text:
Unbiased Reviews by Real People
All Categories To Show
Restaurants & Gourmet
All Categories
restaurant supplies
restaurant gift cards
wall sayings
restaurant equipment
restaurant tables
more »
restaurant chairs
less »
Home & Garden
Health & Beauty
Sports & Outdoor
Kids & Family
Store Reviews
Restaurants & Gourmet
Results for
30195 city allston
Showing 1-15 of 1,501 items
Sort by:
Five Sixty (by Wolfgang Puck), Dallas
1 review
"Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck is On Top of the World"
Reviewed by texas-swede
This fine restaurant is all about the experience. Dine high class and fly above the world.
Sushi Tomo
1 review
"Sushi Tomo in Palo Alto CA: I Won't be Eating There Again"
Reviewed by Horswispr
Shshi Tomo was an absolute culinary trainwreck. Luke warm miso soup, tired, flaccid unagi, strange California roll, and processed-tasting tempura. Need I say more? I won't be eating there again.
Savanh Pleasant Hill
1 review
"Savanh: My favorite Thai restaurant in the Bay Area"
Reviewed by Horswispr
Savanh is an excellent Thai restaurant tucked away in a strip mall in Pleasant Hill CA. Highly recommended.
China House Pittsburgh
1 review
"China House: One of The Best Kept Secrets of Bloomfield"
Reviewed by Freak369
One of the best deals for Chinese food!
Murphys Irish Pub Alexandria
1 review
"New England Patriots Bar in Alexandria VA: Murphy's Irish Pub"
Reviewed by toiletoctopus
Simply put, I love Murphy's in Alexandria, and wish I was there right now.
Station Sushi
1 review
"Station Sushi in Solana Beach: Good Sushi, Not So Good Curry"
Reviewed by smorg
Great place to go for sushi with sports-loving friends. Just a couple of blocks from beach access (Fletcher's Cove).
Phantom Canyon Brewing Company
1 review
"Colorado Springs' Phantom Canyon Brewery - Meet You There"
Reviewed by teamfreak16
If you are hungry and in need of beer in Downtown Colorado Springs, check out Phantom Canyon Brewery.
Ocean Alley Hollywood Beach
1 review
"Ocean Alley in Hollywood Beach - scores high on food and atmosphere"
Reviewed by ladyconsumer
I love to enjoy a good meal, while watching the boardwalk and the beach beyond.
Zen Forrest
1 review
"Zen Forrest brings out the best in Asian cuisine"
Reviewed by Susie-34668
Zen Forrest is a restaurant I would go to as long as I knew the other person/people enjoyed Asian food.� Will be happy to take my girlfriend.
The Lucky Dill Deli
1 review
"Brooklyn style sandwiches and more at The Lucky Dill Deli."
Reviewed by Susie-34668
If you are a New Yorker and miss home, then check out the Lucky Dill Deli.� Great food, and reasonably priced.
Ozona Blue Grilling Co.
1 review
"Birthday treat, or special occasion, then try Ozona Blue Grilling Co, on the water."
Reviewed by Susie-34668
Ozona Blue Grilling Co. is a restaurant that only locals would know about.� So if you are in the Palm Harbor, Clearwater, or Tarpon Springs area, check it out.
Harry's Oyster Bar
1 review
"Harry's Oyster Bar - Bally's Casino, Atlantic City - Great seafood, great atmosphere"
Reviewed by ladyconsumer
It's a lovely seafood restaurant. Delicious food, excellent service, and lovely atmosphere. But not the best chowder.
Afghan Kabob Restaurant, Fairfax
1 review
"The Afghan Kabob Restaurant: An Institution of Northern Virginia"
Reviewed by toiletoctopus
The Afghan Kabob Restaurant in Springfield, VA is decent, but not quite as exciting as some have made it out to be.
Blackbird Pizzeria
1 review
"some of the best food in Philadelphia... and it's vegan!? - Blackbird Pizzeria"
Reviewed by brendan2
The prices are decent, the service is good, and the food is some of the best in the city, vegan or otherwise.
Waldy's Wood Fired Pizza & Penne
2 reviews
"Waldy's Wood Fired Pizza & Penne"
Reviewed by natural81
Waldy's Wood Fired Pizza & Penne is absolutely wonderfull. There pizza is mouth watering and with some ranch, ummm. i . . .
Page 1
Next >>
Why are these stores listed?


text:
Teens Not Cool
<NewsmembersLet's get something straight: "teens" wouldn't know cool if it bit them in the ass. The only kids in high school who appear to have a clue about what's cool are hanging out with college kids, mark my words.
The search for cool can be narrowed down to a very specific, niche group: college juniors.
First, sorry for being snooty, but "coolness" often incubates on or near campuses.
Second, why be so specific? Because college freshman are clueless and seniors are focusing on how to become an adult. "Coolness" ripens at the junior level.
Those "cool kids" from high school? You're either idolizing people for reasons unrelated to genuine coolness or they're hanging out with the college kids and THAT's where they're getting it. I guarantee that high school kids are not inventing, defining or customizing coolness. Sorry for sounding like an old man, but high schools are just echo chambers.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Batman: Arkham Origins for Xbox 360
On: Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii U, iPhoneIn Arkham Origins a young and still learning Batman will come into contact with many of Arkham's supervillains for the first time.
Review Verdict Read Review
8Out of 10
Stuck on Batman: Arkham Origins? We've got you covered!
Don't panic! Our cheats will see you through.
Batman: Arkham Origins Complete Edition spotted online
Amazon Germany suggests August 21 release.
Cold, Cold Heart DLC out now for Batman: Arkham Origins
Launch trailer shows off new locations and Mr. Freeze.
Batman: Arkham Origins Cold, Cold Heart DLC gameplay footage shows off thermal suit
Much better than an electric blanket.
Batman: Arkham Knight announced for PS4, Xbox One & PC
'Explosive' Arkham finale in the works at Rocksteady, drivable Batmobile confirmed.
Batman's Cold, Cold Heart story DLC confirmed for April 22
Leaked trailer reveals date and confirms Mr. Freeze.
Batman: Arkham Origins Initiation Challenge Map out tomorrow
£5.49 on PSN, Xbox Live, Nintendo eShop and Steam.
Three DLC packs out now for Batman: Arkham Origins
Infinite Earths Skins Pack, Black Mask Challenge Pack and Online Supply Drop #1.
Batman: Arkham Collection includes all three Arkham titles, releases next week
Heading to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC next Friday.
View All
The Cold, Cold Heart Launch Trailer
The Cold, Cold Heart Launch Trailer
Initiation Trailer
Initiation Trailer
Personal Mission Launch Trailer
Personal Mission Launch Trailer
Official Gameplay Walkthrough
Official Gameplay Walkthrough
TV Spot
TV Spot
Deathstroke Gameplay Trailer
Deathstroke Gameplay Trailer
Nowhere to Run
Nowhere to Run
Batman: Arkham Origins Multiplayer...
Batman: Arkham Origins Multiplayer Reveal Trailer.
Copperhead Reveal Trailer
Copperhead Reveal Trailer


text:
Digital revolution almost complete
PUBLISHED: 16 Jul 2012 00:05:00 | UPDATED: 16 Jul 2012 13:23:39PUBLISHED: 16 Jul 2012 PRINT EDITION: 16 Jul 2012Ben Holgate
Hoyts Entertainment Group is on the verge of completing a $50 million capital expenditure program to digitise its 50 cinemas, which will usher in a new era for moviegoers.
"There has been an ongoing program of digitising all of the projectors and screens in Australia," said chairman David Kirk, who celebrates three years in the job this month. "The industry is moving to digital, so increasingly all films will be made digitally and not on film."
Although some leading directors such as George Lucas began calling for a digital revolution in cinemas many years ago – Lucas was one of the first to exploit the format for his Star Wars series – the transformation took a long time to arrive.
About three years ago exhibitors such as Hoyts, Greater Union and Village Roadshow signed an agreement with the major film distributors under which the distributors agreed to help fund the digitisation program through a virtual print fee, which began flowing about a year ago.
The fee, which lasts for seven years, mostly covered the costs of the digital capex, said Mr Kirk. It is also in recognition of distributors being able to make substantial savings by eliminating the need for multiple, costly film prints for every movie.
Consumers benefit from a clearer, sharper picture and from the ability for directors to integrate digital effects more seamlessly into the film-making process, he said.
Conversely, exhibitors benefit from a superior product for which they can charge higher prices.
"Cinemagoers are happy to pay to see a great movie," said Mr Kirk.
The digital rollout also enables Hoyts, which has 40 cinemas in Australia and 10 in New Zealand, to offer another layer of product by installing "extreme screens" in some of its larger cinemas.
The largest measures 25 metres in width, with others about 17 to 20 metres wide.
It's part of a longer-running strategy by all exhibitors to progressively segment their offerings and audiences, allowing them to push through price increases and therefore offset any volatility in cinema attendance numbers over the long term.
"Extreme screens" is the latest idea for premium pricing, complementing higher priced tickets for 3D films and the smaller luxury theatres where patrons can indulge in waitered food and alcohol (Hoyts has La Premiere, Greater Union the Director's Suite and Village Gold Class).
And, of course, the ubiquitous candy bars that account for about 20 per cent of exhibitors' revenues, are always suitable for an annual mark-up.
Mr Kirk said total gross box office receipts in Australia were up about 4 per cent so far in 2012 and that he was confident of another record year on the back of forthcoming films such as The Dark Knight Rises and The Hobbit.
"There's been a pretty consistent performance this year," he said.
In 2011, however, the domestic box office's gross of $1.09 billion fell 4 per cent on the previous year's $1.13 billion, according to Screen Australia. Locally produced films accounted for only 3.9 per cent of the total box office last year.
Mr Kirk said that although cinema attendance figures had been flat recently, people were still inclined to go to the movies because it was a relatively low-cost entertainment option amid the general consumer malaise.
"There's a lot of competition, not so much for the entertainment dollar, but for the entertainment hour," he said.
Mr Kirk said there were no plans to float Hoyts, nor to sell it by way of a trade sale.
"The business is very stable and going along well," he said. "We see a solid trading period ahead of us."
Private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners, which owns about 90 per cent of Hoyts, with management and mezzanine financier International Capital Group owning the rest, abandoned plans for a listing or sale deciding to focus on lifting the cinema and movie distribution group's earnings. Besides the core exhibition and distribution business, Hoyts also owns cinema and outdoor advertising company Val Morgan.
The Australian Financial Review
Read more
People | David Kirk |
Topics | Arts & Entertainment /Film , Technology |


text:
- Prison Planet.com - http://www.prisonplanet.com -
Israeli court: Soldiers used Palestinian boy as human shield
Posted By admin On October 4, 2010 @ 3:45 am In World News | Comments Disabled
Oct 4, 2010
An Israeli military court on Sunday convicted two soldiers of using a Palestinian child as a human shield by forcing him to check for booby traps during the 2008-2009 Gaza war.
A transcript of the court decision made available by the army said the infantry sergeants were found guilty of "exceeding their authority to the point of endangering life," and "conduct unbecoming," for ordering a nine-year-old boy to search bags confiscated from arrested Palestinians.
The court acknowledged however that at the time of the incident, January 15, 2009, the troops had been under "difficult and dangerous combat conditions" and had gone several nights without sleep.
Sentencing is to be decided at a later date, the military said.
Israel's Supreme Court has banned such actions, saying they amount to using a civilian as a human shield.
Having A Supply Of Healthy Foods That Last Just Makes Sense (AD) [2]
Article printed from Prison Planet.com: http://www.prisonplanet.com
URL to article: http://www.prisonplanet.com/israeli-court-soldiers-used-palestinian-boy-as-human-shield.html
URLs in this post:
[1] AFP: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/israeli-court-soldiers-palestinian-boy-human-shield/
[2] Having A Supply Of Healthy Foods That Last Just Makes Sense (AD): http://www.efoodsdirect.com//index.html?aid=14&adid=43
[3] Image: http://infowars-shop.stores.yahoo.net/inemnewwoord.html
[4] Supreme Court ruling: British soldiers abroad 'not protected by human rights laws': http://www.prisonplanet.com/supreme-court-ruling-british-soldiers-abroad-not-protected-by-human-rights-laws.html
[5] BBC Implies One Israeli Life Worth 5 Palestinian Lives: http://www.prisonplanet.com/bbc-implies-one-israeli-life-worth-5-palestinian-lives.html
[6] Bin Laden's Wife as "Human Shield" Lie Collapses: http://www.prisonplanet.com/bin-ladens-wife-as-human-shield-lie-collapses.html
[7] Israeli-Palestinian talks begin amid deep divisions: http://www.prisonplanet.com/israeli-palestinian-talks-begin-amid-deep-divisions.html
[8] Israel used Palestinian minors as human shields, detain and torture – UN: http://www.prisonplanet.com/israel-used-palestinian-minors-as-human-shields-detain-and-torture-un.html
Click here to print.
Copyright © 2013 PrisonPlanet.com. All rights reserved.


text:
Product Number: | CM40489 |
Item Price: | $32.99 |
Availability: | In Stock |
Shipping Weight: | 2.62 lbs. |
When you head out for a day of shotgunning, you need to be ready for anything. The tough, versatile Shotgunner Bag comes standard with a choke tube carrying case and allows you to empty hulls all in one bag.
Features & Benefits
• Expanding back pocket holds up to 100 empty hulls with zippered bottom
• Rugged 1200 Denier with PVC coating for rain and weather protection
• Choke tube case included
• Main Compartment is 11" x 8" x 8"
Customers who bought this item also purchased
Similar items: Shooting Accessories
Sort By:


text: Flu the Coop Fashion Forward A horse wears a fancy fly mask. Kit Carrier Charles Pol carrying Dr. Pol's kit. How to Treat a Sick Animal Dr. Pol talking through possible treatments with staff. Palpate Preparation Dr. Pol prepares to palpate a cow. This is a technique used to check for a pregnancy. Midwest Sunset The sun setting over Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. High-Tailing Heifer A cow runs out of a chute after being examined by Dr. Pol. Horse Whisperer Dr. Pol talking to a horse in order to relax it before beginning his examination. Good Times on the Farm Dr. Pol and Charles Pol laughing before an ultrasound. Pressing Paperwork Charles Pol and Dr. Pol talking to a horse owner while looking at its records. Working Outdoors A red tractor and farm tools on Dr. Pol's farm. 0 comments   Get Livefyre FAQ Sign in + Follow Post comment Link Newest | Oldest


text:
THE census has been taken every 10 years since 1801 except during the war in 1941. Useful family history information (i.e. names) is only released to the public after 100 years so the most recent census return available is that of 1901.
A valuable resource for family historians lies in lists of names from 19th century censuses which can also provide extra information.
6 June 1841
IFOr the first time a census included names, occupationand whether born in the same county, of born in Scotland, Ireland or foreign parts. Ages were given but over the age of 15 -they were rounded down to five-year bands.
30 March 1851 HO107
The above information continued and added to this came: marital status, place of birth and place of worship. Alctual ages were given — but accuracy still depended on the individual. This was the first census to be indexed — al;though mainly in paper format at family history socieities.
7 April 1861 RG9
In addition the the above - relation to Head of Family - Whether Blind, or Deaf-and-Dumb.
There are very few surviving naval and merchant shipping returns bofore this date.
2 April 1871 RG10
Also noted imbeciles, idiots and lunatics.
3 April 1881 RG11
This is the only census to have been completely transcribed and indexed. It is possible to search by placename and surname.
April 5 1891 RG12
Many counties have been indexed by family history societies and there is a street index at the Family Records Centre. Used in combination with the 1881 census you can check on family movement and births or possible deaths in the family.
31 March 1901
Available on-line — with free index searches — but with charges for access to the main data which can be viewed in a tablulated form or as photographic images of the original pages.
Although the census began in 1801 the first four were just headcounts and are not much use to the family historian because they do not give individuals' names.
But from then on they became more and more useful.
Copies of the returns, on microfilm, are available at local record offices and main libraries. In the main these will be for the appropriate locality, although some offices hold them for the whole country.
You do need information before you start looking, however.
Although the two online are searchable by surname that alone would offer too many hits to make it worthwhile.
Birth or marriage certificates should provide you with an address and the closer you can get to one of the census dates (see panel left) the better.
Armed with this you can track down a census return.
The best place to start is the 1901 census, the most recently released for public perusal.
Although the census has taken place every 10 years since 1801 (except for 1941) there is a 100-year rule in the UK relating to access to public data.
This means the personal details of the census returns for the years 1911 to 2001 are not yet publicly available.
The census records who was in each household over the period Sunday night to Monday morning — with special arrangements for recording crews of vessels afloat, military personnel, night workers, itinerants and travellers.
Remember that the census is based on an person's presence on the night of the census and is not based on whether or not they were living permanently at the returning address.
This could give rise to the situation of children living at a house without parents — should their parents be staying the census night elsewhere — or the appearance of families living together.
You have to work out whether an aunt, for instance, was visiting or living with the family — cross checking with other census returns may give a better indication of the situation.
Census indexes are arranged by place, not surname. Therefore your search could take a while, because you will be looking through the records for a complete district — and hoping that your ancestors were there on the night the census was taken.
Each census enumerator's book contains details of his walk (route) to collect his returns.
Sometimes roads disappear and names change. So when preparing to check a census return it is worth making note of adjacent roads covered by the enumerator and in particular public houses.
These can then be cross checked against road indexes for the individual census


text:
Puerto Vallarta City Tour
Get more from your vacation in Puerto Vallarta! Visit all points of interest including Guadalupe Church, City Hall, the Malecon (Seawall), Rio Cuale, and many more picturesque sites on this great introductory Puerto Vallarta city tour.
The tour starts on the north side of the city, where you'll see the newest tourism complex of Marina Vallarta, its residential zone, the golf course and the yacht club, stopping for a few minutes to take pictures.
Then, you'll continue on to the city's downtown, driving through 'El Pitillal', one of the popular suburbs. At the sea horse, you'll get off the bus to take an information walk, looking at some of the important buildings and monuments like the city hall and the main church. On this part of the tour, you'll have time for shopping.
On the way back to the bus, you'll walk through the Cuale River Island, a beautiful botanical garden. After this, you'll travel to the south of the bay, where you'll visit a raicilla (tequila) factory to learn about the elaboration process. Last but not least, you'll drive into the rainforest and stop at a restaurant surrounded with lush, green vegetation next to a river, with the chance of having lunch (optional) before returning to your hotel.
Recent Photos of this Tour
Schedule details
Select a month to view a calendar of availability and departure details.
Tour departs from all Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Vallarta hotels. The exact location will be advised at time of re-confirmation.
Returns to original departure point at approximately 5:00pm
Pricing information
Click the link below to check pricing & availability on your preferred travel date. Our pricing is constantly updated to ensure you always receive the lowest price possible.
With Lunch Code: WL |
City tour plus lunch |
Without Lunch Code: WOL |
City tour only. Lunch not included |
Pricing information
Puerto Vallarta City Tour
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transport by air-conditioned coach
- Lunch (if option selected)
- Gratuities (optional)
- Lunch (if option not selected)
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Pickup from the cruise terminal is not provided
- Important: Itinerary is subject to change during holidays and special occasions. Please contact the local tour operator for information and confirmation
Traveler Reviews
Reviewed by: Melinda L, October 2012
Loved it! We were fortunate to get Gavino, a native born Puerto Vallartan for our tour guide. We enjoyed the entire day.
Reviewed by: Stanley W, USA, January 2011
Great tour at a great price!


text:
Skip Maine state header navigation
Skip First Level Navigation | Skip All Navigation
Home | Contact Us | Calendar | Archives | |
Science & Technology Science Information
contact information:Learning results Information |
Learning Standards and Guidelines > Content Area Resources > Science & Technology > ListServ ListServ updated 9/13/12 -pb Many of the documents on this website are in PDF format. In order to view these materials, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you do not currently have this software on your computer, or would like to upgrade to a more recent version of Reader, click on the icon below for the free download. This is a safe and quick upgrade directly from Adobe. *In order to view Quicktime presentations, you will need to have the Quicktime Player loaded on your computer. Most Macs are already equipped with this program; if your computer does not have the Quicktime Player, or you wish to upgrade, you can download the program for free by clicking on the icon below. This is a fast and safe download from Apple. |
Copyright © 2007 All rights reserved. |


text:
Get Truthdig's headlines in your inbox!
Tariq Ali: The Time Is Right for a Palace Revolution
That's All, Folks
Harrowing Bystander Video of Police Killing a Homeless Man in L.A. Sparks Protests
Ten Commandments for a Better American World
How to Arm Your Cellphone Against Hackers and Spies
By Mason Currey $16.96
By Joe Conason $11.66
President Nicolas Maduro announced Saturday that fewer U.S. diplomats will be allowed to work in Venezuela and visas will be required for Americans traveling there, in what amounts to a sign of deteriorating relations between the two countries.
The American president has signed legislation that freezes assets and revokes travel visas belonging to Venezuelan officials who stand accused of violating the human rights of opponents of the South American nation's socialist government.
The exact cause of the inmates' deaths has been the subject of conflicting reports.
In a second program Friday, "Democracy Now!" hosts a debate on who is protesting in Venezuela and why. Margarita López Maya, a Venezuelan historian and political analyst with the Center for Development Studies at the Central University of Venezuela, engages Roberto Lovato, a writer with New American Media who recently returned from reporting in Caracas.
Pictures of police brutality supposedly from protests in Venezuela are spreading all over social media, but they may not have been taken in the South American country; an average-sized healthy version of a Barbie doll is being developed; meanwhile, the worst revelation Edward Snowden made is that the U.S. government is trying to discredit political activists. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Globovisión (CC BY-NC 2.0)
The anti-government unrest rocking Venezuela shows no sign of letting up, with the demonstrations and violence now spreading beyond the capital to provincial cities.
As clashes between government forces and protesters in Venezuela continued through the weekend, civilians took sides in rival marches held Saturday, each pointing to the other as the catalyst of the country's recent wave of unrest.
"Tonight, Venezuela is seeing a spasm of violence that's unlike anything the country has experienced since 1989," blogger Audrey M. Dacosta wrote from Caracas on Wednesday.
Failing to win a mandate from Venezuelans in elections over the last few years, the leaders of the country's mainstream, U.S.-backed opposition are exploiting discontent among the population in an effort to topple the democratically elected government, sociologist Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya writes.
Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has appeared in a video asking his fellow citizens to join him in a march Tuesday to demand an end to a government crackdown that followed last week's deadly protests.
A week of protests in Venezuela resulted in the deaths of three people and more than 20 injured Wednesday, leaving President Nicolas Maduro in a struggle to restrain discontent among opposition groups and radical elements of his Chavista movement.
prashant_zi (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Remember when we told you women in Venezuela are dying as a result of injections administered to add volume to their behinds? Turns out Americans are not exempt from this deadly fad.
Free Grunge Textures - www.freestock.ca (CC BY 2.0)
"Chavismo," the left-wing movement that blossomed around deceased Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez over the past decade, "comfortably" won municipal elections throughout the country this month, "consolidating President Maduro's leadership, and further enhancing Venezuelan democracy," writes a leader of the populist Venezuela Solidarity Campaign.
Alfonsina Blyde » (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
President Nicolas Maduro ordered troops to arrest several managers of the electronics chain Daka for raising prices and extorting the Venezuelan people. Soldiers then occupied 5 Daka locations, which led to looting at the company's store in the city of Valencia.
Rosaura Ochoa (CC BY 2.0)
As thousands of pro-government Twitter accounts were suspended Thursday afternoon, Nicolas Maduro's administration expressed outrage at the infringement upon freedom of speech. Although neither a reason nor a culprit has been discovered, Maduro blamed the international right wing.
Three American diplomats were kicked out of Caracas on Tuesday for "plotting to sabotage the economy" according to President Nicolas Maduro. And the U.S. government has decided to retaliate.
En route to China to discuss loans, oil and what have you, President Nicolas Maduro meant to fly over Puerto Rico on Thursday night. That is until Washington denied him permission to do so.
Globovisión (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
In a nation that is famous for its gorgeous women—Venezuela holds the Guinness World Record for the country with the most winners of worldwide beauty pageants—people go to extremes to attain an impossible standard. And this obsession with aesthetic perfection is starting to take lives.
Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez's former right hand man and current president of Venezuela, called on his administration Thursday to offer more help on constructing socialist settlements in the country. The president, addressing the nation on his TV show, "Bolivarian Dialogue," emphasized that the communes are a priority and require support in order to expand.
Although President Nicolas Maduro won his office by a narrow margin, he has since been confirmed by both an audit of the vote and, Tuesday, a Supreme Court of Justice ruling.
After spending almost two weeks in the no man's land transit area of Moscow's international airport, whistle-blower Edward Snowden may finally have a destination.
Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City —
Joka Madruga (CC BY 2.0)
The United States is inserting itself into Venezuelan politics again by questioning the victory of Hugo Chavez successor Nicolas Maduro and calling for a recount of the vote from Sunday's closely fought election.
Dario Castillejos, Cagle Cartoons, Dario La Crisis —
AP/Ramon Espinosa
Polls have closed in Venezuela's presidential election, which pitted a top lieutenant of the late Hugo Chavez against a veteran Chavez opponent who promised to take the country in a different direction.
Christo Komarnitski, Cagle Cartoons, Bulgaria —
By Clay Bennett —
AP/Ariana Cubillos
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died this week after a two-year battle with cancer, recognized and respected poverty and the poor.
Arcadio Esquivel, Cagle Cartoons, La Prensa, Panama —
As millions gather to mourn Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the spate of criticism still pouring from the mouthpieces of the U.S. corporate media confirms elite hostility toward poor people and their defenders around the world.
ABr / José Cruz via WikiMedia Commons (rights reserved)
The foreign policy of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez imagined that socialism and anti-imperialism are the same thing, and that he could lead a new sort of socialist international. These considerations shaped his Middle East policy in ways that were contradictory and hypocritical.
Nerilicon, Cagle Cartoons, Mexico City —
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been in a hospital since Feb. 18 for treatment of breathing problems amid an ongoing battle with an unspecified cancer, but nearly three in five of his fellow countrymen believe he will return to power.
Patrick Chappatte, Cagle Cartoons, The International Herald Tribune —
Nerilicon, CagleCartoons.com, Mexico City —
Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE —
AP/Fernando Llano
Although he was only recently elected to a fourth term as Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez has flown to Cuba for yet another surgery to address malignant cancer.
An activist observer of the negotiations in Doha, Qatar, this week dismissed offers by developed countries as "an empty shell, an insult to our futures. There is literally no point in countries signing up to this sham of a deal, which will lock the planet in to many more years of inaction."
Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico —
American actor Danny Glover, who was in Venezuela monitoring the presidential election, says large numbers of Venezuelans are rejoicing at the prospect of the continuation of social programs that have benefited the public since recently re-elected President Hugo Chavez took office in 1999.
Fora do Eixo (CC BY-SA 2.0)
A human rights group has reported an attack on the Yanomami tribe in Venezuela that has left up to 80 people dead after gold miners set fire to a communal house last month.
The Venezuelan president will put his re-election plans on hold to return to Cuba to have a third operation on his pelvis, where his cancer may have returned.
Flickr / ¡Que comunismo!
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been busy courting countries from Latin America to Eastern Europe to the Middle East to the Far East to assemble a political and economic bulwark against American imperialism. (more)
Arcadio Esquivel, La Prensa, Panama
The ailing Venezuelan president will run for re-election in 2012, according to a top government official, and intends to hold on to most of his political powers while undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba. Chavez has expanded the portfolios of his vice president and finance minister. (more)
The Official CTBTO Photostream (CC-BY)
Thanks to a new undersea cable linking the island nation to Venezuela, Cuba will get a 3,000-fold boost in its information bandwidth. As Read Write Web's Curt Hopkins points out, the project indicates how valuable the Internet is, even to a country that has serious blogging anxiety.
Venezuelan State Television
In a brawl broadcast live on television and radio, Venezuelan legislators exchanged blows as members of President Hugo Chavez's United Socialist Party tried to remove an opposition member from the parliament's speaker's podium.
"Carlos" is a fictionalized but persuasively believable biography of celebrity terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, a man known for his indolence as well as support for a whole gamut of revolutionary causes.
View older articles: 1 2 3 >
View the most popular tags overall?


text:
Painting the Antarctic
My decision to paint Antarctica came about through a number of reasons, I started fundraising in 2011 but only really got serious about painting in 2012, when looking into what we'll be seeing in Antarctica a recurring theme was the glorious blue glow from within ice-bergs and that it is impossible to capture with a camera. So a solution? Paint it.
I'll be going back to the roots of documenting adventures. Artists were charged with the task of portraying the beauty of the landscapes discovered by their exploration team.
My three favourite painters all focus on the stunning natural world, so to go to such a mysteriously beautiful place as Antarctica armed with my camera and sketchbook I hope to get all the materials I need to try and inspire people about Antarctica as I was inspired.
When it comes to education on my return, by doing it through art I give people a chance to connect with the landscapes because they are creating images of it themselves. It is also such an open format, there are so many different styles and materials to use to create a piece of art, that anyone can try it and get involved. Hopefully people will be inspired to try the arts, and at the same time learn about and connect with the environment.
I hope to capture our story through a series of paintings, maybe starting with my first sunrise in Ushuaia which I managed to photograph from the roof of the hotel and ending with the last sunset of Antarctica.
below: Mravik's Canada 2012 oil on canvas and Eden 2012 oil on canvas- Oli Wheeldon
Its not the end but the beginning
As I sit on the Club lounge, the 4th deck of the Sea Spirit ship on the last night that we leave the continent, entering the Drakes' Passage on our way back to Ushuaia, I am just soaking in all that has happened over the past few days with the International Antarctica Expedition "Leadership on the Edge" programme. Everyone in the lounge is preparing to say their last goodbyes for the next two days as the expedition comes to an end. It is a little bit sad for others but as for me it is not, I am happy!
As I am sitting down looking around the room with all these beautiful young people that I have come to know and cherish as a family over the last couple of few days, I do so with a smile. For me this is only the beginning of lifetime friendships that I have established on this journey, hence my happiness.
This experience has been a serious eye opener for me— my first international travel, touching snow for the first time, hiking on glaciers and drinking glacial water, camping on the cold ice, seeing penguins, albatrosses, leopard seal, polar plunging…the list is endless—all of this—first time to experience—- never in a million years have I ever thought this would happen to me this year—indeed the saying that 'dreams do come true' is true!
Being the first woman from my country, Botswana, to visit Antarctica it is indeed an honour, I am looking forward to going back to work with the youth on environmental awareness projects, leadership, teamwork and action as this expedition has best guided me.
I would like to thank Robert Swan and his fantastic 2041 team leaders for having made these past few days informative, fruitful and above all fun— great memories I will treasure forever; to the Antarctica Youth Ambassador Programme participants, thank you for inspiring me with your powerful stories and helping me shape up my project; to Bain & Company consultants for motivating me to be a change agent; to Shell's John for teaching me about Climate Super Hero Powers, energy ninja…. and how can I forget the lovely Stephenie for powering my mind with "Sustainability" ideas. To all the 2041 participants I say "SALUTE!" for being my source of inspiration, I have learnt tons and tons from each and every one of you and I look forward to continuing our discussions from our respective countries (I hope to visit some of you soon. To my wonderful room-mate from India, Sonal Asgotraa, thank you for staying up late most nights sharing your thoughts on culture, tradition, family and helping me accomplish my 007 mission.
To my sponsors—Ducere Foundation and CITI Bank, thank you for making my dream come true, your support will forever be acknowledged.
Last call, Last call for Antarctica
Today as we began to do things for the last time, there was a sense of somberness in the atmosphere. It was our last time that we would hear from John and Stephanie about climate change and sustainability, our last time learning about change from the Bain team, our last time photographing the projectile poop from the penguins but most notably, our last time wrapping ourselves in 'layers, layers, layers'. For the next few days as we venture back through the Drake Passage, our newly united 2041 family will be our source of warmth.
I found myself this morning at breakfast sitting at a table with a bunch of warm, open- hearted individuals – all of which have arabic as a first language. Thankfully, for my sake they all also spoke english. Two weeks ago, I probably would have chosen the empty seat next to a familiar Australian face, but the ear to ear smiles and roars of laughter that surrounded the table were too hard to resist. As we sat there comparing languages and cultural differences, the word family was mentioned several times. It stuck to me then, but little did I know that it would end up being an underlying theme of the day.
Disembarking the zodiac's for the second last time into a sea of slippery ice, Rob welcomed us to the Russion station on Antarctica known as Bellinghausen. Before hiking over the hill to see the magnificent sight of four elephant seals, we were given the opportunity to visit the 2041 E-base station that currently runs on 100% renewable energy and has done since it's establishment in 2007. Powered by fierce antarctic winds and energy from the sun, this foundation is a shining example that renewable energy is possible and plausible, for if it can be done in Antarctica then it can be done anywhere in the world.
As Sky, the E-base caretaker, presented the grand tour, he pointed out the surrounding Chilean, Chinese and Korean stations . He also mentioned that despite the time zones that separate the nations(on the same island), in any emergency situation, everyone comes together and works as family to resolve the situation.
And right now as I sit here in the lounge, I am once again surrounded by 2041 team members, leaders and ship crew that I now know as my family. Sharing music, stories, photos and contacts – it's almost time to say goodbye and head home to our own families.
Polar Plunge
Antarctic waters are not renowned as a must visit destination for those who love to swim in the sea.
Yet after a week of mostly ignoring the actual waters of the continent in favour of the countless icebergs and islands 70 slightly crazy people rushed up onto deck three in dressing gowns to throw themselves overboard.
The famous and perhaps feared polar plunge had been playing on many peoples minds since we first left port in Ushuaia.
We always knew that the day would come, but we did not know when it would occur.
The morning started bright and early as always with a lovely wake up call blasting across the ships intercom, and soon we were suited up and ready to jump into zodiacs and land on the continent of Antarctica.
We were organised into groups and went through a wilderness survival course on the ice learning a crash course in first aid, survival skills and ropes.
This was incredibly useful and should have been a warning about the activity that awaited us on our return.
As we disembarked from the zodiac and re entered the ship there was a sign posted across our daily itinerary.
It read: polar plunge, NOW!
It was chaos as people ran to change into a strange array of bathers, thermals and the odd penguin outfit for the plunge.
Those opting to stay warm and dry stood out on deck watching everyone jump into the freezing waters of Antarctica.
I was hesitant to jump, and originally stood on deck and decided against what I thought seemed like a mad idea.
Yet slowly the fun and adventure took hold and I raced back to my cabin with Lillian from Botswana to find out how cold it really was in the water.
Lets just say, it was cold and over so quickly that I hardly remember it.
The highlight of the day certainly was running up the stairs onto deck 5 and jumping into the Jacuzzi that was warm and watching ice bergs float by.
Jumping from a ship into dark blue waters with ice floating past might seem a little mad, but coming down to Antarctica in the first place is an adventure and why not take every opportunity to experience this marvellous place, even if it was colder and wetter than usual?
Morgan Pettersson


text:
David Attenborough Starts Crowdfunding Campaign for Gorillas
Sir David Attenborough launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $160,000 to protect African mountain gorillas from poaching and habitat loss.
Ellen Degeneres Grants Holiday Wishes for Animal Groups
Ellen Degeneres has partnered with the Petco Foundation for their Holiday Wishes campaign to help some very deserving animal-welfare organizations.
PETA Files Complaint Against Makers of Cruel 'RoboRoach' Kit
The animal rights organization says Backyard Brains may be committing a felony, practicing veterinary medicine without a license.
Exclusive: Sneak Peek at 'A Piggy's Tale' Comic Book!
'A Piggy's Tale' follows the adventures of a three-legged superhero rescue dog and his rescue cat sidekick.
Somerhalder Uses Halloween to Say Adopt Black Cats and Dogs
The actor asks for people to lose their fear of black cats and dogs, who are last to be adopted and first to be euthanized, thanks to superstitions.
USDA Plan to Speed Up Processing May Increase Poultry Abuse
The number of inhumanely treated poultry is expected to increase as the USDA proposes to speed up processing lines at slaughterhouses.
Paul Watson Returns to U.S. Shores, Costa Rica Drops Red Notice
After months at sea, the Sea Shepherd founder is on land in the U.S. and set to testify in his defense against charges brought by Japan.


text:
Violets over time
So I have lurked here occasionally, but not really posted much as my AV approach is so different than the showing, collecting, large-scale hobby approach. I just grow AV's because my mother and her neighbor did when I was growing up. I don't have to have the latest and greatest new best thing. Like anyone who has plants for a while and thinks about them, questions come up. You have all been generous with your time and expertise, and I appreciate that.
About ten years ago I bought a package of "Fantasy African Violet" seed and planted it on a lark. I was ordering my veg seeds for the year, and these were also offered, and I thought of my mom and thought "why not?". I couldn't believe it when I ended up with about forty violets from what seemed to be a bit of dust. Most of them were plain blue pansies, and as I am limited to natural light, I winnowed them down to twelve. Through various means of propagation I still have eleven of them today. So this leads to my questions.
First, does anyone keep violets for a long time? I mean it seems like folks toss plants right and left, and I guess if I had more than my time and a three dollar package of seed invested I might be more callous myself.
Secondly, do violets change through many propagations? If so, do growers for sale then toss anything that seems not quite like the original, to keep the named variety the same? I did have one violet, a pretty much plain red-violet pansy go rogue and after about seven years get a white streak down its blossom. I can't remember how many propagations I did on it before or since. I don't think I did anything differently when I propagated it that time. I have kept the plain and the streaked one. What I am noticing now is that there is variegation also in the foliage. I recently removed a sucker from the varigated plant and rooted it, and the new plant isn't showing the varigation or so much puckering. Is this a culture issue then? I know that my culture is not the best, as AV's aren't my main focus, and therefore get less time spent on them than other things. The mother plant is on the right, with the open blossom, and the sucker plant is on the left with the bud. Through time the leaves on this violet have looked like the plain ones on the sucker on the left. I was about to toss the mother plant when I noticed the lighter centers to the leaves and thought I would ask. I am guessing it is a salts build up issue, but just wanted to check with others and see what you think. Thanks.
Some violets can attain great age, and yes, people do keep them for a long time. I read somewhere on this forum that someone had a violet that was over fifty years old. A lot depends on why one is growing them. If they are show plants, usually after being forced into a large bloom, the plant will be given away or discarded so the grower can start fresh. Plants are like people: the younger ones are more vigorous and the older ones, not so much. Plants also have a natural life-span: some live for years and some just a short time. Think annuals vs. California Redwoods. I'm not much of a tosser; I keep mine for years. But, I have the room and the time to accommodate a lot of plants.
Yes, violets can change over time. This is called 'sporting'. Violets have been hybridized extensively and sometimes this results in genetic instability. Some will revert back to something that is closer to the original parentage and some will go off in totally unexpected directions. Some flower colors/types are less stable than others and will sport more readily. I have found 'fantasy' types to be the most unstable for me. The streaks and variegation you discussed are just a genetic trait that is starting to express itself.
Growers will not automatically toss a sport. It will be judged the same as any other violet. Growth pattern, flower color and shape, vigor and other characteristics will be taken into consideration. If it's a good violet, it will be further propagated to see if it is stable enough to continue to grow as its own variety. The sport will not have any effect on the named variety as it is a separate plant and usually will get a separate name-So-and-so-sport.
Sometimes culture can change the look of a plant. This is why a sport will be propagated several times to see if it is a true sport or just a culture issue. I have found culture will affect the entire plant making it grow poorly over all. A sport will usually grow as well as any other violet in your collection. I have a sport of 'Playful Spectrum'. PS has white blossoms with a lavender overlay and blue streaks. It is also very unstable. Mine is now pink and I keep it because it's a blooming fool. It has not been out of heavy bloom since November.
So... keep your mother plant and your sport and enjoy! They both look fine!
I'm glad to hear that some violets are kept around a while. I guess I am sentimental. Thanks for the long explanatory response, Linda. I think what I am going to do is repot the mother and keep her a while. In a bit I'll take a leaf and see what the new daughter's leaves look like. I looked it up and it seems there are a lot of different incarnations of your PS violet. I wonder how many of those blue pansies would have sported like the red violet one did. No way to know now.
I think Linda covered your questions. Your lighter green variegation on the leaves - probably can go into leaf chimera - when every leaf has this central splotch - is a sign of instability - and you can get sports - but i do not believe you are going to get anything better than original one - solid colors just do not have a lot of play in them. While fantasies - do.
It would be nice to get a sport that is distinctive and worth naming. Otherwise the counting of how many substandard mutations this plant can produce...time to move on.
I do not believe in tossing healthy plants even if you are tired of them. You have friends or elderly relatives that probably will kill it in a month - but for a month - this plant will make them happy. My Mom lives in senior apartments - and her friends love to get a AV in bloom.
The issue of tossing old violets or keeping them indefinitely - I side with Linda - some of the way better to restart, and some do OK with a regular repotting or rerooting the crown.
Good luck - and the fact that you keep the same plants for all these years - means you know what you are doing.
But I would like you to get at least one new and different one for fun.
It is interesting to wonder what could have become of your blue pansy, but, like Irina said, that color/flower type is very stable. If I remember my violet genetics correctly, both are dominant traits and violets will tend to express these traits over other recessive ones. Though it is fascinating when you think that most all of the cultivars ever bred trace their lineage back to S. ionantha. What genetic diversity in one species!
I think that as we get further and further away from the original species, instability and the resulting sports will become more and more common. I am seeing many more sports that I did when I first started growing. What do you think?
I think you are correct... we all come from "Eve" that lived in Africa 200 000 years ago - according to DNA - but I am sure we do not look like her at all...
We keep rocking the DNA of Saintpaulia - and more and more interesting features comes up = but stability suffers.
Well, no one who grows AV's will ever be bored, that is for sure. I am happy the hybridizers do the heavy lifting that keeps us interested. I did actually buy a new violet last spring, a white with a red violet thumbprint on each petal. Different than anything I have grown before. I did watch a couple of the "All About African Violets" videos last week when DH was gone, and there sure were some beautiful ones at the shows she went to.
I have sev plants that show similar leaf variegation, but the flowers are single tone. it's a very healthy 12" plant that I've had for 4 years at least. it's in 3.5" pot in cachepot.
I don't think it harms it in any way, it flowers very well. but I do keep it in strong dappled western window light, may be it's why it develops mottled leaves?
you can see the bottom center and bottom right corner , but there are a few more like this. but only a few.
it's totally fine, I think.
I do not believe that so called leaf birthmarking is connected to sun damage - it is a genetic mutation. It can probably be at some point stimulated by excessive sun - but even with change of the growing condition it stays put.
Otherwise - you have a healthy happy plant without any sun damage.
good to know, Irina.
I keep all my violets in western dappled light - pretty strong, i'd say. but it develops very nice deep color. soon as I xfer them for viewing to less light they fade a little. I started swapping them every week back and forth, to see if it helps maintain better color. not sure yet, if it is helping...
aseed, that's a very pretty 'thumb-print' violet!


text:
Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie
From Country Living
Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie mixes two all-time favorites: the rich, gooey texture of a pecan pie with the seductive sweetness of chocolate.
Save this recipe
Submit your version
You must be logged in to use this feature.
Username: | |
Password: | |
Forgot your username or password? |
Not a member? Register
Nutritional Information
(per serving)
Calories | 571 |
Total Fat | 37.9g |
Saturated Fat | -- |
Cholesterol | 97.3mg |
Sodium | 185mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 55.3g |
Dietary Fiber | 2.1g |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 6.4g |
Calcium | -- |
Ericka McConnell
Serves: 12
Yields: One 11-inch pie
Cook Time: 45 min
U.S. | Metric | Conversion chart |
- 1.75 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoon(s) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup(s) sugar
- 3 tablespoon(s) sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon(s) salt
- 3/4 cup(s) (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled
- 1 cup(s) light corn syrup
- 3 large eggs
- 5 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup(s) bourbon
- 2 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract
- 4 ounce(s) bittersweet chocolate, grated
- 2 cup(s) chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup(s) pecan halves
- Make the dough: Place the flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt together in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade and pulse until combined. Add the cold butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Drizzle in 3 to 6 tablespoons ice water and pulse until a dough just begins to form. Gather the dough into a disk, wrap in plastic, and chill until firm about 45 minutes.
- Blind-bake the crust: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Roll out the dough to a 13-inch circle, place into an 11-inch pie plate, and crimp the edges. Line with parchment paper and fill with pie weights. Bake for 10 minutes, remove weights, and bake for 5 more minutes.
- Make the pie filling: Lower oven setting to 350 degrees F. Combine the corn syrup, remaining sugar, eggs, melted butter, bourbon, vanilla, and remaining salt in a large bowl and set aside. Sprinkle the chocolate and chopped nuts over the bottom of the pie shell and pour the egg-vanilla mixture on top. Place the pecan halves in a decorative pattern on top of the filled pie and bake until golden and set about 45 minutes. Transfer the pie to a wire rack and let cool for 90 minutes. Pie will keep covered for up to 3 days.
Loading photos...
Here are some alternate versions of this recipe created by our wonderful community of chefs!
Reprinted with permission of Hearst Communications, Inc.
More from Country Living


text:
Services »Laser-Cut Mylar SMT StencilOur SMT stencil service offers low-cost, plastic stencils that are an economical alternative to metal stencils or hand soldering for prototypes and low-volume manufacturing runs of PC boards with surface-mounted components. If you need to solder a few dozen or more contacts, these stencils are a great way to do it. Compare all products in Services.
Log In | Wish Lists | BIG Order Form | Shopping Cart
US toll free: 1-877-7-POLOLU ~
(702) 262-6648 |
Catalog | Forum | Blog | Support | Ordering | Distributors | About | Contact |


text:
Practice Makes Perfect
When developing your faith in God's love, you must not only allow it to flow to you but through you to others. As 1 John 4:12 says, "…If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us."
Remember the old saying practice makes perfect? That's absolutely the truth. The way to perfect God's love in you is by practicing that love toward other people.
Don't just practice it on the easy ones either. Don't just focus on loving the people who are kind and gracious to you. (The Bible says even rank sinners can do that.) Determine to love those who irritate you and act ugly toward you. Purposely love those who have hurt you.
Start by making sure you have forgiven them of any wrong they have done to you. Even if you don't emotionally feel like forgiving them, do it anyway by faith. Say, "Father, I am forgiving this person out of obedience to your Word. I refuse to hold anything against them. Right now by faith I receive from You the grace to love them." Then pray for that person. Ask God to help them and bless them.
Don't sit around waiting for some kind of supernatural warm, fuzzy feeling to make you do it, either. Just pray for them by an act of your will. Ask God to help you see that person the way He sees them.
Faith without action is dead, so take the time in prayer to "see" them the way God does. Start by picturing them in your mind and then visualize Jesus coming right up behind them and taking them in His arms. See them totally engulfed in Him. Then think Yes, Lord, that's the way You treated me. You loved me and had mercy on me when I didn't deserve it. Help me do for them what You did for me. Lord, I let Your forgiveness and compassion for them find expression through me.
You may think you can't do that right now. But I guarantee you if you'll step out in faith, you'll tap into the love of God and find out you can. You'll find that the more you believe the love God has for you and the more you practice it toward others, the more it is perfected in you.
Gloria Copeland — Obeying the Spirit Part 3
Through listening to Him and communicating with Him, in living communion with Him, grace and peace are multiplied to us.
What is the wisest thing for you to do? Go after more of God. Pray in the Spirit. Pray with your understanding. Spend time with your Father. Read the Word and meditate on it. Think about it. Ask Him to teach you the truth. Ask Him to lead you. If you need to know something, ask Him about it. He is the teacher.
If you were a student in school and did not know what to do, you would ask your teacher. In the same way, the Holy Spirit, Who proceeds directly from God, is living in you, and He is your own private tutor—your teacher. I know it is a difficult thing to fathom. You have to receive grace to believe it. You have to allow the Spirit of God to reveal it to you. Why would you walk in the dark or live in confusion when the Spirit of God is in you? There is only one reason—failure to listen to Him and do what He says.
The Spirit of God ministers grace to us on a day-to-day basis. That makes us want to be obedient so He can manifest His blessings in our lives. The obedient are blessed of God. It always has been that way. The Apostle James wrote:
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you (James 4:4-7).
Very often, people quote this scripture only partially. They say, "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." First it says, "Submit yourselves to God." Then it says, "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." Satan flees from the obedient.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
Gloria Copeland — Obeying the Spirit Part 2
Jesus was anointed with the same Holy Spirit Who anoints the Church, the same One Who lives in us. God expects us to obey His Spirit, then He will do the work. Everything we are told to do, we can do. We have the easy part. If we give Him place, He will do the rest.
"According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue" (2 Peter 1:3).
The knowledge of God will bring us everything that His divine power has already provided for us. "All things that pertain unto life and godliness" are wrapped up in the Holy Spirit (see 2 Peter 1:3). As we listen to Him, hear His voice and obey, the things pertaining to life and godliness become ours in the earth.
Look at 2 Peter 1:2: "Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord." How are grace and peace multiplied? Through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. We receive that knowledge from the Holy Spirit as we listen and obey Him in the written Word and obey His prompting inside us. Isaiah 26:3 says, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee...." As we keep our minds on God, we will think about the right things, such as the Father, Jesus, the Word of God, faith, obedience, the glory of God.
We learn about God by reading and studying the written Word. We are enlightened and illuminated by the Spirit of Truth. He leads and guides us. Not only does He teach us the Word, He also reveals God's will for our personal lives. He gives us the full knowledge of God because He is God's Spirit sent to live in us and teach us the things of God.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
Gloria Copeland — Obeying the Spirit Part 1
As we obey the Holy Spirit, those gifts of grace will become profuse in our midst. Miracles will come to pass constantly because grace operates unhindered as we obey Him. As the Holy Spirit ministers grace, people are miraculously healed and delivered.
There are different areas of healing. Not all healing results from a gift of the Spirit. As believers, we have authority over sickness and disease. We also receive from God just because we believe and act on God's Word.
But through the gifts of healings, God personally takes care of a matter. He comes on the scene and gets the job done. He says, "Let Me take over on this one." This is the way He wants to operate in our midst. He wants us to become so obedient to Him, that He can do as He desires in the whole earth through us—and not just to the Church, but through the Church to those who sit in darkness.
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven.... Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: for our God is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:25, 28-29).
It is only through the favor of God given to us by the Holy Spirit that we are able to come to a place of obedience with Him.
You may think, I would love to live for God. I would love to live in obedience to Him. But I know I could never do it.
You are right. You could never do it—by yourself. But you won't have to do it alone. You have the Spirit of God to help you. Remember, He is the Great Enabler. Just take the instructions of the Lord one step at a time. Prepare your heart. Feed on the Word. Pray in the Spirit. Do as you are told, and He will work in your behalf.
Jesus said He could of Himself do nothing (John 5:19). But with the Holy Ghost's power in Him and on Him, He could do anything! He was not alone. "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him" (Acts 10:38).
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
Kenneth Copeland — Our Commandment Is Love
Strife will cause the grace of God to fail in our lives. Strife, unforgiveness, being critical—these things restrain the Holy Spirit from moving on our behalf. He will be hindered in blessing
and favoring us, because the Spirit of God ministers grace through our obedience.
"This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you" (John 15:12). We are to love as Jesus loved. If we don't walk in love, we won't be able to walk in the manifested grace of God on a day-to-day basis. If we fail to keep this commandment, the work of God's Spirit is greatly hindered in our lives.
If you have been praying for some specific needs, but have not been getting results, check your love life. Are you loving the people with whom you come into contact? If not, the power of God is restrained in your life because you are walking in disobedience. Until the love of God begins to operate in your life, the Holy Spirit will be unable to minister unhindered to you to accomplish in your life the good that God desires.
The Bible says when man subverts his ways, his heart frets against the Lord (Proverbs 19:3, The Amplified Bible). Many times we go about living the way we want and simply expect God to fill in the gaps when we get into trouble.
When trouble comes, we say, "God, why did You let this happen to me?"
God did not let it happen to you. You let it happen to you by being disobedient.
You might say, "Well, I didn't know any better." Then you need to become more knowledgeable. You cannot stay in ignorance and stay in blessing at the same time. Satan will cram defeat down your throat as long as you will stand there and take it.
The word grace means "free, undeserved favor." The Greek word for grace is charis. When Christians believe in the gifts of the Spirit, they are called charismatics. What are the gifts of the Spirit? They are simply gifts of God's grace shed abroad in our midst. We don't deserve them. We can't earn them. They come at God's will. They are a manifestation of His grace. Many times a person who receives a gift will not even be standing in faith. (In this situation, someone's faith is active, but not necessarily the one who receives.) God just comes down by His grace and distributes the gifts of the Spirit as He wills. Why? Because God is good. The gifts of the Spirit are gifts of grace. God lavishes them upon us because of His goodness and His mercy.


text:
There are a lot of people for whom being successful on the Medifast 5 & 1 Program could be easy and without a whole lot of fuss. However, it may so happen that you experience difficulty while being on the Medifast 5 & 1 Plan. The following are certain tips and advice that could assist you in reaching your weight loss goals in the event that you reach a weight loss plateau while being on the Medifast program.
If while being on the Medifast program, you were not in the habit of exercising, then now would be a great time to start. Begin your workouts slowly and increase both the intensity and the length of your workouts over time and as your body gets used to workouts of a shorter period and lesser intensity. Always be sure to not overstress your body and run the risk of developing acute or chronic injuries. In case you had already been exercising all this while, then increasing the intensity and dexterity of your workouts might help in getting off of your weight loss plateau.
Make sure that you are cognizant about the amount of carbohydrates that enter your body. In case you are stuck in a weight loss rut, then it is advised that you limit your daily carbohydrate intake to between 80 and 85 grams.
Medifast snack products and maintenance bars
Do not consume Medifast maintenance bars and Medifast snack products on the same day if you happen to be experiencing a plateau in weight loss or a slowdown in weight loss. This is because both the Medifast snack products as well s the Medifast maintenance bars are quite high in carbohydrates and hence consuming both on the same day would cause your daily carbohydrate intake to exceed the allowed limit, that being, 80 to 85 grams per day as mentioned before.
Be sure to make use of MyMediFast in order to maintain a log of the meals that you consume and also ensure that you are consuming the Lean & Green Meal as has been recommended to you by MediFast.
It is very important that you consume at least 64 ounces of water each and every day, particularly if you are experiencing problems in achieving the desired weight loss.
In case you have already tried each and every one of these methods and still not achieved your desired level of fitness and weight loss, you could seek personal help. You could get in touch with the Nutrition Support team at Medifast who can specially customize a program based on your personal goals and wishes and cater to your individual and specific needs.
Thus, if you happen to be on the Medifast 5 and 1 Plan and are currently stuck on a weight loss plateau, then fear not. Following any or all of the aforementioned methods can help you get off that plateau and achieve your fitness and health goals sooner rather than later.


text:
Home > Castlewood HS Castlewood, Virginia Home |
Castlewood High School Castlewood, VA Alumni
Linda Porter Class of 1971 |
Bryce Castle Class of 1961 |
Melissa Hale Class of 1994 |
Sihirley Townes Class of 1967 |
The alumni of Castlewood High in Castlewood, Virginia are encouraged to use this site to relive their time in high school by sharing with former students and teachers of Castlewood High School. If you are an alumn of Castlewood High you should register now in the alumni directory. We also encourage you to interact with the rest of the alumni on this site. You can find old friends, share photos and stay updated on the latest school news. You can share memories of those activities that you were involved with at Castlewood HS and you can view other alumni and read what other former students have posted about the time they spent at Castlewood.


text:
Google is preparing to take on Apple's iPhone 5s in 64-bit smartphones and tablets with the launch of a developer preview of its latest Android L operating system.
The 64-bit compatible Android L is expected to power mobile devices by the end of the year following the launch of final version of the OS.
Android L Developer Preview includes updated SDK tools, system images for testing on an emulator, and system images for testing on a Nexus 5 or Nexus 7 device.
Compatible with 64-bit ARM, Intel and MIPS processors, Google's new OS will enable device manufacturers to start the production of 64-bit Android devices.
Intel is offering further support to Google by making kernel-level modifications for Android L, and will develop an x86 distribution later.
Google has also improved the notification and application launching mechanisms in the Android L, which would also assist enhance mobile device battery life.
Some tablets, including Venue 7 and Venue 8 Android, have already been launched with 64-bit processors which are powered by a 32-bit Android 4.4 KitKat version.
Android L supports ARMv8, which is ARM's 64-bit microprocessor architecture.
At the I/O developers' conference, Google gave a power punch at Apple by rolling out its new Android Wear-powered smartwatches LG G Watch and the Samsung Gear Live, with the Motorola 360 scheduled for launch 'later this summer'.
We have updated our privacy policy. In the latest update it explains what cookies are and how we use them on our site. To learn more about cookies and their benefits, please view our privacy policy. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies. By continuing to use this site, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with our privacy policy unless you have disabled them.


text:
You must be logged in to save your search, you can Register an account with SciCrunch to save your searches.
orIf you have forgotten your password, please enter your account email below and we will reset your password and email you the new password.
Werner syndrome (WS) is a human premature aging disorder characterized by chromosomal instability. The cellular defects of WS presumably reflect compromised or aberrant function of a DNA metabolic pathway that under normal circumstances confers stability to the genome. We report a novel interaction of the WRN gene product with the human 5' flap endonuclease/5'-3' exonuclease (FEN-1), a DNA structure-specific nuclease implicated in DNA replication, recombination and repair. WS protein (WRN) dramatically stimulates the rate of FEN-1 cleavage of a 5' flap DNA substrate. The WRN-FEN-1 functional interaction is independent of WRN catalytic function and mediated by a 144 amino acid domain of WRN that shares homology with RecQ DNA helicases. A physical interaction between WRN and FEN-1 is demonstrated by their co-immunoprecipitation from HeLa cell lysate and affinity pull-down experiments using a recombinant C-terminal fragment of WRN. The underlying defect of WS is discussed in light of the evidence for the interaction between WRN and FEN-1.
Welcome to NIF. Explore available research resources: data, tools and materials, from across the web
Search for resources specially selected for NIF community
Search across hundreds of additional biomedical databases
Search Pub Med abstracts and full text from PubMed Central
Enter your search terms here and hit return. Search results for the selected tab will be returned.
Click here to login or register and join this community.
Narrow your search by selecting a category. For additional help in searching, view our tutorials.
Displays the total number of search results. Provides additional information on search terms, e.g., automated query expansions, and any included categories or facets. Expansions, filters and facets can be removed by clicking on the X. Clicking on the + restores them.
Displays individual records and a brief description. Click on the icons below each record to explore additional display options.


text:
There is always something exciting going on at Pearl S. Buck International! We host events that are intended to bring us closer to the community, promote multicultural understanding, and support our mission. Register for an event below. For more information about our Upcoming Events, please call 215-249-0100 or email us at email@example.com.
Join us for an afternoon tea at the historic landmark site of Pearl S. Buck. Ladies, mothers, daughters & grandmothers are invited for tea, finger foods, sweets, & shopping. Attendees wearing hats & pearls will be invited to participate in a fashion show for prizes. Gift shop & trunk show vendors ad great experience to the afternoon.
Register Now


text:
I said I wouldn't do this again and I hadn't planned on it but I also hadn't planned on how popular the post would be so we're going to do one more week and take it from there, perhaps I'll continue.
Since I obviously have no more summer clothes to share it would have been a waste to take pictures of what I wore all week so instead this week is all Catie. She's more fun to look at anyway.
Old Navy Jeans (again, she all of a sudden grew out of her pants)
Joe t-shirt from Superstore.
I don't think we went anywhere today where she needed shoes.
Old Navy Jeans
Old Navy Flip Flops
T-shirt from Superstore
And then I realized it really wasn't warm enough to wear this so she changed into the cute sweater vest
White Onsie - Carter's
Argyle Sweater Vest - H&M
Jeans - Old Navy
Shoes - Jelly Shoes from Anabanana
Embroidered Shirt - Gap
Jeans - Gap
Shoes - Pink Crocks, I realize they don't match all that well but her shoe selection is also limited.
Red Ruffled T-shirt -Baby Gap
Navy Blue Curderouy Skirt - Baby Gap
White Flowered Flip Flops - Payless
White T-shirt - H&M
Shorts - Children's Place
Yellow Flip Flops - Old Navy
I did the same thing this day, dressed her and then she went on a walk with Grandma in the morning but it wasn't warm enough for shorts so she changed.
Zip-up Hoodie - Roots, you can't tell in the picture but it has cute flowers on it
Jeans - Old Navy
White Jelly shoes again
Long sleeve layered T- Walmart
Brown Pants - Old Navy
Pink Crocks
Anyone else having a hard time uploading photos today? I had a cute picture of Catie in pajamas since it's too early for her to be dressed in real clothes but it won't upload. Perhaps we'll leave it for next week.


text:
The Pam Burge Fitzpatrick Home PageUpdated September 5, 2000 |
Fitzpatrick 2044 Dunkirk Drive Lexington, KY 40504 United States 606-259-0052 firstname.lastname@example.com |
Edit Your Page |
I am looking for Burge from Green Co., PA about 1775. I am back as far as Jacob and Mary Burge. He had a son named Elijah Burge who first married Elizabeth Goodard. (There is other information out there that say Elijah's parents MAY be Christian Burge and Barbara Livingood). But . . . Elijah married again and on his second marriage cert. it has his parents listed as Jacob and Mary Burge. It does not say what Mary's maiden name was. There is a Jacob and Mary Minor Burge with a dau. Rebecca born April 12, 1780 who married Levi Harrod, Jr. But I have not found anything that say for sure they are the same Jacob & Mary Burge. The date and place are a match. HELP! |
Related Links |
The content shown on this page has been submitted by a Genealogy.com customer, and is not subject to verification by Genealogy.com. Neither Genealogy.com nor its affiliates are responsible for the accuracy of any information contained on this page. The opinions expressed on this page are the author's alone and not the opinions of Genealogy.com.
© 2009 Ancestry.com |


text:
Enter your Email address:
Wolters Kluwer Health may email you for journal alerts and information, but is committed to maintaining your privacy and will not share your personal information without your express consent. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
You currently have no recent searches
Vyas, Raj M. M.D.; Eberlin, Kyle R. M.D.; Hamdan, Usama S. M.D.
Background: Many health organizations sponsor overseas surgical outreach initiatives, yet none has published a standardized protocol to prevent and manage unforeseen emergencies. Surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and administrators—working together on a brief overseas humanitarian initiative—benefit from education and training to maximize their collective emergency responsiveness. This article outlines the emergency response protocol instituted by the Global Smile Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit global outreach organization providing comprehensive cleft care for the past 25 years.
Methods: The Global Smile Foundation emergency response protocol was constructed to provide all team members resources and training needed to emulate the high emergency response standards of developed nations. In this article, the authors share their education/training strategy, emergency "crash" cart inventory, site-specific safety checklist, and team member roles and responsibilities during various emergencies.
Results: The authors' protocol emphasizes equipment portability, location-specific adaptability, clear workflow/communication, and standardized team roles. On-site training is likewise portable, standardized, reproducible, efficient, and adaptive to each setting. These characteristics make the authors' protocol widely adoptable.
Conclusions: Most morbidity and mortality during overseas surgical outreach initiatives result from unfamiliarity with the host hospital and other team members during operative (e.g., airway, bleeding, circulatory, anesthetic) or location-based (e.g., power outage, fire, oxygen shortage) emergencies. These complications are prevented and managed with aggressive team education and training. The Global Smile Foundation protocol adapts to the uncertainties of providing medical care in underresourced settings and reflects experience accumulated over the past quarter century. It is the authors' hope that other humanitarian outreach groups will adopt, customize, and build on these basic tenets.
©2013American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Colleague's E-mail is Invalid
Your Name: (optional)
Your Email:
Colleague's Email: Separate multiple e-mails with a (;).
Message: Thought you might appreciate this item(s) I saw at Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Send a copy to your email
Your message has been successfully sent to your colleague.
Some error has occurred while processing your request. Please try after some time.
An Existing Folder
A New Folder
Folder Name:
The item(s) has been successfully added to "".
Login with your LWW Journals username and password.
Username or Email:
Forgot Password?
Enter and submit the email address you registered with. An email with instructions to reset your password will be sent to that address.
Link to reset your password has been sent to specified email address.
What does "Remember me" mean? By checking this box, you'll stay logged in until you logout. You'll get easier access to your articles, collections, media, and all your other content, even if you close your browser or shut down your computer.
To protect your most sensitive data and activities (like changing your password), we'll ask you to re-enter your password when you access these services.
What if I'm on a computer that I share with others? If you're using a public computer or you share this computer with others, we recommend that you uncheck the "Remember me" box.
Save my selection
View All
The Clinical Masters of PRS – Breast eBooks 4 Essential eBooks for Plastic Surgeons


text:
Contact Us
Planet Mining Exploration offers a number of different methods for you to get in contact with management and/or request information that is vital to your investment strategy. If you have any questions that are left unanswered on our website, please feel free to contact us via phone, email, or fax.
Corporate Office:
Suite 302, 750 West Pender Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2T7
Tel: 604.681.0084
Fax: 604.681.0094
Corporate Communications:
Robert Orr, Investor Relations
Tel: 604.681.0084
Email: email@example.com


text:
Drag the home icon in this panel and drop it onto the "house icon" in the tool bar for the browser
Select "Yes" from the popup window and you're done!
Email Print Comment RSS
Indo-Asian News Service
LONDON — A team of seven firefighters rushed in three fire tenders when a squirrel fell from a tree and got stuck in a pond in Britain.
The squirrel could not climb back up the steep concrete walls and had to take refuge on a small island of rocks in the high street pond in Hertfordshire, a ceremonial county, Daily Mail reported.
Full story: 7 firefighters, 3 trucks sent to rescue squirrel


text:
Frank Foster & Frank Wess
The two Franks were so integral a part of the great Count Basie band of the late 1950s and the '60s that it was difficult to think of them as functioning independently. Eventually, they did go their own ways and have prospered, Wess freelancing, Foster returning to the Basie band to take over its leadership. But it was probably inevitable that they get back together in a studio. In 1983, they did, to record this album bearing the title of one of their triumphs with Basie. The collection is a … MORE


text:
Dean Freytag
1924 – 2010
"Unfortunately, we have lost a good friend and a true pioneer in our hobby. Yesterday, Dean Freytag passed away at the extended care facility in Ashland, OH."
Dick Briggs, President MCR
"'A Memorial Walk with Good-Old-Dean' will be held on Saturday 29 Jan. 2011 at Ashland University at Noon. It will be a luncheon and cost $12 each, payable at the entry. Please commit by an RSVP to this email [at: email@example.com] by midnight of Monday 24 Jan. Directions to the memorial ceremony will be provided at that time. Bring your favorite "Dean story" to share in remembering our "Good Old Dean"."
Take care,
"Just got word that Dean Freytag passed away on Christmas Day. There are no other details at this time...."
Jim Ruisinger
Division 6
"We've lost a giant in our hobby. I can't look at a Walthers steel mill complex without thing of the Dean of Styrene."
Gary Salzgaber
Following are the funeral details for your information:
"Calling hours will be in Ashland at Heyl Funeral Home on Thursday (Dec. 30th.) from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM Friday (Dec. 31st.) at the funeral home with calling one hour prior. If you cannot make it to the funeral, there will be an unofficial memorial service in Ashland toward the end of January for Deans many modeling friends."
Take care,


text: Texas day care owner gets 80 years in fire that killed 4 kidsBy the CNN Wire StaffUpdated 1646 GMT (0046 HKT) November 21, 2012A jury found Jessica Tata guilty of murder on Nov. 13, 2012, for a 2011 fire that killed four children at her home day care.Story highlightsJessica Tata was convicted of murder in the 2011 deaths of four kids at her day careProsecutors said she left seven children unsupervised, and that her careless led to the fireTata fled to Nigeria after the fire, but she was arrested and returned to the United StatesA woman convicted of murder in the 2011 deaths of four children in a fire at her Houston day care center was sentenced Tuesday morning to 80 years in prison.Jessica Tata also was ordered to pay a fine of $10,000. She was silent as a judge read the sentence, which came from a jury but was confirmed by the judge.She declined an opportunity to speak at the sentencing, which took place in a Houston courtroom.Prosecutors said Tata's carelessness led to the February 2011 fire that killed the four children and injured three others at her home day care. She was convicted of felony murder last week. Tata, then 22, left seven children unsupervised at her home day care while a pan of oil was on an activated stove, authorities said. The home was on fire when she returned, authorities said. After the fire, Tata fled to Nigeria, and the U.S. Marshals Service named her one of its most wanted fugitives. She was arrested in Nigeria in March 2011 and brought back to the United States. The Marshals Service said it worked "with international investigative resources in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, to bring Tata to justice."More from justiceObama: We need to respect policeFeds prepare corruption charges against Sen. MenendezBoston bombing trial: Life or death?Powered by Livefyre


text:
NEWTON's HOME PAGE
Privacy Policy
Why Use Standard Units?
Name: Jessica Status: student Grade: 6-8 Location: NY Country: N/A Date: August 2006
Why is it important to use standard units (SI) when doing a scientific inquiry?
I do not think that the choice of units necessarily affects the quality of a scientific inquiry. How good or how scientific the inquiry can be depends on the kinds of questions that are asked, the methods chosen, the design of the experiment, how well the parameters are defined.
However, there are advantages to using SI units. For one thing SI units are in base 10, they go in decimal ranges and converting to bigger or smaller units of measure is just a matter moving the decimal place or changing the factor of 10. It is also easier to remember the relationship between units, I still have to stop and think whenever I try to remember how many pints are there in a gallon or how many feet to a mile. That does not happen when I try to convert meters to kilometers or milliliters to liters.
When we have the data or results of our inquiry, we do have to communicate that efficiently. Agreeing to use SI units (which has the above mentioned advantages) makes for a more efficient communication.
Greg (Roberto Gregorius)
Physical quantities have "units" feet, grams, seconds, and so on. It is important to the communication of knowledge that scientists (and others) make sure that the numbers being communicated are in the same units for obvious reasons. If you are talking about 60 seconds and I am talking about 60 hours it makes much difference. As scientific study has progressed scientists have been concerned with using the most meaningful, fewest and most fundamental groups of units. This process is on-going all the time. In the United States, the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) has the responsibility of continually researching current standards and researching how to improve their measurement and consistency. You can find the NIST web sites that have to do with these standards at
There are many interesting stories on the various links.
Vince Calder
Hello Jessica,
It is very important to use a standard set of units and there are a couple of good reasons. Think of a large group of people trying to work together to solve a problem or build something, but doing so in many different languages.
If everyone uses the same system of units, then there is less likelihood of mistakes. Most of the time a mistake in the units (or conversion from one set to another) is easy to catch. Regrettably however, it does happen. One of the most infamous cases of this in recent history was the loss of NASA's Mars Climate Observer spacecraft. The probe had a fatal mistake buried deep inside that no one figured out (until it was too late). Engineers from Lockheed calculated a series of data used to control how the spacecraft was maneuvered. Lockheed did the calculation in English units (pounds) and NASA used the data as though it was calculated in SI units (Newtons). That single factor brought down a 125 million dollar spacecraft.
Secondly, it is just easier to communicate and get your ideas across. If a researcher writes a paper using a poor choice of units (especially an experimental scientist), the results can be clouded or obscured. While it is true enough that (assuming everything was done correctly) anyone else could sit down and convert the units into something easily understandable, very often that simply will not happen. If someone does an interesting experiment or finds an interesting result, other people simply may not recognize it as such if it's not presented in a way that is easy to grasp.
There are also more subtle reasons too. For instance, it is best to units that are appropriately chosen for the system you are studying. It makes little sense to measure the mass of a mountain in atomic mass units and measuring the mass of a single atom in kilo-grams isn't too great of an idea either. There are also units which came about through a historical reason. Those units may have been ok at the time, but as the system is better understood it may become apparent that there is a better choice.
Simply put, If you have got a large number of people working together, it is best if they can fluently speak a common language. That is basically why scientists the world over try to use a singular set of units. Or at least it is why I wish we all used a single set of units!
Michael S. Pierce
Materials Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
Click here to return to the General Topics Archives
NEWTON is an electronic community for Science, Math, and Computer Science K-12 Educators, sponsored and operated by
Argonne National Laboratory
Educational Programs
, Andrew Skipor, Ph.D., Head of Educational Programs.
For assistance with NEWTON contact a
System Operator (firstname.lastname@example.com)
, or at Argonne's
Educational Programs
Educational Programs
Building 360
9700 S. Cass Ave.
Argonne, Illinois
Update: June 2012


text:
Connect to share and comment |
Chileans love to toss in English words but they struggle to master the language. The government is trying to change that.
SANTIAGO, Chile — Popular myth has it that in the port city of Valparaiso, a woman had a fleeting romance with a U.S. Marine and ended up pregnant. When her beau left Chile, she named the baby in honor of his ship. The baby was christened "Usnavy."
Chileans love to name their children after their idols or anything that sounds exotic enough. There are hundreds of Scarleth, Jhonatan, Lizbeth, Brayantan (Brian+Jonathan), Dayana (Diana), and Maikl, Maikel or Maicols (Michael) signed up at the civil registry.
Chile's posh business and academic elite pepper their conversations with terms in English that have perfectly good equivalents in Spanish: "marketing," "break," "performance," "accountability," "offshoring," "holding," "leasing," "clusters" and "joint venture" are regularly thrown around at business meetings.
Common in everyday language is a long list of anglicisms, among them: smog, camping, living (for living room), closet, parking, spot (as in TV ad), "walking closet" (as in walk-in closet). The most popular: "water" (from water-closet, to refer to the toilet). More recently, they have incorporated "bullying," "grooming" and "making off" (yes, with double "f"), as in movies.
While "shopping" at a "mall," they will come across flashy signs announcing a "Sale." The problem is that in Spanish, "sale" means "get out." So what are Chilean consumers to do? Go in and buy something cheap, or make their way out the door? Chileans really want to appear to be the "British of America" — as goes another popular myth — but most just can't get it right.
In a country whose fate is so tied to foreign markets, learning English has become vital — yet well into high school, many students can barely get beyond naming the colors and conjugating the verb "to be."
There is no precise data on how many Chileans actually command the English language, but, according to Rodrigo Fabrega, director of the Education Ministry's "English Opens Doors" program, only about 5 percent of public high school graduates have good levels of English.
A few years ago, the government made English mandatory for fifth-graders and up in public schools (most private schools start teaching English from kindergarten). The ministry has been promoting scholarships for teachers and students to study abroad and a foreign volunteer program to assist local English teachers in class. It has launched a free online English learning program for children called "Mingoville," as well as a week-long intensive "English Camp" for high-schoolers.
"Chile is a small country with an open economy, and its participation in the global economy requires learning English as a second language. English is a tool that opens work or business opportunities, increases access to state of the art technologies, expands and improves the use of internet, allows Chileans to study abroad and improves comprehension of information published in English," Fabrega said.


text:
Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)Growth in Number of Catholics Worldwide, Along with Priests and Deacons
By Asia News
May 13th, 2013 Asia News (www.asianews.it/) The number of Catholics in the 2979 ecclesiastical jurisdictions around the world is up - as is the number of bishops, priests, deacons and seminarians. However, the number of women religious has decreased. VATICAN CITY (AsiaNews) - The number of Catholics in the 2979 ecclesiastical jurisdictions around the world is up - as is the number of bishops, priests, deacons and seminarians. However, the number of women religious has decreased. Asia remains a religiously vibrant continent: the number of faithful and priests is up as is the number of professed religious who are not priests, seminarians, and in contrast to the world's data, also the number of nuns. The number of Catholics worldwide rose from 1196 in 2010 to 1214 million in 2011, an increase of 1.5% and since this growth is only slightly higher than that of the Earth's population (1.23%), the presence of Catholics in the world remains essentially unchanged (17.5%). Territorial analysis of changes in this period, show an increase of 4.3% of Catholics in Africa, which saw a population increase of 2.3%. Asia also registered an increase in the number of Catholics that was higher than that of the population (2.0% versus 1.2%). The growth in the number of Catholics in America and Europe remained stable, in line with population growth (0.3%). In 2011, the total number of baptized Catholics distributed across the continents is: 16.0% in Africa, 48.8% in the Americas, 10.9% in Asia, 23.5% in Europe and 0.8% in Oceania. The number of bishops in the world increased, from 2010 to 2011, from 5,104 to 5,132, with a relative increase of 0.55%. The increase particularly involved, Oceania (4.6%) and Africa (+1.0%), while Asia and Europe are slightly above the global average. America did not register any changes. Given these different dynamics, however, the distribution of Bishops across the various continents remained largely stable over the last two year period under consideration, with America and Europe alone, continuing to represent nearly 70 percent of the total. Globally, the presence of the diocesan and religious priests has increased over time, growing in the last decade from 405,067 units as of December 31, 2001, to 413,418 as of December 31, 2011 (+2.1%). This evolution was not, however, uniform in different geographical areas. The dynamics of the number of priests in Africa and Asia is encouraging , with a +39.5% and +32.0% respectively (and with an increase of over 3,000 units, for the two continents, in 2011 alone), while America remains stationary around an average of 122 thousand units. Europe, in contrast to the global average, has seen a decrease of more than 9% in the past decade. Permanent deacons are booming, both globally and in individual continents, passing from a total of more than 29,000 in 2001 to about 41,000 units a decade later, with a variation of more than 40%. Europe and America registered both the most numerically significant and vibrant trend. In fact, the European deacons, little more than 9,000 units in 2001, were almost 14,000 in 2011, an increase of over 43%. In America the number grew from 19,100 units in 2001 to more than 26,000 in 2011. These two continents, alone, account for 97.4% of the global total, with the remaining 2.6% split between Africa, Asia and Oceania. The group of professed religious who are not priests has continued to firmly establish itself over the last decade, registering just over 55,000 units in 2011. In Africa and Asia there are variations of +18.5% and +44.9%, respectively. A strong downward trend was observed in data for the professed [women] religious, with a decrease of 10% from 2001 to 2011. The total number of professed religious, that counted than 792 thousand units in 2001 is now at just over 713 thousand 10 years later. The decline particularly affects three continents (Europe, America and Oceania), with significant variations (-22% in Europe, -21% in Oceania and -17% in America). In Africa and Asia, however, there has been a sustained increase, more than 28% in the first continent and 18% in the second. Consequently, the fraction of professed religious in Africa and Asia out of the global total increased from 24.4% to about 33%, at the expense of Europe and America, whose dropped respectively by a total of 74% to 66%. Candidates for diocesan and religious priesthood globally went from 112,244 in 2001 to 120,616 in 2011, an increase of 7.5%. The evolution was very different in the various continents. While, Africa (+30.9%) and Asia (+29.4%) showed a lively growth, Europe and America recorded a decline of 21.7% and of 1.9%; respectively. As a result, we observe a reduction in the contribution of the European continent to the growth potential of the renewal of priestly life, with a quota that has passed from 23.1% to 16.8%, compared with an expansion of the African and Asian continents. Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


text:
Note: this post is from 2008, outbound links may be broken.
EFM releases Fuff Muzz v0.4
EFM has released version 0.4 of Fuff Muzz, a freeware distortion effect plug-in for Windows PC.
Changes in v0.4
- Cleaned the tone control.
- Added knobs from ouroboros.
Tom has uploaded a demo mp3 here.
You can download the latest version of Fuff Muzz here.


text:
Papa John's leveraged its NFL sponsorship and its latest franchise relationship with Denver Broncos' quarterback Peyton Manning to announce a new deal for loyalty members that runs through Nov. 4.
Papa Rewards customers who use the special promo code "2PAPAS" from now through Nov. 4 while placing any online order of $12 or more will receive their next pizza for free.
The 2PAPAS code may be used only one time per a papajohns.com account.
Read more about online and social promotions.
Topics: Customer Service / Experience , Marketing / Branding / Promotion , Online / Mobile / Social