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1. Hand tool safety. - pp.199-200
- This Old House - Hand Tool Safety for Kids
- Hand Tool Safety from the Hand Tool Institute.
- Woodshop safety for kids
2. "...construct two different wooden objects... Use a coping saw or jigsaw...Put them together with glue, nails, or screws. Paint or stain them." - pp.200-205
- One project might be a Pinewood Derby car or a Space Derby Rocket if you use a coping saw or jigsaw.
- e-scoutcraft.com has many craft ideas but make sure that you pick wooden objects that require the use of a coping saw or jigsaw and other hand tools.
- Other sites with help in making wooden objects using jigsaws, coping saws and hand tools:
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3. Note that no material is specified. Heavy card stock or mat board board could be used to make picture frames. - pp.205-206
4. "Make four useful items using materials other than wood. - pp.206-210 "Useful" means "capable of being put to use." You are not requried to "decorate" the "useful" items you make.
- Marshmallow Gun Instructions & Diagrams - Video Instructions. Warning: All types of guns, even squirt guns, are banned at many schools and other public locations.
- e-scoutcraft.com has many craft ideas but make sure that you pick other than wood and useful items.
- General Resources
- CubRoundtable: Craftsman Reference Guide
- KISMIF: Craftsman Links
- Bill Smith's Webelos Leader Resources: Craftsman
- Webelos Roundtable Packet: Craftsman
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- The Webelos Craftsman Activity Badge can help prepare you for the Boy Scout Woodwork Merit Badge.
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My daughter turns six months this month and we are preparing to dive back into the world of baby food again. With our son, I prepared all of his baby food from scratch. It was a lot of work, but it was gratifying financially and rewarding to know that we were saving so much money. With two children, I am feeling a little less ambitious and am open to the idea of buying baby food, as well as making it. Here are some of my own personal tips on how to feed your baby on the cheap.
First up, I would like to just say a quick word about starting solids. Pediatricians now recommend that you wait and offer solids to your baby at the age of six months. As first time parents, we are so excited about offering our children solid food. Not only are we excited, but our grandmothers will tell us that the best thing you can do is put cereal in your child's bottle or to feed them cereal so that they will sleep through the night. This is false and not recommended. Your baby will not sleep longer through the night and you may end up with a whole host of other problems, such as allergies, which will make things more difficult on both of you. Being patient will not only help to keep allergies at bay, but it will also keep your grocery budget down for a few extra months. By waiting until the recommended age, you will avoid paying for the baby food that your child didn't really need in the first place.
It is good to start pricing out baby food, if you are planning to purchase the store-bought variety. Keep this information in your price book and try and compare prices between different grocery stores. The first thing I did was call around and ask the grocery stores what their price was on their baby food. By calling, I found Beech-Nut baby food to be the cheapest at our local Save-A-Lot store. I understand that the selection there was limited, but the price was a little bit cheaper than other locations. I am willing to sacrifice on the selection, in order to get the best deal for my baby. Save-A-Lot seemed like the answer for us because they offered three jars for ninety-nine cents. The nice thing too, that I found with Save-A-Lot, was that they take coupons so I can bring in any coupons that I want to on this brand of baby food.
Now where do you get coupons for your baby food? Well, first you will want to sign up for each individual company mailings that they offer. You will find a great resource list, at the end of this article, for where you can get coupons and freebies for your baby. After you have signed up for these mailings, the next best bet for coupons (besides your family & friends) is eBay. Tons of sellers offer coupons on eBay and many package these in baby bundles for you and include coupons for a variety of baby items you might need to purchase. By checking eBay, I found a seller who was offering twenty Beech-Nut baby food coupons- $1 off 6 jars of any variety of Beech Nut Baby Food. The total cost (including shipping of the coupons) was $3.99. According to my calculations, this means:
Now according to my numbers, that is a good deal! Beech-Nut also offers a great program (http://beechnut.com/Special%20Offers/index.asp) where you can receive more coupons by sending them your proofs of purchase. 48 proofs of purchase from any Beech-Nut product will give you four coupons for one dollar off of any ten items. That means that after I make my purchase of 120 jars, I will get an additional eight dollars in coupons for the next round of baby food (plus more proofs of purchase to credit towards the next round of coupons). This goes to show that when making the purchase for your baby food, make sure to visit the website for the company and see if they offer any specials during that month.
What is the cost per ounce for homemade baby food versus the Beech-Nut variety that I ran across? Well, there are 2.5 ounces of baby food in a standard baby food jar. The cost per ounce is $0.08. The estimated cost to make my own baby food is $0.04 per ounce (give or take a penny depending on what food I am trying to prepare). That means if I actually took the time to make the baby food, I could shave fifty percent off of the cost of baby food. That is a lot to save, but it also would require time and effort on my part. My feeling about this is buy the prepackaged baby food, but only buy the items that require more cost to me or require more effort than they would be worth to be made at home. For example, mashing a banana with a fork is much cheaper and less time consuming than buying the prepackaged baby food. More exotic and expensive fruits & vegetables are more money for me (and many require a little more preparation) then I might be willing to exert so I will probably spend my money towards these items.
Here are some additional resources if you are looking for baby food, formula, and diaper coupons. It will definitely save your family money if you sign up for with these companies and participate in their mailings. I wish you much luck with your little ones and may your child's bowl runneth over with good deals!
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This was my favorite club when we had our son. They had a great site that explains how your child is growing & their developments and sent me tons of diaper coupons. We are cloth diapering this one so I didn't sign up this time, but if you are using disposable, this a great club!
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The potty training kit includes a storybook, poster, stickers, roll ruler, photo magnet, & potty training diploma. This is a really neat freebie and I highly recommend this if you are potty training. Even if you are not potty training, the stickers are great to keep little hands busy during church service!
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The proposed trial - likely to generate controversy in a nation where GM foods have little public support - could start as early as May and will use Camelina plants engineered to produce seeds high in Omega-3 long chain fatty acids.
No GM crops are currently grown commercially in Britain and only two - a pest-resistant type of maize and a potato with enhanced starch content - are licensed for cultivation in the European Union (EU).
But scientists at Britain's agricultural lab Rothamsted Research have developed Camelina plants to produce Omega-3 fats that are known to be beneficial to health but normally found only in oils in increasingly limited fish stocks.
The idea, they told journalists at a briefing on their plans, is initially to supply the fish farming industry - which currently consumes around 80 percent of fish oils taken from the sea - with a non-fish source of these Omega-3s.
Beyond that, possibly within a decade, the GM-produced Omega-3 oils could be used in food products such as margarine, the researchers said.
"We now have a vegetable oil enhanced with these two critical fish oils," said Johnathan Napier, a professor of plant science and head of a 15-year research project which has so far shown that the fish-oil producing plants can been grown successfully in greenhouses.
"We know it works in the glasshouse, now (we need to see) does it work in the real world?" he said.
The researchers said that although the trial would be in the open air, there was no risk of cross-pollination between the Camelina plant and other field crops grown in Britain.
The application for permission to conduct the trial, which submitted to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on Monday, is subject to a public consultation and an inquiry by a scientific committee that monitors such GM plans.
A decision could be made within 90 days.
While Britain and the EU have been very reticent about the use of GM crops, they are commonplace elsewhere.
The first GM seeds were planted in the United States more than 15 years ago and so far no evidence has been documented of adverse health impacts for people eating GM-derived foods.
GM crops can also be imported into Britain and used to produce ingredients for human food and for animal feed.
While he acknowledged there is likely to be some public opposition to the idea of a GM field trial, Napier said he hoped the potential for boosting health and protecting the environment would persuade sceptics of the project's value.
"If you have a crop that has got potential health benefits and sustainability and environmental benefits, and we can articulate that clearly, then I think people will see this is an OK thing to do," he said.
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Man she seems like a lovely girl
I like it hairy...like safari hunt
Her name?
is that the first black girl he does?
Lercio :)
THE most PERFECT tits ever!
Damn great young tits for sure but then again she is young and slim so they should be,
No wonder you need to resort to scamming desperate young women to get laid you fat limp-dick bastard.
no, eh suck ....no talent no brains...take a blue one and finish proper. hello!!! is this on, she was just getting started and u left her like that, mam , u missed the BUSH LOAD AND A for sure squirting frigid massive opportunity for an old age memory there.. What were u thinking ????
I luv this girl and her perfect tits , what a spectacular body.
Delicious meaty girl
Does anyone know her name? does she have any other vids?
this dude is good, he probably can talk god into sinning
amazing body...
Quelle pute
damn i would fuck that chick
EBONY = REALLY HOT *rrrr* ;p
I like her!
that is a hairy pussy
The interview would be better if there were three or four guys taking turns to fuck her, filling her up.
me gusta la vagina pelosa
Love ebony women !!
Well, I hope he got a job for some of these girls... If not, I say we send him to ISIS!
Perfect tits, glasses and a hairy bush - what more can you ask for?
Wonder if he went for round 2 after the camera was off. At the end she looked liked she wanted to go at it some more.
such a beautiful beautiful girl
Can I get to fuck her?
She is beautiful. Perfect body
She can make me eat in front of a whole bunch of people. I like to lick her cum soaked pussy with a big dick still pumping juice in her. She knows I will do everything she wants me to do. Yes, I am a cum licking mother fucking punk slave to her every whim.
Amazing body. Gorgeous skin tone and hot as fuck!
swallow dat load crack head and please take a fucking bath
She looks like a black Tina from bobs burgers
quiero ver el video
I love this girl. I would love to eat her pussy. she has a nice body, nice bush. I wouldtear her ass up.
She done a gloryhole swallows under the name Bianca!
So beautiful this Girl and WHAT a Body!!!! Unreal! Lovely Character, very chilled.
Wahoo!! Comment j'aimerais me faire sucer par cette beauté!! En regardant cette vidéo, je me suis branlé furieusement!!! J'ai eu du mal à ne pas jouir tellement elle m'a excité!!!
babe i love to eat your pussy all day long till your pussy run out of juice but i know that that would not ever happen but i would give it a try ? then i u like we could have sex the rest of the day babe if u are up to that i am all game how about u babe . sweet dream :) :) :)
How does some out of shape, old douche get to have sex with that beauty? Porn is so fake to the point that it's actually a turn-off sometimes.
I would have came in 2 mins
THE most amazing tits ever...and all natural!!!
Everything about this angel is almost unbearably beautiful: hair, eyes, nose, mouth, face, voice, titties, nipples, pussy (georgeous!!!), rosebud, ass, long, slender legs - they don't come any better. I want you...
She is probably the prettiest, sexiest girl with the most spectacular body I've ever seen. What a gem!
@Rocky "Of all the vids I've seen this girl has the most spectacular natural body on the net.Truely AWESOME" shes got other vids ? :D reply with a link or sumthin lol i wanna see all her vids
maybe Alina Love?
Of all the vids I've seen this girl has the most spectacular natural body on the net.Truely AWESOME.
Dam its a jungle out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
she's perfect to me: terrific body (nat boobs, delicious cunt & hard ass) and a little shy. also, she loves small dicks -like mine- and i could lick those hairy holes a complete day!
I'd like to cum in her pretty ass!!!!!!
She needs a bigger dick man !!!
this is the hottest broad this guy ever fucked. sweet body... i kinda like the hairy pussy,,, somethin a bit different... ida ate her cunt till she whimpered like a little puppy....
Great body on the hotty,wow..
No calves and needs bigger hips, other than that, bring her on
Lol equal opp
You need to have a dick so big that when the women look into the camera and he penetrates you get the look on her face that she can't take it, this dudes dick is so small that when he does enter them, they don't even know it, find a guy with at least a 13 inch dick and redue this chick, she deserves a really good fucking...
This girl should've been fuckekd senselessly with multiple guys, gangbanged, she would've enjoyed it, who is this girl, lovely body...
I love her so much. I wish I knew her. She's quite adorable
I would love to split the black oak!
She was bored u can see it in her face when he was behind her
i know the bicth she look ok but she kinda slow lol
her name
I know who that girl is in real life. she's the gf of someone I know.
Hey, Fatty, the last thing we need is you praising these girls for letting their pubes grow into a 1970s rat's nest. It isn't as though you had to flatter her for a horrible grooming decision in order to get into her twat. Way to undo decades of advancements on the shaved pussy front faster than you can wolf down another malted milk shake, bacon double cheese burger and a large order of chili fries.
he has a small cock!she takes big ones
her body is amazing only her face... :S
nice rack!
harry pussy but the body is really nice
you're a wizard hairy
She's wonderful!
she has a great rack!
she wanted more
fap fap fap fap
Those are some massive earrings lool!!
great tits.....big feet
Equal Opp lol
a nice looking black girl
this girl has perhaps the best body this guy has ever fucked and it looks all natural. She is a bit skinny but the proportions are just amazing! I think she could look better with another haircut tho. This guy is the worst "porn actor" ever. Not sexy! Good for the girls!
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CNN continued to show its unvarnished support for the GLAAD cause on Wednesday. Anchor Kyra Phillips was dripping with sympathy for a lesbian mother recently removed by the Boy Scouts as local cub den leader because of her orientation.
Phillips fawned over the subject's son as she asked him such questions as "tell me what makes your mom such a great den leader" and "Do you think it's pretty cool to have two mommies?" CNN claims to be a serious news network, but Phillips' "interview" could have passed for Oprah any day of the week as she helped Jennifer Tyrrell carry out her "mission" of changing the Boy Scout protocol of no gay den leaders.
Phillips has been quite clear in the past about where she stands on LGBT issues. She had the audacity to ask a Catholic bishop "why not get on board" with dissenting Catholics and support same-sex marriage. She also has insisted to conservative Congressman Allen West (R-Fla.) that gay marriage is a "big issue."
And yet again on Wednesday CNN was blowing the trumpet for the latest GLAAD cause; the organization had publicly backed Jennifer Tyrrell. Phillips asked questions that let Tyrrell explain her case and padded the interview with laughable softballs for her 7 year-old son.
"Tell me what makes your mom so cool. What makes your mom so wonderful when you look at her and you're hanging out with her and you're at Boy Scouts?" Phillips asked the young Cruz Burns. "What is special about your two moms? Why are you so proud of them?" she asked later on.
The poor Burns was quite shy, so Phillips lamented that "It's tough being on national television." Not when CNN is rolling out the red carpet for you, it isn't.
A transcript of the segment, which aired on April 25 on Newsroom at 11:23 p.m. EDT, is as follows:
KYRA PHILLIPS: She volunteered to be her 7-year-old son's Cub Scout den leader. No one else apparently could or wanted to step-up, so Jennifer Tyrrell did. That is, until the Boy Scouts of America learned that she's gay and removed her as den leader. The Boy Scouts of America says they are just following a long-held policy, but Jennifer is now on a mission to change that.
What began as a local protest is now growing into a national campaign. Her petition on Change.org got more than 140,000 signatures in a matter of days. And she's got the backing from GLAAD and whole lot of support from young Hollywood celebs like Joshua Jackson and stars from 90210 and Glee. Jennifer Tyrrell and her son, Cruz, are joining us live from New York/ Oh, and I can see Cruz is pretty excited. Hi, Cruz.
CRUZ BURNS, mom removed as Cub Scout "den mother": Hi.
PHILLIPS: Hi. So, Cruz, tell me what makes your mom such a great den leader in the Boy Scouts.
JENNIFER TYRRELL, former Ohio Cub Scout "den mother": That's you, Cruz.
BURNS: Yeah.
PHILLIPS: That's okay. Tell me what makes your mom so cool. What makes your mom so wonderful when you look at her and you're hanging out with her and you're at Boy Scouts?
BURNS: She's fun.
PHILLIPS: Yeah, what else? How does she make you feel? When you are with her and you are hanging out and having fun, how does mom make you feel?
BURNS: Happy.
PHILLIPS: Happy. (Laughing) All right. Okay, so you are a fun mom. You are happy. Tell us what happened when you found out you were being dismissed. What did the Boy Scouts tell you?
TYRRELL: I got a call from the local council representative saying that I had to resign because of my sexual orientation. And I was devastated. I cried for two days.
PHILLIPS: Was that it? They just said look, you are gay, you can't be a den leader? Did they explain why? Did they cite a policy or rule, any type of agreement that you signed, anything?
TYRRELL: Yeah. It is a policy of the BSA. But from the beginning, I was assured at the local level that it would not be a problem, that there would be no issue with it. And then there never has been.
PHILLIPS: Well, here's my question. Because I was looking through the policies and the definitions and I didn't see anything specifically about sexual orientation, Jennifer. I saw a lot of references to God, to country, to good citizenship. Did you see anything in there about sexual orientation?
TYRRELL: I'd never actually personally read them. I was aware of the policy and of the Supreme Court ruling from, I think it was, 2000.
PHILLIPS: Right.
TYRRELL: So being aware of those policies, I was hesitant to let Cruz even join the scouts, but he was really excited about it, so I expressed my concerns to the local cub master and he said there would be no problems. And there really hasn't been, Kyra. There's been nothing but support from all of my family, my friends, my scout parents. There's been nothing but.
PHILLIPS: Yeah, you pointed out in 2000 the Supreme Court did rule that the Boy Scouts of America can bar gays from being troop leaders, so the law isn't on your side, obviously. So why push this, Jennifer? Why talk to us? Why get involved with all the folks that are supporting you and really pick up this mission?
TYRRELL: Well it started out as a local rally to protest, just to show that I didn't really want to leave my position as den leader and it's, with the help of GLAD and Change.org, it has been amazing. So now I feel like we owe it to these kids. We owe it to America to tell everybody that this is the policy. Maybe they don't know because a lot of people aren't sure. And it just needs to be changed.
PHILLIPS: And we did get a statement from the Boy Scouts of America. Let me take a moment, Jennifer, to read this. And, Cruz, I've got a couple more questions for you, too, my friend. So be patient with me here. Here is what Boy Scouts of America told us:
"Scouting, and the majority of parents it serves, do not believe that it's the right forum for children to become aware of the issue of sexual orientation, or engage in discussions about being gay. Rather, such complex matters should be discussed with parents, caregivers, or spiritual advisers in the appropriate time and in the right setting. We fully understand and appreciate that not everyone will agree with any one position or policy. To disagree does not mean to disrespect and we respect everyone's right to have and express a different opinion."
So, Jennifer, let me ask you this because I'm looking at the beginning of this statement and it talks about engaging in discussions about being gay. Did you ever engage in discussions about being gay with the kids as an acting den mother?
TYRRELL: No ma'am, absolutely not. That never happened and, in fact, one of my parents was quoted as saying, "She was always just known as Den Leader Jen, not gay Den Leader Jen."
And another one of my parents had stated that he's never had to have this conversation with his child before, but now the BSA has put him in a position where he has to now explain everything that's going on and he's not happy that he's even had to have this discussion, because that's just something that doesn't come up. We were scouts. We were a scout family. We did scouting activities. We did community service activities. It's never been about anything other than that.
PHILLIPS: Cruz, do any of the other Boy Scouts or the parents give you a hard time about having two mommies?
BURNS: No.
PHILLIPS: Do you think it's pretty cool to have two mommies?
BURNS: Yes.
PHILLIPS: What makes that special? What is special about your two moms? Why are you so proud of them?
TYRRELL: It's Okay, honey.
PHILLIPS: It's tough being on national television. Okay. You are right there by your mom's side showing your support. That's enough said.
TYRRELL: He's a good boy.
PHILLIPS: You're darn right, he is.
PHILLIPS: So did anyone ever complain about the fact that you were in a partnership, Jennifer? Any of the other fellow scout parents or kids?
TYRRELL: No. It's never come up. It's never been an issue. It's – as I said, I have a very close relationship with my parents, we are a scouting family. It's just never been an issue, Kyra. It's just never – nobody cares. We were just scouts.
PHILLIPS: Before I let you go, what's next? Is Cruz no longer a Boy Scout? Does he want to stay in the scouts? What are you going to do?
TYRRELL: He's no longer a Boy Scout. And we are sad about that, but we can't support an organization that doesn't support our family. I would like for everybody that's watching to sign our petition at Change.org/Scouts. As you mentioned, we have already over 140,000 signatures. That's within a week. So, I think that we need to get this policy changed, and if everybody would just go sign that and share it with your friends.
PHILLIPS: Are you tired Cruz or are you getting tears?
BURNS: Tired.
PHILLIPS: Oh, okay. I just want to make sure you are okay.
PHILLIPS: I bet it has.
And appreciate it, Jennifer. Appreciate you coming on.
TYRRELL: Thank you very much.
PHILLIPS: Cruz, thanks for joining us with your mom. You keep loving her and taking care of her. Okay?
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's ruling conservatives have regained a narrow lead over anti-bailout leftists, an opinion poll published on Saturday showed.
A survey by Metron Analysis for Sunday's Eleftherotypia newspaper put support for New Democracy at 18.7 percent, giving it a 0.6 percentage-point lead over the Syriza party.
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's New Democracy party, which won elections in June with 29.6 percent of the vote, has been neck-and-neck with the anti-bailout Syriza in recent polls.
In a previous Metron Analysis poll in March, New Democracy trailed Syriza by 0.3 percentage points.
New Democracy has been behind Syriza for months following the June 17 vote but managed to grab a poll lead in January after securing international bailout funds to avert bankruptcy and allay doubts over Greece's future in the euro.
Samaras has since been trying to show Greece's international lenders - the European Union and International Monetary Fund - that his country is determined to achieve its bailout targets.
The "troika" of creditors concluded their review of the country's bailout plan earlier this month, giving Athens a clean bill of health, which secures a disbursement of at least 2.8 billion euros in aid.
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The poll, which was carried out April 16-17, also showed that 68 percent of Greeks think the current situation in Greece is worse than a year ago.
Greeks have lost almost a third of their disposable incomes since the debt crisis started more than three years ago, mainly due to repeated waves of austerity and tax hikes in turn for foreign aid.
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Genres: Action, Adventure, Horror, Tokusatsu
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Release Year: 2018
Synopsis: Jinga Mikage, a member of the Makai Knights known as the Shining Shadow Knight Roze, alongside his partner Fuusa, and his younger brother Touma, fight against Horrors, demon spirits which take control of people who have a dark inner self. Although Zinga is a great Makai Knight, he has been trauma-ridden after a certain incident occurs to his family. These events lead to his hesitation in striking down a Horror who was once a human. During a battle, Zinga is badly wounded by a Horror, after which, strange things begin occurring.


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The SIPS alcohol screening and brief intervention (ASBI) research programme was funded by the UK Department of Health in 2006 as part of the national Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England. The programme comprised three cluster randomised controlled trials of different methods of screening and brief intervention across three settings: Primary Health Care, Emergency Departments, and Probation Services. The three trials had a similar design to allow comparisons across settings. The main aims of the programme were to evaluate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of different methods of screening and brief interventions for alcohol misuse and to assess the feasibility of, and factors promoting or inhibiting, implementation in the typical practice setting.
You can read more about the research design, protocols and findings here:
- Kaner E. et al (2013). Effectiveness of screening and brief alcohol intervention in primary care (SIPS trial): pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2013;346:e8501 http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.e8501
- Screening for Alcohol Use in Criminal Justice Settings: An Exploratory Study. Simon Coulton; Dorothy Newbury-Birch; Paul Cassidy; Veronica Dale; Paolo Deluca; Eilish Gilvarry; Christine Godfrey; Nick Heather; Eileen Kaner; Adenekan Oyefeso; Steve Parrott; Tom Phillips; Jonathan Shepherd; Colin Drummond Alcohol and Alcoholism 2012; doi: 10.1093/alcalc/ags048
- Coulton S. et al (2009). Screening and brief interventions for hazardous alcohol use in accident and emergency departments: a randomised controlled trial protocol. BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:114
- Kaner E. et al. (2009). Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use in primary care: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol. BMC Public Health 2009, 9:287
- Newbury-Birch D. et al (2009). Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use in probation services: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol. BMC Public Health 2009, 9:418
- Behaviour Change Techniques (BCTs) in the SIPS interventions/study conditions.
The whole programme of research has taken just over 3 years to complete (including a 13-month data collection period and follow-ups at 6 and 12 months post recruitment). It has taken place across 9 Emergency Departments, 29 GP surgeries and 20 Probation Offices across three regions (London, South East and North East of England). We have involved and trained 670 members of staff across all these settings. During the 13-month data collection period we screened 10,530 patients and recruited 2,481 into the study, making it the largest alcohol screening and brief intervention study so far conducted in the UK.
The programme has addressed key gaps in the current evidence base on screening and brief intervention and our findings will guide further developments in the field and local, national and international implementation of alcohol screening and brief intervention.
Six main outcomes papers are in preparation and shortened factsheets will be made available when these are accepted for publication. An end of programme conference is also being organised for 5th March 2012 at the Institute of Psychiatry where the main findings will be presented and discussed. See details below.
Conference on Alcohol Screening and Brief Interventions: From Research into Practice - A one day conference including findings from the SIPS Trials and the launch of SIPS Junior
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Promo-homo's case tossed out of court
Judge says self-aggrandizing' 'gay' a 'public figure,' dumps defamation claim
A homosexual activist who brought a defamation complaint against an advocacy organization that works with people who leave the same-sex lifestyle admitted to "self-aggrandizement" in court papers.
The admission came in a case brought by Wayne Besen, who runs the pro-homosexual Truth Wins Out organization online, against Parents and Friends of ExGays and Gays, or PFOX, and its president, Greg Quinlan.
PFOX reported that the federal judge tossed out the lawsuit by Besen. The case was prompted by Quinlan's statements "that Besen had been fired from the Human Rights Campaign and had uttered hateful rhetoric against Quinlan because he disagreed with Quinlan's ex-gay sexual orientation."
The admission came just as the media furor over comments from another homosexual activist began to fade. In that case, Dan Savage, who runs the "It Gets Better" pro-homosexual organization, derided the Bible in an address to school students, telling them that society should ignore the "bull—-" in the Scriptures.
According to msnbc.com, his comments were, "We can learn to ignore the bull—- in the Bible about gay people the same way we have learned to ignore the bull—- about shellfish, about slavery, about dinner, about farming, about menstruation, about virginity, about masturbation. We ignore bull—- in the bible about all sorts of things. The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document."
When some students in the assembly fled the bullying, he called their walkout "pansy—."
He wrote in an alternative weekly in Seattle, "I wasn't calling the handful of students who left pansies (2,800+ students, most of them Christian, stayed and listened), just the walkout itself."
National Scholastic Press Association leaders, who set up the event, blasted him for belittling "the faith of others – an action that we do not support."
In the arguments raised by Besen, PFOX reported that "Besen once told Quinlan in a private conversation that someone should run him over with a bus or inject him with AIDS."
"Besen admitted that while he may be known among some gay rights activists circles, 'most individuals on the street in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area if asked if they had ever heard of [Besen] would respond with a resounding 'no.'"
The argument would have been made in an attempt to have the judge determine Besen is not a public figure, which would have been to his benefit in a defamation argument.
"Besen likened his public persona to 'notoriety in small circles,' admitted to his 'own promotional self-aggrandizement,' indicated that the books he has written were of 'likely limited circulation,' and that he 'might like to view [himself] as more well known that is actually the case,'" PFOX reported.
Matt Barber, an attorney and PFOX board member, said: "Filing frivolous lawsuits and abusing our judicial system seems to be a new tactic of radical homosexual activist pressure groups like Besen's. They are desperate to silence the message of hope that there is freedom from unwanted same-sex attractions. It won't work and, in the end, they only humiliate themselves and hurt what is already a lost cause. The science continues to mount against the false notion that people are 'born gay.'"
When the case developed late last year, Quinlan said: "To harm Besen's reputation, he would have to first have a reputation – a good one anyway. Nothing I could ever say would do more damage to Wayne's reputation than he's already done on his own. … This is the same Christian-hating Wayne Besen that once trespassed on a church property, placed a bullhorn to the window and began screaming through it while peaceful churchgoers prayed and worshiped inside. (And before he lodges another empty defamation threat, we have the video.)"
Quinlan continued: "This is the same Wayne Besen that once came to the Ex-Gay Educators Caucus exhibit booth during the NEA convention in Orlando, Florida, knocked brochures off the table and bullied the women at the booth. He also snapped their picture several times. After being politely asked to leave, Wayne refused and continued to intimidate and harass the women. We notified authorities that we were concerned he might become more violent. I stepped between Wayne and the women and he began screaming and cursing at me, dropping the 'F bomb' over and over. (Again, before he threatens another silly lawsuit; we have witnesses.)"
A commentary at the GCMWatch.com website, which monitors the homosexual movement, said Besen "takes great pain to keep all of us aware of just how important a public figure he is … by detailing his conquests."
It also noted Besen filed the action even though state law grants Quinlan and other individuals immunity from civil lawsuit damages when they act without pay as an officer or director of a tax-exempt organization like PFOX. No one at PFOX is paid a salary.
"In the dog eat dog world of gay activism, it takes a lot to stand out in the crowded field of excessively narcissistic paranoia neurosis (sorry had to get it all in) activists," the commentary said. "Our less than concerned suggestion: Besen should join forces with the West Coast self-aggrandized bully Dan Savage, scrap the 'it gets better' charade and be who they really are. Self inflated and self serving social bullies."
On its website, Besen's organization said it disagreed with the judge and that the ruling "does nothing to negate the original charge that PFOX's Greg Quinlan fabricated two stories in an effort to smear Truth Wins Out and Besen."
It described the case dismissal as being based "on a technicality."


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[UK PASSIVHAUS CONFERENCE] Six Passivhaus experts discuss what they would and wouldn't do again
At the UK Passivhaus Conference held yesterday (15 October) in Milton Keynes, six leading figures who have completed projects in both the UK and abroad were aked what they would and wouldn't do again.
Dieter Herz, Herz & Lang
Don't believe the client when they say Passivhaus is unaffordable.
John Lefever, Hastoe Housing
We [the client] would retain the architect and not novate them over to the contractor. As a client it is important not to lose the contact between ourselves and the architect, especially when doing something new, like Passivhaus.
Sally Godber, WARM
It is important to understand a client's priorities. It is very easy to think that Passivhaus is their number one priority. But we are learning to really think about where it sits in their priority list.
Talking to planners in much more detail is something which we have learnt is very important. There is a hassle factor around energy standards associated with planning. We're now working with planners to take what we have learnt from our own projects and develop plans to apply this nationally.
Bill Butcher, Green Building Store
Don't rush into projects too quickly - learn to say no to clients. We need longer lead times to optimise junctions and materials and to make Passivhaus more affordable.
But the big positive is that there is no way back after you have done one Passivhaus.
Mark Elton, SustainableBYdesign
I wouldn't graduate as a certified Passivhaus designer at the beginning of a recession. It can be very frustrating trying to get projects off the drawing board and actually into construction.
The best thing about Passivhaus is the community. Everyone is so willing to share and learn from each other. This doesn't exist in mainstream architecture.
Lucelia Rodriguez, University of Nottingham
The Nottingham House which we built as part of the Solar Decathlon was too overcomplicated. We were aiming for both Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6 and Passivhaus on a difficult site. We didn't achieve the air tightness levels for Passivhaus certification. The design should have been simpler. But the project's aim was to give students first hand experience of Passivhaus construction. It did really work for educating them. It was a great learning experience.
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Non-Infected Babies Born to HIV Mothers Have Reduced Immunity to Measles
The results of this study suggest that babies born to HIV mothers would not be able to neutralize the measles virus as effectively and would lose protection sooner than babies born to healthy mothers. These babies would therefore be much more likely to succumb to measles and/or pass the virus on to other children, making their early immunization vital, according to Dr. Lars Smedman of the Department of Paediatrics at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Non-infected babies born to HIV-positive mothers should be vaccinated early against measles to avoid acquiring the virus or passing it on to others. A study published in the November issue of Acta Paediatrica found that even if babies are born without HIV, their maternally derived protection against measles may be impaired by their mother's positive HIV status.
Smedman and colleagues compared blood serum samples from 10 babies one to four months of age who were born to HIV mothers, but had not acquired the infection, to 10 healthy babies born to mothers without HIV. The mothers ranged in age from 26 to 35 years and were all immigrants who originated from Ethiopia, the Ivory Coast, Uganda, Kenya, and Thailand. Their viral loads ranged from less than 20 to 8,870, and their CD4 cell counts from 237 to 754.
Nine of the mothers gave birth by planned or emergency caesarean, with only one vaginal birth, and the gestational age of the babies ranged from 32 to 41 weeks. "We used a new cell ELISA technique to demonstrate how the serum samples drawn from the infants would inactivate the measles virus," explained Smedman. He added that this test found statistically significant differences between the maternal antibodies received by the two sets of babies and revealed that the non-infected babies born to HIV-positive mothers had weaker protection. This was because the antibodies normally produced by the mother to help protect her baby from measles had lost their effectiveness due to the mother's HIV-positive status.


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WILLIAMSPORT, PA – The York College wrestling team ended their stay at the Budd Whitehill Duals with a 30-15 win over RIT on Saturday in Williamsport, PA. The Spartans finished the tournament with a 2-2 mark.
York is now 5-7 overall while the Tigers are now 3-6 with the loss.
The Tigers got off to a great start in the match as they notched a tech fall at 125 and a decision at 133 to take an 8-0 lead over the Spartans.
York junior Joey Giaccio (Cranford, N.J./Cranford) got the Spartans on the board with a pin fall win at 141 as he put Jake Sepor on the his back in just 3:30.
The Tigers got a 6-0 win from Brad Mayville at 149 to push their lead to 11-6. York's Adam Kritzer (Herdon, Pa./Line Mountain) earned six points for the Green and White courtesy of a forfeit win at 157 pounds. The Tigers got their final weight class win of the match as Tory Cain recorded an 8-0 major decision win at 165.
The Spartans tied the match at 15 when freshman Tyler Rhoads (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin East) notched a 7-4 win at 174. York then took the lead when freshman Mitchell Ramsey (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg) recorded a forfeit win at 184 pounds. Fellow freshman Nick Zak (Jackson, N.J./Jackson Liberty) completed his perfect weekend with a pin fall victory over Wyatt Albanese in 3:56. Zak finished the tournament with a mark of 4-0 with two pins, a tech fall and an 8-1 win.
Sophomore Mike Spencer (Pompton Plains, N.J./Pequannock Township) closed out the victory with a 3-1 win in the heavyweight bout.
The Spartans travel to the Mid-Penn Duals hosted by Millersville University next Saturday. The duals are slated for a 9:00 am start.
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The following is an excerpt from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on Matthew 11.
"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children, and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.' For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!' The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds." (11:16–19)
Although Jesus' miracles had already established His messianic credentials beyond any legitimate question, most of the Jewish people who witnessed those miracles refused to recognize the facts or accept Him as the Messiah.
But to what shall I compare this generation reflects a common oriental expression used to introduce a parable or other illustration. The Midrash, an ancient compilation of Jewish traditional teaching, contains many expressions (such as "To what is the matter like?" or "How can I illustrate this point?") used by rabbis to introduce illustrative metaphors, analogies, and stories. In this tradition Jesus was saying, "How can I illustrate the responses of this generation of God's people to His truth and work? To what do they compare?"
Some of those who refused to believe the gospel covered their unbelief with criticism. Jesus compared them to foolish children sitting in the market place who objected to everything the other children did. They were like many people today who find fault with whatever the preacher and other church leaders do. No matter what is said or done, such people pick it apart and use the objection-whether real or imagined, justified or unjustified-as an excuse for rejection. Because they have no saving relationship to Christ, they refuse to receive His truth or serve in His church. But they love to harp against both.
The agora (market place) was a central area of cities and towns where people went to do business and to socialize. On certain days of the week, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of all sorts would bring their produce or wares to sell from stalls, tents, carts, or simply from a cleared place on the ground.
Children played with each other in the market place while their parents sold, bought, or visited. Two games, "Wedding" and "Funeral," were particularly popular. Weddings and funerals were the two major social events, and children liked to mimic their elders by performing mock weddings and mock funerals. Weddings involved festive music and dancing, and when children played the wedding game they expected everyone to dance when the imaginary flute was played, just like grownups did in the real ceremony. Likewise, when they played the funeral game they expected everyone to mourn and wail when the imaginary dirge was played, just like the paid mourners did when a person actually died.
There were always holdouts, however, who refused to go along with the rest of the children. If the game was "Wedding," they wanted to play "Funeral," and vice versa. Nothing the other children did satisfied them. They were peevish, perpetual spoilsports who threw a wet blanket on everything their friends did.
Jesus applied the first illustration to the response of the people to John the Baptist. When John came neither eating nor drinking, the people said, He has a demon! The phrase neither eating nor drinking was a figurative description of John's austere life-style. He ate a Spartan diet of locusts and wild honey, and he lived in the desert and dressed in uncomfortable garments of camel's hair (Matt. 3:4). His message was serious and severe as he cried out for repentance and for corresponding good works.
John's message and way of life were in the funeral mode, so to speak. Some people became so resentful of his continual emphasis on repentance and judgment that they charged him with having a demon. He grated against their immoral and unspiritual nerves, and they railed out against him. They tolerated him for a short while, enjoying the novelty and excitement of his preaching. But he would not let them be neutral bystanders, uncommitted onlookers who heard and observed without decision or commitment. When they saw they had to choose, they chose not to believe or follow him. Instead of accepting John's rebuke of their wickedness, they rebuked his righteousness. They charged the prophet who had no equal, who was greater than any other person "born of woman" (11:11), with being demon possessed.
Jesus applied the second illustration to the response of the people to Himself: The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, "Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!" Jesus lived basically in the normal pattern of Jewish life, eating and drinking like everyone else. In contrast to John's ascetic life-style, Jesus participated in all the normal social activities. He traveled throughout most of Israel, going from city to city, village to village, synagogue to synagogue. He had individual, intimate contact with many hundreds of people as He talked with them, healed their diseases, forgave their sins, and called them to follow Him.
Just as John lived in the funeral mode Jesus lived in the wedding mode. That fact did not escape the notice of John's disciples, who had already asked Jesus, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?" (Matt. 9:14). In reply, Jesus used the figure of a wedding: "The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they?" (v. 15). But Jesus' critics ridiculously exaggerated His normal activities, charging Him with being a gluttonous man and a drunkard.
The wine Jesus and most other Jews drank was oinos, a drink made by boiling or evaporating fresh grape juice down to a heavy syrup or paste in order to prevent spoilage and simplify storage. To make a beverage, water would be added as needed to a small quantity of the syrup. That mixture was nonalcoholic, and even when allowed to ferment it was not intoxicating, because it was mostly water. Perhaps Jesus miraculously made wine from water for the wedding at Cana by creating the paste.
The second charge, that Jesus was a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, was true, but not in the sense His critics meant. In identifying Jesus with those social and moral outcasts the critics also intended to identify Him with the outcasts' sin and wickedness. But when Jesus associated with sinful people, He not only did not participate in their sin but offered deliverance from it-because that is why He came to earth (see Matt. 9:12–13).
As William Barclay points out,
The plain fact is that when people do not want to listen to the truth, they will easily enough find an excuse for not listening. They do not even try to be consistent in their criticism. They will criticize the same person and the same institution from quite opposite grounds and reasons. If people are determined to make no response, they will remain stubbornly and sullenly unresponsive no matter what invitation is made to them. (The Gospel of Matthew [Philadelphia: Westminster, 1958], 2:10)
Jesus' unnamed critics were not interested in truth or justice but in condemnation. John the Baptist and Jesus were enemies of traditional religion, with its elevation of human wisdom and disregard for divine. Because John and Jesus could not be reasoned down they would be shouted down; and if no truth could be found against them, falsehood would be eagerly used.
Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds, Jesus said. Corrupt human wisdom produces corrupt human deeds, such as the false accusations against John and Jesus. On the other hand, the righteous, divinely empowered wisdom of John and Jesus produced righteous deeds that resulted in repentance, forgiven sin, and redeemed lives.
Through the centuries the church's detractors have found it easy to criticize its people and its work. Yet they are hard pressed to explain how so many lives have been changed from wickedness to righteousness, from despair to hope, from anger to love, from sadness to happiness, and from selfishness to self-giving by the power of Christ.
Jesus' rebuke of His critics was serious, but it contained a certain restraint, a restraint not seen in the brief series of withering rebukes He proceeded to give those who treated Him with indifference.


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Jan. 29, 2005
The Bulldogs remained unbeaten in the Ivy League with a 15-12 defeat of Penn at Payne Whitney Gym. The Elis dropped their epee bouts 5-4 but won in foil and saber to win the contest.
In saber, Yale's Sada Jacobson went 3-0, while Erin Frey took two bouts and Carly Guss won once to give Yale the 6-3 victory in that weapon.
In the foil, Alisa Mendelsohn won twice, as did Diana Schawlowski. Jessica Dobbins earned one victory, which was enough for Yale to pull out the 5-4 win.
The Elis fell 5-4 in epee, but captain Erica Korb won all her bouts. Anne Nyugen added a win.
Yale takes on Ivy foes Columbia and Brown next weekend in their quest for the title.


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The New York Racing Association says all three winners of this year's Triple Crown races will be in town for this summer's season at Saratoga Race Course, which is marking the 150th anniversary of the first thoroughbred racing in Saratoga Springs.
All three winners of this year's Triple Crown races will be in town for this summer's season at Saratoga Race Course, which is marking the 150th anniversary of the first thoroughbred racing in Saratoga Springs, the New York Racing Association said Monday.
Orb, Oxbow and Palace Malice will be working out in Saratoga and NYRA officials hope all three will be entered in the $1 million Travers Stakes on Aug. 24. It wasn't initially known which races they'll run during the 40-day meet, which opens July 19 and runs through Labor Day.
A NYRA official said all three are expected to be stabled on the track grounds by opening day. All ran at Saratoga last year as two-year-olds.
NYRA said the season will feature nearly $15 million in purse money. Among the other top races, the $750,000 Whitney Invitational Handicap will be run on Aug. 3, the 150th anniversary of the first organized thoroughbred races in Saratoga.
The $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes is set for July 27 and the Alabama Stakes for Aug. 24, also a $600,000 race.
NYRA will also be offering 45-minute paid walking tours of the track. The cost will be $3 for individuals and $10 for groups of four. There will be no tours on Travers Day, or on Tuesdays when the track is closed.
NYRA typically holds its Saratoga preview news conference in June at a suburban Albany hotel, but moved the event 30 miles north to the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion, just down the street from the historic track. Last year the event wasn't held at all as NYRA dealt with turmoil that included the firing of its president, Charles Hayward. He was dismissed that May when state investigators accused NYRA of knowingly overcharging bettors by more than $8 million over a 15-month period.
NYRA announced last week that it has named Christopher Kay as its next president and CEO as of July 1.