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As a committed atheist, this could be the closest I come to a religious experience.
I am floating 32 metres below the surface of Morovo Lagoon, off the coast of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. To my side towers a wall of variegated, blue-purple reef. All around, this cathedral is alive with schools of barracuda, blue trevally and a triumvirate of silvertip sharks. A lonesome eagle ray casts a wary eye at this plantigrade intruder.
My mind whirs with the contradiction of a radiant clarity. After a few trips below, I get what's often called "diver's mind" – a vague, spaced-out, dreamy sensation. And yet when I'm deep below, I'm rarely gripped by anything other than complete awareness.
Scuba diving (and the challenge of travelling to special, remote locations) has become my passion. Perhaps there is explanatory psychology behind this near obsession. As a boy, I dreamt of escaping terra firma into the raw adventure of space. Those dreams have never quite left me.
Through teenage years, I devoured Robert Heinlein's seminal 1950s exploration of this most human of instincts in Have Spacesuit, Will Travel. I thrilled to Brian Aldiss's Galaxies like Grains of Sand (not to be confused with the similarly titled and equally brilliant 1984 sci-fi contribution by Samuel Delany). And I delighted in the lyrical genius of Jack Vance.
I don't have the resources to hire a rocket ship. But discovering diving in my mid-30s has prompted a second coming of the youthful exuberance once evoked by space.
I learnt the skill in Vanuatu, where I watched green turtles at play. Then I dived the USS Coolidge, the 200-metre World War II wreck near Espiritu Santo, the largest island in the Vanuatu archipelago. The Coolidge was a trans-Pacific cruise liner for the rich before the war, then was refitted as a troop carrier. To swim through its corridors, emerging into a ballroom with its bacchanal – now dread – statues is surreal.
I trekked to Kavieng, off New Ireland, in the Bismarck Sea north of Papua New Guinea, and drift dived for the first time – I shuddered when a hammerhead suddenly swam over the top of me.
Now, on this trip, on the grass airfield in Seghe, Solomon Islands, the heat is oppressive. It's made tolerable by the lure of that quick drop backwards from the side of the boat, then down into the cool deep.
The colours, textures and rhythms of life under the sea create a sanctuary away from daily concerns, an antidote to modern anxieties – being deskbound and meeting-trapped – but still in a physical environment to which we can relate.
I began penning this yarn swinging in a hammock at Uepi Island Resort, palm trees swaying, a large monitor lizard slithering by and the ripple of a mild current on Marovo Lagoon beckoning me back below. This afternoon I won't dive, but will snorkel off the jetty and swim with a family of blacktip sharks.
The next morning, I plan to wake early (letting my wife sleep in) and take the short boat ride to where manta rays come in to have their scales cleaned by small fish that feast on the build-up of barnacles.
For a diver, Uepi and Uepi Island Resort have to be on your bucket list. A friend, the investment banker and philanthropist Simon Mordant, first put me onto Uepi and I'd longed to find a window when I could get away (and when the eco-resort was available – it limits the number of guests to a mere few handfuls).
The Solomons is not your typical "flop and drop" destination. It's not a luxury sojourn either (for marble bathrooms and air-conditioning, try Fiji). But it is an increasingly popular place for the diving set, given it has some of the best reefs and marine life in the world. Uepi, in particular, is a mecca for divers of all types, from all parts of the globe and all walks of life (an Australian media and mining billionaire and family were recent guests).
Its Australian owners Jill and Grant Kelly are warm hosts.They ensure your stay is trouble-free and the dives to your taste and experience level, while their kitchen produces incredible dishes; if you like crab, lobster, crayfish and tuna with lots of local touches then, for you, paradise also lies above the water.
The dive masters – mine were Diliva and the dreadlocked Lamae – are excellent, knowledgeable guides. One of Uepi's most appealing elements is the nearness of most of the dive spots to the resort. (An added plus for the non-diving partner who doesn't have to worry about long absences by day).
One of the best dives I do is off the jetty, into a channel of giant bommies (sharp rises in the seafloor) adorned with coral and sea fans. These play host to abundant fish life, including moorish idol, surgeonfish, angelfish and colourful anemonefish that zip playfully through the orange-pink coral fans – all watched by a suspicious octopus.
Then it's time to head home via Honiara.
For a few days, at least, I indulged that most human of needs: to escape.
Sophisticated Traveller


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Automotive Equipment Seminars for OT/PT Professionals Help Deliver Independence to Injured Drivers and Those Affected by Disease
In the United States alone, there are about 12,000 new spinal cord injuries every year. 60% are less than 30 years old, with 80% being males. While many injuries are not permanent, a large number of individuals lose their ability to drive an automobile. Without receiving extensive training and a modified vehicle with adaptive equipment (such as a ramp or lift for a wheelchair and/or hand controls), they are dependent on others for basic transportation needs. Stroke, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, Parkinson's and other genetic diseases are also major causes affecting those who are unable to drive. Limb loss and brain injury also affect a large number of people who lose their ability to operate a vehicle. Approximately 185,000 amputations occur in the United States every year, many due to diabetes.
Fortunately, there is a dedicated team of certified driver rehabilitation specialists (CDRS) who seek out training to help these individuals to regain their independence. And for those who are able to drive again, the ability to go where they want, and when they want, is a freedom that only those who are disabled (or who have been temporarily disabled) can fully appreciate.
The Comprehensive Automotive Mobility Solutions (CAMS) training program is a full-day continuing education course containing a wide range of topics pertaining to personal automotive mobility solutions. The program was designed by the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA) to assist the allied healthcare practitioner (OT/PT) in understanding and advocating for individuals who are seeking automotive vehicle modification solutions. The CE courses also teach practitioners about the unique process involved in evaluating, selecting and purchasing appropriate adaptive equipment options for people with limited physical abilities.
The three cities include Pasadena, Cincinnati and Detroit. Members of AOTA, ADED or RESNA can earn 7 CE credits. Below are the dates and times if you or anyone you know is interested. Go to our OT/PT In-Service Training page for additional information.
Pasadena, CA
Date: Saturday January 26th 2013 (sold out!)
Time: 9am—5pm Breakfast and Lunch provided
Location: 325 North Altadena Drive, Pasadena, CA
Cincinnati, OH
Date: Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Time: 8am—5pm Lunch provided
Location: 12117 Princeton Pike Cincinnati, OH 45246
Detroit MI
Date: Friday, March 22nd, 2013
Time: 8am—5pm Lunch provided
Location: 1965 East Avis, Madison Heights, MI 48071
To learn more about the NMEDA CAMS training, go to NMEDA.com
Additional CDRS information for OT/PTs who want to become a specialist can be found at The Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialsits (ADED)

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'12 motorcycle deaths spike as Minnesota traffic fatalities rise
There was an uptick in traffic fatalities in Minnesota last year. The Duluth News Tribune story says: "378 people were killed in 2012, according to the department's Office of Traffic Safety. The final total won't be known until final crash reports are submitted, but could be around 390. That would be a 6 percent increase from 2011, when there were 368 traffic deaths statewide — the lowest number since 1944 and a 44 percent reduction from a decade ago. Wisconsin also saw an increase in traffic deaths. According to preliminary numbers from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the state had 601 traffic fatalities in 2012, an increase of 36 (about 6 percent) from 2011 and two more than the previous five-year average. Despite the increase in Minnesota's traffic deaths, 2012 will be the second safest year on the state's roads since 1944, which saw 356 traffic deaths."
Tim Harlow of the Strib adds: "[P]reliminary data show a 26 percent jump in the number of motorcyclists killed last year compared with 2011. Warm weather led to a longer riding season, one factor officials attribute for the 53 deaths last year compared with 42 the year before. The number of bicyclists, six, also was up one from 2011. Pedestrian deaths — 38 — equaled the 2011 total. The number of people in motor vehicles who were killed dropped by two, from 283 in 2011 to 281 in 2012." Insert helmet debate here.
Upon further consideration … GOP Rep. Steve Gottwalt, lobbying legislator extraordinaire, has decided to resign from the government game. Tom Scheck of MPR says: "Gottwalt, R-St. Cloud, announced [Thursday night] that he's resigning from the Minnesota Legislature. The announcement comes after Gottwalt took a lobbying job with the Center for Diagnostic Imaging of St. Louis Park. Gottwalt had planned to lobby in states other than Minnesota to ensure there was no conflict of interest but he said that the new job would prevent him from fully serving his constituents. … Governor Dayton will have to call a special election to replace Gottwalt. Dayton will order that election after he receives Gottwalt's resignation letter."
Justice has been served... Dan Browning of the Strib reports: "Jason 'Bo' Beckman will serve 30 years in federal prison for his role in the state's second-largest Ponzi scheme. Co-conspirator Gerald Durand will serve 20. Two others are still awaiting sentencing Thursday afternoon in federal court in Minneapolis as one of the most complicated white-collar crime cases in memory comes to a close. Beckman also was ordered to pay restitution of $155,359,411.77 -- the lion's share of the $194 million that the scheme cost more than 700 investors nationwide." And to quote Randy Moss, we'll take that in "Straight cash, homey."
The plug has been pulled on the electric carp barrier. Josephine Marcotty of the Strib says: "An electric barrier at the Ford Dam in St. Paul is not a feasible option to stop the spread of Asian carp up the Mississippi River and into Minnesota's northern lakes, state officials announced Thursday. … The DNR said it would, nonetheless, recommend that the state fund a light and bubble barrier, which will cost $12 million to $19 million for construction and $250,000 per year to operate."
Interesting piece of police work … The AP reports: "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say a photo taken at a resort in west-central Minnesota helped them solve a child pornography case and rescue a girl from her abuser. Gene Paulauskas, assistant special agent in charge of ICE's Homeland Security Investigations in Minneapolis, said agents in Oregon were investigating a case when they came across a photo labeled 'Our Minnesota Trip.' The image was sent to agents in Minnesota, who distributed it among resort owners. The former owner of a resort in Richville, Minn., in Otter Tail County, identified the property, and investigators tracked the alleged abuser to Illinois. She was arrested there in May and later convicted on child pornography charges."
The Fed is bullish on Minnesota. Annie Baxter of MPR writes: "Minnesota is poised for stronger employment growth in 2013, according to a forecast from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. The bank's economists expect job growth of 2.2 percent in Minnesota this year. That's higher than the historical average growth rate of 1.4 percent. The forecast is based on statistical models. But the Fed also polled business leaders about hiring. Fed economist Rob Grunewald said even though employers are slightly less optimistic this year than they were in 2012, they still plan on increasing payrolls."
While the politicians are professing great confidence in filling the hole, Curtis Gilbert of MPR asks around about the reality of replacing Macy's in downtown St. Paul: "Dave Brennan, a professor who studies the retail industry at the University of St. Thomas, said there are not enough shoppers in downtown St. Paul to support a big department store. 'The number of retailers that have been downtown has declined over the last 20 years,' Brennan said. 'And in our holiday spending survey, only about 1 percent of the people in the total metropolitan area indicated that they would do some of their Christmas shopping in downtown St. Paul'. … [Councilman Dave] Thune would like to see the existing building reused in some way. But that may not be the best option, said real estate consultant Jim McComb. 'It needs to be looked at as an opportunity, and find a way to reutilize the site,' McComb said. 'Too many times I've seen department store buildings attempt to hold on and use the existing building until it becomes clearly obvious that it isn't going to happen and then they tear it down.' Few businesses are interested in a downtown building with no windows, McComb said. That means a major renovation at the very least, if not an outright teardown, to allow a new office tower to rise in its place."
From a week back … Michelle Bruch of the Southwest Journal reports: "Inspired by late-night donut shops on the west coast, Teresa Fox and Arwyn Birch are opening one of their own next to the Black Forest Inn. Glam Doll Donuts aims to open Feb. 1 at 2605 Nicollet Ave., offering Intelligentsia Coffee and more than 20 different donuts every day. The shop will remain open until 2 a.m., perhaps later. Fox said she and Birch often vacation in Seattle and Portland, where they first came across the donut shop concept they're adopting. 'We stood in line at 1:30 in the morning for a half-hour to get a donut,' Fox said. 'Minneapolis totally needs something like this.' Fox said the owners are combining all of their passions for music, vintage clothing and food into one shop." Maybe they can come up with an Asian carp recipe.
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A good donut is hard to find...try one on the U corridor...
Along the University Avenue corridor, 1950's, was the home of one grand Donut shop with its production line of donut making facing the street where you could watch it all night long...Krispy Kreme, maybe? It was a time when street cars ran all night.
But best donuts in town were the bakery gems from Dinky Town bakery...cinnamon, frosted or sugared donuts.
Maybe donuts define a new era when hard times come again, and the donut will be the ultimate street meal...who knows?
An old Broadway stand-up skit with it's philosophical' discussion battered its bastardized logic..."Is the inside of the donut, the outside of the donut or the outside of the donut, the inside?"...an old comic routine?
Is living evidence to the old joke of we know what you are, it is just the price we are haggling about.
I guess Gottwalt will shift
I guess Gottwalt will shift from cutting medical coverage to maximizing government-sponsored utilization of medical imaging at the highest reimbursement rates.
Nothing like having core-beliefs.
I am curious to know why our neighboring state with a population that is only about 7% greater than Minnesota's and a number of cars that is only about 5% greater than Minnesota's, with an area that is almost 25% smaller than Minnesota's and about 17% fewer road miles, has a motor vehicle death rate that is 54% greater. Approximately the same percent of road deaths are alcohol-related in both states (about 32% in MN and about 34% in WI), so it's not fair to simply attribute it to alcohol.
Looking at traffic fatality
numbers like that is a bit misleading, as I'm sure the number of miles driven on MN roads has skyrocketed since 1944.
Why do I get the impression that Republicans in office are simply marking time until they can get a lobbyist position. To be fair, Democrats do it too. But there seems to be a greater instance of Republicans who resign in the middle of their terms to run off and line their pockets via lobbying or political pundit.
Shades of Sarah Palin, anyone?
Wow. If I were among the Gottwalt supporters who just finished knocking on doors, making phone calls, driving people to the polls and writing him checks, I would be furious! But I guess the important thing is that Gottwalt does what's right for the one Minnesotan he apparently cares about: his own personal self. It's enough to make an old cynic like me even more curmudgeonly. What a selfish betrayal of the public trust. Don't let the screen door hit you on the way out, dude.
Motorcycle deaths
are caused by many things other than lack of a helmet. Perhaps some enterprising reporter would like to follow up on the 53 deaths last year and tell us how many were the result of head injuries which might have been avoided/ameliorated by a proper helmet. Absent this and additional information, there is no point in having a debate.
Motorcycle deaths can be
Motorcycle deaths can be reduced by the use of loud exhaust pipes, according to the "biker's rights" organizations such as ABATE (A Brotherhood Against Totalitarian Enactments- those enactments being helmet laws). So enterprising reporters could also note the estimated decibel level of the deceased biker's Harley.
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A SUCCESSION of postponements have forced Oxford United's under 18s to switch the venue of their FA Youth Cup tie to Barnsley.
The third round meeting at Thame United has been called off three times, most recently on Wednesday night, due to an unplayable surface at the ASM Stadium.
The Yorkshire club have twice made a fruitless 300-mile round trip, amid much frustration.
To avoid any further delays, the U's have agreed to allow Barnsley to host the game at Oakwell next Tuesday, January 15.
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JEFFREY BROWN: Next, an acquittal for Roger Clemens.
Ray Suarez has that story.
RAY SUAREZ: The former baseball pitching great had been accused of lying to Congress about using steroids. But this afternoon, a federal jury in Washington, D.C., found him not guilty of all charges. It followed a 10-week trial and a five-year investigation.
Later, outside the courthouse, Clemens thanked his family and supporters for sticking with him.
ROGER CLEMENS, Former Professional Baseball Player: I just want to say thanks to these guys behind me who, from day one, listened to what I had to say. Obviously, for the last four-and-a-half, five years, I wasn't able to say anything.
So it was great to see some old friends and teammates and just some neat people. I want to thank those people who took time out of their schedules to come in on my behalf.
RAY SUAREZ: The charges stemmed from Clemens' testimony at a nationally televised hearing in February 2008. His first trial ended in a mistrial last year.
For more, we go to Michael O'Keeffe. He's been covering the trial for The New York Daily News. He's co-author of the book "American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime."
Michael, Roger Clemens faced six counts of perjury. He wasn't charged with using drugs or cheating at baseball. But wasn't this a trial all about drug use all the same?
MICHAEL O'KEEFFE, The New York Daily News: It was in that the government had to prove that Clemens lied when he told Congress in 2008 that he had never used human growth hormone or never had used steroids. The government had to prove that he had used those drugs in order to get a guilty verdict.
RAY SUAREZ: What happened in the last trial? Remind us.
MICHAEL O'KEEFFE: Last year, in July, the trial basically just got it started for a couple of days when the government introduced evidence that Judge Reggie Walton had previously barred. And so Walton declared a mistrial pretty quickly. Things got pushed back until this year, until April, when this started again.
RAY SUAREZ: So, this was the first time both sides put on their entire case. Was there a turning point, a witness that ended up really making a big impression on the jury?
MICHAEL O'KEEFFE: I think there were a couple of turning points. I think the defense did a good job of casting a lot of doubt about Brian McNamee. He was the trainer who was the source in the Mitchell report who said that he had injected Clemens and gotten steroids for Clemens and human growth hormone for Clemens.
Andy Pettitte's testimony. Andy Pettitte, under cross-examination by the defense, was very wishy-washy. He said it was you know 50-50 that he may have misunderstood Clemens when he testified about a 1999 or 2000 conversation with Clemens about human growth hormone.
McNamee's wife was also a good witness for the defense. They're in a very bitter divorce right now. And she contradicted a lot of McNamee's testimony.
RAY SUAREZ: But Brian McNamee, the former trainer, was said to have Roger Clemens' DNA on his materials, needles, syringes, cotton balls, all kinds of paraphernalia that showed he used it. Was this not a very convincing case put on by the prosecution?
MICHAEL O'KEEFFE: To tell you the truth, I thought it was.
But, obviously, the jury disagreed. I think — I guess the defense, they brought in witnesses who raised questions about the chain of custody, about the quality of testing. I guess obviously they were — those witnesses were very persuasive.
RAY SUAREZ: What was the source of the stories that have swirled around Roger Clemens for years? Wasn't he implicated early on when Major League Baseball first tried to deal with what was clearly runaway steroids use?
MICHAEL O'KEEFFE: Yes, there had been rumors about this — about Clemens for many years and some false accusations. He was named in an L.A. Times story about steroid use several years ago.
In 2005, if you remember the hearing with Mark McGwire, after that hearing, Congress told Major League Baseball you need to look into this problem and get your house in order. And so Major League Baseball commissioned a study by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell to basically look at drugs in baseball, banned drugs in baseball.
Brian McNamee was one of the witnesses that they found. The federal government had been prosecuting another man who was a steroid supplier. They learned of McNamee's role and his connection with Clemens and Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch through that man, Kirk Radomski. And that's how Clemens wound up in the Mitchell report which was released in 2007.
RAY SUAREZ: In the testimony before Congress, a lot of doubt was cast on the stories of several players. You mentioned Mark McGwire, but also Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro. How come Roger Clemens was charged with lying to Congress?
MICHAEL O'KEEFFE: Well, you know, to use McGwire as an example, McGwire, he just took — he basically took the Fifth Amendment. He didn't say anything to Congress.
After the Mitchell report was released, Clemens went on a very aggressive — you know, he took a very aggressive offense against McNamee and against the Mitchell report. And he sort of forced Congress' hand. The lawmakers said, you know, this is our report. We ordered them to do this report. So we want to find out who is telling the truth here.
And that's why that hearing was held in February 2008. It was because Clemens really made it his life's work, so to speak, at that point to fight back on this thing.
RAY SUAREZ: As far as Major League Baseball is concerned, the United States Congress, the Department of Justice, does this verdict clear the legal cloud over Roger Clemens' head? Does he face any further jeopardy?
MICHAEL O'KEEFFE: Well, he — there's a couple of things there. Number one is McNamee has sued him in New York federal court, in a Brooklyn federal court. He's filed a defamation suit.
So, this legal battle for Clemens is not over. That case will continue to proceed. You know, the other thing that he's got hanging over him is that he may have been found not guilty, but I don't know that a whole lot of people find him innocent. I think his chances for the Hall of Fame — he's eligible to be on the ballot in December — were severely damaged by this.
This is a cloud that is going to hang over him for a long time. This is really going to define his legacy even long after he's dead. This is going to be an asterisk on his legacy.
RAY SUAREZ: Michael O'Keefe, from The New York Daily News, thanks for joining us.
MICHAEL O'KEEFFE: Thank you for having me.


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Hymn: "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," First Presbyterian Church, Perkasie, PA
Join the congregation of First Presbyterian Church in Perkasie, PA (Orthodox Presbyterian) as we sing this very moving hymn reflecting on the cross of Jesus Christ. The hymn is included in the original Trinity Hymnal (#186) which we have in our pews. The author of the hymn is the great Isaac Watts, a prolific English hymn writer of the early 18th century who set the course for Christian hymnody by writing hymns of great personal spirituality as well as doctrinal depth. Leading the hymn is Mr. Joseph Waggoner, a ruling elder at First Presbyterian Church, and Rev. R. Scott MacLaren, the pastor. The hymn was sung on March 4, 2012.


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I was wondering if you use the sps system do you have to put a center dowel through the cake? And i am still a little confussed about why you put the whole in the center of the board? Plz help.
If you don't get a response, pm Leahs. She's the expert on SPS, from what I understand.
With SPS you can't use a center dowel through the entire cake because the plates are on each tier (and they're solid).
The little hole in the bottom of the cardboard is so when you place it on the separator plate the peg in the plate goes into the hole, and I assume it's to help hold the cardboard in place. I've only used it once, but I was happy with it. I traveled about an hour with a stacked cake, then it traveled another 30 min. or so with no problems. It wasn't a big cake, but it still traveled fine.
The above info is correct.
A center dowel is neither needed nor possible.
And the hole in the cardboard is so that the cardboard will then "seat" itself over the peg.
(So much for my skills with the online picture demo.)
Speaking of traveling with an SPS cake, what is the largest cake you've traveled with sucessfully with this system? I mean fully assembled. I need to travel with a cake that will be three stacked layers a short distance - maybe a 10 minute drive. I'm trying to decide if I can do this. It's for my own wedding. The place I'm having the wedding will only let me in one hour before the ceremony. I think the idea is to discourage people from doing anything themselves. They want to do it all, cake included. I'm thinking if I can do the cake at home completely and just bring it and sit it down that I'll be okay. Most people think I should just let it go and eat their plain, uninteresting cake. UGH.
I wouldn't think twice about bringing a 3 tiered cake fully assembled using sps.........you'll be fine as long as you can physically LIFT the cake all stacked!
I've traveled with a fully assembled 4 tier. I don't know that I'd do it again, but that's totally due to the weight and carrying it.
But a 3 tier - "piece of cake" to transport fully assembled. A 6/9/12 is a little wider and you'll feel more stable with it, but a 6/8/10 works also.
Seriously, this system was developed for CONSUMERS to move assembled cakes.
Thank you SO much for your replies! I'm feeling better about doing it myself despite the roadblocks!
Oh wow that explains everything. Thank you all so much for the great information. I can't wait to order the sps system.


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'The Vinyl Revival' Gets Summed Up In New Infographic
It's no secret we here at Diffuser are fans of vinyl; for anyone who has dropped the needle on a record, you understand the experience that surrounds the vinyl culture. The artwork, the ritual, the focus — it all comes together as soon as the needle finds the groove.
It's not breaking news that vinyl is experiencing a resurgence of sorts. While longtime collectors will say the format never disappeared, it's hard to argue that it has found a whole new audience in the last seven years (due, in great part, to the formation of Record Store Day in 2007). In 2013, while every other medium dropped in sales, vinyl grew. Just this year, Jack White's 'Lazaretto' blew away expectations when it sold more than 40,000 copies of the vinyl alone in its first week.
But, that of course doesn't mean that vinyl is the music industry's savior — it still accounts for a minute portion of overall sales. In fact, as the U.K.'s Superfi puts it, "Ultimately, given the choice, people are choosing digital" as their primary way to listen to music — but that's not necessarily a good thing for the music industry. "Alongside the growth of the MP3 format, there has been a growing expectation that users are entitled to listen to and share music for free," Superfi's Laura Creed explains. "This is threatening the profitability and sustainability of the music industry."
Through what must have been hours and hours (maybe days) of research, Creed created one of the most fascinating infographics we've seen in a long time: 'The Rise of Digital vs. The Vinyl Revival,' an enormous piece of information that dives into why interest in vinyl has come back, and what digital's popularity means for the industry. You can check it out below, and make sure you get Creed's full thoughts on this topic over at Superfi's blog.
'The Vinyl Revival' Infographic (via Superfi)


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There are no guidelines for reducing your risk of allergic rhinitis because it is not fully understood why some people develop allergic reactions to certain substances while others do not.
But researchers are studying to see if mothers can reduce allergies in their children by taking certain measures during pregnancy. For example, not having pets may help reduce wheezing in babies prone to allergies. For adults, closely following the
Mediterranean diet
may offer some protection from allergic rhinitis.
More research needs to be done before any recommendations for reducing the risk of allergic rhinitis can be made.
Advice from your allergist: rhinitis. American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
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Allergic rhinitis. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
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Earliest ancestor gets a facelift
New evidence shows a 7 million year-old skull unearthed in Chad really is the earliest member of the human family, scientists say.
Controversy has surrounded the skull, dubbed Toumai, since its discovery was first reported in 2002 by a team led by Professor Michel Brunet of the University of Poitiers in France.
Toumai, or its official name Sahelanthropus tchadensis, was hailed as arguably the most important fossil discovery in living memory because it was thought to be an ancient ancestor of modern humans. But some scientists argued it was a fossil of a female ape.
Now newly found remains of tooth and jaw fragments and a computer reconstruction of the skull, reported today in the journal Nature, suggest Toumai was more human than ape.
"Toumai is not a chimp. Toumai is not a gorilla," Brunet says. "It is perfectly clear Toumai is a hominid."
The first reliable records of hominids, members of the human family distinct from chimpanzees and other apes, suggest they did not appear until about 5 million years ago.
Brunet says Toumai probably lived not long after the two lineages split.
Toumai was found some 2500 kilometers west of the Great Rift Valley. If that is still seen as humankind's ancestral home, it implies the early hominids ranged far wider from East Africa, and far earlier, than previously thought.
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Brunet and his team also believe the skull reconstruction suggests that Toumai, the name given to children in Chad born close to the dry season, might have been able to walk upright.
This would mean bipedalism, a crucial difference between apes and humans, was present in the earliest known hominids.
"The computer reconstruction shows the original anatomy of this specimen. In the anatomy you can read that this creature was a hominid but it was probably also bipedal," says Dr Marcia Ponce de Leon, of the University of Zurich-Irchel, in Switzerland who worked on the research.
When the discovery of the skull was first reported, its unusual mixture of primitive and human-like features prompted scientists to believe it was the earliest member of the human family ever found, which could shed new light on human evolution.
But some scientists doubted its human links because they thought the skull was too squashed to draw any conclusions. They also said its short face, small canine teeth and other characteristics were not evidence it was a direct ancestor of humans.
In a separate report in today's Nature, Brunet, Ponce de Leon and their colleagues say newly found dental and jaw fossils from the same time as Toumai also show differences between it and African apes.


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MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota's Democratic governor and Republican legislative leaders failed to reach a budget agreement on Wednesday but said they would continue to negotiate, one day before a possible state government shutdown.
If they cannot agree on a budget by midnight on Thursday, or agree to some kind of extension, all but the most critical Minnesota services will shut down for the first time since 2005, including state parks for the July 4 weekend.
Governor Mark Dayton and top Republicans from the state House and Senate met several times on Wednesday and House Majority Leader Matt Dean sounded an optimistic tone after talks between the leaders ended for the night.
"We are very very close on many many areas and we still believe a shutdown is unnecessary and avoidable," Dean told reporters. "We believe that at this point it would be very difficult to explain a shutdown."
Dayton's staff and the legislative leaders continued to meet separately late Wednesday and suggested that meetings were likely on Thursday.
"We are continuing to work on a solution," Dayton's spokeswoman Katharine Tinucci said. "We are continuing to work on it tonight and tomorrow."
Dayton and legislators have only agreed on an agriculture bill approved during the legislative session that ended in May. Republican Deputy Senate Majority Leader Geoff Michel told reporters there was good progress made on the health budget.
"We have over the course of the last several days made substantial progress on nearly every bill, nearly every budget bill that remains outstanding," Michel said.
Dayton and the Republican-led legislature have been far apart in their public positions over a two-year budget plan to close a $5 billion deficit. Both sides have said they would prefer a deal to a shutdown.
Dayton's first budget proposal included an income tax increase on the wealthiest state residents and an expansion in overall spending. Republican leaders first sought some tax cutbacks in aiming to halt spending.
On Wednesday, Ramsey County Chief Judge Kathleen Gearin ruled that only the most critical services could be provided during the shutdown. Gearin appointed retired Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz as a "special master" to manage any issues raised during a shutdown.
Barely 13,000 of Minnesota's 36,000 state employees would continue working into the new fiscal year on July 1 to provide essential services from prison staffing to state police patrols, nursing and veterans homes among other programs.
State spending on road and bridge programs would have to halt with the shutdown, with funding permitted only on projects to prevent an imminent bridge collapse or in response to a road emergency, Gearin ruled.
The Minnesota Zoological Garden would be closed to the public but allow staffing to feed and care for the animals.
Other state and federally administered programs would operate including food stamps, Medicaid and temporary assistance to needy families.
The executive and legislative branches of government also were core functions, Gearin found. In a separate proceeding a different judge ordered that the courts remain open as well.
In addition to state park access, the sale of fishing and boat licenses and other permits would be suspended and state trails and public water accesses will not be maintained, the state Department of Natural Resources said.
(Reporting by David Bailey. Editing by Greg McCune)


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Will Smith Embarrasses Son Jaden on Ellen (Video)
It's every kid's burden and every parent's secret pleasure, finding ways to embarrass the youngsters. Now imagine that your parent is as famous as, say, Will Smith! Suddenly that public embarrassment becomes VERY public!
The father/son actors appeared on an episode of "Ellen" recently to talk about their new movie, "After Earth." It's a science fiction movie, directed by M.Night Shyamalan, about a father and son who crash-land on Earth 1,000 years after a series of events have forced the humans to evacuate the planet. I've seen the trailer and can't wait to see the movie, as M. Night is one of my favorites! I'm including the trailer in this article, because it looks really good!
Anyway, I digress. While the very handsome duo was on the talk show, Ellen brought up the fact that Will takes every opportunity he can find to try and embarrass his son, publicly. The pictures are funny and the interaction is sweet. I thought I liked Will Smith before, but now I'm truly smitten!
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Scylla serrata
|Scylla serrata
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|S. serrata
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|Scylla serrata
(Forsskål, 1775)
Scylla serrata (often called mud crab or mangrove crab, although both terms are highly ambiguous, as well as black crab) is an economically important species of crab found in the estuaries and mangroves of Africa, Australia and Asia. In their most common form, the shell colour varies from a deep, mottled green to very dark brown.
The natural range of Scylla serrata is in the Indo-Pacific. It is found from South Africa, around the coast of the Indian Ocean to the Malay Archipelago, as well as from southern Japan to south-eastern Australia, and as far east as Fiji and Samoa.[1] The species has also been introduced to Hawaii and Florida.[1][2]
A study on tidal flats in Deception Bay in Queensland found juvenile crabs (20–99 mm or 0.8–3.9 in carapace width) were resident in the mangrove zone, remaining there during low tide, while subadults (100–149 mm or 3.9–5.9 in) migrated into the intertidal zone to feed at high tide and retreated to subtidal waters at low tide.[3] Adults (150 mm or 5.9 in and larger) were caught mainly below the low tide mark, with small numbers captured in the intertidal zone at high tide.[3]
These crabs are highly cannibalistic in nature; when crabs undergo moulting, other hard-shelled ones sometimes attack the moulting crabs and devour them. The females can give birth to a million offspring which can grow up to 3.5 kg (7.7 lb) in size and have a shell width of up to 24 cm (9.4 in) wide.
Aquaculture and consumption[edit]
Interest in the aquaculture of this species has been high due to the high demand/price for them, high flesh content, and rapid growth rates in captivity. In addition, they have a high tolerance to both nitrate[4] and ammonia (twice that of the similar sized Portunus pelagicus), which is beneficial because ammonia-N is often the most limiting factor on closed aquaculture systems.[5] Their high ammonia-N tolerance may be attributed to various unique physiological responses which may have arisen due to their habitat preferences.[5] However, their aquaculture has been limited due to the often low and unpredictable larval survival. This may be due to inadequate nutrition, disease, "moult death syndrome" (due to their highly cannibalistic behaviour during the megalopa stage), inadequate protocols (e.g. suboptimal environmental conditions), or a combination of all.
S. serrata can be kept easily in home aquaria when smaller, but will outgrow small setups. They are very active and will eat almost any conventional sinking pellets; they also consume some small fish pieces and vegetable matter. They are tolerant of most water conditions and are generally a very hardy and entertaining species.
Generally cooked with their shells on, when they moult their shells, they can be served as one of many types of soft-shell crab. Mud crabs can be killed by placing them in a freezer for up to two hours before cooking.[6]
Popular Culture[edit]
Scylla serrata have made appearances in the action role-playing open world fantasy video game series The Elder Scrolls as mudcrabs, inspiring a wide array of Internet memes.
- ^ a b "Species Fact Sheets: Scylla serrata". Food and Agriculture Organization. Retrieved September 2012. Check date values in:
- ^ J. Masterson (1 December 2007). "Scylla serrata". Indian River Lagoon Species Inventory. Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ a b B. J. Hill, M. J. Williams and P. Dutton (1982). "Distribution of juvenile, subadult and adult Scylla serrata (Crustacea: Portunidae) on tidal flats in Australia". Marine Biology. 69 (1): 117–120. doi:10.1007/BF00396967.
- ^ N. Romano & C. Zeng (2007). "Effects of potassium on nitrate mediated alterations to osmoregulation in marine crabs". Aquatic Toxicology. 85 (3): 202–208. PMID 17942166. doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.09.004.
- ^ a b N. Romano & C. Zeng (2007). "Acute toxicity of ammonia and its effects on the haemolymph osmolality, ammonia-N, pH and ionic composition of early juvenile mud crabs, Scylla serrata (Forskål)". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 148 (2): 278–285. PMID 17540593. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.04.018.
- ^ Dominic Mapstone. "Live Mud Crab – Scylla serrata". Retrieved 5 December 2009.
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Yakima Head Start Fluoride Varnish Study
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|Dental Caries
|Drug: Fluoride varnish
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Fluoride Varnish Trial in High Caries Preschoolers
- Number of decayed, missing, or filled surfaces
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 2003
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2005
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2005 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
The study population will consist of pre-school aged children who are residents of Yakima County, in central Washington State. Children will be recruited from non-migrant Head Start programs for ethnic minority farmworker children in the Yakima Valley.
This study will be a randomized, double blinded trial with one experimental and one standard treatment group. Each participant will be randomly assigned to one of two study groups. The participant and the personnel conducting the study will not know to which study group the participant was assigned.
This trial has two study groups:
Massive Dose (Experimental):
Annually for three years, children in the experimental group will receive three .30ml applications of 50mg NaF/mL fluoride varnish (CavityShieldÒ, Omni), followed 6 months later by three .30ml applications of placebo varnish in two weeks. There are 18 visits over the entire duration of the study. Each participant will receive a dental exam annually.
- Semiannual Dose (Standard):
Annually for three years, children in the standard treatment group will receive one .30ml application of 50mg NaF/mL fluoride varnish (CavityShieldÒ, Omni) and two .30ml applications of placebo varnish in two weeks. They will receive this regimen again 6 months later. There are 18 visits over the entire duration of the study. Each participant will receive a dental exam annually.
Both the experimental and standard treatment children will receive basic restorative dental care on decayed surfaces only, as well as toothbrushes for the duration of the study period. Parents will fill out questionnaires about behaviors such as diet, hygiene and prior dental care. Results will inform future treatment regimens for high-caries-risk populations.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|36 Months to 71 Months (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 36-71 months
- Enrolled in participating Head Start Center
- Plan to stay in Yakima County for duration of the study
- One sound tooth surface present
Exclusion Criteria:
- No teeth present
- Developmentally unable to give oral assent
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00067353
|United States, Washington
|Enterprise for Progress in the Community (EPIC) Head Start sites
|Lower Valley, Yakima County, Washington, United States, 98902
|Washington State Migrant Council Head Start sites
|Lower Valley, Yakima County, Washington, United States, 98944
|Principal Investigator:
|Philip Weinstein, DDS
|Washington State Head Start Sites
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00067353 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01DE014403 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|August 15, 2003
|Last Updated:
|May 6, 2010
Keywords provided by University of Washington:
Early Childhood Caries
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Dental Caries
Tooth Demineralization
Tooth Diseases
Stomatognathic Diseases
Fluorides, Topical
Cariostatic Agents
Protective Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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How Much Does an Ebook Cost a Traditional Publisher?
From author and regular commenter Lily White LeFevre:
I was talking to my husband about publishing over dinner the other night, trying to explain to him why I'm not going to be pursuing a traditional publisher any time soon and what it would take for me to do so. He listened to my description of the rights grabs and the eternal shelf-life of digital and the low royalty rates, and said, "Well, when a business is failing from being outcompeted, sometimes it trims the fat and fixes the problem and sometimes it just grabs everything it can before it goes under." Obviously big publishing is doing the latter.
I told him that what I would require to even consider a publisher is a 50% split on cover price for digital, and that even then the publisher would have to work to convince me they are worth 50% of my book forever. If they really focus on "distribution and promotion" as he called it, then maybe.
Anyway, I thought it might be fun to think about what the actual cost to a publisher would be to put an ebook together, therefore how many copies they would need to sell in order for the book to become profitable.
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A few key assumptions:
- There is no editorial tinkering involved–the editor acquired the manuscript as-is with just a few polishing and tightening edits.
- The author is a careful writer who has good grammar, a readable prose style, and didn't leave a ton of typos.
- The book is 80-90K, so it will take an editor about four hours to read if they just read it.
- I am working with a no advance, 50% of cover price split for digital royalties.
- The entire cost of production is being put on the ebook, because the print book has become the ancillary format.
I know from my own editing work that I need about three passes after the initial read-through to make a substantive macro- and line-edit. We'll double the amount of time to allow for marking up and making notes. So…4 hours for base read + 3 passes x 4 reading hours x 2 double the reading time for editing = 28 hours of editing before it gets sent back to me.
The next round of edits only needs 2 passes, so 2 x 4 x 2 = 16 hours.
Then a round with the copyeditor, 2 x 4 x 2 = 16 hours.
Then a round with a proofreader, 2 x 4 x 2 = 16 hours.
Then it goes to the formatter. For a novel-length ebook that will take about four hours (basing this on my experience of two hours for a novella, but only some of that time would be increased by a longer work) = 4 hours.
The copywriter spends an hour coming up with the back matter = 1 hour.
Upload to various sales channels = 1 hour.
That is 82 staff hours. We'll assume they get $20 per hour on average (obviously the big editor gets more, but I bet the copyeditor, proofreader, and formatter all get less, so it averages out). I am using $40 as my multiplier to account for business taxes. The total cost in staff time needed to get my manuscript converted to an ebook and uploaded is therefore 82 x $40 = $3280.
The only other fixed expense is the cover art, which can probably be gotten for $300, but we'll say they are really concerned and pay more. We'll make it an even $1000 to add in the five minutes it takes somone to slap on the title and author.
Total bill is $4280.
Let's round it up to an even $5000 for easy math.
. . . .
We'll assume the publisher uses the mmpb price of $7.99 as their cover price.
Retailers take 30% of that, leaving $5.59 per copy coming back to the publisher. If they pay me 50% royalty on every copy sold, then we need to sell 1790 for the publisher to break even.
. . . .
My prediction is: this kind of split is how publishing houses have to go in order to survive the digital revolution. If they can add a legitimizing value to consumers who don't want to have to vet for quality, only content, and can get immediate access to promotion avenues a self-publisher can't or has to be very lucky to hit, then they might remain worthwhile business partners. But right now, an author demanding 50% of cover on digital would get laughed out the door, unless their last name is Rowling or Meyer or King or McCarthy…and possibly even then.
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Passive Guy will note that it's never taken him anything close to four hours to format a manuscript for an ebook. If he did it every day, it would probably be less than 30 minutes.


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Stock L26 with 240Z Carbs, Linkage, Fuel Rail, Trumpets and Socks too much fuel!
Posted 28 February 2012 - 10:36 PM
I am currently under a massive dilemma...
My 260Z is currently fitted with 240Z carburetors, E41 balance tube, trumpets and socks, etc. My fuel consumption is still about 160KM's on the full tank running BP/Mobil Unleaded Octane 95... 98 is worse, about 120KM's.
What could be the problem??? Surely this is not the fuel economy of a stock L26...
Posted 28 February 2012 - 10:48 PM
your carbs need to be looked at most likely worn in the tubes the needles run in and running very rich have it checked out by a zed man in melb or come down to Les collins racing , daz in melb will fix it for you if you don't wont to come out to the sticks
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Posted 29 February 2012 - 12:27 AM
Your lack of excitement when hitting the loud pedal could be an ignition issue.
What colour are the spark plugs?
Take some pics of these items perhaps? But honestly it's hard to tell you what's wrong without a bit more detail.
- Do you have an electric fuel pump?
- When was the filter changed?
- What kind of distributor do you have stock?
- What condition is the rotor button, points, distributor cap, leads, plugs in?
Engine bay pic would probably be the best.
Posted 29 February 2012 - 07:12 AM
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Posted 29 February 2012 - 08:59 AM
Unless there is an actual fuel leak (split fuel line, hole in the tank, etc), excessive fuel consumption with these carbies is usually one of the following;
- Incorrectly adjusted needle tube height there is a big mixture adjustment knob under each carby. Generally, the closer the seat (needle tube) is to the needle the leaner the mixture will be overall, and vice versa. To get the mixtures 'right' like you can do with EFI would normally require different needle profiles (different needles) but you should be able to get it reasonably close with the adjustment knob
- Too much fuel getting past the needle and seat which is usually incorrectly adjusted float levels (too high) as Scoota G suggested
- Fuel Bowl(s) overflowing usually one of the floats is no longer floating. I have experienced this a few times with the brass floats. Replace the float with one that does, reset the float level and this should be fixed
Posted 29 February 2012 - 07:12 PM
Sexy or wot?
Posted 29 February 2012 - 08:00 PM
I was able to get 400kms plus on hwy cycle.
Posted 29 February 2012 - 08:31 PM
This should fix all these problems.
Posted 29 February 2012 - 09:45 PM
The JUST SU's video
They sent me a copy a while ago and it literally covers everything and is cheap to buy also. You'll know how to get the most from your S.U carbs after watching this.
Posted 01 March 2012 - 04:58 PM
hope this helps cheers pauly
Posted 01 March 2012 - 06:07 PM
If you're a DIY guy I highly recommend:
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... where if I floor the pedal to full throttle .....
There's part of the fuel consumption problem.
I strongly suspect your spark. How old is that coil?? pull off a lead and check the spark. It should be able to jump about 5-6 mm easily and be able to be heard and seen during the day. If you have that - and I doubt it by the look of your coil - then check the heat range and gap of your plugs. Finally check your dwell and timing.
Once you have all of these spot on, then start looking at your carbs just as Pauly described.
But before you do anything else .. and this is very important ... before you do anything else what-so-ever .... get a frickin' hair cut!!! You look like a Bozo.
Posted 01 March 2012 - 07:01 PM
Spark plugs are brand new NGK Iridiums... Coil is old and I will gladly appreciate a brand new 280ZX digital coil
Posted 01 March 2012 - 07:47 PM
But what type?
From memory, I have 5's in mine.
Your economy is worse than my triple 44PHH Mikuni's
You mentioned you had them rebuilt. By who? They're 1 3/4" right?
This was done as your 2" ones were usin too much fuel right?
See the pattern?
May not be your carb's alone.
Take it to someone who knows what here doing. Do you have Daniel Moore's details?
Posted 02 March 2012 - 09:47 AM
From your pictures it looks like you are running the N36 inlet manifold with the vacuum fittings behind the first carb. You have 2 hoses attached from the manifold to what looks like the suction chamber air inlet on the face of the carb behind the filters. The suction chamber inlet should be drawing air into the carb at atmospheric pressure. What the picture shows is vacuum drawing against the dampener. Remove the hoses and block off the 2 vacuum fittings at the manifold.
On the diagram No 5 shows the direction of air flow.
Posted 02 March 2012 - 03:59 PM
Its rendering me so paranoid that I can't even dance properly at the clubs anymore
I wanna be again
Posted 02 March 2012 - 06:34 PM
Spark plugs are brand new NGK Iridiums... Coil is old and I will gladly appreciate a brand new 280ZX digital coil
No need to use the expensive iridiums, the NGK BPE6, or 5 is all you need and only about $5 a pop. At worst you may need to go to a 7 depending on the state of your motor, ie higher compression and the timing you run, but standard motor 6's would be were I would start with plugs.
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Bonita Unified School District Board of Education trustees devoted last week's meeting to praise and recognition of student, teacher, school and administrative accomplishments.
"One of the commitments the district has had is not to allow one indicator tell us how well we're performing," said Dr. Gary Rapkin, superintendent of the district serving public schools in La Verne and San Dimas.
"We've focused on multiple measures to really determine how we're doing as a school district, how students are doing, how teachers are doing," he continued. "Tonight is an indication of our performance as we recognize a newly named California Distinguished School, skilled athletes, advance readers and new employees."
The crowds of principals, students, youth advocates, community activists, parents and assorted other relatives in the board room, BUSD Education Center foyer and overflow areas outside the building told anyone stepping into the meeting that something big was amiss. It was also overwhelmingly positive, smiling trustees proudly asserted.
"It's been a great year because of the work students, staff and teachers have done and who've led the way doing challenging work every day," Rapkin said.
The evening began with recogition of Ekstrand Elementary School in San Dimas being recently designated a California Distinguished School. The superintendent said the award was well-deserved because of many factors, but three reasons stood out in his mind.
District policymakers and administrative leaders established "views" of varying lengths. Ekstrand has excelled and taken the lead with the 25-foot view that looks at every student's progress and intervenes with support, encouragement and special techniques to help children when they falter, he said.
The school's Accelerated Reader program has motivated students to significantly increase their reading proficiency, frequency and comprehension, he continued, citing the second reason.
The third point involved Ekstrand's exceptional improvement on state assessments and ability to meet challenges, he said.
Ekstrand Principal Lucinda Newton, in accepting trustees' praise, said the achievement was made possible because families, teachers and staff are equally committed to caring about children and being effective partners to meet student needs and educational challenges.
She said the Ekstrand "family" strongly practices Children's Defense Fund Founder Marian Wright Edelman's philosophy that no child should be left behind.
San Dimas High School Principal Mike Kelly next stepped to the podium to introduce and brag about junior Adam Berard. Kelly had spent Tuesday evening at the San Dimas City Council meeting where city leaders gave certificates of congratulations and achievement to Berard as the 2014 CIF diving champion and CIF wrestling champions David Gonzalez and Brandi Elizade. The 17-year-old boys will be seniors when the new school year begins. Elizade, 18, will be a freshman majoring in criminal justice at Southwestern Oregon University.
Elizade and Gonzalez were previously honored by the school board. With his parents Carla and Ken Berard, 12-year-old sister Julia and grandmother Mary Lou Berard sitting in the audience smiling, Adam stood in the spotlight alone Wednesday night.
"Adam is a delightful young man," Kelly said. "I got to watch him in the finals and qualifications for CIF. He's just an amazing diver. He wasn't just diving at school. He was also getting private coaching once he decided to do this. Watching him prepare for this was equally exciting.
"And he's only a junior!" the principal exclaimed. "We're looking for him to do even greater things next year."
Adam is a scholar-athlete on the varsity water polo and tennis teams, plays trombone in the school's wind ensemble and academically maintains a 4.3 grade-point average.
One of the final presentations involved money.
School trustee Chuck Coyne, also president of the La Verne-San Dimas Educational Foundation, stepped off the board dais to join Chris Crum and give grateful principals checks. Coyne credited Crum, the foundation vice president and Ed Jones Memorial Golf Tournament chairman, for the tournament's "resounding success" and bigger proceeds for arts education.
The nonprofit support organization for BUSD's schools raised enough money in April to give $1,000 each to Bonita, Chaparral and San Dimas high schools and Lone Hill and Ramona middle schools and $500 each to Allen Avenue, Ekstrand, Gladstone, Grace Miller, La Verne Heights, Oak Mesa, Roynon and Shull elementary schools for student arts' programs.
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While Celebration Europe is teasing us with pictures of pink Snow Troopers and custom R2-KTs, Lucasfilm Animation has let it slip that the replacement for the "killed before its prime" Clone Wars cartoon will be Star Wars: Rebels.
Based on the initial pictures, the new cartoon will be a whole lot less Clone Wars style and a whole lot more Ralph McQuarrie style. That is some awesome news.
They're also leveraging a lot of the key talent that made the Clone Wars successful, so there's a decent chance that this could end up with similar success. Let's hope that it doesn't include the demonic-style faces, but does include some of the writing.
I suppose the best news to come out of this is the steady stream of some OT-ish and EU sets that will be coming our way, starting next year. Hear's hoping we finally get an updated TIE Bomber!
You can read more about it, and check out some of the concept art leading up to it, on StarWars.com.
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Descending from the Summit: Reviews of the Denver Summit of the Eight--and the city that hosted it--are still trickling in. Fortunately, the international press ignored some of the more local-yokel activities that accessorized the event, including puffed-up pride exhibited by the two hometown dailies. Camera-toting Denver Post editor Dennis Britton was apparently so busy snapping illicit pix at a reception at the governor's mansion that he missed a major gaffe: After Denver mayor Wellington Webb offered a brief welcome to the guests, Colorado's governor got his three minutes in the spotlight--after which Roy Romer was so inspired that he simply sat down, neglecting to announce the next speaker. That forced the leader of the free world and Romer's close personal friend to ask, "Do I go next?" before standing up and introducing himself as President Bill Clinton.
When Jackie Edmonds stood up during the Summit, it was to lift her skirt (revealing, among other things, her penchant for not wearing underwear) as the train bearing the First Ladies headed past the Rollins Pass Mercantile in Rollinsville. Edmonds had seen the train go up early Saturday and decided to deliver a cheeky salute on the return trip: "I knew what goes up must come down." And that included the pants of two of her customers, who dropped their drawers and joined Edmonds in mooning the VIPs assembled in the private railcars. "She got a big kick out of it," Edmonds says of Hillary Clinton, who was standing on the rear platform of the train at the time. Less thrilled was Edmonds's eighty-year-old mother, who kept telling her daughter, "Shame on you, shame on you."
Chump change: Since June 1, anyone who isn't a Colorado National Bank client has been charged $1.50 for any transaction at the automated tellers at Denver International Airport, where CNB runs all thirteen ATMs. The abrupt addition of the subtraction caught many at DIA flat-footed (and short-changed)--including airport spokesman Chuck Cannon. "I was totally surprised," Cannon says, when he stopped at a DIA machine to grab a fast twenty bucks--and wound up netting only $18.50.
Champ change: Rule one for a successful newspaper ad--hire a proofreader. According to a full-page ad in Monday's Post, "Colorado's most popular business seminar," Success 1997, will hit town October 14, bringing with it such notable speakers as John Major, despite his not-so-successful recent attempt to remain England's prime minister; Christopher Reeve, billed as "One of America's Most Admired People"; and Colorado's own Amy Van Dyken--"AP Female Athlete of the Year." Hey, tell that to the seminar speaker touted as the "World Heavyweight Boxing Champion": Barbara Bush.
Tuesday's ad corrected that error--Battlin' Barb is now identified as "Former First Lady and Best-Selling Author"--as well as the ID for Lou Holtz, transformed from the inexplicable "America's #1 Talk Show Host" to a more appropriate "Notre Dame Coaching Legend."
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Kill or be kilt: While most Coloradans skirted the issue, on July 1 the state celebrated its first-ever Tartan Day, thanks to one of the truly major pieces of legislation adopted by the Colorado General Assembly this year. In addition to establishing the new holiday, House Joint Resolution 96-1014 also adopted a plaid of forest green, cerulean blue and black, "containing two pairs of tram tracks consisting of lavender and white," as the state's official tartan (which is now registered with the prestigious International Association of Tartan Studies).
The tartan joins such other recognized state symbols as our motto (Nil Sine Numine, or Nothing Without the Deity), nickname (Centennial State), animal (Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep), bird (lark bunting), fish (greenback cutthroat trout), flower (white and lavender columbine), folk dance (square dance), fossil (stegosaurus), gemstone (aquamarine), grass (blue grama), insect (Colorado hairstreak butterfly, so anointed after a grade-school class lobbied the 1996 legislative session) and tree (blue spruce). Then there's "Where the Columbines Grow," Colorado's official song:
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Shark Cartilage May Contain Toxin – NYTimes.com.
Shark cartilage, which has been hyped as a cancer preventive and joint-health supplement, may contain a neurotoxin that has been linked with Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's disease.
Scientists at the University of Miami analyzed cartilage samples collected from seven species of sharks off the coast of Florida. The specimens all contained high levels of a compound called beta-methylamino-L-alanine, or BMAA, which has been linked to the development of neurodegenerative diseases. Sharks accumulate the compound because of their status at the top of the oceanic food chain, consuming fish and other sea creatures that feed on BMAA-containing algae.
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The tide of the series shifted with one swing. David Ortiz delivered a score-tying grand slam for the Red Sox in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series, waking up a team that was being shut down by the Tigers and close to falling behind 2-0 in the series. Six days later, Shane Victorino's grand slam gave the Red Sox a lead they would not relinquish in Game 6.
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Source: Spelly, Kwabena
When Black Star player,John Paintsil, assault allegation broke out in the media.As reported on Joy Fm sister station Asempa Fm ,that the Ghanaian player had assaulted his wife,and was in the grip of the Police. knowing how the news are exaggerated in the Akan local language, I assimilated the story with a grain of salt and went online to check and to authenticate the content of the story from other source.
My finding from other media houses revealed that, and I quote' the P.R.O of Greater Accra Police, Mr.Freeman Tettey,in an interview said that, Mr. Paintsil is being held for assault. The next day,Boom!!! The communication director for the Ghana Football, Ibrahim Sannie Daara, said, I quote'' the report was not the true reflection of what happen, he went further to state that, there was no stabbing,the wife was not unconscious and she did not jump a wall as reported''.Hello Mr.Daara, it takes two to tango, and your pronouncement insulted the intelligence of the Ghana Police service,the media fraternity and the entire Ghanaian's.
It's known that the media could blow stories out of proportion, but not when a ''simple domestic issue'' as Mr.Daara hade made us to believe,walked from from couples' Trassco Estate residue, to the Police station,and the alleged assault confirmed by a journalist.
Whether John Paintsil, did stab his wife or not, Ghanaian's ain't interested in that. The fact was the wife was a victim of domestic violence, which needs to be condemned and the GFA had no business with the case. Ever since,Mr.Daara,was appointed the communication director for the GFA,I have kept a keen interest and study his body language on TV,when it comes to issues of the Black Star.The dude body language and eyes keeps blinking every seconds, and it call for the attention.You don't need to be a body language expert,to deuce the information he is channeling out, whiles I don't want to believe that he may be suffering from Blepharospasm, a disorder of the eye.
We all testify to the fact that,we were in Ghana,when Mr.Daara and his paymasters within the GFA,painted a good picture about our national team,even though others knew all was not well with our national team. What happened? An abysmal performance from the Black star during the AFCON tournament.
In conclusion, I'm made to believe that,Mr.Ibrahim Sanaa Daara,was brought in by the GFA mafia,to channel out lies, mixed with half baked truth about our national team, for their parochial interest.when he feels he is ready to move on to other challenging role,I suggest he joins the NDC or the NPP Party,such talent is needed by this two political parties, for their propaganda works.
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Sunday's game didn't work out as I planned. I was feeling like the game was going to turn during Orlando Hernandez's last inning of work. I felt like he was running out of steam. But it was the bullpen that ultimately lost the game.
On the plus side the Mets won their home opener against the Phillies. They won 11-5 despite getting just 1 extra base hit (a double by David Wright in the 8th inning). The Mets take on the Phils at Shea again tonight and tomorrow night.
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Most likely it's because there's a variable name clash? Could it be that prototype or some other library is being loaded that shadows the $ variable? Maybe you should have a look in firebug which javascript files are being loaded.
I stumbled upon this thread as I'm re. new to jQuery - a bit late maybe, but I thought to let you know anyhow: for me it worked when I added '$' to the function as I saw here: http://docs.jquery.com/Using_jQuery_with_Other_Libraries somewhere halfway down the page.
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Hey Martimiz,
You're not too late. Your solution is the only one that worked for me. Thanks heaps!!
Another way to do this (Banal actually helped with on another post a while back) is have your JQuery syntax like this...
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You just wrap JQuery in this function which will then negate any conflicts of the usage of the '$' sign.
I know this thread is old but just wanted to say thankyou edk - your sample is the only one that would work for me.
sounds like its a common problem with the conflict between Jquery and prototype lib.


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