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Web service
Hello. I decided to develop a web service that will earn money but I can't exactly come up with any good idea. So let's see if any of you got any bright ideas.
Here are few things:
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- Nothing illegal
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- I'm not selling any items
- Does not require loads of $ in investments
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science fiction movies of all time. I enjoyed Star Trek III and IV, too, for what they were. I read a bunch of the DC Comics Star Trek stuff at that time, because my brother bought them. And I watched a bit of the Next Generation and then fell off the wagon. Kirk and Spock were my Star Trek, and the Star Trek 2–4 "era" was its peak for me, warts and all, because that's the "era" that really hooked me. And really, for me, it was all about Wrath of Khan.
In addition to playing Mr. Spock, of course, Leonard Nimoy did a lot of other things. He was on Mission: Impossible. He directed a few movies (Three Men and a Baby!). He was a photographer. He was the voice of Civilization IV. But one thing I really loved of his was Standby: Lights, Camera, Action, on Nickelodeon from 1982–1987, which provided a behind the scenes look at movies like Star Trek III, Return of the Jedi, 2010, and more. Nimoy hosted and occasionally interviewed guests like George Lucas. As a budding film nerd in the pre-Internet Dark Ages, behind the scenes specials like Standby: Lights, Camera, Action were hard to come by. I ate that show up.
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Ariel Double Power?
Well, as I mentioned in my previous thread, I was very close to a Ethnic/International Grocery Store, this weekend, and I was able to pick up two 5kg bags of Ariel.
I am wondering though, what is this Double Power (Doble Poder) stuff? Everyone here has talked about Oxilannos, and OxiAzul, everything else. I've searched and searched, and no one has mentioned this stuff before...
I'm attaching Pics, so you guys can see what I'm talking about. They also had Double Power with Downy, and Low Foam version in there store, however, I didn't wanna grab it, as I didn't want additional scenting on my clothes, and I don't know how much to use of "low foam".
Also.. if any of you guys can read the ingredients list, it'd be comforting to know, I didn't just grab a Americanized bag of Ariel..
Front of Bag
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Thanks to Google Translate, I somewhat have a better idea about the ingredients.
[ayudas de proceso, agentes de limpieza, dodecilbenceno sulfonato de sodio (ingrediente basico), ablandador de agua, intensificadores de limpieza, agentes antirredepositantes, enzimas, perfume, abrillantadores opticos y colorantes, Biodegradabilidad minima del tensoactivo : 90% No Contiene Cloro.]
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processing aids, cleaning agents, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (basic ingredient), water softener, cleaning intensifiers, antirredepositantes agents, enzymes, perfume, optical brighteners and dyes, surfactant biodegradability Minimum: 90% does not contain chlorine.
I wonder if Phosphate is the water softener, or could it be Sodium Carbonate.
The bag I bought at my local Hispanic grocer said free of phosphates.
I have used it in my fl washer. It has a very strong scent and worked like Tide and was just as difficult to rinse out in my soft water. I used 2 tbsp per load. You'll have to play around with dosage depending on your water hardness.
Our baby sitter is from South America and translated the ingredients. There was a line on the package that stated it was now free of phosphates. Are you trying to find a detergent with phosphates? If so, why?
Well, considering what "Phosphate Free" has done to our dishwasher, I'd like to know, what it's doing for our clothing.
I think it'd be nice, to use something then Tide, and maybe even have cleaner clothes. :)
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|Brickyard, 129 N. Rock Island
|Hoodoo Witch, Blues Harvest
|Sun. 5 p.m., $10*
|After Party with Jason Elmore
|Sun. 8 p.m., $10*
|Club Indigo, 126 N. Mosley
|Josh Vowell
|Sun. 5 p.m., $10*
|Heroes, 117 N. Mosley
|Kentucky Gentleman
|Sun. 5 p.m., $10*
|Joe's, 222 N. Washington
|Graham Horton Band
|Sun. 5 p.m., $10*
|Mort's Cigar Bar, 923 E. First St.
|Sun. 5 p.m., $10*
|River City Brewery, 150 N. Mosley
|Cade & Webb
|Sun. 5 p.m., $10*
|Rock Island Live, 101 N. Rock Island
|The Cleveland Blue Band
|Sun. 5 p.m., $10*
|YaYa's, 8115 E. 21st St.
|King Midas and the Mufflers
|Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m.
|Walkers Bar & Venue, 220 S. Commerce
|Cody Bryan Band
|Tue. 6 p.m.
|Artichoke, 811 N. Broadway
|Back Porch Buddha
|Fri. 8 p.m., $5
|Sons of Rayon
|Sat. 8 p.m., $5
|You Knew Me When
|Wed. 8 p.m., $5
|Hereford House, 1400 Terradyne, Andover
|Eric Shumaker, Renea Abdallah
|Fri. 6:30 p.m.
|Eric Shumaker, Jon Consiglio
|Sat. 6:30 p.m.
|Hotel at Oldtown, 830 E. First St.
|Live jazz
|Fri.-Sat., Tue.-Thu., 5 p.m.
|Larkspur Restaurant & Grill, 904 E. Douglas
|Andre Reyes, Jon Consiglio
|Fri. 7:30 p.m.
|Josh Davis, Miki Jarvis
|Sat. 7:30 p.m
|Mort's Cigar Bar, 923 E. First St.
|Contiempo Jazz
|Tue. 8 p.m.
|Newport Grill, 1900 N. Rock Road
|Emily Strom Trio
|Thu. 6 p.m.
|Oscar's Lounge, 11611 E. 13th St.
|Cindy Summers, Kurt Aiken
|Fri.-Sat. 6 p.m., free to all ticket holders 21 and older
|Shamrock Lounge, 1724 W. Douglas
|John Salem
|Sat. 10 p.m., $5
|Brickyard, 159 N. Rock Island
|Fri. 9 p.m.
|Monterey Jack
|Sat. 9:30 p.m., $5
|Heroes, 117 N. Mosley
|Emily Strom, Michael Engel
|Fri. 5 p.m.
|On Tap
|Tue. 6 p.m.
|Jerry's Bar & Grill, 630 N. Robin Road
|The Banned
|Fri. 9:30 p.m.
|Annie Up
|Sat. 9:30 p.m.
|John Barleycorn's, 608 E. Douglas
|Honest Ape
|Fri. 10 p.m., $5
|Opium Western
|Sat. 10 p.m., $5
|Lucky's Everyday, 1217 E. Douglas
|Jon Wayne and the Pain
|Tue. 8 p.m., $5
|Oeno Wine Bar, 330 N. Mead
|Joe Stumpe
|Mon. 7 p.m.
|Tue. 7 p.m.
|Erin & Alan
|Thu. 7 p.m.
|Shamrock Lounge, 1724 W. Douglas
|Virgin Mary, Satellite, Death Black Flowers
|Fri. 10 p.m., $5
|Walkers Bar & Venue,220 S. Commerce
|Blue Eyed Soul
|Fri.-Sat. 9 p.m.
|Adrian's, 2121 N. Rock Road
|Monty Harrison
|Sat. 6 p.m.
|Jerry's Bar & Grill, 630 N. Robin
|Whitnie Means
|Fri. 5:30 p.m.
|John Barleycorn's, 608 E. Douglas
|Open mike
|Mon. 10 p.m.
|Margarita's, 3109 E. Douglas
|Fri.-sat. 9 p.m., $5
|Mort's Cigar Bar, 923 E. First St.
|Grant Snider
|Fri. 5 p.m.
|Sunshine the Bunny
|Fri. 8 p.m., $2
|Jeremiah Johnson
|Sat. 4 p.m.
|Tony Ngo
|Sat. 8 p.m., $2
|Ryan Laydon
|Mon. 8 p.m., $2
|Those Party Bros
|Wed. 8 p.m.
|Bob Evens Band
|Thu. 8 p.m., $1
|Newport Grill, 1900 N. Rock Road
|Joe Stumpe
|Fri. 6 p.m.
|Piccadilly, 7728 E. Central
|Monty Harrison
|Fri. 5:30 p.m.
|River City Brewery, 150 N. Mosley
|Naughty Astronauts
|Sat. 7 p.m., $5
|Sidepockets, 600 S. Tyler Court
|Brooke Bell
|Thu. 8 p.m.
|Stadium Sports Bar, 620 Maple
|Opium Western
|Fri. 9 p.m.
|Dead Friend Walking
|Sat. 9 p.m.
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Phono cartridges are plentiful!!!
by SeagoatLeo - 12/14/12 5:48 PM
In Reply to: What is the simplest way I can convert vinyl records to MP3s by segap_wolley
No. 1 statement is false. Go to Music Direct or Record Doctor or Acoustic Sounds and find 1000 cartridges to meet your every need. Hey, at $60 there will be a limitation, maybe only 20 at that price. Cartridges sell for up to $15 grand.
Not just this post but all posts: If you want good audio sound quality, it will take more than a cheap (really cheap) turntable like an ION to make even a good MP3 file. The better quality the front end turntable set-up, the better the end result. It seems that no one on this site cares about sound quality. A shame with so much more to enjoy.


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Italian Sausage and Tortellini Soup
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Chicken Tortilla Soup – Made easy in the slow cooker
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Ground beef, Dried oregano, Chopped onion, Dried basil, Minced garlic, Lasagna noodles, Tomato sauce, Tomato paste, Salt, Ricotta cheese, Grated Parmesan, and...
Italian Sausage and Tortellini Soup – A delicious recipe for the slow cooker
- 1 Pounds mild or hot Italian sausages, casings removed
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
- 4 Cups beef or chicken stock
- 1/2 Teaspoons dried Italian seasoning
- 1/2 Teaspoons salt
- 1/4 Teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 7.5 Ounces can tomato sauce
- 19 Ounces can diced tomatoes, with juices
- 2 Cups sliced mushrooms
- 1 Package (10 oz) fresh or frozen cheese-filled tortellini
- 1 zucchini, quartered lengthwise, and chopped
- 1/4 Cups chopped fresh parsley
- 2 Tablespoons freshly grated parmesan cheese
Step One
Cook sausage over medium heat for 8-10 min. or until brown, stirring to break meat up.
Step Two
Drain and transfer to slow cooker.
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Add onion, carrots, stock, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, tomato sauce, tomatoes and mushrooms.
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Cover and cook on LOW for 6-10 hours or HIGH for 3-4 hours until vegetables are tender.
Step Five
Meanwhile, cook tortellini according to package directions.
Step Six
Drain and add tortellini, zucchini and parsley to slow cooker and cook on HIGH for 15-20 min longer or until heated through and zucchini is tender.
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Transfer soup to bowls and top with parmesan cheese.
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Minnesota Places 167 Student-Athletes On Spring Academic All-Big Ten Teams
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Minnesota Sweeps Competition, Defeats Northern Iowa and Carleton
Gophers claimed all 18 matches in doubleheader day at Baseline
Gophers Sweep Doubleheader to Start Spring Season
No. 41 Minnesota defeated Marquette and Montana.
Gophers Hold Steady at Kitty Harrison Invitational
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2012-13 JUNIOR SEASON: Went 1-3 in singles record and 2-1 in doubles during her junior campaign Saw victory over Alisha Burton of North Carolina-Greensboro at the Kitty Harrison Invitational (11/9-11) Defeated Aina Hernandez/Aleeza Kanner of Marquette (8-2) paired with Alexa Palen Also saw victory against Molly Hemes/Joyce Yu of Carleton on 2/16 with Kelsey Frechette.
2011-12 SOPHOMORE SEASON: Had a 6-7 singles record and a 6-7 record in doubles on the season Posted two wins in four matches at Northern Iowa Invitational in Waterloo, Iowa (9/23-25) and did the same at the Kitty Harrison Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C. (11/4-6) Picked up other win at USTA/ITA Central Regional Championships in Tulsa, Okla. on 10/20 Played with four different doubles partners Went 2-2 with Aria Lambert at Wildcat Invitational in Evanston Ill. (9/30-10/2) Defeated Creighton's Elizabeth Vermillion (6-1, 6-1) in solo spring singles match of the year Combined with Aria Lambert for a 3-2 doubles record during the fall season including wins over Michigan and Wisconsin duos Competed in four doubles events in the spring for a 1-2 record with Julia Courter and a 1-0 record with Alexa Palen.
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***Staff meetings are painful to sit through; employees are habitually called out by management, put on the spot, humiliated and chastised for doing their jobs even if they're bringing in business or closing deals just because protocol doesn't match the heartless method of doing business as management prefers
****Pay rates and compensation offered to "product" (aka candidates for jobs) that fills the jobs are way below market rates because of the huge margins that management needs to pad figures for capital management / banks
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Today the desk is actually cleaner than last night's photo shows. The Halloween ATCs are mailed, the surplus ones are filed, and lots of bits are put away. However, you should have seen that desk Tuesday a.m. It was a disaster zone, or more aptly put, a desk in the middle of creativity.
If that were all the desk held...creative projects...it might be ok but it is the 'stuff' that goes in this room and has to be put away somewhere, and I am still learning where that somewhere should be. Where DOES one put all the bits that are already cut up and/or how do these get sorted?? Obviously (well so it seems to me), not in individual drawers as I don't have the time nor space to have that many one inch deep drawers. I DO have a ream of large mailing envelopes that I got thru freecycle so if I could ever 'get round to it" I guess I could use those envelopes to sort cut up bits...
Other paper artists...what do you do??
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
On my Desk....September 17
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- Marysol said...
M, I'm not much of a paper artist, and there's never any room on my desk, as it is usually covered with my kid's homework. But, I had to comment on your Halloween cards. They're adorably spooky.
- September 18, 2008 at 12:57 PM
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Hello there, page traveler
So, to start. I have lurked more than I have written I suppose. Therefore haven't put this account to much use. But fear not, or fear so, I have decided to do something about that.
A tidbit of info on myself. Just for the kicks.
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Face the Nation
|Face the Nation
|Public affairs/political talk program
|Created by
|Frank Stanton
|Presented by
|Bill Shadel (1954–1955)
Stuart Novins (1955–1960)
Howard K. Smith (1960–1961)
Paul Niven (1961–1965)
Martin Agronsky (1965–1969)
George Herman (1969–1983)
Lesley Stahl (1983–1991)
Bob Schieffer (1991–present)
|Narrated by
|John Hartge
|Theme music composer
|Score Productions (1991–2002)
Peter Fish (2002–present)
|Country of origin
|United States
|Original language(s)
|No. of seasons
|Executive producer(s)
|Mary Hager
|Rob Hendin
(senior producer)
|CBS News Washington Bureau, Washington, D.C.
|Camera setup
|Videotape; Multi-camera
|Running time
|30 minutes (1954–2012)
60 minutes (2012–present)
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Face the Nation is an American Sunday morning political interview show that is broadcast on the CBS television network. Created by Frank Stanton in 1954, it is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television. The show has been moderated by Bob Schieffer since 1991.
Face the Nation premiered on November 7, 1954, and was originally broadcast on Sunday afternoons at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The program's original host was Tedd Koop, then the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for CBS News. On that first program, his guest was Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy.[1]
Each Sunday, the program's moderator interviews newsmakers on the latest political and socioeconomic issues, and delivers a short topical commentary at the end of the broadcast. The program generally broadcasts from CBS News' bureau in Washington, D.C. Guests include government leaders, politicians, and international figures in the news. CBS News correspondents and other contributors often engage the guests in a roundtable discussion focusing on current topics. The program is usually broadcast at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time (immediately following CBS News Sunday Morning), although most CBS affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone air it at 8:30 a.m. local time. Local affiliates are free to air the show at the time of their choosing, usually before noon local time. A delayed audio broadcast of the program is also carried on a handful of radio affiliates through the CBS Radio Network.
Face the Nation became the last Sunday morning talk show to begin broadcasting in high definition in July 2011 (leaving only CBS's overnight news program Up to the Minute as the only American news program on the major broadcast networks and cable news channels that continued to broadcast in standard definition, until it converted to HD in late November 2012).
The program ran 30 minutes (approximately 21½ without commercials) for much of its history, eventually making Face the Nation the shortest of the Sunday talk shows and the only half-hour Sunday morning talk show on the four major broadcast networks (ABC's This Week and Fox's Fox News Sunday have been one hour long since their debuts, while NBC's Meet the Press expanded to one hour in 1992). It expanded to 60 minutes for a preliminary 20-week period in April 2012, and was extended to that time length permanently on July 29, 2012, although some CBS-affiliated stations still choose to air only the first 30 minutes of the program.[2][3] There is a deliberate break between the first and second half of the program, to allow local affiliates to begin airing another program if they wish to do so.
Approximately 64% of the stations affiliated with CBS air the second half-hour contiguously with the first; the remainder either do not air the second half-hour at all or air that portion of the program on a tape delayed basis, because of station commitments to other local or syndicated programming (such as religious programs, children's programming, local news or public affairs programming, local pre-game programming leading into CBS's The NFL Today, college football coaches shows recapping game action from the day before or already sold infomercials) or carry that half-hour on a co-owned/co-managed sister station instead. Most radio stations only air the first half-hour.[4][5] Other stations choose to air the second half-hour after primetime following their late local newscasts or in a later timeslot as part of their late night schedule.[6]
See also[edit]
- ^ Bob Schieffer. Face the Nation: My Favorite Stories from the First 50 Years of the Award-Winning News Broadcast. New York City: Simon & Schuster. pp. 21–22. ISBN 978-0641658730.
- ^ Bob Schieffer (July 29, 2012). "'Face the Nation' to continue as hour-long show". CBS News. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
- ^ "'Face the Nation' to remain hour-long permanently". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "CBS News 'Face the Nation' is the #1 Public Affairs Show for Three Straight Weeks". TV by the Numbers. February 6, 2009.
- ^ "CBS Face the Nation - all stations and times". Tune In. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
- ^ "Face the Nation: Local Listings". CBS News. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
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BETHESDA, Md. — "I remember everything," U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John G. Curtin said from his bed at the National Naval Medical Center.
The 20-year-old Wingdale native was in Afghanistan less than two months when an improvised explosive device exploded in front of him, forever changing him.
Curtin was on patrol with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, Echo Company, 3rd Platoon, when his unit went to investigate the inside of a mud brick building from which insurgents had been shooting only days earlier. They were in the hilly, dry Sangin Valley in the Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.
"We were looking for leftover rounds, a weapons cache, homemade explosives," Curtin said. "It was part of what we call a 'battle damage assessment.' "
In hindsight, he said, the insurgents still had the unit in their sights.
"They know we do damage assessments," Curtin said. "Sometimes , they try to draw us into a certain area so we hit the IEDs."
The Marines avoided using doorways, which, he said, would have made them easy targets for snipers.
"Another unit blew a hole through a wall of the building," he said. "That's how we came in."
"I was doing security at the entry point," Curtin said. "I turned to my left. The tip of my foot stepped on the pressure plate."
His body slammed into the ceiling from the force of the explosion from the IED in the rubble.
"I was knocked out when I hit the ground," he said.
He came to about a minute later.
"I didn't want to open my eyes," he said. "I knew what happened."
When he did, he saw his squad leader wrapping a tourniquet around his leg. The same was done to his other leg. Both had been blown off at the knee.
Curtin suffered other injuries from the Feb. 15 attack: His left hand was shattered; his right eardrum was blown out; a chunk of flesh left a gaping hole in his right forearm.
But, Curtin said, he felt no pain.
"I didn't feel a thing," he said. "It must have been adrenaline."
He was moved into an open area nearby. "They started shooting at us," Curtin said. "We fired back."
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Curtin said it was around this time that he began to feel cold and tired. His fellow Marines took turns keeping him conscious. About 15 minutes passed before a helicopter came and scooped him up.
"It felt like an hour," he said.
He was taken to a military hospital in Afghanistan — Curtin said he did not remember where, exactly. Then, he was flown to another military hospital in Germany. Three days later, he arrived at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Feb. 20.
Three days after his arrival, Curtin, who joined the Marines in 2009, received a visitor.
President Barack Obama walked into Curtin's hospital room to award him the Purple Heart.
"He thanked me for serving my country," Curtin said. "He said it was people like me that keep the country free."
Having just come from the intensive care unit, Curtin wasn't wearing a shirt at the time.
"So, he pinned the medal to my sheet," Cutin said.
Two and a half hours later, Curtin underwent surgery to close and clean his wounds.
According to the website icasualties.org, which tracks war casualties worldwide, approximately 9,971 American service members have been wounded in Afghanistan since October 2001.
Moreover, the site reports that in Afghanistan, 1,875 deaths have occurred due to IEDs. The year 2010 is listed as the most deadly year of all, with 368 deaths caused by IEDs.
According to USA Today, the Pentagon's Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization reported that IEDs wounded or killed 7,800 troops within the U.S.-led coalition in 2010. The number represents almost half of all casualties that year.
Calls to the Marine Corps base in Camp Lejeune, N.C., requesting comment on Curtin's receipt of the Purple Heart were not returned.
Curtin is slowly on the mend.
"At first, I had night terrors," Curtin said. "I actually woke up one night and saw an explosion with my eyes wide open. There was dust. The whole room was shaking."
His family rushed to his side. His mother, father and brother, Ben, were housed nearby at the Navy Lodge, which houses families of wounded military personnel.
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Curtin said the wound on his right leg has almost completely healed and the sutures on his right arm have been removed. It will be two weeks before the metal pins in his left hand are taken out, he said.
"He's shown great fortitude," said his brother, Ben. "He's dealing with it like a man."
Back at home, family members said they were still in shock. Katie Galloway, Curtin's aunt and a resident of Hopewell Junction, said the family's pain was "indescribable.
"He has such a strong spirit," she said. "We're going to protect and support him, the way he protected our country."
On Thursday, Curtin received physical therapy for the first time. The workout included leg lifts and abdominal and shoulder exercises.
"I kept asking the therapist to do more sets," he said. "It felt good to exercise again."
Curtin, who has been moved to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, said he is looking forward to receiving prosthetic limbs in a few months.
"I can't wait," he said.
Curtin's family has arranged several fundraisers to help pay for family travel expenses and medical expenses not covered by the military. A spaghetti dinner will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Wingdale American Legion post on State Road in Wingdale.
To make a donation or get information about other events to benefit Curtin, visit www.marinejohngcurtin.com.


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Jurupa Pixes
This cultivar makes outstanding good fruits with a totally closed eye,and peach interior.
No wonder WHY it was ejected out from the,Ira Condit, UCD Program.
Talk about taste buds. It must be something wrong with me that I like this one and not the chosen ones.
Lucky for Julius Enderud ,that smagled it out,and saved this cultivar.
I really would like to Know more about Julius Enderud as a person,but I did not find anything else outside that he saved the Jurupa cultivar.
So far I discarded all UCD Hybrids,for being bland tasting or very late to ripe,yet I am sure this one got a place in my backyard.
Thanks Julius Enderud
Exterior and interior color ,taste,the fact that it has a totally closed eye,the fact that is not bland like other hybrids,and the fact that it got ripe in my climate,wich doesn't have the required heat to ripe white cultivars.
It has a fig taste,and if it would have been bad,I would have remembered that too.
So Julius Enderud ,I found out,now was a senior Technician,at the UCD Laboratory,and an avid Grafting enthuziast,and he knew a good fruit plant when he found one.So when the Fig collection was moved from Riverside,to Winters,Ca,This one was left behind as a no worthy hybrid toghether with hundreds of others,as a result of selection.
He took this one out and planted it at the Jurupa Mountain Cultural center.
Then later someone else salvaged cuttings and grew them in San Jose Ca,as the original tree was devored by gophers.
I do not Know to be the true for sure,but yes Jurupa was shy in producing for the first three years.
I also had productive hybrids,like Conadria ,278/i28,143/36.
The main problem with these California Hybrids,is that most of them require more heat than we can provide in cold climates,and so therefor,they get ripe very late ,if at all depending on how hot and how long,the Sommer is.
Over all they are not a good match for northern climates for the above reasons.
I would listen to your evaluation of a fig without reservation.
I suppose this is the next, gotta have, fig for everyone, eh? It's sure pretty with that peach-colored pulp and yellow skin. And it has a fig taste, to boot. I wonder how it would do down here..... ;)
Vivian:In your Zone yes,it is a must have.
In my zone,and colder, :Not Necesary:Why:
Because yesterday,I uncovered the havy winter protected fig to take a look how is doing,and it died half way down,despite havy protection.
It was not producing a lot of fruits so it was not overworked and out of energy.
The wood was old wood because the tree is 5 years old and it grew very slow,so I found no other explanation,outside that it is only marginally hardy.
I would like to reiterate again that my goal is not,having a fig collection,here in NJ,but Having a selection of fig trees that resist our cold and rainy climate.
This is how I fill I can be of Help to gardeners in the US,and also make a few dollars selling a few cuttings and plants from my best behaving selections.
Tell you what, Herman--You could send that tree to me and we could see how it grows down here..... :) ?
The trouble with the Jarupa, is it seems like it's too hard to obtain, or I would try it, with its closed eye and heat-seeking needs. I think I'm too much of a newbie, though, to get a well-sought-after tree from anyone just yet.
We surely need people like you and others up there checking out the different fig trees to see how they do and like Dan, down here, who is studying varieties to see what does well down this way and it's so helpful to the rest of us.
Celeste used to do well for me years ago, but it seems to be so much hotter now. It's been so very hot and dry in the past several years that Celeste drops its fruit. They start out great and the dry heat hits and the figlets drop like rain even with watering. I can see it happen in front of my face--One day, the figs are just fine and the next, they get that look to them and they're gone.
Have you tried the Hunt variety up there, Herman? It seems that Hunt is wanting to drop fruit in the high heat here, too. If you have a Hunt tree, has it dropped fruit in the heat?
My goal, is as yours in your climate: to have a selection of figs that love the heat and do well in our (sometimes) hot/dry and hot/humid/rainy climate. I don't want any figs that have to be coddled in order to live here. Eating figs is what I want and to do so, we have to have the trees that do well here.
Thanks for all the help and information you do provide for us,
Sorry ;I did not look for a Hunt,for the very reason of not having another one dropping fruits like Celeste ,Pastiliere,Santa cruz dark,from the top of my head.
I was busy looking for a Celeste that doesn't drop,and tried about 6 cultivars,and they all did.
I kept only Blue Celeste,only,nicer color fruits).
My opinion at this point is that only Celeste Hybrids do not drop fruits,as I have noticed ,Improved Celeste(Orourke not)really keeps all fruits,and they are not bad eather.
I guess that Hunt isn't such a panacea of a fig, then, which is very disappointing.
I'm going to try a blue Celeste if I can get it to root, but won't be surprised if it drops fruit. Won't it be so funny if it turns out to be the same as the Celestes I already have?
If we would have some rain that would be steady during the fruiting time, but not torrential and we would have some cloud cover, I wonder if the Celestes would do better. I am going to try shade cloth over the tree in the back, but I'm sure it's the high heat.
hey noss, i also live in lafayette. i have a young jurupa that died this winter but returned and seems to be doing well. i think i'll be getting a few figs off of it soon. it's a young tree but i think i can get you a cutting this fall. i also have a hunt and hopefully i'll see some figs.
let me know.
Hey Fernando,
Not too many people on the forums are right around here. Where do you live? We live off Johnston near River's Bend.
I'd like to try a cutting, but I'm not doing so well with the ones I've tried so far. Very discouraging.
I'm glad your Jurupa came back to life this spring and I hope you get some good figs from it. Please let us know how they taste?
How old is your Jurupa tree?
I have kept young trees in pots for the first several years so I can protect them from "severe" (I know, you guys up North KNOW we don't know what real cold is down here, but it gets really cold from time to time--We've even had ice storms a time, or two!) cold. The problem here is a tree can be dormant, but it will get warm enough to need the A/C in the "winter", so the sap starts running and then the weather will freeze and so will the little tree and it will rupture all over and kill the tree.
My little babies in pots did great through the winter. I covered them when it got down low and put gallons of hot water under the sheets when it got into the high teens a couple of times. As little as they were, they didn't get frost damage.
My Hunt is doing well so far this year and I hope to be able to taste some finally.
hello noss, i actually live on the south side of lafayette down the street of hampton toyota. i have a camp in the nort part of town off the vermilion river and it is there where i plant my trees. most of my trees are young and my jurupa is about two years. i think you would be intersted on how i propergated about fifteen improved celeste and got a high success rate. email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll compare notes. take care!


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After the initial panel presentations there will be extensive opportunity for Q&A.
Erik Choy is a Vice President in Davidson's Aerospace, Defense & Government Services practice. Erik has extensive investment banking experience on a variety of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, corporate divestitures, strategic advisory, private placements and public offerings. Prior to joining Davidson, Erik was a Vice President at McGladrey Capital Markets, where he advised both privately-held and public companies in the AD&G as well as Test and Measurement sectors. Before McGladrey, Erik worked at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in its Global Industrials group.
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- Tetrathlon Taster Day – 11th April – details on Tetrathlon page.
- Please book in for Easter rallies ASAP. We cannot organise these rallies at the last moment. We need to let our instructors know how long they are needed for and Golden Cross are very busy and have allocated a whole day for us on the 7th. At present we do not have enough interested members to run a rally at all. See Rallies & Senior Rallies pages for further details.
- We have only received six deposits for Senior Camp so far. As you all know we have to gave a minimum number of 24 to be able to run so please get your cheques to Amanda Man this week. It would be such a shame to not have a camp due to lack of numbers and it is such a bonus to be back at Ardingly. Any questions or enquiries to Alison Hickling or Lynne Duggan. See Eridge Camps page for more details.
- Report from Old Surrey & Burstow Tetrathlon now on Tetrathlon page.
- Schedule for Horse Trials on 3rd May now on EPC Schedules page.
- JUMP JUDGES NEEDED for our horse trials on Sunday 3rd May in Eridge Park. Please don't be put off if you have not done it before – you will be well briefed and you will also get a picnic lunch! We have to have a jump judge on every jump so come on Eridge parents – please save us the task of having to telephone everyone! Either email the DC or Caroline Aspinall or just confirm on FB and we will pick up your message.
- DATE CHANGE: Our Easter Egg Hunt will now be held on Thursday 9th April - see Activities for Younger Members page for more details.
- DATE CHANGE: The Racing practice scheduled for Thursday 9th April has been postponed until Sunday 31st May.
- Please note that due to a serious incident horses & ponies are no longer allowed to be left unattended outside trailers or horseboxes at any time while at Golden Cross.
- The current purple hat tags will no longer be acceptable from 1st January 2015, and will need to be replaced with new white tags with a purple logo. We will be retagging hats at the winter rallies and practices. Additionally, the Pony Club will not be allowing hats which are only marked with the standard (BS)EN 1384 after 31 December 2015. Click here for more information and the tagging procedure for EN1384 hats.
- Click here for the Eridge Pony Club Facebook page to keep up to date with Eridge branch news
- Click here for the list of interbranch competitions on the Area 11 website if you are interested in attending competitions run by other branches. Dates are being added constantly, so do check it regularly for the latest additions.
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I am Latino and an immigrant. I live with illegals and I am surrounded by their reality. They are hard working people. They are labor and most have little education but they have children with ease. I would agree with giving them residency in this country but that would encourage more to come. The driven people will come across the border bringing muscle but little education. When legal, they will bring their relatives or go back and marry others. What does the economy of this country need? Twenty million of poorly educated people who will require government assistance? I want my taxes to help the country grow not to solve the problems of my neighboring governments.
First take care of your own. A big heart will leave us with little.
Maybe immigration is so sensitive that any change can lead to lots of debates. Whatever the debated result is , people coming from exotic countries may suffer. Just blessing!
The author of this article should point out that the law recently passed in Arizona is nothing new. It simply requires local police to uphold immigration law because the federal authorities have no interest in doing so.
Law enforcement officers will not be allowed to simply stop people on the street and demand identification. They will however be required to check the documentation of people whom they come in contact with in the course of an investigation.
Let us not forget that anyone, be they Hispanic, Canadian, Russian, or British who has entered this country by illegal means is a criminal, no matter how dire their circumstances may have been at home.
I can see how the Economist has a hard time understanding the fact that U.S. citizens are reluctant to accept foreign criminals living in our country, occupying jobs while U.S. citizens stand in the unemployment line, and overwhelming our social services. after all it is not like they are a bunch of Polish plumbers.
White man came to the "Americas" illegally, even when the true "native Americans" gave them food and shelter. They are still illegal and should go back to their homes in Europe.
FAMILY REUNIFICATION PROGRAM........ Send the Kids Back with their parents! It's very simple. Children should not be taken from their parents just because the parents broke the law.
If we are going to force the parents to go back, please deport the children with them.
It is only humane to keep the families together.
The coyote's that traffic humans over... that is another story.
Within Europe, nationals from 12 eastern European countries can now access western Europe to make a living. Maybe it is time for the US to open its labour market to all Mexicans. In an increasingly globalised world, a more inclusive attitude to ones neighbours may in the long run be of benefit to both nations. Good luck! L :-)
Immigration system in US is broken. I am a legal immigrant. I have been paying my taxes and followed the law of the land for last six years. On an average I pay $5000.00 to homeland security dept and immigration lawyers every year to stay and travel in/outside of the country. DHS uses that money to conduct raids at my workplace and sends RFE for more and more documentation. It's a daily frustration for me and thousands of people like me who have been following the letter of the law since the time we landed here.
Guess what, I have to wait for another 15 years in line to get the permanent residency(Greencard), if things go at the current rate.
Many people oppose illegal immigaration and in the same vein they sound like they favour legal immigration. Legal immigartion scene is equally bad. Comprehensive Immigrations Reform(CIR) is the best solution for this immigration mess. I haven't seen any leading republican lawmakers supporting legal immigration either. Republican party shuts down all legal immigration reform bill in congress and senate. Therefore not a single immigration reform bill has passed since last 10 years.
MatheusR, today's immigrants follow essentially the same path as those of the Great Immigration. The immigrants themselves never fully assimilate, are not fluent in English, and stay in communities where their own language is spoken and many services are available in that language. The first generation born here is fully bi-lingual, and the second generation born here is English-speaking only. All along, immigrants have done better than comparable natives, no doubt because it takes guts to pull up stakes and make a new life, and because they appreciate the opportunities here that many natives take for granted.
There's a huge difference between the migrations of the 19th and early 20th century and more recent migrations. The deal that America offered the migrants of a few generations ago was: come here, work hard, play by the rules, integrate in our tolerant and pluralistic society and you'll have opportunities that were denied you in your homelands. Emphasis on the last obligation: integrate into society. As Teddy Roosevelt said over a century ago, there is no hyphenated American.
Nowadays, one can easily live his or her entire life in several immigrant-friendly states without knowing a single word of English. They go to receive social security and welfare benefits and expect to be spoken to in their own tongue. They proudly and somewhat racistly show off Mexican flags at Cinco de Mayo - but although they claim to love Mexico, why doesn't anyone want to go back?
When everything from the local K-12 to the IRS and DMV forms is offered in Spanish, English becomes a luxury - unless you want to get a job beyond flipping burgers at the local diner, of course. The result is an underclass of young migrants and first-generation Americans with poor English skills, no job prospects and a tendency to turn to crime. Their cousins who immigrated to America 60 years ago had no such problems: they were held to the same standard as everyone at the local schools.
No one in his or her right mind (which excludes Japan, Russia, India, China, Mexico, my very own Brazil, Western Europe, or basically every country in the world except for the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) is against immigration per se. It merely has to be organized, both in volume and, far more importantly, in the rights and obligations of the migrants.
The article misleads and promulgates breaking the law. What a left wing rag the magazine has become!
The Arizona police are to check the immigration/citizenship of people they have stopped for infractions of the law. That is hardly unlawful or irrational. What other country on Earth does not enforce immigration laws? What other country allows anyone to enter and work without passing legal procedures? Please, The Economist, give us the extensive list that follows your espoused left wing claptrap. North Korea? Cuba? I await your listing.
Anyone willing to risk their lives hiking across a desert to get a job sweeping floors is welcome here in my opinion. If they work hard and keep their noses clean there should be a straightforward route to US citizenship.
"For every one criminal amongst them, there will be a thousand hard working, honest souls." ~ I completely agree with you.
To answer your question my father is 1/4 Cherokee and I grew up w. the Hualapai, "Hunicca?".
Am curious to know how many of the commentators are descendants of native american indians?
it was good enough for your ancestors its good enough for the enterprising folks who make teh journey, take teh jobs nobody wants, takes teh abuse, because they want to build a better life for their kids. You are so lucky to get them.
wasnt it that enterprising and will-to-succeed that made american what it is?
Welcome them with open arms. For every one criminal amongst them, there will be a thousand hard working, honest souls.
I'm puzzled by your article. By all means let's regularize the 12M illegal residents in the US, but why is it OK in France or Germany for police to demand everyone register with the police and show their national ID cards, but not in Arizona?
Why is the law clear that employers may not hire illegal workers, but it's not OK to actually enforce it, and hold employers liable if they do not check the paperwork?
Seems to me that Arizona is just ending the hypocrisy rampant...
The Economist is too influential to print this sort of left-wing drivel without at least doing some research beforehand.
The requirement for all immigrants (legal or otherwise) to carry identification at all times is federal law since the 1950s. The fact that the federal government irresponsibly chooses not to enforce its own laws doesn't change the fact that Arizona's requirement is legally tautological.
Police officers are also most definitely not required to demand papers from anyone who looks illegal, they are merely allowed. There's a huge difference.
The Constitution never empowered the executive branch to decide which laws it would enforce and which it would ignore. If you believe America's immigration law is too restrictive (good luck comparing it to Europe's, or to Russia, China, Brazil and even Mexico itself), then change it via the legislative process.
I fail to understand ominous put into the article by this statement "It would require all non-US citizens to carry documents proving their immigration status." A Drivers License will do this! A drivers license or equivalent state ID is required to be carried in most states. I agree with Bampbs that the employers should be targeted as well. Being poor and illegal doesn't mean that you should be allowed to get away with breaking the law.
Secure the bored then as a nation lets talk about raising the number of legal applications that can be applied for.
If you want to stop illegal immigration, come down hard on those who hire illegal immigrants. No jobs, no immigrants. But that involves taking on people who make a lot of money by employing illegals, and who have real political power. It makes no difference to them that more individual illegals get caught, because others will come to fill the jobs thus left open.
So what do we have ? A pogrom to make the racists happy, while political contributors get to keep their cheap, pliable workers.
I agree that the law does not address the violence on the border and it is a bad law but there is a fundemental problem going on. Extreme violence is slowly leaching over the border.
We're talking about small populations where everyone knows everyone else and violence really doesn't exist like it does in cities. The Ranchers along the border, including Native Americans, Caucasians and Mexican Americans who have been there for generations have constantly put water out and aided illegal immigrants. Not because they like or agree w. what they're doing but because it is part of there psyche to help the unfortunate.
It isn't simply that one man was shot. You're familiar with the idea of maximum capacity right? If you fill a cup to its brim eventually a single drop will cause it to overflow. That is what happen with this rancher and that is what I was being told. The problems are the drug smugglers and the coyotes.
I have a question... would it be bigoted to go to war because another nation purposefully kills an American citizen? Okay what if that one person was the president? I guarantee you that if I'm killed tomorrow by Iran and they come out and admit to doing it and say it war for no reason we will not go to war. If they did so to the president and like wise admitted to it we would declare war. It isn't that it's right; it is simply reality. If you choose to pretend that it isn't you stand no chance of changing it.
Passing a law because of what happened to one person doesn't usually work out well. Punishing an entire ethnic group for the actions of one is by definition bigoted. Most serial killers are middle aged white men; however, I don't see any laws being passed that attempt to profile this group of people.
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Conserving History
Tuesday, 7 August 2007
These days, it's not uncommon for us to store all our emails and pictures on computer... But what happens if we accidentally press delete? This week I found out just how fragile these digital memories are...
The way we communicate has changed heaps in the last 100 years.
"My dear Brother, To sit here where I am now, it seems scarcely possible that we are so near the front. This country here is a peaceful-looking farming country and, to look out over the quiet fields, it is hard to realize that the fighting is so close at hand."
"Hey M8! Hws it? All gud here, looks g8, We R sticking rnd... Cya l8r"
Technology has made it easier than ever to keep in touch. We have email, sms, mobiles and digital cameras; all at our disposal.
But what do we do with all those memories?
Well, a lot of the time, we just do this.
So, what's the big deal?
Well all this deleting has historians very worried.
NATHAN BAZLEY, REPORTER: Back in the old days, people were very careful to save things like letters and photos because they were so special.
This photo is of a street scene in Adelaide from over 100 years ago.
It's amazing what we can learn from photos like this.
There's heaps of really interesting old stuff still around. Letters and photos from 50 years ago are being preserved in museums and libraries but what's happening to the stuff you're writing today?
Where will that be in 50 years?
Well, take me for example. All my photos are kept here on my computer's hard drive.
If my computer ever crashed, I would lose every photo from the last 6 years!
And the only letters I write are by email or by sms. Once my inbox gets full, I start deleting.
So all these memories won't be there for people to study in the future.
And even if we do try to keep them on the computer, things can go wrong!
Software has changed radically. In many cases old software won't work with our new systems. That could mean photos or emails might not be translatable.
The hardware where we keep info has also changed drastically. Things like these floppy disks were once the only way to store info from computers, now most people can't even use them.
There's also another big problem. None of this tech gear will last forever!
Hard drives wear out just with general use and if something breaks, or it blows up, say goodbye to your memories!
But before you start burning all your priceless pics and emails to CD or DVD, think again!
Discs you burn at home are totally different to stamped ones, like the cd's you buy music on, and they probably won't last as long either.
You could start losing things within 2 - 5 years with normal use.
The National Archives is charged with preserving Australia's history and it has set up a program to help solve the problem.
They are storing all their old information in a special software language that should be around for a very long time.
That is then stored on high security computers that are protected from power failure and viruses.
So what can we do?
Well, the National Archives suggests buying a spare hard drive so you can back up all those happy snaps. And try to keep it disconnected from the computer whenever possible.
Also, any emails you get on the web are generally stored on servers far away meaning you can't rely on that e-love letter staying in your inbox forever. So back them up on the drive as well.
If you do all that, hopefully in eighty years time you'll be able to show your grandkids what you looked like at school today!


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Over the past few decades, leading educators have expressed a growing urgency to transform traditional grading and reporting practices. With student achievement hanging in the balance, today's educators are working to fix the broken cultural paradigm of school grading which sorts, selects and compares kids based on a conglomeration of points, percentages, zeroes and extra credit. In place of the oddly lopsided bell curve which serves only a select few, educators today are advocating for a standards-based approach to reporting student progress.
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There are several factors accelerating the transition to Standards-Based Grading (SBG) in Iowa, not the least of which is a growing adherence to the Iowa Core. With implementation of the Iowa Core expected for all districts, teachers are finding that close monitoring of student progress on the Iowa Core standards is essential to guaranteed learning outcomes.
Many districts have also found SBG to be a logical outcome of the work of Professional Learning Communities (PLC). A PLC thrives when teachers participate in rich conversations and professional dialogue about course standards and common assessments as a measure of student achievement. Teachers naturally want to begin reporting on those same standards for students and parents as well. A single mark (or grade) to represent all of math or literacy or science seems inadequate in light of the complex curriculum work being done in our highly functioning PLC structures.
For instance, Sioux City's well established PLC structures provide the distributed leadership which is an essential factor for SBG. More than any other variable, teacher leadership provides the momentum needed to deeply embed a robust SBG system of practice. A healthy, high-functioning PLC platform creates an environment that embraces a cycle of continuous improvement and collective effort toward the common goal of student achievement. Since teachers are the front-line curriculum implementers, it only makes sense that they should take the lead as the curriculum designers as well.
Lastly, student information systems (SIS) like Infinite Campus are finally progressing to the point that they can provide teachers with a framework for reporting at the standard level to parents and students. While still inadequate from a progressive ideal, today's SIS do allow teachers to enter assessments and classroom activities organized by standard (instead of the traditional categories of daily work, quizzes, tests or labs). Now that assessments can be grouped by learning standards it is much easier to monitor a student's progress toward mastery of course content. Grades can be a dynamic reflection of ongoing progress, rather than a stagnant report of past performance.
It's not a difficult stretch to see that the combination of meaningful course standards with closely aligned assessments and a robust Student Information System are the essential reagents in the SBG equation.