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Video: How to Mix Concrete
Gary Wentz, senior editor at We do everything by our own hands, will show you how to mix concrete. These hints and tips will save you time and energy.
Overview: Materials and Tools
Safety gear
Protect your skin and eyes! The cement in concrete is caustic and can cause burns if it gets on your skin.
Mi bags of concrete isn't complicated. You add some water, stir it up and pour it out. But to get the most strength from the concrete, you have to recognize when it has just the right amount of water mixed in. Too little water and the particles in the mix won't stick together. Too much water weakens the concrete. In this article, we'll show you what the perfect mix looks like. We'll also show you a mi technique that will ensure thoroughly mixed concrete with a minimum of effort.
For most small jobs around the home, bagged concrete mix is the most convenient and least expensive way to go. You can use it for fence post footings, deck footings and even small concrete pads. For jobs requiring more than about 30 bags, consider ordering "ready-mix" concrete from a truck instead.
Sixty- or 80-lb. bags of concrete mix are readily available at home centers, lumberyards and hardware stores. Don't confuse concrete mix with sand mix or mortar mix. They don't contain the aggregate (stones or gravel) that's necessary to make a pour thicker than about 3/4 in. You're likely to find more than one kind of concrete mix on the shelf, including "fast setting," "high early strength" and "fiber reinforced." But for most jobs, standard concrete mix is fine. Read the recommendations on the bags or check manufacturers' Web sites to find out if one of the special mixes would work better for your project.
Whether you handmix concrete in a plastic tub, homemade mi tub or wheelbarrow, the technique is the same to find the right concrete mix ratio. However, it's easier to move and dump concrete that's mixed in a wheelbarrow. For larger jobs, you could rent a mixer ($35 per day), but it may be more economical to simply order ready-mix concrete. In addition to a mi container, you'll need a sturdy hoe and a large bucket as well as a stiff-bristle scrub brush to clean the equipment. Wear waterproof gloves and safety glasses because the cement mi in the concrete mix is caustic and can burn skin. Wash it off with water if it gets on your skin.
Step 1: Add water to the dry mix
Photo 1: Slice and dump the bag
Set the bag of concrete mix in one end of the wheelbarrow and slice it open with your hoe. Dump the mix from the bag and pull out the paper bag.
Photo 2: Add a measured amount of water
Fill a bucket with the specific amount of water recommended on the bag (amount varies with bag size). For future reference, mark the water level with a permanent marker. Pour the water into the opposite end of the wheelbarrow, reserving about 4 cups to add later if needed.
Photo 3: Gradually wet the mix
Pull a small amount of the dry mix into the water with a hoe and mix it completely. Continue pulling and mi until all of the powder is wetted and the mix is piled at your end of the wheelbarrow. Continue mi by going to the other end of the wheelbarrow and pulling the mix back toward you.
One of the most common mistakes beginners make is to add too much water and end up with concrete that's thin and soupy. Here are a few tips to avoid the problem and find the right concrete mix ratio.
First, pour a measured amount of water into the mix from a bucket rather than squirting it in with a hose (Photo 2). Continue mi for a few minutes after all the water is absorbed because the concrete will often get soupier as you mix. If you add more water right away, it may end up runnier than you'd like. Finally, keep at least a few cups of dry concrete mix handy just in case your mix gets too thin.
A hoe makes a great mi tool. A flat shovel or spade works too. Whichever you choose, it's best to add the water to one end of the wheelbarrow or mi tray and pull the dry mix into it a little at a time (Photo 3). This method ensures that all the dry particles are completely wetted.
Mi Technique
Use a sturdy wheelbarrow to mix your concrete. And make sure it's on a level surface. Brace the wheelbarrow with your knee when you're mi from the side.
Step 2: Work it to the perfect concrete mix ratio
Photo 4: Too dry
Drag the hoe through the mix to make a trough. The mix is too dry if the sides of the trough are crumbly and the concrete falls in chunks when you disturb it. Add water one cup at a time, mi between each addition.
Photo 5: Too runny
Add more dry concrete if the mix is too wet and soupy and sags into the trench.
Photo 6: Just right
The mix is just right when the sides of the trough stand and the ingredients are thoroughly wetted. A hoe patted against the concrete will leave a slightly shiny surface.
If the mixed concrete looks like the mix in Photo 6, it's ready to pour. Otherwise, mix in additional dry mix or water until you get the right consistency.
It's tempting to just squirt water into the dry concrete mix with a hose and mix up a soupy batch of concrete. After all, it's quicker and the runny concrete is easier to pour. The trouble is, soupy concrete is only about half as strong as a proper mix and is more likely to crack. That's why we recommend spending a little extra time measuring the water into a bucket first, and adding only as much as is needed. Even though the thicker mix is a little harder to place, it'll be worth the extra effort.
Step 3: Clean up promptly
Photo 7: Wash your tools
Scrub the wheelbarrow and tools with a stiff-bristle brush before the concrete starts to harden. Rinse well.
Remember to clean your equipment right away (Photo 7). Once the concrete hardens, it's a bear to get off. Scrape excess concrete from the wheelbarrow and pile it on a piece of plastic. If it's a big pile, break it up into manageable chunks before it fully hardens. Dump the rinse water in an inconspicuous corner of your lot (it can kill grass). You can even dig a depression to contain the water and then cover the residue after the hole drains.
What's the Best Type of Bagged Concrete to use for a Walkway?
"If you want to get your walkway back into service fast," says concrete expert Frank Owens, "your best choice is 'high early strength' concrete." This type of concrete has a higher percentage of cement in the blend so it sets up faster than standard concrete mix. You can walk on it within 10 to 12 hours, compared with several days.
It also generates more heat than standard bagged concrete mix, which means you can tackle your walkway project earlier or later in the season, in temperatures as low as 35 degrees F, with less chance of setting and hardening problems.
However, if your walkway has many steps or landings with exposed edges, Owens recommends fiber reinforced crack-resistant concrete mix. It contains thousands of little plastic fibers to make it more resistant to shrinkage cracks, edge chipping, impact damage and scaling during freeze/thaw cycles. Crack-resistant concrete takes three days to set up, so your walkway will be out of commission that long, but it can make concrete steps more durable under harsh conditions.
"The right concrete for a project is a matter of tradeoffs," Owens says. "Consider setup speed, surface durability and the amount of weight the surface will bear." No matter which product you choose, Owens recommends using as little water as possible. "The lower the water-to-cement mi ratio, the stronger the concrete and the better the shrinkage resistance."
Editors' Note: Visit for an excellent comparison of bagged concrete choices and to check out its video library of tips and techniques for working with concrete.
Meet the Expert
Frank Owens has more than 28 years of experience in the concrete industry and has been with The Quikrete Companies for the past 25 years.
Required Tools for this Concrete Mi Project
Have the necessary tools for this DIY concrete mi project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.
- Bucket
- Dust mask
- Safety glasses
- Wheelbarrow
Required Materials for this Concrete Mi Project
Avoid last-minute shopping trips by having all your materials ready ahead of time. Here's a list.
- 60- or 90-lb. sack
- Concrete


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Asymmetric Bounds, Part 2: Overrun Is Hard to Avoid
Some programming languages allow programmers to say explicitly what range an integer variable is allowed to take on. So, for example, if you want to be able to define a type that represents the ordinal number of a month, you might do so in such a language (which we'll make up for the purpose of this article) by writing something like
type month = 1..12;
Such a declaration might define
month as another name for a type that encompasses the values from 1 through 12, inclusive. One might then be able to write
var m: month;
and be confident that the value of
m will always be in the inclusive range from 1 through 12.
Such a language might let you iterate over the months by writing something like
for m: month { /* … */ }
Each time through the loop,
m would take on a different value in its range.
This neat iteration scheme runs into trouble as soon as we want to switch from a
for statement to a more general
while statement:
m = 1; while (m <= 12) { // … m = m + 1; }
This example has a self-contradictory condition in its
while statement: If the type of
m is such that its value is always in the range
1..12, then the comparison
m <= 12 will always succeed. Putting it another way, the last trip through this loop will cause
m to take on an invalid value.
Apparently, then, in our imaginary language, we must write such a loop along these lines:
m = 1; while (true) { // … if (m == 12) break; m = m + 1; }
This technique ensures that
m will never take on an invalid value. However, it also ensures that the loop will always execute at least once (because the test for loop termination comes after the computation represented by the comment), which in turn is difficult to square with the possibility that the range might be empty.
This difficulty is more than just theoretical. If types correspond to ranges in our hypothetical language, we must figure out the properties of the type that corresponds to an empty range. In particular, if such a type does not encompass any values at all, we have the curious situation of a type that makes it impossible ever to have a variable of that type. Moreover, such a type would be appropriate to represent the range of indices for an empty array, so the type's behavior would have more than passing interest.
It seems, then, that there are at least two reasons why it might be useful to permit variables to take on values outside their nominal range:
- It is easier to define iteration over a range if it is possible for a variable to stray outside its nominal range at the end of the last trip through a loop;
- If a type corresponds to an empty range — that is, a range with no values at all — it is impossible to have variables of that type unless those variables have out-of-range values. The reason, of course, is that all values are out of range.
These theoretical-looking considerations have the practical implication that it is useful to allow a variable's value to stray outside its specific bounds — at least under the right conditions. Next week, I'll talk about how to allow variables to stray in such a way while still making it possible to check whether a variable is in bounds.

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- The Biogerontology Laboratories of Geriatrics Center and Institute of Gerontology research scientists located in the award-winning, state-of-the-art Biomedical Science Research Building. Laboratory research includes studies into the cellular, biological and genetic mechanisms of aging and age-related disease.
- Collaborative research into the ways in which aging changes immune defenses, memory and learning, and bone fragility. The research faculty works closely with other laboratory scientists and clinical scholars using the methods of genetics, biochemistry, neuroscience, and cell biology to clarify the aging process and its effects on late-life illnesses.
- A highly respected educational program, supported by training grants from NIH, the Hartford Foundation, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center and others, to help medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty members keep up to date on the latest advances in geriatrics and allied branches of medical science.
- A Core Facility for Aged Rodents (CFAR), which provides U-M Geriatrics Center researchers with access to rare varieties of mice specially suited for studies of aging. CFAR rodents have been used in dozens of published scientific papers, and a mouse strain developed by CFAR has been selected by the National Institute on Aging for nationwide distribution to other medical schools and research institutes.
- The Research Career Development Core and Pilot and Exploratory Studies Core together provide high quality mentoring and pilot grant support to U-M junior faculty scientists who are already well trained in basic medical research and who wish to acquire the special skills needed to succeed in geriatric and biogerontology research. The Center takes special pride in the many researchers, supported by its training Cores, who have gone on to develop highly productive careers as medical scientists at the University of Michigan or other prestigious universities.


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Horton finds a home with Columbus Blue Jackets
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — It's three hours until the puck drops for the game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Columbus Blue Jackets.
And there, all by himself in the massive arena, is Nathan Horton in a dark T-shirt, shorts and black cross-training shoes, sliding around on the ice and slapping pucks back and forth off the side boards.
"I enjoy coming to the rink," he explained later.
When the game finally rolled around, Horton, still striving for peak conditioning after missing the first half of the season due to shoulder surgery, enjoyed it even more. He tied it with a power-play goal three minutes into the third period, and then was on the ice when Mark Letestu redirected Jack Johnson's shot for the game-winner in the final minutes.
"I'm just having fun," Horton said. "When you wake up, it makes you want to come to the rink."
These are sweet days for Horton, who signed a seven-year, $37.1-million free-agent contract with the Blue Jackets last summer to leave the Boston Bruins, where a playoff spot is almost a lock. With Horton playing a central role — he scored the series-clinching goals in the first round against Montreal and the third round against Tampa Bay — the Bruins won the Stanley Cup in 2011.
Some thought he was crazy, or maybe just greedy, when he left the Bruins to come to Columbus, an NHL outpost which has made only one, brief playoff appearance in its 12 seasons.
Instead, he believes he was just in on the ground floor of a fabulous building project.
"We've got more skill than I ever thought. We have great players on this team that are just ready to be stars, you know?" he said. "When you go through the playoffs year after year and you get a taste of it, that's what you wait for. That's the funnest time in hockey. When you don't have experience, the only way to get it is to go there and do that. We're right there. Once we get there, we're never going to want to leave."
Then he smiled. It's not an uncommon sight, though he's known around the league to be a tough guy who plays with an edge. Cross him and he might just deck you.
No wonder his teammates weren't so certain — even if he was an elite goal-scorer and team leader — if they really wanted him to join the club last summer.
"The funny thing is, if he gives you a mean look, he's a scary-looking guy," said defenseman James Wisniewski. "But if you know him, he's like the biggest teddy bear ever."
Forward Nick Foligno had the same preconceived notion.
"You think he's a killer when you play against him," he said. "And then he's the nicest guy in the world."
Horton realizes that he has an imposing countenance on the ice. But, he adds, he can't keep from smiling when he's at home with his wife and two boys, romping around a dream house set on two acres in a leafy, upscale area a 20-minute drive from the downtown arena. Or when he's surrounded by a bunch of good guys in the dressing room.
"I'm a pretty happy person," he said. "I just try to be positive. I guess that positive outlook goes with my smile."
It probably isn't a coincidence that since Horton joined the lineup after missing the first 40 games the Blue Jackets are 5-1-0. They've won their last four games to climb into playoff contention in their first year in the Eastern Conference.
The Blue Jackets are one of the youngest teams in the NHL. Leading goal-scorer Ryan Johansen is 21. Top defenseman Ryan Murray is just 20.
They watch players like Horton to know how to process winning and losing, how to prepare and how to become a consistent playoff challenger.
"It's not only players, it's coaches looking at him, too — how he handles himself," coach Todd Richards said. "You can learn a lot from asking him questions: What was Boston's approach? What did they do?"
Far from crazy or greedy, Horton believes he's in a perfect place at a perfect time.
"We've got all the right people running this team and the right people in the room. It's going to break out," he said. "That's the fun part. It's a great place to live, a great place to play hockey. Lots of fans, the college football is crazy here. When we start winning it's going to be crazy for hockey."
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Vacuuming is functional, and sometimes it's bloody expensive, but rarely would I use the term "fashionable" to describe this weekly chore. And yet, this Toshiba/Electrolux collaboration, inexplicably called the Escargot, exists.
The tiny shoulder slung vacuum is encased in brushed metal, costs a modest $US130, and weighs just 2.3kg. It's somewhat quiet too, says Toshiba, with an output of 65dB.
Still, vacuuming is a solitary, relatively noisy activity that pisses off family pets and annoys me to no end - this coming from a guy with hardwood floors and one rug. Why bother making it pretty? [Toshiba via Wired Gadget Lab]


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The holidays find many senior living communities scrambling to field inquiries from the adult children of aging parents. The primary reason is simple.
"In this age of scattered families connecting by phone and email, the holidays are often the only time when folks gather together in person," says Doug Buttner, Regional Operations Director for Harmony Senior Services. "It may have been weeks or even months since the last time they saw mom or dad and they call us concerned about the changes in that time."
Although many see a senior living communities as a great way to ensure safety, security or even convenience for an aging parent, they miss one of vital factors that can make a big difference in quality of life: Isolation.
"Several recent studies tell us of the importance of social and emotional stimulation and the effects of isolation on health," says Jeff Gruber, Director of Clinical Services for Harmony. "Keeping your mind alert, talking to people, doing things, connectedness, these are vital to good health."
One study by Brigham Young University researchers in the journal PLoS Medicine finds that maintaining social connections – friends, family, neighbors or colleagues – can improve our odds of survival by 50 percent. The study compared the effects of isolation on health as being equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day – more harmful than a lack of exercise and twice as harmful as obesity.
Another report in the Harvard School of Public Health described optimism, confidence and positive experiences "as heart helpful as any drug or fat free diet."
What to Look for – Some Red Flags
So you are home for the holidays and feeling a little concerned. What warning signs should you look for to suggest that it's time to find a new environment for you aging parent? And how do you start this sometimes delicate conversation? Here are some ideas from our experts:
Missing appointments
Are there doctors' appointments or routine activities being missed or regularly rescheduled? This could signal growing mobility challenges or social withdrawal.
Work to be done
Are there repairs that have lingered longer than necessary or obvious chores that have gone undone? This could indicate physical challenges or suggest that someone is uncertain about how and where to find help.
Out of character
Are you seeing uncharacteristic changes in style or hygiene? Signs of growing physical and emotional challenges include wearing the same clothes for several days in a row, having trouble shaving or not clipping toe and fingernails.
Behind on bills
Even if money is not a problem, some struggling seniors get behind on bills due to an inability to keep track of things or manage finances. This is a warning sign that may be far less obvious if money is not discussed.
Attitude adjustment
A change in tone, demeanor or even motivation can take many forms and can be a sign of stress that mom or dad is either not aware of or having trouble communicating. This stress can even be caused by changes in routine that effect diet, health or socialization. Be patient before you assume the worst. Try to look for causes or stress that may be making the person you love agitated
Making a Move Towards Making the Move
Often times broaching the subject of admitting help is needed and considering a plan to leave a longtime home can be difficult.
"Start with a conversation about challenges and maybe look for ways to offer or get help with chores or challenges," says Jeff Gruber. "When exploring senior living options, consider finding ways to experience the lifestyle and environment in non-threatening ways."
Harmony communities regularly schedule "Taste and Tours" where you can enjoy lunch in the dining room to sample the cuisine and meet residents.
"If the timing of our Taste and Tours doesn't work, call and schedule a personal time to come in for a meal and tour," says Doug Buttner. "In addition, we often bring experts to help seniors and families with complicated issues such as finance and investing, veterans' benefits, moving and downsizing and health care. Check our websites for details or call to be included in updates on future events."


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Luke DeCock
DeCock: UNC, Duke exchange places in ACC hierarchy since prior meeting
Was it only a few weeks ago that North Carolina was the team with everything to prove and Duke the team with everything going for it? It seems like eons now. How quickly those tables have turned.
Since that first meeting on Feb. 20, North Carolina has run its win streak to 12 games while Duke imploded late at Wake Forest on Wednesday and has to deal with the uncertainty surrounding coach Mike Krzyzewski after he became light-headed during that game.
The Tar Heels have moved ahead of the Blue Devils in the ACC standings, rebounding from their early struggles. The best Duke can finish is third, not quite what was expected from a team picked to win the ACC and contend for a national title. Suddenly, it's the Blue Devils in search of a big win, not the other way around.
And while the NCAA seeding process is beyond anyone's immediate control, if only one of the two local contenders is going to get to stay home in Raleigh, Saturday might serve as a one-game proxy for that coveted spot.
Virginia would presumably have a lock on one of the two available slots – although the Cavaliers' NCAA seeding profile isn't dramatically better than Duke or North Carolina, so that could change in Greensboro – leaving one open. Duke appears to have the edge at the moment. A North Carolina win Saturday could move the Tar Heels ahead heading into the ACC tournament.
So besides the usual stakes – pride, bragging rights, Senior Night spoilage, ACC tournament seeding and so on – both teams have very real incentive. Given the role geography tends to play in the NCAA tournament, their postseason prospects may depend on it.
For Duke in particular, a good performance Saturday would contribute in that department in another way. The circumstances of Duke's loss to the Deacons were all too familiar, because they recalled the manner of the earlier losses to Clemson and North Carolina: Duke, one of the nation's most potent offensive teams over the course of the season, turned utterly harmless at the worst possible time.
Over the final eight minutes at Clemson, Duke was outscored 18-5. At North Carolina, an 11-point second-half lead evaporated in 10 minutes. And Wednesday, the Blue Devils went 0-for-4 from the floor and turned the ball over four times during Wake Forest's 17-0 run. Meanwhile, Duke went 6-for-27 from 3-point range against the Deacons, once again living and dying from the 3-point line.
It's all too similar to the way the Blue Devils have exited the NCAA tournament early on occasion recently, which certainly should sound an alarm for Duke's postseason prognosis. A rebound against UNC on Senior Night would go a long way toward assuaging those concerns.
Duke is running out of time to become the powerhouse, NBA-style team they and Krzyzewski envisioned before the season. It is subpar defensively (ninth in the ACC and 70th nationally in Ken Pomeroy's efficiency ratings) and prone to inconsistency. The Blue Devils would be well served, for their own confidence if nothing else, to produce a commanding win Saturday.
North Carolina, playing free and easy, has nothing to lose at this point. The Tar Heels aren't expected to win. They weren't expected to win in Chapel Hill. That win established their legitimacy. Now Duke needs a win just like it to prove the same.


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The witching hour is at hand, so throw a party worthy of the eldritch evening air. Make sure the monsters—adult and child alike—know you've got something bubbling in the cauldron with a frightful Halloween invitation.
Our Halloween invitations have something for everyone's sweet tooth or mischievous spirit. If you're throwing a party for your littlest devils and don't want to pull too dastardly a trick, send along a design bursting with candy or cast with witches, bedsheet ghosts, and the other usual suspects. Modern masters of whimsy like Mr. Boddington's Studio and The Indigo Bunting have been possessed by the eerie occasion and deliver some cheerfully chilling options in their inimitable styles. The adults can join in on the bacchanal as well, with invitations that promise a suitably wild ghouls' night out. Gather your fellow graveyard goers with illustrated designs worthy of a new edition of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Designs decorated in snake sigils, Day of the Dead skulls, and other ghostly apparitions are sure to cause nightmares—if just of future dental work. (You can take the edge off with a high-proof potion or two.) No matter how you choose to summon your festive spirits, our online design tool lets you customize your invitation to perfectly fearful symmetry.
It won't take an intervention from the dark arts to organize your party, either. Online RSVP tools let you keep track of every ghost and goblin in attendance. Send your guests messages (no seance required) to communicate any last-minute changes of plan or directions through the dark forest. After everyone's sugar high wears off, post pics from the night in an online gallery—perfect for showing off costumes.
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Kojo, a popular host on WAMU radio here in the District of Columbia,is located at 88.5 FM locally. You can also listen to him live on the internet here. The program is usually archived as well within an hour or two of broadcast.
News of Michelle Obama breaking ground for a new garden on the White House lawn has sparked all kinds of interest in food gardening. Here in the District the issue is community gardening and, if you cannot get a spot in a community garden, how to grow food in small spaces. Or how to join back yards with neighbors to form your own CSA. The conversation also needs to include getting local government and business involved to set aside large tracts of land for urban agriculture so that city folk have an affordable and reliable source of local food.
To my mind, the White House garden would be the perfect place to start talking about tax credits and other incentives to promote food gardening and urban agriculture around the country. And to think, the District of Columbia has had a law on the books for more than 20 years calling on the mayor to create an urban gardening program--identify vacant lots for gardening, develop food growing programs for school kids--and nothing has ever been done about it.


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2005 News Releases > September 2005 > WBU San Antonio helping in shelters for hurricane victims
WBU San Antonio helping in shelters for hurricane victims
By Becky Bridges, SA Campus
SAN ANTONIO – Two weeks after the levees broke and thousands of refugees poured into cities around Texas, medical volunteers are quickly becoming a scarce commodity. For the second week, Wayland Baptist University's San Antonio campus is volunteering its staff to local shelters to help fill that need.
"The shelters we are staffing are special needs, with evacuees who need around the clock medical care, a lot of hands-on help, and we are honored to serve them in this way," Col. Robert Morris, director of Wayland's Professional Institute for Professional Development said.
Morris' temporary office is a small, crowded room filled with computers and phones ringing constantly – evidence of the generosity of volunteers from around the country. Morris coordinates the volunteer call center full of Wayland staff in partnership with Baptist Child & Family Services, who has been managing the special needs shelters since Katrina victims began arriving in San Antonio September 1. Morris assumed coordination of the volunteer efforts September 4.
Special needs refugees are identified as those in wheelchairs, elderly, infant babies and their families, expectant mothers, hearing and sight impaired, and others who need life sustaining medication, and so on. Only those with special needs are being sent to BCFS, Kevin Dinnin, president of BCFS said. So far, seven shelters have been operating with more than 400 evacuees in the shelters at one time.
"We are expecting up to 100 more to be assigned to BCFS shelters soon of those who remain at KellyUSA, but did not want to move earlier," Dinnin said.
The next step for their care involves placing families in more permanent and comfortable surroundings. According to BCFS, case managers including social workers from agencies around the state are needed to help find the best placement for the evacuees.
"Each day, we are challenged to fill 90 volunteer openings, including 36 slots specifically for doctors, nurses, EMTs, nurse practitioners and so on," Morris said. "We have been amazed at the response, doctors and nurses arrive daily from California, Chicago, and all around the country."


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I always cannot comprehend how people can read 2Thessalonians 2 intently and come up with a conclusion other than a Pre-trib rapture. If the rapture is anything other than pre-trib, why are the Thessalonians admonished not to be "soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand."
I happened to do 1 and 2 Thessalonians today and I noticed another point that may reinforce the pre-trib rapture.
It is the idea of wrath.
Well, wrath could mean a lot of things in the whole biblical context but proper hermeneutics would need us to ask what did Paul understand when he wrote the word "wrath" in Thessalonians?
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. - 1Thess 1:10
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. - 1Thess 2:16
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, - 1Thess 5:9
We all know 1Thess 5:9 and we have been debating over it forever... what type of wrath are we not appoint to?
1Thess 1:10 is of the same vein.
Perhaps in 1Thess 2:16, Paul is defining for us that wrath... it is the wrath that is stored up against the Jews...
starting from verse 14
For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; F3 and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
Smack in the middle of 2 mentions of wrath, is this verse about the wrath stored up for the Jews who killed our Lord Jesus Christ. I would think that the wrath that we are not appointed to, refers to this wrath is that stored up for the Jews.
When does the rapture happen? From what I understand about eschatology and what happens in the end-times, the rapture must happen first, then the wrath reserved for the Jews (and also the world) will be poured out which eventually would result in the salvation of the Jews.
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So discussion on the end-areas of the game. At least I think they're the end areas...
They're starting to become really tough... it's kind of annoying to be walled here like this. The progression has stopped and it's frustrating.
The mines were easy for me, but I have a feeling that if you don't get lucky with your bombs it may very well be hard.
The druid boss with the joke name referencing Asterix is... surprisingly easy once I changed from Sorcerer to Berserker.
I'm walled on Indomitable, though I do know the strategy for it. I just need the luck to pull it off, I guess, since it's a dungeon that is very easy to be screwed by certain monster types depending on your class.
The Avatar mission is pretty nuts. You have to kill 4 bosses, I believe 3 of which has abilities to weaken you somehow, then you got to kill a boss with high resists who goes berserk at 50%. That's pretty nuts.


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As evidenced by its popularity for fishing, camping, swimming, water-skiing and other water sports, the 13,400-acre DeGray Lake is a prime vacation and weekend getaway in west-central Arkansas. Situated among ridges of the Ouachita Mountains and formed by a dam across the Caddo River, the lake has more than 700 campsites, ranging from full hook-ups to primitive, and some 15 boat-launching ramps on its shores. Houseboating, sailing and scuba ping are also popular, as is observing bald eagles that winter on DeGray. Located near Arkadelphia, this U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir can be counted on for good catches of largemouth bass. Bassmaster Magazine selected the impoundment as one of the country's Top 100 Bass Lakes (May 2012). Some of the fastest action, however, is provided by striped bass and hybrid stripers. Anglers often find mixed schools of hybrid stripers and white bass. Both species run together, feeding on schools of shad, with the best action in summer in the hours around dawn and dusk. Look for schools thrashing the water's surface near the dam and around the islands between DeGray Lake Resort State Park Lodge and Iron Mountain. When fishing for hybrids here, it's best to rig some rods with topwater lures and others with spoons or crankbaits. The daily hybrid limit is six. Maps and info can be obtained from the Vicksburg District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 601-631-5054. The lake is home to Arkansas's only resort state park, DeGray Lake Resort State Park, which features a 96-room lodge, modern conference center, 18-hole championship golf course, heated swimming pool, tennis courts and a marina. Camping, trails, a swimming beach and numerous interpretive programs are also offered by the park. Private facilities on DeGray Lake include a resort, marina and cabins. DeGray Lake is located on State Scenic 7 Byway eight miles north of Arkadelphia (Exit 78 off I-30 at Caddo Valley/Arkadelphia) and 29 miles southwest of Hot Springs, Arkansas's leading tourist destination and home to Hot Springs National Park and many other attractions. Construction of the DeGray Dam began in 1963 and was completed in 1972. It contains about 7 million cubic yards of compacted earth fill. A Corps of Engineers visitor's center is located at the dam site.
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It is said that our past guides our future and for this reason, I will now highlight some of the well-known and some of the less known achievements of research from the Department of Surgery over the past 200 years. Nathan Smith, MD, is recognized for creating the Department of Surgery and is generally considered the leading surgeon in New England and ultimately influenced the formation of several other schools of medicine. He invented many surgical instruments and was recognized among surgeons and the public alike as a unique leader, researcher and teacher.
Over the next one hundred years many advances in clinical care were made and the Department flourished and expanded. During this time the Department established the foundation for clinical research and also new procedures and techniques to improve surgical outcomes and patient care.
The next highlight in the history of research was in 1942 with the first successful use of penicillin in a clinical setting. This same year Gustaf Lindskog, MD applied the first use of chemotherapy in collaboration with the Pharmacology section at Yale. This was a prime example of translational research at its finest: taking bench research in Pharmacology and applying it in in a clinical setting to try and improve patient outcomes. The 1940's came to an end with the creation of the first heart pump developed by Dr.'s Glenn and Sewell.
Nineteen Fifty ushered in the first transplant of embryonic tissue. In 1956 the Glenn Procedure for tricuspid atresia was developed, another example of clinical research within the Department. Ten years later, the first Phrenic nerve pacemaker was used allowing quadriplegics to breath without a respirator. Clinical Translational Research thrived over the next 20 years. We established the first skin bank in New England. We performed the first heart-lung transplant in Connecticut, which would not have been possible without many long, dedicated research hours to prepare and plan and practice the procedure. In 1990 we became one of the first centers for the Cryoablation of hepatic tumors, just another example of translational research.
Moving into the 21st century we continued the development of Surgical Research. Kurt Roberts, MD directed the efforts to establish NOTES (Natural Orafice Translumenal Enscopic Surgery) in the Department that included the design and development of new instruments that are specifically suited for this new state of the art style of surgery. Under the direction of Tobias Carling, MD, PhD we recently began a genetic screening initiative for familial parathyroid and thyroid cancer which combines genetic analysis of complex diseases and surgical management to look for familial traits that can allow for improved early detection, monitoring, and planning positive surgical outcomes.
John Elefteriades, MD created the Aortic Institute to examine the genetic and familial basis of aortic disease to allow for early genetic identification of familiar members that could be susceptible to heart disease. John Geibel and Manuel Rodriguez-Davalos, MD have teamed up with the Engineering Department at Yale to create a new portable intestinal transplantation organ transfer box to improve organ survival and mortality rates.
This is a glimpse of the ongoing and exciting research projects in the Department. High level Translational Research requires large capital investments and the financial assistance of grateful patients and families, along with the support from federal and nonfederal sources. At present the Department has approximately $19 million in funds that are used for research.
Our faculty are actively pursuing new funding at all levels. We are also in the process of developing a strong clinical trial component to our research enterprise. All with the same goal, to improve the quality of life for those who come to us for help. It is my honor and privilege to lead this research enterprise and I would be happy to provide more details on any of our programs.
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Korn Honor Late Touring Guitarist Shane Gibson
Yesterday we reported the very sad news that former Korn touring guitarist Shane Gibson passed away at the age of 35. Gibson had taken over live guitar duties for the band from 2007 to 2010 following Brian 'Head' Welch's exit from the group.
Gibson died on Tuesday, April 15, as the result of a blood-clotting disorder. He was mourned in a Facebook post by his most recent band, stOrk, but now Korn have paid tribute to their onetime touring guitarist. In addition, Brian 'Head' Welch, who is back in the band, and fellow Korn guitarist James 'Munky' Shaffer have penned individual tributes to Gibson.
Korn's tribute to Gibson reads as follows:
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Shane Gibson's friends, fans and family following the passing of our dear friend. Shane Gibson was Korn's touring guitarist from 2007 to 2010 and a member of Jonathan Davis' solo band, The SFA's. He will be greatly missed.
Head writes the following of Gibson:
I've never had the pleasure of meeting Shane, but I'm honored he was able to fill my spot after I left Korn. He was an amazing guitarist. Hopefully we can jam together in the next life. RIP brother.
Munky's statement follows:
Shane Gibson, you were an amazing guitar player and an amazing person. Your kindness and talent will be missed. I'm very fortunate to have known you.
Loudwire would like to extend our thoughts to the family and friends of Shane Gibson.
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Small Earthquake Shakes Socorro
SOCORRO, N.M. August 21, 2009 – Socorro was jolted by a shallow magnitude 2.3 earthquake at 7:57 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, according to New Mexico Tech Earth scientists.
Dr. Rick Aster, geophysics professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, said the quake occurred just 4 miles below the surface.
"That's why it was felt so strongly in the immediate Socorro area even though it was a tiny earthquake," Aster said. "It also created a loud boom that was heard throughout the area."
Within a couple hours after this event, two aftershocks smaller than magnitude 1.0 had occurred, according to seismic technician Jana Stankova-Pursley.
The quake occurred just to the east of the Rio Grande about three miles northeast of the center of Socorro. The quake occurred above the Socorro Magma Body, a thin lens of molten rock located about 12 miles below the surface between Socorro and Belen area, Aster said. The earthquake appears to be similar to hundreds of such quakes that have been documented in the area during the past several decades.
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ATLANTA --The Republican and Democratic members of the House of Representatives met separately Monday with their newly elected colleagues, and the Republicans kept their team in place while the Democrats replaced their caucus chairman.
When the General Assembly convenes in January, Republicans will hold more seats than at any time since the Civil War and are just one shy of commanding a two-thirds majority that would allow them to pass constitutional amendments and override vetoes without a single Democratic vote.
Observers were watching as the meeting began to see if they would pick up that last vote with the House's sole independent, Rep. Rusty Kidd of Milledgeville, who has said he's considering joining the party after Democrats tried to get him defeated last week. But he didn't appear, and he's still making up his mind.
The GOP voted to keep its leaders, although Rep. Delvis Dutton, of Glennville, tried to unseat Caucus Chairwoman Donna Shelton of Dacula. He said he wanted more vigorous policy debates during the closed-door caucus meetings the party holds during the session.
"People are concerned with what we're going to face in January," he said.
Shelton said she believes debate is healthy out of the public eye "in the right location. That is amongst family."
Democrats met at the same time in the smaller Senate chamber. They did replace their caucus chairman, Rep. Brian Thomas of Lilburn with Rep. Virgil Fludd of Tyrone.
Fludd said there was no philosophical disagreement only that he felt his business experience would better equip him to improve the functioning of the party organization. Thomas is a geologist.
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Student reaps rewards through NIH Summer Internship Program
Student reaps rewards through NIH Summer Internship Program
"I always encourage students to apply early because applications are accepted on a rolling basis. As we get closer to the March 1 application deadline, many spots have already been filled," said Pnina Laric, M.S., a training program coordinator who oversees summer internships at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of NIH's 27 institutes and centers. Once students submit their applications, Laric encourages them to contact investigators whose research interests them.
In 2010, roughly 6,700 students applied to NIH's summer internship program. Of those, 1,200 were selected to participate in the program. Approximately 50 of those students interned at NHGRI, including Keolu Fox who spent an unforgettable summer working with NHGRI researchers.
Keolu Fox's passion for improving the health outcomes of underrepresented populations paired perfectly with the research interests of Charles N. Rotimi, Ph.D., director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, part of NHGRI's intramural program. Dr. Rotimi's group focuses on the relationship between obesity, hypertension and diabetes, conditions that account for more than 80 percent of health disparities between African Americans and European Americans.
Last summer, Fox contributed to a project on the effects of type 2 diabetes on the renal function of various populations, which allowed him to learn about the intersection of human genetic variation and pharmacogenomics, the branch of pharmacology that deals with the influence of genetic variation on patients' responses to medication.
"My experience at the NIH has given me tremendous insight into formulating new hypotheses and has taught me how to be a professional and a successful collaborator," said Fox. "The endless networking possibilities, resources and professional benefits are helpful to anyone looking to establish a career in science."
Fox is of Hawaiian descent and is deeply passionate about giving back to his ancestral homeland. He would eventually like to use genomics to diagnose, predict and prevent diseases in the native Hawaiian community and to establish a polynesian genome center in Hawaii that would employ, recruit and mentor underrepresented students. Fox hopes to return to the NIH as an investigator after he completes his Ph.D. in genomic sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle.
For more information on the summer internship in biomedical research program, please go to www.training.nih.gov/programs/sip.


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I need to make questionnaire template for automatic processing with queXF. To do this I need to produce pages like this:
The queXF requirements for the pages are
- unique barcode for each page (done by using barcode as page number with help of packages
- page frame for orientation
I need to draw the frame on each page like on the example page above (note that the frame is related to page, but not to text).
I see two ways for achieving this:
- to set an image background
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When it released last Winter, FIFA Street was widely considered a disappointing rush job by EA Sports BIG. Was it to offer counter-programming to Winning Eleven? Possibly. Was it to create another Street game to go alongside NBA and NFL? Probably. Was it significantly worse than NFL Street and NBA Street? Definitely. Rather than slink off the pitch with its tail tucked between its collective legs, EA has decided to tweak out FIFA Street and bring it back onto the field. GameSpy has been kicking around with a near-finished preview build of the upcoming sequel, and here's what we think: right now, it looks like more of the same with just a few added extras.
FIFA Street 2's newest features seem to fall in the realm of customizability and tricks. Players can create their own pitch from top to bottom. There are hundreds of different ways to tweak the playing field, including the ability to control surface textures. Soccer fans will also be able to create their own player and trick him out in over a thousand different features from hair and shoes to accessories.
In regard to tricks, FIFA Street had the Trick Stick implemented into last year's gameplay. However, the sequel looks to heighten those abilities through adding new juggling moves into the fold. In Skills Challenge, players pick a superstar from a national team and execute a variety of maneuvers using the right analog stick. The computer calls out movesets, and players flick the stick in certain directions to achieve points. It's a little unwieldy to control at first, eventually, it gets fairly fun, although it still feels like a simple minigame at its core more than a full-on mode.
Gameplay is divided into three modes: Friendly, Rule the Street, and Skills Challenge. Friendly is a simple one-off game. Rule the Street is something of a career mode in which customized players join a squad and work toward international dominance. The aforementioned Skills Challenge allows players to test their trick skills.
The on-the-pitch play feels a little tighter than the year before, in which most of the tricks and moves were cool at first, but rapidly devolved into a one-trick pony before the game disc could get warm in the system. Passes and crosses feel easier to pull off, although one of the biggest issues with gameplay seems to be the goal targeting system, in which a ball carrier can target where he wants to hit the goal by aiming with the left stick. Unfortunately, the left stick is also used to move the player. It's an awkward function, but at this point in the production cycle, it's questionable whether or not it will be fixed before the game hits stores.
The Gamebreaker system from all of the Street games is still intact, with one of the newest features being the ability to shut down another team with one move. With an activated Gamebreaker, if a ball carrier can outpace the three members of the opposing squad and land a goal, the game is automatically considered a K.O. for the opposition. It's another new way of raising the stakes for gameplay.


text: « Return to Search First-of-its-kind Study Shows Most Common Initial Symptoms of Throat Cancer are Neck Mass and Sore Throat March 31, 2014 Free Head and Neck Cancer Screenings at Mass. Eye and Ear on April 24 Contact: Karen Dombek 800-477-9626 BOSTON (March 31, 2014) -- A first-of-its-kind study shows that sore throat and neck mass are the most common initial symptoms of a form of oral, head and neck cancer that is rapidly increasing in incidence, oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). The study, published online March 20, 2014 in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, cites sore throat as the most likely initial symptom in patients with OPSCC unrelated to human papillomavirus (HPV), while a lump in the neck is more likely in HPV-associated throat cancer. The Head & Neck Cancer Alliance (HNCA) is urging individuals who have these symptoms and all who may be at risk for these life-threatening cancers to take advantage of free oral, head and neck cancer screenings being held at Mass. Eye and Ear, 243 Charles Street, Boston, and more than 200 other sites in the US during the 17th annual Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week (OHANCAW®), April 20 through 26. The free cancer screening will be held at Mass. Eye and Ear, 243 Charles Street, Boston from 8:30 to noon on Thursday, April 24. Spaces are limited, so sign up today. To reserve your spot, call Mass. Eye and Ear at 617-573-4084. ."The prevalence of HPV-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma has increased dramatically in young adults, a group traditionally at low risk for throat cancer," said Terry Day, MD, President of the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance and a co-author of the study. "This study provides evidence supporting neck mass and sore throat as the initial symptoms of HPV-positive and HPV-negative oropharyngeal cancer, respectively. Our hope is that the results enable physicians and dentists the opportunity for detection and treatment of these tumors at earlier stages, giving patients a more favorable prognosis and quality of life, but that process must begin with screening." "I know from my own experience that early diagnosis of throat cancer is vital to successful treatment and survival of this disease," said Academy Award-winning actor and producer, Michael Douglas. "I urge the public to take advantage of the free screenings being held through the country during Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week." HPV has recently emerged as a leading cause of oropharyngeal (tonsil and base of tongue) cancer, particularly in non-smokers and younger age groups. It is thought that these cancers are related to oral sex. While the majority of all head and neck cancers are linked to tobacco and alcohol use, over half of tonsil and base of tongue cancers are linked to HPV. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 118,000 new cases of head and neck cancers will be diagnosed in 2014, resulting in an estimated 14,000 deaths. "These staggering statistics further underscore the need for screening because when oral, head and neck cancers are diagnosed early, these potentially deadly diseases can be more easily treated without significant complications, and the chances of survival increase," said Jatin P. Shah, M.D., Ph.D, a world leader in head and neck cancer surgery who is Professor of Surgery at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Chief of the Head and Neck Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and a member of the HNCA Board. "Many Americans do not recognize the symptoms of these cancers, which highlights the importance of everyone getting screened properly, not just those at high risk such as tobacco and alcohol users." About the Study Medical records from 88 patients were evaluated at the Head and Neck Tumor Center Multidisciplinary Clinic, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina from Jan. 1, 2008 to May 20, 2013. The study was designed to analyze the most common initial symptoms in patients with OPSCC and to determine if any differences in initial symptoms occur between HPV-positive and HPV-negative tumors. Researchers reviewed medical records of newly diagnosed, previously untreated OPSCC patients with documented HPV tumor status. Initial symptoms (defined as the symptoms of longest duration when patient presented to his or her primary care physician) were extracted from all notes in the patient's medical history. Neck mass, 44 percent, and sore throat, 33 percent, were the most common initial symptoms in OPSCC. Patients who were HPV-positive were more likely to initially notice a neck mass than HPV-negative patients (51 percent vs. 18 percent), whereas HPV-negative patients were more likely to experience a sore throat (53 percent vs. 28 percent), dysphagia, trouble swallowing, (41 percent vs. 10 percent) or odynophagia, soreness when swallowing, (24 percent vs. 6 percent) when compared to HPV-positive patients. About Oral, Head and Neck Cancer (OHNC) OHNC is a common form of cancer affecting any part of the oral cavity, pharynx, throat, thyroid and larynx (voice box). Regular check-ups can detect the early stages of head and neck cancer or conditions that may lead to it. For those cancers caught at a later stage, treatment is available and may require various combinations of surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy. More information regarding the signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with oral, head and neck cancer can be found at www.headandneck.org. About OHANCAW® Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week®, coordinated by the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance, is a week dedicated to promoting education, prevention, screening and early detection of mouth and throat cancers. OHANCAW is highlighted by free screenings held at participating medical centers across the country. The 17th annual Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week will be held April 20 – 26, 2014. Bristol-Myers Squibb has provided funding for free screenings as part of the company's support of OHANCAW. For more information, please visit the OHANCAW website at www.ohancaw.com. About the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance The Head and Neck Cancer Alliance (HNCA), started in 1984 as the Yul Brynner Head and Neck Cancer Foundation, is hoping to reduce incidence and increase survival through these efforts. Its mission is to advance prevention, detection, treatment and rehabilitation of oral, head and neck cancer through public awareness, research, advocacy and survivorship. Through united and collaborative efforts, HNCA provides support to head and neck cancer patients throughout the year, supports ongoing research in head and neck oncology and educates children and adults in the disease process, treatment and prevention of oral, head and neck cancer.


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The horse with the unusual name has already attracted a national following and the membership in Purple Egg's fan club could soon be getting bigger.
The undefeated 2-year-old son of Lion Heart has passed both of his tests so far with flying colors. An eye-popping victory in a maiden special weight at Monmouth Park on August 23 by 4 ¾ lengths was followed by a 6 ¾ length triumph when he raced his next condition in a non-winners of one other than allowance race at Parx Racing on September 15.
The Iroquois is traditionally run on the opening day of Churchill's fall meet (October 28) and the card, which features juveniles of both genders, is billed as "The Stars of Tomorrow." Purple Egg has so far given every indication that he belongs in that cast.
"When Paco (Lopez, who has ridden him in both races) got off him at Parx, he told us that the horse is really getting the hang of it and had improved significantly from his first race," Flynn said. "He won by almost seven (lengths) under a hand ride"
Prior to his maiden score, trainer Jane Cibelli twice sent him to the races and twice he had to be scratched. His list of transgressions includes rearing up, dumping his rider, running off, and leading the outriders on a merry chase each time while continually eluding them. Then there was the matter of trying to savage the pony sent with him to calm him before his last false start.
"We had no choice but to geld him. The third time he went over was going to be 'make or break' for him and he made it," Flynn explained. "After he was gelded his whole temperament changed. He went from being mean and nippy in the barn to being nuzzly and nice to be around."
Purple Egg's pre-gelded antics attracted considerable attention in the social media universe. After he fired off those two stunning performances, his legend went viral.
"People have been commenting all over the message boards," said Flynn. "He does have a following and it's growing."
So are the offers to purchase Purple Egg but so far he's staying in Cibelli's barn.
"Hopefully, we're going to have a really strong 3-year-old campaign with him," said Flynn.
Only two months ago, Raging Daoust raced with a $10,000 claiming tag. On Saturday, he'll appear on the national stage when he takes on graded stakes winners in the $300,000 Gallant Bob Stakes for 3-year-olds at Parx Racing.
"The race came up pretty salty, but I have confidence in my horse," said Charles "Buddy" Carlesimo, Jr., who put the halter on Raging Daoust and brought him back to his barn after that win at Monmouth on June 23. "Since I claimed him, he has done nothing wrong and everything right."
Indeed. The gelded son of Kafwain out of the Caveat mare Champagne Forever has raced three times, all at six furlongs on the dirt, all at Monmouth Park while going through his conditions and he has returned to the winner's circle each time.
"I hoped he'd be a good claim, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this," said the affable trainer, who didn't even have to win a shake to get him.
In the Gallant Bob, Raging Daoust will have to battle with multiple graded stakes winners Trinniberg and Currency Swap as those two renew the heated rivalry they've been engaging in this year and last. Grade 1 winner Currency Swap is trained by Monmouth-based Terri Pomay, but it is another locally-based runner who may figure prominently in the outcome of the race.
Well Spelled, winner of the Grade 3 Jersey Shore Stakes here two starts back on July 14 for trainer Ben Perkins, Jr., is ideally suited to the distance while Trinniberg and Currency Swap have only won at 6 ½ or 7 furlongs. Moreover, if those two hook up in another of their noted speed duels, the hot pace could favor a closer like Well Spelled.
Well Spelled, a son of Grade 2 winner Spellbinder, also has the advantage of a win over the Parx surface and at the distance in an allowance race this past April.


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Chemistry Professor Has Plans To Slow Global Warming
By Thomas Guengerich
SOCORRO, N.M., July 7, 2008 – New Mexico Tech chemistry professor Oliver Wingenter and his colleagues believe that modest fertilization of the Southern Ocean with iron might help slow some of the effects of global warming.
The concept of climate engineering – or geo-engineering – has scientists, activists and politicians debating the ethics and merits of environmental manipulation.
Wingenter has conducted ship-board experiments, fertilizing two small patches of the Southern Ocean with iron to study the atmospheric effects. His first experiment was over an area of ocean that was 15 kilometer by 15 kilometers. He says small-scale fertilization may abate the loss of Antarctic ice. The general principle involves seeding the ocean with a liquid slurry of iron sulfide.
German and Indian scientists are causing a furor by carrying out a massive iron-fertilization experiment over an area of 100 kilometers by 100 kilometers in the Southern Ocean, which is the globe-circling ring of ocean just north of Antarctica. They have proposed fertilizing 100 percent of the Southern Ocean, which they say would return the oceanic ecosystem to its natural balance. They are examining how much carbon dioxide is drawn down from the atmosphere into the ocean.
Wingenter's proposal is much different. He is firmly in the middle of the debate. Instead of creating an artificial "carbon sink," his research shows that minimal iron fertilization will create brighter clouds, which will help keep the Antarctic atmosphere colder. He proposes fertilizing less than 2 percent of the Southern Ocean with iron – but only after thorough computer modeling analyses can be completed and a slow field ramp up is implemented.
"We're doing it slowly, in stages," he said. "We're not foolish here. We need to do the modeling and small-scale studies before the environmental situation becomes desperate."
Wingenter is currently on sabbatical from his post as professor of chemistry at New Mexico Tech, a state-sponsored research university in Socorro. He, Tech student Juston Moore and Scott Elliot of Los Alamos National Laboratory are leading the effort to model Wingenter's hypotheses. They are using the lab's Parallel Ocean Program on supercomputers and the New Mexico supercomputer Encanto. The lab's program has the highest resolution of all global circulation biogeochemical ocean models, Wingenter said.
During his sabbatical, Wingenter is first modeling the oceanic biogeochemistry of iron fertilization. Once those models are complete, he plans to model the atmospheric implications.
His initial article elicited a written comment from his colleagues at the University of East Anglia in England who disputed the veracity of Wingenter's calculations. Their disagreement is about the margin of error. Their reply and Wingenter's rebuttal will appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Atmospheric Environment.
The science behind Wingenter's proposal is like a domino effect. Phytoplankton consume iron, but the Southern Ocean lacks enough iron for the microorganisms to flourish. The plankton produces dimethyl sulfide (DMS), which evaporates and eventually become cloud-condensation nuclei. An elevated level of cloud-condensing nuclei in the atmosphere creates brighter-than-usual clouds, which reflect more sunlight back to space.
Wingenter hypothesizes that careful seeding could help suppress atmospheric warming around Antarctica. That will be of great concern to coastal regions, because current forecasts predict that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could slide into the Southern Ocean within the next century, causing the global sea level to rise six meters. Wingenter's research aims to prevent this and buy time for the global scientific community and energy industries to mitigate the carbon-dioxide dilemma and to develop alternatives to fossil fuels.
New Mexico Tech vice president of research and economic development Van Romero said Wingenter's research is important for the understanding of complex global systems.
"It's important to do this sort of scientific work to dispel the erroneous perceptions," Romero said. "It's especially important on these situations of global impact to apply fundamental research and to get results based on sound scientific work."
Iron fertilization is a hotly debated issue among oceanographers. Some scientists propose wide-scale fertilization, while others consider it the worst form of geo-engineering.
The National Institute of Oceanography in India is leading proponents of planting tons of iron in the Scotia Sea south of South America.
Indian scientists say that iron fertilization will encourage rapid growth of phytoplankton, microscopic animals that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Their goal is to fertilize the entire Southern Ocean. Experts largely suspect that India and China will launch large-scale projects in an effort to buy carbon credits as they prepare to sign the Kyoto Protocol. Very limited testing has been conducted into the Indian proposal and scientists debate the effectiveness of the testing methodology.
On the other hand, Ecuador wants to ban iron-fertilization altogether … presumably because the process might have an adverse effect on their fishing industry.
The United Nations is discussing iron fertilization and is considering a ban. Wingenter proposes limited testing; specifically he wants to fertilize less than 2 percent of the Southern Ocean.
By fertilizing a small portion of the Southern Ocean, the increased level of iron will only be noticeable for one season, Wingenter said.
"During the summer months, the warmer water stays on top," he said, "but during the winter months, the surface cools and then the cooler water from below mixes in. By the following summer all that iron is very well diluted. Then, you fertilize with iron again next summer in a different location."
He said fertilizing 2 percent of a large test area, perhaps 10 percent of the Southern Ocean, would cost as little as $1 million to $2 million. He summarized his research in a 2007 article published in Atmospheric Environment. In that article, Wingenter explained his preliminary proposal. Citing other oceanic and atmospheric studies, he estimates that fertilizing 2 percent of the entire Southern Ocean would result in a 2 degree C decrease in average temperature over the Southern Ocean.
"Some scientists may be afraid that this geo-engineering idea might actually work and governments may relax future energy conservation regulations," he said. "My proposal must only be viewed as a stop-gap measure. The real cure for global warming will come only when we curtail emissions of greenhouse gases."


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Recently FamilyTreeMagazine published a list of their Top 100 Genealogy sites. Included was a category for Top Canadian Genealogy with only 4 sites named. That was disappointing considering all the great Canadian Genealogy websites out there, so several of us bloggers decided to publish own list of the Top 10 Canadian Genealogy websites.
Here is my list, in no particular order. I have included both free and pay-to-view sites simply because my criteria is quality. And often quality costs money. We genealogists are lucky to have so many quality sites that are also free.
I wanted this list to be as generic as possible, that is, to cover all or most of Canada if possible. There are excellent websites for specific provinces and territories but they are not included here as they do not hold record sets for all of Canada.
* Library & Archives Canada (free) - dozens of free online databases for anyone with ancestors who lived in Canada. It is not always easy to use but if you can struggle through it is well worth it.
* Olive Tree Genealogy (free) Yes I know it's my site. But it has many terrific databases such as ships' passenger lists to Canada, Loyalist information and land records in Ontario.
* The Ancestor Hunt (free) I use Kenneth R. Marks' blog for a comprehensive list of links for online Canadian
* TheShipsList (free) Sue Swiggum's amazing site is chock full of early ship passages up the St. Lawrence River.
* Ancestry.ca/Ancestry.com (fee-based) - So many terrific Canadian records I can't possibly list them all. They range from Canadian census records, voter's lists, vital statistics and more. Both locales (.ca and .com) have identical record sets.
* Our Roots (free) Specializes in Canadian local histories in French and English
* Canada GenWeb Project (free) The Canada GenWeb provides an easy way for genealogists to choose their province or territory of interest. Each specific site's value is dependent on the host's knowledge and interest, but it is well worth checking out.
* Canadiana Online (free) Even though this site is frustrating to use due to incorrect content listings of its digitized microfilm, it has digitized Canadian records that are not available elsewhere. For anyone using this site, please be aware that I have begun publishing my corrected content listings and partial indexes for their online microfilms at Finding Aid for Heir & Devisee Commission Online Films
* FamilySearch Canadian Collection (free) FamilySearch currently has 81 databases for Canada online. Some are indexed, others are not but it is worth your time to take a look at what is available.
* The Canadian Military Heritage Project (free) There are several excellent sites for specific Canadian military records such as War Dead, but not many that provide an overall perspective of all military wars and skirmishes Canada was part of. CMHP does just that plus it provides links to online databases for each war. It also provides several biographies of soldiers and other interesting data.
August 8, 2014
Top Ten Canadian Genealogy Websites
2 comments:
- Diane Hall said...
Thanks for the links Lorine. I have found a few Canadian records, but I certainly have more to locate. Quite a few ancestors either ended up in Canada or were born there. This gives me more places to look. I appreciate it.
- grandrapidsgirl said...
Many thanks for the list Lorine. I have bookmarked them all, some I was not aware of. Sandra
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Taylor Swift Sued For Stealing Money From a Canadian Hoedown
Seems our neighbors to the north were just trying to throw a hoedown with blonde serial-dater Taylor Swift when she up and stole all their money after the epic event was canceled due to poor planning.
Bad T-Swizzle! BAD! You go to your room and think about what you've done.
Swift was hired to headline the huge Capitol Hoedown country concert in Ottawa in August 2012, and paid a whopping $2.5 million to do so. But when they event was nixed, she still held on to her massive paycheck.
The event coordinators, who had to return $1.8 million in ticket sales, are now suing Taylor, but one of her reps says she never made a deal with the ticket company and has yet to see the lawsuit. Which means she has yet to return the money she got for doing absolutely nothing.
Oh, Canada ... a land where Nerf guns are weapons, hoedowns that never happen produce massive paydays that do, and the people who get screwed are far too polite to use the adult language us crass Americans would to express how we feel about it.


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Chico's Vintage Game Room
Name: Chico (4 months)
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When it came to our baby's room we knew a few things for sure – we didn't want any typical "themed" nursery and we wanted it to reflect our unique and eclectic style; which includes all things mid-century and our love of toys.
The first two things we purchased were the mid-century pieces: his crib and his dresser (which doubles as a changing table). The crib was the most expensive item of the entire room, which we are very proud of.
My husband is a painter (fine art and by trade) so he had free-range to do what he wanted with my color choices which were grey and yellow. We knew we wanted one wall to be a "vintage game wall" and covered it with vintage toys. Some are from my childhood, some were purchased from Etsy and some are even my father's from the 1940's.
Above Chico's crib I made a mobile made of paper cranes, washi tape and a branch off of last year's Christmas Tree. It was a fun project for me to do towards the end of my pregnancy when getting around wasn't so easy anymore.
Lastly we purchased the awesome handmade animal "busts" from artist Amy Ortiz. This is probably my favorite part of Chico's room because it encompasses his Papa and I – artistic, humorous, a little weird and never taking ourselves too seriously.
I wanted to share my son's room to show that a child's room can be full of style and personality without breaking the bank. Parents shouldn't feel boxed in to buying only items/furniture from children's stores and should really think ahead – would my child still like the style of this room in 5 years? I think Chico will love his room for many years to come!
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- Crib: Giggle - $980
- Dresser: Sunbeam Vintage - $300
- Bookcase: Martha Stewart for Home Depot - $50
- Floating Shelves: Lowes - $14.99
- Rug: Martha Stewart for Home Depot - $150
- Mobile: Made by Mama
- Animal Busts: Amy Ortiz
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Through the transition to spring is known for compelling us to clean, the one to fall often has the same effect. Instead of polishing your silver or repainting your dining room, why not refurbish your home through art? Our city is known for its galleries, museums and artists (as well as its Saints, music and food) – make the most of it!


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