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- Willamette
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- Willamette's Environmental Law Moot Team Shines
Willamette's Environmental Law Moot Team Shines
Willamette College of Law's Robert L. Taylor JD'04 has been named the best student advocate for environmental law in the nation. Judges at the National Environmental Law moot court team competition, held this week in New York, have named Taylor Best Oralist in the entire competition.
For the second year in a row, Willamette Environmental Law Moot Court Team has done very well in the national competition. During the preliminary rounds, Taylor received two Best Oralist in round awards and Aaron Young received one Best Oralist in round award. Each round has six people present oral argument and the judges select the Best Oralist from each round. Taylor was then named Best Oralist of the competition. The Best Oralist Award goes to the competitor with the highest scores in oral advocacy during the first preliminary rounds.
Willamette team members Jodi Skeel JD'05, Aaron Young JD'04 and Taylor, successfully competed in three preliminary rounds before advancing to the quarterfinals. After winning the quarterfinals and advancing to the semi-finals, the team narrowly lost a chance to argue in the finals. The three teams that advanced to the finals included two teams Willamette had already beaten in the preliminary rounds. While the Willamette team didn't win the entire competition as they did last year, they beat more 200 other law students on 70+ teams to make it to the semi-final round. Willamette's team members are among the best 4-5% of student advocates in environmental law in the nation.
Successfully competing in the National Environmental Moot Court Competition is a challenging experience and Willamette's team rigorously prepared. "Our team put in a lot of hard work for the competition," recalled Taylor. "Aaron, Jodi and I met twice a week to practice our arguments. We also held more formal practice sessions in front of professors and lawyers in the field."
Second year team member, Skeel, said she spent one or two hours every night "re-reading cases and our brief and reading through many of the other teams' briefs." Even during the competition, the preparation didn't stop. "Piece by piece the arguments came together," said she said. "They were a work in progress all the way up until the competition began. Most evenings during the competition were dedicated to revamping the arguments."
According to Young, working together was key to the team's success. "Our team really worked together," he said. "Our goal was to make another strong showing at the National Competition and further enhance Willamette's already strong reputation for developing legal advocates."
Skeel, who calls this year's competition "one of the most rewarding experiences in my life," has tentatively agreed to lead the team next year. The Willamette Environmental Moot Court team is coached by Willamette Law Professor and environmental law expert, Susan Smith. She's confident that next year's team will be as strong or even strong that this year's.


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2013 Harley-Davidson XL1200V Seventy-Two
Length 87.4 in. (2220 mm)
Overall Width 33.1 in. (841 mm)
Overall Height 44.9 in. (1140 mm)
Seat Height:
• Laden2 26.6 in. (676 mm)
• Unladen 27.9 in. (710 mm)
Ground Clearance 4.4 in. (112 mm)
Rake (steering head) 29.9°
Fork Angle 29.9°
Trail 4.2 in. (107 mm)
Wheelbase 59.9 in. (1521 mm)
Tires (Michelin® Scorcher® "31" front and rear):
• Front – Scorcher® "31" 130/90B16 72H
• Rear – Scorcher® "31" 150/80B16 77H
Fuel Capacity 4.5 gal. (17 L) (warning light at approximately 1.0 gal.)
Oil Capacity (w/filter) 2.8 qts. (2.6 L)
Transmission Capacity 1 qt. (.95 L)
• As Shipped 553 lbs. (251 kg)
• In Running Order 573 lbs. (260 kg)
• Gross Vehicle Weight Rating 1000 lbs. (454 kg)
• Gross Axle Weight Rating
• Front 335 lbs. (152 kg)
• Rear 665 lbs. (302 kg)
Engine Air-cooled, Evolution®
Valves Pushrod-operated, overhead valves with hydraulic, self-adjusting lifters; two valves per cylinder
Bore x Stroke 3.5 in. x 3.812 in. (88.9 mm x 96.8 mm)
Displacement 73.3 cu. in. (1200 cc)
Compression Ratio 9.7:1
Fuel System3 Electronic Sequential Port Fuel Injection (ESPFI)
Air Cleaner Paper cartridge type
Lubrication System Dry-sump
Primary Drive Chain, 57/38 ratio
Final Drive Belt, 68/29 ratio
Clutch Multi-plate, wet
Transmission 5-speed
Gear Ratios (overall): U.S.
• 1st 9.315
• 2nd 6.653
• 3rd 4.948
• 4th 4.102
• 5th 3.517
Frame Mild steel, tubular frame; circular sections; cast junctions
Swingarm Mild steel, rectangular tube section, stamped junctions; MIG welded
Front Forks 39 mm
Rear Shocks Coil-over; preload dual-adjustable
Wheels4 (Black Contrast Cut 5-Spoke Cast Aluminum; Steel Laced; Black Steel Laced option): Chrome, 5-spoke Cast Aluminum
• Front 16 in. x 3 in. (406.4 mm x 76.2 mm)
• Rear 16 in. x 3 in. (406 mm x 76 mm)
• Caliper Type Dual-piston front, single-piston rear
• Rotor Type (diameter x width): Patented, uniform expansion rotors
• Front 11.5 in. x .2 in. (292 mm x 5 mm)
• Rear 10.24 in. x .28 in. (260 mm x 7 mm)
Suspension Travel:
• Front Wheel 4.12 in. (105 mm)
• Rear Wheel 2.12 in. (54 mm)
Engine Torque5 (per J1349):
• North America 79 ft. lbs. @ 3250 RPM (107 Nm @ 3250 RPM)
Lean Angle (per J1168):
• Right 26.2°
• Left 28.3°
Fuel Economy6 (EPA urban/highway test)
48 mpg (4.9 L/100 km)
Battery (per Battery Council International Rating)
Sealed, maintenance-free, 12V, 12 amp/hour, 200 cca
Charging Single-phase, 30-amp system (357W @ 13.5V, 2000 RPM, 405W max power @ 13.5V)
Starting 1.2 kW electric with solenoid shift starter motor engagement
Lights (as per country regulation):
• Headlamp (quartz halogen) 55-watt low beam, 60-watt high beam
• Tail/Stop Lights 1.75W/2.75W
• Turn Signal Lights 28W self-canceling
• Indicator Lamps: High beam, neutral, low oil pressure, turn signals, engine diagnostics, low fuel warning, low battery, security
system7 (optional)
Warranty8 24 months (unlimited mileage)
Service Interval9 First 1000 miles (1600 km), every 5000 miles (8000 km) thereafter
1 Vehicles depicted may differ from vehicles manufactured and delivered. Specifications and prices listed may differ from specifications and prices of vehicles manufactured and delivered. All product descriptions (including depictions, specifications, dimensions, measurements, ratings and competitive comparisons) are based on available information at the time of publication. Although such descriptions are believed correct, errors and changes can occur and complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Harley-Davidson may make changes at any time to prices and specifications, and may change or discontinue models, without notice and without incurring any obligation. Attention: Vehicles in the configurations shown and many of the accessories described in this catalog may not be available for sale or use in some locations. Please check with your dealer for complete product details and the latest information. All models feature 6-speed transmission (V-Rod® models and Sportster models are 5-speed) and carbon fiber belt final drive; multi-plate clutch with diaphragm spring in oil bath; and 2-year unlimited mileage warranty.
2 Measurement reflects 180 lb. (81.7 kg) operator weight.
3 Recommended 91 octane or higher fuel (R+M)/2.
4 Standard and optional wheels may vary by country and region.
5 Values shown are nominal. Performance may vary by country and region.
6 The combined fuel economy numbers were derived using a combination of estimated city and highway values. Fuel economy estimates are derived from US EPA exhaust emission certification data on a sample motorcycle from the corresponding family under ideal laboratory conditions. Your actual fuel economy will vary depending on your personal riding habits, road and driving conditions, vehicle condition and maintenance, tire pressure, vehicle configuration (parts and accessories), and vehicle loading (cargo, rider and passenger weight). Break-in mileage may vary.
7 North America security system includes immobilizer; outside North America the security system includes immobilizer and siren.
8 See motorcycle owner's manual for complete details.
9 Inspections of certain systems and components are required at 2,500 mile(4,000 km) intervals. See Owner's Manual for full details.
Price: $10,699
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Editorial: Don't let kids sit idle this summer; here are tips for sharpening kids' minds
Wondering how to keep your children occupied and productive during the summer school layoff? Unless kids keep their minds active, they could forget many of the things they spent nine months learning. Great athletes don't sit home and chill when their seasons areviver. They keep working and practicing to stay fit and in shape.
University of Tennessee experts offer these tips on how children can stay sharp and exercise their brain muscles during the summer months.
"Learning over the summer does not have to be stressful or laborious," said Matt Devereaux, an associate professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences in UT's Institute of Agriculture. Research cited by UT shows that the biggest impact on student academic achievement is made when families engage in learning activities that reflect the work children do in school, Devereaux said.
Here are some tips to help children have enjoyable educational summer experiences:
Open a book: Children who don't read during the summer lose an average of three months of reading growth. But children who read gain about a month, said Dick Allington, a professor of literacy studies and one of the nation's leading authorities on summer reading loss.
Join a summer reading club: Devereaux noted that local libraries and bookstores often have summer reading programs. Children can track the number of books read and amount of time spent reading to accumulate points and qualify for prizes.
Journal daily: Encourage children to write in a personal journal each day during the summer. Allow them to be creative and also give them journal prompts. Promote the correct use of grammar and monitor spelling mistakes by using the dictionary and thesaurus.
Write a pen pal: Whether your child has a friend who has moved or one right next door, suggest that they become pen pals. They will enjoy writing letters and sharing ideas and experiences during the summer.
Get a magazine subscription: Subscribe to an age-appropriate magazine centered around your children's activities and interests. Do not pick the magazine for them. Instead, encourage them to be part of the search process.
Play learning games: Games can be simple ones that you make up and play with your child. You also can buy learning games online and in educational stores. Many games that are just for fun can be turned into learning games with a simple variation.
Take educational family trips: Camping, taking a nature hike and visiting a local zoo or museum are all educational family trips. Children can exercise their brain muscles by taking time to point out animals, plants and exhibits.


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Monday - Friday
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Registration Access Times are now available. Don't forget to
check your registration time and plan your spring schedule now.
Registration begins on February 12.
Schedule Planner is now available for spring quarter. Class
schedules are also available in the IP office.
Academic Students: If you have a block on your
registration, come to the IP office immediately to get the block
removed so you can register for classes. Do not wait until the
end of the quarter to take care of it!
First Quarter Academic Students: If you have NOT created
a degree or transfer plan with your advisor, you need to
schedule an advising appointment right away. If you did not
attend a group advising session or an advising appointment with
your advisor this quarter you will NOT be able to register for
spring quarter!
If you are a student employee and need help with your income tax
return, please see the information below on where to get
assistance. Unfortunately, the advisors and staff in the IP
office cannot assist students with income tax returns.
FREE Income Tax Return Assistance - locations listed below
Click here to find out what you need to bring with you.
Important Update - Change to the UW Business
All UW Business prerequisites must be completed by the end
of spring quarter for fall admission. You can no longer finish
these courses during summer quarter. If you are currently
planning to finish these courses in summer quarter, please meet
with an advisor right away. We will either change your plan or
assist you in getting an exception from the UW.
UW Business Information Session
A representative from the UW Business school will be on
campus to answer all your questions about their admission
process. This is a very important and informative session for
all students interested in applying the the UW Business school.
It is no longer necessary to come to the IP office to change
your address if you move. You may now update your address
online, using
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PIN. Please be sure to update your email and phone numbers as
If you are moving from a host family, homeshare, or CCA,
please email the Housing office to let them know:
We are excited to announce that we have hired John Tankersley
as our new full time advisor! John will start in February and
will become the advisor for all students from Japan.
Dear Students,
I'm excited to be moving to Auburn and working at a
wonderful college like Green River. I'm from Tennessee, but I
have lived in California, Poland, and Japan. I look forward to
meeting everyone very soon!
International Programs Student Receptionist
You must meet the following requirements to apply:
Applications and a more detailed job description will be
available in the IP Office at the front desk. (Please do not call for information)
All applications are due on Monday, February 5 by 5:00 pm.
Ice Skating
Saturday, February 10, 12:45-5:00 pm
$10 student, $20 non-students: price includes admission,
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Student Programs
Chinese New Year Celebration
February 21, 1:00, Commons (or the Main Dining Area
of the LSC if it rains)
FREE Lion Dance and Kung Fu performance
Piano Concert
February 23, 1:00-2:00, Rehearsal Room of the
Performing Arts Building
FREE, sign up in Student Programs
Still looking for pianists: Contact Yuki at (email@example.com)
ISA Talk for Valentine's Day
Send a love letter or thank you note to someone
special. Your note will be in the next ISA Talk.
Check out the latest ISA Talk or contact Yuki at (email@example.com)
for more information on how to submit your letter.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
JSL Cook-off Feb. 9
Saturday, Feb. 9 • 1-5 pm
The Junior Service League of Summerville will host a Chili, Cornbread, and Pies… Oh, My!!! Cook-off and Vendor Fair. The group is looking for vendors to purchase booths to sell their goods, as well as to compete in the cook-off. This is a fundraiser for JSL and those attending will enjoy fabulous local food, entertainment for the kids, live music, raffles for great prizes, as well as shopping with local vendors. Admission to the event is free. Drinks and samples of the chili, cornbread, and pies will be $1 each. Raffle tickets will be sold for $1 each. All money raised will go to charities in the Summerville area
Information: If you are interested in being a vendor or participating in the cook-off, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Location: The Ponds
Valentine's Day Gift Basket
The Summerville Restaurant Association is offering a Valentine's Day Gift Basket. Tickets for a chance to win the basket are $1 and can be purchased at participating restaurants:
This Whole House
Atlanta Bread Co.
Sticky Fingers
Single Smile Café
The Basket is filled with gift certificates and retail items valuing over $150. A winner will be announced the first week of February on the Summerville Restaurant Association Facebook page.
Proceeds generated from the basket giveaway will go to the Summerville Restaurant Association to fund growth and development.
For more information contact Dustin Baker, President, Summerville Restaurant Association at 793-8122 or
Scottish American Military Society
Saturday, Feb. 9 • 9 a.m.
The Scottish American Military society will meet for coffee and doughnuts. The business meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. If you are a prior military of active duty, reserves, we would like to meet with you. Coast Guard is also included. You need to be of Scottish Heritage.
Information: S-A-M-S.org
Location: VFW Post 3433, Bell Wright Road, Summerville
Women's Social Group
Monday Feb. 11 • 10 a.m.
New to the area or just looking to meet some great fun women for social activities? Come to the monthly meeting of the Lowcountry Women's Social Group.
Information: 440-318-4167
Location: Perkin's Restaurant, 1700 Old Trolley Rd., Summerville.
Women's Clubs Meet and Greet Gathering
Sunday, February 10 • 2:30 -4 p.m.
The General Federation of Women's Clubs-South Carolina/Southern District will host a
a "Get acquainted/informational gathering" for local women interested in the GFWC service organization and projects in the Lowcountry – "Sweet Tea and Southern Friends" of the District GFWC-SC clubs
Contact: Melissa H. Smith 843-563-2021
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2.28.12 WOMEN'S TENNIS: Walsh Edges Lake Superior 5-4
Women's Tennis, 2012-02-28
Walsh won its second straight match with a narrow 5-4 victory over Lake Superior State Tuesday in Lexington. The Cavaliers (2-2) evened up their early season record while the Lakers (14-9) is nearing the end of their season after playing mostly a fall schedule. Walsh took two of the three doubles matches and split the singles matches evenly with visiting Lake Superior. Walsh is off until Sunday when they play Marywood University on its spring break trip to Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Shellie Webster/Alisha Angle (W) d. Holly Daniel/Erin Anderson-Scott (LS) 8-4
Adrienne DiVito/Kaitlynn Hutchinson (LS) d. Allison St. George/Jaclyn DiDomenico (W) 8-2
Kayla Shaheen/Rebeka Beresh (W) d. Teodora Gavric/Meagan Grey (LS) 8-6
Shellie Webster (W) d. Adrienne DiVito (LS) 1-1, retired
Erin Anderson-Scott (LS) d. Kayla Shaheen (W) 6-1, 6-0
Alisha Angle (W) d. Holly Daniel (LS) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
Kaitlynn Hutchinson (LS) d. Allison St. George (W) 7-5, 7-5
Meagan Grey (LS) d. Jaclyn DiDomenico (W) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
Rebeka Beresh (W) d. Teodora Gavric (LS) 7-5, 6-2
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A high wind warning remains in effect until 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon in several NY counties, including Monroe and Wayne.
Southwest winds are expected between 30 to 40 miles per hour, with gusts up to 60 miles per hour.
As of Thursday morning, 110 customers are without power in Monroe County.
Due to heavy rainfall, a flood watch also remains in effect throughout Thursday afternoon, in Ontario and Wayne County.


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H.E.A.R.T.S VETERANS MUSEUM OF TEXAS463 Hwy 75 North, Huntsville, TX 77320 (map) | (936) 295-5959 | heartsvetsmuseum.com | email@example.com
To honor individuals who have served in our armed forces and provide space for the preservation of military memorabilia, artifacts and the history of past wars. To provide educational and inspiration for children and adults concerning our patriotic heritage and the sacrifices made to preserve our freedoms.
Volunteer Opportunities: Help to greet visitors as they come into the museum, conduct tours once trained, collect admission fees, answer the phone, filing and archiving.
Volunteer Requirements: Application, Interview and Orientation/Training.
Volunteer Coordinator Contact: N/A
Huntsville Community Theatre, Inc.1023 12th Street, Huntsville, TX 77340 (map) | (936) 291-7933 | huntsvillecommunitytheatre.org email@example.com
To be a significant theatrical resource for the citizens of Huntsville and those in the surrounding area. It is our desire to provide our community the opportunity for personal growth and achievement in an atmosphere of mutual respect, support and enjoyment while promoting theatrical arts in our community.
Volunteer Opportunities: Help by acting, doing lights, sound and props, phone calls, costumes, cleaning, ushering and flyer distribution. Other duties may be assigned.
Volunteer Requirements: Application and Background Check (for projects with children).
Volunteer Coordinator Contact: Cec Barton-Murrah at (936) 291-7933
The Wynne Home Arts Center1428 11th Street, Huntsville, TX 77340 (map) | (936) 291-5424 | thewynnehome.com
To share and promote the arts and community heritage.
Volunteer Opportunities: Help host events and daily visitors, work in the office or gift shop, clean the grounds, write articles and give tours of the house and grounds.
Volunteer Requirements: Application, Interview, Orientation/Training and Background Check.
Volunteer Coordinator Contact: Linda Pease at (936) 291-5422 or email@example.com
Walker County Historical Commission & Gibbs-Powell House Museum1301 Sam Houston Ave., Room #226, Huntsville, TX 77340 (map) | (936) 436-4922 | walkercountyhistory.org firstname.lastname@example.com
To discover and circulate information pertinent to the historical identity of Walker County, Texas, such as placement of state historical markers. To cooperate with other people, groups, organizations and agencies in preserving the heritage and history of Texas. To operate a County Museum in the historic Gibbs-Powell House portraying Huntsville life in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Volunteer Opportunities: Help with the Gibbs-Powell House docents, maintenance and special events assistance. Assist with historical surveys, cataloging and maintenance of historical records. Assist with maintenance of state historical markers. Service as guides for tours of the Oakwood Cemetery.
Volunteer Requirements: Interview and Orientation/Training.
Volunteer Coordinator Contact: Lee Murrah at (936) 594-4000 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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4/15/12 - 4/15/12
Outgrown Children's Clothing & toy Resale
St. Catherine of Siena, 2503 Centervillw Road, Wilmington, DE 19808 9:30 am - 1:00 pm in the parish gym newborn thru pre-teen, toys, materinity, aby gear & equip. info 302 545 5520, 302 463 7792 or www.scschildrenresale.com CASH only sale
4/15/12 - 4/15/12
5th Annual Beef, Brew, & Casino Night,
Join us for a fun-filled night of food, drink, games,dancing, "treasures", and various casino games (no cash prizes). The cost is $25 pp before April 1st or $30 thereafter. For more information, visit www.claymontcenter.org
4/15/12 - 4/15/12
Flea market and Silent Auction
Millcreek Ladies Aux. is hosting a flea market and silent auction from 8:00am to 2:00pm on Sat. April 14, 2012. Tables are $20. The Ladies will have a bake table and sell homemade soup by the quart. For more info contact Emma Conly at 994-6361 #4.
4/15/12 - 4/15/12
April is "Plant One Million" Month
The Delaware Center for Horticulture has teamed with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, New Jersey Tree Foundation and Plant One Million to educate residents and companies about the need for trees and canopy restoration. Get a free tree to plant at the Green & Healthy Expo at the University of Delaware on April 14th. Call 302-658-6262 for more info.
4/15/12 - 4/15/12
Haxton Family Trust Fundraiser
A day of martial arts to benefit the Haxton Family Trust (Proceeds to benefit Hayley and Lyndsey Haxton) Premier Martial Arts, 1731 Wilmington Pike, Glen Mills PA 610-459-1933 www.KirksPMA.com www.facebook.com/KravforaCause
4/15/12 - 4/15/12
Womens Self Defense Haxton Family Trust Benefit
Saturday, April 14th 2pm-4pm Premier Martial Arts, 1731 Wilmington Pike, Glen Mills PA 19342 610-459-1933 www.KirksPMA.com www.facebook.com/Kravforacause $25/Person and ALL proceeds will benefit the Haxton Family Trust
4/15/12 - 4/15/12
Mélomanie April Performances
8pm Grace Church, Wilmington. Tix $20; $15 students/seniors; Youth through age 15 free. World Premiere: Jennifer Margaret Barker's "Dumgoyne". Homage to her Scottish roots. Wear a kilt to Wilmington concert & get in for free!
4/15/12 - 4/15/12
Parents Night Out Fundraiser 5-8pm
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8th Annual BBW Casino and Dinner Party
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The operating table, the surgical instrument table, and special equipment to be used in the sterile field is cleaned prior to each case.
X-ray machines, surgical microscopes, and other items that are difficult to clean are draped in sterilized plastic to maintain asepsis.
The anesthesiologist/nurse anesthetist remains outside of the sterile field and is separated from the sterile field by a sterile drape.
Maintaining Asepsis (Sterility)
With regard to asepsis, the three areas of concern (to minimize the number of undesirable organisms present) within the Surgical
Suite are:
1. The "sterile field" itself as described above. Only fully scrubbed staff (known as the "scrub team") is permitted in this area in
the center of each Operating Room.
2. Within the Operating Room, both the scrub team as well as the additional staff that are not in the sterile field must abide by
strict rules established by the Medical Center.
3. Semi-restricted areas, including spaces such as the pre-op and patient holding areas, PACU, instrument workroom, non-
sterile supply storage, staff lockers/lounges/toilets/showers, control desk, and surgery administration offices.
Internal Operating Room Circulation
It is critical to plan an Operating Room in such a way that a high level of sterile technique can be achieved.
The circulator places the packs on the instrument table from the side of the instrument table away from the sterile field. The scrub
nurse unwraps the sterile instruments and places them on the surgical instrument table prior to the procedure. With the exception of
some specialty surgical procedures, the surgical instrument table is positioned toward the foot of the operating table, but always
within the sterile field. A single instrument table may be up to 8.0 feet (2440 mm) in length, or there could be more than one
instrument table. Once the procedure starts, the scrub nurse constantly draws from this source to supply the surgeons during the
operation. The circulator also assists the surgeon with devices used in the sterile field such as lasers.
No one walks between the operating room table and the surgical instrument table, except those in sterile garb who have thoroughly
scrubbed. When portable X-ray equipment is used, space for these items must be considered. Surgical microscopes or video
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Architectural Drawing - Children's Museum Area, Melbourne Museum, Barrie Marshall, 1995 Reg. No: SH 970124
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- Made: Barrie Marshall, 1995
Used: circa 1995
This drawing, with the associated drawings and concept plans, was part of the successful entry by architectural firm Denton Corker Marshall for the development of a design for the new Melbourne Museum, planned for a site adjacent to the Royal Exhibition Building in the Carlton Gardens. It was drawn by Barrie Marshall, a partner in the successful firm. The competition was conducted in 1994-95.
This drawing was hung in the Directorate of the Museum of Victoria, 222 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, from c 1996 to early 2000, when it was removed in preparation for the move to the new Museum.
- Description:
- Framed architectural drawing of the children's museum area at Melbourne Museum, opened in 2000. The impressionistic drawing, done in pencil and coloured chalk, is framed behind a mount of museum board and a silver metal frame. It shows an outline plan of various areas planned for the new museum, including children's museum, programmes courtyard, outdoor seating/eating, amphitheatre, openable sliding gates to Carlton Gardens.
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- Collected, 1997
|71.50 cm (Height), 2.00 cm (Width), 94.50 cm (Length)
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|Handwritten in pencil below drawing: CHILDRENS MUSEUM AREA SCALE 1:200 M.O.V. D.C.M. Mar. '95.
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|Mr B. Corker - Denton Corker Marshall Pty. Ltd. (DCM), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1995
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Chad Johnson's Mugshot Following Alleged Altercation With Evelyn Lozada Released (PHOTOS)
It was a rough weekend for Basketball Wives star and newlywed Evelyn Lozada, who was allegedly assaulted by her husband Chad (Ochocinco) Johnson after an altercation on August 11.
The couple reportedly feuded over a condom receipt, natch, and Chad head-butted Evelyn, leaving her with a large cut on her head.
Chad has already been dropped by his team, the Miami Dolphins, and the future of his relationship with Ev remains unknown. He was taken to Broward County Jail following the incident, and was quickly released on $2,500 bond. His mugshot is above.
Evelyn is reportedly staying with friends in her neighborhood.
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LONDON — An ex-military man tries his hand at writing, publishes a debut detective novel, and wins critical acclaim. But here's the twist in the tale: The true identity of the author is none other than "Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling.
It's impressive literary wizardry by Rowling, who said she relished the freedom of writing "The Cuckoo's Calling" under her pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
"I hoped to keep this secret a little longer because being Robert Galbraith has been such a liberating experience," she said in a statement released by her publicist on Sunday.
"It has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation, and pure pleasure to get feedback from publishers and readers under a different name."
"The Cuckoo's Calling," a story about a war veteran turned private investigator who is called in to probe the mysterious death of a model, was published to rave reviews in April by Sphere, part of publisher Little, Brown & Co.
The Sunday Times claimed it was investigating "how a first-time author with a background in the army and the civilian security industry could write such an assured debut novel" when it connected the dots. The paper said clues included the fact that Rowling and Galbraith shared the same agent and editor, and that Little, Brown published Rowling's novel for adults, "The Casual Vacancy." It also said the book's style and subject matter resembled Rowling's work.
Rowling's publicist confirmed the paper's detective work was correct, and the news helped the novel climb straight to the top of Amazon's best-selling list Sunday.
In her statement, Rowling thanked her editor David Shelley, the publishing staff who worked on the book without knowing her identity, and the reviewers who praised it without knowing about her authorship.
She added that "Galbraith" planned to keep writing the series, and her publisher said that the second book is expected to be published next summer. Now that her identity is revealed, Little, Brown said "The Cuckoo's Calling" will be reprinted with a revised author biography.
On its website, the publisher marketed the book as a classic crime novel in the tradition of P.D. James and Ruth Rendell. It said the novel, whose central character is named Cormoran Strike, was the first of a series of crime novels to come.
The publisher described Galbraith as an ex-military man, married with two sons, who wrote the novel based on experiences from his military life. Revealingly, it also stated that Galbraith was a pseudonym.
The publisher lists many favorable reviews to the book, including critics who called it "a scintillating debut novel" and who praised Galbraith for his "superb flair as a mystery writer."
Rowling recently turned to writing for grown-ups after becoming the world's most successful living writer with the "Harry Potter" books, which sold more than 450 million copies worldwide.
Reviews for her highly-anticipated novel "The Casual Vacancy," published last year, were mixed. Some praised the book, a bleak tale about class warfare and the darker sides to a community in small-town England, for tackling difficult subjects, but others thought it lacked the magic touch that made Rowling's books of wizardry so popular.
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Trinity College has an agreement with Microsoft that allows students, faculty and staff to purchase software at a greatly reduced price for their personally owned computers.Faculty and staff who require any of these applications on an office computer should contact the Help Desk for installation by a technician.
Bring your Trinity ID to the Help Desk on level B of the library to purchase a product. Each product costs $25 in Bantam Bucks. If you do not have Bantam Bucks on your ID card, you may add Bantam Bucks online with a credit or debit card at http://tcommerce.trincoll.edu. You may also put cash on your card using the Value Transfer Stations (VTS) located in Mather and on Level A of the library.You will be given a temporary installation key that will allow you to install the product and run it up to 50 times. To get a confirmation number, which will allow you to run the software indefinitely, you will be required to register with Microsoft. Instructions on how to register permanently will appear when you launch the application installer. Students may only purchase one copy of each product during their entire time at Trinity.Faculty and staff may purchase one copy of each product per year.
In order to upgrade your operating system to Windows 8 Pro or Windows 7 Ultimate you MUST currently have a valid version of Windows already installed on your computer.Before performing an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro or Windows 7 Ultimate, PLEASE review the requirements on Microsoft's web site to ensure your computer is capable of the upgrade. Microsoft also provides an Upgrade Advisor you should download and run to see if there are any issues with your computer's current configuration.
Students graduating from Trinity can keep the software installed on their computer if our license is still in effect when they leave. At the time of graduation, the Student License will convert to a perpetual license (meaning, you own the Software) as verified in you License Confirmation. This document is proof of Software ownership.Faculty and staff are responsible for removing all of the licensed software from their computers if they stop working at the college or if they are notified that we've discontinued this agreement with Microsoft.
When purchasing products, you will be asked to confirm that you have read the Microsoft Licensing Agreement and will adhere to it's requirements.
The College's license agreement with Microsoft is subject to change, and you will be expected to comply with any such changes or to remove the software from your computer.


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Did you just uncover an interesting tidbit of knowledge related to current science? Tell us.
Here's some amazing video of two people walking on crystal clear ice on a lake in Slovakia. It really looks like they're walking on water.
Courtesy Ron Miller Just from watching the opening of Star Trek episodes, we've heard that space is vast. But to we really understand the scale of things comparing our little planet with other planets, stars and galaxies? This collection of illustrations helps grasp those concepts better. Hang on tight!
The lyrebird is an excellent mimicker. Two species of the ground-based songbird (Menura novaehollandiae and Menura alberti) reside in Australia, and can mimic just about any sound they hear with near perfect fidelity. This video, shot at the Healsville Sanctuary lyrebird enclosure, just east of Melbourne, shows just how good this bird is at replicating sound.
Rossetta's lander Philae on its way to be the first man-made craft to land on a comet. You can watch it live right now at the link below. Estimated time of landing is 10:02am CST.
Since we're smack dab in the middle of Shark Week, I thought this would be the perfect time to show the exciting time my niece's husband, Todd Redig, of St. Paul, MN had during a recent Florida fishing trip. I would have loved to been on board to see this. Be sure to watch the slowed down version of the event that's at the end of the video.
NOTE: the clip, understandably, contains some mild expletives.
Courtesy Public domain via Mark RyanToday marks the anniversary of the birth of Edward Drinker Cope, American naturalist and paleontologist born 174 years ago in Philadelphia. A child prodigy, Cope had little formal training in the natural sciences yet became very noted in several fields including herpetology, paleontology, and comparative anatomy. He published over 600 scientific papers during his lifetime, and described and named over 1000 prehistoric species, including several dinosaurs. Cope and his former friend, Yale paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh, became bitter rivals and were the principal generals in the famous "Bone Wars" that took place in the field of vertebrate paleontology from the late 1870s until their deaths in the late 1890s. Cope's huge 1000 page and wonderfully illustrated tome, The Vertebrata of the Tertiary Formations of the West is known as "Cope's Bible".
Cope biography by H. F. Osborn
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Every summer, we get to see incredible photos of massive mayfly hatchings somewhere along the Mississippi River. This year, however, a huge sudden hatching was captured on the National Weather Service radar based in LaCrosse, Wisc. Click through the link to see this incredible phenomenon.
The U.S. Marines this week demonstrated their new robotic mule in training exercises in Hawaii. The walking robot can carry up to 400 pounds of gear up to 20 miles before needing to be refueled. The Marines are hoping the robot will be able to lighten the loads of ground forces. Pretty cool, huh?
And, of course, Dave Letterman has already come up with a Top Ten list for the robotic mule:
Before the next time you feel like saying someone is as smart as a potted plant, you might want to watch this MinuteEarth video.
Courtesy Mark, Vicki, Ellaura and MasonIt's no surprise, people love taking trips to museums (like ours) to gaze upon the remains of dinosaurs (like ours), even though the non-avian branch of the ruling reptiles is long gone. Not so for artist Rachel Sussman. She likes to travel the world to seek out some of the oldest organisms still populating the Earth. We're not talking Larry King or Abe Vigoda. These things are a bit older and include sea grasses, underground trees, predatory fungus, and other organisms that have been around for more than 2000 years. In her research, Sussman collaborated with biologists and also published a book of photographs she's taken of the various ancient life titled, . You you can see a gallery of some of the photos here. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the gallery page to see and hear Sussman's TedTalk on the subject.


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A water crisis refers to a situation where a regions water supply does not meet the population's demand. The United Nations and other world organizations sound the alarm when a specific region has a limited source of potable water for consumption. Regional governmental branches monitor existing water levels, and assess the probability of a future water crisis. Federal, local, and tribal organizations work together in tandem to avoid the onslaught of potential water shortages. In addition, most authorities determine the ratio of water pollution to clean drinking water.
Statistically, about 80 percent of the global population faces threats to water security. Planet Earth faces a shared threat between the population residing in erected human monoliths, and the natural environment. Conversely, human water-management strategical policies can prevent the development of a water crisis that would damage wild life preserves. Industrialized nations present the highest threat to water security, despite the available technological resources that could thwart water shortages. For instance, water management ordinances could preserve flood plains, instead of constructing flood reservoirs, which could potentially protect wild life occupying threatened regions.
Researchers have discovered that the majority of water shortages within the last decade occurred from rising population and consumption, rather than the effects of global warming. Additionally, only three percent of the planet consists of fresh water suitable for human consumption, which poses serious threats to human stability. In fact, Lawrence Smith, president of the population institute, believes that water shortages could potentially lead to world wars if proper water-management strategies do not effectively curtail this avoidable epidemic. Water-management facilities should convert to desalinization methods in order to avoid future water crises'.
A water crisis manifests in one of several ways, including inadequate access to drinkable water, groundwater excessive use, water pollution, unsanitary conditions, and regional conflicts. Among these reasons, unsanitary conditions present the highest causes of water-related deaths worldwide. In addition, waterborne diseases originate from unsafe drinking water due to inadequate sanitation and hygiene. Poor water-management practices contribute to more waterborne diseases than natural causes. Economists claim that poor governmental regulations and subsidies cause the prices of water to remain too low, while the consumption rates increased without proper adjustment.
Multiple countries around the world have impacted human health through inadequate drinking water. Among the highest countries affected by contaminated water are Sudan, Venezuela, Ethiopia, Tunisia, and Cuba. In the United States, Los Angeles may face a shortfall of water equivalent to the consumption rates of today by 2020 if water-manageable strategies remain unchanged. Industrialized nations, such as the United States, Europe, China, and India, have falling water tables that signal problems with the regulation of companies over-pumping existing aquifers with diesel and electric equipment. This will eventually lead to cutbacks on grain harvests, which will contribute to an overall increase in food prices. Many government agencies fear an uprising if these trends continue, especially in population dense regions.
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization released a report in 2010 that summarized the impact of livestock production for human consumption. According to the report, animal agriculture contributes to over half of worldwide freshwater consumption. Livestock production facilities require an insurmountable amount of water, because the animals require it to drink. In addition, the animals require water through the grains consumed through the crop production raised for their food. Therefore, the United Nations raised awareness that global societies should shift to a plant-based diet in order to conserve water, especially since freshwater resources continue to shrink due to the increased effects of global warming. The average family within the United States consumes about a half pound of meat a day, which totals about ten billion animals per calendar year. Animal agricultural factories require between 435 and 2,500 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef. If global production of meat continues to increase, then the world could face water scarcity for over 75 percent of the global population.
Water-management strategies could incorporate wind and solar power to make a difference in safe water supply. Unfortunately, the construction of waste-water treatment facilities requires significant capital towards a cause that may not stave off the global epidemic in time. The rapid population increase in some regions makes this a difficult task to successfully complete before feeling the effects of the current damages. Political leaders tend to stray away from groundwater reduction strategies, because it would have severe economic impacts for small farmers. Moreover, groundwater reduction strategies would reduce the overall crop and livestock output. Developing can strive to secure septic systems that carefully analyze waste-water, which could minimize the impact of drinking water on both human consumption and the ecosystem. Future technological advancements could include nuclear energy and solar energy based desalination that could convert salt water to potable, drinking water.
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Speaking a few days ago at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton said our country's "biggest national security problem is Barack Obama."
Bolton mentioned the tragedy in Benghazi, the night our consulate was attacked by al Qaeda terrorists on September 11, 2012 when President Obama seemed to be entirely concerned with nothing but his reelection campaign at the time. Bolton pointed out that Obama has "has done nothing to avenge (Ambassador to Libya) Chris Stevens's death," and added, "That is a terrible lesson for our adversaries, under Barack Obama you can murder his personal representative and get away scot-free."
Bolton said in his CPAC speech, that "Ignoring our national security is the Obama doctrine," in descriting the foreign policy of the current administration.
Issuing strong words about 2016 Democrat candidate for president, and former Secretary of State under Obama, Hillary Cinton, Bolton said, "We will be happy to tell Hillary Clinton in unmistakable terms, We know what difference it makes, even if you don't."
Bolton, himself a strong conservative and popular figure among conservative activists for his unapologetic and consistent pro-American policies as UN ambassador, is also viewed by some as a potential candidate for president in 2016, or a likely nominee for Secretary of State under a possible Republican president.
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After 38 seasons and the most recorded victories in any NCAA sport, Pat Summitt stepped aside last Wednesday and handed the head coaching position of the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteer Basketball Team to her friend and longtime assistant Holly Warlick. Summitt has chosen to continue her role with the team and in her daily life routines, just not as head coach.
Her soon-to-be Tennessee graduate son, Tyler was hired as an assistant coach for the Marquette University women's team the same day Summitt announced her retirement.
She is an eight time Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year and led the Lady Vols to 16 SEC Tournament Championships. In the NCAA, Summitt is a seven-time Coach of the Year with eight NCAA Division Championships and was awarded the Naismith Coach of the 20th Century. She's also been named Tennessean of the Year by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame an unprecedented two times.
The day after her announcement and public acceptance of Alzheimer's disease, President Barack Obama announced the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom was being awarded to Summitt.
As a starving high school basketball player, Summitt and her family had to move in order to play because often girls' basketball teams did not exist. In college, she attended UT Martin where she played for the first women's basketball coach but still had to pay tuition due to the absence of Title IX, omitting athletic scholarships for women.
At 22 years old, Summitt became head coach of the unsanctioned, future National Collegiate Athletic Association Lady Vols team. Four of her players were only a year younger than she was during her first year as head coach.
Starting at the bottom, holding her head high and working her way up, Summitt washed players' uniforms, drove the bus, and raised money for team expenses. It wasn't until the 1981-82 season that Tennessee played in the first NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Tournament, and even then the Lady Vols advanced to the National Semifinals.
The SEC has more than considered naming the championship trophy after the unparalleled coach, but the NCAA has strict rules and will most likely lose the chance if not acted on soon.
But who could ever match what she has done for women's basketball? Who will be able to walk in her shoes and experience those historical obstacles?
The courageous, knowledgeable coach led UT to nearly 1,100 wins, eight national championships, and has inspired generations of women.
The worst of her symptoms in early onset dementia include disorientation while waking up on the road in strange, dark hotel rooms, strain in drawing diagram plays, retention of numbers, and her quick response and ferocity has deteriorated.
Just as many others have taken the news, Summitt has been affected more by the diagnosis than the effects of Alzheimer's disease. People have treated her differently since the diagnosis by acting as if she is sick, no longer valuable, or by talking around her instead of to her.
She has created a whole new era of women's basketball and still wants to continue to be a part of what she has created until it is no longer possible. That is true dedication and without this spark, where would women's basketball be today?
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I know aftermarket/water cooling is the best solution... but does anyone own one of these CPU's thats using just the stock cooler right now? for someone whose on a tight budget, an aftermarket cooler would have to be bought later on down the road so wondering what peoples temps are like with just the stock cooler? Will you get a much more stable temp by disabling all the bios features like AMD Turbo / k8 cool n quiet / C1E ect... to stop the cpu spiking voltages... Any info would be apreciated but I do know that aftermarket cooling is needed, I'm just looking at what I'm dealing with for now until I can get a closed loop water cooler... read multiple places saying that the FX threshold temps are 55-60c, that seems REALLY low, is there any truth to this? I've had other AMD CPUS like the Phenom IIs run near 75-80c for years without issue in the past...Considering these CPUs are supposed to such an Overclockers dream, that temp would seem almost impossible to get a decent OC if you weren't using water-cooling of some kind........ Thanks again for any replys.......
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I mean if your dropping 160-180, might as well drop 30 for a CM 212? That's what i did, but I still don't feel comfortable overclocking it (The socket temps go up extremely high when i try). I honestly don't know how the stock one would do , with the 212+ i idle socket at 39, and get up to 59 -60 in prime95. Core never gets over 55 this is all on stock settings. The stock cooler is pretty small but the fan hits a high rpm. Honestly i never overclocked before and don't really understand fully what temps to look at, i think i got 75c socket and 62c core at like 4.4ghz and decided to just not do it (that's with the after market air cooler)
You might be able to get the underclocked version and get an after market and just clock it out to 4.0 or 4.2, it shouldn't be a problem and the price would end up about the same and you could still get a better cooler later on.
Also you could possibly under volt it and still hit the stock 4.0 speeds and disable turbo and be fine with the stock cooler, but i doubt they would ship one that wouldn't keep it stable at stock settings so it shouldn't really be a problem.
thanks for the reply guys.... Not too bad temps from both ya though at stock, 60c I would consider normal and what to expect... If i was to get an FX 8350 I would have to buy another cooler later on which i planed to add closed loop water cooler or something, was just really curious hows peoples temps held up on stock untill i would be able to change it....
Use stock if you don't plan on overclocking, unless you feel the fan noise is too loud. With adequate airflow (dont cover your intakes with fabric or anything) and a reasonable ambient room temperature, your CPU shouldn't go close to dangerous temps. At $30, The CM 212 is a great option for light overclocking and noise reduction.
yeah I was thinking about that CM212, for that price it has extremely good reviews as well.... thanks for the reply peeps
I just built a computer with am AMD FX 8350 and the stock cooler works great. Basically as long as you have your case full up on fans and your not going to try overclocking then stock coolers are just fine. If you want to over clock then you will need something fancier than the stock heatsink/cooler. Fan noise is minimal.
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I'm using an AMD procc (though older one that that and it was getting pretty hot with the stock cooling, ended up picking up the Cooler Master Hyper N520 which has been working out pretty well for me.
The stock is not good enough if you plan to use your computer for more than browsing the net and checking emails, if you have an FX-8350 then I assume you do intend to use it for more than basic usage.
The stock cooler sounds like a 747, as it runs at 5000 RPM when the processor is under load, and for all that effort the fan is making its not cooling the processor much as the fan is only small.
I just upgraded my cooler to this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121163022502?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Really good cooler, there are two massive fans on either side of the heatsink and you do not need to change the backplate because this cooler uses AMD stock backplate for installation.


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Have turkey for dessert this Thanksgiving! These adorable little turkey pops are made of chocolate, marshmallow and fruity candy. After making my Turkey Cupcake Toppers and my cute little Turkey Bites I wanted to make a turkey pop unlike any of the candy corn feathered friends all over the internet. Check out the simple tutorial and "gobble" them up ;) Great for Autumn get togethers or Thanksgiving dinner!
Marshmallow Turkey Pops
You will need
- Marahmallows
- Cocoa candy melts or milk chocolate chips
- Tootsie Rolls
- Fruit Slice jellies
- Pastel sequin confetti sprinkles
- Black edible marker, or food coloring and a toothpick
- lollipop sticks
Melt candy melts or chocolate chips according to package. Push lollipop stick into the rounded side of a marshmallow. Dip marshmallow into melted chocolate until fully coated. Gently tap the stick on the side of the bowl to let any excess chocolate fall back into the bowl. Stick pops in a Styrofoam block to dry, or anything you can find around the house (like an upside down egg carton) to make them stand up straight. (You can also just lay them on the flat side of the marshmallow on wax paper. Place in the refrigerator to dry.
Create the head of your turkey. Roll a tootsie roll into a log using the warmth of your hands, or microwave for just a few seconds to soften. Roll the top over to create a rounded head. Pinch the bottom flat, to attach to the flat side of the marshmallow body, seamlessly.
Make the wings out of a second tootsie roll. Roll tootsie into small balls. Flatten balls and form into a tear drop shape.
For the plumage (back feathers), use the red, orange and yellow candies from a bag of fruit slice jellies. You can use the other colors too if you like.
Cut each fruit slice, from top to bottom, into 3 slices.
Flatten each slice on a plate of sugar to prevent sticking.
Repeat this process with the orange and yellow slices, making them progressively smaller.
Layer the slices, pinching the corners together so the three become one piece.
For the waddles, beaks, and legs. Use small pieces of red and yellow fruit slices and roll between your fingers to create each shape.
Use the white sprinkles from the pastel sequin confetti sprinkles for they eyes. Attach to the tootsie roll head with your melted chocolate. Draw on the pupils using edible black marker.
Assemble your turkey, using melted chocolate to attach each piece.
Gobble Gobble!
Happy Turkey Day! Check out my cute little Pilgrim Cookie Pops for a festive thanksgiving display! You can individually wrap your pops in clear plastic bags tied with ribbon, or you can create a display for your pops. To create a display that your pops can stand upright in, take a block of Styrofoam and wrap it in festive wrapping paper or tissue paper. Push the bottom of each stick into the styrofoam for guests to easily grab and enjoy. Perfect for school parties, an Autumn get-together, or Thanksgiving dinner!
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What song is stuck in your head today?
Friday, 7 June 2013
Musical Interlude
I had sod all sleep last night for reasons unknown.....well, I had a nightmare and then my stomach hurt and then I found I'd recorded a couple of CSI's......anywho I now have a song stuck in my head and it took me ages to figure out where it's from. I ended up looking it up and it was used in Step Up 2: The Streets......can't say I've seen it but this song seems to have gotten under my skin! It's not my usual fayre but hey ho, it's Friday!!!
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NEMCC BASEBALL DROPS PAIR OF WALK-OFF DECISIONS TO MISSISSIPPI DELTAApril 3, 2013
BOONEVILLE, Miss. – Northeast Mississippi Community College's baseball team found its final two games during the first trip through the North Division rough.
Northeast (16-12, 8-4 in North Division) dropped a pair of walk-off decisions to Mississippi Delta in Moorhead on Tuesday, April 2 to fall into a tie with the Trojans for second place in the North Division.
Idle Northwest Mississippi leapfrogged to the top of the league with a 7-3 mark.
Mississippi Delta (18-12, 8-4) scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh in the opener to escape with an 8-7 victory after Northeast led 7-4 going into the frame and then turned the trick again in the nightcap walking away with a 7-6 decision in nine innings.
Mississippi Delta battled back in the nightcap to tie the game at 6-all in the bottom of the seventh with two outs and then tallied the winning run with a pair down in the ninth.
In the opener, Northeast raced out to a 5-2 lead after the first two innings thanks to Falkner's Will Robertson.
Robertson, who finished the day with four hits, connected on his second home run of the year in staking the Tigers to the early lead.
After Mississippi Delta pulled to within 5-4 in the third on a two-run home run by Eagle Weustney, Northeast responded with a pair of runs in sixth to push the lead to 7-4 as Lafayette County's Josh Mills connected on a base knock that drove in two and staked the Tigers to a three-run lead.
In the seventh, Mississippi Delta was able to plate four runs and come away with the win after the Trojans tallied two runs early then came through with back-to-back hits in tying the game at 7-all. Mississippi Delta came away with the one-run win just a few batters later.
In the nightcap, Mississippi Delta made the most of six hits in the nine-inning affair – walking away with a 7-6 decision in a game that saw the lead change hands five times.
Northeast captured the first lead of the game with a run in the opening frame and adding a run in the third, watched as Mississippi Delta put together a three-run third for a 3-2 advantage.
Northeast, which knocked around 13 hits in the nightcap, came through with a three-run inning of its own – in the fifth to recapture the lead 5-3 before the Trojans knotted the game a half inning later at 5-all.
Kent Farris' Tigers carried a 6-5 advantage into the seventh after tallying a run in the sixth but Mississippi Delta tied the game at 6-all with two down in the frame and threatened more before Robertson could work out the jam.
Robertson would keep the Trojans in check in the eighth but a grounder on the infield in the ninth gave Mississippi Delta the 7-6 win when the throw sailed at first.
Northeast will look to rebound from the two setbacks as the Tigers travel to Goodman on Saturday, April 6 to take on Holmes Community College. First pitch in the North Division doubleheader is set for 1 p.m.


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President Obama pledges $4 Billion for energy efficiency retrofits, Renovalia Energy, First Reserve make JV to build wind projects in Europe and North America, Orion Energy Systems, De Lage Landen team up for energy efficiency finance and Princeton integrates Grid-Tied Inverter into PJM Regulation Market.
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Good day to you, my hearty chart-lubbers. This week for the first time in many, we find ourselves presented with a vibrantly active Top Ten, with six places being occupied by brand new entries! The most important news obviously being that summer festival anthem 'Axel F' from former prog-rock hero Crazy Frog has been dislodged to make way for the effortless stylings of dead rapper Tupac and his almost-dead posthumous buddy Elton John. Splendid. Other Top Ten entries include Missy Elliot at 7, 50 Cent at 10 and a good showing for mildly OK indie-rock scamps Hard-Fi at 9.
Not as much 'action' further down, with Stereophonics' 'Superman' putting in a caped appearance at 13 and Glastonbury-slot-missers The Subways giving 'Rock & Roll Queen' a jolly good bash to the number 22 slot.
In the more distant throes of stardom, we find Ladytron brushing the bristles of the beard of the Top 40 at 45, with Simple Plan pop-punking it large at 49. Ocean Colour Scene slowly begin to realise that Britpop finished a few years ago with 'This Day Should Last Forever' making 53, closely followed by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's re-issue of 'Make Me Smile' to coincide with their Glastonbury performance at number 55.
More slightly obscure entries at 59 for Be Your Own PET and Tom Vek's congestion-charge anthem 'C-C' at 60.


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jQuery UI 1.6: The User Interface Library for jQuery
jQuery UI 1.6: The User Interface Library for jQuery
Book Details
About This Book
- Packed with examples and clear explanations to easily design elegant and powerful front-end interfaces for your web applications
- Organize your interfaces with reusable widgets like accordions, date pickers, dialogs, sliders, tabs, and more
- Enhance the interactivity of your pages by making elements drag and droppable, sortable, selectable, and resizable
- No experience of jQuery UI expected, but familiarity with jQuery is required
- Written and tested on jQuery UI 1.6 Release Candidate 2
Who This Book Is For
This book is for front-end designers and developers that need to quickly learn how to use the jQuery UI User Interface Library. To get the most out of this book you should have a good working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and will need to be comfortable using jQuery, the underlying foundation of jQuery UI.
Table of Contents
What You Will Learn
- Organize different sections of related content as tabs and accordins and save space on your page
- Display messages, images, and interactive content like forms using the dialog widget
- Use sliders for volume and color control of your applications by dynamically scrolling left and right, displaying different ranges
- Allow your site visitors to select dates from the calendar using date picker widget
- Enrich your interface with auto complete: start typing the first few letters of a name in your address book and the application will do the rest
- Provide a drag-and-drop mechanism to let users directly rearrange elements around the page
- Make a range of elements of a group selectable and take collective actions on them
- Create a page with content boxes on it that can be sorted into various positions to suit the visitors personal preference
- Add flair to your actions with animation effects
In Detail
jQuery UI has a series of ready-made, great-looking user interface widgets and a comprehensive set of core interaction helpers designed to be implemented in a consistent and developer-friendly way. With all this, the amount of code that you need to write personally to take a project from conception to completion is drastically reduced
This book has been written to maximize your experience with the library by breaking down each component and walking you through examples that progressively build upon your knowledge, taking you from beginner to advanced usage in a series of easy to follow steps.
In this book, you'll learn how each component can be initialized in a basic default implementation and then see how easy it is to customize its appearance and configure its behaviour to tailor it to the requirements of your application. You'll look at the properties and methods exposed by each component's API and see how these can be used to bring out the best in each component.
Events play a key role in any modern web applications if it is to meet the expected minimum requirements of interactivity and responsiveness, and each chapter will show you the custom events fired by each component and how these events can be intercepted and acted upon.


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There is a fantastic $0.55/2 One-Dozen Cartons of Eggs coupon available on Facebook. This is a Smartsource coupon. My Mac didn't like it one bit because it was a pop up. After allowing pop-ups on my Dell laptop I was able to print it … [Read more...]
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|Iran, Mid-East Strategy & Arab-Israeli Diplomacy
The Genocide Debate
Last month, President Barack Obama found himself in a tight spot on the question of whether the mass killings of Armenians in World War I should be called an act of genocide. As a candidate to the presidency, he promised to apply the the term genocide to the Armenian case. Yet as president, he was willing to call these events "one of the worst atrocities" of the 20th century or use a term from the Armenian language, "Meds Yerghen," which means "great crime," but he studiously avoided the term genocide. It can be assumed that Obama's position was influenced by considerations of realpolitik: Turkey serves as vital aerial passage for US troops moving through the whole Middle East. And since Turkey now is a non-permanent member of the US Security Council, the Obama administration needs its support on Iran.
The result of Obama's careful balancing act was that he was criticized by both sides. The Armenian-American community expressed bitter disappointment in his position. As for Turkish government, its foreign minister said that Obama's language was "not acceptable." A month earlier, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives voted 23 to 22 to formally recognize that an Armenian genocide occurred; the Turkish government recalled its ambassador to Washington in protest. While some 20 states recognize the wartime deaths of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire as genocide, the Turks actively oppose the adoption of this term. Last month the Knesset also decided to consider whether an Armenian genocide had occurred, despite Israel's security interests in Turkey.
The 1948 Genocide Convention was drafted after the Holocaust, when the term genocide was first used. Despite the wide adherence to the convention, there are enormous debates about its application to specific instances. The Ottoman treatment of the Armenians is not the only case. In 1977, the Carter administration was reluctant to label the mass murder of 2.5 million people in Cambodia as genocide, since its leaders were allies of the Chinese, with whom Washington was trying to improve its relations.
More recently, Sudan has waged a war against the tribes living in its Darfur district since 2003. Sudanese Janajaweed militias killed nearly 400,000 residents of Darfur. Over a million became refugees. In 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell explicitly called the Sudanese attacks in Darfur genocide. Yet the UN formally refused to use the same legal terminology as the US government. It avoided calling the war being waged in Darfur a genocide. A UN Security Council Commission of Inquiry asserted in almost Orwellian style in a report from 2005 that "...the policy of attacking, killing, forcibly displacing members of some tribes does not evince a specific intent to annihilate."
It is a noteworthy irony that the UN commission protecting Sudan from the charge of genocide, included the Pakistani legal expert, Hina Jilani, who years later became a member of the Goldstone Commission charging Israel with war crimes for Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. Jilani could establish the intent of Israeli soldiers to deliberately kill Palestinian civilians, which the Goldstone team tried to allege, but she could not read into the intent of the Sudanese regime to commit genocide. Politics appeared to be deciding what was the truth in both cases rather than a consistent application of legal norms. Despite the UN's embarrassing legal decision in 2005, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ultimately charged the Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir with genocide in 2008.
In applying the term genocide, there are always legal loopholes. In Darfur, as just noted, the UN questioned whether there was specific intent behind the killings to commit genocide. In Cambodia, there were those who commented that the mass murder perpetrated by Pol Pot was not against a particular national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, as stipulated in the Genocide Convention. On the Armenian question, the argument has been made that since the Genocide Convention was drafted in 1948, it cannot be applied retroactively to events in 1915 and 1916. However, the most important question is not legal, but rather whether states understand the lessons of the past.
During a visit to London on March 17, 2010, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatened to expel 100,000 Armenians from Turkish territory, if parliaments around the world continue to deal with the Armenian question. True, he only spoke about Armenians who were not citizens, but his words were directed at a specific ethnic group and not at guest workers in general. As the commentator, Christopher Hitchens noted, neither the US nor the European Union condemned Erdogan for his threat against the Armenians. The reaction of the international community to statements like that of Erdogan will determine whether genocide can be prevented in the future far more than the narrow legal question of whether mass killings against innocent civilians at any point in history meet the formal definition of genocide or not.
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There is a great diagram out there. I have seen it in the context of designers, saying that clients can have their project with two of three characteristics: fast, cheap, or good.
I feel there is definitely some of this in the business world as well, but that those descriptors aren't quite right. So, I thought it would be fun to make an Accountant's Venn Diagram.
You can have it Cheap.
You don't pay much. You want to pay over time (or next week). You want to discuss all the forms, time sheets, and steps involved to determine exactly how a fee was generated. You want to discuss or negotiate every bill that you get. The check is "in the mail." You assume that staff is free and office space is donated.
You can be Absent.
You are disorganized. You have a business but have no idea what an income statement is. Forget about knowing what assets and liabilities are. You use a shoebox for anything other than storing shoes. Your record keeping is that you have "almost all" of your receipts in this box. You don't want to (or can't) answer questions or organize anything. You can't return a phone call or an email in less than four days.
You can be Informed.
You have very specific ideas about how your books/tax returns/project should look. You want to understand every single option, method, and choice and the pros and cons of each. You want concrete answers to amorphous ideas. You ask for the FASB or Revenue Ruling citation. You want all the details on a strategy, and weekly updates, forever.
Having all three of these things is impossible. But you can have any two of them. Each pair creates a very different type of relationship between you and I. Let's look at how those look, so you can know what you want or need.
Cheap & Absent
Drop your stuff off, let me at it. I promise I'll handle it. But you're putting yourself in my hands and you need to trust me. This is really easy and requires almost no work on your part, but you better have trust in your CPA.
Informed & Cheap
This is a teaching relationship. You will have to keep bringing things up, but I will re-explain alternative minimum tax every year for you. Most of the relationship management (and oftentimes the work) falls on you. Most of the knowledge and teaching falls on me. I coach you, but I don't do the work for you. Great for the DIYers, but be prepared for longer lead times and to crunch some numbers yourself.
Absent & Informed
I'll be honest. This relationship is a TON of work for me to manage. Constantly chasing you down to give you the details you asked for can be exasperating. I don't mind doing it. I really don't! But if you want to demand that much knowledge from me and that little work on your part, be prepared to pay. This is the classic "for $400 an hour, I'll do whatever work you want".
As much as this may sound like a complaint, it isn't. There is a place for all these types of clients and relationships in a business. As long as you and I understand the parameters, we will get along great! But if you expect to have the "trifecta" I can promise you will be disappointed.