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Obese White Women Shying Away From Colon Cancer Screening
Embarrassment may prompt some women to avoid the recommended tests, researchers say
WEDNESDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- Obese white women are less likely than normal-weight white women or blacks of any weight or gender to seek potentially life-saving colon cancer screenings, according to a new study.
This reluctance is especially serious because obesity is associated with a higher risk for colon cancer and an increased risk of death from the disease, noted study leader Dr. Nisa Maruthur, an assistant professor in the general internal medicine division at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.
"Being concerned about your weight usually is good, but here it appears to be keeping people from a test we know saves lives," Maruthur said in a Hopkins news release. "Obese white women may avoid screening because they feel stigmatized and embarrassed to disrobe for the tests."
Colonoscopy and fecal occult blood tests are two methods of colon cancer screening. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that adults aged 50 to 75 undergo colonoscopy on a periodic basis, but only 20 percent of women and 24 percent of men over age 50 do so, the study authors pointed out in background information in the news release.
For the new study, the researchers reviewed the findings of 23 published studies that included information on body mass index (BMI) and colon cancer screening. BMI is a measurement that takes into account height and weight. A BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 is considered normal weight, between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight and 30 or more is considered obese.
Overall, the Hopkins team found no link between higher BMI and lower rates of colon cancer screening. They did find such a link in obese white women, however.
Compared to normal-weight white women, those with a BMI between 30 and 34.9 were 13 percent less likely to be screened, and those with a BMI of 40 or higher were 27 percent less likely to be screened.
There was some indication that obese white men also are reluctant to undergo colon cancer screening, but further research is needed to confirm that data.
The study is published in the April 4 online issue of the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.
Previous research by the same Johns Hopkins team found that obese white women are also less likely to seek mammography breast cancer screening and Pap smear screening for cervical cancer.
In addition to feeling reluctant to disrobe, another reason obese women may avoid the screening is because they may be dealing with other higher-priority health concerns, the researchers suggested.
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LCSD's response to SCL case
In response to the Security Centre Limited (SCL) case, a spokesman for the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) today (January 11) said the company was currently providing security services at a number of LCSD venues under four contracts involving about 150 staff.
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Leigh Halfpenny has been one of the standout players in this season's Six Nations © PA Photos
Ireland fullback Rob Kearney has conceded that his Wales counterpart Leigh Halfpenny is winning the race to be the British & Irish Lions No.15 come the summer.
Both Kearney and Halfpenny look set to tour to Australia but following the Welshman's performances in the Six Nations, which have put him in the frame to be one of the players of the tournament, he seems to be the leading contender to start for the Lions at fullback.
Halfpenny has proved to be deadly with the boot and also picked up Man of the Match awards for his performances against France and Italy. The pair both toured with the Lions in 2009 but it was the Irishman who featured in the Tests with Kearney playing in all three.
But come 2013, events have conspired against the 2012 European player of the year, who has been playing in a team decimated by injury against opposition that have worked out it is best to keep the ball out of his hands.
"Leigh's goalkicking alone has made him the standout full-back of the Six Nations. Wales have won a huge amount of games with his kicking skills," Kearney said. "For me it's quite frustrating because receiving kicks was always a great way to get into games, get some ball and display my strengths.
"That's something I've definitely struggled with throughout this campaign. It shows a little bit as well in terms of my own touches. It's a case of trying to not get too frustrated by it and trying to find other ways to get into the game, although that hasn't been helped by the conditions we've been playing in.
"Last weekend against France was only my seventh start this season because of injury. I always think it's around six, seven or eight games that you start getting back into the run of things."
There are few more reliable full-backs than Kearney, whose displays in challenging weather conditions against England and France were exemplary, even if he was inevitably muted in attack. Saturday's clash with Italy presents a final chance to impress Warren Gatland on the international stage, but the 26-year-old believes the Kiwi will look beyond the Six Nations to inform his opinion.
"Of course it crosses your mind that this weekend is the last major stage to impress Lions selectors, but selection will have been going on throughout the last year," he said. "Although a huge amount of emphasis has been put on the Six Nations, it's not the be-all and end-all.
"It's not the only shop window to stake your claim. It's important to recognise that when the team does well, individuals do well. Once you start trying to play as individuals, that's when the team suffers. Ultimately then the player will suffer."
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Ireland will go into the final weekend of Six Nations action looking to avoid the wooden spoon while if they win against Italy, then they could finish third in the tournament. "My message to the team going to Rome is 'win'. There's a big difference between finishing third and finishing sixth. That's a big jump there," Kearney said. "There are a lot of guys in the team who haven't really experienced what winning for their country feels like.
"Winning Six Nations games outweighs winning big Heineken Cup matches for your province enormously. We're looking to rebuild, get back on track and start competing for silverware again.
"Where we finish this year will have a huge bearing on that. It's about finishing on a high, finishing with a win and getting this team back on track. To an extent it's unfair to judge the performance of the team and management on this Six Nations.
"But when you look at the likes of the Scotland game when players just didn't finish things off, we need to be held accountable for that. Against France we produced an improved performance and played quite well, but injuries cost us a little bit at the end and that's maybe the time to allow us more leeway in terms of analysis. But we should have beaten Scotland and didn't, so that's a day when we should have been judged more harshly."
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Hey Flynn! Congratulations on deciding to play bass. I bought my first bass like twenty years ago. I was in a band three weeks later and I have been playing in bands ever since.
I think the most important thing for you to learn now is how to play with others. Find a guitar player and learn how to follow his chord changes. The most important thing for a bass player is hitting the root on time. If you don't do that the guitars and the drums sound out of time and then it all falls to shit.
Get familiar with the fingerboard and learn where each note is without looking (you can't hit the root if you don't know where it is right?). When you are more comfortable keeping time you will learn how to fill that time between hitting the root with passing tones or scales, arpeggios and all that shit.
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Me, my wife and another couple just returned from vacation 3/31/03-4/7/03 from Iberostar Dominicana. We were traveling with AppleVacations, and they did a great job with the plane, local transportation and getting us settled. Resort is appox. 45 minutes from the airport so it's not that bad. But the resort was not anything that I expected. We been to Punta Cana 2 times before this trip and this time I was shocked:Check-In: Our room was not ready when we got to hotel. Finally when we got the room, my wife discovered that we have "beautiful" view of the back of the restarant and two small beds instead of one king size bed (which we requested). We had to wait for another 2 hours to get a different room.Room: The rooms need complete furniture reanovation. Drawers get stock and wouldn't open. When I sat on the bed, the bed crashed in two and fell right on the back of my foot (and I'm not that heave). Later, it's discovered that the frame was broken. By the time they fixed the bed. It was 5PM and we lost the whole day with all room and bed changes. TV don't work very good. And there is not enough lighting in the room. They have a electrical outlets that said "110" but you have to buy an adapter from them. Turned out, that adapter didn't work for us, and when my wife was trying to use a hair drier, that we brough with us (theirs very bad), it made a huge fireball from the back and melted. Tip: don't use any electrical appliences in this hotel.Pool: One credit I have to give to this place is the pool. There a two fairly large clean pools. There some daily activities, and games in the pool. However their also a shortage of chairs next to the pool. So you have to try to reserve some early in the morning.Beach: Very nice. Clean, a lot of palm trees and palapas. White sand and clear blue water. What else would you want from the beach. There are some waves. My wife was afraid to swim on the beach, and we used the pool most of the time. But I liked the beach.Gardens: Beautiful. A lot ifferent birds waking around the property, especially next to the restarants.Restarants: Service is good. But, food is terrible. In the day time I was eating only sweets and my wife was eating bread sticks and coffee. Because if we eat some meat, we would have to spend some time in the restroom. After a while we saw other people follow the same route, lunch -> restroom. At one point, I was completely amazed, when we got a reservation to one of the restarants for dinner, and for the main dish I was served a white bread with 3oz. grilled chicken breast, mustard and another white bread on top. This is a good sangwich to have in the buffet at lunch time, but for dinner in the restarant, ...... Bar: Only one thing to say. The person who cleans the floor and the pool in the morning, is the same guy who serves drinks at night. They don't know half of the drinks. And the ones the know, they mix them wrong.Entartainment: Bad. During the day there an hour of gymnastics and dancing lessons. And the rest of time you on your own. Night show was terrible, it was boring, not coordinated. Half of the jokes were told in Spanish, which was even worst for us, because we don't speak Spanish. Seating next to staging is terrible, you have to come 2 hours before the show to get a seat, where you can actually see something. At night, after the show, you can visit a Casino which is VERY small, or go to the Disco. Disco was something. They were playing eather rap or Spanish line-dancing songs. Even when we tipped the DJ, he would play 2 normal songs and then go back to line-dancing. On top of that, somehow there were 16-17 years old kids there. They were allowed to drink. At one point we had to leave, because the whole floor next by the tables was covered with whatever those kids ate for lunch. I almost threw up myself after seeing it.Staff: General staff is good (when you can explain what exactly you want), not a lot of people there are fluent in English, but they try to understand.But the managers are terrible. When we were coold us "Maybe you are in the wrong hotel, I can't help you". We paid more then $1000 per person, and they can't get us a good room?After that, I gave up, and tried to make the best of that vacation.Other: Bottom line, the resort is terrible, but we had fun because it was 4 of us, the beach and the pool is good. If you can get a GOOD deal, you might want to go, otherwise stay away from Iberostar Dominicana/ Iberostar Punta Cana. If you going, try to go to Iberostar Dominicana and not Iberostar Punta Cana. Dominicana is better.Last year we were in Secrets Excelence, which is not far from Iberostar Dominicana, and that place was the BEST I ever been to. It's a little more money but it worth every penny of it. If you can spend $1000 per person, try to spend $1400 and go to Secret Excelence.I hope this review helped.
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2 years ago I went to Punta Cana with my husband and my in-laws. We went through Apple vacations. The resort was beautiful, however the rooms were just okay. We arrived in the evening around 8:00 p.m. and were informed that we should make reservations in the morning for the air condition restaurants (which there were 3 of them). I did that and they were booked for 5 days. I though this was terrible. Here, my mother-in-law has ashtma real bad and we had to eat outside the entire time we were there. The food was terible and the casino was small. The entertainment was okay. We made the best of the trip. Put it this way, I lived off of beer and bread and felt like I was pregnant when I left. I do not plan to return. To top it off, someone stole my camera from the baggage area of the plane. I had pictures on there from the trip and they were gone also.I feel that we should get some kind of discount for another trip somewhere else or something.Thank youAllison Leichling
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Beautiful beach; clean, comfortable, lovely room; Really good food for an all inclusive, friendly staff. We were there last week in march and they were full, yet it never felt crowded. Tips: Hottest time is in the very early AM before the breeze kicks in. Not a good time for a walk. You don't need to take your own beach towel, but a colorful one from home will make it easier to spot your palapa. If you can't get a reservation for dinner at a decent hour, try going a little early anyway, they will probably let you in. If you are a beach walker, most interesting is turning right, facing the beach. They really do try to vary the food in the buffet and it was all very good. Every meal we had was excellent. Try a capparina (lime, sugar and rum), they make them after 5 in the lobby bar only. Expect topless. Massages were very nice. Do not have a manicure or pedicure, different sanitary standards than the states. Very few rooms have an ocean view, but all are in a lovely setting.
Just returned from Spring Break vacation
Got back last night from the Dominicana hotel/resort. My wife and I have been to all-inclusive resorts in Jamaica six times. The Dominicana was everything Jamaica offered and more. The rooms were as nice or nicer - the public bathrooms were very clean. The staff very friendly. 900 rooms scared us into thinking that it would be crowded, but not so. The two giant pools allow for lots of space, and the beach was pristine. 21 miles of white sand. We visited the two sister properties on either side - both just as nice. We ran into rain on three days and four nights. Sometimes very heavy - I'll bet they got 6 inches in 4 days. I play a lot of tennis, but was disappointed in that, with 900 rooms and two sister properties without courts, there was little interest. The resident pro was nice and was willing to play. Tennis is free; lights at night are $3 per hour.We go over Spring break because my wife is a teacher. We go for the weather, which until this year was perfect in the Caribbean. Unlike Jamaica, the DR is visited by many more Europeans. The entertainment was better than in Jamaica, which is often just a band. This was more like cruise entertainment. Some of it was weak, but still enjoyable. Introductions and explanations by the emcee were always in 4-5 languages to accommodate the variety of visitors. Of course, it seems like all Europeans smoke, which became annoying at times, but we survived. The food is okay, but that's not why we go there. It's always good to very good, but never excellent. From Chicago, we're spoiled with great food. Went shopping on one rain day same as everywhere else with carvings, jewelry, paintings, all the same but cheapie cheapie! Of course, everything is negotiable. This is a great place for families many activities for the kids. The rooms are nice, but there is a motion detector in the room that shuts everything off while you are out. Since we were on the ground floor, our room was cool enough when we returned from the pool, but I wonde week. Hated to come home. We would return with the kids, but would prefer an adults-only next time. My wife needs the break from school-age kids!
March 24-31, 2003
We just came back from a week long vacation at the Iberostar Dominicana and we had just a wonderful time. The beach and water are just so beautiful! The staff at the hotel is great they keep all the facilities very very clean, we spent most of the time at the pools /Iberostar Dominicana and Punta Cana have two identical pools and you can use both of them/ The weather was the best, couldnt ask for more. If you have been on all-inclusive vacations you know what to expect as to the food. The food was very good, you could eat 24/7 if you wanted to. They have an ice cream stand, you have to try the ice cream it is just delicious. The grounds are so green, lots of trees, lots of different birds walking around /flamingos, peacocks, ducks etc/ You just seem like you are in a different world and the best thing is that it is not really that far 3 hours and 40 minutes by plane from New York City.I understand that different people like different things but for my husband and I it was one of the greatest vacations ever.
Beach Lover's Paradise
Looking for a place to go this year, when I stumbled across this review. We stayed at the Dominicana 2 years ago, and put it this way, the place has become the yardstick to everywhere else we go. If you're beach people, like we are this place is a must. If we had paid twice the amount for the holiday it would have still been a bargain. Sure it has some 'faults' - not all people speak English (is that a bad thing??), booking the restaurants can sometimes be a problem (try asking nicely - even if you've exceeded your 'quota' of restaurant visits - it does sometimes work), but overall Punta Cana has to be the jewell of the Caribbean. Trust me - Paradise on a budget! Scared to go back 'cos it's never the same.(?) Then again............
Like a honeymoon for the whole family!
I'm writing this, as I found reading reviews instumental in planning our vacation. Here goes:We just got back Sunday from what can only be described as the best family vacation we've ever had. Truly, like a honeymoon for the family. We are a family of four with two children, ages 5 and 7 and this resort had something for all of us! First of all, there's the weather. Sunny, cloudless and delicously warm-every single day! Then there's the beach: gentle waves, smooth sand and clear, clean, warm, blue water. (You can rent sand toys with your towels). The children played in the surf and the sand. When they tired of that, we went to the pool. The chairs are plentiful. There was also a "mini-club" where the children spend the day (free) with other children from around the world, swimming at neighboring resorts, preparing for the evening show and free choice time. My children begged to go back the next day. The adult/child ratio was about 5 to 1. The resort was all inclusive, so on the days the kids were at mini-club (10-5), my husband and I went windsurfing, took out a catamaran (sp?), played volleyball and relaxed. The food was delicious. Lots of choices. My son lived on hamburgers, watermelon and icecream cones. My daughter ate a lot of plain spaghetti and rolls. The staff was friendly and solicitious. The post dinner entertainment always included a kid show. The adult entertainment got a little too over-the-top-Vegas-y after a few nights (for me), but my husband loved it. The only draw back for me was the water. The only bottled water available to drink was carbonated. There were gallon jugs of noncarbonated water in the mini-bar in the room, but you couldn't carry that around with you. So, the kids ended up drinking lots of sugary sodas and juices. They never got sick though. Oh, and the rooms were spectacular: clean with beautiful views. I can't wait to go back next year.
Would not return!!
The Iberostar Dominicana is overrated!! Food was terrible. It was cafeteria style. It is the same food over and over everyday. They do not have high standards like in the US. Raw meat sits out. Mayo is not keep cold. My husband became deathly ill on the 4th day.
My family and I were at the resort from 1/29/2002 to 1/5/2003 and it was just absolutely beautiful! They grounds were just fantastic, decorated for Christmas, little white litghts on the palm trees, etc. Just so beautiful. Also, I thought that the maintenance of the grounds was impecable.
Serene and Beautiful
This hotel is soooooo beautiuful. We were bumped to a condo like suite with two double beds. There is also a beach front hotel. HUGE beach with plenty of shade huts. Lagoon like pools and tiki bars and a little carribean village with shops on the premesis. Beach massages, cheap!


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Grandparents Wedding Anniversary! Please help
We are taking my grandparents out for their 55th wedding anniversary. We would like to make it a very special experience and I have been living on the West Coast for five years now and am a little out of touch with the Boston dining scene. What are you recommendations for a memorable dinner for approx. 10 people?
This is probably a haul for your group, but many other posters could recognize something similar in Boston proper.
My wife and I did our rehearsal family dinner in a private room at Gracie's, in Providence. I think we had a 7-course tasting menu, for about 12-14 people.. they have a couple of rooms of different sizes. Great meal and experience, sitting around the table as a big family..
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re: Ashley12
I best you could find private rooms at places like Bistro du Midi that cater to business diners, or ask about a "chef's table" - that really cuts the noise (well, maybe not a chef's table), and allows you to sit in a family setup. The tasting menu was something my parents hadn't done a lot of, so it was a treat for them
re: grant.cook
The first thing that popped into my head was Lock-Ober. Something that is reminisce of days past for them... Although a bit pricy, it just may be that very special experience. Now I want to take MY grandparents there!


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By Gary Nelson
Senior staff writer
The Cumberland County Commission approved the 2012-'13 updated version of the Cumberland County road list during Tuesday's county commission meeting.
Changes, updates and removals to the road list include:
Alice Rd., change from asphalt to undeveloped.
Calusa Circle, deleted to Warpath Circle.
Claysville Lane went from 85 foot right-of-way to 60 foot right-of-way, then changed from 60 foot roadway width to 20 foot roadway width.
Clifford Selby Rd., tar/chip to gravel (correction).
Needham Terrace added as county road.
Three tenths of a mile of Old State Access Rd. added to Old State Rd.
Old State Access Rd., deleted from road list.
Oak Hill Dr., tar/chip to asphalt, upgraded 2011.
Mockingbird Dr. tar/chip to asphalt, upgraded 2011.
Vista Trail, needs to be deleted. It's a private road and unknown how it was added to county road list.
The changes were approved after a motion was made to approve resolution 01-2013-2 by Mike Harvel, 7th District commissioner. The resolution is an acceptance of the 2012-'13 Cumberland County road list. Roy Turner, 7th District commissioner, supported the motion and it was unanimously approved.
The Environmental Committee met prior to the county commission meeting and approved the list and changes as well.


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About us
Our History
Wellington has a sister-city relationship with the Chinese city of Xiamen going back almost three decades.
In the early 1980s the Wellington City Council initiated enquiries with the Chinese Embassy about establishing sister-city links with China following a very successful visit to China by the Prime Minister of New Zealand David Lange. During that visit the Chinese Premier referred to the much-treasured friendship between the two countries, commenting that there was great potential for bilateral co-operation with New Zealand in areas such as trade, science and culture. Chinese authorities suggested that Xiamen would be suitable as a sister-city because of similarities between the two cities, and also because Xiamen had recently been given Special Economic Zone status, designed to encourage foreign investment and trade. During a ten-day visit to Wellington in 1987 by Xiamen officials the Mayors of both cities signed a Friendship City Agreement at a reception in Wellington's Council Chamber.
The Wellington Xiamen Association (WXA) was established in 1998 to support and encourage the initiative and has been instrumental in developing a healthy and interactive relationship between the two cities. The Association's primary objective has been to increase Wellingtonians' awareness of the link with Xiamen, actively promoting programmes involving, official visits as well as educational, cultural and trade visits and exchanges. Contact us. Or write to the Secretary — Wellington Xiamen Association, PO Box 28 088, Wellington
Our Connections
Apart from the connections at a personal and local government level between Wellington City Council and Xiamen Municipal Government, there are also strong and growing links at an institutional and business level between our two cities.
Tradepoint — doing business in Xiamen
Originally from the Netherlands and long-time Wellington citizen Ben Van Rooy has for many years now owned and operated his own import-export business in Xiamen — Tradepoint Distribution. Based in the middle of Xiamen City in Hubin Bei Lu, Ben imports and distributes New Zealand wines and European pastries for hotel, restaurants, bars, caterers and commercial enterprises. Suppliers include Bascand Wines from Marlborough and Waipara districts in the South Island of New Zealand. Ben was recently awarded an Egret Friendship Award from the Xiamen Municipal Government for his work in building relationships between Xiamen and Wellington.
Wellington Confucius Institute — building cultural connections
The Confucius Institute at Victoria University of Wellington is the newest of three such institutes in New Zealand. It was opened by China's new leader Xi Jinping in March 2011 as a partnership between Victoria University and Xiamen University, and is an important step in building cultural, educational and academic links between New Zealand and China. The Confucius Institute at VUW is staffed by both universities, and its advisory board in chaired by New Zealand's former Ambassador to China, Tony Browne.
NZ Research Centre — supporting academic research
The New Zealand Research Centre of Xiamen University was established in December 2009 as part of the partnership and collaboration between Victoria University of Wellington and Xiamen University. It aims to become a national research centre in China on New Zealand with a focus on contemporary social sciences issues.
First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University — professional paediatric development
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University was founded in 1937. Formerly known as the Fujian Province-owned Hospital, it became in March 2010 the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University. The entire complex, comprising five branch hospitals, two nursing homes, eight community health service centers, and three levels of first-class comprehensive hospitals, is the largest in southwestern Fujian Province. Since 2008 the Wellington-Xiamen Paediatric Project has been promoting the exchange of knowledge and skills in the field of paediatric clinical practice and research between the two cities. In 2012 WXA won an Air New Zealand Sister Cities Award for its work in setting up and managing this project.
Celia Wade Brown
Mayor of Wellington
Meet the 2014 Committee
The Wellington Xiamen Association Committee is:
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- Janet Andrews
- Vice-President
- Richard Orzecki
- Secretary
- Liqin Mi
- Treasurer
- Huang Shu
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- Amy Wu
- Robert Franken
- Elena
- Jeanne McKnight
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July 30, 2014
Making sure kids know how to safely interact with animals was the goal of a day long event in Pitt County over the weekend. The Paws in Hand Kids Academy at Top Dog Academy, aims to teach safety and obedience lessons to young children who are often on the receiving end of animal attacks. From 1989 to 1994, 57 percent of all dog bite related fatalities in the United States were victims less than 10 years of age.


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The highlight was to be Sarah Palin's speech, and the highlight it was. The Alaskan Barbie was in great form and the audience loved it, handing her many ovations.
The speech itself was in no way historic or substantive. But it was a fitting keynote speech, better than one that might be given here by, say, Newt Ginrich, or at a gathering of Democrats by,say, Al Gore. Palin criticized Obama and his policies and filled her speech with platitudes and tea party beattitudes.
The conventioneers got what they paid for.
homer http://www.altara.blogspot.com
comment on a post Palin: "The Tea Party Movement is the Future of Our Country" over 4 years ago
comment on a post Military will study how to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell over 4 years ago
" 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy to change
Defense officials will announce changes to the government's policy of barring open homosexuals from serving in the military, though amendments may take years to implement."
Implementation may take years?? Hell, there are plenty of gays in the military now. What is there to implement? There is also talk of possibly polling military personnel for opinions and attitudes. What would have been the result of such a poll when President Truman integrated the armed forces? And I don't recall years of implementation of his integration order.
homer www.altara.blogspot.com
comment on a post State of the Union Thread over 4 years ago
Some of the News
That may be True
By now, millions have seen on TV the expression on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's face when President Obama stated that the Supreme Court had reversed a century of law and are permitting corporations, even foreign ones, to influence U.S. elections with their money. Commentators uniformly described Alito as mouthing the words "not true" in an unusual breach of secorum.
In an exclusive interview with Supreme Court reporter Linda House, Justice Alito disputed these observations and gave an unusual glimpse of Supreme Court deliberations. The Justice insisted that the words he mouthed were "how true". He was proud of the Court's work in reversing precedent and freeing corporations to spend untold millions to fight the radical Democrats. It was not easy, he said. In addition to those liberal members, he had to contend with arguments by pretty boy John Roberts, Mr. Nice Guy Chief Justice.
Roberts noted that he had repeatedly said in confirmation hearings that he respected precedents and would hesitate to overturn settled law. So what, argued Alito, in those hearings we all said things we didn't mean. Eventually,Roberts came around and of course the Scalia-Thomas team was on board.
Justice Alito concluded "We did it, and I'm glad"
homer www.altara.blogspot.com
comment on a post Barack Herbert Hoover Obama over 4 years ago
Is this Hoover or FDR in 1937? Haven't heard the word Jobs in connection with this plan. After failing to lead and push his party on the stimulus and healthcare, if he does not improve the job situation, Obama will be a mediocre one term president.
homer www.altara.blogspot.com
comment on a post SCOTUS Throws Out Corporate Campaign Limits over 4 years ago
Although misuse of the filibuster (helped by the supineness of the Democrats) is a big problem, the major impediment to effective legislation and governance is the financing of campaigns and thus the careers of politicians. This decision is a blow to finance reform.On top of Massachusetts election, a really bad week for our country.
homer www.altara.blogspot.com
comment on a post Midweek Diary Rescue over 4 years ago
A nationally-known politician will be caught cheating on his wife
A celebrity will enter rehab.
The U.S. will not win the World Cup
Wall Street will prosper; Main Street won't
Israel and Palestine will not sign a peace treaty
A talk show host will publish a book
Michele Bachmann will say something incredibly stupid
Sarah Palin will say something (on the way to the bank)
TV will bring us "breaking news"
A brave dog will save a child
Sanctimonious Joe Lieberman will draw attention while undermining
Republicans will put defeat of Obama ahead of country
Democrats will mess up legislation with individual agendas
Some Democrats will fail to support Obama because of timidity or special interests
Obama will fail to put LBJ-like pressure on recalcitrant Democrats
Climate change legislation will not easily sail through Congress
Dick Cheney will emerge to issue undue criticism of Obama
Obama will give an superb speech; Repulicans will trash the speech
We will have Madness in March
The NBA season will eventually end
homer www.altara.blogspot.com
comment on a post Health Reform Passes Major Procedural Hurdle over 4 years ago
Looks as though we'll get a Senate bill, now that unprincipled Senator Nelson and perfidious Senator Lieberman have agreed to let the Senate do its job and vote. No Republicans would do the right thing for our country. In fact, they complain about rushing this bill through although it has been an endless struggle all year.
The legislation has some reform but has been watered down at the behest of those most influenced by insurance company lobbyists. With 30-40 million new customers mandated to buy health insurance, and no public option, insurance company executives and the lobbyists are toasting each other with the finest champagne.
Also winning are the drug companies. No strong pricing pressure and no importation of reasonably priced drugs from other countries.
Our whole system is strange - and costly. It started innocently enough with employers providing health insurance as a benefit during World War II in order to get around pay restrictions. But this led to most health care availability being dependent on where you worked. Not acceptable.
But why should heath care be dependent on insurance at all? A nation must provide for the health of its citizens. It's not like insuring against fire, or flood. Everyone has to receive health care. So it's like insuring against the need for food.
The systems resembles a layaway plan, paying in advance for a product with an insurance back--up.
So why should profit making insurance be inserted between a citizen and health care, or between a citizen and food? It's too late to eliminate the present system entirely but these insurance entities should at least be treated as utilities and regulated as such. Like water and electricity. We're moving in that direction,which is good, particularly in the absence of a single payer system.
homer www.altara.blogspot.com
comment on a post Lou Dobbs Quits CNN over 4 years ago
related fake news
Some of the News
That may be True
Late night comics may joke about Dobbs pursuing a new career at a Mexican TV station, but this is not so. The truth is that just after the first of the year Lou Dobbs and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will begin a nationwide speaking tour.
homer www.altara.blogspot.com
comment on a post Our Unexcited Youth over 4 years ago
related fake news
Some of the News
That may be True
In a conference call yesterday, Republican consultant Oliver B. Reese advised party leaders to seek candidates who were overweight. "Not obese, mind you" said Reese, despite the success of President Taft. But just enough poundage to tempt opponents to imply that you were too fat to serve.
Obie, to use Reese's nickname, explained further that voters believe that heavy people were more trustworthy, perhaps jolly. Also, voters can relate better to corpulent candidates, since many Americans exceed the weight chart standards.
In addition to last Tuesday's results, history suggests that this is a winning strategy. Skinny Obama's poll numbers are down and we know how famously fit George W. Bush performed in office. So follow President Clinton's lead, get those Big Macs.
homer www.altara.blogspot.com
comment on a post Healthcare Slated to Hit Senate Floor October 26 over 4 years ago
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Some of the News
That may be True
The International Agency for Global Cooperation has given its prestigious Annual Bipartisanship Award to President Barack Obama of the United States. The grant includes the historic Jimmy Carter Silver Cup and $5000 in cash.
In its announcement, the Award Committee cited President Obama's tireless sfforts to obtain Republican cooperation for health care reform. Mr. Obama had countless meetings and social events with opposition leaders and refrained from forceful imposition of his own views.
President Obama's wise and inspiring work culminated in obtaining the vote of Senator Olympia Snowe
homer www.altara.blogspot.com
comment on a post OBAMA WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE over 4 years ago
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Some of the News
That may be True
Soon after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President Barack Obama, political opponents and other prominent Americans weighed in with adverse comments.
Financial guru Jim Cramer told his TV audience that he knew the fix was in when some of the TARP money was secretly funneled to the Nobel Committee.
Lou Dobbs said that the Nobel Committee had followed the pattern of awarding Nobel prizes to Africans.
TV comic Roger Standpipe felt that it was passing strange that the award was given to President Obama on the same day that the U.S. was going to shoot the moon.
Representative Michele Bachmann stated indignantly that this award proved the influence of ACORN over the Nobel Committee.
Former Republican leader Bob Dole remarked dryly " I guess that the Nobel Committee knows a messiah when it sees one"
homer www.altara.blogspot.com
comment on a post Obama's Speech To Congress over 4 years ago
An excellent speech to Congress on health care reform. I regret lack of a strong demand for the public insurance option and for surtaxes on the rich but his presentation of his plans to the American people was impressive and effective.
However, one element puzzles me. The President called for a competitive insurance exchange, perhaps including a public option, to become available in four years. But would we not be demanding insurance coverage and insuring the uninsured before four years from now? These millions would then be buying coverage, often subsidized by taxpayers, from private insurers before competition results in lower premiums.
Is this interpretation correct? If so, why?
homer www.altara.blogspot.com
comment on a post Obama Address Draws Strong Ratings over 4 years ago
Rep. Charles Boustany, a heart surgeon, gave the Republican response to Pres. Obama's speech to Congress on health care reform. Congress has been working on this legislation for many months. While every day Americans lose coverage, go bankrupt, or even die under present system, Dr. Boustany urges Congress to "start over" I certainly wouldn't want him to start a heart operation on me.
homer www.altara.blogspot.com
comment on a post Baucus Bill Devoid of Public Option, Trigger over 4 years ago
Baucus will never do the right thing for health care
Here are my HEALTH CARE CONCLUSIONS
The other day, a former neighbor came by to visit. At one point she complained that, having just signed up for Medicare, she feared the Medicare changes in health care reform plans. Well, the reform does not threaten Medicare. Medicare changes are not the thrust of these reforms. Medicare's funding problems have to be addressed separate from current reform plans.
Putting aside drummed up fears like "death panels". what's not to like about health care reform? Certainly, there is the cost of insuring the uninsured, but most Americans are in favor of righting this wrong. (and we're paying a lot for their health care as it is). President Obama wants to eliminate pre-existing condition limitations, prevent denials when illness occurs, help preserve insurance when jobs are lost, and reduce costs for the benefit of businesses and individuals. It's all good stuff.
Then there is the public option. This is not government take over or socialism; it is a public insurance option, to operate like Medicare. It is not government-run, like the VA System (although the VA system is efficient and successful) Nor does it put a government bureaucrat between patient and doctor. I've had Medicare for almost 20 years and have yet to run into a bureaucrat, and have had no denials.
At the outset, the public insurance option is necessary because we will have to subsidize some of the currently uninsured; and so we want a lower cost alternative. Longer term this government insurance operation will help keep private insurers competitive and can better negotiate with providers to reduce the overall cost of health care.
Everyone agrees that our health care system is broken and presents an unsustainable burden on our society. Now is the time for President Obama and the Democrats to bring the change voted for last November.
homer www.altara.blogspot.com
comment on a post Health insurance co-ops failed in Iowa over 4 years ago
Over the weekend the Obama administration again signaled a retreat on the public option as an essential part of health care reform. In its misguided efforts to seek bipartisanship with the Republicans, the White House seems to be negotiating with itself, making more concessions to no avail. The priority for the Republicans is to bring down Obama and the Democrats, not to ccoperate in the enactment of legislation that would benefit the American people.
The retreat led to increases in the stock prices of health care insurers. More profit for them seems to be a Republican goal. But since Republicans oppose government spending, you might think that they would consider this: the legislation will provide subsidies for low income uninsured people so that they can buy insurance. If a lower cost public option is available, the government saves money.
But of course we can't have more socialism, like Medicare.
During the primaries, I enthusiastically supported Obama. I was confident that Hillary would make a good president. But I considered Barack Obama to be someone special, a tranformative person who might well be a great president. I still support President Obama but some of his Bush-like decisions have been a disappointment and I think his political decision to court Republicans assiduously on health care has been a grave mistake.
homer www.altara.blogspot.com


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AMES – Iowa cattle producers are being challenged to join together and raise funds for the South Dakota ranchers who lost cattle and infrastructure during the untimely blizzards that hit the western part of that state in early October. Current government estimates are that 20,000 to 30,000 cattle died in the storm.
The challenge began with the Shelby County Cattlemen's Association. In a letter to other Iowa cattlemen's groups, the group said, "The damage from that storm to the whole of the cattle industry will be long-lived. Our local county cattlemen's organization here in Shelby County has decided to make a donation to the relief efforts for the South Dakota producers. We have decided to donate the value of one bred heifer. While that may seem significant, we recognize that it is small in scope compared to the losses those producers have gone through.
"We would like to challenge the rest of the Iowa county cattlemen's organizations to join us in making a donation to help out our neighbors, be it the value of a bred heifer or a feeder calf, or any amount that can be donated."
The collection of Iowa donations from cattle producers is being coordinated by the Iowa Cattlemen's Foundation. The foundation is working with the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association and will send 100 percent of the Iowa dollars to the South Dakota Rancher Relief Fund.
Donations will culminate during the Iowa Cattle Industry Convention in Altoona Dec. 9-11. Payments from individuals, businesses and county groups should be made out to the Iowa Cattlemen's Foundation with a notation that the money is for the South Dakota ranchers. Those donations can be mailed to Iowa Cattlemen's Foundation, 2055 Ironwood Ct., Ames, Iowa 50014. You can call ICF with questions and donations at 515-296-2266.


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Mamet's Race Will Be Seen Regionally and Abroad
By Adam Hetrick
David Mamet's intimate legal drama Race, which will end its Broadway run Aug. 21, will live on with planned regional productions in San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and London in the coming year.
Mamet directed his play, which began previews Nov. 17, 2009, and officially opened Dec. 6 at the Barrymore Theatre. The current cast features Eddie Izzard, Dennis Haysbert, Afton C. Williamson and Richard Thomas.
According to producers, Race concerns "three attorneys, two black and one white, [who] are offered a chance to defend a white man charged with a crime against a black woman."
Mamet elaborated on the plot in an interview with the New York Times. "In my play a firm made up of three lawyers, two black and one white, is offered the chance to defend a white man charged with a crime against a black young woman. It is a play about lies. All drama is about lies. When the lie is exposed, the play is over."
The design team for Race on Broadway includes Santo Loquasto (sets), Brian Macdevitt (lighting) and Tom Broecker (costumes).
Race is produced by on Broadway by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, JK Productions, Peggy Hill & Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Scott M. Delman, Terry Allen Kramer/James L. Nederlander, Swinsky Deitch, Bat-Barry Productions, Ronald Frankel, James Fuld Jr., Kathleen K. Johnson, Terry Schnuck, The Weinstein Company, Jay & Cindy Gutterman/Stewart Mercer and Marc Frankel.
Mamet's plays also include Glengarry Glen Ross (1984 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, 2005 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play), American Buffalo, Boston Marriage, November, Speed-the-Plow and The Cryptogram. He has penned the screenplays for such films as "The Verdict," "The Untouchables," "Wag the Dog" and his own adaptation of "Oleanna." He has twice been nominated for an Academy Award. He has written and directed ten films including "Homicide," "The Spanish Prisoner," "State and Main," "House of Games," "Spartan" and "Redbelt." His tense 1992 drama Oleanna made its Broadway debut last fall.
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Sewage Leak in Gainesville
GAINESVILLE- Residents are in an uproar over a sewage leak in Northwest Gainesville. The leak happened just after 4 p.m. on Saturday and continued until just after 5:30 p.m.
Gainesville Regional Utility crews were on hand to clean up the raw sewage but have yet to treat the contaminated grounds. One resident said this isn't their first experience with sewage leaks.
"In the last year we've had four sewage spills right out of this lift station. Lift station number 62. Each time they come out each time they do something but today was the worse spill of all. All of this sewage goes into Possum Creek Park," said resident Louis Galanos.
This isn't the first time a sewage leak has affected Possum Creek Park. The last time caused the surrounding residents to go on a boil water notice.
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He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea
Meaning: The sea is supremely powerful, and can be a terrifying and awe-inspiring place.Note: pray (verb) = ask for help from God; give thanks to God | This saying may be more easily understood if rephrased as: "The person that wants to learn to pray should go to sea."
Origin: This quotation from Welsh poet George Herbert (1593 - 1633) - "He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea" - reflects seafarers' long-standing conviction that at sea we find the ultimate in awe and terror.
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The Leprosy Mission Worldwide
The Leprosy Mission is a leading international Christian organisation with over 130 years of experience. It serves a population of 305 million people across over 200 projects.
The Leprosy Mission believes that God has called it to its vision of a world without leprosy; a world in which the causes and the consequences of leprosy have been completely eradicated.
In all its work, in both Implementing Countries and Supporting Countries (like Scotland), The Leprosy Mission strives to be
like Jesus
• motivated by the gospel
• compassionate towards those we serve; those in difficulty, those excuded from society or oppressed
• praying unceasingly for everyone associated with the mission and all those we are called to serve
• passionate about our message
• valuing each person, those affected by leprosy as well as supporters, volunteers and colleagues
• working with people and groups whatever their background, size or location; at every level of need
• in our attitude, actions and management
• presenting an image that gives people confidence in our abilities and our integrity
• working to officially recognised standards and best practice
• striving for excellence in all we do, and helping each other to achieve this.
and appropriate
• in our practice
• working in ways that are accessible by all segments of society
• recognising our own limitations
• working for authentic participation
• welcoming and encouraging new ideas from any quarter that will bring us closer to our vision
• promoting dignity
• seeking to empower others to participate and make a meaningful contribution towards our goal
The Leprosy Mission International is the central hub for everything that each of the members of the mission contributes to the drive for a world without leprosy. It manages the big picture, helping to align the efforts in each country to have the maximum impact.
On its website you can find out more about what is happening all over the world to tackle the causes and consequences of leprosy.


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Drug companies brought on scourgeMay 08,2014After watching the film The Hungry Heart Wednesday evening at Otter Valley High School, I came away feeling as hopeless and helpless about the opiate addiction in Vermont as the addicts in the film. I am outraged that the prescription drug industry has developed highly addictive drugs without adequate medical oversight and the industry also cashes in on subsequent methadone and suboxone treatments. The drug industry preys on unborn children, innocent youth, young adults and working people.
Watching the film and listening to the guests who participated in the film/discussion afterward tapped into my own family experience during which prescription drug use turned into heroin abuse.
My grandson lost his mother to a drug overdose when he was 9 years old. She was a beautiful young woman who could never recover and live a normal life even after many attempts in rehab treatment. She was addicted to oxycodone and heroin, and she had two other children born addicted and she was unable to care for them.
I have members of my family who are in recovery and take suboxone daily to beat off the cravings. They have good jobs and are able to pay for their own health care. It is a struggle for them every day.
All of the people close to me who fight this opiate addiction are burdened with emotional and financial pain for years to come. They could have never seen it coming. All of a sudden the pain reduction turned into an uncontrollable addiction. They needed the drug just to feel normal. My family continues to pay the pharmaceutical industry for its daily dose of suboxone.
I live in Rutlands Northwest neighborhood, and I see the suffering everyday. I see drug dealers and I report them. I pick up drug paraphernalia from the street.
I try to be supportive by attending meetings and listening to others talk about how to solve the drug problem. I havent met one person who doesnt want to help make this a better place to live.
We all care about our neighbors and want the safest place for our families, but we cant have a healthy community until the drug industry is held accountable for the reckless consequences of the successful marketing of its pain products. The drug industry has created this opiate epidemic in Rutland. The drug industry needs to pay for rehab treatment of its customers. They need to pay for as many rehab treatment facilities as it takes to educate and heal the people it has addicted. The drug industry is the only winner in this war against drugs because it supplies the drugs. The drug companies are legally and morally culpable for this epidemic. They have a moral responsibility to the people whose lives they have disrupted and sidelined.
I am a retired Vermont teacher. I am concerned that our young people and their families are not given a chance at a healthy and happy life because the addiction has changed the chemistry in their brain so much that pleasure can only be associated with the pain-relief medication. The pleasure elicited by the pain medication is so strong that it is difficult to eradicate, and even years after abstinence, there are triggers that may cause the person to relapse. To be burdened at a young age with addictions and lifelong struggles of recovery is tragic. Just saying no to drugs is not acceptable. The perpetuator of this human bondage for profit has the responsibility to pay for the drug addiction treatment because the health insurance industry wont pay for it, and the drug industry created the problem.
I am a mother against drug companies profiting from my childrens addiction.
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Mark Peterson
Anchor on Good Morning Northwest
I have been active in broadcasting since 1981, having started in Radio then moving into television in 1987.
I have worked for many radio stations through the years and have worked at three television stations.
I have three boys , ages ranges from 7 to 18...yes a hand full but a lot of fun. We spend time skiing, fishing and various board games when they abandon tv for Dad.
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Extreme Team Receives Honor
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Saturday I was privileged to receive the Community Caring Award from the Greater Spokane Valley chamber.The team was nominated for the work we did with the Hometown Chevy dealers on rebuilding the...
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The Flummies
Multi-award winning recording artists The Flummies have been performing as a group in this province for more than 30 years. The music of The Flummies has become synonymous with the culture and diversity of the province and also represents the Inuit culture of Labrador. The band consists of Alton Best (vocals/acoustic guitar), Richard Dyson (accordion), Tunker Campbell (vocals/electric guitars), Leander Baikie (vocals/acoustic guitar), Sim Asivak (bass), and Ray Montague (percussion).
Over the past three decades from their home base of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, The Flummies have performed in many provinces and territories of Canada and have also played in Germany. On the heels of their national television release documentary, LAB-Originals (Bravo! Canada and APTN), the group recently gave their fans twelve brand new songs on their eighth studio album, The River.
Their songs, known as "happy music", are inspired by the Labradorian way of life, and are a combination of accordion flavoured folk and contemporary country rock - inspirational in both soft seat theaters and in the dance hall. The award winning group has been honoured as Aboriginal Artist of the Year by both the Music Industry of Newfoundland and Labrador and the East Coast Music Association and has been inducted into the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council's Hall of Honour.


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Sometimes home schoolers tell me that they are too busy to be involved in politics or that they think THSC is too political. It is a sign of the times that home school families in Texas have so much freedom that they can ignore the process by which we choose our government.
It was not always so. As I've often mentioned, the 1980s were a perilous time for home school families all over the country, but especially in Texas. More than 100 families were prosecuted by the state for teaching their children at home in those years. The Texas Education Agency had taken the position (reversing almost 70 years of policy) that home schools were not private schools and therefore students being taught at home were truant. Everyone who decided to teach their children at home in those days knew that they were taking a chance and that we had to be involved in the political process to protect ourselves.
While some today think that those days are gone for good, the family who contacted us last month because a Texas Child Protective Services (CPS) worker told her she could not homeschool would beg to differ. Also, home schoolers in New Jersey are fighting legislation that has been filed in both chambers of the state legislature that would bring draconian regulations on home schoolers in that state.
The "Occupy Wall Street" movement has listed among its many demands, along with "banning the private ownership of land," to "make home schooling illegal because religious fanatics use it to feed their children propaganda." This desire to take away a parent's right to direct the education of their children puts them in the company of Germany, Switzerland, and Brazil, to name a few, and these folks purport to speak for the "99%."
I met with the new commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the assistant commissioner of CPS last week to discuss problems that home school families face with uninformed caseworkers regarding caseworkers' authority over home schooling. It was a profitable discussion, and they agreed to update the policy and make sure that caseworkers are trained to understand that they have no authority over home schooling.
That meeting and policy update to protect innocent home school families was facilitated by Governor Perry's office. Governor Perry has been a longtime supporter of home schooling and parental rights. In the days when home schoolers were prosecuted, we learned that our freedom was always at risk and that whenever there was an election we had to be involved in order to educate candidates about home schooling and parental rights. We now work for those who understand that and oppose those who think the government, rather than fit parents, is better equipped to make decisions for children.
While some will continue to complain that THSC and I are too focused on politics and that we spend too much of our time talking about campaigns, the good news is that home schoolers have become known as political activists, and that, in turn, gives us influence. If we adopt the view that we have nothing to fear and as a result ignore the elections and public policy debates that rage around us, we may wake up one day, as our home school friends in New Jersey have, to find a full-fledged assault on our home school freedom in Texas, or we might find ourselves in the midst of a national assault just like home schoolers in Germany, Switzerland, and Brazil.
Our children are too precious and our freedom too dear to close our eyes and ignore the sounds of the political wars around us. We must make sure that when our children begin to teach our grandchildren in their homes they have at least as much freedom to do so as we have enjoyed. Anything less would be a tragedy. I hope and pray that you and your friends and family will join us in educating yourselves and others in the upcoming campaigns to help elect men and women who will govern our state and our nation in a way that will enable us to raise our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.


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We are sorry that our scheduled casting seminar cannot take place as planned. For operational reasons a group of participants had to cancel their reservation.
Indutherm Atomiser presented at the SDMA 2013
At the 5th International Conference "Spray Deposition and Melt Atomization" (SDMA 2013) in Bremen from September 23-25, 2013 the latest Indutherm project has been presented:
The Indutherm Atomiser
for small-scale powder batch production
This ZIM project* carried out in collaboration with the University of Bremen deals with gas atomisation of alloys; e.g. on Cu-, Au-, Ag- or Sn-basis. Learn more...
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At Baselworld we presented a completely new developed generation of tilting casting machines. The TF 1200, TF 2000 and TF 4000 models substitute their correspondent predecessors, which are used in the jewellery industry and in precious metal foundries. They are equipped with new high performance induction generators that reach the melting point significantly faster and ensure thorough mixing and homogenisation of the molten metals. Depending on the model, the capacity ranges from a crucible volume of 1200 to 4000 ccm, corresponding to approx. 60 kg of 18 ct. gold.
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Basic Routines - Working with papers (e.g. Microsoft Word)
The steps below require you to be connected to the Internet.
1. Log on to RefWorks (RW).
2. Start Microsoft Word (MW), or other word processer, and open a document you wish to work on. At this point you are logged into RefWorks, and you have MW running.
3. In MW document click in front of a period of a sentence where you wish to put a citation, and press spacebar.
5. Now switch over to RW.
6. Bring up a screen with references.
7. Near the top of the screen find " Switch to:" and make sure the "One line/Cite View" is selected.
8. Find a reference that you want to cite and click on "Cite". A Citation View will appear.
9. Click "Select Citation"; then 'copy' that selection (use Control-c keys; or Command-c on Macs).
10. Return to your MW document.
11. "Paste" in the copied 'code' (use Control-v keys; or Command-v on Macs).
12. Save your work (Control-s keys; or Command-s). This should save an updated version of your Word document to the My Documents area (or pick another location; Macs to the Desktop ?). Save your work after every citation insertion.
13. Return to RW, and continue selecting citations to insert in your Word document, alternating between RW and MW. When finished with this selection activity, of course save your work. [Note: This is a 'core' document that can be modified...but save it...as you work...leave the RW code that you see *in the paper. This will allow RW to create updated versions or drafts of your core paper. ]
14. Return to RW. At the screen with a list of references, click on "Bibliography".
15. Select your Output Style from the pull down menu.
16. Find and click next to " Format Paper and Bibliography".
17. Click the "Browse" button. On your computer find the paper, and double click on it to select it.
18. In RW click on "Create Bibliography".
19. RW will create a new draft of the paper. If it doesn't display automatically, you may have to click to download it. Typically you should see a message that says "Your document was processed successfully. No errors were encountered" You will see that the version created by RW has "Final" as a part of the filename. This "Final" version is only the "latest" draft (or final) that you have had RW create. You can create updated drafts, of course.
TIP: There is a "Write-N-Cite" add-on that you can get directly from RefWorks that provides a process like you see above. For "Windows" users a version of this allows working with papers without being connected to the Internet. You can find it under "Tools" on RefWorks. You download and install it to use it.


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