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Work alongside your peers, get help from mentors, or offer your expertise to those in need. Peer-driven study groups and challenges by learners just like you are available right now. Anyone can become a mentor to provide one-on-one help. Backed by Mozilla. Programming. Programming. Learn HTML5, JavaScript and CSS With Mozilla's "School of Webcraft. Mozilla is getting ready for the January semester of School of Webcraft, a 100% free developer training resource run in partnership with Peer 2 Peer University.
Last semester, the School of Webcraft offered 15 classes; now, Mozilla is trying to get around 30 classes going for the January semester. Classes will be between six and 10 weeks long; they'll revolve around topics relevant to web designers and developers, including HTML5, JavaScript and CSS. Previous classes have also included non-developer topics such as organic SEO.
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7 Ways You Can Learn To Love Your Body
What is your relationship like with your body? Do you love it? Do you hate it? When you think of your body, do you think of the physical appearance or the entirety of what your body does for you?
In today's society, when people talk about their body, the conversation usually revolves around the physical attributes that make up their body. When listening to the media or even conversations amongst people, there is often frustration about how the body looks as well as how it is letting us down. Your Diabetes & Your Life: How To Take Control Of Both
What can we do to be in a better relationship with our body? It is no different than if we wanted to build a better relationship with a friend: we need to spend time with it, acknowledge it, appreciate it and take care of it! Spending time with ourselves and getting to know our body is important. Do you know what your body needs?
Let's take food for example. There is so much information written about healthy nutrition. Many "experts" give their opinions about what is best for all people. I have spent thousands of dollars, countless hours reading and following someone else's advice to achieve the body of my dreams. Has this worked? No! It has been an incredibly frustrating journey and one that has not helped me get to where I want to be.
But in the past couple of years, things have changed. I have let a lot of the expert advice go. I now spend time learning to listen to my inner expert. I have a tremendous amount of knowledge about healthy nutrition. My years as a nurse, nutrition junky and health fanatic have armed me with hundreds of theories about what I should and should not do. I have taken all of this advice, sifted it through my life experience and come up with what works the best for me.
This process did not change over night. A turning point for me occurred about 18 months ago when a very good friend and colleague of mine noticed how hesitant I was about food choices whenever we would sit down for a meal. Why don't you just eat what you want to? I was quick to defend my rationing behavior — low fat margarine instead of butter, low sugar, low calorie, grains, fruits and vegetables, limited meat, etc. The nutrition experts had hailed this as the healthiest way to eat. I had tried eating that way for the better part of 30 years. What happened is I became obsessed with food. I was in a constant state of denial about what I wanted to eat; I was always hungry and looking for food as I kept myself from eating what I really wanted. And with all of my rationing, I had slowly gained weight over time!
Fast forward to today. I eat very healthily but I eat what I want to eat. When I give myself permission to eat what I really want to eat, do my personal work including PSYCH-K balances with my physical body and let go of the limiting beliefs in my life, I notice what feels good in my body and what does not. Everything You Need To Know About Stress

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Asciano boss gets $900,000 to stay on
PUBLISHED: 11 Jun 2010 16:26:35 | UPDATED: 11 Jun 2010 16:26:35PRINT EDITION: 11 Jun 2010
The chief executive of ports and rail operator Asciano Group, Mark Rowsthorn, will be paid $900,000 for agreeing to an extension of his contract.
Asciano says it's extended the term of Mr Rowsthorn, whose current contract is due to expire on June 15, 2010.
Mr Rowsthorn has committed to a new enduring contract and his remuneration remains unchanged.
"In return for foregoing certain benefits under his existing services deed, and agreeing to the extension of his term, the company has agreed to pay Mr Rowsthorn a one-off signing and retention bonus of $900,000," Asciano said in a statement on Friday.
Asciano chairman Malcolm Broomhead commended Mr Rowsthorn for his leadership through an intense period of restructuring for the company.
"Mark has worked tirelessly over the past few years to reposition Asciano for a strong future, and the board looks forward to working with Mark to pursue the company's new strategic plans," Mr Broomhead said on Friday.
In May, Asciano reaffirmed its 2009/10 full year guidance for earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in the upper range between $675 million and $700 million.
The group booked an annual net loss after significant items for 2008/09 of $244.1 million and EBITDA of $655.2 million.
Asciano said in May that it expected to book an impairment charge of $1.11 billion in its 2009/10 full year results.
The charge relates mostly to the writedown of the disproportionate amount of goodwill allocated to Asciano's ports business when it demerged from Toll Holdings Ltd nearly three years ago.
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Diagnosis of Veterinary Endoparasitic Infections Last Updated: 9 July 2004 Welcome to the CAL "Diagnosis of Veterinary Endoparasitic Infections" homepage. This program is designed to aid students, researchers, and clinicians in diagnosing parasitic infections. For information on how to navigate through this site, click on the help button above. Click on the text below to jump down to the desired section of this page.. Host of Interest
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Point and click on the procedure you wish to learn about. Fecal Sample TechniquesBlood Sample Techniqueswww.ivis.org Another source of information on veterinary parasites is " Companion and Exotic Animal Parasitology (Last updated: 29-June-00)" edited by D.D. Bowman. This web based text can be found on the site maintained by The International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS). http://asp.unl.edu/ The American Society of Parasitologists web site. www.heartwormsociety.org The American Heartworm Society web site. www.aavp.org The American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists web site. http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/parasitc/index.htm The Univ. Pennsylvania Veterinary School's Parasite Life Cycles website. http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/paraav/index.htm The Univ. Pennsylvania Veterinary School's Parasitology Lab Manual for the 2nd year Parasitology Course. http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/paralab/index.html The Univ. Pennsylvania Veterinary School's Parasitology Demonstrations for the Laboratory portion of the 2nd year Parasitology Course. http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/merial/index.html The Univ. Pennsylvania Veterinary School's Parasitology Course's on-line text. http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention parasite Home Page. http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/AnimalDrugsAtFDA/ The FDA Approved Animal Drug on-line database Home Page. http://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/pbs/vetpara/index.html The Veterinary Parasitology web site at the School of Veterinary Medicine University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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My husband and son are also avid fishermen! We bought a used deep-freeze and took the lid off so that they could "grow" worms in it. They filled it with what they called "good worm dirt" and then added earthworms. It was pretty slow for a while. Just the same old worms crawling around.
We have had the earthworm farm for three years now and we have increased to three freezers and we actually sell earthworms. People wanting to go fishing will come to us to get their worms. I suppose it's not the best source of extra income but it's income all the same.


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ATLANTA, Ga. (July 29, 2010) – Piedmont Physicians Group welcomes family physician Joseph W. Boecker, D.O. to its healthcare team at 4465 Lemon Street in Acworth, Ga. Existing patients should note there is no location change for upcoming appointments.
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Topic Categories: Social Security Disability Definitions Social Security Disability and SSI Overview The Requirements for Disability Social Security Disability and SSI Applications Tips and Advice for Disability Claims How long does Disability take? Common Mistakes after Receiving a Disability Denial Social Security Disability and SSI Denials Social Security Disability and SSI Appeals Social Security Mental Disability Benefits Disability Benefits offered through Social Security Benefits through SSI disability Disability Benefits for Children Disability Qualifications and How to Qualify Social Security Disability and Working Winning your Disability Benefits Social Security Disability Back Pay Benefits Social Security Disability SSI Awards and Award Notices Disability Lawyers and Hiring an Attorney Social Security Disability SSI List of Conditions What is considered a Disabling condition by Social Security? Social Security Disability SSI and Medical Evidence Filing for Disability Benefits Eligibility for Disability Benefits SSDRC authored by Tim Moore Ask a question, get an answer |
Facts about Lumbar Fusion and Filing for Disability1) Lumbar fusion is a surgery used to fuse together two or more vertebrae to eliminate pain, abnormal motion in the spine, tingling, weakness, numbness, and restore nerve function. It can be done in the front or the back of the spine. 2) Some of the most common reasons for lumbar fusion include spinal tumor, degenerative disk disease, vertebral fracture, spinal disc herniation, and scoliosis, though it may be performed due to other reasons. 3) There are different types of lumbar fusion. The two main types are prosterolaeral fusion and interbody fusion. There are three types of interbody fusion: ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion), PLIF (posterior lumbar interbody fusion), and TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion). Using both posterolateral fusion and interbody fusion is called 360-degree fusion. 4) Lumbar fusion can be quite an invasive surgery with long recovery times, though newer, minimally invasive techniques are being created all the time. 5) Even though vertebrae are being fused together, which should limit movement of the spine, most patients will not notice a movement restriction. If three or more vertebrae are fused together, there is a higher chance that pain will not be eliminated due to too much stress on the joints. 6) Artificial disc replacement is slowly being used in place of lumbar fusion, though it has not gained widespread popularity. During artificial disc replacement the vertebrae are replaced with artificial discs that allow movement, instead of the fusing the vertebrae together. 7) There is always a risk to any surgery and lumbar fusion is no exception. Complications can include distended abdomen, wound infection, urinary issues post surgery such as urinary tract infection and urinary retention, phlebitis in the legs, and blood clots in the lungs. Those who smoke are at a higher risk for the complication of pseudoarthrosis. There is always the chance that pain is not relieved after surgery. Although it is rare, some people may fail to improve and become paralyzed or even die. Can you qualify for disability benefits with this condition? Whether or not you qualify for disability and, as a result, are approved for disability benefits will depend entirely on the information obtained from your medical records. This includes whatever statements may have been obtained from your treating physician (a doctor who has a history of treating your condition and is, therefore, qualified to comment as to your condition and prognosis). It will also depend on the information obtained from your vocational, or work, history if you are an adult, or academic records if you are a minor-age child. The important thing to keep in mind is that the social security administration does not award benefits based on simply having a condition, but, instead, will base an approval or denial on the extent to which a condition causes functional limitations. Functional limitations can be great enough to make work activity not possible (or, for a child, make it impossible to engage in age-appropriate activities). Why are so many disability cases lost at the disability application and reconsideration appeal levels? Speaking as a former Disability Claims Examiner, I can state that there are several reasons: 1) Social Security makes no attempt to obtain a statement from a claimant's treating physician. By contrast, at the hearing level, a claimant and his or her disability attorney will generally obtain and present this type of statement to a judge; 2) Prior to the hearing level, a claimant will not have the opportunity to explain how their condition limits them, nor will their attorney or representative have the opportunity to make a presentation based on the evidence of the case. At the hearing level, of course, this is exactly what happens. And a number of disability representatives will also take such steps even earlier, at the reconsideration appeal level; 3) Disability judges, unlike disability examiners who decides cases at the first two levels of the system, can make independent decisions without being overturned by immediate supervisors--which happens frequently. Return to: Social Security Disability Resource Center, or read answers to Questions Topics and Questions Other Links SSD and SSI are Federal Programs The title II Social Security Disability and title 16 SSI Disability programs operate under federal guidelines and, therefore, the program requirements--medical and non-medical--apply to all states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming Recent approval and denial statistics for various states can be viewed here: Social Security Disability, SSI Approval and Denial Statistics by state Special Section: Disability Lawyers and unnecessary claim denials |


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Manuals for Graflex Cameras & Accessories.
Please note that not all these on-iine manuals are of the best quality. Some fine details may not be legible. For quality original manuals or reprints, please visit Craig Camera and buy them. It does help to support those who support our hobbies!
Note: For Graflex camera serial number information, please see the Graflexchange.
NOTE: If you try to download/view one of these manuals and see this message on your computer:
"Tsk Tsk, don try and hijack other peoples Resources."
I can't help you! It is a message generated by your computer, triggered by our download counter, due to some stupid security setting for either the internet or windows Internet Explorer. I have yet to be able to duplicate this message on any of my computers and no one yet has told me how to fix it. If you do find out how, please let me know.
These original scans provided by Harry Martin |
Pacemaker (1.1 meg) (older manual and may not be complete? see below). |
Grafmatic (612K) instruction manual. |
Pacemaker service manual (6.5 meg), complete 40 pages for top mounted rangefinder cameras. |
4266 handi case page in gif format (37K) |
New Additions: If not stated otherwise, then by me. |
Grafic View II Instruction Manual scanned at 300dpi in B&W (380K), any better and it got huge... |
Top Rangefinder Pacemaker manual in PDF format (1.1megs). This is the complete user manual from 1968 (I believe), all 30 pages. The above 'Pacemaker' manual is an older version and does not have much of the info contained in this manual. |
Super Graphic Cams. A jpeg scan of my Super cams. Includes 90, 135, 250, 15", 210 and 150. The 210 and 150 may not be 100% to scale. The 150 was apparently home made (sent to me by someone else). If you'd like to add a scan of different cams, make a scan similar to mine (300dpi with ruler) and e-mail it to me. |
Super Graphic Infinity Target This PDF file will print a page that can be used to set the infinity of the Super's rangefinder. Use at your own risk! And read the service manual! I suggest searching graflex.org for the excellent post by 45PSS about setting the Super infinity called "Super/ Super Speed Rangefinder Calibration" posted on 3-22-07. |
Pacemaker Kalart Infinity Target This PDF file will print a page that can be used to set the infinity of the Pacemaker's Kalart rangefinder. Use at your own risk! And read the service manual! I suggest searching graflex.org for the excellent post by 45PSS about setting the Super infinity called "Super/ Super Speed Rangefinder Calibration" posted on 3-22-07. |
4x5 Graflarger enlarger back. the only documentation I know for this. In gif format, 1 page (189K). |
Graphic View I & II Service Manual complete in PDF format. (1.9megs) Some great info here on the cameras and Grafloc backs! |
Graflex Top Rangefinder Service Manual for the Pacemaker Crown/Speeds in PDF format (522K). |
Graphex Shutter Service Manual for type 1,2 and 3 shutters in PDF format (1.4megs) |
Graflex Strob 500 and Globe Strob Electronic Flash service manual in PDF format (640K) |
Anniversary Speed Instruction Manual complete in PDF format (4 megs). Not a great scan but readable. Best I can do until somone comes up with better scans or an original manual... |
Anniversary Speed Service Manual complete in PDF format (1.5 megs). |
Graflite Flash Service Manual complete in PDF format (1.5 megs).
Courtesy of Charles Monday! |
Grafmatic 45 Service Manual (3.8 megs) Nice copy of the service manual complete with blow-ups of the parts. Courtesy of Charles Monday! |
Grafmatic 23 Service Manual (3.1 megs) Nice copy of the service manual complete with blow-ups of the parts. Courtesy of Charles Monday! |
3A Graflex shutter service documentation (1.3 megs) in PDF format . Courtesy of Charles Monday! |
Pacemaker Top Rangefinder Cam Listing in GIF format. Thanks to Alec. |
Pacemaker Focusing Scale Part Number Listing in GIF format. Thanks to Alec. |
The original 1931 Century Universal Patent in PDF format (640K) |
Some Graflex literature files. The first four are from the late Singer era and gratiously donated by Alec Jones. |
Graflex Electronic Flash Lighting in PDF format (1.7megs) |
Graflex Graphic Cameras in PDF format (588K) |
Graflex Photo Lenses in PDF format (839K) |
Graflex XL Cam, Lens, Acc in PDF format (1.2megs) |
Graflex Enlarg-Or-Printer manual in PDF format (864K). What a treat. This enlarger/contact printer is a true wonder. Made from approx. 1936 to 1942, it could do everything but make your morning coffee. And it could probably do that if you installed a larger bulb ;-) |
Polaroid 545 PRO holder manual and technical flyer in PDF format. 19 pages, the complete manual I finally received from Polaroid. Impossible to find anywhere else (2.9megs)... |
Polaroid 8105 film holder manual in PDF format. 800K For those who may have the old style holder, no manual, and actually do have film... |
Adapt-A-Roll roll film adapter. Uses 620 spools! But works good. Here's the small instruction sheet in PDF format (894K) provided by Marty Magid. |
And to fill things out, the Calumet/Cambo C2N 4x5/120 roll film holder, pdf 55K |
The Graphic View Patents. There are three patent numbers on the front of the GVII. All three relate to the GVI and are available here:
Pat.# 2257081 GVI 1941 (PDF 1.1megs) Pat# 2301921 GVI 1942 (PDF 836K) Pat# 2500058 GV Spring Back 1950 (PDF 588K) If anyone finds a true patent number for the GVII, please let me know! (or the Graflok back for that matter). |
Fotar 8x10 10x10 vertical and horizontal enlarger installation instructions in PDF format (178K). 5 pages of concise instructions and diagrams, especially for the cables... |
Some other interesting downloads ;-) |
The South Bristol Views Bellows Extension Calculator
A PDF file that you print out and cut into two pieces. Place the "target" on your subject, then measure it's size with the "ruler" on your ground glass. See the Close-Up page for a full description. |
Here's an old time treat. Back when I was young, a great photography magazine published this "Exposure calculator" by S.P. Martin. It uses a 'slide' inside the folded paper sleeve to determine the proper exposure for a long list of described situations. I got a lot of use out of this years ago. I recently found the old one and thought I would share it with those who might remember it, or never have seen it... I did do a web search and could find no other reference to this 'device'. I created an Adobe 'PDF' format file that will print the calculator out. All you have to do is cut along the lines, fold the two sides and place the 'slide' inside. Click in the pic at left or here for the Jiffy Calculator. |
All the above manual (except the handicase) are provided in Adobe PDF format and need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view/print.
Some of these manuals are also not sized correctly, most being about 32x30 inches. However, they view just fine and the Adobe Reader has a feature to "Size to page" when printing. This will print the documents correctly... I may do a new set with the correct page size, but maybe not for the reason shown below... And... To reduce the overall size (originals are over 30 megs), I converted everything to B&W (2 bit). Pictures became dithered instead of color, which reduces their quality. Viewing or printing these pages should be more than adequate. Thanks go to Harry for all his original hard work in producing these images! Harry's original scans can be found on his new web site (versus his 'old' site which is a long story...) at http://hmartin.mysitespace.com/ along with some really nice photos and other info...
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Cyprus terror suspect admits Hezbollah membership
In Cyprus, Hossam Taleb Yaacoub, a 24-year-old Lebanese-Swedish dual citizen who was arrested on July 7, 2012, admitted in court to being a member of Hezbollah.
Yaacoub denied that he had intended to conduct an attack on Israeli tourists in Cyprus, but admitted to "staking out locations Israelis would frequent and acting as a courier for the group inside the European Union," according to the New York Times. The Associated Press adds that Yaacoub admitted he had been tasked with "recording flight arrivals and bus routes of Israeli tourists and checking out a hospital parking lot."
Yaacoub also admitted to partaking in "previous missions with Hezbollah" in the Netherlands, France, and Turkey.
A verdict in the case is due in mid-March, according to the Jerusalem Post. In October 2012, Yaacoub pled not guilty. Cyprus' Justice Minister has previously said that "some patterns of his [Yaacoub's] behavior were the same as that of the terrorist in the Bulgarian terrorist attack."
Today's news comes just over a fortnight after Bulgaria declared that Hezbollah was responsible for the terror attack in Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian national last July.
Immediately following the Burgas attack, the NYPD's Intelligence Division said Iran has "sharply increased its operational tempo and its willingness to conduct terrorist attacks targeting Israeli interests and the International Jewish community worldwide." Between May 2011 and July 2012, over 20 attacks tied to Iran and Hezbollah against Israelis and Jews abroad were thwarted. These thwarted attacks, not all of which were publicly reported, took place in Cyprus, Turkey, Kenya, India, Thailand, and Azerbaijan, and elsewhere.


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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - View original article
In older anthropology texts and discussions, the term "primitive culture" refers to a society believed to lack cultural, technological, or economic sophistication or development. For instance, a culture that lacks a written language might be considered less culturally sophisticated than cultures with writing systems; or a hunter-gatherer society might be considered less developed than an industrial capitalist society. Many Western authors, such as anthropologists and historians, used it to describe indigenous cultures in their foreign colonies and in distant uncolonized nations. Assigning "primitive" to other people has been used to justify conquering them[citation needed].
It is also the title of a book by Edward Burnett Tylor, in which he defines religion as animism—which, in turn, he defines by reference to contemporary indigenous and other religious data as belief in spirits. Another defining characteristic of primitive cultures is a greater amount of leisure time than in more complex societies.[1]
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Design for Context Part II – A real-world example
"Bad design cannot be patched up with labels, instructions manuals, or training courses." – Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I ventured to Home Depot for a couple of items we needed in the midst of renovating our master bathroom. What started as a simple job of laying porcelain tile where once there were carpet pieces and linoleum has turned into a complete repainting of the walls, new tile on the counter, new fixtures, etc. That is a story for another day, though. Our purchase from Home Depot was a typical case of "Going back after the initial trip to get the things you either forgot or didn't think you actually needed." So we didn't have a large number of items, maybe 4 or 5 things. When I make a trip like that, I tend to use the self checkout that Home Depot offers. It's a staple of any grocery shopping experience for us, so I usually gravitate there at Home Depot if I'm purchasing a small number of items. On the evening in question that my wife and I were there buying 4 or 5 items, we encountered the following:
- We waited 2 times for human visual verification of items.
- The system told us 3 times to replace an item in the bags that it felt we had removed when, in fact, we had not removed anything. Human intervention was required to "reset" the system so that we could continue.
- One item would not scan and required the self-checkout employee to take the item back to her station, scan it for us and then bring the item back.
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The cfscluster utility encounters error: VCS WARNING V-16-1-10134 System does not exist: /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/sysname
Article:TECH183507 | | | Created: 2012-03-10 | | | Updated: 2012-03-12 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH183507 |
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When running the cfscluster command to configure a Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) cluster, the error below is encountered. The man page excerpt below will briefly describe the cfscluster utility.
The cfscluster command configures or unconfigures Vertias Volume Manager (VxVM) cluster functionality (CVM) and the VxFS file systems on the nodes where CVM was configured. cfscluster can also start and stop CVM on a node and obtain status.
# cfscluster status
VCS WARNING V-16-1-10134 System does not exist: /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/sysname
Error: V-35-410: Cluster Server not running on local node: /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/sysname
This issue was discovered in Storage Foundation CVM/CFS 6.0 but may be seen in other enviroments and versions where LLT is used.
This issue has been reported and may be addressed in a patch or future release. Subscribe to this technical article for updates and use SORT notifications (grey navigation bar) to learn of updates as well as access to the Patch library (Downloads on the grey navigation bar).
In some LLT configurations, the "set-node" entry may be configured to use a file name pointer instead of a host name.
# cat /etc/llttab
set-node /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/sysname
set-cluster 1701
link bge3 /dev/bge:3 - ether - -
link bge2 /dev/bge:2 - ether - -
exclude 2-63
While this configuration is supported for LLT as an alternative to using the hostname in the entry (see below), some utilities (cfscluster cited here) may interpret the filename as a hostname rather than use the hostname contained in the file.
# cat /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/sysname
Some LLT configurations may use:
set-node maztoy
As a work-around, the set-node entry in the /etc/llttab file may be changed from the path/file name attribute to the name of the host.
set-node /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/sysname
set-node maztoy
(note: use the hostname specified in the sysname file which is typically the name of the host)
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I have been purchasing this product for years but the last two have not been the same consistency and are borderline tacky/sludgy feeling. What has been done to this product to eliminate the slip it used to have? :( Going to have to find a replacement from another line. Very disappointing.
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My mom gave this to bc she doesn't wear concealer and I use Nars radiant so I decided to try this out as a highlight because this is honestly pretty greasy and sooooo thin! Like it's watered down or something. I use this for a highlighter- I don't particularly like the applicator, sometimes I push out to much, sometimes it takes forever for a bit to even come out. Hasn't broken me out so far, ill do an update in a bit.
I don't know if I'd use this to concealer blemishes and discoloration/acne scars but it's pretty good for highlighting, I set it w/tartes powder.
There are things about this concealer that I like, but others I don't. The colour match is nearly perfect (#2), and it has good slip, but I hate the applicator. Using my Laura Mercier concealer brush, I take a small amount off the applicator pen and build from there. But I find this product to settle into fine lines and creases soon after it is applied, and powder doesn't help. For this reason, I won't repurchase.
Edit: I've recently returned to Trish concealer after being woefully disappointed by the chalkiness of Bobbi Brown's corrector and concealer. Trish must have changed her formula in some subtle way because now I wouldn't change it for the world. Smooth, easy to apply and great wear. Comes in a variety of shades and doesn't settle in my fine lines; rather, the product makes them less visible. Also, if you use this concealer with her Correct and Brighten any shadowing you might have had is gone! And a little goes a very long way. Great stuff.
Although I'm a Trish devotee and find most of her products to be well worth the high price tag, this has proven a total waste of my money! It's far too liquid and feels almost greasy, meaning that it can't really be built to give more coverage. I have dark under-eye circles and this does almost nothing to cover them. And unfortunately when I was colour-matched for my under-eye area, I must have been more tanned than usual because I was given no.4 which is so dark on me that I can't use it anywhere else on my face. Not sure how the sales assistant got me to buy it, since it must have looked good in the store somehow - I'm very well practised in applying my makeup, and I simply can't make it work. Hanging on to it only because of the fortune I paid, hoping I might be able to use it on holiday when my circles aren't so dark and I have more of a tan!!
I like the click brush pen, it gives good control over the amount of concealer coming out and is the best of the liquid concealers that I have tried. No.4 is a perfect match for me and it covers well without being too thick unlike Clinique all about eyes concealer. Of course it needs setting with powder or it will smear and run into the lines around the eyes. If only they could fix this problem!
this was the best concealer i have ever bought! covered my severe acne. i put it under bare escentuls powder foundation.
The packaging for this concealer is superb so that's not a problem for me at all. The twist click pen is a breeze to use and the brush attached is so soft and perfect for applying concealer. The problem lies with the concealer itself. It blends in very easily, but it creases badly throughout the day and never stays put. I tried with and without setting it with powder and it still creases all day. Not only does it look horrible, it's very annoying having to keep blending it out everytime I look in the mirror. For now, I'll just use it for areas on my face other than underneath my eyes.
Well, I guess I'll be the one to rain on this parade. I'm totally unimpressed with this concealer. The click-pen idea seems good, but it's difficult to get the right amount to the brush (and you have to click it, literally, 100 times to get it primed). It's very pigmented so you only need a tiny amount, but the brush is too large and too stiff (like the ones on Stila's lip glosses, rather than short and soft like the one on Touche Eclat), making it impossible to get a small amount only on the areas you want to conceal (I needed to pick some up on a concealer brush to get the right amount and get it in the right place). The texture is very thick, almost grainy, and difficult to blend despite moisturizing well before applying. It creases even if set with powder, and so emphasizes fine lines and any other skin imperfections. The only good thing I can say about it is that the shades are true. For $36, this is going back to Nordstrom. Sorry, Trish, it's a loser.
I purchased this as the infamous YSL just did not do the trick for my dark circles and this is WAY better than the rest. Although a little more expensive it blends very well and lasts. i've already bought my 2nd tube for when i run out!
I thought I liked my concealor until I tried this! Wow! The brush applicator makes this easy to apply and blend. The coverage is excellent, but the product blends nicely so you do not look heavy or cakey. I am a fair-skinned gal and use #3. Be sure to try this on in the store to find the right shade for you. Once you do, you will be happy!
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McCrory v. Liberal Media: A New Game Plan
Senator Thom Goolsby
Well before Gov. Pat McCrory was sworn into office, the leftist mainstream press battered him for not being bipartisan enough. Every liberal group in North Carolina, whether so identified or not, was trotted out by reporters to criticize McCrory's cabinet appointments as 'right wing' or 'conservative' – as if either label is a bad thing.
In contrast, Perdue's 'liberal' and 'progressive' appointees, no matter how incompetent, were never criticized in so derogatory a manner. Nor was Perdue herself, though her policies were so unpopular she abandoned her re-election campaign midstream.
To the press, it was acceptable for Perdue to give away millions of dollars in state property and leave us $2.4 billion in debt to the federal government. She could inexplicably give a pardon of innocence to convicted criminals and audaciously appoint her political cronies to judgeships. Yes, she did all of this her last week in office, but so what? It's within her prerogative.
The same won't hold true for a Republican governor so it's time we follow the news with antennas up. Press coverage will now be different. Perdue was hyper-partisan, defied the people with vetoes of voter ID, medical malpractice reform and regulatory reform, to name a few, and followed her own prerogatives. Liberal reporters defended her to the hilt and if conservatives complained, they were just complainers.
As McCrory pushes his agenda to get North Carolina moving in the right direction again, watch out for the screeching to start. He will become a heartless, right wing nut-job intent on destroying education, kicking the poor out on the street and hurting children. Political cartoons and editorials will run daily about how 'conservative' he is and how the tea party controls him. The scripts are prepared, they just need a few 'facts' to complete them.
The hue and cry will abound as McCrory fulfills his campaign promises. Forget that he won the governorship with an overwhelming 58 percent of the popular vote and will do what he promised to do. There won't be praise for him in the mainstream press, only condemnation and calls for him to moderate his positions. The Raleigh News and Observer advised McCrory to seek guidance from former liberal Governor Jim Hunt. Seriously!
So what is a Republican governor to do? He can bravely advance his agenda or back down under pressure like President George H.W. Bush did when he wimped-out on his "Read my lips, no new taxes" pledge.
Pat McCrory is no wimp. He knows how to fight political battles and win. His political strengths were shown time and again during his 14 years as Charlotte's mayor. He has the capacity to take punches and keep standing.
For what it's worth, here's some advice to our new governor: ignore the liberal press. Times have changed in North Carolina and the country. Politicians are still newshounds, but the average voter is not. The public is watching sports, reality TV, surfing the Internet and posting on Facebook. Newspaper readership is at an all-time low and going lower. Local newscasts prefer juicy crime stories and other sordid events to fill programming slots, with a political story thrown in every now and then.
Since the Emperor (the mainstream press) has no clothes, McCrory should take his case directly to people across the Tar Heel State. He should also raise money and promote his agenda through radio and television advertising. McCrory can tell the public exactly what he's doing and why it's good for North Carolina. He should engage in social media, talking directly to the citizens. The mainstream press will do what it wants despite his best efforts to reason with them. He should remember that in today's world, the mainstream press counts for less and less.
Thom Goolsby is a state senator, practicing attorney and law professor. He is co-chairman of both Senate Judiciary 1 and Justice and Public Safety committees.


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Roz Chaplin - 31/05/2012
Another great Improver dance by Kate & Robbie with a little Charleston twist to it classes loved it
Stuart Gordon - 22/05/2012
Fun dance with a bit of a �Charleston� feel. Not too fast with easy flowing steps, a couple of straight forward restarts. There are a couple of one and a quarter turns but these can be cut back to quarter turns. Nice one Kate and Robbie
Anthea Salisbury - 15/05/2012
Your review
Pam Coles - 12/05/2012
Soon as I saw/heard it I had to teach it and have done, super track and dance.
David Spencer - 10/05/2012
Very pleasant improver level dance. The steps really fit the charleston style music a treat. A refreshing change from the sort of music we normally dance to. Not everyone in my intermediate class likes the track but I certainly do!
Fred B - 05/05/2012
Another good improvers dance out at the moment. Class really enjoyed this one too. Tags catch them out still but they'll get there.
M Lockley-Jones - 04/05/2012
A dance that takes you back to the charleston era. Easy but with enough there to satisfy most line dancers. Unusual, catchy music. Sure to be seeing this on the majority of dance floors. Maureen and Michelle
Julie Myers - 27/04/2012
This went down really well with our classes. Easy to teach and super dance with great track. One of those "feel good" dances.
Jean Leithead - 20/04/2012
A great dance, nothing too tricky, but enough for improver and intermediate levels. Can also be addapted for beginners. Lovely music. Should do well.
M Louise - 18/04/2012
Fun improver dance that really grows on you the more you dance it. Really like the third set of 8. Couple of ez tags.Fun on the floor. Give it a bash.
Lesley Michel - 13/04/2012
This dance was popular when Kate taught it at Minehead. Class really enjoyed dancing this one. Easy tags and catchy music. Going to be hit I think!
Ethel Ramsey - 13/04/2012
great music, dance went down well with all levels
Val Whittington - 01/04/2012
Taught this a few weeks ago and went down well in classes of all levels.Glad script now on linedancer so i can put it in my top ten !!Easy teach but enough to hold interest give it a go!
Kath Black - 28/03/2012
A catchy piece of country music sung by Tara Oram with a charleston rhythm. Great dance, especially like the half turn, step pivot, step ball step in section 3. The dance and the music take you back to the 1920's era. Just know it will be a hit.
Mike Parkinson - 27/03/2012
Nice little Improvers dance taught over the last week at most of my classes, has gone down very well this Kate & Robbie dance should be a hit over the next few months. Very enjoyable and well worth a look at for your Improvers class.
Christine Wallace - 27/03/2012
A well choreographed dance to a track which has a feel of the twenties.
Hilary Birks - 26/03/2012
This is a really good piece of music that makes you want to get up and dance. Lovely dance that flows perfectly.


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Chris Michaels
Starting his radio broadcasting career at age 14, Chris Michaels has added over 15 years of fun, excitement, and unique entertainment across NC and southside VA. Being the host of Lunchtime Oldies brought the local area to a new understanding of how fun radio could be, and with top ratings across the major Raleigh/Durham market, it continued with great success. Chris also held titles as Director of Promotions, Program Director, and Voice Talent across the stations he was employed. Working in such formats as Country, Urban, Gospel, Rock, and Oldies, Chris has a vast knowledge and liking of all music.
Currently, Chris Michaels is Operations Mananger for US98.3, Rewind 101.9 and Country Legends 96.7
• Hobbies: Theme Parks, Live Concerts, Collecting Hollywood & Music Memorabilia, Auctions and The Beach!
• Movie: Some of my favorites are Copycat, Con Air, Face Off, Drop Dead Fred
• TV show: Conspiracy Theory
• Music: Country, R&B, Top 40, Pop, Rap, Oldies, Alternative, Beach, Gospel, Classic Rock, 60's,70's,80's, and 90's!
• Authors: Stephen King.
Last Songs Played
- Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean
- Something In the Water - Carrie Underwood
- My Front Porch Looking In - Lonestar
- Where It's At - Dustin Lynch
- American Kids - Kenny Chesney
- Boys 'Round Here - Blake Shelton and the Pistol Annies
- Cruise - Florida Georgia Line
- Hey Pretty Girl - Kip Moore
- Make Me Wanna - Thomas Rhett


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Revenge is the backstory of the UFC on FOX 3 co main event later this evening (May 5, 2012) at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Johny Hendricks emerged from his 12-second wipeout of Welterweight stalwart and perennial number one contender Jon Fitch as the hottest 170-pound hopeful. Taking on long-time Fitch training partner, Josh Koscheck, this match should answer some of the questions about Hendricks that people hoped the Fitch match would.
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The welterweights were in action at the UFC on FOX 3: "Diaz vs. Miller" event going down tonight (Sat., May 5, 2012) in East Rutherford, New Jersey, as Johny Hendricks looked to earn a title shot (supposedly) against Josh Koscheck. ... Read Post
Add another one. The UFC on Fox 3 event scheduled for May 5, 2012, at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey, has added another big fight for its main card to be broadcast on network television. As announced by UFC President... Read Post
UFC on Fox 3: "Diaz vs. Miller" is just hours away from popping off tonight (Sat., May 5, 2012) from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. In the co-main event of the evening, welterweight warriors Josh Koscheck and Johny ... Read Post


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So here we are now...time for another link round-up!
In case you didn't know, every day I scour the internet looking for articles on writing that are helpful to me as a beginning writer. When I find something, I will share it over Twitter.
Each Friday I will post what I call a Link Round-up of all the useful articles I've found over the past week.
Last week I wasn't able to get the link round up posted, so this week's post includes the few links I was able to find last week as well.
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Seasonally adjusted and trend series have been revised as a result of the incorporation of estimates for the latest month and the revision of seasonal factors due to the concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology. FIRST HOME BUYERS In this issue, the ABS changed its method of estimating loans to first home buyers by adjusting for under-reporting by some lenders that only report on those buyers receiving a first home owner grant. Data on first home buyers are collected by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) under the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001. The ABS is working with APRA to ensure all loans to first home buyers are recorded in the future, regardless of whether they receive a first home owner grant or not. Revisions have been made to previously published first home buyer statistics using a model developed by the ABS for lenders who are under-reporting loans to first home buyers. The model draws on the ratio of first home buyers to total loans for those lenders reporting correctly. The new estimation method will be used in future releases, and updated as lenders progressively improve their reporting. The total value of home lending is separately reported and is not affected. The information paper "Changes to the method of estimating loan commitments to first home buyers"(cat. no. 5609.0.55.003), released on the ABS website on 4 February 2015, describes the new methodology and the extent of revisions. For further information on the first home buyers adjustments, please email <firstname.lastname@example.com> or phone the Financial Statistics Section on Sydney (02) 9268 4186. PRIVACY The ABS Privacy Policy outlines how the ABS will handle any personal information that you provide to the ABS. INQUIRIES For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window. This page last updated 11 February 2015


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Figured with Hostess going out of business it was as good a time as any to do a MFK with what I would qualify as the 3 most important Hostess products of our generation. Twinkies, Wonderbread and Ding Dongs. Now if you read my blog earlier today you should already know where I stand on this issue. Marry Wonderbread. I'm still not sure how I'm going to live without it. Fuck Twinkies. In fact Twinkies may be the best fuck buddy on the planet. You just want to eat it once and then when it's over you are so ashamed and like what the fuck did I just do? Kill Ding Dongs. Never liked those bastards anyway.
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Welcome to the first installment in our development diary series for Europa Universalis IV (EU4)! Last week's little prologue doesn't really count
If the world of Europa Universalis IV is your playground, then the map is the sandbox – this is where you shape your plans and turn various traits associated with the territories into mighty empires. If you are familiar with Paradox Development Studio (PDS) games, then you already know that the map is almost everything. The map is where the magic happens. You know it, we know it.
Crusader Kings II (CK2) was a large step forward in terms of visuals for us, but in Europa Universalis IV, we hope to take it one step further and add a few bells and whistles,
because we really want the world to come alive for you. This means making the map more intuitive, more attractive and something you won't mind staring at for hours on end. The feeling and atmosphere created by the map is important and will not make your eyes bleed. We promise.
To understand where we are going, it's important to understand where we've been. In Europa Universalis III (EU3), we built the map with quite low resolution. We increased the resolution in the Divine Wind expansion, which helped a lot with how the map looked but the provinces still felt a little weird – the borders didn't look as natural as we wanted them.
At this point, we haven't yet come to the phase where the borders will be tweaked, but our ultimate goal is to make borders feel smooth and adapted to the real life terrain and historical borders.
We occasionally get comments from our players that our province borders are ahistorical – that they do not accurately reflect the composition of nations or their historical shape.
So I want to clarify that when we make the designs of the provinces But in the long run, historical shapes for provinces are not really relevant.
"What?" I hear you say? "Did I hear that right?"
Yes, and there are good reasons for it.
A game map has to communicate a lot of information quickly, so first of all you need to be sure you can fit all the necessary graphical elements into the province.
Second, you need to have a rather convex shape of a province. If you don´t do this, you'll end up with all sorts of unintuitive thoughts when it comes to where units should move and how quickly.
Third, you need to bear in mind the number of connections a province has to neighboring territories. The number of neighbors is a crucial factor in military matters, and for game balance purposes.
So, if we valued history over balance or ease of play, an historical province of Warmia would be small, serpentine and surrounded by a concave province. This presents a lot of problems for a province-based game as we mentioned earlier.
The number of provinces you have on a map is limited by the number that one person can reasonably handle. Since provincial development and movement happens in real time, you need to make it relatively easy for players to locate and take action in a given province. We've learned what an optimal amount of provinces is, and in EU4, we aim to have a small increase of about ten percent cimpared to EU3. There will be significant changes, primarily in Eastern Europe, Japan & India, but also in other places on the map.
Here is a quick look of a small version of the underlying map defining which province is which, as it looks right now, before the major province overhaul.
Gameplay, of course, is only one reason to make a map. The play area should be pleasing to the eye so that it makes the world come alive and immerses you more deeply in the history. So in EU4, we have added back in the topology that we removed in the expansion Divine Wind and added trees to the map.
We also took the colored border system from Crusader Kings II (CK2) which makes playing on the terrain mapmode a more attractive option for many players.
As you may have noticed, we have changed map projection to the one we had in Victoria 2; a map that has been received positively by pretty much everyone in the community.
We are also making the map more of an interface tool for players, with cleared on-map interface windows, as you've seen in CK2.
We aim for a "believable world"-feeling on our maps. You will see the seasons changing. You will see when winter is coming and when it melts away to give room for a glorious summer. Mountains will rise and cast shadow over your provinces, you will see reflections in the water, ships with rippling sails and birds flying over the map.
The map will make information accessible and make it easier to get the big picture for when you build your empire.
But remember that eye-catching improvements are not just there to be pretty!
Many will show you very important things that affect how you play on the map. Your actions in Europa Universalis IV are affected by the season changes and the terrain and we want to make that visible for you.
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September 22, 2005
This is in response to your July 6, 2005 and August 19, 2005 letters requesting an exemption pursuant to NASD Rule 9610(b) for Firm, from the prohibition of engaging in municipal securities business as defined in Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board ("MSRB") Rule G-37 ("Rule"). You have requested this exemption because of a $150 Contribution by Name, an economic development specialist at your Firm, made on May 17, 2005 to a Candidate #1 for City City Council, and a $200 October 17, 2004 Contribution by Name to Candidate #2, a current City City Council member, and currently a candidate for election as Mayor of the City. You represent that Name is not eligible to vote for either of the Contribution recipients, and that the Contributions were made prior to Name's employment by you. You also represent that Name has not made any other contributions to candidates covered by the Rule within the past two years. You acknowledge that Name, as a Firm economic development specialist, is a municipal finance professional ("MFP") as defined by the Rule.
Prior to being hired by the Firm, Name was employed as an analyst at a City financial advisory firm. You represent that the Firm hired Name on September 19, 2005.1 You also represent that the Firm first became aware of the Contributions when Name disclosed them in response to the Firm's request that is part of the Firm's due diligence inquiry regarding the Rule used to screen job candidates and new hires. The Contribution made to Candidate #2 has been returned. Name requested the return of the contribution to Candidate #1.2 You represent that Name has never engaged in the municipal securities business, as defined in the Rule, and he has never solicited municipal finance business from the City or entities or agencies connected with the City that issue or approve the issuance of municipal securities to fund various projects ("City agencies").
Based on Rule G-37, NASD has considered your request for exemptive relief pursuant to the applicable standards. A paramount issue in rendering our determination is whether an exemption is consistent with the public interest and the protection of investors.3 In reaching a determination, NASD staff considered several key factors surrounding the Contributions. First, you have represented that Name, prior to being hired by the Firm, was not engaged in the solicitation of municipal securities business, as defined in the Rule. Second, you have represented that the Firm has a long relationship as an underwriter of municipal securities for the City, and neither the hiring of Name nor his Contributions were necessary to obtain municipal securities business from such issuers.4 Third, the Firm has agreed to institute preventive information barriers (as described below) to help avoid the potential for conflicting interests to exist and be used, or appear to be used, by the Firm or Name to obtain municipal securities business or compensation or other financial benefits related to such business. Fourth, although a less weighty factor, one of the Contributions has been returned, and, for the purposes of this exemption request, a reasonable effort was made to obtain the return of the other contribution.
Important to our consideration is your representation that the Firm maintains and implements a detailed and comprehensive program to comply with the Rule. Among other things, the compliance program is represented to include an established contribution pre-clearance process, and a quarterly process for MFPs to report contributions and provide certifications as to their contributions or lack thereof. The Firm became of aware of the Contribution as part of its new employee pre-screening process used to identify political contributions and a possible resulting prohibition on certain new municipal securities business.
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Based on the facts and circumstances as represented in your letter, and our application of the standards for exemptive relief in the Rule, we conclude that it is appropriate to grant an exemption from the prohibition from municipal securities business as defined by the Rule, subject to the Firm's compliance with the undertakings identified above.
This exemption is based on our understanding of the material facts as you have represented them. Our determination in this matter could be different if the facts are not as represented, if material facts have not been disclosed, or if new information emerges.
Your request for relief asks that the Firm's application for an exemption, the identity of the Firm, and the identity of the MFP remain confidential. NASD grants that request. However, our determination to provide exemptive relief will be available, with identifying information redacted, on the NASD Web site with other NASD responses to requests for exemptive relief under Rule G-37. By publishing the NASD responses in redacted form, NASD is able to provide confidentiality while informing and educating members, issuers, and investor communities of the factors that NASD may consider in granting or denying exemptive relief under the Rule. If you have any questions regarding the issues discussed, please contact me at 202-728-8085.
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Don't let its size and versatility fool you; this hot tub has all the amenities and therapeutic benefits of a full size spa. The Gemini Hot Tub is deep enough to experience full soaking immersion.
Spacious for one, and perfect for two, the Gemini hot tub by Thermospas can be used for personal healing and relaxation, or a romantic get-away. At less than 175 gallons, it's also an economical option.
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Coachella 2013: Top Five EDM Moments
Courtesy of Jorge Meza Photography The Sahara Tent at Coachella
Amid the crazy sea of hipsters, hippies, old folks, pre-teens, and babies(!), Coachella's weekend one was also packed with EDM revelers ready to get their fist-pumping music fix.
In fact, it seems that dance music lovers are growing in numbers so much that every other car in line at the campgrounds was blasting some sort of EDM anthem. The festival even dedicated a new stage to electronic dance music in the form of the new Yuma Tent.
So now that we've come home briefly from the dust storms and nursed our massive hangovers, it's time to reflect on the top five EDM Coachella highlights.
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-Coachella 2013: Five Best Moments of Weekend One
-Coachella 2013: Five Worst Moments of Weekend One
-Brochella! Seven Best T-Shirts the Dudes Are Wearing at Coachella 2013
-Coachella 2013's Five Worst Fashion Statements by Famous People
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Once your family has decided decided it's time to explore assisted living for a senior relative, there are ways to get everyone involved in the search process so that the burden does not rest entirely on the primary caregiver.
Logistics may be tricky if several family members do not live locally. However, if some are planning to come home for a summer visit or special gathering (a birthday, wedding, family reunion, etc.), it's an ideal time to get everyone together and talk about possibilities. Skype, FaceTime, and other video chat conferencing tools may also allow for a face-to-face and voice-to-voice meeting across the miles.
Consider these helpful tips for working as a team:
- Delegate responsibilities. Have individuals take responsibility for the following tasks: searching for communities online, calling to schedule visits/tours at places of interest, determining the financial aspects of the decision, and checking in with the person(s) who will be moving to ensure that their preferences are guiding the search process. When you've selected communities to explore in person, assign individuals to accompany your senior family member for the visit.
- Take notes. Make a list of the things your loved one wants in an assisted living home. Make a list of the pros/cons of certain communities before or after visiting them in person. Jot down things that impressed you about certain communities you visited.
- Reconvene. After you've gathered information, taken tours and done your research, gather again (virtually or in person) and share notes.
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(Corrects story originally published Aug. 23 to remove reference to Kroger, which the Touchstone fund does not own.)
NEW YORK ( TheStreet ) -- Faced with red ink, investors have been dumping intermediate-term bond funds. The funds have lost 3% this year, according to Morningstar. Rising interest rates caused the losses. When rates climb, bond prices fall as investors sell old issues with small yields.
For better results at a time when rates may continue to climb, consider funds that fall into Morningstar's conservative allocation category. Those funds keep about 30% of assets in dividend-paying stocks and the rest in a mix of different kinds of bonds.
The stock allocations help the conservative portfolios weather periods of rising rates. Stocks often shine when rates climb because the economy is strengthening. This year, the average conservative allocation fund returned 1.9%.
Top choices in the category include Federated Capital Income (CAPAX), MFS Diversified Income (DIFAX), and Touchstone Flexible Income (FFSAX). Among the steadiest performers is MFS Diversified Income. This year, the fund gained 2.6%. During the past five years, MFS returned 8.2% annually, outperforming 92% of peers. Portfolio manager James Swanson aims to stay broadly diversified by holding five different asset classes. In its neutral position, the fund has 20% of assets in real estate investment trusts, 20% in value stocks, 25% in high-yield bonds, 15% in emerging-market debt, and 20% in U.S. government issues. The asset classes were chosen because they tend not to move in lockstep. This year, high-yield bonds rose when government bonds were sinking. Swanson overweights categories that seem to be cheap. Earlier in the year, he was 3 percentage points overweight value stocks. But as the market climbed, he shifted to a neutral allocation. When emerging-market bonds sank in recent months, he began to overweight the sector. "The economies in the emerging-markets may be slowing, but the credit quality of the bonds is not going downhill," he says. Income-oriented investors should consider Touchstone Flexible Income, which yields 4.3%. In comparison, the average intermediate bond fund yields 2.2%. To boost yields, Touchstone has 40% of assets in preferred shares, which pay fixed yields like bonds. Many bonds are considered senior to preferreds. So in the event of a default, bondholders are paid before preferred investors receive anything. As a result, preferreds are riskier and must pay higher yields than senior bonds.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Texarkana, AR (KMSS) — Since the beginning of time, there have been rivalries between groups of people, but police on both sides of Texarkana are fed up with the latest one, Arkansans and Texans.
Every weekend, police are called to some sort of fight, or even worse, between the two groups, and often the two sides can't even remember the reason that they are fighting.
With the thriving rap industry in Texarkana, police think violent music videos made by popular people in the community could be leading to the violence problem. While it may not be the rappers pulling the actual trigger, young people in the community may see that and emulate that behavior.
It is that reason that community activist Leroy Dodd, brought together Texarkana Arkansas PD, Texarkana Texas PD and several of the area's popular rappers, to start the steps toward ending the violence in the area, starting with stopping the violent music videos.
Rapper Dirty White recently took down on of his videos, deciding it was too violent. It was one of the first videos he made, and at the time, he didn't realize the negative impact it could have on his community.... a mistake he won't make again, working hard to make his community a safer place.


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The European Paper-Wasp:
A New Threat to Cavity-nesting Birds Is Coming!
This article was originally published in the Purple Martin Update 9:12(2000). Used with permission of the author and the Purple Martin Conservation Association. © 2000 by the Purple Martin Conservation Association. All rights reserved.
Eugene S. Morton
Conservation and Research Center
National Zoological Park
Smithsonian Institution
1500 Remount Road
Front Royal, VA 22630
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A new exotic importation, the European Paper-wasp (Polistes dominulus) is spreading. First recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1980, it spread quickly to nearby towns in the Boston area. It has since been recorded in New Jersey (1986), Pennsylvania and upstate New York (1991), northern Ohio (1991), Connecticut (1993), and Vermont (1994). It is rapidly spreading across the lower part of Michigan and, in 1995, was spotted at an Interstate 95 rest stop in Maryland, just north of Laurel, and also in a small shopping center in Biddeford, Maine. And, like the gentle encouragement people gave the European House Sparrow in the early years of its U.S. invasion, the first Michigan record of the European Paper-wasp was collected carefully, at night, "to minimize any threat to the survival of the newly-discovered colony." Deja vu?
The nest of the nonnative European Paper-wasp (Polistes dominulus) shown here inside a plastic SuperGourd that has been cut in half for the photo. The author found this wasp nest and hundreds of others placed inside bird houses, tree tubes, hollow ladders, and sheds, in northwestern Pennsylvania. You can identify a paper-wasp by its thin waspy waist and the paper nest, which usually hangs downward and has open cells on the bottom. The nests are common under eaves and inside outbuildings. No mud is found in paper-wasp nests. The hornets and yellowjackets have thicker bodies and build domes of paper enclosing the cells where the young are raised, which often take on the classic "football" shape of cartoon fame. The European Paper- wasp is colored black and yellow like a yellowjacket and is slightly smaller than our native brown and tan Common Paper-wasp (Polistes fuscatus). A good picture of the wasp and its nest can be found at <http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Aug98/WaspQueen.bpf.html>.
The European Paper-wasp, unlike our native Common Paper-wasp that also sometimes uses bird boxes, is bad news. The European prefers to nest in cavities and it attacks people with much less provocation than the native paper-wasp. My first encounter with it occurred in 1996 in northwestern Pennsylvania near Brown Hill at the Hemlock Hill Biological Research Area in Crawford County. Plastic tree tubes, five feet high, had been placed around small oaks to protect them from deer browsing. I peered into the top of one and found myself eyeing a paper-wasp nest one foot down the tube. Immediately, wasps flew up at me and I instinctively jumped back. They did not follow me very far, but I was surprised at the rapid attack. That's odd, I thought, paper-wasps do not attack unless really provoked. Gingerly, I looked at the nest and thought they might be a forest species of paper-wasp, unfamiliar to me, that found the tree tubes adjacent to the forest just a dandy new forest environment. Paper-wasps, in my experience, were usually around human abodes, not out here in the middle of a field near the woods.
A European Paper-wasp nest attached under the lid of a wooden bluebird box in the author's Pennsylvania yard. I queried a Smithsonian colleague, Karl Krombein, at the National Museum of Natural History, and first learned that this was the European Paper-wasp, not a native species as I had assumed. The European Paper-wasp is native from the Mediterranean region to China. The next year, 1997, the European wasps colonized my house and garage, usurping colonies from the native paper-wasp. My first sting occurred when I was winching down my Troyer 14-unit Martin House to remove the latest starling nesting attempt. The wasps were nesting under the predator guard. The heavy wooden house plummeted down as a wasp stung my cheek and I jumped backwards, releasing the handle. Ouch! (The Troyer house caught on the safety bolt through the pole after dropping 10 feet - it was not destroyed!). My second sting occurred two weeks later as I scaled an aluminum ladder to check a starling box trap. I had left the ladder up against the garage where the trap was attached to facilitate frequent attention to trapped starlings. The ladder's rungs were hollow and everyone of them but the lowest was housing the beginnings of a European Paper-wasp nest! I had provided them, inadvertently, with a perfect nesting site. I now lay the ladder flat and check it for nests frequently.
The European Paper-wasp prefers cavities for its nests and will build on a vertical surface as well as, for example, inside the top of a nest box. I found several nests in hawthorn shrubs when browsing by deer makes their crowns thick and dark. The native paper-wasps usually begin a new nest each year. One result is that the colony does not become very large. The European Paper-wasps, which, like all paper-wasps, overwinter as queens, often stay on the nest all winter and use it the next year and so on. Due to this head start, the colonies become larger than those of the native paper-wasps do. I now wear gloves and have a spray can handy whenever I check nest boxes. Checking nest boxes is no longer the pleasant task it once was because the European Paper-wasp may have staked a claim in them. One box I cleaned contained the stick nest of a House Wren and 34 overwintering queen European Paper-wasps in the bottom under the wren's twigs. Fortunately, this was on a cool October morning and I was wearing leather gloves. I found only one SuperGourd, out of the 12 I have, occupied by the wasp and only one nest in a Trio Castle compartment. Because I have been unsuccessful in attracting martins, nothing can be said about possible direct effects of the new wasp on martin colonies or their establishment. I am planning two studies, one to document the percentage of nest boxes colonized by the new European wasp invader and the other to determine whether or not they deter birds from using a box. In my mind there is no doubt that they will deter birds. We are initiating a paper-wasp study in nest boxes at the Conservation and Research Center, Front Royal, Virginia. Here, the European Paper-wasp is still unknown. There are also many government vehicles parked at the Conservation and Research Center, in various stages of repair. These are ideal nesting sites for the new wasp. Indeed, nesting sites described in a publication on the European Paper-wasp in the Boston area were "sheds, garages, abandoned trucks, or field station houses." (Nonacs and Reeve, 1995, The ecology of cooperation in wasps: causes and consequences of alternative reproductive decisions. Ecology 76(3):953-967).
On the plus side, paper-wasps help gardeners by removing cabbage butterfly larvae from the broccoli. Nobody knows if they will affect the success of butterfly gardens by eating all the caterpillars, but few monarch larvae survive the native paper-wasp foragers in my experience. The addition of a voracious new paper-wasp that prefers sheltered nesting sites mostly around human habitations does not look good for butterflies in these areas. Please let me know if you encounter the European Paper-wasp and take data on its occurrence in bird boxes. We need to know how much of a pest this latest exotic invader might become.
Dr. Eugene S. Morton is a senior scientist at the Smithsonion Institution in Washington, DC. He is also a scientific advisor to the PMCA (Purple Martin Conservation Association). He is well-known for his landmark work with Purple Martin downsong and on DNA fingerprinting in martins.
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Social support for MFS2
Simavi is glad and proud to receive, in these times of cutbacks in development cooperation, subsidy from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuZa) in accordance with the joint finance system for Dutch development organizations (MFS2). Two alliances to which Simavi belongs, have received subsidy; namely WASH and SRHR.
The WASH-alliance is a joint venture between Simavi (pen holder), AKVO, AMREF, ICCO, Rain foundation and WASTE - and is active in the area of water, sanitation and hygiene. A subsidy has been awarded to the alliance of 51.25 million euro's for a period of five years. This amount will be utilized by the partners within the alliance to realize WASH projects.
The SRHR-alliance is a joint venture between Simavi, World Population Foundation (WPF), AMREF, dance4life, Choice and Rutgers Nisso Groep and is active in the area of sexual and reproductive health as well as human rights. The alliance has been awarded a subsidy of 50.7 million euro's for a period of five years. This amount will be utilized between the partners within the alliance to realize SRHR projects.
Broad social support
Rolien Sasse director of Simavi: "We are tremendously glad that in both alliances in which Simavi is involved, subsidies have been awarded. This fantastic result is largely due to the fact that MinBuZa has awarded the WASH and SRHR with an exceptional review. This acknowledgment of quality for the alliances is also an acknowledgment for Simavi as an organization. We can be proud. Of importance for awarding subsidies is the social support for Simavi. Therefore the award is partly owed to the volunteers, donors, foundations, service clubs and companies that support Simavi.
In spite of the positive outcome, for WASH as well as SRHR this means that about a quart less subsidy has been awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, than both alliances had requested. Still the awarded subsidy forms a workable starting point by which the joint organizations can realize several projects and hereby help millions of people. In times to come organizations within the WASH and SRHR will look into possibilities how to solve the shortfall in their budgets.
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quote:Everyone should have a living will, IMO.
quote:Does anyone have a living will? I can't get myself to pull one together, although I suspect that it would be better for my family if I did (or would it?). Either I tell them to pull the plug, or I state that by golly I should be kept in a vegetative state forever. There is definitely some gray area of course. What are some of the legal or family implications of having one or not having one? Anyone have some advice on navigating this?
quote:Bayou Tiger, Please read my two posts above before you make your decision. If I hadn't known what can happen when a patient turns in a living will to a hospital upon admittance, I probably would have done the same thing. It'll be a cold day with 6' of snow in Baton Rouge before any facility gets one from me!
quote:After the stroke, she was still able to speak. She called her daughter one night to tell her she was having trouble breathing but the nurses would not give her oxygen. The fastest family member who could get to the hospital happened to also be a nurse (at a different facility). She was able to straighten out the nurses who misinterpreted a living will to mean no treatment at all! Oxygen was immediately put on this poor elderly patient and she felt much better!


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CORVALLIS, Ore. — The Corvallis Knights are wrapping up the regular season with their last home games this week.
Monday night, the Knights are playing at home against an all-star team from the Northwest Collegiate Baseball League.
There are all sorts of game specials this week, including $2 tickets on Tuesday if fans show their Bi-Mart cards. Beer and peanuts will also be $2 on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the first 1,000 fans through the gates will get a free Knights hat courtesy of the Mario Pastega House. On Thursday, Pioneer Telephone and Peak Internet are sponsoring a fireworks show.
The Knights are ranked number one in the league, just ahead of the Bend Elks. The Knights are taking on the Elks Tuesday-Thursday this week, and the team says it is an important series to win.
"So we really need to pack Goss, get loud, and hopefully sweep them like we did last week," said Bre Kerkvliet, Corvallis Knights General Manager.
Playoffs will start next week.


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