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Final Report: Endocrine Disruptors and Host Resistance in Lake Apopka AlligatorsEPA Grant Number: R826127
Title: Endocrine Disruptors and Host Resistance in Lake Apopka Alligators
Investigators: Schoeb, Trenton R. , Brown, Mary B. , Gross, Timothy S. , Klein, Paul A.
Institution: University of Florida , United States Geological Survey [USGS]
EPA Project Officer: Hahn, Intaek
Project Period: January 3, 1998 through January 2, 2001
Project Amount: $598,253
RFA: Endocrine Disruptors (1997) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Endocrine Disruptors , Health , Safer Chemicals
Objective:In the early 1980s, numbers of juvenile alligators in Lake Apopka, FL, declined by 90 percent in association with decreased egg viability, increased neonatal mortality, and organochlorine pesticide contamination. Hypoplastic lymphoid organs and bone marrow and weakened antibody responses in young Lake Apopka alligators were observed, suggesting that weakened host defenses could be a contributing factor. The objective of this project was to study effects on neonatal alligators of endocrine disrupting contaminants (EDCs) on measures of specific and nonspecific immunity as well as lymphoid organ and bone marrow development. The approach is to study alligators hatched from eggs from Lake Apopka, from reference lake eggs treated with endocrine disrupting contaminants found in tissues and eggs of Lake Apopka alligators, and from untreated reference lake eggs (controls) for ability to generate T-dependent humoral immune responses and for hematologic parameters, peripheral blood antibacterial activity, lymphoid organ and bone marrow morphology, and susceptibility to a pathogenic Mycoplasma sp. of alligators. Additional specific aims were developed this year based on the results of the first 2 years of study. These aims were to determine whether embryos naturally exposed to EDCs had increased numbers of bacterial and fungal isolates in yolk samples and to determine the causes of morbidity and mortality in pesticide-exposed perinatal alligators.
Summary/Accomplishments (Outputs/Outcomes):For studies begun in the second year and completed during this reporting period, egg treatments were done by injection. These studies were focused on an environmentally relevant range of doses of DDE, the predominant contaminant found in tissues and eggs of Lake Apopka alligators, and one mixture based on recent data. Treatments were up to 25 ppm p,p'-DDE; a mixture of DDE, chlordane, dieldrin, methoxychlor, and toxaphene; or DMSO vehicle control. Eggs also were collected from Lake Orange (reference site), Lake Griffin, Emeralda Marsh (adjacent to Lake Griffin), and both north and south shores of Lake Apopka, sites having a range of contaminant levels. Analysis of liver samples verified absorption and presence in tissues of DDE, chlordane, dieldrin, and toxaphene.
T-dependent antibody responses were assessed by immunization with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) esterified with dinitrophenol (DNP) (DNP-KLH) and measurement of DNP hapten-specific responses by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). In Year 2 experiments, no significant differences were found among pesticide treatment or lake study sites. There were no statistically significant differences among the pesticide treatments or lake groups in white or red blood cell counts, packed cell volumes (hematocrits), plasma protein, or hemoglobin, except a higher mean heterophil count in the Emeralda group and a lower mean heterophil count in the Griffin group, neither of which was considered clinically significant. No statistically significant effects of pesticide treatments or lake groups were found on peripheral blood antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus; histology of the spleen, thymus, or bone marrow; spleen weight/body weight ratios; or in vivo lymphocyte response to phytohemagglutinin.
In Year 2, alligators from control and DDE treatment groups were inoculated intravenously with the alligator pathogen, Mycoplasma alligatoris. Blood, brain, and pericardium were cultured, and joints, brain, and any tissues with gross lesions were prepared for histologic examination. There were no statistically significant differences in quantitative culture results among experimental treatments or lake sites. The histology for the Year 2 experiments was completed in Year 3. Joint or brain lesion scores determined by histologic examination were not significantly different among the pesticide groups or among the lake groups. However, there was a nonsignificant trend toward decreased joint lesion severity in the higher dose DDE groups. This decreased lesion severity could indicate a reduced host immune response in the higher DDE dose groups. Additional studies with more animals are necessary to evaluate that hypothesis.
In Year 3, egg microbiology was studied to determine if alligators exposed to EDCs had increased numbers of bacterial or fungal species in yolk compared to alligators from a relatively uncontaminated lake. Subsets of eggs from Lake Griffin, Lake Apopka, Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area, and Lake Woodruff (reference site) clutches were collected for a total of 151 eggs. The remaining eggs in each clutch were incubated at approximately 32?C until hatching, and clutch viabilities were determined. Both gram-positive and gram-negative aerobic bacteria (68 species) were isolated from yolk. Fungal isolates were rare. Organisms for which there was a statistically significant increase in their occurrence in dead eggs compared to viable eggs were Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Seratia marcescens, Proteus vulgaris, Brevundimonas diminuta, and Chromobacterium violaceum. There was no evidence of a relationship between the total number of aerobic bacteria in yolk and lake site or clutch.
Also, there was no evidence of a relationship between clutch viability and exposure to any or all of the pesticides in organochlorine analyses. This is a significant observation indicating that factors other than pesticide exposure are likely contributing to embryonic mortality and clutch viability.
Alligators naturally exposed to EDCs in Florida lakes were examined by gross and/or microscopic examination to determine whether morbidity and mortality were associated with infections that could provide evidence of compromised immune systems. Embryos and neonates were examined from Lakes Griffin, Apopka, Orange, Woodruff, Jessup, Okeechobee, Hancock, and Monroe. Of the more than 4,300 eggs incubated, 47 late-term embryos and neonates were necropsied. Lesions indicating in ovo disease included yolk sacculitis (with associated bacteria), inflammation of the albumen remnant with associated fungal hyphae and bacteria, and failure of the heart to migrate into the body cavity with associated severe chronic-active fibrinopurulent pericarditis.
The lesions in neonatal alligators included suppurative or pyogranulomatous and ulcerative inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Many of these lesions were severe and could have contributed to mortality. Other lesions included multifocal bacterial hepatitis, suppurative pyelonephritis, suppurative adrenalitis, suppurative interstitial pneumonia, and pyogranulomatous bacterial choroiditis and ventriculitis. These lesions were likely related to bacterial infection. From the embryos and neonates sampled for aerobic bacteria, 39 bacterial species, often opportunistic pathogens, were isolated with no consistent isolates relating to mortality.
A significant finding of unknown cause was the presence of focal areas of necrosis in the brains of 6 out of 31 animals. Additional observations included intracytoplasmic vacuolation in cortical neurons, vacuolation of the granule cell layer in the cerebellum, and pyknosis of granule cells. Affected animals were either observed with neurologic signs, including ataxia and loss of righting ability, or were found moribund or dead. The affected animals were from Lakes Apopka and Griffin and came from clutches with low clutch viability. Because more than 20 percent of the animals examined had this lesion, and because animals from these lakes were observed in past years with similar clinical signs, this lesion may play a significant role in the mortality of neonates, and possibly embryos, from these lakes. Possible causes of the lesions include toxicants; toxins; vascular disease (thromboembolism, infarcts); and nutritional disease (thiamine deficiency). Although possibly not related to the brain lesions in the neonatal animals, similar lesions were observed in the brains of adult Lake Griffin alligators associated with mortality. Although organochlorine contaminants would not be expected to cause such lesions in other animal species, additional studies are necessary to determine whether there is an association with EDC exposure and these brain lesions.
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Supplemental Keywords:health effects, ecological effects, organics, pathogens, bacteria, aquatic, biology, pathology, Florida, FL, agriculture., RFA, Health, Scientific Discipline, PHYSICAL ASPECTS, Toxics, Geographic Area, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, exploratory research environmental biology, Environmental Chemistry, Ecosystem/Assessment/Indicators, Health Risk Assessment, pesticides, State, Endocrine Disruptors - Environmental Exposure & Risk, endocrine disruptors, Risk Assessments, Southeast, Biochemistry, Physical Processes, Biology, Endocrine Disruptors - Human Health, ecological effects, ecological exposure, adverse outcomes, aquatic ecosystem, wildlife, reptile, host resistance, exposure, chemical mixtures, 2, 3, 7, 8-Tetrachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), Chlordane, Lake Apopka, FL, fetal development, animal models, developmental processes, immune system response, pathogen, Lake Apopka Alligators, Florida, biological effects, DDE
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8pm Tues 19 Aug
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WA composer and sound artist Sam Gillies presents his new work commissioned by Tura for guitar & electronics "Snowden", a work discussing the implications of the metadata surveillance unveiled to the public by Edward Snowden in 2013, performed by Chris Kotchie. Alongside this world premiere performance are sets by lo-fi noise aficionado and Algebra of Need label owner Henry Gillett and the Stockhausen-tinged avant-rock duo Zyklus. Club Zho 110 is set to be a loud and confronting night of startling new music.
Sam Gillies
Sam Gillies is a West Australian-based composer and sound artist with an interest in the
function of noise in constructing an understanding of music and the world around us. Often treading the line between the musically beautiful and ugly, Sam's work relies on the use of interactive programming environments to create alternating soundscapes of extreme fragility and overwhelming density.
Sam began his undergraduate studies at UWA in 2005, completing a Bachelor of Arts with a focus on literature, theatre and film making, before formally beginning his study of music at WAAPA in 2008, under the tutelage of Lindsay Vickery and Cat Hope. In 2012 he competed an Honors degree in Composition at WAAPA, achieving first class honors, and in 2014 he will begin a Masters program at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Sam has an active live presence having performed extensively at both a national (Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney) and international (Japan – Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo) level. Recordings of Sam's music have been broadcast nationally on ABC Classic FM, Perth's RTRFM 92.1, Brisbane public radio station AZZZ, and Sydney's FBi radio. His composition Assembly:Dichotomy was broadcast as part of the 2011 Deep Wireless Festival of Radio Art, Toronto, and his works have been featured in several international festivals, including the Totally Huge New Music Festival and the International Computer Music Conference. Sam has also scored over 16 short films, 3 theatre productions, 3 contemporary dance pieces and created 3 sound art installations. Aside from solo performance, Sam also performs in several different collaborative projects, including the piano/laptop duo Cycle~ 440 who have released six albums thus far and received the 2013 WAM Award for Experimental Song of the Year.
In addition to his musical pursuits, Sam has been active in making his own short films, while pursuing an interest in journalism and academia, presenting papers at several music conferences and writing for various music journals including Limelight Magazine, Realtime Magazine and Cyclic Defrost. Sam also co-hosts the Difficult Listening program on public radio station RTRFM 92.1.
Henry Gillett
Henry Gillett is a Perth based composer, born in Melbourne, Victoria. His current practice consists of found sound and sample based manipulation, both in studio and real time settings. His works explore low fidelity sound degradation as well as sonic interaction between sound objects of varying natures and genetic makeup. A combination of modern software programs and dated musical machines plays a large role in the quality and "finish" to each and every sound layer as well as the arrangement and acoustic properties of works in their entirety.
The musical material draws from elements of film sound, electro-acoustic feedback, music concréte as well as field recordings and spoken dialogue. Analogue feedback system recordings are also integrated into works, allowing greater degrees of timbral freedom and greater spontaneity within processing parameter controls. Through combining all the stated sound elements, a wide range of textural territories are explores, ranging from elongated atonal drone based works to dense, complex sound masses. Henry's works utilise the "physical" characteristics of found sounds as a basis of their manipulation and integration into works, allowing well known everyday audio objects to be converted into specific musical components
With influence ranging from the carnage of The Birthday Party, the subtlety of OM, the atmospheres of Sigur Ros, and the forms of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Zyklus aim to achieve a distinctly 'grey' sound, comprised of harsh dissonance, raw and minimal instrumentation, embedded melody, and often violent gestures, all in the context of rather spacious forms. Lyrically, thematic material can be bleakly evocative, incorporating opaque metaphor, excessive reference to the cheerless "mundane", as well as displaying a markedly abstract approach to humor and narrative via notably abstract, and often untraceable processes. Lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist and songwriter Drew Woolley has almost completed his degree in Music Composition at UWA. His most recent works have demonstrated a particular fascination with music and text, especially in regard to their equally abstract and "absurd" treatments, resulting in deeply nonfigurative works that portray a certain attraction to chaos, futility and intensity, as heard more accessibly in the works of Zyklus. Percussionist, guitarist, backing vocalist and songwriter Shaun Woof has been active in Perth's live music scene since his mid teens, having been part of several bands. Woof has of late shown an eagerness for existential themes within his own writings, incorporating further use of nonsense within fairly loose forms and structural schemes, emphasized by his committedly firm approach to non-functional grammar and poetics. His harmonic explorations in particular are significantly dense, presenting a relentless quality, experienced also in his consistently severe percussion work.

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The Cocoa Beach Pier is located just east of Ocean Beach Blvd in Cocoa Beach, approximately 0.7 miles north of where SR 520 meets the beach. Admission is $15 for members, $20 for non-members and guests. There is no charge for Military Personnel and their families.
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Live the life of a modern day gypsy by staying on the move inside of this tiny mobile home. While this rolling casa is small enough to be towed by a small pickup, its smart and efficient design manages to pack everything from a living room to kitchen into 140 square feet.
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Morton's neuroma is an inflammation of the nerves in the foot that go to the toes. Although the name includes the word ?neuroma,? it is not really a tumor. It can affect any of the toes in the foot. However, it most often affects the nerves that run between the third and fourth, or second and third toes.
A Morton?s Neuroma are a result of complex biomechanical changes that occur in your feet. There are a number of theories as to the exact cause of the scarring and thickening, but it basically boils down to overload of the tissue structure. The body lays down scar tissue to try to protect the overloaded structure. Tight-fitting shoes may exacerbate a Morton?s Neuroma. Shoes such as high heels and shoes with tight toe boxes (eg womens fashion shoes and cowboy boots) are particularly damaging to the toes. These shoes have a sloping foot bed and a narrow toe box. The slope causes the front of the foot to bear your weight. The angle of the toe box then squeezes your toes together. Footwear is not the only cause of a Morton?s Neuroma. Injuries to the foot can also be a factor in developing the condition by changing your foot biomechanics. Poor foot arch control leading to flat feet or foot overpronation does make you biomechanically susceptible to a neuroma.
There may be pain at the end of the push-off phase when walking or running, and this pain is generally worse when the client is wearing shoes as opposed to being barefoot. Clients may also report a relief of symptoms by massaging the foot, which may spread the metatarsal heads and mobilize the entrapped nerve.
A thorough subjective and objective examination from a physiotherapist is usually sufficient to diagnose a Morton's neuroma. Investigations such as an X-ray, ultrasound, MRI, CT scan or bone scan may sometimes be used to assist with diagnosis, assess the severity of the injury and rule out other conditions.
Non Surgical Treatment
There are various options for treating the condition, depending on its severity. Self-treatment. Here are some simple steps that may improve symptoms. Wear supportive shoes with a wide toe box. Do not lace the forefoot of the shoe too tightly. Shoes with shock-absorbent soles and proper insoles are recommended. Do not wear tight or pointed toed shoes or shoes with heels more than 2 inches high. Use over-the-counter shoe pads to relieve pressure. Apply an ice pack to the affected area to reduce pain and swelling. Rest your feet and massage the painful area. There are drugs that may temporarily relieve the pain and other symptoms of Morton?s neuroma. Long-term use of these medications is not recommended. Anti-inflammatory drugs-Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen or aspirin, may be taken orally to reduce pain and inflammation. Anti-inflammatory drugs can also be administered by direct injection into the skin. Local anesthetic. An anesthetic injection will temporarily relieve pain by numbing the affected nerve. Orthotics. These are custom-designed shoe inserts that can reduce some of the pain associated with Morton?s neuroma. Sometimes padding is placed around the toe area, and tape is applied to hold the padding in place.
Surgical Treatment
The ultimate success of a Morton?s neuroma treated surgically is somewhat unclear. This is likely due to the idea that in most instances a ?Morton?s neuroma? is actually more than just an isolated nerve problem but rather consitutes a metatarsalgia where other structures (such a as the MTP joints) are also problematic, not just the nerve. Therefore, addressing the nerve as well as the other components of a metatarsalgia may offer a better chance of surgical success. However, like many conditions in foot and ankle, it is ideal if this condition can be managed without surgery.


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By Karen Daniels
There is a saying: work smarter, not harder. This comment has become part of today's language since living in a fast paced world requires us to do more in less time. At last week's City Council meeting, a motion to discuss the reduction of the number of Council meetings per month was on the agenda. After Mayor Leonard Scarcella read the item, he announced that three meetings per month (first 3 Wednesdays) have been the norm for the City of Stafford for the past 40 years and that he is comfortable with this. "I am concerned for the need for (our citizens to have) quick action."
Felecia Evans-Smith is the council member who placed this item on the agenda, and she was the first to speak. According to her, the effectiveness of Council will not be compromised by the decrease of the second Wednesday meeting. "I feel that having the two regularly scheduled City Council meetings allows Councilmembers to have time to meet with citizens and participate in civic events" and this will provide a "more efficient use of tax dollars." Currently, meetings can be viewed on-line or on television as well as in person.
Councilman Robert Sorbet stated his support of this reduction. Mayor Scarcella requested a two week delay, giving City Attorney, Art Pertile, an opportunity to amend the original ordinance and give Council a chance to think it over. The item will be placed back on the agenda March 20 when a vote will be taken. Also in the motion will be a time change from 7:30pm to 7:00pm. "As you are aware," Councilwoman Evans-Smith said, "this City Council is not afraid to work well into the night to address items that effect our citizens." This reporter has stayed as late as 11:30pm, but meetings have gone as late as 2:00am. Mayor Scarcella has the authority to sign ratifications of up to $10,000 without Council approval, should something come up in between meetings.
In other city news, Stafford's Mayor and Council elections have been cancelled. None of the candidates' positions were challenged by an opponent. Stafford MSD will have an election. Five candidates are running for three spots. Running for re-election are Greg Holsapple and Ed Castillo. Also on the ballot are Aurtura Jackson, Rosemary Garcia, and Christopher Caldwell. A candidate forum will be held on April 24 at the Stafford Civic Center at 7:00pm.
Fort Bend ISD, Lamar CISD incumbents face challengers
In addition to Stafford MSD, Fort Bend ISD and Lamar CISD will also hold board elections on May 11.
In Fort Bend ISD, Vanesia R. Johnson is running against incumbent Jim Rice for Position 3. Rice is board president.
In Position 7, incumbent Dave Rosenthal will face off against Cynthia Gary, Rodrigo Carreon and Enaohwo Keciana. Rosenthal is currently serving a the one-year expired term of trustee Jim Babb, who resigned a year ago.
Trustees in Fort Bend ISD are elected to three-year terms on a rotating basis. Two are elected each year, one from each side of the district. The Position 3 candidates must live on the west side and the Position 7 candidates must live on the east side.
In Lamar Consolidated ISD, the Board of Trustees have four district seats up for election. Two board members have decided not to run for re-election.
In District 6, Michael Richard, the current board president, is not running for re-election. Anna Gonzales and Norma Cavazos will be vying for the District 6 seat.
Karen Mendoza, the board's vice president, will run for re-election in District 1 against Michelle Suzanne Pineda and Kathryn Kaminski.
Gennaro A. D'onofrio Jr. will run for District 3 against incumbent Frank W. Torres.
In District 2, Trustee Sam Hopkins, is not seeking another term. Mary Beth Horstman and Kay T. Danziger are running for the District 2 spot.
Lamar CISD trustees are elected to four-year terms.


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The first time Washington Wizards rookie Bradley Beal attempted to embarrass an opponent with a thunderous jam, he got a painful lesson on the need to think before dunking. Beal picked the wrong target when he elevated for a throw-down on Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith, one of the NBA's best leapers and shot blockers, and crashed on his backside after Smith stuffed the ball.
Forced to sit out the next two games last month with a sore left back, Beal was a little more cautious about when to showcase his surprising hops. But in the fourth quarter of the Wizards' 115-113 double overtime loss on...


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Does the AirPort TC support having an ethernet connected network printer that is accessible to both MacBookAir and PC laptops?
I am currently using my printer's USB connection and ethernet connection quasi-simultaneously (both physically connected, but only print from one connection at a time). The ethernet connection goes to my LinkSys home router. The printer's USB port is connected to a work Windows7 PC laptop directly for corporate VPN security reasons and so cannot be connected to the AirPort TC USB port. I am wanting to replace my LinkSys router with the AirPort TC so that I can also set up Time Machine backups on my MacBookAir. Secondly, can I have my Windows Vista PC do backups to the AirPort TC (as a network drive)?
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Basically if your printer is already network ready because it has an ethernet connection, there is no reason to have the traffic go via the Time Capsule (TC).
The printer option is only for USB printers that are supported by Apple.
You can also have a USB hub behind the TC to share both an external drive and a printer.
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Preppy Lawyer and the City
Monday, June 30, 2014
Summer Splurge
A helped me find the wool coat I'd been needing for three years. I love it and I'm excited to wear it come November/December.
Burberry Brit Daylesmoore coat in camel
The only other item I've added to my wardrobe this summer is a pair of white shorts from J Crew. I've decided I have too many patterned shorts (truly it's just four pair) and that from now on I will only buy white shorts since all my tops match them. It just make dressing in the summer much simpler. Ever since I started to take retirement and family planning more seriously I haven't felt I had the discretionary income necessary to splurge. In fact, I only got this coat because I desperately needed a wool coat and I had a ton of gift cards. I even had Saks ship it to my friend S in Jersey City to avoid tax. Instead of rewarding myself for having a birthday as I have in the past, I've decided to incentivize myself to be responsible by allowing for one of these purchases each time I reach a significant financial goal. That way, I will be even more motivated to pay off a student loan, increase my retirement contribution, or save more. We'll see how well this works.
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OK, we don't mean to brag...but what can you say? When you're good, you're good.
We are pretty proud of ourselves over here at KC. Our remodeling process is working like a well-oiled machine. We have streamlined our remodels and you can be confident in our work.
A lot of people worry that it is going to be chaotic and unpredictable but not with us. We have heard the horror stories of some places that will remain nameless. We are not them.
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Two truckers stopped to help a pregnant woman who was being assaulted on the side of a New Mexico highway last week.
Two truckers pulled over and stopped on Friday, April 27, after seeing a man running over a woman with his pickup alongside U.S. 84 near Espanola, NM.
The driver of an SUV, Michael Rutkowski, also stopped but was struck and thrown more than 50 feet by the pickup as he ran to try and protect the woman.
"As he was running to help the girl, he was struck," said Rio Arriba County Sheriff's Deputy Freddie Trujillo. "It killed him."
The woman is OK, Trujillo told Land Line, and the Sante Fe New Mexican reported that her unborn baby was unharmed.
The New Mexican reported that truck drivers Brian Peterson and Ronnie Greene stopped to help the woman.
Trujillo told Land Line that one of the men pulled the woman to the step of his rig to keep her from being struck again by her raging 23-year-old boyfriend.
Christopher Branch, 23, has been arrested and charged with murder, kidnapping, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, attempted murder and aggravated battery on a household member. Branch is in jail in lieu of $1 million bond, Trujillo said.
Branch told police he'd been drinking all day.
Rutkowski was an engineer with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the New Mexican reported.
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Superbird is a browser based on Chrome, which the authors say places special emphasis "on speed, stability and data security".
The most substantial difference appears to be on the privacy side, as Superbird comes set up to send less data to Google. So it won't generate and transmit a client ID after installation, for instance. It won't send any data if the browser crashes, either. Superbird doesn't install an updater, either, so it's not looking for upgrades in the background, and it won't send information to Google as you type addresses (although this can be a down side as it means the browser can't suggest URLs).
The authors also claim Superbird is almost 10% faster than Chrome, although it's not clear how they tested this. Our own tests show a slightly different picture, with Superbird taking only a 3.5% lead in the Peacemaker benchmark, while it actually lagged Chrome by around 5% in SunSpider.
Otherwise, though, Superbird is more-or-less what you'd expect from this kind of project: it looks and feels like Chrome, more or less, but is just a little simpler (there are only 11 extensions available as we write, for instance).
Is it worth installing, then? Probably not, as you can turn off most of Chrome's communications with Google anyway just by tweaking its settings. But if you'd like even more privacy then it might be worth a try, especially as we're linking to the portable version, so there are no adware or other complications here: just unzip and it's ready to go.
While Superbird sends less information to Google than Chrome (by default, anyway), the program is distinctly short on other reasons to download it


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Fear is what keeps you aware (wary). It is what causes you to question that which everyone has told you is safe. Fear is deeply linked to our animal instincts, the wary survival of the body, yet it works for the soul as well. Fear will tell us when something in our proximity or our path is dangerous to that life-animating aspect of ourselves that some call the soul. Fear makes us hard to entrap which is why there are some who wish to dismiss fears as nonsense, as fabrications, as hysterical.
Be aware of your fears. Ask them questions, ask them what they are trying to protect. Find out if you are in alignment with the heart of their intention. Those who refuse to acknowledge their fears become unaware, disconnected from the true dangers our fear would ask us to avoid.


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The Jaguars could make a pretty big splash on Thursday night by selecting quarterback Johnny Manziel with the third overall pick. Regardless of what they do in the draft, the Jags will be making a splash in July when pulling the sheet off their new video boards.
The Jaguars announced Monday that the EverBank Field video boards, measuring 60 feet high by 362 feet wide, will be unveiled on July 26 with the Fulham FC soccer club (formerly of the Barclays Premier League) facing the D.C. United in a so-called friendly. Then, the video boards will debut, followed by a 75-minute concert from Carrie Underwood.
Jaguars season-ticket holders can attend the festivities for the low, low price of, well, nothing. It's one of the perks the Jags will provide to their season-ticket holders under the new Jags365 program.
"It's really three major events in one evening in Jacksonville, and I know Jacksonville will respond and celebrate like no other city in the nation," owner Shad Khan said. "We're proud to offer this at no cost to our season ticket members as another way to show our appreciation for their support."
Their support could increase significantly if/when the Jags select Manziel in two days. If he's even there to be selected at No. 3.
If he is, and if they select him, chances are Manziel's mug will be one of the first images displayed on the gigantic video boards.


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By Steve Goodier
Despite his best sales pitch, a life insurance salesman was unable to get a
couple to sign up for a policy. "I certainly don't want to frighten you into a
decision," he announced, standing up to leave. "Please sleep on it tonight, and
if you wake up in the morning, let me know what you think."
People can be motivated by many different means. Fear is commonly used. So is
guilt. But many people find that other kinds of motivation are usually more
effective in getting more out of those with whom we live and work.
A twelve-year-old girl took her younger brother, who suffered from a mental
disability, Christmas shopping. As they went into a department store, the boy
accidentally bumped a display, knocking shoes in every direction. A weary and
frazzled clerk grabbed the boy by the arm and demanded, "Pick them up."
"No," the boy screamed in defiance.
"Pick them up," the clerk shouted.
"No," the boy shouted back.
His older sister began picking up shoes. The boy started to help. Before long,
the boy, his sister and the tired clerk were working together to put the shoes
back in order.
When they finished, the girl taught the clerk a profound lesson with these
words: "You have to love my brother into doing it."
If you live or work with people, you may benefit from her advice. If you want
people to respond to you, try loving them into action. Flies and people prefer
honey. When you fill people with what they want, you're likely to get what you
want out of them.
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Jets receiver Plaxico Burress, who twisted an ankle several days ago working out with new teammate Santonio Holmes, isn't ready to practice. But he found a way to get at least one rep during 11-on-11 drills Sunday.
He jumped in without telling the coaches.
"I was trying to sneak in, but me being [6-foot-5] it didn't work out too well," Burress said, via Jane McManus of ESPNNewYork.com.
When coach Rex Ryan saw Burress, coach Rex Ryan told Burress to get out.
"He basically told me 'Hey, it was a good start, we don't want any setbacks,'" Burress said. "If they wouldn't have took me out, I would've kept on going. It was my first time out there in a couple years. It just felt good to kind of get back in the groove but Rex shut me down."
"I want to proceed really cautiously here," Ryan said. "I don't want to do too much with him. But he's moving around good."
Burress could practice Monday, and he could play next Monday when the Jets face the Texans in their mutual preseason opener.


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On Monday, I submitted another entry to the "Imagination Unrolled" contest. My floral wall decoration took quite a while to assemble and finish, so I don't think I will enter any more creations. Other priorities require my attention. But I would still appreciate any votes you would like to send my way! If you have a Facebook account, I think you can vote more than once (daily even?), until the contest ends in December.
2. Experimenting in the Kitchen
- Making homemade yogurt continues to intrigue me. I'm starting to favor the crockpot, combining Alicia's crock pot method with my own, which involves using a cooler.
- I've been experimenting with kale again. Last month, I tried soup, pizza, and pasta with kale (and reported the results here). I incorporated kale into our meals in three more ways during the past week:
|Broccoli, kale and ham pockets
|Butternut squash, sausage, and kale soup
|Corn and kale soup
3. Enjoying Isaiah in Spite of Myself
When I did a "full court press" house cleaning this past weekend, I was not studying Isaiah. But the truths I've been learning in weeks past are still sinking in, and I'm thankful for the weekly opportunity I have to learn from other women. I've also had an inspiring song from Isaiah 11 running through my head lately:
"For the earth will filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea."
Music helps me focus again on the source of all true joy. I am easily sidetracked.
4. Struggling with Priorities
Godly priorities are so hard for me to live out consistently. That's why I liked the idea of mapping out different categories, as Amy Andrews does in her Tell Your Time strategy. But implementing what I know tends to trip me up. I tend to focus on one thing at a time, to the exclusion of all else.
This all or nothing tendency of mine is one reason I wanted to be a mom who stays home, because I knew that working at another outside job and raising young children would not be a good combination for me. But motherhood is defined by multi-tasking nonetheless--training, teaching, disciplining, cleaning, shopping, cooking, etc., etc. I need to trust God for the grace to improve in managing multiple priorities.


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Outdoor adventure travel is likely the most energizing travel on the planet. Man (or lady) against nature in the wild – the plain thought gets the blood pumping, isn't that right? Alright, outdoor adventure travel IS energizing, yet it can likewise be to a great degree hazardous except if you avoid potential risk. Outdoor adventure travel is extraordinary, yet you need to live to recount your story.
Consistently several individuals are murdered or harmed and are in should be protected essentially in light of the fact that they didn't utilize plain old (or possibly not all that plain) good judgment. You truly would prefer not to end up an adventure travel measurement.
The second-most vital requirement for human survival is water. (Air is first.) When you are on an outdoor travel adventure, be sure that you take a lot of water with you, and if your outing is to be an expanded one, figure out how to purge water to make it safe to drink. You can make due without nourishment a considerable measure longer than you can live without water.
Nitty gritty pressing is a basic piece of outdoor adventure travel. Keep in mind that you will convey all that you pack, so pack light. Take the fundamentals and dessert everything else. Notwithstanding, you do need to pack the correct sort of attire. Some of the time daytime temperatures can be direct while evening time temperatures can be out and out bone-chilling. Make sure to take a warm coat and toss in some additional sets of socks. Dry feet are imperative. As are LONG PANTS – don't pack shorts for wild travel.
A fundamental medical aid pack is a basic piece of outdoor adventure travel. You can purchase essential medical aid units at a sensible cost. Additionally, be sure that you take an adequate measure of any doctor prescribed medications that you require. An additional combine of eyeglasses is something to be thankful for to pack, and you'll require a Swiss Army cut and in addition a couple of binoculars and a compass. If you plan to camp the night then check out this adventure store for the latest gear http://levxleisure.com
Planning For Outdoor Adventures.
Investing a considerable measure of energy getting a charge out of nature year-around, be it crude or conveying present day adopt, can be a leisure activity loaded with recollections for an existence time. I appreciate climbing, exploring, and surrendering adventures in probably the most remote wild regions you can envision. I for one want to go on treks to places seen by few.
Set aside the opportunity to get ready for your outdoor adventures, get your work done and leave little to risk. In the end, fortunes will run out, so would you say you are set up for your next adventure with the apparatuses to make your adventure as sheltered as sensibly anticipated?
How well things go from beginning to end can be altogether affected by how very much set you up are before leaving the final turning point.
Great arranging, preparing, legitimate dress, sufficient hardware and experience are crucial basics to an uneventful outdoor adventure trip. On the opposite side of the coin, on the off chance that you are poorly arranged, ad-libbing your survival will turn into a trial of your creativity and your good fortunes.
You have seen the emotional occasions unfurl on the news of individuals lost with a hundred pursuit and rescuers, mutts, helicopters and planes attempting to locate the lost individual. Indeed, even with all the experience, aptitudes and readiness awful things can at present happen it is an unavoidable truth.
I am will attempt and tip the scales somewhat to support you by showing some essential tips for being ready. I am not the soloist compose so the general population I take adventure trips with are my dear loved ones who appreciate these adventures moreover.
My recommendation is you go out on adventures with individuals you trust, might be even with your life. At the point when the chips are down would you be able to depend on them and would they be able to rely on you. Indeed, even the most minor issue in a wild adventure can turn out to be intense rapidly. Try not to hope to dial 911 for help. Regardless of whether you do figure out how to get a get out for enable, how to long is it going to take to contact you?
So all things considered; being readied is essential. In the event that you are a devotee simply beginning I recommend your initial step is to be set up with some basic yet life sparing aptitudes and things before your adventure trip.
Influencing a survival to pack of things to dependably have with you is an absolute necessity. Fire influencing techniques, to shield materials, enough water, water treatment and flagging gadgets are needed absolute necessities. Sustenance is an advantage to your physical vitality and psychological wellness. In spite of the fact that not by any stretch of the imagination fundamental, I want to eat so my survival pack has some vitality snacks in the event of some unforeseen issue. Emergency treatment supplies can make life simpler when you require them so pack no less than a fundamental unit. Have the fundamental survival things on your individual, not in your principle pack. Never leave home without these essential instruments and you will have a story to advise and not a catastrophe to clarify.
Have the preparation for the kind of outdoor exercises you anticipate doing. Take it moderately, and figure out how to stroll before you run. Set aside the opportunity to learn and sharpen your level of aptitudes and experience. Past preparing, read as much as you can on your coveted adventure intrigue. Gain from other people who have committed the error or have that uncommon thought you can pull from when you require it.
I suggest all outdoor adventure devotee take a wild emergency treatment and CPR course. The Wilderness Medicine Institute has programs custom fitted to the outdoor adventurer or you can discover a course from any of the numerous quality medical aid preparing suppliers in your general vicinity like the American Red Cross, The Emergency Care and Safety Institute, National Safety Council just to give some examples. Take a gander at this as added protection to your family, companions and kindred adventures. Comprehending what to do in a crisis will have its reward in the event that you utilize it only one time.
How is your well being today? Ensure you have the well being and wellness level to do the movement securely. This isn't the ideal opportunity for keeping insider facts. Have your medicines on your individual and let everybody you adventure with know where it is and what to do with it. See your doctor on the off chance that you have any inquiries regarding your well being. Again begin ease back and work up to the coveted wellness level.
Get your work done on the zone you are intending to visit. Converse with local people to check what you found amid your arranging procedure.
Plan for the conceivable most noticeably awful climate transforms you could experience. On the off chance that you wander in the outdoors its opportunity to wind up climate insightful. The national climate benefit has some instructive pages to help. The commonplace demand for crisis help is for the most part amid serious climate occasions. Turn into a climate watcher or discover somebody in the zone with the learning. Great conjectures in the district, zone and progressively are an essential piece of arranging and readiness. Try not to be reluctant to cross out the excursion for the climate.
Tell somebody that is exceptionally dependable of your touring plans in detail. Record your plans and offer it to them. We have been out on a lot of scan missions for individuals past due, who simply did not leave composed plans with a solid individual to make the report. When you are past due and may require help promptly, the best thing you could have done was to leave your plans in the hands of somebody you trust with your life. Your preparing could spare your life by giving hunt and protect the benefit of a dependable beginning stage to seek.


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Cross-Resistance Between Integrase Inhibitors
HIV integrase inhibitors represent a new class of antiretroviral drugs that target a crucial post-transcriptional event in the life cycle of HIV. There is considerable excitement about the potential of this new class of antiretroviral agents to revolutionize the management of both treatment-experienced and treatment-naive patients. A key attribute of integrase inhibitors, when used in treatment-experienced patients, is that their novel mechanism of action means that these agents are not cross-resistant with other antiretroviral classes.
Two agents in the integrase inhibitor class are in the advanced stages of clinical development. Raltegravir (RAL, formerly MK-0518) has already been filed for U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval, and elvitegravir (EVT, formerly GS 9137) is entering phase 3 studies.
Both agents have demonstrated potent activity in patients with significant prior antiretroviral experience and resistance to other classes of agents. In addition, raltegravir has shown durable potency and rapid viral suppression in treatment-naive individuals. It is not known if there will be two chances with these agents -- meaning that one can be used after the other in the event of resistance -- or if cross-resistance across the integrase inhibitor class will limit the chance of success to only one agent within the class. Preliminary reports have suggested that there is some overlap in resistance mutations selected by these agents.
A small cohort study evaluated virologic responses in patients who experienced virologic rebound on elvitegravir + ritonavir (RTV, Norvir) and who then replaced this agent with raltegravir.1 More specifically, patients receiving elvitegravir + ritonavir in the GS-183-0105 phase 2 dose-finding study who experienced virologic failure made a single substitution from elvitegravir + ritonavir to raltegravir 400 mg twice daily for one week without any change to their background regimen.
After day eight, the background regimen was optimized based on patient history and prior resistance testing. Baseline safety data, viral load, CD4+ cell count, HIV-1 RNA, phenotypic and genotypic analysis, viral replication capacity, and samples for integrase inhibitor genotyping were obtained at weeks one, two and four and monthly thereafter until week 24.
Only two patients were included in the current study. No significant viral load reductions were observed in these two patients after the first week of raltegravir substitution. The HIV-1 RNA declines observed after one week of raltegravir therapy were only 0.16 to 0.29 log10 copies/mL, suggesting that cross-resistance between elvitegravir and raltegravir may be to blame.
The initial mutation patterns observed in these patients did not follow the mutation patterns originally described in vitro for elvitegravir (i.e., E92Q or T66I). Interestingly, data collected from the larger GS-183-0105 study indicated that approximately one third of patients with virologic rebound did not follow one of these two main mutation pathways. In some cases, in fact, mutation patterns similar to those reported from studies with raltegravir were observed.
The initial results obtained for the two patients who switched from elvitegravir + ritonavir to raltegravir prompted cessation of the study due to concerns about cross-resistance. Attempts to study a switch to elvitegravir after raltegravir failure have not been reported.
Although further research is needed, it appears that virologic failure with one of the current integrase inhibitors is likely to severely limit subsequent treatment options within that class. On the bright side, several companies, including Merck & Co., Inc., and Ambrilia Biopharma Inc., have reported some success with efforts to design integrase inhibitors with activity against virus resistant to the current generation of these agents.
To hear a summary of this study by its lead author, Edwin DeJesus, M.D., click here.
- DeJesus E, Cohen C, Elion R, et al. First report of raltegravir (RAL, MK-0518) use after virologic rebound on elvitegravir (EVT, GS 9137). In: Program and abstracts of the 4th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention; July 22-25, 2007; Sydney, Australia. Abstract TUPEB032.


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A Classic Wedding at the Twentieth Century Club in Buffalo, New York
Julia and Emily tied the knot at a women's social club in Buffalo, New York—and they were the first same-sex couple to do so. "To marry in such a historic women's club as two gay women was such an honor," the couple says. Julia wore a strapless gown with a long train, which she paired with a cathedral veil and blue, crystal-embellished heels. Emily chose a simple and elegant high-neck wedding gown and her grandmother's timeless veil. "We did not see each other's dresses before the first look. But somehow, with all of the shades of white, our dresses were the same color and the styles matched us both " they say. The simple and elegant ceremony site was dressed up with flower arrangements carefully selected by Julia, a former florist. "We stuck with champagnes, ivories and blushes with lots of greenery and touches of burgundy," Julia says. "For our bridal bouquets, we went classic with blush garden roses." Emily's bouquet was wrapped with her grandmother's handkerchief, and the ceremony arrangements included a butterfly trinket as a tribute to Julia's late father. The brides walked down the aisle together, and Emily's stepfather officiated the ceremony. The brides decorated the reception space with rich textures and neutral colors, settling on champagne linens for the tables, classic chiavari chairs, silver candles and formal centerpieces.
Our favorite #MakeTradition Moment: "Many of the attendees were from out of town, and we wanted to use our welcome bags to tell our guests a little bit about us," Julia says. "We did gable boxes and personalized everything with stickers we designed online."


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Israel OKs HIV prevention pill for first time
On Tuesday, Moshe Bar Siman Tov, the ministry's director-general, greenlit the recommendation to launch the program, issued by an HIV and AIDS subcommittee.
The drugs used in PrEP are the same as HIV-positive patients take.
"We have the medical and social tools to eradicate the HIV plague. They also included PrEP [the name of the program]. The American Center for Disease Control confirmed Truvada [the HIV medicine]'s effectiveness in preventing diseases. The World Health Organization also concluded that it is an important treatment for people at risk, and in November it recommended giving it to everyone at risk," Dr. Gal Wagner, a physician at the Gan Meir Proud Clinic in Tel Aviv, said at a meeting with the Knesset.
"The infection rate in San Francisco is similar to that of Israel, and the prevention scheme there includes a series of exams and treatment for HIV, together with preventative medical treatment. There are zero infections among those who took the treatment," he added, as quoted by Israeli media.
What needs to be done now is to figure out the ways of carrying out the procedure: how to distribute the drugs to AIDS centers or special centers for at-risk groups of population.
The second step for the Health Ministry would be studying the arrangements for distributing the drug, and to outline the at-risk groups: for instance, gay men who don't use contraception, and drug addicts.
"While anyone can be infected by HIV, we must not ignore the fact that men who are having sex with other men are the group with a very high infection rate relative to its size. Thus, there are some in the gay community who will be prevented from contracting infection by this [PrEP] treatment," Yuval Livnat, CEO of the Aids Task Force, said, as quoted by Haaretz.
Scientists develop a new 'super condom' - to fight HIV and increase sexual pleasure https://t.co/MaX4AwpUJCpic.twitter.com/UewuuJb7db— RT (@RT_com) December 20, 2015
Gay men aren't a majority, he added, but don't usually use condoms, and 10 percent of the gay men who live in Tel Aviv are HIV carriers, as reported by Jerusalem Post.
Currently, there is a black market in Truvada for gay men, according to Wagner.
"The gay community wants to take responsibility for their health. We need the Health Ministry to help us," Wagner said.
By June, the ministry is planning to have a roadmap of the program, as well as the working plan how to implement it.


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UPDATED: On June 30th, the CBC News ran a feature on former Noranda vice-president, Marty Donkervoort and his Winnipeg-based social enterprise, Inner City Renovations. The feature focuses on how Marty's company is changing the lives of those living in Winnipeg's marginalized communities through on the job training, and how he is transforming inner city housing, from run-down dwellings to modern, affordable homes for low income families.
Click here to watch the news clip, and to see the difference that Marty is making in his community.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Inner City Renovation on CBC June 30
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
New book on the social economy
The Social Economy: Working Alternatives in a Globalizing Era
By Hasmet M Uluorta
Published by: Routledge
Publication Date: 17/12/2008
Pages: 256
About the Book
Critically examining economic developments within the last sixty years, this book argues that a crisis in global social reproduction is altering existing understandings of work, labour and the economy.
The author of this original volume, Hasmet M. Uluorta, contends that the crisis in the global economy is triggering a potential paradigm shift from one defined under the rubric of Employment to an alternative theorized as Work. Discussing the Employment paradigm that formed the dominant mode of development after the Second World War through to the 1970s, the author considers the economic and political forces that resulted in its eventual decline.
Focusing on already existing practices of organizations and workers in Toronto, Canada, the book goes on to consider the shift to Work and the consequent rise in the social economy which has broken down conventional categories of work and leisure. The author concludes that the social economy presents fundamental challenges to understandings that underpinned the previous economic order.
Building on insights from a range of disciplines, The Social Economy will be of interest to students and scholars of international political economy, international relations, labour studies, sociology, and globalization studies.
Link: http://www.routledge.com/9780415775939
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The wives of football players are one of the most alluring parts of the sport. These ladies are the powerhouses beyond their husbands − continue reading to discover who the current top ten of sexiest women of the NFL are.
1. Samantha & Christian Ponder
Not only is she a beauty, she's a sportscaster for ESPN. She is often found reporting college football games from the sidelines. Of course, like various young couples these days, they met in social media (Twitter). Samantha Ponder recalls the dating period was rather short before the happy couple decided to make their relationship official back in 2012. They have a daughter together too.
2. Michi Nogami & Brandon Marshal
This couple has met while both were going to the University of Central Florida. She was more focused on her studies, while he was focused on athletics. They attempted to date, but the first time it did not go so well. They decided to try again and hit it off. The pair was married on July 17th, 2010 in Miami, FL. Prior to marriage, Michi Nogami was a forensic behavioral specialist.
3. Antonique Larry & Patrick Peterson
Being a Louisiana State University graduate, Antonique Larry is extremely intelligent. Currently, she is a second-year medical student at Midwestern University. Antonique had encountered Patrick Peterson during her undergraduate studies. They had only been engaged for 5 months before deciding to exchange nuptials and were married in 2013. They made the announcement that they were expecting a daughter in the same year.
4. Miranda Brooke & A.J. Green
Back in March 2015, Miranda Brooke married A.J. Green. They had a long-term relationship that eventually turned into nuptials at a popular Atlanta location, 200 Peachtree. Prior to the marriage, Brooke had been an R&B singer.
5. Kasey Trione & Lance Moore
Not only is Kasey Trione Moore's girlfriend, she is also a model. After dating for a while, these two finally decided to make it official and got engaged on July 4th, 2015. They also have a child, Graylee.
6. Gisele Bundchen & Tom Brady
Gisele Bundchen is a name that is well-known in the fashion world as she has been modeling since the age of 24. Gisele's career got big when she was working with Alexander McQueen, with ten covers in just four years. She was also voted as one of the most powerful women in the world.
7. Sasha & Antonio Gates
Sasha Gates is a model who was born in Canada and grew up in California. These days she wants to get into the music business, and her husband Antonio Gates fully supports her. They were married in 2011.
8. Lilit Avagyan & Reggie Bush
Not only does Lilit Avagyan look a lot like Kim Kardashian, Reggie Bush is one of Kim Kardashian's old boyfriends. This couple got married back in 2014 after dating for two years. They have a son named Uriah and a daughter, Briseis.
9. Sarah Hinton & Garrett Celek
This couple was first introduced to each other by Kasandra Perkins, who passed away in 2012. Perkins had been a childhood friend of Jamaal and Whitney's cousin. The couple dated for many years before deciding to get married in 2012. They have two children, Makenzie and Makalia Jae. Before Celek married Sarah Hinton, she was a model for Hooters.
10. Candace Williams & Terrell Sugg
Being considered one of the hottest wives in the NFL, Candace Williams married Sugg in 2012. However, there are rumors that the couple separated after allegations regarding domestic violence. They have a daughter and a son together. Divorce papers have also been filed, but currently they are still married.
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James Minchin
These vets call in favors from a broad range of pals for their first album in six years: Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello provides metal riffs on two tracks, Marc Anthony trills on another, Cheech and Chong supply dazed patter between cuts, and so on. The result is Rise Up, a hodgepodge of clashing styles, but among them are more redeeming moments than you'll find on most late-career rap offerings. B
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Ko Pha-Ngan: June 15 to 18.
Ko Pha-Ngan, an island in the Gulf of Thailand, is confused. Much like myself, it doesn't know what it wants to be when it grows up. Unlike me, it is trending toward the opulent. My miserly budget of $20USD/day could only barely be accommodated, and that's only after rigorous negotiation over the price of accommodation.
Ko Pha-Ngan is known for it's "Full Moon Party," which I avoided due to my aversion to mixing Techno music, alcohol, "the Dutch" (not actual Dutch people, but the local word for "grass") and "other". As a guide book suggests: The party was once S.E. Asia's version of Burning Man, but is now more like a Spring Break booze-a-thon. The cropping up of Half-Moon, Black Moon and Blue Moon parties evidences the lunar enabling of celebrations.
Beyond the parties, Ko Pha-Ngan does have its mellow side. My accommodation rented cheap bungalows that once sat alone ona ½ mile stretch of beach, but are now flanked by "Boutique" hotels. Occupying small strips of land with only a bit of beachfront, they pack in the vacant chairs below red flags of Che Guevara and blaring Bob Marley. It resembles a ghost town of sorts, where you might find a rocking chair still swaying after the lounger had just moved on.
I certainly don't mean to deride this fabled paradise, the beaches are stunning, waterfalls hypnotic and views stunning. My view of the island was certainly limited and narrow. Nonetheless, I find myself turned off by any paradise beach, which I can't walk down without someone shouting, "Hey! Cheap, cheap Armani suits!"
On to the next adventure.


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We've been working with the University of Nottingham on a very exciting collaboration. As part of Project SCENe (Sustainable Community Energy Networks), a research and development project led by Nottingham University, IES has developed a first of its kind, 147inch interactive touch screen which is now open to the public.
The screen, located in the Trent Basin 'Community Hub', provides details of the energy performance of individual buildings and utilities. It's linked to real-time and aggregated energy data and tailor-made IES software, allowing people to interact with energy in a way they've never been able to before. The multi-dimensional methods, their simplicity and the monitor's floor to ceiling design, allows people of all abilities to utilise and benefit from this. The aim is to make energy easy and compelling to understand, improve and realise its potential to support wellbeing and resilience.
After presenting its technology to senior University staff, IES was asked to undertake the energy modelling for the project using its newly developed innovative, interactive smart city technology.
Leading the collaboration for IES, Naghman Khan said, "This has been part of a major pilot project for IES. We've put a lot of work into this technology and we plan to roll it out to other big universities and developments in the UK in the near future."


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Stevensville Scarecrow Festival October 5-14, 2018
Incredible works of art and design line the walkway and Main Street into Stevensville. This is an annual event and people create and enter the scarecrows. They are judged and awarded prizes. On the First Friday and Saturday in October come to Stevensville, enjoy the evening of fun artistic talent, & then check out all of the stores and fun activities going on downtown. Enter the Pumpkin Carving Contest and win a prize! Something for everyone! Scarecrows remain up until Saturday, October 14th.
For information call SMSA @ 777-3773.
Click Here to download forms for Scarecrow Festival
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Scarecrow Festival Schedule of Events 2017
For SECURE ONLINE Entry Form and credit card payments for Scarecrow Contest, Living Statues Contest, and T-Shirt Orders, click HERE: https://stevensvillemainstreet.regfox.com/stevensville-scarecrow-festival
For DOWNLOADABLE Entry Form and payment by check for Scarecrow Contest and Living Statues Contest, and T-Shirt Orders, click HERE: http://mainstreetstevensville.com/download-forms/
Scarecrow Festival October 5-14, 2018
Friday, October 5
4 – 9 pm Live music, treats, and specials in businesses; Scarecrow viewing and voting
Straw Maze (Ravalli/4th & Main)
5 – 8 pm Kids' Pumpkin Contest (carved/decorated pumpkins) sponsored by Bitterroot Star,
along 3rd Street next to Valley Drug
5 – 8 pm Living Statues on Main Street
7 – 7:05 pm Dancing Scarecrow Performers from Groovz Dance Studio, 3rd & Main crosswalk
8:30 pm Announcement of Living Statue Award Winners, 3rd & Main
Saturday, October 6
9 am – 2 pm Scarecrow viewing and voting (Main Street, Stevi Cut-Off Road bike path)
9 am – 2 pm Straw Maze (Ravalli/4th & Main)
10 am – 2 pm Farmers Market (3rd & Main Streets)
10 am – 2 pm Bounce House, Giant Slide, Pumpkin Bowling (Ravalli/4th & Main)
10 am & Noon Free Kids' Movie at Groovz Studio (217 Main)
Sunday, October 7 – Saturday, October 14
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Groundbreaking New Interactive Lightpaper on "Systems of Engagement"
Beyond Transactions: HCM with Engagement at the Core
SASKATOON, CANADA (March 31, 2015) cfactor Works Inc. (cfactor), developer of the award-winning Vibe HCM system of engagement, announced the availability of an exciting new Lightpaper:Beyond Transactions - HCM with Engagement at the Core.
The benefits of a highly engaged workforce are well known — increased productivity, lower absenteeism, and better talent retention. This Lightpaper examines how core HR systems may be the most powerful tool to improve employee engagement. It shows that the best HCM solutions will be those that feed employees' appetite for connectedness with systems of engagement that are driven by user experience design, responsive interfaces, and social collaboration.
The Lightpaper moves past the buzzword of engagement, dispelling common myths and providing a framework for what a system of engagement should look like and what it should offer to truly impact employee engagement in a systematic, sustainable way. An excerpt from the Lightpaper: "Employees don't shut off their expectations as consumers when they arrive at work. They expect the same ease of use and intuitive experiences in their on-the-job systems. If they don't get it, satisfaction — and ultimately usage — suffers. A company's current [traditional] HR technology environment is often a barrier. Employees don't use it much. Why? It's too complicated or fragmented — too many URLs, user IDs, and passwords. Employees are not sure which system does what. And employees are busy. For the HR system to be valuable, it must simplify their lives — not add to the complexity."
Beyond Transactions: HCM with Engagement at the Core also offers a Typical Employee Life Cycle that follows the separate paths of two employees through their first year of employment. This interactive story provides the reader with a tangible view into the significant contrast of the differences that an employee may experiences in a system of engagement, compared with a system of record.
Readers of the Lightpaper will enjoy the indexed, fixed-page content, interactive graphics, polls, and more. To view the Lightpaper click here.
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cfactor's Vibe HCM delivers a personalized, interactive HRMS, talent management and employee collaboration suite. Unlike typical HR systems, Vibe HCM is a dynamic hub of employee-focused processes, communications, connections and collaboration – driving efficiency while fostering engagement. As its name implies, Vibe HCM delivers personalized, highly branded experiences tailored to our customer's culture, unique story.
To learn more about how to "get the Vibe" in your workplace, reach out to us today.


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PZ Myers recently said that atheism was on the cusp of a nerd crisis that was inhibiting the growth of atheism as not many people want to join a group of atheist nerds. The militant atheist PZ Myers admitted in 2013 that atheists are largely a bunch of: geeks, "scattered society of Internet nerds" and are a "largely irrelevant subset of the population". Myers also said the atheist community is on the "cusp of a crisis". See: In Seattle, PZ Myers Reflects Candidly on His Constituency
What I want to know is how will the public know if atheism has a full blown nerd crisis? Will atheists all be wearing beanie caps with propellers atop them? Please Mr. Myers, tell us how we will know we have gone beyond the dividing line between the "cusp of a crisis" and into the era of a full blown nerd crisis. Because frankly, I believe we have gone beyond that dividing line.
For example, Mr. Myers where is your plan to stop the global decline of atheism? The explosive growth of global Christianity and global creationism continues unabated and global atheism has been shrinking in terms of its global market share and it has lost adherents since 2000. See: Atheists and evolutionists, where is your master plan? and global atheism
And Mr. Myers, why is Christian evangelism so much well better designed and effective that atheist evangelism? Answer me that my atheist friend! See: Christian evangelism vs. atheism evangelism
I remember going to a Christian church in midwest America and the black gospel music was joyous and uplifting. And there was not a single quarrelsome, socially challenged nerd in the congregation! If only atheists meetings could say the same thing! Atheists have one of the highest suicide rates in the world so it is not at all surprising that atheist meetings have a lack of joyous music. Mr. Myers, not only are true young earth creationists not quarrelsome, socially challenged nerds, but they get more beautiful women than atheists! See: 7 reasons why young earth creationist men get more of the beautiful girls than atheist men
And Mr. Myers, I do find it humorous that you are afraid to debate Vox Day, Richard Dawkins is afraid to debate Dr. William Lane Craig and a recent global atheists convention dodged a debate offer Creation Ministries International. As you are no doubt aware, creationists won hundreds of creation vs. evolution debates in the 1970s and 1980s hands down. See: Evolutionists lost hundreds of debates and 21st century atheism is known for its cowardice
Decline of atheism video
Eric Kaufmann: Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? from Australian Broadcasting Corporation on FORA.tv
Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?
Eric Kaufmann - Demography and religion/secularism
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Responses to the 15 Questions: part 2 - Questions 9-15
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To sponsor a bear with Care for the Wild International click here.
Dancing bears are a familiar sight in parts of the world such a Bulgaria, Greece and India. It is estimated that bears in thousands are involved or forced to dance for public entertainment.
Although the public enjoy watching the dancing bears they do not realize the pain and suffering these poor bears have to endure in order to make money for their unscrupulous owners. The owners of these dancing bears often poach the bear cubs from their wild environment, taking them away from their mothers, sometimes killing the mother in the process. But you can help them by adopting a bear that has been rescued.
At the age of around 4 months the bear cubs are made to stand on hot embers while music is played, the bears instinctively stand on their hind feet and shuffle back and forth in an effort to reduce the severe pain they feel. The bears learn to associate the music with the pain and eventually perform movements to the music automatically, creating the impression of dancing. The bears are controlled by a chain on a metal ring which has been inserted though their nose and lips, the chain is jerked to cause the bear pain and keep control. Often the bear`s teeth are smashed out in order to prevent them defending themselves.
Care for the Wild International is an animal welfare and conservation charity which helps these bears. They protect wildlife throughout the world from cruelty and exploitation. By funding practical projects they make areas safe for bears, rehabilitate sick or injured bears and provide sanctuary for those who cannot return to the wild.
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Bake cupcakes in White Standard Baking Cups and cool completely on Cooling Grid.
Step 2
Prepare Buttercream Icing Recipe. Tint icing pink using Pink Icing Color. Ice cupcakes smooth with pink icing using Spatula.
Step 3
Make candy features. Tint portions of melted White Candy Melts pink and black using Garden Candy Color Set.
Step 4
Fill Disposable Decorating Bags half full with melted white, pink and black candy. Reserve some pink candy for nose. Using a scissors, cut a small opening in tip of each bag.
Step 5
Cover ears, eyes and feet patterns with Non-Stick Parchment Paper. Outline and pipe in ears and feet patterns with melted pink candy. Pipe in eyes patterns with melted white candy. Refrigerate until firm. Pipe a dot of black candy for pupil on each eye. Refrigerate until firm. Carefully peel off parchment.
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For nose, cut marshmallow horizontally in half with scissors. Dip into reserved melted pink candy. Refrigerate until firm and position on cupcake.
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Insert ears and feet in cupcake.
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Position eyes. Using melted black candy, pipe dot nostrils and outline mouth.
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Where do you live currently and why? I live in Morningside in Durban, and have lived here all my life. There are so many beautiful characteristics that this city exudes, that have kept me here for almost 30 years and will perhaps keep me living here forever. Other important reasons are that I love the weather; the idea of going ... Read More »
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I LOVE IT!!! You two are so crafty :) When Kurt and I upgrade from our little 1-bedroom LA apartment, I'm totally calling you for building tip!! :)
Building our desk
A few months ago Jordan and I built a shared desk for our office. We previously had two rooms each with an office space and decided to create one long desk to share. Jordan works from home so he needs an office space and I need somewhere to pay bills, do projects, and such.
Here's an iphone shot of the room before the desk:
Our dear friends bought a beautiful mid-century modern home and pulled these wooden shelves from the garage. We loved their rustic charm and it inspired us to create this desk. The first step was for Jordan and my dad to cut the shelves down to the right size.
We bought three Ikea kitchen cabinet pieces and assembled them in the office. Each cabinet has a drawer and cabinet with a shelf for storage.
Our friend Lance helped Jordan sand down the wood to buff out the spots and rough patches.
We absolutely love the color of the wood so we decided not to stain the top and leave it natural.
We used this wood wax to seal the wood and give it a beautiful shine. Isn't the label fun?
Here it was a few months ago. We have since added apple crate shelves above the desk, new chairs, and mixed match knobs on the cabinets.
Check back next week for the finished product!
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Beautiful space, my friends! You did a great job!
I'm making plans to build a similar desk, but I'm not sure my wall is long enough to accommodate two workstations. What are your measurements? Thanks so much!
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One of the major-league bats Mr. Sports scored when he was a kid hanging out at the ballpark all the time.
Bats, balls, hats — being a kid in a large city sure was a lot of fun. And you could get into the stadium real cheap, not like today when a kid has to drain his bank account to go to one game.
Maybe this fall, I will chronicle the story of scoring a jersey from an NFL Pro Bowl player in exchange for a 25-cent RC can. True story.


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Over the 2011 Christmas holiday, I noticed a fellow tweeter had posted information about a computer-coding project called Code Year. Code Year was attempting to get people to sign up to their online service at the start of 2012, in order to receive weekly interactive coding lessons and exercises to complete via email.
I was interested in learning more about coding (I had some brief experience of using HTML code when constructing the DMU Library Facebook page, and also when composing posts for this blog!), and hoped this may be a service to utilise to develop my skills and knowledge with all things 'coding' related. So, I signed up to the project. At the time of writing this post I am still awaiting the first online coding lesson to arrive in my Gmail inbox – in light of a recent Mashable headline covering Code Year, it seems a high number of participants have already signed up in a matter of a few weeks.
Intrigued by what kind of challenges Code Year may send in their first email (and also to allow me to share news regarding Code Year to DMU Library colleagues at a #MashDMU workshop in early Jan 2012!), I decided to take the plunge and sign up to the Codeacademy website. Codeacademy are the organisation behind the Code Year project, so in effect, I was fast-tacking my Code Year registration to see what interactive learning was available direct from the Codeacademy site. Registration to the Codeacademy platform was free, so I went ahead and signed up.
After a couple of days viewing the Codeacademy site, and undertaking some of the 'beginner' coding exercises, I can see definite value in signing up for the service and completing the online courses. The interactive element of the coding lessons is seamless and easy to understand. "Learning whilst working" (rather than reading or ploughing through pages of theory in instruction manuals) is my preferred way of developing skills – and in the context of developing my coding skills, I think this mechanism is fun and extremely valuable. I also like the 'gaming' element of the Codeacademy website – you can earn points/rewards/badges for completing specific coding elements or challenges. The idea of "gaming/gamers" seems to be a prevalent theme in the library sector at the moment, especially around the use of library management systems (LMS) by library patrons. Huddersfield University Library have recently released the Lemon Tree initiative – an elearning platform designed to engage users with resources etc. The manner of using levels of access to online systems, allowing users to unlock further features of the platform after successfully completing specific challenges or exercises, may be a more engaging and intuitive teaching method for organisations to employ, especially when a high % (but by no means all) of the people receiving this system(s) training are well-versed in playing on consoles and computers from an early age. The fact that you can also save your progress, log out and return to the Codeacademy site whenever suits is another plus.
As discussed with DMU Library colleagues at the recent #MashDMU meeting, I would definitely recommend signing up to the Codeacademy/Code Year sites. I am not yet entirely sure how many of the skills I will gain from the coding lessons will have a direct impact on my day-to-day duties at DMU, but I believe the knowledge I will develop by completing the online tutorials will be enhanced and widened by participation in the Codeacademy guides.
Happy coding!


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Surat: International criminal Dawood Ibrahim's close aide Farooque Devdiwala has been arrested in Dubai. Devdiwala has been on the run from Surat Police for the past 17 years after a complaint against him was filed by the crime branch at Salbatpura Police station. Even Dawood was an accused in this complaint.
Farooque alias Alam Abdulgani Devdiwala has been accused of getting the RDX supplied for the 2001 bomb blasts conspiracy and planning to kill an MLA from Surat and who is currently a comparator, Naval Patel. Charges under IPC section 121 and 122 were filed against Farooque and Dawood by the crime branch for an attempt to spread terror in Gujarat. Another complaint against Farooque is at Salabatpura Police station where charges under IPC Section 307 and 120 (B) are filed against him and was declared wanted by the Surat Police.
After several complaints were filed against Farooque in Mumbai, Surat, and Delhi, he had fled the country under an alias. The Anti-Terrorist Squad has been on the lookout for him and were scanning through his possible addresses abroad. After the ATS found out his Dubai address, they informed the Dubai Police who immediately acted on the tip-off and arrested Farooque. As there was a red corner notice declared against him in the past, it was easier for the police to apprehend him now without any legal tangles.


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It is not unusual for women's books to lay out women in groups, like a plate of madeleines, a silver tray of cream cakes. But this circle of quilters is not a dainty or delicate array.
Chiaverini quilts stories about a dozen or so women who quilt, whose separate lives come together accidentally and on purpose at Elm Creek quilting camp, where women welcome women into an American tradition. Chiaverini's women are full-bodied, irregular, problematic. Each one has stories full of children or mothers; Diane, for example, who shows up at the police station to bail out her son:
Well. it certainly does my heart good to know that the citizens of Waterford are being protected so heroically from skateboarders. Now if only you could do something about all those thieves and murderers and terrorists running loose, now I would be really impressed.
Diane is smart and sarcastic and argumentative, Sylvia is a grand old dame and a master quilter, Summer is a sleek hippy daughter of a single feminist academic, Judy is a practical, organized, rational type, Bonnie industrious and busy shopowner-housewife, Sarah, the bitchy domestic manager and co founder of the quilting camp. After eight quilting books, these characters are solid evidentiary structures and Elm Creek is a well elaborated structure of the imagination: safe, supportive, creative, cozy. It is problematic and fun. As fun as a summer camp for big girls who love little pieces of cloth.
It is of course the problems of everyday life that are shared among the quilters, not just the piecing and sewing and binding and basting.Perhaps there is a kinship between these ladies and the medieval craftswomen or 'spinsters' who (like the wife of Bath) were good at 'deceit, weeping and spinning'. Somehow, this medieval picture of women and textiles and discourse is comforting to female readers in 2010.


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Tim: looks you've up'd your creativity game even further, if that was even possible. Glad my pervy detective skills tracked you down. Yea, that is soooo lame about aff setting you adrift. That site is or can be a great outlet for exhibitionists, and you were the cream of the crop. When is the creamed video being uploaded?!
missy: Just got kicked off Vimeo last night after 24 hours uploaded. That's two video hosting sites in two weeks. Upload schedule at the moment is in chaos. But as we speak, I am still working feverishly on it. Damn soon homeboy. Damn soon. :) x
Tim: I can be patient. I know it will be worth wait.


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This article was recently revised and included in the
- The Three Refuges in Jodo Shinshu Buddhism -
please click on it to read it!
Orthodox Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Teachings. Official website of Amidaji temple.
In Faith I Abide
Amida Buddha loves me,
Has grasped me unconditionally,
Never to abandon me,
Gifting me with Shinjin
And the assurance of Buddhahood
When I go to His Pure Land
At this life's end.
Meanwhile, I live in delusion,
A bombu of blind passions,
Thinking that this sad world
Is truly real,
When, truth be told,
The Nembutsu Alone
Is True and Real.
It is hard to comprehend
The incomprehensible:
The wisdom of Amida
Is beyond me now,
Yet I trust Him with my life
And my afterlife.
And when Amida
Welcomes me
To His Pure Land,
I will then understand
His Infinite Wisdom,
As a Buddha, fully awake!
Namu Amida Butsu
Thank You, Amida Buddha!
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The northwestern corner of Ecuador is home to the tallest mangrove trees in the world. Amidst the trees´ towering, almost fantastical, roots, people of nearby Afro-Ecuadorian communities gather black shells as their form of livelihood. In local parlance shell pickers are known as concheros. Concheros start young. Children as young as 10 years old are expected to pick shells to contribute to their families' income. Children make good shell-pickers because they are agile and light, allowing them to navigate around the infinite spider web of mangrove roots. Picking shells is a tremendously arduous task. Everyday concheros trudge through the knee-deep mud and endure the inclement environment of the forest to discover small crevasses within the buried roots. These environmental portraits explore the relationship between childhood, manual labor, and this unique ecosystem.
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