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Actually, there is another issue that is coinmg up in the next 3 years that may have even more importance as far as requiring doctors to have EMR.I have developed an interest in Coding and Documentation such that I am now certified by my specialty society as a Certified Coder. Through this, I have also become aware of the upcoinmg mandated change from ICD-9 to ICD-10 and the requirements needed to code a chart so that we can get paid for our work. These requirements are so much more detailed than with ICD-9 that I really don't know how anyone can follow them without having a fairly robust EMR. I belong to/work for a managed health plan that is often considered a leader in the use of EMR and we are already 6 months into our planning for this change and we are on a tight timeline to make sure that, hopefully, we will be ready for the federally mandated deadline of October 2013.PQRI or Meaningful Use may not be enough incentive to adopting EMR but just not getting paid at all probably is.
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Nitin Chhoda reveals the the top ten benefits to changing over your manual system to electronic medical records. These benefits will help increase your productivity and efficiency within your practice and allow your physical therapy business to thrive.
Top Ten Benefits of EMR
Better Record Keeping
Physical therapy management and documentation software makes it incredibly simple to keep a complete record of everything that your patient has been diagnosed with.
Whether you have prescribed a rigorous physical therapy regimen to help a patient recover from a nasty fall, or whether you are simply checking on a leg, you can keep better records using occupational therapy software.
Easier to Read
Doctors aren't known for their stellar handwriting. Rather than risk that someone (including you) can't read your handwriting, opt for a fully digital solution. Physical therapy management of EMR makes this simple, and makes reading the patient's information simple.
Bill Quicker
Billing is probably not your favorite part of running an occupational therapy practice. But nonetheless, it is an important part of the job. Minimize the pain by minimizing the work. Physical therapy management and billing is made easy when you use physical therapy management software.
All the necessary information is kept on hand; from what the patient's address is, to how much they owe you, to how long it takes them to pay. EMR can even handle alerts to remind you when to bill next.
Compete Documentation
Physical therapy management documentation is critical to providing thorough care. Make sure that every thought and note about a patient's visit is fully documented by using physical therapy documentation software that comes integrated with most complete EMR solutions. All relevant information about every patient will be properly filed and easily accessible.
Easy Patient Management
Managing patients with paper records might be easy when you only have a few, but problems will start to arise as your practice grows. Simplify your patient management system by opting for a digital physical therapy management solution.
Send Records Quickly
Electronic records are far simpler to send than paper records. With paper, you will need to send a photocopy in the mail or fax a paper copy to another facility, where it will be printed out on paper. Doing that wastes time, money, and paper. With most physical therapy management EMR systems you can send the information digitally. It is virtually free to do so, and most facilities have at least one computer in the office.
Receive Records Quickly
Speaking of transfer of medical records, you can also receive digital records instantly with EMR software. And with decent EMR physical therapy management and software, you can even add that information to your own records. EMR makes getting information quick and painless.
Don't Lose Records
Paper records have a bad habit of getting lost, misplaced, or damaged. Don't let paper destroy your practice. Using physical therapy documentation software, you can keep track of every shred of information you have and store it securely online.
Scheduling Make Simple
Physical therapy management and scheduling is easy when the records are kept in the computer.
You can keep track of all your patients without worrying about the complexities of paper records.
An Integrated Practice
Physical therapy management software simply makes your physical therapy practice run more smoothly.
Look at all the benefits of running occupational therapy software! Your business will be revolutionized as everything is made more efficient with electronic medical records.
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Today I got a checkup performed on my cooling system. I have not turned on the air conditioning this year yet. I get the furnace and CS inspected annually, and have been in the house 5 years this month.
The serviceman wrote on my invoice (& explained verbally) that while the cooling systmen seems to be in o.k. condition, the furnace is in very poor condition. Normally, they don't inspect the furnace this time of year, but something caught his eye while he was looking up there. He went on to discover and wrote, that the "Heat exchanger was cracked or blocked/clogged. Furnace had to be disabled." In other words, he turned off the gas. He said it was not safe to leave it on. He said that when he comes back to do the Fall inspection/service he would clean it and re-evaluate it. However, he did not sound optimistic that cleaning it would render it functional again. The system dates to 1987. The air-conditioning, btw, is powered by electricity, not gas. What is your take on this scenario? I know no one has a crystal ball, but is this fixable? Or, come Fall, do you think I should I expect to have to replace the system? Any suggestions or feedback would be appreciated!
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Heat exchanger is either cracked or clogged? That is like saying "the wall is either white or black", isn't it? (The question is aimed at techs, not the OP.) The service company must do installs too. If you need a replacement then why don't they want to do now? That would be in their interest since they get your money now. The whole thing sounds very weird. You should find out what is wrong and remedy it now. The cleaning can be done now instead of the fall. They can evaluate it at the same time. If cleaning fixes what ever is wrong with it, they can skip the cleaning in the fall and do it a little earlier than usual next year. (There is nothing magic about doing it in a particular month.) If you need a new furnace, the time to get estimates and make leisurely decisions is NOW, not when the frost is on the pumpkins! Maybe he wants you over a barrel in the Fall. |
- Posted by stinky-gardener (My Page) on Wed, May 4, 11 at 20:29
Thanks for your reply, Ionized. Yes, I wondered why he couldn't discern whether something was cracked or clogged. Maybe the thing is so filthy it can't be seen clearly? You make excellent points about getting the "fall" cleaning done now. Indeed, there is no magical month for furnace cleaning. That makes perfect sense. I've already paid for the fall cleaning, maybe I can schedule it asap rather than wait. I will call tomorrow and see. I don't "think" the guy has sinister motivations, but maybe he's just in the habit of doing furnace cleanings in fall and isn't thinking out of his box. Also, he said he'd be surprised if my AC lasted through the summer...(due to its age.) Maybe he thinks I'll be more open to replacing the system if the AC goes on the brink AND he's warned me about problems with the furnace. Thanks again! |
- Posted by veesubotee (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 9:32
Maybe I'm wrong, but thinking about my PMs, why would an a/c check (check blower amps draw and lubrication, inspect/clean coil) include anything that would enable a 'chance' spotting of a clogged heat exchanger? V |
- Posted by stinky-gardener (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 9:59
Hi Vee! Thanks for your comments. I dunno! The units are located in close proximity to one another? The guy just took it upon himself to look at it while he was in the attic? I want to call them today. What should I say? Should I go with another company? Does this raise red flags? My heat was turned off (fine for now) but something must happen before I can use it again come October! |
- Posted by veesubotee (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 13:52
Don't you need to pull the blower to get a look? O.K., I guess you could raise a cased coil or plenum to get a gander. v |
- Posted by weedmeister (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 14:29
I don't have a gas furnace, but my parents do. If one was to take the side panel off to inspect the blowers, filters and AC evaporator, one could not help but be looking directly at the furnace components. They're right there. BTW: if the whole system is 24 yrs old, you are reaching the end of it's useful life. Nothing really raises any flags, other than he may have been in a hurry to get to other appointments that day and did not have time to dig any deeper. Telling you that you have 5-6 months to decide what to do is a good thing, right? |
- Posted by stinky-gardener (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 16:07
Vee, thanks for coming back, but you lost me! Way over my head! Weedmeister, thanks. That's reassuring. |
- Posted by veesubotee (My Page) on Fri, May 6, 11 at 7:05
"Vee, thanks for coming back, but you lost me! Way over my head! " The bulk of the HE is not visible when you remove the panel. The burners might provide access for a (snake) video camera (not standard equipment). It takes more than a casual glance to evaluate a HE. V |
- Posted by stinky-gardener (My Page) on Fri, May 6, 11 at 9:30
Thanks, V! |
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Exploiting Process Factors to Reduce Acrylamide in Cereal-based Foods
Project Code: C03032
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Brewing Research International
Baxter, D;
RHM Technology
Sadd, P;
Brewing Research International
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Since the discovery that the human population is regularly exposed to acrylamide through the consumption of cooked foods, research efforts have focussed primarily on those foods displaying some of the highest levels of acrylamide formed, i.e. potato based products. It has been proposed that the formation of acrylamide during cooking involves the Maillard reaction and that the amount of acrylamide formed in foods is the net result of reactions leading to both formation and degradation of this compound (Wedzicha et al. 2005). Several research groups have examined the formation of acrylamide in model systems involving amino acids and simple sugars (Mottram et al. 2002; Stadler et al. 2002; Becalski et al. 2003, Zyzac et al. 2003).
Asparagine (Asn), which is an abundant free amino acid in potato products, has emerged as a key precursor, and it is the reaction of this amino acid with carbonyl sources, such as simple reducing sugars, that is believed to be the key acrylamide forming reaction in cooked foods. It is also known that Asn is relatively abundant in cereal crops such as barley, rye and wheat. However in contrast to potato based foods, where changes in reducing sugar levels are believed to be the dominant variable (Becalski et al., 2004), there is little understanding of how the natural variation in Asn (and sugar levels) and the effects of processing, influence acrylamide formation in cereal-based foods and beverages.
This project was undertaken collaboratively by two food industry research centres, Brewing Research International (BRi) and RHM Technology Ltd (RHMT). The study comprised five main activities: extension of analytical methods for acrylamide and key precursors in foods; a survey of acrylamide in products and key precursors in raw materials; development of model systems and predictive models; the relationship between key precursors in the raw materials, processing factors and acrylamide levels formed in foodstuffs; and mitigation and the impact on other process contaminants, e.g. 3-monochloropropanediol (3-MCPD). The aim of the study was to deliver recommendations on how to achieve minimal acrylamide levels in commercial and domestically prepared cereal-based foods and beverages.
The individual objectives were as follows:
- Develop/extend analytical methods for acrylamide and key precursors in foodstuffs
- Examine the relationship between key precursors in raw materials and acrylamide levels in foods
- Develop simplified food products/systems and establish the conditions of formation and removal of acrylamide
- Determine the effect of compositional and process factors on levels of acrylamide in the simplified food products
- Explore methods of adjusting amino acid profiles i.e. yeast metabolism
- Develop mathematical models to predict formation and ways of reducing acrylamide levels
- Produce a report with recommendations on how to achieve minimal acrylamide levels in cereal foodstuffs
Analytical method developments
- An improved (rapid, sensitive, robust) method for the determination of acrylamide in heavily processed cereal products using GC/MS/MS
- A new procedure for the analysis of free amino acids in cereal products by HPLC/FLD
Survey data
Bakery products/ingredients
- Highest levels of acrylamide are seen in browned biscuits
- o Degree of browning is not a good guide
- Commercial bread crusts can contain relatively high levels of acrylamide, but whole product levels are much lower
- Levels in cakes are low, even in the crust
- There is some evidence for ginger and ammonium enhancing acrylamide formation
- The effect of ammonium was confirmed by experiment
- Asn levels in wheat:
- Can double within and between cultivars
- No link with protein or total free amino acid levels
- Order in flours: cake<biscuit<white bread<wholemeal bread
- Levels of simple sugars in wheat vary little
- Individual sugar levels are as variable within as between wheat cultivars
Brewing and malting
- Heat-treated cereals and malted cereals can contain relatively high levels of acrylamide.
- Highest acrylamide levels are generally found in cereal products with a moderate colour.
- Very dark cereal products contain lower levels of acrylamide
- Beverages made with cereal-based raw materials containing acrylamide generally contain only low levels of acrylamide.
- This is largely due to dilution but there may also be some losses during processing
Model system work
Bakery products/ingredients
- Levels of acrylamide are limited by amino acids running out as well as direct decay of both amino acids and acrylamide
- The levels of Maillard products do not necessarily align with acrylamide levels; low moisture is more important for acrylamide
- These findings are very significant for biscuits
- Simple sugars are not the main carbonyl sources in wheat
- Starch and oligosaccharides inferred to be the major carbonyl precursors
- Acrylamide levels broadly follow free Asn levels in wheat and nonyeasted dough samples
- During proving, yeast:
- Preferentially removes Asn
- This effect diminishes as the recipe become more commercial, i.e. with added fat, vinegar and improver
- Rapidly consumes sucrose and releases fructose
- Preferentially removes Asn
Brewing and malting
- Levels of acrylamide are closely related to total heat input.
- That relationship is similar regardless of how heat input is measured (i.e. whether it is measured as maximum temperature, heat energy, or time above a certain temperature)
- In some circumstances, it appears that acrylamide can be formed below 100°C.
- Loss of acrylamide begins to exceed formation at temperatures above approximately 140°C
- Acrylamide formation is related to colour generation, but, as with bakery products, product colour alone is a poor guide to acrylamide level
- Cereal type appears to have little effect on acrylamide levels. An exception to this may be where the heating time is very short, such that the speed with which the product can equilibrate to the applied temperature is rate limiting for acrylamide formation
- There is some evidence that acrylamide may be removed by yeast during fermentation, but more work is required to confirm this
- Both formation and degradation of acrylamide occur at lower temperatures than for 3-MCPD
Options for reduction (benefit/risk)
Bakery products/ingredients
- Calcium supplementation appears to have promise as an amelioration route
- Surface application via pan release agent may have potential for bread products
- Direct supplementation of dough recipe may have potential for biscuit products
- Optimisation of temperature and moisture control
- Changes of this type pose no risk of increased levels of other contaminants such as 3-MCPD
- Phytic acid supplementation can significantly reduce acrylamide
- Nutritional implications (mineral availability)
- May not be effective in leavened products (metabolised by yeast)
- Amino acid supplementation has a modest effect on acrylamide in dough (dilution effect)
- May be more effective as a surface application (concentration effect), but
- Cysteine has adverse effects on dough rheology
- Impact of added amino acids on the generation of other contaminants is not known
- May be more effective as a surface application (concentration effect), but
- Low pH is beneficial for reducing acrylamide
- pH is limited by natural dough pH buffering
- Low pH promotes 3-MCPD formation
- High addition rates of bakers yeast can further reduce Asn precursor levels in dough
- Selection of low CO2 gassing bakers yeast variants may permit process optimisation
- Impact on product quality unknown
- Can increase 3-MCPD production (from increased glycerol)
- Reduce ammonium based raising agent levels in biscuit products
- Replacements e.g. sodium (bicarbonate) have nutritional and quality implications (leavening ability)
- May increase 3-MCPD levels
Brewing and malting
- On the pilot scale, application of calcium salts to unkilned malt can reduce acrylamide formation during subsequent heat treatment and should be tested on the commercial scale
- There is some evidence that extending stewing times may reduce acrylamide levels in crystal malts without adversely affecting other parameters, however, more work needs to be done to confirm this.
- It may be possible to remove acrylamide by fermentation with yeast but more work would be required to explore this.
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JUSTIN BLAKE, 20, of Tennessee, is a father-to-be. Carson describes him as someone who "knows the value of hard work." Justin drives an 18-wheeler towing mobile homes for a living. He takes a big risk by choosing to sing from a judge's catalog.
Sings: "Sure Be Cool If You Did" by Blake Shelton
Verdict: Surprisingly, Blake did not make a move. Adam was the only judge who moved, and wins by default. "That takes nerve to come out here and do one of my songs," said Blake, who lamented not turning, hoped he could try to steal him from Adam later on.
TIMYRA-JOI, 15, of California, has a voice way, way beyond her years. Listen especially for when she hits the chorus -- she just blows it away. Timyra-joi thanks her vocal coach, who has helped her family in more ways than in just vocal training -- she gave free lessons when Timyra-joi's dad lost his job and a place to stay for six months.
Sings: "Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys
Verdict: Christina is all over this one, giving her the "woman to woman" talk. Blake and CeeLo also turn. She chooses Christina. Blake gets tired of the other judges ganging up on him, calling them the "coach alliance." Timyra-joi reveals that she went in with the intent to choose CeeLo, "but Christina just fought for me and I just went for my gut."
MONIKA LEIGH, 28, of Colorado, works in Guest Relations at a hotel. She has a smoky, deep voice, reminiscent of Joss Stone, with the luscious Rapunzel hair to match.
Sings: "The Thrill is Gone" by B.B. King
Verdict: Adam is first, then CeeLo and Blake. I was surprised Christina didn't pounce. Adam declares, "it's gonna be a man fight!" He also says, "I would consider you to be the centerpiece of my team." Blake says, "I can give you three reasons why you should pick me," and then clomps his trophies on the his chair-desk. Monika declares that she's "not very country," but Blake says only one of his winners was a country artist. Blake wins the man fight.
BRIANA CUOCO, 24, of California, is personal assistant and little sister to The Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco. "She's deserved this her whole life," said Kaley.
Sings: "You and I" by Lady Gaga
Verdict: Christina turns first, the CeeLo. And Briana's reaction is to sit down on the stage. Backstage we see Kaley crying. "You held those notes out really, really strong -- you made me happy!" said Christina. Though I wasn't totally crazy about Briana's voice, I thought the palpable sisterly love was really sweet. "I hope one day I'm just as successful as she is," said Briana. She chooses Christina, citing "girl power."
GEORGE HORGA JR., 19, of Oregon, is from a tight-knit Romanian family and wants to make the Romanian community proud.
Sings: "Treasure" by Bruno Mars
Verdict: He totally sounds like an Adam protégé, but only CeeLo makes a move and wins by default. I thought it was kind of funny that Christina suspected he was a looker by the female audience members' reactions. "He's cute," said Blake. "I knew he was," said Christina.
Then for some reason, the producers decide to not show these singers perform. They were also chosen:
Anthony Paul sings "With You" by Chris Brown, and goes with CeeLo.
Jacob Poole sings "Marry Me" by Train, and goes with Christina.
Cilla Chan sings "Come and Get It" by Selena Gomez, and goes with Blake.
Last is a singer who, Carson says, "drives our coaches wild:"
PRESTON POHL, 26, of Texas, used to play guitar in a Christian rock band but wants to bust out with a solo career. "A lot of people didn't even know that I could sing," he said.
Sings: "Electric Feel" by MGMT
Verdict: Preston impresses everyone, but not enough for a four-chair-turnaround -- only Christina doesn't budge. The smoky quality of his voice turned an MGMT tune into "a Marvin song," according to Adam. Preston is impressed by CeeLo's Slim Thug reference, but chooses Adam.
I think these were the best blind auditions of the season! I kept changing my favorites after every commercial break, but I think I've settled with young guns Juhi and Timyra-Joi on my to-watch list. Or at least 'til someone from tomorrow similarly blows me away. Also, what did you guys think of Kaley's sister? Was the show right to save Preston for last, compared to last week's Tessanne finale? What qualifies as a showstopper these days anyhoo? Sound off in the comments!


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Good News Translation (GNT) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David and king of Israel. | 1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: |
2 Here are proverbs that will help you recognize wisdom and good advice, and understand sayings with deep meaning. | 2 for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight; |
3 They can teach you how to live intelligently and how to be honest, just, and fair. | 3 for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair; |
4 They can make an inexperienced person clever and teach young people how to be resourceful. | 4 for giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young-- |
5 These proverbs can even add to the knowledge of the wise and give guidance to the educated, | 5 let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance-- |
6 so that they can understand the hidden meanings of proverbs and the problems that the wise raise. | 6 for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise. |
7 To have knowledge, you must first have reverence for the Lord. Stupid people have no respect for wisdom and refuse to learn. | 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. |
8 My child, pay attention to what your father and mother tell you. | 8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. |
9 Their teaching will improve your character as a handsome turban or a necklace improves your appearance. | 9 They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck. |
10 My child, when sinners tempt you, don't give in. | 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them. |
11 Suppose they say, "Come on; let's find someone to kill! Let's attack some innocent people for the fun of it! | 11 If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul; |
12 They may be alive and well when we find them, but they'll be dead when we're through with them! | 12 let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; |
13 We'll find all kinds of riches and fill our houses with loot! | 13 we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder; |
14 Come and join us, and we'll all share what we steal." | 14 throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"-- |
15 My child, don't go with people like that. Stay away from them. | 15 my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths; |
16 They can't wait to do something bad. They're always ready to kill. | 16 for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood. |
17 It does no good to spread a net when the bird you want to catch is watching, | 17 How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds! |
18 but people like that are setting a trap for themselves, a trap in which they will die. | 18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves! |
19 Robbery always claims the life of the robber - this is what happens to anyone who lives by violence. | 19 Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it. |
20 Listen! Wisdom is calling out in the streets and marketplaces, | 20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares; |
21 calling loudly at the city gates and wherever people come together: | 21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech: |
22 "Foolish people! How long do you want to be foolish? How long will you enjoy making fun of knowledge? Will you never learn? | 22 "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? |
23 Listen when I reprimand you; I will give you good advice and share my knowledge with you. | 23 If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you. |
24 I have been calling you, inviting you to come, but you would not listen. You paid no attention to me. | 24 But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand, |
25 You have ignored all my advice and have not been willing to let me correct you. | 25 since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke, |
26 So when you get into trouble, I will laugh at you. I will make fun of you when terror strikes - | 26 I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you-- |
27 when it comes on you like a storm, bringing fierce winds of trouble, and you are in pain and misery. | 27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you. |
28 Then you will call for wisdom, but I will not answer. You may look for me everywhere, but you will not find me. | 28 "Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me. |
29 You have never had any use for knowledge and have always refused to obey the Lord. | 29 Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD, |
30 You have never wanted my advice or paid any attention when I corrected you. | 30 since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke, |
31 So then, you will get what you deserve, and your own actions will make you sick. | 31 they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes. |
32 Inexperienced people die because they reject wisdom. Stupid people are destroyed by their own lack of concern. | 32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; |
33 But whoever listens to me will have security. He will be safe, with no reason to be afraid." | 33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm." |
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (The Good News Translation - The Holy Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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There's more than one way to move a Nissan SUV, as this video shows. Somewhere in the world, someone thought it would be cool to see if their radio-controlled Peterbilt truck could tow an actual truck. We have no idea what's powering this little big rig, but whatever it is has enough might to tug the Nissan a fair distance.
Not only does the mini truck do some work pulling the SUV, but it also carries the operator standing on top of its rear wheels. In case you suspected there's someone at the wheel of the Nissan to help the pint-sized Peterbilt along, the camera pans left to reveal the driver's seat completely empty. That's 100 percent RC truck muscle pulling that load. While this feat is impressive, we have to wonder whether it was inspired by boredom or necessity. Either way, this video makes our RC cars at home look somewhat less adequate.
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Take 2
A different spin on sports by The Seattle Times staff and readers.
What was Seattle's sports story of the year?
We end the 2012 sports year with the Seahawks steaming toward the playoffs and the possibility of the NBA returning to Seattle more real than at any time since the Sonics left. But those were just some of the stories. Check out the highlights and then vote for your favorite below:
-- Rookie quarterback Russell Wilson emerges as a star, leading the Seahawks to consecutive 50-point games this month. It helps that Marshawn Lynch has turned into one of the best running backs in the NFL. The Seahawks have won their share of close games, including a victory decided by Golden Tate's controversial TD catch that helped end the officials lockout.
-- Chris Hansen's proposed NBA-NHL arena in Sodo creates controversy, but receives approval from the Seattle City and Metropolitan King County councils. Now all Hansen has to do is find NBA and NHL teams.
-- Felix Hernandez throws a perfect game in a Mariners season that didn't offer much else to cheer about. Six Mariners pitchers combined on a no-hitter but the Mariners hitters struggled, again, leading the team to move in the fences at Safeco Field.
-- The hiring of Mike Leach to coach Washington State's football team made news. Then Leach kept making news but won just three games in a wild first season that included accusations of abuse and an overtime victory in the Apple Cup.
-- Bremerton's Nathan Adrian earns two Olympic gold medals, becoming the first U.S. swimmer to win the 100-meter freestyle in 24 years. Sue Bird and Hope Solo were among other state athletes to win gold.
-- The unbeaten Bellevue High School football team earns the No. 1 national ranking, wins its fifth consecutive Class 3A state championship behind its dominant defense.
-- The Washington Huskies go to their third straight bowl game behind a defensive turnaround that began with Justin Wilcox replacing fired coordinator Nick Holt.
-- Western Washington wins the NCAA Division II men's basketball title. Longtime coach Brad Jackson leaves after the season, taking a job as an assistant coach on Lorenzo Romar's Washington staff.
-- Max Browne commits to USC, then leads unbeaten Skyline to the Class 4A state football title with a record-setting season. Earlier this month he was named the Gatorade national player of the year.
-- Terrence Ross and Tony Wroten help the Washington Huskies win the Pac-12 regular-season title but they miss the NCAA tournament after losing early in the conference tournament. Ross and Wroten were later the first UW teammates selected in the first round of the NBA draft the same year.
-- Washington's men's crew is dominant, winning another IRA national varsity eight and becoming the first team to sweep all five races at the IRAs.
-- Sounders FC trades for forward Eddie Johnson, who earns the MLS comeback player of the year award and leads the U.S. National men's team.
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Just wanted to note that Kay Ryan has been on my radar for quite a while, though I'd known none of the details now coming out about her life now that she has been named poet laureate. As someone who teaches Freshman English every fall, I was particularly impressed by the fact that Ryan teaches basic writing at a community college:
"It was mainly second-language students and students who lost their way in school," Ryan says. "They wanted something that I could help them get: an understanding of the basic elements of grammar, pronouns, those pesky apostrophes. The goal was to write an effective paragraph that was coherent and well supported. We aspired to the semicolon, but that rarely happened."
This, too, struck a chord with me:
But the stress of becoming America's ambassador of poetry is already keeping her up at night. "I just lie in bed rigidly," she says, "and I think about how I have moved from a condition where the world can humiliate me to one where I can humiliate myself. And let down other poets."
The sentiment is consistent with the attitude expressed in this journal Ryan wrote while attending her first AWP conference. Unlike Ryan, I spent a lot of time when I was younger trying to fit in at AWP (I was even on the board) & elsewhere before giving it up as damaging. (Though much of the damage was self-inflicted, only aided & abetted by the culture industry.) Anyway, I'm glad to have a poet like Ryan as the laureate. I must say in closing that I appreciated Mark Strand's remark on the laureateship — after having read about the non-poetic demands of the job as recounted by recent honorees Charles Simic & Billy Collins, it was refreshing to read, "For others, though, the sudden celebrity is an upside. Mark Strand, who served from 1990 to 1991, says that hobnobbing at cocktail and dinner parties was his favorite part of the job."
[See also this note (with two short poems) from 3 Quarks Daily.]
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The article missed out on much, most conspicuously the details of what the former poets laureate actually did and how it changed their lives. Billy Collins was charged with writing an occasional poem to commemorate 9/11 when a joint session of Congress convened, and he read the poem, "The Names," at that joint session. Such an assignment is anomalous to the post of the poet laureate. I'm sure Mark Strand isn't the only one whose social life changed exponentially. Just because others didn't talk about it to this reporter doesn't mean it didn't happen. This article was about Kay Ryan, worthy PL that she is. It couldn't have been a comprehensive look at the position bestowed by the Librarian of Congress, James Billington.
Not sure what your point is, unless it's that I wasn't nice enough to Billy Collins. But everybody is nice to Billy Collins — for someone with such a modest talent, he has done extremely well for himself. And while being charged to write a commemorative poem by Congress is a unique experience, Collins was not uniquely qualified — any of a thousand poets could have done it. Finally, I included Strand's comment because I thought it was funny — he was my teacher many years ago & I can assure you that despite an extensive social life — this would have been in the 1970s — he always seemed to aspire to bigger & better things. Anyway, I find your comment weirdly pedantic. You seem to charge me with tasks I did not undertake in a brief blog post. I think Kay Ryan will make a delightful laureate.
joseph,this interview of 1988 w/carl rakosi is a good heads-up on who and where we poets are. i accessed it from your poets site under 'MODERN AMERICAN POETRY' edward mycue
RAKOSI: I'll answer that in this way. Let's say there are ten thousand adult readers of poetry in this country, and that's a generous estimate. That's less than one-hundredth of one percent of the adult population who ever read poetry or are affected by it in any way. Add to that the fact that the way in which that one-hundredth of one percent of the population is affected is not social, although its medium, language, is, and poetry winds up with a place in society that's not visible. This gnaws away at us and gives us no peace, not because we are vain but because the non-poet in us, which is inseparable from the poet, is social and needs and craves, like everyone else, social recognition and social appreciation, what you mean by a place in society. This is one of those situations in life that is not remediable. Hence your question. Things are not as bad as they seem, however, because your question is misdirected. It assumes that poetry exists where the Marxists have placed it, in the world of social behavior and social values. But that's not the case. Poetry exists, like the other arts, in the private life of the individual–not a small world. It exists because man has a creative imagination and urge and was meant to use them, to realize himself through them. It exists because it wants to, it has to, that is the nature of human nature, and in that sense it is existential like life itself. To perceive it as a social activity is to misunderstand its nature. To judge it by its social utility is to give ourselves undeserved pain. In all this, society talks to the artist with a forked tongue. It goes about its business as if the arts didn't exist, at the same time extolling them as if they were superhuman. It's sickening. Another turn of the screw. On the other hand, perhaps all this means is that society, if it thinks about us at all, has a dim awareness that the arts are existential, as I've said, not social, but has not thought it through enough to clean the old, romantic cobwebs out of its thinking. The all-time low for this kind of inanity was Shelley's declaration that poets were the unacknowledged legislators of the world. I understand from you, George, that Auden's comment on this was that Shelley must have been talking about the secret police. Well, good for Auden.
CONJUNCTIONS: Are you saying that poets and poetry don't have any political impact?
RAKOSI: I am inclined to say that, and to ask why they should be expected to have, but there are always special situations. Petöfi, for example. His patriotic lyrics fired up the Magyars during their war to free themselves from the Austrians in 1848. But why do you ask?
CONJUNCTIONS: One thinks of a poet like Neruda.
RAKOSI: He might be a special case too. I don't know what his influence was in Chile. There's no question that his poetry had political objectives but whether it had any social impact depends on how many read it and who they were and whether they read it as poetry or as message. It's true that in a repressive or unjust society, poets, who are humanists, will take up literary arms against the enemy, as in Chile, and that in countries where free expression is not allowed, people in large numbers, as in the Soviet Union, will turn to poetry as an alternative to get what poetry expresses, ideal states of beauty and expressiveness, but poetry as such is simply not institutionalized to have either a social or political impact.
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One of the most unique – and most misinterpreted – emphases to come out of the Second Vatican Council was that on the People of God.
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Where is the Church of God to be found? If the Church that brings salvation is a mystery, can it actually be found in the world, is it an invisible entity or is it simply a pious hope?
At its very heart, the Church is not a structure, but a mystery. The Church is not of human origin, but rather originates within the Holy Trinity.
The widespread understanding of the nature of the Church prior to the Second Vatican Council was that of a juridical body with a pyramidal structure that was external to the lives of baptized believers.
The third session of the Second Vatican Council, held in the fall of 1964, was without doubt the darkest time of the council.
The French Jesuit Henri de Lubac was, without a doubt, one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century and at the Second Vatican Council.
Dialogue. It is one of the key words of the Second Vatican Council, but it was not part of the council's vocabulary at all until the release of Pope Paul VI's first encyclical Ecclesiam Suam on Aug. 6, 1964.
By the end of the second session of the Second Vatican Council, there was considerable unease among the council fathers. The council was proceeding at a snail's pace and it was far from clear as to who was running the show.
As the second session of the Second Vatican Council drew to a close on Dec. 4, 1963, the mood among the council fathers was sombre. Only two conciliar decrees had been approved, disorganization had slowed the progress of the council and a deep chasm existed among the fathers on religious liberty, ecumenism and collegiality.
Maximos IV Saigh, the patriarch of the Melkite Catholic Church, was one of the most outspoken fathers of the Second Vatican Council.


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If anyone read Paula Begouin's book "Don't go to the beauty counter without me", what does she recommend as a moisturizer for older, mature skin? If she only recommends her own product, has anyone used it and what do they think about it? I am looking for something creamy that will be absorbed. Some of the drugstore brands seem to leave a whitish film on my dry skin. Oil of Olay Regenerist made me start to break out.
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DHC or Li'Bri, both are great products. Murad is good too. Li'Bri is only sold through home parties like MaryKay products. Sometimes you can find the products for sale in boutiques where the selling space within the store is rented by individual sellers. DHC is only sold through their catalogue or online. I swear their stuff has reduced my pore size and my face never feels dry or greasy. They have a 'help line' to call for questions and they are really very nice and helpful. They will send you samples and a catalogue if you call them. www.DHCcare.com |
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I use DHC and their stuff is GREAT! I am 43 with dry, sensitive skin that gets red easily and their products do not irritate my skin. Highly recommend! |
Here is a link that might be useful: DHC
My favorite is Jason's Ester-C creme, which is sold in health food stores. I buy it considerably cheaper at Vitacost. This moisturizer really holds the moisture (apply it to slightly damp skin), and has a matte finish. |
- Posted by coolrowing (My Page) on Mon, Feb 12, 07 at 14:52
I love DHC too and have been a loyal customer to their olive oil skin care products-I recommend any of their skin care products. I have been using a skin care product that feels similar to it, I use a Neck Cream and Night Cream-part of the Be Fine Food Skin Care collection. The Neck Cream has mushrooms, iris flower and caffeine, all of which help firm, tighten and smooth the skin. I learned that on different parts of your body, the skin has different skin cells and these foods respond well with the skin on the neck as is is absorbed quickly. The Iris flower derived estrogens for tightening while the Caffeine evens out and smoothes the skin, while natural vitamins support collagen production. the night cream has cocoa, millet and rice bran, which help improve the skin's elasticity and support collagen growth. The cocoa's caffeine increases circulation. I bought these at CVS I love these new products and they make facial masks that are equally divine. I hope this helps you on your quest for a good cream. |
coolrowing, I just want something clarified........you say that this Be Fine Food Skin Care System is just like DHC and it can be pruchased at CVS? Did I understand this right? I wanted to try it based on your recommendation. I figured it might be cheaper even though DHC is not outragously priced. I go through a lot of DHC and I really like the DHC soap. I went to CVS and no one ever heard of Be Fine Food Skin Care. I live near Milwaukee. Maybe it is a regional item? I can't access their website. It says it does not support my browser. Are there other stores that carry Be Fine Food Skin Care or is it a CVS house brand only? I'll try to look around for it if it might be available elsewhere. |
bud, the Be Fine products are on the shelf at CVS in northern IL. Not sure, but think only CVS may carry it. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Be fine
- Posted by coolrowing (My Page) on Mon, Mar 5, 07 at 11:06
what I meant by Be Fine products being similar to DHC was in the way my skin felt after using the products. The Be Fine doesn't contain olive oil, but it leaves my skin feeling so moisturized and soft after using it the way DHC soap does for my skin. I took a chance in trying it because it says on their boxes that they are good enough to eat, so i think it is safe for my skin. I haven't found any seriously dangerous perservatives in them. I think it is in CVS all over the country because my mother bought some in Los Angeles, CA and I get mine in MA. I found you can get it on the cvs website, which nancm posted. I hope that helps you out. |
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Not too long ago, I opened iPhoto and couldn't believe how much prospect video I had dating back to the season. I guess I might as well post it on the site, eh? There will be lots more where this is coming from, but I thought I'd start things off with a couple especially intriguing prospects -- Nolan Arenado and Grant Green.
Here's an Arenado lineout
Here's Arenado just missing a longball
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This was my favorite brush...until it fell apart! I don't use it that often - maybe once a week? And I had only had it 6 months. Yesterday when I washed it, the brush bristles completely fell out. Yep, they become separated from the handle. at first they were still glued together, so I tried to put them back in, but then they all fell apart & I had bristles everywhere!
I can only think this is a VERY cheaply constructed brush & you will be better off to invest in a better one.
For the time it lasted though, it was a great brush - lots of dense bristles so it really buffed in foundation or powder well. Very soft, and never shed a hair. perfect size...just perfect. I'm said it's gone!
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This is a very nice brush. The bristles are extremely soft and dense enough as well. I do prefer the shorter handled flat top to this one (by the same maker, Ultimate) because the diameter is slightly bigger...this one sold by SN is a little too small for my liking since I feel like it takes longer to apply powder to my face. However, if that does not bother you, then it is a good brush to invest in,
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MisterBOB Comments: Boobs and some teddy bear creature ready to defend her honour, but keep it real – furry rodents need sunglasses.
Published 1981
MisterBOB Comments: Boobs and some teddy bear creature ready to defend her honour, but keep it real – furry rodents need sunglasses.
Published 1981
Andrea Comments: I get that the artist was trying to convey the strangeness of this world, but she didn't have to shove so many characters awkwardly together on the page. The guy sitting up on the bed is seriously going to dislocate his shoulder. And on the back cover, there's the world's world 80s hair metal outfit (fur legwarmers and matching vest, with bare chest and sandals!)
Published 1982, aka 'Geta'
David A Comments: Blonde in a bikini? Check! Sex god in thong armour? Check! Aliens? Check! Castle? Check! Erupting volcano? Check! But oh, wait, what's that say on the front? Fully illustrated??
Published 1979
Click here for a gallery of the (NSFW) interior artwork (including a naked sea lion/woman hybrid with a baby!)
Scott B's Art Direction: We don't want anyone to confuse this with the film "Labyrinth" which has just recently been released, so put something on there that nobody will mix up with that. Ah, how about a rooster-bear pondering deep thoughts? That's the stuff.
Published 1989
Durbin Comments: This is actually a pretty decent book. It's the story of a golden sorceress dragon and a male cellist who battle an evil dragon in the Sierra Nevada mountains. There are no skateboards, blonde girls, rainbow dragons, Valley girl fashions, or palm trees. There is, however, a passing mention of cats.
Published 1990
GK Comments: Which came first? The golden swan or the golden egg?
Published 1983
MisterBOB Comments: Hammer & Horn – is that gay half nelson?
Published 1985
Art Direction: Look it will just be like every cover you have ever seen but this time… they're cat people! They'll have everything a cat would normally have like fuzzy hair, cat mouths, pointy ears but no tails. Tails, I think would be a step too far! We don't want people to be too embarrassed when they buy it!
Published 1983
SteveAsat Comments: I can overlook an Apple II case with a Commodore PET monitor being used to visually indicate "hey kids, computers!" And the Escheresque architecture suggesting a suburban three-bedroom rendered in granite. But how the hell did that cat get up there and why isn't he sliding off?!
Published 1980
E Comments: According to my husband, his dog chewed up the cover of this book. I think the dog was making a statement. Like why the hell are those people sitting in a hollowed-out asteroid?
Published 1984


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Ten Most Powerful Cancer Stories and Photos of 2011
This picture, presumably of a young girl with cancer, was one of the most retweeted photos on Twitter for the week of November 27th, 2011
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This picture, presumably of a young girl with cancer, was one of the most retweeted photos on Twitter for the week of November 27th, 2011
In a report released at the closing of the year, the Department of Veterans Affairs assesses their progress to end homelessness among veterans by 2015. The big question is, how far have we come?Sadly, there are more homeless veterans today than at any time before, even after every recent conflict. The rise in homelessness is often attributed to the current state of the United State's economy.Not only are civilian Americans struggling to stay employed or find meaningful work, the rate of unemployment and underemployment in the veteran population is nearly 3 times that of average citizens. Furthermore, there are more veterans at or below the poverty level than ever before.However, in the status update, the VA claims success in its five-year project of eradicating homelessness. Today, the VA says that they are well on their way to achieve the insurmountable goal.
All car enthusiasts', develop a vision that one day he or she will have their dream car in their garage. Each of these different types of rides whether a classic, muscle, tuner, import, exotic, or supercar, each has a specific magnificence to ones eye. Today, automobiles are very important and used frequently each day for transportation. Although, not many people are familiar with the dangerous toxins lurking inside these vehicles.
We are incredibly lucky to have such an active, supportive & selfless social media community dedicated to increasing awareness of cancer and the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance (MCA). The MCA Advocate of the Month Program was created with the intention of rewarding our most active community members with highly publicized recognition (not to mention some great prizes!) and incentivizing those who may be new to our community to become involved & assist in raising cancer awareness! Together, WE REFUSE DEFEAT!
Fashion and beauty magazines paint a more varied picture of beauty than they once did, but that picture is still a tiny one in a rigid frame. Whether you're a blonde, brunette or redhead, you can be one of the beautiful people -- but only if you're tall and willowy. What about women who have lost their hair after cancer treatment? What about those who have lost limbs or other body parts following surgery? What about those whose fight has etched fresh lines on a once-smooth face?
Unlike wars and military conflicts in the past, the end of the Iraq War is marked without any American celebration. Even as recent at the formal end of the first Gulf War, official and unofficial parades, celebrations and ceremonies dotted American cities and towns, where people congratulated the returning troops and veterans.
Each December, many of us spend hours in malls and other retail outlets agonizing over ensuring we've got every last person on our holiday gift listcovered. In the world of a cancer patient and caregiver, December is likely a somewhat different experience. Often the holidays serve as a reflectivetime when we choose to cherish our time with family and loved ones and re-kindle our fond holidays memories.
The Following is a guest post from Tricia Cardone detailing some great holiday recipes for those battling a difficult illness like cancer
6 Amazing (& Nutritious) Holiday Dishes!"Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food." ~ Hippocrates
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According to a story released by CNN on December 13, there are more cases of women diagnosed with and suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than at any other time of our nation's military history.
The average age of a person diagnosed with Mesothelioma is estimated at between 78-80 years old. Accordingly, the vast majority of those diagnosed are receiving Medicare medical benefits.
On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy bombed the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Moreover, as then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt said in the aftermath of the attack, December 7 is "a date which will live in infamy
The following is a guest post from Rob Harris. Rob's wife is a two-time cancer survivor. Rob has been with her to assist in her care throughout her journey with cancer. We'd like to thank Rob for sharing his thoughts on the holiday season with the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance from the unique perspective of a caregiver.
The United States Committee on Veterans Affairs is launching an investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs in regards to claims of inadequate staffing, long lines for mental health care and whether VA employees work to reach numbers rather than focusing on providing necessary mental health care.
Our baby's first Christmas, 2005- It was supposed to be memorable, and it was, but for all the wrong reasons. We did everything we usually do; Christmas Eve with my husbands family, but despite the festive air of the season, no one could ignore the dark cloud hanging over us. To this day, when I decorate my Christmas tree and I put the "Baby's First Christmas" ornament on the tree, I do so with a bittersweet feeling.
Now's the time to start planning for sending gifts to your husband, wife, son or daughter that's serving overseas. With only a handful of days left before the shipping deadline, getting great ideas for gifts may be difficult, especially if you're like the rest of us, juggling holiday events, wrapping other presents and attending festive functions.
For much of the month of November the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance has been highlighting thoracic oncologists, causes studies, support groups, and other events associated with Lung Cancer Awareness Month . As the month draws to an end, it is our hope that the awareness we've been generating and the message of those we've spoken will not simply be lost as we turn the month to December. It is only through a continued commitment to lung cancer treatment and research funding, in December and beyond, that we'll finally be able to reach the long-awaited cure for this difficult disease.
The following is the final installment in my series on the importance of cancer support groups. As we've been highlighting different lung cancer news throughout November, the following is an interview with Amy Copeland, Director of Community Services for the Lung Cancer Alliance.
Mary Hesdorffer is a nurse practitioner working with The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation. She oversees the various support groups that MARF has to offer for those who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, their family members, and people who have lost a loved one to this deadly disease. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
My entire life I have been accused of being the eternal optimist. It is a trait that has always served me well, but never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that being an optimist, would play a key part in my very survival. When I was diagnosed with on November 21st, 2005, just 3 months after my baby was born, my initial reaction, of course was shock and fear. But once my options were explained to me, my optimistic outlook kicked in full gear. I was given 3 options. I could do nothing, and live maybe 15 months. Undergo chemotherapy and radiation and hope for up to 5 years. Or, I could have a risky surgery called an extrapleural pneumonectomy and increase my chance of survival to 10 years or more. My husband and I immediately opted for the surgery. Dying was not an option.
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I needed a place to stash links to places I like to visit or need to visit more often. The sidebar list of links could get unruly otherwise. Most of them are related to gardening somehow… perhaps obliquely. Some are just friends and places I want to promote. I'll update periodically.
Related Gardening Sites
- WesternGardeners.com Lots of good tips on low-water-use gardening.
- AnAustinHomestead.com Food, gardening and homesteading in suburban South Austin.
- yellowdoorbarn.blogspot.com
Places to Identify Things:
Food Bloggers:
- Foodie Is The New Forty Friend Michelle Cheng's Austin-based food blog.
- Jackie Writes To call Jackie just a food blogger doesn't do any justice to her AMAZING photography.
- Stetted: Food, life and other things in Austin, Texas
- Foodrenegade.com
Life in Austin
- AUSTINative: Friend Laura Carbonneau's blog on life in Austin, including some gardening.
Local Farmer's Markets:
- Barton Creek Farmer's Market Currently 9:00am to 1:00pm every Saturday, rain or shine
- Austin Farmer's Markets: List of local farmer's markets
- Libra Fitness: Personal training service run by our friend, the dynamic and awesome Chris Heidel


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The Left's War On Our Military - Gary Bauer 9/30
Today the Associated Press reports that the Pentagon will now allow military chaplains to perform same-sex "marriages" on military bases. In April, the House of Representatives voted to prevent the Pentagon from adopting such a policy because the U.S. military is a federal institution bound by federal law, and the Defense of Marriage Act is still binding federal law. But wait… there's more.
Now that President Obama has officially ended the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, the militant homosexual rights crowd is demanding Obama issue an executive order banning discrimination in the military based on "gender identity" so that transgendered individuals can serve. Really?
According to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), "transgender" refers to "transsexuals, cross-dressers, gender-queer people, intersex people, and other gender-variant individuals." (You learn something new every day!) This is the problem with the homosexual rights movement. It starts out by demanding "tolerance," so "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is gone. But now we have to have a regiment of cross-dressing, "gender-variant individuals" too.
I know our military can defeat the jihadists. But whether it can stop the left-wing social radicals is another question.
Taxing Your Retirement - Gary Bauer 9/29
Last week, with little notice, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on ways to tax retirement savings. Just as we are beginning to have a national discussion about reforming entitlements and saving Social Security, Senate liberals are trying to make it more difficult for hard-working Americans to save more.
Here's the thrust of the proposal: Contributions to 401(k) accounts would be subject to taxation, as would contributions to IRAs. Employer contributions would also be treated as taxable income. But you would be eligible for a refundable tax credit that would be deposited into an account.
And when you retire, guess what? "[W]ithdrawals from the accounts would continue to be taxed as income." Under current plans, you are taxed only once -- either now or later. But this new liberal proposal suggests that savers may be double-taxed.
I hope this bizarre idea goes nowhere. But it is a good reminder of the debate that is raging in Washington about the size and scope of government and your ability to pay for it!
Plot Foiled To Bomb Pentagon, Capitol - Gary Bauer 9/29
By now, you have probably heard about the guy who tried to bomb the Pentagon and the Capitol Building by flying drones or remote controlled model airplanes into the buildings. Today's Washington Post dutifully reports the foiled plot on page A3.
You'll recall that the Post did not hesitate to portray the mass murderer who attacked a youth camp in Norway as a right-wing, Christian conservative even though he wasn't a church goer and didn't believe in prayer. Now let's consider the reporting on this latest plot against the Pentagon and Capitol.
In the Post headline, we learn the suspect is a "man." In the subtitle, we are told this "man" is a "physics graduate." In the first paragraph, we learn he is 26. In paragraph two, we learn his name, Rezwan Ferdaus, and that he is a U.S.-born citizen.
The first time the word "Muslim" appears is in reporting that some FBI tactics offend "Muslims who accuse the government" of entrapment. In the seventh and eighth paragraphs we learn that Ferdaus graduated from Northeastern University in Boston, and that he lived in his parents' basement.
Here we also learn that he had been planning "violent jihad against the United States in early 2010," described Americans as "enemies of Allah," and wanted to "decapitate" our "military center." Yet never once does the Washington Post refer to Ferdaus as a "Muslim extremist." Columbia Students 'Excited' About Dining With Ahmadinejad" - Clare M Lopez 9/17
Mahmoud The Mad - Gary Bauer 9/23
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the United Nation's General Assembly yesterday. It wasn't long before he once again exposed himself for the evil thug he is.
As he has done in past U.N. speeches, Ahmadinejad denied the Holocaust and suggested that there were "hidden elements involved in September 11." He also mocked the U.S. for killing Osama bin Laden rather than bringing him to trial in order to "identify the elements behind the safe space provided for the invading aircraft to attack the twin World Trade Center towers."
In other words, Ahmadinejad, a sworn enemy of the United States, is also a "9/11 truther." Like so many Hollywood elites, he too believes that we attacked ourselves, that Osama bin Laden was innocent and that a trial would have exposed the truth.
Liberals often insist that we must rely upon the world community to achieve our foreign policy goals and defend our interests. One hundred ninety-three nations are represented at the U.N. General Assembly. Yet only a few dozen diplomats walked out in protest of Ahmadinejad's disgusting remarks. That tells you all you need to know about the moral core of that so-called "world community." Obama's Stimulus Plan -- An Economic Drag? - Gary Bauer 9/26
The Associated Press reported this weekend that Obama's latest $500 billion stimulus plan -- even if enacted immediately -- would do little to lower the unemployment rate. Under the most optimistic scenarios, the plan creates fewer than 160,000 jobs a month. To significantly lower the unemployment rate, the economy needs to create at least twice that many jobs each month for at least three to five years.
But Mark Zandi, the Moody's economist who modeled the economic forecasts of the plan, says his prediction was good only for one year -- 2012. And after that? According to Zandi, "Beginning in 2013, and certainly into 2014, the plan is a drag on the economy because the stimulus starts fading away," while Obama's tax increases remain in place.
Durbin: Obama Jobs Bill Can't Pass - Gary Bauer 9/30
For weeks now, President Obama has been barnstorming the country demanding that Congress pass his latest stimulus bill. And at every opportunity he has blamed congressional conservatives for holding up his so-called "jobs bill." While it's accurate to say that many Republicans don't support the tax increases in the bill, they are not the ones holding it up.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) hasn't even scheduled a vote yet. But here's the kicker. During an interview with a Chicago radio station yesterday, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) was asked if Senate Democrats have the votes to pass Obama's bill since they control the majority. Durbin responded: "Not at the moment, I don't think we do."
"Texas Hold 'Em Unfolds in El Paso" - Robert Knight 9/30
Student Suspended For Faith - Gary Bauer 9/26
Last week I commented on Archbishop Timothy Dolan's letter to President Obama warning of the immediate threat to religious liberty stemming from the militant homosexual rights movement's radical demand to redefine marriage. This is not hyperbole.
Individuals have lost their jobs. Conservative organizations are facing "economic terrorism" from left-wing activists. Now students are facing suspension in the public schools if they speak up for their faith.
According to Fox News, a 14 year-old Christian honors student in Ft. Worth, Texas, was suspended for expressing his belief to a fellow student that homosexuality is wrong.
The teacher, who sent the boy to the principal's office, reportedly has a history of pushing the homosexual agenda in his class. An attorney involved in the case told Fox that the teacher had posted a picture of men kissing and told the students that "homosexuality is just part of our culture now."
Last time I checked, men and women of faith were still part of this culture too. While our friends at Liberty Counsel were able to get the school to back down this time, many on the left want to force faith into the closet while pushing homosexual indoctrination into the classroom.
Conservatives have warned for years that the left has no interest in tolerance, and that acceptance of same-sex "marriage" would lead to homosexuality beingtaught in the schools and the legalization of polygamy. We were dismissed as cranks. Now it's happening.
Only one side can prevail in the culture war over the values we will teach to our children and grandchildren. Men and women of faith must be engaged in the battle to defend their values.
Best "Plagiarized" Line Of The Night - Gary Bauer 9/23
Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson (the pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, pro-drug legalization libertarian) delivered the best line of the night when he said, "My next-door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready projects than this president." The audience roared with laughter and applause.
But it appears it wasn't an original line. There are reports that Rush Limbaugh had said something nearly identical earlier in the day.
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well, limit logon just doesnt work!! we are now trying userlock, we now have this working, has anyone used this or can warn me of any problems.
well we have it all set up on the server but it is not logging and log on information, script is set to run, client is on the workstation, ??
well, limit logon just doesnt work!! we are now trying userlock, we now have this working, has anyone used this or can warn me of any problems.
Have you put any limits on the users? Limit login working perfectly here.
Works fine for us too...
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I found that limitlogon just caused too many problems, we were forever "resetting" the logons of students here. Either it wasnt logging the logoff event or it was just stuffed.
We use userlock, the only trouble we have is that a department uses laptops and the laptops dont log the kids off correctly so we have to reset them. Thats the only problem but otherwise its great
userlock: £2.21 x 150 concurrent users = £331.50 - our school would never go for that
About your problem with UserLock and laptops, and according to my own experience, this occurs when users put their laptops in Hibernate mode without closing their session, or when they close their session when their laptop is not connected to the network any longer.
In these cases, UserLock of course doesn't "know" that the session has been closed and will prevent these users to open what it considers to be a new session (if you allowed only 1 session at a time for your users) from another computer.
Turnaround: these users should connect again to the network with the same laptop, and UserLock will automatically correct the issue, without any intervention from the administrator.
Going off track abit but just to clarify limitlogin only holds a log of current login sessions only right? That is it doesnt store who logged in where throughout the day?
You're right Apeo: LimitLogin does not log sessions history.
But beyond poor features and installation complexity, the most important problem caused by LimitLogin (in my opinion) are irreversible changes to the Active Directory Schema.
Hmm, it does what its supposed to here and the schema changes are minimal. If you just want to stop simultaneous logins its fine.
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