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Barack Obama
Obama to propose plan for leaner government
Interview with
Jan 13, 2012
Later this morning President Obama is expected to outline a new plan to shrink government. He's going to ask Congress to give him the authority to merge some departments and agencies.
Obama seeks power from Congress to merge agencies
Jan 13, 2012
This morning, President Obama will announce that he plans to cut back on government spending by merging a number of government agencies. Will Congress agree to fork over the power?
Fashion designers fundraise for Obama
Jan 12, 2012
By supporting the Democratic president, designers risk alienating customers.
The first $1 billion presidential candidate?
Jan 12, 2012
The Obama re-election campaign said this morning the campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $68 million in the last three months of 2011. Could he be on his way to topping the $1 billion mark by election day?
How campaign spending has changed since 2008
Interviewed By
Jan 12, 2012
Today we found out President Obama and the Democrats raised $68 million in the last quarter of 2011, as the president seeks re-election. But this money is a bit... different.
President Obama appoints new chief of staff
Interview with
Jan 10, 2012
The President's budget director Jack Lew is taking over as chief of staff. He's replacing Bill Daley, who spent just a year on the job. What will this mean for White House relationships with big business?
Job growth could stay slow through election season
Jan 6, 2012
Economy continues to add jobs, but not fast enough to make campaigning easy for President Obama.
Obama tries to go it alone on economy
Jan 5, 2012
But can the president boost the economy without Congress?
Obama appoints new head of CFPB
Interview by
Jan 4, 2012
The president plans to use a recess appointment to name Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
President Obama takes aim at rising inequality
Interview with
Dec 7, 2011
Yesterday, the president spoke about the loss of the American dream. But just how much is the middle class really shrinking?


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Australia's Largest Police Force Accused of Widespread Piracy
Bad cops bad cops whatcha gonna do (112 comments)
whatcha gonna do when they pirate YOU.
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Bad cops bad cops whatcha gonna do (112 comments)
whatcha gonna do when they pirate YOU.
Re:A lesson to learn (149 comments)
I'm sure they valued the software highly enough. What they failed to value were the developers. Ironically, this was Sun's failure also.
Ockham's Razor (240 comments)
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Much more likely that they're so enthralled by their discovery that they can't help boasting.
Obligatory Geoff (92 comments)
Re:TFA isn't the full story. (113 comments)
Read the Hugh Grant story. The Prime Minister himself is implicated. A significant number of police are implicated. Murdocracy has corrupted politics itself in the UK. I'm not amazed the government has done nothing, I'm amazed they're allowing the story to build up steam.
No no no no (585 comments)
I'm certain that the Elders of the Internet would never allow Satanism to flourish. Unless it hadn't been properly demagnetized...
Re:Reasonable Choices. (105 comments)
In every debate using the worm here (Oz), at least one media organization always accuses the others of manipulating theirs, regardless of the result. So if you weren't already influenced then you had to ignore the deliberate media muddling of the issues. On top of the normal deliberate media muddling of course. But it doesn't stop commentators twittering them as a spectator sport anyway. This may be why we had a record 1.6% deliberate donkey vote in our last federal election.
IOW obscurity=security fails again (492 comments)
The groundwork they did will be most sought-after.
Teddy Ticklebum, bad ass bear (112 comments)
Uh Oh!
Re:Facebook is pretty much an abusive platform (130 comments)
Yep, its all in the textbook.
The good thing about this is that companies with this mindset from the beginning need a rock solid market opportunity to get too big to ignore. Yes, Facebook is in a good position now, but its really only at the whim of favoritism. Missteps expose their complete sociopathy, and I don't think Facebook is so central to the industry that anyone cares if they fall.
Not enough (432 comments)
Personally, I'm waiting for iPad 3.5, when it will really be finished!
oh dear (58 comments)
these are the same geniuses who thought laptops could travel in APCs.
Re:Perfect? (263 comments)
.so Perl programmers watched the other Matrix movies, I knew it.
PHP programmers (263 comments)
are under close observation and medication, any profanity is silently ignored.
Re:Assange'e ego (181 comments)
He won't play their game. Not playing the game is bad, mkay.
Oh dear God (1128 comments)
...now Australian politicians will copy it. I foresee Labor party branches stacking Barnaby Joyce's electorate...
I've got the catchy tune for it (402 comments)
Re:Somebody should tell us what this really means (136 comments)
As I see it, Oracle has abused it's own open standards process to control the biggest new segment of the Java client market, smartphones. This obviously affects Android and Dalvik. Unfortunately, that's also the case for the crucial server end member, ASF. ASF now has no reason to support the roadmap for Java clients, and Oracle can also refuse to accept the requirements of ASF projects. Oracle probably has a strategy for this, for example using networking effects to force ASF to implement extensions, but whatever the result, you're looking at a fragmented Java standard again, ie square one.
Re:ActiveDirectory - the last missing piece (237 comments)
My problem isn't so much the learning curve of replacing one with the other - it's the competency of whoever ends up doing it. Whatever the business case, surely the majority of admins are going to be Windows-only: how is that going to succeed? If you have a business case and a good Unix admin, terrific. But I'm guessing that Microsoft isn't so worried about Unix servers taking over the enterprise because they have to get past the Microsoft-trained admin. He's going to raise hell with the CTO if he's forced to migrate servers, or worse, the job gets outsourced. SambaN+1 had better be awesomely user-friendly for it to be even seriously considered.
OTOH, a future Samba with built-in dynamic DNS is going to rock my world.
Re:But who is re-writing history here? (193 comments)
Then try googling east german border guard trial and learn something instead of lazy comments like that. Surprise surprise there have been prosecutions. Are we learning history yet?
I said it on Groklaw and I'll say it here:
Don't try to exchange the Microsoft business model with a FOSS business model, that's impossible.
Instead, try to realize the truth.
There is no FOSS business model.
Given that so many of you are apparently Windows users, I felt that perhaps a metaphor from pop culture might be of use.
If it still sounds geeky and weird, it's difficult to put it any clearer than: we aren't in business at all. Business can benefit from what we do, subject to respect for our boundaries - that's what GPL-compatible licenses are for. It's the freedom to share that we wish to protect. Whether you can make money from that freedom is for you to decide, but even if you couldn't, that's still peripheral to what FOSS is.
When Linus said
"I just can't see myself in the position of the nemesis, since I just don't care enough. To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect."
he was responding to attempts to get him into the game they think everyone is playing. They would love you to think that FOSS in general or Linux or Apache in particular, are really playing a sneaky variant of this same "game". We aren't playing. Really. We are indifferent. That's what really bothers them. We don't need them.
There are many reasons to be a FOSS advocate, but I'll give you two that mean something to me personally:
I hope that you got something from that, and appreciate the spirit in which it was given. FOSS offers the hope that the boring important stuff is done right, the interesting fun stuff won't break so much, and that everyone benefits from this.
This doggie impersonation has been brought to you by Concerned Doggie-Lovers For Balance In Animal Impersonations (CDFBIAI). Who are not yet sponsored by Microsoft. Donations welcome. Apply above.
it's my meow and i'm proud of it. stay tuned for more animal impressions.

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Its smooth, I'll give it that much.
But the yellow ink is way too light to see. The picture here shows it as if its visible on regukar notebook paper, but when I use it on any white / light paper, the ink is too light to see. It is not opaque, so it does not show up on dark paper at all. I have no use for ink that is too light to see on any paper. So I put the 0.5mm black refill in this yellow body. It looks funny but writes great! I've always wanted a yellow pen that ISN'T a dark overripe banana yellow, but the fluorescent yellow Surari ink is on the opposite end if the yellow spectrum. The Surari black is fantastic, so is fluorescent blue... I am currently placing an order for a couple of the other Surari fluorescents to test them out. But I cannot recommend this yellow to anyone, unless they specifically need a too-light yellow 0.7mm ballpoint pen. 2 people found this helpful
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5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. | 5 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. |
The Darby Translation is in the public domain. (The Darby Translation Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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A minor celestial spirit that serves as a pet to Lucy Heartphilia of Fairy Tail and as a guide to Haru of Rave Master, along with assisting them both in their journey's.
Plue originally appeared in the Rave Master series, another creation of Hiro Mashima, as the companion to the series protagonist Haru Glory on his quest for the Rave Stones. Plue played a major role to the series plot. Plue is first seen in Episode 1 and Volume 1 of Rave Master. He first assisted Shiba, the previous Rave Master to Haru. Haru finds him while fishing in his home town at Garage Island, however we actually first see Plue in the anime when there is a flashback of him and Shiba trying to finish off the Dark Bring.
Plue is a minor Celestial Spirit that serves as a pet to Lucy Heartphilia in Fairy Tail, and has less of a reoccurring role has he once had in Rave Master. Plue serves as a pet for Lucy when she walks along the river. Also, Lucy uses Plue to distract her enemies: Sherry during Galuna arc and Daphne's Lizard men during Dragon Filler arc. He appears in Fairy Tail episode 3, volume 1, and Fairy Tail OAD 1.
For Rave Master, Plue, who is created Hiro Mashima, is originally a doodle (unknown volume). It is interesting to note though, that it can be assumed Plue has been a Rave Master Guardian for all his creation time, even though it was never stated. Another note for the pronunciation of Plue's name, (in Hiro Mashima's notes - unknown volume) Plue is pronounced like the color, "Blue."
Like Siegrain/ Jellal, Plue is a fan service to Rave Master fans when Hiro Mashima put Plue in Fairy Tail.
In Rave Master, Plue's Japanese actress is Yukiji Kaoru while the English actress is Mona Marshall. In Fairy Tail, Plue's Japanese actress is Saori Goto.
Plue is more human in Rave Master than Fairy Tail. In various scenes like the passing of Gearhound and Clea, Plue cries for his friends, and after he cries, he has the will to move on. Plue will get hungry, try to communicate to people, offer bugs to Shiba, or help his friends. This makes Plue have human qualities.
In both franchises, Plue does not really change in personality or appearances.
In Rave Master, Plue holds the Rave Stones and possesses a more active role. His nose can be used as a weapon that can stab through most things very easily. He also possesses some healing powers that enable him to slow down blood loss of potentially fatal wounds. Plue also seems to be able to sense Rave Stones which are close by, as well as using various modes in battle that increase the power of the Rave Master.
In both series he is only able to say his own name, and he is characteristically always shivering. He does this when he senses danger or Holy Bring, he also did this while he was nervous or had some type of anxiety.
In Fairy Tail, he functions largely as a reference to Rave Master and as a cute pet for Lucy, who is enamored with him. He is unable to talk and mostly communicates with motions or dancing. He is most often considered a dog, being represented by The Canis Minor constellation. He seems to lack any combat abilities, and often functions as a mascot character alongside Happy.
Note: This only for Rave Master since Plue is only a pet in Fairy Tail. This section is created because (according to Haru Glory) Plue is a Rave warrior who eats, sleeps, cries, and fights like a human being.
Unlike Fairy Tail, Plue can attack with his sharp, carrot-like nose. His nose can shatter Dark Bring, and Elie can use him like a projectile. He is also used during battles with the Rave Master, empowering the Rave Master by using various combat forms. This type of power is first shown in Rave Master: Episode # 1, while Shiba was fighting the Dark Bring, Plue assisted him by giving him power and giving power to the Ten Commandments Sword. This was the time before the Rave was broken into several pieces and scattered throughout the world, we know this because Plue would wear them around his neck, calling upon their power only as a last resort.
For Rave Master: Plue is famous for being mistaken for many animals or things. At first, Haru thinks Plue is a fish while Elie thinks Plue is an insect. Also, Haru calls Plue Shabutaro until Shiba corrects Haru. Go, an exhibitionist movie actor, calls Plue an alien (sub). Hamrio Musica calls Plue a cat or a chihuahua The few people who get Plue's animal right is Cattleya, Shiba, and Ebi. It is also mistaken that Plue has a carrot type nose, when it appears and acts more like a drill.
For Fairy Tail: Lucy Heartphilia is the first one to acknowledge that Plue is a dog due to his constellation.
Rave Master: An assassin named Dr. Schneider calls Plue, an imp, in the sub version compared to the dub version, he calls Plue, a river rat.
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Mona Marshall | 0 |
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Saori Goto | 1 |
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Name: | Plue |
Name: | プルー |
Romanji: | puruu |
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1st manga book: | Rave Master #1 |
1st anime episode: | Rave Master #1 |
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Aliases | Rave Bearer Nicolas Nikola |
Welcome to Fairy Hills!! (OVA)
This is the first Fairy Tail OVA (OAD) in the franchise. |
Fairy Tail x Rave (OVA)
Fairy Tail x Rave is an OVA adaptation of the manga cross over of Hiro Mashima's works, Fairy Tail and Rave Master. |


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13 They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and make offerings upon the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the whore, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery. | 13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar and terebinth, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. |
14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with whores, and sacrifice with temple prostitutes; thus a people without understanding comes to ruin. | 14 "I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because the men themselves consort with harlots and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes-- a people without understanding will come to ruin! |
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Sixty. I turned 60 this month! I've been practicing saying it for months. But now that it's here, it seems surreal!
Sixty. Yikes! It sounds so old, and yet, I have to admit, I'm glad I've lived long enough to say those words and celebrate their meaning. I'm alive happy, healthy and surrounded by family and friends who care about me. Those are blessings…at any age.
Not only that, I'm in good company! Did you know Oprah just turned 60? She's still going strong and feeling pretty positive about the milestone. In a recent magazine interview, the superstar shared a few thoughts…echoing my feelings about the benefits of aging up!
"I'm turning 60," says Oprah, "and – please don't take offense, but I no longer have to be concerned what anyone thinks of me! (You know, the old, am I doing it right? Am I saying it right? Am I being what or who I'm "supposed" to be?) I'm turning 60, and I've earned the right to be just as I am."
You go, girl!
I may have lost my once firm behind, but, like Oprah and many of you 60-plus gals out there, I'm more secure in being myself than I've ever been. My skin may be saggy in spots, but at least I'm more comfortable in it!
I also happen to know some really "hot chicks" that recently turned 60. "Peeps," the beloved marshmallow candy," is celebrating six decades of success and longevity. More popular than ever, the iconic Easter candy is constantly reinventing itself…proving that 60 may just be the new 30!
So, I'm not going to let a couple of gray hairs get me down. I was 20 once. Now it's someone else's turn. It's the cycle of life. And rather than waste time and energy whining about it, I'm going to give myself a birthday gift…a piece of age-old inspiration from one of my feminist heroes…award-winning newspaper columnist, Erma Bombeck.
Check out her hilarious "At Wit's End" column from 1992 in which the gifted humorist took aim at the problem of aging.
"Aging Gracefully is Going out of Style"
by Erma Bombeck
One of the bonuses of growing old used to be that you could shrivel and no one cared. My grandmother shriveled. She also sagged, shifted, slouched and slumped. It was as if the floor was the center point of gravity, and with glacier-like movement all of my grandmother's parts eventually came to rest there.
No one gave her permission for her body to go from a solid to a jelly state. It was her rite of passage.
Had she lived today, she might not have been so lucky. We live in times of the youthmeisters. There's the grandmother from West Melbourne, Fla., who wrote that she slipped into a pair of jeans one afternoon and buttoned a plain white blouse over it. When she saw her 6-year-old granddaughter, Katie, taking it all in, she wiggled her hips and asked, "Does this blouse look OK with the jeans?"
Katie circled her critically and said, "Yes, Grandma, the blouse looks OK, but if you're ever gonna be a stripper, you're gonna have to lose those thighs."
There's nothing wrong with hanging onto youth, but we have gone to war with aging. Thirty year-olds are "doing their eyes" and having skin peels. Why? It's like having a car serviced with only 200 miles on it.
My mother said to me last Sunday, "I'm going to lose this stomach if it's the last thing I do." She is in her 80's.
Think about what you're doing," I said. "Think about all those women on the Titanic who looked at the dessert cart and said, "No thanks, my waistband is getting a little tight."
You could lose a few pounds yourself," she retorted. "I'll bet you couldn't even fit in your wedding dress anymore."
"I get so few calls for it," I said dryly.
But the pressure is there and will remain there for the rest of our lives. When I'm 90, I will sit in front of my TV set listening to, "Give us a week – we'll take off the weight" and shouting at it, "I don't HAVE a week!"
I looked through an old photo album and found a picture of my grandmother just before she died. She had great skin and the best pair of legs this side of the Ohio River. But she was shaped like an eggplant. It didn't matter. She was beautiful, and she was supposed to look that way."
Some things never change.
For more than three decades, I've reported on the latest in health, fitness and medical breakthroughs. I can't think of a better "beat" for a reporter in southern California – with one tiny exception.
From Atkins and South Beach to Jenny Craig and the "Zone," literally hundreds of diet plans over the years have promised to help people lose weight. Bottom line? When it comes to weight loss, there is no magic diet. The secret to losing weight is no secret at all. Eat less and move more. Period. That also goes for the temptation to categorize foods as either "good" or "bad". In February, we "busted" five popular myths about nutrition and dieting. Now, with a little help from the American Dietetic Association, (ADA) we'll blow up five more diet myths and find the honest-to-goodness truth about how to keep your weight and health under control. Here we go! Myth: To eat less sodium, avoid salty-tasting foods and use sea salt in place of table salt. Reality: Your sense of taste doesn't always notice sodium and sea salt or other gourmet salts aren't any healthier than table salt. According to the ADA, just because it doesn't taste salty doesn't mean it isn't salty. Many processed foods contain a lot of sodium, so check the label.
As for sea salt? It does contain slightly less sodium per teaspoon than table salt only because sea salt is coarser, so fewer grains fit into the teaspoon! Myth: Drinking more water daily will help you lose weight. Reality: There is no evidence that water peels off pounds. Foods containing water such as soup can fill you up, but the ADA's Dr. Christine Rosenbloom says just drinking water alone doesn't have the same impact. "Our thirst mechanism and our hunger mechanism are two different things." Myth: Whole grains are always healthier than refined grains. Reality: Whole grains are a healthy choice, but you don't need to ditch refined grains. You can have some of each. "You don't have to replace all your foods with whole grains," says Dr. Rosenbloom. Enriched grains, refined grains with certain nutrients added, have some perks. "Enriched grains generally are going to have more folate, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and iron. The whole grains usually have more fiber, vitamin E, selenium, zinc and potassium, so it's a trade-off." Myth: Sugar causes behavioral problems in kids. Reality: You might want to check your expectations about sugar and children's behavior. "For most children," says Dr. Rosenbloom, "the excitement kids have supposedly from consuming sugar is probably more related to the excitement of the event than to eating sugar." She cites research showing that when parents think their kids have been given sugar, they rate the children's behavior as more hyperactive…even when no sugar is eaten. Myth: Protein is the most important nutrient for athletes. Reality: It is true that athletes need more protein than sedentary people. They just don't need as much as they think. And they probably don't need it from supplements…they're probably getting enough from their food. But timing matters. Rosenbloom recommends that after weight training, athletes consume a little protein, about 8 grams (the amount in a small carton of low-fat chocolate milk) to help their muscles rebuild. "You just don't need four scoops of whey powder to get what you need." New diet myths can crop up at any time…fads come and go. Determining nutrition myth from reality really boils down to this: Step back, check out the evidence and be a bit skeptical. The true approach to good health isn't scare tactics from the barrage of media reports. It's simply an overall healthy eating pattern enjoyed and followed over time.
"The Bucket List," one of my all-time favorite movies was an enormous hit at the box office despite its seemingly maudlin theme. The 2007 comedy-drama film starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman followed two terminally ill men on a road trip with a wish list of things to do before they "kick the bucket." But the film clearly hit a collective nerve. Alternately hilarious and touching, the film's mega-stars took on the issue of their inevitable mortality by making the most of what time they had left. Only 53 at the time, but motivated by the movie's powerful message, I found myself working on my own bucket list as I left the theater. In the seven years since, I've swum the 2.4-mile Ironman course off Kona, Hawaii, snorkeled along the Great Barrier Reef and visited Jerusalem's Wailing Wall.
Above: Carol LeBeau with friends Hattie Kaufman and Maggie Watkins at National Prayer Breakfast
Now, newly 60, I checked one more dream off my bucket list last month after attending the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. The annual event steeped in history is held the first Thursday in February which also coincides with February "sweeps," the all-important ratings period in television news. So for 35 years, this former news anchor waited…for retirement…and for the chance to get one of the hottest tickets in the nation's capitol.
Months ago, I accepted an invitation to speak at a media dinner in Washington the night before the breakfast. The event organizer apologized profusely for not being able to pay me. "We can, however, provide you with a ticket to the Presidential Prayer Breakfast." In the early morning of February 6, I picked up my precious ticket at registration and made my way through security and into the biggest ballroom I have ever seen! Steeped in history, every president since Dwight Eisenhower has joined the gathering featuring prayer, Scripture reading and rare bipartisan unity in Washington.
On the expansive dais, President Barack Obama, Michele Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden joined senators and congressmen from both sides of the aisle…for a time of prayer to Almighty God for strength and guidance in leading our country.
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) read from the Hebrew Book of Ecclesiastes. Bethany Hamilton, the young, Christian surfer who lost her left arm to a shark, read the Good Samaritan passage from the Gospel of Luke and keynote speaker, Rajiv Shah, the USAID Administrator encouraged the room of 3,500 guests and foreign dignitaries to continue the fight against extreme poverty around the world.
As the President tied a bow around the morning with a heartfelt message about the need for bipartisanship and the importance of religious freedom worldwide, I couldn't help but pray the moment of peace and harmony in that ballroom would last a little longer.
I believe someday, with God's help, it will last forever. "America was founded by people who believed that God was their rock of safety. I recognize we must be cautious in claiming that God is on our side, but I think it's all right to keep asking if we're on His side." - Ronald Reagan
The trails at Torrey Pines may be beautiful, but after a nearly two-hour trek up and down the scenic paths recently, I needed a nap! Disappointed in my apparent lack of physical prowess, I crawled into my car and drove home only to find an encouraging e-mail from Janine that clearly explained why Torrey Pines had totally wiped me out. Turns out, my walking partner and "techie" friend had been wearing her "Fitbit" as we trekked the trails that morning. The tiny tracking device on her wrist had recorded our every step…and more… synching wirelessly with her computer and smart phone. The "Fitbit" computer readout justified my exhaustion. Distracted as we hiked, gabbed and enjoyed the scenery, Janine and I took nearly 19,000 steps, covering 7.71 miles – the equivalent of climbing 86 floors during 115 active minutes. (Does the Fitbit really know when we took photos and potty breaks??!!) Actually, the tracker uses a three-dimensional accelerometer similar to that found in the Wii Remote, to sense user movement. Simply stated, the device measures steps taken, and combines it with user data to calculate distance walked, calories burned etc. Speaking of calories, the trendy tracker claims we burned 2,372 calories that morning! (I find that hard to believe…but it sure sounds good!) No wonder I found myself later that day crashed on the couch eating spoonfuls of peanut butter straight from the jar! These beefed up pedometers are making getting in shape as addictive as checking Facebook and Twitter. Janine wears her Fitbit "Force" all the time. She shoots for 10,000 steps a day, but with an added 4-mile run or "walk and talk" with a friend, can easily reach 20,000 steps. "It keeps me motivated to get out there and get active on days I'm at my desk on the computer," says Janine. "When I check my Fitbit and realize how few steps I've taken, I make it a point to get moving!" I'm always late to the party when it comes to embracing new technology…but this is just too fun to pass up. Plus, these new-fangled trackers even allow you to compete with your friends. Waddaya say, Janine? Game on?! Note: The Fitbit "Force" used by Janine has recently been recalled, not for any defect in the device, but because a few users have experienced contact dermatitis (skin rashes) where the tracker comes in contact with their wrists possibly from the nickel used in the band. Fitbit is replacing the device with one minus the nickel and offering a full refund to their customers.
True or false: You'll get fat if you eat at night; high fructose corn syrup makes you gain weight; and caffeine is bad for you. As a health and fitness reporter over the last three decades, the correct answers to these dietary dilemmas could go either way depending on the most recent study. As a reporter and consumer, I find that frustrating. Well, there may finally be some clarity when it comes to caffeine, carbs, salt, fat and other nutrition and food myths – compliments of the American Dietetic Association. At their recent annual meeting in Chicago, food experts gathered from around the world to separate the science from the silliness issuing the truth behind 10 common diet myths. In this writing, we'll bust five diet myths…. Myth: Eating at night makes you fat. Reality: Calories count whenever you eat them. The American Dietetic Association's (ADA) Dr. Christine Rosenbloom notes some small studies with mixed results, tests on animals and a belief that because eating breakfast is linked to lower BMI… eating at night isn't as good. But the science isn't there. All in all, it's your calorie total that matters – day or night. Myth: Avoid foods with a high glycemic index. Reality: You could use the glycemic index to adjust your food choices, but don't make it your sole strategy for losing weight or controlling blood sugar. According to the ADA, for those people who are already counting carbs, this can be a way for them to fine-tune their food choices, but it isn't the be-all, end-all for weight loss. Myth: High fructose corn syrup causes weight gain. Reality: This may sound sacrilegious to some, but there's probably nothing particularly evil about high fructose corn syrup compared to regular old sugar. This diet myth arose in 2003 when researchers noticed that obesity was rising, along with the use of high fructose corn syrup. The speculation was maybe we handle high fructose corn syrup differently than we do sugar, but there's no evidence to support that. Beyond its calories, the American Medical Association recently concluded that high fructose corn syrup doesn't contribute to obesity. Myth: Caffeine is unhealthy. Reality: The ADA's Dr. Rosenbloom says there is some evidence that caffeine may have a positive effect on some diseases including gout and Parkinson's disease…besides caffeine's famous alertness buzz. Also, caffeine does not dehydrate people who consume it regularly another commonly held belief. However, Dr. Rosenbloom does caution that caffeine isn't always listed on product labels and children who drink a lot of caffeinated energy drinks may intake more caffeine than their parents expect. "Kids tend to guzzle these things," she warns, "whereas an adult may sip a beverage." Myth: The less fat you eat, the better. Reality: For some people, counting fat grams can work for weight control, but it's not the only way. The ADA reports that people with heart disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome may benefit from adding a little healthy fat – the monounsaturated kind and cutting back on carbs. But they shouldn't increase their overall fat intake. Just swap saturated fat for unsaturated fat. Balance is key says Dr. Rosenbloom. "If you go to an Italian restaurant and have triple-cheese-meat-sausage lasagna then have a little olive oil on your bread, you're not doing much for your heart. Next month, we'll examine five more nutrition myths. You can take it all with a grain of salt, but should it be table salt or sea salt? We'll bust that myth, too. Stay tuned.
Whether you need to or not, these days it's cool to eat gluten-free. The food industry has capitalized on this so-called health trend, marketing everything from bread and chips to cookies and cereals as "gluten-free."
But for those who truly are gluten intolerant, the results of eating wheat in any form can be agonizing. For those with gluten-induced Celiac disease, the outcome can be fatal.
After years of living with miserable, unexplained intestinal distress, my step-Mom, Kaye, discovered she had an extreme sensitivity to gluten. Thankfully, her symptoms have abated because she adheres to a strict gluten-free diet. And it's not always easy.
Maintaining a diet free of wheat-based products takes discipline…especially if you've got a sweet tooth. Most cakes, cookies and other baked goods are a big no-no. And sadly, most of the store-bought, gluten-free fare out there tastes like sand.
So, when I came across an interesting recipe for super-healthy flourless brownies, I just had to give it a try. They are so delicious; I'm going to make a batch for Kaye!
If you or someone you know happens to be a gluten-free chocoholic, you've got to give these brownie makeovers a try. Even if you're good with gluten, I think these fudgy, flourless brownies are better than energy bars...packed with protein and fiber to keep you fully charged before or after a workout.
If you'd like to build a better brownie, here's the recipe! Whip up a batch of these super squares and let me know what you think!
Fudge Flourless Brownies
½ cup sliced almonds ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder ½ cup sugar 1 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped ½ tsp. baking soda ¼ tsp. salt ½ cup packed pitted Medjool dates (brilliant!) ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk 2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 1 tsp. vanilla extract 2 large egg whites 2 Tbsp. mini chocolate chips (optional)
You'll find these brownies fudgy but not at all dense, thanks to the whipped egg whites. The olive oil and almonds give a double shot of healthy fats and if you prefer them less sweet, skip the chocolate chips.
After 34 years working the night shift, I wondered whether I'd be able to adapt to a normal sleeping schedule when I retired from the TV news business. Not only have I adapted, I haven't even seen the 11 p.m. news in more than four years! No offense to Kimberly or my other news pals, but these days I'm lucky to make it past nine before drifting into dreamland. My body clearly loves the change. I sleep soundly and wake up refreshed and ready to face the day. Not only that, within a year on my new schedule – completely unintentionally, I'd lost nearly 10 pounds. What a surprise… until I looked at the facts. For years I think I was always just a little bit sleep deprived…getting by on about seven hours, when my body craved closer to nine in the sack. And, if I'm honest, I'd developed some pretty unhealthy eating habits working those weird hours. On a busy night at work, I'd miss dinner altogether, then exhausted and wired after the late news, I'd come home, turn on Conan and fix myself a plate of cheese and crackers and wash it down with a glass (or two!) of wine… to unwind, you understand. Bad plan. A fat and calorie-laden snack combined with sugar in the alcohol often made for light, interrupted sleep. When I finally adopted my husband's routine an early dinner with only a light snack before bed, I began sleeping like a baby and reaping the health benefits. Adequate slumber (7-9 hours is the sweet spot for most of us!) does more than make you feel good. An abundance of sleep research has found a well-rested engine is essential for controlling your weight and sharpening your memory. What you eat can play a major role in the quality of your rest. My best snooze advice? 1. Warm milk can help you sleep better. Milk contains tryptophan, which your body uses to make serotonin, a brain chemical that promotes sleepiness. Because tryptophan needs carbohydrates to work its sedating magic in your brain, milk is a natural choice since it has the drowsy duo. (While warming it up adds to the soothing sensation, I still prefer my milk cold.) 2. Avoid eating a late meal, then going straight to bed. Consuming a heavy dinner or even a super-size bedtime snack can make you feel uncomfortably full when you lie down. Even worse, you may develop heartburn or gas… which makes falling asleep extra-challenging. For a peaceful slumber, aim to eat dinner at least three hours before you hit the sack. (When that's not possible, enjoy a lighter meal – less than 400 calories.) If you need a late-night nibble, keep it at 200 calories or less. Three smart pre-sleep snacks that work for me: *1 cup fat-free vanilla Greek yogurt topped with some crunchy, low-sugar cereal *3 cups low fat popcorn topped with grated Parmesan * Rice cake topped with hummus and a slice of turkey breast or (my fave) peanut butter 3. Talk to you doctor about sleep aids. One of the most popular options is melatonin, a hormone that helps regulate your sleep and wake cycles. You can even increase your intake of foods that naturally contain melatonin…like tart cherries, walnuts or some special sleepy-time teas. (Nights when it's difficult to fall asleep or when I travel, my doctor prescribes Ambien but only occasionally…and ONLY with my doctor's okay.) Don't minimize the importance of sleep. It's crucial for good health and wellbeing. Sweet dreams…
Loren Nancarrow is gone. It's still hard to believe. After bravely battling brain cancer, my friend and former TV colleague passed away last month at the age of 60.
We'll never know, this side of eternity, why Loren was taken from his family, friends and thousands of fans in the prime of life. It's just not fair. But from the moment Loren received his grim diagnosis, he decided not to waste a moment pondering "why me?"
"The doctors tell me I have between one and three years to live," Loren wrote in his blog shortly after his diagnosis. "So, boo-hoo, poor me."
Then, with grace, class and his signature sense of humor, Loren showed the rest of us how to live to the max and die with dignity…living each day with a grateful heart and a hopeful spirit.
Loren only got 10 more months but he filled his final days with fun, family and a sense of purpose – using his health challenges and high profile to help others with cancer and inspire thousands through his touching blogs.
Nowhere was that inspiration more evident than at Loren's celebration of life service at Cardiff Beach. More than a thousand of us laughed, cried and comforted one another as paddlers formed a circle beyond the breakers and floated flowers in Loren's honor. Many believe it was Loren himself who ordered the spectacular sunset that signaled his final goodbye.
As the crowd dispersed, my media pals and I remained on the darkening beach. The memorial was over, but we weren't ready to leave. That's when Jody Hammond, former News 8 reporter and friend to Loren got an idea. She invited any of us who could to an impromptu gathering at her home to talk about and toast our TV colleague.
For hours, 15 of us…all Loren's co-workers over the years reminisced about our dear friend. We represented several local TV stations…Jim Laslavic from 7/39, Liz Purcell from News 8, photojournalist Mike Ineman, producer Janine Nakama and yours truly were part of the 10 News contingent.
But that night – standing around Jody's kitchen island we may as well have been from the same station. No matter where he had worked, or with whom, Loren was loved. Through laughter and tears, we shared countless touching and hilarious remembrances about the guy who transformed his home into a "ranch," from which he would report on every fruit, vegetable, herb and critter know to man…a guy completely unafraid to dig deep into a heap of compost or a heap of political controversy …the guy who insisted on calling me "Clara Bow," despite years of protestations.
When the night ended, Loren was still gone, but thanks to Jody's warmth and hospitality, we'd been given the gift of a little more time together to mourn and celebrate our friend providing closure for the gaping hole in our collective hearts.
Please keep Loren's remarkable family in your thoughts and prayers. Those of us who knew and loved Loren have lost a friend…but Susie, Hannah, Graham and Britta have lost their husband, dad and hero.
May God richly bless them and give them comfort in their grief.


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WALSTON — Wednesday, the Young Township Board of Supervisors warned that the sewer customers with the highest delinquent balances, who have not made payment arrangements, will soon receive notices from the district judge regarding their account.
"We're going to take five delinquent customers at a time to the district judge," Secretary/Treasurer Mary Ann Redding said Wednesday.
Chairman Andrew Meterko, said other delinquent customers might make arrangements once they see that other customers with delinquent bills are taken to the district judge.
The Punxsutawney Spirit's 15 brand-new newspaper distribution boxes will be seen soon throughout the downtown area and the community. If you can't make it into the office to buy a newspaper, keep an eye out for the bright yellow boxes that bear The Spirit's own "Phantastic Phil!" on the sides. The new boxes are The Spirit's first since 2001. (Photo by Tom Chapin)
BROOKVILLE —Jury selection for the double murder trial of Steven P. Rebert continued at the Jefferson County Courthouse Tuesday morning.
That morning, a few of the potential jurors interviewed by the prosecution and the defense had been called back from the night before, when proceedings in the selection wrapped up around 1 a.m. Tuesday.
The day before, the first pool of jurors was asked if any one of them felt as if they could not take part on the jury. According to WJAC-TV, about 20 people stepped forward.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — Several Punxsutawney business and property owners shared their concerns regarding PennDOT's downtown traffic signal project at Monday's Punxsutawney Borough council meeting.
Joe Ferrara, who, with his wife Joan VanDyke, owns the building at 101 East Mahoning St. that houses the studios of VanDyke & Company, expressed concern about what he believes to be a dangerous situation for property owners and pedestrians alike regarding the new traffic control devices that are being constructed on the sidewalks throughout the downtown area.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — Teachers and guidance counselors in local schools are at an important starting point in ending the cycle of child abuse, according to Pat Berger, the executive director and forensic interviewer for the Western PA CARES for Kids Child Advocacy Center (CAC).
"They can be the first people a child decides to disclose the abuse to," she said. "How they get the information can affect the case."
PUNXSUTAWNEY — After almost two-and-a-half years of investigations and legal action, Det. Brian Andrekovich, a Punxsutawney Borough Police officer fired in November 2009, was approved to return to work next week.
During Monday's council meeting, the motion for Andrekovich to return to work was approved 7-0.
Council fired Andrekovich Nov. 3, 2009, following the death of Stephen Obbish, 48, Aug. 15, 2009, in the back of a police cruiser after Andrekovich arrested him for public drunkenness at the Goodwill store in the Punxy Plaza.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — A member of the Punxsutawney Area School Board asked questions about contract negotiations with the Punxsutawney Area Education Association Monday, but was eventually reminded about violating possible confidentiality agreements.
Monday, board member Jack White asked about ongoing negotiations with the PAEA regarding the salary structure. Board President Gary Conrad said he would permit White to speak, but noted the possible confidentiality issues.
BROOKVILLE — Jefferson County's Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) received disappointing news to begin 2012.
HPRP, which is under the direction of Community Action Inc., recently received a funding cut of $10,000.
According to HPRP Director Susan McLaughlin, the action, which was handed down from the state Department of Community & Economic Development, caused the necessity of a budget revision to ensure funds are available to provide service and assistance to only those already approved and enrolled in the program.
(The Spirit is pleased to share with our readers vignettes of life in the 19th century as originally reported in past issues of the newspapers. These reproduced stories include their original headlines and spelling.)
Local Intelligence (April 22, 1896)
MARKED ROBBERS Bind Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bruner And Ransack the House
PUNXSUTAWNEY — The selection of 12 jurors and four alternates for the upcoming trial of Steven Patrick Rebert will begin at 9 a.m. Monday at the Jefferson County Courthouse.
Rebert, formerly of Emporium, faces double homicide charges in the shooting deaths of Victoria Lynn Shugar and her husband, James Shugar — also known as Wayne Shugar — both 61, who were found dead April 12, 2010, in their Coal Tipple Road home, Brockway.


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This is exactly the kind of pictures that I love best. Ones where you can see how the daylilies fit into the overall garden. Lovely garden views. All the beds look lovely. |
I like the way you have your daylilies planted with other perennials. Very nice combinations of plants! Debra |
Beautiful gardens! Thanks for posting them Alexa |
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Femme de Joie looks very showy in its clump. Your lawns are green! |
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text: DRY FARMINGDry farming originated in the nineteenth century to accelerate the production of certain crops, most notably wheat. It is most widely practiced in the Great Plains area where rainfall averages between eight to twenty inches a year. Hardy Webster Campbell, a South Dakota homesteader, invented a subsoil packer circa 1890 and thereafter operated demonstration farms for railroads. By the end of the century dry farming was championed as the solution to the agricultural problems of the Great Plains. Dry farming's purpose was to conserve limited moisture during dry weather by reducing or even eliminating runoff and evaporation, thereby increasing soil absorption and retention of moisture. A dust mulch renewed after each rainfall would protect the surface of the soil against evaporation. These basic practices were supplemented by Campbell and others to include thorough cultivation before and after seeding, deep plowing, and alternating-summer fallow. Over time, dry farming was modified in most particulars, but it played a prominent role in the settlement of the semiarid Great Plains. The first report of Oklahoma's State Board of Agriculture in 1908 suggested that "the seed bed in dry regions may be flat or less, or it may be a very firm bed covered with loose earth. Also the covering of the seed should be deep enough to prevent evaporation or the drying of the soil upon which the seed rest." In Oklahoma, as elsewhere on the Great Plains, wheat, which required relatively little water, became the leading dry farm crop. On a smaller scale, sorghums were also raised as a forage crop. In 1906 the state produced through dry farming more than twenty-three million bushels of wheat; in 1999 it produced about 145 million bushels. The five leading wheat-producing counties in 1999, all in northern and western Oklahoma, were Garfield, Grant, Alfalfa, Texas, and Woods. Six other counties, all in western Oklahoma, each produced more than five million bushels this same year. Valued at nearly half a billion dollars, winter wheat is the state's largest cash crop. Almost all of it is produced through dry farming. Over the years Oklahoma consistently ranks among the top five producing states in the nation, usually close behind its northern neighbor, Kansas, the leading wheat-producing state in the nation. SEE ALSO: AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION, FARMING, WHEAT. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Henry Gilbert, Dryland Farming: January 1982-December 1990 (Beltsville, Md.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library, 1991). Mary W. M. Hargraves, Dry Farming in the Northern Great Plains: Years of Readjustment, 1920-1990 (Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993). Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture, Report (Guthrie, Okla.: N. p., 1908). Richard Lowitt © Oklahoma Historical Society |


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SINGAPORE - Local food company, RE&S, which offers Japanese cuisine, opened a new 100,000 sq ft facility at Tai Seng Street on Tuesday.
The facility, which boasts a 60,000 sq ft central kitchen, is part of the firm's plans for major expansion programme.
RE&S president Hiroshi Tatara said: "This new purpose-built facility is our springboard for what I call a 'New Start', an aim to increase revenue from the current $130 million per year to $500 million per year, and to increase the number of customers we serve yearly from seven million to 40 million by 2018."
The firm was established in Singapore in 1988, and has grown to 60 Japanese restaurants and stores in the region, with 18 distinct brands.
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Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. ("Quintiles" or the "Company") (NYSE: Q) today reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.
For the three months ended June 30, 2013, the growth in service revenues excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations ("constant currency revenue growth") was 2.2%, or $21.1 million compared to the same period last year. At actual foreign exchange rates, service revenues of $944.2 million were nearly unchanged compared to the same period last year due to an unfavorable foreign currency impact of 2.3%, or $21.8 million. Constant currency revenue growth was primarily from volume related increases in the Product Development segment compared to the same period in 2012.
Adjusted income from operations was $124.1 million in the second quarter of 2013 representing growth of 8.4% and 100 basis points of margin expansion compared to the same period last year. Adjusted net income was $62.9 million in the second quarter of 2013 representing growth of 12.6% compared to the same period last year. Diluted adjusted earnings per share was $0.50 in the quarter ended June 30, 2013 representing growth of 6.4% compared to the same period last year. Reported GAAP income from operations was $94.9 million, reported GAAP net income was $38.5 million and reported GAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.30 for the three months ended June 30, 2013. Reconciliations of the non-GAAP measures adjusted income from operations, adjusted net income and diluted adjusted earnings per share to the corresponding GAAP measures are attached to this press release.
Net new business grew 13% and 16% in the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 to $1.0 billion and $2.3 billion, respectively compared to the same periods last year. The second quarter of 2013 was the fourth sequential quarter of $1.0 billion or more in net new business which has contributed to an ending backlog at June 30, 2013 of $9.0 billion. The book-to-bill ratio, which represents net new business divided by service revenues during the respective period, was 1.07 for the second quarter and 1.21 for the six month period ending June 30, 2013.
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hancement were also used. This project resulted in the compilation of thematic maps of grassland resources at 1:1,000,000 for the IMAR and 1:500,000 for each league, including maps for vegetation, rangeland type, land use, climate (surface moisture and temperature), geomorphology, water resources, soil, and ecoregionalization. These achievements have provided valuable information for agricultural regionalization, grassland management, land use, environmental conservation, and monitoring of resource dynamics at various scales. The results of this project have been published in the book Survey of Inner Mongolia Grassland Resources Using Remote Sensing, edited by the Inner Mongolia Grassland Resources Remote Sensing Expedition (Chen and Li, 1987).
Animals and Animal Ecology Animal ecology has received less attention than vegetation or plant ecology in the Xilingele steppe region. A survey of mammalian fauna was carried out from 1979 to 1987 by a group of scientists from the Institute of Zoology. The first systematic report on the mammals of Xilingele (Zhou et al., 1988) found 32 species, belonging to 15 families and 6 orders. These include several species that are representative of the Mongolia-Xinjiang region and the East Steppe subregion: Microtus brandti, Citellus dauricus, Ochotona daurica, Phodopus sungorus, Meriones unguiculatus, Allactaga sibirica, Procapra gutturosa, Vulpes corsac, and Felis manul. The activities of herbivorous rodents such as Microtus brandti, Ochotona daurica, and Citellus dauricus damage the grassland, whereas seed-feeding rodents such as Cricetulus barabensis and Meriones unguiculatus do harm to farmlands. Game animals in this area include the herbivores Lepus capensis, Capreolus, and Procapra gutturosa. Several carnivores, such as Mustela nivalis, M. altaica, M. sibirica, M. eversmanni, Felis manul, Vulpes corsac, and V. vulpes, are fur-bearing animals and predators of grassland rodents.
Animal studies have focused primarily on two groups: grassland rodents and acridoids. Rodents are among the most diverse and abundant of the grassland mammals. Studies of the species composition, spatial patterns, food preferences and consumption, behavioral characteristics, and community structure and function of steppe rodents have been carried out continuously since 1979 (Zhong et al., 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985a,b; Zhou et al., 1982, 1985; Agren et al. 1989a,b).
Since 1980, researchers at the Institute of Zoology have also studied the acridoids of the Xilin River Basin (Li et al., 1983; Li and Chen, 1985, 1988). Specimens collected during the periods 1963–1964 and 1980–1986 include 33 species of acridoids, belonging to 4 families and 24 genera, in the Xilingele typical steppe area (Li and Chen, 1988). Among geofauna, palaearctic species are dominant, with 29 species accounting for 87.8% of the total. The steppe acridoids may be divided by habitat into three major groups: xerophilous, mesophilous, and hydrophilous. Pararcyptera microptera meridionalis, Myrmeleotettix palpalis, and Chorthippus dubius are important pests during outbreak periods, and Dasyhippus barbipes, Chorthippus fallax, Angaracris rhodopa, and A. barabensis


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Funding for childcare providers
2gether - Early Years Entitlement for Disadvantaged 2 Year Olds
- Background
- Qualification criteria
- Approved 2gether childcare providers
- Childcare offer
- Systems and processes
- Children's Centre roles and responsibilities and relationship with 2gether providers
- Contacts
In 2009, the Department for Children, Schools and Families asked Devon and a number of other local authorities, to be part of its pilot programme to support two-year olds and their families living in the most disadvantaged households. Locally, this programme is known as 2gether.
The aim of the pilot was to:
- Improve outcomes and narrow the gap in educational attainment between disadvantaged children and others
- Improve outcomes for parents
- Increase the take-up of the free entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds
- Build evidence on the impact of the offer to inform central government on the wider roll out of an offer of free learning and childcare places for two year olds
Research showed that high quality early years provision improved the outcome for these most vulnerable children.
A small number of Children's Centres and specially approved childcare providers were initially involved, their being in the most disadvantaged areas of the county. Following feedback from pilot authorities Government announced its plans to extend funding to disadvantaged families with 2 year olds and in 2012 2gether was extended to cover the whole of the County.
Government put in place legislation to make this funding an "Entitlement to all disadvantaged families with a 2 year old" with effect from 1 September 2013 and from 1st September 2014 has extended that eligibility.
Qualification criteria
Children are eligible the start of the funding period after their 2nd birthday for a maximum of 3 terms, (running then into their 3 & 4 Year Old Early Years Entitlement) using the date of birth qualification dates, 31st March, 31st August and 31st December.
Parents/carers cannot apply for a 2gether place before the start of the funding period in which the child's second birthday occurs i.e.
Child's second birthday between: | Applications can be made no earlier than: | Funding can start from: |
1 January and 31 March | 1 January | Start of summer funding period following their second birthday |
1 April and 31 August | 1 April | Start of autumn funding period following their second birthday |
1 September and 31 December | 1 September | Start of spring funding period following their second birthday |
To check eligibility the parent/carer who receives the qualifying benefit must either:
- Complete an application from www.devon.gov.uk/2gether and email that in accordance with the instructions on the application
- Telephone Devon County Council Customer Service Centre on 0345 155 1013 with details of their National Insurance Number, date of birth, name and child details
Referral for places will come from a variety of sources including, childcare providers, health visitors and other professionals and self referral by parents/carers. Providers cannot commit to offering places without sight of a 2gether Award Letter and we will not provide retrospective funding to providers for periods prior to the date of that letter.
Eligibility Criteria - Economic
A child is eligible for a 2gether place if their family receives one of the following benefits
- Income Support (IS)
- Employment and Support Allowance (income related)
- Child Tax Credit with an annual taxable household income (as assessed by HMRC) of less than £16,190
- Income based Job Seeker's Allowance (IBJSA)
- Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The Working Tax Credit 4-week run-on payment
- If their family receives Working Tax Credits and have annual taxable household income (as assessed by HMRC) of no more than £16,190 per year
Eligibility Criteria - Non Economic
Children are also eligible if:
- they are looked after by their Local Authority (children in care)
- they have left care through special guardianship or through an adoption or residence order
- they have a current statement of special educational needs (SEN) or an education, health and care plan
- they attract Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
Foster/adoptee parents or carers and other applicants under these criteria should apply by contacting the 2gether Programme Manager, Rob Cornock by phoning 01392 385537 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com
Approved 2gether childcare providers
Devon's Early Years and Childcare Service will develop and maintain a register of approved 2gether childcare providers, in order that parent/carers can be signposted to those settings.
Providers must be registered to care for 2 year olds* and must have an Ofsted Good or Outstanding rating to be an approved 2gether provider. Those with a Requires Improvement/Satisfactory Ofsted rating may be accepted as an approved provider, but only if able to demonstrate that it is actively working towards a good rating and demand for places is such that it cannot be met by good/outstanding provision.
If an approved provider subsequently receives less than a good Ofsted, or is deemed through the Quality Monitoring Process to be of a less than adequate standard, the Early Years and Childcare Service will assess whether it will be removed from the register of approved providers or with further intensive support can remain. If removed and in particular if the Ofsted outcome is inadequate, parents will be given the option of moving their child to a 2gether provider of the required quality or leaving the child for the remainder of their period of entitlement. No further 2gether children will be placed while the provider is removed from the register.
2gether providers must give the Early Years and Childcare Service and parents a minimum of 6 weeks notice of their wish to withdraw from the programme. Funds will be returned pro-rata for the weeks from the end of the notice period to the end of the funded period, as it will in the case of the closure of an approved provider.
Providers will sign a special 2gether agreement to be included as an approved provider. This agreement may be ended by Devon County Council immediately where there are safeguarding issues for the Two year Olds on the 2gether scheme or any other child being cared for by the provider.
Providers must notify Devon County Councils Early Years and Childcare Service immediately if temporarily unable to meet the conditions of the Agreement. This will not necessarily affect the continuation of the service and the Local Authority may be able to offer support to enable it to continue.
*Schools with maintained nursery units are able under their school registration to take children the start of the term during which they have their 3rd birthday but must care for those 2 year olds under national standard adult/child ratios. In order to take all 2 year olds they must separately register with Ofsted.
Childcare offer
The framework within which an approved setting provides the 2gether service matches that of Early Years Entitlement Funding (EYEF) for 3 and 4 year olds namely:
- Maximum 10 hours per day
- Minimum 2 ½ hours per day
- Between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm
- Maximum of 15 hours per week during 38 weeks term time only, or a stretched offer (including 11 hours per week over all year) can now be taken over 2 days
The entitlement is to a maximum of 570 hours per academic year. Each funding period will have an individual maximum number of hours available and providers will be advised of those limitations within the headcount paperwork.
As with EYEF this is a free entitlement to parents/carers. The same conditions, in particular providers not being allowed to charge top up fees, registration/retainer fees and the take up of chargeable services as a condition of providing the free service, apply to 2gether funding.
Transfer of funding will be allowed only for moves between approved 2gether providers. If a move/transfer is out of County, to a non 2gether provider or a child leaves the programme the provider will retain funding for the whole term.
There will for the time being be no cross border arrangements with neighbouring Local Authorities. Where a Devon provider agrees to take a child under another Authorities programme it will be under their terms and funded by them.
The hourly 2gether rate paid to providers is currently £4.96.
Systems and processes
We intend to align systems and processes to that of EYEF for 3 and 4 Year Olds as far as we can, although there are some differences that we consider need to be in place and the impact of which will be assessed as we roll out the programme. It should also be noted that systems and processes for EYEF are currently being reviewed and changes are likely as we go through the year and beyond, which might also affect 2gether funding.
- A parent/carer uses Devon's 2gether Eligibility Checking Service, as detailed above, to check that they are eligible for a place for their child
- If eligible an Award Letter will be sent. This will then be taken by the parent/carer to their chosen 2gether provider to arrange appropriate childcare. The provider must have sight of the Award Letter and will be asked to confirm that and note its date with their first claim
N.B. Award letters can be issued during the funding period of the child's second birthday. Care must be taken by providers to ensure that the entitlement is not agreed too early as they will not be able to claim for that childcare - The provider must complete, with the parent/carer, a 2gether Childcare Registration and Claim Form, a Children's Information Form (CIF) and take a copy of date of birth evidence provided
Forecast Payments (not applicable to maintained school nursery units) will be based on the total EYEF and 2gether funding received in the previous funding period. If a provider expects child numbers to be significantly different from that of the previous period they should contact the Early Years Funding Helpdesk. Forecast payments are usually processed during the first week of a term.
N.B. Funded Childminders must provide a termly estimate and will recieve a termly email from the EYEF Helpdesk advising when this has to be provided.
Headcount Week/Balance Payments. Providers will receive a separate 2gether headcount form which will detail approved 2gether children that were with them the previous term and continue to meet the age eligibility for 2gether funding. Providers deal with those children listed on the 2gether headcount in the same way as they do the EYEF headcount, including and in particular in recording total hours per term, deleting any children that have left the setting and adding others that have started.
It is important to note that the headcount claim for a new 2gether approved child will be for the number of weeks/hours the child is with you not for the whole term based on the service provided during Headcount Week i.e. if a child only starts with you during headcount week you will not be claiming for those before they started. However if a 2gether child transfers to you having already attended another setting before headcount week your claim will be for the whole period as the original provider will request a transfer of funding for the weeks before transfer that they had the child.
If a new 2gether child joins at any time from the start of a funding period/term until the end of Headcount Week (schools refer to this as Census Week) you should not send claims in separately but:
- Add that new child to the headcount form and complete the hours claimed for the term
- Attach a completed Childcare Registration and Claim Form, Child's Information Form (CIF) and copy of date of birth evidence
- Forward all of the above by the headcount deadline to the EYEF team (together with your usual EYEF paperwork if appropriate)
Headcount returns, if appropriate for both 2gether and EYEF, will result in a combined balancing payment. Headcount paperwork will advise of when that balancing payment is due to be made.
Post Headcount Week starters - Unlike EYEF for 3 & 4 Year Olds we will continue to pay for new 2gether children that start with a provider after headcount week. For such children you must send to Rob Cornock 2gether Programme Manager, as soon as a child starts with you, the fully completed 2gether Childcare Registration and Claim Form, CIF and copy date of birth evidence. These claims must be received by the last day of the funding period i.e. 31st March, 31st August, 31st December. A final payment will be made for those claims on or around that date.
The "child in by headcount week" rule which applies to EYEF will not be used in order that a 2gether child can be placed at any time during a term and providers know that they will be paid for the number of hours provided from their joining until the end of the period.
As already stated above, where a 2gether child moves to another 2gether provider, funds for the remaining hours in the term/period must be transferred by the existing provider to the new one.
2gether children transfers - Providers must ensure that children being transferred to them under the scheme from another 2gether provider, are already eligible. Providers can do that by either:
- Having sight of the original 2gether Award Letter
- Obtaining confirmation from the previous provider
- Contacting EYEF Helpdesk for confirmation on 01392 385530.
If that transfer happens before headcount week and you have to add the child's details to your 2gether Headcount Form please write by the side of the name "Transfer in".
Children's Centre roles and responsibilities and relationship with 2gether providers
Although since September 2013 Children's Centres have not been approving 2gether places they are still regarded as important to the success of this programme in particular in taking the opportunity that any referral provides in assessing wider family support needed besides the free childcare and ensuring that children and their families can access appropriate early help once a problem has been identified.
A parental declaration on the 2gether Application Form includes authority for contact details to be passed by us to their local Children's Centre, who will then contact the family to discuss other services and support that might be appropriate.
The relationship between childcare provider and Children's Centre is vital and providers must recognise that children placed under the programme are by the nature of the scheme, the more vulnerable in the County. Providers are expected to;
- Promote and signpost parents to local Children's Centres in particular where they have any concerns, including those of irregular attendance and absence
- Agree to the sharing of information with Children's Centres as an essential condition of being an approved provider
- Childcare providers wanting more information about becoming an approved 2gether provider should initially contact their Early Years and Childcare Adviser (51KB - pdf help).
- If you are a childminder and would like to find out more about being an approved 2gether provider please contact the Noel Quinn team.
- Follow link for details of your local Devon Children's Centre.
For any other enquiries contact Rob Cornock, 2gether Project Manager, on 01392 385537 or email email@example.com


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Nine school superintendents in 30 years? The longest surviving and one of the best, Marion Wise, served just six years.
If you want a high performing, results-driven organization, you must have consistency and continuity of leadership. Brunswick County Schools, the students, teachers, principals and staff deserve this.
The board would be well served by having the North Carolina School Boards Association not just assist in the new search, but also in assessing the board's inability to retain good leaders for the long term.
There I was in the office the other night — sitting at my desk and working at my computer, listening to Ray Charles and doing editor things — when I glanced out the window into the dark and saw a nondescript sedan heading down Smith Avenue toward U.S. 17 but slowing down for the Shallotte police cruiser, its blue lights flashing, following behind it. No big deal.
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The holidays are a time to celebrate with friends and family and give thanks for our blessings. It's also a time when many of us choose to give to those who are less fortunate.
Across North Carolina, many people consider making donations to charities and worthy causes an important part of their holiday traditions.
You know the Thanksgiving holiday is over when:
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I want to congratulate all of the students who were chosen to participate in the honor chorus concert Nov. 2 at Brunswick Community College and to those of you who sing and weren't chosen.
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In many cases, if not for the reporting by the Beacon staff, parents, grandparents and others would not be aware of these issues. Thank you for keeping a watchful eye for your readers.
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i have an overgrown rosemary plant --it's sort of collapsing in the middle from it's own weight and i need to prune it
the branches are at least 2 feet long the last time i pruned it i simply chopped it off about 6 inches from the ground, thinking i wanted something else planted there (it's in a planter 8 inches from the swimming pool) anyway it came back before i pulled it up-so i decided to leave it there, could someone tell me how to prune it?? thanks!! |
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I'm definitely not an expert but I've always heard that if in doubt, it is fairly safe to prune 1/3 of height (or length of branches). I'm reporting this as a general guideline for pruning. I don't know much about Rosemary except that it has a deep root once established so may be hard to kill. You can probably have fun with shaping it however you'd like. |
- Posted by veganruthie (My Page) on Wed, Jul 8, 09 at 1:07
I know you can trim rosemary into topiaries. :-) I'm pretty sure it'll hold up to whatever you throw at it. |
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Nah, don't worry. Rosemary takes pruning really well. Whack that sucker to 3-4" and it will come back as good as ever! Omar |
- Posted by ltcollins1949 9a Rockport, TX (My Page) on Wed, Jul 8, 09 at 10:39
I've been growing rosemary in my yard for 13+ years. Sometimes they will start to die out in the center which isn't all that uncommon. I have found when the plant starts to get very old and/or if it does not get enough water is when I see the die back. Keep them watered, and let them dry out, but remember they cannot live in standing water, i.e. they don't like wet roots. What I do, and did yesterday as a matter of fact, is just remove the dead limbs all the way down and the lower limbs that are on the ground. They always liven up shortly after that. I don't prune them down, because I like them to be large. None of mine (I have around 15 different varieties of them.) have ever exceeded 4' x 4' in the ground. Some stay smaller, and the prostrate makes for a great ground cover. And I agree with elphaba about not pruning it back more than 1/3. You can, but then you stress the plant. Rosemary are hardy, but not indestructible. And remember that if you are going to prune it, wait until after the flowers have bloomed. One website that I read from a Master Gardener in Arizona states the following: Rosemary tends to become bare at the center and should only be to be (sic) pruned lightly out at the leafy wood. Limbs pruned back to the bare wood will not grow. Prune in April. Personally, I would advice against pruning them into topiaries. I know that lots of places do them, but like the little Christmas tree rosemary topiaries, . . .well the ones I've had start to die out shortly after the Christmas holidays. So I took them out and planted them in the ground and let them go back to their natural shape. Keeping them pruned as a topiary is too much work for me. They are doing great now. The extreme pruning on them was putting them into stress. However, I know lots of people like the topiary look. |
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