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April Lee, 32, of Cypress, Texas, says her diet was "dreadful" for years.For breakfast, she might stop at a gas station and get two hot dogs and a soda. At lunch, she'd eat a Big Mac, large fries and large regular soda or go to the all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet.
Lee, who is 5-foot-3, weighed 211 pounds at this time last year. She was taking medication for high blood pressure and was on the borderline of developing type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol.
Jaclyn Sanderson, 28, of New Brunswick, N.J., has been very athletic since she was a child. "You name it, I've played it," she said.
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Fall is, by far, my favourite time of the year. My wife and I got married in the Fall, the weather is comfortable, there's great food to be made and eaten and nature doesn't hurt either, now does it?
After a vet appointment for my boy, and a glowing "annual review", we both decided to grab a Tim Horton's coffee and take a stroll in the forest. Where I live, we have some beautiful spots, and a great river running through the city.
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The number of companies on the UK Active Register rose by more than 15,000 during October 2012, it has been revealed.
Latest figures published by Companies House show a rise from 2,692,959 to 2,708,970 firms between the week ending October 7th and the week ending November 4th.
In England and Wales, the total number of private companies on the Active Register increased from 2,508,717 to 2,523,631.
At the same time, ten public companies were lost - with the total number listed on the stock exchange falling from 6,968 to 6,958.
In Scotland, there were 146,735 private companies at the start of the month, rising to 147,574 by the end.
The number of plcs north of the border fell by one during October, with the total number falling from 248 to 247.
Northern Ireland gained 258 new active companies, as the Six Counties total increased from 37,507 to 37,765. The number of public companies held firm at 30.
Back in September, the number of UK Active Companies increased from 2,677,781 to 2,687,232 - continuing a growth trend witnessed since the end of the 2008-09 recession.
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Ludwig's angina is an infection of the floor of the mouth under the tongue. It is due to bacteria.
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Ludwig's angina is a type of skin infection that occurs on the floor of the mouth, under the tongue. It often develops after an infection of the roots of the teeth (such as tooth abscess ) or a mouth injury.
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Melio FR. Upper respiratory tract infections. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier;2009:chap 73.
Christian JM. Odontogenic infections. In: Cummiongs CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier;2010:chap 12.
Ashutosh Kacker, MD, BS, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Associate Attending Otolaryngologist, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Bethanne Black, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang.
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Just relax man. A simple "I don't think that qualifies as pizza" would have worked.
Perhaps I should have titled it the same as the article which is "Poll: Is Okonomiyaki "Japanese Pizza"?"
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Vanguard Paintball, manufacturer of the Demon pro-level paintball marker, announced today they will relocate their marker's production from the United Kingdom to the United States. This move comes on the heels of a dramatic increase in sales of the Demon marker following longtime professional player and industry veteran Frank Connell's acquisition of the company. The redesigned, updated and dramatically improved Demon sets a new standard for efficiency and performance for professional grade spool valve paintball markers.
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John Amodea, Founder/Editor: John Amodea played his first game of paintball in 1985 in the wooded fields of Skirmish USA in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Three years later he was playing not only recreational paintball games, but traveling the northeast and competing in regional paintball events. In 1989 he opened a paintball field in Virginia called Virginia Badlands and shortly thereafter won a national title in the NPPL as a high level amateur player on the team Phantom Force. In 1991 John joined professional competition paintball team Bad Company, traveling around the U.S. and to places like Australia, England and mainland Europe on the pro circuit.
In 1991 John founded a magazine called Paintball Consumer Reports International (PCRI) which was instrumental in the development of safety in the paintball market and he has worked in paintball publishing ever since. In 1993 he cofounded Pev's Paintball Supply, a retail store chain that now has more than ten locations around the United States. In 1996 John was voted one of the top 50 players in the world by Paintball Games International magazine. He is also the author of the Survival Guide series of paintball gun tech manuals and he has served as the paintball guide at About.com, one of the world's largest information websites. In 2004, as editor of Paintball 2Xtremes Magazine, John was the main script writer for the magazine's television show, Paintball 2Xtremes TV, which aired originally on Spike TV and later on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN). Myspace Page
Brenda Seefeldt, Publisher: Brenda Seefeldt is a nationally published feature writer for several magazines and has served as a consultant to Paintball 2Xtremes Magazine for seven years. Brenda earned her Bachelor of Science Degree from North Central Bible College (now called north Central University) and or the past 15 years she has studied the youth culture in America, publishing hundreds of resources on that subject.
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Jeff Deubert, Senior Designer: Jeff has been in the paintball industry for nearly three years, all of which were spent as the sole graphic designer for Paintball 2Xtremes Magazine. Prior to joining the PB2X team he spent five years with three companies, one of which was Mattel Toys (Tyco R/C Division), with the other two companies being small design studios in Central NJ & South Florida. His passion is traditional print design and Jeff is also a sports junkie, so paintball is a natural fit for him. Jeff currently resides in South Jersey with his wife Beth, three dogs, and baby son Justin.
Tim Larson, Photo Director: Tim Larson has been practicing the fine art of professional sports photography for more than 20 years. He currently owns Tampa Sports Photography and is Director of Riverbank Syndications, a television production and syndication company in Tampa, Florida. In addition to shooting paintball Tim has shot numerous sports including NCAA Football, NASCAR, NHL and MLB and Tim's photos frequent the pages and websites of magazines such as Sports Illustrated, Sporting News, ESPN and other media outlets like CNN and various newspapers.
Meagan Foster, Senior Photographer: Meagan Foster (or Meggie, Meg, Scooter) grew up in a small town in Florida and was raised on a horse farm. She attended college in Daytona Beach and earned her degree in photography in 2007. After years of resisting her brother's requests to photograph paintball Meagan finally gave it a shot and fell in love with the game. Meagan loves to travel, take pics and meet new people, so say "hi" if you see her on the field.
Kat Thompson, Feature Writer/Photographer: Kat is a mom of six, with five boys and one girl. She's been a photographer for many years and has developed a passion for action photography. Her work has been featured in Paintball 2Xtremes Magazine for several years and her website, Katspix, is one of the most frequented sites in paintball. You'll see Kat out at the local So Cal fields almost every weekend and at most major paintball tournaments.
Gary Baum, Feature Photographer: Gary Baum has shot all forms of paintball all over the world for more paintball publications and companies than any other active photographer in his industry. He is one of the most familiar faces in tournament and scenario paintball in North America. He is one of the few paintball photographers that photographs every aspect of the sport from airsoft to paintball scenarios to major international tournaments
Gary is based in Southern California and has been involved in Paintball for over 20 years he has been photographing all types of paintball events all over North America, Latin America and Europe. He was one of the pioneers of paintball photography and is the owner of the largest paintball photography web site www.paintballphotography.com. His photos have appeared in all the major paintball publications and media.
Tommy Marshall, Web Development: Like his brother Joey, Tommy Marshall has been involved in the game of paintball for many years, He's been on the shooting end of a camera at several major national events and he's been designing, developing and hosting websites for several years. Tommy currently attends George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Chris Alessio Feature Writer: Chris is addicted to paintball and he's not ashamed to admit it. Chris started playing paintball in 1999 at a friend's bachelor party and was instantly hooked. A few years ago he graduated from paintball, to scenario paintball. It's a little more hardcore and sometimes I don't come home for days on end. I am also a former alternate for the SPPL team, California Gridlock, and founding member and Captain of the West Coast scenario team B.F.T. Chris was a regular contributor in Paintball 2Xtremes Magazine, covering the West Coast field and store scene as well as scenario paintball events.
We're looking for several people that eat, sleep and breathe paintball to write content for our website. Interest? Contact our editor by clicking HERE.
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The Paintball World Cup Asia 2012 came and went and what an unforgettable event it was! The event was held at the indoor, air-conditioned and astro-turfed Mahsuri International Exhibition Centre on the 'Isle of Legends'; Langkawi, Malaysia and was rated as 'Paintball Event of the Year 2011' by ProPaintball.com. The venue was a walking distance from the Langkawi Airport as well as the official hotel (One Helang Hotel), making the location super convenient to find and commute to.
Mercenarios Paintball Store held the third CSP tournament of the season at Tagaste Ecopark in São Paulo, Brazil, a beautiful hotel with a great structure for paintball tournaments. It had been raining for two weeks and the beautiful well-tended gardens and sports fields were muddy and soaking wet. On Thursday the facility was being prepared for the public and players and by the end of the day everything was ready: staging area, Dye scoreboard, grandstands, field, compressors, and everything else needed to run the event. APPA's Chris Raehl and PSP ref David Baker were already in Brazil and Ryan Greenspan, from Dynasty, was still having trouble at the Dallas airport where he should get his connection to São Paulo. His flight had been cancelled after spending three hours in the plane waiting for takeoff. In the end he had to spend the night in Dallas and would arrive in Brazil on Friday, late for his clinic.
On Friday morning players were registering while David Baker started his now famous ref certification clinic, which by the way is changing the level of CSP tournaments, providing high level referees in all six countries. Meanwhile, Ryan's other flight was also very late and he arrived at the field, changed clothes and sterted his clinic.
As the player's clinic finished, we started the Empire Top Gun, a one-on-one, one-minute game tournament that every year provides a lot of fun for the players at CSP Brazil. In this competition the public can't say anything to help and often a player in the field loses track of his opponent making them lose precious seconds. The early applause went to a player named Maron, a sneaky paintball snap-shooter who could silently pursue his adversary and eliminate him with only one good shot. But his skills were not enough to keep him alive until the final round. Daniel Cabal ended with the trophy and a brand new Axe provided by Empire.
On Saturday at 8AM the games started with the Amateur (D4) division teams Arsenal and Lethal, both from Rio de Janeiro. Lunchtime was like a party… teams, refs and staff all eating and chatting in the restaurant, forgetting about field rivalry. Soon after lunch it was D3 (Open) and D5 (Novice) turns. The air supply was perfect and the judges were awesome (according to PSP ref David Baker), so the games were played easily, fast with no stress or arguments.
Sunday morning started with a hearty breakfast at the field hotel and at 8 o'clock the games started. As the tournament went on, Hellcife would get farther away from the other teams in the Amateur division while Arsenal, Redpill and Lethal followed almost in a tie. Those four teams made it to the semi-finals. Redpill played Arsenal in a game that ended in a tie, what automatically led them to the overtime. This was the most boring overtime game ever! Both teams were over careful and wouldn't move. Finally Redpill scored the point! In the other bracket Hellcife defeated Lethal. Lethal then played Arsenal winning and ending in 3rd.place. Redpill and Hellcife presented a great show to the public but Hellcife, which had won all the games in the prelims, reinforced it's superiority and won the Champion trophy in the Amateur (D4) division.
In the prelims team Rapozas had conquered its post in the final round by points. Team Arena had to face the Argentinean champion El Clan in a very dynamic and emotional game. The Argentineans had their families, wives covered in their flags, with babies in their arms, all cheering for them – beautiful to see! Team Arena defeated El Clan and played with team Rapozas in the final. Showing a lot of talent, Arena won the final game and got the title of Champion of the Novice division.
Then came the time for the eagerly expected Open Division semi-final. Team Mercenarios had gone through the whole prelims without losing a single point and granted it's place in the Final. Mercenario's opponent would be decided in a dynamic and nervous game between the Peruvian Katari and the Brazilian Megaplay. Megaplay won and the crowd went wild in the super final game against team Mercenarios. The public had a kind of parallel competition on the grand stands that sometimes had to be contained by the staff when they got too enthusiastic. Team Mercenarios kept the same pattern of the previous games and won by 3 points to 0 in this awesome Race-to-3 competition, deserving every inch of the Champion Trohy of the highest division in CSP.
The awards were in a nice salon at the same hotel and basically all players remained there to find out who would win the Animal Player trophy (the best individual move of the tournament, chosen by the referees). Well, that prize went to Gaúcho, for the amazing speed he could develop crawling from the base to the snake at the start of the points. The team captains elected Deedee as the Best Referee.
It was the best tournament ever made by Mercenarios Paintball Store and probably the best CSP ever. According to David Baker, this was the best ref team he's ever seen in South America and those guys are ready to ref in any other part of the world, in any other tournament. This means a lot to the CSP owners as a lot of effort and money have been invested in the judges training and teaching since last year. We believe there are no good tournaments without good referees.
CSP deeply thanks Empire, RpS, Axe, Dye, Proto, Tippmann, Spyder, Sup'Air Ball, JT, NxE, BT, Play Paintball Brasil and Mercenários Paintball Store for the trust and sponsorship, our staff from Mercenários Store that worked almost non stop for several days to make everything perfect, under the lead of Tony Huamani, my husband and partner, the refs that transformed the event into a real success and of course, the players, for without them there would be no tournament, right?
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The last event of CSP 2012 season took place in Hacienda Tobalaba, Santiago, right at the foot of the snow covered peaks of the Cordillera de los Andes in Chile. The promoters Claudio Salinas and Miguel Lobos, owners of the field 2Nel and ZPTV, assembled 2 fields for this great event that gathered players from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay. To complete the Chilean cold, it had been raining for a week and the fields had a thin layer of mud on the grass. As everything has two sides, the good thing was that due to the "bad" weather, the snow on the mountains was thick and the players that planed to go skiing after the tournament would have a very good time. I must confess that only by looking at those mountains I felt colder.
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#21 Sat 26 Jul 08 3:08pm
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Re: Vegetables and fruits that we have forgotten about....
Hello, Fan@Madeira
It was nice to find someone here from Portugal/Madeira.
The fruit that you call "araçal" is, actually, "araça" and it's one type of a Brazilian guavo; there are all sorts of guavos, small, bigger, sweeter, bitter, white, red, different shapes, etc.; in Portuguese it's known as "goiaba". In Angola, they are big, red and very sweet. We also make jam from guavos, which is delicious together with cottage cheese and banana. Yummy, yummy…
"Pitanga", or accordingly to the translation is, as you say, "Surinam Cherry", a red and angular berry, bittersweet flavoured fruit.
"Chuchu", known as "shaya-root, chay-root, chay, choy" is a very common Brazilian vegetal, which, as they say have, is very good to your health, for it has diuretic, cardiovascular and anti-inflammatory properties.
"The chayote (Sechium edule), also known as tayota, choko, chocho, chow-chow, christophine or merliton, is an edible plant that belongs to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae along with melons, cucumbers and squash.
The plant has large leaves that form a canopy over the fruit. The vine is grown on the ground or more commonly on trellises. (…) Although most people are familiar only with the fruit, the root, stem, seeds, and leaves are all edible.
The fruit does not need to be peeled and can be eaten raw in salads. It can also be boiled, stuffed, mashed, baked, fried, or pickled. Both the fruit and the seed are rich in amino acids and vitamin C.
The tuberous part of the root is starchy and is both eaten by humans and used as cattle fodder.
The leaves and fruit have diuretic, cardiovascular and anti-inflammatory properties, and a tea made from the leaves has been used in the treatment of arteriosclerosis and hypertension, and to dissolve kidney stones." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayote).
Anyway, you all can read more about these fruits and vegetables in the links bellow.
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http://images.google.com.br/images?hl=p … &gbv=2
http://www.papayatreenursery.com/galler … itemId=608
Best regards to you all
#22 Sat 26 Jul 08 4:35pm
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Re: Vegetables and fruits that we have forgotten about....
I don't think we eat this Cardoon in The Netherlands. Never seen it, but I love that picture with the beautiful blue flowers!
#23 Sat 26 Jul 08 5:19pm
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- From Germany (but a native NYer)
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Re: Vegetables and fruits that we have forgotten about....
My family is Sicilian so cardoon was famous on holidays and special occasions. My mom always made them for Christmas (and we would fight over them as they came out of the pan). Poor mom, all her hard work and we snatched them out of the plate faster than she could cook them!
Recipe, photo, and post here: http://www.jamieoliver.com/bloggers/vie … p?id=33165
from my family to yours ... enjoy!
#24 Sat 26 Jul 08 8:45pm
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Re: Vegetables and fruits that we have forgotten about....
Hi Jamie,
I just came on board this morning and was surprised to see Cardoons as a vegetable you are growing in your garden.
You're right, the recipes are for this wonderful "vegetable" are very old. I am 60 years old and I remember going out into the woods with my Grandpa Corso to find them growing wild. My grandparents were from Sicily, Italy and came to the United States to relocate to Ozone Park, New York and summer in the Catskill Mountains. When the grandchildren would visit them in the mountains we would help to gather and prepare the food. Most of it was found in the woods. My grandpa Joe would hunt early in the morning, bringing back to my grandma Mary all types of game, from deer, to rabbit, squirrel, rattlesnake and any type of bird you can think of. Whatever he brought home was what we had for dinner. In the afternoon grandpa would take us into the woods to collect the "Cardoonas" as he would call them. He knew just where they were growing wild. He would cut them close to the ground and my sister Toni and I would carry them with both arms held out as they grew to at least 18" long. When we got back home we would help Grandma prepare them and cook them. After washing all the dirt off the cardoonas Grandma would cut both the stalks and leaves into 3" strips. She would then soak them in salted water until "all the poison came out" changing the water at least three times before it was clear. I realized as I got older the "poison" meant the bitter taste you would have if you didn't soak them. We would help her flour, egg, and put them in her special mix of fresh herbs and "little Italy" breadcrumbs. Then she would fry them in her big cast iron frying pan with only the best olive oil. You have never tasted any thing so delicious in your life!! All that from what most people considered a weed. My grandparents certainly knew how to live off the land and taught us the love of cooking. I'm so glad you are growing Cardoonas and hope you try this wonderful recipe.
Love, Jeri
#25 Sat 26 Jul 08 11:02pm
eva andrea
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Re: Vegetables and fruits that we have forgotten about....
hi everyone
here in denmark we use redcurrents and gooseberrys in summer desserts. It is not very modern these days but it is delicious.(if you look it up in a cookbook that is about 40 years old, you can find a lot of lovely recipes!!!) You can make the greatest ice cream of gooseberrys. I made it, for my friends and they loved it!!
Or you can use redcurrents in a stewed fruit and mix it with rhubarbs. It has a fantatisc red colur, it is delicious and it is so easy to make!!! Serve it hot with some ice cream on the top. Just great!!!!!
by the way gooseberrys is also great just to eat alone...
Eva andrea
#26 Sun 27 Jul 08 6:00am
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- From High Point, North Carolina
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Re: Vegetables and fruits that we have forgotten about....
Yes, I have cooked some interesting veg in my time...mostly no one ate them, especially the cardoons. At the time, I didn't know that you had to blanch them before preparation and they were very bitter. Now i think if I could find them I would do a better job. I lived in Buffalo, NY then and had better access to things. If I were to prepare them today, I would blanch them, then dip in flour, egg, and breadcrumbs, fry them in olive oil, then top with tomato sauce and cheese, and bake until bubbly and browned. Definitely a labor intensive vegetable.
#27 Sun 27 Jul 08 12:09pm
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Re: Vegetables and fruits that we have forgotten about....
Never tried cardoon although it sounds like something i'd love, I'm a massive fan of salsify. My grandparents use them a lot in the south of france and i cannot get enough of them!
They have a sort of creamy/artichokey taste and you can buy them fresh or tinned, i know a butchers in clapham called moen & sons sells them fresh.
Best way to eat them as far as i'm concerned is with the juice/gravy from pan fried duck fillet with cooked peach halves in the same juice, awesome!
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#28 Sun 27 Jul 08 2:53pm
- Forum champ Occupation Walking the Old Ways
- From Living in the Wild Woods
- Member since Wed 16 Jan 08
Re: Vegetables and fruits that we have forgotten about....
Have grown Cardoons for 40 years! Inherited the first few plants in my then new & very overgrown Victorian garden, & collected seed ever since. I grow them as a "divider" between my fruit & veg gardens, & replace the plants every 3rd year. The first year they get going, the next they grow to astonishing heights, the 3rd year tall but less impressive. I use the "chokes" but also cook the very young leaves/stalks when they are less tough & bitter. Served in a cream enriched sauce also makes them more palatable to those unused to them.
Since then I have actively sought out old Victorian varieties (the RHS, various specialist seed suppliers & my local allotment society have been very useful sources) of every kind of seed you can think of...........some have very wonderful, old-fashioned names!
#29 Sun 27 Jul 08 2:56pm
- Forum super champ Occupation Just being me
- Member since Fri 28 Mar 08
Re: Vegetables and fruits that we have forgotten about....
minerva: a friend had one here, just wondering, do you know how winter-hardy are the cardoons? I assumed he was growing it as an ornamental annual and that it wouldn't survive our winters (average lowest temp is around 15 F, but it can sometimes get colder).
#30 Mon 28 Jul 08 1:22am
Jane W
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Re: Vegetables and fruits that we have forgotten about....
Hi Jamie,
I have GROWN cardoon as an ornamental plant in my previous garden, but have never used it as a veg. I will have to get a plant and give it a go again.
A word of warning - DO NOT let any of the lovely cardoon flowers go to seed - you will have millions of baby plants - far more than you will have gardening friends to palm them off to!


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Digital voice recorder with 300 hours recording time plus voice activation and stunning audio quality
Without doubt, this audio recorder is one of the very best professional covert recording devices you will ever invest in. The recorder will withstand close visual examination and the electronics board is engineered to support superior audio recording quality - sensitive enough to pick up audio approx 35 feet away from where the device is placed / hidden. As usual, our voice recording spy equipment is hand-built to provide a
very discreet appearance with exceptionally long recording times - up to 300 continuous hours (12 days).
Simply hang this fob on your set of keys to record audio 'on the fly'
or it can be placed / hidden within the target location to record continuously over a 12 day period or set to record upon voice activation. You may also set the recorder to switch ON / OFF at any scheduled time / date in advance.
The fob recorder measures just 55 x 15 x 35 mm and is constructed of a heavy-duty ABS plastic casing. Due to the absence of moving parts, this recorder is completely silent in operation and robust enough to function in a wide temperature range.
The unit is integrated with a real-time clock and calendar so that audio recordings can be time / date stamped for evidential purposes.
All audio recordings are stored to a hidden Micro SD card, which can be removed and the audio recordings played through the supplied software, or downloaded and stored to your computer for archive or email. For added security, a password protection can be applied preventing unauthorised access to the recorded content.
The fob voice recorder operates on 4x lithium Zinc-Air batteries (supplied) and the entire working mechanism is controlled by a single push button making this a superb easy-to-use recording device with outstanding capabilities.
Undetectable design
Hand-built and professionally engineered, this device confidently assures you of recording under the noses of even the most sceptical observer without revealing any indication to its audio recording capabilities. By all inspection, this appears as just an innocent fob for complete peace of mind.
Superior audio recording quality
For heightened sensitivity, the fob recorder uses an extremely sensitive microphone to pick-up sounds and conversations from approx 35 feet away from where the device is placed / hidden. Stunning recording at over 22'000 KHz without loss of audio quality.
Real time clock and calendar
The fob
recorder has an in-built real-time clock and calendar allowing you to pre-set recording times / dates in advance. For example: you may wish to record the audio of a room only between certain times of the day or just on a particular day. The recorders interface makes setting up a recording extremely easy.
Voice activation recording
You can set the device to automatically start and stop recording when it detects voices.
The sensitivity level can be adjusted to eliminate false recordings but also to best operate in the environment it will be working in.
Using voice activation not only preserves a longer battery life but only records the relevant audio as and when detected.
Voice activation during scheduled times
Additionally, to the standard voice activation feature as mentioned above, it is also possible to set the device to record upon voice activation only during specific times of the day or on a certain date. For example: you may want to record the audio of a room between the hours of 10:00 am - 14:00 pm but only when it detects voices during that period.
Manual recording
You can carry the device about your person or leave behind on a table, a shelf or out of sight within the target location to continuously record audio for long periods in your absence.
300 hours (12 days) continuous recording time
Superior long recording times are achievable. For customers in need of top quality audio over extremely long times then this device is in a field of its own.
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The longer the recording time, the lower the audio quality. This key fob will record for a total of 36 hours @ over 22'000 KHz producing the highest audio quality. 300 hours recording time produces the lowest audio quality @ 5'500 KHz. This unit has selectable audio quality control settings allowing you to choose the best setting for the environment the unit will be working in.
Password protected access
You can secure all audio recordings from any unauthorised access simply by applying a password of your choice.
Micro SD card storage
Unlike most voice recorders that store recorded audio to an internal flash memory, this voice recorder stores all recorded audio to a hidden Micro SD card, which can be removed and the audio contents played through any Windows Media Player or any other supportive media player.
This voice recorder is our professional flagship model combining superior recording capabilities with a very discreet appearance but is also incredibly easy-to-use.
Super covert design as a small remote style fob
Robust and tough plastic ABS casing
Single push button operation
High sensitivity integral microphone with a 35 feet audio range
LED indicator will discreetly notify you at the start / stop of recording
LED indicator can be deactivated during recording
Recording time - 300 hours / 12.5 days
Storage capacity - four (4) GB removable Micro SD card (supplied)
Power capacity - Zinc-Air batteries (4x 1.5 V models: ZA675 or PR44 batteries)
Low power consumption
Password protected access
Time & date stamping
Internal real time clock & calendar
Manual recording
Voice activation recording
Scheduled recording - specify a time & date to automatically start and stop recording
Scheduled timer with voice activation - only record upon voice activation between a time and date
Sample rate selection - 5.5000 KHz / 8'000 KHz / 11'000 KHz / 16'000 KHz / over 22'000 KHz
Selectable compression settings
Operating temperature - 0 - +40 degrees
Dynamic range - -65 dB
Frequency band - 0.1 - 10 KHz
Signal processing by 16-bit audio codec
Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
USB 1.1 / 2.0 data transfer to PC
Dimensions - 55 x 15 x 35 mm
with Windows 32 / 64-bit / Vista / Windows 7
Supplied with fob recorder, four (4) GB Micro SD card, 4x lithium Zinc-Air batteries, RC Manager software and User Guide
Ideal for discreetly capturing important meetings, interviews, dictation, or verbal slander audio for evidential purposes
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The longer the recording time, the lower the audio quality. This key fob will record for a total of 36 hours @ over 22'000 KHz producing the highest audio quality. 300 hours recording time produces the lowest audio quality @ 5'500 KHz. This unit has selectable audio quality control settings allowing you to choose the best setting for the environment the unit will be working in.
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Trench mouth is a painful form of gum swelling (gingivitis ). The term "trench mouth" comes from World War I, when the disorder was common among soldiers.
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She didn't bump into Kopelman deep in a faraway forest, as movies tend to portray such things. Instead, upon her return, she found the love of her life basically in her own backyard, as Barrymore refers to West Hollywood.
She and Kopelman the son of former Chanel CEO Arie Kopelman had actually met before. Heck, they'd gone on dates before. "And they were super-awesome, but we just knew it wasn't the right time," Barrymore says. "I'm such a profound believer that timing is everything; I would tattoo that on my arm." Instead, her left arm is already inked with the word "Breathe," to remind her to take a few minutes to meditate every day.
So with the effects of her globe-trotting still lingering and timing on her side, she and Kopelman reconnected at a mutual friend's house. (When she was about to pop out Olive, she and Kopelman drove by that same friend's house. "I said, 'Let's pull over and take a picture and document this. We found each other. We made it happen. How cool is that?' " she recalls.)
But back to that re-meeting: "I was so relieved. For the first time, I didn't enter a relationship like, Oh, my God! I'm so in love, let's go forward," she says, referring to her former full-speed-ahead romantic pattern. "This was a much more thoughtful and slow and sober process. It felt clearheaded and rational."
Almost immediately, Barrymore and Kopelman started taking trips together, which she believes can reveal a lot about how things will (or will not) work out. "How you travel together is so eye-opening in terms of how you're going to live together," she says.
They went to Portland, OR. They went to Italy. They went to Africa. They went on over 20 trips that first year, with the unspoken thought that if they should want to marry and start a family quickly, they'd better do this now, Barrymore notes.
Their travels taught them about new places and about each other. "No matter how far away we went, he understood that I always need an iced tea," Barrymore says with a smile. "And I began to understand that he likes to be on time for a plane and not stressed out. He really wants me to pack the night before; he doesn't like the morning drama."
So she learned compromise: "I started to do that so I could make life a little easier. And you know what? It's not a bad system. Systems are good. They work."
With routines in place, almost as soon as they started dating "we were working on bigger-picture things." Talks of matrimony and having a baby arose naturally for the couple.
"I just knew that's what I wanted to do," she says. "I couldn't imagine being in yet another trailer, in another strange location, being somebody else; I'd done that for 35 years. I thought, Let's try something new. And I was so ready and excited."
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As has been the depth of her love for her husband. They tied the knot last June in a backyard ceremony at Barrymore's Montecito, CA, home. "Will is my North Star," she says, her eyes growing wide with emotion. "You know, I've never said that before."
Which makes it all the more prescient that the first gift Kopelman ever got her was a compass. Did he give it to her so she'd always be able to find her way back to him?
"It did become that," says Barrymore, a little misty-eyed. "So if he knew that, then good for him, because he lassoed me right on in. Whether he meant it that way or not at the time, he is my home."
The compass rests on an altar in Barrymore's home along with other important objects, like prayer beads from a monk in the Himalayas, photos of her nieces and nephews (Kopelman's sister's kids back in New York), "everything I've sort of collected along the way deity figures, books I've read, trinkets that are really, really important to me."
Barrymore has always been an enthusiastic student and sampler of spirituality. She tries to spend five minutes each day at the altar to meditate, "to just get quiet. I think it helps in domestic issues," she says, "and in how you behave out there in the world when you leave the house."
She and Kopelman plan to raise Olive in the Jewish faith, however, in keeping with the manner of Kopelman's more traditionally religious extended family. "Every video we take, we're like, 'Save it for the bat mitzvah reel!' " Barrymore laughs.
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- STATE OF UTAH aS Committee on Executive Reorganization fj 105 State Capitol • Salt Lake City. Utah 84114 • (801)533-5865 {th Scott M. Matheson Governor MEMORANDUM Arch L. Madsen Chairman Kenneth C. Olson Vice-Chairman Robert G. Arnold Kent Cotton Deedee Corradini Diana Dougan Jack T. Higginbotham Roger H. Mattson Jay L. Nelson Charlotte Newman DeWitt Paul Gilbert Shelton Allhea Smith ft. J. Snow J. Leon Sorenson Krittine Strachan Richard Ulibarri Lynette Wilson Jon M. Memmott exOfficio Helen Goddard Staff Director TO: Governor Matheson M FROM: Helen Goddard DATE: January 15, 1981 SUBJ: STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE The Committee on Executive Reorganization has recommended on page five of the enclosed report that the State Fire Marshal's Office be transferred to the Department of Public Safety. The Fire Prevention Board would continue to set rules and regulations for fire safety and fire protection. The Committee suggests that consideration be given to delegating to the State Building Board some of the regulatory functions having to do with building code inspection. While the Committee feels this move should be done through statute, it is concerned that such an effort might fail. Two years ago when the Committee first proposed this, there was such an outcry from local fire departments that the Committee decided not to pursue it at the time. If a bill were introduced during this legislative session, there would be a massive lobbying effort to oppose the transfer. For these reasons the Committee decided to recommend that you attempt to pursue this transfer by means of Executive Order. I must add that the Executive Order method would make it difficult to delegate some responsibilities to the Building Board. Commissioner Lunnen called me several weeks ago at your suggestion so that we might begin drafting the Executive Order. I suggested that we not begin thi until after the legislative Session. My reasoning \" was that if any action to move the Office occurred \ during the Legislative Session, the local fire departments would get legislation introduced to prevent your moving it by Executive Order. Since t **) & *K our report has become public, I have had numerous fliV
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