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By John J. KruzelAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2009 The Pentagon's top policy official praised this week's round of talks with Chinese defense officials that centered on developing military relations between the United States and China.
Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for Policy, said the two-day discussions in Beijing focused on a range of items including North Korea and counter-piracy.
"It's been a very constructive two days of talks, and we agreed that engaging in continuous dialogue on strategic issues will lead to a much more sustained and cooperative relationship between the United States and China over time," she said.
Flournoy acknowledged the challenges in U.S.-China defense ties, but emphasized that the United States does not view China as an adversary and that, despite differences, there are substantial issues on which the two can cooperate.
"Occasionally we will have our differences or areas of competition, but I think these talks focused on areas of common interest where we can work cooperatively to achieve shared objectives," she said.
Policy officials at the Pentagon said the round of talks, the first in the Obama Administration, sought to re-balance defense ties between the two countries and place the military-to-military relationship on a sound footing.
The meeting sought to establish a new framework for U.S.-China military-to-military relations, in keeping with commitments President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao made at the G-20 Summit in April to further develop and improve the military relationship, Flournoy said.
"Along these lines, we discussed a very wide range of topics in a frank and open environment, and we hope to build on the common interests that we identified to move our defense relationship forward."
Flournoy further stated that the nations agreed to a series of senior military-to-military activities and visits over the summer and into the fall of 2009, and began the process of assessing the relationship going forward.
"We agreed to continue our dialogue on a host of strategic issues, and we discussed the importance of openness and transparency in our defense relationship," she said.
One issue that will be further fleshed out next month concerns maritime incidents between the two countries. Flournoy said that the two sides have a diplomatic mechanism to handle such issues -- the Military Maritime Consultative Agreement, created in 1998 -- and to improve maritime safety between the United States and China.
"I think there's a strong desire on both sides to reduce the number of incidents as much as possible, and when they do occur to resolve them as carefully as possible," she said. "Again, I think meeting … under the umbrella of the agreement will allow us to get into some of the practical details of how to do that."
On North Korea, Flournoy said both countries share a concern about Pyongyang's "provocative actions," including its recent missile tests and nuclear test. "I think both would like to see North Korea return to a path of denuclearization," she added.
She emphasized that the United States is committed to working in concert with international partners on enforcing a United Nations resolution allowing permissive searches of North Korean vessels suspected of transporting weapons or related materiel. "Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to implementing the resolution and to trying to resolve this issue peacefully," she said.
Flournoy said American officials participating in the meetings briefed China's military on the Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy that Obama's administration made public in March.
"We walked them through the different elements of our strategy, and then we talked about areas where we are already cooperating and we might cooperate further."
Flournoy highlighted China's decision to deploy assets in support of the international community's effort to stem piracy emanating from Somalia.
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The Obama administration still hasn't made public the conclusions of its review of Afghanistan policy. Indeed the president hasn't signed off on the policy yet. But from the leaks appearing in the MSM it looks like the administration is headed in the right direction.
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A civilian "surge" of hundreds of additional U.S. officials in Afghanistan would accompany the already approved increase in U.S. troop levels there under a new Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy being completed at the White House, according to administration officials.
According to the New York Times:
A plan awaiting final approval by the president would set a goal of about 400,000 troops and national police officers, more than twice the forces' current size, and more than three times the size that American officials believed would be adequate for Afghanistan in 2002, when the Taliban and Al Qaeda appeared to have been routed.
Assuming these policies are actually implemented, the Obama administration will avoid the danger of a "minimalist approach" that John McCain and Joe Lieberman rightly warn against in this Washington Post op-ed. It appears that instead of downsizing our forces and concentrating on killing terrorist leaders — a strategy with scant chances of success — the administration will instead implement a full-blown counterinsurgency strategy of the kind that has recently worked so spectacularly in Iraq. We can only hope that the president ratifies this decision for it would immeasurably increase our odds of success on this vital battlefield.


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ELIZABETHTON — A former employee of the Watauga River Regional Water Authority and the North Elizabethton Water Co-op surrendered to the Carter County Sheriff's Department on Thursday on a grand jury indictment charging her with two counts of theft, two counts of forgery, two counts of official misconduct and one counts of fraudulent use of a credit card.
Lori Beth Feaster was accused of stealing approximately $44,174 in ratepayer funds in just two years, 2010-11.
The charges stem from an investigative audit conducted by the Special Investigations Unit of the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury. A report of the investigation was released by the comptroller Thursday.
The comptroller's review said Feaster "had stolen cash utility collections, made personal purchases with district credit cards and took unauthorized check payments that amounted to tens of thousands of dollars." The report said Feaster "used some of the funds to cover personal expenses such as a battery and windshield wipers for her car and an energy efficient front-loading clothes washer."
The report said Feaster misappropriated utility funds in three ways. These included $24,579 in unauthorized checks made payable to Feaster, $15,506 in water authority collections retained by Feaster for her own benefit and $4,089 of personal charges made on water authority charge accounts paid with the authority's checks.
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The auditor's statement that Feaster failed to deposit $15,506 in a water authority bank account was buttressed by an exhibit of an altered bank deposit slip in which she allegedly wrote a "$" sign over the numeral "1" in a listing of 1,803 in currency. The dollar sign made it appear there was only 803 in currency. The deposit line on the deposit slip was $1,000 less than the bottom line of the listed deposits.
The auditor also provided an exhibit of an alleged unauthorized use of a water authority credit card. The card was used to purchase a front-loading clothes washer. The receipt identifies Feaster as the customer, but the auditor said it was paid with an electronic payment from an agency bank account.
The comptroller's report was also critical of the water authority procedures at the time Feaster was an employee. The report said the water authority did not segregate financial duties, allowing one employee to make collections, prepare deposits and sign checks. The audit recommended that no one employee have complete control of financial transactions.
"The failure to adequately separate financial duties, as was the case here, is the most common weakness in accountability that allows for thefts of public funds to occur," said L. Rene Brison, assistant director of the comptroller's Division of Investigations.
"It is imperative that all public officials and employees put adequate safeguards in place to prevent any single employee from having sole responsibility for each step in the collections and disbursements process," she said.
The audit also found that collections were not being deposited within three working days and a daily collection report was not being prepared.
The audit was conducted during the period in which Michael Hughes was water authority executive director. He resigned in February 2012 and Bryon Trantham now directs the agency.


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What is your favorite hobby? Do you like building those little ships in the bottle or collecting dolls? Maybe you're a baseball card collector or you like to buy cheap items at garage sales and fix them up for resale? Maybe your hobby seems like it takes a lot of your money, but it's likely cheap compared to some of the most expensive hobbies. Calculating costs can be difficult since it is highly dependent on the person's level of immersion in his or her hobby, but what is for certain is that if you're going to make these your after-work passions, it's going to take some giant-sized funds.
Ballroom Dancing
You may have seen the hit TV series "Dancing with the Stars" which has brought awareness to competitive ballroom dancing, but did you know that a dress alone can cost a few hundred all the way to a few thousand? Add to that competition fees, dance lessons, transportation, lodging, and other associated expenses and you may spend more than $10,000 in just one year. For those who are recreational instead of competitive, the costs are much lower.
The cost of obtaining your private pilot's license may be $5,000 or less depending on a variety of factors, but that's just the start of the investment. Purchasing a plane will likely cost $100,000 or more causing most pilots to join a flying club where they rent a plane for a specified period of time. Along with club membership, hourly rental may cost $80 per hour or more. There are many variables that affect the price, but one thing is for certain: flying is expensive.
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Mountain Climbing
Not only is mountain climbing physically dangerous, but it's financially dangerous as well. Climbing Mount Everest will cost between $8,000 and $13,000 depending on the type of camping and climbing gear you choose to purchase. Add to that guide fees, permits, and other associated costs and you have an expensive adventure.
Scuba Diving
The cost of equipment is a modest $500, and certification is another $300 to $500. For those who are serious about their scuba, only the most picturesque, exotic locations will do. If you're able to avoid the $1,500 or more plane ticket to get you to such sites like the Great Barrier Reef, your scuba hobby may not be as budget-busting as it could, but how long will the local lakes be enough?
These hobbies are very expensive, but that hasn't stopped people from taking part in them. Some enthusiasts invest thousands and thousands of dollars into these pastimes.


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Thursday, June 28, 2012
The British Open or Open Championship ... A Plea
The true name of the British Open, as we call it over on this side of the pond, is the Open Championship. I completely agree. It IS the Open Championship.
The thing is, we in the media world have to write for a mass of people that might not know that. They may think we're talking about the U.S. Open or the British or the Canadian or, hell, the Phoenix Open. While it is the proper name, it's a little confusing (the same reason Europeans call the PGA Championship the US PGA Championship).
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Now, THAT SAID, during the week of the British, I will happily call it the Open Championship.
Honestly, links golf is my favorite golf in the world. I've lived in Scotland, caddied at the Old Course, spent hours on those golf courses hitting fun golf shots that do all sorts of different things a yard here or there. I've knocked back scotch at Cruden Bay, a Tennents at the Whey Pat, and dragged my dad across the pond to check out as many of those beauties as I could.
But logically, it just makes more sense this way. So, agree? Agree.
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You're making too much sense, Shane. Cut it out, dammit!
- June 28, 2012 at 5:56 PM
whatever you call it, just enjoy it. Royal Lytham is a beautiful course. Licky enough to play a month ago. Highlight of my golfing life! Are you across for it?
- June 29, 2012 at 11:28 AM
lucky enough!
- June 29, 2012 at 11:29 AM
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That's the first time anyone has convinced me to accept it. I'm a real stickler for this issue usually (well, I am a Brit).
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Doesn't it??
- April 22, 2013 at 7:29 AM
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I'm an ex brit, it has to be 'The Open' for me. Interestingly you referred to "(And some in the US)".....Now is that the United States? Of where...Britain?
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In December 2011, Me-TV announced on its website that WSAH would be their New York City affiliate. On January 4, 2012, WSAH switched from Retro Television Network to Me-TV on its primary channel, carrying Me-TV's programming from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends. Infomercials are running in the hours that Me-TV programming is not shown. RTV moved to WSAH's second subchannel. On July 29, 2012, the station's call letters became WZME to reflect its affiliation with Me-TV.


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Texas Roadhouse Bread Recipe
Electric hand Mixer
Mixing bowl
plastic wrap
rolling pin
baking sheets
pan spray
butter brush
appropriate container
Ingredient Amount
Dough Ball As Needed
Flour As Needed
Proofed Bread As Needed
Margarine As Needed
Step 1
- Using an electric hand mixer prepare your desired type of bread as directed.
- Once mixed place the dough into a mixing bowl and cover with plastic wrap to proof.
- Allow to proof to desired size
- Lay proofed bread out on a flat surface. (Flouring the surface first will keep the dough from sticking)
- Using the rolling pin roll bread out to desired thickness.
- Once at desired thickness use the knife to cut your bread into desired size pieces.
- Once bread is baked brush it with melted margarine or butter.
- Place hot bread in desired serving container for your guests to enjoy.
Green BeansEquipment:
large cooking pan
measuring cups
measuring spoons
rubber spatula
cutting board
large spoon
Ingredient Amount
Green Beans (drained) 2 Cans
Water 2 cups
Sugar 1 Tbsp
Pepper ½ tsp
Bacon (raw diced) or Ham (cooked, diced) 4 oz
Onions, diced 4 oz
Step 1
- Using the colander, thoroughly drain green beans.
- Set aside
- Mix water, sugar and pepper until well incorporated.
- Set aside
- Preheat your cooking pan to Medium High heat.
- Raw Bacon Method
- Using a cutting board and a knife, dice the raw bacon into equal size pieces.
- Place diced bacon into preheated cooking pan.
- Continually stir bacon with large spoon to keep the bacon from burning.
- Once bacon is cooked add the onions and cook until they are tender and light brown
- Proceed to Step 4
- Using a cutting board and a knife, dice the cooked ham into equal size pieces.
- Place the diced ham and onions into the preheated cooking pan.
- Using the large spoon, continue to stir the ham and onions until the ham is lightly brown and the onions are tender.
- Proceed to Step 4
Step 4
- Now that the onions are tender add the liquid mixture and the beans.
- Using the rubber spatula stir the mixture until incorporated.
- Bring mixture to a boil and turn heat to simmer.
- Serve beans as soon as you are ready.
Equipment: Oven safe pan, Knife, oven mitts, measuring cups
- Bake sweet potato in oven at 450° for 35 to 45 minutes, until tender.
- Remove at once and prick with a fork to let steam out – be careful, steam will be very hot.
- Cut a 1 1/2-inch cross in the center of each potato.
- Using oven mitts open the potato by pushing the ends toward the center until filling starts to push through the cut.
- Place ½ the marshmallows into the sweet potato
- Pour 2 oz of your favorite store brand caramel sauce over the marshmallows; or make your own sauce using the recipe below.
- Place the rest of the marshmallows over the caramel sauce.
- Put potato bake on an oven safe pan and put back in the oven on Broil.
- Let cook for just a minute or two, keeping careful watch.
- Remove from oven when marshmallows start to brown.
- Serve as soon as possible.
Honey Caramel Sauce
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup honey
How to Make Texas Chili (no beans)
Water 1 Qt + 1 C (40 oz)
Beef Base 2 oz. (or 8 Beef Bullion Cubes)
Tomato Paste 4 oz
Chili Spices – to taste
Vegetable Oil 1.5 oz
Hamburger 2 pounds
Yellow Onion, Diced 6 oz.
Garlic, Fresh Chopped 1 oz.
Jalapeno, Fine Chopped w/ no seeds ½ oz
Flour 6 oz
Diced Tomatoes 1 can, small
Step 1
- Add water, beef base, tomato paste and chili spices (to taste) to a large mixing bowl.
- Using a whisk, stir until well dissolved and set aside.
- Pour vegetable oil into a large pot and heat on Medium High.
- Once oil is hot add hamburger meat to the pan.
- Cook the hamburger meat until all is brown.
- Stir the meat often to keep the meat from sticking to the bottom or sides of the pot.
- Once meat is fully cooked strain off extra grease using a colander.
- Set meat aside for later use.
- Using the same pot or a clean pot, add oil to the pan and heat with range set at medium high.
- Add onions, garlic and jalapeno to the pot
- Sautee until tender.
- Add flour and stir to incorporate with a cook's spoon.
- Add the mixture from step 1 to the pot
- Stir with a whisk until all product is incorporated
- Bring to a boil
- Lower heat to medium and add cooked chili meat
- Cook for approximately 30 minutes or until desired thickness is obtained.
- Mix in drained diced tomatoes and stir until evenly mixed.
- Bring chili back to a boil
- Lower to medium heat and cook until desired consistency is reached.
- Serve immediately.


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Backstreet Boys to ring in New Year at Sands
Posted by Staff in Nov 18,2012 with No Comments
Two years ago, the Backstreet Boys spent New Year's Eve in New York's Times Square with television personality Dick Clark.
This year the group will spend New Year's Eve performing in the Lehigh Valley.
Backstreet Boys will perform Dec. 31 at Sands Bethlehem Event Center as part of the venue's New Years Eve celebration. The show will kick off the 20th anniversary of the group's founding in 1993.
Tickets, which start at $59.50 for general admission standing, will be available at 10 a.m. Wednesday at http://www.sandseventcenter.com, or by calling 800-745-3000.
The announcement represents the best-selling act the event center has had in the 60 events it has held since opening in May with a series of concerts that included Incubus, the Beach Boys' 50th anniversary tour, The Eagles' Don Henley and country star Alan Jackson.
Backstreet Boys' total album sales, an estimated 130 million worldwide, place them among the 25 best-selling acts of all time and among the top 12 still touring.
"I don't know of anything bigger," Sands Event Center partner Jerry Deifer Jr. said. "Geez, that's crazy.
"To conclude our 2012 season and start our 2013 with Backstreet Boys is a testament to the continued entertainment we strive to produce here at Sands Event Center. The Backstreet Boys will ring in the New Year with this once-in-a-lifetime party atmosphere unlike ever done before for them as well as us." Read the rest of this entry »


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Wednesday, September 3, 2014
The turnout for the Senate District 32 Special election on September 2, was impressive in terms of margins. The votes are so close that an out-right winner won't be determined until another election on September 16. The totals are unofficial until certification on Thursday. A total of 14,126 voters cast ballots in the election that included all or portions of five counties. Williamsburg County Council member and attorney Sam Floyd carried Williamsburg County and his total 4493 votes for District 32 provided a 31.8 percent tally. S.C. House of Representative Ronnie Sabb who carried 3483 votes or 24.7 percent edged out Lake City attorney Cezar McKnight who had 3443 votes or 24.4 percent. S.C. Rep. Carl Anderson had 2,707 votes for 19.2 percent. Twenty provisional votes for Williamsburg County and other provisional votes in four counties have yet to be counted as well.
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It is being promoted to help support female health problems, like the symptoms of menopause (hot flashes)
What is this medicine?BLACK COHOSH (blak KOH hosh) or Cimicifuga racemosa is a dietary supplement. It is being promoted to help support female health problems, like the symptoms of menopause (hot flashes). Black cohosh is also promoted to ease menstrual pain or pre- menstrual syndrome (PMS). The FDA does not recognize black cohosh as being safe or effective for any use at this time, and warns against its use in pregnancy.
This supplement may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?Take this herb by mouth with a glass of water. Follow the directions on the package labeling, or talk to your health care professional. Do not use for longer than 6 months without the advice of a health care professional. Do not use if you are pregnant or breast- feeding. Talk to your obstetrician- gynecologist or certified nurse- midwife.
This herb is not for use in children under the age of 18 years.
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Paulina N. Havelka
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J.D. Appalachian School of Law
Bar and Court Admissions:
Mecklenburg County Bar
NC State Courts
U.S. District Court of Western District of NC
Professional Involvement:
Civic and Community Involvement:
Council for Children's Rights
Women's Commission
Please describe why you would be the best candidate for the open judicial position: The submission of my name for a District Court Judge seat is the culmination of a dream, hard work and enduring ambition. I arrived in the United States in 1986 from Poland having no knowledge of the English language. In 1989 my family relocated to North Carolina and I learned a new language, embraced the Southern lifestyle and found my dream being realized when I began working at the Mecklenburg County Clerk's office as a Deputy Courtroom Clerk. Single mother of two, I graduated law school in 2005, I then opened my own practice in 2006, working with seasoned attorney Keith Stroud. I am an experienced trial lawyer in civil and criminal, District and Superior courts. This experience has enabled me to see the administration of justice from numerous perspectives and prepared me to be a fair and competent Judge.


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Check Google PageRank For All Website Pages At Once
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I recently ran across an excellent tutorial called How to Check PageRank For All Pages In A Website At Once that shows how to use the free PaRaMeter tool to batch check your pages. After running your pages through PaRaMeter, you can see which ones are ranking well and which ones need some SEO attention. I've run it myself on quite a few pages from unleash.com and I now know where my SEO is working and where I still have work to do. Give it a try on our pages and leave us a comment to let us know how you are doing.
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Gravlax With Caraway, Coriander, and Mustard-Dill Sauce
Luxurious foods are, practically by definition, extremely expensive. Except for gravlax. For the price of a fresh piece of salmon, you can cure your own gravlax at home, then slice it and serve it as one of the most elegant hors d'oeuvres or light appetizers imaginable. In this recipe we cure it with sugar and salt, caraway, coriander, and dill, then serve it with a tangy mustard-dill sauce. More


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Below is the poem entitled Why Today which was written by poet
Daniels. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
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Matt Daniels
The ache of saying goodbye,
To that wonderful guy.
I awake every night,
Trying to find all the might.
To get you off my mind,
For the hundredth time.
I should have kissed you,
I should have loved you.
Now I pay the due,
Of now knowing it was true.
My heart skips like rocks,
Writing unto my mind like chalk.
I should of took your hand,
I should of walked this land.
Now I know,
That you had me at hello.
Why thee delay?
Why just today?
Our song plays,
Our distance delays.
It'll come the time,
When I call you mine.
It'll come the day,
When all this shall allay.


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Millennium Sport Shred-Ultra Review
What You Should Know
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One weight loss formula on the market today is Millennium Sport Shred-Ultra. This diet product is available through online stores like bodybuilding.com. It is suitable for women and men, who are struggling with weight loss. Two to three capsules of this product can be taken twice each day in order to promote weight reduction. However, you should never exceed six capsules in a single day. Also, it is important to avoid taking Millennium Sport Shred-Ultra within four hours of bedtime. This product can be acquired for $46.99 (90 capsules), and does come with some warnings.
- Caffeine Anhydrous
- Phenylethylamine HCL
- Theobromine
- Raspberry Ketones
- Coleus Forskohlii
- Synephrine
- Chromium
- Pantothenic Acid
- Panax Ginseng
- Ashwagandha
- American Ginseng
- Siberian Eleuthero
- Ginger Root
- White Willow Bark
- Calcium Carbonate
Product Features
Millennium Sport Shred-Ultra is a dietary supplement that endeavors to target the body's fat response incinerator. More specifically, this product may help burn off unwanted fat, convert carbs and fat to energy, improve mental clarity and mood, while providing sustained energy. Three different proprietary blends are found in this diet pill. It is recommended to avoid products that contain caffeine, while you are taking Millennium Sport Shred-Ultra. You cannot take this supplement if you are already taking a prescription drug, if you have any health conditions, or if you are about to engage in strenuous activity.
The primary ingredient used in Millennium Sport Shred-Ultra is Caffeine. This is a stimulant and diuretic that may increase your metabolism and boost energy levels. Some other key ingredients are Synephrine (works like Ephedra to boost thermo genesis), Raspberry Ketones (may increase the metabolism), Theobromine (improves energy levels), Ashwagandha (helps support overall health), Coleus Forskohlii (helps your body convert fat and carbohydrates to energy), Panax Ginseng (may increase the metabolism), and Phenylethylamine HCL (helps elevate mood, energy levels, and mental awareness).
- This weight loss pill contains some natural ingredients.
- It is easy to acquire this supplement online.
- This product may lead to nausea, dizziness, rapid heartbeat, or headaches.
- A high level of caffeine is found in Millennium Sport Shred-Ultra.
- You cannot consume coffee or products with caffeine when taking this diet pill.
- The Synephrine used in this supplement may cause bad reactions.
When you consider all of the drawbacks to Millennium Sport Shred-Ultra, this product is not the best choice for weight loss. First of all, it is loaded with caffeine, which may lead to side effects, including dehydration and insomnia. Secondly, Synephrine is a key ingredient found in this supplement, and it functions in a similar fashion to Ephedra. Therefore this diet pill may be dangerous to your health. Also, you cannot take Millennium Sport Shred-Ultra before you exercise, which seems odd for a weight loss product.


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Advanced Artifacts Management with Artifactory
Artifactory is an enterprise Repository Manager for your Maven and other binary artifacts, now available in both Open Source and Cloud-based versions.
In this demo-centric session, we present new methods for managing your build artifacts and third-party dependencies using Artifactory's unique features.
By attaching metadata to your artifacts and artifact containers (e.g.:version folders), we show you how to open up unlimited possibilities for managing and controlling the artifacts you use in your daily work, including: promotion and demotion, staging, licensing, assigning quality metrics, using ratings, and so on.
We also demonstrate a complete, holistic approach toward artifacts management by integrating your artifacts repository manager with your CI server, we will show how your build can be automatically linked to the artifacts it produced and to the dependencies used.
Finally,this session briefly covers some of the commercially available add-ons that can be installed on top of the OSS Artifactory version to enable:
- Smart searches:for collecting and manipulating "shopping carts" of artifacts
- User-defined property sets of structured properties: to create UIs for tagging and searching of artifacts
- Focused artifact watches and events
- Automatic jar signing and WebStart/JavaFx deployment
- Integration with existing enterprise SSO solutions
Frederic Simon
Frederic's software development experience goes back to 1992. He has been a Java (SE and EE) architect and consultant since 1999.
Founded AlphaCSP (pure Java consulting firm) in 1998. In 2008, Frederic founded JFrog Ltd. in which he acts as the Chief Architect.
Over these years, Frederic led Java Server Side development projects in large scale European and Israeli organizations.
Open Source Activities Involvement and Projects
- Artifactory, Maven Anno Mojo, Jade Plugins, Dependency Analyzer and Java Shell, fan4idea* The realistic, sky rendering stellarium4Java.sourceforge.net
- Java 7 playground project kijaro.dev.java.net ,where he implemented the "abstract enum" language change
Yoav Landman
Yoav is a Java professional with over 10 years of hands-on experience. Founded JFrog Ltd., in which he acts as the development lead.
Yoav acted as a Java Consultant at AlphaCSP (a pure Java consulting firm) for over eight years. He managed and expedited large-scale Java-based projects with clients, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
Before that, Yoav held various technical lead and management positions in Versata Inc. (Australia), SMS Consulting (Australia), and Attunity Ltd. (Israel).
Open Source Activities Involvement and Projects
- Started Artifactory OS project in late 2006
- Worked on development-supporting OS projects such as Maven Anno Mojo (common annotation-based Maven plug-ins framework, used by projects like JAXB), Jade plug-ins, and Dependency Analyzer


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2012 PGA Championship—A New Kiawah Island Golf Story
A new chapter in Kiawah Island history is being written this August – where will you capture all the action during the 2012 PGA Championship?
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Two of the Top 100 residential courses in the U.S. – Cassique and The River Course – are reserved for Kiawah Island Club Members
and their guests.
Inspired by Irish and Scottish links-style golf courses, the 6,960-yard course lies along the Kiawah River and its creek and marshes. The first six holes at Cassique have been described as though they've been "air-lifted from Ireland's southwest coast." A replica of The Spectacles bunkers from Carnoustie guards one green, and approaches reminiscent of holes at Ballybunion and Cypress Point frame two others.
As with such classic seaside settings, Cassique offers little protection from ocean breezes, so the course's holes can be played in numerous ways depending upon the conditions and the creativity and skills of the golfer.
Opened in 2000, Cassique is the first solo course design in North America by Tom Watson, five-time winner of the British Open. See the course map.
The course hosted the 2002 Kiawah Children's Hospital Classic, 2003 Palmer Cup, 2004 UBS Cup, and 2009 US Mid-Amateur Championship. It is consistently ranked on the Golf Digest Top 100 Modern Courses and the Golfweek Top 100 Residential Courses.
Cassique is home to the Kiawah Island Club Golf Academy, dedicated to improving Club Members' overall golf experiences and suited for players of all abilities and ages. The Golf Academy offers a variety of game-improving programs focused on technique, golf fitness, mental training, and club fitting.
Reminiscent of a 19th-century English country manor with stone-surrounded windows, copper guttering, and slate roofing, the Cassique clubhouse offers commanding views of the golf course and the tidelands surrounding the Kiawah River. The dining experience at the restaurant and pub are also spectacular, with a menu designed exclusively by James Beard-award winner Consulting Chef Tom Colicchio.
Cassique's capable staff and concierge oversee every club detail from rooms for private functions, to expansive men and women's locker facilities, and a full-service golf shop.
The River Course provides a challenging and inspiring 7,039-yard test. Eight holes play along the Kiawah River and Bass Pond, with the other fairways and greens along marsh savannas, ponds, and oak-filled maritime forests.
The River Course site, which extends a mile or so along the Kiawah River, was the location of the first English settlement on the Island in the 18th century. In 1999, it was fully certified as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.
Originally opened in 1995, Tom Fazio extensively renovated his course in 2006, with the re-grassing of all 18 greens in ultra-dwarf Bermuda, a complete rebuilding of four putting surfaces, and re-grassing of all 18 fairways, collars, and tees with Emerald, a new greens-grade dwarf Bermuda never before used on fairways and collars. Bunkers also received extensive rebuilding to make significant strategic and visual changes to the course. See the course map.
The course hosted the Kiawah Children's Hospital Classic in 2000 and 2001. Since opening, the course has garnered numerous accolades including that of Golf Digest's 1996 top five new private courses in the nation. It was also listed on "America's Best Top 100 Residential Courses" by Golfweek magazine in 2012.
The dark cedar-shingled River Course clubhouse sits on an ancient bluff overlooking the Kiawah River to the north and Bass Pond to the southeast. Amenities include a golf shop, dining room, grille room and bar, veranda, living room, men's and women's lounges with locker areas, and fitness center. Two adjacent red clay tennis courts are always in top competition conditioning.
Explore our luxury real estate and communities or make plans to visit and see them for yourself.


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Justin Martin's speed makes him a hard tailback to track down.
The 6-2, 175-pound senior is averaging 191.5 yards per game and 10.4 yards per carry with six touchdowns for Overton (2-0).
"The biggest thing when you talk about Justin is a kid that's extremely fast," Bobcats coach Terry Anderson said. "If you get him in the open, he's capable of making a big play anytime. And that's kind of what he's been doing. Once he gets in the open, you're not going to chase him down."
Martin is in the 4.4 range in the 40-yard dash.
He averages 40 yards on kickoff returns, and also plays cornerback.
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This durable, wheel-thrown porcelain mug by SKT Ceramics holds over eight ounces and depicts a perfectly plucky penguin, who's clearly got small-town humility and big city dreams. Perfect for hot chocolate, hot coffee or a healing hot toddy, the lead-free glaze and delightful illustration make for a seriously sweet kitchen item—and that, as they say, is that.
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"we Were There, Waiting—"
The repulse of Pickett's charge, described in a little-known account written shortly after the battle by a Union officer
December 1957 | Volume 9, Issue 1
One of the genuine but little-known classics of Civil War literature is a book called The Battle of Gettysburg , written by a Northern soldier named Frank Aretas Haskell. Haskell fought in the battle, and less than two weeks after the fighting ceased he wrote a detailed account of what he had seen and experienced and sent the manuscript to his brother, back in Wisconsin.
Haskell had seen and experienced a good deal, for he was an aide on the stall of Brigadier General John Gibbon, commander of the and Division ol the Army of the Potomac's Second Army Corps; and it was this division which held the ground against which the most famous assault in American military history was directed—the charge of 15,000 Confederates led by Major General George Pickett, on the afternoon of the third day of the fight. Haskell was at storm center throughout the action, and when he wrote his manuscript the heat of battle was still on him; the town of Gettysburg was still full of wounded men, and the fearful debris of battle still littered its fields.
The book had a curious history. Haskell's brother offered the manuscript to the editor of a small-town paper, who found it far too long for his pages. Some fifteen years later the brother had it printed in pamphlet form, for private distribution. In 1898 an abbreviated version was published as part of the history of the class of 1854, Dartmouth College—Haskell's own class. This version was reprinted in 1908 by the Conimandery of Massachusetts, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; and the full, unabridged version was printed shortly thereafter under the auspices of the Wisconsin History Commission, in an edition of 2,500 copies. It quickly became a standard reference work for students of the battle, but the general reader rarely saw it.
Now, 94 years after it was written, The Rattle of Gettysburg is being made available to everyone, in an unabridged edition which is to be published shortly by the Houghton Mifflin Company of Boston. By special arrangement with this publisher, AMERICAN HERITAGE is presenting herewith an excerpt from that part of the book which deals specifically with the repulse of Pickett's charge. (The book as a whole covers the entire battle, which lasted three days, from July 1 through July 3, 1863.)
Haskell himself never saw his narrative in print, for he did not survive the war. Born in Vermont in 1828, he had gone to Madison, Wisconsin, immediately after his graduation from college and had entered the practice of law. When the Civil War broke out he promptly enlisted, and on June 20, 1861, he was commissioned first lieutenant in Company I of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry. This regiment was sent east that summer, and in the spring of 1862, along with the 2nd and 7th Wisconsin and the 19th Indiana regiments (to which, a bit later, was added the 24th Michigan), it became a unit in what was to be one of the most distinguished combat outfits in the Army of the Potomac, the celebrated "Iron Brigade."
This brigade was commanded by Brigadier General John Gibbon, a tough West Pointer in his mid-thirties, who promptly made Lieutenant Haskell an aide on his staff. The two served with the brigade in the battles of Gainesville, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, and Antietani, and in the fall of 1862, when Gibbon was raised to divisional command, he saw to it that Haskell remained on his staff. Haskell stayed with him through Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg and won both Gibbon's professional admiration and personal affection. In his report on Gettysburg, Gibbon wrote that Haskell had distinguished himself in every battle "by his conspicuous coolness and bravery," and added: "It has always been a source of regret to me that our military system offers no plan for rewarding his merit and services as they deserve."
The reward came shortly after this. Gibbon was wounded at Gettysburg, and after serving for some months on the staff of the general who replaced him, Haskell was sent to Wisconsin and made colonel of the newly organized goth Wisconsin Infantry. In the spring of 1864 this regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac—Gibbon, by now restored to duty, arranged to get it in his division—and in the battle of Cold Harbor, on June 3, 1864, Haskell was killed leading his regiment in a hopeless assault on the Confederate entrenchments. Informed of his death, Gibbon remarked that he had lost his best friend and that the Army of the Potomac had lost one of its best soldiers.
The reader of Haskell's narrative needs to remember that it was written without benefit of the backward glance and without those inevitable revisions that grow out of long reflection and fuller knowledge. Haskell expresses all of the prejudices which an ardent officer in a hot combat unit might be expected to have, both toward other units in his own army and toward the enemy against whom he was fighting. He had, for example, nothing but contempt for the luckless Eleventh Army Corps in the Army of the Potomac; it was badly maided at Gettysburg, just as had been the case at Chancellorsville two months earlier, and Haskell wrote it off as a half-hearted group. He also had scant use for such Union officers as Major General Daniel Sickles and Major General Abner Doubleday, and when he wrote about the battle he saw no reason to disguise his feelings.


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A surgical retractor wherein a plurality of segments are strung together on a strand which may be tensioned; the segments are separated from each other by spacers also strung on the strand; the mating surfaces of the segments are concave and the intervening spacers are convex; tensioning of the strand causes the segments and spacers to frictionally engage each other and rigidize the attitude of the segments with respect to each other.
1. A surgical retractor comprising,
(a) a front end segment,
(b) a rear end segment,
(c) a plurality of intermediate generally rectangular segments disposed successively between the front end and the rear end segments.
(d) opposing portions of the intermediate segments adjacent to each other provided with transverse concavities,
(e) a longitudinal passage through the segments,
(f) a plurality of rod shaped spacers disposed between the intermediate segments,
(g) the spacers having transverse convexities in general conformity with the concavities of the adjacent intermediate segments,
(h) the spacers having longitudinal passages therethrough in general registration with the longitudinal passages in the intermediate segments,
(i) a stand,
(j) the intermediate segments in alternation with the spacers strung on the strand with their respective concavities and convexities in engagement with each other,
(k) the strand anchored at one end to the front end segment,
(l) the passage in the rear end segment having a threaded portion,
(m) a threaded plug in threaded engagement with the threaded passage in the rear end segment,
(n) the strand anchored at its other end from the front end segment to the plug,
(o) the threaded plug rotatable to exert or relax tension on the strand on which the intermediate segments and spacers are strung,
(p) the tensioning of the strand engaging the convexities and concavities into frictional engagement wih the spacers intervening between the intermediate segments, to rigidize the attitude of the segments to each other in a preselected shape in which the intermediate segments have been deflected,
(q) the relaxing of tension on the strand releasing the frictional engagement of the intermediate segments and spacers with each other until the segments become limp.
2. A surgical retractor in accordance with claim 1 in which the passages through the front end, rear end, and intermediate segments and the spacers are larger than the cross-sectional diameter of the strand.
3. A surgical retractor in accordance with claim 1 in which the spacers are composed of a material having a high coefficient of friction.
4. A surgical retractor in accordance with claim 1 comprising,
(a) a means to rotate the threaded plug to exert tension or relax tension on the strand.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to surgical retractors and particularly to segmented surgical retractors wherein the segments and intervening spaces are strung on a strand and rigidize as to position by the tensioning of the strand.
2. Prior Art
In the performance of various surgical acts, bodily tissues are cut but not severed from the bodily structure, to be restored after surgery is complete by sutures. While the tissues remain cut but unsutured, it is necessary that they be diverted from the site of the surgery and to this end, various retractors have been devised to hold surrounding tissues away from the site of the surgery and to keep that site unobstructed. There are integral deformable pieces, usually metal, which are non-resilient and may be bent to various shapes to retain tissues in unobstructing relationship to the site of the operation. There are segmented retractors that may function in a similar way. These devices frequently are not as completely self-sustaining as might be desired and after a period of time, they relax their tension on the retracted tissues and permit those retracted tissues to encroach upon the site of the operation, thereby making the work of the surgeon difficult, and requiring the readjustment of the retractor or the application of additional retractors, sometimes requiring the complete reapplication of the retractor.
It has been found that an articulated retractor can be provided which may be selectively required to assume numerous attitudes, one of which may be best suited to retracting tissues from the site of the operation. This retractor having been adjusted to the particular position best calculated to retract tissue from the site of an operation, may be made exceedingly rigid. This is accomplished by tensioning a strand which passes through the segments of the retractor and as well through spaces between the segments so as to frictionally engage them together against movement with respect to each other.
These objects and advantages as well as other objects and advantages may be obtained by the device shown by way of illustration in the drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the surgical retractor rigidized to retract and hold a flap of tissue away from the site of surgery;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the retractor in normal linear position, showing the strands passing through the segments and the tensioning means in the rear end segment;
FIG. 3 is a partial vertical sectional view of several spaces and segments with the strand passed through them;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a segment, showing the opposite concave transverse engaging portions;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a spacer showing the passages therethrough for strands;
FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional side view of the rear end segment of the retractor; and
FIG. 7 is a vertical elevational view of the rear end segment of the retractor.
Referring now to the drawings in detail, the surgical retractor embodying the invention provides a front end segment 11. This is a generally rectangular element having a plurality of three longitudinal passages 10 therethrough. The inner end of the front end segment 11 is provided with a concave transverse surface 9. There is a rear end segment 12 having a generally pyramidal shape. The rear end segment 12 is provided with a longitudinal concave surface 8 and a flat base 7. As is the case with the front end segment 11 there are three passages 6 through the rear end segment commencing at the concave longitudinal surface 8 and extending to the base 7. Between the front end segment 11 and the rear end segment 12, there are a plurality of generally rectangular intermediate segments 13 each of which also have longitudinal passages 10. The intermediate segments 13 at their end portions adjacent to the other segments, 11, 12, 13, have transverse concavities 14. The segments 11, 12, 13 are preferably made of metal which makes them resistent to high heat necessary for sterilization. Of the metals, stainless steel is preferred. However, the retractor may also be made of plastic materials which would be resistent to destruction under high temperatures necessary for sterilization. Teflon is a suitable material. A plurality of generally rod shaped spacers 16 are interposed between the front end segment 11, the rear end segment 12 and the intermediate segments 13. These spacers 16 may also be made of metal such as stainless steel or may be made of a temperature resistent plastic material such as Teflon. It is preferred that the spacers 16 have a high coefficient of friction so that they are resistent to slipping when forcibly engaged with an adjacent segment. The spacers have externally transverse convex surfaces 17 so as to mate with the concavities 18 of the segments 13 and of the segments 11, 12. By way of illustration, all of the segments 11, 12, 13 and the spaces 16 are provided with three passages 10 which are arranged in general registration with each other to form a continuous passage from the front end segment 11 through the intermediate segments 13 through the spacers 16 and through the rear end segment 12. These passages 6, 10, 19 are larger than a strand 20 which passes through them; being larger, they allow for deflection of the segments 11, 12, 13 with respect to each other. If the passages were in exact conformity with the strands 20, the deflection of the segments with respect to each other would be overcome when tension was exerted upon the strands 20. With the passages 6, 10, 19 larger than the strand 20, deflection of the segments 11, 12, 13 from linearity to arcuate position is permitted. The longitudinal passages 19 in the spacers 16 are disposed in registration with the longitudinal passages 6, 10 in the segments 11, 12, 13. Of these passages 6, 10, 19, one passage 5 is preferably offset from the others as will appear in FIGS. 4 and 7. The rear end segment 12 is provided with threaded passages 22. A threaded plug 23 is engaged with each of the threaded passages 22. Strands 20 are passed through the threaded passages 22, through the intermediate segments 13, through the spaces 16 and to the front end segment 11 where the ends of the strands 20 are rigidly secured in the passages 10 in the front end segment 11. In the case of a metal segment, the ends of the strands may be anchored in the front end segment by welding, soldering, or by some cement which is sufficiently resistent to conditions of ordinary usage. The other end of the strands 20 are attached to threaded plugs 23 which are in threaded engagement with the threaded passage 22 in the rear end segment 12. This attachment of the strand 20 at its end 24 to the threaded plug 23 may be made by inserting it in a hole in the plug and soldering, welding or adhesively securing it therein. The head of the plug 25 may be provided with a slot 26 for the application of a screwdriver 27 to enable the plug 25 to be rotated to tension the strand and draw the segments 11, 12, 13 and the spacers 16 into tight frictional engagement with each other. In lieu of the slot and screwdriver method of rotating the plugs 25, any other means of adjustment may be provided such as a socket and a wrench. The strand 20 is preferably made of a multi-filament metal cable which may be subject to twisting without destruction. Other strands made of other material such as nylon or other plastic materials may be utilized.
Upon the tensioning of the strand, the various convexities 14 and concavities 18 will be brought together into frictional engagement with each other and this will rigidize the attitude of the segments 11, 12, 13 to each other in their engagement with spacers 16 to serve as a hook, as indicated in FIG. 1; in this manner, tissues or organs may be held away from the site of surgery. By relaxing the tension on the strand 20 by counterrotating the plug 23, the strand releases the tension on the segments 11, 12, 13 and the spacers 16 so that the retractor becomes limp.
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CLASS III FUTURES TRADED IN A NARROW RANGE over the past 90 days. June to December contracts averaged $17.37 at the magazine's close.
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