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Name: Sara Status: Student Grade: 6-8 Location: NJ Country: United States Date: April 2006
What shape and material of a building can better with-stand high winds?
Simply put, structural engineering is transferring the loads, or forces on the structure into the ground. For wind, primarily the force is horizontal, although some roof shapes result in uplift.
As you know a building is usually composed of several elements. The outer wall transfers the wind force to columns, or inner wall. So, you see it depends on the materials. Wood is weaker in bending than comparable steel thickness. No easy answers, but consider an all concrete building, or an all steel building. If everything was the same, dimensions, height etc. the answer would be the relative strength of the materials.
Now, consider the shape. A tube can be stronger than a box, but a triangle can be stronger than a tube. Again, no simple answer. The new proposed high rise in Chicago is a twisted triangle, or tube., but to achieve the height, it cannot be too wide. Is it economical?
Unfortunately, the related aspects are too numerous for a simple answer. Look around, towers are strong, usually some form of braced steel triangles, but they do not have any skin, or outer surface, they let the wind pass trough, but they are not buildings. The design has to fit the function.
Hope this helps.
James Przewoznik
Hi, Sara. I grew up in Oklahoma City, where they have a lot of tornadoes in the spring, and I moved to Florida in July 2004, just in time to experience several hurricanes, so I feel uniquely qualified to answer this question. There are a couple of shape variations that lend wind resistance to a building, and the material of choice tends to be concrete.
Tornadoes are small and brief compared to hurricanes, but can have much higher winds (200-300 MPH). Hurricanes, though, can last an entire day (like Frances in 2004), so even at lower wind speeds, they can just "wear down" a structure from continual load and vibration.
In Oklahoma, with it is relatively warm climate, most houses still use traditionally framed 2 X 4 wood stud walls and roofs with gable ends. Brick is a popular external covering material. The brick gives effective protection from flying debris, but there is still a lot of roof damage in storms. In really bad storms (like the F5 that hit Moore several years ago), homes were completely demolished except for the concrete safe rooms that several had. There is not much in the way of traditional wood stud framing that could withstand that kind of storm.
In Florida, you notice hip style roofs and a lot of stucco used o the outside of houses. The external walls are usually cinder block ad concrete. The roof rafters are tied down with steel straps. The stucco covering is vulnerable to impact and moisture damage, but the cinder block construction resists flying debris as well as brick, and is more resistant to sustained high winds. Around windows and doors, the blocks are filled with concrete and rebar. Hip style roofs are used because that style is more resistant to high winds. The hip roof shape has no large flat areas. A gable end roof does, and that exposes a lot of surface area when it is hit by a perpendicular wind gust, resulting in high loading.
Florida building codes are updated after most major storms. They continually try to incorporate any 'lessons learned' after a storm. This has resulted in structures that are better able to withstand that sort of weather, resulting in less disruption to people's lives and a faster recovery after storms. Oklahoma has never done this to my knowledge. They would do well to learn the lesson. After the Moore F5, there was a boom in installing concrete safe rooms, but the general construction techniques still did not change.
There are building techniques that are very resistant to wind (and can be very efficient as well), but are not widely used. They are still considered 'alternative' construction, although they have been around many years. Here are a couple of these techniques:
Insulated concrete forms. These are foam forms that interlock to build your external walls (like big building blocks). Rebar is placed in gaps between the foam, then concrete is poured to fill the gaps. The foam is left in place after the pour, and serves as insulation. Any traditional exterior covering (stucco, siding, brick, etc.) may be used. The result is a solid external wall made of steel reinforced concrete with insulation built onto it already. Bolts are embedded into the tops of the walls to attach the roof structure. The house can look like any other house or anything else the owner wants when done. The solid construction is very resistant to high winds.
Monolithic concrete domes: A membrane is inflated to the dome shape, and lightweight concrete is sprayed into position, along with reinforcing wire mesh and/or rebar. This is strong, solid construction with no flat walls or corners that resists high wind and impact very well, but it obviously results in a dome shape, which some people may object to. Domes can also be constructed from spray foam insulation in the same manner, then covered using a traditional siding or stucco, or they can be assembled from geodesic panels that use traditional wood framing. The shape gives these dome homes strength and wind resistance, but to withstand impact from flying debris, concrete is the material of choice.
Earth-Sheltered Homes: These homes are built at least partially below grade or have earth berms around them, usually to help with energy efficiency, since the ground tends to remain at a steady temperature all year round. The gentle slope of the berms reduces the flat areas and corners, which helps reduce wind loading, and the earth sheltering helps to spread out loads. These homes also tend to use much more concrete in their construction, which gives them additional strength.
Underground homes: Storm shelters have for years been constructed of steel or concrete and buried underground. They are completely out of the wind except for the doors. This leads to other problems, though, especially moisture.
Hope this helps you out. An internet search on "insulated concrete form" or "monolithic concrete dome" or "earth sheltered home" will yield a lot more information on these alternative building methods.
David Brandt, P.E.
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Anti cancer juicing recipes: Broccoli juice recipes
Anti cancer juicing recipes: Broccoli juice recipes is very excellent as alternative cancer treatment.
Broccoli juice in a study
Researchers from the University of Michigan have successfully completed the laboratory tests on mice and cell cultures. Study author, Professor Duxin Sun, said, "We have already studied how often the effect of sulforaphane on cancer, but this study shows that the benefits are in inhibiting the stem cells of breast cancer."
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So this is time to make broccoli juices
Broccoli juice recipes:
Recipes 1: Broccoli Kiwi Juice
- 100 grams of broccoli, boiled or steamed briefly
- 1 small Japanese cucumber
- 2 kiwi fruit
- 3 tsp of low-calorie sugar
- 1 small lemon, juice
- 10 mint leaves
- 100 ml of water
- Ice cubes to taste
- Put all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth, you can add honey or lime juice to taste.
Broccoli Cabbage Cucumber juice
- 175 grams Broccoli, chopped
- 175 grams ??cabbage sliced coarse
- 175 grams cucumber sliced ??coarse
- 75 ml syrup to taste
- Put all goods in a blender. Add water and or ice if you like.
- Blend until smooth and well blended
- Your Juice is ready to serve in a glass or cup.
Broccoli juice recipe 3
- 100 grams broccoli
- 200 ml boiled water
- 50 ml sweet orange juice
- Chop broccoli and stems (5 cm from the bud). Blend with 200 ml of boiled water until smooth. Remove it, then strain. set aside the pulp.
- Mix the broccoli with lemon juice sweetened. Stir well. Pour into a glass.
Broccoli has many benefits, one of them is as anticancer juice, so it is important to you to understand it.
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Okay - I've been researching how to get rid of rats, and found several postings on various sites where people put out chocolate ex lax, and that got rid of them. Anyone have direct experience with this?
I've got dogs - they are going crazy trying to hunt them, but haven't caught anything. Poison is not an option as I can't risk my dogs eating a dead, poisoned rat. I'm working on removing all food sources - but we have a compost bin that's going to take some effort to deal with. No more kitchen composting for me, until this is completely under control. It's like I put out a freaking smorgasbord and invited them in. I'm so upset about it. I do not compost dairy or meat (we are vegetarian). We put in our veggie and fruit leftovers and peelings, egg shells, coffee grounds, weeds and other yard waste. Trying to be green - and look what happens! Uggg. Again, I'm stopping all kitchen composting until it is under control. Thinking about ordering bokashi for the compost, to help it along. Anyway, I can't get cats because my daughter is terribly allergic. I ordered an ultra ratzapper, and am waiting for it to arrive. In the meantime, I put out three boxes of generic chocolate ex lax last night, and every bit was gone this morning. I really hope it works. I appreciate any comments - experience with this - suggestions. |
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Hope your dogs don't get into the stuff. |
I put it outside the fenced in yard, where they can't get it. I'm still interested in knowing if others have any experience using this in the battle against rats. |
It's an urban myth. Use some traps. |
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Most everything I find about Ex Lax controlling mice, rats, and squirrels is anecdotal, peoples experience. The only thing I found that indicates a problem has to do with ground hogs by someone that apparently thinks vegetarians do not eat chocolate, a vegetable. I would not debunk this outright unless I ahd tried it and it failed. I have not so cannot state it won't work. |
I've been doing more research. This guy, Steve Tvedten, seems to be an expert: http://www.mcs-international.org/about_us/meet_the_team/usa/steve_tvedten_professional_experience.html He specifically states "Laxatives put in their favorite foods have killed many rodents and/or pest mammals without endangering raptors and/or the environment." Page 1211, http://www.stephentvedten.com/33_Vertebrates.pdf I have ordered a trap - the ratmousezapper, which has good reviews. When it arrives, I will put it out and see what happens. In the meantime, three boxes of exlax were consumed by something Sunday night. That evening, there was definite rat activity around my compost bin. The dogs were going nuts. Monday, I filled the rat holes with dirt. Tuesday - no new evidence of rat activity anywhere in my yard. I'm not ready to say this is over, but I am optimistic that laxatives could be a part of the solution. I bought more today, and will put it out again. (Where my dogs can't get it, of course.) For me, anecdotal stories are fine. And I guess that's what I'm looking for - someone else who has done this successfully. |
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meowmmy65, I have not tried that particular product but you are on the threshold of a breakthrough in your particular circumstances. The biggest hurdle in rodent control is to get the animal to feed. Trust me! In one way or another I had to deal with the problem for 20 years. There is a good chance that if the rats continue to feed, they will die of dehydration as a result of the diarrhea that the product induces. However, if you can lace the Ex-Lax with a poison without altering the smell or taste you will get rid of them. The poison has to be slow acting because if it is swift-acting, it will kill one or two rats; but the others will become 'bait shy'. Now if you can induce your rodents to eat up some chocolate flavored warfarin... |
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This is my second year in the midwest area. Last year I planted the following plants:
Blackeye susans
Actually, I am not sure that toad lillies are natives. In any case, the first year wasn't entire successful. The Indian pink got eaten by some animal. The cardinal flower needed way more water than expected. The butterfly weed did not flower. In the second year, I notice that only many of the plants are returning, though the indian pink and most of the purple coneflower did not return. I am particularly excited about the butterfly weed, which seemed to have return recently and the leaves look way bigger than last year. Due to the limited success, I planted some additional flowers: Great Merrybell
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Congrats! Native plant gardening is fun and addictive. Most everything I planted last year returned - celandine poppy, sessile bellwort, maiden hair fern, blue cohosh, ramps, trillium, and michigan lily. Many other plants going strong from previous years. I was disappointed that my goldenseal did not come back. I had it for many years and it was getting bigger, flowering, and really prospering until early last year it was dug up by critters. I replanted the root fragments but no dice. I re-added a new goldenseal plant this year. I've also added yellow trout lilies, white trout lilies, wild yam, and trillium (grandiflorum). I'm also adding wild quinine, rosinweed, cup plant, new jersey tea, as well as numerous native trees. Winter sowing was in part successful. I have oodles of black eyed susan and Echinacea angustifolia seedlings. It's a great way to expand your native plantings for minimal $$$$. FataMorgana |
My butterfly weed didn't flower last year at all either. Monarch cats were devouring the buds before they ever opened. Some barely opened, most were in bud stage when the cats ate them. That's alright though, I had beautiful Monarch butterflies when all was said and done! FWIW, I can't seem to get pale purple coneflowers or liatris to grow here. Liatris will grow the first year and look amazing, but then they all go away and that's the last I see of them. I have beautiful black soil too! I have no clue why they don't want to grow. |
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Very Good Recipes of Rice Pilaf
There are 19 Rice Pilaf recipes on Very Good Recipes.
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Vegan Jalapeño Lime Rice Pilaf {Gluten-Free}
By Avocado Pesto
12/13/14 20:21
Preparation: 3 min - Cooking: 25 min A zesty and spicy rice pilaf made with jalapeños and lime to give the standard rice side dish a bit of a kick. Both gluten-free and vegan. I've been cooking all sorts of complex meals for years now, and still I cannot get a pot of regular standard white...
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Wild Rice Pilaf
By Tide and Thyme
08/04/14 15:53
We love rice as a side dish. Whether it be Spanish rice or cilantro-lime rice with our Mexican dishes, or plain white or brown rice with our Chinese dishes and stir-fries, it's always been a favorite around here. I'd picked up a few bags of wild rice the...
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Rice Pilaf with Spinach and Caramelized Onions
By The Iowa Housewife
07/08/14 10:00
Oh, yes…another delicious side dish. I heartily recommend preparing this with an otherwise simple menu, so you don't have too much other work to do at the last minute, perhaps something that your husband grills. If you want to make this ahead, prepare it...
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Plov-Uzbek Rice Pilaf Recipe
By Russian Home cooking recipes
06/13/14 20:10
Preparation: 15 min - Cooking: 1h45 Plov (Uzbek Rice Pilaf) not your traditional rice pilaf. It has a unique taste. Very popular in Slavic community here in USA. My husband and I got chance to make big batch of this plov on outside fire for friend's... The post Plov-Uzbek Rice Pilaf Recipe...
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Recipe: Mushroom Wild Rice Pilaf
By riceandbread
05/27/14 16:30
Cooking with wild rice post number 2. The last time we made something with wild rice, we made it with fish. Today we are going to make something vegetarian with mushrooms. Its a mixture of basmati rice with wild rice. If you do not have wild rice, by all...
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Mushroom Long Grain and Wild Rice Pilaf
By A Palatable Pastime
03/17/14 16:35
A great way to make your own wild rice pilaf at home, minus the box. This is a very simple and delicious way to make long grain and wild rice if you don't want to use a boxed mix. The advantages to that are that you can use fresh ingredients, it is more...
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Chicken Cutlets and Rice Pilaf a Penny Pincher's Meal for Four
By The Hidden Pantry
02/10/14 21:32
When I buy a whole boneless chicken breast and trim it myself I like to split them not only in half at the center but also in half by thickness. It works best if they are partially frozen if it is your first try. Anyway, until you get the hang of this!...
Kestaneli İç Pilav (Turkish Chestnut Rice Pilaf)
By Wandercrush
12/27/13 06:30
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, filled with good food and even better company. I'll keep this post short, since I think we'd all rather be spending these next few days curled up with family and a mug of tea, … Continue reading →
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Addas polow (Persian rice pilaf and lentils) recipe
By LEBANESE RECIPES
11/03/13 20:52
Tony Tan recalls that Melbourne's Shakahari restaurant showed how the spices of Asia and Africa could be used to breathe life into staples such as lentils and rice. Tan's Persian pilaf, pictured. Photo: Marina Oliphant Author: Tony Tan Time: < 30 mins Difficulty:...
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Wild Rice Pilaf with Dried Apricots and Pine Nuts
By The Iowa Housewife
01/30/13 08:00
We like wild rice, and I'm always ready to try another dish using it. We liked this one from "Fine Cooking Comfort Food" , but we thought the portion sizes were twice as large as needed. This is a pleasant dressed-up side dish that doesn't take too much...
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Baked rice pilaf
By The Self-Taught Cook
01/25/13 15:15
BAKED RICE PILAF 1 1/2 c chicken broth 1 tbsp butter 3/4 c medium grain rice 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 onion 1 stalk celery 1 carrot Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Chop onion, celery, and carrot in food processor. Cook broth in microwave for 1 minute. Pour into 1-quart...
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Curried coconut rice Pilaf
By The Iowa Housewife
01/24/13 10:00
The Fine Cooking Comfort Foods cookbook magazine has a great definition of Rice Pilaf. They say that what makes the difference between cooked rice and rice Pilaf is that the rice in pilaf is first sauteed in butter or oil and then cooked with a measured...
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Tawa Pulao (Stir fry Rice Pilaf with veggies)
By Meg's Delicious Adventures
09/24/12 18:56
Being born and brought up in Mumbai, street side food has always been a favorite part of my childhood, Pav Bhaji being the topper. Some years back, the pav bhaji vendors started selling a new item 'Tava Pulao'. So me and my sister decided to give it a try,...
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Greek Rice Pilaf
By Mediterranean Inspired Food
07/27/12 01:38
Greek Rice Pilaf also known as Prassorizo ( Leeks and Onions) INGREDIENTS: makes 4-6 servings 3 large leeks sliced thin 6 green onions sliced thin 1 yellow onion diced 1 cup Arborio rice Extra Virgin Olive Oil ¼ cup of dried parsley 2 tbsp. minced garlic...
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Curried Rice Pilaf
By BIZZY BAKES
05/30/12 16:13
I like making rice pilaf because they are easy to make, yet maintain a delicious flavor. I usually cook mine in a broth but the alternative is to spice up the rice, in the pan and cook in water. This recipe can be changed around, easily. You could select...
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Brown Rice Pilaf
By BIZZY BAKES
03/13/12 17:01
I am not sure how much time, I will have, to cook new dishes before Passover (Pesach) so I am going to check out Chaya's Comfy Cook for some of my older recipes. The photos are terrible but some of those recipes are the very best. I chose a rice pilaf for...
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Rice Pilaf - Alton Brown
By BIZZY BAKES
02/26/12 03:03
Rice is a staple in many gluten-free homes. It is versatile and can be made sweet or savory. In my opinion, it is hard to ruin rice unless you burn it. Even when cooked, if you don't like the taste, add some soy sauce or spices and it can be salvaged. Rice...
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Vegetarian Serbian Rice Pilaf
By Gourmandelle Lifestyle Blog
01/22/12 14:46
Sorry for the long break dear foodies! I had lots of exams recently and no time for cooking. I made this recipe especially for those of you who are always on the run and want something healthy to eat. This recipe is ready really fast and feeds 8 people!...
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Chicken Tomato Rice Pilaf
By Tips for Delicious and Healthy Cooking
06/10/11 07:42
Last Sunday as you all know was my Happy Birthday and this year we arranged party at our home with some of my close friends and few relatives. My aunt bring a delicious pineapple cake for me and it was just awesome. For lunch there was few fancy Indian...
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Nov 29, 2011
"Animals At Monterey Bay Aquarium"
Students will view a live web cam displaying various animals in the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which is located in Monterey, CA. The various animals that will be displayed include the following: giant bluefish tuna, hammerhead sharks, sea turtles, etc. Students will observe the various animals displayed via the live web cam. After the video, a class discussion will be held to discuss the various animals displayed in the web cam. In the discussion, students will be given several guiding questions to help them conclude the following: Animals inhabit different kinds of environments and have external features that help them thrive in different kinds of places. Thus, students will conclude that the animals at the aquarium have external features (ie: fins, tail, scales, gills) that help them thrive and survive in the ocean. These animals' gills, for instance, help them breathe in the ocean. These animals' fins, for instance, help these animals swim in the ocean. These animals' tails, for instance, serve as a steering mechanism for these animals. Lastly, students will draw the animals observed and label the animals' external features (ie: fins, tail, scales, gills, etc.). Students will be given a paper containing the labels (fin, tail, scales, gills), which students will cut out the labels and place them onto their picture labeling each feature.
Type of Task:
Student-centered, Teacher-centered
Time Required
30 minutes (15 for video and discussion; 15 for illustration)
Biology: Oceans: Animals
Life Science; Grade 1
Grade School
Science and Technology
Prerequisites Skills:
Students that have been provided with adequate opportunities to learn about marine animals' external features (ie: fins, gills, scales, tail) which help them thrive and survive in oceans will be able to successfully complete this assignment. Students that are able to cut paper with scissors and draw pictures that include labels will be able to successfully complete this assignment. Teachers will need to be able to have reliable access to the internet because this video is displayed online (http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/efc_opensea/open_sea_cam.aspx). Teachers will also need to have access to a projector or an ELMO machine so that all students will be able to see this particular video. Thus, this video will need to be displayed via an ELMO machine. Teachers will also need to have basic technological competency in order to successfully complete this activity (ie: browsing the internet, playing videos on the internet, etc.) Since this video demonstrates the external features of marine animals that help them survive and thrive in the ocean, it is recommended that teachers show this video at the end of their aquatic/marine animals unit.
Learning Objectives:
Students will identify external features (ie: fins, tail, gills, scales, etc.) that help marine animals thrive and survive in the ocean in the form or a drawing with appropriate labels. Students will participate in a class discussion sharing their observations, reactions, and thoughts pertaining to the video.
Technical Notes:
This exercise requires a broadband connection or reliable internet access to display the video. This exercise requires the latest version of Windows Media Player and also may require the latest version of media players for software other than Windows or PC (ie: Mac). This video also only plays from 7am to 7pm (Pacific Standard Time), thus this video will only be available during these times.
Text of Learning Exercise:
Teachers will need to be able to utilize the video's tools correctly (using the play, pause, and volume options found in a black rectangular box embedded within the video). Since this video is live, it cannot replay or display images that have already streamed live. If teachers wish to clarify students' misconceptions about a particular animal, for instance, then they will only be able to use the images that are streaming live because this video cannot replay images previously displayed. Thus, students will select one animal they observed and draw a picture of this particular animal with its respective labels. If teachers need to provide clarification on an animal or an animals' external features, they could use the following links: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/classroom/sharktemplates/Hammertemplate.shtml (information on hammerhead shark) (information on sea turtle) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/turtle/Seaturtlecoloring.shtml
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A class discussion will be utilized as an informal assessment of students' progress towards the learning objectives. This informal assessment will also be utilized to provide clarification, assistance, feedback, etc. The discussion is designed to obtain students' reactions, observations, and ideas pertaining to the video. Teachers can utilize the following questions: "What kinds of animals did you see?" "What did the outside of these animals look like?", and "What do you think these animals could survive in the ocean?" Thus, teachers can provide clarification, assistance, or feedback to students based on students' responses to these particular questions. After students have been guided to conclude that the animals at the aquarium have external features (ie: fins, tail, scales, gills) that help them thrive and survive in the ocean (gills help them breathe in the ocean, fins help these animals swim in the ocean, tails serve as a steering mechanism for these animals), they will be prompted to draw a picture of an animal that they observed in the live video. Students will also be given paper with labels such as fin, tail, scale, and gill which will be cut out with scissors and pasted onto their drawing to label the animal's external features. If a student selects a turtle, for instance, then they will be prompted to only use the labels that correspond to this animal. Thus, scales would not apply to this animal. Consequently, students will need to determine the labels that correspond to their selected animal. Students will also be prompted to use color crayons in their drawings. Students' drawings with the correct labels will be used as an assessment of their progress towards the learning objectives of this exercise.


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Richard John "Rick" Santorum hasn't said much about games recently, but in 2006 he used them as a proving point for his bipartisanship and ability to work with others using an... interesting analogy. During his run for Congress in Pennsylvania, he ran a political ad that showed him walking around a wrestling ring as wrestlers beat each other senseless. This was a metaphor for Washington. Near the end of the video, Santorum explained that he was "working with Hillary Clinton to limit inappropriate material in video games." And then he punched a guy in the face, without a glint of irony.
That never really went anywhere; obviously, as we're all still enjoying limitless inappropriate material in our video games, but it's still worth noting that he thought it important enough to bring up in a political ad. He also lost that election, so there's a chance that he might have reevaluated his priorities since the ad ran.
Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich might be the most conflicted political candidate when it comes to videogames. He has, on several occasions, come out strongly against them, saying, "I think the fact is, if you look at the amount of violence we have in games that young people play at 7, 8, 10, 12, 15 years of age, if you look at the dehumanization, if you look at the fact that we refuse to say that we are, in fact, endowed by our creator, that our rights come from God, that if you kill somebody, you're committing an act of evil."
To us, that sort of sounds like he's saying that committing an evil act in a videogame is the same as committing an evil act in the real world, at least on some level, which is obviously troubling.
He also went on a long rant about games in 1999 after Columbine, pointing a finger at the entertainment industry by saying, "for a generation Hollywood and computerized games have undermined the core values of civility. It is time they were stopped by a society which values free speech enough to protect it. One of the great founders of CBS News, Edward R. Murrow, producer, had a wonderful saying, just because you have the right to say it, doesn't mean it's the right thing to say," which is a somewhat strong attack on freedom of speech in general.
He went on to say "…and let us say to the Nintendos and the other games, if you are going to be sick, we are going to find a way to protect this country from you. And whether that means exposing movies to liability litigation, whether that means exposing computerized games to litigation, whether it means challenging the Democrats to cut off the fund raising in a verse. Don't tell us you care about children and have the people who are corrupting their lives raise your money while you tell us you care about traditional values. Don't tell us the freedom of speech means the freedom to be so depraved, so violent, so disgusted that our children grow up in a country where they think that killing somebody else is a reasonable behavior. And it's true on television. It's true in the movies. It's true in these games. I will challenge the lawyers of America: don't tell how you could protect those who are bad, tell how well you can help us find some solution to bring Hollywood to its senses and to bring the computer people to their senses. And I'm not for censorship, but I am for the society setting standards and shaming those who refuse to have a standard that makes sense."
To be fair, a lot of people blamed Columbine on videogames, and the fact that he didn't say that much about them in the past ten years might mean he let that grudge slip away.
But for all of the negative things Newt has said about games, he might be the most informed politician. Gingrich is an avid fan of science fiction and technology in general, and actually gave a speech in Second Life several years ago, praising the game and its community. Odds are he didn't know about the darker side of Second Life (which includes flying dildos and the like), but it's still interesting. And confusing.
James Richard "Rick" Perry already dropped out of the primary race, but he is still a candidate for vice presidency, so we left him on this list. We also left him on for another reason: he's actually the most pro-gaming candidate around. As governor of Texas, Rick Perry tried to make the state into the Hollywood of gaming by constantly incentivizing developers to hire in-state with tax breaks and bonuses. There were some restrictions, including a clause that dissuaded developers from bashing Texas in their games (what?), but he was definitely pro-gaming industry, even keynoting 2008's E3.
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Nursing home residents with cognitive impairment are able to participate in a motivational intervention
Research Activities, April 2009
Long-term care professionals are charged with ensuring that residents are restored to their highest level of physical functioning so they retain as much independence as possible. Staff members use many techniques to foster this independence, including encouragement, cueing, role modeling, and positive reinforcement. However, residents who have cognitive impairments such as memory loss or difficulty processing language (aphasia) may not benefit as readily from these restorative care interventions.
Barbara Resnick, Ph.D, C.R.N.P., F.A.A.N., F.A.A.N.P., of the University of Maryland School of Nursing, and colleagues tested a Restorative Care Intervention for the Cognitively Impaired (Res-Care-CI) for 6 months on 41 residents with severe cognitive impairment who were 55 or older and living in a nursing home for people with dementia. The Res-Care-CI motivates nursing assistants by educating and mentoring them on restorative care and helping them develop goals for their nursing home's residents.
Residents experienced a decrease in depressive symptoms 2 months after the Res-Care-CI was implemented, but this improvement was not sustained. Behavioral symptoms (agitation) also lessened after the intervention when baseline measures were compared with 6-month measures. No significant differences in physical function and activity were detected. However, the authors conclude that it is possible to engage residents who suffer from cognitive impairments in physical and functional activities and these activities do not cause behavioral problems or aggravate depression. This study was funded in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HS13372).
See "Pilot testing of the Restorative Care Intervention for the Cognitively Impaired," by Elizabeth M. Galik, Ph.D., C.R.N.P., Dr. Resnick, Ann Gruber-Baldini, Ph.D, and others in the September 2008 Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 9(7), pp. 516-522.


text: 000 FXUS63 KPAH 280916 AFDPAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 316 AM CST Wed Jan 28 2015 .SHORT TERM (Today through Friday night)... Issued at 315 AM CST Wed Jan 28 2015 A sunny and milder day is anticipated today as a narrow 500 mb ridge axis traverses the Mississippi Valley this afternoon. The forecast models are in good agreement on high temps and appear reasonably good. The exception is in the Ozark foothills of se Missouri, where guidance was several degrees too cool Tuesday. This appears to be the case again today. Guidance shows kpof cooler today than on Tuesday, despite full sun and decent warm advection. Clouds will increase tonight as a low pressure center tracks east from the central Plains to northeast Illinois. The trailing cold front will reach southeast MO and southern IL around 12z. Despite moderately strong forcing and a 50-knot southwest low level jet, none of the latest models depict qpf with the front over southeast MO. Some very light rain develops east of the Mississippi River on a few of the models, namely the 00z gfs and ecmwf. Will maintain slight chance pops in those areas for late tonight and Thursday morning. Thursday night into Friday, cold high pressure builds southeast from the northern Plains into the Illinois/Indiana region. This high should be strong enough to clear out the low clouds Thursday night. Despite sunshine on Friday, highs should only range from the mid 30s along I-64 to the lower 40s around kpof. Clouds will begin to increase Friday night, with lows in the 20s. .LONG TERM (Saturday through Tuesday)... Issued at 315 AM CST Wed Jan 28 2015 Despite model run to run issues, a trend can be found when clustering 2 days worth of the EC/GFS solutions (minus the 12z GFS), and recent GEM. First trend is increasing precip chances late Saturday night into Sunday, with the second a tilt toward a warmer scenario, and mainly rain for our area Saturday night through Sunday, possibly ending as light snow Sunday night. The model variance handling the split flow scenario seems to have stabilized. Timing still a bit of an issue, perhaps slower onset late Saturday into Saturday night, and then with the ending precip Sunday night (EC faster, 00z GFS has slowed down). Timing moving the main upper trof through late in the weekend is closer from one model to another. Saturday is essentially dry, save for maybe the Ozark foothill region by evening, with increasing PoPs from west to east Saturday night. Kept rain/snow possibility north, rain south. Impacts seem minimal northern 1/3, if any at all. Sunday should be mainly rain all areas, but kept a slight chance mention of S- mainly nrn 1/3 of the CWFA. Cannot rule out entirely the possibility some models may shift back the other direction (a little colder), so do not want to exclude the snow mention. However, that is not the trend at this time. Monday and Tuesday will be colder, with dry weather the rule as strong high pressure builds SE across the area. && .AVIATION... Issued at 315 AM CST Wed Jan 28 2015 A small patch of MVFR ceilings will hang tough in the kowb/kevv areas til around 12z. Otherwise, clearing has occurred at all taf sites. VFR conditions should prevail through the remainder of the forecast period with an increase in high clouds later today. As high pressure shifts east of the area, light northeast winds will veer to the southeast and strengthen to near 10 knots by this afternoon and evening. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && $$ SHORT TERM...MY LONG TERM....CN AVIATION...MY/RJP


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Cruella de Vil to Get the 'Maleficent' Treatment (Albeit With More Dead Puppies) in 'Cruella'
In Development By Adam Bellotto on September 30, 2013 | Be the First To CommentMaleficent must be something truly special, because Disney has decided that the "classic Disney villain gets a live-action update" approach deserves multiple films. And the next antagonist to be given a starring role is none other than the puppy-stealing, fur-coat-obsessing Cruella de Vil. The Hollywood Reporter (who broke the news) have Aline Brosh McKenna on screenplay duties for Cruella. McKenna is fitting choice, as she already has some live-action Disney experience, having recently penned the script for Kenneth Branagh's upcoming Cinderella adaptation. There's no word on what the story will entail, but if it's anything like Maleficent, we'll be getting all kinds of prequel-ish backstory on Cruella de Vil, and how she's not so bad despite having an uncontrollable urge to kill baby puppies and wear their skin. Perhaps she didn't start out that way. Maybe the film will follow a younger, more energetic Cruella who loves animals, and is mistakenly cursed with an unending hunger for sweet, innocent puppy-skin.
Aline Brosh McKenna Continues to Move Away From Fluff, Set to Adapt Modern 'Jane Eyre'
In Development By Kate Erbland on June 26, 2013 | Be the First To CommentWhile it's hard to imagine that there is a sizable interest in seeing the cinematic telling of a yet-to-be-published graphic novel based on Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" that not only moves the action to modern times but also appears to focus on Jane's paramour/boss Edward Rochester, Fox 2000 seems to think so, as the studio has just paid "a deal worth low seven figures" for the rights to just such a novel. Alrighty then. THR reports that the studio has nabbed the rights to "Rochester," a new graphic novel coming from Archaia Publishing about that very subject, and already set Aline Brosh McKenna to pen the adaptation. Details on the project are slim, but we're certainly interested in seeing a nineteenth century-set novel about governesses and sprawling estates and orphans and loons in the attic translated to the modern age. We are, however, less interested in seeing the book's plot translated through the eyes of Edward Rochester, especially because Bronte's book includes far, far more than just the Jane/Rochester love affair (seriously, it's really only about a third of the book). McKenna, though first known for her rom-com-ish work on films like The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses, Morning Glory, and I Don't Know How She Does It, has steadily moved away from her fluffy roots as of late. She most recently penned We Bought a Zoo for Cameron Crowe, wrote the new live-action Cinderella with Chris Weitz, and even has the main writing credit for the new Annie. She's certainly mixing things up, and the modern retelling of a classic tale […]
That Will Smith-Produced, Aline Brosh McKenna-Penned 'Annie' Remake Gets Still Weirder
In Development By Kate Erbland on January 30, 2013 | Be the First To CommentAt this point, Sony Pictures' remake of the musical classic Annie is turning into the latest Mad Libs production to come out of Hollywood, with studio executives just randomly yelling out names of people who should be working on getting the long-in-development feature off the ground. The project certainly made sense at first as, back in January of 2011, it was announced that Will Smith would be producing the project as a potential vehicle for his daughter, Willow Smith (thank the success of The Karate Kid for that). A few weeks after that, we got wind that Jay-Z would also be producing alongside Smith, which continued sound like a solid way to make a fresh, new Annie, and then Emma Thompson came on board to write the script and any concept we might have had of the new film went right out the window. Thompson's screenwriting work in the kiddie realm primarily consists of the Nanny McPhee films, which certainly are not the type of updated, contemporary work that this new Annie seemed to dictate. But that's not all! Last summer, rom-com screenwriting queen Aline Brosh McKenna was brought on to rewrite Thompson's work, making the film's vision even more unclear. What was the writer of such films as Three to Tango, Laws of Attraction, The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses, and Morning Glory going to bring to the table of a beloved family classic? Well, who knows, but now we can all keep up our head-scratching because Deadline Hollywood reports that […]
'Devil Wears Prada' Scribe Set to Take Her Cinderella Story Chops to 'Annie' Remake
In Development By Kate Erbland on July 27, 2012 | Be the First To CommentScreenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna's resume is bizarre. Start at the bottom – Three to Tango, Laws of Attraction, some TV movie, The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses, Morning Glory – you see the pattern, right? But after penning generally mainstream romantic comedies since 1999, McKenna veered wildly off course in 2011. Her credits for that year? I Don't Know How She Does It (horrible, offensive tripe) and We Bought a Zoo (charming, inoffensive family stuff directed by no less than Cameron Crowe). Now McKenna is reportedly set to go even further away from her bread and butter, as the scribe is apparently set to rewrite the script for the Will Smith and Jay-Z-produced remake of Annie. Perhaps even McKenna bristled at last year's New York Times profile that sold her as the go-to writer of "Cinderella stories for the Blackberry set of professional women." (Oof.) McKenna will reportedly "draw on both the hit Broadway musical and the comic strips that first introduced the plucky orphan for the adaptation." She's certainly an accomplished adapter, as a number of her projects spawned from popular books, though McKenna has never penned a musical.
Disney Thinks Mark Romanek is the Right Fit for a Live Action 'Cinderella'
In Development By Nathan Adams on August 12, 2011 | Be the First To CommentThe new trend in Hollywood seems to be live action adaptations of tales starring Disney princesses. First Disney hit it big themselves with their Tim Burton directed 3D version of Alice in Wonderland. Then, a couple of other studios got the jump on them for the next round by announcing several different Snow White projects. Eventually Disney threw their hat into that ring with their own take on the tale, The Order of the Seven, and not one to be outdone for long, they've become to first one out of the gate for the next wave of princess movies as well. If one of those other studios wants to put a Cinderella project in the works, well they're just going to have to get in line behind the mouse. Work on a live action Cinderella started last year when Disney paid The Devil Wears Prada writer Aline Brosh McKenna big money for her treatment on the material. That pitch seems to have come together nicely, because word from Deadline Fantasyland is that Disney is courting director Mark Romanek to helm the project. Romanek has directed films like One Hour Photo and Never Let Me Go before, and his work has always gotten a fair amount of critical acclaim, but it should be remembered that the last time he was attached to a big studio property it resulted in him walking out on Universal's The Wolfman not long before shooting was scheduled to start. Seeing as nothing has been officially signed, […]
The inner workings of the media have not been depicted onscreen with the incisiveness of Morning Glory in years. Twenty-three of them to be exact, since James L. Brooks released his seminal Broadcast News, the ensemble comedy that convincingly revealed the behind-the-scenes machinations and romantic triangles at an evening news program. Roger Michell's film is the 2010 morning show set answer to Brooks' work. Above all, it trades in two fundamental truths: the media has gotten dumber and even more filled with personalities slavishly devoted to a fast-paced, go-getter, plugged-in workaholic lifestyle. Fundamentally ensconced in the longstanding tradition of screwball boardroom comedies, Morning Glory is nonetheless attuned to the way we get our information and to the pressures of a society placing an increasingly sharp emphasis on networking and fraternization — superficiality over substance.
Morning Glory Trailer: Harrison Ford, Possibly Funny
Movie News By Neil Miller on May 26, 2010 | Comments (3)It may have something to do with the fact that I've recently watched both Knocked Up and a marathon of How I Met Your Mother, but everything feels like it revolves around struggling broadcast journalists and/or producers these days. Local television morning show producer is the new executive assistant.
Can Bringing Back Cinderella and Dorothy Cure the Vampire Craze?
Movie News By Neil Miller on May 18, 2010 | Comments (3)I don't know about you, but I've been anxiously awaiting the days when princesses, enchantment and fantastical adventures overtake the dark, brooding, vamping trends in teen-targeted entertainment.
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Happy New Years everyone.... I just realized that I will be graduating in May
Open-close here at the Domain bs location, just like yesterday. Open-close for DW, too.
No rest for the weary.
Hope you all had a happy New Year.
DW and myself were out by 11p.
Kiddos stayed up to ring it in.
Over to mom and pops to celebrate his 80th afterwards.
Hopefully they save me some duck...!
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
~ you know who
Happy New Years everyone.... I just realized that I will be graduating in May
Happy New Year Everyone!
I am alone in the hosue! What a weird feeling. Maybe I should go clean up the boys room- finish what I started anyway.
I don't seem to be moving to get to cleaning.
Laundry is going. Dinner is in the oven. I picked up the dirty clothes in the boys room and about to go get a trash bag to throw stuff away. They will not like it once I finish and I make them clean it up! hee hee hee. (Way beyond them cleaning it. That's how 2.5 bags of trash got under the bed- by them cleaning!)
I really miss having close friends. Time to reestablish some communication!
I haven't even turned that on. I may have to look!
Not a fan of the two teams. I don't think I will watch.
there was football today???
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This is a lovely fresh moisturiser. I tend to only use this in the evenings but i can use it anytime my face really needs moisturising! It absorbs quickly and leaves dry patches velvety smooth. This is the most basic skincare item i actually use, but will be a nessecety for my skincare collection from now on! I'm not giving 5 lippies because i hate the plastic pot, and would rather have it in a tube!
this is a very basic face moisturizer, it contain Petroleum. it is ok for my combo skin, what i do is i put this on when my face still wet from toner, makes it lighter for my make up. i like it becoz it is so cheap you only need a little for the entire face. the jar is too big it will last forever! $4.99cdn.
ps. too rich for my combo skin type i stop use it. becoz of petroleum too rich for my combo skin type.
I'm glad I ordered this from my coworker, I did a review on my hydrating olay moisturizer yesterday, but totally forgot I ordered a billion things from her. Giddy like a kid on Christmas, when I got home I washed my face with my cleansers and pro x last night, and slapped this on my face. Now, if I'm gonna break out when using a new product, it's immediately. Especially with face creams. So last night was the test, to my surprise when I woke up, I had no flare up anywhere. My skin wasn't oily, but instead really pretty. It cleared up my dry skin on my chin, and the corners of my nose. The smell to me, I actually kind of like? Does it smell like grandma Avon would use it, yes, but the benefits of this are nice. And despite the ingredient list which I'm bitter/sweet about, it's a good deal and gets the job done, if not more.
Besides that, I don't see myself running out anytime soon. I'm giving it 4 lippies because Avon needs to specify their face creams better, I'm very fortunate I picked this one that's right for me, because I think they have two other rich moisture creams that are vague in descriptions. I also think the packaging is cheap, and could be made more modern.
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This is a hidden gem at Avon. Cant believe more people have not bought it yet. I only got it for $3 on sale. It moisturizes really well, doesnt break me out and I have very oily skin. I cant speak for antiaging properties, but it wonderful for 20yr olds. It doesnt sting my sensitive skin. I have tried much expensive products that have dont nothing for my skin. This product is worth using. One of my favorites, and you get 6.7fl. oz which is an isane price for a face cream.
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I got this face cream because I read the reviews on the Avon website, and this product had a 100% people-would-recommend percentage, plus a high 4.something rating. I did not believe a product could be THAT good, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I'm SUPER glad I did. It has become my HG moisturizer. If you read the reviews on the Avon website, it is absolutely true that this moisturizer does NOT leave a greasy feeling whatsoever, it simply absorbs into the skin. I only put this on after my evening showers and sometimes again before bed, but I do believe people can wear it under makeup earlier in the day because it really doesn't leave a greasy residue I know my other moisturizer did. I dunno if it's because I'm simply paying more attention to my skin =P, but I really do feel like my skin texture has improved since using it. It's always super smooth when I wake up the next morning..:D
Anyway, I think it's a GREAT before-bed moisturizer that I would HIGHLY recommend people to give a try. Some reviewers said it was discontinued for a while, so I suggest people try it while it's still out should it be discontinued again. It's also pretty darn cheap because Avon is constantly having sales, and they even have a larger jar now too. I also actually LIKE the smell, I think it's like jasmine tea..(*shrug* just my opinion) Thanks for reading my review! =D
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It's ok, feels kind of light though... I really cannot get over that smell... it reminds me of old lady perfume... very strong.
This was one of the first moisture creams I ever used and it is still a favorite. It is very light weight and I think designed for the younger skin in mind. It always has a place on my moisture cream shelf and I still reach for it when I need a boost. I do not mind the scent at all. I find it refreshing and calming. Perhaps because it has been around for so long, kind of like an old friend you can count on to soothe and comfort.
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Apparently this is one of those Avon products that has been around forever but I never heard of it until it caught my eye on sale. I'm constantly shopping around for new moisturizers and on sale for less than 4 bucks I decided to try. This stuff works wonders for my dry yet surface oily skin. I haven't broken out from it, it really absorbs and leaves my skin feel comfortable and non greasy all day. 2 complaints... comes small deep jar and the smell... which is some freaky grape popsicle type scent.
Update: This has become a holy grail and about the time I say that, despite the fact that it has been around for a long time, it will probably disappear. I've gone through about 4 jars now. It doesn't make me break out, my skin has improved since I started using it, and it is over all just perfect except for that damn scent. continued >>


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It seems my first semester at my new school is finally over with. Well, today is in fact the last day of school, but I overslept tremendously, waking up at 1 pm, so I didn't dare to show my face that late. In any case, I thought it would be useful to put down some thoughts about how the first half of this school year has been.
I just had a look at my "latest" entry, and was startled to find it was me complaining about how horrific this new school is. It turned out I was gravely mistaken. Although there are barely any guys in my grade, I've found it to be probably the best school so far in my life. Both socially, and in terms of the quality of the education I'm getting.
I have a new best friend, L, who is one of the guys in my class. He's straight and probably one of the least judgemental or uptight guys my age when it comes to dealing with my being gay. (apart from my gay friends, naturally) We share an interest in movies, we both play the piano and he's also very into literature. Sounds like the perfect match, altmost, at least when I'm writing it here. But we are different too, in many ways, although I'm not exactly sure how.
In recent weeks, I've also been spending more time with gay guys my age. It seems I've finally discovered a branch of the gay community here (if you can call it that) that I'm actually comfortale with. It's more the emo kind of guys, along with various film freaks. They have personality, and are slightly less superficial than most gays, which is more than I ever thought would be possible.
Although a lot of these people are just bisexual, or at least claim to be, my sexuality and theirs is never an issue, while a lot of other queer types tend to live in the stereotypes - not because that's who they are in reality, but becuase it allows them to do whatever the fuck they like.
I'm happily single, and I intend to remain that way until some dark prince comes along to abduct me to distant lands. Or rather, to clarify: being sinlge doesn't bother me in the least, but should I one day stumble upon some one very special, I wouldn't be oppsed to forming a relationship.
When I come to think of it, my dates the past year have all carried one key similarity: the guys I'm attracted to have nothing in common with me, whatsoever. The ones that share my interests, or who at least has the talktative chemistry, we always wind up becoming friends or something of the sort. It never escalates into anything even remotely sexual. I find it a little disturbing. Perhaps it's my contentment with being sinlge that drives me into refusing the acceptable guys. Or is it as simple as to say: I'm only drawn to guys who can never be a potential boyfriend. Not if I know; I'm seeing a 19 yo mechanic later this week.. Who does not like my music, and probably not any other things that I might be compelled to like.
It doesn't really bother me. O.o
Anyway, I think I've said all I want for now. But my life is finally stable, which leads me to one last thing, namely that I'm not going back to the States after all. I came to the decision one night when I was sitting on a bench with an ex-crush, and now good friend. We were talking airily about some utterly unimportant matter, and suddenly I knew I didn't want to leave. This is what I'd been longing for - a feeling of stability. My application was ready to go, down to every last detail, everything had been cleared, and I had done an excellent interview. I threw away the application the moment I got home.
Hey man good to see you alive and well, yadada. Glad the school turned out well, and the men. And I agree with you dude - no need to leave if you already have some contentment
And love the avatar
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Good luck with your next semester!
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Audit: State overspends on cellphone plansBy Peter Hirschfeld
Vermont Press Bureau | November 05,2013MONTPELIER State Auditor Doug Hoffer says an examination of state cellphone records shows the state is purchasing far more minutes, data and phones than it uses, and that under-utilization of the services constitutes a significant waste of taxpayer money.
The performance audit by Hoffers office reviewed charges in 2012 for more than 3,000 state-issued cellphones, and found that of the 11 million minutes purchased by various government agencies, more than 5 million went unused.
Of the 2,900 cellphones with bundled voice and data plans, according to Hoffer, 42 percent used little or no data. And 9 percent of state-issued cellphones, Hoffer said, werent used at all.
All told, Hoffer said the under-utilization is costing the state $272,00 in unnecessary expenses annually more than 15 percent of the $1.64 million the state spends annually on cellphone bills.
Hoffer said centralizing the coordination of cellphone plans for disparate government departments, and creating statewide guidelines for aspects of cellphone management, could yield future savings.
The Department of Information and Innovation technically has authority for all of this stuff, but for some reason, at least until now, departments and agencies had been acting pretty much independently, Hoffer said Monday.
In 2012, according to the audit, the state had 115 cellphone buying pools, which enable the sharing of voice minutes and data usage within individual buying groups. Hoffer said the state ought to be availing itself of the economies of scale that come with running such a large organization.
Its got to be centralized, Hoffer said.
Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding said he appreciates Hoffers focus on the cellphone issue, and that he agrees with the auditors findings. Spaulding said the state will use the performance audit as a springboard for a comprehensive statewide framework governing the purchase, acceptable usage and management of not only cellular devices ... but also statewide land(line) use as well.
Weve been waiting for this report anxiously, because the governor and this administration believe that the areas of cellphone usage, and how it might affect land lines, are ripe for review and discussion, Spaulding said.
Spaulding said the state likely cant forgo landlines altogether, but that some state employees, like him, communicate almost exclusively by cell, or could do so without any disruption in productivity. Prospects for landline savings, Spaulding said, means the state might be able to squeeze more than the $272,000 in waste that Hoffer found from its annual communications costs.
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BY PATRICK FINLEY Staff Reporter October 23, 2013 10:08PM
Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall (15) is tackled by Washington Redskins linebacker Lorenzo Alexander (97) and defensive back Brandon Meriweather (31) in the first half of an NFL preseason football game in Chicago, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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''The thing that concerns me is the health of him and other players,'' Marshall said Wednesday from the Kennedy Forum. ''The game has changed, and hopefully he changes his game and his approach to it, so he can be around living a healthy, effective life when he's 60 years old.''
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Why Travel Industry thrives on videos?
According to TIA conducted research – Video attracts more than 30% more viewers; These visitors stay almost 40% longer on your website and the conversion potential is almost 30% greater as compared to a text-based website. A visual experience is always a superior persuasion tool as compared to a text based pitch, and when it comes to the hospitality segment, nothing comes closer to the first-hand visual experience. The urge to explore lies at the core of a traveler's mindset and very few things motivate a traveler more than a compelling video. Your prospective guests are hooked on to your resort even before they have arrived, and this fact is bolstered by the statistics – almost 60% of customers prefer Web Sites that feature video and customers are up to 70% more likely to book activities, hotels, packages and attractions shown in a video experience.
Some of the pioneers of the travel industry were also the early adopters of travel videos. Thomas Cook, Kuoni and Thomson were convinced of the persuasive powers of the online videos and made this marketing tool an integral part of their customer relationship strategy, and the results have been trailblazing to say the least.
Market reception & reaction
Market is an intelligent creature and seldom gives an ear unless there is lucre at the end of the tunnel. Videos have captured the imagination of not only the viewers, but also the search engines, and that is not fortuitous. Google controls the traffic flow and business sentiments of online shoppers for almost 90% of the global transactions, and if there is not enough reason for videos to have gained dramatic prominence in the online searches, then we can stop the argument by just mentioning that the video mogul 'YouTube' is owned by Google – So, the second most popular search engine in the world is now coupled with the most popular search engine – That's a heady combination for any marketer who thinks on his feet.
Let's get to some influential numbers…
- A recent eMarketer survey of the US online video landscape predicts that the volume of US video audience will climb up to 190 million by 2012 – That is approximately 88% of the entire online audience
- A much older poll by Prospectiv (2006) estimated that almost 85% of US travelers utilized internet for research
- Online Video Ads are now consumed and trusted in almost equal measure as the TV Ads
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STONE'S SHOWDOWN: What Sharon Stone wants Sharon Stone gets. And what she wanted on the set of TriStar's The Quick and the Dead was for Australian actor Russell Crowe to play her lover. Stone saw Crowe, touted as the next Mel Gibson, in 1993's Romper Stomper. The hitch? ''The word came down from the studio,'' recalls Crowe, ''(They said), 'We don't know who's going to play this character, but it's not going to be (you).''' Yet Stone, who also coproduces the film, dug in her spurs and scheduled a screen test. ''The studio went berserk,'' says Stone, ''but people don't threaten me a lot. I don't take a bluff.'' Eventually, Crowe agreed to work for scale and the studio caved in. ''It was clear it had to be Russell,'' says Stone, explaining her actions. ''You can tell when a role belongs to a person.'' Especially when Stone says it does. -Bart Mills


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i am new to spelt flour....i saw ur recipe on spelt bread....am going to try it today.....pleasantly delighted to know there is also a recipe for banana bread.Please is there a recipe for spelt cake that will have a texture similar to sponge cakes.Thanks....
Hi All,
I am dying for some decent Spelt flour recipes. I'd love some cookies, cakes, muffins, etc. Also, any tips and help with ingredient exchanges using Spelt would be so helpful to me.
Thanks, Star
Spelt Recipes
I've posted a banana bread recipe in the recipe section, it's under bread and muffins etc. It's very good, and is also dairy free.
There's a spelt recipe here for Christmas Cake, I haven't tried it, but I trust the source. Dan Lepard is a fine baker.
If you can get white spelt flour (available from Doves Farm in the UK) you can make very good pizza dough.
I'll try and persuade DH to give me his spelt bread recipe. It's great.
a wonderful walnut apple or carrot cake, enjoy!
This excellent moist cake recipe is good for snacks, packing in lunchboxes, and even breakfast on the run.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes
2 cups peeled, diced apples
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 cups white (not whole)spelt or regular white flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
1 cup safflower oil
1/4 cup apple juice
2 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs
1-1/2 cups chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan and set aside. In a medium bowl, combine the diced apples, 2 Tbsp. sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon; set aside. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
In a large bowl, combine 2 cups white sugar, oil, apple juice, vanilla, and eggs. Beat at high speed until smooth. Stir in flour mixture. Fold in chopped walnuts and apple mixture.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 55 to 60 minutes, or until cake is firm, well browned, and begins to pull away from pan edges. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Serves 8-10
you may replace the apple with grated carrots, comes out great!
Spelt Flour
I used a traditional Vicotia Sponge Recipe but replaced the flour with Spelt Flour and Baking Powder and the butter with Sunflower Dairy Free Spread. It tasted better than nay other sponge I made and has kept longer.
6 oz each of Spelt Flour, castor sugar and Sunflowere Dairy Free Spread. 1 tsp bakign powder all mixed in a food processor and cooked On Gas Reg 5 for 20 to 25 mins.
Spelt cookies
[quote=melyssa]I recently was told i had to change my diet due to allergies and im having a hard time finding things that taste good , made with spelt flour... Is it possible to make decent cookies from splet flour?[/quote]
Absolutely!!! I was told to reduce the liquid when converting regular flour to spelt in recipes. I love oatmeal cookies and used my regular oatmeal recipe with spelt. The 1st time I reduced by one egg. the cookies came flat the 2nd time I reduced the shortening by half. they were light and fluffy and from what I've gotten in comments "too good" You absolutely should try substituting with a little tweeking it works!
spelt flour
I've been using spelt instead of wheat for about a year now after undergoing food sensitivity testing. My experience is that white spelt flour resembles cake flour (fine and a little sticky). I don't agree that you need less spelt flour. in my experience, you need less fluid - usually about 25% less. That is, if the recipe calls for 1 cup, 3/4 cup is about right with spelt flour. My advice is to try spelt in recipes you make often so you can compare the outcome with what you get when using wheat flour, then make adjustments.
Hi. I am new to this site
Hi. I am new to this site but I think I saw a recipe a week or so ago and was wondering if someone could forward it to me. I went back to print it a few day later and can't find it anywhere. It's for sunshine muffins. I believe the ingredients included orange and lemon juice and/or zest. Thanks so much.


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JAIPUR: In a first for government hospitals in the state, the SMS Medical College and Hospital here will soon be equipped with endoscopic ultrasound machine which will doctors in early detection of cancer and the stage of the disease in patients.
The proposal to install the state-of-the-art machine comes at a time when the World Health Organization has reported that non-communicable diseases, which include cancer, are on the rise. With this machine, patients now have a high chance in defeating cancer as it will help in early detection of the disease.
The college's principal and gastroenterologist Subhash Nepalia said, "The machine's cost is around Rs1 crore and we have placed the order. By the end of the current financial year, we will be able to get the machine."
Doctors of the hospital are quite upbeat with the decision to install the new machine. Gastroenterologist S S Sharma said, "At present, we use the CT scan. But the endoscopic ultrasound results are perfect. This will enable us in early detection of cancer."
Some of the cancers, which are on the rise and are lethal, include, cancers of the pancreas, esophagus, stomach, bile duct, gallbladder and rectum.
Another gastroenterologist Sandeep Nijhawan added, "It needs training to work on the endoscopic ultrasound machine as it will be a new facility in the hospital."
The machine makes it an easy task for doctors to see images of tissues and also of the digestive track through endoscopic ultrasound. It is a light weight instrument which is inserted in the body and gives accurate and detailed information of the digestive system.
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