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½ honeydew melon, chopped
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Jafari, Alireza (2008) Evaluation of the Quality of Iran's Tour Agencies' Websites. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
This research studies 44 of Iran's tour agencies' websites, using content analysis to identify their quality. The evaluation of the websites was conducted by quantitative content analysis of three main groups of variables known as general information, value-added services and technical quality. The three groups of variables for measuring the quality of websites in terms of general information, value-added services and technical quality were selected based on UNCTAD's initiative, Lexhagen's (2005) research and Thelwall's (2000) website quality evaluation criteria respectively. In this study, three different tables were devised to evaluate the websites. Each table contained a number of variables and the analysis of them led to answer the questions of this study. Six websites were examined in pretest in order to improve and refine the codes. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and frequencies and percentages were used to summarize the data. The results showed that the agencies' websites carried unequal attention to the quality factors studied in this research. While the majority of the websites presented rich technical quality, they did not have a good performance regarding value-added services, meaning that none of the websites could present rich value-added services. Besides, more than half of the websites were categorized as medium, in terms of general information. It was also observed that half of Iran's tour agencies' websites did not meet the characteristics of a high-quality website.
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Monday, August 13, 2012
A.J. Pierzynski Is The Greatest Baserunner In The History Of Mankind
Hawk has always said that A.J. Pierzynski is the best baserunner on the team. Admittedly, he's pretty heads up out there, but I've also seen Pierzynski do a lot of stupid things while running as well.
Of course, that won't keep Hawk from using Pierzynski's heads-up play on Sunday as further proof of the smartest baserunner he's seen in all or parts of his seven decades in baseball.
While it was smart, and awesome, you'll notice A.J. stopped at third first. It's possible Joe McEwing is the one who told him about the situation at home.
And even if it was Pierzynski, how smart of a baserunner do you have to be to realize that if there's nobody at home you can go there?
Was Pierzynski smart, or was Oakland just really stupid?
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'Shy bladder' appeal rejected
A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal filed by a Nebraska inmate who had sued for a private cell to accommodate his shy bladder syndrome.
Robert Hunt sued prison officials in 2011, saying they violated his rights by denying him a single cell. Hunt's lawsuit said his shy bladder syndrome was documented during his military service and dated back to 1975.
A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit in May, saying he believed the lawsuit was simply an attempt to get a private cell. The judge said prison staff had provided Hunt with treatment for his anxiety related to urination.
Hunt appealed the dismissal to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. On Monday, the appeals court upheld the dismissal.
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groups, riding clubs, Girl Scouts, and Boy Scouts, as well as by the local mounted-police department. Future loop trails will be cleared within the park boundaries, running parallel to a saltwater marsh and tidal river. All trails are accessible to trail-pass members on a year-round basis. Currently, 142 active pass holders frequently ride through the property.
Mullet Hall is host to many types of equestrian events, such as trail rides; dressage, hunter/ jumper, and Western shows; horse-drawn carriage shows; clinics; and campouts. The largest of the horse shows is Bob Bell's Charleston Summer Classic. This year's event brought in 300 horses and more than 1,000 visitors from as far away as Florida and New Jersey.
Now in its 11th year, the Harvest Fest is a celebration of good Southern food, games, music, and fun. Guests can do some early holiday shopping at the crafters market, dance to the beat of live bluegrass bands, decorate pumpkins, watch lasso demonstrations, and do much more.
The festival itself is preceded by a weekend trail ride for those who want to bring out their horses, do some camping, and spend time around a campfire with fellow equestrians.
To promote healthier lifestyles, CCPRC is adding more fitness races to the agency's event calendar. Using the trail system, themed races are exposing county residents to a facility they may not have otherwise visited. The most successful races held thus far are the 5- and 10-mile "Mullet Haul." Runners are encouraged to don "mullet" hair-dos or wigs, dress in their finest flannel or tank shirts, and hit the trails. It's worth the trip just to see the garb.
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One of the draws of the equestrian center is its location on JohnsIsland, a beautiful, laid-back haven with little commercial development. The beach is a stone's throw away. If show participants choose not to stay at the on-site campground, they can spend their nights in resorts on nearby Kiawah and Seabrook islands. However, those wishing to stay in more economical lodging will have to leave JohnsIsland. The proximity to affordable overnight accommodations can have some attendees driving as many as 20 miles to and from hotels.
Like so many other managers in this business know, staffing an equestrian facility, with its grounds upkeep and long hours of multi-day shows, can be taxing. When asked how he maintains the schedule, Tanner replied, "We make it work because we love what we do." Park Manager Phillip Eldred concurred, "I enjoy working with trainers and promoters, and all the things it takes to put on a good show. The best part of my job is getting to come to such a beautiful park each day to work." The facility operates with three full-time employees, one year-round aide, and a core of loyal volunteers.
At the heart of the volunteer program is the LSC, a group originally formed to lobby for an equestrian facility in Charleston. In addition to time spent on trail work, the club was instrumental in establishing an area for camping. Tanner, a member of the LSC, started his relationship with CCPRC as a volunteer at Mullet Hall. Another group that has donated much labor is Blackbaud Inc., a locally based supplier of software and services for nonprofit organizations. Community-minded Blackbaud employees have worked at this site on multiple occasions to paint and spread gravel.
The Future
Additional amenities slated for the park in the near future include a covered arena with up to eight additional barns, new open-air and warm-up rings, a farrier station, a viewing tower, and additional trails. Many other facilities are included in the master plan, such as a tack shop, a permanent food-service structure, and shaded picnic spots.
The park is still in its infancy and has seemingly endless opportunities for growth. The next time you are in Charleston, give Phillip Eldred and Ray Tanner a call; they are always ready to give tours of the MulletHallEquestrianCenter on JohnsIsland!
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If the above is true, then, judging by what you said, I guess "Addon" domiains are not supported.
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Pretreatment of Wastewater (Industrial Users) Compliance Monitoring
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Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) collect wastewater from homes, commercial buildings and industrial facilities and transport it via a series of pipes, known as a collection system, to a treatment plant. The POTW removes harmful organisms and other contaminants from the sewage so it can be discharged safely into a receiving stream. Generally, POTWs are designed to treat domestic sewage only. However, POTWs also receive wastewater from some industrial (non-domestic) users.
The General Pretreatment Regulations establish responsibilities of federal, state and local government, industry and the public to implement Pretreatment Standards to control pollutants from the industrial users which may pass through or interfere with POTW treatment processes or which may contaminate sewage sludge. The POTW acts as the control authority for these industrial users and monitors the wastewater they discharge to determine whether they are in compliance with the pretreatment standards.
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EPA conducts both inspections and audits of the Control Authority, normally a POTW, to assess the effectiveness of the pretreatment program. Pretreatment audits are designed as a comprehensive review of all facets of the Control Authority's pretreatment program. The audit addresses all of the items covered in a pretreatment inspection, but in greater detail.
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If the private equity firm is really serious about an IPO of SeaWorld, these guys are obviously the best people to peddle the company's wares. For all we know, last month's visit was a dry run of the roadshow presentation. [Bloomberg]
Blackstone Penguins To Take Their Show On The Road?By Bess Levin
Caption Contest FridayBy Bess Levin
A couple of SeaWorld employees during yesterday's visit to Blackstone, which owns the animal theme parks/oceanariums/marine mammal burlesque theaters/what have you. Whether it was nerves over being in the presence of the boss or simply a matter of not being housebroken, the duo "left some unsolicited presents on a carpet and a conference table," Dealbook reported, which seems a bit uncalled for to us. They were embarrassed enough! No need to tell the whole world. Read more »


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Human Rights Education in the School System
Red de Apoyo por la Justicia y la Paz in Venezuela produced and published a teaching book for teachers of the pre-school, primary and secondary school levels, illustrated by children's drawings. The book, through short cartoon stories, addressed various human rights issues such as the right to identity, to diversity, to a safe and clean environment, and freedom of expression. 2000 copies were produced and distributed to schools and other partners throughout the country.
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La Parroquia San Camillo de Lelis organized 65 workshops on children's rights for children of the region of Lelis, Venezuela. Approximately 2159 children and teenagers, as well as 765 parents, directly benefited from the events. The grant recipient also produced 12 long and 48 short radio programmes on children's rights which were broadcast twice a month in the region of Lelis.


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Around ingress, when the disk of Venus enters the sun's disk, and around egress, when Venus leaves the sun, two interesting phenomena may occur: the illusive aureole effect and the notorious black drop effect. They have been reported by observers ever since the transit of 1761, when both ingress and egress were witnessed for the very first time. Their true origin, however, wasn't reveiled until recent by using computer models and studying high resolution images from TRACE, a satellite intended for observing the sun.
Around the time of the interior contacts, when the limbs of Venus and the sun are about to merge, a fuzzy greyish zone or a diffuse shading between the outer limb of Venus and the dark sky off the suns edge may appear, fluctuating in size, shape and intensity. Sometimes the outline of Venus is even distorted into a teardrop shape. Other descriptions of the phenomenon vary from a dark region, a band, thread or ligament, connecting Venus to the dark sky when its entire disk is near the edge of the suns. In 1761, the first observers called it the black drop or gutta nigra according to its appearance. Although the distortion of Venus outline is just one of the many aspects of the effect, it is still referred to as black drop today. Because the effect wasnt anticipated for in the eighteenth century, the timings of the interior contacts as observed from the same location could then vary as much as a minute. In the nineteenth century however, astronomers practiced prior to the transit with an apparatus which artificially reproduced the ingress and egress circumstances. In this way, the accuracy of their contact timings was highly improved.
The last couple of years the black drop effect was studied intensively, both from optical theory and simulation experiments. Images of the transit of Mercury by the TRACE satelite were analysed and numerical models were employed to explain the peculiar effect. It was found from these investigations that the main causes of the black drop effect are image blurring (due to atmospheric seeing and telescopic diffraction) and solar limb darkening. This implies that the development of the black drop effect as seen by an earth bound observer mainly depends on the atmospheric conditions and the quality of his instrument. During the 2004 transit of Venus, amateur observers with telescopes of modest dimensions reported and even photographed the teardrop shape of Venus. Most likely, this classical black drop formed because the image was strongly blurred or overexposed. However, observers using large aperture telescopes saw just a hint of a greyish shade, or didnt perceive the generic black drop at all because they mentally sharpened the blurred image they saw.
To employ Halleys method of determining the suns distance successfully from observations of the transit of Venus, the times of first and second interior contact should be found as exactly as possible, preferably to a precision of one second. Understanding the causes of the black drop, the formation of the effect could recently be simulated by a numerical model. From such simulations, Sveshnikov et al. (1996) conclude that the half-sum of the apparent contact with the black drop and that of the drop breaking equals, approximately, the moment of geometrical contact. In other words, the true time of interior contact is halfway between the formation of the black drop and the breaking of the thread. Surprisingly, this conclusion is consistent with the nineteenth century recommendations given by Simon Newcomb to the American expeditions in 1874 and 1882.
For a long time it was thought that that the black drop would occasion an uncertainty in visually ascertaining the exact instant of actual interior contact, and thus bias observational measures of the geometric times of limb contacts. Now it turns out that the effect is the most readily timed event during the entire transit, and corresponds more precisely to the true instant of contact. Therefore, it should be appreciated that the black drop provides a timing advantage rather than a disadvantage for visual observers. Mike Begbie and David Pringle-Wood, observing from Harare (Zimbabwe), agree. They found the black drop a help, and not a hindrance to the timings. The sudden break between the black drop and a clear gap of sunlight Mike found very apparent, and would be pretty firm in saying that an error of ten seconds was too much... more like two seconds according to our timed recording. At the same time, ingress was a bit more difficult than egress, but the early morning seeing conditions compensated for this, so we reckon that overall, it was about even!
Any scatter of contact times for a single location might well be attributed to the personal equation of each observer, i.e. his systematic mis-observation of the phenomenon. Due to the personal equation, observations are normally recorded too late, but an analysis by Daniel Fischer of a small number of timings made at the 2004 transit of Venus showed that, although there was a pronounced cluster around the true time of contact, the majority of errant observers had spotted the interior contact at ingress far too early, while only some had seen it late. The results submitted to this website (which you may find in the Online Parallax Calculator) show that the number of early and late observations of the times of contact are about even. However, the majority of errant visual observers who timed second contact too early, saw third contact too late by about the same amount of time, and vice versa. For instance, I myself spotted ingress 9 seconds too early and egress 9 seconds late, and David Pringle-Wood saw ingress 10 seconds late and egress 12 seconds too early. This indicates that, although each single observer timed the same particular phase of the phenomenon at both ingress and egress, there might have been no common agreement on which of the phenomenons successive phases should be timed.


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A Life of Blood and Danger by Dan Hill
Ten years in the Army, counting reserve time, and another ten or so training for that ten years, I've known a lot of soldiers. None of them were like Dan Hill. There were resemblances. Many of them were suicidally brave, and many were smart. But none of them had his weird combination of implacable determination and natural talent.
I know Dan through Rick Rescorla, the hero of 9/11, and before that a hero of the Ia Drang campaign. It is Rick's photo that graces the cover of We Were Soldiers Once… And Young, and it is Rick's brains and guts that saved the lives of 2,700 Morgan Stanley employees in the World Trade Center. It was his effort to save the last eight that cost him his own life. And it was Dan's intel work that gave him the knowledge to do so.
But I'm getting a bit ahead of the story. Dan's dad was a hero of WWII and a virtual poster boy for PTSD from that conflict. When Dan was growing up, his dad was a prison guard for a military prison, and he grew up around rough men. Then he ran away and joined the circus. Then he started his own construction company at fifteen, and made a go of it. There's more, and it's fascinating, but it's in the book and you should read it there. Dan's mom was a bit scatterbrained, and his truck for his successful construction company was in her name. She sold it. Not one to cry over spilt milk, he forged her signature and joined the army at fifteen.
Did I mention that he spoke and wrote German? That and his sniper skills got him a gig with some, umm… people to go train snipers during the Hungarian revolt of 1956. He did well there, and that got him a gig with the same people running guns into Cuba. He did well there too, and when that slackened they asked him to go to the Congo and infiltrate the mercenaries there. He did that, and, not keeping the intended low profile, he ambushed a government convoy and dropped pretty much all of it into the river when he removed the bridge from under it.
Well, as rebel governments do, these rebels betrayed the mercs and didn't pay them, so they knocked over some banks and hit the road. Dan went to Northern Rhodesia where he met Rescorla. Rick was a cop in Northern Rhodesia, actually a company commander in a paramilitary police company.
Rick was originally a Cornishman, and a football (soccer) star. But he didn't go pro, as expected. He joined the British Army instead, and served in an "Airborne Intelligence Unit" on Cyprus. Later he was a London Bobby ("Most boring job I ever had…"), and from there went to Africa. When that folded, Dan convinced him to immigrate to the States and join the army. They both did.
Somewhere in there he led the recon platoon when the 11th Airborne jumped into Beirut and stopped a Syrian Invasion. That led to a fascination with Islam, which eventually led to conversion. That led to Dan fighting for the Muj against the Russians, and later to intelligence work among radical mosques in the U.S. Which is how Rick knew the 9/11 strike was coming.
A Life of Blood and Danger is a hell of a story. I've written five books about guerrilla warfare and edited a couple hundred of them. There is not another one like this. If you're looking for thrills, they're there. If you're looking for historical knowledge and a unique perspective, oh baby, there it is.
If you're looking to meet one hell of a soldier, this is probably the best chance you're ever going to have.
(Editor's Note: We recommend that you buy and read Dan Hills book A Life of Blood and Danger today.)
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Like most of you, I've read many a military memoir and I'm awe-struck by the life that CPT Hill has purported to have led and if even half the events depicted in A Life of Blood and Danger are true, this man is a national treasure! I literally could not stop reading this 722 page tale and was heartfully sorry, in a good way, to have finished it yesterday. I'm still mulling over all that was described therein and I can't help but feel the same way I did after reading Devil's Guard by George Robert Elford in that I'm trying to discern whether it's true, exaggerated fact, or fiction.I'll probably never be able to decide on my own, but after doing some cursory research on CPT Hill, mostly interviews of people, including COL Rescorla, who knew him, I'm inclined to think that this book may in fact be true.Regardless, the man's a patriot who admittedly won't be with us for too much longer as a result of exposure to defoliants during one of his Vietnam tours and I sincerely hope those fortunate enough to cross paths with this Soldier thank him for all the sacrifices he's laid upon the alter of freedom and for the life he's led. Since I'm not qualified to offer an AIRBORNE or HOOAH, I'll simply say Semper Fidelis CPT Hill!
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S&P 500 futures were slumping 5 points, or 5.41 points below fair value, to 1,833.5, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were declining 55 points, or 47.34 points below fair value, to 16,262, Nasdaq futures were down 0.5 points, or 0.27 points below fair value, to 3,620.
Chinese manufacturing activity shrank in January for the first time in six months, according to the flash Markit/HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index. The preliminary report showed a decline to 49.6 from the final December figure of 50.5. "The credit crunch in the nation has compromised with growth objectives, triggering worldwide concerns," said Singapore-based Phillip Futures investment analyst Chee Tat in a note.
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- The Hong Kong Hang Seng closed off 1.51%, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.47%, the DAX dipped 0.21%, the U.K. FTSE slipped 0.09%, all dragged down by the poor China data.
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|Tue, 07-31-2012 - 1:25am
|Wed, 08-01-2012 - 12:38pm
I did see the following last night, and thought it made some interesting points:
This is NOT saying that moms who want or need to use formula will not have access to it. This intervention is designed to prevent (or at least reduce) NON-medically indicated supplementation of breastfed babies. Formula is not locked up in
most hospitals because hospitals get it for free as a marketing ploy - they lock up everything else already. In addition to helping breastfeeding rates & baby health, this will also be safer liability-wise since hospitals will know what mom gets what formula and can notify them in case of a recall (which happens frequently). I was recently informed of another point in favor of locking up the formula: when one hospital started tracking formula, their consumption went down significantly overnight - hospital employees were taking it home with them. ~Kellymom.com
|Wed, 08-01-2012 - 6:13pm
I just don't agree that women should be harangued about breastfeeding. I'm cool with making a woman who chooses to formula feed from the outset sign a waiver or something similar, but I don't agree that she should have to bring in formula. And I don't think she should be lectured to. Whether she's well educated about formula/bf'ing or not, I think anyone who has just given birth should be afforded the dignity to make her choice and not be treated as though she were an ignorant child. Even if I personally think her choice may be based on ignorance and wish she'd just at least try breastfeeding for a few days.
|Thu, 08-02-2012 - 9:33am
And considering I delivered at a baby-friendly hospital, but still had a nurse that brought me a pump but didn't know how it worked and was unable to help me with latch issues (oh, your baby just has gas!), I may be picturing a totally different type of talk than others.
|Fri, 08-03-2012 - 12:31am
Now all that being said, I don't believe any of the free samples of formula I got made me give up on breast feeding. In fact the first time I decided to give him formula, I went out and bought some. A free can of formula can't tempt me if I am determined to breast feed. I spend a lot of time reading and educating myself about breast feeding now because I'm determined to be more successful this time around. I have also found preparing my supplies for breast feeding (double electric pump, storage containers, nursing pillow, bottles) has increased my confidence to succeed.
So I'm on the fence with this issue. I do believe in the lecture they want to give new mothers. If you are feeling annoyed by hearing it because you are "choosing" formula, maybe it's a sign deep down that you feel guilty because you KNOW you are essentially choosing to not provide your child the best start in life possible. I honestly feel like a complete failure by only last 1 1/2 months the first time. I have guilt to this very day about giving up when I did. However, I do feel that if someone still wants to FF even after the "lecture" I don't really think it's such a bad thing to give them a free can of formula or whatever. It is really in everyone's own right to choose. I was a teen mom (and still a student) the first time, and every time I went to my doctor after I started FFing I would get some free samples and it really helped me out financially.
|Sun, 08-05-2012 - 2:56pm
I would feel annoyed by lectures regardless of my convictions - hey, hospital paperwork even annoys me. Maybe the mandate would seem a little less heavy-handed if the fathers had to hear the lecture, too. :-)
|Mon, 08-06-2012 - 2:56pm
(this isn't directed at you TXDELA.. I just saw that it says reply to you.. it's just a reply to the topic
I'll be damned if after I give birth if someone is going to lecture me about how to feed my baby. Not only do I DARE them, but I will climb across the bed and strangle the person who feels they have a right to judge my decision or LECTURE me?? And even better are the people who preach "it's best for baby" and then two years later you see their kid wolfing down a juice box and eating goldfish. Welcome to the world of dyes and processed crappy carbs! Oh but he got that golden magic breastmilk in the beginning so now he is immune to the world. If you want to preach BF then you best be feeding your WHOLE family organic food and be eating PERFECTLY yourself because lord knows your boobs are not some magical filter. This topic pisses me off to no end. SUPPORT in the hospital needs to be offered for the decision the mother makes, with information available for both. The day after I had my daughter I had a dying dog, HORRIBLE baby blues and eventually PPD. The last thing I would have needed on my plate was someone saying "Boy.. you really are failing even more by not breastfeeding" Screw that and any and everyone who looks down on someone for how I choose to nourish my child.
My stance is to Mind Your Own Business. I don't judge you for what you feed yourself and your kid, so stay the hell out of my business. And FYI this isn't directed at any one person who posted in this thread, so if you decide to take it as a personal attack, Don't. Because it isn't directed at anyone... it's just an overall frustration with moms beating each other up about petty B*llsh*t. Being a mom is hard enough without worrying about judgment... and it seems as soon as that baby leaves your body people just feel they have the right to tell you how the world should be according to them. News flash- write a book, those who want to hear your opinion will buy it.. those who don't, WON'T. So stop giving me something I have no interest in buying.
|Tue, 08-07-2012 - 11:36am
Back to Bloomberg - is this really a statewide mandate or just hospitals in the particular network? I'm very curious to see how this all plays out. Will it even be enforced, or do you think it's theoretical?
|Tue, 08-07-2012 - 11:45am
As for the "talk," I really think it comes down to what is said and how it's said. If it's a nurse asking why the mom would like formula, and it's because grandma wants to feed the baby, then I think it's perfectly acceptable to explain why that can cause issues. If a mom chooses formula from the get-go, that just gets documented. As for enforcablility, I delivered at a baby-friendly hospital that isn't supposed to offer formula unless medically necessary (though someone has pointed out to me that you can request formula from the beginning and that's fine), and my night nurse offered it to me, and another nurse offered us a pacifier. So it really just depends on who you work with. I imagine my LLL leader who works on the mother/baby floor is more likely to help moms out rather than offer them formula or a pump, you know?
From what I've been reading around the internet, this policy will best help moms who want to breastfeed, to keep them from getting wacky information...you know, stuff like baby must be starving because he wants to nurse constantly, or colostrum isn't enough for baby.
Oh, and off the topic--it always puts that you're replying to whomever wrote the post that had the "reply" button you click. It's been a big complaint since the upgrade in Oct 2010, that there's no longer a "reply all" option.
|Sun, 08-19-2012 - 6:33am
That's good if it's not as crazy as the article made it seem! I suppose people who have been around lots of friends and family with babies take it for granted that they have some sort of general idea while some women might truly know nothing and not know which sources to go to on the subject.
While I feel I know the basics on breastfeeding, I have to say I'm pretty much in the dark as far as bottle feeding goes! If the situation were the opposite, I could probably use a 'talk'. ;-)


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Woodside Church has long been known as Flint, Michigan's liberal Christian church. An inter-denominational church, Woodside affiliates with United Church of Christ (UCC) and American Baptist Churches USA (ABC-USA). Late in August of 2006, Woodside made the papers in a most extraordinary way: The oldest Baptist church in Flint MI is the first Baptist congregation [...]
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Operating under the banner of "What does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?" (Micah 6:8), the United Church of Christ is mobilizing their members to take action for DADT repeal through their Justice and Witness Ministries. Perhaps UCC members on the [...]


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"This extraordinary personal diary, describing, day by day, the 'huge anti-Semitic factory' that was Romania in the late 1930s and early 1940s, deserves to be on the same shelf as Anne Frank's Diary and to find as huge a readership. Sebastian is no child, however — his is a sophisticated literary mind observing in horror, and then portraying with a fluent, lucid pungency, the cruelty, cowardice, and stupidity of his worldly Gentile friends in Bucharest's urban cultural elite as they voluntarily transform themselves into intellectual criminals and, allied with the Nazis, participate with fanatical conviction in an anti-Semitic delirium that nothing can stop."
—Philip Roth
Mihail Sebastian's remarkable diary of the fascist years in Romania, written half a century ago, was at last published only recently, and is here translated into English for the first time. Sebastian was a promising young Jewish writer in prewar Bucharest — a novelist, playwright, poet, and journalist who counted among his friends the leading intellectuals and social luminaries of a sophisticated eastern European culture. Because of Romania's opportunistic treatment of Jews, he survived the war and the Holocaust, only to be killed in early 1945 in an automobile accident.
Sebastian's Journal is the product of an elegant stylist who moves from theme to theme with admirable ease. It is compelling reading. The book offers not only a chronicle of the dark years of Nazism but a lucid and finely shaded analysis of erotic and social life, a Jew's diary, a reader's notebook, and a music lover's journal. Above all, it is a measured but blistering account of the "rhinocerization" of major Romanian intellectuals who were Sebastian's friends, including Mircea Eliade and E. M. Cioran, writers and thinkers who were mesmerized by the Nazi-fascist delirium of Europe's "reactionary revolution." In poignant and memorable sequences, Sebastian touches on the progression of the machinery of brutalization and on the historical context that lay behind it.
Journal is a much greater literary achievement than similar diaries from the Nazi period. Sebastian vividly captures the now-vanished world of prewar Bucharest, known affectionately at the time as "little Paris." Under the pressure of hatred and horror in the "huge anti-Semitic factory" that was Romania in the years of World War II, his writing maintains the grace of its intelligence.
When Journal was first published in Romania in 1996, it aroused a fury in Eastern Europe, where appraisals of the Nazi period have been frozen in the clichés of old Communist regimes. The book has generated an explosive debate about the nature of Romanian anti-Semitism and Romania's role in the Holocaust — which the country's leading intellectuals continue to downplay. But Sebastian's writing transcends this debate. It stands as one of the most important human and literary documents to survive from a singular era of terror and despair. From the book jacket.
"Like all great works, Mihail Sebastian's Journal generates its own actuality. Discovering and reading it today, more than a half a century after it was written, is a shattering and overwhelming experience....What is particularly admirable in this diary is Mihail Sebastian himself: he cannot help remembering that these fascists have been his former friends during their common youth, and he is able to feel sorrow when one of them dies. Even when he is himself marked and hunted, even when his own life is at stake, even when the horror culminates in the massacre at Jassy, even when he is beyond disgust and revulsion, he never loses his sense of justice, nor his humanity. He remains through and through a Just."
—Claude Lanzmann
"Sebastian's Journal proves to be one of the most important testimonies of the Jewish tragedy during that period, comparable to Primo Levi's Survival in Auschwitz or the diary of Anne Frank. Unlike Levi and Frank, who write from inside Hell, portraying life in the concentration camps or in hiding, Sebastian writes with honesty and analytic acuity from the purgatory of his own room in Bucharest, where he lives with the impending danger of deportation and death, questioning the moments of ease that his provisional freedom allows him: the enjoyment of music, of love affairs, of reading books, writing, or learning English."
—New Yorker
"This book is alive, a human soul lives in it, along with the unfolding ghastliness of the last century, which passed an inch away from Sebastian's nose. His prose is like something Chekov might have written—the same modesty, candor, and subtleness of observation. Here is a life, and an absurd death, whose spell will last a long time."
—Arthur Miller
"Unforgettable....I read...with a gripped attentiveness....Compelling....Mihail Sebastian's hell is unique, even among European Jewish intellectuals because danger comes at him first...from his closest friends and colleagues....It is precisely his capacity to remain in touch with men and women who should have been his enemies that makes Sebastian an unparalleled diarist. [His] is a profoundly intelligent literary voice in the midst of political disempowerment, corruption, and carnage."
—Alice Kaplan, New York Times Book Review
"An extraordinary testimonial....The sickening coziness of artistic and political worlds in fascist Romania is caught in the very process of 'rhinocerization,' to use Eugen Ionesco's famous coinage....Sebastian's Journal is an uncomfortable and convincing reminder that the Romanian, indeed European, intellectual milieu still has something morally rotten at its core. This book rises from the debris of pre-war verbiage like a man from a pile of corpses."
—Andrei Codrescu
"Remarkable...a greater literary achievement than Klemperer's. Today, more than a century after it was written, Sebastian's Journal stands as one of the most important human and literary documents of the pre-Holocaust climate in Romania and Eastern Europe, of the conditions in which the Judeocide could be unleashed."
—Norman Manea
"This humane masterpiece deserves to be ranked alongside the diaries of Victor Klemperer for its quiet, and indeed humorous, insights into the nature of wickedness."
—Times Literary Supplement
"A brilliantly haunting account of the rise of antisemitism and fascism. At times it gives so intimate a feeling of fear that it is painful to read."
—BBC History
"Moving, perceptive and sharply observed...the journal is a valuable addition not just to the canon of wartime and Holocaust literature, but to that of all humanity."
—Literary Review
Mihail Sebastian was born in 1907 to a middle-class Jewish family in the Danube port of Braila; he died in an automobile accident in the spring of 1945. During the period between the wars he was well known for his lyrical and ironic plays and for urbane psychological novels tinged with melancholy, as well as for his extraordinary literary essays.


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This year will go down in history as the the beginning of the end to America's longest failed war: the war on drugs. Voters in Colorado and Washington made worldwide news by legalizing marijuana, Presidents around Latin America spoke out passionately against the drug war, and award-winning movies documented the horrors of the drug war and gave voice to those seeking change. Below are some of top stories of 2012 that capture the momentum and give us hope that we can and will find an exit strategy to the disastrous war on drugs.
1. Colorado and Washington Make History By Legalizing Marijuana
Washington State and Colorado made history on Election Day by becoming the first two states in the country – and the first political jurisdictions anywhere in the world – to approve the legal regulation of marijuana. These victories likely represent the beginning of the end of marijuana prohibition in this country and in many others as well. Just as the repeal of alcohol Prohibition began in the late 1920s with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, and ultimately culminated in the repeal of federal Prohibition, so Washington and Colorado have initiated a political process that will resonate nationally, especially with 50% of Americans now in favor of taxing and regulating marijuana.
2. California Votes to Reform Draconian "Three Strikes" Mandatory Minimum Law
After nearly 20 years and over $20 billion spent, Californians voted overwhelmingly to reform their state's draconian "three strikes" law. The statewide ballot measure, Proposition 36, delivered a two-to-one mandate (68.6%-31.4%) to close a controversial loophole in the law so that life sentences can only be imposed when the new felony conviction is serious or violent. The original law was sold as a way to keep violent criminals behind bars but ending up snagging people whose third convictions were non-violent acts, such as stealing a pizza or possessing a small amount of drugs. As California set the trend for the passage of "three strikes" laws across the country in the 1990s, let's hope it also sets the trend for reforming them.
3. Latin American Presidents "Break the Taboo" and Call for End to Drug War
Throughout Latin America, both former and current heads of state are demanding that the full range of policy options be expanded to include alternatives that help to reduce the prohibition-related crime, violence and corruption in their own countries – and insisting that decriminalization and legal regulation of currently illicit drug markets be considered. In February, Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina garnered worldwide attention by calling for a debate on alternatives to the war on drugs, including decriminalization and regulation. His proposal quickly received support from other leaders in Latin America, including the presidents of Colombia, Costa Rica and Ecuador. Over the next few months, the failure of the war on drugs and alternatives to current strategies were discussed at events around the world and was the major focus of the Summit of the Americas held in Colombia in April.
4. Uruguay Poised to Become First Country in the World To End Marijuana Prohibition
Uruguay broke ground this year by submitting a proposal to legalize marijuana under government-controlled regulation and sale, making it the first country in the world where the state would sell marijuana directly to its citizens. The aim of the measure is to combat the rising insecurity and crime in Uruguay by removing the profits of marijuana sales from drug gangs and separating the marijuana market from those for other illegal drugs. Uruguay's proposal moved the discussion and debate from whether to regulate marijuana to how to regulate marijuana.
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The future of driving may not involve driving at all. As more auto manufacturers throw their hats in the autonomous vehicle ring, the self-driving cars of science fiction are beginning to look like a very real part of the future. While Google has been working on its own version, the engineers at Oxford's Mobile Robotics Group have created an autonomous system of their own, called RobotCar, that is designed to break ground in terms of affordability.
Self-driving cars have been shown to reduce accidents and congestion, but until now, the technology has been prohibitively expensive. The RobotCar system costs less than $8,000 today, but the developers hope to get that cost down into the triple digits. Using an iPad as the interface, mounted lasers, cameras and multiple computers keep the car moving safely without input from the driver. If the system detects an obstacle like a pedestrian or animal, it slows down until the obstacle is gone. If the computers disagree, the driver is prompted to take back control.
The system is built onto a Nissan LEAF for an emissions-free ride. Before the it can be used for transportation, the system must learn the environment around it, which means driving your usual route a few times so that the vehicle can become familiar. Once learned, the car can be used for an automatic commute. The developers of RobotCar say that the system works so that, "you'll always see someone sitting in the driver's seat but they won't always be doing the driving."
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Nicolas Sarkozy, toadie to the United States government and reliable ally in keeping the empire going through debt, war, and crony capitalism, has been voted out and replaced by Socialist Francois Hollande. Sarkozy was among the most craven and opportunistic of politicians. In the end, he relied primarily on fear-mongering and anti-Muslimism to try to get re-elected and attempting to convince the electorate that his replacement might be even worse than him.
Like so many politicians, Sarkozy apparently has an insufferable personality, overcompensating for his 5ft 5in stature by insulting private citizens ("Get lost, you pathetic asshole") and strutting around at international conferences where he played the role of Angela Merkel's poodle.
Sarkozy may have been instrumental in getting Dominique Strauss-Kahn set up for sex-assault charges to better Sarkozy's chances for re-election. (DSK was seen as a potential electoral adversary). Sarkozy may also have been motivated to help sink DSK since DSK was seen as insufficiently worshipful of the Federal Reserve's efforts at international inflation.
The question remains, will Hollande be any better? Possibly not. The fact that he is a member of the "Socialist Party" of course doesn't mean he's any more of a socialist than Sarkozy. The Socialist Party just believes in truth in labeling, unlike the socialist parties known as the "Republican Party" or the "Democratic Party," for example.12:35 pm on May 6, 2012 Email Ryan McMaken


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Walk on the Wild(flower) Side
Mother Nature gives me thousands of reasons to enjoy springtime in East Tennessee. Blooming trees and wildflowers clothe woodlands and meadows with beauty. "I like to think of wildflowers as little friends that I enjoy seeing each year. It is like a treasure hunt to look for these little ephemeral jewels," says naturalist Kris Light of Oak Ridge. "Not only can wildflowers be enjoyed, but also butterflies, birds, salamanders and other creatures that inhabit the woods."
Kris provides a useful map for wildflower treasure hunts on her website www.EastTennesseeWildflowers.com. It features more than 719 different wildflowers from East Tennessee listed by season, where they bloom (woodland or roadside) and color. She will lead a wildflower hike at 2 p.m. April 14 at Frozen Head State Park.
Her hike is one of many offered to the public in the springtime. A long-time favorite is the wildflower walk sponsored by Smoky Mountain Field School. Joel and Kathy Zachry will lead a small group in search of trillium, bluet, jack-in-the-pulpit, and a host of other blooms.
"Wildflowers are wonderful to see and learn about; but, really, wildflower hikes are a great excuse to get outdoors and visit with family and friends and share this time together," says Joel. Registration for this hike on April 14 is through Smoky Mountain Field School. www.smfs.utk.edu. As a bonus, Joel and Kathy throw in a history lesson about Great Smoky Mountains National Park. "These hikes are also a good time to try out all your new digital camera equipment," says Joel. A SMFS course, Spring Wildflower and Nature Photography, led by Kendall Chiles, will take place April 21.
Gatlinburg will host the Great Smoky Mountain Association's Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage April 25-29. The pilgrimage offers 150 programs including guided walks and guest lecturers.
Guides at the Johnson City's Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site will conduct wildflower walks on March 31. The special event will include a plant sale and bird watching excursions.
Opportunities for wildflower hikes span across East Tennessee at the state parks. Be sure to check times and weather conditions before you go. Here are a few to enjoy:
- March 23: Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park
- March 24-25: Rock Island State Park
- March 31: Norris Dam State Park
- March 31-April 1: Rock Island State Park
- April 7: Norris Dam State Park
- April 13-14: Standing Stone State Park — Naturalist Rally
- April 14-15: Fall Creek Falls State Park — Wildflower Pilgrimage
- April 14-15: Frozen Head State Park — Wildflower Pilgrimage
- April 20-22: Warriors' Path State Park — Spring Nature Festival
- April 20-22: South Cumberland State Park — Trails and Trilliums Celebration
- April 21-22: Frozen Head State Park — Wildflower Pilgrimage
- May 4-6: Roan Mountain State Park — Naturalist Rally
- May 5: Cumberland Mountain State Park — Wildflower Photography Workshop
- May 21-27: Edgar Evins State Park — Wildflower Week
Let me hear from you if you know of any wildflower hikes in your community because these activities are fun to share.