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My 6.8 gets 10.1 mpg empty around town or 9.8 towing 8k down the highway at 70mph geared with 4.30s auto short bed crew cab 4x4. Defiantly not an economy vehicle but it pulls anything I need it to. Only issue I have had was needing new exhaust manifold hardware (upgraded hardware is sorta pricey 250ish) mine has 70k on it so I can't say much else. As was stated spark plugs, coils, heads and manifolds are usually the main issues. Only other common thing I have heard of was idle air controls but that is a cheap fix 60ish if I recall correctly.
I have a 99, bought in fall 98, the first V-10 in a Ford PU. To replace the old 460 V-8. I think a few had aleady been put in class C motor homes. Gas was realitively cheap at the time. At that time the V-10 produced 40 more horse than the 7.3 diesel and almost as much torque. Mileage was a seperate issue. It was almost $6000 cheaper. That buys a lot of gas. 87 octane was recommended, but in the high altitudes I've never had a knock burning regular at 85 and 86 octane.
I've had MPG from 14.5 to 7. Not cheap, but then neither are dog games.
Its for sale. I'll move it to classified....JD
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I have an Excursion with the V10. It has 124K miles and have had no problems with it. I get 13-14 mpg on the highway, 10-11 mpg towing a 14 foot cargo trailer, and 8-9 mpg towing a 22 foot travel trailer.
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2002 7.3L Powerstroke. Normal mileage on 38 gallon single tank with mix of highway and local driving is 14-15mpg.I got 18.3 MPG coming home from IRC trial. Most of that was lower speed driving on cruise control. (60mph) If I keep it under 2000rpm it does well. Anything on the highway over 2000rpm or 75 mph takes me down to about 15mpg very quickly. Gotten as low as 14 something when I was driving at 80+ in Montana.
Hauling my old 9.5' with extended cab over camper the lowest mileage I got was 11mpg fighting a headwind and 10mpg once pulling a 30' x 8' wide three axle steel I-beam trailer loaded to the hilt with firewood.
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The Triangle Club will present "The Best of Triangle," featuring material from the 1930s to the present, at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 7, in the Murray-Dodge Hall theater. Admission is free.
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Dark haired man: I guess hell froze over.
They're back.
(upbeat music)
Man in orange shirt: Hi, I'm
Larry Bowman, mayor of Shuckton.
When you think of Shuckton,
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Probably nothing.
We're not that well known.
We're just a small town with a big heart.
Blond woman: (screams)
Dark haired woman: (screams)
Boy in orange shirt: (screams)
Blond woman: (screams)
Dark haired woman: (screams)
(sound of thunder)
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Blond woman: This is Heather
Weather with breaking news.
Mayor Bowman, who was
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Tall man: Confess.
Long haired man: No!
Dark haired man: Oww!
Bald man: Have any of you children
ever seen a dead body before?
What am I missing in this town?
Tall man: The hard part
about solving a crime,
is that it looks like it
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Dark haired woman: Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh.
(sound of gun shooting)
(sound of flute playing)
Blond woman: Suck on! Suck on!
Dark haired man: Yeah, not
just some blood gargling sicko
who had a bad childhood and
it still holding a grudge,
but anybody.
Blond man: How am I going
to figure out this murder
without some field work.
Use your head.
Dark blond woman:
Sometimes I forget things.
I call it the fuzzies.
Dark haired man: This little
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Have the new waves started showing up in your part of the country?
We just got back from TRU in nottingham and derby and here are our findings:
Nottingham and Derby both have Zam in droves. Derby is better stocked than nottingham, having almost all of the first 26 figures. We also found the new Qui-Gon in Derby. Didn't buy him though - looked crappy.
Still no sign of Dooku.
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[FONT=Tahoma]I was born at night, but not last night.[/FONT]You Shouldn't believe everything that you read.(Like my posts)
I bought my first wave 2 figure, Rebel Honor Guard, from La Cienega Target and scored a GH Obi Wan/Durge for KH as well.
Burbank Target had Wave 2 this morning. I picked up the only DS Trooper (my 2nd) and both Fetts. Too many employees & other customers wandering around to stash so I figured I'd just get 'em both and stash later (brings me up to 3 for myself, one for g/f's son, good stopping point for awhile). All that's left for vehicles are 3 Hailfires; no sign of comic 2-packs, and now there are NO tags for TAC on the pegs. I should've fought for $6.64 for my 3 figs since they were on TSC pegs That last TAC peg's entire tag-holder was gone. Still a few TSC figures scattered around, tons of Endor 3POs, 2 Rieekans, an Endor Rebel, and both Rep Beens and Naboo Obi-Wans.
2 new guys waiting outside; one entered just behind Bob & Willy, then cut around them and ran. Bob yelled out "Hey, no running in the store!" right as the guy ran past a manager. Funny to see. The noobs were heading to Hot Wheels, and complaining about Bob & Willy getting in their way as they entered the store (hence the one guy running). He was full of it. Glad he and his little buddy didn't find anything!
It figures- the one day I could have gone to an opening. I thought Mondays would be slow (store waiting for next delivery), so I stayed home.
Hey Toonimator, hook a buddy up with those McFetts, will ya?
I got 2 V-wings this morning at Target! Whooo-hooo! I opened one up in my truck while sitting in the parking lot. There's a lot of parts to put on, but it is one of the best vehicles Hasbro has ever done. A nice surprise!
As soon as I got home I put a Shadow Pilot on board one. I might have to have 4 of these instead of 2. It's that good.
I want a "wing" flying (hanging from the ceiling with good 'ol fishing wire) and I might make a hanger display with pilots and firespeeder guys, astromechs, etc.
Then again, maybe I'll come to my senses and find something better to do with my money (not only for more ships, but figures, etc.) I'll be thinking about that today for sure.
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.
Good to see you got one, I like this vehicle. I havent hung a vehicle from a ceiling since I was a kid, wait a minute Im still a kid.
I decided to buy the V-wing this morning from a Wal-Mart. It really is a great looking ship. I don't know if it's the paint, but it just looks better quality, with more vivid colors, than most other ships.
Galactic Barn Burner
I wonder if it's because I first emailed and then went to the store in person to
complaininquire about the fluid status of Wave One. Perhaps someone nice there was trying to appease me or something as I've also got quite a few hundred dollars worth of other orders pending as well.
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Downloaded this this morning, love it. Really don't get why apple haven't put something like this already in the OS then give developers the choice to add their own optimised version
Is this any different than Screen Extender?
I found a review of both of them, that doesn't seem to indicate any difference.
rms vs rpetrich, free vs paid, I guess.
Screen Extender tweak and FullForce for Phone tweak force apps to show in fullscreen on iPhone 5 and iPod touch 5th gen.ThinkiOS – iPhone. iPad. iPod touch Blog
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Fullforce comes in two flavors, for iPad (old) and 5g (new)
Hmm, with screen extender - it did make the app longer, but where it had extended you couldn't actually touch! it was un responsive!
and i bought this but when installing i get replacing file errors in cydia?!
That would be awesome if this tweak could be used to stretch Dreamboard themes to fit the 5 !
(and not the GNU rms, for that matter)
CameraConnector (also by rms) now supports mass storage devices! (as of 0.3b)
Access USB drives from your iPhone/Touch. Only cp/ls though, no mount. :[
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Just bought Fullforce. Works great! Thanks for the heads up!
I paid for this crap and it doesn't even work
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Not caring much for Blogger's idea of navigation for my personal diary, today I set about adding a calendar widget similar to one I have been accustomed to having last time I was blogging, in a self-hosted do-it-all-yourself environment. Lazy-bastardness has changed that situation since, but I digress -- let's get down to business, shall we?
Someone probably made a decent calendar widget in the past few years, right? Right. Good; then I won't waste a lot of time boring my head off tweaking HTML+CSS, which I, quite honestly, detest.
Okay, download and unzip the 1.0 release, and dig in. First things first, we put it in a suitable location on some hosting of our own, something like http://www.example.com/jscalendar-1.0/ (you probably have it on some different location, yadda yadda) and toss in the necessary bits to add it to your template's  portion. I tucked mine in just before the end of the head section, since we will be tweaking other things in the vicinity very soon anyway. So here we go; add these lines:
   (don't forget to prepend your URL prefix to the src/url arguments!) and we now have a beautiful bit of GNU LGPL calendar code loaded and ready, just aching to get to do something for us. So, pick a spot in your template where you want the finished calendar widget to go, and add an empty

 tag there. If you're eager to try out a dummy right away, by all means go ahead: temporarily add this right after the div:
(Tada!)
Okay, not very interesting before it does anything; I agree. Before we continue, though, we need to tweak some settings (or you need to rewrite some of my code to fit your own preferences). First, track down Settings -> Archiving -> Archive Frequency and set it to "Daily". (You need this to get each entry in your blog listed in the page - and hence to show up in the calendar.) Then (and the order you perform these changes is important) set Settings -> Formatting -> Archive Index Date Format to 2005-08-20 (ISO YYY-MM-DD format; very nice to parse). In case you're alienated by practical date formats, don't panic; the visitor will not see these dates anyway. Setting Date Header Format will however be visible, but my example code further down will assume you did, so if you are lazy or share my preferences you'll want to have ISO dates here, too. These are the dates shown near the head of a post in your average Blogger template, and they are used by the script to detect which date should be highlighted as "this post". But now I'm getting ahead of myself.
Now dive into your template and look up the archive portion - it's probably surrounded by a pair of <MainOrArchivePage></MainOrArchivePage> tags. Replace those with a

 tag (since you want your navigation widget on all pages, including the single-day's-posts page), and since we want the archive portion easily targetable for hiding.
That could be done with a CSS style rule #archive { display:none; }, but I opted to perform the hiding from javascript instead, knowing that there still are a few who navigate the web with javascript turned off. This way, you won't condemn them to live without navigation, even though they don't get the benefit of your spiffy DHTML generated-live calendar widget. A shame, but that's their choice, and it's very decent of you to degrade gracefully.
Make sure the contents of that div contains something like
<BloggerArchives>
<a href="<$BlogArchiveURL$>"><$BlogArchiveName$>
 </BloggerArchives>(the
 and any other additional tags besides the  tag aren't needed, but don't hurt either). Just make sure the div swallows up every bit you want to hide for the crows who can see your nifty calendar. Now drop the proof-of-concept
Of course, feel free to experiment, perhaps most easily with the parameters in the Calendar.setup() call, or indeed with any other aspect; having the date-header parsing code match your date listing preferences or whatnot. Another good exercise is probably trying out a layout where you add the widget as a popup rather than the flat embedded one - that way you'll get extremely nifty keyboard navigation via the arrow (and control) keys too in the widget.
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The city is quickly closing in on crunch time for rental cars, but it likely won't be as bad as last year.
While the peak summer season may be a pain for some tourists, however, it's a boon for others.
The city is quickly closing in on crunch time for rental cars, but it likely won't be as bad as last year.
While the peak summer season may be a pain for some tourists, however, it's a boon for others.
"There's two weeks in the car rental business in St. John's - the last week in July and the first week in August - where even if everyone had 1,000 cars each, there wouldn't be enough," said Carol Ricketts, manager of National Car Rental in St. John's.
The provincial government has identified car rental as one of the weak links in the tourism industry.
In a report published in June, the government recommends more collaboration between rental car companies and working together to make things better for tourists.
But a lot of the biggest complaints - lack of unlimited mileage plans, expensive rates to drop off a car in Deer Lake - are just facts of life.
Because of the province's vast geography, some of those services are just untenable, Ricketts said.
"One of the things that we get hit on, is that we don't have unlimited mileage. Well, if this province was the size of P.E.I., I'd give it all day long," she said. "But someone can rent a car in St. John's and in a week, drive from here to St. Anthony, back down to Port Aux Basques and then back to St. John's. It's not realistic to give unlimited mileage."
Similarly, a lot of people complain they can't fly into St. John's, rent a car, travel across the island and drop it off in Deer Lake.
Ricketts said because of the distance, rental car companies have to treat the two locations as distinct, separate fleets of cars.
Ricketts said a lot of the crunch time could be alleviated if convention organizers would avoid the peak of tourist season.
"The challenge also is to the rest of the tourist industry, is not to pack everything into July and August," she said. "They've pushed the NOIA conference ahead a week for 2011, and I was like, 'This conference you can have in April.' It doesn't rely on good weather and you're sitting in a conference hall all day."
One group who benefits from a lack of rental cars is taxi drivers, said Gary Gushue, airport manager for City Wide Taxi.
He said last summer he had a steady stream of people taking cabs to rental car lots on Topsail Road and Kenmount Road, because there were no vehicles left at the airport.
"A friend of mine had a car lot, and I suppose I put a couple hundred jobs his way last summer," Gushue said. "Within a half-hour span here, I'd send 10 or 15 people to Topsail Road, out to my buddy."
Last summer was a lot worse, Gushue said, because Hertz was out of the picture after owner Tom Woodford Ltd. went bankrupt. Hertz is back in business this year.
It might get worse, but for right now, Gushue said everything seems to be OK.
"There's nobody looking for rental cars - they must have enough at the airport," he said. "This summer, I mean, (my friend) was phoning me yesterday saying 'Are you still at the airport b'y? I need some jobs on the go this summer.'"


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Monica Lewinsky has got me thinking. Last week I heard a lot–some of it from Obama administration insiders–about the terrible problems Barack Obama faces trying to manage U.S. foreign policy in year six of his presidency. Uncooperative Congress, tight budget, sagging public support, a global portfolio of crises.
These troubles are real, but here's where Monica helps. Once upon a time she all but paralyzed our politics–in, as it happens, year six of the Clinton administration. Today she is barely a footnote (sincere apologies to Vanity Fair). Consider: A booming economy, the no-casualties Kosovo war, Camp David diplomacy, a president who talked about America as the "indispensable nation" and seemed to mean it—soon enough, we forgot that little blue dress.
Bill Clinton was not the first president to surmount year-six setbacks—nor will he be the last. At the end of 1986, the Iran-contra scandal led many of Ronald Reagan's supporters to think he might have to resign. A year later, he welcomed Mihkail Gorbachev to Washington sign a breakthrough arms-control treaty almost exclusively on U.S. terms. Even George W. Bush, having suffered the very worst phases of the Iraq war during his sixth year in office, bounced back with the "surge" in the seventh.


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By The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Two men face burglary and vandalism charges in connection with the theft and destruction of property at Winston Academy over the weekend.
Sheriff Jason Pugh said 20-year-old Vernon Brown and 18-year-old Hunter Glass will appear in court this week for an initial appearance.
Pugh says both men admit to breaking into the school and doing a large amount of damage.
He says they took computers, a video camera, cash, and other items from the school.
Pugh says most of the items were recovered, including several computers a dive team from Philadelphia pulled from a Winston County creek.
Pugh says the men have no ties to the school.


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I stitched only 10 rows x 55 columns of a 20R x 91C image - cut out a lot of extraneous stuff, and badly overexposed sky. Even so, banding due to lighting variation is still an issue.
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By Jeff Lockridge/Special to The Journal
NASHVILLE – It's often a good thing when Mississippi State coach John Cohen signals for his top reliever, Ross Mitchell, to enter a ballgame.
Just not in the first inning.
Vanderbilt scored seven runs in the first two innings on Sunday, and the Bulldogs used seven pitchers in an 8-3 victory by the Commodores that completed a weekend sweep at Hawkins Field.
Starting pitcher Jacob Lindgren lasted two-thirds of an inning and was charged with five earned runs, which Cohen attributed to too much focus on velocity and not enough on location.
"You can't throw them belt-high fastballs," Cohen said. "It doesn't matter how hard you throw. Jacob Lindgren was 92 to 93 (mph), throwing balls at the catcher's mask, and they hit the ball real hard. So we've got to throw down there at the bottom of the strike zone. We just ran away from our identity."
No. 3 Vanderbilt (39-6) improved to 19-2 in the SEC with its fifth conference sweep, marking the best start ever by an SEC team through 21 games. South Carolina started 18-3 en route to a 25-5 record in 2000 – the best SEC record since the league went to a 30-game schedule in 1996.
It was the first SEC series this season in which Mississippi State (33-13, 10-11) was outscored, outhit – and swept.
"I'm a little surprised we kept them down that well," Vanderbilt winning pitcher T.J. Pecoraro said.
Mitchell, who shut down the Commodores in the 2012 SEC Tournament championship game, allowed two inherited runners to score in the first inning as Vanderbilt took a 5-0 lead on the strength of three two-out RBI singles.
In the second, Mississippi State third baseman Sam Frost's throwing error opened the door for a two-out rally. Vanderbilt freshman Zander Wiel, a former teammate of Mitchell at Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Blackman High, delivered a two-run double for a 7-0 cushion.
'A better approach'
"I think they just had a better approach against me this time," Mitchell said. "They wouldn't let me get underneath their barrels like they were (in 2012). I just have to tip my hat to them. They just attacked my fastball and were hitting the ball good.
"We knew they were real good coming in, but we're a real good team, too. We didn't expect to get swept by them at all. We actually believed we could win the series."
Brett Pirtle was 2-for-4 and drove in two runs for the Bulldogs, who stranded 10 on base Sunday and 28 over their three losses in Nashville while scoring just six runs.
Conrad Gregor was 3-for-3 with three RBIs and a solo homer for Vandy.
MSU returns to action at home on Friday to open an SEC series with Alabama.


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In 1973, when she joined Barnard's toddler center, Patricia Henderson Shimm was definitely breaking new ground. Not only were there no other pre-school programs that specifically catered to the toddler set at that time, the very notion of sending 2-year-olds to nursery school was an entirely new concept. Just finding enough toddlers to get the centerup and running was a major challenge. "It was basically unheard of," says Shimm, who was hired to serve as the center's founding teacher by its then director, the late Frances Schacter. An assistant psychology professor at the College, Schacter specialized in early-childhood development, as have subsequent directors, and conceived the idea for the center.
Shimm's original mandate was to create "a low-key play center" where parents could bring their youngsters two mornings a week and Barnard professors and students could study the toddlers' development, an important aspect of the center; at the time there was very little research being done on that specific age group. Research on toddler development continues to play a vital role even as the facility encourages young children to learn through creative play and activities. All studentswho work at the center, which is affiliated with Barnard's psychology department, are enrolled in an eight- credit yearlong course. Undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and educational specialists from around the world are frequent visitors and observers as well.
Persuading parents to sign up their toddlers took some real doing. "At first, no one came," says Shimm, who remembers literally standing outside the Barnard campus on Broadway in hopes of finding mothers with children to fill the center's ranks. Thanks to her recruiting efforts, the fledgling institution ultimately managed to attract seven toddlers in its kick-off year, including a few children of Barnard professors. In the ensuing years word about the center's toddler program continued to spread.
Fast-forward several decades, and the center, marking its 40th anniversary this year, has clearly overcome any recruiting challenges. From the initial seven youngsters, the facility has a current enrollment of 50 and a long waiting list of prospective applicants. It has also expanded its offerings to include both morning and afternoon sessions, and expanded the age range, now encompassing toddlers from 1 1/2 to 3 years old. During this time, the center has become a model for many new toddler-care facilities in the United States and abroad and is used by nearly 300 psychology students a year to learn about child development. Under Tovah Klein, who has a PhD in psychology and became director in 1995, the Center for Toddler Development has continued to build on its sterling reputation for providing a rich, nurturing learning environment for toddlers while also doing first-rate research on early-childhood development and play as well as on parenting.
Additionally, its popularity with local parents, including high-profile New Yorkers such as actress Sarah Jessica Parker and journalists Juju Chang and Maria Hinojosa '84, has continued to grow. "I was really grateful for the experience," says Parker, the mother of three center alumni, who believes the tools she picked up from the staff on how to communicate with her children and establish routines have been invaluable. "We've used those tools every day as parents," she says. She thought so highly of the center that she also recommended it to her brother and sister, both of whom sent their children there.


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Two members of the Hope College women's golf team have been named Division III All-American Scholars for the 2004-05 school year by the National Golf Coaches Association.
Julie Pollock of Midland and Kim Harrison of Mason are among 60 Division III golfers being honored for achieving a minimum cumulative 3.50 grade point average. A chemistry major, Pollock will be a senior this fall while Harrison, an engineering and mathematics major, will be a junior. Pollock has lettered for three seasons and Harrison twice.
A graduate of MidlandHigh School, Pollock is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Pollock of Midland and Harrison, a graduate of Mason High School, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Harrison.


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Hole in the Wall - Transkei
Trip Start Oct 01, 2004
121Trip End Ongoing
We booked our guide (and make sure you bother paying the 15 rand) and were off for our hike. The 3 hours stroll took up through several Xhosa Villages, many rolling hills (big hills I might add) and an exquisite coast line.
I suggest you bring some small change to purchase hand made jewelry along the way. The Xhosa children sell shell work and it is always nice to support the community (that means most of you will be getting some when I get back to Canada). There is not much to say about the hole, but I suggest anyone in the area takes the time to enjoy the view and some Xhosa cultureJ (Especially the bread )


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Original large painting of Valencia city was created with acrylic colours on standard edge canvas. Sides painted as part of the painting.Ready to hang, no frame needed.All paintings are packed very carefully using HDF board with generous layers of foam wrap (Mirelon) and stretch wrap to protect them.For international deliveries the larger paintings (size bigger than 100 x 100 cm) are removed from the stretcher and rolled for shipping in strong postal tubes cardboard tubes. Professional Framers will be able to re-stretch these for you.If you would like a quote for how much delivery would cost stretched, please just let me know, I will be happy to help.Once you place your order it will be processed and shipped within 3 business days.Once shipped, you will receive an email with your tracking details and expected delivery date.All deliveries will require a signature on delivery.International deliveries may be subject to local customs duties, these vary from country to country but you can calculate these additional fees here: http://www.dutycalculator.com/Comes with certificate of authenticity.
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MSN – Second Degree Direct Entry for A.D.N. Nurses
with Non-Nursing Bachelor Degrees
"RN Direct Entry"
Frequently Asked Questions
A: No. The intent of this program is the Master's Degree, and you will apply and enter as a Graduate student. This program is designed to take advantage of your non-nursing Bachelor's degree without additional Arts and Sciences requirements. You will take 12 undergraduate credits that will bridge to the Master's program.


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Alternate name: Rio Grande Palmetto, Mexican Palm, Texas Palmetto
Family: Arecaceae, Palm view all from this family
Description This is usually a stout tree to 50 ft. tall, with a trunk to almost 3 ft. in diameter. Large, blue-green, fan-shaped leaves, up to 3 ft. wide, are divided into many palmate segments. The leaf stalk is stout, equally or exceeding the leaf in length. Dark purple fruits hang in showy clusters.
Habitat Cities, suburbs & towns, Swamps (fresh & salt), Watersides (fresh).
Range Texas.
Comments Slow-growing. Hard to transplant after it's a foot tall because of large root system. Trunk doesn't begin to appear until the tree is at least 10 years old.
Exposure Preference Sun to partial shade.
Native Distribution Along the Rio Grande River
Site Preference Bottomlands
Soil Preference Moist soils.
Wildlife Value These trees are sanctuaries for birds and other wildlife.


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Replacement icemaker kit - electronic. This kit includes a 4 pin round plug-in connector, 6 post plug-in connector, tube and fill cup.
This part helps the compressor kick on and off while maintaining a constant temperature to keep things frozen in your freezer.
This defrost timer will cycle for twenty-five minutes after every six hours of run time. The timer itself is made of plastic, and its terminals are bent, the leads are internal, and the label is orange.
This part has one port and 2 solenoids and comes with a mounting bracket. The water valve is a solenoid-operated switch located at the bottom of the refrigerator. When it is energized by electrical power, water is released from the supply line through the water valve and into the compact icemaker mold.
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Tanner Roark on the excitement of pitching in the postseason
Tanner Roark on how he is most effective
Tanner Roark on the day before a start
Jayson Werth on his team's loss to the Dodgers
Ryan Zimmerman following Nationals' loss to the Dodgers
Bryce Harper after Nationals' one-run loss to Dodgers
Max Scherzer on Nationals' loss to the Dodgers
Dusty Baker speaks after his team's 4-3 loss to the Dodgers
Trea Turner after Game 1 loss to the Dodgers
Daniel Murphy speaks after Nationals' 4-3 loss
Bob Carpenter and F.P. Santangelo recap Game 1 of NLDS
Dan Kolko and Mark Zuckerman on their Game 1 expectations
Bob Carpenter chats with Mark Lerner
Stephen Drew chats with F.P. Santangelo
Bob Carpenter and F.P. Santangelo from Nats Park
Dusty Baker before NLDS vs. Dodgers


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12 Bottle Natural Bamboo Wine Rack
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Oceanstar 12 Bottle Natural Bamboo Wine Rack - Bamboo
Store a part of your wine collection on the Oceanstar 12 Bottle Natural Bamboo Wine Rack (WR1149). This modern-looking, eco-friendly bamboo wine rack can hold up to 12 standard bottles of wine, and requires very little assembly outside the box. With its contemporary design, this wine rack can fit in with any kitchen decor and will still look great. Able to maximize space by easily fitting 12 bottles into this compact rack, it can fit into smaller spaces that you can't normally put things in.
At only 2 pounds, this wine rack is lightweight and easily portable from one room to the other, so if you have a wine cellar that you want to use it in, you can take it from your kitchen to your wine room. Ideal for any setting, this wine rack is great for both the amateur and professional collectors, as well as any wine connoisseur.
Design:It's sleek, modern design lets it blend in with any kitchen or wine cellar decor
Capacity:Able to hold up to 12 standard wine bottles, this rack is great for holding a part of your collection
Compact:As a small, compact unit, the wine rack can fit in small spaces in the kitchen
- Model: WR1149Oceanstar 12 Bottle Natural Bamboo Wine Rack
- Brand: OceanstarMinimal assembly required
- Capacity: 12 bottles100% eco-friendly
- Modern designWeight: 2 lbs
- Made in: ChinaDimensions: 15.75" H x 11.75" W x 5.75" D
- Warranty: 90 days
- Height: 15.75"
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The Board of Governors is studying an offer from the ABA to help hold a "Florida Bar" day in Tallahassee during the legislative session to promote the court system and educate lawmakers and the public about the judicial branch.
The board approved a motion to study the issue at its recent Tallahassee meeting after hearing a pitch from former Florida Bar and ABA President Steve Zack. Zack said the concept is based on the annual "ABA Day" in Washington, D.C.
"What happens on ABA Day is we have 500 lawyers from across the country who come to Washington," said Zack, adding they take a seminar on lobbying and meet with their local members of Congress and focus on specific issues.
Attending lawyers are typically leaders of local bars and campaign supporters of the elected representatives. The ABA has a waiting list of those who want to participate.
Events include a dinner with lawmakers who have helped the ABA with its legislative goals. Dinners at the state level could include a state of the judiciary address by the chief justice, he said.
The ABA, Zack said, wants to explore extending this program to the state level and is looking at California, Illinois, and Florida, with support of those state bars.
"This focuses the attention of the state, and primarily the media, on the judiciary and the importance of the judiciary to the people of our state . . . so the citizens of Florida can understand what is happening and we can solicit their aid," Zack said. "We're not going to do anything without the permission and approval of The Florida Bar. If you think this is a good idea, we should do it. If you think it's a bad idea, we shouldn't do it."
The board unanimously approved a motion from board member Ed Scales to refer the proposal to the Program Evaluation and Legislation committees for a report at the board's April 19 meeting in Tampa.
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It sure feels good when you can make a specific change to some software and get a definite improvement!
Suneido uses a cost based optimizer for its database queries. For each operation (e.g. join, union), it estimates the cost of different strategies. The problem is that if you have a complex query with a lot of operations, then the number of possible combinations of strategies becomes very large - a "combinatorial explosion". So query optimization slows down a lot for large queries.
However, I had a feeling there was a lot of redundant work going on recalculating the same costs over and over in different combinations. If this was the case, then caching the calculated costs for each operation could save a lot of work. So I added a simple cache to each operation class, using a linked list. After calculating a cost for a certain strategy I added it to the cache. When asked for the cost of a strategy I checked in the cache first to see if it had already been calculated. This involved 20 or 30 lines of code in the base class for query operations. All the automated tests still ran - a good sign that I hadn't broken anything.
With some simple counters in the code I found that on the automated tests (mostly fairly simple queries) the cache was eliminating about 2/3 of the cost calculations. Not bad, but the real test would be complex queries. One of the more complex queries in our accounting package was taking about 2 seconds to optimize. With the cache it now took about .1 seconds - 20 times faster!
Not bad for about an hour's work! But the best part was that the structure of the code allowed me to make this change easily and locally without disrupting anything else. Yes, I could've included the caching when I originally wrote the code. (If I'd known at that point it was worthwhile.) But I'm a firm believer in doing simple versions first. If you try to include "everything" in the initial version, you'll never get it done, it'll never work, and you'll still have to change it later.
If you're interested, you can see the actual changes to query.h and query.cpp in CVS on SourceForge


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Jessica Alba hanging with some friends.
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Snooki got herself some Hello Kitty bling.
Catt Sadler: "Look Mom, I'm the T-Mobile guy!"
Kate Walsh: "I'm grateful for kanye's album, my job and Pabl-ates...pablo the cat enjoys pilates ."
Jessica Alba hanging with some friends.
Diddy: "10,000 people at the in store signing at HMV!! Diddy Dirty Money crew TEAM UK!! LET'S GO #LTTP"
Donnie Wahlberg: "This is me, a broken hearted Pats fan, and what I looked like- still frozen- long after the game."
Ian Somerhalder: "Damon, Damon's new girlfriend, and a very excited Alaric in the Salvatore House..."
Ivanka Trump: "From the dentist chair! I'm happy to report that no cavities were found. I'll celebrate with a cupcake!"
Nicole Richie on the set of a dance video.


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Mix up the batter for this classic bread in just fifteen minutes. Eight easy variations allow you to customize the add-ins for a more personal touch.
Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Banana Bread:
Chocolate cake mix
1 bag (12 oz) semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups)
(For easier slicing, do not store loaves in refrigerator.)
Chocolate Chip-Banana Bread:
Yellow cake mix
Banana Split Bread:
Cherry chip cake mix
1 jar (6 oz) maraschino cherries, each cut in half
1/2 cup chopped almonds
Serve slices of bread with a drizzle of hot fudge sauce and a dollop of whipped cream.
Banana-Butterscotch Bread:
Butter pecan cake mix
1 bag (12 oz) butterscotch chips (2 cups)
Cinnamon-Sugar Banana Bread:
White cake mix
2 tablespoons cinnamon-sugar
Before baking, sprinkle cinnamon-sugar over batter in pans.
Strawberry-Banana Bread:
Strawberry cake mix
1 cup frozen strawberries, thawed, drained and chopped
Spiced Banana-Cream Cheese Swirl Bread:
Spice cake mix
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese mixed with 1 egg and 1/2 cup sugar
Spread one-quarter of batter in each loaf pan. Spread half of cream cheese mixture over batter in each pan. Swirl remaining batter over cream cheese layer in pans.
Hawaiian Banana Bread:
1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
1 cup shredded coconut
Freeze overripe bananas until you have enough to make this luscious banana bread. Just pop them, peel and all, into the freezer. They can stay there for up to 3 months!
Grease and flour your pans before pouring the batter into them, and you'll have a lot less of a mess to clean up afterward. To grease them properly, your pans need to be sprayed with a good layer of cooking spray and then tossed with 2 tablespoons Gold Medal® all-purpose flour until all sides of each pan are coated with flour. Gently tap out any excess flour. Your pans are now ready for the batter and baking!
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Philippines: Escaping conflict in Zamboanga
When the Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex was built in Zamboanga, a cityon the southern Philippines island of Mindanao, its architect could never have imagined it would be used for anything but sports. But in recent weeks, the stadium became a temporary home to more than 70,000 people, mostly women and children, who were sheltering from intense fighting between Government forces and a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).
The Government estimates that more than 10,000 homes were destroyed in the fighting. The safest option for many of those fleeing violence was to seek shelter in the stadium. But they faced a daily routine that they could never have imagined: queuing for drinking water, bathing facilities, medical treatment and food.
Maynona, an 18-year-old mother, is just one of those now living in the stadium. Her stilt home along the mangroves of Mariki barangay (village) was one of the thousands razed during the fighting. When Maynona and her family arrived at the stadium, they slept on a bench and joined thousands of others in need of basic support.
Health fears
In the second week of the crisis, OCHA joined the Government's Office of Civil Defense to assess the situation at the stadium.
"There were overwhelming numbers of people in the stadium, it was difficult to even imagine it as a sports ground once," said OCHA's National Disaster Response Adviser, Agnes Palacio, who took part in the assessment. "People who fled the conflict were traumatized, especially children. Many people left their homes with just the clothes on their back, without even pots to cook in."
The Government and humanitarian agencies have provided people with tents, tarpaulins and tools to protect them from the monsoon rains. Water bladders and toilets were installed, and people received jerry cans and protection kits.
Maynona also received much-needed assistance; she and her family now share a tent with two other families. Maynona and her 4-month-old and 2-year-old daughters received oral polio vaccinations and vitamins. As Maynona is breastfeeding, she received a health supplement to increase her iron levels.
Not all needs were addressed so quickly, and there is still a huge demand for sanitation services. With insufficient toilet facilities in the stadium, humanitarian workers fear health issues could arise. Government and humanitarian agencies are providing cooked food three times a day, but it's not enough.
Safety concerns
Safety is a serious concern in such a crowded space. Thirty-seven-year-old Myrna has nine children, her youngest is 2 years old and her eldest—a daughter—is 15. The family shares a tent with three other families. Worried for her daughter's safety, Myrna sent her to stay with a relative until they can all return home. Another mother shared her concerns more directly: "I am afraid my child will be hurt, abused or exploited."
UNHCR and UNICEF are addressing safety concerns with women-friendly spaces established in the bigger camps, and with psychological interventions for more than 2,500 children and 1,500 adults.
Leaving her home with no possessions, Myrna is grateful for the clothes and food provided by the humanitarian community, but she and her family have been unable to cook for themselves since their arrival. Providing families with cooking utensils is a dilemma, as there is insufficient space for people to safely prepare food.
Stand-off over
The Government recently announced that its stand-off with the MNLF faction has ended. However, the humanitarian crisis continues. The task of reconstructing homes and rebuilding the communities affected physically and psychologically by the conflict is a massive one. The Government now hopes that people who lost their homes in the fighting will be housed in bunk houses until they can rebuild.
"I wanted to go back to our original place, back to our normal lives," said Maynona. "But I do not know when and how."


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Cali and Diego wanted to show off their new Christmas Kitty fleece blanket while wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. Oh sorry, Catmas!!!!
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Cali and Diego wanted to show off their new Christmas Kitty fleece blanket while wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. Oh sorry, Catmas!!!!
Gayle - self proclaimed Queen of Poop
Mommy to: Cali and Diego (nine year old kittens)
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Merry Christmas! Your kittys look cozy on their new blankie!
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Awww, Merry Catmas, boys! It looks perfectly snugly, as do you both!
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Merry Christmas & Catmas too! I'm sure with your Alberta Winters Cali and Diego will enjoy their snugglie blanket. Have a happy, warm New Year.
They look so adorable and I bet the blanket is very soft and comfy too.
Owned by Sky, Pearl, Ziggy Stardust, Alani, Blaze, Colby, Finnegan, and Summer.
My Rainbow Bridge Babies:
RB Pepper 3/17/97- 2/3/03 RIP Sweet Pepper
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RB Sunny 8/25/00- 2/28/10 RIP Sweet Sunny
RB Storm 1/11/96- 8/2/12 RIP Sweet Storm
RB Sky 6/7/02- 9/5/15 RIP Sweet Sky
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, I hope Santa brought you everything you wished for.
"Happy is the home with at least one cat" - Italian Proverb
A cat can purr its way out of anything.- Donna McCrohan
"I've been frosted."
Merry Christmas to you dear friend.
And here are the fur children wishing you well also.
Three cats and a bun.
Boscoe, Jake, KiKi and Bennybunny.
Merry Catmas from those downunder who have just celebrated Dogmas.
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Merry Christmas, beautiful Cali and Diego a nd your meowmie! Merry Christmas, Benny, Kiki, Jake and Boscoe! Merry Dogmas, Bear!
I've been Boo'd ... right off the stage!
Aaahh, I have been defrosted! Thank you, Bonny and Asiel!
Brrrr, I've been Frosted! Thank you, Asiel and Pomtzu!
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"That's the power of kittens (and puppies too, of course): They can reduce us to quivering masses of Jell-O in about two seconds flat and make us like it. Good thing they don't have opposable thumbs or they'd surely have taken over the world by now." -- Paul Lukas
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Awww, they look so cozy and loved in that second pic! Beautiful kitties!
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Cougs comeback falls short against Wisconsin
PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University's comeback attempt fell short to the visiting University of Wisconsin, 52-44 at Beasley Coliseum Sunday afternoon.
The Cougars (1-3) used a 19-4 run to erase an 18-point second half deficit but Wisconsin (2-1) converted some late free throws to escape Pullman with a victory. WSU held the Badgers to 30.2 percent shooting and forced them into 22 turnovers but also struggled shooting, finishing the game 27.3 percent from the floor and 0-for-8 from three.
Freshman guard Lia Galdeira continued the impressive start to her collegiate career with a game-high 15 points and six steals after going 9-of-11 at the free throw line. Senior center Carly Noyes followed her career-high 24-point effort against Monmouth Saturday with 14 points against a physical Wisconsin defense.
Both teams struggled shooting in the first half as the Badgers shot 27.8 percent and the Cougars hit 20 percent of their field goal attempts. WSU forced 10 turnovers but committed 14 of their own.
Noyes led all scorers with eight points in the first 20 minutes but Badgers held a 22-15 lead at the break following two different 6-0 runs. Noyes brought WSU within four in the closing minutes with jumpers from the baseline and the top of the key but Wisconsin answered with an old-fashioned three-point play to take a seven-point advantage into the half.Cougs comeback falls short against Wisconsin
The Badgers opened the second half with eight straight points and followed with two WSU buckets with another 7-0 run to open up a 37-19 lead at the 12:01 mark.
With their shots unable to fall, the Cougars turned their focus to the defensive end and received a spark from its guards. Galdeira, sophomore Tia Presley and freshman Dawnyelle Awa all led the WSU defensive charge that produced a 19-4 run over the next seven minutes.
Following a layup by Galdeira, the freshman from Hawaii ignited the run with a pair of steals that resulted in her made two free throws and a baseline jumper from Noyes. Galdeira again recorded steals on the Wisconsin's next two possessions and she was able to finish both off with coast-to-coast layups that cut the Badger lead to eight.
Awa got into the action with a layup and Galdeira followed with another steal and two free throws. A little over a minute later, Galdeira knocked down three free throws that capped the run and brought WSU within three with 4:54 to go.
Wisconsin went back up by five with a basket but another jumper from Noyes and a steal and coast-to-coast layin by Presley brought the Cougars within one. Presley made another steal on the ensuing possession and later gave WSU a 44-43 lead with two free throws with 1:37 remaining.
The Badgers regained the lead with free throws then got a stop before corralling a rebound on its own air ball and quickly went back up for a layin before the shot clock expired that proved to be a big momentum shift. Down by four, the Cougars missed a couple free throws and were forced to foul, allowing Wisconsin to seal the game at the free throw line.
Washington State will close out its three-game homestand hosting BYU next Saturday at 3 p.m. The WSU men's team will follow that game with a 6:30 p.m. matchup against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.


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Freshman Ghanasyam Bey (foreground) and junior Nikki Bowen perform "Snap Muzik," a piece choreographed by Bowen for the Black Arts Company: Dance fall show, "Dancers Do It Better." The dance troupe will perform at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, and 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, in the Frist Campus Center theater.
At left: "Planet Rock," set to music by rapper Talib Kwali and choreographed by junior Karen Bailey, is one of several routines to be performed by the Black Arts Company: Dance. The show will feature hip-hop, traditional African dancehall and even a piece inspired by belly dancing.
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A vibrant mix of student-choreographed performances will be featured as the Black Arts Company: Dance
presents its fall show, "Dancers Do It Better," Friday and Saturday,
Nov. 17-18, in the Frist Campus Center theater. Show times are 9 p.m.
Friday, and 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday.
The performance, directed by junior Amber Wedges, will feature selections from various genres, including hip-hop, traditional African, dancehall and even a piece inspired by belly dancing.
Choreographers for the show include seniors Erica McGibbon, Tarik Jones, Bijani Mizell and Krista Nottage, who collectively have created some 20 hip-hop pieces in their four years with the dance troupe. In addition, junior Karen Bailey has choreographed a piece that will feature the entire company, set to the song "We Got the Beat" by rapper Talib Kwali; junior Ery Shin has produced a piece for music by pop star Justin Timberlake; and sophomore Monique McDermoth has choreographed a dancehall piece. The show also will feature works by junior Nikki Bowen, sophomore Amira Karriem and 2006 alumna Dominique Reese.
The Black Arts Company was founded
in 1990 and now consists of separate dance and drama troupes. The dance
company has expanded from just six members in 2002 to some 30 members
Tickets for "Dancers Do It Better" are free for Tiger Tickets holders, $6 for students, $8 for faculty and staff, and $10 for the general community. They can be purchased online through University Ticketing or at the Frist ticket office.


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Leaving a large footprint wouldn't be a bad thing if you were Robert Wadlow, the Giant of Illinois. When you're 8' 11.1" tall with a foot that's 17 inches long and a shoe size of 37AA, it's kind of expected. Just ask the world's tallest living man and the man who currently holds the record for having the largest foot. They'll tell you.
But as everyone knows, the footprints humans leave behind and the ones businesses leave behind are two different things. Both may leave impressions on the Earth, but only one will vanish without leaving a trace. The other can leave traces that will last a lifetime. Because of that, many businesses today are looking for ways they can make their footprints smaller; and one of the ways they're finding is with video conferencing.
Video conferencing is exactly what it sounds like - holding a conference via video options with attendees being in various locations instead of face-to-face in one place. Many businesses are finding that using this method for some of their meetings not only saves them money, but makes them more eco-friendly as well. How? Well, let's take a look and see.
Fewer Carbon Emissions
According to one study, a conference can be responsible for creating more than a ton of carbon dioxide per attendee. How? Between the fossil fuel used to fly the plane that brought the attendee, the fossil fuel used for the attendee to get to and from the airport and around town, and the fossil fuel used to create the electricity for the attendee's hotel room - let's just say it all adds up quickly. Obviously, with a video conference, the need for so much travel is eliminated. The result? The meeting's footprint begins to shrink.
Less Waste for the Landfill
According to some statistics, the paper making industry around the world uses about 4 billion trees each year with every person in the United States using 749 lbs of it. A lot of that paper eventually winds up in landfills. Traditional conferences are often a part of that scene. Papers get printed and used for a bit and then get thrown away at the end or when the attendee gets home. A video conference eliminates some of those paper needs, meaning less trash for the landfill and a need for a few less trees to be cut. The result? The meeting's footprint shrinks even more.
More Involvement with Green
Eco-friendly factors like fewer carbon emissions and less waste may be the biggest and most direct green advantages to video conferencing, but they aren't the only ones. Less travel and fewer printouts also mean less money being spent overall on the conference. How is that green? Well, less money spent on a conference means more money available for making the company greener. Efforts here could offset the conference's remaining footprint even more. The result? A footprint that so small, you might need a magnifying glass to see it.


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Most people see graduate school as a way to launch a career, but I went about the process backwards. After attending Brown University as an undergraduate, I volunteered for a couple of years at the Rhode Island Historical Society Library. In 1994, they offered me a dream job as manuscripts curator. However, it came with a requirement: I would need to pursue a graduate degree while working full time, and the tuition would need to come out of my rather modest paycheck. I decided to enroll in the history program at Rhode Island College for exactly two reasons: it was cheap, and I figured the coursework should be pretty easy.
I was half-right: the tuition was really cheap. However, my dreams of an easy Masters degree were dashed about ten minutes into my first class, Historiography with Dr. Dufour. For one punishing but rewarding semester, he challenged us to think critically, and assigned dense, theoretical readings that made me re-think my basic assumptions about the practice of history. Over the next three years, as I knocked off one course per semester, the other members of RIC's history faculty kept up the demanding pace. Special thanks are due to the late Dr. Kellner, and to my other professors Brown, Cvornyek, Lemons, and Schuster, all of whom I've remained in contact with, more or less, since graduating twelve years ago. Dr. Lemons guided me through a very complicated master's thesis project, and substantially improved my writing skills in the process. If I've used the dreaded passive voice anywhere in this blurb, I hope he will forgive me. I found all the faculty to be devoted to the craft of teaching, much more than you would normally find in a big research university such as my undergraduate school. I was also impressed with the overall quality of my fellow grad students--some of them future academics, others on the path to becoming superb high-school teachers, and at least one just taking courses for the sheer joy of it.
I received my M.A. in 1999, and have remained in the history world ever since, finishing at the Rhode Island Historical Society with a short stint as library director, then working in Harvard's library system for three years. Since 2007, I've been the director of the Americana department at Swann Auction Galleries in Manhattan, where I sell books and manuscripts relating to American history. Through all of this, I've frequently called upon the lessons I learned at Rhode Island College, where I received a much better education than I had bargained for.


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COSTA MESA – Science classes in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District have halted cat dissections this year after animal-rights activists complained that a group of high school students posted crude, graphic photos of cat carcasses to Facebook.
District officials have touted the decision as a move toward integrating more all-digital dissection simulations into the science curriculum.
But animal-rights activists' reactions have been mixed, with some praising the move as a first step forward and others lamenting that students will continue to dissect other animals.
"It's a balanced approach we're taking," said Steve McLaughlin, Newport-Mesa Unified's director of secondary curriculum and instruction. "We want to be sensitive to both sides of the conversation, and we appreciate partners who come to the table with solutions."
The fervor erupted in June, when a national animal-rights group learned that students at Newport Beach's Newport Harbor High School had posed with cat carcasses during class and published the photos on Facebook. The photos and accompanying comments showed the teens' lack of respect for animals, activists said, as well as teachers' failure to properly monitor the dissection labs.
"What happened at Newport Harbor is just an unfortunate consequence of conveying to young people that animal lives are worthless," said Dr. John Pippin, academic affairs director for the Washington, D.C.-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. "It's teaching young people at an impressionable age that this is OK, that killing animals and using their bodies to study things is OK."
In one Facebook photo, a female student could be seen holding up a cat carcass while she grinned with her tongue out, gesturing toward the cat.
"Ewwww ... u look like ur trying to lick it," a student commented in response to the photo.
Other photo comments included: "Someone put down Puss in Boots" and "He looks like super man (sic) with his skin cape and flying arms!"
McLaughlin said that over the past few months, administrators at the district's four main high schools led campus discussions with science teachers about how to address what he called "missteps and misuse by some of the kids" at Newport Harbor High in spring.
Science teachers across the district agreed by the end of September to stop dissecting cats "through a consensus," McLaughlin said.
In response, the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has pledged to fully fund the start-up costs of switching to an all-digital dissection simulation lab, said Justin Goodman, associate director for PETA's laboratory investigations in Washington.
"Any time a school is making a decision to modernize their curriculum and save animals, we're happy to make that happen," Goodman said. "Every animal's life matters to us."
Goodman said PETA viewed Newport-Mesa's move in a positive light, even though other animals will continue to be dissected.
"They were asked to end all dissections by others, but frankly we haven't discussed that with them," Goodman said. "It does concern us ... but once a teacher or group of teachers sees the benefit of using the software, they frequently decide to roll out the program more broadly."
McLaughlin said he could not immediately provide a list of the other animals that Newport-Mesa high school and middle school students will dissect, but confirmed earthworms were still among the dissection labs.
Newport Harbor High English teacher Karen Coyne, who brought the cat-carcass Facebook photos to the physician group's attention in June, said she was glad the district had taken some action, but disappointed the decision was limited.
"It's certainly better for the cats, and at least it's gotten people to discuss this issue more," said Coyne, faculty adviser to the animal-centered Compassion in Action student club. "I just wish they could see that dissection really is an archaic practice and unnecessary, and we need to teach these kids compassion toward these helpless beings."
The vast majority of science teachers still use animal dissections in their classes, although they are increasingly integrating digital tools into the dissection experience, said Dean Gilbert, science coordinator for the Orange County Department of Education.
"Teachers are not choosing necessarily to replace dissections, but rather to enhance them with software," said Gilbert, a former science teacher.
Gilbert said most science educators agree that simulations do not have the same impact on students as the hands-on experience of a dissection: "It can't be replaced," he said.
Capistrano Unified, for example, uses a smattering of animal dissection labs in the upper elementary grades and seventh grade. By high school, students are dissecting a variety of animals, from frogs to pigs to sharks to bluegill fish, said district spokesman Marcus Walton.
"The district supports good curriculum that is appropriate for the students," said Walton.
Even so, schools are required by law to provide an alternative lesson for any student who requests not to participate.
And, as animal-rights activists point out, groups such as the National Association of Biology Teachers have endorsed such alternative lessons as important "adjuncts" to the dissections themselves.
The recent victory in Newport-Mesa aside, local animal-rights activists say their battles to stop dissections in schools have historically been won in individual classrooms.
Orange County People for Animals, which has spent 25 years doing letter-writing campaigns and campus protests that target local schools and colleges, has persuaded at least 20 local public-school teachers to stop all animal dissections in their classrooms, said the group's founder, Ava Park.
Attorney Tina Locklear, president of O.C. People for Animals, said she hoped the Newport-Mesa decision would spur action on a larger scale.
"I would expect when young people and their parents hear that there is an alternative that gets them just as good a science experience, they'll ask for it in their schools," Locklear said.
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Keith presented it in another thread - "It is now time to start vetting potential candidates for SenateOTUS, HouseOTUS & your Local Governor".
In our state (WA) we have no one acceptable including the local RINDIP US Rep so I don't have much to offer. But I'm sure there are good solid FISCAL Conservatives chafing at the bit to have at 'em.
Let us know who your people are - they will be vetted through Club for Growth for Fiscal prudence if they run.


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Updated on 23 September 2013
Australia-based cell-based assay developer, TGR BioSciences, enters into license deal with UK-based Abcam, producer and distributor of high quality protein research tools
Singapore: Australia-based TGR BioSciences, a developer of advanced cell-based assay technologies, has signed a license agreement with UK-based Abcam, a producer and distributor of high quality protein research tools.
Under the agreement Abcam will develop and manufacture immunoassay products that incorporate TGR's proprietary CaptSure assay technology. Immunoassays incorporating CaptSure are highly sensitive, offer considerable time savings, and are easy to perform when compared with conventional sandwich immunoassays.
Mr James Murray, general manager of Abcam Eugene, commented that, "We are pleased to have signed the license agreement with TGR. This innovative technology will enable Abcam to continue to develop its high quality immunoassay range by providing even greater choice to customers."
"We're extremely pleased that Abcam, a company at the forefront of product supply and support, has recognised the significant advantages afforded by our CaptSure immunoassay technology," said Ms Anne Hinton, CEO, TGR BioSciences.
"Abcam is recognized around the world for providing the highest quality products and services to the life science community, and we are very excited to see Abcam incorporating our technology in their immunoassay products."
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How the interaction occurs:
Your HIV medicine may slow down how quickly your liver processes sildenafil.
What might happen:
Your blood levels of sildenafil may increase and cause harmful effects.
What you should do about this interaction:
Let your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know right away that you are taking these medicines together and the condition for which you are taking sildenafil. These medicines are not usually used together in patients with a condition called pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Contact your doctor if you experience a painful or prolonged erection, fainting or dizziness, or changes in vision. The dose of your sildenafil may need adjusting.Your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
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Arthritis affects more than 5.0 million adults in California
Rheumatoid arthritis, a specific form of arthritis, affects 1.3 million adults in the US
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease, is a form of inflammatory arthritis. RA occurs when the immune system turns against parts of the body it is designed to protect, causing pain, swelling, stiffness, and loss of function in the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis generally occurs in a symmetrical pattern, meaning that if one knee or hand is involved, the other one is also. The disease often affects the wrist joints and the finger joints closest to the hand and can also affect other parts of the body besides the joints.
There are evidence-based self-management education and physical activity programs that are effective and safe for people with arthritis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides program recommendations for people with arthritis. In California, CAPP is implementing the following self-management and physical activity programs:
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Everything starts with Planning. If you fail to plan well, you will have a hit and miss year of Scouting. If you plan effectively.. you will have a terrific year of Scouting.. it really is that simple.
Even the units that do not execute the plan all that well will have a great year given they plan it well.
Podcast Show #8 discusses the Troop Annual Plan. It outlines the tools needed to establish the plan, why we need to plan, and how to conduct the annual planning session.
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Neat Little Toy
Pros: Volume Boost, Some Extra Bass
Cons: Could be fragile
Stepped up to a CMOY OPAMP 2227 from my FiiO E5. Definitely a nicer volume boost, also adds some bass to my already booming HFi-580s. Fun little amp to have on the go for a good price. Haven't compared it against really high end stuff though, so can't say if it's a great audio quality booster. But for 25 - 45 bucks, they're a nice way to power cans that need it, or give a little kick to ones that don't.


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Roll tide!!!!
Roll tide!!!!
Didn't we plow this ground already, when you guys were trying to convince us that Mett was the second coming? He had a nice game throwing, but he was not able to score enough points to win the game.
BTW, You forget about Belue, Clinton-dix,Fulton, Geno Smith and the pride of Lousiania Landon Collins? I think it's safe to say the best coach in the land will have his DB's ready to play. What you may want to worry about is who is going to be covering opposing wide recievers for LSU?
LSU's secondary >>>> gump secondary & it's not even that close.
Mett throws for 350 last year if the WRs didn't drop passes in the 1st half. Get ready to get torched again.
Quick, the last time LSU lost in tuscalooser without Home Cooking. Going back in the 90s (1995 in particular.) regards.
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Jacob is on drugs, it's official. I admire your homerism but get back to me when your team beats Bama on the field. 3 of the last 4 national titles says we're superior. When was lsu's last title again? Put the pipe down dude, your embarrassing.