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Whether you agree with abortion, contraception, etc. This basic legal premise is worth reading about.
Keep in mind, here, that these particular individuals are NOT against contraception or sterilization ... they ARE against abortion, morning-after pill, and IUDs that prevent implantation of an embryo. They make a distinction between preventing an embryo being created v. destroying an embryo once it has been created.
Another interesting point is that these pregnancy services do NOT require a co-pay. Presumably, the bureaucracy will establish a schedule of approved reimbursement ... as with Medicare and Medicaid ... otherwise there would be no reason for the consumer to comparison shop pricing on these services. If Walmart sells pills for $7, and another place sells them for $15, the consumer must have a reason to buy at the less expensive vendor; so, there would have to be a schedule of reimbursement to prevent gouging of the govt program.
Also interesting is that a corporation can lose it's 1st Amendment right to religious freedom, but not its 1st Amendment right to free speech, as cited in this piece. However, once they start slicing and dicing the 1st Amendement this way, can't they carry it further as well?
CNSNews.com) - In a legal argument formally presented in federal court in the case of Hobby Lobby v. Kathleen Sebelius, the Obama administration is claiming that the First Amendmentwhich expressly denies the government the authority to prohibit the free exercise of religionnonetheless allows it to force Christians to directly violate their religious beliefs even on a matter that involves the life and death of innocent human beings.
Because federal judgesincluding Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayorhave refused to grant an injunction protecting the owners of Hobby Lobby from being forced to act against their Christian faith, those owners will be subject to federal fines of up to $1.3 million per day starting Tuesday for refusing to include abortion-inducing drugs in their employee health plan.
The Obama administration is making a two-fold argument for why it can force Christians to act against their faith in complying with the regulation it has issued under the Obamacare law that requires virtually all health care plans to cover, without co-pay, sterilizations, contraceptives, and abortion-inducing drugs.
The first argument the administration makes against the owners of Hobby Lobby is that Americans lose their First Amendment right to freely exercise their religion when they form a corporation and engage in commerce. A persons Christianity, the administration argues, cannot be carried out through activities he engages in through an incorporated business.
Hobby Lobby is a for-profit, secular employer, and a secular entity by definition does not exercise religion, said Acting Assistant Attorney General Stuart Delery in a filing submitted in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Because Hobby Lobby is a secular employer, it is not entitled to the protections of the Free Exercise Clause or RFRA [the Religious Freedom Restoration Act], Delery told the court on behalf of the administration. This is because, although the First Amendment freedoms of speech and association are right[s] enjoyed by religious and secular groups alike, the Free Exercise Clause gives special solicitude to the rights of religious organizations.
In keeping with Delerys argument, the Washington Post, as a corporation, can use its First Amendment-protected freedom of speech to write editorials in support of the Obama administration imposing its contraception mandate on businesses like Hobby Lobby. But the members of the family that created and owns Hobby Lobby, because they formed Hobby Lobby as a corporation, have no First Amendment freedom of religion that protects them from being forced by the government to act against their religious beliefs in providing abortion-inducing drugs.
The second argument the administration makes to justify forcing Christians to act against their faith is more sweeping. Here the administration argues it can force a person to act against his religion so long as the coercion is done under the authority of a law that is neutral and generally applicablein other words, as long as the law was not written specifically to persecute Christians as Christians, the government can use that law to persecute Christians.
Hobby Lobby is a family business. David Green created it in his garage in Oklahoma City in 1972. He and his wife, Barbara, and their three childrenSteve, Mart and Darsee Green Lett-- have grown the business to where it now operates 500 stores in 41 states. David Green is Hobby Lobbys CEO; Steve Green is its president; Mart Green is vice CEO; and Darsee Lett is vice president. Mart Green is also CEO of the privately owned Mardel chain of Christian bookstores, which operates 35 stores in 7 states. Through Hobby Lobby, the Greens have created more than 13,000 jobs. Mardel has created 372 jobs.
The Greens, who are Evangelical Christians, do not suspend their religious beliefs while running their businesses. Instead, they strive to run them fully in accordance with their Christian beliefs. They are unanimous in stating that they have always sought to run Hobby Lobby in harmony with Gods laws and in a manner which brings glory to God. They do not have two sets of moralsone for when they are at church or at home and another for when they are working on their businesses. They have only one set of moralsthat they strive to follow at work or any other activity. For example, they close their business on Sundays, so their employees can spend that day with their families, and they pay their full-time workers a minimum hourly wage of $13, which is far exceeds the federal minimum wage.
They also provide their employees with a generous self-insured health care plan, and they even operate an on-site, cost-free health clinic at their corporate headquarters. But, guided by their Christian faith, the Greens believe that human life begins at conception and that aborting on unborn life is wrong. In keeping with this, they do not cover in their employee health plan abortions, abortion-inducing drugs or IUDs that prevent implantation of an embryo.
Unlike Catholics, the Greens do not believe that contraception and sterilization are morally wrong.
In September, the Greens, Hobby Lobby and Mardel bookstores sued Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the departments of Health Human Service, Labor and Treasury. Their complaint said that the Obamacare contraception mandate violates their First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion because supporting abortion or counseling for abortion is contrary to their religious faith.
As the mandate now stands, the Greens must begin complying with it on Jan. 1. On Nov. 11, U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton refused to grant a preliminary injunction to stop the mandate from being enforced on the Greens while the court decided their case on its merits. In his ruling on the injunction, Judge Heaton determined that the Greens were not likely to establish they had a right to free exercise of religion while operating Hobby Lobby.
[T]he court concludes plaintiffs have not established a likelihood of success as to their constitutional claims, said Judge Heaton. The corporations lack free exercise rights subject to being violated and, as the challenged statutes/regulations are neutral and of general applicability as contemplated by the constitutional standard, plaintiffs are unlikely to successfully establish a constitutional violation in any event.
The Greens appealed their request for an injunction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. A panel of two appeals court judges refused their plea. They then appealed to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who sits over that circuit, and she declined to reverse the lower courts and issue an injunction.
When Sotomayor ruled against a preliminary injunction on Thursday, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which is representing the Greens, issued a statement indicating that the Greens would not start complying with the mandate on Tuesday and that they would continue to pursue their case in federal court.
Hobby Lobby will continue their appeal before the Tenth Circuit, said Becket Fund General Counsel Kyle Duncan. The Supreme Court merely decided not to get involved in the case at this time. It left open the possibility of review after their appeal is completed in the Tenth Circuit. The company will continue to provide health insurance to all qualified employees. To remain true to their faith, it is not their intention, as a company, to pay for abortion-inducing drugs.
As the nation approaches the much publicized fiscal cliff, it also approaches a moral cliff: Will the Obama administration compel Christians to act against their faith? As of now, the answer seems plain: Starting Tuesday, it will.


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The PTH test measures the level of parathyroid hormone in the blood.
PTH stands for parathyroid hormone. It is a protein hormone released by the parathyroid gland.
A laboratory test can be done to measure the amount of PTH in your blood.
Parathormone; Parathormone (PTH) intact molecule
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see: Venipuncture
Ask your health care provider if you should stop eating or drinking for some period of time before the test. Most often, you will not need to fast or stop drinking.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain. Others feel only a prick or stinging. Afterward, there may be some throbbing or slight bruising. This soon goes away.
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is released by the parathyroid glands. The four tiny parathyroid glands are located in the neck, near or attached to the back side of the thyroid gland. PTH controls calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D levels in the blood. It is important for regulating bone growth. Your health care provider may order this test if:
To help understand whether your parathyroid hormone level is normal, your doctor will measure your blood calcium at the same time.
Normal values are 10 to 55 picograms per milliliter (pg/mL).
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different specimens. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
A higher-than-normal level may occur with:
A lower-than-normal level may occur with:
Other conditions for which the test may be ordered include:
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight, but may include:
Bringhurst FR, Demay MB, Kronenberg HM. Hormones and disorders of mineral metabolism. In: Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, Kronenberg HM, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 28.
Wysolmerski JJ, Insogna KL. The parathyroid glands, hypercalcemia, and hypocalcemia. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 253.
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Their trademark song "I Heard It Through The Grapevine," (a Marvin Gaye
classic) boosted raisin sales and instigated a rash of spin-off products such as
T-shirts, small rubber figurines, etc.
Modeled in clay, the animated Raisins were the creation of Will Vinton (his
studio was located in Portland, Oregon). The raisins began to do ads for takeout
pizza, fried chicken and even appeared in a CBS Holiday special A Claymation
Christmas Celebration (12/21/87).
The Raisins were given names in 1988 via a
national "Name the Raisins" contest. The head trio consisted of Ben Indasun, Tiny
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In 1989, a CBS-TV special Meet the Raisins traced the lives of
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school dances to their arrival on the national pop music scene.
Prior to creating his Raisin character's Will Vinton had won an Academy Award in 1975 for
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Claymation executives even got rock superstar Michael Jackson and R&B favorite Ray Charles
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Flowers is the best Canes prospect along with Duke Johnson. Both third year guys. Flowers is a bit stiff but he's smart and rugged.
Walford will make the highlight grab. Overall he's a big play tight end, not somebody who is dependable play after play. More fast than quick or agile. Odd frame.
Tracy Howard might consider entering the draft if he has a terrific season. So far he hasn't quite lived up to his high school clippings. Too much cushion but it could be do to the soft scheme.
I'd be shocked if Deon Bush declared early. He's been in reverse since his freshman year. There's a big chance that converted running back Dallas Crawford will start ahead of Bush to open the season.
The quarterback Williams is not pro material. Considering the guys who will start ahead of him, he'll be sorely missed until he returns from injury. The true freshman could start if the holdovers are as pathetic as I expect.
Saw a 2015 cnnsi mock with Denzel perryman to Miami with the 10 pick...you gotta be ****ing kidding me...I felt better about just how far off the mark the mock was when I saw Cedric ogbuehi at 1 overall
Outstanding thread. Great job, fear the beard. I want to do a big study of running backs, free safeties with range, and athletic mikes in particular. I hope the league continues to deemphasize backs to the extent that Miami could get Gurley at more of a bargain price.
Is there an elite mike in the Kuechly or Willis mold that you guys like? Or near elite?
How about a playmaking free safety with good hips? We need someone who can make plays in the middle of the field.
TJ Yeldon not being in the top couple of backs has pretty much taken me by surprise. His size/speed ratio is enticing. When he first burst onto the scene I really was anticipating him in the draft process. It's funny, with bama backs we always seem to be anticipating their next back while the one in line now is yesterday's news.
I don't think Wallace is a true #1, but at the same time I don't get all the "cut him" arguments. If you look at last year, Wallace was consistently open. Problems with the offensive line and not being in sync with Tannehill meant leaving a lot of big plays on the field. Hopefully, with an improved offensive line we'll see a big season out of Wallace.
That said, I still think the team needs more talent at wide receiver. Miami's group isn't bad and I love the addition of Landry, but getting another difference maker would help.
I like ASU QB Taylor Kelly, from my alma mater, if we are looking for a QB next year in round 3-4.
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I agree that Gregory is overrated. Quick note on the list. Eric Kendricks goes to UCLA - not CAL (his brother went to CAL).
I'm not at a point where I'm comfortable ranking positions going into the season, but I like Spence and Calhoun. Spence has to get bigger and stronger to play DE in the NFL, but I think he has the COD to play 3-4 OLB, and he has time to fill out his frame - going into his junior season.
I was checking Spence's statistics. He's credited with ZERO QB pressures against Penn State, and I don't know how they define a QB pressure, but he was in the QB's face all game. I haven't tallied the total, but I'd guess the total would be close to 5 - caused an INT right after his first sack. Slick pass rusher.
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I've believed A.J. Johnson was near elite since he was a freshman. I don't think he's quite in the Kuechly/Willis category in terms of instincts, but he is athletically. Here's a little post I did on him after his sophomore season...
One of the most instinctual linebackers I've seen is Tyler Matakevich, who is heading into his Junior season.


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Its pretty Crazy how the NFC North has the Best QB - RB - WR in the NFL!!
What do you guys think the NFC South's is?
Brees - Martin - Julio?
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Holy crap. I didn't know Josh Johnson was a free agent.
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Kenny Paul Geno wants to play in the Southeastern Conference and Georgia has offered him an opportunity.
Booneville's 6-foot-6 small forward committed to the Bulldogs on Wednesday and will sign a national letter-of-intent in a ceremony this morning at the Booneville High School gym.
It will be the last of many memorable moments – including highlight reel dunks and game-clinching 3-pointers – Geno has created for the Blue Devils in that arena. He helped lead the Blue Devils to three state championship games and a 3A state title in 2011.
"I've always dreamed of playing in the SEC. Georgia was it," Geno said.
The Bulldogs made an offer Tuesday. Geno met with his parents and Booneville High coach Michael Smith that night to discuss his options. Middle Tennessee State, Delta State, Jacksonville State, Lamar, Mercer, Radford and Union had all made offers.
Geno called Georgia assistant Philip Pearson early Wednesday to commit. The Bulldogs have offered him a chance to play as a freshman.
"It's exciting, big for me, but big for our little town. I'm proud to represent Booneville and Northeast Mississippi," Geno said.
Geno was named the 2012-13 Daily Journal Player of the Year after averaging a double-double this senior season with 23 points and 14 rebounds.
He drew interest from several other schools, Mississippi State among them. The Bulldogs offered a walk-on position. National champion Louisville called Monday and offered a four-year, walk-on spot.
Geno said he and his family were on the same page with what Georgia offered athletically and academically. They met with an academic advisor on Geno's official visit to Athens. The Bulldogs made the first trip, flying here to watch Geno workout on March 27.
"I just wanted to play in the SEC. I really didn't (decide) until last night," Geno said. "The campus was just amazing. It will be fun to play Mississippi State and Ole Miss. There will be more of my people at the games, too. It'll be fun."


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doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-03-14, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2003
|Perceptual organization refers to the process of organizing sensory input into coherent and interpretable perceptual structures. This process is challenging due to the chicken-and-egg nature between the various sub-processes such as image segmentation, figure-ground segregation and object recognition. Low-level processing requires the guidance of high-level knowledge to overcome noise; while high-level processing relies on low-level processes to reduce the computational complexity. Neither process can be sufficient on its own. Consequently, any system that carries out these processes in a sequence is bound to be brittle. An alternative system is one in which all processes interact with each other simultaneously.
In this thesis, we develop a set of simple yet realistic interactive processing models for perceptual organization. We model the processing in the framework of spectral graph theory, with a criterion encoding the overall goodness of perceptual organization. We derive fast solutions for near-global optima of the criterion, and demonstrate the efficacy of the models on segmenting a wide range of real images.
Through these models, we are able to capture a variety of perceptual phenomena: a unified treatment of various grouping, figure-ground and depth cues to produce popout, region segmentation and depth segregation in one step; and a unified framework for integrating bottom-up and top-down information to produce an object segmentation from spatial and object attention.
We achieve these goals by empowering current spectral graph methods with a principled solution for multiclass spectral graph partitioning; expanded repertoire of grouping cues to include similarity, dissimilarity and ordering relationships; a theory for integrating sparse grouping cues; and a model for representing and integrating higher-order relationships. These computational tools are also useful more generally in other domains where data need to be organized effectively.
|perceptual organization,image segmentation, figure-ground,depth segregation,attention, bias, popout, visual search,clustering, graph partitioning, constrained optimization
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|Stella Yu, "Computational Models of Perceptual Organization," doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-03-14, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, May, 2003
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Description ADULT SUMMER Has orange-red on face, neck, and underparts; many back feathers have black and orange-red centers and gray fringes. Legs and bill are dark. ADULT WINTER Has uniform gray-brown upperparts and white underparts. Bill is dark and legs are dull yellowish green. JUVENILE Similar to winter adult, but back feathers have pale fringes and dark submarginal bands, creating a scaly look. Usually has buff tinge to plumage, particularly on breast.
Dimensions Length: 10.5 in (27 cm)
Habitat Locally fairly common. Breeds on high Arctic tundra. Migration is mainly coastal, but typically uses regular staging posts away from which only lone individuals are seen. Winters on sandy beaches and estuaries from southern U.S. states southward to South America.
Observation Tips Staging hotspots include Delaware Bay and Tampa Bay, Florida; the latter also hosts wintering birds. The National Audubon Society considers both to be Important Bird Areas.
Range Western Canada, Texas, Southeast, California, Plains, Rocky Mountains, Eastern Canada, Florida, Mid-Atlantic, Alaska, Great Lakes, Southwest, New England, Northwest
Voice Utters a sharp kwet call.
Discussion Dumpy and robust shorebird with short and stout legs and bill. In winter, forms large flocks, which fly in tight formation. Faint white wing stripe is visible in flight but otherwise lacks distinctive features in winter plumage. Sexes are similar.


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Suddenly, at age 12, Augusten Burroughs found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian house in perfect squalor. The doctor's bizarre family, a few patients, and a pedophile living in the backyard shed completed the tableau. Here, there were no rules. There was no school. The Christmas tree stayed up until summer, and Valium was eaten like Pez. And when things went dull, there was always the vintage electroshock-therapy machine under the stairs...
Running with Scissors is at turns foul and harrowing, compelling and maniacally funny. But above all, it is a truly amazing chronicle of an ordinary boy's survival under the most extraordinary circumstances.
©2002 Augusten Burroughs; (P)2002 Audio Renaissance, a Division of Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC
"Beautifully written with a finely tuned sense of style...this memoir of a nightmarish youth is both compulsively entertaining and tremendously provocative." (Publishers Weekly)
"Sharp, riotous humor...deeply affecting...this is a survival story readers won't forget." (Booklist)
"Bawdy, outrageous, often hilarious." (The New York Times)
"NOT what I was expecting"
This book takes you on a journey of growing up and discovery from a child's point of view. It's an "adult" tape, (definitely not for children - I wouldn't want to explain parts to my 8 year old son, but its not salacious either). It has kept me fascinated for the 40 min. drive home every day for a week. Its like discovering parts of my own family from the viewpoint of one of my younger relatives.
Sometimes previews and marketing do a book a dis-service trying to lure people in. I found this to be true - the value far exceeds what I expected.
The reader is outstanding, bringing each individual character to life with a voice that seems to match the author's words exceedingly well.
Addicted to audiobooks & podcasts. 5 Stars=I Loved It, 4 Stars=Enjoyed it Thoroughly, 3=Kinda Good, 2=Bad/Boring, 1=Complete Waste of Credit
"Way better than the movie"
I saw this movie a few years back and wasn't too impressed - I'm glad I decided to give the book a chance. This is one of those pieces that grabs you early and doesn't let go - although gruesome at times, it gets into your head and makes you want to find out what insane thing can possibly happen next. The dialogue comes across as authentic which is just as important to a book as the events that take place - bad dialogue can ruin an otherwise perfect story. Augusten Burroughs is amazingly talented at both writing and narration - I will definitely be listening to his other titles.
"Hilarious! And a little sad..."
Excellent book - I've read some reviews of Burroughs work where they compare him to David Sedaris (who I adore), but other than being gay and funny, comparison stops there. He is so open about his life - painfully so at times - and it really drew me in to his story. With a lot of humor and a gift for communicating the grotesque in a light handed way, Burroughs is an amazing writer. I listen in my car on MP3 player and found myself sitting in parking lots, outside of my house, etc. just so I could keep listening before I had to stop the player.
"Not humor, tragedy."
There are funny moments in an "oh my that's awful" sort of way, but why would I want to read about bodily fluids of all types in excruciating detail set in a home ruled by people with no control over their lives. If you want a voyeuristic appreciation of abysmal human behavior than this is for you, all wrapped up in nervous laughter.
"From the Real Side"
As a psychiatrist who has treated two people in my metropolitan area who lived with their psychiatist in the 60's, this is not fiction. It is told with Burroughs' tough, but funny humor. He has found a way to transform his tragic circumstances in a way that others can understand, using the with and humor that must have been part of his survival!
"Dysfunctional Overload"
I give credit to the narrorator (the author himself) - 50% of an audible book's enjoyment is a narrorator you can stand to listen to. I did like the narraration. One reviewer likened the book to David Sedaris - while there are similarities- Augusten is much darker and is not as funny (it is funny in only a very perverse way). His whole life is surrounded by severely dysfunctional people and at the end I was depressed and felt profound pity for the man. The book is very graphic and many will find it offensive. I usually love dark comedies, but this goes over the edge. If this story is really true (even half true) some of the real-life characters need to be put away for the safety of the public.
"Great story (but not for everyone)"
This is a fabulously funny tale of the author's unbelievably wacky up-bringing. Wild beyond belief at times but anyone who has been unfortunate to have met the type of shrink that his family ran into can relate. Some of the lower ratings numbers probably come from the fact that the author openly discusses his own homosexuality and describes some male/male sex scenes.
"Quirky story, but shallow characters."
While this story remains fairly interesting because of the bizarre chain of events claimed by the author, the characters feel 2-Dimensional and I found myself rapidly losing sympathy. It is worth listening to, (be aware that descriptions are often graphic, but not gratuitously so) but not one I would enthusiastically recommend.
"Not for me"
I read a previous review about this book being gross, and thought the reviewer was maybe a little narrow minded. Congratulating myself on being worldly wise, I pressed the download button, but you know what this book really is gross. I am not sure if I was more disturbed by the unhygenic kitchen conditions or the authors 'supposed to be amusing description's' of his 14 year old self being coerced to have anal sex with his much older boyfriend. This could have been a very heroic portrayal of triumph coming from an abusive childhood - but the author tried write humorously about some things that just arent humorous however clever the prose. Before downloading this book I had already listened to Magical Thinking, which was enjoyable. If you like David Sedaris consider downloading Magical Thinking, but personally I would suggest you give Running with Scissors a miss.
"Unusual, entertaining, mildly offensive and superb"
Not for the easily offended, this book is crass, bawdy but highly entertaining. The author is so open and honest, sharing frighteningly intimate thoughts and portraying the actions during his pre-teen and teenage years. I had to remind myself many times that this book is a memoir, not fiction. It is so out there, the things that happened in the author's life and the people he is surrounded by that it's almost hard to believe at times, although, I've met some people who aren't too far away from the characters in the book, which make it even more fascinating. The characters are so well developed throughout that you almost know what they look like and can imagine meeting them in real life. This is a book that stays with you for a long time after you read and leaves you wondering. I can't wait to read more from Augusten Burroughs - a fantastic writer.
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|9:57:18 PM, Wednesday, March 23, 2011
-- If you read the story below you probably were thinking the same thing... So here it is.
Also if you've been following my blog you'll remember me posting a song and a music video that was inspired by exactly the events like the one described below, - well worth a listen and a look, - Wolf Parade - Yulia.
Vladimir Komarov, The Cosmonaut Who Crashed Into Earth 'Crying In Rage'
|7:26:52 PM, Wednesday, March 23, 2011
"So there's a cosmonaut up in space, circling the globe, convinced he will never make it back to Earth; he's on the phone with Alexei Kosygin — then a high official of the Soviet Union — who is crying because he, too, thinks the cosmonaut will die.
The space vehicle is shoddily constructed, running dangerously low on fuel; its parachutes — though no one knows this — won't work and the cosmonaut, Vladimir Komarov, is about to, literally, crash full speed into Earth, his body turning molten on impact. As he heads to his doom, U.S. listening posts in Turkey hear him crying in rage, "cursing the people who had put him inside a botched spaceship."
This extraordinarily intimate account of the 1967 death of a Russian cosmonaut appears in a new book, Starman, by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony, to be published next month. The authors base their narrative principally on revelations from a KGB officer, Venymin Ivanovich Russayev, and previous reporting by Yaroslav Golovanov in Pravda. This version — if it's true — is beyond shocking.
In 1967, both men were assigned to the same Earth-orbiting mission, and both knew the space capsule was not safe to fly. Komarov told friends he knew he would probably die. But he wouldn't back out because he didn't want Gagarin to die. Gagarin would have been his replacement.
The story begins around 1967, when Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union, decided to stage a spectacular midspace rendezvous between two Soviet spaceships..."
-- Can you even begin to imagine how he must have felt? Going on the mission? The hopelessness of his situation once in space? I've been forgetting to post this, please follow the link for the rest of the article and for audio!
A fascinating and sad story, but the not exactly surprising. Although most do not know this, Russia is rumored to have had two space programs, one for the public and world's eye and the other, "black" one, for the sake of winning the space at any cost, where all they cared about was getting results, everything else be damned.
Facebook Kicks Off 20,000 Underage Users a Day
|7:08:21 PM, Wednesday, March 23, 2011
"Are kids slipping through the cracks in Facebook's just-ask age screening approach?
The social networking site kicks off around 20,000 underage users per day, its chief privacy adviser, Mozelle Thompson, told Australia's parliament this week.
He admitted that the site's way of weeding out those who don't meet the 13-and-up age requirement -- essentially a user-entry honor system -- is "not perfect," because there's no mechanism for detecting kids who simply enter a false age.
"There are people who lie. There are people who are under 13," Thompson said.
A recent Pew study found that nearly half of all U.S. 12-year-olds use social networking sites -- and privacy concerns in regard to Facebook's younger members have been growing of late. This month, Sen. Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (pictured) to argue for reforms in the site's privacy measures. "Under Facebook's policy, 13 million users under the age of 18 may be allowed to share their personal information just like adult users," Franken wrote. "These younger users are the most vulnerable to predators on Facebook and the rest of the Internet and it should be impossible for them to inadvertently share their phone numbers and home addresses with anyone."But Franken's figures don't factor in the unknown number of Facebook users under 13.
Other sites that are popular with kids handle the issue in differing ways. MySpace also requires users to be at least 13, but like Facebook, it has no practical way to verify that information. Disney.com allows children 12 and under to surf the site, and collects some personal information from them before they're eligible to participate in competitions, for example. Yahoo! doesn't allow kids 12 and under to register without the consent of a parent. Like Disney, it collects some limited idenifying information for participation in competitions and similar interactive features."
Android Mascot Dancing Wildly
|5:56:41 PM, Wednesday, March 23, 2011
-- Dance, Android, Dance! Faster!
Cradle Of Filth - Nymphetamine
|1:52:42 PM, Wednesday, March 23, 2011
-- Haven't heard this song in awhile.
Russia's Zhirinovsky Calls to Revoke Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
|1:16:45 PM, Wednesday, March 23, 2011
"Russia's head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, has appealed to the Nobel Prize Committee to revoke U.S. President Barack Obama's Nobel Prize, the party's press service said in a statement on Monday.
Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for his commitment to non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
"The situation in Libya is yet another shocking act of aggression by NATO forces and in particular by the United States. This is a clear reflection of colonial policy. This is another crude invasion into the domestic affairs of an independent state. There is only one goal: to take control of Libyan oil and the Libyan regime and not saving the Libyan people," the press service quoted Zhirinovsky as saying.
The colorful and flamboyant leader of Russia's LDPR party plans to meet with Libyan Ambassador to Russia Amir al-Arabi on Wednesday to discuss the latest events in the North African country.
Earlier Zhirinovsky called on the Muslim world to support Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and sent an official letter to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen demanding the immediate stop to the military operation in Libya.
A military operation against Libya's strongman Gaddafi, who has ruled the country with an iron fist for more than 40 years, began on Saturday. On Monday, Western forces launched a second wave of air strikes on Gaddafi's positions under a UN resolution authorizing military action to protect Libyan civilians.
NATO has so far not indicated if it will participate in the operation.
Libyan television has reported that at least 50 civilians have been killed and over 150 wounded in the UN strikes and that many health and education facilities have been destroyed."
-- Considering he shouldn't have gotten it in the first place it would only be fair. Mother Russia!!!
The Portrait: Queen of Hearts by Jamari Lior
|1:26:09 AM, Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Russia Ready To Equip First Borey Class Sub With Bulava Missiles
|1:18:24 AM, Wednesday, March 23, 2011
"A missile production plant in southern Siberia has produced enough Bulava ballistic missiles to complete its tests and arm the first Borey class strategic submarine, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Monday.
"A batch of missiles sufficient to finish the tests and equip one submarine has been produced already. Larger production would cause the missiles to stock up," Ivanov said after a meeting of defense industry officials in the southern Siberian republic of Udmurtia.
The Bulava (SS-NX-30) submarine-launched ballistic missile carries up to 10 MIRV warheads and has a range of over 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles).
Despite several previous failures, officially blamed on manufacturing defaults, the Russian military has insisted that there is no alternative to the Bulava and pledged to continue testing the missile until it is ready for service with the Navy.
Russia is planning to conduct at least four Bulava test launches this year and deploy it on the new Borey class strategic submarines.
The tests launches will most likely be conducted from the Yury Dolgoruky.
The Yury Dolgoruky, which has recently completed sea trials in the White Sea, is expected to enter service with the Russian Navy in the near future, pending the outcome of the Bulava testing.
Three other Borey class nuclear submarines, the Alexander Nevsky, the Vladimir Monomakh, and Svyatitel Nikolai (St. Nicholas) are in different stages of completion. Russia is planning to build eight of these subs by 2015..."
New FFRF Bus Sign Campaign 'America is NOT a Christian Nation'
|11:13:02 PM, Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Apparently, the first ad is meant for the exterior of the bus, while the rest will be on the interior.
Shirley Temple - Animal Crackers In My Soup (Extended Version)
|10:16:03 PM, Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Cold 'Star' No Hotter Than a Summer's Day
|2:15:31 PM, Tuesday, March 22, 2011
"Stars are stars, and planets are planets, and never the twain shall meet, right? Not quite. Brown dwarfs—so-called failed stars that are too small to sustain the stable burning of hydrogen—fall somewhere in between stars and planets when it comes to mass and temperature. Now, researchers have found two brown dwarfs that are colder than any previously seen—so cold and so small that they are almost like giant planets. In a paper published 20 March in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team reports on a brown dwarf about 63 light-years away whose temperature is barely 300 kelvin. That's 200 K cooler than the previous record holder and about as warm as a bright summer day on Earth. In a second study, to be published in an upcoming issue of The Astrophysical Journal, researchers describe another very cold brown dwarf (shown here in an infrared telescope image), whose estimated temperature is about 370 Kelvin. The two objects could be the first examples of a proposed class of ultra-cool brown dwarfs known as the Y-class. And because they are almost as cold as "gas giant" planets—Jupiter is about 150 K—studying them could offer a better handle on what the atmospheres of alien worlds look like."
Penguin Leap of Faith
|1:32:19 PM, Tuesday, March 22, 2011
-- And now something a bit less serious:
-- Like a boss.
Libya Update: Video Clips of Combat and Coalition Air Force Activity
|1:18:43 PM, Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Fearless Canine
|10:43:03 AM, Tuesday, March 22, 2011
-- "A U.S. Soldier with the 10th Special Forces Group and his military working dog jump off the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment during water training over the Gulf of Mexico March 1, 2011, as part of exercise Emerald Warrior 2011. Emerald Warrior is an annual two-week joint/combined tactical exercise sponsored by U.S. Special Operations Command designed to leverage lessons learned from operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom to provide trained and ready forces to combatant commanders. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez, U.S. Air Force/Released."
US Fighter Plane Crashes in Libya
|8:46:14 AM, Tuesday, March 22, 2011
"An American jet has crashed in Libya, but US officials insist it was not shot down.The US military said both crew members on board the F-15 Strike Eagle ejected from the aircraft and had been recovered separately. Both sustained minor injuries.
A spokesman said the plane may have suffered a mechanical problem.
He said the crew members were separated because they ejected at high altitudes and ended up in different areas.
A US defence official said a Marine Osprey search and rescue aircraft rescued the pilot, and the second crew member, a weapons officer, was taken in by Libyan rebels and then handed over to the US.
The aircraft involved was based at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, which is home to three squadrons of US F-15s, and it was flying out of Italy's Aviano Air Base in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn.
The US Air Force has said B-2, F-15 and F-16 fighters are participating in operations over Libya.
The US's involvement in Libya is being run by Africa Command, which is based in Stuttgart, Germany.
Africa Command launched in October 2008 after the Pentagon abandoned efforts to base the command on the continent after it hit resistance among the African nations, and instead posted about two dozen liaison officers at African embassies."
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Statements made by candidates for public office are given much closer scrutiny, and taken seriously, as they should be. I'm sure a search of the public record would reveal many, many cases of candidates and those already elected making spurious, inappropriate and down right stupid remarks, from both sides.
Who knows, one day Leno or Letterman or Beck may run for public office, (weirder things have happened, Reagan, Swartzenegger (sp) Ventura)? Even the messiah Romney now contradicts himself...
I think the righties trying to latch on to Franken's past, as well as Clinton's, as hypocrisy is grasping at straws.
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Both Romney and Obama have publicly said that Akin's comments were inappropriate. So, shouldn't we consider this particular "issue" (if it ever was one) a "wash" for voting preferences?
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There's a blue Iron Monger out there? Is this meant to be a "comic" variant?
There's a blue Iron Monger out there? Is this meant to be a "comic" variant?
No, it's the "movie" variant! He had blue eyes & chest in the film, but first release had red.
Two of the Targets I visited today had Order 66 on clearance, two did not. PM if interested. Also, on a whim, I visited a Big Lots where they have Marvel Legends Icons for $10. I went hoping to find the knock-off Transformers I decided not to buy a few months back. Gone...another case of buy now or regret later.
Hey guys. Long time no see! Just started a new job in LA at the ING Direct building. If you're in the neighborhood stop by and say hi. Also if anyone see's GI JOE wave 9 please stash for me. (Hawk, Bazooka, Barbecue, B.A.T., Snow Serpent, Black Storm Shadow) Thanks a million.
ING direct - is that in Westwood or Koreatown? i forgot. It's nice that the order 66 are finally going on clearance, but when they go 50% off it might be hard to find the ones you want.
Bluesnags & crunchynug - have you made it back from Canada yet on that falcon run?
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Thread: Starting a 30 Gallon
03-30-2013, 04:55 AM #1Member Molly
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Starting a 30 Gallon
I will be purchasing a 30 gallon aquarium next week and i would like to stock it with the fish that are in my 55 gallon aquarium currently (opaline gourami, 2 false juli cories, and 2 black phantom tetra) i would like to up the cories to about 5 and add a pair of german blue rams ( after the tank has been established for a while) in the 55 gallon i would like to put a breeding pair of green terror. i would like some personal opinions on the rest of the 30 gallon stocking along with planting the 30 gallon. i will probably be doing some type of diy lighting at around 2 wpg or so ( medium lighting). what are some thoughts and opinions on this, and what are you guys running in your 30 gallon aquariums?
what are the dimensions on the 30 gallon? just wondering if its a breeder or normal.
the tetras should be upper to 6 as well.
if you are going to do diy then leds are a good choice to look at. you can do 20 3w leds and space them out what every way you feel like. or you could get 6 10w premade led lights and use those.
that could be a good start point.... im not sure on the quality or anything it was just a quick search. but if you use those i would remove the lenses as they look to be like 10* or some fine angle...KING OF THE GOLD BARBS RAWR!!!!
I wonder if i plant one of my tiger barbs would the demon seed grow to a full tree?
gotta love them bunnies!
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03-30-2013, 05:15 AM #3Member Molly
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Its a 30 normal, and the black phantom teteras are able to be in a pair I believe. Its a male female pair.
all tetra are schooling species and it is recommended to be kept in a minimum of 6 they are not kept in pairs
i thought that too, some sources are saying they be be paired up like some cichlids can be. weird exceptions to the rule i guess.
so its the 16" deep one? thats not bad for lighting, you want something medium light (since you said 2wpg.) but i must confess that wpg rule is almost as rubish as the inch/gallon rule. it was only useful when the only light avalible as t12's and even that was a bit iffy.
here the perfect example why. 40W of t8s on a 20l would give you highish lighting, but in a 20gxh it would give you a lot lower.
any ways off topic. DIY leds are nice, if you wanted to go that rout you could do it easily. ive been hearing the ebay cheapy ones arent worth the savings and its best to get a good brand like cree.
if you want to do a diy t5 set up, im sure you can find a kit to do it.KING OF THE GOLD BARBS RAWR!!!!
I wonder if i plant one of my tiger barbs would the demon seed grow to a full tree?
gotta love them bunnies!
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It's true alot of sources state that Black phantoms can be kept in pairs or in a group; one being the Baensch Aquarium Atlas Vol I. IME they do better if kept in a group and the males will show off their awesome finnage when they stage thier "mock battles".Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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Well back on topic, haha, what do you guys thing of stocking the rest of the tank and what are some good medium light ground coverers and a few plants that will fill out in the background?
well they were talking about the stock but they were focusing on the tetras,
for plants look into crypts, they are mostly medium/low lighting and easy to be kept.
for ground cover dwarf hair grass is the less demanding "carpeting" plant.
other plants that would easly work in a medium light set would be:
most mosses, chainswords, onion plants, floaters*. manhy others.... medium light has so many options.
almost forgot, with crypts chances are they will melt when you first get them into your tank. its what is sounds like, the leaves turn to much and die. they are super sensitive to changing water qualities (thus not recommended to use during a cycle). once they adjust to the new parameters they are great plants. later down the line if you are noticing a melt on the crypts, its a sign of something going south in the fish tank lol. they are good markers for stuff like that
plants to stay away from,
duck weed, horn wort, java fern, anubias
the first 2 will take over the tank and than last 2 do best in low light tanks.
*most floaters are "high/very high" light plants, thats true. but the thing is they are usually only a few inches from the light. if you get floaters i would start with either frogbit or water lettuce.
Last edited by genocidex; 03-30-2013 at 04:30 PM.KING OF THE GOLD BARBS RAWR!!!!
I wonder if i plant one of my tiger barbs would the demon seed grow to a full tree?
gotta love them bunnies!
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I just bought a two bulb t8 light fixture for my 55, much brighter than I thought it would be. There are 2 32 watt 6500k 48 inh bulbs on top of it and the tank looks great


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Well I closed the deal to do some embedded work on an I/O chip that has an ARM core in it. I'm afraid it's very much under nondisclosure, so I can't be very specific about what I will be working on.
The client is sending me his eval board (a development kit built into a large briefcase!) and the chip manufacturer emailed an NDA to sign. An hour after I faxed the signed NDA to them, the manufacturer's support engineer emailed a whole bunch of useful information.
I wanted to have a desktop system to practice ARM programming on so I asked on the debian-arm mailing list. Someone is selling me a used Corel Netwinder for $350. You can also buy new and somewhat fancier ARM Netwinders for $550 to $600 from Netwinder.net. They have Crusoe based systems as well.
This first job is quite small, but the client has a lot of other work waiting after this. Having the small job will allow me to get familiar with the chip before I do the other more difficult jobs he wants.
I discussed this on the ACCU list and based on what they said and what I found in their embedded systems book reviews section I'm going to get the following books, the first two right away because that's all I can afford so far:
- Programming Embedded Systems in C and C++ by Michael Barr
- Debugging Embedded Microprocessor Systems by Stuart Ball
- Embedded Microprocessor Systems 2nd Ed by Stuart Ball (there's a third edition coming soon but I can't wait, unless it's published before my next paycheck arrives!)
- Software Design for Real-Time Systems by J.E. Cooling ($$$ and hard to get)
I have a bunch of linux kernel books and one embedded linux book already.
Also here are some good websites for emedded stuff:
- Linux Devices.com
- Circuit Cellar - get all the past issues on CDROM for $114!
- Embedded Systems Programming - I signed up for a free subscription to the magazine today
- Quest - writings on embedded software methodology
- The Ganssle Group - offers a free embedded newsletter that is archived online. Apparently this guy is somewhat controversial
I'm very excited about this. I've been trying to find a way to break into embedded programming for over a year.
Help Me Get Into Embedded Systems Programming
I've had the idea for about a year that I should go into embedded systems programming. One reason for this is that many of the things I strive to achieve in my programming (efficiency and reliability) are valued in the embedded world much more than in the desktop GUI market. Another reason is, at least when I was looking a few months ago, I saw lots of job and contract ads looking for embedded programmers that offerred much higher pay than what I was seeing for GUI work.
Another reason is that I think the efforts the industry giants are putting into moving applications to the server (stuff like .Net and web services) are going to kill the GUI application market.
There are a couple of problems though. The embedded systems market has this whole huge body of knowledge and practice that I'm mostly unfamiliar with.
I have done some kernel-level work (mostly in the Mac OS, but I have tinkered with the Linux and the old BSD-based Sun OS kernels) and I've done a lot of work in 68000 and PowerPC assembly code. I also have a bachelor's degree in Physics and have done a lot of experimental work, and took courses in analog and digital electronics at UC Santa Cruz. But I know I have a lot to learn.
So here's how you can help me: recommend books I can read that can help me get started in embedded programming. I'm interested in both theoretical books (like architectural theory for embedded OSes) and I'm also interested in really practical things (like hands-on project books for hooking up toasters to 8-bit microcontrollers), techniques for day-to-day development and debugging, as well as books on learning electronics.
You can either post your recommendations in your diary here or email them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
One recommendation I can pass on is that my friend Tom Cumming (who's been doing embedded work since he was a kid) recommended I read Circuit Cellar magazine (I hadn't seen their website until just now - it looks real good). Actually I have read circuit cellar from time to time since it was a Byte magazine column, and I know it to be very good.
The book I used for both my analog and digital classes in school was the first edition of The Art of Electronics. The classes were actually taught by the physics department, and were intended to teach physics students to design and build their own instrumentation. Horowitz and Hill take a very different approach to teaching electronics than is traditional for electrical engineering textbooks. I remember professor dorfan saying that EE profs held a very low opinion of the book, but it was a hit with physicists and physics students.
I actually started reading it again a few months ago when I was interviewing for a job writing electronic cad software, but I got sidetracked. I'll pick it up again.
I also read a book last year that I think is called "embedded linux programming" or something like that, but I can't find my copy just now. But it was very good. It had a particularly clear explanation about what happens when booting an x86 linux system. And I have the books "Linux Device Drivers", "Understanding the Linux Kernel", "Kernel Projects for Linux", and Moshe Bar's "Linux Internals".
Anyway, any suggestions you have are greatly appreciated. Embedded Linux programming of course is a big interest but I'm also interested in other embedded OSes - there are a lot of things Linux can't do, like support multitasking in less than 64k of ram, which I think eCos can do.
Of course, a big problem is finding the time to study all these books, even the ones I already have!
The other problem is breaking into the embedded world. No one wants to hire anyone without paid work experience, and even though I've been working as a programmer for fifteen years, I don't really have anything on my resume yet that I can claim as embedded work.
But I have some happy news. I think I will be getting a small contract very soon writing the software that runs on an embedded ARM processor aboard an I/O chip. This would be very good work for me, and would finally give me a toehold into the industry.
I thought it would be helpful to have an ARM-based desktop machine to learn more about ARM assembly code and OS programming, so I asked around and have found someone who wants to sell me a very-slightly-used Corel Netwinder, an ARM-based Linux box. Debian supports ARM now, so the guy is going to install Woody on it for me.
Wish me luck.


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In 2012, an estimated USD1.8 billion was spent on flowers by Valentine's Day celebrators (source: National Retail Federation). In February of this year, six members of the US diabetes online community created "Spare a Rose, Save a Child", an independent online initiative encouraging people to buy one less rose on Valentine's Day and share the value of that flower with a child with diabetes in the developing world by making a donation to the IDF Life for a Child Programme.
This inspirational campaign was dreamed up when Kerri Morrone Sparling (Six Until Me), Kelly Close and Adam Brown (Close Concerns/diaTribe), Manny Hernandez (Diabetes Hands Foundation/Tu Diabetes), Bennet Dunlap (Your Diabetes May Vary), and Jeff Hitchcock (Children with Diabetes) got together, with support from Johnson & Johnson, to discuss ways in which social media could be used to better serve the diabetes community. Everyone in the group either has type 1 diabetes themselves or has a loved one with type 1, and all are passionate advocates for people with diabetes. As stated in the campaign: "We, as a community, have a chance to show our love for people around the globe with diabetes."
The campaign was a big success with a marked increase in online donations for the Programme in the period around 14 February. Approximately €2,400 ($3,200) was donated through the IDF website. This amount will effectively help eight children and youth with diabetes with insulin, blood glucose monitoring equipment, and locally-provided quality clinical care. Such care is essential for a child with diabetes to survive and thrive.
Life for a Child gratefully acknowledges all who participated in the Spare a Rose, Save a Child campaign.


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Ernest and Linda Lambert, retirees living in a shaded suburban cul-de-sac just off Woonsocket's Mendon Road, have an unusual backyard project.
There, in a series of plywood coop houses, sit more than three dozen chickens — Rhode Island Reds, Guinea Hens, and other pedestrian breeds. And some that are more exotic, like Araucana, known for their turquoise eggs, and Silkies, covered with fluffy plumage to the tips of their toes.
A wire fence surrounds the hen house, but during the day the gate is open and the birds run about the yard. They've scratched small pits into the earth where they sit and rub their feathers in the dust, a behavior said to ward off mites. They also pursue any squirrel that tries to mooch some feed.
Linda collects 10 or 12 eggs a day. "They taste better than the ones you get in a supermarket," she says. "Buy them in a store, and you have no idea how old they are."
As it turns out, breakfast eggs that fresh can be a rarity, in Rhode Island and elsewhere. The Lamberts' flock is tolerated in Woonsocket only because their coop is older than a zoning ordinance that bans farm livestock from the city. Other families in the old mill town have been ordered to bid their birds goodbye. Many communities in America's urbanized areas — yes, the Blue States — have similar laws, adopted in an age when anything that smacked of Old MacDonald was viewed as a dirty, stinky nuisance.
But these days a revolution's brewing. Foodies and locavores across the country are pushing to end local restrictions, and a half dozen websites now advise urbanites on how to raise "pets with benefits." The argument: backyard eggs are cheaper, tastier, and healthier, with higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids. Sustainability is an issue, too. Grow your own and you eliminate the energy consumption and carbon emissions that go with transporting food. What's more, chicken shit is a great fertilizer for your organic garden plot.
In just a few years grassroots activists have overturned ordinances in more than 30 major cities, including Los Angeles, Houston, Ann Arbor, Madison, and Missoula. They've gained ground in the Ocean State, too. Providence, West Warwick, and even snooty Barrington have all revised their laws, allowing residents to keep hens in limited numbers, so long as there are no crowing roosters in their coops. And in Cranston and Warwick, city council members are now reviewing proposed changes.
"It's definitely a national movement, and I think the Internet has a lot to do with it," says Douglas Stuchel, a professional chef who now teaches at the Hospitality College at Johnson & Wales University. "People can research and learn how agriculture has become big business. They know it's not simply about feeding the world."
Stuchel has taken up the banner himself. He's constructing a coop behind his West Warwick home where he plans to keep some Rhode Island Reds. "As a chef, I know the food your raise yourself is better," he says. "Pesticides are one concern, but taste is an issue, too."
Chicken fancier Sam Abram believes snobbery fuels anti-avian sentiments in some Rhode Island suburbs. The real estate manager raised hens while living in New Hampshire and never heard any complaints. Shortly after he moved to Barrington, he built a backyard hen house. A few days later an animal control officer told him it had to go.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — After four years of rule-making aimed at making the financial system safer, regulators are finally recognizing that one size does not fit all when it comes to rule making.
Federal Reserve Gov. Elizabeth Duke said Friday that new capital rules, primarily aimed for mega-banks such as Bank of America Corp. BAC, +2.25% Citigroup Inc. C, +1.72% J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM, +1.47% and Wells Fargo & Co. WFC, +2.17% are too great of a burden for smaller banks. Read full story on Duke's remarks on the Wall Street Journal site .
A former community banker herself, Duke knows there's a difference between a too-big-to-fail institution and your local storefront lender. She said applying additional regulations and strict capital requirements under the international Basel III guidelines would "seriously impair" small lenders.
Banking's 'worst nightmare' takes fight to Senate
There may be a lot of bankers this week wishing Elizabeth Warren had been appointed director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after all. Victoria McGrane reports on Markets Hub.
In many ways, it's happened already. Applications for new bank charters have dwindled and more small banks have closed or sold out to bigger competitors rather than face mounting costs of compliance. Since 2000, more than 3,000 banks in the U.S. have either closed or disappeared through consolidation, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Those that survive have razor-thin margins. Half of small banks are spending 95 cents of each $1 in revenue on business costs. One-fourth of all small banks are spending roughly $1.12 for every dollar they earn, according to Continuity Control, a bank consulting firm based in New Haven, Conn.
Ultimately punishing smaller institutions for the sins of their bigger cousins goes beyond simple unintended consequences, it forces the small firms, which can't afford to implement costly changes, to lose any competitive advantages they had with their bigger rivals.
As a result, too-big-to-fail banks only get more systemically important.


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Educator Antonio Burt is one of four inaugural graduates of Freed-Hardeman University's Doctor of Education program. Burt has worked in Memphis City and Shelby County Schools, where he focused on improving academic performance in struggling schools. He now provides instructional and leadership coaching to the lowest-performing schools in the district as the director of school transformation in Pinellas County, Florida.


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By Floyd Ingram/Chickasaw Journal
HOUSTON – Authorities are investigating an apparent murder at a home east of town and are asking the community for help in gathering information.
The Houston Police Department was called to the home of Ray "Shorty" Bevill, 75, at 206 Aberdeen Road Monday after friends and family could not get him to come to the door.
"We went out there and when we looked in the window we could see him on the floor," said Houston Police Chief Billy Voyles. "We gained entry to the house and were able to determine it was a homicide and we are investigating it as such."
Voyles said it quickly became apparent this was a murder and The Mississippi Bureau of Investigations Crime Scene Unit was called to process the scene.
"They sacked up a lot of evidence and they are busy today (Tuesday) going through it," said Voyles. "We have not made an arrest at this time."
Voyles said Bevels lived alone and at this point they are not sure when the crime occurred or exactly how he died.
"I don't want to go into a lot of details at this time," said Voyles. "I have known Shorty all my life and he was a good man that never hurt anybody."
Voyles said police worked through the night Monday and are still trying to determine who last had contact with Bevels or who might have seen something suspicious at the home just off Highway 8.
Voyles said the Chickasaw County Sheriff's Department is also involved in the investigation.
Chickasaw County Chief Deputy James Meyers said there were signs of a struggle at the crime scene.
Neither Meyers or Voyles would speculate on a possible motive.
Officers met Tuesday morning during regular shift change to be updated on the latest leads and information before fanning out across the community.
Both Meyers and Voyles urged anyone with information to contact the Houston Police Department at 456-5065, the Chickasaw County Sheriff's Department at 456-2339 or simply dial 911.
"We don't want your name, just the information," said Voyles. "We need people to call us and help us solve this crime."
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OXFORD – Evan Swindall disagreed with his coach on Monday. He thought Hugh Freeze might have overreached a little in assessing the Rebels' offensive line.
Freeze used the term "manhandled" to describe Georgia's physical defensive front, the primary reason the Rebels were unable to run the football in a 37-10 loss in Athens.
It marked the second-straight week the Rebels failed to reach 100 yards.
Earlier this season, with quarterback Bo Wallace and running back Jeff Scott leading the way with the read option, Ole Miss ranked among the SEC leaders in rushing.
The last two weeks, the Rebels have run for a combined 123 yards on 66 carries, an average gain of 1.86 yards.
Georgia held Ole Miss to 46 yards on 29 carries.
"Offensively, they manhandled and beat us up front. They played a cover-two base and we couldn't block them," Freeze said.
Swindall, the Rebels' junior center said, "I didn't feel manhandled. I don't think it was that. It was a miscommunication between the guard and me or the tackle and the guard."
What Freeze needs to decide, as Vanderbilt visits Saturday night with bowl-eligibility on the line for both teams, is how much tweaking needs to be done to the plan.
Open 'dores?
Although Georgia was coming off a very successful game against Florida – also holding the Gators below 100 rushing yards – other teams had run on the Bulldogs.
Such is the case with Vanderbilt. The Commodores will blitz and take chances, but they're giving up 164.3 yards a game on the ground, 10th in the league.
Wallace said Georgia did a good job of "slow-playing" against the option, making it tough for him to read.
Freeze gave more credit to Georgia's physical skills, both strength and speed.
"In previous games, some of our plays have been very good to us in those kinds of looks," he said.
Freeze was pleased with how Ole Miss ran the ball in the first half against Arkansas but said adjustments by the Razorbacks' coaching staff led to run struggles after halftime.
Ultimately, the Rebels were successful in their tempo offense and were able to drive down a kick a short field goal to win.
Compared to Arkansas, Georgia was a "whole different animal," Freeze said.
"We've got to stay on blocks. That's the main thing," says Scott, whose rushing numbers have slipped the last two weeks. "The guys are hooking up with the right guys. We have to finish blocks, and to help those guys out, I have to be more patient."
Whether it's a matter of execution, talent or scheme, there's a certain look and timing to the Freeze offense when it's in sync. The look has been missing much of the last two weeks.
"We didn't play with an edge offensively (at Georgia). We take that personally as coaches. Hopefully we can get that edge and swagger back for this week against Vandy," Freeze said.


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Family: Icteridae, Blackbirds and Orioles view all from this family
Description Song is a rapid series of chattering, warbling phrases; call is a harsh tchet or tchew.
Dimensions Length: 7-7 3/4" (18-20 cm)
Habitat Usually easy to see and sometimes quite bold, within its limited range.
Range Texas, Northwest, California, Southwest
Voice Locally common summer visitor (mainly Apr-Aug) to open woodland, often near water and sometimes in suburban areas; winters in Mexico.
Discussion ADULT MALE Has mostly orange body plumage, with a black face and throat, and black back. Wings are black with two white wing bars and white edges to flight feathers. Tail is dark and rump is orange. In winter, pale feathers can be seen on back. ADULT AND IMMATURE FEMALES Have mostly dull yellow face and underparts, palest on flanks. Crown, nape, and back are olive-gray and dark wings have two white wing bars and white edges to flight feathers. Rump and tail are olive-gray. IMMATURE MALE Recalls female, but by first spring has acquired incomplete version of adult's black face and throat.


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Education programmes at IDF are aimed at health professionals. They are intended to improve the knowledge and skills of diabetes self-management education on both an individual and group basis.
The programmes range from local to global initiatives and are intended to advance the role of the diabetes educator in their local areas of practice.
The programmes are described in this section, please click on the following links to find out more.
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text: Well its been awhile. Since Janruary I have been busy and on the road a bit. I took over a unix box for a company in new york, my first sysadmin consulting gig for the company I work for now. It was rough in the start but now things have smoothed over. The project for NetBSD I helped on is wrapping up so I am trying to turn my guns elsewhere. It was a lot of fun working with the kernel and not nearly as difficult as I thought it would be, actually, coding was the easiest part. Management and surviving -current builds was 70% of the work. Now I am sort of doing a mixed project, I attended the 4.4-BSD kernels class recently and, of course, just came back with all sorts of great ideas. Out of all of them only one sounded interesting and mostly harmless. I am updating a small collection of load creation tools to run on NetBSD and FreeBSD. So far they work okay. In tandem with that I am writing a tuning paper which is giving me a chance to work with stuff like kgprof and kgmon. So I get to give back some writing, make some neat tools and learn stuff - what fun.


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In this series I'd like to go through the different types of yelps. I'll try to explain the difference in them and when you may want to use them? Scoot12 has done the vid on them, which will also help show you the difference. They are much easier to do on a mouth call, but you can learn to do them on a friction call, IF you learn to control the volume and speed of your calling.
Tree Yelp. The tree yelp is a very soft call and fairly quick yelps , with only a few yelps in the series, 2-4 yelps.
yelp_yelp_yelp_cluck_____________cluck__yelp_yelp_ cluck.
Used when birds are on the roost.
Plain Yelp. The plain yelp is a slower, mid-volume yelp. Your speed and volume is very important in this call, there are 3-6 yelps.
cluck_yelp____yelp____yelp___yelp___yelp__cluck _cluck.
Used almost any time a bird is just walking or feeding.
The Lost or Assembly Yelp. These yelps start off fairly quick at mid-volume and keep getting louder as you go through the series. There are between 10-15 continuous yelps in this series followed by a couple of fast clucks.
yelp__yelp_yelp_ yelp_yelp_yelp_yelp__yelp__yelp__yelp__yelp_yelp_yelp_ cluck_cluck.
This series is used when a hen is by herself and looking for other birds.
The Excited Yelp. This series of mixed yelps and cutts are very fast and loud, with a mix of 7-10 calls in series.
This series is best used if a Tom answers your plain yelp, if he does then blast him back with this series right after he gobbles.
The Breeding Yelp. In this series you have to control the volume of your calling, it is very important that you increase the volume of each yelp, there are only 3 yelps in this call, with each one getting louder, followed by 2 fast clucks.
yelp yelp yelp cluck_cluck.
It works great on birds that are reluctant to come in or hang up on the other side of a fence or creek. It can be used right after flydown to get a Tom headed your way.


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well the Ohio season was short lived for open tags, but hey that's a good thing. At least the frustrations of Kentucky didn't follow me home. My number one turkey hunting buddy went along with me this morning. He an d his wife hunted opening day together and she tagged a nice 20Lb three year old, so we teamed up this morning. Birds gobbled fairly well on the roost, but slowed quickly after fly down. We set up on a group of birds early that went to hens, but planned on a mid morning return to them. I set up on a little ridge we'd heard a gobble off from and found out that is was home range to a pack of 5-7 jakes, they all got a free pass. We then headed to a field I saw a bird in yesterday and Saturday while scouting. He was not in the field, but I knew which way he came to the field from and slipped to a break of the hill and threw a sharp series of yelps and GGOOOBBBBLLLEE he cut me off. We sat down quick and after a few minutes I made a soft call, but got no response. About two minutes later I hear spitting and drumming and figure out where it's coming from just in time to position my gun. Old boss tom came strutting right down the gun barrel I held off shooting waiting on my buddy, but he never shoots. Finally the bird is staring me down at 15 steps and decided that bump by that tree is not a good thing. He turns to walk away, but only get's about 3 steps and a load of number fives hits him square in the back of the head...that fast I'm tagged out. I turn to my buddy who sat about 20 feet from me and asked why he never shot, I had told him the first shot was his unless something went wrong. The bird had stopped dead behind a dead stump for him and he could not shoot. So I pack old long beard back to the truck and stash him and my gun and head back to my buddy on a side ridge. We spend the next two hours slowly working ridges and short set ups and listen and wait. We get one courtesy gobble from across a valley and that is it. at 10:00 Am we decide it's time to head back to the henned up gobblers. we move through and then decide to cut up hill towards the jake ridge, but I tell John I'll make one more call series, a soft run of yelps and a gobble comes thundering back from behind us; how did we walk past that bird. We drop like rocks and soon as we're situated I call real soft and GGOOOOOBBBBBLE right out of sight. The next thing I see is John adjusting his gun and tucking down on the stock and boom, bird number two of the day is flopping. My Bird weighed 22.5 lbs, 10.5 inch beard and 1 3/8 and a 1 1/4 in spurs. That makes probably my finest back to back birds I've ever taken with yesterday's being 23.5 lbs, 11.5" beard and 1.5" spurs.
Below are today's pictures yesterdays is on team 2 kill thread