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Human Capital News Roundup: RWJF Scholars in the Media Discussing Children's Playgrounds, Women's Health Costs, and Much More
Here's a sampling of recent news coverage of the work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars and Fellows:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Senior Program Officer Maryjoan Ladden, PhD, RN, FAAN, was a guest blogger for The Doctor Weighs In, posting about the importance of interprofessional collaboration and coordination, drawing on the latest edition of Charting Nursing's Future. Ladden is also an alumna of the RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows program.
RWJF Health & Society Scholars program National Advisory Committee member Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, wrote an op-ed for the Austin American Statesman about Salud America, an RWJF research network working to prevent obesity among Latino children.
Gary A. Taubes, MSE, MS, recipient of an RWJF Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, was featured in an Orlando Sentinel four-part special report about why so many Americans are obese. The series examined what we eat, the influence of heredity, lifestyle and the environment. Taubes is the author of "Why We Get Fat." Read more about Taubes' work.
The reasons that some playgrounds don't appeal to children are explored in new research by RWJF Physician Faculty Scholars alumna Kristen A. Copeland, MD, FAAP. MedPage Today reports on the study's findings. Reuters and United Press International (UPI) also reported on Copeland's research. Read about Copeland's research on factors that impede physical activity in child care settings.
TIME magazine's Curious Capitalist blog reports on a white paper coauthored by Investigator Award winner Frank Levy, PhD, that examines labor productivity and income inequality in the United States over the last 30 years. A Reuters' blog post also cited Levy's research. "[Levy] said surveys of Americans that gauge how many households can find affordable health care, education and housing" would be a practical way to study how to aid the middle class, the author writes.
Investigator Bryan J. Weiner, PhD, is quoted in a UPI story about the MOVE! weight-management program that will be put in place at Veterans Health Administration medical facilities to screen systematically for obesity among veterans and help reduce its incidence.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on the MyHeartMap Challenge, led by RWJF Clinical Scholars alumna Raina Merchant, MD, MS, which is working to make Philadelphia citizens more aware of the city's automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The researchers will ultimately create an interactive AED registry for the city's 911 system that is also accessible to the public on a smartphone application. The project begins with a contest where participants hunt down and transmit photos and locations of AEDs to the researchers for the chance to win a $10,000 prize.
Renee Hsia, MD, MSc, a Physician Faculty Scholar, is the lead author of a study that finds "hospitals in California that served a greater proportion of black patients were more likely to shutter their emergency departments in the past decade than hospitals with fewer black patients," Reuters reports.
The RWJF Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College "has been called the most ambitious of its kind in the United States," the Nashville Ledger writes. "Its aim is to increase the number and diversity of PhD-level scholars with formal training in political science, sociology and economics, and who also work in health services and health policy research."
Nurses.com reports that Investigator Award winner Thomas Gallagher, MD, is one of the authors of a study that finds that most nurses who work in nursing homes consider disclosing errors to be a "difficult process" in their workplace.
Investigator Matthew Nisbet, PhD, wrote an op-ed for BigThink.com about "the growing vagueness" of fair trade and organic labels for food.
Jens Ludwig, PhD, also an Investigator Award winner, spoke to the Huffington Post about the impact of pre-kindergarten programs on disadvantaged students.
The Carolina Peacemaker reports that Investigator Mark Hall, JD, was part of a panel discussion last month in Greensboro, North Carolina about the health reform law.
Patricia Noga, PhD, RN, MBA, NEA-BC, was quoted in an Eagle Tribune story about the impact of drug shortages on hospitals and patient care. Noga is a grantee of the RWJF Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) and vice president for clinical affairs at the Massachusetts Hospital Association.
NJ Spotlight reports on New Jersey's efforts to develop a health insurance exchange, a component of the Affordable Care Act. INQRI grantee Joel Cantor, director of the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, is leading the initiative to design the exchange and evaluate policy options that must be addressed in the process.
INQRI grantee Jean Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN, talked to MedScape Today about "New Ways MDs, NPs, and PAs Can Work Together" [subscription only].
"Whatcom County hosted a public-health study that yielded an unsurprising result: Home visits by nurses tended to work better than mailings to educate people on how to deal with health risks in their homes," the Bellingham Herald reports. Executive Nurse Fellows alumna Patricia Butterfield, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the lead author of the study.
Executive Nurse Fellows alumna Victoria Niederhauser, DrPH, MSN, APRN, PNP-C, was interviewed by NurseZone.com about a program that teaches nursing students about the patient experience.
Do you live in a building with a doorman? Did you tip enough this holiday season? Health & Society Scholars program site director Peter Bearman, PhD, author of "Doormen," spoke to the New York Times about the relationships between Manhattan doormen and tenants.
The Root reports on Health & Society Scholar Wizdom Powell, PhD, being chosen for the prestigious White House Fellows program. Read more about the honor.
A study by Health & Society Scholar Sarah Burgard, PhD, MS, MA, is cited in a Washington Post column on "midnight moms."
New Jersey Newsroom reprinted an interview with Health & Society Scholar A. Janet Tomiyama, PhD, on the relationship between comfort food, stress and health.
Slate's Future Tense blog cited a New England Journal of Medicine article coauthored by Investigator Award winner Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH, in a post about online marketing by pharmaceutical companies. Read a post Kesselheim wrote for the Human Capital blog about the pharmaceutical industry marketing to medical students and how it impacts their prescribing choices as physicians.
Syphilis may have been brought to Europe by Christopher Columbus when he came back from the Americas, according to research led by Health & Society Scholars alumna Kristin Harper, PhD, MPH. "Syphilis was one of the first examples of a truly global epidemic," Harper told ABC News, "and I think its history demonstrates how effectively a novel pathogen can spread around the world, even without the benefit of modern travel, and also how hard it is to predict where and when a novel new infection may arise and permanently take hold in a population."
Johns Hopkins Nursing magazine recognized two faculty members who have been honored by RWJF. Pamela Jeffries, PhD, RN, is an Executive Nurse Fellow, and Sarah Szanton, PhD, CRNP, is an RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar.
Physician Faculty Scholar Michael Ong, MD, PhD, was quoted in a story on the website of Salt Lake City's KSL-TV about the benefits of smoking cessation counseling provided to patients by their primary care doctors.
"Neal Hooker, professor of food marketing, and his partner, John Stanton, also a food marketing professor, are working under a $330,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture specialty crop initiative grant to identify strategies to help retailers better promote, advertise and price mushrooms," The Packer reports. Hooker, MA, PhD, received an Investigator Award.
SeattlePi.com cited a study led by RWJF Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program scholar alumnus Yonas Geda, MD, that finds stimulating mental activities can decrease the risk of cognitive impairment at any age.
John Friedman, PhD, an alumnus of the RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research program, co-authored a paper that examines the long-lasting impacts – including positive effects outside of the classroom – a good teacher can have on a student. Read about the paper in the New York Times.
Health Canal reports on a study co-authored by Clinical Scholars alumna Kelly Kyanko, MD, finding that women pay higher health costs than men, most likely because of their use of out-of-network services.
Physician Faculty Scholar Seth Glickman, MD, spoke to Today's Hospitalist about how hospitals can improve their "door-in-door-out" times for heart attack patients (the time it takes to evaluate patients and transfer them to other facilities for angioplasty).
CBS Chicago reports that Physician Faculty Scholar Ruchi S. Gupta, MD, MPH, has been working to get a stock of EpiPens at Chicago Public Schools. Illinois passed a law last summer making it legal for schools to stock them, but many schools still don't have them, the story reports.
Young people with diabetes are more likely to drop out of high school and earn less over a lifetime than their peers without diabetes, according to a study led by Health & Society Scholar Jason Fletcher, PhD. NPR's Shots blog, the Los Angeles Times Booster Shots blog, and CNN's Chart blog are among the outlets to cover the findings.
David Haggstrom, MD, MAS, a Physician Faculty Scholar, is lead author of a study that examined the user experience for the Department of Veterans Affairs' My HealtheVet, the most widely disseminated personal health record system in the United States. Health Canal reports on the findings.


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Exposure Response Plan for the Laboratory Handling of Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)
Background Information:
Escherichia coli is a gram negative rod that typically colonizes the gastrointestinal tract of human infants within hours of birth. Other warm blooded animals also have E. coli in their intestines.
EHEC was first recognized as a cause of human disease in 1982 during an outbreak or hemorrhagic colitis. The key virulence factor is Shiga toxin (Stx) which is also known as verocytotoxin (VT). Synonyms for the organism include Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and verotoxin producing E. coli (VTEC). In the US infections are frequently due to serotype O157:H7. Shiga toxin does not cause disease in humans unless exposed by intravenous injection of by exposure to STEC.
The infectious dose is unknown but appears low with estimates of 10-100 organisms in various references. Bacteria have been transmitted by direct contact with farm and zoo animals, through contaminated food as well as person-to-person. Laboratory associated infections are likely due to hand contamination and subsequent ingestion. Although many infected will have self-limiting diarrhea, severe diarrhea can result in temporary or permanent renal failure. Some people with renal failure die.
Exposure Incident: In addition to laboratory acquired infections resulting from ingestion of bacteria from contaminated hands, accidental percutaneous exposure and inhalation of aerosols are other likely routes of exposure. Airborne transmission has been implicated in animal rearing environments.
Reporting Exposure Incidents: Report all exposures to the Principal Investigator/lab supervisor and seek immediate medical evaluation. If help is needed with injuries or clean up, members of the University will contact the Police at 6-6911 and members of the Medical Center will contact Security at 6-5100. Whenever there is an accident involving E. coli, the Biosafety Officer must be notified.
Pre-exposure Health Screening:
Prior to beginning work with or around EHEC, the PI or an Employee Health Professional will inform each person of the risks s/he takes and of the symptoms s/he may experience following exposure. Report of antibiotic sensitivities, if available, will be retained.
Before an Exposure Incident Occurs:
A FDA approved vaccine for EHECis not available although a phase III clinical trial was needed for O157:H7 after safety studies in adults and children 2-5 years old. Limited veterinary vaccines are available. Bioniche from Canada reduces the number of organisms shed in the manure.
After an Exposure Incident Occurs: Immediate Action by Route of Exposure:
Needle Stick, Animal Bite or Laceration: Wash the area with soap and running water.
Mucous Membranes (Eye, Nose, Mouth): If contaminated material is splashed or sprayed contaminating the eyes, nose or mouth: Flush the eyes for 10-15 minutes. Rinse mouth out with clean water and do not swallow.
Inhalation: If contaminated materials are aerosolized outside of primary containment and potentially inhaled, rinse mouth twice expelling the rinsate. Do not swallow.
After an Exposure Incident Occurs: Medical Evaluation and Follow-up:
Following immediate post exposure actions, contact the TMC Employee Health Clinic (Boston), TCSVM Occupational Medical Clinic (Grafton) or the Mt. Auburn Occupational Health Services (Medford) and arrange for medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment if needed.
During this appointment, the exposed individual will be informed of the signs and symptoms of disease related to EHEC, and will be instructed to watch for the development of these signs and symptoms. The incubation period is 2-8 days with a median of 3-4 days. Some people will remain asymptomatic.
Signs and Symptoms:
The healthcare provider will determine the course of treatment as enteric disease can be self-limiting. When treatment is initiated, it generally starts with electrolyte fluid replacement. Antibiotic therapy is reserved for severe cases of enteric disease and extraintestinal infections.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health classifies infections caused by shiga-toxin producing E. coli as reportable diseases. Any clinical laboratory identifying an infection caused by shiga-toxin producing E. coli may be reported to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in accordance with disease-reporting regulations. E. coli O157:H7 infection is also reported on the national level.
If an employee develops signs and symptoms associated with E. coli exposure in the absence of an exposure incident, the PI and Biosafety Officer shall be notified immediately. Infection will not be considered laboratory-acquired until proven otherwise.
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A letter to K. - page 3
Recently I took care of a new mom postpartum after her second baby who took methadone for heroin addiction. She and her family taught me so much. I wrote her this letter; I'll never send it to her,... Read More
3Mar 14, '08 by kadiddleWow! That was a beautiful letter. Let me tell you about my own experience. I have been an LPN for over 28 years and have seen so much of the bad side of people. Not only that, I have been a foster mom to many and even now have guardianship of 2 former foster daughters. There are days that I am so frustrated with these girls' mom for not pulling her head out of her **** because of the damage she is doing to her girls. And I become callused and hardened.
I am very conservative by the world's standards and I won't apologize for that. But..... part of being Christ-like, which I have always tried to be, is seeing the "human side" of everyone. And I will admit, that hasn't always been easy.
But I had my own "awakening" just a few weeks ago. I am a student again getting my RN. (I graduate the day I turn 50.) I went to the hospital to choose patients and get info for my client data sheet. I chose this woman who had a new colostomy because she had a 3rd degree tear from delivering her last baby 8 months ago. Her doctor repaired her rectum a week prior and did a horrible job. The site was full of pus and necrotic. So a different doctor took over her care and ended up putting in the colostomy.
While reading her history I felt the usual, "oh great, another welfare case with 4 kids, and a druggy." Her history included a herion addiction 10 years ago and an addiction to another drug when she found out she was pregnant. I was prepared to do the physical side of nursing, but not the nurturing side of nursing. I figured I would do what I had to and stay out of the room.
I have seen enough of these parents that are so incredibly selfish and think of nothing but their own need to satisfy themselves all too often at the expense of their kids. I felt that way............until I met her.
When I looked more into her history as I took care of her and got to visit with her, my heart softened and I began to ache inside for her. I even ended up doing my comprehensive care plan on her. This poor gal was alone. She stayed at home to care for her children and her wheelchair bound mother. Her oldest, a 15 year old boy, was in jail almost killing a kid when he beat him up for calling him a "******."
Her poor excuse for a doctor has since left town and it's a good thing. I hope she sues her for all she's worth. She screwed up and let her deliver this huge baby, and then she let her do her repair work. She totally messed this up so bad, that 2 other doctors told her they were taking over the care of the lady. She has been through hell and back!
As I visited with her and she explained her life story, so to speak, one of the questions I had to ask her as part of the care plan was "Tell me what your self-perception is." She looked away and barely whispered "Not good." I started to cry. This gal was entitled to feel valued just by virtue of being human, to feel good about herself. She had made some very poor choices in her life and because of these choices, she had come to believe she had no value. I wanted so much to tell her more than I felt I could at the time. I did tell her that she was important to her mother and her children. ( I also took a huge risk and told her I hope she filed a lawsuit and struck it rich for what the jerk doctor did to her.)
I took care of her for 2 days and ended up giving her a book by Eckardt Tolle I hoped would help her understand how valuable she was. I gave her a big hug when I left that last shift and thanked her for helping this old, crusty conservative woman to not just say she valued every human life, but to actually live that way. She taught me a life lesson I will NEVER forget. I am so much a better person and nurse for having spent those two days caring for her. -
1Mar 16, '08 by lpnstudentin2010That was beautiful. If you feel inclined consider sending it to her. I know that as a patient that would be something I would cherish for a VERY long time.Elvish likes this.


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L: Original DIWire Bender process photos; R: Production version of the device
Update: Our own Don Lehman chatted with Marco Perry and Mark Prommel in today's episode of the Afterschool podcast.
If 2012 was a big year for Pensa, 2013 has been even bigger: Both Street Charge and the Core77 Design Awards Runner Up DIWire Bender, both of which they introduced about 18 months ago, have come to fruition this year. We would have been impressed if they'd brought just one of them to market, especially since the two projects could not be more different—besides, of course, the fact that they're both novel, useful products.
Which is a long way of saying that today sees the official Kickstarter launch of the consumer-ready DIWire Bender. Seeing as it's already at $40,000, we imagine they'd tipped off the interested parties who were duly impressed by the production version, which Pensa! has exhibited at Maker Faires in San Mateo and New York City and most recently at Engadget Expand over the weekend.
Clockwise from top left: One of their booths at World Maker Faire; rocking the glasses in San Mateo; and in NYC; a model of the Brooklyn Bridge
Besides the plug-and-play device itself—which has the matte black box aesthetic of MakerBot's Replicator 2—Pensa! has developed an ecosystem for hobbyist and practitioner alike: The custom software is intended to be straightforward enough for users of any skill level and they've even devised a system of plastic clips to facilitate assembly of multi-part projects. If one were inclined to make bad puns, one might say that the lowest radius of the DIWire Bender is its learning curve.
But don't be fooled by the simple interface (or the terrible joke): This is a professional-grade CNC tool and is intended to be used alongside other prototyping technologies, from 3D printers to lasercutters to CNC mills and routers.
By being transportable, accessible and affordable, the DIWire fills the market gap between time-consuming hand-bending and large scale, mass production CNC wire bending, which is too expensive for custom, short-run productions. This changes the dynamics of STEM education, as well as local, mass customized, prototype and just-in-time manufacturing for industries ranging from aerospace, automotive, medical, to consumer products.
Of course, the $2,750 pricetag—it's still available at the second of three early bird tiers as of press time; it'll eventually plateau at $3,200—might be a bit steep for your average garage-bound maker, but I can only imagine that less expensive alternatives will make their way to market shortly... as will more powerful ones. Perhaps it's only a matter of time before we all have walking, (back)talking Benders as companions:
Check out the DIWire Bender on Kickstarter—the five-week crowdfunding campaign launched this morning, and it's currently on track to top its goal by twentyfold. (Again, this initial spurt is likely a de facto pre-sale for folks in the know, but, as with the FORM 1, there's no reason to doubt that it will be a very successful campaign indeed.)
We spoke to Marco Perry and Mark Prommel in our latest episode of the Afterschool podcast. And in case you missed it, here's our video about Street Charge:
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Richard A. Knaak, other authors will be signing at BlizzCon {WoW}
Jul 23rd 2009 10:54PM Medievaldragon here. I forgot to write anything about Christie Golden going to Blizzcon in that newspost, but I interviewed her on June 18 at the Book Revue bookstore in Huntington, New York, and she gave me a ride back to Manhattan.
We talked a lot of things about the books, and of course asked her if she was going to Blizzcon. She confirmed she is going to BlizzCon, and Jaime Costas from Simon & Schuster, Inc. (Pocket Star Books) will be there too.
Thanks for following my reports, Mike. ^_^
The Daily Quest: Tanking, esports, and comics {WoW}
Jul 17th 2009 10:53PM Hi Ullaana, I didn't speculate there is otherwordly Pantheons. There is only one Pantheon composed of: Aman'Thul, Eonar, Golganneth, Khaz'Goroth, Aggramar and Norgannon.
These are the leaders of the Titan race. The Pantheon.
What I did speculate is there might be more Old gods outside Azeroth. Harbinger Skyriss said "We span the universe, as countless as the stars!"
It's not too far-fetched there are more of them out there outside Azeroth. In Halls of Stone Tribunal Library they said the Old gods are a parasitic necrophotic symbiote. Which means, they aren't indigenous to Azeroth, but a race that is probably spread throughout the Warcraft universe. The Titans bring order. The Old god race brings chaos.
BlizzPlanet is giving away some BlizzCon tix {WoW}
May 20th 2009 4:51PM Hey there, Mike. Thanks for promoting this for the community.
Blizzard lets fansites decide how to giveaway the Blizzcon tickets. They are very flexible. All they ask is that it is given via contests.
I decided to make this giveaway a lore egg hunt for each of the main Blizzard games, to promote the pocket books, the mangas and the comic books. And added the Mountain Dew Promotion because it. After all Blizzard has been very very supportive with fansites and the community. They are very kind to approve interviews with the book writers, and even with Frank Pearce (NY Midnight Launch) and Chris Metzen & Micky Neilson (NY Comic Con). I decided on my own to give back by making this giveaway promote their products.


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I am building a raised garden and am having trouble finding good soil/dirt for cheap. However, I can get all the compost I want for free from the city landfill and I can buy bags of sand for planters for very cheap. Will veggies/herbs do okay in just a compost/sand mixture?
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What do you need the sand for? Do you plan to eat anything that you grow in the raised bed? If so, check with the city and see if they recommend growing food in the compost from the landfill. If the city doesn't regularly test the compost for heavy metals or toxicity, I would stay away. |
I was going to mix in the sand to help drainage. The raised bed is going to be specifically for vegetables and herbs. I don't know if they test for heavy metals or toxins but according to their website, the compost is made from yard trimmings and food scraps. Would the heavy metals and toxins come from another source or could this compost still have these things? |
If the compost from a municipal (city) compost operation contains sewage then heavy metal contamination should be a concern, but if it is made from yard and kitchen waste there should be no need for concern. Raised beds, as a rule, have very good drainage and that is one of the initial reasons for having a raised bed, the native soil did not drain well so the quickest solution was a raised bed. With a sand/compost mix in that raised bed I would expect the drainage to be so fast keeping the soil moist could be a real problem. Since you have a chance to build soil for this raised bed you might want to try to make loam, about 45 percent sand, 25 percent silt, 25 percent clay, and 5 percent organic matter, unless someone around you has this for sale. |
What you've described there, Kimm, is a 'sandy clay loam' with 50% combined silt and clay. What if the native soil is a sandy loam with a combined silt and clay content of 30%? How about 15%? How might that effect drainage at the interface of the 2 soils? If it's a debacle, how much time, energy and money would have gone into blending that soil, installing the soil, removing the soil, then replacing that soil, which was recommended on whim with no idea of what the native texture is like? If you have a sandy native soil, placing the sand on top would be just fine. If that's the case and you want to buy a single blended material, and the bed is 10 inches deep or less, you could use an 80% sand to 20% compost material. You shouldn't place organic amendment below that depth because it will decompose anaerobically and remain wet enough long enough to favor root disease pathogens. (not to mention the significant amount of settling over time as that much compost continues to decompose). Of course, this can all change depending on the texture of the soil below the bed. Another thing to keep in mind is that municipal "compost" can sometimes just be a pile of virtually raw yard waste. You'll want to make sure it's finished compost. |
- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 23, 11 at 9:50
A) It's not all that easy to "make" loam. If you don't have access to regular, inground soils you can use, it's unlikely you can find the raw ingredients to "make" loam. You can't just go buy something labeled 'silt' or 'clay'. B) Free is always good but it may not always be the best stuff. Unless you have huge raised beds, importing the soil you need to fill them should not be a big expense. And is worth the investment. Look for a bulk soil provider that offers a 'garden planting mix' (or sometimes called a 3- or 5-way mix). This is the ideal mix for raised beds, includes some sort of OM or compost and should run about $25-30 a cubic yard. C) If you must, the compost/sand can work. But the compost will continue to breakdown and you will experience a lot of shrinkage. It may also be too rich, especially for herbs, which prefer a lean soil. And it will have very fast drainage that may require too frequent watering to keep the mix properly hydrated. |
This is also a good point: A) It's not all that easy to "make" loam. If you don't have access to regular, inground soils you can use, it's unlikely you can find the raw ingredients to "make" loam. You can't just go buy something labeled 'silt' or 'clay'. This, I'm not completely on board with, considering how little we know about the native soil: I say again, don't make a decision on the type of soil without taking into consideration the texture of the native soil and the proposed import soil. I see "garden planting mix" soils that are anywhere from 15% to 60% combined silt and clay depending on the source. A mis-match of textures can result in serious drainage problems down the road. Sand over clay is slightly better than clay over sand (to mention the extremes) but still not a good situation. As stated in my original post, everything can change with texture. If you do place a sand on top of a sandy soil, that is far better than placing a heavy texture soil on top of a sandy soil. Of course it will drain quickly but so will the subsoil, resulting in relatively even soil moisture throughout, which is the best you can hope for. Of course, if you have a heavy textured native and you put sand in the planter then water will move quickly through the sand and come to a crawl at the interface, resulting in too dry conditions in the top of the profile while soil at the interface is too wet. As far as the OM goes, I regularly see "planter mixes" anywhere from 85/15 blends up to 50/50. Be sure you know what you're getting. They can call anything they want "planter mix". Any more than an 80/20 can result in an unreasonable amount of settling. (which seemed an issue in regards to the sand/compost blend but somehow isn't an issue when it's a pre-mixed blend and quite possibly higher in organic than 20%?) Just pointing to the pile that says "Planter Soil" on the sign can lead to problems. Match the texture of the import to the native and don't use something too high in organic. If you want to get into types of organic, that's a whole different discussion. |
- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 23, 11 at 11:58
I guess I am more used to the very uniform quality of bulk soil blends offered by most suppliers in my area. And there is minimal concern about layering imported soil over existing soil, even with a clay based native soil. This is an extremely common practice that I encounter in my business on a daily basis -- either just as an additional layer to add to existing planting beds, creating berms or mounds or filling raised beds. Provided the depth is sufficient, there is no negative impact on drainage, whereas there very well could be if the imported soil was incorporated into smaller pockets of existing soil, like individual planting holes. In fact, layering a sufficient depth of faster draining imported soil is a recommended solution for those who must deal with heavy, clay soils. My advice for anyone contemplating purchasing bulk soils - or compost, for that matter - is to visually inspect the product before purchase. |
My advice for anyone contemplating purchasing bulk soils - or compost, for that matter - is to visually inspect the product before purchase. Agreed. In fact, layering a sufficient depth of faster draining imported soil is a recommended solution for those who must deal with heavy, clay soils. Depending on the depth of the planter, which we don't know in this case. A couple of feet deep and you're planting annuals, absolutley! 8 inches deep and it can put you in a dilly of a pickle if the required head to push the water into the native subsoil is about 6 inches of saturation. I guess I am more used to the very uniform quality of bulk soil blends offered by most suppliers in my area. It's a very regional thing. In some areas I work, that's the case. In others, it's all over the map. |
Thanks guys, I found a place that I can pick up really cheap topsoil which I am going to mix with the free compost. |
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BRADENTON, Fla. – It's been a little more than a year since Michael Season became the fifth, and youngest, Homegrown Player in D.C. United's history. Since then, he's scored on his professional debut, made his debut in Major League Soccer, trained with Inter Milan and made his debut for the Jamaican national team.
Now in his second professional training camp, Seaton has added size and continues to grow as he works toward earning regular minutes for United in MLS. As he looked back on his first professional season, though, the time spent with the Kickers was a good, and valuable, experience.
"With me being young, I was 16, and scored my first professional goal at Richmond in my first game," Seaton said this week at IMG Academy. "Hearing I was going to Richmond, it wasn't like I was upset, I just know I have to work on getting to this level, to the MLS level, and Richmond helped tremendously. If I go again, I wouldn't feel bad about that because I need to develop."
Seaton's debut came on the road against the Wilmington Hammerheads last April. After Luke Vercollone had given Richmond the lead in the second half, Seaton put the game away late as his speed took him away from the Hammerheads' defense on a breakaway and he coolly slotted home his finish a little under a month before his 17th birthday.
"It was awesome," Seaton said. "It was in the last minute and it basically secured the entire game, that we were going to win it. It was awesome and I wanted to score before I turned 17, so that was just a plus."
Seaton finished with five goals in 17 league appearances for the Kickers last summer as his time was split between D.C. and Richmond. As the youngest player in the squad he appreciated the chance not only to play, but to learn from the experienced professionals at the club, such as Vercollone, Henry Kalungi and Matt Delicâte.
"They were great role models," Seaton said. "Delicâte, playing my position, he's a goal-scorer and that's what I'm trying to create, that's what I'm trying to start doing, go score a lot of goals as a forward. Deli is a person I learned from, and all the veterans on the team, even if they played defense for all I care, they told me what not to do, what to do, and they made me a better person and a better player."
Seaton also drew parallels between his respective coaches at D.C. and Richmond, a sign of the shared visions and methodology shared between the two clubs.
"Leigh is very energetic and I get the same feeling from Benny anyway, so it was like similar people in different bodies," he said. "Leigh shouts. Leigh is energetic, Benny is energetic, so it was like when I hear Leigh I think of Ben and when I hear Ben I think of Leigh, back-and-forth."
Seaton went on to make his first start for United late in September, having made his debut as a substitute in August. The native of Spanish Town then received a call-up to the Jamaican National Team in October, making his international debut against Trinidad & Tobago.
After a brief offseason, the youngster then headed to Italy to train with Inter. Again the youngest in the group as he trained with the Italian giant's Primavera (Under-20) squad, Seaton continued to grow as a player while absorbing as much of the country's culture as he could.
"It was good," Seaton said. "I brought my camera, I was taking a lot of pictures there. It wasn't a vacation, everywhere I go is straight-up business, but it was awesome being in Italy. The language is very hard but I learned enough just to get around - hi, bye, good morning - little things like that to get me through the game.
"Playing with [Inter's Primavera] is like playing with [United's] first team. They're very technical, strong, so going in there I learned a lot, especially from guys that were 18 years old, 19 years old. … Learning from them, learning from the coach, the way they play, I want to bring that back to the U.S."
Seaton certainly appears to have a maturity beyond his years, but a youthful exuberance is also on display on and off the field. As one of the first Homegrown Players to be loaned to a USL PRO affiliate under the partnership between the two leagues, alongside Sporting Kansas City's Jon Kempin and the Philadelphia Union's Cristhian Hernandez and Jimmy McLaughlin, Seaton could soon be an example of a player whose growth was accelerated by the experience gained in USL PRO.
While older players such as Dom Dwyer and Brian Ownby shone in the first season of the partnership between the leagues, further down the road it may be players like Seaton who are the biggest beneficiaries. So, would Seaton like to emulate Dwyer, who through his role in championship seasons for both Orlando City and Sporting Kansas City became the poster-boy for the MLS-USL PRO partnership?
"No, I want to be myself and play to my potential, and everyone else should be striving for the same thing," Seaton said. "Dom Dwyer, I learned from him too, I watched him play, a tremendous player, but I'm not going to go and say I want to be like Dom Dwyer, I'll go ahead and say I want to be like Michael Seaton and be the best I can be."
As far as Seaton has come in the past 12 months, his career certainly appears to be one that has many chapters lying ahead.


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When computers started to show up in radio station studios generally they were just shoved inside the furniture somewhere (or behind it) and a big CRT monitor was perched somewhere. A mouse and keyboard were put somewhere close. Of course as time went on, more computers showed up in the studio, with their inherent problems: fan noise, heat generation, and of course the space they use. A solution to these issues was to locate the computers remotely, and of course master control was the obvious location. The need for KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) extenders was obvious.
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Warren Woods Tower junior and no. 1 singles players Troy Bowman, pictured during a Sept. 4 match against Sterling Heights High, and the Titans will be one of eight teams participating in a fundraiser that will benefit the city of Warren War Memorial. Tennis For Troops is set for 8:30 a.m. Sept. 14 at Halmich Park in Warren.
WARREN — Warren Mott and Warren Cousino will host a tennis tournament that will include eight local boys prep teams looking to raise funds for the city of Warren War Memorial.
The first annual Tennis For Troops tournament is slated for 8:30 a.m. Sept. 14 at Halmich Park, located at 3001 13 Mile Road in Warren. Teams slated to participate include Warren Woods Tower, Madison Heights Lamphere, Fraser High, Center Line High, St. Clair Shores Lakeview, Macomb L'Anse Creuse North, Mott and Cousino.
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My first taste of Luxembourg's Gromperekichelcher was during the annual Christmas market. The town square buzzed with happy shoppers and carolers whose voices floated down from the bandstand. The smell of fried potatoes and onions was just about enough to send anyone straight for their wallet so, of course, I happily complied.
While most Luxembergers dunked their fritters in apple sauce, I went straight for the ketchup. It was an easy thing to do and it made my new home a little more familiar – a little more like the United States, which I had left back in 1992. The irony is, of course, that now I eat the fritters with ketchup because it reminds me of Luxembourg. It's amazing how memories travel with our taste buds, wherever we go.
Even though I left Luxembourg after high school, in 1998, I simply have to smell fried potatoes to go back there. In those moments, I remember the friends and the food. The troubles and the laughter. The tears and the songs. It all comes bundled up together, and sometimes the best thing to do, in good times and bad, is to simply enjoy whatever peaceful moments we can find in the now – and, then, when it passes, to take another bite of life… to see what's next.
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2 large russet potatoes (about 2 lbs total), peeled and grated
1 onion, diced
a handful of parsley, chopped
2 eggs
2-6 Tbsp flour (as needed to get them to hold together)
salt & pepper
oil for frying
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While you're there, make some Gromperekichelcher.
First step? Wash, peel and coarsely grate the potatoes. Watch out for your knuckles – trust me, you don't want to grate them.
When you're done, put the potatoes in a cloth and press all the moisture out.
Add the potatoes to a large bowl with the chopped onion, parsley, eggs, and flour. Add enough flour to thicken the potatoes so that they hold their shape when placed in the oil.
Now, sizzle-fry the potato mixture in hot oil (about 350-375F). While you can deep-fry it, I simply put 3/4 inch in a skillet and that worked well enough for us folks at home.
Fry on both sides until deep golden brown. Drain on paper towels and serve hot with ketchup or sweet, homemade apple sauce [recipe].
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Sarah's article states that she had not yet "...gotten the chance to play an otome game." Over the last few years, English speaking fans have done far better than companies at releasing stories and games in the reverse harem category. So yeah, this category isn't exactly well known, but fans are striving to make it more accessible.
If you look at this list of English otome games from the Visual Novel Database -- http://vndb.org/v/all?q=;fil=tagspoi...en;o=a;s=title -- you'll see only one game that a company has translated. (Before you click on the link, please note that the VNDB contains some content which is not safe for work.) The list doesn't mention two games which fall outside the visual novel category -- the DS game Princess Debut, and the freeware PC game Castle Chase.
Hmm, I'm kinda interested in the two, but I have to say that the Fate/Extra has me very intrigued. I'd get to choose my gender, then my type of companion and then woo said companion? And then BEAT PEOPLE UP with companion? I cannot see how I would be less than entertained by this process.
Fate/Extra is going to be a day-purchase for me off PSN. I am not the target audience for an otome game, but I will gladly buy if the VN is good!


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I have a small finished door opening that leads from the kitchen down to the basement. I'm replacing the standard door and I would like something that doesn't block traffic as much. I've looked at wall mounted sliding doors, but there's not enough space. I've found a place that makes custom-sized closet doors and I could buy 2 swinging doors (think cafe doors but full height) with either full or half glass inserts. The doors would remain open when opened completely, but they would otherwise swing and remain shut. A friend is raising safety concerns, thinking that someone coming up the steps could be knocked backwards if someone were simultaneously opening the doors to go down the stairs. With each door being only 14" wide and being partially glass, that shouldn't be an issue unless the person opening the door was in a big hurry. I'd appreciate any feedback. (I wasn't sure where to post this since there's no "door" forum option.) Thanks! |
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A friend is raising safety concerns, thinking that someone coming up the steps could be knocked backwards if someone were simultaneously opening the doors to go down the stairs. If there's no landing at the top of the stairs, the door(s) should not swing inward to the stairs. |
Please don't do that. One doesn't need to be in a hurry to injure someone, and that would be the worst place to be surprised by a door swinging inward. Many folks and children do not look forward to the door until the moment they reach for it. |
- Posted by fnmroberts (My Page) on Wed, Dec 9, 09 at 9:42
Basement doors are a problem if one uses the basement regularly. Originally, the builder installed a 6-panel door to ours which opened into the main floor hallway. No one could walk past when it was open nor could anyone see through in the event people were on both sides. We have a landing and below is a picture of our solution - a glass door installed there. All of the trim was removed from the hallway just an open drywall entrance created. A glass door could be installed at the base of the stairway too. Or perhaps, a bi-fold door might work but with 28" opening the remaining pass-through space would be reduced to around 24" which is tight. Hope you find a workable solution. |
- Posted by bus_driver (My Page) on Thu, Dec 17, 09 at 22:04
It is a building code violation to have a door at the top of stairs opening directly onto/into the stairs. Hinges on the stair side of the door is prohibited. Such a door can open onto a landing. Otherwise the door must open away from the stairs. |
- Posted by ninefoursixfour (My Page) on Fri, Dec 18, 09 at 14:49
Thanks for the feedback. We're going to go with swinging doors that swing away from the stairs. They may get in the way, but our contractor can cut down a solid wood door we had and weren't otherwise going to use. If we end up not liking that approach, we can go back to the drawing board. |
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More Postal Reform is Necessary for Industry
July 2003These recommendations will likely result in—you guessed it—more legislation focused on comprehensive postal reform. This legislation will be paramount to the continued financial viability of the USPS and the mailing industry at large.
So, I'd like to leave you with a friendly challenge. Passing the Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003 is a clear demonstration of the powerful role that lobbying can play. The mailing industry must learn from the experience of passing CSRS legislation and leverage this knowledge to ensure that the recommendations of the President's Commission pass through Congress as quickly as possible.
While passing CSRS legislation was difficult, passing a comprehensive reform package will be even harder. The entire industry must act together to move the legislation through. I challenge you to make it so.
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Old Smokehouses
Old Smokehouses were impressive structures that served both as meat smokers and as storage facilities. Communal smokers were responsible for supplying meat for many families. The same was true of bread ovens. They were far too expensive for one household to own, so many shared the same one.
The main purpose of the smokehouse was not to produce cold smoke to improve taste, but to preserve it so it will last for a longer period of time. Preservation was achieved by salt curing and prolonged smoking which took about 2 weeks or more, with cold smoke. The product continued to hang in a different area of the smoker, sometimes up to two years, and during that time it lost more moisture and acquired more smoke, although at smaller rates. The meats were not cooked to an internal temperature of 160° F (72° C) because that would require strengthening the fire and the smokehouse would fill with flames. Besides, nobody knew about the effects of food poisoning yet. During that time, the lack of refrigeration promoted smoking to state of the art meat technology. Given cooling facilities, sausages would have been cooked much like how they are nowadays, quickly. There would be no need to worry about the meat spoiling, and therefore no need to develop smoking techniques for preservation purposes.
Old Polish Smokehouse
The eastern part of Poland (what is now Lithuania) became very famous for its smoked products. There was a popular square tower shaped smokehouse with a side of 6.5 foot (2 m) and 20 ft (6 m) in height. The fire pit was located outside and a trench was delivering smoke into the smokehouse. The top part of the tower contained screened openings that provided ventilation and a means for the smoke to escape. Those openings had hinged covers on the outside and allowed smoke control by serving as a damper. Due to its height and a separate fire pit, the smokehouse was able to provide natural cold smoke. This is the best possible design for a smokehouse, and is reflected in hundreds of home made smokers or industrial units. They all employ a separately standing fire pit/smoke generator.
It is not easy to improve the simple but practical design of the XV-century smokehouses. They were square chambers, with a steep chimney in the shape of a pyramid. There were no windows, just a door and screened openings just below the roof to stop insects, provide ventilation and a route to allow smoke to escape. The door had a lock to safeguard the meats from thieves and animals. Below the roof there were beams with hooks where the meat was hung. The dimensions varied from 10 – 100 sq feet of floor space and 10 – 18 ft in height.
Home Chimney Smoker
In some European homes a chimney was a part of the smokehouse. The simplest chimney design was climbing up on the roof and hanging meats on smoke sticks right on top of the chimney. The serious drawback was the meat had to accept any kind of smoke that the fire created in the wood stove.
Another solution was to attach a wooden box to the bread stove or any wood burning appliance.
A much better design was placing a proper smokehouse on the second floor. On the ground floor in the kitchen a fire was burning in a wood stove. On the floor above a smokehouse was attached to the chimney. Two holes were made in the chimney: one for the smoke to enter the chamber and another to allow it to escape. On the other side a flat damper was pushed in or out of the chimney allowing the smoke to go straight up or forcing it to flow into the smokehouse.
American Smokehouses
Very similar designs were used in XVIII Century Colonial USA. During the winter in Virginia, there were so many smokehouses puffing smoke around the clock that the sight looked like a stream of locomotives ready to take off at the station. However, the fire pit was situated in the central part of the smokehouse, sometimes right on the ground. The fire was started every morning and left unattended for most of the day. Nobody worried if it went out, as it would be started again the following morning. When cold smoking, such occasional breaks are even recommended.
American XVIII Century Smokehouses
That was the simplest but the most popular smokehouse design that depended on a natural draft. It did not permit temperature, air speed, or smoke density control. There was an uneven smoke and draft distribution and blind pockets were created. In addition, hanging products acquired more smoke and soot that the rest of the batch. To compensate for that the smoke sticks and screens had to be periodically re-arranged and hung at least 5 feet above the fire. After meats were smoked for about two weeks, they were hung in a different area of the smokehouse where they remained for up to two years. They received constant smoke, but with less intensity. Thus the smokehouse functioned as a storage facility at the same time.
XVIII century smokehouses in Virginia. Those smokehouses doubled up as storage facilities where meats after being smoked for two weeks were kept inside for up to two years | Checking hams for quality. Photos courtesy The Colonial Williamsburgh Foundation |
In the USA, smoking was more popular in the Eastern Parts of the country where slaves were working on tobacco and cotton plantations.The main reason was the availability and popularity of the hogs running around. Smoking and pork meat are like the left and right hands of the body.In the western parts of the country, cowboys transported cattle across large distances and looked down on any animal that wasn't a cow or horse. The staple consisted of beef meat grilled on an open fire.
Smokehouse at Boone Hall Plantation, Mt.Pleasant, SC. | The Mark Monroe Pioneer Log Kitchen at the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee. The kitchen, originally located in Mayanardville, Tennessee, was eventually converted into a smokehouse bu the Monroes. | Reitman's Smokehouse in Camp Springs, Campbell County, Kentucky. | Smokehouse attached to the Peterboro Land Office, part of the Gerrit Smith Estate NHL, Peterboro, NY. |
Sunderlage Farm Smokehouse, Hoffman Estates, IL. |


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Look, at the end of the day it's OK that Gwyneth Paltrow hires a bunch of college freshmen to write a lifestyle newsletter under her name about platinum…   Read Story »
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"Mum, can we pleeeeaaasee slip some coconut nectar into the room temperature lemon water this time?" Moses begs, as his mother, Gwyneth Paltrow, watches over her assistant sorting through their…   Read Story »
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How was your day? Are you feeling overwhelmed because it's already December 11th and you have so much work to do before the end of the year, and don't even mention gift buying work because you've…   Read Story »
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The Onion reviews The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. -TheOnion
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Nov 7th, 2013 17 Comments
No. Can you imagine being invited to a fancy Oscar party like that?! The two people that I would boycott Vanity Fair's Oscar party for, if I'm to be completely honest, are my mom and my dad. If…   Read Story »
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You might remember this kitten from this week's edition of The Petting Zoo. WHAT A SWEET TREAT. Certainly one of the better animal GIFs. Want to see some not-as-good-but-still-good human GIFs? Well,…   Read Story »
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Videogum Movie Club Reminder: The waarld neeaads to kneeerrw! Let's all go see The Fifth Estate this weekend and then come back and talk about it on Monday!
Uh-oh. It looks like Vanity Fair is…   Read Story »
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Of course. How foolish we were not to see this moment sitting in our future, waiting, its elegant, manicured fingers tapping its -- I don't know -- some sort of fancy, expensive,…   Read Story »
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"I am the one who is drawn on Jody Steel's leg." Right?! -LikeCool
Michael Maronna (Big Pete) and Danny Tamberelli (Little Pete) (of The Adventures of Pete and Pete) have started a podcast…   Read Story »
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You arrive at Gwyneth Paltrow's star-studded GOOP garden party in the Hamptons. You look around and notice that you are surrounded by celebrities, ultra-thin beauty monsters, and -- through no fault…   Read Story »


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Besides reducing your risk of cancer and heart disease, green tea benefits the whole body and contains catechins, antioxidants that studies show can help reduce belly fat. If you sip green tea before a workout, these compounds can also increase your fat burn during aerobic exercise.
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Last week, we debuted our Best of 2012 Premium Channel, featuring tracks handpicked by the Music Unlimited service staff alongside the songs YOU have been spinning on heavy rotation all year.
For today's Video Round-Up, we count down live and official videos of the Top 10 2012 songs with the highest plays in the US. If they weren't still stuck in your head, they are now. Hear all them and more in the channel now. Enjoy!
10) Kirko Bangz – "Drank in my Cup"
Live on Sway in the Morning
9) Maroon 5 (ft. Wiz Khalifa) – "Payphone"
Live on Letterman
8) Kanye West (ft. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz) – "Mercy"
Official Video
7) Justin Bieber – "Boyfriend"
Live at Billboard Music Awards 2012
6) Fun. – "We Are Young (ft. Janelle Monae) (Acoustic)
5) Tyga (ft. Lil Wayne) – "Faded"
Live at Power 106 PowerHouse 2012
4) Gotye – "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Live on KCRW
3) The Wanted – "Glad You Came"
AOL Session
2) Nicki Minaj – "Starships"
Live on the Today Show
1) Flo Rida – "Wild Ones"
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Cain Velasquez reclaims UFC heavyweight title | Mixed martial arts
Cain Velasquez reclaimed the UFC heavyweight championship Saturday night, battering Junior Dos Santos on the way to a lopsided unanimous decision in UFC 155 in Las Vegas.
Mixed martial arts
Velasquez decisions
Dos Santos for title
Cain Velasquez reclaimed the UFC heavyweight championship Saturday night, battering Junior Dos Santos on the way to a lopsided unanimous decision in UFC 155 in Las Vegas.
Velasquez (11-1) took early control of the rematch of his only career loss, flooring the champion with a big right hand midway through the first round. Velasquez spent most of the match stalking and pounding on Dos Santos (15-2), who never fully recovered from the first-round shot that left him bruised and woozy.
Long-track speedskating
Richardson, Davis triumph at nationals
Heather Richardson dominated at the U.S. long-track championships for the second consecutive day, setting a national record in winning the 1,000 meters and also wrapping up the sprint title in Kearns, Utah.
Richardson's time of 1 minute, 13.52 seconds surpassed Chris Witty's record of 1:13.83 set in 2002.
Olympian Shani Davis won the men's 1,000 in 1:08.57 and Mitch Whitmore of Waukesha, Wis., took the men's sprint title.
League, union officials
talk via conference call
Officials for the NHL and the players' association spent much of the day talking to each other via conference call.
The conversations were for the purpose of sharing information regarding the new contract offer the league made to the union late Thursday.
"Some more informational sessions in the morning," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press regarding Sunday. "Nothing planned beyond that."
Djokovic prevails
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the World Tennis Championship exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi for the second straight year, beating Nicolas Almagro of Spain 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-4.
Li defeats Azarenka
Li Na of China won the annual Hua Hin exhibition event in Thailand by beating top-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-3, 2-6, 10-7 after a Champions tiebreaker.
• Manchester United beat visiting West Bromwich Albion 2-0 to retain its seven-point lead atop English soccer's Premier League. Second-place Manchester City won 4-3 at Norwich even though City forward Samir Nasri was ejected for an attempted head butt after 44 minutes.
Arsenal pulled away from Newcastle to win 7-3 in the final match of the day, meaning 35 goals were scored in Premier League action. That is the most goals in one day since 41 were scored Feb. 5, 2011.
• Skiers Hannes Reichelt of Austria and Dominik Paris of Italy shared victory with the same time — 1 minute, 58.62 seconds — in a World Cup downhill in Bormio, Italy. Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway was 0.01 seconds behind the winners and Klaus Kroell of Austria was fourth in 1:58.64.
It was the ninth time two men tied for a World Cup victory, but the first time a fourth-place finisher has been so close — 0.02 seconds — to the winning time.
• Veronika Velez Zuzulova of Slovakia won a World Cup slalom in Semmering, Austria, with a two-run time of 1:37.28.
• Kikkan Randall of Anchorage, Alaska, earned her second World Cup cross-country skiing victory of the season when she won the 3.1-kilometer prologue event of the Tour de Ski in Oberhof, Germany.
• Boston College coach Jerry York became the NCAA hockey career victory leader, directing the top-ranked Eagles to a 5-2 victory over Alabama-Huntsville in Minneapolis.
York, 67, is 925-558-95 in 41 seasons; he moved past former Michigan State coach Ron Mason for the record.
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Every week EW's Dalton Ross and his wife, writer Christina Kelly, have a… um, lively discussion about what movie they should watch with their two children (Dale, 12, and Violet, 9) that weekend. Now they make their cases publicly and you get to vote on the choices and decide how the Ross family will be spending part of their weekend. The power is in your hands, people. Last week, Christina scored a shocking upset victory when her pick of Duma took down Dalton's Jason and the Argonauts. Read on and then vote for which movie they should watch this week.
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My friends hibiscus leaves have changed from the normal shape to a three pronged leaf, almost looks like a maple leaf! It is not grafted, these are the new leaves since she brought it in for the winter. Why would this happen and is there something she should do? Any help is greatly appreciated. |
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Icedragonlady, This is normal. Many of mine changed during the winter months indoors. Likely they will shed as you bring them out. Remind your friend that they should slowly expose the plant to direct sunlight until they acclimate. Ed |
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Thanks so much Ed, I have shared your answer with her :) |
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text: Mirror People has been delivering nothing but great music. With a few releases under his belt (Permanent Vacation, Hands of Time, Bear Funk, Discotexas) some of his best music has been released last year with the single "Kaleidoscope". Past and present hand in hand with eyes on the people. From March 2013 onwards we're releasing a number of new tracks starting with Machines.


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text: Until hearing this DSI, I have been one of those who hated Dinoland with the exception of Dinosaur and the Restaurantosaurus character breakfast. The best I can say is that I will reserve judgement until my next trip when I will take a closer look at Dinoland. Thanks again to Lou and Jeff for another great DSI!!


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This technique uses a specially blended liquid which is pumped into a well under extreme pressure causing cracks in rock formations underground. These cracks in the rock then allow oil and natural gas to flow, increasing resource production.
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Leetgion Hellion RTS Laser Mouse
Looking at the left side of the Hellion, what sticks out most is the metallic red Attack button just behind the structural aluminum that is exposed between the black plastic of the bottom. As for the bulk of the outer surface, the Hellion comes in gunmetal grey.
On the heel of the mouse there is a gentle and comfortable incline as you get to the top of the egg-like shape of this mouse. At the back edge below the Leetgion naming, there are a couple of notches for style, and LED light section, and then a cut-away of the rest of the mouse as you get near the bottom.
The reason the cut-away is added to the heel was to allow for the placement of the on-the-fly DPI buttons. Although since I have to flip the mouse to use them, I am not sure how on-the-fly this really is.
The right side of the Hellion is almost a perfect match to the opposing side, just this time there is the obvious lack of the Attack button. You can see much better that the shape of the Hellion is more squared off and chunky. We will soon see how that may affect the feel.
On the front you have the same notches we saw on the back to keep some continuity, and we also see that the right and left click buttons have long skinny buttons on their outer edges. These are set default as the page forward and page back buttons for browsers.
In front of a straight edged drop off from the hell to the front of the mouse, centered in black plastic, you get a rubberized scroll wheel, and the Hellion name which will light up as well when powered up.
Laying the Hellion on its back you can now see the large Race Switch that allows you to select preset profiles for the various races in the game of StarCraft II. There are four with actual races on it, and this leaves one profile for full customization without having to change any of the defaults.
The near two meters of braided cable is shipped bundled in a Velcro strap sporting the Leetgion name. As for the connection, it is USB 2.0, gold plated, and the shape of it is squared off like the Hellion and even has the five little dots in it like the sides of the Hellion does for easy recognition at the rear I/O.


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Super Bowl XLVIII is on tap for Sunday evening and I'll be breaking down the NFL's grand finale from a betting perspective. I recommended a pair of wagers in the Conference Championship games two weeks ago, going 2-0 in the process. None of that will matter if I can't predict the outcome of the Super Bowl this year though.
In case you're wondering about my Super Bowl track record, I incorrectly took the 49ers to cover against the Ravens last year. In all honesty, I really didn't love that play all that much, but I won't bore you with excuses. Previous to that, I had correctly predicted the ATS outcome of the previous six Super Bowls (not all of these are documented so you'll have to just take my word on it), with the last losing selection coming in Super Bowl XL when the referees handed the Steelers a victory over the Seahawks—that's a story for another day.
It's been a very strong season overall and hopefully I can provide one last winner to cap off the season with a bang.
The Nickel Package Record: 51-36-3 ATS (58.3%)
Recommended Wagers Record: 64-50-3 ATS (56.0%)