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Contact: Sarah Mattes, (608) 243-0482, [email protected]
Now is the time to plan to get your flu vaccine. Public Health Madison & Dane County (PHMDC) recommends that everyone older than 6 months get the flu vaccine to protect throughout the flu season, which can last through spring.
"We don't want a flu season like last year," says Diane McHugh, Immunization Coordinator for PHMDC. "Last year was particularly severe. Excluding pandemics, we had record breaking flu-related hospitalizations in Dane County (695) and nationally (30,453). According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there was also record breaking number of flu-related child deaths (180) in the United States. Approximately 80% of these deaths occurred in children who had not received a flu vaccination."
"Get the flu vaccine before it starts spreading in the community. The exact timing and how long the flu season lasts can vary, but influenza activity can begin in October. It takes about 2 weeks to get full protection after the flu vaccine is given, so getting the vaccine, preferably in October, is the best thing you can do to protect yourself and others from getting the flu," added McHugh.
For those with health insurance, flu vaccine is now readily available at local clinics, and also at area pharmacies. For those without health insurance, PHMDC can help. Free flu shots are offered by appointment for adults without health insurance, and for children without health insurance or who have Medical Assistance/Forward card. To schedule an appointment, call (608) 266-4821.
"Be sure to ask your provider which vaccine is best for you," says McHugh. "Some flu vaccines are available for adults 65 and older who have weaker immune systems. The nasal spray flu is approved for use this year, but with very limited availability, so most people will need to get the shot."
"Flu vaccine is safe and effective," says McHugh. "Even when it is not 100% effective at preventing flu, it may reduce how sick you'll get and reduce your chance of being hospitalized. When you get your flu shot, you're also helping to reduce the amount of illness in our community, which helps protect the folks who can't get a flu shot, like babies younger than 6 months old."
McHugh further advises that, "If you take care of others, working with children or in health care, or you care for a spouse, parent or child with special needs, the flu shot is especially important for you. Stay healthy for them, and reduce sick time for yourself."
The flu is not a stomach bug. Influenza causes high fever, cough, sore throat, body aches and oftentimes many days of missed work or school. It can be very serious leading to hospitalization and even death. Young children, pregnant women, people 65 years and older and people with certain medical conditions, like asthma, diabetes or heart disease are particularly vulnerable to the flu and complications of the illness. Complications include pneumonia, sinus and ear infections, inflammation of the heart or brain, and worsening chronic conditions.
While the vaccine is the best protection against getting the flu, there are other precautions people can take to stay healthy and prevent the spread of flu:
- Wash hands often, and for at least 20 seconds, with soap and water. Use alcohol-based hand rub if soap and water aren't available.
- Cover the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
- Avoid touching the eyes, nose or mouth. Every time you touch your face, you have a change of introducing germs.
- Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
- Frequently disinfect surfaces at home, work or school that are touched regularly.
- Stay home when sick and take flu antiviral drugs if prescribed by a doctor.
For more information about the flu, see https://www.cdc.gov/flu/
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So, this post is not just to brag about our 8-year-old's landing a part in our church's Christmas program (he'll be a shepherd — not sure how many others there'll be).
No, it's more about his being willing to put himself out there, and take a chance. He actually auditioned for a singing part — a solo — "Do You Hear What I Hear?" And while he didn't get that part, he practiced earnestly, night after night, before his audition.
In other words, he took a chance on something that had a chance for success or failure. That's a risk, and I was proud he was willing to put himself out there like that.
And you can bet the next time he takes a chance like that, I'll be right behind him, encouraging him all the way. And if he fails, I'll be right there for him.

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Oz takes global food market lead
AUSTRALIA is taking charge of a key global committee on food markets.
Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig said Australia was elected to chair the G20's Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) at a meeting in Washington overnight.
Mr Ludwig said the 12-month appointment would allow Australia to guide international discussions on food markets.
"Through our participation in AMIS Australia can promote coordinated international policy responses to market conditions," Mr Ludwig said.
"This will help the development of common strategies to deal with market uncertainty and avoid adverse trade responses."
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry officials will head up AMIS from October 1.
Source: Tom Minear, The Weekly Times, http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/02/21/561010_national-news.html


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It's always nice to see some original anime works in any new season line-up, and this time around we've been served up an intriguing affair for winter 2011 - a SHAFT-produced, Shinbo-directed magical girl affair with character designs by Ume Aoki of Hidamari Sketch fame.
This opening episode sets out its stall in terms of eye-catching backdrops and scenery immediately, dropping us into a world seemingly on the brink of collapse and the show's titular character Madoka watching an unknown girl fighting (and seemingly losing) a battle of some kind while some bizarre (yet cute) creature tells Madoka that she can change her destiny with the powers she possesses if she becomes a magical girl.
Of course, all of this turns out to be a dream, allowing us time to be introduced to Madoka's every day life - a swish, spacious futuristic house, devoted parents and some great friends. Of course, it isn't long before things start to get a little odd for our future magical girl, and this descend into all sorts of insanity begins with the introduction of a mysterious transfer student (aren't they always) named Homura Akemi; a girl who also looks uncannily like the one Madoka saw in her dream. Indeed, Akemi seems to have an interest in Madoka as well, eventually asking her for help finding the nurse's office at school only to deliver a decidedly odd speech on how important it is for Madoka to be herself.
If that wasn't odd enough, things really take a turn for the surreal as a visit by Madoka and her friend Miki Sayaka to a CD store ends up with Madoka finding herself called by the despairing cries of the odd creature from her dream, which in turn sees her coming face to face with Akemi. Throw in a descent into madness (or stepping into a Beatles music video perhaps - it was near a CD shop after all) and an encounter with another magical girl, and you have yourself a thoroughly odd introductory instalment.
Certainly, if there's one thing to be said about Puella Magi Madoka Magica from this first episode it's that it succeeds in catching the eye - we're used to flashes of SHAFT's visual insanity, but it's often relegated to opening or ending credits rather than a pivotal moment of an episode, and its use here is jarring and psychedelic but nonetheless pretty effectively. Similarly, the precise, angular backdrops (a la Bakemonogatari) gives the show a very futuristic aesthetic which doesn't mesh entirely with the slightly sketchy feel of the characters themselves in my head just yet, but again it's an intriguing clash that may well work in the long run.
As for the plot itself, it's really far too early to say where it's heading - for an opening episode it certainly set everything up pretty solidly and gave us a feel for its major characters, but the real key to the show's success is going to be where it goes from here. Either way, this looks likely to be the season's most eye-catching (and arguably its most ambitious) series, so let's hope it has a story, plot and character development to match.
Friday, 7 January 2011
Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Episode 1
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Saturday, June 30, 2007
On the last day of the financial year was held the first caucus meeting of the 'No Minister Party.' Both left and right factions were equally represented. Nothing was agreed.
Hey Milt, I feel all funny - using the keyboard again! Many thanks for all your effort. How many hours and how much money did it take to get set up thus far?
I'll try to give you a call on Monday.
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- Psycho Milt said...
It took a few minutes and an outlay of $0 - blogger's good like that. Basic, but also gratis.
- July 3, 2007 at 9:17 AM
Welcome back, guys!!!
- July 4, 2007 at 8:25 AM
- G7 said...
can you explain what happened to SH?
- July 4, 2007 at 9:07 AM
welcome back..
(i've missed having you to 'play with'..)
yes..do tell us the tale of the (petulant?/sulky?) boy who picked up his ball and went home..
but..but..what on earth will you find to talk about..?
did you hear that while you were away..
things have changed..
your favoirite war has gone totally pear-shaped..
(so war-pimping/boosting is out..)
climate-change/global warming have become part of the accepted dialogue..
(so climate-change denial is out..)
did you hear that brash has gone..?
..and key has taken national back to the centre..?
(more 'centre'..in fact than clark/labour..)
so dreaming/musing on 'what/brash/national will do'..is also out..)
the (attempted) rightwing revolution has pretty much run it's course..eh..?..and the verdict is it's been a resounding failure..
your neo-christian-fundamentalists have hived off to set up their own 'rapture-watch'..
so..what to talk about..?
(got any good recipies..?..)
- July 4, 2007 at 3:25 PM
- Psycho Milt said...
Such triumphalism, Phil! Sure such confidence is warranted?
I will say:
1. I don't think what Iraq's going through is anything to get particularly chuffed about.
2. Climate-change scaremongering has certainly become part of the accepted dialogue. Unfortunately it does more to generate skeptics than actually achieve anything. Given that India and China write off anything we can achieve a few hundred times over, how good do you seriously think you can feel about the acceptance by our media of that scaremongering?
3. Our "neo-Christian Fundamentalists" seem to be doing pretty damn good for themselves, thanks.
4. Unfortunately, I have to agree re Key positioning National more 'centre' than Labour. The left's likely to take a thorough hammering in 2008 - think Key will still be Mr Centre after the election? I'm not expecting so...
- July 5, 2007 at 7:59 AM


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Exploring the Old Dominion's
Eclectic and Unusual Sites
The Covington area's Humpback Bridge is one of five "Kissing Bridges" open to the public.*
By Judy Colbert
Off the beaten path in Virginia, visitors will discover covered bridges, stellar artisans, an unassuming restaurant mentioned in several novels and an award-winning winery. The key to discovering these and other idyllic, unusual or quirky diversions is to get off the Old Dominion's 1,100 miles of interstate highways and hit the back roads.
Kissing Bridges
In the early 1900s, more than 100 covered or so-called "kissing" bridges existed in the Virginia mountains. Today, fewer than a dozen remain. Five of those gems are open to the public.
Perhaps the most photographed kissing bridge is Covington's (www.covington.va.us) one-of-a-kind Humpback Bridge. Built in 1857, it spans 100 feet across Dunlap Creek. Its center rises several feet taller than the ends, giving it that humpback look. An adjacent tree-shaded park and picnic area are a good reason to divert from nearby Interstate 64 for an hour or two.
Further north, crossing the scenic North Fork of the Shenandoah River, visitors will encounter the 204-foot-long Meem's Bottom Bridge. Built in Mount Jackson in 1894, it was burned by vandals in 1976. Nicely rebuilt from salvaged timbers of the original span, it is now supported by concrete piers and steel beams. Yes, you can still drive across this single-lane bridge.
Two kissing bridges also remain in Patrick County. The 48-foot-long, oak Jack's Creek Bridge was constructed in 1914. Just six years later, the 80-foot truss Bob White Bridge was built over the Smith River. On June 16, the two bridges will be showcased during a Covered Bridge Festival (276-694-8367 or www.visitpatrickcounty.org) in Woolwine.
What's on tap for the festival? Visitors can expect bands, artists, savory and sweet food, old-fashioned wagon rides, tractor-pulled hayrides, and antique car rides to the two bridges.
Art, History, Great Grub and Vino
Several miles into what urban folks call the boonies -- on Virginia's Eastern Shore -- is The Gallery at Eastville (www.thegalleryateastville.com). Situated within a restored 1908 Sears catalog house, this gallery is owned by award-winning designers Mary Miller and David Bruce Handschur.
Travelers may view, and, of course, buy 100 percent hand-loomed sweaters, jewelry, paintings, block prints, and fused art glass. Hours at the 16319 Courthouse Rd. gallery are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday through Monday. Still, call 757-678-7532 to confirm the open hours before visiting.
South of Washington, D.C. is the new National Museum of the Marine Corps (800-397-7585 or www.usmcmuseum.org) in Quantico. Opened last November, the museum displays aircraft, artifacts and memorabilia.
Among its iconic treasures are two original American flags raised by the Marines on Mount Suribachi in the South Pacific on Feb. 23, 1945. The two fragile flags rotate on display, protecting them from light damage. The larger one is from the famous 1945 Joe Rosenthal photo of Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima.
Not far from the museum at 18418 Jefferson Davis Hwy in Triangle is the cozy Globe and Laurel (703-221-5763). Thousands of military and law enforcement badges adorn this restaurant's ceilings and walls. Major Richard T. Spooner (retired U.S. Marine Corps) and his wife Gloria own the eclectic spot You might even chat with Major Spooner about his book, "The Spirit of Semper Fidelis: Reflections from the Bottom of an Old Canteen."
Our inside secret? Try the Globe and Laurel's tasty onion soup, prime rib and Caesar salad!
With nearly one hundred wineries in Virginia, any one has to be incredible to be singled out. Yet, the Prince Michel Vineyards and Winery (540-546-3707 or www.princemichel.com), 154 Winery lane, Leon -- just east of the Blue Ridge Mountain foothills – qualifies as exceptional.
Visitors may take self-guided tours of the winery, stroll through the vineyards or picnic on the lawn. Definitely head for the "see through" room atop the winery for complimentary tasting of award-winning wines. Children and even pets are welcome on some parts of the winery property. Daily hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
These are just a few of the off-the-beaten path delights visitors will find within the Old Dominion.
Judy Colbert is a native of Washington, D.C., and the author of "Virginia: Off the Beaten Path" and "Maryland and Delaware: Off the Beaten Path."
*The Humpback Bridge photo is owned, copyrighted and used with permission of the City of Covington, VA. All rights reserved. Please do not link to nor copy these photos. Thank you.


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Sample Preparation Basics
- Before preparing the samples, read the sample preparation guidelines and the sample requirements. Call if anything is not clear.
- Samples should not contain any undissolved, particular matter; it will clog and irreversibly damage expensive columns.
- Keratin contamination is a problem limiting protein identification, especially in conjuction with in-gel digestion. Keep samples covered or protected as much as possible and wear gloves at all times during sample preparation. Do not touch keratin sources (skin, hair, etc) with outer working surface of gloves. The use of freshly prepared reagents for SDS-PAGE and Coomassie staining will greatly improve outcomes.
- To minimize sample loss, use Fisher Low Retention tubes (cat. # 02-681-320) or Eppendorf LoBind tubes (cat. # 22431081 or 22431064).
- For in-gel digestion, maximize the protein/gel ratio in gel spots; a concentrated gel band works much better than a large diffused gel band. Gel thickness of 1mm is optimal (recommended). Stain gels with Coomassie Blue until your bands are visible. Excise protein bands as precisely as possible. If there is any diffuse stained edges to the band, omit it and excise only the clearly stained part of the band. Dice gel bands into 2x2 mm cubes, being careful not to smear the gel into a paste. Use fresh (not used) staining or destaining solution.
Gel bands should not get dry. Put an excised bend into a clean 1.5 mL Eppendorf tube and cap the tube tightly to keep the gel slice moist; gel bands can be kept for 4-5 days at 4°C or at least six month at -20°C.
- Vial label: each vial with a sample must have a label including your name, the sample name (unique but short), and the date. Please label both the side and the top of a vial.
- If sent by mail, samples should be sent frozen on dry ice; first, put the tubes with frozen samples in a plastic bag or a larger (50 mL, for example) plastic tube with padding making sure that the tubes will remain capped and the samples will not get lost during transportation. Note that it is dangerous and illegal to tape shut a container with dry ice during shipping.
- In-solution digestion, courtesy of Mr. Todd Markowski, University of Minnesota CMSP
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Hey lovelies!
I'm so happy that we have some sun because I can finally rock my holo polishes! I wanted to have something with depth, something distracting and screaming hey you there!! so I decided to do a layering manicure. I followed Nail Polish Anon layering technique and here is the final result, Hope you like it!
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I started with one coat of Julep Boris & Nicole. It is a warm copper with gold shimmer that I receive in a swap. It is so pigmented that you only need one coat for full opacity and so shiny that I didn't add any top coat.
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I then added 2 coats of Hits Phenomena Air Glow, a multichrome glitter polish. It flashes from green to orange/gold to pink/plum.
Natural light
Artificial light
Natural light - with top coat
I finished with a thin coat of Hits No Olimpo Hefesto, a holographic top coat.
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Reynolds may be the co-host of MLB Network's Hot Stove, and he may have earned a Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Personality / Studio Analyst in 2013, but he apparently doesn't have the stones to go to bat for his older brother — one of the 645 men who played in "The Show" who isn't receiving a pension from Major League Baseball (MLB).
Donald Edward Reynolds was a football star at Corvallis High the year the team won the 3A State Championship. He later attended the University of Oregon and was inducted into its Athletic HOF in 1993.
But he also played parts of two seasons for the Padres, in 1978 and 1979.
Reynolds and 644 other men don't receive MLB pensions because they didn't accrue four years of service, which is what you needed before 1980. However, in order to avert a threatened players strike during the 1980 Memorial Day weekend, the union representing the players, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), accepted a proposal from the league in which the vesting requirements were lowered to one game day of service credit for health care, and 43 game days of service credit for a pension.
Regrettably for Mr. Reynolds and the other men, the union didn't request that this change be made retroactive.
Thirty-one years later, in April 2011, the league and the union partially remedied the situation. The non-vested retirees were awarded $625 per quarter for every 43 game days of service they accrued on an active roster, up to $10,000, for their service credit. And that's before taxes are taken out.
However, these days, the maximum pension a vested retiree can earn is $220,000.
And while vested retirees get to pass their pensions on to a loved one, spouse or designated beneficiary, the non-vested players don't.
Harold Reynolds, who also attended Corvallis High but was born in Eugene, has never publicly commented or taken a stance about whether the pre-1980 players such as his brother should get real pensions from the organization that pays his salary.
To date, the union representing the current players, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), has been loathe to divvy up anymore of the collective pie. Even though Forbes recently reported that the current players' pension and welfare fund is valued at $2.7 billion, MLBPA Executive Director Tony Clark— the first former player ever to hold that position — has never commented about these non-vested retirees, many of whom are filing for bankruptcy at advanced ages, having banks foreclose on their homes and are so sickly and poor that they cannot afford adequate health care coverage.
Unions are supposed to help the hard working women and men in this country get a fair shake in life. But the so-called executive director of the MLBPA doesn't seem to want to help anyone but himself — Clark receives a MLB pension AND an annual salary of more than $2.1 million, including benefits, for being the head of the union.
Makes you think, doesn't it?
Douglas J. Gladstone authored the 2010 book, "A Bitter Cup of Cofee; How MLB & The Players' Association Threw 874 Retirees a Curve." His website is www.gladstonewriter.com


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In this article, I am going to show that a very simple Havoc rotation is also the optimal rotation. I decided to do this after looking at the current default SimC APL, which I feel is unnecessarily complex for a spec that has a very simple action priority.
The first step is showing how to effectively compare simulations to combat logs, and make sure that we can make a simulation that matches what players are doing. Second, I will compare the same simulations in AMR and SimC and highlight some differences between the two simulation models. Third, I will compare the actual rotations and show that you can achieve practically identical results with two very different-looking rotations.


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Dr. Brown's Formula Mixing Pitcher is not something I would have gone out and purchased on my own. My wife is big into kitchen gadgets, and initially I thought this was a gimmick. Boy was I wrong (there, I said it). I've got to hand it to her, this was a great buy. It is the ideal mixing pitcher. More than just Formula, any powder and water combo works great in this thing.
We found it at Burlington Coat near our house, but it's available most places you see Dr. Browns (Wal-Mart, Amazon.com).
The pitcher easily mixes up to 32oz of water with the 16 scoops of powdered formula. This fills the pitcher just about to the 34oz, and will make sure you don't spill and make a mess. The top rotates, to mostly seal the top when you're mixing. A few quick swishes with the handle and you're ready to make bottles.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Review : Formula Mixing Pitcher
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USA Custom Shop Limited Run #48 of 100
Dean USA Dime ML Far Beyond Driven Custom Shop
From the USA Custom shop in Tampa FL comes one of the most recognized and sought out guitars in the Legacy of Dimebag Darrell; the Dime Far Beyond Driven! These guitars are perfect to his specs in such detail it could only come from Dean USA. Mahogany body with set mahogany V neck shape, Ebony fingerboard, Original Floyd Rose Top Mount tremolo system with mixed chrome and black hardware, and loaded with Seymour Duncan SH-6 neck pickup in the bridge position (just like Dime had on his original Far Beyond Driven ML) and a DiMarzio Super Distortion in the neck position. No details were left off the table when designing this amazing beast of a guitar! Form fitted Hard Shell case included.
Model Name: Dime ML Far Beyond Driven Ltd Run 100 Pc
Item Number Sku: USA ML DIME FBD
Country of Origin: USA
Finish Top: Trans Brazilia
Dexterity: Right Handed
Construction: Set Neck
Body Material: Mahogany
Top Material: Flame Maple
Top Contour: Flat Top
Binding Body: Single Ply Cream Body & Neck
Neck Material: Mahgoany
Fretboard Material: Ebony
Inlays: Abalone Dot
Scale Length: 24 5/8" (625mm) USA
Frets: 22 Jumbo
Neck Shape: V
Nut: Floyd Rose R3 (43mm)
Nut Width: 1 11/16" (43mm)
Truss Rod: Dual Action
Pickup Bridge: Seymour Duncan SH6 (Neck In Bridge) BKBK
Pickup Neck: DiMarzio Super Distortion BKCR
Control Layout: Vol/Vol/Tone/3-Way Toggle
Design Feature: Top Mount Floyd / Lacquer Finish
Hardware Color: Mixed Chrome & Black
Bridge: Floyd Rose Original TOP MOUNT (German)
Tuners: Grover
Knobs: DBD Traction (Black)
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The Fast-Food Challenge
Believe it or not, you can make healthy fast-food choices. How? Know exactly what you are ordering and plan ahead. Keep the ground rules of good nutrition in mind. Eat a variety of foods in moderate amounts, limit the amount of fat you eat, and watch the amount of salt in food. Follow the guidelines you've worked out with your dietitian or doctor. What you order is the key. It's easy to eat an entire day's worth of fat, salt, and calories in just one fast-food meal. But it's also possible to make wise choices and eat a fairly healthy meal.
Here are some tips to help you choose well:
- Know that an average fast-food meal can run as high as 1000 calories or more, and raise your blood sugar above your target range.
- Know the nutritional value of the foods you order. Although there are some good choices, most fast-food items are high in fat and calories.
- If you're having fast-food for one meal, let your other meals that day contain healthier foods, like fruits and vegetables.
- Think about how your food will be cooked. Chicken and fish can be good choices - but not if they are breaded and deep fried.
- If breakfast is your fast-food meal, choose a plain bagel, toast, or English muffin. Other muffins may be loaded with sugar and fat. Add fruit juice or low-fat or fat-free milk. Order cold cereal with fat-free milk, pancakes without butter, or plain scrambled eggs. Limit bacon and sausage because they are high in fat.
Your order, please?
- The fast food we eat may stick around a lot longer than we'd like. It may linger in our bodies as excess blood fats and extra pounds.
- Watch out for words like jumbo, giant, deluxe, biggie-sized or super-sized. Larger portions mean more calories. They also mean more fat, cholesterol and salt. Order a regular or junior-sized sandwich instead.
- Choose grilled or broiled sandwiches with meats such as lean roast beef, turkey or chicken breast, or lean ham. Order items plain, without toppings, rich sauces, or mayonnaise. Add flavor with mustard, and crunch with lettuce, tomato, and onion.
- Skip the croissant or biscuit. Eat your sandwich on a bun, bread or English muffin and save calories and fat.
- Stay away from double burgers or "super" hot dogs with cheese, chili, or sauces. Cheese carries an extra 100 calories per ounce, as well as added fat and sodium.
- Go for the salad bar, but watch out for high-fat toppings like dressings, bacon bits, cheeses, and croutons. Even too much low-calorie dressing can add up. Check the calories on the packet. Also limit salad bar items that are dressed with a lot of mayo, such as potato or macaroni salad. Fill your salad with things like carrots, peppers, onion, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, and etc.
- Order bean burritos, soft tacos, fajitas, and other non-fried items when eating Mexican fast foods. Choose chicken over beef. Limit refried beans. Or ask if they have beans that aren't refried. Pile on extra lettuce, tomatoes, and salsa. Go easy on cheese, sour cream, and guacamole. Watch out for deep-fried taco salad shells — a taco salad can have more than 1,000 calories!
- Pizza can be a good fast food choice. Go for thin crust pizza with vegetable toppings. Limit to 1-2 slices. Meat and extra cheese add calories, fat and sodium.
- End your meal with sugar-free, fat-free frozen yogurt or a small cone of fat-free yogurt. Better still, bring a piece of fresh fruit from home. Ices, sorbets, and sherbets have less fat and fewer calories than ice cream. But they are chock full of sugar. They can send your blood sugar too high if you don't work the extra carbohydrate into your meal plan.
- Be alert for traps. Fat-free muffins for breakfast may have plenty of sugar. Skinless fried chicken can have almost as much fat as the regular kind. Chinese food may seem like a healthy choice, but many dishes are deep fried or high in fat and sodium, especially in the sauces.
- Eating out can be one of life's great pleasures. Make the right choices, ask for what you need, and balance your meals out with healthy meals at home. You can enjoy yourself and take good care of your diabetes at the same time.
Source: American Diabetes Association


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Brad Kemper wrote: > On Feb 2, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Bruno Fassino wrote: > > But I see what you consider 'desirable'. Now it can probably be > > obtained with an extra (shrink-to-fit) wrapper around the content, > > inside the scrolling box. > > OK, so I may not have used the right words, but you understand what I > mean. I'm sure you can also see why it would be undesirable for an > author to have to insert an extra div, just in order to get the > specified margin to actually do the expected thing that margins > normally do (add space between an edge and the corresponding padding > edge of its parent block). I agree with Brad somewhat. I believe that the expected behavior should show the padding of the overflow parent element completely but the value of one margin (the right margin with ltr text) must be ignored. A use case is where the inner box has a border and surrounding it is an overflow box with a background. I wouldn't want the right border of the inner box sitting up against the right edge of the overflow box. I would like to see some of the background to the right. Adding another div to achieve this is not something an author should expect to do. Bruno Fassino" <firstname.lastname@example.com> > Brad Kemper wrote: > > Isn't it a bit odd that of one block is wider than its parent, and > > the parent is set to "overflow:scroll", that the margins of > > the child are shown on the top, bottom, and left, but not on the > > right? Is that the way it is supposed to be? > > I guess this is because the "over-constrained" case of 10.3.3 [1] applies to > the child, so (when direction is ltr) the specified value of 'margin-right' > is ignored, and to satisfy the equality its used value must become a > negative value, but this has no effect on the rendering. > > > -- > Bruno Fassino http://www.brunildo.org/test So what should actually happen in an "over-constrained" case. In 11.1 [2] it says: |Whenever overflow occurs, the 'overflow' property specifies |whether a box is clipped to its padding edge, and if so, |whether a scrolling mechanism is provided to access any |clipped out content. There is no further mentioned on this page about the padding edge. So does the containing block established by the overflow box begin at it padding edge or content edge? I do think that this should be defined. In the "over-constrained" cases like Brad's example, should and overflow box with a width as a length be treated the same as an overflow with width auto?

 All browsers seem to agree on the width of the overflow box and the width (padding edge) of the inner element regardless of if the overflow box has a width which is length or auto. I see this as correct. Only Gecko 1.8~1.9, Safari 3 (don't have a mac), Opera 9.5 and IE7 will actually render overflow-x:scroll properly. Gecko 1.7, Opera 9.25 and IE6 render as of overflow-x was had a value of visible. Gecko 1.8~1.9, Safari 3 and Opera 9.5 will ignore the margin-right of the descendant element in the overflow box in most cases. There is a clear difference though if the overflow box has padding. Gecko 1.8 will keep the padding-right of the overflow box where Safari 3 and Gecko 1.9 will either drop the padding-right of the overflow box or the margin-right of the descendant element has a negative value equaling the padding-right of the overflow box. Can anyone clarify this? Opera 9.5 shows no "over-constrained" condition and lengthen the scrollable box and on top that add a mysterious width. One lot of test cases is for an overflow box with width of auto: http://css-class.com/test/css/viseffects/overflow-auto-with-inner-box.htm The equality values are arrived at when the overflow box is narrowed to 400px. The other lot of test cases is for an overflow box with width of length 400px: http://css-class.com/test/css/viseffects/overflow-length-with-inner-box.htm Gecko 1.8 diverges from Gecko 1.9 and Safari 3 with the width of the scrollable box from example 3a in each test case. This is where padding is introduced on the overflow box. In example 3c of each test case i am not sure if the end of the equality line (?) for Gecko 1.9 and Safari 3 should be. 'margin-right' 25px ~ 0px = 675px) + padding-right' 50px ~ 0px. or 'margin-right' 25px ~ -50px = 675px) + padding-right' 50px. In no part of 10.3.3 does it mentioned if padding-right is also ignored so all I can equate from this is that the last case stands true. So 'margin-right' for the descendant element is -50px. Where it says in 11.1 "whether a box is clipped to its padding edge" is this the type of case it referring to? If so then shouldn't something be stated about "over-constrained" cases where the descendant box is clipped at the "padding right edge" for ltr text and the other edges at the content edge. This is taking that Gecko 1.9 and Safari 3 shows correct rendering. If Gecko 1.8 is correct then there should be mention somewhere about clipping occurring at the content edge (containing block). [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#blockwidth [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visufx.html#overflow-clipping Alan http://css-class.com/Received on Sunday, 3 February 2008 19:09:29 UTC
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May 4, 2012
Hitler's Long Shadow over Israel
Why do so many Arabs sound like Nazis when they talk about Jews? The answer lay buried for decades in the archives of the Third Reich. Then a generation of younger German scholars expanded their attention beyond the death camps of Europe to Hitler's activities in the Middle East. What they discovered: it was Hitler who financed the modern jihadi movement. Nazi-Arab collaboration was crucial to the Final Solution. The Third Reich financed and trained the Muslim Brothers of Palestine and Egypt in terrorism and focused their anti-modernity rage on Jews. One of the first people Hitler told about his plans to kill Europe's Jews was the head of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine, the infamous mufti of Jerusalem, Yasser Arafat's cousin. Hitler and the mufti shook hands on a plan to exterminate all the Jews of the Middle East. The Reich preserved the memo, the minutes, and a photo of their famous handshake. Husseini was passed along to...(Read Full Article)


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|Angry Birds POP!
Present art menu
|Length (in levels):
|Rovio Entertainment, Outplay Entertainment
Rovio Entertainment
|December 22, 2014 (Canada; soft launch)
March 12, 2015 (Worldwide)
October 29, 2015 (Facebook)
|Android, iOS, PC
|ESRB: Everyone
Android: 3.31.0
Facebook: 1.18.1 (Discontinued)
[Version History]
Main Menu Music
Angry Birds POP! (originally known as Angry Birds Stella POP!) is a bubble shooter of the Angry Birds series, and formerly, the second game of the Angry Birds Stella series. The game released on December 22, 2014 in the Canada App Store and released worldwide on March 12, 2015. On October 29, 2015, the game was added to Facebook.
Playable Birds
- Red (formerly playable for a limited time, but now available in the "Drop the Pigs" levels and "Defeat King Pig" levels)
- Chuck (formerly playable for a limited time, but now available in the "Piggy in the Middle" levels)
- Stella (only "Pop the Top", used to be playable in "Drop the Pigs" and "Defeat Gale" )
- Matilda (formerly playable for a limited time, but now available in the "Free the Hatchlings" levels)
- Bomb (formerly playable for a limited time, but now available in the "Beat the Clock" levels)
- Jay, Jake and Jim (formerly playable for a limited time, but now available in the any levels)
- Terence (formerly unplayable, but now available to play as in Pop-a-Pig mode at the bottom right corner on the map)
Limited Time Birds
For a list of limited time birds, see Angry Birds POP!/Limited Time Birds.
- King Pig (formerly Gale, prior to version 2.22)
- Minion Pigs
- Critters
- Bee Critters () (Every successful pop will bring in one bee into the playing field up to 3 bees. Missing one will lose one, and changes color every 3 successful pop. Drop onto it will bounce to score points, color changes in order ( )
The game features the slingshot lined up in the bottom center, the player flings the bubble to pop bubbles at the top with a combination of three or more bubbles with the same color. Each level will be given a limited number of bubbles indicated beside the slingshot known as the bubble count. Sometimes, there are some obstacles and special blocks appears at the top along with the bubbles. This game features a common live system starts with 5 x . Each level attempt must have at least a live in order to play. When you run out of bubbles, there will be an option to continue by purchasing 12 x in exchange for 5 x and 1 x each time or to give up. When you give up, will lose one of the lives. Afterwards, you may retry or if available watch an advertisement video to earn free boost at the beginning of the next attempt. If you lost all the lives, you must get lives from friends () or purchase with 10 x to continue playing. The game will feature the five characters that appears in Angry Birds Stella formerly, and after the Hamhock Holmes update, 5 characters from The Angry Birds Movie (including Stella as she is remained). Each character will have a special power that can be used when the Pop Meter is full to unlock powerful boosts from their powers like Stella's Power Pop, Bomb's Blast Pop and many more. To fill the Pop Meter (), you have to get Streaks, that means popping 6 times in a row without a single miss. The levels are in different modes and each of them marked as an icon and the level number (). Each kind of levels have a music in the game that distinguish different types of gameplay. When the level is completed, the number of stars () and if Golden Feather () was achieved it will be shown on the map (refer to gallery). Here we will show you a list of the kinds of levels that has been known:
|Type Image 1
|Type Image 2
|Icon (Locked)
|Icon (Unlocked)
|Drop the Pigs
|Help Red (formerly Stella) to pop bubbles and drop all the pigs to win the level!
|Pop the Top
|Help Stella pop any 6 top row bubbles to complete the level!
|Piggy in the Middle
|Help Chuck (formerly Dahlia) drop the pig by popping everything around him!
|Free the Hatchlings
|Help Matilda (formerly Willow) drop the bubbles with Hatchlings inside to free them!
|Beat the Clock
|Help Bomb (formerly Poppy) to pop or drop all the bubbles before he runs out of time.
|Defeat King Pig
|King Pig (formerly Gale) and the minion pigs will try to stop you from clearing the level.
Bird Boost
Each bird has a special pop when their streak meter is full.
Be careful when using a special pop against a powerup(s) as it will trigger the effects.
For each bird's abilities, see Bird Boost.
Boosters are powerful powerups that can be obtained by completing daily quest or by watching an advertisement video. They can be used on demand in the gameplay.
For a list of boosters and how to use them, see Boosters.
For a list of blockers, see Blockers
For a list of areas, see Areas.
Daily tasks
Since version 2.15, players are given 3 tasks to complete for 3 reward items such as boosters and gold. (Y denotes the number value).
- Pop Y
- Bounce times
- Complete Y levels
- Spend Y
- Play as character Y times
- Use Y times
- Drop Y
- Earn Y
- Send Y
- Swap times
- Hit Y obstacle times
A quest will be shown while the task is in progression.
Collect rewards for each of the completed task. One booster for the first 2 tasks, and the last task will be a mystery boost reward either 2x or 3x of a boost.
Infinite Lives
By purchasing any bundle containing an infinite lives timer, or getting it for free, the player will have unlimited lives and will not consume one when failed to complete the level. The expiry timer is shown on the lives left meter.
For a list of events, see Angry Birds POP!/Events
- This has the second largest number of levels in all of the Angry Birds games, the third is Angry Birds Seasons and the first is Angry Birds 2.
- This is the fifth Angry Birds game or spinoff without the use of birds on a slingshot.
- This is the 1st time Red formerly appeared in an Angry Birds game or spinoff (see teaser).
- Angry Birds Seasons, the second Angry Birds game, came 2 years after the first Angry Birds game. However, Angry Birds Stella POP! was announced 2 months after Angry Birds Stella was released.
- This is the first Angry Birds game played in portrait orientation.
- This is the first time a character who is playable before appearing but is not playable.
- There is a lives system in this game. It works similar to Candy Crush Saga as failing a level costs 1 live and recharging for 30 minutes each.
- This is the first Angry Birds video game that does not have its own Toons.TV video app, formerly, and now it has its own.
- Red was the first bird to appear as a guest star twice.
- This game is one of the two Angry Birds games that are available on Facebook. The other is Angry Birds Friends.
- It is possible to get zero stars on levels, which means you fail the level. This makes the first Angry Birds game to do this. (Angry Birds Epic does not count because the game only gets zero stars on equipment.)
- Some of the Time-Limited Birds appeared on mobile, and are not available on the Facebook version.
- When losing in Drop the Pigs levels on the Facebook version, Red's voice sounds like Poppy.
- In the Facebook version, if there is an error with the game, such as internet being disconnected or synchronization errors, you will lose a live if you are playing a level.
Update Trivia
- In the 1.4.30 update, the player can choose between the bird required for the main level or Red when he was available for a limited time (from March 21st 2015 to June 3rd 2015).
- Red is also the first playable male from this game.
- Also, when playing with Red, you see a feather along with the stars. In order to get the feather, the player must complete the level with Red. The game actually says that "the feathers might be valuable"
- Red has been removed as of June 4th 2015, but the collected feathers still stay in the game.
- Even if removed, he still appears in the map while playing a guitar.*The Blues appeared in the 1.7.2 update as playable birds in the same manner as Red(avaliable from July 6th to July 20th). However, they require blue feathers.
- Blue feathers are earned in the same way as Red: by beating a certain score and completing the level.
- Just like Red, The Blues stay for 2 weeks straight, and after they're not going to be playable after the timer is out.
- Chuck also appears in the game.
- Since v1.8.0 update, the Stella name was removed from the app store's title and the new name is Angry Birds POP!. It was probably due the Stella game was discontinued.
- Even as v2.3.0 update, Red and Chuck are now permanent playable birds. Dahlia was a limited time bird at that time.
- Before the v2.3.0 update, the limited time birds have their respective feathers. As of the said update, all of their feathers are now as of one- golden feathers.
- In version 2.15, daily tasks were added. However, in this update, during the level gameplay, player may activate the bird boost instantly with coins on x3 to x5 streak.
- In v2.11.2 mobile update, UI menus have changed.
- The Hatchlings introduced in v2.12.0 was to promote the upcoming The Angry Birds Movie.
- The Blues were available on the June 23, 2016 for the second time as a part of summer treats for a limited time.
- This is the second time the Hatchlings appear as the guest star twice. When the Hatchlings was first introduced, the player has to collect treats for a reward. In the second appearance of the Hatchlings, the player has to complete 3 daily tasks the same manner as Terence's Tasks to earn one part of the movie poster and a booster. Collect all 4 parts to complete a poster.
- In version 3 onwards, the game assets can be accessed by extracting its archive.
- Some files in the assets folder are named as Gale_XX in the Defeat King Pig.
- The episode ''Area 51'' is based on an actual highly classified top-secret government site.
- ''Unidentified Flying Pigs'', ''Baconheart'', ''FreeeedHam!'' ''A Song of Eggs and Bacon'', and ''King Pig's Landing'' are based on ''UFO (unidentified flying object[s])'', Lionheart (Richard the Lionheart), Freedom, A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of novels by George R.R. Martin which inspired the Game of Thrones series, and King's Landing which is a location from Game of Thrones.
- In v1.3.0 Facebook update, Time Limited Birds were added.
- On Facebook v 1.10.1, daily tasks were added, alongside with the movie posters. It was given 14 days instead of 30 in mobile.
- Some of the level numbers shown on the map was cut-off by the objects overlapping on it.
- Shakira Bird is still on the map however, she does not animate.
On September 17, 2016, it was announced that the game on Facebook will be officially discontinued to continue with the mobile version of Angry Birds POP!. This game on Facebook closed on December 21, 2016. It was extended to January 2, 2017 stated on the Facebook page.
For this subject's image gallery, see gallery.
For the soundtrack version, see Angry Birds POP! Soundtrack.
Unused Content
For unused content, see Unused Content.
External Links
https://www.facebook.com/angrybirdspop/?fref=ts (Official Facebook app page)
|v • e Games
|Major titles
Core series: Angry Birds (2009) • Angry Birds 2 (2015)
|Free versions (iOS)
|Angry Birds Lite* (2010) • Angry Birds Free* (2011) • Angry Birds Seasons Free* (2011) • Angry Birds Rio Free* (2011) • Angry Birds Magic (2011) • Angry Birds Space Free* (2012) • Angry Birds Star Wars Free* (2012) • Bad Piggies Free* (2012)
|Web apps
|Volcano* (2011) • Breakfast* (2013) • Wonderful Pistachios* (2011) • Vuela Tazos* (2011) • Cheetos* (2012) • Lotus F1 Team* (2012) • Star Wars Facebook* (2012) • McDonald's* (2012) • Coca-Cola* (2012) • Heikki* (2012) • Telepizza* (2012) • Fuji TV* (2012) • Ultrabook™ Adventure* (2012) • Philadelphia Eagles* (2012) • Google+* (2011) • Chrome* (2011) • Angry Birds Friends (2013) • Angry Birds Winter Wonderland* (2011)
|Angry Birds Go! Countdown* (2013) • Angry Birds Go! Create* (2014) • Angry Birds VR* (2014) • Agri Birds* (2015) • Arcade (2016) • Angry Birds World Tour (2016) • Angry Birds Champions (2018) • Angry Birds for Facebook Messenger (2018) • Flip the Bird (2018) • Angry Birds Isle of Pigs (2019) • Angry Birds Explore (2019)
|Upcoming games
|Angry Birds Tennis (2020) • Angry Birds Casual (2020) • Angry Birds Legends (2020)


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With the 56th annual Grammy Awards set to take place in only a matter of months, Grammy.com recently sat down with Compton rapper and Grammy nomination hopeful Kendrick Lamar to discuss matters of inspiration, legacy, and more. Grammy.com's interview with K-Dot comes only a matter of days after the September 30 Grammy nomination deadline.
While discussing what he hopes will become his legacy in both art and life, Kendrick commented on being a boundary-pusher and his constant desire to push the envelope just a little bit. The good kid, m.A.A.d city rapper also cited his Compton upbringing as he spoke on breaking away from the gangster rap mentality prevalent in the music coming out of his West Coast hometown.
"Someone that wasn't afraid to push boundaries. Someone that wanted to step out the box and always challenge himself," said Kendrick. "Coming from Compton I think in just the lifestyle in general it's always been glorified as the reality of gangster rap. And that's something I can't escape. I was born and raised. I been in the lifestyle and it's in my music. It reflect in my music. So, when I first stepped into it it kinda threw people off balance that I wasn't glorifying everything that I've seen or actually done in the streets. So, that was a step from the box from the initial gate and that was me challenging myself to do something a little bit different. You know, represent myself. So, with that being the start I always wanted that to be something that you will remember me by. Someone that always challenged himself and not went towards other people's standards. And just pushed the envelope a little bit more. Not just in art, but just in life in general."
Kendrick Lamar Talks "good kid, m.A.A.d city" Inspiration
Although Kendrick says he drew inspiration for his major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, from his days growing up in Compton, now that the album has been released almost a year, the West Coast wordsmith revealed that his inspiration has now shifted. According to Kendrick, his newfound inspiration is life.
"My first album, my inspiration came from me growing up in Compton. Just my neighborhood alone," said the TDE emcee. "My album represents one day of me living in the city. You know, so it's so many different stories that I wanted to tell on that album. And it trips me out that that inspiration comes from right there and the whole world can actually feel that and express their feelings from it. So, nowadays I wouldn't say it comes from Compton or me being on the corner with my homeboy. On a more broader avenue it'd just be life in general.
"Now it's just not me being in the streets. It's about me having that balance with my music career and my family," he added. "It's about me staying true to myself and not getting caught up in the lights. It's about me still being close to my spirituality and not being so tainted with the negatives of being an artist…Cause I can sit and talk to a five-year-old little boy and draw from a song from talking to him and seeing the innocence in his eyes that I haven't seen in myself in a long time. That's inspiration. Just life."
Kendrick Lamar Speaks On Avoiding Tabloid Culture
With Hip Hop acts becoming more and more prevalent in tabloid culture, Kendrick was also asked how he's managed to avoid that particular side of the industry. The Compton lyricist, who says he's still learning as he goes, commented on keeping his circle limited to those he knows are genuine.
"Keep the most genuine people around you. Only a few," he said. "Don't let too many in the circle that wasn't there since day one. That understands who you truly are and don't see you as a celebrity or a figure or a dollar figure, putting a price on you. Keep those around you. And the toughest thing to do as an artist is to have that balance. But you have to try and navigate that. Your personal life and your music career. So, it's something that I'm going through right now. Trying to figure. So, I can't give you a straight up answer like I know it all. You know, I'm still growing and learning as I go. I think that's my challenge right now."
Although Kendrick's last studio album was released almost a year ago, the rapper caused a minor uproar in Hip Hop due to his verse on Big Sean's "Control." In his verse, he goes on to call out a handful of rappers by name as he raps, "I got love for you all but I'm tryna murder you niggas/Trying to make sure your core fans never heard of you niggas." The record and Kendrick's verse in particular drew responses from Joell Ortiz, Papoose, Cassidy, Joey Bada$$, and a number of other emcees.
Kendrick's currently scheduled to perform alongside fellow TDE spitters ScHoolboy Q and Jay Rock at this year's BET Hip Hop Awards, and is also set to appear in a Hip Hop Awards cypher. The annual awards show is slated to air on October 15.
(October 11)
UPDATE: The Grammy interview video clips, which were reported on in HipHopDX's October 11 news story, have been released. The videos can be viewed below.
RELATED: Kendrick Lamar Says "Control" Was Meant To Innovate Hip Hop


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I have, for right or wrong, better or worse, been teaching maths to a group of 16-18 year old ESOL learners, and it's been a bit of a ride, with a tricky bunch of students and Captain Laidback Softypants at the helm, with only a very vague idea of where to go with all this numbers n maths n stuff. It's not been a total disaster, but neither has it been much of a success, and it occurs to me that rather than great teachers and educationalists, the role model I need is Keanu Reeves.
Do you think that's really air you're breathing?
I've spent 11 weeks killing myself with this maths lark. I am Keanu in the Matrix when he fights Morpheus in the dojo. I'm wearing myself out generating materials and lesson ideas, and really, I don't have to. This is partly down to loose planning. Loose planning is fine if you are confident enough in your subject. (I'm not. I've been putting off division for weeks.) Loose planning is fine if you have a bunch of subject based activities you can pop out of the bag at a moments notice. (I don't.) Loose planning is fine if you have a motivated and engaged group of adults who want to be there and are curious to learn and practice. (Yeah, right.) Loose planning is rubbish for a group of excitable young people who would, it seems, rather be having sex with or fighting each other than learning anything to do with maths: and let's face it, who can blame them?
So this is something I have been tightening up a lot, and I've been going back to almost CELTA era timings (3 minutes: give instructions, five minutes do activity, 3 minutes check in pairs, etc.) and, of course, resource chasing.
Don't get me wrong: I'm good at what I know. I can, I'm proud to say, take pretty much any given text and turn it into a passable lesson for most levels in ESOL. This very morning, in fact, I devised a reading task based on a sheet of tips on presentations, and knocked up a neat, smart looking handout, after a change of plan in the last fifteen minutes before the lesson. I can, and have, walked in with a bunch of Lidl store brochures and made a good fist of a level 1 lesson out of it. I've done a beginners lesson with nothing more than a pile of slips of paper and a chat about clothes. This sounds like boasting, but really, it's just what I do. It's the ESOL version of that bit at the end of the Matrix where Keanu Reeves defeats Agent Smith without even looking at him: you don't think about it, it's just a thing you do.
"Bloody wolves chasing me through some blue inferno"
The flip side of this, however, is that you forget there is a world of resources out there. So my mouth nearly hit the floor when a colleague came over with a book, yes a whole blessed glorious book of maths activities, carefully devised and tight through to practice various skills at the appropriate level. Then this afternoon another colleague, hiding very well the scorn I am sure she was feeling, pointed out that we have a whole shelf of books. A whole SHELF? Sure I'd seen the rulers, calculators, dice and so on, but books with photocopiable sodding pages?
It simply hadn't occurred to me to look.
Suddenly, I'm Keanu in Dracula, mangling a British accent and being out-acted by everybody else around, even Sadie Frost, and wondering what on earth I am doing. I do this in ESOL too. Last week, I was teaching a lesson on understanding and giving directions, and the last thing it occurred to me to do was look in a book. Passives? Mangle-force a lesson out of a couple of passing passive sentences or select a nicely graded, focussed activity from a professionally written resource book or coursebook?
Guns. Lots of guns.
Sticking with Keanu as a metaphor, there's a scene in the Matrix where he and Trinity set off to tackle the three Agents and rescue Morpheus. The time now is not only to rely on the self, but also on resources to support the self: in this case guns and a massive bomb. In my maths lessons, clearly, I need guns. Lots of guns. And then I can still roll with the lesson, to adapt and focus the resources to the specific needs of a lesson, but I also have the hardware, so to speak, to take out a class of 16-18 year olds with the educational equivalent of some slo-mo kicks and a couple of machine guns.


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Sensible Golf (pc game)
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Beautiful, playable, one of the best Golf games ever!
I have a really good little warm place in my heart for the Sensible brand of games, may these be golf games or soccer sims. What the series had done was to essentialize the gameplay to the core elements needed, to streamline the controls and to create a unitary visual style. My guess is that all of those games that Nintendo pushed with their Wii and Wii U consoles has had to be inspired by the same line of values, if not directly ripped from this series. In a way Sensible Golf is a game for the entire family; you have very simple controls and a core gameplay mechanic that works absolutely fantastic. This is why every single time you start Sensible Golf, you can really expect to be enveloped by the gameplay, and not fear that you'll run into some troubles, or have to teach a masterclass to those that might want to play along you. So, expect esentialized gameplay, expect, simple mechanics and thoroughly enjoyable reprises over and over again, exactly what you want from such a game, no matter what your mood is!
Lots of courses. Good golf game
Developed and released by Sensible software, Sensible Golf is a DOS based Golf game. I love classic DOS games and this is such a game that will definitely entertain you. Like Sensible software's previous soccer game series Sensible Soccer this game was expected to be a great hit. But it was managed to be a decent game with average ratings. It is not a bad game at all. Atleast I enjoyed it. The level designs of this game are good. You will find 72 holes and there are more than 20 courses. The graphic of this game is one of the drawbacks of Sensible Golf. But still this is a good golf game compare to other 90's golf games. The graphics are colorful and the golf courses are adequate also. But you may find it difficult to find the holes because it is a 2D game. It is always difficult to play a 2D game where you are searching for a hole in a 2D screen. The game controls are easy. Even a kid can play this game. For light entertainment and time pass this is an ideal game. I am giving it 3 out of 5 rating.


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By John Ostapkovich
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – We hear all the time about a video going viral on the internet and a Penn professor has made great strides in understanding why some things succeed.
Jonah Berger's book 'Contagion, Why Things Catch On', is the outgrowth of a course he teaches and research he leads.
"You might have thought it was luck, or random, why things catch on but it's not. There's a science behind it."
Science that Berger, a Wharton Marketing Professor, says is ten years more solid than when the groundbreaking The Tipping Point came out. He has identified six ingredients to success (social currency, triggers, emotion, public, practical value and stories) and not one is put online.
"People think that online matters much more but, to me, it's important to think about the psychology and not about the technology. Understand why people behave the way they do and use those insights to shape our own behavior."
And, yes, Professor Berger is using his methods to market this book.


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Ardscoil chase big Munster double on 50th anniversary
ARDSCOIL Ris head coach Mossie Lawler was on the replacements' bench the last and only previous time the North Circular Road side reached a Munster Schools Senior Cup final.
Lawler's side suffered defeated to PBC in that 1996 final, but on St Patrick's Day Ardscoil Ris get the another chance to claim the blue riband of Munster Schools rugby.
Ardscoil - looking to become the first school since Rockwell College in 1930 to complete the Dr Harty Cup and Munster Schools Senior Cup double in the same year defeated St Munchin's College 11-7 at St Mary's RFC, Grove Island this Wednesday to reach the decider.
Lawler said that while he was pleased the side had edged past St Munchin's, he wasn't too happy with the performance.
Lawler said: "To be honest, I am not too happy with the performance. We played into their hands in the first half. We make mistakes and gave away silly penalties when we knew that was their best chance of getting into our half.
"Overall, a small school like ourselves, are into a Senior Cup final, for only the second time ever, so I am thrilled about that.
"The previous final was in '96. I was on the bench myself and came on after five minutes which is bitter-sweet. I played in the school's first senior final and now going back there as coach is a great feeling. We were beaten by Pres' on the day.
"We conceded a try just on half time and when we spoke in the huddle during the break, we knew we had to cut out the errors, stop giving away silly penalties. We had been playing all the rugby, yet we weren't getting anything out of it. We managed to do that in the second half.
"Over the last five years the hurlers have won three Dr Harty Cups and it has been unbelievable for the school. It is on the map as a hurling school. Ever since I went there, I wanted it to be a rugby school. If we can take two trophies out this year, it would be unbelievable for the 50th anniversary."


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Jan 25, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a new planning tool to help hospitals and health systems prepare for medical surges that could result from a bioterror attack, natural disaster, or other public health emergency.
The new guidance, released earlier this month by the HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), spells out eight capabilities that are part of a set of 15 that the HHS and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released in a broader report in March 2011 that detailed national standards for state and local public health preparedness planning.
The HHS said it released the guidance to help hospitals, health systems, and their public health partners prepare for disasters, as well as to introduce a new Hospital Preparedness Program and Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement that takes effect in July. The agreement annually funds $350 million to states, four municipalities, and eight US territories to build and strengthen their surge response capabilities.
While preparing for natural or manmade threats, trauma centers, hospitals, and health systems face a host of everyday challenges, including emergency department overcrowding, rising numbers of uninsured patients, and an aging population, the HHS said in the report.
"Regardless of the threat, an effective medical surge response begins with robust hospital-based systems and effective healthcare coalitions to facilitate preparedness planning and response at the local level," according to the report.
It said the guidance is designed to help health facilities and systems identify preparedness gaps, set priorities, and develop plans for building and sustaining their specific capabilities.
Several stakeholders were involved in developing the surge capability guidance, including other federal agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Federal officials also received input from health groups such as the American Hospital Association (AHA), the Association of States and Territorial Healthcare Officials (ASTHO), and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).
The guidance is based on FEMA preparedness methods and aligns with the Presidential Policy Directive 8, which on Mar 30, 2011, ordered federal agencies to develop a National Preparedness Goal that defines core capabilities of a national preparedness system.
The eight medical surge capability areas detailed in the 73-page guidance documents are:
- Healthcare system preparedness
- Healthcare system recovery
- Emergency operations coordination
- Fatality management
- Information sharing
- Medical surge
- Responder safety and health
- Volunteer management
For example, the first capability—healthcare system preparedness—addresses how to identify critical healthcare assets and services, including equipment and supply sources that can be used during mass casualty response.
The guidance also includes a six-step planning model that is not intended as a prescriptive method, but rather a series of suggested activities, the HHS said.
See also:
ASPR healthcare system preparedness guidance
Apr 14, 2011, CIDRAP News story "CDC releases preparedness guidelines for states, localities"


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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer and the curse of envy.
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer is about a group of friends who meet at a summer camp for the arts and follows them through adulthood. Five friends who live in Manhattan invite Julie, the main protagonist who lives in a Long Island suburb and whose father just died, into their fold and christen her as Jules. She can't believe her luck as she becomes part of, what seems to her, as the most interesting groups of people she could have possibly crossed paths with: a budding cartoon artist, a son of a famous folksinger, a dancer, an actress. As they grow up, they have varying degrees of success--the cartoon artist becomes incredibly wealthy creating a Simpsons-esque show, one is involved in directing, one abandons his talent to attend MIT and study robotics. Jules makes an unsuccessful run at acting and ultimately becomes a therapist and struggles to make ends meet with her husband. A lot of the book is dedicated to Jules envy of her wealthy friends and Wolitzer explores within all of the characters what it takes to be happy.
Though I moved through this book quickly, I lacked patience with the characters. It seemed to be that everyone was miserable. And that was depressing. Then as I started thinking about it, so much of the fiction I read is about adults who are miserable. That was even more depressing. I tried to unravel where this was coming from in our culture: can we blame it on advertising creating a constant want for more? Or perhaps our susceptibility to advertising? Or the way that our attention spans have shortened thanks to social media? The instagram-ification of curating one's life? No. I think it comes down to a bit of mental discipline.
I initially sat down to write this post on the 4th of July and didn't get very far. While I was trying to write at my annoyance of the characters not being satisfied with what they had, or seeking out satisfaction in all the wrong things, I couldn't do it. Because I was moping about the fact that I didn't have beach access or a lake house or outdoor space or a hometown parade. I could not shake the hunger of want (the post I ended up writing that day touched on it a little bit). In hindsight now, I am humbled at my own ridiculousness--let's look at this pattern of the rest of my day:
My fiancee (the best person I know) made me waffles (my favorite brunch food) and forced me out of the apartment to go on a walk to the park (my favorite place in Brooklyn). We got coffee (mental relaxation) and browsed Park Slope Community Bookstore (a bookstore open on the 4th of July felt miraculous). We went to have burgers with dear friends and later sat with another dear friend while she had to get an emergency medical test done (both the essence of community). See what I'm saying? I have a lot to be thankful for and the things with the most true value are the ones that make life the most full, if I stop and think about it--and do that more than I dream of someone else's lake house. And once I realized that I had the same kind of envy as Jules, I was able to have more grace with her as a character--I can't judge because I'm no better.
Interestingly enough, one of my favorite quotes is on the sidebar of this blog: Teddy Roosevelt said that "comparison is the thief of joy." They told me in graduate school that learning is recursive--sometimes I have to stop and just keep remembering for the umpteenth time where true life resides. It, of course, is easier to complain and compare and want--but, the quality of life outcome just does not compare with training my brain to be thankful in the moment.
Posted by Kristen Robbins Warren at 11:19 AM
Labels: books, current lit, good reminders
1 comment:
- missabbyg said...
Your blog makes me want to be a better person. I adore it!
- July 9, 2013 at 11:34 AM
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FDA is alerting health professionals, patients, and the drug supply chain of stolen injectable fertility medications Gonal-f RFF Redi-ject, Gonal-f Multi-Dose (follitropin alfa injection). Patients who have product with these lot numbers should not use them.
All product with these lot numbers were in this stolen shipment. The lot numbers are located on the flap of each box, below the tamper-proof seal and next to the 2D barcode.
The products were stolen in Italy on May 17, 2018, and were intended to be shipped to the United States. EMD Serono of Rockland, MA, reported the theft of more than 16,000 packages of follitropin alfa injection to FDA on May 18, 2018.
Drug supply chain stakeholders that receive or possess these lot numbers must notify FDA via Form FDA 3911. Anyone who has received suspicious or unsolicited offers to purchase follitropin alfa injection products since May 17, 2018, should contact FDA Office of Criminal Investigations at 800-551-3989.
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Eventually we will replace these pain in the ass crank out windows. We have a few broken pains that will need replacing. I am hoping it won't be too difficult (or expensive) to find someone to do it.
Doesn't the "indirect" lighting in the master bedroom remind you of a hospital? And how 'bout those bedside wall lamps?!
The timing of this trip was definitely not ideal. Jeff could have declined the invitation but would it have jeopardized future invites? Thankfully we don't have to be out of the log cabin by a certain date. I know that everything will fall into place... eventually.


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"For God so loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life."
Throughout the stages of my life, Christmas has meant different things to me. As a child, to begin the celebration, we would go to my Nana's house for Wigilia. Wigilia is from the Latin term vigilare meaning "to await". This traditional Polish Christmas Eve meal began with the breaking and passing of the oplatek which is the consecrated wafer. We would exchange good will and wishes for the coming year, starting with the eldest family member, down to the youngest, children included. The meal always consisted of mushroom soup, halibut, pierogis, sauerkraut and beans and fruit compote. It was the only day of the year we ate this meal.
Gifts were opened after the dishes were done, and the suspense always killed me! In addition, my wonderful yet stern great aunt Ciocia made us open presents in age order so each person could see what the other received. Torture for a kid!
As a child, Christmas also meant Santa! Santa! That great, rolly-polly man from the North Pole who would sneak into our house and leave more presents! The four of us kids would wake up early and run downstairs in great anticipation of what lie underneath our 1970's aluminum tree with spotlights! Presents!
Christmas Day meant going to the Italian side of the family for my grandma's gravy, mostaccoli, ham, potatoes, chicken…many loud uncles watching football and screaming bloody murder at the T.V. And guess what? More presents!
As I grew up, Christmas changed. I stopped believing in Santa. We still went to Nana's for Wigilia, we still went to Grandma Mimi's for gravy and mostaccoli, we still opened presents on Christmas morning but now I was old enough for midnight mass. How beautiful, the church lit up in the night, the choir singing "O Holy Night." Christmas took on a different meaning.
By college, Christmas meant a whole month long break from school. It meant hitting the bars with my friends, waking up late, nothing to do all day but lounge around. By this time, my beloved Nana had passed away along with my wonderful Ciocia, but my awesome mom kept up the Wigilia tradition and now I had a sister-in-law and niece! Grandma Mimi's was as lively as ever, more little cousins added to the brood.
After college, I moved away from home. Far away to a different part of the country to be with the love of my life. I had started working as a nurse and Christmas meant I had to be at work. After all, hospitals don't close on holidays and I was low nurse on the totem pole. I am truly blessed that my mother-in-law made Christmas away from home as loving and welcoming to me as if I was her own daughter. And my husband held me close and understood my tears on my first Christmas away from home. In the next few years, it didn't feel like Christmas away from home, because we had made our own home together and wherever he was, that was my home.
In a new chapter of our lives, we have children of our own that bring that magical Santa Claus back! What joy to see our kids' excitement and we feel like kids ourselves! We moved back, closer to my family and my children have experienced Wigilia and look forward to it every year. My lovely mother-in-law is gone now, but every year I make her special Swedish mondel cookies and send some to my father-in-law and give the best ones to my husband in her memory. Grandma Mimi is gone too, and unfortunately the Italian side doesn't gather on Christmas anymore. Wah!
Christmas to me is a celebration of birth, of the circle of life, of traditions, of memories, of promises, of joy, sometimes sadness, of love, of family and friends, of beginnings.
Most of all, it is to rejoice in the birth of Christ.
Christmas Mantle
My favorite childhood ornament. Santa used to be on a surfboard and he used to have arms, but I love it anyway!
My first grade teacher, Miss Falvo, gave me this snowman and I kept it all these years.
Front Door Decorations
I would love to hear your Christmas
Peace and Love, Goodwill to Men


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Maurizio Anzeri | David Buckley | Justin Eagle | Samantha Donnelly | Clare Kenny | Damien Meade
The gallery will be closed from Sunday 23 December and re-open Wednesday 9 January 2013
A group exhibition exploring the human figure and bodily representations within the practices of artists Maurizio Anzeri, David Buckley, Justin Eagle, Samantha Donnelly, Clare Kenny and Damien Meade. Considered from multiple perspectives, the works in this exhibition do not illustrate the figure in its entirety, but gather some sense of it through fragmentations or marks, presenting representations through an anthropological gaze.
"The human being is this night, this empty nothing, that contains everything in it's simplicity- an unending wealth of presentations, images, none of which occurs to him or is present." G.W.F Hegel, Gesammelte Werke.
Each artist considers the body and representation in a distinct manner, with an interest in how the human form is objectified in contemporary society. They augment our understanding of this depiction, the body often becoming a starting point or 'source material'. The full image of the human form is missing, detached, torn or repositioned, becoming at times a sheer outline or mark of humanness.
Image: Justin Eagle, FAQ II, 2012
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