded to a PETRONAS green acrylic plinth to incorporate the team colours. The team logo, and a description of the embedded part are also all embedded within the acrylic itself.
The gear ratio is a fine example of Formula One engineering - it once changed gear 50 times faster than you can blink on Lewis Hamilton's MGP-W05 car - and helped provide 'seamless acceleration'; changing from one gear to the next, without losing any power from the engine. The gear ratio's original F1 engraved part identification numbers are still clearly visible within the acrylic.
Luxuriously packaged in a Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport gift box. This piece comes complete with a team certificate of authenticity.
The acrylic measures 10.5cmH x 13cmW x 3.5cmD.
Re-engineered in the UK under licence from Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited.
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April 22, 2012, 7:00 am
Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado's 2012 gala is best yet
The phrase "think outside the box" may be overworked, but it sure paid off when the Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado started planning its annual gala.
The honorary chairwoman, Layne Fleishman, insisted that event chair Kate Petrocco and her 11-member committee think big. And she didn't let up 'til she got her way.
"Our gala has always been nice," Fleishman said, "but I felt it was time to make it 'wow.' We've gone from a bunch of ladies getting together in flip-flops to this."


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NY Times
March 24, 2013
The commercial is an unambiguous appeal to gun owners: a middle-aged hunter, rifle in hand, vows that he will fight to protect the Second Amendment. But in a sensible, father-of-the-house tone, he also urges voters to support comprehensive background checks, "so criminals and the dangerously mentally ill can't buy guns."
The man behind the advertisement is not known for his kinship with the gun crowd: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the nation's fiercest advocate of restrictions on firearms since the December rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Determined to persuade Congress to act in response to that shooting, Mr. Bloomberg on Monday will begin bankrolling a $12 million national advertising campaign that focuses on senators who he believes might be persuaded to support a pending package of federal regulations to curb gun violence. The ads, in 13 states, will blanket those senators' districts during an Easter Congressional recess that is to be followed by debate over the legislation.
In a telling sign of how much the white-hot demands for gun control have been tempered by political reality, Mr. Bloomberg's commercials make no mention of an assault weapons ban once sought by the White House and its allies, instead focusing on the more achievable goal of universal background checks.
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Chaplain Tells Military Sexual Assault Victim: "Rape Was God's Will"
Senate committee hears disturbing testimony from military women who were victims of rape by other military service members.
Senate committee hears disturbing testimony from military women who were victims of rape by other military service members.
Ochberg fellow Aaron Glantz highlights the failures of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide disability benefits to veterans.
In reporting on trauma, terminology can be a sensitive and important topic. In light of the decision by the U.S. military to lift its ban on women in combat, Helen Benedict explores the issue as it relates to sexual assault in the military.
The 2012 tally of military suicides is a sobering 349, almost one per day, more than any year since the military began tracking it. The Dart Center has been working with mental health experts and journalists to improve coverage and understanding of this sensitive topic.
In a video produced for the Dart Society, 2005 Ochberg fellow Lori Grinker profiled three former U.S. service members who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
2011 Ochberg fellow Aaron Glantz reveals that in the fiscal year that ended in September, the Department of Veterans Affairs paid $437 million in retroactive benefits to the survivors of nearly 19,500 veterans who died waiting for their benefits.
A fact-sheet of both national and international statistics relating to suicide
Ten years after the attacks of September 11, reporting on combat veterans remains a special challenge. Earlier this year the Dart Center, with support from the Thomas Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health, sponsored a two-day workshop on covering veterans' issues for local journalists and regional news organizations in the greater Philadelphia area. Now available online: tipsheets and audio of experts and journalists on veterans' issues, navigating the VA and innovative approaches to covering vets at the local and regional level.
A package of video interviews and audio recordings from the two-day Dart Center workshop, "When Veterans Come Home," that was held in Philadelphia in 2011.
There are many forces that suppress stories of trauma, from the active denial of perpetrators to the passive denial of those who prefer to look away. But when human tragedy is embedded in complex institutions — high school, higher ed, the military — the challenges of reporting and storytelling multiply.


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cowboom.com (A Best Buy company) has the Nintendo Wii Refurb. for $115. The model does have motion plus, which is adds additional depth to some games via the Wii controller.
This is a great price and for those who are brave to 'jailbreak' / hack the Wii to allow homebrew, this gets you a DVD player, with streaming via a WiiMC, Netflix, for a really competitive price, just without HDMI / HD video output. A trade-off for sure, but a deal none the less, while supplies last.


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I remember when he became governor the first time. He was quite a change from Ronald Reagan. The new governor was a bachelor former seminarian who said things we weren't used to coming from a politician.
"Remember," he accurately predicted to the capitol press corp, "there will be just as many problems when I leave as when I arrive. They may be different but there will be problems."
Yes, there were but it seems like the problems the state faced at the time he left are dwarfed by what we face today. The Whitman campaign argues that Jerry Brown is part of the reason for that. For example, it was Jerry who signed the law granting collective bargaining for state workers. Not a bad idea at the time but now the state faces a massive unpaid debt to state worker benefits that far outstrip that of those in the private sector. Many state workers will actually live longer in retirement at nearly their full salary and full health benefits than they did actually working for the public.
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Gov. Brown also, it can be argued, paved the way for a tax revolt that should never have happened. Inflation was rampant (another Jerry, as in Ford, was handing out presidential "WIN" buttons which stood for "Whip Inflation Now"). As a result home values were climbing fast. In some cases on the coast they had doubled overnight. Now remember this was back in the day when most people didn't consider their homes "investments" but rather a place to live. While property owners were getting slammed the state was reaping the benefit but frankly didn't have all that much need for the extra cash. Jerry Brown now takes credit for the billions in surplus money but had he turned around and used it for tax relief you never would have heard of Howard Jarvis. He didn't and Prop 13 is now an untouchable element of California governance.
But back then the legislature worked. Ballot measures were actually few and far between . Budgets came in on time. The UC and CSU system were still pretty much free. Nobody worried too much about those who crossed the border illegally, unemployment wasn't a major problem and there was still a feeling that the state's best days were ahead.
And the governor was interesting. Remember when Jerry thought the state should have its own space program?
It has been said that if you hear a song you hated when you were a teen, you will enjoy it as a middle aged adult. It isn't the song, it is the memory of what life was like back when.