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Here's a hot turkey sandwich with a difference! Or is it a hot turkey salad with a difference? Cooked ground turkey is spooned onto pita crusts and topped with sliced tomatoes and a creamy cheese topping that melts as it heats in the oven. You'll definitely eat this sandwich with a fork!
This is easy to lighten up. Just use reduced-fat sour cream and mayonnaise (or even low-fat yogurt) and light or reduced-fat Cheddar cheese.
Colby cheese or a milder Cheddar cheese is a good cheese choice, too.
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Barley is loaded with fiber—the soluble kind that helps to lower blood cholesterol. If you're trying to add more fiber to your diet start slowly so your body can get used to it.
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Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a severe, potentially deadly infection spread by mosquitos, mainly the species Aedes aegypti.
Hemorrhagic dengue; Dengue shock syndrome; Philippine hemorrhagic fever; Thai hemorrhagic fever; Singapore hemorrhagic fever
Four different dengue viruses are known to cause dengue hemorrhagic fever. Dengue hemorrhagic fever occurs when a person is bitten by a mosquito that is infected with the virus.
There are more than 100 million new cases of dengue fever every year throughout the world. A small number of these develop into dengue hemorrhagic fever. Most infections in the United States are brought in from other countries. Risk factors for dengue hemorrhagic fever include having antibodies to dengue virus from an earlier infection and being younger than 12, female, or Caucasian.
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Because Dengue hemorrhagic fever is caused by a virus for which there is no known cure or vaccine, the only treatment is to treat the symptoms.
With early and aggressive care, most patients recover from dengue hemorrhagic fever. However, half of untreated patients who go into shock do not survive.
See your health care provider right away if you have symptoms of dengue fever and have been in an area where dengue fever occurs, and especially if you have had dengue fever before.
There is no vaccine to prevent dengue fever. Use personal protection such as full-coverage clothing, mosquito nets, mosquito repellent containing DEET. If possible, travel during times of the day when mosquitos are not so active. Mosquito abatement (control) programs can also reduce the risk of infection.
Haile-Mariam T, Polis MA. Viral illnesses. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2009:chap 128.
Lupi O. Mosquito-borne hemorrhagic fevers. Dermatologic Clinics. 2011;29:33-38.
Vaughn DW, Barrett A, Solomon T. Flaviviruses (Yellow Fever, Dengue, Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Japanese Encephalitis, West Nile Encephalitis, St. Louis Encephalitis, Tick-Borne Encephalitis). In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Churchill-Livingstone; 2009:chap 153.
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Benelli SBE II for ducks and geese, Benelli Montefeltro for pheasants, quail, shot flyers and everything else. Reason, they shoot every time, hot, cold, wet, dry, clean, dirty, or filthy and mud caked...every time.
Benelli SBE II for ducks and geese, Benelli Montefeltro for pheasants, quail, shot flyers and everything else. Reason, they shoot every time, hot, cold, wet, dry, clean, dirty, or filthy and mud caked...every time.
Field Trials are competitions....not everyone gets a "participation ribbon" and they do "keep score"
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SBE, seldom cleaned, dumped in the river more than once, keeps shooting. Love mine.
Hunted with an SBE II today. Couldn't hit a thing. Every 5th bird I'd take down.
I was 2 for 2 with a guys Browning Gold.
Still haven't got to shoot a Beretta though.
Of course going from almost 20 years of pumping an 870 20 Ga to an in the Blind switch to a 12 Ga shooting 3 1/2's out of a Benelli probably wasn't going to go so well to begin with
i have had my camo SX3 3.5 inch for about two and and a half and have ran about 3500 shells through it and have never had a jam. Shot 1 1/8 oz trap loads to 3.5 BBs for geese, never a hiccup. Easy to clean, points great, takes the cold below zero fahrenheit in Montana, and fits me great. I love everything about it.
The only thing I didn't like was when I first got it the trigger pull was about 6-7 pounds a bit much, I was going to take it to a gunsmith, he told me to put 10 boxes through it, to get the machined parts to wear a little. I did and it is perfect now glad I never jumped the gun on the trigger. As I shot it, it has gotten down to a little under 5 pounds which is good and safe. It comes down to fit, this gun just fits me and points where I look. I killed some ducks this year jump shooting that after I shot and got them, I was like how the heck did I shoot through that brush. I could not have made that shot with my old gun I am sure. Love it, it makes me look good sometimes
I use mod factory choke and Fiocchi #3s on ducks and BBs on geese. I have patterned both of these and they pattern great.
That's really the only problem with the Silvers, Golds, Maxus, and SX2/3 shotguns.
There isn't a better 3.5" gas operated shotgun design on the market.
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I have an extrema 2 and love it. Never jambs and shoots any load any brand. I also bought an explore light for upland and love it also.
The Teal were new birds. Really skinny with bruised chest.
My Shoulder is hurtin' today though lol Those 3 1/2 Hevi-Shots via the SBE II are paying me back big time. I hunt and shoot clays throughout the season so it's not as if my shoulder is new to shooting.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. - Last year, the Packers rested during the first round of the playoffs and had a home game in the Divisional round. This year, they missed out on a first round bye and will fly cross country for the Divisional round.
The 49ers are three-point favorites in Saturday's game, meaning the Packers are underdogs. It's an unfamiliar position for a team that has won two straight NFC North titles.
"That always gives us more motivation to go out there and play harder," cornerback Sam Shields said.
"They say it's a little advantage," cornerback Casey Hayward said. "Last yea,r they got on a slow roll coming out of a bye week so hopefully they have a little of a slow roll too."
"They gave us our first loss, so we want to try to get that back and keep moving forward. We are getting closer and closer to the goal, as that comes energy and anticipation builds," said wide receiver Jordy Nelson.
"They beat us week one fair and square," wide receiver James Jones said. "We had four quarters to get the job done and we didn't. We get an extra four coming so hopefully we get the job done this time."
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James Richardson , poet, literary critic and professor of English and creative writing, will read from his new book, "Interglacial: New and Selected Poems and Aphorisms," at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, in the Stewart Film Theatre, 185 Nassau St.
Richardson is the author of nine books: seven volumes of poetry and two critical studies of Hardy, Tennyson, Rossetti, Swinburne and Yeats. In 2001 he published "Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten-Second Essays," which consists of 500 "one-liners." His new book continues the tradition of aphorisms (#33, for instance, reminds us that "Happiness is the willingness to be happy"), while also including new and selected longer poems.
The reading is part of a Humanities Council series celebrating the extraordinary writers on the Princeton faculty. Toni Morrison and Chang-rae Lee presented the first two readings; Joyce Carol Oates will be honored in the spring.
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I needed to install a booster exhaust fan for my clothes dryer. The pipe exceeded the length allowed by fire code. Not knowing this product existed, I was about to design an electronic control panel to turn on/off the fan simultaneously with the dryer. Needless to say, when I looked in the internet and found this switch I was very relieved. It works just as a clamp-on ammeter, sensing voltage going through the hole in the switch. Even though the first one I received was defective, the company sent back a new one immediately. Very easy to install. and it works very well. I would certainly recommend this product and especially the excellent customer service of iaqsource.com.


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When designing street signs, you do not want to take an extremely pervasive population stereotype and use it for a situation that is totally different or the exact opposite of the original situation the population stereotype applies to. For example, on a traffic light, green means "go". You would never, ever want to paint a stop sign green as opposed to red. Incidently, a neon green does have better night visibility than red, but doing something totally opposite of the population stereotype and making a stop sign green would cause more problems with night driving (particularly with older drivers who might have slower reaction times) than it would solve.
Another population stereotype, in the context of computers, is the word "Scroll". If you interviewed several hundred people and asked them what they commonly associate the word "Scroll" with when they use computers, at least 99% (and most likely 100%) would refer to a navigational act performed in a window, not an ancient piece of media whose primary users today are rabbis and D & D players.
What happens if, say, some piece of GNOME software named, say, ScrollKeeper breaks and gives some kind of warning message. The very first thing an end user will think will be "holy sh*t, there's something wrong with the way my windows will work", not "holy sh*t, my documentation system is screwed up". The user's attention will be misdirected into trying to solve some problem that doesn't exist with one area of his or her computer while totally ignoring the other area that is having the problem.
If you really want to start making GNOME have some element of usability, John, rename ScrollKeeper to something like "Gnome Documentation System" or something else that makes sense. Don't confuse the end-user; don't pull a Red Hat on them.


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Dang I want a bronze one too.
I decided to keep mine at comic con, and after i left he got a another one on sunday that was a regular one. I don't know what he was going to do with his bronze, I will ask him.
Target must have stocked either overnight and no one bought anything, or it was mid-day and I came at the right time.
They had all of the Legacy Wave 2 figures again and I got 3 SCUBA Troopers, the Clone with the Quad-Cannon, a couple more Obi-Wans (going to return 2, just want great paint jobs), a Quarren and a Mon Cal - think that's about it.
I still turn down Padme, SaeSee, and the IG Lancer (though the last one is cool - I just bought VTAC IG-88's to serve that purpose when they were on clearance, and I think I'm set with that.)
I guess I'll still have to go to Wal-Mart for the Comic packs, but other than that, I'm done.
BAD Pts Need: R5-C7 lf leg (x2), , R4-P44 right leg BAD Pts Offered For Trade: PM me - I have lots of parts now including BG-J38!. New Kyle Katarn is also available.
Yes, please tell him I'll give him extra cash for it.
I just came back from Burbank TRU and they just restocked a bunch of Legacy and CW figures. I was going to buy a few figures to get the Holo Grievous but of course they were out. I put them back. I rather give that money to Target who's always been good to me.
Any sightings of Rebel Pilot's Legacy series 1? Or was I just too late?
If you're interested, last night (July 31) was TRU Midnight Madness night here in Aus. Probably the best Star Wars range to hit our shores in a generation, even the new Falcon is here, at $249 (not bad, given it's size, and much cheaper than I expected). The AT-TE is $199.
I was eyeing off the Falcon greedily at Tustin Target earlier this week... I had planned to get one there but there's just no way I could bring something that big home with me. Might have to bite the bullet and pay Aus prices for that one...
No basic vehicles here yet but, interestingly, they already have the Dagger Squadron B-Wings here. Same mold but radical paint job... the main new innovation is that the guns can be swapped out for firing missile launchers.
Some Wave 2 Legacy clones up on HTS, code for 10% from Comicon good till August 10th is comic2008
Picked up Rex at Burbank Target this morning. I'm not gonna go crazy collecting the CW line, but that is one nice figure.
They've sold all but 2 Evo sets, both Fetts, so hopefully this weekend there'll be some Rebel Pilots to be had. I'm still suffering from post-Con brokeness, but I'll spring for them and a few Legacy figures (if they ever stock 'em!). Be nice to see some Comic Packs there, too. Two BPs were there, one CW BARC set and Hoth Recon Patrol.
I hit Burbank TRU the other night, and as expected they had zero CW or TLC figures. Big ol' empty cardboard stand in the CW section.
...and I preordered the SSC Vader.
Picked up the Clone Wars Speeder Bike BP at Los Feliz TRU at lunch, along with a CW Clone Trooper. Spent over $30 so they gave me a free Holo Grievous.
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http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2...ads-order?liteThe Syrian military is prepared to use chemical weapons against its own people and is awaiting final orders from President Bashar Assad, U.S. officials told NBC News on Wednesday.
The military has loaded the precursor chemicals for sarin, a deadly nerve gas, into aerial bombs that could be dropped onto the Syrian people from dozens of fighter-bombers, the officials said.
As recently as Tuesday, officials had said there was as yet no evidence that the process of mixing the "precursor" chemicals had begun. But Wednesday, they said their worst fears had been confirmed: The nerve agents were locked and loaded inside the bombs.
Sarin is an extraordinarily lethal agent. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's forces killed 5,000 Kurds with a single sarin attack on Halabja in 1988.
U.S. officials stressed that as of now, the sarin bombs hadn't been loaded onto planes and that Assad hadn't issued a final order to use them. But if he does, one of the officials said, "there's little the outside world can do to stop it."
WMD's all over again folks. If you fall for it this time you're an idiot.


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Ms Padmaja Ruparel, president, Indian Angel Network
Healthcare, biotech, pharma and life sciences are sectors that involve patient bunch of people who are willing to wait for a good number of years before their products or research commercialize.
It can take around 12 years for a drug to travel from the research lab to the patient. Moreover, it is estimated that only five out of 5,000 drugs or roughly 10 percent of the drugs that begin preclinical testing make it to human testing; and out of those five, only one is approved for human usage. On an average, it costs a company around $359 million to develop a drug from research lab to the patient. Thus lack of funding from the investors has always been a major concern for companies in the aforementioned sectors.
The Indian Angel Network (IAN) was established in 2006 with a unique concept to bring together highly successful entrepreneurs and CEOs from India and around the world, who are interested in investing in star-tup ventures that have the potential of creating disproportionate value. The network has identified certain key sectors where it invests. These include agriculture, biotech, pharma, life sciences, education, healthcare, IT and media among others.
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Supercomputing Upgrades at UAF
Fairbanks, Alaska -- The Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC) announced today the installation of the center's first IBM supercomputer, as well as a major upgrade to the center's existing Cray SV1 supercomputer. The upgrade and installation will enhance the center's position as a valuable technical resource within the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and allow researchers studying topics as varied as ocean circulation and space physics to take advantage of the latest in supercomputing technology.
"This kind of diversification and increased capability allows the center to provide users with more possibilities for tackling extremely complex models," said ARSC Director Frank Williams. "These models help researchers gain a fuller understanding of natural phenomena and create new science."
IBM Supercomputer
ARSC's first IBM supercomputer is an IBM SP Power3 Winterhawk II system. The computer, named Icehawk , has 200 processors, 92 gigabytes of memory and one terabyte of disk space. Icehawk is capable of performing 276 billion floating point operations per second, making it the fastest computer available at ARSC--and doubling the center's overall computational capacity.
Icehawk is located in the Butrovich computing facility on the UAF campus along with the center's Cray supercomputers. The addition of Icehawk follows a series of upgrades and additions that have kept the center current over the last eight years.
New SV1ex Processors
In April, ARSC became the first customer to receive new SV1ex processors from Cray, Inc. Each of the 32 processors runs at 500 Mhz and performs four floating point operations simultaneously, resulting in a single processor performance of two billion floating-point operations per second. The installation of the new processors doubled the computational power of the SV1, making it capable of performing over 64 billion floating-point operations per second overall.
The SV1ex, named Chilkoot , is also located in the Butrovich computing facility and is used by scientists to conduct research on ocean circulation and ice formation as well as a variety of other applications. The upgrade is the second phase of a three-phase expansion that will be competed this summer with the installation of faster memory.
"We're excited about these new additions to the center," said Williams. "We are confident that by pushing the barrier with these new technologies we are helping to secure UAF and the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center as a world-class participant in the field of computational science."
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Enjoy this treasure trove of nerd jokes. From the usual gang of idiots.
Who wants serial killers when you can have much faster parallel killers? With Centronics ports!
Enjoy this treasure trove of nerd jokes. From the usual gang of idiots.
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paper cut: adding nautilus folder bookmarks in Ubuntu 12.04
You used to be able to drag and drop folders to the "bookmarks" pane in Nautilus... but you can't any more. At least, I can't. However, you can add bookmarks using control-D -- from within the folder you wish to bookmark.
hey, I should do^H^H^H^H see if someone has done that
So you're diving through folders, looking for some files or data. Of course you're using Nautilus since you're running GNU/Linux and Gnome*. You get to your file, "ah ha, you found it" only to realize that you really wish you had a command line to slice and dice the file. What you'd love is to be able to just "open a terminal here". I just had that experience, and like usual (thanks to the long tail), someone else has already done this. If you're using Ubuntu (or possibly Debian) you can simply 'apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal'. Enjoy!
* No offense implied to anyone else, I'm just being silly.
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Sometimes I can be a little too sensitive...
Case-sensitivity is a given in most *NIX and programming environments. But in your editors and tools, case sensitivity is a double-edged sword. Sometimes it's nice to have case-insensitive search so you can find every matching sequence, but just as often I end up getting "too many hits". And doing find and replace insensitively can be really annoying. If only there was a smarter way to manage case!
There is. vim has a neat feature called "smartcase" that searches insensitively if you use all lower-case, but searches case-sensitively if you include any capital letters in your search. So,
... would find "foo", "Foo", "fOO", etc., but
... would only match on "Foo".
To enable smartcase, you also need to enable case-insensitivity. You can put this in your
set ignorecase " Do case insensitive matching
set smartcase " I'm sensitive, but not too sensitive.
However, if you want to do this on a case by case basis, you can do this in vim at runtime with
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:set smartcase. (
:set nosmartcase and
:set noignorecase will undo the option.) Happy hacking!
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Chemists at UCLA experiment with the reagents of the University of California. *badaboom*
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As a vi user who codes in a GNOME environment with sloppy keyboard habits (you'd think there wouldn't be that many of us, but... surprise!), I hate the GNOME default of having F1 bound to the help menu. I'm constantly hitting F1 when reaching for ESC, so I regularly get annoying help windows popping up.
For a long time, I assumed that it was the top-level GNOME help document -- you know, like "how to use GNOME." I'm still not sure if this was ever the case. But today, I noticed that it's actually showing me the help file for GNOME Terminal. I scoffed that I would actually care to read the help file for my terminal emulator.
The irony is that if I had read that annoying help file, I might have actually found the answer to my problem. You can disable it (and set a lot of other nice shortcuts) under Edit | Keyboard Shortcuts.
Principle of Least Responsibility
A lot of the code I write these days is for running experiments (or analyzing data from experiments). And I'm always trying to automate my testing more, in order to keep the system from being idle when there are more cases to test. So, given some experimental program E, and a set of inputs to test {1,2,3}, it's tempting to give E the power (through the magic of computer programming) to take in a list of tasks to work on -- so you can tell it "do {1,2,3}" instead of telling it "do 1", then telling it "do 2", and then "do 3".
But there's a problem here, especially if your tests take a long time to complete. If your code crashes (or a test fails) in the middle of "do {1,2,3}" it may not be obvious where in the test sequence the code failed. Or, even if it is obvious, it may not be easy to pick up the tasks from where things crashed.
Instead, it's more robust to write a simple wrapper W that, when given the inputs {1,2,3}, picks them off one at a time, calling E with the individual tasks. It may take a little extra work to do things this way, but it will pay dividends in the long run.
For example, another benefit is intelligent management of repetitions of experiments. Suppose you have tasks {1,2,3}, but you want to run each of them 3 times. A naive approach will run {1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3} but then you have potential ordering bias. And, if (say) tests {1,1,1} succeed, but the 2nd test 2 fails, what happens to your results?
Using a wrapper W, you can generate the list of experiments, randomize them, and write them to a file. W can track the success or failure of each test, keeping your experiments running but also separating the wheat from the chaff. This approach can also give you a good way to track progress through a set of experiments.
My "task log" usually looks like a shuffled file with one line for each task, or a directory of files with each file representing one task; this also allows you to modify the task set on the fly -- adding tests to the end of the task log. W doesn't remove a task until it's been completed successfully, but it moves on to subsequent tasks so it doesn't get stuck in a pathological case. (You could have it put failed tests in a separate list.) Anyway, all this allows for better recovery and progress tracking.
Anyway, I know there are lots of names for this general principle of abstraction or compartmentalization, but I'm calling it the "Principle of Least Responsibility" -- with the first working definition being "give a piece of code the least amount of responsibility that is practical". I say "practical", not "possible" because taking it to the extreme could be burdensome.
This is pretty similar to the UNIX philosophy of "Do one thing and do it well." In my case, it specifically means "don't make the code hold the state of a sequence of experiments because all it needs to be responsible for is the single experiment it is currently performing!"
In the moment, it may seem like a great idea to let your code do all the heavy lifting for you, but a little abstraction/functional decomposition can save you a lot of grief in the long run.
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Two types of cheese, canned beans, pepperoni and peppers make this delicious Italian-style layered dip served with crisp crackers – perfect appetizer that's ready in 25 minutes.
This dip tastes best warm, but it can be served cold.
Pepperoncinis are pickled, mildy hot, small yellow peppers. They are popular in Italian antipasti and sandwiches, as well as in Greek salads. They give this Italian-inspired dip a spicy marinagted flavor.
This recipe is not a deep layered dip; assemble it on a shallow, attractive microwave-safe platter or dinner plate.
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When not out on assignment, Asheer Akram's Pakistani Cargo Truck will be parked at the Museum through April. Kansas City Star photographer Rich Sugg followed the process of building this wildly colorful sculpture on wheels, both in stills and video. The Star's picture editor for multimedia, Monty Davis, produced this video.
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its easy to say "stick with high standards" at a test. But I wimped out and grabbed that duck as quick as i could. I didn't know about "programs" and force fetch was a foreign concept. The two girls passed in spite of me. Now I am back to square one undoing stuff and trying to ingrain stuff I didn't so I can take run at Senior. With my pup Cane will be on a program with standards and a process.
Your allowed to grab that duck anyway you can before it hits the ground. Once on the ground your regressed to pleading and prodding the little fur ball to pick it up while he or she plays with it like their favorite chew toy. In my opinion its up to you in the heat of the moment what will make you happy and your objective. I for one opted for the pass, and rationalized that it saved me $75 and I would then train harder and smarter so I wouldn't have to do the swoop and grab again.
Good luck ... and if anything I have learned (and its been lot with lot more to learn) that it is easier to train then to correct.


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Since its founding as an institution of higher education in 1854 more than 62,000 alumni have graduated from RIC. Every year, the Alumni Association welcomes new members into our network. We encourage you to become involved with your Alumni Association today. Take advantage of the many events and programs that Rhode Island College has to offer.
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Although Volkswagen is in the process of coming up with fixes on many of its diesel-powered models so that they meet emissions requirements, parent VW Group is moving ahead with work to develop plug-in hybrids. For 2016, the Volkswagen brand also is focusing on adding technology to its lineup. Models are equipped with latest-generation MIB II infotainment systems that can be paired with all three smartphone apps (Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and MirrorLink) for greater system connectivity. The new infotainment system links to VW's Car-Net connected-vehicle services subscription for security features, remote vehicle access, advanced telematics, and enhanced navigation. In addition, VW is rolling out new advanced driver-assistance technology. The major model update for 2016 is a refreshed Passat midsize sedan, now built at VW's plant in Chattanooga, TN. Also, the Eos convertible, which was expected to be discontinued in 2015, returns in one trim level for 2016.
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ylpnfol wrote:[ If it works out that I get in at some point, that will be fine,...if not, I will enjoy watching the competition unfold!
likely story !!, well, let me just say that i for one don't like it ..... i say 7 teams w/ 7 on a team, it ain't too late.....but that's just me ..... thanks for all you've done for the contests .....[/quote]
Sure, the more the merrier .. "and" higher scores!!!!
Make it a 7 man team and if some have 6, well, we'll improvise with our math!! U NO, " modern math"!!!


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- 1 1/2 cups pecan pieces, reserve 1/4 cup
- 4 whole eggs
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1/2 cup gold rum, Bacardi
- 1 (18.25-ounce) box classic yellow cake mix (recommended: Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe)
- 1 (1-ounce) small box sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix (recommended: Jell-O)
- Glaze:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 stick butter
- 1/2 cup gold rum (recommended: Bacardi)
For Cake
Grease a Bundt pan and spread pecans on the bottom of the pan. Beat eggs, oil, water and rum in mixer just until incorporated. Add pudding mix and cake mix and beat on med. about 3 to 5 minutes just until you get a smooth texture. Pour into pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 40 to 45 minutes. The cake should have a light golden brown color, but will darken with the glaze.
NOTE**The glaze needs to be prepared approximately 10 minutes before cake is ready.
For Glaze
Melt butter in saucepan and add the sugar and water, bring to a boil. Once it starts to boil, take off the heat and add the rum. Should make approx. Pour into a large measuring cup that will hold that amount or more. Set Aside
Once cake is ready, take out of oven and leave in pan. Gently prick holes into the cake with a skewer. Slowly pour half of the glaze over the cake making sure to fill in all the holes. Once the cake has soaked up the glaze, turn cake over, removing pan, onto the base that the cake will stay on. Gently prick more holes on other side and slowly pour other half of glaze over cake. Fill the center of the cake with reserved pecans. Let cool and enjoy. The cake is best if left at room temperature.
NOTE** Make sure you have plenty of paper towels underneath the base as the glaze will run down the sides of the cake.
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ORIGINAL: TurkeyComander
Guys can say and claim anything...
Hevi-shot passed the no-tox test for now lead doesn't.
Hevi shot is harder than lead that's the reason it patterns better because it's not deformed during launch.
A Hevi-shot pellet is a mi'nute amount heavier than lead pellet...claims of a great increase in killing power over lead are just that..."claims".
A while back some claimed a use of one pellet size smaller was possible with Hevi-shot...
There's mathematical equation for foot pounds of energy using weight and velosity....
I don't see the smaller sizes of Hevi-shot say 7.5 & up holding up with much wallop for the great distances some claim.
Ohhh its gonna happen this weekend. Two guys from another forum are going to shoot butterball turkeys with hevi shot and lead to see what penetrates a bird better. I know you arent supposed to shoot them in the body but it should provide some insight into penetration, plus bone breaking properties.ORIGINAL: pabeard buster
i hunt with remington nitro turkeys, i have spent hours stairing at hevi shot and winchester elites. the problem is, that i just cant aford them. if the velocity on them wasnt so low, i would crack the walet, and i would give them a shot. but after patterning, it would just a too expensive of a risk, and i know they will pattern well. i just dont know about that velocity.
so the question is whose got the finaces, the means, and time to do a ballistics test with the hevy loads vs. the lead loads. shoot a dead animal, or a block of ballistic gell. sounds like a job for my friends at discovery channel, "mythbusters." lol
I wonder if they will [:D]thaw[:D] them first. Dead is dead. It is all in what you want to do and how much you want to pay.Two guys from another forum are going to shoot butterball turkeys with hevi shot and lead to see what penetrates a bird better.
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I think we can all agree that once a thread on PP goes past a page or two it always dissolves in to pure GDG. Sometimes it only takes a couple of posts.
Doubt me?
Re-read the top ten threads on the first page. Yeah, we're a buncha policy talking, intellectuals here.
"There's brown on yer nose." "No, it's on yer boots."
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The Way I See It!
I am an Ultra-Conservative, Alpha-Male, True Authentic Leader, Type "C" Personality, who is very active in my community; whether it is donating time, clothes or money for Project Concern or going to Common Council meetings and voicing my opinions. As a blogger, I intend to provide a different viewpoint "The way I see it!" on various world, national and local issues with a few helpful tips & tidbits sprinkled in.
Guest Blog by Jack Vaccaro - The City of Cudahy
November 2, 2012
To Whom It May Concern;
I guess the direction Cudahy is headed is to become, if not already, the poorest suburb in the County. In 1994 when I first became actively involved in our City the poverty rate in our schools was 26%, it now stands at 57%. That is an increase of 120% in the last 18 years. And at that rate we could reach 100% in the next ten years.
I have long maintained that the way the schools go so goes the community and if you doubt it take a look at Milwaukee. We elders will survive but if you think promising young people and families will stay or move into our community, your dreaming!
Say what you want about the economy, the underlying problem is and always has been, "property maintenance". The lack of it has brought us low property values, low rents and poorer people and families. What happened to our middle class? The City has been dragging it's feet for years trying to put together an effective program and has failed. Many of us property owners are now paying a registration fee, which was intended to support an inspection program, however it seems to be only supporting new jobs at City Hall.
Here's a thought, maybe if the people who work and run our City and Schools, must of whom earn more than the people who live here, actually lived in our community a sense of expedience might prevail!!
Jack Vaccaro
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It's Down To Seven! This page is the most awesome Star Wars pictograph a collector can click on!!![/URL]
This is kind of what I wanted to do myself -
It's Down To Seven!
From JediTempleArchives, this is an awesome page that shows the actual 100 vintage and their modern counterparts, or what's lacking.
I actually count 102 vintage, including Jabba and Salacious Crumb, but they've both been well-done and are (occasionally) available right now.
I'm personally satisfied with the Special Edition Sy Snootles, and I'm not sure why the Nikto is in contention (I think he was covered), but this guide distinguishes Blue Snaggletoothe and the updates to R2-D2 and C-3PO, though not always with the best choices.
The Han Solo Bespin figure, and the Emperor figure that they chose for this pictograph would not have been my choices from the modern collection. Since 1995, Hasbro has done better - and sometimes NOT with the most recent figure.
However, this photoguide is what I always wanted!
Put your mouse over a picture of an '80's figure and you'll see its modern day representation in the Saga / TAC / BAD / Vintage Dedoux line.
By the way, the Han Carbonite clearly shows how a modern figure could still be improved. Though not the size, I like the old style of Carbonite coffin that lets you see your figure inside. A deluxe style figure of Han Carbonite could include multiple pieces for various states of display for your carbonite block - some see-through, some colored, others frozen. I'd say "go deluxe" for this because there would be several extra carbonite pieces, and Han would need an extra set of poseable arms for the frozen pose, plus his skiff blaster gun, and the Bespin binders and Jabba's palace handcuffs all could be included.


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The beauty of Canada is truly breath taking. Our natural and cultural heritage is admired around the globe and the environment has always been an integral part of the lives of Canadians.
At the same time, some of our ecosystems, even in our national parks and other protected areas, are not as healthy as they could be.
Ecological restoration attempts to stop and reverse the harm that has been done to an ecosystem. Canadian protected areas agencies are working with partners to implement three key principles of good ecological restoration. It should be ecologically effective, efficient, and also engaging for people.
From conducting prescribed burns to restore the ecological role of fire to controlling vegetation to restore species and ecosystems at risk; the types of projects undertaken are as vast and varied as Canada itself
They may include recreating natural stream flows and fish habitat; cleaning up waste sites to reduce contamination risk and restore natural ecosystems: or reconnecting fragmented habitat
Their goal is to re-establish healthy natural ecosystems and provide opportunities for Canadians to develop a positive and long-lasting sense of personal connection with nature, while respecting our cultural values and practices.
Josh Van Wieren, St. Lawrence Islands National Park of Canada:Ecological restoration, I guess, in the most basic definition is assisting an ecosystem recover from some sort of degradation, be it a man-caused thing or something else. If a system starting to be degraded it sometimes has the resilience to recover itself but sometimes it needs some assistance to get back to that healthy state.
The reintroduction of bison in Grasslands National Park has restored a native species and the ecological role of grazing in the prairie, while engaging the hearts of the local population and park visitors
Lyndon Tootoosis, Poundmaker First Nation:
I see the buffalo coming back as a seed that's going to grow and is going to create better understanding amongst our societies, our communities.
The collection of sunken logs from the bottom of lakes in La Maurice National Park has been effective in restoring the integrity of shoreline habitats for native fish. The project, which has engaged visitors, local residents, and fly fishing enthusiasts, also makes efficient use of the wood by using it in construction projects in the park.
Blanding's turtles are a species at risk in Canada and are protected by legislation. In Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, with the help of scientists, the Aboriginal community and volunteers, they are getting a head start towards recovery.
Josh Van Wieren, St. Lawrence Islands National Park of Canada:
So the threes Es that we use for ecological restoration: effective, efficient and engaging, it's just a nice package that really lends itself to completing a project. Its helping you take more holistic view of the project and understanding that you can't really complete a good restoration project without considering all three. For example: If you've done an effective job and restored it, and you've done it with a good use of resources very efficiently but you haven't engaged people, in the end it's going to fail. It's only a matter of time until it gets degraded again.
St. Lawrence Island National Park's Mallorytown Landing is an evolving ecosystem. Restoration work here has restored both natural and cultural values of the area. Originally a wetland that supported fish and waterfowl, by the turn of the century it had become a human health hazard because of poor water quality, and its man-made beach lacked the native plants and animals that are important parts of the park's ecosystems.
Chris Bellemore, St. Lawrence Islands National Park of Canada
Well, this area that you are seeing here, is actually where the beach was when I was growing up as a child and as you can see, it's quite a different experience now. Over here on the left we have a series of bulrushes that are naturally coming in and we've done some significant planting in this area to represent a natural repairian planting area as well.
The key is to have that monitoring in place ahead of time and to keep doing it afterwards for a long enough period that you are going to start to be able notice an increase in integrity of that site.
The best way to know when it's time to kick in gear and do some restoration is if you have some really good data collected before hand and we start to understand what's normal and what is a degraded ecosystem. If we can catch that trend and we realize something's happening, that's when the time, the flag goes up and it's time to do some restoration.
For volunteers it is win-win. They connect with nature and, together with park staff, monitor and restore park ecosystems.
Ross Nichol, Volunteer:
By engaging in the citizen science, it's almost like a bridge between two different worlds. Now I find out what's here, how it developed. It's just fascinating to watch the process and be a part of it.
Stewardship programs also help volunteers and visitors become engaged with their protected areas. They build understanding and support for restoration efforts and help ensure restored ecosystems remain healthy.
Micheline Bastien, Volunteer
The islands belong to all of us in Canada I think, and we have to be proud of it because it's really beautiful.
Chris Bellemore
In nature there are always changes. Everything's constantly changing. There's nothing that can ever be static or ever be the same. As long as we can demonstrate that we are being relevant to people and we keep listening to people, we keep involving them in the things we are doing, I think we've accomplished a lot.
When ecological restoration consistently embraces all three principles of effectiveness, efficiency, and engagement it benefits both people and protected areas into the future.
Josh Van Wieren, St. Lawrence Islands National Park of Canada


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much of the voter-registration event.
"Yeah, I've seen it," Patrick Dorney said. "Mental, verbal, physical — I've seen a lot of different types of abuse."
Dorney and I sat on the cold metal stools of a Maine State Prison dining room, putting our heads close and lowering our voices as prison guards and officials hovered not far away.
Although I had already written a lot about abuse in the prison, this May 21 interview with Dorney, a 28-year-old Portland man serving 20 years for assault, was what I had been waiting for: my first conversation with a Maine inmate in a year and a half that had not been closely monitored by prison officials.
The interview had come about because the prison was showing off 10 prisoners to a group of reporters. They had been among 142 men who had registered to vote (or, already registered, had asked for absentee ballots) in three inmate political-education sessions organized by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which has a chapter in the prison. Representatives of the Democratic, Republican, and Green Independent parties had spoken to the prisoners.
The NAACP had gone through a struggle to arrange for this voter-registration drive. The state at first had resisted much of what the NAACP had proposed for the day's activities and had refused to allow the interviews until the press protested. "You wouldn't believe the hoops they've put us through," said Rachel Talbot Ross, president of the Portland NAACP chapter.
I believed it. Since late 2006, the Corrections Department — reacting to my stories about inmate abuse — has insisted on monitoring interviews with inmates and censoring questions, conditions that inmates tell me intimidate them and discourage them from telling me the full story of what life is really like in the prison. The department also transferred my primary inmate informant to a Supermax in Maryland.
But this occasion, just an hour or so long, was a rare opportunity to get uncensored testimony about claims made by disgruntled guards, ex-prisoners, and inmates who had managed to get letters to me — and, on the other hand, to try to verify what the officials had been saying.
Recently, Corrections officials had claimed they had dramatically reduced prisoner "extractions," in which members of a body-armored SWAT team charge into a cell spraying Mace and wielding a shield to knock a prisoner flat. The department said the number of those incidents had dropped from 133 in 2005 to only two in 2007.
"I doubt that," responded inmate Michael Chasse, looking shocked when I asked him if this could be true. "Two a year? I hear about people getting extracted all the time."
Chasse, 33, from Lewiston, is serving 40 years for robbery and attempted escape. He had been out of the Supermax for only five months, he said, after eight years there.
He had other information that contradicted the department's assertions. In lobbying last year for more funding and for approval to ship 125 inmates to a corporate prison in Oklahoma, Corrections commissioner Martin Magnusson had told legislators that 13 gangs operated inside the prison. But there are no active gangs, Chasse maintained. A number of other prison sources had said the same.
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Now that summer's in full swing, it's the perfect time to hit the beach and crack the binding on a brand new book. We asked "Live Wire" author Harlan Coben and "Then Came You" author Jennifer Weiner to cite their favorite picks for this season. Whether you're devoted Kindle-carrier or a faithful devotee of the printed page, here is a rich list of new options to read while you squish sand between your toes, recommended by two bestselling novelists.
Stories from
- Craig Strickland's Widow on Their Last Conversation: 'He Walked Out the Door, Looked at Me and Said, "I Love You"'
- Joe Jonas Packs on PDA with Former Top Model Contestant Jessica Serfaty
- White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Making a Murderer Subjects Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey
- Family of Sandy Hook Victim Commends Florida Atlantic University for Firing Professor Who Questioned Massacre
- Kylie Jenner's Lip Kit Is Ruining Lives (According to the Internet, Anyway)
Jennifer Weiner's selections:
'Silver Sparrow'
By Tayari Jones
Dishy, twisty, secrets about two daughters: one from her father's public family, the other from the family on the side.
By Jennifer Haigh
Combines the best descriptive writing of literary fiction with the plot twists of a thriller. A priest in Boston is accused of molesting a young boy. The truth –as revealed by his sister, his brother, his accuser and the father's own father – is a lot more complicated than that.
'The Magician King'
Lev Grossman's "The Magicians" was billed as Harry Potter for grown-ups – call it 'Dirty Harry,' or Hogwarts with hook-ups. In the sequel, published in August, teenage magician Quentin Coldwater – now a king in the Narnia-esque land of Fillory – goes on a hero's quest, with wondrous, and tragic, results.
'The Magician King'
'The Story of Beautiful Girl'
By Rachel Simon
(Grand Central)
On the proverbial dark and rainy night in 1968, two strangers show up at a widow's doorstep. They've got a secret – they've escaped from an institution for the incurable and "feeble-minded" – and a baby. Their story, by the author of "Riding The Bus With My Sister," is a compelling and heartbreaking read, in part because this country's treatment of the disabled and the different, not so very long ago, was so tragic.
And six more…
'Best Kept Secret'
(Washington Square Press)
Moms who drink are usually a punch line. This novel tells a much more serious story about what happens to a single mom when her take-the-edge-off glass of wine at the end of the night turns into addiction.
'Best Kept Secret'
By J. Courtney Sullivan
Three generations of an Irish Catholic family reunite, as they do each summer, in the family's cottage in Maine, in Sullivan's second novel, which has a compelling title and a godawful cover. Secrets are kept (will Maggie tell her slacker Brooklyn boyfriend about her pregnancy?), booze is consumed (will eldest daughter Kathleen fall off the wagon?), and judgments are rendered (a mother comments acidly to her daughter that "it looks like you've lost a few). In a book crammed with memorable women, it's Alice, the family's prickly, proud, haunted matriarch, who will stay with you the longest.
'The Red Thread'
By Ann Hood
(W.W. Norton & Company)
In Rhode Island, infertile couples start down the path that will lead them toward the babies that were meant to be theirs. First-world stories of infidelity and unhappiness can't compete with the heartbreaking tales of how the girls who will come to America came to be orphaned in the first place.
'Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self'
Short stories can be the perfect choice for summer – each tale the perfect length for an afternoon at the beach. Evans' stories deal with the Questions of Race, parsed by characters who are smart, sarcastic, occasionally bitter and always funny.
'Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self'
By Therese Fowler
(Ballantine Books)
Boy meets girl. Boy loves girl. Boy, at girl's urging, texts nude pictures of himself to her phone. Girl's father finds phone…and all hell breaks lose, with the arrest of both parties as just the first in a series of things that go wrong and get worse. Compulsively readable and a timely, cautionary tale in our age of TMI.
'The Nobodies Album'
By Carolyn Parkhurst
Is it a murder-mystery? Is it the tale of a woman learning – reluctantly and belatedly – to be a mother? Or a character study of how novelists manipulate truth to suit their purposes? Parkhurst's third novel is all of the above…and it's accompanied by a sly, tongue-in-cheek promotional effort (seriously. Look her up on YouTube).
6 best young adult novels — for adults
Here are Harlan Coben's suggestions.
'A Faithful Place'
French is my favorite discovery over the past year. Beautifully written and to use movie-speak, it's "Angela's Ashes" meets a haunting thriller. Lyrical and moving.
'A Faithful Place'
By Jeff Abbott
(Grand Central)
Are you looking for the heir apparent to Jason Bourne? Jeff Abbott's aptly titled book is the most gripping spy story I've read in years.
'Swim Back to Me'
By Ann Packer
It starts with coming of age novella, then there are some poignant short stories — and finally we have another novella with the same character three decades later. Wise and heartbreaking and beautifully written.
'Misery Bay'
By Steve Hamilton
(Minotaur Books)
I'm often asked to recommend a detective series readers might have missed. This is it. Hamilton has been flying under the radar with his Alex McKnight series for too long. "Misery Bay" will change that, I hope.
A poignant, heartbreaking story about three generations of women and the beachfront Maine home, won in a barroom bet, that unites them all. "Maine" is that summer novel you'll want to share with a friend – and, like summer itself, you'll wish it would never end.
'Long Gone'
By Alafair Burke
One day, Alice Humphrey goes to her job to find the gallery is gone, stripped bare… and oh there's a dead body on the floor. A page turner from a major talent.
'Save Me'
By Lisa Scottoline
(St. Martin's Press)
A great thriller and a wonderful rumination on motherhood, bullying and the decisions we make. Scottoline has never been better – and that's saying something.
Harlan Coben's new thriller reveals private eye's personal life
(Putnam Adult)
Parker died last year. This is the last Spenser mystery – the greatest detective series of all time — written by the master himself. If you haven't discovered Spencer or Parker, here is your chance. RIP, Bob.
'In The Garden of Beasts'
By Erik Larson
I don't read much nonfiction, but Larson's portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign, told from the viewpoint of the US Ambassador and his impetuous daughter, is both gripping and educational.
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'Between Shades of Gray'
By Ruta Sepetys
Sepetys has penned a harrowing and heartbreaking novel about Lina, a 16 year old Lithuanian girl, who is sent to a forced-labor camp during the Russian invasion of 1939. Beautifully written and important, this Young Adult novel is for Grades 7 to 12.
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Is our border so secure that we can send BP to pick up after other people?
How about a nice big chain gang of illegals waiting to be deported instead?
U.S. Border Patrol Agents Ordered to Pick Up Trash Instead of Protecting Our Border
01-17-11 Teams of uniformed Border Patrol agents from the Casa Grande station are being ordered to spend their duty shifts cleaning up trash on the Tohono O'Odham Indian reservation instead of performing the police work they were hired for. This is outrageous. Border Patrol agents are not dumping trash on the reservation, nor are we responsible for cleaning up the mess. Illegal aliens, smugglers, and reservation members are dumping trash on the reservation. For example, there are thousands upon thousands of empty quart beer bottles strewn about the reservation, dumped there by tribal members. Many tribal residents dump household trash wherever it's convenient. And as we all know, illegal aliens and smugglers could care less about littering in this country. Littering by tribal members and illegal aliens on the reservation has been going on for decades.
Some Border Patrol and DHS managers have been going out of their way to appease tribal leaders for years, but this is ridiculous. Agents assigned to these trash pick-up duties report tribal members snickering at them and belittling them. We are used to that type of treatment for enforcing the law, but being forced to pick up their trash, especially while on duty and in uniform is shameful, and it needs to stop.
01-18-11 update: Our newest information indicates that agents showed up for muster at Casa Grande station and were ordered to report to the Tohono O'odham district office at Federal Route 19 and Baboquivari Park Road . They were issued sticks with nails in them and told to pick up trash along the roadsides. This was presumably in preparation for a meeting with tribal leaders at the District office so that certain BP managers could ingratiate themselves to the tribal leaders. We are disgusted by these actions.
There is a very high unemployment rate on the reservation, and in the country as a whole. The tribe is bringing in millions of dollars in casino revenue. How is it feasible that with an out-of-control border we are assigning Border Patrol agents to do work that many states and municipalities assign prisoners to perform? It is a minimum wage job that takes almost zero job skills, and this is how management decides to utilize Border Patrol manpower?


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Posted April 18, 2003; 05:25 p.m.
"Silence Is Consent: Lessons from the Women in Afghanistan" is the title of a talk to be presented Wednesday, April 23. Sally Armstrong, human rights activist and author of "Veiled Threat: The Hidden Power of the Women of Afghanistan," will speak at 4:30 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Armstrong is the editor-at-large of Chatelaine magazine and a contributing editor at Maclean's magazine. She is the co-producer and host of several documentaries, including "They Fell From the Sky" and "The Daughters of Afghanistan" for the CBC. The recipient of the Amnesty International Media Award in 2000 and in 2002, she has written stories about women in conflict all over the world, also including Bosnia, Somalia and Rwanda.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Program in Canadian Studies .
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I spent all the day yesterday writing an implementation of the current IDN documents. When I was done for the day, I receive an e-mail in kde-core-devel stating that another implementation had been written, using the standard GNU libidn library.
Ok, so I spent the beginning of today changing my implementation to use libidn. At least now that's working and it correctly encodes and decodes any hostname I fed it.
Now I've got to go back to the rest of the resolver stuff. Missing:
- how to find a worker class;
- the workers themselves!
- the manager routines to queue new stuff;
- the Resolver routines that start and stop jobs;
- getproto* and getserv* wrappers
Note to myself: the start routines and the queueing ones can be integrated.


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12-11-2012, 03:08 AM #1Junior Member Guppy
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Searched for hours, can't find a match :( Pics included
Ok so here's what I'm working with......
20g Tall
4 Harlequin Rasboras
3 julii corys
1 guppy
1 very small angel
3 oto's
1 dwarf guarami
Marineland Penquin 150b
Aqueon Quietflow 10
Perform weekly 30% water changes
Ammonia-0 Nitrites-0 Nitrates-30
Tank has been running for a couple months and has been cycled for about a month or so.
This evening I noticed a spot on my DG near one of his eyes, it almost looks as if a chunk of skin is missing. He also has what looks like a swollen abdomen, almost like he swallowed something big. He has a similar mark on the opposite side.
I started looking around and noticed that two of my HRs have what looks like a white thread like substance on one side of them and one side only. One of them also has what I would describe as a "flipped up" gill. It's like you can see right inside the fish.
I have moved the three of these fish to a quarantine tank until I figure out what's going on. It seems like everyone else in the tank is doing fine. All fish, including the "sick" ones have had a normal appetite.
Any help would be appreciated.
Have you tried peas for the bloating in case its simple constipation?
Have you used any parasite treatment such as PraziPro?
Stringy things sticking out of scales... makes me wonder anchor worms... have you tried to compare those?
Also as a side note... At first I thought all your fish were struggling in your photos... then I realized they all just needed the photo rotated.
Your tank is much too small for 6 species of fish and especially an angelfish. I agree the thread-like things are anchor worms. The flared gills could be ammonia poisoning. Perhaps not due to ammonia levels now but in the past. Could also be gill flukes. But overcrowding is not helping this situation.


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Speaking to The Telegram about his recent collision, Newfoundland MP Ryan Cleary suggested the province needs to do more to keep moose off the highway.
Cleary said he didn't think the two experimental detection systems on the island were the answer. He said they only work half the time and called them a joke.
"People are laughing about the fact they are driving by these detection systems and there are moose trotting by and the system doesn't light up," Cleary said.
Noting that fencing has helped reduce collisions in New Brunswick, the MP said the Newfoundland and Labrador government should consider more of that.
The province's minister for Transportation and Works said the province hasn't committed to anything yet, and is still gathering information on various options being tested.
Paul Davis said there are two different sets of these experimental detection systems, one in the eastern part of the province and one in central.
Fencing is being tried in the western part of the province, he noted.
"They are pilot projects to test the capabilities of known technologies that exist today to see if they are worthwhile investments to reduce accident rates with moose," Davis said.
The minister said his department doesn't yet have sufficient data to make a final decision on the best option.
He acknowledged there have been recent issues with the electronic systems, which were both installed by Safeguards Canada.
The central system, located just east of Grand Falls-Windsor, was damaged by a motor vehicle collision and parts had to be ordered to repair it.
The sensors on the east coast, located east of Salmonier Line, had software issues.
Davis said it's valuable to know how long it takes to repair a system once it's damaged, and also if software upgrades can bring the setup to where it should be.
As for the fencing on the west coast — which runs west of Gallants Road junction to east of Barachois Pond Provincial Park — Davis said it appears to be functioning well, although there was a moose-vehicle collision there recently.
"So, we know that it's not a foolproof system," he said. "We know collisions can happen there."
Davis noted that whatever system the province installs, it wouldn't help reduce the possibility of collisions where Cleary had his.
He said the accident happened in Terra Nova National Park, where the Trans-Canada Highway is a federal responsibility.
The provincial Department of Environment and Conservation has also increased the number of moose hunting licences along the Trans-Canada.
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This year we're excited to celebrate Valentine's Day at our Fair Trade stores with a special event: Make Your Own Fair Trade Valentine! Join us Saturday, Feb 9th in San Francisco, Berkeley, Arlington, or D.C. from 1-4 pm to make your own special Valentine. We'll have lots of markers and glitter, you just bring the love. You might even pick up that special gift while you're there!
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Nice to be back in the Linux space again. After the short "Focus Shift Purple Heart" award-winning experience recently, ::shakes head:: well, it's good to be home, let's leave it at that.
I really like many (OK, most) of my former coworkers and we're all bummed we can't work together.
Off to Hawaii for some much-needed R&R this weekend.


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Shipwrights Way Feasibility Study
The primary aim of the feasibility study is to establish the potential for developing a multi-user route linking Alice Holt Forest to Queen Elizabeth Country Park (QECP). The route is to be suitable for cyclists and walkers, and, where possible, horse-riders and disabled users.
The consultants were asked to identify a main route travelling north to south through East Hampshire, using traffic-free routes wherever possible generally avoiding tarmac surfaces. They were also asked to identify links from the core route to major settlements and particularly to railway stations, namely Liphook, Liss, and Petersfield.
Such a project has a number of important roles to play: tackling obesity and improving community health; providing recreation facilities and tourism attractions; providing opportunities for sustainable transport whilst reducing congestion; encouraging social inclusion and improving quality of life. It is envisaged that the Shipwrights Way will provide these benefits on two levels: as a resource in its own right and as a sustainable transport route to the major countryside attractions of Alice Holt and QECP.
The consultants have identified a preferred route which is achievable in 2 years and a longer-term 'aspirational' route.
The emphasis will be on providing the best quality experience for the widest number of users – this may lead to a braided route in some areas where alternative routes will be available to different user types.
The Consultants carried out surveys of the proposed route, which included:
- Current surface type and conditions
- Repairs/ improvements required
- Signage - existing and required for a promoted route
- Hazard assessments (particularly road sections)
- Basic ecological survey ( i.e. to record anything that looks problematic along the way esp. badgers, bat roosts or other protected species)
- Identifying a suitable 'demonstration section'
- Assessment of on-going maintenance issues (e.g. vegetation management, river erosion, shared use with farm vehicles, etc)
- Identify possible cycle parking locations
Overall the study showed that it is feasible to create a multi-user route between Alice Holt Forest and Queen Elizabeth Country Park, it also found:-
- It has good connections to railway stations and towns.
- It will be a challenge to improve paths in certain areas of the route.
- A benefit is the lack of gates and stiles for the user to contend with.
The overall route is 28 miles long with approximately two thirds being off-road. At present the exact final route is still under consideration and we will present the preferred route once this has been identified.


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Microsoft release "secure" XP to the government
It's the most secure distribution version of Windows XP ever produced by Microsoft: More than 600 settings are locked down tight, and critical security patches can be installed in an average of 72 hours instead of 57 days. The only problem is, you have to join the Air Force to get it.
How can they call it secure if they can't remove Internet Explorer from it? How long before a torrent of a copy pops up? How long before someone pwns it?
I am wondering if they will release a template at some point.


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Today I was listening to one of my favorite talk radio shows, I could not believe my…. ears… as the topic shifted from floods and politics to HDTV conversion.
As you know, come February your TV is supposed to look better as it will be High Definition… not really the point here.
A caller was upset that he was being "Forced" to buy a converter box or a new TV. The host of the show was dumbfounded in the attitude of the caller in his insistence that "the Man" was forcing him into something he did not need…not want.
As I listened I too became perplexed at this callers attitude. I could not believe that he really had that mind set. I mean… Does he still use an 8 track player? Beta Movies? Atari?
Times and technology changes and with that change we either change or…. Not. But no one forces this change on us.
The caller is not "forced"to watch TV. He is not "Forced" to buy a new one.
He is not "Forced" to listen to music on CD's or an Ipod… He can use his 8 Track player until it no longer plays… or he gets tired of scratchy Lynard Skynard tunes. No one forces him to do anything.
And then I thought, geez we just had this conversation with some of the Scouts in our Troop. You see, a young Scout and I had a chat the other night about some up coming Troop activities. Next weekend the Troop is hitting the mountain for some high adventure cold weather camping. This Scout in question stated that he did not want to camp in the snow. I told him that he did not have to go if he did not want to. He looked at me expecting me to beg him to go. That was not going to happen, as much the caller to the Radio show was not going to be begged into buying a new TV or a CD Player. We do not force our Scouts to do anything, they can come and go as they please, we expect things of them if they choose to participate, but the choice is theirs to make.
Do I buy a new TV for a better picture? Do I trade my 8 track collection for better sounding CD's? Do I go on the 50 miler for a great backpacking experience or take advantage of a fantastic summer camp program? Do I get involved with my Troop and learn about leadership and service or do I just stand against the wall of change and let the world pass them buy? All choices, and choices that we allow them to make.
Nothing is forced in Scouting. If a boy wants to set goals and become an Eagle Scout, go on 50 milers, learn about astronomy, become a leader, we provide the opportunity. That's all.. just opportunities.
So the caller has a choice to make, a new TV or converter box. Or stay with the old and not take advantage of the world that is happening now. Just like in Scouting. Make a choice, but live with the choice you make.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


text: my five month old bm seems to prefer a sloppy sit - especially when working on hold - I'm wondering if he's hot and just being tired/lazy - how important is it to correct? In FowlDogs the trainer just reaches down and tightens it up - when he is waiting for me or my helper to throw a mark it is not a as sloppy of a sit as he is ready to burst out after the dummy. Thanks for any input.


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Over time, I've developed some serious carol anxiety. Like a mother bird, once someone has handled the classics of the holiday and gotten them all dirty, I want nothing to do with them anymore. Unfortunately, my occupation is such that I have no choice but to be made aware of every seasonal atrocity destined for store shelves, stockings, and, ultimately, the darkest chimneys of your subconscious. I've done something I thought couldn't be done and listened to a bunch of them, and I was pleased to find that among heaps of releases that give me a profound understanding of why silent nights are so highly valued this time of year, there are a few treats under the tree — and they aren't bits of Blitzen poop.
Case in point: the new Boxmasters collection, Christmas Cheer (Vanguard). A solid half-hour of jangle-belled countrified carolage with an inbuilt goofball element, so there's not a whole lot of integrity at stake, even when they misstep (like their Uncle-Billy-at-Countryoke take on "Silver Bells"). The miracle here isn't just that Billy Bob Thornton's band have created something worthwhile, it's that someone who looks as if he'd been beaten with a sled has a better chance of delivering Yuletide joy this year than Elvis. Yes, Christmas Duets (Sony/Legacy) finds the disembodied King traipsing through intensely gaudy arrangements with the almost-as-corpsy vocals of Underwood, McBride, and (gasp!) Newton-John. Reanimated talent is creepy, true, but it's also been done enough that it's forgivable. But the remedial glock solo from "I'll Be Home for Christmas" is not. I mean, why even get the glock out if it's gone be like that?
As someone who thinks Jack Johnson might make a great projectile, I was surprised to like This Warm December Vol. 1, a Christmas compilation issued by his Brushfire Records and featuring Money Mark, Rogue Wave, Neil Halstead, and (gasp again!) G. Love dealing out a sackful of substantial originals and charming standards — though Mason Jennings's drab take on "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" sounds as if it were about a dead golden retriever. Elsewhere in comp land, there's All Wrapped Up (Hollywood), with tracks by Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, and Jordan Pruitt. Warning: it may have you envying the Duraflame's slow immolation in the hearth.
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