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Note: Event ID is a system-assigned identifier for a specific electronic signature. The signature display also includes a Current field, which indicates if all the signed data fields recorded at the time of the signature still have the same values. If an included field has been updated since the record was signed—for example, with another program that is not signature enabled—the system sets Current to No. Note: The Current setting is not stored as part of the signature instance. It is determined in real time based on the activated profile currently in effect. If multiple categories are signed in one menu program, each category of signed data is independent of the others. If the data changes in one, it does not affect the Current setting of the others. The lower frame shows the value of the signed data fields at the time of the last signature. Greater-than symbols (>) and spaces show the hierarchy of the data structure. See Tables and Fields. Note: If the data about to be displayed has never been signed, the system displays a message for the associated category. You can scroll through the frame to view all the field values. Choose End to exit from the details frame and return to the program. When you finish entering or updating data according to the standard menu program functionality, the system prompts you to enter an electronic signature. Note: The points at which a program saves updates to the database may change when electronic signatures are enabled. See Transaction Scoping. The prompt screen includes the signature frame, as well as a details frame showing the data being signed. Electronic Signature Prompt shows an example prompt from Labor Feedback by Work Order. Electronic Signature Prompt Navigation in the details frame depends on the setting of Data Frame Optional in the active profile. When that field is No, focus is immediately on the details frame so you can scroll through the entire record. 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Depending on how security is set up in your system, the system may prompt you to change your password. For example, this can happen if the password has reached its expiration date while you were logged in, or if the system administrator has forced a password change for your user ID. After signature processing is completed, the system displays a message indicating that the signature has been successfully executed, along with the event identifier. Signature Completion Message shows an example. Signature Completion Message

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We've received a number of emails from people following our Phone Find post the other day.
Here's another clever idea, from Jeffery S. in Crane, Indiana:
Excellent idea!
I have another that I don't mind you passing along to your youthful guests who may be afraid that their parents may get lost during their visit.
A few years back, when my family made an extended visit to one of your "magical" competitors, we took along one of the one-shot, instant-develop cameras.
Each morning, before leaving the hotel, we'd snap off two pictures of our (then) three-and-a-half year old son in the outfit of the day; one for mom to carry with her, and one for dad. That way, if we ever got lost, all we had to do was show the helpful employees the picture we'd taken, and they'd be able to help us get reunited.
We thankfully never had to use them for that purpose, but at the end of the vacation, we had 10 great little pictures of our son!
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Naruto:New Dawn in Off Topic
oh hey look, Pmitch misrepresented my point by paraphrasing it in angry, immature engrish. that's such a witty and valid tactic
if a random hobo walks up to you and asks you for 100 dollars, saying he'll use it to clean himself up and get a job, would you give him the money? what's that? you would? consider this: the past 30 hobos before him have walked up and asked you for 100 dollars, and you gave each of them 100 dollars. a couple days after giving each hobo those 100 dollars you saw them surrounded by 100 dollars of booze in an alley. now would you give that latest hobo 100 dollars?
yes, but never for naruto games, because i was already the jaded hobo-hater by the time naruto became popular (and i also almost always got banned for politely providing suggestions to improve the fan games-- that didn't help)
i can't actually give any suggestions to this game, though, considering i can't play it, and the only gameplay information provided is vague, redundant, and really doesn't say much of anything about how the game will play out. instead, it gives generic and irrelevant information about very specific features that are boasted about in the exact same way as any other game of its breed.
rob can you name these 'people' that i ripped,notice how people is plural
thank you, pmitch,you know it really hurts being called a ripper after ive work countless hours on this game,seriously. and my hakke circle is way smaller than the one you showed in link,yes i did use refrence its from the anime shouldnt it look that way!? http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8493/comapre.png rob can you name these 'people' that i ripped,notice how people is plural also redbutton does this even remotely resemble cee pee's base: http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/8345/compare2.png and if your talking about the single tiled one I MADE THAT FOR HIM


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Houston Baptist Huskies (12-21)
@South Dakota Coyotes (22-9)
Saturday, March 13
McKay Center, Orem, CT
Attendance: 139
Houston Baptist
South Dakota
Orem, UT (Sports Network) - Jake Thomas scored 24 points and South Dakota earned a postseason trip with a 91-86 victory over Houston Baptist in the championship game of the inaugural Great West Conference Tournament.
Kendall Cutler added 21 points and eight assists for the top-seeded Coyotes (23-9), who won their 13th straight game. They received an automatic bid to the Collegeinsider.com Tournament.
Steve Smith finished with 14 points, Louie Krogman 13 and Roman Gentry 10 for South Dakota. Krogman had the go-ahead three-pointer with 1:54 left in the game.
"We played really well for a lot of that game and then they just came at us and were making shots," said South Dakota coach Dave Boots. "Our defense wasn't very good. We gave up a good lead, but then again our guys came back and made clutch shots."
Mario Flaherty had 23 points and 17 rebounds for Houston Baptist (12-22), which also received 20 points apiece from Andrew Gonzalez and Wendell Preadom.
"I'm very proud of our team and the way they fought the whole game," said HBU coach Ron Cottrell. "I'm especially proud of our seniors, Mario and Wendell, and the way they led this team all season."
Gonzalez tied the game with a layup, but Krogman's long-distance shot moved the Coyotes to an 85-82 edge. A turnover from Shawn Echols led to a Krogman layup for a five-point edge with 1:13 remaining.
Flaherty hit a pair of free throws with 46 seconds left for an 87-84 margin, but Smith and Thomas each hit two foul shots down the stretch to seal the win for the Coyotes.
The Huskies trailed by a 25-15 count following a Gentry three-ball with 11:13 left in the opening half. South Dakota was ahead by as many as 17 before holding on to a 46-31 advantage at intermission.
Houston Baptist finally whittled the deficit to single digits at 52-43 inside 17 minutes left on a Preadom three-pointer. HBU later scored 12 in a row to get within 80-78.
Bruce Hicks, Kyle Ingram, Casey McClellan


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The Basic Library List Committee recommends this book for acquisition by undergraduate mathematics libraries.
1. Sets, Sequences, and Functions. Some Warm-up Questions. Factors and Multiples. Office Hours 1.2. Some Special Sets. Set Operations. Functions. Sequences. Properties of Functions. Office Hours 1.7. Supplementary Exercises.
Informal Introduction. Propositional Calculus. Getting Started with Proofs. Methods of Proof. Office Hours 2.4. Logic in Proofs. Analysis of Arguments. Supplementary Exercises.
Relations. Digraphs and Graphs. Matrices. Equivalence Relations and Partitions. The Division Algorithm and Integers Mod p. Supplementary Exercises.
Loop Invariants. Mathematical Induction. Office Hours 4.2. Big-Oh Notation. Recursive Definitions. Recurrence Relations. More Induction. The Euclidean Algorithm. Supplementary Exercises.
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General Recursion. Recursive Algorithms. Depth-First Search Algorithms. Polish Notation. Weighted Trees. Supplementary Exercises.
Digraphs Revisited. Weighted Digraphs and Scheduling Networks. Office Hours 8.2. Digraph Algorithms. Supplementary Exercises.
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Stage: Etapa 2
Date: Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Start: Ordizia
Finish: Urdax-Urdazubi
- Alto de Gorosmendi: cat 2, 6,2 km long, 5,89%
- Alto de Usategieta: cat 2, 4 km long, 5,50%
- Alto de la Piedad: cat 2, 2,5 km long, 8%
- Alto de Lizaieta: cat 1, 7,9 km long, 4,49%
Last KM: First, 700 meters downhill, last 300 meters slight uphill.
Itinerary: Today we woke up in Basque Country at Benni's joint, ate breakfast, checked out, snapped a #fansies with 2-time TDF Stage Winner Luis León Sánchez in the parking lot, drove to the start (same as yesterday—same town, same time, just WAY less interesting), photographed the sign-in, drove the course ahead of the race for 80k stopping only twice—once to photograph the scene (in some woods) where Erge was last spotted in 1489, and once for a round of cafés con leche at Balnearo Elgorriaga (a combination retirement hotel and healing water swimming area)—photographed the race at the salida de Etxalar y Lesaka (basically a featureless, nondescript exit on a highway), drove halfway up Alto de Lizaieta AKA Goat Monument Mountain, photographed the race in a sitchback, continued up Goat Monument Mountain, drove into France on the backside of Goat Monument Mountain, drove back into Spain, drove back into France, dove back into Spain for the finish in Urdax-Urdazubi, photographed the finish, highlights of which were; some Team Bus fetishizing, a Dalmatian photoshoot, observing Carlos Betancur on the phone and locked out of his team bus, experiencing our first overzealous Basque Country security guard, then we drove back to France to the town of Espelette where we checked into the Hotel Chilhar where we chilled with surprisingly reliable weefee until taking a three-course dinner in Restaurant Chilhar, highlights of which include the ordering process itself, which process required pointing and consensual, hotel lady-condoned animal noise making, the bread, the butter, the pulled-duck starter, a gratuit round of calamari in oil and peppers, the filet mignot de porc Basque and moexlleux au chocolat.
- Quote Of The Day: "Hey Raoul, the next time we pass a three-times larger than life paper mâché time trial bike resting on the raised skids of a forklift parked on the side of the road like an art project "offering" to the Peloton, can you stop so we can photograph it?"—Emiliano Granado
- In Basque Country, even the sheep have mullets.
- Basque Country is a walking stick/cane culture, big time. Everywhere you look, young and old, from performance athlete to casual chiller, from traditional metal-tipped wood jobs to carbon fiber and collapsible, you see some kinda hand-held device used to facilitate walking. The two most common hand-held walking device techniques in use along the course today were: A.) The Triangulated Old Guy On A Corner, and B.) The Single-track Shepherd Trekker.
- On EuropaFM Radio the two DJs discussing the Vuelta al Pais Vasco refer to Alberto Contador as a "Citizen of Madrid."
- Today at approximately 14:13 while descending Alto de Gorosmendi, Emiliano Granado had a minor emotional-psychological-spiritual breakdown or "mental health moment," the direct result of sustained exposure to EuropaFM. After a brief break with reality Emiliano regained composure and was able to once again communicate verbally. The episode lasted no more than 90 seconds and consisted mostly of swearing, inappropriate body language and spontaneous littering. As soon as the source of Emiliano's stress was determined, the radio was turned off and left that way for the remainder of the day. Due to some post-event confusion and chaos the exact trigger event is unclear, though both Raoul and I remembering listening to Can't Hold Us by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.1
6. The longest surname in (recorded) Spanish history is Burionagonatotorecagageazcoechea; it belonged to the Minister of Finances in Madrid in 1867.
- Calvin Harris's hit song Summer is three minutes and thirty-two seconds long; here are ALL the lyrics: When I met you in the summer / To my heartbeat's sound / We fell in love / As the leaves turned brown / And we could be together baby / As long as skies are blue / You act so innocent now / But you lied so soon / When I met you in the summer
- Second Best Quote Of The Day: "Hey, don't touch my PC."—Raoul
- After passing through various Basque villages along the course, highlights include: Ordizia, Zaldibia, Olaberria, Lazkao, Gaintza, Urrutitxo and Ezkurra, it's pretty obvious that the Basque have a thing for handball, or Basque pelota.2
- Two things about Raoul. 1.) Raoul calls hazard lights "alarm lights." 2.) In 2010 Raoul took his girlfriend to see John Mayer's Where The Light Is tour.
- In the Basque Country, Spanish Omelettes (basically a frittata), or Tortillas as they're called locally, are available in every mid-village and roadside bar, cantina and cafeteria, and at any time of day. Generally speaking, they're two 2-3"-high slabs of egg with onions, peppers and potatoes suspended throughout. They're served in pie-like slices, either cold or hot.
- Guys guys guys! if you're not careful, you can be too chill (see yesterday Observation #10), and "too chill" is a euphemism for "boring."
- The worst event today occurred at 16:06. We were just-riding-along and BOOM, suddenly (hopelessly!!!) we entered France because the course entered France and we had to follow the course even if it entered France. Immediately, as in at the border, we lost all cell and espresso-related services.
- In the Basque Country there is a prevailing typeface, not unlike how in the American West many commercial and residential signs and billboards feature letters with a lariat and/or cattle brand quality to them. Apparently the Basque Country font is based on engravings, for more information please click here.3
15. They don't have stores in Spain.
16. They have stores in France but they're never open. On an unrelated/related note France has towns, but like France's stores France's towns are also never open.
- Today's finish environment was casual, relaxed and sometimes quiet and calm like a library. Close your eyes and picture this. Are your eyes closed? Okay, you are on the flanks of the Pyrenees at the base of some miniature-Ventoux-looking hills in a small town, which town is basically a single straight road. On one side of the main road there is a cafeteria, outlet mall, grocery store and a gas station. On the other side of the main road there is another gas station and a rocky field, behind which is a small tasteful suburban neighborhood. 500 yards (457 meters) of the main road are blocked off, but there is plenty of parking and easy access around the blocked-off section of the road. A motor home with the word GARMIN written across it on every side is parked in the grocery store parking lot along with eleven other brightly festooned buses. There are some police milling about. Lots of old people and various store employees are smoking cigarettes and talking among themselves in the general direction of the finish line and PA system. The PA is quietly playing yesterday's hits and today's favorites. There is a lady with a dog. A manageable number of photographers are loosely crowding about under the TV camera jib arm just beyond the finish. The soigneur TV Pile, located 100 yards past the finish line like it always is , has just broken up which means they're close. A few motorcycles come zipping-but-safely! through the finish line to dump-off another photographer or two. TT Tony Martin finishes with like 15 minutes to spare. He hugs his soigneur. The chase groups finishes, they pound a Fanta or two before retiring to their respective buses. Contador does the JO&J champagne thing all over the crowd in the easily accessible-though-a-little-bit-rinky-dink podium area. Forty or fifty ancient French or Spanish or whatever people clap. The buses pull out. There is no traffic, the race is over. Shhhhh. Go about your business.
KING OF SLING VOTER HIGHLIGHTS (unedited)
"Wear shoes, beer is good, clothing optional, stay away from my handlebars & don't cross the street in the Slingshot Zone."
– Alex Howes, Professional Human Athlete Cyclist & Official Slingshot Zone Technical Advisor
A Brief Compendium of the Mythological Beasts, Legends, Demons, Gods, Creatures and Figures of the Basque Country
- Aatxeor Etsai: a cave-dwelling evil spirit who adopts the form of a young red bull, but being a shape shifter, sometimes takes the shape of a man.
- Atxular and Mikelatz: said to be sons of Mari, among others.
- Basajaun: the wild man of the woods and his female version, basandere.
- Galtzagorriak: a specific type of iratxoak (imps).
- Gaueko: an evil character of the night.
- Herensuge: the name of a dragon who plays an important role in legends.
- Erge: an evil spirit that takes men's lives.
- Ilargi or Ile: the known names of the Moon, also a daughter of Ama Lur.
- Jean de l'Ours: a man born to a woman and a bear.
- Jentilak (gentiles): giants, sometimes portrayed throwing rocks at churches. They are believed to be pagan Basques themselves, seen from a partly Christianized viewpoint. A surviving jentil is Olentzero, the Basque equivalent of Santa Claus.
- Lamiak or laminak: a type of nymph with bird-feet that dwelt in rivers and springs.
- Mairuak or Intxisuak: the male equivalents of lamiak in the Pyrenean region, where they are said to have built up the cromlechs.
- Mari: depicted in many different forms; sometimes as various women, as different red animals, as the black he-goat, etc. Her consort Sugaar, however, appears only as a man or a serpent/dragon. Mari is said to be served by the sorginak, semi-mythical creatures impossible to differentiate from actual witches or pagan priestesses. The cadre of witches near Zugarramurdi met at the Akelarre field and were the target of the Spanish Inquisition's largest witch hunt at Logroño. As a result, akelarre in Basque and aquelarre in Spanish are today still the local names of the sabbat.
- Odei: a personification of storm clouds.
- San Martin Txiki: a popular local Christian character, is a trickster.
- Sorginak: both mythological beings that travel with Mari, as well as real witches.
- Tartalo: the Basque version of the Greco-Roman Cyclops.
Today's Playlist
Side Note: We apologize in advance for the length of today's playlist, which is shorter than usual due to the above mental health-related issues. If, after you listen to this entire playlist, you would like to offer your condolences and/or commiserate and/or ask about appropriate styles of convalescence, please text +1.503.754.7476 and include the subject "Emiliano."
- Counting Stars by OneRepublic
- Summer by Calvin Harris
- Of the Night by Bastille
- La La La by Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith4
- Money On My Mind by Sam Smith
- Burn by Ellie Goulding
- Animals by Martin Garrix
- Trumpets by Jason Derulo
Tangential Caption Contextualizing by Klaus™
- For Emiliano's safety, this song will not be linked on MFS. [↩]
- This is where we'd put a footnote down describing exactly what Basque pelota is, but after light research MFS is still a little mystified by the game which can be "played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall or, more traditionally, with two teams face to face separated by a line on the ground or a net." There's something to be said for adaptability though. [↩]
- Just to clarify, that link does indeed include the option to purchase the Basque Country font by mailing a check to Idaho. ADDENDUM: RT @AttackCowboy "@manualforspeed There's a reason you can send a check to Idaho for Basque fonts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_American#Idahoan-Basques" [↩]
- Publisher's Note: You probably want to watch/listen to this instead. [↩]


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The Corkcicle Vinnebago is a wine canteen that can
The Corkcicle Vinnebago Insulated Stainless Steel Bottle offers a convenient alternative to glass bottles. The vacuum flask keeps beverages hot or cold.
The urge to get up and go can hit anytime. Get up and go where, you may ask? It could be a park, the beach, or camping that calls to us, but when it does, the lure can be irresistible. Chances are, there's a spot nearby that you would like to go to. All that is required to make a day trip happen is to get up and go. Well, that and a little food and beverage for the destination.
When packing the cooler and bags with drinks and food it may see like there's room for one more item. So we stuff that last extra can or sandwich in there and go along our merry way. However, that doesn't work quite so well when it comes to glass containers.
Going where wine bottles and other liquid-filled glass containers shouldn't or can't go is the Corkcicle Vinnebago Insulated Stainless Steel Bottle ($29.99). The handy canteen holds 25 ounces (about the amount in a typical wine bottle) and can keep fluids either cold or hot. Featuring a sleek design with triple-walled stainless-steel construction, the wine canteen won't break when thrown in a cooler or backpack. Now the only thing left is to decide where to go.


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I was thinking of this perfume the other night out of the blue. I was gifted the original Aspen almost, gulp, 20 years ago by a very good friend at Christmas. This scent always reminds me of the cold, blustery wintry weather so I had to haul it out today while a storm rages outside. There's something about this scent, from the embossed leaf on the bottle to the scent that leaves you sniffing for more! After searching for a list of notes, the best I could find were that it is a" watery fruity floral sweet" scent and 2) "A blend of ocean air and marine notes". Neither of those 2 descriptions truly fit the bill- yes, it's sweet but not foody sweet. Maybe a little tuberose or gardenia for the floral? Watery? Not a chance- for cologne strength 2 sprays will last several hours! Marine=ozone to me, none of that here. Aspen leaves me stumped, but I'm happy to keep guessing. Great memories all around!
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Bring the law to the bedroom
Ranjana Kumari
In our country the idea of marriage is based on the principle that the woman's body and mind belong to her husband. The Justice Verma Committee, set up in the wake of the brutal Delhi gang-rape incident, has brought in a fundamental shift in perspective.
The panel has asserted that a woman has the right over her body and sexuality. Violation of a woman's bodily integrity, through coercion or without her consent, is an assault against her, whether it happens on the street or within a marriage. However, this fundamental principle is not understood or accepted in our society.
That is why many people question the idea and even refuse to believe that there can be rape within marriage. When we ask for legislation on marital rape, there are many who exclaim, "Why do you want to bring the law into the bedroom?" The point, however, is that if violation happens in the bed, then the law has to be brought to the bed.
The central debate here is who controls the wife and her sexuality. The irony of our existing laws is such that a wife cannot charge her husband with adultery while the husband can. This notion prevalent within our social system derives from the principle of "kanyadan" (the gifting away of a girl).
In other words, women are gifted or donated to their husbands. If you are donated, you lose your identity and you become somebody else's property. If there is a charge of adultery brought against a woman, it is considered as the most serious invasion of a man's property. Basically, the woman is an object, the property of a man.
Nevertheless, our civil rights cannot be taken away.
The writer is member, National Mission for Empowerment of Women
It will lead to false counselling
Flavia Agnes
The projection by the media is that women's groups have unanimously demanded that marital rape be included within the definition of rape under Section 375 IPC. But this is not so. There is a lot of ambiguity within women's groups and individual activists on this matter. I, for one, do not subscribe to the view that marital rape should be included under Section 375 IPC on account of the specific nature of a marriage contract and matrimonial relationship.
It is not my argument that husbands do not force sex on their wives against their will. They do. Further, within marriage, sexual violence is not confined to only penetrative sex or insertion of objects into body orifices as the latest Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance projects. It is inclusive of a range of other acts — excessive sexual demands, particularly on such occasions as during menstrual periods or immediately after child birth; having extramarital relationships and refusal to have sex with the wife, etc.
In addition, these may be part of other types of violence within marriage, such as denying money for household expenses, forcing the wife to undergo sex selective abortion in pursuit of a male child, threatening to bring another wife because she is accused of being childless, etc. So, selectively placing penetrative sexual assault on a higher pedestal may actually prove counter-productive, and serve to reinforce patriarchal values of sanctity given to penetrative sexual violation.
If this is the fate of a provision which sanctions only three years of punishment, what will be the fate of a provision of marital rape which, if proved, will have a mandatory sentence of seven years?
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Yesterday's Promise LyricsArtist: Kitty WellsAlbum: I've Got Yesterday You took all the best of me and now you call me bad You made me careless with the pretty things you'd say Now yesterday's promise makes me crying today Yesterday's promise made the fire within me burn Today there's only bitter ashes everywhere I turn Tomorrow may be better when the hurt has gone away But yesterday's promise makes me crying today [ steel ] Yesterday's promise made just one thing in mind But to a girl it sounds like love when it's love she hopes to find Tomorrow I may find it when the hurt has gone away But yesterday's promise makes me crying today
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Whether you have a toddler or a teen, here are five of the best strategies to improve nutrition and encourage smart eating habits:
But it's not easy when everyone is juggling busy schedules and convenience food, such as fast food, is so readily available.
Here are some ways to incorporate all five strategies into your routine.
Family meals are a comforting ritual for both parents and kids. Children like the predictability of family meals and parents get a chance to catch up with their kids. Kids who take part in regular family meals are also:
In addition, family meals offer the chance to introduce kids to new foods and to act as a role model for healthy eating.
Teens may turn up their noses at the prospect of a family meal — not surprising because they're busy and want to be more independent. Yet studies find that teens still want their parents' advice and counsel, so use mealtime as a chance to reconnect.
Also, consider trying these strategies:
What counts as a family meal? Any time you and your family eat together — whether it's takeout food or a home-cooked meal with all the trimmings. Strive for nutritious food and a time when everyone can be there. This may mean eating dinner a little later to accommodate a child who's at sports practice. It can also mean setting aside time on the weekends, such as Sunday brunch, when it may be more convenient to gather as a group.
Kids, especially younger ones, will eat mostly what's available at home. That's why it's important to control the supply lines — the foods that you serve for meals and have on hand for snacks.
Follow these basic guidelines:
The best way for you to encourage healthy eating is to eat well yourself. Kids will follow the lead of the adults they see every day. By eating fruits and vegetables and not overindulging in the less nutritious stuff, you'll be sending the right message.
Another way to be a good role model is to serve appropriate portions and not overeat. Talk about your feelings of fullness, especially with younger children. You might say, "This is delicious, but I'm full, so I'm going to stop eating." Similarly, parents who are always dieting or complaining about their bodies may foster these same negative feelings in their kids. Try to keep a positive approach about food.
It's easy for food to become a source of conflict. Well-intentioned parents might find themselves bargaining or bribing kids so they eat the healthy food in front of them. A better strategy is to give kids some control, but to also limit the kind of foods available at home.
Kids should decide if they're hungry, what they will eat from the foods served, and when they're full. Parents control which foods are available to the child, both at mealtime and between meals. Here are some guidelines to follow:
Most kids will enjoy deciding what to make for dinner. Talk to them about making choices and planning a balanced meal. Some might even want to help shop for ingredients and prepare the meal. At the store, teach kids to check out food labels to begin understanding what to look for.
In the kitchen, select age-appropriate tasks so kids can play a part without getting injured or feeling overwhelmed. And at the end of the meal, don't forget to praise the chef.
School lunches can be another learning lesson for kids. More important, if you can get them thinking about what they eat for lunch, you might be able to help them make positive changes. Brainstorm about what kinds of foods they'd like for lunch or go to the grocery store to shop together for healthy, packable foods.
There's another important reason why kids should be involved: It can help prepare them to make good decisions on their own about the foods they want to eat. That's not to say they'll suddenly want a salad instead of french fries, but the mealtime habits you help create now can lead to a lifetime of healthier choices.
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Married to the daughter of his employer, a wealthy merchant. Moved to Novgorod with the business. Widower. Monk in Kensk. Hermit in the forest around the White Sea. His reputation for holiness attracted disciples, and the Prince of Moscow built a monastery for them. In his later years, Antonius tried to retire to live as a hermit again, but his brother monks followed him.
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quote:A government that fines a company over a million dollars a day because the owner of the company is not providing abortifacients in the health care plan he is providing for his employees is a tyrannical government.
quote:Like I said...drama much? You give hollywood actresses a run for their money. You don't want to pay fines. Don't violate the law! It's really simple...and hardly tyrannical.
quote:I should have clarified, I don't WANT to die for the 2nd ammendment.
quote:You can talk all you want about the second amendment being about hunters or a militia, that's bull shite. Any decent research will show you the second amendment was about the people being able to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. I hope you will forgive me if I don't let myself be disarmed. It kills me to watch reporters report on the war in Syria and then talk about giving up the right to bear arms if the people in Syria had been armed they wouldn't' have taken so long to over through there oppressive government. you might say that could never happen in America well I'd say it hasn't happened here because the American people cha shoot back.
quote:I'd love to see you stand toe to toe against the U.S. military with your grand pappy's rifle
quote:like those muslims living in caves in Afghanistan?
quote:You think that's going "toe to toe" against the US military?
quote:Where I stand and what to expect is not facing down 15 hooded drones at my doorstep. Resistance is making them fear putting on the hood and knocking on that door. It is too late when they knock on your door.
quote:now you claim it's not...interdasting
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Inexact stochastic dynamic programming method and application to water resources management in Shandong China under uncertainty
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In this study, an interval parameter multistage joint-probability programming (IMJP) approach has been developed to deal with water resources allocation under uncertainty. The IMJP can be used not only to deal with uncertainties in terms of joint-probability and intervals, but also to examine the risk of violating joint probabilistic constraints in the context of multistage. The proposed model can handle the economic expenditure caused by regional water shortage and flood control. The model can also reflect the related dynamic changes in the multi-stage cases and the system safety under uncertainty. The developed method is applied to a case study of water resources allocation in Shandong, China, under multistage, multi-reservoir and multi-industry. The violating reservoir constraints are addressed in terms of joint-probability. Different risk levels of constraint lead to different planning. The obtained results can help water resources managers to identify desired system designs under various economic, environment and system reliability scenarios.
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- Title
- Inexact stochastic dynamic programming method and application to water resources management in Shandong China under uncertainty
- Journal
Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment
Volume 27, Issue 5 , pp 1207-1219
- Cover Date
- 2013-07-01
- 10.1007/s00477-012-0657-y
- Print ISSN
- 1436-3240
- Online ISSN
- 1436-3259
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
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- Topics
- Math. Appl. in Environmental Science
- Earth Sciences, general
- Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes
- Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
- Computational Intelligence
- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution
- Keywords
- Dynamic
- Joint probability
- Multistage
- Scenarios
- Uncertainty
- Water resources
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- J. J. Gu (1)
- P. Guo (2) (3)
- G. H. Huang (4) (5)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Institute of Ecological Simulation and Urban Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- 2. Centre for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
- 3. Environmental Science and Engineering Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, V2N 4Z9, Canada
- 4. Environmental Systems Engineering Program, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2, Canada
- 5. Energy and Environmental Research Center, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China


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Web modeling (aka model-driven Web development) is a branch of Web engineering which addresses the specific issues related to design and development of large-scale Web applications. In particular, it focuses on the design notations and visual languages that can be used for the realization of robust, well-structured, usable and maintainable Web applications. Designing a data-intensive Web site amounts to specifying its characteristics in terms of various orthogonal abstractions. The main orthogonal models that are involved in complex Web application design are: data structure, content composition, navigation paths, and presentation model.
In the beginning of web development, it was normal to accessed Web applications by creating something with no attention to the developmental stage. In the past years, web design firms had many issues with managing their Web sites as the developmental process grew and complicated other applications. Web development tools have helped with simplifying data-intensive Web applications by using page generators. Microsoft's Active Server Pages and JavaSoft's Java Server Pages have helped by bringing out content and using user-programmed templates.
Several languages and notations have been devised for Web application modeling. Among them, we can cite:
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Parker Boats Has Joined The MarineMax Family
We are pleased to announce Parker Boat Company has joined the MarineMax family. Parker Boat Company has served the boating community for over 85 years, with its retail sales and operations in Orlando and Daytona, Florida, and range of great brands including Sea Ray, Boston Whaler, Grady-White and Sea Hunt.
Bill McGill, Chairman, President, and CEO of MarineMax, stated, "The Parker Boat Company name is synonymous with customer service and boating throughout the Central Florida area. We look forward to building on their customer-centric traditions, which are similar to MarineMax's, while broadening their product offerings even further." Like MarineMax, Parker Boat Company offers an unparalleled boating experience with organized group cruises to inviting destinations and free classes to help owners live the boating lifestyle to its fullest.
"Parker Boat Company's market area is a corridor to both the East and West Coasts of Florida and is also one of the fastest growing parts of the state. We believe this business combination, with the experienced Parker team and loyal customer following, combined with the integration of our contiguous stores will further strengthen our ability to serve this strong boating market," commented McGill.
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Wyre Borough Council hits back at Shelter claims
Published on Thursday 18th March 2010
Wyre Borough Council has hit back at claims by Shelter that Wyre ranks among the worst in the country for delivering enough affordable homes to meet local need.
In a press release issued today under embargo (until 00.01 hours on 19 March) the charity launched a stinging attack on a number of councils in England, drawing up its own league table based on figures from various sources.
But Wyre believes these statistics only tell half the story.
Garry Payne, Director of Planning and Regeneration for Wyre Borough Council, said: "I am very disappointed at the blinkered comments by Shelter Chief Executive Campbell Robb claiming that Wyre needs to work harder to provide affordable homes.
"Had he taken the time to talk to us rather than accept the figures at face value he would have learned about the strong commitment of the council and its partners and the large strides we have already taken towards meeting almost impossible targets.
"Since 2008, our planning committee has granted approval to developments across Wyre with provision for a total of 232 affordable homes, with another 29 pending, although some of these have stalled due to market conditions
"We have also supported one developer in successfully securing almost £1m of Kick Start funding which means 58 affordable homes in Fleetwood in addition to those already secured via a section 106 agreement, giving a total of 70.
"And our largest registered social landlord, Regenda, has declared Wyre a gold authority for development investment after having to prioritise the areas it focuses development on. To have them pledge a long-term partnership with the borough shows they recognise our proactive approach to proving affordable homes.
"It is correct to state that 600 affordable homes per year are needed to meet need in Wyre and this is in addition to market housing. What has to be realised is that a borough that is 60 per cent rural (open countryside and green belt) will never be able to develop out at such a high level.
"In addition, housing associations would never be able to access funds to support development of such magnitude.
"What Mr Robb also fails to recognise is that Wyre historically had a significant number of families on the homeless list but through the introduction of an imaginative homelessness policy, for the past two years the level of homeless families has been maintained at zero per cent. We welcome comments from Mr Robb on this significant achievement."
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It's been a while! In 2009 I started my company Phure Studios and made CatSpin and Chefs Attack. I was so happy when CatSpin was even marketed by Apple on the frontpage of the App Store.
Right now, Phure Studios has a new game on it's way to iPhone and iPad with the working title of WWP. It's almost in Beta and might need some testers soon as well For now, I would love to just post some screenies here and share that it's a game where you have to wake up as many penguins as possible. The babysitting parent-penguins come and check out their baby-penguins, but as soon as they arrive they fall asleep as well. So it's up to you to basically slap a penguin into the group with the red paddle you see in the screenshots and wake em all up together! The more you wake up, the bigger the score at the end of each round... and there's more! You get a score which is 10x higher than usual if you can make a parent penguin wake up another parent penguin... I mean, come on: sleeping on the job? Tsk, tsk, tsk... The scores keep going up, even after everybody is awake <3 Pushing penguins around has never been so much fun <3 Kekeke... Last edited by Kusanagi; 04-15-2014 at 09:10 AM.. |
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Editor's Note: This is the first Great Gauley Blog-Off contest submission by ACE super-fan Pansy Parker. Terms and rules are listed at the end of this post and your essay and poem submissions are being accepted through Sept. 7, 2010.Back near the end of September 2007, I got my very first taste of the infamous Gauley adrenaline. I am now and forever hooked.
I had never rafted before in my life, so a friend and I had come to the area for a "first-timers" trip with ACE. We rented a little cabin right near the Carnifax Ferry Battleground State Park. The renters had suggested the Fisherman's Trail, which is a super duper steep 6/10 mile trail straight down the canyon bank to the absolute best viewing spot on the river, just across from the action-packed Pillow Rock.
I'm not a big Civil War buff, but if you are looking for land-based adventure consider visiting Carnifex Ferry Battleground State Park. Located on the northern banks of the Gauley River just west of Summersville, the 156 acre park protects an important Civil War battle site and is one of more than 300 Civil War Trail Discovery Sites.
There are 4.9 miles of hiking trails available through the steep terrain of the park. All of the trails offer views or access to the Gauley River. The longest of these is the two mile Patterson Trail. The trail forms a loop around the perimeter of the park. The highlight of this trail is three scenic overlooks of the Gauley. In the fall you can watch for rafts and kayaks navigating the churning water below and enjoy the changing colors of the hardwood forests that cover the walls of the gorge.
If you enjoy military history consider hiking down the Old Carnifex Road. This 1.5 mile trail begins near Picnic Shelter Number Three and ends at the banks of the Gauley River. The road was used by the Confederate Army in their 1861 retreat before crossing at the ferry.
From the main overlook you can hike down the 6/10 of a mile long Fisherman's Trail. The trail offers the shortest hike for direct access to the Gauley River and ends at famous Pillow Rapids. The trail is extremely steep and rocky but offers a rewarding view of the Gauley and a rare up-close opportunity to see the rafts and kayaks navigating the river.
Parts of the Fisherman's Trail passes through private property, so please be sure to stay on the trail at all times, and if you see trash, please carry it out. The kinder we are to this trail and its owners, the longer we will be allowed to use it.
Back to my trip.
My friend had rafted before, so she wanted to come a day early so we could check out the action before plunging in. We hiked down the steep trail to Pillow Rock Rapid from the mountainside above. Four hundred vertical feet later we arrived at one of the best rapids on the river to view the action.
As I got my camera ready for the paddlers to make their way down river, I was in disbelief of the beautiful day that we were having on a late September afternoon. Warm temperatures and sunny skies ruled the day. We were not the only ones who hiked down that day – it seemed like more than 50 people made the trip down.
All I can say is wow. The view was breathtaking and the action and carnage was never-ending. My first impression was disbelief at the deafening roar and the sheer volume of water that was being pushed through that narrow bend in the canyon. I was already hooked and I hadn't even been in the water yet.
Being the camera nut that I am, I quickly set up my video camera and started shooting. Check out the video posted with this blog post. The date was 9/28 or 9/29/07. If you were there that day, you just might be in this video. I have a ton more footage, so if you know you were there, and you don't see yourself, let me know. I'll share the rest.
It is truly a great place to hang out and watch all the boats run in varying degrees of success. Even as a novice, one thing I noticed right away was the percentage of ACE rafts that made it through the eye of the needle unscathed, compared to those "other" unmentioned outfitters.
I'm guessing the experience of being on that river all year long, compared to just a few weeks during Gauley Season, makes all the difference, as you will see.
Fisherman's Trail is the best viewing of Pillow Rock, but the trail is definitely not recommended for anyone having any remote sort of mobility impediment, and that includes the periodic knee problems, being old, overweight, too young, not in shape and certainly it's not for those on crutches.
This trail teeters on needing to be rigged for rock-climbing ropes! It also washes out repeatedly. If you are fit, the trail is definitely worth the hump. Just remember, in this case, what goes down must come back up again. The hump back up definitely needs to be taken into consideration as well.
Not for the weak of heart. Three days later and my butt and thighs were still talkin' to me, loudly! When I did it in the fall of 2007: Female, 45 yrs, 125 lbs., in shape, no knee issues. Going down = no problem. Coming back up = totally whipped, but doable.
Whatever you choose to do, have fun watching the action.
— Pansy Parker


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Julia Gillard flies out of Australia this morning for what is being touted as a major diplomatic visit to North Asia.
The Prime Minister will be the first leader to visit Japan at the express invitation of the Japanese government since last month's earthquake and tsunami disaster.
Ms Gillard will also visit South Korea and China during the 10-day tour, with free trade talks to be at the top of the agenda.
The Prime Minister and her partner, Tim Mathieson, will host a gala fundraising dinner for victims of the Japanese tragedy and are also expected to visit devastated areas.
She will have an audience with Japan's emperor and the empress tomorrow and will also meet the prime minister and the foreign minister.
Ms Gillard says she will be bringing a message of goodwill and friendship to the Japanese people.
Deals in South Korea and China are still a long way off, but officials are hoping a deal will be finalised with Korea later this year.
Ms Gillard will host a dinner for Korean veterans on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong on April 24, before marking Anzac Day in that country.
She will attend a high-level meeting of Chinese and Australian businessmen during her first visit to Beijing next week.
Although business is the focus, Ms Gillard says she intends to raise human rights issues during talks with president Hu Jintao and premier Wen Jiabao and is expected to speak about Tibet and the detention of Australian citizens.
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While most organizations can benefit from DP applications, those enterprises with multiple manufacturing locations can benefit the most. This is because manufacturing planners in these enterprises can elect to have any of the following planning and execution models: centralized planning, with execution at respective locations; decentralized planning and execution at each manufacturing location; and mixed mode, where high level planning is done centrally and then devolved to the locations for further planning and execution. Ramco DP allows users to define processes in a flexible manner, in order to enable them to adapt to current or changed manufacturing management practices. The planning hierarchy can be changed to suit industry and organisational needs, without compromising on security issues. Its concept of "layered planning" enables flexible planning for any component in the bill of materials, at any time during the planning process.
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Square Enix has released the first batch of timed exclusive Tomb Raider DLC.
Priced at 400 Microsoft Points (£3.43 / €4.80 / $5.00), the Caves & Cliffs map pack offers three new multiplayer arenas to fight it out in, each of which is detailed below the new trailer:
- Scavenger Caverns: An extensive subterranean network of caves used by the island's scavengers as an underground prison
- Cliff Shantytown: This scavenger settlement was built high up on the island cliffs. Its many layers hide some of the deadliest traps on the island
- The Burning Village: A raging fire has embraced an abandoned Japanese village, the burning buildings offer multiple ways to escape or engage your enemies
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The little dog worked hard to become a good soldier. He learned to stand at attention. He learned to salute by sitting down and raising his right paw to his face. The soldiers called Stubby their mascot. The little dog had never been so happy. The camp had become his home, and he wanted to stay there forever (11).
In the tradition of Stubby, and the brave Connecticut men whom he accompanied into battle in World War I, the Connecticut 928th Military Police Working Dog Detachment is ready and motivated for all of their future missions.The 928th from Newtown, Conn. is a part of the Connecticut Army National Guard, but is not a traditional 'one weekend a month' reserve component unit. The 928th is a full-time AGR (Active Guard/Reserve) unit and is manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is the only U.S. Army Guard/Reserve component military working dog unit in the United States. Kennel Master, 928th Commander, Sgt. First Class Gerald Fountaine said his Soldiers come to work every day and eagerly await new assignments. Fountaine said between assignments, the 928th teams train each day on current and new training certifications. "Our training minimum is four hours on odor detection and four hours on patrol and obedience training per week," he said. Fountaine said his Soldiers spend more time with their dogs than any other working dog unit in the United States, and that it shows. "Our Soldiers are not here for short tours. They're here for their careers. They have bonds with their dogs that won't be found elsewhere." The 928th currently consists of four dog teams: four dogs and four handlers. Two of the teams are FORSCOM certified PEDD (Patrol Explosives Detective Dogs), trained in explosives tracking; one PDDD (Patrol Drug Detective Dogs), certified in narcotics detection and one is re-training to be a tactical explosives detection dog (TEDD). The unit is fully staffed with Soldiers, but has a few canine partner vacancies. It takes a great deal of time to train a dog before the unit receives the canine member of the team. The detachment currently has three German Shepherds and one Belgian Malinois named Balou. Balou's handler, Sgt. Kimberlee Ruppar, joined the 928th following a 2013 deployment to Afghanistan. She said she feels very fortunate to work with such a dedicated organization, and with Balou. Ruppar said the members of the 928th receive such strong support for their training and readiness from their leadership and that the result is fantastic morale across the board. "We have a saying, that we use here," Ruppar said. "Enthusiasm travels down leash. When we're feeling great, the dogs are feeling great." "That's what makes our jobs unique in the military," said Fountaine. Fountaine said the teams have to be aware of the intangible factors of dog-handling. "It translates into other areas of their readiness," he said. Most of the 928th dog teams have deployed. The detachment traveled to Balikatan in the Philippines for narcotics, explosives and combat tracking training in 2012, and the kennel master and three PEDD teams deployed to Qatar in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2013. In May, unit members and dogs will deploy to train with the Uruguayan military in support of their continuing narcotics/terrorism prevention mission as part of the Connecticut Army National Guard's State Partnership Program. Fountaine said the 928th has been tasked to support the patrol and explosives detection mission at the Boston Marathon in the fall of 2014. Two teams will be supporting the Massachusetts Army National Guard and Boston Police on this assignment. "Our teams are fully ready for that mission," said Fountaine. Although the 928th was not used for President Obama's visit to Central Connecticut State University in March, the teams have provided military working dog support to 25 President of the United States (POTUS) missions since the kennel began operations in 2007. They also supported Pope Benedict's visit to Yankee Stadium in 2008. The 928th is currently working on new tracking training certifications. "We're doing everything we can to ensure future readiness," said Fountaine. Balou's readiness level may exceed that of the other dogs. In 2012, in New York City, the Belgian Malinois was awarded an American Kennel Club Award for national service. The 928th members are proud of her. Her medal and plaque hang in their detachment's common area. "According to the Army, Soldiers and dogs are all functional pieces of equipment," Fountaine said. "Here, that's different. Our Soldiers know that, and the dogs know that. That translates into success."
Stubby's dog tags flashed in the sun as he strutted proudly with the troops to their camp in France. The young soldiers in the Yankee Division knew that this was serious and dangerous business. Stubby seemed to know that too. His legs hurried to keep in step with the marching soldiers. His duty was to stay with friends (22).
Glendinning, Richard, and Sally. Stubby Brave Soldier Dog. Champaign, Ill: Garrard Publishing Company. 1978.


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Finding the best restaurants, foods, burgers, and sandwiches in Toronto, Portland, and the U.S.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Sora Japanese Cuisine - Detroit Metro Airport
This places was packed with Asian customers that imparted confidence to order raw. I settled on the Great Lake Roll ($18.00) consisting of tuna (raw), white tuna (raw), salmon (raw), cucumber, green bean, avocado, cucumber, topped with masago (smelt eggs/roe).
Japanese food is aesthetics, art, and taste. As you can see, the food was put together with meticulous precision. The combination of tastes was subtle and balanced with no particular flavor overpowering the others. Textures also combined for a perfect marriage. One bite into a roll and the tensions of the workday melted away. And for a bit of variety a dab of wasabi was smeared on with an occasional dip of soy sauce.
Most Japanese food I've had before was the steak, tempura, and noodle offerings. I've had sushi prepared at Chinese buffets but this was the first time I had sushi prepared in a Japanese restaurant. To date, it's the best sushi I've had. To date, it's the best airport food I've had. Other airports should seek to bring this quality in.
If business takes me through this airport in the future, I know what's for dinner.
Sora Japanese Cuisine and Sushi Bar
Detroit Metro Airport
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A new form of metabolic flux analysis (MFA) called thermodynamics-based metabolic flux analysis (TMFA) is introduced with the capability of generating thermodynamically feasible flux and metabolite activity profiles on a genome scale. TMFA involves the use of a set of linear thermodynamic constraints in addition to the mass balance constraints typically used in MFA. TMFA produces flux distributions that do not contain any thermodynamically infeasible reactions or pathways, and it provides information about the free energy change of reactions and the range of metabolite activities in addition to reaction fluxes. TMFA is applied to study the thermodynamically feasible ranges for the fluxes and the Gibbs free energy change, Delta(r)G', of the reactions and the activities of the metabolites in the genome-scale metabolic model of Escherichia coli developed by Palsson and co-workers. In the TMFA of the genome scale model, the metabolite activities and reaction Delta(r)G' are able to achieve a wide range of values at optimal growth. The reaction dihydroorotase is identified as a possible thermodynamic bottleneck in E. coli metabolism with a Delta(r)G' constrained close to zero while numerous reactions are identified throughout metabolism for which Delta(r)G' is always highly negative regardless of metabolite concentrations. As it has been proposed previously, these reactions with exclusively negative Delta(r)G' might be candidates for cell regulation, and we find that a significant number of these reactions appear to be the first steps in the linear portion of numerous biosynthesis pathways. The thermodynamically feasible ranges for the concentration ratios ATP/ADP, NAD(P)/NAD(P)H, and H(extracellular)(+)/H(intracellular)(+) are also determined and found to encompass the values observed experimentally in every case. Further, we find that the NAD/NADH and NADP/NADPH ratios maintained in the cell are close to the minimum feasible ratio and maximum feasible ratio, respectively.
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Skinny Chicken Poblano Soup
Skinny Chicken Poblano Soup
Lisa @ Onceamonthmeals.com
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 4 Tablespoons poblano peppers, seeded and diced
- 0.625 cups onion, chopped
- 1 Tablespoons cumin
- 0.5 Tablespoons chili powder
- 2.67 cups boneless skinless chicken breast, cooked and shredded
- 0.25 cups cilantro, chopped
- 0.25 cups lime juice
In a large stock pot, combine chicken broth, poblano peppers, onion, cumin and chili powder. Bring to a boil. Add chicken, cilantro and lime juice. Reduce heat to simmer, cover and cook for 2 hours.
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Prepare soup per above directions. Allow to cool completely. Divide into quart freezer bags, label and freeze. TO SERVE: Thaw. Reheat in microwave.
Servings: 5
Nutritional Info – 1 serving = 201 Calories, 4.8g Fat, 4.3g Carbs, 0.8g Fiber, 34.2g Protein, WW Points Plus 5
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CAIRO - Despite being popular among Americans as a stress-buster, Muslims are shying away from practicing yoga, citing its Hindu mantras and elements of worhsipping.
When I came here, I see there is yoga and everything, but we don't go, Anwar Hassan, 27, who is from Bangladesh and works in the Queen of Sheba grocery in Jackson Heights, told The New York Times on Monday, April 9.
A lot of people, they are new to it so they think it's a gym class, or something. But Hindu people started it, and I think it's Hindu religion, so I don't go.The Yoga of Islamic Prayer
Hassan was not alone in this opposition to the yoga practice, already banned in different Muslim-majority countries in Asia and the Middle East.
Yoga, an ancient Indian aid to meditation dating back thousands of years, is a popular stress-buster.
The controversy about yoga started in India several years ago following attempts to make it compulsory in schools.
But following opposition from Muslim parents, the Indian parliament amended the law to include a wording that exempts Islamic schools.
Four years ago, a council of Malaysian Muslim Ulema issued a fatwa against yoga, declaring it haram (forbidden).
The ruling followed similar edicts in Egypt and Singapore, where one of the earliest bans was issued in the early 1980s.
Those fatwas cited the Sanskrit chants that often flowed through yoga sessions and which are considered Hindu prayer.
According to Hindu traditions, yogic principles were first described in the Vedas, the Sanskrit scriptures that form the backbone of Hinduism.
The namaste, which is often used to open and close a yoga session, also invokes the divine.
Some Christian sects also oppose the yoga practice.
In 2010, R. Albert Mohler Jr., an evangelical leader and the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, declared yoga blasphemous because of its pantheistic roots.
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However, the practice is gaining more ground among some American Muslims.
Reformed, it will be more popular among Muslims, Mohd A. Qayyoom, an imam who runs the Muhammadi Community Center of Jackson Heights, said.
He believes that removal of the Sanskrit benedictions as well as replacing women's skin-tight yoga gear for more conservative garments will make it acceptable for Muslims.
It will not contradict with Islamic religion, the imam added.
Mimi Borda, 46, who runs MiMi for Me Yoga, a serene studio in Jackson Heights that is one of the neighborhood's only yoga centers, has had to make similar allowances.
If there is a little chanting going on, right away this is a turn- off for some of the Muslims who sign up for her sessions, she said.
Often they won't come back.
Borda also tailored certain classes, cutting out Sanskrit chants.
Emphasizing the physical, they're kind of cool with it, she says. They feel safe.
She also added both shalom and amen to the sign-off of namaste.
A lot of us in the Western world, we look at it as anything that is going to enhance the way we look aesthetically, she said.
Some Muslim students, she added, were not looking at the physical aspect, they're looking at the spiritual aspect.
Muhammad Rashid, a Muslim community activist in Queens, was one of US Muslims who practiced yoga.
After taking yoga sessions, he discovered more similarities with his faith than contradictions.
Performing his daily prayers, Rashid said the prayers entail a meditation like centering of focus and several kneeling bows which he described as echoing yogic poses.
I discovered whatever I'm doing in yoga, I'm doing five times a day in prayer, said Rashid, who is from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Imam Qayyoom agrees that Muslims practice yogic postures several times a day in their prayers.
Maybe they're getting that same benefit in their prayers, he said.Maybe they don't need to do yoga.
Reproduced with permission from OnIslam.net