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Nov 15, 2012 7:22 PM by KSBY Staff
Thursday is America Recycles Day and a local All-America City is doing its part.
Santa Maria City staff gave out recycled shop towels, pencils, magnets, and shopping bags at the landfill on East Main Street.
The idea was to raise awareness about the need to reduce waste by reusing, recycling and buying recycled products.
The city says, each year, Americans generate nearly 230,000,000 tons of solid waste.
That's more than 4 1/2 pounds per person, per day.
"Our natural resources are getting more scarce," said Jeffrey Clarin, solid waste manager. "The importance of recycling is very needed to keep with the environment. We don't want to deplete the earth's environment so recycling will actual save and continue sustenance of our environment here."
While the nation has reached an overall recycling rate of 33%, the city says much more can be done, especially in buying recycled products.
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How to Protect Your Face from the Cold
Wonder why your nose tends to get all red after being out in the cold? Blood vessels dilate when the temperature drops.
The good news: Flushed features should fade soon after you come indoors. To speed up the process, apply a warm (not hot) compress to the skin for a few minutes.
If redness persists―especially if it's accompanied by whiteheads or visible blood vessels―seek medical treatment for rosacea, a form of acne. A dermatologist can prescribe antibiotics or perform a laser treatment to reduce the appearance of blood vessels or redness.
And to prevent this cold-weather beauty woe altogether, create a physical barrier between the whipping wind and your skin by wearing a ski mask when outdoors for prolonged periods of time.
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When preparing for a trip to the beach, don't leave your camera at home in order to avoid the possible dangers. Just remember that the camera must be protected at all times, and make your plans accordingly.
Pack the camera and film so they will never be left in the open when not in use. A white or silver colored case reflects sunlight. A dark case will absorb sunlight, and this can rapidly heat the contents. Regardless of its color, keep the case out of the direct rays of the sun as much as possible.
The camera should be placed inside the case when not in use. Of course you would never lay the camera down in the sand, but you should also never place it on a beach blanket or towel, or on anything else that might collect sand, or that could be picked up with the possibility of dumping the camera onto the sand.
Dust and sand are the most common causes of camera breakdown at the beach. Even a small amount of dust getting inside the camera can shut it down. Shooting in a gentle breeze may be okay, but a brisk wind can force dust or sand into the unprotected crevasses of a camera or lens.
When going to the beach, take along a dry, lint-free cloth in a zip-type plastic bag. With it, you can lightly brush dust and sand off the camera before it can get inside. Use a flicking motion to remove the particles. Brushing can rub the stuff right into the camera casing.
A critical time at the beach is when you want to change film, or switch to a different lens on a single-lens reflex (SLR). While making a change in which it's necessary to expose the internal parts of the camera to the open air, get away from the dust, sand and activity. It's best if you can be inside a car or building, but if this is not possible, be extremely careful. Never make any changes outside in windy conditions. A digital camera with a memory card that has lots of memory is a better camera choice at the beach than a camera that might require a change of film.
Water can be another problem. Any moisture on or inside a camera can cause rust, or it can short out the camera's electronic mechanism, and salt water can speed up the process. If you come in from a swim and decide to take a few pictures, dry your hands before reaching for the camera. Also, wipe your face and hair if there is any possibility of water dripping onto the camera. If your dip has been in salt water, rinse your hands in fresh water, if at all possible, to prevent the possibility of depositing any salt from your hands onto the camera.
There are several water-resistant cameras on the market that are ideal for beach photography. Some of these are single-use (disposable) cameras. Others are water-resistant, but can also be used for any general purpose photography. Although many of these cameras are not waterproof to the extent that they can be dunked, they will endure a substantial amount of spray. This makes them fun to have at the beach when you want to get close to the water where most of the activity takes place. Incidentally, these cameras also take very good pictures.
When you get home from the beach, carefully brush off or vacuum the outside of the camera to remove any dust or sand before opening the back or changing lenses. Also vacuum the inside and outside surfaces of the gadget bag.
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Edible economics
There's no doubt that vegetable gardening is hot. Folks who've never grown a radish suddenly want to plant pots or plow up their lawn so they can add fresh food to the table. The upside: You can harvest edibles untouched by synthetic chemicals, and the flavor is unbeatable. And maybe you'll save some money.
"If you have the space and the time, there's nothing like growing vegetables — grabbing a big fresh tomato from your own plant and inhaling its aroma on a warm summer day," says Kris Jarantoski, executive vice president and director of the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe. "You can't even get that kind of freshness from a farmers market."
The downside: You must invest in a few tools, gloves and some pots and potting soil if you're going to grow your veggies in pots. Or you can prepare a spot that gets full sun (six or more hours of direct sunlight), and that may mean buying a shovel or renting a sod-lifter to remove the existing lawn. Good tools and pots, however, are a one-time expense, which should last for years.
"Don't buy any cheap tools," says Liz Omura, curator of the Idea Garden at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. "Borrow them from friends or neighbors until you can buy good ones."
She rents a 20-by-30-foot space for $45 — a flat fee from spring through fall — in a community garden in Geneva. Buying tomato and pepper transplants (young plants), along with seed packets of peas, bush and pole beans, squash, lettuce, chard and beets for less than $60, she can harvest $250 or more of produce from spring until frost, if the weather cooperates and bugs don't wreak havoc.
Omura recently bought a stainless steel ergonomic shovel for $30, and 100 bamboo stakes for $115, which will last four or more years. "They're handy for growing peas, pole beans and for staking tomatoes."
She recommends buying a trowel that feels comfortable in your hand (about $15 and up) and perhaps a hoe for weeding vegetable beds ($25 and up). Expect to spend another $5 for a pair of good washable garden gloves.
There's also the time factor — the time you spend coddling plants, watering them, staking the tomatoes or beans and bug patrol. That's usually a daily affair by mid-June, especially if you're growing edibles in pots, in which case the soil dries out fast. And time, as we all know, is perhaps the single most valuable commodity in existence.
"It's kind of hard to say how economic it will be to grow your own," says Emily Tepe, author of "The Edible Landscape" (Voyageur Press, $24.99, 160 pages). "But it's so supereasy to grow things like Swiss chard, which you can harvest all season long. I probably cut five to six leaves of chard at a time once a week, so one plant will supply at least 10 bunches of leaves through the season." A packet of seeds would plant a 10-foot row, and you could potentially harvest 10 pounds or more.
To get the most out of your efforts, pick vegetables that you enjoy eating often, and grow crops that mature quickly and can be replanted. Two rows of corn will take up precious garden space for three months. In that same space you could grow several bush bean plants and harvest many pounds of fresh beans. And, because the beans have a shorter growing time than corn, you could pull them out when they're finished and sow more beans, beets or greens for a late-summer harvest.
Because some things are so reasonably priced during summer, Omura suggests buying rather than growing. Easy-to-find vegetables like onions, potatoes and carrots fall into this category.
"Grow something more unusual like Romano beans," she says, "which are wonderful and nutty tasting, or blue potatoes. Grow things that would otherwise be pricey at the market."
You can buy 4-inch pots of basil, sage, tarragon, rosemary and other herbs for about $4 each this spring and transplant them into large containers or in the ground, and harvest stems weekly until October instead of spending a few dollars each week for fresh-cut bunches.
For Jarantoski, an avid cook, growing herbs on his Chicago balcony is the most practical use of his space. "I grow sage and parsley, and I may use just a little at a time, so that's very helpful. But growing watermelons on a balcony? That's where the farmers market comes in."
Counting costs
Here's how a starter veggie garden stacks up
The initial outlay
The basics to get started (prices approximate)
10 5-gallon plastic pots* = $150
10 large bags of potting mix, 1 for each pot = $90
Trowel = $15
Shovel = $30
1 pair gloves = $5
5 pepper plants = $20
5 tomato plants = $20
2 packets ($3 each) beans,
cabbage, eggplant, kale,
parsley, peas, spinach,
squash, chard = $54
*to grow tomatoes
and peppers in pots
The projected payoff
If all things go well, here's what you could potentially harvest from planting a 10-foot row or large pot of these crops and an estimated price:
Bush beans 30 plants = 6 pounds = $18**
Cabbage 10 plants = 10 pounds = $10
Eggplants 8 plants = 20 fruits =$10
Kale 10 plants = 5 pounds = $30
Parsley 20 plants = 1 pound = $24
Peas 20 to 30 plants = 3 pounds = $9
Peppers 5 plants = 80 fruits = $40
Spinach 30 plants = 5 pounds = $15
Summer squash 2 plants = 60 fruits = $30
Swiss chard 8 plants = 12 pounds = $72
Tomatoes 5 plants = 60 pounds = $120
** estimate of local farmers market prices
Sources: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Vegetable Planting Guide, January 2013; localharvest.com; Bureau of Labor Statistics, bls.gov
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State Board adopts educator effectiveness rules
The Colorado State Board of Education took a significant step Wednesday toward the implementation of the requirements of SB 191.The State Board voted unanimously to adopt rules governing the design and implementation of teacher and principal evaluation systems. The rules now move to the Attorney General's Office and then to the General Assembly for review and approval.
CASB believes the rules appropriately reflect the state and local partnership contemplated by the Licensed Personnel Performance Evaluation Act, as amended by SB 191. We are currently developing resources to help school boards define their role in the design and implementation of the new systems and will continue to work with CDE and other state partners to assist districts in this work.
Please visit our Educator Effectiveness webpage and CDE's Resource Bank for additional information and resources.
State Board delays adoption of graduation guidelines
Per state law, the State Board of Education was slated to adopt graduation guidelines next month. However, given the many reform efforts the state is juggling – SB 191, CAP4K, SB 163, etc.– CDE staff Wednesday requested a delay in adopting graduation guidelines so that they can be better aligned with the slate of reforms the state is in the process of implementing.As you may recall, HB 07-1118 established the Graduation Guidelines Development Council to study the issue and make recommendations to the State Board. This process was completed in May 2008. In the meantime, school districts were to work with their communities to determine the skills students will need to be successful after graduation. Using the resulting community blueprint and the graduation guidelines adopted by the State Board, school districts were to revise their graduation requirements for the 2012-13 school year.
This week, the State Board agreed with the request by CDE staff to delay the adoption of the guidelines. Rather than adopting graduation guidelines in December, CDE is working with state legislators to amend the existing deadlines in state law, both for the adoption of guidelines by the board and the revision of graduation requirements by districts. No specific dates have been set at this time, but the department would like to have the Graduation Guidelines Council reconvene and revise its recommendations by spring of 2013. CASB will keep you posted as the clean-up legislation procedes once the General Assembly gets rolling in January.
More information on the community blueprint process can be found on CASB's Advocacy webpage.


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Technological Advances Require Ability to Anticipate Impacts and Opportunities They Present
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By Margareta Barchan, Center for Corporate Citizenship Fellow
Sweden played host to more than 300 leaders, innovators, executives, and researchers from 54 countries this June at the Tällberg Forum to consider the tremendous impact of technology on humankind.
With a conference theme of "Beyond our imagination" the general thesis put forth by presenters is that technology has outpaced our ability to use or understand it. Consider, for instance, the reality that it took us more than 20 years to make use of the Internet and online technology as we do now to interact and connect globally.
In the broadest sense, technology is altering human behaviors. The impact has social, political, economic, and environmental repercussions that we can see now but can only speculate on for the future.
There is an uneasy relationship developing between technology, humans and nature. Brian Arthur of the Santa Fe Institute underscored our basic instinct about technology: We don't want it to control us; we want to control it. We want technology to enhance our human life and to be of service to "all living species."
At the forum, we screened Nora Bateson's film "An Ecology of Mind", a beautiful portrait of her father Gregory Bateson, the anthropologist, biologist, and "father of systems thinking." It was an invitation to understand our development through the lens of nature – how living things hold together and that every living thing exists in relation to another living thing. How is it that we miss this point when we take action that breaks the fragile ecological thread that weaves together our existence, such as our sometimes less-than-thoughtful use of technology?
[small_ad_left]In part, I was reminded, this happens because research is conducted in silos. Anita Goal of Nanobiosym Diagnostics and the inventor of a DNA reader that provides instant health information for individuals said we need to transect traditional boundaries to bring the best together. She predicts that nanotechnology will make it come together and that this could be the next quantum leap. To do this, she suggests, we must evolve technology in harmony with nature and take a more holistic view.
Speaking of which, Mr. Toilet (aka Jack Slim), from the World Toilet Organization (WTO), drove home the point that there are billions of people in developing countries who still don't have access to sanitary facilities. Being a successful businessperson, he became financially independent and founded this NGO with the purpose of improving sanitation facilities globally.
Technological innovations alone are not enough to bring about changes that are good for all of humanity. Business strategy and models must be designed to embrace and support innovation. Since its inception in 2001, the WTO has created a network of 235 organizations in 58 countries. That is an impressive example of how to effect meaningful change today. Mr. Toilet is raising awareness. His network is creating availability. From here, local societies will follow and create new laws and policies.
In the discussions at the Tällberg Forum, it was demonstrated over and over again that without broadening the perspectives on all levels, little will change. This is equally valid whether you are working with global politics, research, production, sales, start-ups or for any type of assignment. We must recognize the interconnectivity of everything and approach our daily assignment with that in mind. If we do, we will move well beyond our imaginations, in a positive direction.
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The Office of Cultural Enhancement and Diversity at The University of Kansas Medical Center, School of Medicine has a variety of programs to provide opportunities for underrepresented or disadvantaged students and minority faculty. Some of the programs for students include professional development seminars; personal, academic and career counseling; and the administration of the programs of the Center of Excellence and Health Careers Pathways Program designed to prepare students for careers in the health professions. The office has formed a partnership with the University of Missouri – Kansas City to administer the Greater Kansas City Health Professions Pipeway Initiative, a bi-state endeavor to provide encouragement and opportunities to minority students in the Kansas City area interested in the health professions and other science-intensive careers.
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Earlier this week, Small Wars Journal published an article by Matthew Stein, a research analyst currently working at the Foreign Military Studies Office at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, discussing the role of videos recorded and posted by citizen bystanders in the information battle to control the narrative over the police's violent crackdown on protesters in Zhanaozen [...]
Registan's Azerbaijan News & Analysis Archive
Since independence, Azerbaijan's fortunes have been bolstered by its energy wealth. However, its war over control of Nagorno-Karabakh remains unresolved, fueling persistent tensions and risk of war with Armenia. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan's relationships with Iran and Russia are often strained. Domestically, both pro-democracy activists and religious conservatives have been targeted by a government determined to remain the sole authority on social and political questions.
Several Registan authors and members of its network of experts have lived, worked, and studied in Azerbaijan and have between them decades of experience in academia, government, and private industry dealing with topics related to Azerbaijan. We use that experience and expertise to report on, contextualize, and analyze current events in Azerbaijan. Registan puts that experience to work to offer research, analysis, and training services tailored to your individual needs. For more information on how we can help you and your organization better understand Azerbaijan, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, visit our services page.


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Tags rock, classic rock, alternative rock, space, chill
Genres rock, classic rock, british, pop, alternative (beta) (flag as incorrect)
Published April 26, 2011
9 tracks for your journey through the cosmos.
Out of Their Time by mslomski
8 tracks from bands that sound like they came from a different time.
psychedelic rock, chill, classic rock, stoner rock
Storytime! by mslomski
Bored? Want to hear a story or 11? Here is some of the best stories in songs by some great storytellers such as Johnny Cash, The Beatles, and oh yea, A...
story, classic rock, folk, chill, happy
mslomski's 8track Challenge by mslomski
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Space Jams by mslomski
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Getting rid of insidious illness sometimes means losing a part of oneself, so Carol Autry's center is helping women feel whole again.
It's beautiful from a distance, but the lake contains an alarming amount of garbage.
The site allows students to showcase their grades and achievements in an online portfolio.
They are young, but smart; siblings, but they actually like each other; and they are quite poor, for now, but dreaming big.
This month, buy a cool accessory or run a 5K ...
The couple moved from Edinburgh, Scotland, to our neighborhood with their 16-month-old son, Ethan, in December.
Batman has written three romance/murder mystery novels.
The smoked ham mac and cheese casserole proves to be the ultimate feel-good food at this neighborhood restaurant.
Valentine's Day is — next to Thanksgiving — perhaps the most requested wine recommendation holiday on the calendar.
A friend had been checking on his home and discovered the crime.
Sin is what's wrong with the world, most agree. What sin is most wrong is where most disagree.
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The experts I talked to said we've probably reached bottom, but that we're going to be there for a while.
It would be nice to solely blame our politicians for this behavior, but when you look around, there are still plenty of regular folk who show, by their actions, that
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2 Rested on him hath the Spirit of Jehovah, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and fear of Jehovah. | 2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him-- the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD-- |
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[895] The Spectrum of Histopathological Findings in Vesical Diverticulum: Implications for Pathogenesis and Staging
Muhammad Idrees, Jennifer Kum, Alexander Riley, Liang Cheng. Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Background: Diverticula are saccular evaginations of urinary bladder mucosa that are encountered in all age groups with a prevalence of 1-10%. Intradiverticular neoplasms pose diagnostic and treatment challenges. The aim of this study was to document the common morphologic changes and neoplasms found in a large series of adult and pediatric vesical diverticula.
Design: Total of 176 diverticula from 137 cases of urinary bladder diverticula were identified including adult and pediatric cases. H&E stained slides were reviewed to evaluate the spectrum of neoplastic and nonneoplastic changes.
Results: A total of 176 diverticula from 137 patients were reviewed including 47 pediatric (mean age, 7.8 y) and 90 adult (mean age, 64.6 y); 92% were male. All cases had varying degrees of fibrosis and attenuation of the muscularis propria. Of the 96 nonneoplastic cases, the prominent morphologic findings included significant chronic inflammation-35, granulomatous inflammation including foreign body giant cell reaction-4, acute inflammation-7, squamous metaplasia-9, cystitis glandularis-9, and nephrogenic adenoma-1. The pediatric cases showed no malignancy. Of the 41 neoplastic cases, 29 had high-grade urothelial carcinoma (HGUC), 3 carcinoma in situ, 5 low-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma, 2 primary squamous cell carcinoma, 1 secondary melanoma, and 1 urothelial dysplasia. Two of the HGUC had neuroendocrine differentiation. Diverticulae from 19 cases were involved by primary tumors, of which 9 had coexisting intravesical neoplasia. In 14 of 29 HGUC, infiltration into adjacent fat was noted. Six of these cases arose within diverticula. Ten cystoprostatectomy cases had associated incidental prostatic carcinoma. The commonest presenting symptoms in neoplastic cases were hematuria followed by urinary retention.
Conclusions: Diverticulum of the urinary bladder is a relatively common clinical disorder in children and adults. Fibrosis, inflammation, and urothelial metaplastic changes are frequently encountered. In addition, specimens may harbor neoplasms, most commonly urothelial carcinoma. Hypothetically, attenuation of the muscle layer associated with diverticulum formation may facilitate tumor invasion into peridiverticular soft tissues. However, we could no clearly establish that muscle attenuation in bladder diverticula has statistically significant relationship with higher tumor stage.
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Everest Broke Down this week on the lift. Do you find the evacuation a fun twist or a disappointment?
Some people are like Slinkies.
They aren't really good for anything,
but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.
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Midweek Music Video: Treasure by Bruno Mars
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At Lomography Gallery Store Manchester! For the last workshop of the month we're going to do something a little different. Head down to the store to pick up your Snap Map and hunt down all the clues, once you've snapped all the items on the map, bring your film back to the store and we'll process it for you- best pictures win a prize! -
Embracing Nature the Analogue Way
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Somebody's Trash is Someone Else's Treasure: Analogue Cameras Retrieved from the Dumpster
Listening to Garbage's album "Not Your Kind of People" and thinking about the meaning of their name (garbage is trash, but the band sounds great) I got myself remembering how many times someone threw away a camera (or any analogue device) believing it was trash at the same time that, for us, it's a treasure! Definitely, they are not our kind of people! -
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Mount Tahan and Taman Negara (National Park), Pahang
Besides being the home to the glorious Mount Tahan, Taman Negara is also the habitat of thousands of rare and endangered species of flora and fauna that create one of the most diverse and complex ecosystems in the world. Not only that, it is also the home to some indigenous people called, the Batek clan. This phenomenal nature diversity in Taman Negara is a veritable treasure not only to Malaysia but to the planet. -
The International Lomography Treasure Hunt
Everyone loves treasure hunts, dont they? Theres just something enchanting about the fairy tales and stories of Pirates voyaging the seas in search of fame and hidden fortune. But more often than not the journey, the characters and the adventures come to an end when the treasure is found. Its almost as if the real treasure wasn't the jewels or the gold; the real prize is the hunt itself! But what if there was some way of keeping that excitement up after you've found what you're looking for? I think i may have an idea...


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Ice-T and Coco Renew Their Vows
Ice- T and wife Coco
Ice-T and Coco 10 Year Anniversary Wedding Vows Renewal Ceremony at W Hotel Hollywood
Los Angeles, California - 03.06.11
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The Riverview Middle School football team lost a heartbreaker to Clear Creek 6-0 in overtime last Thursday.
The Dawson County Middle School football team rallied from a 14-0 halftime deficit to grab a 15-14 win over Jasper last Thursday.
Riverview Middle School continued its winning ways with a 14-12 victory over Gilmer County in Ellijay last Thursday.
It takes guts to do it on the road, but Dawson County Middle decided to go for the win with a 2-point conversion instead of kicking an extra point during last week's game.
Riverview notched a shutout over Union County Middle School last Thursday with a 21-0 win.
The Riverview Eagles defeated Pickens County Middle School16-13 last Thursday in Jasper.
Dawson County Middle School football picked up its first win of the season with a 20-0 shutout of Gilmer County last Thursday.
It was a battle until the final buzzer sounded. The Riverview Eagles and Dawson County Tigers were friends before and after the game, but during the game both teams slugged it out.
Football season has started. This weekend will see two rivals fight it out until the final whistle sounds.
This is the third in a series of biographies about head coaches at Dawson County schools.
This is the second in a series of biographies about head coaches at Dawson County schools.
This is the second in a series of biographies about head coaches at Dawson County schools.
The Riverview Eagle football team has been using this summer to prepare for the upcoming season. The team, under second-year coach Mark Thomason, will attempt to defend their Mountain League football championship. Last year, the
The Lady Tigers recently hosted Jasper Middle School conquering another 8-2 win.
The Dawson County Middle School Lady Tiger soccer team continued its winning streak at home recently against Pickens County. The Lady Tigers won the game 4-1.
The Dawson County Middle School wrestling team finished in fifth place at the recent state duals at Cass High School.
The Riverview Middle School eight grade boys 'basketball team continued to improve its record after picking up two wins last week.
Riverview Middle School girls' basketball coach Natosha Beary's seventh and eighth grade teams split games with cross-county rival Dawson County Middle School Dec. 19.
The Dawson County Middle School wrestling team won the Appalachian League Individual Tournament on Dec. 20.
The Dawson County Middle School wrestling team captured the 2014 Mountain League Dual Championship on Saturday. The Tigers, under head coach Thomy Edwards and assistant Christopher Doerrer, went 3-0 in the tournament to bring home a first place trophy.
Coach Mark Thomason's Riverview Middle School eighth grade boys basketball team defeated Jasper Middle School, 49-28, in Jasper Dec. 1.
The Riverview Middle School seventh grade girls' basketball team suffered a heartbreaking loss to Jasper Middle School Dec. 4. The team lost by a score of 28-25.
Campbell Reed led the Riverview Middle School seventh grade boys' basketball team to a 34-28 win over Jasper Dec. 1.
The Dawson County Middle School wrestling team came away with a 40-39 victory over Clear Creek Middle School on Nov. 20.
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Holy crap! This guy plays the guitar like a magician! Maybe he is? Maybe he's the next Milli Vanilli, only on guitar? No, this guy is the real thing and he makes it look easy. Check out this video of Andy McKee playing the song, "Drifting." You
Read more →Andy McKee plays one of my favorite songs of all time. Man, this guy has some amazing chops on the guitar. He's probably played since the day he was born Anyway, he plays "Africa" by the band, Toto. I'm sure you'll enjoy this one!
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The 77th Arisaig Highland Games and 8th Clan Ranald Gathering
will be held on 30th July 2014.
Traditional Highland Games. Highland dancing, Heavy Events, Solo Piping Competitions, Track and Field Events.
Adults £6, Children £3, Parking £2, Competition fee £0, Cèilidh Dance £6
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
12.30 pm
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
The scenic location of Traigh Farm, Arisaig offers great views across sandy beaches towards the Cuillins of Skye & the Small Isles of Eigg and Rhum.


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On-Board Safety Technology Economic Analysis & Deployment
Under contract to FMCSA, ATRI is completing benefit-cost analyses on motor carrier investments in rollover stability systems and forward collision warning systems, as well as providing technical support for the FMCSA cost-benefit analysis of lane departure warning systems. ATRI is basing these analyses on crash costs collected from insurance companies, motor carriers and crash rates determined from public data sources like the General Estimates System (GES) and the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) maintained by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. Motor carriers were also interviewed to collect more detailed financial data on crash costs and alternative investment options This data is currently being analyzed to determine cost-benefit ratios and breakeven points for motor carriers. ATRI was recently awarded a sole source contract from FMCSA to design a naturalistic field test of these safety systems to increase the amount of operational/field data generated and potentially design and test an after-market integrated system.
Industry Involvement: Carriers have provided data on crash costs, technology efficacy rates and alternative investment decisions.
Freight Capacity Model
Working closely with industry and government partners, ATRI is finalizing a software-based "freight capacity model" that will allow a range of public and private sector transportation stakeholders to test the impacts of policy and planning options using real-world data inputs. The model allows users to either customize data for various objectives or use the model's default data. Planning and policy objectives that can be modeled include traffic mixes, vehicle configuration and design considerations, freight growth, fuel efficiency, air quality and pavement impacts, among others. The model is presently being beta-tested by industry and government representatives, with an expected final release date of 9/1/07.
Industry Involvement: With congestion becoming a top industry concern, the freight capacity model was funded, designed and built using industry resources. However, it is primarily based on readily available government data sources. While the initial audience of the model was government planners and managers, the model has evolved to allow industry stakeholders to calculate different investment options.
Calculating the Operational Costs of Trucking
Numerous research studies and transportation initiatives attempt to document the practical, operational costs of different policies and programs. When trucking industry impacts are included, these "consequence/impact analyses" are often based on speculative industry cost data – since there is considerable hesitancy to provide sensitive private sector data into the public domain. However, without industry-generated cost data, government programs tend to over-value or under-value true industry operating costs. The result may be programs, regulations and policies that create increased cost or burden to carriers. ATRI is developing a research design that generates both aggregated and stratified operational costs of trucking. Key metrics will include labor costs, fuel costs, shipper penalties and operating margins as they relate to alternative investment and alternative routing decisions. To collect the data, ATRI is participating in Non-Disclosure agreements with carriers and drivers.
Industry Involvement: The data is almost completely generated from carriers and drivers. Draft metrics and findings will be reviewed by an industry advisory committee.
Canadian Issues Study
ATRI is part of a FMCSA-contracted team to identify, evaluate and quantify the impact of the lack of harmonization/reciprocity in U.S. and Canadian safety regulations. The study will also attempt to quantify the impact of proposed FMCSA regulations on Canadian carriers involved in cross-border operations and to identify any issues which might impact future reciprocity/harmonization. In addition to identifying and quantifying the impact of the safety regulation disconnects, the research will create a "one-stop shop" for carriers on both sides of the border to access all relevant safety requirements, including all safety regulation variations.
Industry Involvement: The first phase of the research was to document the safety regulations across the Canadian provinces and to identify the variances across Canada and between Canada and the U.S. Canadian regulators at the provincial and national level were asked to identify the issues of greatest concern in terms of safety regulation variations. As part of the phase one interviews, Canadian carrier associations (provincial and the Canadian Trucking Alliance) were consulted on the issues of concern. During the second phase, ATRI will be convening a carrier stakeholder group of U.S. and Canadian carriers involved in cross-border operations for purposes of vetting the issues and to identify any additional areas of concern relative to safety regulation variations between the two countries.
Savannah Tollway Survey
The Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority is conducting a scoping study to determine the demand for and finance methods of a 15-mile highway that connects the Port of Savannah with the City of Savannah and areas outside of the city. State transportation planners believe the proposal will have value to the trucking industry as a way to mitigate the impact of current infrastructure deficiencies. Tolling of trucks is being considered as a finance option for the new capacity. In an effort to gain the greatest level of industry input, ATRI has developed a survey tool that will determine the need for such a road, as well as the trucking industry's willingness to pay for the infrastructure through tolling.
Industry Involvement: Motor carriers operating in and around the Savannah area are being asked to complete the survey available online at www.atri-online.org.
NYSMTA Ton-Mile Tax Evasion Study
The State of New York is one of four that tax commercial vehicles through a third structure tax that is levied through a calculation of weight and distance. In New York, the tax is known as the Ton-Mile Tax. Two 1998 studies conducted by the Wharton Econometric Forecasting Association (WEFA) found that the tax, in general, impedes economic growth in New York, and that evasion of the tax is commonplace. Nearly a decade after the WEFA studies, ATRI's research will act as an update to this past research, and will use information that was not available in the past such as advanced vehicle miles traveled estimates for commercial trucks, as well as the effects of Idaho's elimination of its weight-distance tax.
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ATRI maintains an extensive database of state demographic and economic data relevant to the trucking industry. This data is updated annually from a variety of data sources including the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Federal Highway Administration, and other state data sources. The data is collected, cleaned, organized, and analyzed to present for each state. This analysis contributes to the reports that are available for state trucking associations on the ATRI website. These reports include: roadway extent and use, industry employment and wages, compendium of state fines for weight violations, and manufactured freight moved by mode among many others.
Industry Involvement: The state economic data is maintained for the exclusive use of the State Trucking Associations, who distribute it to state legislatures, the media and the general public to highlight the critical nature of trucking to the state economy.
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Unified Communications and Collaboration
Jun 19, 2014 12:35 PM, By Cynthia Wisehart and Jessaca Gutierrez
The future is calling
I remember overhearing an AV salesman quote a bit of perspective from one of his global enterprise customers: the corporation's annual worldwide AV budget was smaller than its annual worldwide coffee budget.
That's still a lot of gear. And it does seem that the trend toward electronic communication and collaboration will inevitably grow. But will it grow in a way that will benefit AV consultants and integrators? Will all those screens, devices, networks, audio, and videoconferences happen as part of AV systems or IT systems?
Part of what makes the landscape hard to read, and hard to strategize, is that unified communications and collaboration means many different things. Here's one statistical snapshot: This time last year, according to Infonetics Research, Cisco and Polycom had both sustained year-over-year declines in worldwide revenue for enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence systems. Dedicated systems sales took the hardest hit, falling 26 percent sequentially in the first quarter of 2013 due to slow demand for immersive telepresence. In that same year, IP PBX-based videoconferencing, such as videophones using VoIP, grew 118 percent.
Statistics are, of course, mostly a game in relativity. Who knows where IP PBX systems started in order to grow 118 percent? And for Cisco, the decline translated to $661 million in revenue in the first quarter and a 46 percent market share in the sector. Infonetics predicted from its research data that sales of dedicated systems would bounce back and grow. But the point of the vignette is to illustrate that end-users experiment. They try big dedicated systems; they try IP-based systems; they use both at once for different purposes. Microsoft Lync and Google WebRTC exert influence from the desktop/IT side; teleco, web/cloud, IT, and AV all compete and collide.
"The reason that organizations are having so much trouble achieving the promise of unified communications is that it is not a product one can buy from the leading industry manufacturers (despite their sales pitch). Successful UC is actually an outcome, and one that can only be achieved when appropriate technologies are deployed in combination with a future-ready strategic vision and a detailed adoption program," says David Danto, who is both Dimension Data's principal consultant for collaboration and director of emerging technology for the unified communications trade association IMCCA. (The association is running a unified communications and collaboration summit at InfoComm14 with 13 sessions (lunches, seminars, presentations, and labs) as well as hosting the Unified Collaborative Conferencing Pavilion.)
But when it comes to strategic vision for unified communications and collaboration, who's strategic vision will that be? The facilities manager? The department head? The CIO?
Mark Sincevich, director, federal, of Cyviz (booth C6821), typically sees it unfold as more of a progression, from initial solution or application-based adoption (a single room or a single department) that, if successful with users, evolves toward a platform-based approach as it did with Cyviz's customer Chevron. Cyviz sells visual display solutions at the high end of collaborative telepresense, for government and enterprise markets, and also focuses on command and control solutions. Collaborators may be spread throughout the globe on a variety of devices that can come together on the Cyviz platform. Cyviz supplies turnkey solutions comprised of key building blocks including projector/panel, display controller with multi-touch monitor, and video processor. Cyviz tools are based on the idea that collaborators come together to share something—data, a file, a document, a picture, or a video. Cyviz comes out of AV, looks at collaboration as an AV system, and sells through the AV channel.
That does not mean they are segregated from the IT side. Indeed, Sincevich, who has a long background in IT, says that the IT teams and the CIO come into the decision-making equation when a system gets big enough. "Frequently, initially, we represent such a tiny fraction of what concerns a CIO," he says. "Our customers and decision-makers are facilities managers, operations managers, and command and control managers. Those are not IT people. But we also work with videoconferencing managers and security managers. Either way, once you are in the building or campus with a few rooms or systems, and those rooms are getting used productively, there comes a time when you can propose wider platform-style solutions. When you're providing something that's proven, you can say to a CIO, 'Let me show you how we could tie these things together more effectively.' You can show them how IT tools can manage AV assets. At that point, we would propose a client/server solution. Once you're talking client/server, by definition you're now talking to IT."
So what does this mean for the AV professional? "People in the AV industry need to be very conversant in IT lingo and able to bridge the gap between AV and IT," Sincevich says. With that in mind, here are some training opportunities in videoconferencing.
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Episode 14:Target!
"Oh, don't be like that, Gene. I could have had you run down..." The matter has become urgent! We have only five days in which to act! So, let's get cracking! It has come to the attention of somebody or other that something or other is happening, and that something is not good. Gene goes to Amsterdam, and poses as somebody who looks exactly like him but of course isn't him, in order to scare some arms dealers into doing...something. Which they were going to do anyway. But now they have to do it faster. Meanwhile, Parminter wears lots of silly hats. 'Gene Barry and Barry Morse as Mr Parminter'. Once again, Parminter is outside the International Activities Branch of the Ministry of External Affairs, and are we supposed to infer from that he is THE Minister for External Affairs? Cos he isn't very good at it... Guy Deghy (Willet Mosselman), George Sewell (Harry Venner), Astrid Frank (Astrid), Michael Godfrey (Captain Arilla), Alan Downer (Police Inspector), Denis McCarthy (Porter), Leslie Crawford (Jan), Tristan Rogers (Dieter). Phillip Broadley. And that means... Cyril Frankel! Oh, this is gonna suck... We're back in Amsterdam this week, and not just through stock footage this time. Gene gets to wander around a lot, looking very shifty as he does so, and he gets to hail taxis and run along bridges and visit a funfair, don't y'know. He also gets to visit some docks, somewhere... Mission Briefing - Gene and Parminter meet on a ferris wheel to infodump on each other, but that doesn't happen until after the opening titles so I refuse to count it here. Nyah nyah nyah. Gene takes on the alias of 'Mr Cotton' as he goes undercover. "You're probably confusing me with that Gene Bradley guy!" he quips when told he looks familiar. Whilst doing this, he seems to be chewing gum, which I suppose might be worth mentioning. I think it's an attempt to make him look tough, or something. He refuses cigarettes ("They're bad for you!") and a cigar - but only after he's taken one and wiped his nose on it. Urgh. Anyway, his cover is blown within minutes of the operation beginning, setting a new record in incompetence for Parminter's department. Perhaps the whole "You're confusing me with that guy who looks and sounds exactly like me, honestly!" thing was the wrong approach, as indeed was publicising his arrival in the papers... Later, Gene arranges a meeting with one of the baddies, who instead sends one of his associates along with a sniper rifle. Gene waits around, and then, just as the sniper is preparing to fire, he slips, dislodging a roof tile that falls to the street below and shatters. Instantly, Gene is on the move, hiding behind a car, then a dustbin, before stealing someone's boat and making a speedy getaway. Parminter is in Amsterdam - though Barry Morse isn't, if you get my meaning. He's in this episode quite a bit, meeting with Gene on a ferris wheel and in the back of a horse-drawn carriage. Aww. Oh, and he's modelling lots of new and exciting hats throughout this tale. I'd like to think that Parminter left her in charge whilst he jetted off to Amsterdam. Left in charge of Parminter's fish, no doubt. I can't remember why, exactly, but Gene spots a barge and he likes barges. Them's good to kip on, is them. Anyway, Gene runs like a...well, like.. ...like this, really, keeping his arms totally straight and looking very silly, before leaping onto said barge. It may well be Gene doing the jump, but I can't be sure. Once safely aboard, Gene wanders up to the skipper and says hello, and gets a similar greeting in reply. His next words - "Forgive my curiosity..." - were apparently ill-chosen, as this guy suddenly yelps and kicks Gene, but our hero is ready for this, grabbing the offered foot and sort of shaking it around a bit. Mr Barge Captain then forces his hand onto Gene's face, but crafty ol Gene gets out of that one by letting go of his foot and using his phenomenal strength to lift the guy over his head and toss him into the water. Go Gene! And then there's the standard end of episode fight scene, as the baddies chase Gene into a warehouse. These villains have obviously not been warned about Gene's cunning ruthlessness, and so they are not expecting him to suddenly swing towards them dangling on the end of a rope, delivering each one a swift boot to the face. Just to make sure, he throws some empty cardboard boxes at them before leaping onto some sacks and rolling around on them for a while. Hey, if it keeps him from talking nonsense, I don't mind what he gets up to... No old friends of Gene's in this episode, surprisingly enough - though the credits do list a 'Jan', and of course Gene's friend from Double Exposure was named Jan and lived in Amsterdam... Gene visits businessman (well, I assume - he has an office and a secretary, but I've no idea what he does) Willet Mosselman (though Gene tends to pronounce it 'Muscleman'), who is apparently the frontman for an English fellow named Harry Venner, as played by George Sewell. "He's a shark. He deals in destruction." Not that you'd really know that from the episode, as Mosselman and Venner spend most of their time in the bar. Harry has a soft spot for Gene ("He's such a vivid artist...He has charisma. I like his films.") and so regrets having to kill him, but it is necessary, after all, if his plan is to succeed. And what is his plan? "6 atomic shells...South America...military coup." are all things mumbled by Gene in an attempt to explain what the heck is going on here. These shells have been packed into computers, allowing Gene to end the episode with a "Programmed to kill." quip. Chortle. GENE: "He said he'd never heard of him. But..." PARMINTER: "But." GENE: "Right on!" Gene...Gene, please...never, ever, EVER say "Right on!" again. I mean it. ASTRID: "Goodbye, Mr Bradley." GENE: "Hello! Hello!" "I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello. Hello!" CAPTAIN ARILLA: "When I woke this morning...if I had guessed, out of the blue - Gene Bradley! Oh, it's funny, you know?" GENE: "Yeah, yeah. I know what you mean." Well, I don't. Enough with the banter. Honestly, if they spent less time on confusing banter and more time on carefully explaining the plot, my life would be so much simpler... CAPTAIN ARILLA: "You wanna come with me to Rio?" Eee! Gene's getting chatted up by a sailor. Just what the series was missing up to this point, I feel. Mosselman calls up Harry Venner: "Harry? I just had a visit from a film star - Gene Bradley." And that's it. Ooh, I'm on the edge of my seat. "I don't yield to bully boys." Um...I don't get the bit on the barge. Gene leaps on there, throws the skipper overboard, then apparently gets a guided tour from the rest of the crew before being dropped off. Far as I could see, it was just to kill time...kiiiill tiiiime... Dodgy continuity causes Gene to apparently get through several sets of clothes on and off during the course the episode. Also putting in an appearance is the shadow of a boom mike. Yay for one of my favourite technical cockup scenes! After the opening titles, Gene meets Parminter on a ferris wheel. There are three shots here - a two shot of Gene and Parminter, then a closeup of each of them. It was always going happen - evidently the back projection chappy wandered off to make a sandwich or something, thereby causing reality to fracture as Gene's closeups show him to be moving up the ferris wheel, and Parminter's show that they're moving down. Not only that, but the two-shot might then show them reaching the very top of the wheel, only for a closeup to suddenly begin lifting them up even higher. Eventually, it all falls apart and descends into utter glorious randomness, in the best traditions of dodgy chase and fight scenes. Tis gold, is this bit. Aside from the aforementioned barge and ferris wheel scenes, we have a third contender this week. It is decided that Gene needs to be given a 'warning' - and Mosselman has Astrid arrange to meet Gene in some long alley somewhere, as you do. But - it's a trap! Two guys in a yellow car appear and begin a deadly game of cat and Gene. Our hero leaps this way and that, ultimately turning into a John Saxon lookalike and leaping to safety. Damn... Um...no, I've got nothing here. Sorry. Oh, except that I have no idea who that woman is in the Target! picture in the DVD booklet. We're now over halfway through the series, which is good because episodes like this have a very limited appeal and I can't honestly take much more of this. In this one, you get the feeling that something is happening and is making sense, but all that is off-screen and we're watching the scenes in which nothing of interest happens. So...yeah. I can't say I was particularly enthralled by this instalment of Gene Barry goodness. |
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Preventing U-100 and U-500 Insulin Mix-Ups: Pass This Information on to Your Doctor & Pharmacist
The non-profit Institute for Safe Medication Practices says there has been an increase in reports about mix-ups between prescriptions of insulin U-100 and insulin U-500 (U-500 is a concentrated insulin that is five times stronger than U-100).
The mistakes have occurred when prescribers have accidentally selected U-500 insulin from computer screens instead of U-100. The risk is that these errors can result in dangerous hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia.
ISMP has identified several possible reasons for these errors:
- Sometimes dosage forms for the two insulins appear one line apart on the screen, making it easy for a prescriber to select the wrong one.
- Depending on the screen size, the prescriber may see only the first few words of the product listing, so the drug concentration may not be visible.
- Since the use of U-500 insulin is not common at present, prescribers may just assume that the only regular insulin that's available is U-100 and not even look for the concentration on the screen. (ISMP suggests that the use of U-500 insulin may be increasing due to the higher prevalence of obesity, the use of insulin pumps, and tight glucose control protocols in hospitalized patients.)
- If U-500 isn't commonly used in a facility, the facility should consider listing it differently from other insulins, so it doesn't appear on the same screen as other insulin products.
- Consider adding a hard stop to all orders for U-500. This requires prescribers and pharmacists to verify that a patient should be getting the U-500.
- Pharmacies should consider not stocking U-500 if they don't have patients who use it.
Source: The Institute for Safe Medication Practices
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text: Dog Training Success Story Winner (2 of 2) Published June 25, 2012 | By CM Congratulations to Sally Eccleston, co-winner of ABC's Dog Training Video Success Story contest! Due to health issues, Sally was unable to continue her 35-year painting career. A life-long dog lover, she decided to change to a career where she could work with and maybe even help dogs, especially those with behavioral problems and shelter animals. After considering a variety of job options including opening her own dog walking business, Sally still felt there was a hole in her plan. Then, one night after seeing an Animal Behavior College commercial on TV, she realized that what was missing was knowledge. Continue reading →


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Female Sterilization: Tubal Ligation
Tubal ligation is a surgical method used to permanently prevent pregnancy in women. The fallopian tubes are divided, sutured, clipped with "Falope Rings," or sealed with electrical cautery to prevent sperm from reaching and fertilizing eggs.
Tubal ligation usually requires general anesthesia and is performed as an outpatient procedure in an operating room. This surgical procedure usually takes between 30 and 60 minutes, followed by a short stay in the recovery room before you can go home. It's possible to return to work and resume normal activities within a few days of the procedure.
This method is extremely effective; the likelihood of pregnancy is less than 0.5 percent after the procedure.
- There are no concerns about remembering to use birth control.
- Sexual relations can be spontaneous and worry-free.
- Normal female hormone levels and menstrual cycles continue as usual but without the worry of pregnancy.
- Tubal ligation is considered to be permanent, although reversal is sometimes attempted.
- It is important to be sure of your decision to have a tubal ligation before the surgery is performed. If the decision is made with ambivalence, doubt, haste or under pressure, you may have feelings of regret leading to depression or attempts to have the procedure reversed.
- The length and function of fallopian tubes cannot be easily restored after a tubal-ligation procedure.
- Fertility returns to a varying degree after reversal, depending on the type of sterilization procedure and length of remaining sections of the fallopian tubes. General estimates for successful pregnancy after reversal range between 30 percent and 88 percent.
- Tubal ligation provides no protection from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Women at risk of STDs need to use latex condoms.


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Mine Manager
Fermin is a graduate of the University of Arizona's mining engineering program. He is a skilled engineer with 12 years of ore production experience in the US and South America. With a strong background in mine planning, project and asset oversight, Fermin's practical management style will be a distinctive asset to the Rosemont operation.


text: Earlier today, SAV let us know that he was dropping a documentary on moombahton today. Wait, what?! SAV's no stranger to documentaries (having dropped The Electro Wars in 2010), but we just had no idea that this was even going down. In a conversation with Dubco, SAV said that he'd been collecting footage over the last few years, in an effort to give people an idea about the origins of moombahton and why people hold it so near and dear. He's done the right thing, speaking with a number of dance music luminaries (including Skrillex, Nadastrom, Dillon Francis, Munchi, DJ Sabo, and countless others) about this "product of the Internet." At 15 minutes, you can sit down with a full plate and enjoy without feeling like you're totally alienating your family. Are you a fan of moombahton? Trying to figure out more about the genre? This is the perfect doc for you.


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Devin Peterson and the Flavor Research and Education Center
join Waters Centers of Innovation Program
Waters Centers of Innovation Program recognizes analytical scientists facilitating
breakthroughs in health and life science research,food safety,
environmental protection, sports medicine and many other areas.
These leading scientists, in partnership with Waters, are using liquid chromatography
and mass spectrometry to unlock the mysteries of science
and take research down new and exciting paths.
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ViewSonic is most known for its range of TVs, PC displays and digital picture frames. The company has been making all sorts of computer displays for years now and has just started branching out into the notebook arena. Interestingly, the ViewSonic ViewBook Pro at first glance doesn't look like a freshman offering.
In fact, if you look at the ViewSonic ViewBook Pro too quickly, you might actually mistake the thing for an Apple MacBook Pro. The minimalist design, silver on black colors and elegant looks of the machine certainly appeal to the same senses that draw many to the MacBook line.
The ViewSonic ViewBook Pro packs lots of features into a machine in its sub-$1000 price range and there are lots of road warriors out there who need to sit up and take notice. The ViewSonic ViewBook Pro is on the test bench today, so let's check it out.


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After reading the other thread about which kind of soap to put in the under the counter soap dispenser, I'm now worried about drilling a hole in my soon to get here Granite countertop. I have a brand spanking new Kohler soap dispenser sitting here waiting. Do I have the hole drilled or not? Help. Please. ML NOTES: <none>
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noun \ˈbȯr-ˌzȯi\Definition of BORZOI
: any of a breed of large dogs developed in Russia especially for pursuing wolves that have a long silky usually white coat with darker markings —called also Russian wolfhound
Origin of BORZOI
Russian borzoĭ, from borzoĭ swift
First Known Use: 1887
Rhymes with BORZOI
ahoy, alloy, annoy, bad boy, ball boy, batboy, B-boy, beachboy, bellboy, bell buoy, best boy, big boy, bok choy, boy toy, busboy, callboy, carboy, charpoy, choirboy, convoy, cowboy, decoy, deploy, destroy, doughboy, employ, enjoy, envoy, flyboy, footboy, Hanoi, hautbois, highboy, homeboy, houseboy, killjoy, Khoikhoi, life buoy, linkboy, lowboy, McCoy, newsboy, old boy, page boy, playboy, plowboy, po'boy, postboy, potboy, Quemoy, Rob Roy, Saint Croix, Savoy, schoolboy, sepoy, stock boy, tallboy, tatsoi, teapoy, Tolstoy, tomboy, travois, viceroy
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Breed of hound developed in Russia. It is descended from the Arabian greyhound and a collielike Russian sheepdog. Formerly known as the Russian wolfhound, it was originally bred to hunt wolves and hares. It is graceful, strong, and swift, attaining a height of about 26–31 in. (66–79 cm) and a weight of 55–105 lbs (25–48 kg). It has a long, narrow head; small ears; a deep but narrow chest; long, muscular hindquarters; and a long, curved tail. Its silky coat is flat or slightly curled and usually is white with darker markings. It is noted for its elegant appearance.
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Precious and Sweet Grandma
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From the chest smelling of aroma and must Grandma took a dress she wore when young It is so thin and it's as light as dust, As if out of nothing it had sprung. So sadly rustles the dress of silk white, Its ruffles unweave like misty lace, And delicate figures, in a shower of light, Like in old times, are waltzing with grace. She sees again her very first ball, She recognizes her maiden dress, Touching the cold silk she trembles all, Filled with sadness by its soft caress. More and more, she bends her tired brow, So bent is grandma in her old shawl… The beautiful dancer, where is she now To glide again in her dress at the ball ? Her feet, delicate and small, Her clear eyes, and her smile bright, How come they are dead, all, In her bent body, where is her light? And then I heard the dead silk answering, Or maybe it was grandma in her old shawl; No, they aren't dead, they keep on dancing, Always in other dresses, at the first ball. (written by the Romanian poet Magda Isanos) |
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ACCESS Transit Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) formed in the fall of 1998 to broker transportation. ACCESS arranges transportation for Albany County Seniors throughout the Albany County Department of Aging and manages the JARC (Jobs Access and Reverse Commute) program.
Our mission at ACCESS is to maximize personal mobility and independence by coordinating transportation in the Capital Region. ACCESS' staff consists of dedicated individuals committed to arranging the most effective mode of transport to meet each client's needs. Our staff strives to provide the highest level of customer service with individual focus on each and every client. For customer convenience, our Call Center hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The number is (518) 437-5131. ACCESS personnel answer all calls personally. We also monitor transporter performance to ensure customer safety and satisfaction.
ACCESS offers many advantages. As a subsidiary of CDTA, ACCESS is able to capitalize on the name and recognition that CDTA brings to the community. ACCESS is able to use its substantial purchasing power to obtain the highest quality transportation at the lowest price.
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Clinton in Haiti to Mediate Political Impasse
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton flew out to Haiti in an attempt to mediate the political crisis there while other administration officials are keeping watch on violent protests halfway across the world in Egypt.
Clinton met on Sunday with President Rene Preval and the three candidates vying to succeed him. Haiti's political crisis stems from a first-round presidential election in November that was marred with irregularities.
After meeting with Preval, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States has no plans to suspend aid to Haiti, but did say she wants Haiti to adopt the internationally backed solution to the election dispute by dropping candidate Jude Celestin from the final round set for March 20.
Monitors from the Organization of American States have urged outgoing President Rene Preval's preferred candidate, Jude Celestin, to withdraw from the run-off election. Those monitors have said they found evidence of widespread fraud in Celestin's favor, in preliminary results from the first-round of voting on November 28.
Those results showed Celestin securing second place, narrowly qualifying him for the run-off ahead of the apparent third-place finisher, popular singer Michel Martelly. The election front-runner, former Haitian first lady Mirlande Manigat, was in first place.
The publication of preliminary results last month triggered days of violent protests by opposition supporters angered by what they saw as vote-rigging by Haiti's government.
Haiti's ruling party has urged Celestin to pull out of the presidential race, but he has not confirmed his exit. Haiti's election commission has said it will publish final results of the disputed first round of voting on Wednesday.
Haiti is struggling to recover from last year's earthquake that left more than 200,000 people dead and 1 million others homeless.
The country also is also battling a cholera outbreak that has killed 4,000 people since October. Clinton is due to visit a treatment center for cholera patients during her visit.
Source: VOA News


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The Hearts are hanging in there… but only just. Tracy (Cate Blanchett) is trying to get a bank to loan her the cash that would enable her to buy from her boss the Sydney video store in which she works. Neither the banks nor, for that matter, her mum Janelle (Noni Hazlehurst) have much faith in her future; they're clearly worried she might succumb to the heroin addiction she painfully put behind her five years ago. That's when her brother Ray (Martin Henderson) lost his legs in an accident for which Janelle holds both Lionel (Hugo Weaving) and Jonny (Dustin Nguyen) responsible. Trouble is, Ray – who's dealing drugs – and Tracy feel otherwise about the two men, albeit for very different reasons. So there'd be tension enough between the Hearts without the subtle but sinister shadow cast over their lives by a local Mr Big, Brad 'The Jockey' Thompson (Sam Neill)…This brief synopsis suggests both the complexity of the various relationships at play in Woods' follow-up to 'The Boys' and the story's potential for a slide towards melodrama. Happily, while the film could have lapsed into crime-thriller cliché or sensationalist hysteria, Woods prefers to concentrate on characterisation and interplay. The details of the Hearts' backstory are revealed only gradually, so interesting nuances develop as the film proceeds. Likewise, what looks set to be a tense but trite finale never actually arrives; the loss in suspense is more than compensated for by the gain in plausibility and moral resonance.
It's a sober, sensitive film, then, about degrees of dependency, grief, guilt, recrimination and recuperation. Striving to overcome anxiety, loneliness and resentment, the various characters move in endless murky circles, inhabiting an almost incestuously closed world where drugs, deceit and despair forever threaten to drag them down. It's an admirably tough film, too; the fine performances never romanticise the characters. Consequently, the glimmer of hope that accompanies one of their number finally taking proper control is richly deserved, and rightly rewarding.
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The Mesa-based company owned by longtime East Valley political figure Lee Watkins plans to seek another, smaller Mesa contract expected to be released next week and is set to ask the Chandler City Council on Thursday for an extension of that city's contract.
In addition, the company has filed a notice of claim against the Arizona Department of Public Safety, a Cactus lawyer's assistant said, and intends to appeal a recent court decision that stated the Maricopa County Sheriff 's Office had probable cause for its March 31 raid, Cactus lawyer Kent Nicholas said.
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Meanwhile, the sheriff 's office is continuing its investigation into allegations of price gouging and fraud, sheriff's Lt. Paul Chagolla said. Watkins and company general manager Todd DeMasseo deny any wrongdoing, and no charges have been filed.
In Mesa, the City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday to start accepting bids for the city vehicle contract.
The towing of city vehicles was previously covered as part of a nonemergency towing services contract, which merged with the emergency towing contract. The new contract awarded in July to Cactus, Valley Express Towing and Apache Sands Towing went into effect Thursday.
The city vehicle contract has an estimated value of $30,000, city documents show. The contract is far less lucrative than the main contract — Cactus was awarded two of four geographic zones — and does not involve vehicles driven by the public. Cactus was the exclusive Mesa towing contractor for 10 years and was recently awarded the Scottsdale contract.
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NEW YORK - A ferocious storm packing freezing rain, heavy snow and furious wind gusts paralyzed most of the East Coast on Monday, sending dozens of cars careening into ditches, grounding hundreds of flights and closing school for millions of kids.
The devastating effects of the storm were seen up and down the coast. A crash caused a 15-mile traffic jam in North Carolina, forcing police and the Red Cross to go car-to-car to check on stranded drivers. The storm was blamed for 350 crashes in New Jersey, and a Maryland official counted about 50 cars in the ditch on one stretch of highway. By Monday, the storm had moved north into New England, and most areas in the storm's wake expected to see at least 8 to 12 inches of snow. The weather contributed to four deaths on roads in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and on Long Island. Diane Lugo of Yonkers, N.Y., got a ride with her husband to avoid walking 10 minutes in the slush to her bus stop. 'Getting out of the driveway was pure hell,' Lugo said. 'He got to work late. I'm obviously late.' The South was especially hard hit, dealing with record snowfalls, thick ice and hundreds of thousands of power outages in a region not accustomed to such vicious weather. In North Carolina, Raleigh got more than 3 inches of snow; the March snowfall for the city has exceeded 3 inches only 11 times in the last 122 years. The Weather Service said parts of Tennessee received the biggest snowfall since 1968. The 15-mile traffic jam in North Carolina caused no serious problems and authorities were able to get traffic moving again. Travelers were stranded everywhere, with about 950 flights canceled at the three main airports in the New York area and nearly 300 flights canceled in Philadelphia. Boston's Logan International Airport had to shut down for about 40 minutes to clear a runway, and hundreds of flights were canceled there. Philadelphia declared a Code Blue weather emergency, which gives officials the authority to bring homeless people into shelters because the weather poses a threat of serious harm or death. Dozens of schools across North Carolina, South Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Maine gave children a snow day. Schools in Philadelphia, Boston and New York City did the same. It was the first time in more than five years that New York City called off classes for its 1.1 million public school students. Some New York parents complained that the city waited until 5:40 a.m. to call off classes, saying they didn't have enough notice. Mayor Michael Bloomberg brushed off the criticism and praised the city's storm response, which included dispatching 2,000 workers and 1,400 plows to work around the clock to clean New York's 6,000 miles of streets. 'It's like plowing from here to Los Angeles and back,' Bloomberg said at a news conference, standing in front of an orange snow plow at a garage. Central Park recorded 7 inches of snow, and more than a foot was reported on parts of Long Island, where high winds caused 2-foot drifts on highways in the Hamptons. The storm offered a hint of irony in a couple of cities. People had to brave the snow and cold to attend the annual Philadelphia Flower Show, an indoor exhibition that provided a fragrant, spring-like glimpse of yellow daffodils, crimson azaleas and white tulips.More like this story
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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I would like to thank the city plow truck workers for doing an excellent job with the snow removal.
And just the opposite, I wonder why some people, especially businesses think they can pile snow — in some cases over 10 feet deep — on the sidewalks!
I am talking about the businesses on both sides of the West Theater. It makes me wonder if they don't care about the public or they aren't smart enough to see having kids walk in the street is dangerous!
I think the city should pass an ordinance to have proper snow removal in Craig. The sidewalk or the street is not the place for the snow!!
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