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See, I knew this was going to happen. I started picking up the G.I Joe books a few months ago and I swore I wouldn't start collecting comics again. But I saw Uber-Artist Jim Lee's name and unmistakably cool artwork on the cover of Batman and couldn't resist. And Loeb's a decent writer, too (he did some cool Batman bookshelfs with Tim Sale back when I was in it hardcore. The Long Holloween, etc)
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Thanks Juro
All is well here in Up-state NY and I do hope to join you all in May for the Spring Clave in and around Chatham.
Your .02 is always worth at least .10 to me.
I was very surprised to see the original remark that posed the question as it came from a very respected member of the Fly Fishing Community, one and two handed.
Guess it all boils down to what fits the caster, probably fits the rod but if it fits the rod better then it makes the caster better.
Enjoy yourself at the Bears Den "do". Its too far to drive and Mother Nature can make it unpleasant, especially that time of year.
Thanks again.....Pete
Hi Pete -
Hope you are well.
This is really dependent on the rod make and model. Some rods single ratings are high and some are low. Some dual ratings are meant for the lines they might be matched with even though none of them would be a DT, for instance a saltwater overhead two-hander. A fraction of one percent of anglers might fish a DT on the beach but it's doubtful that the rod maker would rate for it.
I would be wary of blanket assessments like this, when it comes to rods and lines one size does not fit all nor does one rule of thumb. Cast it for yourself, talk to the pro staff at fly shops, and ask about specific makes and models on the web for good advice from those in the know.
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Just read on another site, European, that a dual rated rod 7/8, 9/10 etc indicated that the lower weight was for DT lines and upper weight was for WF lines and that single rated rods 8wt, 9wt etc were for DT lines. If you were going to use WF lines you should go up one weight, in the case of single weighted rods. Is this just a European belief or is it true here in the "States"? Question probably answered someplace in the archives but I'm lazy and am looking for some insight from more experienced fly casters. Thanks
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Yrs. ago I was training down in southern Ga. We had a couple of African Amer. birdboys in boats .
I went back to get my first dog.
While I was back at the truck I could hear screaming coming over the radio. The the guns started going off. i quickly asked what the is going on?
" Ms. Susan we ain't workin today theres too many dam snakes in here" We's comin in".
I also had to air my own dogs. "We don't do black dogs Ms. Susan"
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"Ummmmmmm Isn't a word." Judge Judy
I think Bobby Boudet told me this one:Charlie Moody had a new bird boy and so Charlie shows him how to throw birds, etc. and sends him out into the field. So, Charlie tells the guy, "When you throw, I want this bird thrown angled back".So Charlie calls for the birds and looks up to see the guy doing his best to LEAN backward at the knees and throw the bird.
Did I post this before? I forget. Anyway, while at a hunt test, there was a reluctant bb and the judge encouraged him to speed up. The bb gave the judge the finger. It was a scout troop doing the work. The bb was removed and returned to the scout leader. He came back a little while later with a new attitude and some hustle.
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HRCH Clineline Hijacker "Jack"
HRCH Marks a Lot Midnight Hudson, SH "Hudson" RIP (5/26/01-6/18/15)
Castile Creeks Rawhide, MH "Rowdy"
Like most here I have plenty of BAD bird-boy stories. But the BEST one was a young man who, after being instructed to blow his duck call before releasing the bird asked: "Yessir. Do you want a big hail call or some feeder chuckles?" Now that's what I like about the south.


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For my fellow SoCal-ers:
The Space Shuttle will be visible tonight, traveling from the north to the southeast around 8:20pm to 8:25pm, plus or minus. It will be about 36 degrees above the horizon. I would recommend going out about 10 minutes earlier than that to get your eyeballs acclimated to the dusk.
I live about 100 miles north of LA....so from JT to Tycho....the rest of SoCal should be able to see it, too. Just look for the bright, fast-moving "star" in the sky!
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Again for our menagerie of So Cal-ers:
The Shuttle will again be visible in the southwestern skies this time, from 8:43pm to 8:49pm tonight (June 10) in my area; and depending on atmospheric conditions in your area.
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
Well.....even though they're really bad, here's some shaky, blurry clicks of the International Space Station and Space Shuttle (the thin little squiggly line) with the moon (the fat blob) as a bonus as it went by last night over my little town.
It's a hand-held effort, and a tripod would have done little, too. Anyway, it's always cool to see my tax dollar whizzing overhead at 17,500 miles per hour!
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
Sorry. In my duties as ticket taker/ripper in half, I forgot to look up, as I was dealing with such gems as those below:
"What do you mean I can't get on the field?"
"This is f***ing stupid."
"I came all the way from [some far away location] and I can't get in without a ticket?"
"Can't you let me in?"
"I just want to take a picture."
"This is bulls***."
"If I offer you 20 cents, would you open the gate?" [this was an actual question to me, but was in jest]
"No, those are south side tickets; this is the north side."
"Any extra tickets?"
I'll try to remember to head outside tonight, tonight.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Unfortunately, it's trajectory won't take it over our area tonight.
Re: graduation.....your clientèle sounded like prime subjects for Force Lightning!
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
All I did yesterday was confuse my neighbors by looking up at the sky over an hour or so. And enjoy the coolness of a day that was hot and an evening that was quite comfortable. Thanks for feeding me false science/technology information, TI, and allowing me to relax and enjoy nature instead.
And, no, I think the "can have an effect on the weakminded" line is better than Force lightning. In polite manners, I did the "move along, move along" thing (wait, does that make me the weak one? ) throughout the line.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.


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Venezuela is among the 50 countries with the highest rates of obesity and overweight. According to WHO, diabetes – mostly type 2 diabetes – is the fourth cause of death in Venezuela behind heart disease, stroke and violence. Diabetes is responsible for 7% of total death, and is expected to rise dramatically over coming decades. As a result, Venezuela and other Latin American countries are facing a growing multiple-disease burden, as health authorities strive to protect populations from non-communicable as well as infectious diseases.
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Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed noncutaneous cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death after lung cancer among women in the United States. In 2008, an estimated 182,460 cases of invasive breast cancer and 67,770 cases of in situ breast cancer were diagnosed, and 40,480 women died of breast cancer in the United States.
Recent clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of three medications—tamoxifen citrate, raloxifene, and tibolone—to reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer in women without pre-existing cancer. This therapy is sometimes referred to as "chemoprevention" in the literature, although this is not a fully accurate representation of the intervention. Tamoxifen and raloxifene are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for this indication and tibolone is not. Raloxifene is approved for use by postmenopausal women only. Current clinical recommendations, including those from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued in 2002, support tamoxifen use for primary breast cancer prevention in women considered at high risk for breast cancer by the Gail model or other criteria and low risk for adverse events. However, use of risk-reducing medications for breast cancer is believed to be low in the United States.
The purpose of this review is to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of tamoxifen citrate, raloxifene, and tibolone to reduce the risk of primary breast cancer; assess the nature and magnitude of harms; and examine how benefits and harms vary by age, breast cancer risk status, and other factors. The review was originally entitled "Comparative Effectiveness of Chemotherapy Agents in the Prevention of Primary Breast Cancer in Women." Peer review comments suggested that the terms "chemotherapy" and "prevention" were misnomers. The term "medications to reduce risk" is a better representation of the intervention and therefore, all references to "chemoprevention" are edited, including the key questions and report title.
The review also examines issues related to clinical effectiveness, such as patient choice, concordance, adherence, and persistence of use, and evaluates methods to appropriately select patients for risk-reducing medications for clinical applications. The target population includes women without pre-existing breast cancer, noninvasive breast cancer, or precursor conditions who are not known carriers of breast cancer susceptibility mutations (BRCA1, BRCA2, or others). The analytic framework and key questions guiding this review are described below.
Key Questions
Key Question 1. In adult women without pre-existing breast cancer, what is the comparative effectiveness of selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) tamoxifen citrate and raloxifene, and the selective tissue estrogenic activity regulator (STEAR) tibolone, when used to reduce risk for primary breast cancer on improving short-term and long-term outcomes including invasive breast cancer, noninvasive breast cancer, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), breast cancer mortality, all-cause mortality, and osteoporotic fractures?
Key Question 2. What is the evidence for harms of tamoxifen citrate, raloxifene, and tibolone when used to reduce risk for primary breast cancer?
Key Question 3. How do outcomes for tamoxifen citrate, raloxifene, and tibolone when used for primary prevention of breast cancer vary by heterogeneity in subpopulations?
Key Question 4. What is the evidence that harms or secondary potential benefits listed above affect treatment choice, concordance, adherence, and persistence to treatment with tamoxifen citrate, raloxifene, and tibolone when used for primary prevention of breast cancer?
Key Question 5. What methods, such as clinical risk-assessment models, have been used to identify women who could benefit from medications to reduce risk of breast cancer?
|Figure A. Analytic framework
Key Question 1. Comparative effectiveness of tamoxifen citrate, raloxifene, and tibolone for the primary prevention of breast cancer, mortality, and fractures:
- Eight large randomized controlled trials provide data on breast cancer risk reduction in women without pre-existing breast cancer. These include one good-quality head-to-head trial of tamoxifen and raloxifene and seven fair-and good-quality placebo-controlled trials (four tamoxifen, two raloxifene, and one tibolone). Results of placebo-controlled trials cannot be directly compared between types of medications because of important differences between study subjects.
- Tamoxifen (risk ratio [RR] 0.70; 0.59, 0.82; four trials), raloxifene (RR 0.44; 0.27, 0.71; two trials), and tibolone (RR 0.32; 0.13, 0.80; one trial) reduce the incidence of invasive breast cancer in midlife and older women by approximately 30 percent to 68 percent. Tamoxifen and raloxifene had similar effects in the STAR (Study of Raloxifene and Tamoxifen) head-to-head trial
- Reduction of invasive breast cancer continued at least 3 to 5 years after discontinuation of tamoxifen in the two trials providing post-treatment followup data.
- Tamoxifen (RR 0.58; 0.42, 0.79; four trials) and raloxifene (RR 0.33; 0.18, 0.61; two trials) reduced estrogen receptor positive invasive breast cancer, but not estrogen receptor negative invasive breast cancer, in placebo-controlled trials. They had similar effects in the STAR head-to-head trial.
- Tamoxifen and raloxifene did not significantly reduce noninvasive breast cancer, including DCIS, in meta-analysis of four placebo-controlled trials, although noninvasive breast cancer was significantly reduced in the NSABP P-1 (National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project) tamoxifen trial (RR 0.63; 0.45, 0.89). The STAR head-to-head trial indicated no statistically significant differences between raloxifene and tamoxifen (RR 1.40; 0.98, 2.00).
- All-cause mortality is similar for women using raloxifene and those using tamoxifen, and also is similar for tamoxifen, raloxifene, or tibolone compared with placebo, although followup times in most trials were short. Tamoxifen does not reduce breast cancer mortality compared to placebo.
- Tamoxifen and raloxifene had similar effects on fractures at multiple sites in the STAR head-to-head trial. In placebo-controlled trials, raloxifene (RR 0.61; 0.54, 0.69; two trials) and tibolone (RR 0.55; 0.41. 0.74; one trial) reduced vertebral fractures; tamoxifen (RR 0.66; 0.45, 0.98; one trial) and tibolone (RR 0.74; 0.58, 0.93; one trial) reduced nonvertebral fractures; and tibolone reduced wrist (RR 0.54; 0.35, 0.82; one trial) but not hip fractures.
|Major health outcome
|Head-to-head trial1
|Placebo-controlled trials2
|Raloxifene vs. tamoxifen
|Tamoxifen vs. placebo
|Raloxifene vs. placebo
|Tibolone vs. placebo
|1Study of Raloxifene and Tamoxifen (STAR).
2Number of events reduced compared to placebo per 1,000 women-years assuming 5 years of use (95-percent confidence interval shown in parentheses).
3Based on short-term followup times from trials.
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|Invasive breast cancer
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|7 (4, 12) +++
|9 (4, 14) +++
|10 (3, 17) ++
|Estrogen receptor positive
|No difference
|8 (3, 13) +++
|8 (4, 12) +++
|Estrogen receptor negative
|No difference
|No difference ++
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|Noninvasive cancer
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|All-cause death3
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|No difference +++
|No difference +++
|Vertebral fracture
|No difference
|No difference +
|7 (5, 9) +++
|44 (25, 61) ++
|Nonvertebral fracture
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|No difference +++
|34 (8, 56) ++
Key Question 2. Harms of tamoxifen citrate, raloxifene, and tibolone when used for primary prevention of breast cancer:
- In addition to the 8 large randomized controlled trials described in Key Question 1, harms data were provided by 12 placebo-controlled trials and 1 observational study of raloxifene, and 7 placebo-controlled trials and 1 observational study of tibolone.
- Raloxifene caused fewer thromboembolic events (RR 0.70; 0.54, 0.91) than tamoxifen in the STAR head-to-head trial. Tamoxifen (RR 1.93; 1.41, 2.64; four trials) and raloxifene (RR 1.60; 1.15, 2.23; two trials) cause more thromboembolic events than placebo. Risk returned to normal after discontinuation of tamoxifen in the two trials providing post-treatment data. Tibolone does not increase risk for thromboembolic events, although data are limited.
- Tamoxifen, raloxifene, and tibolone do not increase risk for coronary heart disease events, although data for tibolone are limited.
- Tibolone causes more strokes than placebo (RR 2.19; 1.14, 4.23); tamoxifen and raloxifene do not increase risk for stroke.
- In the STAR head-to-head trial, raloxifene caused fewer cases of endometrial hyperplasia (RR 0.16; 0.09, 0.29) and was associated with fewer hysterectomies (RR 0.44; 0.35, 0.56) than tamoxifen, but differences for endometrial cancer were not statistically significant (RR 0.62; 0.35, 1.08).
- Tamoxifen causes more cases of endometrial cancer than placebo (RR 2.13; 1.36, 3.32; three trials); raloxifene does not increase risk for endometrial cancer or uterine bleeding, and tibolone does not increase risk for endometrial cancer in clinical trials but was associated with more cases of endometrial cancer in a large cohort study (RR 1.79; 1.43, 2.25).
- Raloxifene caused fewer cataracts (RR 0.79; 0.68, 0.92) and cataract surgeries (RR 0.82; 0.68, 0.99) than tamoxifen in the STAR head-to-head trial. Tamoxifen was associated with more cataract surgeries than placebo in the NSABP P-1 trial (RR 1.57; 1.16, 2.14). Raloxifene does not increase risk for cataracts or cataract surgery.
- In head-to-head comparisons, women using raloxifene reported more musculoskeletal problems, dyspareunia, and weight gain, while those using tamoxifen had more gynecological problems, vasomotor symptoms, leg cramps, and bladder control symptoms.
- Most common side effects for tamoxifen are hot flashes and other vasomotor symptoms, vaginal discharge, and other vaginal symptoms such as itching or dryness; for raloxifene, vasomotor symptoms and leg cramps; and for tibolone, vaginal bleeding and reduced number and severity of hot flashes.
Key Question 3. Variability of outcomes in subpopulations:
- Tamoxifen and raloxifene had similar effects on breast cancer outcomes regardless of age and family history of breast cancer in the head-to-head STAR trial.
- Tamoxifen reduces breast cancer outcomes in subgroups evaluated in prevention trials based on age, menopausal status, estrogen use, family history of breast cancer, and history of lobular carcinoma in situ or atypical hyperplasia. In the NSABP P-1 trial, cancer rates were highest and risk reduction greatest among women in the highest modified Gail model risk category and among women with prior atypical hyperplasia.
- Raloxifene reduces breast cancer outcomes in subgroups evaluated in prevention trials based on age, age at menarche, parity, age at first live birth, and body mass index. Estimates from subgroups based on prior estrogen use, family history of breast cancer, and prior hysterectomy or oophorectomy are limited by smaller numbers of subjects.
- Thromboembolic events and endometrial cancer were more common in older (>50) than younger women in the NSABP P-1 trial.
- Tibolone causes more strokes in older (>70 years) than younger women.
|Major health outcome
|Head-to-head trial1
|Placebo-controlled trials2
|Raloxifene vs. tamoxifen
|Tamoxifen vs. placebo
|Raloxifene vs. placebo
|Tibolone vs. placebo
|1Study of Raloxifene and Tamoxifen (STAR).
2Number of events increased compared to placebo per 1,000 women-years assuming 5 years of use (95-percent confidence interval).
3Number of events increased per 1,000 women-years assuming 5 years of use (95-percent confidence interval).
Strength of Evidence Symbols
|Thromboembolic events
|6 (2, 10)3 More with tamoxifen
|4 (2, 9) +++
|7 (2, 15) +++
|No difference +
|Coronary heart disease
|No difference
|No difference +++
|No difference +++
|No difference +
|No difference
|No difference ++
|No difference ++
|11 (1, 36) ++
|Endometrial cancer
|No difference
|4 (1, 10) +++
|No difference ++
|13 (5, 21) More with tamoxifen
|No difference +
|No difference +++
Key Question 4. Treatment choice, concordance, adherence, and persistence to treatment with tamoxifen citrate, raloxifene, and tibolone when used for primary prevention of breast cancer:
- Comparisons of adherence and persistence rates across medications in prevention trials are limited because few trials report treatment duration, completion rates, or other measures of adherence and persistence, and trials were designed for different treatment purposes.
- Discontinuation rates for tamoxifen or raloxifene are generally higher than placebo. In the few trials reporting discontinuation rates, the difference between treatment and placebo groups was ≤2 percent for adverse events and ≤4 percent for nonprotocol-specified events.
- Women make decisions to use tamoxifen for risk reduction based on their concern for adverse effects as well as their risk for breast cancer, according to small descriptive studies.
- Women weigh their physicians' recommendations highly when deciding whether to take tamoxifen for risk reduction, according to descriptive studies of concordance.
- Studies of treatment choice and concordance for raloxifene and tibolone for breast cancer risk reduction are lacking.
Key Question 5. Clinical risk assessment models to identify women who could benefit from medications to reduce risk of breast cancer:
- Nine risk stratification models that predict an individual's risk for developing breast cancer have been evaluated for use in clinical settings. Models consider multiple risk factors for breast cancer.
- Risk stratification models demonstrate good calibration, with the expected number of breast cancer cases in a study population closely matching the number of breast cancer cases observed.
- All models have low discriminatory accuracy in predicting the probability of breast cancer in an individual. Most models perform only slightly better than age alone as a risk predictor.
- A Gail score of ≥1.66 percent has been used as a risk threshold in prevention trials and in Food and Drug Administration approval of tamoxifen and raloxifene for breast cancer prevention. However, this threshold has low discriminatory accuracy in predicting breast cancer in an individual.
Trials met criteria for good applicability: they were conducted in settings appropriate to clinical practice, enrolled subjects selected with broad eligibility criteria, assessed health outcomes, and had followup periods of several years. Also, although inclusion criteria differed between trials, results for breast cancer outcomes were similar. For these reasons, the trials provided information about effectiveness as well as efficacy of the risk-reducing medications.
Clinicians can consider the results of trials to be most applicable to patients with characteristics similar to those of the study populations. Specifically, tamoxifen results apply to younger premenopausal and postmenopausal women meeting breast cancer risk criteria; tibolone results apply to older postmenopausal women with osteoporosis; and raloxifene results apply to postmenopausal women meeting breast cancer risk criteria and to older postmenopausal women with osteoporosis or cardiovascular disease and/or risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Women not well represented in the trials are those who are younger (<55 years old), have Gail scores <1.66 percent or considered low risk by other criteria used by some of the trials, are nonwhite, or are from outside North America and Europe. Also, premenopausal women were excluded from the raloxifene and tibolone trials.
Remaining Issues
While the efficacy of tamoxifen, raloxifene, and tibolone has been demonstrated for women in the clinical trials, it is not clear which women in clinical practice would optimally benefit from risk reduction. Future research to determine the optimal candidates for risk-reduction medications would help focus prevention efforts. Applying these findings to clinical selection criteria would improve identification of patients for risk-reducing medications in practice.
The results of current trials indicate that adverse effects differ between medications and may drive decisions for risk-reducing medications as much or more than benefits do. Further research to more clearly identify characteristics of individuals experiencing specific adverse effects would guide physicians and patients to regimens that cause the least harm.
Full Report
This executive summary is part of the following document: Nelson HD, Fu R, Humphrey L, Smith ME, Griffin JC, Nygren P. Comparative Effectiveness of Medications To Reduce Risk of Primary Breast Cancer in Women. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 17. (Prepared by Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10057-1.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. September 2009. Available at: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.
For More Copies
For more copies of Comparative Effectiveness of Medications To Reduce Risk of Primary Breast Cancer in Women: Executive Summary. No. 17. (AHRQ Pub. No. 09-EHC028-1), please call the AHRQ Clearinghouse at 1-800-358-9295 or e-mail email@example.com.


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I'm trying to learn how to create video games using a tool called Stencyl. This is the game you make from the first tutorial. To play, click on the game first. Then use the space bar to jump, and the left and right arrow keys to move. Not fancy, but it's certainly easy to grasp the basics.
May 12
My first video game using Stencyl
Mar 12
NBC examines how Nick Denton and Gawker have reinvented (subverted?) the newsroom
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Sep 11
Technology as the Architect of our Intimacies
|RT @STurkle: Technology is the Architect of Our Intimacies. I am speaking tonight at Berkeley Center for New Media. http://t.co/Oq78FFH
|@sturkle now speaking at #calnewmedia standing room only – Colbert told her "why don't you teach at the Mass. Institute of Friendship"
|@cturkle : At MIT in 1977, she went to a retreat entitled, "How to keep computers busy," @calnewmedia Ah, the irony.
|@sturkle at MIT retreat in 1977: only academics would write on a computer. One suggestion: a calendar (dismissed) All agreed on games
|@sturkle @calnewmedia: We have become computer's killer ap
|@sturkle in talking about the evolution of computers: "We have become the killer app" @calnewmedia
|@sturkle re: computers and technology: No such thing as just a tool. @calnewmedia
|2 things happened that made @sturkle more cautionary w/ tech in 1995: socialable robotics and mobile connectivity revolution @calnewmedia
|@sturkle: I'm very prorobot I'm not a luddite. I love robots. What I don't like in a robot is Take care of me and I'll love you @calnewmedia
|@sturkle: identity exploring online Life on the Screen was a bit naive b/c assumed on and off in virtual/real wrld @calnewmedia.
|@sturkle: My model had not taken into account the "always on culture." @calnewmedia
|Re: Life on the Screen – @sturkle: I had not taken seriously how we could bail out of the physical /real anytime we wanted to. @calnewmedia
|@sturkle. Just b/c we grow up with the Internet doesn't mean the Internet is all grown up. @calnewmedia
|@sturkle: Texting at funerals is major. @calnewmedia
|@sturkle: Parents complain about kids texting at the dinner table but it's really parents who are doing it. @calnewmedia
|@sturkle. We'd rather text than hide. It's a technology we can hide. Online we can be who we want to be. @calnewmedia
|@sturkle: We don't allow ourselves the time to explain complicated problems. We train ourselves to answer simpler questions. @calnewmedia
|@sturkle: People measure success by e-mails, calls, texts answered. @calnewmedia
|@sturkle: We tell our children that world is inc. complex but we have created a com. medium that reduces time to sit & think. @calnewmedia
|@sturkle: We have gone from "I have a feeling, I want to make a call" to "I want to have a feeling, I need to send a text." @calnewmedia WOW
|What's not being cultivated with new media is the ability to being alone to gather oneself. @calnewmedia
|@sturkle: What's not being cultivated with new media is the ability to be alone to gather oneself. @calnewmedia
Aug 11
Knight offers lessons learned from News Challenge winners
The Knight Foundation has released an assessment of the impact of the first two years of the News Challenge program, of which The Next Newsroom Project was one. I received my grant during the first year, in 2007. And while my grant only ran one year, the lessons I learned and the people I met during that time still guide my thinking about the future of news.
You can read the full report here. The above slide deck contains a summary of some of the data related to the projects, and their impact. And there's a neat infographic here.
And if you don't have time for all that, the Knight Blog has a summary here.
It's especially good to see Knight posting some of the lessons the foundation learned, including the need to speed up the grantmaking process, and helping applicants build better budgets.
Otherwise, the lessons learned are worth reading for anyone thinking about launching a venture to address the future of news and journalism.
Feb 11
Carnival of Journalism: Let's increase the flow of local government data
The Carnival of Journalism is back for month two, under the guidance of ringleader David Cohn. The question this month:
"Considering your unique circumstances what steps can be taken to increase the number of news sources?"
I expect there are a nearly limitless number of ways to approach this. I'm going to start with an example close to home: Oakland, CA. And I'm going to suggest we lean on an actor that tends to make most folks in journalism nervous: Government.
I'm often struck, living out here in Silicon Valley, about the disconnect between what people believe is available in terms of information online, and what the reality is. I can't even recall how many times I've been speaking to a group about the future of journalism, and someone will say something like, "Well, now that all the information is available online, why do we even need journalists? Can't we just do everything you do with better tags and filters and feeds?"
The answer: No. And we are perhaps decades away from anything that resembles that fantasy world.
But there are things we can do to move in that direction. Let start to explain with a story. Two years ago, my car was stolen. I had to go to the Oakland Police Department to get a copy of the police report for the insurance company. As I approached the window to talk to the attendant, I watched her working on her manual typewriter, stopping to fix a mistake with some white out. Eventually, she paused to help me. She fetched the paper copy of my report and then went to the copier to make me a copy. There were some parts of the report, such as where the car was eventually found, that never made it to the file.
This was the Oakland Police Department in January 2009. Now, the Oakland cop shop does eventually digitize some information and make it available on its own mapping system. And one group, Stamen Design, has created a more elegant version of that information here. But both versions provide only the barest of details about the incidents. There is no narrative, no names of the people involved, and no identities of the police who responded. It's a baby step forward, but only just.
As a former cop reporter, I can also say that these systems require us to depend on the accuracy and the truthfulness of the police. While I hate to be cynical, even when I was reading through stacks of police reports in the mid-1990s, the real scope of an incident or the real impact was not apparent until you cornered a cop and got them to talk. And even then, their stories, in certain circumstances, differed from witnesses, especially where accusations of police brutality were involved.
Technology can't fix all of that. But in following Mr. Cohn's advice to "Bite small, chew well," I'll start with the Oakland Police's dilemma. What is needed is a massive investment in their infrastructure, something that would increase their efficiency as a department, but also expand their capacity for transparency. That, in turn, would bolster the amount of crime information they can put online, which in turn would amplify the effectiveness of services like the Oakland crime maps.
Take this small example, and now expand it around the San Francisco Bay Area, to the dozens of police and sheriff's departments that are still only just barely in the digital age. And now widen the lens to include all aspects of local and county governments. Big investments in the infrastructure are needed to get the information of these agencies online, and in formats, like structured data, that would open them up to wider consumption and interpretation.
As the reach of metro and local papers continues to ebb, I'm guessing many of these police departments haven't seen a cop reporter in years. So this type of investment seems like a great opportunity to dramatically increase the flow of information that is also urgently needed. Of course, that flow would quickly become a flood, creating a secondary challenge of finding ways to filter it, provide context, and make sure there was community-wide access for all citizens. It would need to be packaged in forms that make for easy and convenient consumption. But that shouldn't be a reason to not try.
However, the more immediate problem, of course, is who will pay for this? State and local governments across the country are facing historic financial problems. Many state governments are bleeding red ink. The federal government seems the best bet, despite the current focus on cutting the budget. President Obama has taken some steps to promote a Government 2. 0 agenda, and in his recent State of the Union address, he called on making strategic investments in infrastructure to "win" the future.
Over time, such a program would cost billions, if not trillions, to bring every government into the digital age. But in terms of impact on increasing sources of news, it strikes me as one of the smartest investments we can make.


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What happened!?
Well, a lot, or not so much, depends how you take it :)
To summarise some random chosen facts:
- Still at the same project at work (started to stink months ago). Will it end someday? Soon we hope, but given the external dependencies and all the people required to be coordinated seems very hard.
- But still having a job, so the bank is happy I'm paying the mortgage every month. Me too :)
- Finally had my vacation, delayed twice in 2010, and with extra days as compensation for this!
- But also were doing extra hours (worked some Saturdays and holidays...)
- Which, fortunately, were paid accordingly
- Just to discover how the taxes on my payroll were also incremented to leave me with only the half of the extra euros :-P
- Christmas were not as good as other years, maybe because I got some kind of flu for the end of year. Not good for enjoying the meal or any other thing in fact. Sucks a bit to fall ill when on vacation again.
- Visited León over a weekend, and having a good time with Alf and his soon to be future wife. They're getting married after 10 years together, so I wonder they were not sure or just utterly lazy ;-)
- Finally searching solutions for renewing our bathrooms at home. That's going to be a hard (and expensive) task!
- Yes, new Debian stable, codenamed Squeeze, is still not released... I guess no surprise here. Since some time ago I'm following the mailing list and now I realize how hard is making everybody to converge on releasing, specially when free software is such a moving target and everybody wants the latest and greatest always.
- Claws packages will be there at the 3.7.6 version, which is fairly good so far. Anyway now that backports is part of the official infrastructure it's very likely the current version will be backported as soon as Squeeze is out and their backports suite activated.
- Sylpheed continues its road to 3.1.0, which will have an updated Spanish translation. It was a long time since I did it last time :)
- An itch has been scratched and the Address Keeper plugin is now a reality. This feature for Claws Mail has been around my mind since probably since I started to use it and was named diferently. It was the only feature I missed from the Pegasus Mail on Win32, which had it and had saved myself from typing addresses twice forever.


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So many things have been going on since I took an extended vacation from blogging, but here are some of the Cambodian stories I've been following and wondering about:
- Rape on the Rise: The incidence of sexual violence appears to continue its meteoric rise in reporting; it seems that it is not only reporting on the rise, however – an entire culture of rape among urban elite males appears to increasingly be copied by immiserated peasants and connected thugs alike, nation-wide.
- Remember the Mekong, whose name, "Mother Ganges," identifies it with another world-historic river-system also under attack? Yeah, so do a lot of other people, who saw it dry up this last dry season. Unfortunately the people who care are not the people making the decisions. If you're curious about one of the upstream dams likely related to this current, ongoing catastrophe, read the discussion over at New Mandala on the Xiaowan Dam, where most of the real science is being discussed in an informal way.
- I'm thoroughly unsurprised that Cambodian officials prohibited a screening of the new film, Who Killed Chea Vichea? While I have yet to see this film, the title alone is enough to make the Cambodian judiciary and elites pissed off, for it points out that no credible suspects have yet been found. Meanwhile, on May Day, approximately 7,000 workers took to the streets of Phnom Penh.
- But I am surprised at some of the news out of the union movement in Cambodia lately. Rong Chhun appears to have been slowly sucked into the role of political opponent rather than labor dissident, and has been making a fuss over border posts lately, instead of issues of workers' rights. That's unfortunate, because Chhun has the capacity to be a leader of genuine change. The appeal of political diversions is greatest when workers' advocacy and organization is weakest, or when individuals begin to burn out, but I hope he returns to the issues at the core of the Cambodian Independent Teachers' Association soon.
- Meanwhile, I was grieved to hear that FTUWKC leader Chea Mony was to resign his position as president of the union due to health (pulmonary) problems. The stress of that job must be killing him. But then, news suddenly that he's been re-elected as president, followed immediately by a call to collect money to pay Mu Sochua's recent fines. I'm very confused as to what is happening here, but I find the renewal of political party ties unfortunate, because I would hate to see the independent union movement co-opted by the political ambitions of individuals within any party.
- Meanwhile, although Rice exporters are increasing the scope of their ambition (Europe's markets), the current drought is causing worry about the harvest.
- Go read about the catastrophe that was Bangkok a few months back somewhere; it's important stuff, though I don't have time to discuss it here. On the other hand, even though 80% of migrant workers in Thailand are from Burma, post-catastrophe raids have been primarily rounding up Cambodians (10% of the migrant worker population in Thailand).
- Slavery. flipping hell, can't we end this now? Apparently not; there are more people enslaved today than at any previous point in history.


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The Flying Dutch culminated a great comeback season by finishing third in the MIAA standings. Coach Eva Dean Folkert's Flying Dutch placed third in the season-ending conference tournament after earlier finishing third in each of the league jamborees.
It was an impressive improvement for a Flying Dutch squad that had ended seventh in the MIAA in 2004.
Saint Mary's headed the field in the conference tournament, finishing four strokes ahead of Olivet and 13 ahead of Hope. It propelled the Belles to their fourth straight seasonal championship, averaging 342.6 strokes per 18-hole round followed by Olivet 348.0, Hope 352.0, Albion 359.0, Alma 365.8, Tri-State 371.6, Kalamazoo 388.9, Calvin 400.0, and Adrian 425.8.
The seasonal league medalist was Saint Mary's senior Megan Mattia at 80.6 strokes per round. Hope senior Brittanny Philo of Greenville (Greenville HS) tied for sixth in the final player standings averaging 86.0 strokes and achieved All-MIAA first team recognition.
Freshman Kristi Yamaoka of Zeeland, Mich. (Zeeland HS) placed on the All-MIAA second team by finishing 11th in the player standings with an average of 88.4.
Junior Holly Sneller of Holland, Mich. (Hamilton HS) and sophomore Julie Hoogerhyde of Grand Rapids, Mich. (Forest Hills Northern HS) each averaged 90.0 strokes per round 16th in the player standings.


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One of two pairs of earphones introduced at Apples WWDC.
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On of two pairs of In-Ear earphones introduced at Apple's WWDC.
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Budclicks patented the ability to click charms to earbuds. They allow kids, tweens, and adults to style up those bland white earbuds. The Budclick mount works on iPod and iPhone style white earbuds created by Apple. With over 150 million of these earbuds on the market Budclicks have appeal to just about everyone. Budclicks has found the largest audience in music listeners on the go. Whether on...


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When describing the Scout Badge a Scout needs to explain the major components of it.
The top of the Scout Badge for example symbolizes the Point of a compass.
The compass always pointing North is our True reference point. As long as know that North will always be there, we can navigate with a compass and map.
So it is with Scouting. Our Moral compass is the Scout Law. It is the map that leads us in life. As long as we know that our Compass is true and always pointing in the right direction, we can not go wrong.
We know what is right by living the Scout Oath and Law. Those simple words are always right.
Trustworth, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thifty, Brave, Clean, and of course Reverent. Which one of those can lead you in the wrong direction?
When we recite the Scout Oath we make three promises, or remind ourselves of the three duties we have; Duty to God and Country, Duty to others [to help other people at all times], and Duty to ourselves [to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight].
The arrow of the compass always is steadfast and true, so is the Scout oath and law.
Keep yourself pointed in the right direction and you will never go wrong.
Your Day 4 & 5 Health Tips #100daysStrong
Start your day with breakfast.
Breakfast fills your "empty tank" to get you going after a long night without food. And it can help you do better in school. Easy to prepare breakfasts include cold cereal with fruit and low-fat milk, whole-wheat toast with peanut butter, yogurt with fruit, whole-grain waffles or even last night's pizza!
Get Moving!
It's easy to fit physical activities into your daily routine. Walk, bike or jog to see friends. Take a 10-minute activity break every hour while you read, do homework or watch TV. Climb stairs instead of taking an escalator or elevator. Try to do these things for a total of 30 minutes every day.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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Choreography by: Justin Peck
Music by: Sufjan Stevens
Set to an orchestration of Sufjan Stevens' 2001 electronica album Enjoy Your Rabbit, Justin Peck's acclaimed Year of the Rabbit highlights its corps de ballet as they form intricate and architectural patterns that envelope its featured dancers.
Peck's second work for New York City Ballet, Year of the Rabbit, is a collaboration with American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens and is set to Stevens' Enjoy Your Rabbit, an electronica album and song cycle based on the Chinese zodiac. The ballet features a new orchestration of the score by Michael Atkinson that was created specifically for the ballet. Year of the Rabbit is an elaboration of Peck's Tales of a Chinese Zodiac, which was created in 2010 for the New York Choreographic Institute.


text: The problem starts at a young age. This is video of an 8 year old girl STEALING packages from her neighbors homes left by the UPS driver. If this was my kid she wouldnt be able to sit down for a month! You dont have to be mentally ill to be bad!


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Phone: (09) 360 9537
Website: maltbar.co.nz
Malt feels a bit like an old friend, albeit one you haven't seen for a while.
I've driven past it for ages now, thinking I really should go back, so when I finally get there I was really hoping it would be as good as I remember.
Walking into the place on a hot day is a lovely feeling, as the cool air and gentle darkness wipe away the heat and bright light on the street. Walk through the nicely laid out and decorated bar and you end up in a great outdoor area at the back.
It's partially uncovered for smokers and the rest of it has a louvred roof that can be opened or closed depending on the weather, and there is an open fire for winter.
It was quiet when we visited this time, so we had our pick of the tables and checked out the menus.
The drink selection at Malt isn't what you'd call extensive. It features the Monteith's range and a line-up of the usual suspects, while the back shelf is well-stocked if not exactly weighed down by wow-factor spirits.
The wine list is fine, but a few more options wouldn't go amiss.
The food is limited in the number of dishes but covers every taste, including a range of very yummy wood-fired pizzas that have the added bonus of being more than affordable. The pizza range offers the sort of value lacking in other bars and the ale and beef pie is a beautiful dish for a mere $14.
The service could have been friendlier, I thought, with our bartender a bit short of patience and manners, but other staff seemed fine so maybe she was just having a bad day, although that's no reason to take your mood to work with you.
Overall, it's a lovely little spot for a few drinks and, especially, a bite to eat with friends.
Service: 3
Drink: 4
Menus: 5
Atmosphere: 4
Overall: 4
Malt is open Sunday 10am-11.30pm, Monday-Thursday 11am-11.30pm, Friday 11am-12.30am.


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Loft Giulia - NAVONA
Size35 m²
Floor No.0
- Air conditioning
- Internet/WiFi
- Family/child friendly
- Disabled access
- Kitchen
- Towels
Accommodation summary
|Vicolo dei Soldati, 00186 Roma, Italy
|Property type
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|6 days ago
In 5 minutes walking you can reach the Pantheon, Castel S. Angelo, Campo dei Fiori and Coronari street.
In 10 minutes by feet you arrive in Piazza di Spagna, Fontana di Trevi, and in 15 minutes in Trastevere district, Campidoglio and Colosseo.
Close to the museum Altemps in an ancient roman vicolo, the apartment is located on the ground floor of a building of 1600, consists in a single room equipped with air conditioning, a large and comfortable double bed, a small sofa bed, a small kitchen equipped, a table with folding chairs, a small bathroom with shower without bidet.
Central location, ground floor with independent entrance, without architectural barriers, no gas, kitchen equipped with electric plates, air conditioning, bathroom with shower, sleeps 2 +1 extra, 1 minute to bus stops, children welcome no smoking, no animals.
Supplied accessories included: free Wi-Fi internet, microwave, plates, cutlery, cookware, glasses, fridge, hair dryer, iron and ironing board, linen bed, towels, welcome kit, hoover, kettle, security door and window.
The apartment has wood ceiling, armored door and window.
Ideal for tourists who are searching for the history of the "eternal city".
Remember to wear comfortable shoes and enjoy you roman holiday!
House rulesIt's very important for us to know the arrival time to organize your check in. Check-in after 21:00 has an extra charge of 25 €; After midnight it has a supplement of 50 €. Supplement (15 €) for check in during national holidays (25-26.12, Easter, Easter, 15.8 and January 1st on request).Supplement (5 €) for check on Sunday. These payments will be paid directly in cash upon arrival.
Please respect the timetable agreed for the arrival and notify immediately via text message in case of delay. Otherwise we can not ensure the immediate entry into the apartment. Check-in is from 2 pm and check-out within 11 am.
If neccessary there will be changes with availability, please contact us.
Courtesy line and assistance during your stay.
Username and password Wi-Fi's available inside the loft.
Feel at home and enjoy your stay!
|Price for > 2 guests
|€ 16 per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
It was a very nice apartament and is located in a very good place, in the center of the city. Thank you for everything, Giulia and Lavinia.
Very well located and well equipped with everything what is necessary. Quiet nice street.
Really a very, very small flat, but absolutely in the middle of the historical part of rome - just 2 minutes by feet to piazza navona and 10 minutes to st angelo. It was not very well-kept especially the bath-"room". But all in all, it was ok for a 7-days-trip to this incredible and faszinating city.
Perfect place, phoned Lavinia as explained on information received after booking, very hospitable arrived on time explained everything we needed to know. property was perfect the position was right in the center of everything, could not have booked a better place.Will definitely book again. Thank you.
I had a very unpleasant meeting with Latvia, because we were 20 min. late, could not find the address, my GPS did not work and tried to ask people, and unfortunately got the wrong direction. I had left my luggage and my husband on the street, I was so stressed out and ran to the address alone. Latvia called twice and askede where we were, because she did not have time to wait, and had to go to the next address. I explained to her my situation, and hoped for a little understanding from her, but she was grumpy. She was gone when I was there, but came back quickly after I called her. I said I was sorry to be late, she said the same to me with a hard voice I felt so stupid and it was very uncomfortable but tried to smile and explained what had happened to us, and so she began to smile and was nice. She showed me the room i 2 min. The room was cold, very dark and moist ... the bathroom did not smell good in the morgning. Network did not work most of the time. But I liked the location because it was very close to many things.
Very good location , in a small quiet side street in Piazza Navona .
Everything within walking distance. The hosts were very nice and helpful . The apartment is rather small but very good for a long weekend .
The pity is that the Internet does not work well . Thank you
We arrived in pouring rain to Ceiling Gulia. Our host was very superficial, would quickly out the door. Asked for help for wifi, she could not find out, and we never found out that in the week we were there. The apartment is very very dark. Despite sunshine for 6 days, so we only sun a quarter a day in the street.
The apartment is probably ok for a weekend, but no more than that.
Vi kom i silende regn til Loft Gulia. Vores vært var meget overfladisk, ville hurtigt ud af døren. Bad om hjælp til wifi, det kunne hun ikke finde ud af, og vi fandt aldrig ud af det i den uge vi var der. Lejligheden er meget meget mørk. Trods solskin i 6 dage, så vi kun solen et kvarter om dagen i gaden.
Lejligheden er sikkert ok til et weekendophold, men ikke mere end det.
The location in ancient Rome near the Piazza Navona, and yet very quiet, it was ideal for us. Just a pity that WiFi was not working ...
De locatie in het oude Rome vlakbij de Piazza Navona, en toch zeer rustig, was ideaal voor ons. Alleen jammer dat WiFi niet werkte...
Clean accommodation, although slightly smaller than the pictures suggested. No TV, WiFi moderate but good location to explore the historic center of Rome. At night sometimes a bit noisy (empty bottles from restaurants that were put in the dirt, and dirt pick). Altogether equally enjoyable!
Nette accommodatie, hoewel iets kleiner dan de foto's deden vermoeden. Geen tv, matig WiFi, maar goede locatie om het oude centrum van Rome te ontdekken. 's Nachts soms een beetje rumoerig (lege flessen van restaurants die bij het vuil werden gezet, en vuil ophalen). Al met al prima bevallen!
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Algernon Talmage (1871–1939) was a British painter of landscapes, animals and figure subjects. He ran an art school at St Ives, Cornwall, from 1900 to 1907. Like Lambert he was an ardent horseman; they probably met at the Chelsea Arts Club.
In 1937 the Sydney music publisher and broadcaster Frank Albert commissioned Talmage to paint The founding of Australia 1788 , which Albert then presented to the Tate Gallery. A print was made of the image by the Medici Society of London in 1937.
In July 1920 Lambert visited Talmage's country house at Tintagel in Cornwall, in search of summer sun and open air, but it rained most of the time. Lambert painted this work on one of the few sunny days during his visit. Martha was the dappled grey mare which Talmage is shown riding and James another of Talmage's horses. Lambert depicted man and horses in front of the rolling hills of the Cornish coast under a clouded blue sky. In his direct, naturalist approach to the subject and his representation of the sharp, bright light, Lambert worked in a similar manner to that of Talmage – thereby not only portraying Talmage, but also evoking the spirit of his art.


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Thirteen-year-old, Marisa Melo, and her seven-year-old dog, Dolly, became teammates a couple of years ago when Marisa's beloved dog, BJ, with whom she titled in Senior as a Junior Handler, was forced to retire, and so was unable to run the Master with her. Marisa qualified Dolly for last year's Master National and made the trek from California to Alabama!
Since then, Marisa has yearned to try her hand at field trials. She observed the Qualifying stake at the Lassen Club's trial in February, then immediately went to work to prepare both herself and Dolly for the Chesapeake Club's all-breed trial in March. Although Dolly has run the qualifying stake before, this was Marisa's first time stepping to the line in a field trial.
Was she nervous? Not in the least! She was relaxed, poised, and confident! When she walked off the line after the combined water marks and blind, tears of joy flowed freely. She knew she and Dolly had a good run. She humbly commented, "I wasn't expecting to get through the first series. Now, I just hope we get a JAM." She knows how tough the competition is!
After the ribbons were awarded, one of the judges approached Marisa and said, "You are a terrific handler!" Many other handlers and observers warmly congratulated Marisa, which will surely encourage her to continue in the game.
Dolly has been trained via Mike Lardy's "Total Retriever Training" program. Marisa has become a student of Mike's program so she can better understand, and effectively maintain, Dolly's training. Marisa will be attending Mike's Basics/Transition workshop, this April, in Corning, CA, to further her education, as she wishes to have an integral role in the training and handling of the next family puppy.


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Severe brain disease - probably - but they are also decaying dead bodies with no functioning circulation.
And some of them don't even have complete bodies (like bicycle girl).
As they rapidly consume flesh, nothing is digested either. I guess a well-fed zombie just gets bigger and bigger? (except bicycle girl - and man would watching her feed ever be gross!)
On Talking Dead, the guests discussed whether we'll ever see a snapping, severed head. They said it's possible.


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As our blog series has traveled around the world, we've had to make some detours due to breaking news in the countries we work in. Today is one of those days.
In recent weeks, government protests in Guinea, a nation in western Africa, have resulted in more than 150 deaths, and more than 1,200 people injured. Media outlets are reporting serious violations of human rights, including rapes.
In this period of renewed violence, children and families are especially in need of help.
"We are deeply concerned with the violence and alarmed by the escalating vulnerability of children in Guinea," says ChildFund International Africa Regional Vice President Isam Ghanim. "Our ChildFund staff in Guinea are doing their best in one of the toughest operating environments in Africa to enable families and communities to protect children and ensure that they continue to have access to basic services in education and health. We call on our supporters and donors to sustain their support to children during such difficult times."
ChildFund Guinea staff have succeeded so far in ensuring continuation of services to children, youth and women in its programs. None of ChildFund Guinea staff has been harmed in the violence. ChildFund Guinea is implementing measures to ensure staff safety and continuation of services to children.
ChildFund has been operating in Guinea since 2005. ChildFund Guinea programs focus on increasing access to quality basic education, strengthening community health, improving local livelihoods and providing youth and women with information to improve their reproductive health.
For more information on Guinea, click here.
More on Guinea
Population: 10 million
ChildFund beneficiaries: More than 102,000 children and families
Did You Know?: Guinea is richly endowed with metals. It is known for its resources of diamonds, gold and several other types of metal.
Could that be why my child's birthday card came back? Our Post Office couldn't figure out what was wrong with it (postage? address?) and sent it back. I have not heard from him in a while. I have another child in Brazil and the communication has been so much better than my child in Guinea.
Beth, You should call our 800 number at 1-800-776-6767 to talk to someone about this issue. There are a number of reasons this may have happened. We certainly want to make sure that you can continue your correspondence with your sponsored child there.


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The following activities have been planned in line with the current National Curriculum.
Staunton Sensory Stroll F/KS1KUW/Sci
Explore the park using your senses. Look at colours in nature, map the sounds of Staunton, and collect various textures. These activities will encourage children to use their senses to learn about nature.
Caring 4 Animals F/KS1/KS2KUW/Sci/Cit
Looking at farm, pet and exotic animals, children will learn what all animals need to survive and compare this to their own needs. This session discusses food, water and shelter and considers how animals get these things in the wild and through human care. Children will have the opportunity to meet some of our animals a little closer, as well as playing some farm-related games.
Adaptation to Habitat KS1/KS2Sci/Geo
Through a variety of outdoor activities, exploring different habitats and meeting some living examples, children will learn how plants and animals are able to survive in different environments. Children will learn the characteristics of various countries' climates and habitats including rainforests, deserts and mountains.
Plants KS1/KS2Sci
Learn how plants live, grow and germinate, and investigate plants that are growing at Staunton. Children will be encouraged to think about how we use plants from both this country and tropical countries. Children will also play games to understand the importance of plants within food chains and as habitats.
Minbeasting KS1/KS2Sci
Which types of minibeast live at Staunton and why? Investigate the various habitats of the park. KS1 will be taught how to collect creatures safely, simple identification and recognition of body parts whilst KS2 will focus on classification, behaviour, food chains and habitats.
History and Mystery KS2/KS3Hist/Eng
Discover Staunton's past, what did it once look like? Who lived there? Why were some of the buildings pulled down? Take a historic walk and compare physical with photographic and pictorial evidence. Children will also get the opportunity to make sketches and designs.
The Sounds of Staunton KS1/KS2Mus/Sci
Spend some time getting to know the various sounds of Staunton, mimic those sounds and compose rhythms using these sounds and natural objects. Investigate instruments made from plants and compose your own music, then it's show time!
A Trip to the Tropics KS2/KS3Geo/Cit
Discover an abundance of tropical plants and animals in our glasshouses and find out where they originate from, how they are adapted to their environment, how they are essential to us and how we can save them! This session covers location, adaptation to habitat and sustainable development.
Art in the Park KS1-KS4Art/Eng
Using the park as a source of inspiration children will take part in a range of activities prior to familiarising themselves with the resources within nature. Children will then create artwork using a variety of mediums in various ways including 2D and 3D works as well as poetry.
Field to Fork KS2/KS3/KS4Sci/Cit
This session has been developed to introduce children to modern farming and help them discover how food ends up on our tables. Children will learn how crops are cultivated and how meat is reared, and examine various products that animals can provide us with. Children will take part in many activities such as making cheese and spinning wool.
Water is Life KS2/KS3Sci
Our Water is Life programme has been developed in collaboration with Portsmouth Water Ltd. Children will undertake various experiments to learn the process of water filtration and how important water is to us and to animals.
Woodland Conservation KS3/KS4Sci/Cit
Students will explore Leigh Park Gardens and identify the characteristics of the woodland. They will be introduced to the importance of the woodland as a habitat and also the importance of it as a resource to humans. They will examine the role of the forester and gamekeeper, both traditionally and today, to understand the importance of sustainability as a management concept.
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The group will be given a presentation to introduce the business, marketing and financial aspects of the park. They will have the opportunity to explore the park and undertake further activities relevant to their studies to reinforce business and economic concepts.


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I think, it was read by me before but I forget all syntax and other concepts, I will try to finish it up.
I think, I am not good slave as when ever I try to have attentions of my boss, I feel shame on me, I d'nt know why?
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- "...a huge mound of whipped cream and sugared violets."
- —Description of Petunia Dursley's pudding[src]
Sugared violets are violets that have been dipped in egg whites and sugar. Petunia Dursley used sugared violets to decorate her pudding that she made for the Masons' visit on 31 July, 1992.
Behind the scenesEdit
- Sugared violet is a known flavour of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans.
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I've taken a new job at MIT. I'll start work there next month. I hope that it will not only enrich me intellectually, but stimulate me to begin making some more significant contributions to the free software community.
I came to my last job mostly for a girl, so I have no strong regret about it - oh, she was soo beautiful! =) But, I have dissappointed myself with my recent lack of productivity. With a slow pace at work, it's very difficult to keep a fast pace at home. I'm hoping that a fast pace at work will translate into, or at least encourage, a fast pace at home. It may have just been the youth, but in my younger days this seemed be the case.
I'm greatly looking forward to the move to Boston. I've rented a place in Southie, also known as "Little Ireland", which will allow me to take the T to work every day - no more driving for me. That's going to be a very nice change.
Unfortunately, my boss took the week of St. Pat's for vacation so I won't be able to be up there for the parade since I'm covering at work. But, I'm looking forward to the little break inbetween jobs anyway. I'm going to try and make a trip to Ireland and Germany to visit some friends before I start work.


text: Busy day! Breakfast out on-the-go, while headed to the annual Free Comic Book Day event (which has CLEARLY gotten bigger, maybe too big for that venue :ComicConComesToTheIE?: ), where I waited in line talking, grading, reading, drinking, sunburning, watching. Got some of what I wanted, yet much of what I sought was "not there" somehow. Headed out for recycling and simple shopping, then went back to the FCBD location to see if anything else I was seeking was available (did see a friend there who either edited or co-wrote a book and was signing; no other "stuff" to get), went home to grade some, eat a little, look through photos, then sleep poorly (I thought if you were exhausted, you fell asleep easily ).


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Plant Guide
Marina di Chioggia
Buttercup squash is a type of winter squash, with a flattened turban shape, and generally has green skin, with dense, yellow-orange flesh.
Winter squash is a summer-growing annual vegetable, in the same family as summer squash. Unlike summer squash, though, winter squash is harvested and eaten in the mature fruit stage, when the seeds within have matured fully and the skin has hardened into a tough rind. At this stage, most varieties of this fruit can be stored for use during the winter. It is generally cooked before eating.
- Ease of Growing
- Moderate
- Grown as
- Annual
- Days to Maturity
- 85-110 (Spring/Summer)
- Growing Habit
- Vine
- Hardiness
- Tender
Winter Squash are quite frost tender and cannot be planted until all danger of frost has passed and the soil has warmed up. Don't put them out before the temperature reaches 65 degrees F daily.
- Crops
- Spring Transplant, Summer
- Growing Season
- Long
- Cultivar Type
- -
- Growing Conditions
- Warm, Hot
Winter Squash are sprawling plants, notorious for taking up a lot of room; so do not plant them in the middle of the intensive garden. They take a lot less space if grown vertically on trellises or cages, but then of course they cast a considerable amount of shade. Generally it is best to plant them in hills at the edge of the garden and let them run off into unused space. The site of an old compost pile by a wire fence is perfect. Once established they can compete with almost any plant, so long as their roots are in good soil and they are well fed and watered.
- Outdoor Growing Temp
- Min Outdoor Soil Temp
Don't plant out until all danger of frost has passed and the soil has warmed up and the temperature reaches 65° F daily (when the Apple trees blossom.)
- Start Indoors
- Yes
- Start Outdoors
- Yes
- Light
- Sun: min. 6 hours daily (Warm, Hot)
Full sun.
- Water
- High
The plants need an evenly moist soil for maximum productivity. The best way to water squash is in the morning with a soaker hose or drip irrigation, as wet foliage can easily lead to fungus diseases, especially with cooler nighttime temperatures.
Water moderately early in development and heavier after fruits form.
- Feeder
- Heavy
High nitrogen. Moderate potassium. Moderate phosphorous. Squash have a very vigorous root system, which may go down 6 feet in its search for nutrients.
- Suitability
- High heat, Needs lots of space
- Small Gardens?
- Yes
- Containers?
- No
- Attracts beneficial insects?
- No
- Color
- Dark green
- Fruit Size
- 5.0-8.0"
- Plant Height
- 12.0-18.0"
- Plant Diameter
- 24.0-36.0"
- Hardiness Zone
- 3-12
- Disease Resistance
- -
- Taste Profile
Buttery creamy texture, very sweet, ideal for baking.


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Steven Lee Lintl, age 63, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital.
Steve was born in Lancaster on September 29, 1949 to the late Ferry and Margaret (Paepke) Lintl. He attended Sauk Prairie Schools and graduated in 1967. He enlisted in the United States Army and served a year tour in Vietnam. On April 28, 1973 Steve married Linda Grimm at St. John's Lutheran Church in Leland. Steve started working in carpentry at Lester's Agri Buildings, then with H.J Lenerz and Son's, and was a proud co-owner of Eagle Carpentry until he retired in 2011. He enjoyed riding motorcycles with Linda, playing sheepshead, and spending time with his family and grand-children.
Steve is survived by his wife of 39 years, Linda. Three children, Lee (Patty Peper) Lintl, Baraboo, Nate (Kerri) Lintl, Poynette, Teri (B.J.) Brunner, Cross Plains, and grand-children; Kinzie and Griffin. He is further survived by other relatives and many friends.
A Funeral Service will be held on Monday, March 4, 2013 at 11:00 am at St. John's Lutheran Church, 100 Oak St., Prairie du Sac with Pastor Fred Rilling officiating. Burial will follow in the Prairie du Sac Cemetery. A visitation will be held at the church on Sunday, March 3, 2013 from 2:00 pm until 5:00 pm and one hour prior to the service.


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I was just browsing on ebay yesterday (under rpg guides i think) and something for $200 AU dollars ($91 US) cought my eye so I clicked on it. It turned out to be the Star Wars Rules of Engagement The Rebel Specforce Handbook. I bought this about 2 years ago at a used book store for 12 bucks..
So I emailed the guy and he didnt know much about it besides that "One recently sold for $200" and that he was moving to America..
Does anyone know the value of this???
Theres the ebay link if you want to see a pic. I did notice one thing though.. The price was almost 100 dollars different.. I dont know about this guy.


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You are correct in sensing that there is more unity than difference in the way Catholics and Lutherans understand and celebrate communion. In fact, since the Second Vatican Council there has been a "coming together" of these different Christian Churches with respect to communion. The Catholic Eucharist (Mass) is now celebrated in the language of the local community rather than in Latin. The communal celebration of the Mass is much preferred to the private celebration by a priest that was common before Vatican II. And Catholics have restored the ancient practice of communion under the forms of both bread and wine.
In dialogues between Lutheran and Catholic theologians in 1968, Lutherans agreed that the celebration of the Eucharist involves a sacrifice of praise and self-offering that unites the believer with the sacrifice of Christ. At the same time, Catholics joined Lutherans in affirming that the sacrifice of the cross was a unique, one-time event that is not "repeated" in the celebration of the Eucharist. Both Lutherans and Catholics affirmed that in the Eucharist Christ is "present wholly and entirely, in his body and blood, under the signs of bread and wine." This "presence" of Christ in the Eucharist is more than a commemoration; it is an "effective sign" that "communicates what it promises" ("Building Unity," Ecumenical Series IV, editors Burges and Gros: Paulist Press, 1989).
There remain some differences between Catholics and Lutherans with respect to communion. Some are matters of vocabulary. Each church forms a kind of culture with its own vocabulary and terminology. For example, Lutherans will refer to communion as "The Lord's Supper" while Catholics prefer "Eucharist" or "Mass." A shared vocabulary helps a group feel comfortable and at home. Sometimes differences in vocabulary make it seem that there are differences in meaning where none actually exist. It's very important to learn and attempt to understand the vocabulary of another church in order to have a meaningful conversation.
True differences in belief and practice also remain. While both Lutherans and Catholics will bring communion from the church to members of the community who are sick, Catholics maintain the practice of reserving the communion bread in the tabernacle, which becomes a place of prayer and devotion. Lutherans do not hold the same belief that the presence of Christ continues in the bread and wine after the time and place of the celebration of the Eucharist.
Lutherans would also question the Catholic practice of offering Mass for the intentions of those who have died. While Lutherans believe in the value of offering prayers for those who have died, they would have reservations regarding Catholic belief that the Eucharist is effective as an "atoning sacrifice" for those who have died.
Catholics hold to the term "transubstantiation" to describe the reality of Christ's presence in the Eucharist. They borrow terms from the philosophy of Aristotle to express the belief that during the Eucharist the substance of bread and wine is changed into the substance of the body and blood of Christ, while the accidents of bread and wine (what they look, feel and taste like) remain the same as they were before. Lutherans prefer to avoid the term transubstantiation and use other terms to describe their belief in the full reality of Christ's presence.
Since I am not Lutheran, I may not have done full justice to the Lutheran position on the Eucharist, and would welcome any corrections from those who know more. However, I feel certain that there is much more agreement between Catholics and Lutherans on this matter than we often realize. I thank you for your most interesting question and hope this has helped to provide an answer.


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Alternate name: Weeping Juniper, Mexican Drooping Juniper
Family: Cupressaceae, Cypress view all from this family
Description Small tree or shrub. Crown rounded. Branches spreading, drooping. Bark red brown, stringy vertical fissuring. Shoots strongly pendulous, 1-1.2 mm diameter, in flattened sprays. Leaves arranged in opposite decussate pairs; the adult leaves scale-like, 2-4 mm long (to 7 mm on lead shoots) and 1-1.5 mm broad. Juvenile leaves (on young seedlings) needle-like, 5-10 mm long. Cones berry-like, 8-20 mm in diameter, green maturing brown, and contain 6-12 seeds (the most seeds per cone of any juniper); mature in about 18 months. Male cones 3-5 mm long, and shed pollen in spring. Largely dioecious, producing cones of only one sex on each tree.
Dimensions Height: 9 m. (30 ft.)
Diameter: 0.3-0.6 m. (1-2 ft.).
Habitat Mountains, Canyons & valleys.
Range Texas.
Discussion Most common juniper in Mexico. Birds and mammals consume fleshy cones. Arizona gray foxes in the Sierra Madres of Chihuahua, Mexico, also eat the cones.


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You mean "suffer through it" like all the good Michiganders have suffered through one of the worst Governors in the History of our Nation? Who just happens to be a Democrat with almost the exact same policies Obama is pushing nationwide. We need look no further than your State (where I grew up) to see what these policies will bring. I would have thought the Democrats in Michigan would have at least figured that out. Some never learn apparently.
You can discount federal spending for military bases, etc. all you want or consider it irrelevant but the fact remains that the economies of these states are more dependent upon the federal government than states who pay out more in federal taxes than they get in return. This is simple macroeconomics.
Look at a where most of the tea bagger rallies were held. Mostly in states that get more federal money back than they pay in. I think that is pretty ironic and will continue to reiterate this point every time it is relevant.
Thanks for the little diversion off topic again. This was about Texas seceding, as was my post. I am glad you further pointed out what the state would lose if it was not part of this great nation.
Seems like you took the bait from a six year old again. Perhaps you, as proclaimed by many of the other grown up conservatives here, should expand the list of folks that you "ignore". Apparently that is a sign of being grown up.
From the Urban Dictionary:
One who opposes government policy which punishes its productive citizens under the cloak of "fairness" by seizing a disproportionate part of their assets for distribution to the irresponsible and unproductive members of its society. Shawn Hannity, Neil Cavuto, hundreds of thousands of other hardworking Americans (teabaggers) who believe hard work and responsible behavior should be rewarded, not punished by a government to reward the irresponsible and lazy in an effort to maintain its power over the same. "
If you have a problem with some of the other uses of the term you should probably take it up with FOX which has learned to milk a business out of out of the faned populist outrage of millionaires.
Not willing to foot the bill?? Quite a lot of Veterans at those rallies, have you layed your life on the line for your country? The major organizers of our local protest were all veterans as was at least 1/2 the crowd of 500 or so.
You can have your fun calling us all teabaggers with your snickering humor but we all know the liberals are just Obama's Teabaggees.
To evidence the sheltered nature of my own life, I was completely unaware of the sexual meaning of teabagging until I Googled it. I guess that must be a Republican pastime. However, it does seem to me that anyone wearing tea bags on their hats or mailing tea bags to others is inviting the use of that term to describe their activities. To pretend to be outraged when the term is used is to add a whole new dimension to notions of being "PC". Of course, if someone were truly outraged, and not just making a pretense for the sake of argument, dementia might be a more appropriate descripton.