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I wondered if it was just me or not...until I saw this T&R on SI about the results of a Nebraska fan survey:
A survey of Nebraska fans said they wanted the band and spirit squad more.
I for one would love to see the same happen at Pauley and the Rose Bowl. We don't need as much (if any) piped in music when the band is there. I am there for the college sports experience - leave the rest to the Lakers and other pro teams.


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The issue at hand is when a grouping of plants with the same ancestor, called a clade, begins to spin off new species. Biologists laboring over assembling the tree of life have long assumed that rapid speciation occurred when a clade first developed a new physical trait or mechanism and had begun its own genetic branch. But the team, led by Brown post-doctoral researcher Stephen Smith, who is also affiliated to the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), discovered that major lineages of flowering plants did not begin to rapidly spawn new species until they had reached a point of development at which speciation success and rate would be maximized. The results are published in the American Journal of Botany (2011; 98 (3): 404 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000481)
Evolution is not what we previously thought," said Smith, who works in the laboratories of Brown biologist Casey Dunn and of HITS computer scientist Alexis Stamatakis. "It's not as if you get a flower, and speciation (rapidly) occurs. There is a lag. Something else is happening. There is a phase of product development, so to speak."
Research in this area is only possible with computational methods. "This is a nice example of how computer science and cyberinfrastructure initiatives can help to extend the limits of biological explorations" says Alexandros Stamatakis, group leader of the scientific computing group at HITS (Heidelberg).
To tease out the latent speciation rate, Smith and co-workers computed the largest plant phylogeny (evolutionary tree) to date, involving 55,473 species of angiosperms (flowering plants), the genealogical line that represents roughly 90 percent of all plants worldwide. Reconstructing a tree of this size is also a technical milestone and a starting point for many other studies. The researchers looked at the genetic profiles for six major angiosperm clades, including grasses (Poaceae), orchids (Orchidaceae), sunflowers (Asteraceae), beans (Fabaceae), eudicots (Eudicotyledoneae) and monicots (Monocottyledoneae). Together, these branches make up 99 percent of flowering plants on Earth.
The common ancestor for the branches is Mesangiospermae, a clade that emerged more than 125 million years ago. Yet with Mesangiospermae and the clades that spun off it, the researchers were surprised to learn that the boom in speciation did not occur around the ancestral root; instead, the diversification came about some time later, although a precise time remains elusive.
"During the early evolution of these groups," Smith said, "there is the development of features that we often recognize to identify these groups visually, but that they don't begin to speciate rapidly until after the development of the features."
Put another way, the authors write, "These findings are consistent with the view that radiations tend to be lit by a long 'fuse,' and also with the idea that an initial innovation enables subsequent experimentation and, eventually, the evolution of a combination of characteristics that drives a major radiation."
Shifts in diversification aren't often directly associated with the origin of the familiar group (orchids, sunflowers, etc.). There are many more shifts than one might imagine. The diversity patterns may be explained not just by a few major shifts, associated with the major groups, like flowering plants. Instead, the diversity of groups more likely reflects a composite of many individual, smaller bursts within clades. It wouldn't be possible to see this very well in the context of small phylogenies
Smith believes some triggers for the speciation explosion could have been internal, such as building a better flower or learning how to grow faster and thus outcompete other plants. Or, the winning edge could have come from the arrival of pollinating insects or changes in climate. The team plans to further investigate these questions.
"Taken at face value, our analyses suggest that many bursts in speciation, spread quite evenly and hierarchically across the entire tree, are responsible for the evident success of the flowering plants," explains Jeremy Beaulieu (Yale).
Michael Donoghue (Yale) adds: "The possibility of working with phylogenetic trees of this size opens up all sorts of new research questions, but also clearly highlights the need for new statistical and computational tools. This area is in its infancy."
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF iPlant initiative) and the German Science Foundation (DFG) funded the research. The computations to assemble the phylogeny were performed at Yale's High Performance Computing Center and at the Texas Advanced Computing Center.
The tree can be browsed on-line at: http://portnoy.iplantcollaborative.org/ (select BigPlantTree) thanks to resources provided by the NSF iPlantCollaborative and the efforts by Karen Cranston at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center.
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Source: HITS Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies

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Chief Justice Roberts Admits He Doesn't Read the Computer Fine Print
Posted Oct 20, 2010 7:17 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. admitted at a college appearance on Tuesday that he doesn't usually read the fine print that computer users must agree to before accessing some websites.
Speaking at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., the city where he was born, Roberts talked about cameras in the court, the president's State of the Union Address, and frustrating fine print, according to stories by the Associated Press and the Buffalo News.
Answering a student question, Roberts admitted he doesn't usually read the computer jargon that is a condition of accessing websites, and gave another example of fine print: the literature that accompanies medications, the AP story reports.
It has "the smallest type you can imagine and you unfold it like a map," he said. "It is a problem," he added, "because the legal system obviously is to blame for that." Providing too much information defeats the purpose of disclosure, since no one reads it, he said. "What the answer is," he said, "I don't know."
Roberts' observations echo those of Judge Richard Posner of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, who said at a conference in June that he didn't read the hundreds of pages of documentation for a home equity loan.
Roberts also addressed these topics:
• Asked about the possibility of televised oral arguments, Roberts said the court is slow to adopt technological change out of fear it might injure the institution. Roberts said he fears the effects of cameras, according to WIVB.com. "I don't want to think twice before asking a question, thinking how is that going to sound," he said.
• Asked about State of the Union speeches, Roberts said attendance is an individual decision. "Some of my colleagues made the decision that they don't want to go, period," Roberts said, "and I think that's something that's up to each individual member of the court."
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UFC Middleweight Chael Sonnen was a guest on the Joe Rogan Experience last night and the complete video is above. Sonnen will be challenging MW champ Anderson Silva at UFC 148 on July 7 in Las Vegas. Sonnen famously battered the champ for 4 and 1/2 rounds at UFC 117 before succumbing to a triangle choke in the fifth round of that bout.
An immediate rematch was planned but Sonnen was popped for an elevated testosterone:epitestosterone ratio after that fight and then suspended by the California State Athletic Commission.
Sonnen spoke to Rogan about a number of topics including Big Foot/Sasquatch but mostly the chat focused on the UFC.
"I don't know if the human being is meant to do that (go 25 minutes in the Octagon). (Georges) St-Pierre keeps taking a lot of criticism. Well, the reality is you are asking him to do a monumental task, which is to go hard for 25 minutes. Human beings get tired when they go for the kill so they got to time it right, and Georges does plan it right."
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By Ben Rimalower
30 Nov 2013
Mandy Patinkin
Mandy Patinkin hasn't acted in a Broadway musical since Michael John LaChiusa's The Wild Party in 2000, and his long career has taken many different paths over the years since his Tony-winning Broadway debut in Evita in 1980, but wherever the wind may take Patinkin (including the current mega-hit Showtime series "Homeland"), his trademark intensity is irreplaceable. This was never more true than in his game-changing performance creating the title role in Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George. His rendition of "Finishing the Hat" alone would forever secure his position on this list.Continued...


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After reading how Martin Brodeur would like to see the Devils go green more often, I was wondering what the fans think. I personally would like to see one more game with the retro jersey. I think embracing the Christmas Tree Jersey would be fun and have it on the Toys for Tots night, then auction off the jerseys for the foundation. Going retro only twice a season would help preserve that special feel. I know Lou has said once is enough, but who ever thought we would even have one retro night?
Also, would anyone like to see the white retro jersey?
I included "More than 5" as an option because if Colorado can do this twelve times a year, anything is possible.


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University of the Incarnate Word
Americans are accustomed to saying and hearing that the United States is the greatest, most powerful nation in the world. Citizenship is considered to be a source of pride. Although the United States is, in fact, number one in many areas, not all are something Americans should be proud of. There appears to be a greater concern for, and focus on, those at the top than those at the bottom. The result is great inequality The United States, which claims to be the world leader, should attempt to be the leader in social justice. To accomplish this, policies and actions should be guided by the principles of social justice, and all Americans should spend more effort in societalizing our youth as we are socializing them.
It feels great to say "We're number one," "numero uno," unless, of course, we are talking about problems, something wrong. But if we are talking about our country, the United States, we must be referring to something good or right. We are the best. Everyone wants to live in this country. That is one of our biggest problems, immigration. We do not have to worry that too many people want to leave. No, the problem is too many people want to come. Consequently, Congress has passed a bill authorizing the building of 700 miles of fence along the Mexican border and has ordered national guard units to patrol the border.
The United States is like the baseball field in the movie The Field of Dreams. Americans have long believed we are the new "Chosen People" and that this is the new "Promised Land." Our ancestors, inspired by these same beliefs, acted on the assumed Divine command to "build it and they will come." It has long been accepted by governmental leaders that the United States has a corresponding "manifest destiny" which has motivated (and required?) them to spread its influence from "sea to shining sea." The divine mandate is a matter of faith, something to be accepted. It should not be questioned. If it is, then, as the bumper stickers state, "America, love it or leave it."
ÊÊÊÊ Most Americans probably believe this is the best country in the world. Politicians constantly tell the voters that the United States is the greatest nation on earth, and a vote for them and their party will keep it that way. It is fair, therefore, to see how it is and how they want to keep it. Candidates often invite voters to look at their record. A look at the record reveals that the United States is, in fact, number one in many areas. For example, it is currently the most prosperous and powerful nation It is the recognized world leader. Compared to other major industrial nations, the United States "ranks Number One in real wealth, number of billionaires, the amount of space in homes, defense spending and military capability, executive salaries, physicians' salaries, ethnic


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Wow, another heart breaker. I think I lost another 2 years off my life..
1. I think I am close to hating Hackett. I don't like the game plan at all. We score with CJ in space, yet, we never run that type of play again until it is too late.
2. EJ has to be smarter. I never understand why these athletes always think they are indestructible. Didn't RG3's horrific injury open up the eyes of QBs who want to scramble? EJ should have gotten out of bounds when he knew he couldn't score. The extra 3 yards ins't gonna matter. He has to be smart enough to know when to chance it and when to take the smart play. And the fact that their guy admitted that he hit him as hard as he could makes me upset. And I am a bit annoyed that he is making the same foot work mistakes over and over. Coaching anyone? Hello?
3. I blame the D and ST for this loss. If I had to rank it, 50% ST, 40%D and 10%O. Why the love for the O? Simple really. They came into the game with 2 hurt HB's who played their hearts out and played against a really good D in their house. They put up 24 on them in their building, tops so far. I don't know what more you can ask of an offense with 3 of their best weapons hurting (CJ, Fred, Stevie) then to score the most points CLE has given up all year. The D played Okay, but, come on, this was Hoyer and Weeden and there were so many breakdowns in the secondary. This is twice now that we have seen them play down to the level of the QB (Jets being the other one). How can they be so good against Balt and Car and NE and be so bad against the "lesser" QBs like Smith/Hoyer/Weeden? Don't get me started on ST Punting. Powell was cut, so, that's good. Someone needed to be cut on this team and perhaps it will wake them all up.
4. Passing offense was a C. I am mostly ranking this as a B for EJ and a F for Tuel. Tuel was terrible, but, so was Frank Reich when he'd come into a game due to injury. It was a hostile place and I knew we lost as soon as he came in and started the 4th. EJ continues to frustrate me with simple high school mechanical issues. Throwing off his back foot, the ill-attempted jump pass (that we saw Brady do last week with much better results), not being smart with his running. All this is coaching and Hackett and the QB coach aren't cutting it.
5 Rushing O was a B+. CJ and Fred were both hurt. The Cle D is good to great. We have faced nothing but good front 7s for the whole season in NE, Car, Jets, Balt and now CLe. Yet, they gutted almost twice as many yards as they give up on average. That impressed me again. To go into their house with 2 beat up HBs and still get over 100 and keep the D honest enough with the pass was all u could ask for.
6. Passing D was a D. Oh man, they made Hoyer and Weeden look like Brady and Rivers this year. It was bad. When they needed a play, they were no where to be found.
7. Rushing D was a C. Yes, they had a good average, but, when they really needed a stop, the D failed them. And how many third downs did they convert (and if I heard correctly, they were in the bottom 3 for third down conversions) and our D just let them convert so many when it mattered most. It was maddening.
8. ST. I have to split this score. Kicking (kickoffs and FG and PAT) was a solid B+. Carpenter should be our kicker for the year, stick the kid on IR. He was solid on his FG and KOs were deep and well placed. Coverage was good. On Punts F------ they were terrible and mostly responsible for the loss. I don't know if it was ST, the coach, both, the moon, was Satan there, what , but, man they were bad...
9 Coaching was a C. The offensive game plan was maddening again. I don't like Hackett's play calling. He doesn't take advantage of things right. They run when they should pass. They run too much on first downs. They don't use CJ right. The list goes on and on. Defensive plans weren't executed very well. They made Willis look serviceable. They made him look relevant and and he probably went out and is gonna have his 500th baby. Way to go team. Just what we need, more baby Willis's.\
10. Josh Freeman- I don't think we will get him. Unless i am wrong, he has to clear waivers first, meaning that any team who claims him gets him for his salary. So, I assume if multiple teams claim him that he will go to the worse teams first, and I can't see Jacksonville passing on him. But, lets say that he does become a free agent, I think we should go after him. He's better then Tuel. If EJ wins the job next year then he's a great back up, or you have a trade commodity and either way, it's a good signing.
11. Tuel -why is he our primary backup? Typically a vet is the back up when a rookie starts (don't tell me about Wash, do we ever want to be like them? And that trade for RG3 is killing them this year and only time will tell if it was worth it) and how is Tuel learning anything? We need a vet. Period. Tuel should be on the PS. The primary focus of the backup is either the young gun who is learning or the vet who is helping the young gun get experience. The backup has to offer something and Tuel does neither. He can't ever be counted on to come in and lead a team to victory as was evidenced last night. He simply doesn't get enough reps. He needs those reps to grow.


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Record number of people found sleeping outdoors in King County's 2014 One Night Count
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About 800 volunteers fanned out across the county at 2 a.m. Jan. 24 for the One Night Count, a federally mandated annual survey that tallies how many people are living outdoors or in their cars.
Volunteers with the effort saw a teenager with a suitcase sleeping in a doorway, a family-sized tent under a roadway with a stroller parked outside it and a man who tended a garden around his campsite.
Volunteers found 3,117 people — the largest amount in the count's 34-year history — living in parked cars, sleeping in doorways or camping in greenbelts across King County. The number is greater than the 2013 count by 381 people, or 14 percent.
The count does not include those living in a shelter or in transitional housing, who are tallied separately. Volunteers searched in Seattle, 11 suburban cities, unincorporated King County and on Metro Night Owl buses.
The increase shows that regional efforts to end homelessness are good but not enough, said Alison Eisinger, executive director of the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness (SKCCH), which organized the One Night Count.
"If, from one day to the next, 400 people became homeless through a natural disaster or a fire or a national emergency, wouldn't we have a better response than we have now?" she said.
The King County Committee to End Homelessness has created more than 5,400 new units of housing since 2005 and provided emergency and transitional housing to 9,000 households in 2013, but Eisinger said the efforts aren't keeping up.
"If we don't match the scale of our response to the scale of our problem, we won't make enough progress, period," she said. "While those numbers are big and terrible, they're not too big for us to solve."
On Feb. 1, SKCCH will host workshops to discuss the One Night Count numbers and how people can work with elected officials in Olympia to reduce homelessness. Plymouth United Church of Christ at 1217 Sixth Ave. in Seattle will host one workshop at 10 a.m., and Kent Lutheran Church at 336 Second Ave. S. in Kent will host another at 2 p.m.
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Pittsburgh Steelers
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Steelers release 15 players
The Steelers announced that they have released 15 players Monday to get down to the 75-man roster limit.
Wallace's return would reunite 'two-headed monster'
Steelers WR Mike Wallace's return not only would help fellow WR Antonio Brown but the club's overall offense.
Steelers first-round pick DeCastro carted off field
Rookie OG David DeCastro was carted off the field after hurting his right knee early into Pittsburgh's game against the Bills on Saturday night.
Everest: 'Professional differences' reason Steelers fired him
Former Steelers special-teams coach Al Everest told PFW Friday morning that he was let go because of "professional differences" with the club.
Report: Steelers part ways with special-teams coach Everest
The Steelers parted ways with special-teams coach Al Everest, according to Fox Sports' Jay Glazer.
Report: Steelers WR Wallace to report, sign tender
WR Mike Wallace will report to the Steelers over the weekend and sign his one-year tender, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Report: Steelers waive Clay with settlement
The Steelers have waived RB John Clay with an injury settlement, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Tuesday.
Colts lose three to injury vs. Steelers
Three Colts players — DL Cory Redding, OLB Robert Mathis and WR Austin Collie — left Sunday night's game at Pittsburgh with injuries.
Rodgers-Cromartie fined $21K for hit on Leftwich
Eagles CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie has been fined $21,000 for his unnecessary-roughness penalty committed last Thursday against the Steelers.
Steelers activate Mendenhall, Hampton from PUP
The Steelers have started the clock on NT Casey Hampton and RB Rashard Mendenhall, activating them from the PUP list.
Steelers OLB Harrison undergoes knee scope
Steelers LB James Harrison underwent a knee scope on Wednesday morning, according to Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Falcons among narrow Week One favorites
PFW's Mike Wilkening offers his take on four Week One games where linemakers have separated a pair of teams by less than three points.
Report: Steelers OLT Starks activated from PUP
Steelers OLT Max Starks has been removed from the PUP list, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Tuesday.
Steelers sign TE Peelle
The Steelers announced Monday that they have signed veteran free-agent TE Justin Peelle to a one-year deal.
DeCastro's Steelers debut solid, Adams struggles
Steelers ORG David DeCastro played well in his professional debut, and OLT Mike Adams struggled and got hurt, but both showed promise.
The Steelers' offensive line took another hit when Gilbert hurt his right ankle blocking Derrick Morgan in the second quarter.||||||| Rookie Mike Adams replaced Gilbert. Adams was at right tackle to start the third quarter. The Steelers have no more offensive linemen available if someone else gets hurt.
Gilbert is expected to return for this week's game in Arizona.||||||| Gilbert injured his right shoulder in a win at Indianapolis and aggravated the injury last week against Tennessee.


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Travel back in time to ancient Egypt! Look at different ways Egyptians traveled the Nile, and then create a collage of your own Egyptian-inspired boat.
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Journey through "John Singer Sargent Watercolors" in Gallery LG31, and explore the wonderful places that artist John Singer Sargent saw on his travels. Continue his creative adventure! Put on your Sargent mustache and head to Shapiro Family Courtyard to draw a view that inspires you.
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Mourners unite as mall attack victims remembered
Jason Straziuso, The Associated PressPublished: Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Mourners from various races and religions - Christians, Muslims and Hindus among them - grabbed handfuls of dirt and planted saplings at a memorial ceremony Monday for the nearly 70 people killed at Nairobi's Westgate Mall exactly one month ago.
By design, no major political or religious leaders were invited, giving the crowd of 400 or so a family-only feel. But the actions of Kenya's security forces weighed on family members who quietly seethed over allegations and newly released video images of Kenyan Defence Forces - KDF - soldiers looting the mall.
Despite those lingering images, the organizers tried to foster a "We Are One" feeling - a chant repeated by the crowd - after an attack that saw al-Qaida-linked terrorists spare some Muslims who could recall religious phrases, leaving behind non-Muslims to be killed.
Wendy Zhang, with her daughter Stella, 3, remembers her sister-in-law Zhou Jian who died in the attack.
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"Today we don't come so much to mourn the departed but to remind ourselves we built a nation that all can live in, young and old, white and black, Christian and Muslim, Hindu and Jain," said Karanja Njoroge, chairman of the Friends of Karura Forest, a sprawling urban park filled with hiking and biking trails where the memorial and tree-planting was held.
Prayers were offered to both Jesus and Allah. Mourners removed their shoes for a Sikh prayer. A squeaky junior high band from Kenya's Indian community played, while a red-clad choir of black youngsters sang in Swahili, the national language meant to bind Kenya's 40-odd tribes. Mourners crowded a narrow path running through the forest.
Vaishal Shah, whose friend was killed at the mall during a cooking competition for kids, said the wider Nairobi community needs to come together, and not just the 70 or so families who lost loved ones.
"The whole KDF thing is messing people up," said Shah, who noted that he was in Boston during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, a period in which he said he had never seen a country come together so quickly. "When families hear this looting is going on even as family members are dying, it's hard to come together when that is happening."
Charles Njenga planted a tree for his slain 22-year-old son. Njenga was at Westgate with his three children only minutes before the gunmen began spraying bullets indiscriminately. He said he is angered by the security camera footage that surfaced over the weekend showing soldiers with full shopping bags in their hands.
"They were supposed to come and save us, not to come and loot. Why go in without anything and come out with bags?" Njenga said.
The Kenyan government on Sunday said it believes it has recovered the remains of the four gunmen seen in CCTV footage carrying out the attack. So far, one gunman has been identified: Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow, a Somali-Norwegian.
Joseph Ole Lenku, Cabinet secretary for interior, has also said that an investigation is underway concerning the allegations of looting by Kenyan troops. No results of that investigation have yet been announced.
Wendy Zhang - whose sister-in-law was shot in the arm and later died - is confused as to why her sister-in-law died from a single bullet wound to the arm. She is also angered by the alleged looting.


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The steady success of ISIL in carving out a secure territory in Syria and Iraq is upsetting some old geopolitical equations. Iran, seen by some as the likely "savior" of Iraq (or, at least, of its current government), is lobbing threats at the Kurds. Turkey, meanwhile, long fearful of a Kurdish state, now considers embracing an independent Kurdistan to serve as a buffer against Iraqi violence and Iranian power. The offshore power broker – the US – does not know what to do, because what might turn out to the best choice is also unthinkable: Iran is currently the greatest threat to American interests in the region, and the force most likely to take the fight to the Iranians and to halt their geostrategic progress is, in fact, ISIL. ISIL is closely (if complexly) affiliated with the al Qaeda organization with which the US has been at war since 9/11/2001 (and, arguably, for much of the decade prior to that as well). It would be a nearly impossible sell to the American public – especially to the veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much for the last decade and a half – but at some point it may well be in America's best interest to throw its support behind ISIL in order to thwart Iran.
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US energy sanctions on Russia must thread the needleMay 15, 2014
Russia's resurgent geopolitical power is dependent on it's vast energy wealth. That makes the Russian energy sector a juicy target for policies aimed at punishing Russian machinations in Ukraine.
However, America's European allies are dependent on Russia as their primary energy source. That creates a dilemma – how to get European support for meaningful sanctions that won't end up hurting themselves as much or more as the intended targets?
The US is trying to thread the needle by targeting Russia's energy future while keeping its current productivity intact. Although it remains a major exporter, Russia's reserves of conventional oil are in steady decline. However, as reported here in the past, Russia has immense shale reserves. Shale oil has resuscitated the US oil industry (oil production in the US hit a 26 year high last year and the Energy Information Agency projects continued growth to a 40 year high next year). No other nation has been able to leverage their shale resource as effectively as the US, and Russia needs access to US experience and technology if they want to similarly extend their own energy industry.
Therefore, the Atlantic allies are crafting sanctions that will prohibit participation in Russian shale (and Arctic) energy development by Western companies. Of course, there is nothing preventing the Kremlin from retaliating by squeezing current exports to the allies, anyway. It would end up just being a test of wills. And, so far, Putin has demonstrated ownership of much more of that particular resource as well.
Will Ukraine crisis push neutral Sweden into NATO?May 8, 2014
In response to resurgent Russian militarism in Ukraine, two recent analyses have laid out the need for both Sweden and Finland to join NATO. First, in the online edition of the journal Foreign Affairs, Jan Joel Andersson, a senior research fellow at the respected and influential Swedish Institute of International Affairs (SIPRI), laid out the case for both Nordic nations to finally join the Atlantic Alliance. This week, Andrei Akulov from the Russian think tank Strategic Culture Foundation, has detailed a number of military and political signals from within the Swedish government that indicate a renewed willingness to examine NATO membership.
China to surpass US as largest economy; what does it mean?May 1, 2014
According to new figures (and an alternate formula to typical GDP comparison) from the World Bank, China is expected to pass the United States as the world's largest economy sometime later this year. The World Bank is comparing Purchasing Power Partity (PPP), which is intended to standardize GDP across currencies and make direct comparisons of how economies work internally. However, GDP is still the better measure of how economies compare in the globalized world because it takes differences in exchange rates into account.
In any case, China is going to pass the US sooner or later, but what that means remains to be seen. In the two previous cycles of the world system, France's GDP likely surpassed England's in the late 18th/early 19th century and Germany surpassed the United Kingdom in the late 19th/early 20th centuries (see Angus Maddison for reconstruction of early GDP levels) , yet both still lost their challenge for hegemony.
Even after China becomes the world's largest economy, it may not hold that position for very long. China is facing a severe demographic crisis and, like Japan, will face an declining work force supporting an ever growing retiree population. Indeed, it may fall off the demographic cliff even before the largest waves of retirees hit – last year, the working age population declined for the first time in history, a decline that will continue. As the Financial Times notes:
Unless the country can keep lifting the labour force participation rate (for example by getting more women into the workforce or persuading older people not to retire), China will struggle to expand its labour force by even 1 per cent per year. To sustain economic growth of more than 7 per cent, productivity would need to grow by 6-7 per cent a year across the entire economy. This would be a tall order in any country. In China, where the labour-intensive services and agriculture sectors make up half the economy, it is well-nigh impossible.
Of course, a decelerating China does not mean the US will regain the top spot . . . India may well pass both nations. And my analysis continues to be that India will be the next global hegemon, either in the next immediate cycle, or following one more term by the US.
On Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the 21st Century"April 24, 2014
The discussion surrounding French economist Thomas Piketty's new release is invigorating, and I am eager to join in. Let me begin by noting that I am not an economist, and I am not even an interested amateur – I have next to no formal education in the field. Let me next admit that I have only skimmed the book at this point, but I have read the key parts and I think my general understanding of the argument is clear, at least as confirmed by reading some of the more comprehensive reviews.
Piketty's chief claim is that the rate of return on capital (r) is greater than the overall growth of the economy (g), and when this ratio gets out of balance, it necessarily creates great inequality. As he puts it himself:
If, moreover, the rate of return on capital remains significantly above the growth rate for an extended period of time (which is more likely when the growth rate is low, though not automatic), then the risk of divergence in the distribution of wealth is very high…
I added the bolding, because it seems to me that these are key restrictions on the argument.
r > g is elegant and alluring . . . but instead let's say that Inequality (I) = r/g
I = r/g
The key element, then, is not the numerator r but rather the denominator, g. any serious policy objective has to be focused in increasing g. Piketty assumes a that g has become, and will remain, very low and nearly constant. This is a symptom of our age, which is terribly pessimistic. His wealth tax solution is focused on the numerator where one could predict it will have a marginal impact on I; indeed, a too strong application could reduce g even further and make I even higher!
Better to focus on g, and that means first of all questioning Piketty's key assumption that g is destined to remain low for the foreseeable future. But often the phrase "foreseeable future" is an oxymoron, no?
As a student of long cycle theory, I see the regular cyclic phases of roughly a century, but in practice anywhere from 70 to 125 years. Each of these cycles is triggered, in part if not in all, by by some innovation that changes the economic order. The fruits of that innovation are bountiful at first but necessarily wear out over time. We are in the end phase of one such cycle right now, hence the apparent stagnation and resultant pessimism. But if the past is any guide – and it usually is – then the world will experience a new and unforeseen burst from a new innovation, sometime within the next few decades.
As a researcher focues on energy I am biased, of course, but I think that innovation is going to come from the energy sector, and I think it is going to come sooner rather than later. The economic growth of the world has been powered for the last two cycles by fossil fuels, and the general pessimism about future growth is in large part fueled by a widespread belief that fossil fuels are either running out, poisoning us, destroying the climate, or any combination of the three. This is the weltanschaung of our age – the energy which has made us richer as a species than ever before is now in many ways our enemy.
I do not share this pessimism. I am a technological positivist, and I see signs and portents from all over the world that we are on the cusp of an energy revolution. This may mean the discovery and/or perfection of a new energy source, or simply a cleaner and more efficient way of utilizing the still abundant supplies of fossil fuels. But there are going to be breakthroughs – hydrogen, storage capacities for wind and solar, safe thorium nuclear power, hybrid gas-nuclear reactors, the methanol economy – that change the energy equation and open a new century of growth and prosperity. When that happens, when g is annually 3% or greater instead of the 1 to 1.5 assumed by Piketty, his "Capital in the 21st Century," if it is remembered at all, is going to have to be retitled "Capital For a Brief Moment in the First and Second Decades of the 21st Century."
EnerGeoPolitics updateApril 22, 2014
I am in a transition period and posting will be both irregular and less frequent for a couple of weeks. I will, however, continue microblogging via Twitter, so you can keep up with my regular interests there.
Oil Shale news: RedLeaf begins miningApril 17, 2014
Red Leaf Resources has begun mining operations at its Seep Ridge property in Utah. This is the demonstration project which will show whether or not crude oil can be cheaply and efficiently wrung from the rocks of the massive Eocene Shale formation of the Rocky Mountain states. Red Leaf asserts that its EcoShale process can produce oil with little external energy inputs and with little water other than that needed to sustain crews (critical in the parched US west). An EROI (energy returned from energy invested) of 10:1 would make it competitive with normally pumped crude. If successful, the US suddenly will have more than twice the total oil reserves of Saudi Arabia. This would radically transform the energy geopolitics of the entire world.


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BELOIT, Wis. – After last week's difficult loss at North Central College, the Rockford College men's basketball team got a complete team effort in defeating local rival Beloit College 88-78 at Beloit's Flood Arena.
Early in the game, it seemed as if the Regents were simply replaying the NCC game, falling behind 13-4 just four minutes into the game. Coach Ryan Rebsom immediately went to his bench, brining his entire second unit to the floor. That was the jolt of energy the Regents needed, as the reserves erased the deficit, tying the game at 21 with 7:46 to play. Two minutes later, junior Robert Malone (Stephens, Ark./ Stephens) connected on a jumper to give Rockford their first lead of the game, one which they would not relinquish. By the half, Rockford led 41-31 on the strength of 19 bench points, led by junior reserve Tyler Nauman's (Hinckley, Ill./ Hinckley-Big Rock) eight points.
A 13-4 Beloit run early in the second half cut Rockford's lead to one point, but the Regents responded. A 12-0 run, keyed by six consecutive free throws, pushed Rockford's lead back to an insurmountable 15 points.
Malone led three Regents in double-figures with 20 points, while senior guard Danny Armelin (Gonzales, Texas/ Gonzales) added 19. Thirty-two of Rockford's 88 points came off the bench, led by Nauman's 16 and Leon Alford's (Chicago, Ill./ St. Laurence) nine points.
Rockford will travel to Ripon, Wis. on Wednesday to face Ripon College.
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The top-seeded Riverside North girls tennis team will play its semifinal match against Riverside Poly at Andulka Park in Riverside on Wednesday at 1 p.m., Huskies Athletic Director Dennis Brown Confirmed Tuesday.
Led by 2011 HSGameTime Girls Tennis Player of the Year Jasmine Almaguer, the Huskies will battle Poly for the right to play the winner of the Carpinteria match at Riverside Arlington.
The Championship will be played on Friday at 1 p.m. at the Claremont Club.


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Resident Evil 0 The Walkthrough Table Of Contents 1.Intro 2.Characters 3.Weapons 4.Walkthrough 5.Rewards 6.Outro Intro This is where I am suppose to say ok this is the walkthrough is for resident evil 0 for game cube. I made this so you dont have to go cant do this or you start crying. So I will cut the crap if you need so more information email me at email@example.com . Here it comes. Characters Rebecca Chambers-One of the newest members to the S.T.A.R.S. members. She is only 18 but she is one of he best medics (well she sure cant take many hits weak person). Billy Cohen-A man who used to be in the army. He is now being executed for the murder of 23 people. Wow more then Tommy Versity. Weapons S.T.A.R.S. standard pistol Billys pistol Shot Gun Hunting Gun Moltive Cocktail Grenade Launcher Magnum Combat Knife Ok now for the walkthrough Part 1 the train. Ok after you get in the train to the left because the other door is locked for now. That guy looks ugly hate to see the parents of that dude anyways get ready for some action. After you see the get up kill them all. If u got bit you will be on caution because Rebecca is weak person but dont panic its yellow you panic when its orange or red. Ok o to the next car I think there are some zombies ready to attack or when you come back in here but continue on to the next car. Go to the first door there should be some bullets in here or herbs. Next room there are bullets, two herbs, and ink ribbons. You can save if u want or wait. Ok go to the end and grab the key from the corps I dont think he needs it anymore. Well you finally get to meat the famous Billy. You talk then e walks off then boom in comes Edward he looks worse then me after skateboarding, well ad to say he is not alone in comes some doggies. Kill them and go back to the place I said the door was locked and open it. Now Billy is back to see you. Rebecca gets snippy and you have to go up stairs. Looky its a man who is still alive. Hey is head fell off there is something wrong with him. Its your first boss fight. Now you can sit there and shoot him but I am a nice guy so instead run down the stairs and he explodes and leeches on you. Wait bill came to save you. After you go snippy with him he came to save you. After that let Billy crab the bullets he fights more then Rebecca. But still let Rebecca pick up the ammo. Anyways go out the window let Billy lead to the hole and let him attach the wires. Now that you are in the hole go grab all those bullets so they dont have to go to waste. Grab the key to the conductors office and open the sending thingy and stick the key in there and send it. Now switch to Rebecca and go back to the room were Billy saved you and go down the stairs and go into the kitchen and go to the were the little space is there is a lift look inside. The key you sent is in there well grab it and go on your way. All yeah after Billy saves you some strange looking man starts a storm and the train sorry for no mentioning that sooner. Now go to the room were Edward jumped through the window and were you first met Billy if you come across some zombies blast them dead and continue to the cart that I said to go. When you get there go to the conductors office there two herbs1 red and 1 green. Ok now you should see a cabinet there is a locked briefcase. Now go push the button on the wall and a latter comes out of the ceiling. No you might want to climb the latter but thats just me. When you get up there you will here something on he roof. You want to go to the end of the room and go through the door. Ok next go to the door and open it. Jackpot there is a hunting gun, a box of shells, and some herbs. Ok get that hunting gun ready go back to the door there is a ice pick grab it and go back through the door you came through. All no a giant scorpion just what you need. Blast it with all the shells and finish it off with a couple of handgun rounds. After that go to the kitchen. If you happen to come across some zombies kill them. When you get to the kitchen send the ice pick to Billy. Wow Billy is still there well anyways grab the ice pick and go to the locked door and use the ice pick to unlock it. Those zombies are a waste of time just run from them. ALL yeah I forgot to tell you to pick up that panel opener. Hopefully you did grab it because it is a shiny object and you are suppose to pick those up. Anyways go to the kitchen and meet up with Rebecca. If she has thepanel opener use it on that vent in the corner and let Billy go first. When you get out be ready for some dogs to attack. After you kill them all dead go grab the golden ring, the shotgun shells, the gas tank. just get rid of it. One more thing get rid of the hunting gun and do not load the shells into it. Now that thats over go out the back door. See that grapple hook in the corner you do need it so make Billy go to the switch and Rebecca go to the hook. After Billy pushes the button have Rebecca grab the hook but you only have a few seconds before the lock goes back on it. Let Billy lead the way see the door go unlock it and walk out. Have Billy walk by the freezer. A zombie is ready to attack. Shot him dead. Grab the bottles in the freezer and mix t with the gas tank and save the moltive cocktails for later. Go to the car and the next car. When you get to a car with the window let Rebecca use the hook and go up. Go forward until you get to the hole on the roof jump down kill the zombie and pick up the goodies in the room and go out the door. After the leeches hatch hurry up and run down the stairs and meet up with Billy. When you were in the room you should have picked up a jewelry box. Go to the weapon/item screen and examine the box and get the silver ring. Now that you got both ring put them both into the briefcase and pull out the card. Now go back to the place were Edward jumped through the window. Go to the key card reader. Make sure Billy has the key card and the cocktails to take out Edward. Ok after the guys for that backstabbing Wesker are killed go out the door. When you walk in the room make Billy go. When you walk out the guys will get up just run around them. Instead of screwing with all the zombies go to the conductors office go p the latter and go through the room were all the leeches are go to the stairs and go down. Go through the door and get those cocktails ready and throw them at Edward an run around the other one. Go through the kitchen door and go to the back of the train. Just go keep going until you get to were you got the hook shot. There should be a car reader. Now if you did not listen to me and get that card laying on the ground you are screwed but if you did listen you have to get a combination of these numbers 36 witch is 5,5,5,5,4,4,2,2,2,2 81 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,5,4 and last but not least 67 9,9,9,9,9,5,5,5,4,3 and enter one of those in with Billy and one with Rebecca then the train crashes. Part 2 The Research Center: Ok after the crash run to the door at the other end of th screen and go through it and go down the ladder. Now go to the end untill you see a ledge jump on top of it andclimb up the latter. Now you are in the research center. Ok after Murcus talks go to the double doors. Make sure you grab the handgun bullets on the table. Ok yuo should be in the dinning room. Well kill all the zombies in the room go to the guy layin on the ground. I aint sure but i think there is a key around him. Well go through the door and walk to the door at the end ok kill the 2 zombies in here. Have Rebecca crab the gas tank and statue and Billy the shoutgun. Now that ladder is bad news stay away from it. Because all thats up there is about 8 zombies and like herbs so leave it alone. Now back to the main place were you enetered the place and leave the gas tank.Take the statue and put it on the scale. Now send either Rebecca or Billy to the door on your left. Grab the bullets and the crank handle form the cabinet and get the hell out of there before the crows attack you. Now go through the doors behind the scale and go the back and garb the bullets. Now go to the other side and go though the doors. Kill the zombies in there and go through the double doors and have one of them grab the micro disc. Now go to the back of the room and have Rebecca equip the shot gun and get on the lift and separate them and have Billy use the crank handle to lift Rebecca to the next floor. Now be ready to fire your shotgun. When you get up there kill the first cock roach. Go pick up the shotgun shells next to the lift. Now walk forward then another cockroach will drop down blast the sucker and get out of there through the door at the back. Now run through the crow infested porch. Dont worry about anything in this place yet just run across it until u find a stair case. Go down it and go to the end and go through the door on the right. You should be in the entrance of the mansion. Now switch back to Billy and go meat up with Rebecca. When you get back there go back through the door where Rebecca just came from. Give Billy the shotgun and shells and make Billy equip the shotgun. Walk through the door on the left and kill the cockroaches. Have Billy garb the shotgun shells and grenade rounds and grenade launcher. If you have to give Rebecca your handgun. Have her grab the white statue in the back of the room. The get out of there and go up the stairs. Now split them up have Billy go to the cranks and have Rebecca go down the ladder where the big pits are. Have Billy Lift the cage and then have Rebecca grab the key. After the movie where the centipede grabs Rebecca time to kill it. Get out the grenade launcher and empty it into the monster reload it and do it again. If it is still alive blast it with the shotgun until it dies. Now go back to the dinning room. Kill the zombies in there and go the red door. Use the key and go down to the window and go inside have Billy pick up the lighter fluid and have Rebecca pick up the bottles. Go back to where you came in. have Billy combine the lighter with the fluid and have Rebecca use the gas tank to make some cocktails. Have Billy drop the grenade launcher. Now go back to the room where you lifted Rebecca up to the clock room. Light the candle and go through the doors waste the zombies pick up the grenade rounds and climb up the ledge and push the book shelve and then have Rebecca grab the book of good. Examine the book to get the wings and go back to the hallway and go to the door at the end of the hallway and use the key again and discard it. Go in the room. Push the table to the end of the room climb over it and switch the light on. Push it by the moose head climb on it and crab the clock needle. Get off on the other side and pick up the ammo and go back out of the room. Go back to the main lobby and have Rebecca by herself take the clock needle to the clock room. When you get there put the needle on the clock and set the time to 8:15. When you here the chimes two white doors will unlock. Go meat back up with Billy and go up the stairs and go through the white door that just unlocked. Kill all the zombies in here and go grab the micro disk. Now go back down there and grab the other micro disc and go to the other and go through the doors with Billy only. Go to the end of the hallway until you see the white doors kill the zombies and put the two micro disc in the projector and get the floppy disc. Go back to the place where you left Rebecca avoid the weird looking zombie in the hallway. Go up the stairs have Rebecca take the white statue of the scale and combine it with wings and lace it back up on the scale. Now go through the doors behind it and go through all the tables until you see the stand. Go up the stairs and put the disc in the monitor. They will all light up. You have to push two buttons in a certain order I dont know it but it is one on each side. After that all the doors with knights in front of them will move there swords. Go through the door closest to where you are at now. Kill the zombies in the hallway and go through the double doors. Match the giant cheese board with the one on the desk. When you do that grab the book of evil off the desk. Examine the book and get the black wings and take it to the scale and combine it with the black statue. Then the painting will lower. Go down the stairs and run to the end of the hallway. Warning avoid the spiders they are hard to kill and can poison you very easily. When you get to the end of the hallway go through the door. Use the herbs if needed. Go through the next room lift Rebecca into the vent into a torture room. Restore the power by pushing up, up, down, up, and up. After that Rebecca falls and is in trouble time to save her as usual. Run to the dinning room and run to the left to the door kill the zombie and go through the door go left and down the stairs. Run around the to the other side equip the shotgun and go down the stairs through the doors. Shoot the monkeys and turn left and go through the door, down some stairs, and, then go through a door on your right kill the cockroaches and save Rebecca. After your touching moment get out of there. Go farther down the hall avoid the spider. Go through a door and you should be in the weapon room. Now this makes me mad out of all those AK47s you can only pick up handgun bullets and shotgun shells. Well anyways have Billy take the bullets. Have Billy load his shotgun and go down the stairs this his hard to explain have Billy go forward have Rebecca push the buttons so you can keep going. Now when you push the red button two hunters are coming after you blast them and grab the facility key. Now go to the room where you saw all those animal statues. Light them in this order deer, wolf, horse, tiger, snake, and eagle. The door facing the tiger opens and go through the passage will open. Go inside and grab the tablet of unity and go back out. Drop off the grenade launcher and pick up the cocktails. And go to where you picked up the grenade launcher and use the key. Equip the cocktails and kill the leech zombie. Go through the end door and pick up the vise handle. Now go to the piano room. There might be bottles to make cocktails but I am not sure. Have Billy play the piano to open the passage. Then have Rebecca pick up the magnum rounds and battery. The door will close but just have Billy play the piano again. Go through the last door in this hallway. Kill the two zombies in this room and use the vise handle to get the tablet of obedience. Now go to the entrance of the mansion and go outside. Go to the lift put the battery into the thermal device. Then you will see the lift dome down get on it and push the crate off of it. Ride it up and grab the tablet of discipline. Now time to get out of here. Go to the last door where knights where blocking off. Try to avoid the cockroaches. Take all the useful items in to the telescope room. climb down the ladder and place all the tablets into the device. Switch to disc two and now you are at the church. PART 3:The Old Church Make sure Billy has the shotgun and the shotgun shells and handgun and ammo. Split them up make Rebecca go in the stone room and have her stand on the brick so it will unlock the entrance to the church. Then have Billy go inside and equip the shotgun. Go to the end until you see a room. Go inside and pick up whatever items seem to use for you. Go back out and its time to fight the giant bat. Just aim when it gets close and blast it. Ignore the little bats they isnt worth the time or bullets. After you bring the beast to its knees go back out and switch to Rebecca. Make sure she has the hook shot. Make Billy go stand in the garden house and then go inside. Go to where the big hole in the ceiling is and shot yourself up there and go to the end of the roof and climb down the ladder. Then lift the handle to the power box. That should have turned on the elevator nearby. Go around and unlock the gate so Billy can get to where you are. Call the elevator and time to go downstairs. Go to the end of the hallway and go into the room. Have Rebecca go to the back of the room where there is a hole in the ceiling. Shoot yourself up there. Grab the gas tank and go out the door before that ugly ass monster attacks you. When you get out there go to the left of the button or switch. Go in the room and pick up the bottles. Make the cocktails and go kill the leach man. Go to the narrow passage where it was standing after you kill it first. Make more cocktails by picking up the bottles. And pick up the capsule. Go back out where the button is and go through a green door. If you want you can kill the zombie laying on the ground. Pick up anything useful in this room and go to the red tank and get some of the chemical inside of it. Now go through the door right in front of the one in front of you. Kill the zombies in here and go to the green tank and take some of that chemical. When you have the red and green stuff mixed combine that with the leach capsule to get the charm. Go this little service lift where the red button is. Put the cocktails and leech charm in it. After Billy gets these items have Rebecca lift the wall that is outside of the room where Billy is in. Out there you will see one of those leech monsters. Equip the cocktails and kill it. Go to a blue room and use the charm to unlock the door. Grab the coil and handgun bullets. Go into the next room and grab the green leech. If possible ignore the zombies. Ok now go send Rebecca the green leach charm. Go to where u saw the green door like the one Billy just came out of. Use the charm to unlock the door. The poor zombie can only crawl put him out of its misery by blasting it. Grab the canister. Go to where you got the red chemical and put it in the gas chamber like room. Run in and grab the key and get out before the zombies get you. Now go through the room you havent went in yet. Avoid the hunters and grab the dial. Run like a bat out of hell to get out of there. Go send the dial to Billy through the service lift. Now switch to Billy and grab the dial go to where the door is missing a dial. I think the code is 4 8 6 3 if I am wrong it should be on a file in the building somewhere. Lift the lever and switch back to Rebecca. Ok make sure you have all your weapons and ammo. Ave Billy put the two coils in to the control room to start the cable car. Get rid of the hook shot and make sure Rebecca has the grenade launcher, her handgun, handgun bullets, and the magnum rounds. After Billy is knocked off the bridge and killed kill the leech man. Dont panic Billy is still alive I just had to say that. Put the coil back in to the slot and get into the cable car. Grab the Desert Eagle and now for the last part of the game. I promise this walkthrough will be done at the end of the month


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Safety hazards, whether it is the latest recall, product alert, or warning about a new danger, often worry parents. And that's good, because that hopefully leads them to protect their kids from those hazards.
Unfortunately, choking, one of the biggest child safety hazards often doesn't get much attention.
Choking Hazards
That may be why choking continues to be one of the leading causes of death for children under age four or five. This includes choking on food and non-food items, such as:
- whole grapes
- peanuts and other nuts
- popcorn
- hard candy and chewing gum
- hard foods, including raw vegetables
- soft foods, such as large cubes of cheese, caramels, etc.
- chewy foods, such as thick spoonfuls of peanut butter
- uncut hot dogs
- coins
- marbles and small balls
- small magnets
- small batteries
- balloons, which can be a choking hazard to kids under age eight when they put broken balloon pieces in their mouths or when they inhale intact balloons when trying to blow them up
- safety pins, pen caps, and tacks
- small toy parts that can fit inside a choke test cylinder or no-choke testing tube, which measures 1 1/4 inches wide by 2 1/4 inches long and simulates the size and shape of a young child's throat, such as Lego building blocks, dice, beads, etc.
- dry pet food
Parents often know to cut up hot dogs and to avoid peanuts and whole grapes, but may forget that popcorn, chewing gum, and hard candy are choking hazards too.
Choking Prevention
Young children put almost everything in their mouth, which makes the main goal of choking prevention to keep any small items that your child might choke on out of his mouth. This may mean occasionally getting on all fours and checking under the kitchen table and other furniture and behind coach cushions.
In addition to regularly checking the floor, your car, and other areas where your child crawls, walks, and plays, other steps to keep kids safe from choking include that you:
- learn CPR and keep emergency numbers by the phone
- learn the Heimlich maneuver
- keep medications and vitamins out of reach in child resistant containers
- childproof cabinets and drawers so that your kids can't get to small items inside them
- supervise kids when they are eating
- cut foods, like grapes and hot dogs, into small, one-half inch pieces
- avoid foods that are not age appropriate for toddlers and preschoolers, like chewing gum, hard candy, and nuts until they are at least four years old
- don't let your kids play with toys that are not recommended for their age, since they may have small parts and could be a choking hazard
- keep your older kids toys out of reach of younger siblings
- regularly inspect toys to make sure that parts aren't going to break off and throw out any broken toys
- supervise kids under age eight if they are playing with a balloon, keep uninflated balloons out of reach, and throw away balloons once they deflate or break
- see your pediatrician if your child seems to have an episode of choking, recovers, but then develops a chronic cough, since that can be a sign that your child aspirated the item and it is still in his lung
Also be sure to supervise your kids when they are outside, at someone else's home that may not be as well childproofed as your own, or at a store, as there may be many choking hazards around that your toddler or preschooler could pick up.
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Top 10 Leading Causes of Death, United States 2005.
Kliegman: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed.
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Offering free WiFi access, TraiWay is located in Galloway, New Jersey. Atlantic City is 15 minutes' drive from the property. A microwave, refrigerator and satellite TV are included in each air conditioned guest room. Suites feature a spa bath. A 24-hour front desk is available at Galloway TraiWay. Vending machines provide snacks and refreshments. The prope...
Overall Rating - Okay - 2 reviews
Mediocre 3.0
The tub in the room
It was noisy with a lot of foot trafficIt had an odd odor
Poor 1.0
My worst experience ever !!!!
The staff was very rude and there was no room service for the 2 nights I stayed !!!I won't recommend this hotel to anyone !!!
|Good - 264 reviews
Searching for convenient motel rates in Somers Point? Take a look at Budget Inn Motel Suites! This Somers Point motel offers free Wi-Fi and dry cleaning/laundry services. Knowledgeable staff are available at the front desk 24 hours-a-day and can provide express check-out
Overall Rating - Good - 264 reviews
Okay 5.0
The staff was very helpful and friendly. They upgraded us to a "suite" since we were staying for a few nights so we had a little more space. There was a small kitchen with a fridge and a full stove that I would never use. Also no pots or anything to cook with. Location was decent, very quick to get to the beach/boardwalk and restaurants.
The room had a very strong disinfectant smell that lingered on my clothes even after we left. The room was clean enough but the bed was very small (maybe a full?). The wifi was free but slow. You know what you're getting with this place and it's fine if you don't plan on spending much time in your room.
Okay 6.0
It was cheap!
The bathroom could have been bigger, but you get what you pay for.It's good if you're just looking for a bed to sleep in. Don't expect to be wooed by this place.
|Excellent - 157 reviews
Welcome to our Homewood Suites by Hilton® Atlantic City/Egg Harbor Township, NJ hotel. Take advantage of the location of our Egg Harbor hotel near Atlantic City. Enjoy proximity to many local businesses, including the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, Atlanticare and the Department of Homeland Security. Our Egg Harbor...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 157 reviews
|Good - 128 reviews
Have fun at this Howard Johnson Atlantic City/Egg Harbor Township near the best Atlantic City attractions including casinos, nightlife and beaches. The Convention Center and Boardwalk Hall are just five miles from this lodging. Take the family to the Cape May Zoo or Atlantic City Aquarium to meet the exotic animals. Complimentary shuttle service to and from...
Overall Rating - Good - 128 reviews
Okay 6.0
Not to much to say good
I need extra towel they didn't bring itIt wasn't the best it was ok
Good 8.0
The location was perfect. Room was great for the money. My kids loved the pool and it was nice and clean.
Continental breakfast was not up to par, they had waffles, cereal, some pastries and coffee. Was hoping for eggs at least.Great place to stay if visiting the shore it's close to everything.
|Excellent - 42 reviews
Located in Ocean City, Scarborough Inn is on the boardwalk and minutes from Haunted Golf and Carey Stadium. This bed & breakfast is within close proximity of Wonderland Pier and Congo Falls Adventure Golf. Make yourself at home in one of the individually decorated guestrooms. Your room comes with a Tempur-Pedic bed. Cable television is provided for your ente...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 42 reviews
Excellent 10.0
The Scarborough Inn is a wonderful bed and breakfast! We loved everything about our two night stay. It's close to the boardwalk and the beach and has ample parking. We chose the Scarborough Inn because we really liked the rooms that were pictured on the website. Obviously, location is important as well, but it was the beautiful room (#28) that sealed the deal. The only problem we had was not their fault - we reserved #28 and for some reason, it came through Travel Website as #29. Fortunately, #28 was available and Gus, the Innkeeper, very graciously made the necessary changes. The bed was quite comfortable and the room was wonderful. It's an old building, and the walls and woodwork and door knobs and locks show their age. But they work. . .and the room was very nicely decorated. The bathroom was nice - it was more than big enough, the fixtures were fine, and there was no problem with water pressure. The window air conditioner was up to the task of cooling the room, howe...
|Okay - 64 reviews
Overall Rating - Okay - 64 reviews
|Excellent - 168 reviews
Overall Rating - Excellent - 168 reviews
Good 8.0
Clean comfortable and friendly
NoWill come back again
Excellent 10.0
The cleanliness of the room and how welcome I felt from the staff.
Nothing at all.The beds are very comfortable at this hotel and I will diffidently come back.
|Excellent - 60 reviews
Perennial Winner of Days Inn coveted Chairmans Award for quality. AAA rated 3 Diamond. 115 computer friendly, newly renovated rooms and suites. Cash paying guest must leave an additional 100 cash deposit or put deposit on credit card. Deposit is returned upon inspecting at check out. Complimentary Full Hot Breakfast Buffet now includes hot eggs, sausage...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 60 reviews
Excellent 10.0
Staff courtesy and hospitality
Bathroom fan a bit noisy, but tolerable. Lack clear instructions in restaurant for waffle maker, etc. Jitney to casino too expensive, no flexibility spending returned money. Limit to spend at 1 machinelocation for highway and local travel convenient. Places to eat and businesses were convenient and of our interest.
Excellent 10.0
Great breakfast. Been going to this hotel for years. Staff always friendly.
No.Been going to this hotel for years. The staff has always been friendly. And the breakfast is great.
|Excellent - 725 reviews
With a stay at Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club in Galloway, you'll be convenient to Galloway National Golf Club and Absecon Wildlife Management Area. This 4-star resort is within close proximity of Heritage Park and Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. Make yourself at home in one of the 286 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Inter...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 725 reviews
Excellent 8.3
nice bed, clean, comtable, quiet room. very nice staff from the door man to the clean person Food is excelent!
we got loost inside the hotel looking for the room, the hotel should give a map. need to make serious repairs we feeld a little concern with what if is fire room need more lights
Excellent 9.0
Good facility and nice staff. Convenient location and have some historic feature.
room needs maintenance. For example, in my bath room, only 3 of 5 bulbs are on.
|Okay - 116 reviews
With a stay at Starlite Motor Inn Absecon in Absecon (Absecon - White Horse Pike), you'll be minutes from Heritage Park and close to Absecon Wildlife Management Area. This motel is within the vicinity of FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center and Galloway National Golf Club. Make yourself at home in one of the 83 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators...
Overall Rating - Okay - 116 reviews
Okay 5.0
I had booking the none smoking room . But when I checked in..is the smoking room . This is unhappy...I would like you mention about that....Thanks .
Mediocre 3.3
Calling my room anytime of day or night for any reason.Toilet flushed slow. When I called, they bought me a plunger and bucket. Can not really secure room from ythe inside.
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|Okay - 207 reviews
Searching for convenient motel rates in Egg Harbor Township? Take a look at Inn of the Dove! This Egg Harbor Township motel offers free Wi-Fi. You can find a spa tub on site so you will be able to take some time out to de-stress
Overall Rating - Okay - 207 reviews
Poor 1.0
The jacuzzi could fit two adults
Dirty, ants in the room, just awful and not romantic as advertised.I will never return
Okay 5.0
The room was very large.,,,honeymoon suite
Old deco ...old linen and old appliances
|Good - 102 reviews
With a stay at Studio Inn & Suites in Galloway, you'll be near the airport and close to Heritage Park and FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center. This motel is within close proximity of AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center and Absecon Wildlife Management Area. Make yourself at home in one of the 23 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchenettes with refrigerato...
Overall Rating - Good - 102 reviews
Poor 1.0
Not a thing
Lots I did not get the room I paid for I had to fight to get 2 double beds when I ask for 2 gueen beds they had only wanted to give one double bed. the staff was NOT very helpful the staff sound put out when I asked for more toI had to pull out my paper that I print off to proof that I did reserve what I asked for.
Mediocre 3.0
Location and Price
Room was filthy. Hole in ceiling exposing pipes. Closet door broken.
|Excellent - 16 reviews
Overall Rating - Excellent - 16 reviews
Excellent 10.0
Gorgeous rooms & amenities. About 1.5 blocks from the beach. I would definitely go back.
Nothing. Great job.
Good 7.0
Great location, family friendly, includes beach passes, mini-fridge in the room.
The only thing we disliked was the air conditioning unit which was located in a closet in the bedroom. When that thing kicked on it was quite loud.
|Good - 159 reviews
Located in Galloway, Passport Inn & Suites is close to Heritage Park and FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center. This motel is within close proximity of AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center and Absecon Wildlife Management Area. Make yourself at home in one of the 24 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed. Compl...
Overall Rating - Good - 159 reviews
Mediocre 3.0
The best part about the hotel was the location. Everything was 10-15 minutes away. Alot of close stores, restaurants, casino's and the beach.
The towels came dirty or stained everyday. The pillows and bed spread also dirty or stained. We went and bought our own bedding. We were never asked if we wanted our room cleaned only given new towels. No new toilet paper or amenitiesIt was in a good location and staff friendly but lacking in cleanliness and amenities. No pool. No maid service. And it had alot of loud guests a night. Which was not controlled.
Okay 6.0
Closeness to Atlantic City
Seems that other guests stay there year round. Government funded. They played loud music I could here through the walls of my room until 5am. Woke up many times due to this


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The Knockomie hotel is located in four acres of gardens just south of Forres, it is the perfect setting for romantic weddings,
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Tel: 01309 673146
Ramnee hotel is a Edwardian mansion, built in 1907, offering its guests the welcoming ambience of a country house, across from the hotel is Grant Park's famous floral displays and sculptures.
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Category: Book Store , Fancy & Gift shop , Toys Shop , Stationery Store , Audio & Video Shop , Watch Stores
Phone: (044) 24402264, (044) 24420393
Address: 45/47, 1st Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, Chennai- 600020, Tamil Nadu
Landmark: Near Sangeetha Hotel
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I am a great lover of books and music.Odyssey Adyar is my favourite shop where I have gone a lot of times with my family.It has a wide range of books,toys,gift items music dvds of different languages.The stationery items are just superb and I could purchase all I needed for my art course under one roof.I have purchased a lot of film dvds and the classification of dvds are done very nicely that we can pick up our choice quickly.There are chocolates,magazines,cosmetics,books,and I enjoy shopping there.I have purchased some photo albums also there.My children like the stationery floor very much.Though some of the items there are costly,you could enjoy shopping there.
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I do manage to find time to read books, more than me, my wife is an avid reader. so we make frequent trips to Odyssey. back when they were a small store,
i thot they had more of books than today.
But they have books on all topics, and i normally find what am looking for. if not, they get it from their other outlets.
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