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The vanilla syrup does not contain gluten, but the vanilla powder in the little shakers next to the he risk of straws does. I guess the risk of cc is high at STarbucks. I drink a sugar free vanilla iced coffee with soy every day witn no problems, but with hot drinks, all they really do is wipe down the spout thing with a towel. Perhaps you could switch to a cold drink? I live in CA, so we drink cold all year. If you're in a cold place,the only suggestion I would have would be to go in during a slow time and ask them to clean the heck out of those spouts with boiling water before making your drink. I hope you can figure out a way to make it work! I think that would be the last straw if I had to give up Starbucks too.
I've read some previous posts and it looks like the jury is out on Starbucks coffee and flavors. Is anyone having a reaction or no reaction to Stabucks?? (Vanilla Latte) I've been gluten free since April and can't figure it out. Bloodwork is still coming out positive and I thought I had checked everthing out!!! I will almost go kicking and screaming if I have to give up Starbucks!! Ok, Ok...I know....I could give up the vanilla and just have the latte with sugar? Thanks everyone.....
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Blonde Baller left behind plenty of unanswered questions when she was booted from Real Chance of Love 2: Why was she so eager to talk about her competitors? Why was she so upset when she was eliminated? Why was she targeted by the other girls? And who the hell is Dale? We attempt to get to the bottom of them in the in the interview below…
Usually the first question I ask is, "How was your time on the show?" But via your Twitter, and elsewhere, I think I already know the answer.
My time was not positive at all.
What leaves you the most unsettled?
The editing. They made me look like I snitched on Flirty. They didn't show the date before that, when she was dancing with Real and sitting with Real at dinner. Flirty was talking about me for 35 minutes about how she wanted to take a Real chain. She told me she liked Chance as a friend. I told her to use her next date to get to know Real, that way if she got kicked off, she got kicked off trying for the guy she was originally there for.
We did see her specifically say that she wasn't going to take a Real chain, though.
She said that she wanted to get to know him, but she didn't want to take his chain and be a flip-flopper. That's when I said, "Well, Mamacita did it." And she said, "Oh!" After that, in the room, I told her, "Flirty, don't back out," she said she wouldn't, that she was going to get to know Real. Then the next day on the bus, she said, "Oh, I like Chance again!" Whatever, dude. They just don't show a lot of stuff, like Hot Wings' dude calling and saying, "Tell her that her car payment is paid." They brought that up in court and she said, "Well, it's still in his name. We were together two years. We're still best friends." She didn't pack up one time, she packed up three times.
What about the snitching issue?
We're taped 24/7. How am I snitching on you when you told national television your business? The only reason I know your business is because you were open with it and you were open with it in front of a camera.
What struck me as odd about the situation with Classy is that it was OK for Chance to talk about her, but it wasn't OK for you to talk about Chance talking about her.
Exactly. And the reason I talked to Classy about her ankles comes from the zoo date, when PS made a really nasty comment to me about my eyebrows. She said, "Who the hell does them?" I didn't know there was anything wrong with them. If you watch, toward the end of the show, my eyebrows are colored in because Classy started doing that for me to help me out. And now that's how I shape them. So I figured that if she helped me with my eyebrows, why couldn't I help her with her ankles? I wanted to help her look nice for her man.
Although, you talked a lot about playing the game, and however you want to label it, if you talk so openly about the other girls, you run the risk of being called a snitch or made out to be the show's villain. I mean, that's the bigger game at hand.
The funny thing is that Mamacita's up in her room talking to Chance about how she doesn't like me, "BB said this, BB said that." Hot Wings is telling him she doesn't like me. Baker is telling him she doesn't like me. So when they're talking crap, it's OK. Bu the minute I open my mouth, I'm snitching.
Yeah, and I guess that brings up the point that these shows thrive off of people talking about people. It's like, the way you prove you're the best, is by proving other people are the worst.
I don't think that I was the worst, because I didn't get a tattoo to impress a guy. I kept my morals. I'm not sleeping with someone to get ahead. I'm pretty sure I could have slept with Chance and stayed for the remainder of the season, but I just wasn't willing to do that.
You're one of the only girls we saw with Chance in his room.
Chance invited me up there. They made it look like I went up there on my own accord. He's been criticizing me on Twitter, too, saying I have a flat booty. But if you look at the Chelsea Lately segment with them, he says, "Blonde Baller has a bangin' body." So now my body's bad? He was feeling me, I just think it's funny that he's making it seem like he wasn't.
After this week's episode, you went on Twitter and unleashed. Had you felt sort of bottled up with resentment up to this point?
What I was more pissed off about than even being edited to look like a liar, is that when Chance and I were sitting at dinner, he asked me about Flirty and I told him that I didn't want to talk about her, and he said again, "Girl, I asked you a question, you gotta answer it." I told him I didn't want to again, he asked me again and I said, "Well, Flirty…" and was made to look like I did it by myself, when he was screaming at me to answer the question.
Junk was eliminated for talking about you all the time. Did that make you even consider changing your behavior?
Well, I in no way like Junk at all, but it makes me wonder if Chance did the same thing to her. She did come down and apologize to me at one point. I was on the phone and she said, "I really apologize if your friend did die." She had a heart, and I thought that was cool. So I wonder if Chance had her up in the room, asking, "So what do you think about Blonde Baller?" It's not natural to continue talking about someone like she did. He could have been leading her the whole time. So I don't get mad at her for that.
When did you stop being into Chance? Was it after you were eliminated? Because you cried…
During my exit interview, they asked me, "Why did you think you got eliminated?" And I just kept saying over and over, "'Cause I didn't want to sleep with him." After that, I realized that I could have someone so much better, and because so many guys are like that, they'll break up with you when you don't want to sleep with them, I started crying and said, "All guys are the same." It wasn't because I was leaving. I wasn't feeling him after the tennis date. That's when I really said to myself, "This dude is a total douchebag."
You alluded to it before, but can you please explain the Dale/Courtney/dead friend thing?
They take your phone at the beginning of shooting, so I gave them a fake one and I gave my friend my real phone. We had a code word for when we were on the phone, "Disneyland" or something, and it meant "turn on my phone." She turned it on, and said, "Oh, you got a text from Martha. Courtney got shot." Courtney is a guy that I didn't really know. That's why he's referred to as "Courtney from the shop." We had played Pictionary at one point. I said, "Can you text her back? I'm really sorry to hear that." We hung up after that. The Sunday before that, I had seen my best friend Brandon. He had lung cancer but didn't tell us for a long time, and at this point, it had spread to 75 percent of his lung. I get another call saying Martha just texted me back, and did I know that Brandon died on the same day as Courtney. I started bawling. He was my best friend. Courtney was shot in L.A., he got buried in L.A. Brandon died in Orange County, he got buried in Michigan, where he was from. My friend Kat, who told me about both, also told me that her friend's dad got shot in a Taco Bell, and since she believes that death comes in threes, she said we were going to be OK. So, basically, they show me answering the phone call about Courtney, crying for Brandon, and then later when I was talking to Junk, I told her that my friend's dad got shot in an upper-class Taco Bell, my friend Brandon died of cancer, my friend from the shop got shot. It was all edited to make it seem like I was lying.
But who's Dale?
I have all guy friends, so Brandon thought it was a bad idea to have my five really good guy friends – Sincere, Brandon, Jereese, Adam and Dale – all calling the house for me. So they decided that they'd all just say their names were Dale to make it seem like it was just one guy. Anybody I talked to was "Dale." Brandon was the one you hear on the show telling me not to let the girls get to me.
Do you have any theories as to why you got such a raw deal?
I wasn't like any of the other girls. You'll never catch me naked or dressing like them. I don't ever have my stomach showing. I'm not a stripper. I'm educated. I actually missed my college graduation to be there. I wasn't an industry girl. The only one I did have anything in common with was Sassy, because she's real. She's been ganged up on before, and she saw that I was the one Chance would pick. It was like, what could they get on me? I wasn't a stripper or industry, so what was there to pick on other than my words?
But why did that extend into the editing?
I don't know. I hope it's for a good reason. I hope I get the chance to go on Charm School and show that I can make a 100 percent turnaround.
So even after all of this, you would consider appearing on another VH1 reality show?
I have learned my lesson. I would love to go to Charm School and win $100,000 for not snitching. It would not be hard. I could not do the talking that I did and look like I made a 180.
Was there anything positive to be gained from this experience?
I didn't have a MySpace before. I put it up like a month ago, and I already have 4,000 people on it. They're all positive. I've had little girls say, "You're my idol. I can see through the editing. You're the realest." So, the fans are a good thing to come from this. The ones who see me, the ones who stop me in the street and say, "Dude, I really, really liked you." I'm just like, that's really cool.
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Tom Whitehurst: A statement on the statements about Margaret Thatcher
CORPUS CHRISTI - I take this opportunity to mourn the passing of movie critic Roger Ebert. Sorry for his friends' and family's loss. And sorry, especially, to Ellen Burstyn for having been robbed by Julia Roberts of that Oscar in 2001. These events aren't unconnected because — see? — I just connected them.
And what more opportunistically, appropriately inappropriate excuse than Ebert's death will I ever have to address this grievous Oscar injustice — and to link myself to Ebert as if I were his peer?
Which I'm not, didn't used to be and never will be.
Neither, by the same token, were Texas' two U.S. senators, Gov. Rick Perry, or our own U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold peers of British former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday. That didn't stop them from issuing official statements from their elected offices about Thatcher — or "Maggie," as they at least knew better than to address her.
Now that they have expressed their condolences and, more importantly, used the occasion to imply that they and she were kindred just because they're conservatives and so was she, perhaps Parliament can proceed with its parliamentary proceedings. Because surely Parliament was waiting to hear from them, not to mention from all 254 county commissioners courts in Texas and some of the rural water district boards.
These Texans I've singled out — not the county commissioners and water district trustees; that was a joke — were far from alone in their expressions of sympathy and simpatico. Many of their colleagues from many states did likewise. But Thatcher's stature was such that every elected official in this country below the rank of president at least should have considered deferring to the president on this one, as a matter of decorum. The exceptions would be current and former secretaries of state and the elected officials who actually knew or at least had met her, which is why I'd give Vice President Joe Biden a pass.
But the temptation of politicians who didn't meet these standards to associate themselves with her greatness and to advance their own ideologies proved irresistible. Esteemed SMU political science professor Cal Jillson said he thought they "were just cheering for the home team and trying to bask a bit in the reflected glory of a great name. They're local politicians, craving attention. They cannot help themselves and we should not be too hard on them."
He's right. I should not. But I cannot help myself.
"The passing of Prime Minister Thatcher," according to Perry's Lone Star State of mind, "marks the end of an era in which bold conservative values faced down tyranny and oppression to open the doors of freedom and democracy for countless people around the world."
Is that era really ended, Governor? Did you really mean to imply that bold conservative values no longer will face down tyranny and oppression? If that's the case, then I indeed will join you and your wife Anita in sending my thoughts and prayers not only to Prime Minister Thatcher's family, as you graciously suggested, but to the entire oppressed world, my own oppressed self included. (That was petty of me, Professor, but I couldn't resist.)
Thatcher, as defined by Farenthold, "fought for a society that rewarded hard work and determination, not dependency on government," which is entirely true. But how considerate of her to afford him yet another opportunity, by departing for the hereafter, to attack federal government spending on social programs. It's one of his favorite pastimes.
To my knowledge, nobody reacting to Thatcher's death said these words exactly: "She was my hero and now she's dead, which reminds me, aren't unions horrible?" But the dots were there to connect.
Texas' ultraconservative Attorney General Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, to their credit, restrained themselves to tweets. Their Twitter followers choose to follow them, so their informal Twitter statements shouldn't be considered the presumptuous breach of decorum that an official statement on their letterhead would have been.
I thought Abbott's tweet of the famous bumper-sticker Thatcher slogan: "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money," was a downright respectful way of paying respects.
But, mostly, the expressions of respect were as respectful as answering a cellphone in the middle of a funeral service. Or giving a long acceptance speech knowing that Ellen Burstyn should have been the one talking.
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Some numbers changed when municipal election results for the Tri-County area were canvassed on Tuesday, but all outcomes remained the same.
Granville and Warren counties had small changes following the canvass.
Faye Gill, elections director in Vance County, reported said vote totals in Middleburg and Kittrell were unchanged by the canvass.
Middleburg Mayor Ray Bullock's Election Day total of 37 votes remained the same after the canvass, as did the single vote received by challenger Dean Dickerson.
Official totals in the race for three commissioners' seats give Annie Fudge 33 votes, Ruth Nance 27 and Gary Plummer 33. Challenger Dusty Herring received 10.
The canvass confirmed the 20 votes received by Kittrell Mayor Jerry Joyner. He was unopposed. There was one write-in vote.
In the commissioners' race, Jason Green and Susan Pulley each received 21 votes while Betsy Simpson received 19 votes.
In the election for Oxford mayor and four commissioners' seats, four provisional ballots and one mailed ballot were added to the Election Day totals, according to Tonya Burnette, the Granville elections director. Jackie Sergent gained three votes in the mayoral race. Jim Crawford and Howard Herring Sr. gained one each. The official totals are Sergent 911, Crawford 596 and Herring 350.
Official totals in the race for four commissioners' seats were changed by one to four votes, but there were no changes in the winners. Official totals for the four winners are Quon Bridges 1,366, C.J. Harris 1,029, Danny Currin 923 and Patricia Fields 886. Harris and Currin are incumbents.
The totals for the rest of the field were Ron Bullock 816, Eddie McCoy 812 and Eddie Dalton 349.
The canvass produced no changes in the Stovall election, Burnette said, where all of the candidates were unopposed. Janet Parrott received all of the 63 votes cast for mayor. Commissioners Tim Davidson and Marshall Roberts received 53 and 50 votes, respectively, and there were two write-in votes.
In Warren County, the canvass confirmed Walter M. Gardner Jr.'s 171-93 victory over challenger Tim Ennis in the race for Warrenton mayor.
Official totals for three town commissioners' seats are Mary Hunter 167, Kimberly Rae Harding 135 and Tom Hardy 124. The others' totals were Jana Miller 104, E.T. Malone Jr. 66, Deborah Speer 65, Robert Schuerch 48 and Selena Mooring 15.
In Norlina, Debby Formyduval, the Warren elections director, said two provisional ballots were added. Mayor Dwight Pearce's margin over challenger Ricky Davis changed to 159-51.
Official totals for candidates for commissioner seats are Wayne Aycock 160, Scooter Edwards 154, James Overby 140, Lou Stultz 117 and Bill Harris 104. All are incumbents except Aycock. The other totals were Dorsey Capps, 92 votes, and Sonny Peoples 84.
Official results for Macon produced no change in the mayor's race. Rob Evans was re-elected with 29 votes. There was one write-in vote.
The canvass corrected two errors made in tallying votes for the Macon commissioners. The official totals give Glenn Riggan 29 votes, David Harris 26, Joanne Reese 26, Wanda Thompson 25 and Benny Hilliard 23. There were three write-in votes.


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I'm very interested in this pack, however I wonder how sturdy it really is. Can it carry two 1.5L bottles of water on a day trip or is the bottom to weak? How large is the main compartment only without the additional pockets?
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Despite the lightweight of the Axios 25, it carries weight really well. It's got a ribbed internal back panel that is light, but offers good support and protection from the contents. The main pocket has room for water bottles jacket, lunch, camera and a few other items
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Brandon is correct. You will have no problem carrying 2 1.5L bottles plus more in this pack.
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Could TCU's Pachall be poised as breakout Big 12 player?
By Tim Griffin : July 1, 2013 : Updated: July 1, 2013 5:22pm
Photo By APTCU's Casey Pachall (4) rushes for a two point conversion against Boise State's Tyrone Crawford during the second half of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 in Boise, Idaho. TCU went on to upset BSU 36-35.(AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski) MANDATORY CREDIT
Photo By Paul MoseleyIn this August 5, 2012, TCU starting quarterback Casey Pachall addressed the media only briefly about his failed drug test in February of this year, making a statement then leaving the press conference that was held in Fort Worth, Texas. Pachall was arrested on suspicion of DWI early Thursday, October 4, 2012. (Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
Photo By Charlie RiedelTCU quarterback Casey Pachall (4) throws during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Kansas Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Photo By LM OteroTCU quarterback Casey Pachall (4) celebrates a touchdown with teammate Trevone Boykin during the first half on an NCAA college football game against Virginia, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Photo By LM OteroTCU quarterback Casey Pachall (4) passes against Virginia defensive end Bill Schautz (47) during the first half on an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Photo By Matt StrasenCasey Pachall
Photo By Matt StrasenTCU quarterback Casey Pachall thinks "we'll be fine" in stepping up to the Big 12.
Photo By Matt Strasen/Associated PressTCU quarterback Casey Pachall (4) in the second quarter during the NCAA college football game against Portland State , Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Strasen)
Casey Pachall, TCU, 24-30-0, 335 yards, 2 TDs. (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press)
Photo By Max Faulkner/McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceTexas Christian quarterback Casey Pachall (4) celebrates a 1-yard TD run by running back Waymon James during the first quarter against Grambling State at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, September 8, 2012. (Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
Photo By LM Otero/Associated PressTCU quarterback Casey Pachall (4) dives against Grambling State defensive backs De'Vontay Hogan (10) and Tyler Smith (47) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Photo By Lenny Ignelzi/Associated PressTCU quarterback Casey Pachall scrambles for a first down against Louisiana Tech as he follows fullback Luke Shivers during the first half of the Poinsettia Bowl NCAA college football game Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
Photo By Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesQuarterbacks Marcus Jackson (11) and Casey Pachall (4) of the TCU Horned Frogs take the field before the game.
Photo By Sarah Glenn/Getty ImagesARLINGTON, TX - OCTOBER 28: Casey Pachall #4 of the TCU Horned Frogs runs during a game against the BYU Cougars at Cowboys Stadium on October 28, 2011 in Arlington, Texas. The TCU Horned Frogs defeated the BYU Cougars 38-28.
I'm back from vacation (for awhile) and extended Spurs coverage, so it's a good time to fire up the Big 12 blog and mull a few stories that have collected over the last several weeks.
One of the most interesting came from CBS Sports.com's Jeremy Fowler, who surveyed coaches and assistant coaches for some anonymous comments about some underrated players across the country.
Some of the most noteworthy came about TCU quarterback Casey Pachall, who is returning to the Horned Frog program this season after missing most of last year after he underwent substance abuse treatment after his arrest on DWI charges during last season.
Fowler's source has Pachall pegged for big things this season if he can stay out of trouble.
Here's the comment, comparing him to the Big 12′s most notable player last season:
"Very talented, good athlete, good thrower, helluva competitor. The competitor part, he's kind of like Collin Klein, who's not fastest in the world, not a great thrower, but a helluva competitor. Loves to play. Pachall is similar...If he's truly out of the doghouse, he's as good as anybody in our conference."
Former MacArthur standout Jace Amaro of Texas Tech also had some glowing comments in Fowler's story. Amaro snagged 25 receptions for 409 yards last season before missing the second half of the season with a spleen injury.
"He's a big guy, and they flexed him out," the unnamed coach said. "His numbers don't look that good, but we thought the world of him."
Iowa State running back Jeff Woody, Oklahoma quarterback Blake Bell and West Virginia wide receiver Kevin White also received strong endorsements.
Here are the comments about those players:
On Woody: "He didn't play for them much. We thought he was a load. Not sure why he didn't play more. I'm not sure if he's in the doghouse or injured. Not really sure there. Good running back, though."
On White: "I think he can be a star for them."
On Bell: "I think he can spin it pretty good, too."
Football season can't come quick enough, can it?


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This article lists the problems that are fixed in Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3). Service packs are cumulative. This means that the problems that are fixed in a service pack are also fixed in later service packs. For more information about how to obtain Systems Management Server 2003 service packs, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
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For more information about the problems that are fixed in Service Pack 3, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/905751/ )Some packages are not uncompressed in the share folder on the distribution point in a multi-tier Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 2 hierarchy
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/915198/ )You may receive inaccurate reports when you run SMS hardware inventory reports on the parent site server
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/915801/ )Error message when you use the Distribute Software Updates Wizard in SMS 2003 Service Pack 2: "Unknown error 0x80071017"
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/917366/ )An error is logged when you use the Distribute Software Updates Wizard in the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for HP ProLiant and Integrity Updates: "Install Failed"
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/917367/ )The Security Warning dialog box still appears after you select the "Always accept software from this publisher" option in the Distribute Software Updates Wizard in SMS 2003
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/917369/ )Error message when you try to change some properties of a previously authorized software update package in SMS 2003: "The file <FileName> failed a security check. The file hash doesn't match the information in the database"
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/915864/ )You cannot use any feature of Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Remote Tools to access an SMS client after you enter valid credentials
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/916461/ )Collection members may randomly drop out of a collection on a Systems Management Server 2003 site
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/916523/ )If an SMS 2003 site database is larger than 2 GB, the database size is reported incorrectly in the SMS Administrator Console
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/917435/ )Errors are logged in the sender.log file and the sched.log file on Systems Management Server 2003
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/918104/ )Multiple instances of the same SMS Legacy Client computer appear in the SMS 2003 Administrator console
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/918914/ )The ddm.box inbox folder is backlogged with many DDRs, and the SMS database is not updated with newly created objects in Systems Management Server 2003
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/920108/ )The Manage Site Accounts tool does not add or modify Client Push accounts in Systems Management Server 2003 SP2
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/921309/ )When you try to use the Distribute Software Updates Wizard in SMS 2003 R2 to install a custom update package on an SMS Advanced Client computer, the package is not installed successfully
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/921463/ )Active Directory System Group Discovery may update the time stamp for SMS clients that no longer update their DNS records on a computer that is running SMS 2003 with Service Pack 2
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/921466/ )When the countdown timer dialog box appears, you cannot access the "Welcome to Windows" logon screen to log on to a Systems Management Server 2003 client computer
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/923026/ )After you remove software updates from an SMS 2003 package, the package update link table incorrectly lists these programs
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/924842/ )An SMS 2003 management point computer receives many 10907 status messages and stops responding
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/924891/ )The languages of all the updates are listed as Portuguese (Brazil) when you run the Distribute Software Updates Wizard in SMS 2003
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/925142/ )After you import a Package Definition File (.pdf) that contains dependent programs in SMS 2003, the dependent programs are not run
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/925791/ )Systems Management Server 2003 client computers cannot communicate with a management point when the computer name contains an underscore character
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/926130/ )After you deploy a new image on an SMS 2003 client computer, the SMS client computer is not discovered by Active Directory discovery methods
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/926617/ )You experience a performance problem in Replication Manager of Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/927497/ )An incorrect organizational unit name appears in the Discovery data list of a discovered object after you run the Active Directory System Discovery method in SMS 2003
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/927723/ )Error message in the Sched.log file in SMS 2003 with Service Pack 2: ""WARNING: Found duplicate Send Request ID already exists
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/932993/ )The Delete Aged Discovery Data site maintenance task may take more than one minute to remove each user object in SMS 2003 with Service Pack 2
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/830614/ )Systems Management Server 2003 bandwidth throttling does not completely use allocated bandwidth
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/240980/ )Smscfg.cpl may not be loaded with more than 20 network adapters
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/931902/ )Systems Management Server 2003 S931902 and SP2 Advanced Client support information for x64-based versions of Windows operating systems
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/934207/ )Systems Management Server 2003 reports that contain an ampersand character do not return expected results
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Pineapple belongs to the Bromeliaceae family. Members of this ecologically interesting group have adapted to life in hot and dry climates. Even in a ground plant like pineapple (most of the bromeliads are epiphytes), there are some signs of this adaptation, these are:
Pineapples can survive periods of drought thanks to CAM. This ability was a key factor in the pineapple's successful dispersion around the world.
It is relatively easy to propagate pineapples under cultivated conditions. The top of the pineapple can be planted in soil and a new plant will grow. Slips and suckers are planted commercially.
Pollination is required for seed formation. However, seeds are unwanted, just like in bananas or grapes. In Hawaii, where pineapple is cultivated on an agricultural scale, the import of hummingbirds is prohibited to reduce pollination.
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It's a holiday tradition which helps to kick off the giving season. The annual Rosa Wims' Free Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner was held Monday afternoon.
Mother Wims has served the community for more than 25 years. On Monday, instead of being in the kitchen, she was out greeting everyone who came in.
This year, a number of volunteers along with Foodlink stepped up to help prepare the meal.
Mother Wims, who will be 90 years old this year, says she enjoys helping others
Rosa Wims said, "It's because I'm happy I'm giving, I care and you know when you're doing that you're bound, you don't wrinkle up."
Mother Wims says she selected Monday to serve the meal because there are so many other places people can go on Thanksgiving. The dinner included turkey and all the trimmings including macaroni and cheese, collard greens and corn.


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Jazz Bass Strings from Thomastik-Infeld offer you extended durability and high output. A highly flexible steel core gives these bass strings a balanced feeling and special character. The overall sound characteristics can be described as very close to the double bass. Nickel flatwound with a round core. 34" scale.
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"Larry Bird" – Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Giclée on Canvas by Stephen Holland
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"Bird - The Celtic" – Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Giclée on Canvas by Stephen Holland
"In this portrait of Larry Bird, I was inspired by his tremendous grit and determination, his incredible focus and his awareness on the court. I tried to capture a moment, that split-second before the shot, the intensity, the look in his eyes and the overall drama of the image."
Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Giclée on Canvas: Only 300 produced in the edition, each canvas giclée has been hand signed by Larry Bird and Stephen Holland and registered by Online Authentics. This collectible Fine Art canvas comes hand enhanced and framed in a collector's box. "Bird - The Celtic" was commissioned by Costco in 2013.
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Product Specifications:
- Medium: Hand Enhanced Giclée on Canvas
- Framed: Yes
- Artwork size: 28" x 41"x 1 ¼"
- Total Frame Size: 29 ½" x 43 ½" x 1 ¾"
- Total Product Weight: 10 lbs
- Certificate of Authenticity: Yes
- Athlete Signature Certified and Registered by Online Authentics
- Series: "Living Legends" Costco Commissioned Art Collection
- Officially Licensed By: NBA Properties, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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As a young child in the Bronx, drawing came naturally for Holland, but it wasn't until high school that his skills bloomed exponentially in the School of Industrial Arts. He later went on to attend the Art Students League, School of Visual Arts and Pratt Institute, all in NYC.
As a young painter he could not afford to pay live models, so Holland referenced muscular subjects in action from sports magazines. It was from athletes–– the gladiators of our time––that Holland began to understand the masculine form in its raw state of power and emotion. Inspired by the athlete's determination and commitment for excellence, Holland began investing the same qualities into his own work in an effort to convey what both he and the athlete experience.
The aggressive and bold qualities of Holland's work today are supported by the inspirations and influences of his youth. His "In Your Face" compositions explode off the canvas delivering a one of kind edginess that is enhanced by fierce painting techniques including bold line work, vibrant rich color, and daring shapes and forms. Stand in front of a Holland portrait and you will experience emotion, passion, and very often a priceless memory.
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Year-round, the Rice Lake area offers great fishing and boating. Big lakes, outstanding fishing and excellent accommodations make Rice Lake an ideal place for a boating or angling getaway. Musky, walleye, bass, northern pike, crappie and bluegill – all of these species offer exceptional action in the Rice Lake area, making it a true multi-species fishing destination.
The area is particularly well-known for its outstanding bass population, exceptional panfishing and high-quality musky fishing. The forage base is among the best in Wisconsin. And the Rice Lake area's big lakes – averaging well over than 1,000 acres each – make it easy to find some elbow room when you're out on the water.


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2014-15 OfficersSusan Mikesell (VP), Cyndy Bush (Treas.), Nancy Hallett (Co-Chair), Jane Cabot (Co-Chair), Abigail Manny (Sec)
The Maine Women's Giving Tree (MWGT) was founded by a group of women in 2009 as a Donor Advised Fund of the Maine Community Foundation. We share the philosophy of Giving Circles that by pooling our dollars and together deciding how to distribute those dollars, we will make a greater impact in our communities than we could as individual donors. Since the mid-1990s the number of circles such as ours has grown nationally to over 400, engaging more than 12,000 donors and giving over $100 million to deserving groups. Learn More >
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When we began The Maine Women's Giving Tree in 2009, we felt that the idea of a "giving circle" was a good match for our community. With friends reaching out to friends, our dreams for the success and growth of the organization have exceeded our expectations. This is a group of women who truly care and are willing to support their desire to make a difference in other people's lives with hard work and ongoing financial commitment. Thanks to all!
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A big rig reportedly hit a power pole in Santa Paula this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The crash was reported about 6:30 a.m. near the intersection of South Mountain and Balcom Canyon roads.
Preliminary reports indicated that the power pole was arching in the area and causing sparks.
The Ventura County Fire Department also responded to the crash.
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Cyber Patriot is a nation-wide cyber defense competition for high school students. With a foundation in cyber-security and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, the exercise provides students with skills that will help them succeed and are critical to our nations future. There are 1,225 teams representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Department of Defense Dependent Schools in both Europe and the Pacific, and Canada registered for this years competition. Teams from Summerville and Ashley Ridge High Schools are competing in the All Service Division, which is open to JROTC units from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force, as well as Civil Air Patrol and US Naval Sea Cadent Corps units.
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Below is the poem entitled SHE IS IN LOVE WITH MY POEMS which was written by poet
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I love my poem,
it gives my girlfriend
goose-pimples and leaves poker-dots on her laughter
I love my poem,
it gives my inspiration sexy pimples and leaves me with a gooseneck,
because my girlfriend never gets tired of embarrassing me with kisses, after she's done going through my poems,
this pierces through my soft-pitched hugs
When she's excellently sad
I don't worry to flash various colours of flowers
to make her happy
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has the astute to make her happy again like the smiling raindrops
When I adopt her sadness,
I always get soaked in tattered emotions
she decoratively knows how to bow away my intense sadness
She simply recites the funniest verse of my poem
this brings me back to a butterfly state
She's in love with my poem
she melts in my poem
She keeps saying that my poem is the ruler of her happiness
and that I should never dare to stop writhing
Even If I have no more ink to feed my paper or inspiration, to water my thoughts,
I should just keep writing in colourful tones.
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Photography Exhibition Curated by Museum Director Kathleen Howe Subject of L.A. Times Article
A Los Angeles Times article on a new photography exhibition curated by Kathleen Stewart Howe, director of the Pomona College Museum of Art and professor of art history, looks at the difficulties that faced early photographers as they rushed to the Holy Lands to photograph Biblical landscapes. Oftentimes, the desert landscapes greeting them did not match the imagery of the collective imagination. ""They encountered the fact that this incredibly important … land didn't have a lot of appeal in a photograph," says Howe in the article. The exhibition, In Search of Biblical Lands: From Jerusalem to Jordan in 19th Century Photography, opened last Wednesday at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles.
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This past week brought about celebrations around the world in the name of bamboo. An abundant natural resource which continues to be utilized by man in thousands of ways, to be home and food for millions of living creatures, as well as an inherent instrument for a healthy environment, bamboo is moving away from the unfair misnomer of "poor man's timber" and onto a brighter future for everyone concerned.
Leaders of the APSSOL Indigenous People (IP) Association in Benguet, Philippines together with officials of the MAP-PCAFI-EARTH-led Private-Public Partnership Program that promotes the use of bamboo for greening and sustainability pose for a souvenir photo before planting bamboo propagules on World Bamboo Day. The propagules are for the bambusetum of the first satellite center of the APSSOL EARTH ECO-PARK SYSTEM, the first eco-park system focused on bamboo in the Philippines.The group includes the following officials standing in the background: Bamboo Specialist Forester Fatima Tangan (2nd from left), APSSOL President Adam Ventura (3rd from left), EARTH Institute Asia President Dr. Cora Claudio (4th from left), and APSSOL member-landowner Wilson Banoan Waguis (5th from left.)
This is exactly the GOAL of World Bamboo Day……. to elevate the status of bamboo everywhere, to be considered as a plant with amazing potentials to help people, to improve the environment, as a positive substitute to other materials – such as a source for bio-plastic, bio-fuel, and non-timber products.
To learn more about these very important issues, we encourage you to attend the 9th World Bamboo Congress in April 2012 held in Antwerp, Belgium. www.worldbamboocongress.org
Here are some scenes from around the planet, thanks to our growing number of supporters and sponsors of World Bamboo Day ~
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The 2011 World Bamboo Day activities in Benguet province of the Philippines include bamboo planting inside the Philex Mining Corporation, the publicly-listed operator of the Padcal gold mine in the Philippines, a consistent silver awardee in the Philippine Corporate Governance Scorecard Annual Awards. Through the initial planting of 2,000 pyllostachys aurea, Philex formally joined the bamboo for greening and sustainability of the PPP Program. The company has also actively supported the training on bamboo of APSSOL members. Shown in the photo is one of the planting teams composed of employees of Philex, members of the APSSOL IP community, and forestry students of the Benguet State University. Each member of the Best Planting Team based on teamwork, proper planting procedures, and other factors received gift packs from Unilever Philippines, one of the companies that supported the World Bamboo Day Celebration of the PPP Program.
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The US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) believes American Airlines parent company AMR needs to show a strong case to the court overseeing its Chapter 11 reorganisation that ducking its pension commitments is necessary.
"Counsel for American claims that it needs to kill employees' pensions in order to be competitive with other major carriers," said PBGC. "The numbers tell a different story."
PBGC cited Delta Air Lines, which entered Chapter 11 in 2005, of paying an average of $13,210 in pension costs, roughly two-thirds more than American's pre-bankruptcy costs of $8,201.
The agency also argued that some of the $4 billion AMR has in cash should have already been paid into its pension plans.
"However, Congress, hoping to preserve plans, allowed American to defer the payments. It would be a tragedy if American repaid Congress's generosity by turning around and killing the plans anyway," said PBGC.
Previously PBGC has estimated that American's four traditional pension plans collectively had approximately $8.3 billion in assets to cover $18.5 billion in benefits.
The agency concluded if American ends its pension plans, it would be responsible for paying $17 billion in benefits, and at least a billion dollars in benefits would be lost.
PBGC also stresses it has a record $26 billion deficit as a result of failed pension plans it has already assumed.
The union representing American's 16,000 flight attendants today publicly stated the carrier should honour its pension obligations.
Members of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) stated a move by American to terminate its pensions would add $10.2 billion to the pool of unsecured claims in American's Chapter 11 reorganisation, "which would significantly dilute the recovery of other unsecured creditors".
Representatives from three of American's unions, including APFA, have been named to the company's list of unsecured creditors.
Wilmington Trust holds the largest unsecured claim of $460 million.
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I discovered L.B. Gregg's work last year when I read Mistletoe at Night, the novella that was part of Carina Press' His For the Holidays (Anthology). Ever since then I have enjoyed pretty much all of her books, so I was very happy to read this new novella.
Simple Gifts begins when Jason's friend Sunny drags him to her parents' Christmas party so he doesn't have to spend the holidays alone. What she doesn't tell him is that her older brother Robb is back from the army after ten years away from home. Jason and Robb share a past, they were together for a short while when they were young, but Robb broke Jason's heart when he left and they haven't seen each other ever since then.
Things have change a lot in ten years, Jason owns a bar and lives an almost secluded life, and Robb is healing from war wounds that are both physical and psychological. When Jason has a hilarious, albeit dangerous, accident with a huge Christmas ornament, Robb rescues him and takes him home, which forces them to spend some time alone and confront all the heartache and pain that remains between them, and maybe give their relationship a second chance.
I had such a good time reading this book, it was entertaining, romantic and very touching. Ms. Gregg was able to tell a poignant story about heartbreak and forgiveness in a very positive and uplifting way. It had some humor and lightness to it despite dealing with an issue as serious as PTSD.
Obviously what made this story such a good one were the characters. It had two very typical guys that we often find in romance novels: the cranky guy who had a crappy childhood and has relationship issues, and the rich guy with the crazy but loving family who went to war and came back a different man. But the way the book is written it doesn't feel common and the almost irreverent and fun way in which the story is told gives it an unique touch.
My favorite part about the book, and the aspect that gives it a lot of authenticity, was the fact that there's no easy solution to Robb's problem, he knows he's in no shape to be in a healthy relationship and so he decides to take some time to heal first. I give kudos to the author for doing it this way because Simple Gifts is a Christmas story and we all know that miraculous recoveries are the norm in books like this, but Ms. Gregg doesn't take the easy way out and instead delivers a very believable ending that's completely satisfying, especially because it's oh so romantic!
It is a short novella and it might have been better as a full-length novel, but the short format works and it makes this the perfect holiday read for people without much time on their hands. Fans of romance should be happy to read this story because it has great characters to root for, a bit of comedy, depth and paper cranes.
Review by Brie
Sensuality: McSexy
Grade: 4
A former ward of the state, Jason Ferris is fiercely protective of his carefully guarded private life. When he's felled by a rogue lawn ornament at a Christmas party, Jason finds himself in the care of his first and most devastating love-- dark, dangerous, and equally damaged Lt. Robb Sharpe.
Newly returned from years away in the military, Robb's homecoming isn't exactly the stuff of fairytales. Now thrust together after a ten year hiatus, the Jason and Robb discover that perhaps some things are worth waiting for.
Musa Publishing; November 24, 2011.


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Barbara Cummings, 60, entered her plea today in U.S. District Court, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis said in a news release. A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment against Cummings on Jan. 24, charging her with one count of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft and three counts of tax evasion.
Cummings will be sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge David C. Bramlette III next Jan. 14 at 10:30 a.m. The bank fraud charge carries a maximum of 30 years in ...


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From what we've seen online of the Hunger Games feature for the December issue of Vanity Fair, the magazine didn't get a ton of new scoop on the movie (or, very likely, they're saving the good stuff for the newsstands). What they did get was a spectacular photo shoot with the cast. We're particularly amused by the black-and-white pic of Josh Hutcherson, Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth lying in the grass and looking like an outtake from a Vampire Diaries poster.
The other thing that stands out to us, both from the interview
with Jennifer and the fun interactive cast guide, is how much everyone wants to convince us that this is a movie about kids killing kids. Check out these quotes:
Jennifer (Katniss), on the most difficult part of filming: "The fact that it didn't feel like filming a movie. When we were filming in the woods, it didn't have that Hollywood gloss — it was real snakes, real bears, and really scenes of running up and down a mountain for 13 hours."
Liam (Gale): "I'd heard about how popular the books were, but I wasn't quite aware of how dark and gritty the story was. It started me thinking and asking questions like, Could something like this actually happen to us one day?"
Jack Quaid (Marvel): "It was the first time I've ever been asked to choose a weapon at an audition. I was given a choice between a Nerf crossbow, a plastic butcher knife, and a stick. I chose the knife."
Leven Rambin (Glimmer): "To get into character, I went to a park and threw myself in mud, I practiced archery, and carried a knife into the audition — I think Gary appreciated my dedication."
Amanda Stenberg (Rue): "I showed up to my audition with Gary wearing a muddy T-shirt and khakis. In my hair were twigs and leaves, as if I had been living in the woods for weeks. … [Gary] joked that I came with my own hair-and-wardrobe team."
Related: Hunger Games Posters: An In-Depth Eye-Shadow Analysis
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Tooth pastes, tooth filling and repair materials, tooth lacquers, dental prostheses and other products and appliances coming into contact with live teeth and tooth surfaces are rendered anti-carious by incorporating therein ion exchange resins containing fluorine, phosphate or calcium ions.
1. In a dental composition a minor amount effective to inhibit caries of an ion exchange resin containing, as part of the exchangeable ions thereof, an anti-carious agent selected from the group consisting of fluoride, phosphate and calcium ions.
2. A composition according to claim 1 in which the ion exchange resin has a particle size of less than 100 microns.
3. A composition according to claim 1 in which the ion exchange resin is present in the formulation in the amount of approximately 5 to 10% by weight.
4. A composition according to claim 1 in which the anti-carious agent is fluoride ion in the amount of about 6.1%, calculated on a dry basis of the ion exchange resin.
5. A composition according to claim 1 in which the anti-carious agent is phosphate ion in the amount of 7.3%, calculated on a dry basis of the ion exchange resin.
6. A composition according to claim 1 in which the anti-carious agent is calcium ion in the amount of about 8.8% Ca, calculated on a dry basis of the ion exchange resin.
7. In a tooth filling and repair material, a minor amount effective to inhibit caries of an ion exchange resin containing, as part of the exchangeable ions thereof, an anti-carious agent selected from the group consisting of fluoride, phosphate and calcium ions.
It is generally accepted that dental caries are ascribable to certain microorganisms which form lactic acid in the mouth from carbohydrates that are ingested, the lactic acid acting by dissolving or attacking the calcium phosphates of the tooth substance. Attempts have, therefore, been made to render this lactic acid harmless or to offset its formation by calcium carbonate or other alkaline substances capable of neutralizing acids, but without achieving the desired result.
It is also known that the development of caries can be somewhat inhibited or restricted by increasing the concentration of certain ions, especially fluorine, phosphate or calcium ions. Therefore, for example, in some supply districts drinking water containing too few fluorine ions has been artifically enriched with fluorides, or fluorine compounds have been added to tooth pastes in order to transform, more or less completely, either internally or locally the calcium phosphates (hydroxy apatite) of the tooth substance into fluorine compounds or derivatives which are extremely difficult to dissolve. On the other hand, the possibility has been utilized of decreasing the solubility of the hydroxy apatite and the other calcium phosphates by increasing the concentration of the calcium or phosphate ions in the salivary liquid. However, the usually used calcium compounds such as calcium carbonate or phosphate, serving primarily as cleaning or abrasive agents, cannot be used for the production of fluoride-containing tooth pastes since they are converted by fluorine ions into insoluble calcium fluoride so that no fluorine ions are available for the protection of the teeth. Therefore, other abrasive agents, such as powders of synthetic materials, have been used in these cases.
It has now been found in accordance with the present invention that tooth pastes, dental devices, such as prostheses and jaw-orthopedic appliances, tooth-filling and repair compositions, tooth lacquers, and other products and appliances which come into contact with live teeth, can be made to inhibit caries-susceptibility when they contain ion exchange resins which are charged with caries-inhibiting ions.
Ion exchange resins to be used for this purpose are the per se known products, as for example, cross-linked copolymers substituted by basic or acidic groups and obtained from styrene and divinyl benzene. The total caries-inhibiting amount of ions available after charging them into the ion exchange resins depends upon the capacity of the resin and the speed or rate of the discharge; the degree of dissociation of the polymeric salt. It is possible in some cases, as where calcium salts of strongly acidic cation exchangers are used, to achieve a depositing effect with a gradual discharge of the calcium. It is advantageous to use a resin which, in the charged state, gives off an amount of ions as small as possible to distilled water so that the caries-inhibiting ions are liberated in the mouth liquid only by exchange processes.
A locally restricted, but very long lasting protection against caries can be achieved when the charged ion exchange resins are incorporated into the usual dental synthetic materials when producing fillings, prostheses, jaw-orthopedic appliances, lacquers, etc. Due to the slow water exchange penetrating the synthetic material, the protective ions are discharged only very gradually, but they become effective at those places which, according to experience, are especially susceptible to a renewed occurrence of caries. This is true, for example, for the cavity walls of fillings or for tooth surfaces to which a prosthesis or a jaw-orthopedic appliance is contiguous.
The resins are to be used in comminuted form. A particle size of <100 μ will generally be advantageous since, in this case, the mechanical cleaning effect of tooth pastes is greatest and also because a substantial impairment of the mechanical properties is not to be expected. The amount of the addition of ion exchange resin to the tooth paste or to the synthetic compositions may vary within wide limits. In general, about 10 percent additive will be required for tooth pastes, and about 5 percent for the synthetic compositions.
The extent of activity of the ion exchangers to be used according to the invention can be shown by means of a model experiment by comparing their reaction toward distilled and salt-containing water. As a model of the saliva liquid a solution of 50 mg of sodium chloride and 100 g/mg of potassium chloride per 100 ml water is used, a solution which, with regard to its composition of mineral substances, approximately corresponds to human saliva. For the experiments (A) to (C) of the following Table, portions of 10g each of the ion exchange resin were mixed with 1 liter of distilled water or with the "model saliva" on the rolling bench and the liquid was separated after one hour (1st extract). The 2nd and 3rd extracts were obtained by repeating the experiment. The liberated ions in the separated liquids were determined according to customary procedures.
Table__________________________________________________________________________ charged discharge of dist. water discharge of the "model saliva"Ion exchanger with 1st extr. 2nd extr. 3rd extr. 1st extr. 2nd extr. 3rd extr.__________________________________________________________________________(A) 610 mg 180 mg 20 mg 14 mg 400 mg -- -- F 29.5% 3.3 % 2.3 % 65 %(B) 730 g 153 mg 37 mg 37 mg 730 mg -- -- PO4 21 % 5 % 5 % 100 %(C) 880 mg 0 0 0 90 mg 48 mg 40 mg Ca -- -- -- 10 % 5.5 % 4.5 %__________________________________________________________________________
The anion exchanger charged with fluorine ions was prepared by the reaction of a strongly basic ion exchange resin in the hydroxyl form with an aqueous sodium fluoride solution and contained, after rinsing with water, 6.1% fluorine on a dry basis.
In an analogous manner, the anion exchanger charged with phosphate ions was obtained by treatment with orthophosphoric acid. After rinsing, it contained 7.3% PO4 on a dry basis.
From a strongly acidic cation exchanger present in the form of the free acid, there was obtained, by treatment with an aqueous calcium chloride solution, the calcium ion-charged form with 8.8% calcium on a dry basis.
Into a mixture consisting of monomeric and polymeric methacrylic acid methyl ester commercially available for the production of dental prostheses material there were incorporated, with the addition of the conventional polymerization catalysts, 5% of the anion exchanger (A) charged with fluorine ions and the mixture was then molded to give a plate weighing 6.57g. This plate then contained 20 mg of fluorine ions. It was placed at 40�C in 500 ml of the model saliva. After 24 hours, 2.7 mg of fluorine or 13.5% of the total amount had entered the solution. The fluorine concentration in the solution remained constant for 14 days. When the solution was renewed after the first day, a further 1.7 mg of fluorine (8.5% of the total amount) had entered the solution under otherwise the same conditions.
In similar manner, tests were carried out with ion exchangers (B) and (C).
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Since 1999, Park's Tae Kwon Do Martial Arts has been providing men, women, and children of all ages with quality martial arts training. Learn discipline, self-defense, and how to live a healthy life with intense instruction at our martial arts school in Erie, Pennsylvania. Our school specializes in Tae
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Here's the video from last night's demo again, this time at a better quality! We hope you like it!
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Park's Tae Kwon Do Studio on peach street holds the event once a year and the students work hard to prepare.Children as young as 8 years old tested for black belts today in front of judges who are the best of the best in the region.Current black belts tested for higher degrees of the distinguished honor.They ran through a series of skill tests including being blindfolded as they follow commands, as well as breaking boards.Grand master parks is the only Korean-born Tae Kwon Do instructor in the Erie area and holds an eight degree black belt.
November 6, 2014In light of a recent abduction in Philadelphia, and assaults that have occurred locally over the last several months, experts have some tips on how to protect yourself. It can be tough to think quickly and react if an attacker comes at you.Park's Tae Kwon Do Academy on Peach Street offers self defense classes. They say it's a good way to build strength and confidence in your ability to protect yourself. There are pressure points they say to aim for if you're grabbed. Under the nose is one place you can hit an attacker, in the area of the ribs is another. There's also the groin area, and behind the knee to take someone down.Another way to defend yourself is by using pepper spray or a stun gun. Local sales of these items have been on the rise. Employees at Big Woodie's Fireworks on upper Peach Street say these are good tools, but have them out and ready if you're walking alone, or they won't do you much good.Between these two methods used properly, local experts say anyone can be equipped to defend themselves in the face of danger.
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Now, Matticus is actually pretty gung-ho about things-- he says not to wipe unless you're down to your last healer and you've only got one rez left. I agree that there are times when soulstones should be popped (if we have enough locks, we'll usually soulstone our main healer, and so if aggro ever gets lost, he pops right back up again), but if you're on the first attempt of the day, there's nothing wrong with saving a few rezzes and repair payments. Especially in a place like Gruul's Lair on High King Maulgar, where it's easy to get out when things go south, there's no reason to fight when two tanks drop on a bad pull. Just run, save the money, and come back when HKM has reset.
But Matticus is dead on about what happens after a wipe is actually called.
If you're DPS, get to a place out of the boss' aggro range, easily reachable by healers, and stand there. That's it. When your guildies say "die in a good place," they mean it, because there's nothing more annoying than having to search around for someone's corpse because they tried to run away when a wipe was called.
In fact, most tanks and melee DPS have it easy-- on a big wipe, they usually die within aggro range of the boss, and they usually die first. So if you're a tank who goes down early, don't wait for a rez-- release and start running back. Just as you get back, the healers should have enough mana built back up to start buffing, and things can get started again right away.
And Matticus has it right about what happens after that, too: always make it very clear who's rezzing and when. If you do have more than one rez, you don't want to waste one, so everyone who can self-rez should be waiting for a call from the raidleader on who gets up. And we've talked about rezzing order before-- healers should come up first, then DPS, and then melee (though melee should have been running back from the beginning).
Nobody wants to wipe, but staying coordinated and organized, even after things go wrong, can help your guild to get right back to where you want to be-- downing the boss.


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Illinois' "Embarrassing" TurnoutFebruary 2, 2010 - 9:12 PM | by: Marla Cichowski
The polls are now closed and the man responsible for making sure voting in Chicago goes smoothly calls today's voter turnout "very low" and "very quiet." Chicago Board of Election Chairman, Langdon Neal, predicts voter turnout in the city will be in the 25-30% range. "We are headed for very low turnout today, we'll be lucky to get 30 percent," Neal told reporters during a conference call this evening. As of 8pm CDT, the Board of Election's website is reporting voter turnout hovering around 22 percent.
Neal said he doesn't think today's snowy weather throughout the Chicago area had a huge impact on the light turnout at the polls. He says the bigger factor is Illinois' first in the nation primary date, February 2. "The early date did play a role here and perhaps there was some voter fatigue with this election cycle, " Neal said.
Langdon admitted if voter turnout does not reach at least 30% in Chicago it would be "embarrassing " and "very very unfortunate." There are approximately 1.4 million registered voters in the city.
Downstate, voter turnout in a handful of counties was reported to be as low as 13 to 15 percent. Neal said that was "pretty consistent with four years ago," during the primary election in 2006.
On top of voters choosing to not show up at the polls, the Chicago's Board of Election had to deal with a few drunk election workers. Neal says three election judges were removed from their jobs for showing up drunk to the polls this morning. "There were three separate incidents in the city." Neal said two of the workers disappeared at one point during the morning hours and when they reappeared they were "disruptive and agitated." All three were sent home.
When a reporter on the conference call asked Neal, "Maybe they (the drunk election workers) were bored?" (due to light turnout) the Chairman chuckled and said "Yeah, well, maybe."


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Huh, well I have both games, I'll see if it happens to me.
Real memory card + retail disc....I can't figure it out. I tried both my cards too lol
Huh, well I have both games, I'll see if it happens to me.
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I don't know if I should care or not, the save works fine it just doesn't display the correct date on the memory manger screen. The only way it seems I can get around this is start a new file and trade all the caps from my old one :P or maybe use ocarina cheats to give myself all the caps I'd lose....


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Richard White: Is a condominium rental on Section 8 terms allowed without board approval?
Q. I live in a condominium and I recently learned that one of the absent owners has rented his unit to a family on Section 8 terms. Is this allowed without the consent and approval of our board of directors?S.F.
NaplesA. Section 8 means that the family has been approved by the government and is a voucher program under the federal government to assist low income families to afford decent homes. Local public housing agencies administer the program. This housing must meet minimum standards approved by the public housing authority. HUD is the agency that is the final authority. Rent subsidy is paid directly to the landlord on behalf of the family. This is in most situations a decent family that has had difficulties and needs assistance. As to the question of the approval of the board, that would be the requirement for new residence approval in the documents. Your answer would be found in your documents. There is a secondary benefit that is good for the association. Now the owner/landlord has a guaranteed rental payment by the government. That means that the owner would have fixed rental income to pay their condominium fees. Just because you have a low income family, does not mean that you have a bad group of people living in your condominium.
Q. I live in a 55 and over mobile home park community. The park meets the federal and state requirements of being an adult community. Recently our son, in his 20s, moved in with us. They are being told that the requirements are that anyone living in the park must be 45 years old. Is the park allowed to modify the federal and state laws? He has been told that he must move.J.B.
St. PetersburgA. This is a legal question that I cannot answer and it would be best to have an attorney provide his opinion. I have seen it both ways where a park was able to uphold their minimum age listed in the documents and other cases where they were not able to restrict a young adult. In my opinion, which has little value in this question, the park's documents do not comply with the Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995 (Adult Community Act) and in some situations the documents would not stand up to the higher Act. In the end, it would be a judge that would rule if the documents have the power to override the federal act. Therefore, I recommend that you seek a legal opinion.
Q. Our condominium is adjacent to a day care center. During the day, children are out in the yard making noise that disturbs our residents. It appears that the children are not supervised and allowed to run wild. Is there anything that can be done either to close down the center or maybe move it to another location?S.C.
TampaA. The only answers that I know are zoning codes and children day care licensing. If they are in compliance and have proper licenses, they are within their rights. My guess is that the center is only open during day hours. Be glad that you do not have to put up with the noise at night. You can go to the center and volunteer your time to play with the children. Since other neighbors in your condominium are affected, it could be possible for each to go over one or two days a week. You may find that you enjoy the children if you become involved with them.
Q. Concerning delinquent accounts, how soon should we take collection action? When do we lien and foreclose? We are a small HOA and our funds are limited.
A. First engage an attorney to advise and prepare the legal documents. Do not try to do it yourself. The attorney can provide answers as to the time involved and the legal costs and help establish a collections policy. Most of the collection legal costs are added to the delinquent accounts and would be paid by the delinquent owner. If the owner abandons the property, the association will be responsible most of the time to pay the legal fees, but you must take legal action as soon as possible. You must follow the collections policy because your goal is to get the unit paying as soon as possible or generating income. My recommendations are to send collections letters by the board on the 10th day of the delinquency. If not paid, a second letter on the 30th day, and if you do not receive payment by the 40th day, send a third certified final demand letter. On the 50th to 60th day, send the attorney instructions to file a lien on the delinquent property. If the owner does not pay within the proper time (less than 60 days), instruct the attorney to start foreclosure on the property. One of the benefits of such a fast and strict policy is that your other members will see your letters and will work hard to collect any delinquent account.
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Cleveland City Council Considering a Ban on Trans Fat in Restaurants
Cleveland City Council is weighing a proposal that would ban the sale of any prepared food containing artificial trans fat. The ordinance was introduced Monday evening by Councilman Joe Cimperman, who is also pushing an ordinance that would ban smoking outdoors in city-owned and city-operated areas.
The ordinance says that no foods containing artificial trans fat "shall be stored, distributed, held for service, used in preparation of any menu item or served in any food shop." There is just one exception -- food served in the manufacturer's original sealed package.
Items with trans fat are defined as those that contain: vegetable shortening, margarine or partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. A food item must contain at least 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving in order to be considered a banned food item.
If the legislation were passed into law, restaurants would need to keep original food labels on file that show how much trans fat is present in food items. Shops would need to obtain documentation from food manufacturers about trans fat content for food products without food labels.
A two-thirds vote would be needed to pass the ordinance. If passed, it would go into effect on January 1, 2013 for trans fat containing oils, shortenings and margarines, and July 1, 2013 for trans fat oils and shortenings used to deep fry yeast dough or cake batter. This would give food shops enough time to prepare for the changes.
Cleveland's Health and Human Services Committee will discuss the trans fat ban and the outdoor smoking ban at its meeting to be be held on April 11.