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ProMedica system reorganizes management team after reviewWritten by Duane Ramsey | | email@example.com
ProMedica Health System will implement a reorganization of its management team with a plan that takes effect Aug. 11 after a year-long planning and review process.
ProMedica CEO Alan Brass with president and COO Randy Oostra announced the reorganization plan as part of the organization's continued expansion. Brass previously had announced his plans to retire effective June 2009.
"This long-planned phase of reorganization ensures the corporation is in strong standing for those who will serve as its leadership into the next decade," Brass said. "It provides tremendous continuity of leadership for the company to maintain its culture and business priorities."
Brass worked closely so that the succession models fit the strategic plan of the company to grow and prosper. Brass and Oostra have orchestrated all four plans in the 11 years that both officers have served the local health system.
"We're extremely proud of the leadership we have in our organization. Our succession plans and reorganization functions have been a grand-slam home run due to the benefit of our bench strength," Brass said.
The company reported that 100 percent of the promotions in the past two plans have come from within the organization. The current plan included new appointments for 16 top management positions among the 72 corporations within ProMedica Health System.
"It's an evolving process that never ends. Our goal is to have depth at every position with coverage throughout the organization," Oostra said. "As a result of that succession planning, we have greater depth of management in the company."
The succession planning at all levels of the 72 corporations is built upon the organization's obligation to give those who are capable and talented the opportunities for advancement. It is designed so ProMedica is prepared for continued growth and provides opportunities to all deserving employees.
Brass said the health system picks the right people with great communication and commitment to individuals in the organization. The group leaders get along well with strong relationships among them and commitment to individuals in the organization, he said.
Oostra said it is "positive for the organization, its employees, facilities and the communities it serves."
ProMedica is not only the largest health care provider in the area, but also its largest employer with 15,200-plus employees and 2,737 medical staff members at 282 facilities in a 27-county area of Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan.
"We pay attention to the career aspirations of our employees and try to match the needs of the organization with the goals of its people. It has allowed us to be very successful with our work-force development models," Oostra said.
He also cited the success of ProMedica University as an internal work-force development strategy that provides educational opportunities in support of leadership, management and personal development. Since its inception in 2004, the university has served more than 8,000 employees in nearly 600 classes.
The company also launched the ProMedica Leadership Institute in cooperation with the Institute for Management Studies. To date, 78 people have graduated from the internal customized leadership development program.
ProMedica was ranked the first most integrated health network among 570 health systems in the United States by the 2008 assessment of integrated health care networks conducted by Verispan and published in Modern Healthcare magazine. It was the second time ProMedica was ranked first and has been among the top four in the past five years of the survey.
"Alan Brass, Randy Oostra and their executive leadership team continue to ensure all members in each of the communities served by ProMedica receives unparalleled health care," said Frank Duval, chairman of ProMedica's board of trustees. "This reorganization will further ensure that ProMedica, its hospitals and treatment facilities are poised to continue excellent care in all areas."
Brass became CEO of ProMedica in January 1998 after serving as executive vice president and COO of BJC Health System in St. Louis with 50 member and affiliated hospitals, 24,000 employees and 6,000 associated physicians. He has more than 30 years of management experience in the health care industry.
With more than 25 years of experience in the industry, Oostra held leadership positions at major health systems in Alton, Ill., Grand Rapids, Mich., and Minneapolis before joining ProMedica.
Other promotions included new leadership for The Toledo Hospital, Flower Hospital and Toledo Children's Hospital.
n Kevin Webb becomes president of The Toledo Hospital after serving in the same capacity at Flower Hospital in Toledo.
n Dr. Kathy Carlson was named president of Flower Hospital after holding that position at Toledo Children's Hospital.
n Dr. Michael Ruhlen was appointed president of Toledo Children's Hospital after serving as vice president of medical affairs there and vice president of medical informatics at ProMedica.
ProMedica announced additional key leadership appointments as follows:
n Barbara Steele, president of ProMedica's central, south and east regions, will oversee acute-care services in all five regions with the addition of its north and west regions.
n John Horns, president of the north and west regions, now assumes the role as president of the Lake Erie Regional Cooperative and Regionalization.
n In addition to his role as president of ProMedica's Health, Education and Research Corporation, Steve Mooney will assume expanded responsibilities for system-wide clinical research activities in his new role as chief materials management officer.
n In addition to his role as president of ProMedica Insurance Corporation, Jack Randolph will assume expanded responsibilities for system-wide Customer Satisfaction Services, the ProMedica Call Center, and serve as chief merger, joint ventures and acquisition officer.
n Barbara Petee will assume the roles of chief advocacy, government and community relations officer and chief communications officer in her current position as vice president of advocacy, community and government relations.
n Sheila Schwartz, currently senior vice president of philanthropy, will become chief philanthropic officer.
n As chief financial officer, Kathy Hanley will be responsible for system-wide finance activities.
n Gladeen Roberts will be responsible for expanded system-wide clinical laboratories and rehabilitation services in addition to her role as president of ProMedica Continuing Care Services.
n Charlie McDowell will be responsible for expanded system-wide human resource activities as chief human resources officer.
n David Selman will be responsible for expanded system-wide information technology activities as chief information officer.
n Gary Cates was named president of the Defiance Regional Medical Center.
n Tim Jakacki was appointed president of Fostoria Community Hospital and the Perrysburg Medical Center while overseeing the development of ProMedica's south region.
n Holly Bristoll will serve as president of Wildwood and Arrowhead Medical centers and as executive director of the Orthopedic Institute. She will also have responsibility for development of a vision center.
PHOTO: ProMedica president and COO Randy Oostra and CEO Alan Brass announce the system's reorganization.


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This is another post featuring photos from the Orchid House at Longwood Gardens. See here and here for other posts. For those of you who want to grow orchids at home, we have excerpted advice from the Longwood Gardens website on caring for orchids:
To keep your orchids healthy and blooming, here is some advice from Marie Viallet, President of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Orchid Society and a seasonal employee in Longwood's Horticulture Department:
• Know your plant.Orchids are found from the Arctic Circle to the Andes and have different requirements for temperature, light, and dormancy. Be aware of your plant's origins and tailor its care accordingly.
• Don't overwater! This is the number one cause of orchid death. Check the dryness by feeling the weight of the pot (should be light) or by sticking your finger in the soil. When in doubt, hold off watering.
• Keep it light. Natural sunlight from east, south, or west windows is best, supplemented by fluorescent light if necessary. Be careful with direct light—plants can get scorched when the sun is too intense.
• Humidify the roots. Some roots will stick out of the pots. Humidity trays (with rocks and water) can keep them moist, as can misting. Don't mist the leaves, though, or fungus spots can result.
• No drafts, please!
• Repot every 1-2 years right after blooming. Use a mix of fir bark, charcoal, and/or perlite in a pot that can accommodate the root ball plus one inch all around. Shake off the old mix, prune away mushy dead roots, and place in the next pot. Pack orchid mix firmly around and between roots.
"Most orchids are on a year cycle," explains Viallet. "Some stay in bloom only for a few days, others for much longer. The phalaenopsis, or moth orchid, can bloom for four to five months."
To encourage your phalaenopsis to rebloom, it helps to expose it to warmer daytime temperatures and cooler nighttime air. Viallet recommends putting the plant outdoors in August and September to take advantage of the natural temperature gradient.
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Munyoki. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
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Meet the carpenter who half-went to school,
But this guru of timber you seldom can fool;
Slim and tall, solemn and a guy
Who on any joinery you never can lie.
How skilled he got you never can tell,
How others' wits under his ever fell!
Where that way he harvested you fear and ask,
And on carpentry you love to pay him for a task.
I his work admire no doubt,
And you, chairs he's made ain't leave out;
His shop at Yamani may you pass by,
If a bed you fail to buy, you must ask why!
He's Musili and him we call professor,
And you must award him a big title Sir;
For his chiseling is not everyday,
And many say he is spirit-way.


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I'm still working inside Gamma tweak.psd, found inside the 14_levels_curves folder, and my only remaining concern vis -a-vis the brightness and contrast of this image is the overly dark shadows underneath this slight awning. What I'd like to do is breathe life into those details. You'll sometimes hear people talk about opening up the shadows. That means they're hoping to lighten up the darkest areas of the image. Now, one way to work would be to grab the Dodge tool, which you may recall from Chapter 9 of the fundamentals portion of this series, and then you could go ahead and paint under the awning.
Now, I'm getting the ghostbuster icon, because I have my adjustment layer active. So, I'm going to collapse my Adjustments panel and switch to the Background layer, and then I'm going to paint over it, and you can see that that makes a big difference very quickly. So, the Dodge tool allows you to make quick edits inside of an image like nobody's business. However, let's say you want more control than that. I think we can do better. In that case, what we need to do is take a slightly more disciplined approach. We need to select these shadow details here, and then we need to brighten them using another adjustment layer.
That's what I'm going to do. So, I'll press Ctrl+Z or Command+Z on the Mac to undo the Dodge tool, and then, I'm going to switch to this tool right here, the Quick Selection tool, not my favorite selection tool inside of Photoshop, however, quite good at selecting areas with obvious edges, which definitely defines these tiles right here. Now, I'm going to go ahead and drag across the tiles like so, and that does quickly select them although I selected down into this region right here. What I've noticed in Photoshop CS5 is that the automated selection tools have a habit of behaving differently, depending on whether you're working on a pixel-based image or an adjustment layer, which I have to say is little peculiar, because you would think they're always watching the composite image.
However, it does make a difference what's selected. So, check this out! Notice this region above the sundial is selected, I'm going to switch over to my Adjustment layer. I'm going to press Ctrl+D, Command+D on the Mac to deselect that image, and I'm going to paint that exact same brush stroke with the Quick Selection tool. This time, I do not select down into that region above the sundial. So, go figure. In fact, the only cleanup I have to do is in this area right here. So, I'll press the Alt key or the Option key on the Mac, and paint over these non-shadow details in the midsection of the image, and I get this effect right there.
Now, at this point, you might think, ay, caramba! This is awesome! We've got an accurate and quick selection outline, out of the Quick Selection tool. But if you're paying any attention to chapter 8, then you may recall that the Quick Selection tool delivers selection outlines with ratty edges, and you can never trust the marching ants. So, what we're going to do is click on the Refine Edge button here in order to bring up the dramatically enhanced Refine Edge dialog box here in Photoshop CS5, but here is another weirdness of working on an adjustment layer.
This time, the Adjustment layer is not helping us, it's hurting us. What we're seeing here, instead of seeing a little sliver of the image, do you recall this, once again, from our earlier discussion of Refine Edge, we saw a preview of it, I'm going to explain it in more detail in a future chapter. But for now, what we should be seeing what I'd expect to see is the selected area, these tiles that is, against a white background in our case. However, I'm seeing a Mobius tube instead, because Photoshop isn't smart enough to see through the Adjustment layer to the image below.
Then if we start making modifications, check this out! These are the changes that I'll be making. I'll be raising the Radius value to 20. Notice the bizarre, completely unacceptable edges that we're getting right there, and then I'll turn on the Smart Radius option, I'll explain what I'm doing here, when we do it for real. I get this haloed effect, altogether unacceptable. I'll cancel out, and let's switch to the Background layer instead, and compare the results. I'll go back to Refine Edge. Now we see the actual image against the white background. By the way we do want to preview this selection against the white background, because that affords us the most contrast, and if you're not seeing white, then click inside this View icon and choose On White, like so.
All right, I'll go ahead and hide that dropdown menu. Now watch what happens when I raise the Radius value to 20 pixels. Much better results this time around! Incidentally, I want you to make sure just in case that the Adjust Edge values are all set to zero. Decontaminate Colors should be turned off. We don't want any of these options for this effect right here. What the Radius value does is it intelligently seeps the selection outline into different luminance levels. It seeps the selection according to the luminance. So, in other words, if we've selected a dark area, then it will seep into other dark areas, seep away from the highlights, and create a nice soft edge between the two.
But I'm also managing to seep the selection a little bit into the hard edges of the tiles, which I don't want. So, I'm going to turn on this check box right there, Smart Radius, which treats the soft edges and the sharp edges differently. So, when you turn that on, notice that the tiles darken up. Now, the shadows darkened up a little bit as well, which actually long-term benefits the selection outline, but we definitely needed to keep those title details nice and sharp, because, by virtue of the fact they were going light on us, that meant they were becoming translucent, and we were seeing through to the white background.
Anyway, notice how different this looks when we're working on the background image as opposed to the Adjustment layer. So, just bear that in mind. If you're getting weird aberrant results out of your automated selection tools inside Photoshop, try switching away from the Adjustment layer or even to the Adjustment layer, because it helped us where the Quick Selection tool is concerned. All right, I'll go ahead and click OK in order to generate that selection outline. In the next exercise, we'll use the selection to mask another Levels Adjustment layer.
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Interview – Arkham Karvers
Arkham Karvers released their latest EP 'The Prices They Pay' on Tiny Teeth Records, co-owned by the ex Little Man Tate frontman Jon Windle. They've been back in the studio to record what could be a new single for next year and they've supported 'Sonic Boom Six'.
In between the band gigging, recording and working hard, I caught up with Arkham Karvers' lead singer and guitarist, Dave Gash. He told me all about their latest EP, what it's like working with Jon Windle, the band's influences and hopes for the future.
Interviewer: EB Interviewee: Dave Gash – DG
EB: What does the EP mean for the band?
DG: It's a very very good opportunity for us and it just means that more and more people will be able to get our music as its available to almost everyone, which is what we want. And we're just really happy and thankful for those guys putting their faith in us and our music.
EB: What are your hopes for the EP release?
DG: Grammy? A local reviewer's 'recognition' at an awards ceremony? Maybe not…We just want people to hear it and share it.
EB: So how can people get hold of it?
DG: There's loads of places these days! iTunes is definitely one and if you buy it off there you get an extra track 'Traveller's Rest' which is a blinder! You can also get it on Amazon, selected record shops and HMV's around the country and on our website www.arkhamkarvers.com.
EB: Where do you see the band in a year's time?
DG: Hopefully we'll still be out there. Towards Easter we hope to be out on tour so hopefully doing more tours and eventually having the album done!
EB: How is this EP different to the first?
The songs on this EP are 'more mature'
DG: It's different in loads of ways. The overall quality of the recording is so noticeable and that's thanks to the amazing work of Alan Smyth and Dave Sanderson at 2fly studios in Sheffield. The songs are generally better written than the first EP and more mature, well I think they are anyway, we just seem to have stepped up in so many ways whether that's our skills, or having the addition of Josh our amazing drummer who wasn't with us when we did 'The Big Slick'. You tell me!
EB: What influences the band?
DG: We're not shy of our influences and we have never denied who we look up to. For me personally I was raised listening to a lot of soul and Motown, but then at a very early age started listening to more alternative music. My first album was…believe it or not 'Nevermind' by Nirvana. But the main influence for me has to be your more rootsy influenced music like Bedouin Soundclash and Fat Freddy's Drop, then obviously the 80's reggae stuff like The Police and The Clash, that's also what Thom our bassist has said is a big influence to him. Greg brings the brit pop side to our stuff and Josh well he has always said that Travis Barker from Blink is his main influence and I guess you can probably take some of that from our tunes…Who hasn't been listening to blink since they were 11? Greg hasn't actually!
EB: What's your fondest musical memory?
DG: There's a few. Playing the main stage of the Academy Sheffield is always a great memory. Some of our favourite bands have played that stage, that was a great one. Also hearing our finished EP was just a great moment.
EB: What's been the best gig you've done?
DG: I can probably speak for all of the band here so the best gig we've ever done was at my old high school. We went in one lunchtime and played a gig for whoever wanted to listen. There had to be 300+ kids there, and they went absolutely mental for us so that was definitely a stand out moment.
EB: How would you describe the sound of your music?
DG: It really takes all of our influences. There is an obvious off-beat style that flows throughout all of our songs, and then there's indie vibes coming from the guitars, but also some folk and some pop stuff that comes through on certain tracks. We always like to say that you can take what you want from our band…interpret it as you will.
Someone so influential backing us helps
EB: How do you get your music out there in such a competitive market?
EB: Does working with people like Jon Windle help out?
DG: Jon has helped us out without a doubt. And obviously having someone so influential backing our band can always help us. But we try and promote our band as best we can.
We do this mainly through Facebook and YouTube where we do our own online mini series that's actually not so mini anymore…The Karver Chronicles which is just collections of videos we make between gigs and recording etc that I edit together and put online for our followers to see.
EB: What's the first song you learnt?
DG: There was two riffs that I learnt on guitar the Christmas day I got it when I was about 8 and they where 'Smoke on the Water' by Deep Purple like most people and 'Song 2' by Blur.
EB: Who is your musical inspiration?
DG: Bob Marley, The Beatles, Bedouin Soundclash, Little Man Tate, Milburn, Blur, Oasis, Damien Rice, The Police…there are so many.
EB: How does the writing process work?
DG: I usually come up with a basic idea and then bring it into the practice room and then we sort of jam it and see what happens from there. But some songs just come from a single idea while we are all together.
EB: Are you writing any new material at the moment?
DG: We always try to have new stuff in the pipeline. We'll usually play a new tune at a gig and see how it goes down and then take it from there.
EB: What will the next EP sound like?
Our songs come from our experiences
DG: It really depends on how we're feeling around that time…our songs come mainly from experiences from either us or our friends, films we watch or places we go. So it really just depends…wait and see.
EB: How do you feel when you perform?
DG: Warm
EB: What would you say to aspiring musicians?
DG: All I can say is that any band especially us needs to keep gigging and getting their names out there.
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How to set up a your video game room
Here's a perfect idea! Convert your spare room can well into a video game room. In fact you can make it as your media room and double it as the family game room. many of the requirements are more or less the same, therefore it is going to be rather simple to design a room that can serve you as your video game room. All you need to do is make a few alternations and you will be able to create a room perfect for leisure activities. Here are a few helpful tips to make a great versatile media room.
Assessing your space
For a living space that is to be defined for multiple purposes, it is a good idea to assess the area so that the space can be used most efficiently. In case of a video playing room, a large television along with sophisticated sound system will make it a perfect gaming area. In fact, for optimum video game play, you need a 65 inch tv stand along with the Xbox with kinect bundle to connect to your Xbox 360 – don't forget the adapter!
Give your video gaming room a cool look by bringing in furniture with hidden storage. This way you can store your DVDs, CDs, and video game cartridges in a n organized way. Enhancing the room with a few floor pillows or bean bag chairs can provide extra seating for video game use. In fact with a little bit of planning you could use your room for other games as well. For example, place a table with a few chairs in one portion of the room can serve you to play card or other board games. Now, what you need to keep in mind is that the furniture you select should be practical. Go for wooden or vinyl topped table and upholstered chairs as they serve as good acoustical treatments.
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You must have the option of having versatile lighting. Have lights that can add to give a soft glow to the room. For watching movies and playing video games, windows should be equipped with light blocking shades.


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This summer my family went on a massive road trip, two days after we moved into a new house. We started from the North East of Scotland down the North coast of England, to the South of England, across the bottom and round back the West Coast of the country, in a big circle of the UK.
We celebrated birthdays, saw cultural and historic sights, visited with family and the tail end of our trip was a visit to the very first British Pageant. Perhaps it might be the only one, and so I am glad we got to attend. I'd heard about the pageant for months and was interested to see what it was like. The word pageant is a bit hard to describe. I talked to several of my Scottish ward members who weren't sure, was it a like a parade? I wondered if it would be like the pageants in the United States. And I'll admit, a tiny part of me wondered, uncharitably, if it would be like a glorified roadshow.
Thankfully it wasn't like an American pageant. It wasn't a glorified roadshow either. It was its own beautiful tribute to the people of the British Isles. Written by British intelligence, sung with British voices, danced on British feet. It felt especially resonant to me because you see my ancestry first heard the gospel on British soil. They heard and recognised the teachings of Apostles who testified of Jesus Christ. The joined with the saints and sailed from Liverpool. They pushed hand carts across the plains and lived their lives in a way that ensured a heritage of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for generations. And ultimately that heritage led me circling back to Britain. As I watched the story of people like my ancestors play out on stage, I pondered again the choices and what I believe to be the influence of God that have led me to live in Scotland for the last 12 years.
I met a Scottish convert to the church one very hot summer in California. We were camp counsellors at a summer camp. It took me three times to understand that he was trying to tell me that he was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I couldn't understand his accent you see. Finally he gave up and said loudly and clearly: "I'm a MORMON" and I got the picture. I came to understand that this was the guy for me. And we went to live in that very romantic land of Scotland. We had intended to stay one year and have lived here nearly 12, with 3 University degrees, 3 children and 3 homes to show for it. The desire to return to be closer to my family is ever present. I think of them and miss them every day. But time and time again we have been gently reminded by the Lord to stay a little bit longer, to do our part in our little corner of the kingdom. I know we have been blessed for this, and probably don't fully know the blessings that might be in our future. I can't envision what the Lord has further in store for me and my little family. All I can do is take it day by day and step by step. I'm sure my ancestors had to do the same, as they made their way in a land foreign to them. They didn't have the blessings I do, ability to communicate with my family immediately. I can see their faces on my phone, I can hear their voices and know how they are doing with immediacy.
I wonder what my ancestors would think of me living in Scotland. Would Mary Meiklejohn Smith from Dumbarton be amused that I was an Aberdonian?
She danced Scottish dances with her sister on a ship full of Mormons crossing the Atlantic while her father played the bagpipes and violin. Would Samuel Washington Orme be glad I was back in the land of his heritage? He crossed the plains with the Martin Handcart Company with his mother and sisters. The family all arrived in safety in the Salt Lake Valley to begin a new life.
I hope they know the great debt of gratitude I feel to them for their choices made in faith a long time ago. And I hope my children and their children remember my choices made in faith, and recognise the hand of the Lord in their life wherever it may take them, circling back to importance of faith and family.
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Traffic calming plans are revealed for village
Posted: January 20, 2014|
TRAFFIC calming measures are to be installed in an East Staffordshire village in a bid to create a safer environment for pedestrians.
Councillors in Barton under Needwood have revealed plans for a shared space scheme in the centre of the village which they hope will bring an end to its traffic problems.
A public consultation will be held at the village's John Taylor High School next month, where people can have their say on plans and raise any concerns about the scheme, dubbed 'Better Barton', which will aim to slow down and reduce the amount of traffic in Station Road and Main Street.
Chiefs have enlisted the services of urban design firm Node, which has transformed town centres across the Midlands.
Shared space schemes have been implemented in various parts of the country and typically see a town or village centre become more pedestrianised, with kerbs and road markings often removed.
Details about what measures could be installed have yet to be revealed, but councillors said they hoped the plans would not include bollards or road humps.
Siobhan Rumsby, clerk at Barton under Needwood Parish Council, said: "We have had a lot of traffic problems in the village and have been working with Node to come up with landscaping ideas such as changes to road surfacing to make traffic more cautious as it approaches the village.
"We have seen what has happened in other towns that have done it."
Bosses have been attempting to find a solution to its traffic woes for years, while they have also taken into consideration a 130-home development off Efflinch Lane, on which work is expected to start in the spring.
Mrs Rumsby said: "We have been looking at it for a while, with new housing developments proposed we have been looking at ways of making the traffic situation better. We want to make traffic aware that it is a very busy centre."
The plans will be displayed at two public workshops at the John Taylor High School on February 1, at 10am and 2pm.
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Garlicky Lemon-Parsley Pork
After the success of my garlicky lemon-parsley chicken, I thought it might be great idea to do the same with pork. So right. Such a tasty no-rush recipe for succulent pork. You'll love the tangy taste of lemon on melt-in-your-mouth pork rind.
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
- Salt
- Peppercorns
- A slab of pork with fat
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 whole garlic, separated but unpeeled
- 1 tsp chopped fresh parsley
- In a bowl, mix thyme, salt, and pepper. Rub the mixture into pork. Marinate for at least 30 minutes.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet. Fry garlic until aromatic.
- Over high heat, add pork and brown on both sides for about 5 minutes.
- Add about 2 cups of water and lemon juice. Bring the mixture to boil then turn heat to low and simmer until pork is tender.
- Turn off the heat, add parsley, cover with lid and let stand for another 2 minutes. Transfer to a platter, slice the slab of pork and serve garnished with more chopped parsley.
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Ecosystem Studies & Management
Feedbacks between Water and Deforestation in Tropical South America
Tropical South America contains the world's largest continuous tropical forest and savannah ecosystems (Figure 1). This region is environmentally important not only because of traditional ecological measures, such as its high biodiversity, but also because it generates more than ¼ of the world's river discharge. This region has undergone explosive development and deforestation in the last 50 years as national and international demand for cattle feed (mostly soy), beef, and other agricultural commodities, such as sugar cane for ethanol, have increased. Already about 60 percent of the savanna and about 10 percent of the rainforest in this large region have been converted to cattle pasture and agriculture.
Local and Regional Runoff
Deforestation and forest degradation result in a complex set of changes to streams of all sizes. When forests are removed, the new vegetation, which generally has fewer leaves and shallower roots, uses less water than the forest it replaces. Therefore, less water evaporates from the land surface and is returned to the atmosphere, more water runs off of the land, and stream flow is increased (Figure 2a). How much change occurs depends on many local conditions including the amount of rainfall, how much of a watershed is deforested, topography, soils, and the land use after deforestation, but observations indicate little effect with less than 20 percent of a basin deforested and a large increase with 50 to 100 percent of a basin deforested. These changes occur at the local scale, but rivers of all sizes are affected when deforestation is extensive.
Local and Regional Climate
In addition to the local effects, tropical forests may also have a strong influence on regional climate, one that is unrelated to atmospheric CO2 change. Observations and computer modeling studies suggest that replacing large areas of forest with grass or seasonal crops cause changes in the atmosphere that lead to decreased water recycling, higher temperatures, and decreased rainfall (Figure 2b). These changes may in some cases create a new climate that will not sustain tropical forests. Therefore, deforestation and the related climate changes could threaten the existence of tropical forests in general, including those in protected areas distant from where deforestation is occurring.
Taken together, these two changes – a local decrease in evaporation and a large-scale decrease in rainfall – may have profound effects on human and environmental water needs, such as agriculture, hydropower, drinking water, aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity, and fisheries.
Center scientists are leading projects in the Amazon to better understand the consequences of these changes. This work, in which a global climate model was coupled to a land-surface ecosystem model, illustrates the complex nature of the effects of deforestation on regional water resources and climate. In that study we investigated the potential effect of two scenarios of future deforestation (Figure 3):
1) a "governance" scenario in which no deforestation takes place on protected areas, new protected lands are created, and at least 50 percent of all private lands remain in forest. and 2) a "business-as-usual" scenario, which assumes that current deforestation trends will continue -- all scheduled roads will be paved on time, compliance with laws regarding protected lands (public and private) is low, and no new protected areas are created. In the governance scenario, about 30 percent of the Amazon evergreen forest is deforested by 2050. In the business-as-usual simulation, almost 50% of the tropical evergreen forests of the basin are removed by 2050.
The results of these simulations suggest several important points about the coupled climate and land surface: 1) if deforestation does not cause decreased rainfall via atmospheric feedbacks, discharge will likely be significantly increased throughout the entire southern Amazon; 2) if rainfall does decrease via atmospheric feedbacks the resulting decrease in river discharge may be greater than the changes without feedbacks, and 3) changes in the water resources caused by atmospheric feedbacks will not be limited to those basins where deforestation has occurred but will be spread unevenly throughout the basin by atmospheric circulation. Therefore, the changes to discharge and aquatic and terrestrial environments with future deforestation in the tropics will likely be a complex function of local and non-local deforestation patterns -- how much vegetation has been removed from a particular watershed and how much has been removed from the larger tropical forest region.
Effective land stewardship programs could avoid or minimize these negative consequences of deforestation by reducing total deforestation and promoting management practices that reduce forest degradation, such as maintenance or reforestation of riparian zone forests, promotion of native species over exotics or plantations, and management of fire in flammable landscapes. Protection of existing forests and in particular those around riparian zones will avoid addition of CO2 to the atmosphere and also avoid immediate damage to aquatic environments, preserving their ecosystem benefits such as, clean drinking water, waste removal, flood protection, fish production, river transportation, hydroelectric generation, and potentially future climate. Furthermore, reforestation may, in addition to sequestering carbon, restore many environmental benefits in a relatively short time period—as little as two decades.
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I was a dedicated, Bible-believing lover of Christ. I fully believed that God was in full control of my life, and that He cared fully and deeply about every single detail of my life. It was a comforting feeling.
A couple of years ago, my husband of over a decade starting questioning his belief about our God. He started being "critical" of the Bible and reading books and blogs by Atheists. I supported his search because I believed in my God fully and knew that if he was seeking truth he would find it. And since Truth = God, he would eventually come back to Christ.
The months turned into years, and I continued to pray for him. I held fast to the "Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it." (Pr22:6) and believed that he would return to the faith. He started tentatively asking "what if" questions of me. "What if" there were no virgin birth. I said "I would still believe. I can believe in my Christ, even if he was not born or a virgin." My husband had a harder time with this and I felt like my faith had been tested and I had passed. There were many more "what if" questions to come, and I held firm. My God had proven himself to me and I would believe in Him. I had "experienced God."
About this time, my brother started studying psychology. He had random ideas to discuss and random books lying around I would sometimes look over. One caught my attention: [Insert name of book here]. It talked about how we cannot trust our own memories. It made me uncomfortable to think this could be true, but apparently, our minds (as humans) are creative. When we access a memory, we pull it up in our minds-eye and "look" at it. Any pieces that may be missing (was it daytime? who was there? where were we exactly?) are filled in by our creative brains. When we "put the memory away" those details go with it. When we pull it up again to "look at it," those details have become facts and we see those as part of the memory. The MORE times we access a memory, the more chances our brain has to make changes, and the more inaccurate the memory becomes. It's like a great game of telephone. I could not help but apply this to my memories of experiences with Christ. Were they really what I remembered?
I also learned from a friend about confirmation bias. When someone believes something, their minds look for evidence to support that. In applying this to my faith, I realized every time I prayed for someone and they got better, I attributed that to God. But when they did NOT get better, I never thought to BLAME God. That just doesn't make sense. Either he IS in charge of my life and hears my prayers, or he is NOT in charge of my life and does not hear my prayers. But I cannot reasonable thank him for the good and "overlook" the evil, or non-good. So I realized how very many times I had confirmation bias. The same idea applies to placebo pills. If you believe you are given a drug, you act as if it is working. When you find out it is only a placebo, your mind is blown. Confirmation bias.
The final "What if" really got to me. "What if the original "Bible" or some of the first Codices (first bound books we now call the Bible) did not contain the resurrection story. What if they were added later?" This, I admitted to Brian, is a deal-breaker. Tell me more. Here is the Wiki article on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_16
Damn. Now it was time to get serious. If there was no resurrection, then let's face it, there is no Jesus=God. He's just a dead man in a grave. So, why would I believe there is a resurrection? Well, it's in the Bible. How do I know the Bible is true ... aha! This is what I need to study. I had SO MANY people tell me to "read my Bible" to find answers. This is ludicrous. This is what any brainwashed person would tell you. I needed to KNOW if I was brainwashing myself. So what does that look like? Well, if I believed something without reason, and even IN SPITE of reason. If it no longer makes sense, but I continued to hold to it ... so, I needed to KNOW. I became desparate to KNOW the TRUTH. It was very important to me, as we have 3 children and are indoctrinating them into the same beliefs we were raised with. We had them in private schools and churches and prayers at night and the answer to EVERYTHING was God. I needed to have answers.
So we began our journey down the field of textual criticism. Of course, Brian had read Misquoting Jesus by Ehrman. Ehrman went to seminary and studied the Bible more than I can ever claim. His book is eye-opening, but Ehrman learned under Metzger, who studied the same facts and reached a different conclusion. I wanted to read Metzger - I wanted to find the same guy who had the facts of the Bible but reached the conclusion I WANTED. So, we ordered the book.
In the meantime, I was observing. I observed Christians and non-Christians. I've always held to the Matthew 7:16 idea that we should "know them by their fruits" http://bible.cc/matthew/7-16.htm
In other words, Jesus' followers should be "fruitful" people (love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control). So, well - I have a Facebook account. I have many, many Christian friends. I have many that I would say were not Christians. So I watched. For about a year. I was looking for a general "happier" mood amongst my Christian friends. I was looking for "miracles." I believed in a God of power and a God who could literally move mountains. So, it stands to reason that when friends asked for prayer for their sick family, or for job interviews, or for dying friends/family, my Christian friends SHOULD be getting, on average, better "results" than my non-Christian friends.
That wasn't the case. Sadly. However, I noticed a strong trend to thank God when things went right and to say "well, it wasn't God's will" when they went wrong. It all started to look like BS to me. And I actually started getting annoyed. I'm still there. I find it highly annoying that intelligent people can't see through the bullshit. Sorry. I digress.
It started to look like many of my friends were lying to themselves. And the answer I got a lot was that "Christianity makes me happy." I don't argue with them, or anyone else about it for that matter. I won't share my knowledge on the subject unless asked. And I am completely willing to admit that I might be wrong.
On that note - Pascal's Wager. Everyone has heard of it. Wiki has this: "since the existence of God cannot be proved or disproved through reason, and there is much to be gained from wagering that God exists and little to be gained from wagering that God doesn't exist, a rational person should simply wager that God exists and live accordingly." In short: If Christians are wrong, they have lost nothing [by believing], however if they are right, atheists have lost everything [by not believing]. This is an argument that deserves attention. Is there anything lost by believing in the God of the Bible?
Now that I have gone through the process of changing my beleifs, and have seen many other people "deconvert," I've seen many negative issues related to a belief in God. I know this is something that many Christians do NOT want to hear, but Brian and I had some serious issues in our life directly related to the Bible's view of lust and sex. We were personally and strongly and negatively affected by this aspect of our belief-system for our entire married life until we moved away from our beliefs and began tenderly asking each other what WE LIKED. It has been refreshing.
Another problem with Christianity and a literal translation of the Bible is that if you follow it, you'll do some horrible things in the name of Christ. For instance, [here are a few! http://www.evilbible.com/]
And the overwhelming guilt. I have never felt so free as I do now. I was never able to pray enough ... never had enough faith ... never converted enough people ... never grateful enough to God ... I had guilt when I did not go to church, guilt when I did not pray before a meal, guilt that I wasn't a missionary in a foreign country. There was guilt!
Here's another thing about Pascal's Wager. Is there really nothin lost by believeing in Christianity? What happened when I realized that I did NOT believe? Every. Single. Day. Is. Worth. Savoring. For the first time, there is no afterlife! This is it!!! These relationships! This night sky. This unbelievably complex, gorgeous universe! Wow! Humans cherish things more when there is a possibility of losing it. Now I know it can all be gone in an instant, so I cherish every single second. I hug more, especially my kids and family. I am faster to forgive and just let everyone live there own life! I was tired of fighting the devil at every turn, what a waste that turned out being. Now I live every moment in awe of its beauty and the fact that it doesNOT get better. There are no streets of gold and mansions for everyone. This gorgeous reality is it. Of course at first this was a little depressing, but now it's awe-inspiring and beautiful. I almost lost this by believing that I'd see everyone after we died, and that the after-life was so much better than this life.
Another negative trend in Christian circles is LGBT bias. Christians lean toward legislating AGAINST LGBT freedoms, while telling me and everyone else that they treat homosexuals exactly like they treat everyone else. Again, I began calling BS (my own way of saying they are lying to themselves and everyone else). They would ask me: how can you ignore what the Bible says about homosexuals? I began to have very strong feelings about the subject, which is unlike me. I pride myself in my analytical, critical thinking side ... and I often distance myself from any emotions (from an admittedly erroneous belief that showing emotions makes me weak). However, I began to feel that there was an injustice here. That there was a very large group of people (Christians) that were denying rights to a much smaller group of people (LGBT). I began to want to help the smaller group because they were being wronged. This led me to distance myself from those who called themselves "Christians" or those who believed the Bible is the infallible word of God.
I also began to feel like I was doing mental gymnastics to defend my belief in the Bible and God.
... to be continued


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ELET 7104 - Integrated Circuit Technology, 4 Credits
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1063 with D or better or MATH 1084 with D or better
Level: Upper
This course is an introduction to the physics, chemistry and materials of integrated circuit fabrication. Topics include the basic process steps of crystal growth, oxidation, photolithography, diffusion, ion implantation, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and metallization used to build integrated circuits. The laboratory uses a 4-level metal gate PMOS process to fabricate a working integrated circuit test-chip and provide experience in device design, process design, materials evaluation, in-process characterization and device testing.


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MALDEF celebrates another year of defending Latino civil rights
'We also litigated two separate trials challenging Texas' disdainful legacy of drawing unconstitutional redistricting plans that keep Latinos from electing their candidate of choice, led by our wonderful and nationally renown vice president of litigation, Nina Perales.' [Read More]
New report to reveal big gaps in Latino health-care access
Texas holds the dubious title of having "the highest rate of uninsured people in the United States," or 6 million people. [Read More]
Eva Longoria launches Latino Victory PAC
Congressman Pete Gallego is among the first endorsements the PAC announces. [Read More]
Texas historians gathering in S.A.
Fourteen sessions will explore Spanish, Mexican and Tejano history, and several others will be on African American and Native American history. [Read More]
To win, Wendy Davis and Texas Dems will need more Latino voter engagement
Davis lost almost all every South Texas and border-area county, and she could have won them. [Read More]
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"A century and a half later," the magazine says, "communities have proved more durable than borders." [Read More]
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Under Perry, 'a smaller and smaller angrier, whiter, wealthier male base turned up each primary with a near constant war on Hispanics and women." [Read More]
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Gilb argues El Paso is the love child of a crazy night on the border, thus, unloved and ignored. [Read More]
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Demographers have been telling this story for decades: That as the white population shrinks, a younger Latino workforce will be needed by the economy. Educating this population, thus, is crucial. [Read More]
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Stylex announces that The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Environmental Stewardship Initiative has recognized its brand for taking dedicated measures to improve the environment.
This honor celebrates Stylex's commitment to being green and to ensuring a sustainable future! This prestigious certificate identified Stylex for the proactive measures that they take towards Green Building Implementation, Hazardous Materials Reduction, Materials Conservation, and Innovative Programming.


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National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day »
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September 27 is National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a time to reflect on the heavy toll of HIV among gay and bis"...
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COMBIVIR, a combination of two nucleoside analogues, is indicated in combination with other antiretrovirals for the treatment of HIV-1 infection.
Adults and Adolescents Weighing ≥ 30 kg
The recommended oral dose of COMBIVIR in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents weighing greater than or equal to 30 kg is 1 tablet (containing 150 mg of lamivudine and 300 mg of zidovudine) twice daily.
Pediatric Patients
The recommended oral dosage of scored COMBIVIR Tablets for pediatric patients who weigh greater than or equal to 30 kg and for whom a solid oral dosage form is appropriate is 1 tablet administered twice daily.
Before prescribing COMBIVIR Tablets, children should be assessed for the ability to swallow tablets. If a child is unable to reliably swallow a COMBIVIR tablet, the liquid oral formulations should be prescribed: EPIVIR® (lamivudine) Oral Solution and
Patients Requiring Dosage Adjustment
Because COMBIVIR is a fixed-dose combination tablet, it should not be prescribed for pediatric patients weighing less than 30 kg or patients requiring dosage adjustment, such as those with reduced renal function (creatinine clearance less than 50 mL/min), patients with hepatic impairment, or patients experiencing dose-limiting adverse reactions. Liquid and solid oral formulations of the individual components of COMBIVIR are available for these populations.
Dosage Forms And Strengths
COMBIVIR Tablets contain 150 mg of lamivudine and 300 mg of zidovudine. The tablets are white, scored, film-coated, modified capsule-shaped tablets, debossed on both tablet faces, such that when broken in half, the full "GX FC3" code is present on both halves of the tablet ("GX" on one face and "FC3" on the opposite face of the tablet).
Storage And Handling
COMBIVIR Tablets, containing 150 mg lamivudine and 300 mg zidovudine, are white, scored, film-coated, modified-capsule-shaped tablets, debossed on both tablet faces, such that when broken in half, the full "GXFC3" code is present on both halves of the tablet ("GX" on one face and "FC3" on the opposite face of the tablet). They are available as follows:
60 Tablets/Bottle (NDC 49702-202-18).
Unit Dose Pack of 120 (NDC 49702-202-29).
Store between 2° and 30°C (36° and 86°F).
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Last reviewed on RxList: 12/16/2011
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{Blouse: Old Navy; Jeans: Mavi; Shoes: Zara (vegan,found on Ebay); Headscarf: Vintage (my grandmother's); Clutch/Wallet: Gunas}Jim and I took an early bus up to Boston on the 4th, and got in around 11 am. We took our time getting acquainted to the city and our hotel, walking around Chinatown, and grabbing some lunch. In the late evening, we had a quick wardrobe change and got ready to go out to dinner. A red, white and blue headscarf is as patriotic as I get on the 4th. During the day, I wore this same outfit from the waist up. I just had on denim shorts and my neon yellow sandals instead of the jeans and heels. If you checked out my packing tutorial yesterday, anything from the waist up I was actually wearing while taking the photos for that post, which is why they're not included in the photos. Just before dinner we headed up to the roof top deck, being it was recommended by the hotel concierge as being a good spot to watch the fireworks. We enjoyed the view and took these few quick shots before headed out for some pizza and wine for dinner (I'll be doing an entire post on all the food we had in Boston very soon!). After dinner, we decided we'd probably have a better view of the sunset and the following fireworks from our hotel balcony. So we went back to our room, enjoyed the stunning sunset, and watched the Boston Pops 4th of July Spectacular on TV. Once the fireworks started, it was hard to miss them. We had the most amazing view! How did you spend the July 4th holiday?
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Cursors are used by database programmers to process individual rows returned by database system queries. Cursors enable manipulation of whole result sets at once. In this scenario, a cursor enables the rows in a result set to be processed sequentially.
In SQL procedures, a cursor makes it possible to define a result set (a set of data rows) and perform complex logic on a row by row basis. By using the same mechanics, a SQL procedure can also define a result set and return it directly to the caller of the SQL procedure or to a client application.
A cursor can be viewed as a pointer to one row in a set of rows. The cursor can only reference one row at a time, but can move to other rows of the result set as needed.


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Rio de Janeiro. Brazil's Vale SA, the world's second-largest mining company, faces an investigation of two Amazon copper mines after allegations that it improperly used Indian lands and failed to replace forest cut to build a power line, a Brazilian prosecutor told Reuters on Wednesday.
Prosecutors are looking into the Indian land issue at Sossego, Vale's biggest-producing copper mine, with 109,000 tons of output in 2011. They are also looking into the forestry issue at the $2.83 billion Salobo mine, which is in the start-up phase.
Salobo is designed to produce 100,000 tons of copper concentrate a year, according to Vale's website. An expansion doubling output to 200,000 tons a year, surpassing Sossego, is scheduled to be complete in the second half of 2013.
The investigation is the second action against Vale this week by prosecutor Andre Casagrande Raupp of the Federal Prosecutors Office in the northeastern state of Para. On Monday, Raupp filed a civil suit against Vale, Brazil's Indian affairs foundation and the environmental secretariat of Para, seeking to suspend activities at Vale's $2.65 billion Onca Puma nickel mine, also in the Amazon. The Onca Puma suit alleged that Vale failed to meet obligations to two Indian tribes in the region.
Vale is the world's largest producer of iron ore, the main ingredient in steel, and second-largest producer of nickel, whose main use is making stainless or corrosion-resistant steel.
No charges have been filed in the Salobo or Sossego investigations. Vale officials were not immediately available for comment.
Raupp and other federal prosecutors have wide independence to investigate and charge companies and individuals for alleged violations of the law. Many prosecutors have come under criticism from business and government leaders for overzealous prosecutions. Environmental and community groups have sought out prosecutors to press their claims.
A federal prosecutor in Rio de Janeiro state is seeking 40 billion reais ($20 billion) from Chevron and Transocean and has filed criminal charges against 17 of their employees that carry jail terms of up to 31 years as a result of a November oil spill. An estimated 2,400 barrels of oil never reached Brazil's coast, was cleaned up within days and resulted in no deaths, injuries or measurable harm to wildlife.
Vale preferred shares, the company's most traded class of stock, fell 0.57 percent to 36.39 reais in late afternoon trading in Sao Paulo. Copper for delivery in three months fell 2.11 percent to $7,477.50 a ton in London trading, its lowest price in nearly five months.


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Firehouse Dog 2007
Rexxx, Hollywood's top canine star, gets lost and is adopted into a shabby firehouse. He teams up with a young kid (Hutcherson) to get the station back on its feet...
- Release Date:
- April 3, 2007, UTC
- Duration:
- 111 min
- Director:
- Todd Holland
- Cast:
- Dan Duran, Steven Culp, Bill Nunn, Bruce Greenwood, Dorly Jean-Louis, Dash Mihok, Micah Sauers, Kathryn Haggis, Josh Hutcherson, Scotch Ellis Loring, Mayte Garcia, Teddy Sears, Arwen, Frodo, Rohan, Stryder, Bree Turner, Hannah Lochner, Claudette Mink, Shane Daly, Matt Cooke, Katie Finneran, Brandon Craggs, Joseph Zita, Randy Triggs, Carl Barlow, Zoe Doyle, Eric Weinthal, Diavion Henningham, Djano Henningham, Jeffrey R. Smith, Steven Cartwright, Aaron Abrams, James Arnold, Dan Willmott, B.J. McQueen, Paul Stephen, Ramona Pringle, Magdalena Alexander, Joseph Adam, Joanna Bennett, Sevag Sagherain, Dave Grimshaw, Sean Lally, Isaac Oton, Michael Wood, Bob Koherr, Lauren Patten, Rick Cordeiro, Savannah Rae Linz, Scott Murphy, Kelly Lovell ...
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- English
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Firehouse Dog is standard kids fare. Nothing new or better then your average live-action kids movie. The good scenes with the dog were few and far between. Your average 5-10 year-old may like it but not most adult or critically/older kids. Safe your money and wait for video.
I'd say this is a cute movie for young boys who love fart jokes... but on the other hand, the plot is so dull and confusing, I doubt it would hold their attention for too long. The plot switches from plot to subplot to subplot, and the actors are rather unconvincing.. (the acting is horrible, even for a children's movie). I'd reccomend watching a movie such as Homeward Bound or Air Bud instead.
I don't understand why they chose to make firefighting a plot of the movie, this type of dog isn't fit for firefighting, it's a mutt.. (and for some reason, is also a movie-star) and while they address this issue in the movie, it just doesn't make sense. The begining of this movie and the middle and end seem like two entirely different movies, it seems like they just picked "dog" "movie-star" and "firefighting" out of a hat when they were looking to make a plot/storyline for the movie. It just doesn't go together well.
The first five minutes focuses on the dog and his rockstar life, and the rest of the movie seems to focus on the boy and his firefighting Dad and all the firefighting "heroes" of the movie. What this movie is, is just an ego boost for firefighters everywhere. A horribly-put together film for firefighters to take their children to, and while firefighting is a very important and dangerous job, (and I respect all they do for the community) they seem to over-glorify it and cheapen it at the same time. The special effects on the fire are as unrealistic as the backflipping, pole-sliding, acrobatic, pro-skateboarding mutt.
Predictable but still enjoyable and enjoyable family film. The title dog is very entertaining - quite amazing. He very much lifts this film up a notch. Well acted.
Ughhhh. Boring boring boring. Looks like a cute little kiddy movie but it's just not. The movie had a very slow beginning but got a little better as it went along. It was sooo long though, I was basically counting the minutes haha. The acting was not good at all in my opinion, especially Hutcherson's. I'm sorry, it's just that his delivery of alot of his lines were rather cringe worthy. I haven't seen any of his other movies so I can't just come right out and say that he's a bad actor but judging from this, he's definetly not good. The script sucked terribly too. The dog steals the show (or lack thereof lol)... he was pretty tight haha. But he couldnt save this mess...
(*** 1/2):
A great family film. Funny, sweet and entertaining. Hutcherson (along with his role in this year's Bridge to Terabithia) is showing some good acting talent, and I hope to see more of him in the future. One of the better films of 2007.
Beyond corny. Might be good for the little ones.
Firehouse Dog (2006) is a delightful suprise to the nearly non-existent genre of family films. Just like Because of Winn-Dixie, this movie tells the story of a child and a dog and the assorted adventures that they enjoyably experience together and suprises us with its authenticity and spirit. Lucky for the audiences, Firehouse Dog isn't a sappy sentimental fest (Cheaper by the Dozen 1 & 2) or a little kids movie (Veggie Tales: The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything). It's an action movie, comedy, family drama, and a tale of a boy and a dog. The tale begins with the canine action star Rexxx filming a scene for his new action movie. He skydives out of an airplane but his parachute accidentally gives out and he freefalls and then...he lands in a haywagon. This takes him to a small town with tons of kids and tons of fires. There is also Station 55, the fire station that's been around since the town was built. Strangely enough, there has been mysterious fires around the area of the station and elsewhere. The boy of the story is tween Sean (Josh Hutcherson in an excellent performance) and his dad so happens to be the Captain [(Bruce Greenwood of Racing Stripes of Station 55. When Sean is skateboarding home from school, he meets Rexxx and eventually introduces Rexxx to the station. Soon enough, he's named Duey. When the squad is called away to a search and rescue, the firefighters are having trouble, so Duey decides to follow his nose. In doing so, he saves the day and is placed as the mascot of the station. His reputation grows and everyone is getting to hear about this 'wonderdog'. This wonderdog also saves the firefighters jobs. The Captain begins to not have as much time to spend with his kid as he'd like to. Plus the two are still recovering from a family death. The rest is up for the people who are interested in seeing it. For additional information, the movie is after all for kids and dog lovers, but there are some intense action sequences that suprised me in being in a family film. It still clicks with all of the other parts of the movie. That what makes it great. Be ready for more Critiques and Opinions on Every Game and Movie I Can Get My Hands On!
A fun family film. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Josh Hutcherson and Bruce Greenwood were great in this one.
Film critics are too hard on this film. They're totally missing it. This is about as sweet as Because of Winn-Dixie (another film that critics are too hard on.) Being a firedog is more fun than being a movie dog.
This is a cute, and childish movie that has real heart. The movie wont really appeal to the likes of teenagers, but parents will enjoy it simply cause there kids are getting a fun, and clean movie experience. Josh Hutcherson is one of my favorite upcoming actors because of he is always really convincing. This is a fun little movie for the kids.


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DEP: W.Va. coal slurry dam still being assessed
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — State regulators say engineers are still assessing how much coal slurry is in a potentially dangerous impoundment that went uncertified by a professional engineer for more than two years.
Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Kathy Cosco says Tetra Tech of Morgantown is currently surveying the North Hollow impoundment near Century in Barbour County.
Energy Marketing Co. and Dominick LaRosa of Potomac, Md., failed to respond to a U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit over the site and were ordered to pay $13,500 in fines.
It wasn't immediately clear Friday whether they have.
DEP revoked the impoundment's permit and hired engineers to assess the structure and develop a plan to drain off the soupy wastewater.
The North Hollow impoundment is no longer in active use, but MSHA has labeled it "high hazard," meaning a failure would likely cause fatalities.
In court documents, the U.S. Department of Labor says MSHA does not believe there is an imminent danger, but it can't be sure because there has been no certification by an engineer.
Cosco says the scope of the work should be agreed upon by the end of July.
Cosco said the current assessment is the first part of a two-stage process. In this one, the engineers will focus on developing a plan to repair a pond at the bottom of the impoundment that is used for draining off liquid, to ensure it's structurally sound.
The second phase is soliciting bids and hiring a contractor to do the work. Cosco said that likely won't happen until next year.


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Make Up For Ever: Eyeshadows #304, 34, 302, 168, 93 (Greens & Teals)
Make Up For Ever #304 Eyeshadow
If you know me, you know I'm a big fan of green eyeshadow. So is it really any surprise that I have five more green/teal shadows to share with you?
- #304 is a shimmery, chartreuse-y green. It's very much like #171, and at the time of purchase, I was a bit frazzled and quick in scribbling down the shades I wanted, but if I had been thinking, I would have skipped this one (or skipped the 171). They're both incredibly similar. I'd say this one runs a little more green than the other, maybe. This one has a little more shimmer, and it is a smooth, well-pigmented shimmer shadow to boot. It does remind me of MAC Overgrown eyeshadow.
- #34 is a soft, pale green with a little yellow tone. It has a slight sheen, but it isn't really shimmery, though it is definitely not matte. It reminds me of a more subtle MAC Juxt eyeshadow, particularly with a lot less frostiness.
- #302 is a medium teal shimmery shade. It seems to run a little bluer than green, and it isn't as pigmented or smooth as many of the other Make Up For Ever eyeshadows have been for me. In comparison to #168, this is a disappointment, so I would definitely skip it and opt for the #168.
- #168 is a bright pop of teal with a little bit of shimmer and sheen. It does remind me a lot of MAC Shimmermoss eyeshadow, but I think this is a tad brighter and a bit more of a green-teal. It also has less frost in its finish. As a fan of teal, this is a must-have for me!
- #93 is a matte, green-teal. It is fairly pigmented and feels smooth when applied. This color works better when you build it up intensity by layering the color over, rather than grabbing a bunch at once and hoping that will pack on the color. The layering allows you to build-up the color smoothly and gives you much more color that way. It does remind me of MAC Melody eyeshadow, which is a long-discontinued color.
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