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7. Leaf whorls ("Axillary dwarf shoots").- All but the first of the members of each leaf whorl in H. gardneri may arise from one or more short shoots with annular insertion on the long shoot (Goebel, 1913; Rutishauser, 1983) or alternatively, they may be intercalary leaves produced from a meristematic ring below the shoot apex (Rutishauser, 1983). By either interpretation, the leaf whorls of this species are a unique feature of this taxon and the coding employed in Eckenwalder and Barrett (1986) is retained.
8. Stipules.- In Pontederiaceae, the structures variously described as stipules or ligules are outgrowths of the lower leaf zone above the insertion of the upper leaf zone (Richards, 1980). Confusion over whether to call these structures stipules or ligules appears to have arisen from an historical precedent set by de Candolle that monocotyledons do not have stipules (Richards, 1980). As defined by Richards, "stipule" includes the "ligule" of grasses, the tonguelike outgrowths between sheath and blade. Although less elaborate, such ligules are developmentally homologous with the stipule in Pontederiaceae, and are therefore coded identically (state 0). Heteranthera dubia and H. seubertiana possess ligulelike structures, and the leaf whorl members of Hydrothrix gardneri have stipules (Rutishauser, 1983).
9. Petiole.- Character state 2 is a new state that indicates petiole absence.
11-15. Leaf blade characters.- These refer to the blades of adult, petiolate leaves where these are produced, or to the blades of adult, sessile leaves where not. The boundary between petiole and lamina is not sharp in Eichhornia sp., but this did not unduly interfere with assignment of leaf-blade character states in this species. The filiform leaf of Hydrothrix gardneri has no structures that are obviously homologous to a petiole or leaf-blade, and so characters 9 and 11-15 are treated as missing data (?) for this taxon.
12. Maximum length of lamina ("Maximum leaf size").- Character states: 0 = 5-10 cm; 1 = >10 cm; 4 = <5 cm. These are modifications of the ranges given in Eckenwalder and Barrett (1986).
16. Inflorescence type.- Character state 2 refers here to a spike or raceme, 3 to a subumbel or umbel, and 4 to a two-flowered pseudanthium.
20. Peduncle pubescence.- Taxa are coded as hairy (state 1) if any part of the inflorescence axis is pubescent.
21. Flower attachment.- The pedicellate coding (state 0) is employed here if at least some of the flowers in the inflorescence have pedicels.
22. Flower number.- The flower count for Philydrum lanuginosum refers to the entire panicle, not each spike.
33. Stamen diversity.- Hydrothrix gardneri has a single fertile stamen and two staminodes and Philydrum lanuginosum has only a single stamen. This character is coded as missing (?) for these taxa.
43. Anther dehiscence.- An additional character. State: 0 = regular; 1 = poricidal.


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A DRIVER who stole a car before crashing it in to a wall has been jailed.
Thomas Gibbons, 23, of Dean Road, Scunthorpe, admitted aggravated vehicle taking, failing to stop and reporting a road traffic accident and driving without a licence or insurance at North Lincolnshire Magistrates' Court.
Deborah Gibson, prosecuting, said Gibbons crashed the stolen Vauxhall Corsa in to a wall on Willoughby Road on November 30, just minutes after stealing it.
Andrew Pascoe, mitigating, asked for the sentence to be served at the same time as a 14-month sentence he was given for affray at Grimsby Crown Court last year.
For the aggravated vehicle taking, he was given an eight-week custodial sentence that will be served concurrently.
He was disqualified from driving for 18 months.
There was no separate penalty for the other offences.

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By Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by Patricia McGregor
May 29 – June 23, 2013
Round House Theatre Bethesda
The smash hit comedy about romantic errors and bad manners
When Suzanna sets up her best friend Max on a blind date with her husband's co-worker Becky Shaw, she puts into motion a series of cataclysmic events that forever change all of their lives. Like the Victorian upstart Becky Sharp, this modern Becky is unsure, overdressed and socially ambitious. But she's no shrinking violet, as the silkily cynical Max soon learns.
A Pulitzer Prize finalist and an Off-Broadway hit, Becky Shaw is a savvy, sharp comedy of romantic errors that keeps audiences on the edge of their seats guessing what will happen next.
"Tantalizing…delightfully tart…You laugh a lot…[It] can leave you debating its emotional center long after the action is over…gripping" — Washington Post
"A funny, adept staging…[a] brilliant comedy… you'll laugh out loud and then argue about the 'good guys' all the way home." – Washingtonian
"Very entertaining…an impressive and hilarious two hours" – Brightest Young Things
"The company's season started with a bang and it ends with one too…impressive production values… a strong ensemble cast…keen direction [by] Patricia McGregor…Great play, great acting" – BroadwayWorld.com
"Bitingly funny…an excellent cast…a nothing-like-it piece of outstanding entertainment" – DC Metro Theater Arts
Sponsored in part through generous support from Ann & Bruce Lane and Heidi & Mitch Dupler
$10/$15 ticket for age 30 and under
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 6:45 p.m.
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Friday, May 31, 2013 at 7:15 p.m.
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Suzanna: Alyssa Wilmoth Keegan
Max: Will Gartshore
Andrew: Rex Daugherty
Susan: Brigid Cleary
Becky Shaw: Michelle Six
Director: Patricia McGregor
Scenic Designer: Daniel Conway
Costume Designer: Katherine O'Neil
Lighting Designer: Jedidiah Roe
Sound Designer: Eric Shimelonis
Props Master: Rebecca Dieffenbach
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The National Honey Packers and Dealers Association submitted a proposal for a national research and promotion program covering honey packers and importers. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) conducted a referendum from April 2 16, 2008. In the referendum 78 percent of those voting, representing 92 percent of the volume of those voting in the referendum approved the program.
The Honey Packers and Importers Research, Promotion, Consumer Education, and Industry Information Order (Order) [7 CFR Part 1212] is authorized by the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996 (1996 Act) [7 U.S.C. 7411-7425]. The Order became effective on May 22, 2008, after honey packers and importers of 250,000 pounds or more per year voted in favor of the program. A continuance referendum will be conducted in 2015.
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Under the Order, assessments are collected on honey and honey products packed or imported into the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. The funds collected are used by the Board for research and development, advertising and promotion of honey and honey products, consumer education, and industry information, under AMS supervision. The assessment rate is 1 cent per pound. Packers and importers marketing less than 250,000 pounds of honey per year are exempt from paying assessments. The import assessments are collected by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service.
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That's what I thought.
What if the blade gets stuck in a zombie skull and you get overwhelmed while cursing and trying to use your foot to get it out?
Clearly you haven't given this much thought.
Honestly, just about the ONLY thing you need to defend against Romero Zombies.
Handy, quick, quiet and never needs to be reloaded. Better reach than a knife or tomahawk. More utility than a battle axe. Faster action than a sword. Light enough to hike and run with. Better penetration than a blugeon. Can be a utilitarian substitue for all those weapons and more.
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The Big 10: Your favourite Swansea City moment
Posted: January 18, 2013|
IN this week's Big 10, with Swansea City 90 minutes from Wembley thanks to their heroics in the Capital One Cup against Chelsea, we ask: What is your favourite Swans moment of all time?
Tell us what you think by commenting below.
Robert Keates, 57, submarine cable operations manager, Three Crosses:
"It is very hard to say. I wasn't there but the victory over Preston at Deepdale to gain promotion to the old 1st Division in May '81 would be pretty close.
"Also, seeing them play Arsenal at the Vetch in the FA Cup in '68, even though it was a 1-0 defeat, was a pretty big deal for a 12-year-old."
Wyn Jenkins, managing director of Seren Global Media:
"The recent Arsenal game will stay with me. My little boy Charlie has recently started to hero worship Michu. After a boring first half he came on and scored right in front of us straight away. Charlie will be hooked for life now!
Karen Struel-White (daughter of former chairman of Swansea City, Malcolm Struel-White):
"It was when the Swans got promoted to Division 1 in 1981... the first time the Swans had ever achieved this in their history.
"My Dad, Malcolm, was Chairman of the club and I had grown up watching the Swans go from Division 4 to Division 1 in consecutive seasons - never been done before or since.
"We played at Deepdale against Preston North End... their manager was Nobby Stiles. We won 3-1.
"It was an amazing day, full of emotion and immense pride for everyone attached to the club. I still have the match day programme and to top it all it is signed by the late great Bill Shankly, the legendary manager of Liverpool.
Nothing will ever top that moment for me!"
Danielle Gower (wife of Swans player Mark Gower), Killay:
"My favourite Swans moment was when my daughter Jessie, son Jimi and niece Ellie were mascots for the Swans against Tottenham last year, our family home team!"
Brian Brown, Salon owner, Swansea:
"My favourite moment was when the Swans got up in the Premier League."
Owen Staton, storyteller:
"My favourite Swans moment of recent years was when Luke Moore scored the winner against Manchester City last season. The game had a wonderful story - drama, excitement - and showed that the Swans had finally arrived as a major force in the Premier League . The Swans story just gets better and better."
Laurence Winmill, Public Relations:
"I just returned to Swansea from Wembley after the Premier League Play Off final. Swans were promoted and I found myself stood at the bar at a private reception in Morgan's Hotel.
Suddenly, the doors burst open and in came the entire squad with Scotty Sinclair and Tatey leading the victory parade.
"Suddenly the whole hotel burst into a chanting unison with Jack legends! It was surreal, emotional and spontaneous; money couldn't buy it!
I left at 5am. Those 24 hours are etched in my memory forever."
Rob O'Shea, motors manager at the Evening Post, Swansea:
"Scott Sinclair scoring the last goal in Wembley in the Championship Play-off in 2011 for us to get promoted!"
Peter Owen, Ospreys Rugby media manager, Neath:
"Beating West Ham 1-0 in the FA Cup back in January 1999 when we were in the fourth division and were playing the like of Lampard and Ferdinand. The best atmosphere I can ever remember at the Vetch - the party went on long into the night.
Lyn Evans, Cwmavon:
"When the Swans first got promoted to the old first division about 30 years ago. Great moment.


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I think it's about time for a new pedal...
I've had the same drum pedal that came with the crappy Alesis USB kit that I used to have. Bad construction, single chain, hardly any rebound, can only adjust spring tension (maxed out), and just bad all around.
I'm still on an E kit, but it's a decent Roland one. I'll be going to GC and West Music tomorrow to check out some pedals. Not sure if I'm going to get a double or single yet (I don't really NEED a double right now), but it's more likely that I buy a single.
So far, I have it in my mind that I'll check out the Iron Cobra, the Speed Cobra, DW 5000, and maybe some Mapex and Yamaha pedals if they are there. I like to use a lot of slide technique for quick doubles and whatnot, so I'm thinking I'll probably stay away from direct drive. I have been working on my heel toe quite a bit though, and it's slowly getting there.
Any advice/other suggestions to throw my way? I currently don't play any metal, and I probably won't even bother to until I invest in a double pedal. Generally play alternative music with some upbeat styles in there as well. Thanks.
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At every meeting with troops and commanders at the Central Texas Army post, Cody faced questions about the extended tours of duty.
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Godspeed Couriers love to ride their bikes so much that when we are not working on them, we race 'em! Over the past five years we have participated in hundreds of races ranging from USCF sanctioned events on the US Pro Tour to the Cycle Messenger World Championships.
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Some of our more recent results include...
Bike Messenger Events
2008 Quake City Rumble: San Francisco
1st place Jim Riley
2nd place Mike Rabdau
2008 Mountain Lion, Alley Cat: San Francisco
1st place Jim Riley
2nd place Mike Rabdau
2007 Cycle Messenger World Championship: Dublin, Ireland
8th place James Connell
9th place Brandon Correia
2007 North American Cycle Courier Championship: San Francisco
1st place North American Champion Mike Rabdau
2006 Cycle Messenger World Championships: Sydney, Australia
2nd place Mike Rabdau
6th place Brandon Correia
2006 Fool's Gold Rush Alleycat
1st place Brandon Correia
3rd place Demarco McCall
2006 North American Cycle Courier Championship: Philadelphia
Main Race Finalists (100+ riders)
2nd place Mike Rabdau
5th place James Newman
7th place Brandon Correia
14th place Brendan Miller
2006 VeloCity Tour Stage 1, Los Angeles
Best Team - Godspeed Courier (Aaron Lipke, Brendan Miller, James Newman, Billy Sinkford, Demarco McCall)
2006 West Side Invite
Winner! Mike Rabdau
2005 Cycle Messenger World Championships: New York
Team Dispatch Race -Winners! Team Godspeed!
Main Race Finalists (over 700 registered)
Brandon Correia 10th place
Mike Rabdau 11th place
Brendan Miller 21st place
James Newman 43rd place
2005 North American Cycle Courier Championships: Portland, Oregon
Winner! Mike Rabdau.
Finalist, 5th overall, Brandon Correia
Finalist, 6th overall Brendan Miller
Finalist, 14th overall Aaron Lipke
Finalist, 19th overall, 6th fixed gear James Newman
2004 Cycle Messenger World Championships: Edmonton, Canada
2nd North American, 5th Overall - Brandon Correia
Finalist, 8th Overall - Mike Rabdau
2002 West Side Invite (Messenger Race): Winner! Mike Rabdau
2002 Cycle Messenger World Championships: Copenhagen, Denmark
1st North American, 23rd Overall - Brandon Correia
Finalist, 35th Overall - Mike Rabdau
2001 San Francisco Alley Cat Challenge: Grand Champion Mike Rabdau
Road Race Events
2008 Lafayette Criterium: Cat 3 Winner! Brandon Correia
2008 Albany Criterium: Cat 3 Winner! Brandon Correia
2006 Sausalito Criterium
7th place Brandon Correia
8th place Jason Hayes
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Two awards recognizing her work on behalf of reproductive rights and freedom have been presented to Marlene Gerber Fried.
Gerber Fried received the Reproductive Freedom Award on February 5 at "Roe v. Wade: Protecting Privacy, Preserving Choice." The annual Amherst event benefits NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, the Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts, and Tapestry Health. Congressman John Olver was presented the Legislative Reproductive Freedom Award.
The Jane Fund of Central Massachusetts presented Gerber Fried the Judith Fleming Henshaw Award in January. The annual award recognizes an individual as "a champion of reproductive rights."
Currently serving as interim President of Hampshire College, Gerber Fried is a professor of philosophy and was director of the Civil Liberties and Public Policy program from 1986 to 2010. Her scholarship and teaching focus on reproductive rights and public policy.


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Al Jazeera journalist freed in Kandahar
Al Jazeera journalist freed in Kandahar
Kandaharcity (pan): An Afghan journalist working for the Al Jazeera Television Network was released by American troops in southern Kandahar province on Friday morning, an official said.
Muhammad Nadir, working for the foreign TV channel for almost eight years, had been arrested on Wednesday during a raid on his house by foreign troops in the Aino area of Kandahar City.
Governor's spokesman Zalmay Ayubi told Pajhwok Afghan News the reporter was freed at 630am, hours after President Hamid Karzai directed the Ministry of Information to take steps for the release of three detained journalists.
Another Al Jazeera reporter, Rahmatullah Nekzad who also worked for the American news agency Associated Press (AP), was arrested by foreign forces in southern Ghazni province on Monday.
Nekzad's family accused foreign forces of beating up the reporter, who often criticised the international troops for using heavy-handed tactics during operations in the region.
For its part, NATO said the raiding party had detained a suspected Taliban media propagandist who participated in filming attacks on the election day, in the Qala-i-Amir area of Ghazni City.
Separately, Hojatullah Mujaddedi, head of the Independent Union of Journalists in the north, was detained by National Directorate of Security (NDS) agents when he was covering the Wolesi Jirga vote in Kapisa province.
A journalists' body met in Charikar, the capital of central Parwan province, on Tuesday to condemn the detention of Mujaddedi, who also works as a news caster for the state-run Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA).


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Rep. Mulvaney holding town hall in Camden
U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney is spending some time talking with some of his constituents in Camden this week.
His office says the Republican is holding a town hall meeting Monday at Camden's City Council Chambers at City Hall.
Mulvaney is planning to give a short presentation and talk about recent issues up for debate in Washington. He'll also take questions from the audience.


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EDITORIAL: Spring: the goodliest time of the year
Fall is a stunning season, when the leaves lose their green shade and take on vibrant hues from all colors of the rainbow. The temperature dips and the days get shorter — leading us into the holiday season.
Winter has its advantages. There may be no sight as moving as a pristine snowfall — or our family and friends gathered together for Christmas.
But spring, when we're shaking off the chill and admiring the world as it comes back to life, is something special. It has to be the goodliest time of the year — at least for taste buds.
In Central Carolina and throughout the state, we eagerly await strawberry season — the arrival those delicious, red berries that are nature's own candy.
Some would argue that strawberries are best as the mainstay of a cobbler or a frosted cake. However, many would hold that the fruit needs no flourishes or embellishments to be enjoyed — just ask anyone who's taken a big, juicy bite of a berry fresh off the vine.
Area residents are fortunate to have strawberry fields galore within close proximity. Whether we collect the berries ourselves or let a local farm do the picking, a visit to one of these establishments is a pleasure — and a feast for the senses.
The strawberry season is generally short, lasting a month to six weeks, but there's no need to fret; it's merely the start of the spring-summer period when other goodies are soon to follow.
For instance, our Sandhills region will soon yield another treat — succulent peaches. How sweet it is to be located so close to acres of trees that produce such delicious fruit.
And area gardens and farms will soon burst forth with tomatoes, beans and peas, cabbage, potatoes, sweet corn, broccoli, squash, okra, watermelons and cantaloupes. And those looking for an alternative to the typical grocery shopping experience can try the Sanford Farmers' Market, where they can find many of their favorite items from 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays at Depot Park in downtown Sanford.
Locals wanting a steady supply of homegrown goodness can sign up for the 2014 Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative, which will allow them to receive weekly or biweekly boxes of fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables. Visit www.sandhillsfarm2table.com for details.
So, it's easy to see that the strawberry season is the beginning of the "deliciousness" season.
This has to be the goodliest time of the year.


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Occupy Wall Street is dead.
Obama met with NYT on Syria.
Rand Paul gets Vogue treatment.
Justin Smith talks Bloomberg.
Nancy Gibbs hires two at Time.
Shane Smith is worth $400 mil.
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Little or no evidence exists that supports the effectiveness of fear-based warnings for a product that carries widely-known risks. As WLF's 2010 comments to the EU Health Commission on the Tobacco Directive state, "Reminding consumers of information they already know does not serve any educational purpose." In fact, as the authors of a 2012 WLF Working Paper, "Health Warnings on Consumer Products: Why Scarier Is Not Better" wrote:
Graphic health warnings (GHW) threaten serious costs in terms of smoker concentration on fear (as opposed to danger avoidance), defensive processing, and reactance, as well as feelings of low self-esteem and self-efficacy. Finally, GHW has been shown to make tobacco products appear more attractive to certain individuals."
Plain packaging, which EU member states can impose on tobacco "if justified on public health grounds", eschews warnings for a simpler, more extreme "let's make the product boring" approach. Such a seizure of tobacco trademarks worth billions of dollars is highly suspect under international trade treaties. A 2011 WLF Monograph elaborates on this point. Plain packaging will also exacerbate an already serious counterfeiting problem in parts of the EU. If unregulated, counterfeit cigarette packages are essentially indistinguishable from regulated products, consumers are at greater risk of purchasing dangerous products. And more counterfeit sales means less tax revenue for the states.
From a broader, philosophical perspective, the EU's proposed Directive is the is the proverbial "camel's nose under the tent" that could lead to wider application of graphic warnings and package seizures. Public health activists make no bones about their desire to impose such policies on other "disfavored" products. We've noted before here that the United Kingdom government is exploring the idea of plain packaging for alcohol. Are "junk food", soda, red meat, and prescription drugs, all of which activists find harmful or excessively expensive, next on the list?


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Frazee-Vergas High School students participate in an annual day of caring event. This year it will be May 7. Promotional photo
The city of Frazee recently received a grant that will pay 80 percent of construction costs to build a paved path from the Red Willow Heights residential development to Frazee Elementary.
An example of the newly ordered anchored gym floor was available for examination at the April board meeting. Photo by Barbie Porter
Only one partial dead fish was spotted at the mouth of the Shell River in Shell Lake earlier this spring. Last year, there were piles of fish going down river and hundreds of pelicans and other birds dining on the dead. Photo by Gale Kaas
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Top 10 Tips to Get Through Nursing School Clinicals
I start my nursing clinicals (RN program) in a few weeks and Iâm terrified. Iâve heard horror stories from other student nurses about not feeling like they belong there and being afraid to make mistakes. Do you have any tips for me so I donât feel like Iâm going to fail before I even get there? Emma
Dear Emma,
Nursing school can be a stressful experience but some people feel the stress more than others. By preparing yourself, you can help reduce the stress and anxiety, making your nursing clinicals more meaningful for you. Being prepared and knowing how to handle the unexpected helps you get the most out of your clinical experiences. Here are 10 tips to help you get started:
1 â" Prepare for clinicals the night before. Many nursing schools provide you with your patient assignments the night before your clinicals. If your nursing school does this, use this information wisely by researching everything you can about your patient or patients. The more you know, the less overwhelmed you may feel. If you donât know your exact patient load, you can still study up on the most common issues that you could encounter on the particular unit or area you are assigned to.
2 â" Get a good nightâs sleep. The night before clinicals is not the night to skimp on sleep. You need to be able to be prepared to answer questions and think on your feet.
3 â" Eat a healthy breakfast. If youâre doing a day shift, itâs vital to eat breakfast before heading to clinicals. You donât know how busy you will get and when youâll be able to take a break. By eating a good, healthy breakfast, youâre getting into a good habit for your working life and you ensure your body isnât craving food when you should be concentrating on your nursing and your patients.
4 â" Leave home early. Whether your clinicals are at a local hospital or a home health situation miles away, you never know if your travel time is going to be affected by traffic or public transit breakdowns. If you get to your destination without incident, being early allows you to prepare for your experience and troubleshoot if there are problems.
5 â" Be prepared. Nursing students have some items they should always have with them, from notes and note paper (and pen!) to stethoscopes and other tools. If you use a PDA, be sure itâs charged.
6 â" Once you are at your clinicals, be sure to ask questions if you donât understand. While it can be intimidating to be the only one asking questions, even if you are, itâs entirely possible that your fellow nursing students have the same questions but are too shy or intimidated to ask.
7 â" Think positive. This point can be tough for someone who isnât feeling particularly confident, but by emphasizing the positive (look how far you are!), you can portray confidence. If you portray confidence, thereâs a good chance youâll start feeling it.
8 â" Never guess. If you donât know something, ASK. Guessing is one of the worst things you can do when dealing with medications, treatments, and â" in reality â" someoneâs life.
9 â" Remember that your patient is a person. Donât fall into the trap of being the nurse for the patient in room 512 or the nurse for the post-op heart bypass. This makes a big difference in how you think of your patients and how you treat them.
10 â" Remember why you are there: You are there to learn. If you make a mistake, admit it and learn from it. Donât dwell on it. Chances are, it wonât be your first mistake and the best thing we can do with mistakes is ensure we donât repeat them.
Nursing school and clinicals arenât easy â" if they were, anyone could do them. But youâre not just anyone, right?


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The Associated Press reports:
In an about face, the United States on Friday withdrew a UN resolution endorsing this week's agreement by Israeli and Palestinian leaders to try to reach a Mideast peace settlement by the end of 2008, apparently after Israel objected.
A resolution on an agreement about a settlement. Nothing generates rhetoric like a peace conference. I have no hopes for the Annapolis summit. There's no member of the Palestinian leadership possessing either the will or the bravery to formalize Palestinian recognition of Israel's legitimacy, and, as Bernard Lewis put it a few days ago: "no conceivable government of Israel is going to negotiate on whether that country should or should not exist." But I didn't expect to see anything disastrous come out of Annapolis, either. However, if the U.S. were to get the UN on board I'd have to reconsider. As Mark Steyn said: "There is no great issue facing the world today that can't be made worse by having a UN conference on it."
And there's no issue the U.N.'s enjoys lousing up more than Israel. This is the organization that included the phrase "Zionism is racism" in their official literature until 2001, when George W. Bush pressured them to remove it. This is the network of arbiters who in 2007 declared Israel the world's premier violator of women's rights.
The U.S.'s given reasons for withdrawing the resolution hinted towards the matter at hand:
Two U.S. officials, who on condition of anonymity described Rice's decision to withdraw the draft document, said there were several concerns about the resolution, including the failure to consult the Israelis and Palestinians on the language and the possibility that some on the Security Council might try to add anti-Israeli language to it.
Asking for the UN's imprimatur on an empty rhetorical declaration could turn this Maryland linguistics conference into something much more sinister. Let's hope the 24-hour error was an aberration and not a sign of further deference to this malign body.


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Tiger Trout
Record Pictures
Evan Roda holding his monster World record Tiger Trout weighing 13 pounds, 12 ounces. Caught from Fish Lake, Washington in 2008.
As you can see this hybrid trout (Cross between a Brown and Brook Trout = Tiger Trout) is one of the most beautiful. The above pictures showing off some of the biggest caught along with the best looking. I hope to someday catch one of these amazing hybrids.
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Amazing Tiger Trout video showing off a anglers collection of these fish he has caught. Really fitting music also.
Nice Tiger Trout caught from Knotts Creek Reservoir, NV
Information & Fishing Tips
Also known as Mac Trout, hybrid trout, barred trout. Tiger Trout are a natural hybrid (Cross) between a Brook and a Brown Trout. They are often found in streams and lakes that contain both Brook and Brown trout. Out of all the trout I think they are the most beautiful. They are not as weary as a brown trout, but also not as easy going as a brook trout. They are most popular among fly fisherman, fishing wet or dry flies. Some hatcheries have artificially created these fish also, due to there popularity. If you know of a stream or lake with a large amount of Brown or Brook trout, chances are someday you will catch one of these fish. They bite of the same baits as there parents. They are not as shy as a Brown trout, more willing to bite like brook trout.
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Angler: Evan Roda Caught: in 2008. Weight: 13 pound 12 ounces. Location: Fish Lake, WA, USA.
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For our spring retreat, Gamma Knox went to Give Kids the World (GKTW) in Orlando, Florida. This organization works with Make a Wish Foundation to give children, with life threatening diseases, the opportunity to go to Islands of Adventures, Hollywood Studios, or any of the Disney theme parks (Epcot, Animal Kingdom etc.) while providing housing and food for them in a theme park, animated filled property. Our time spent at GKTW was extremely rewarding - we worked from 8am-1pm and did everything from serving breakfast, driving families on a tram to and from where the wanted to go, serving ice cream, and running the carousal. Interacting with the families, celebrating birthdays in the Gingerbread House, and the opportunity to tour this wonderful facility provided us with a fantastic spring retreat.


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This coming weekend adult and scholastic chess players will convene for the Alabama State Chess Championship. The tournament will be a six round event and has a prize fund of $3,000. There will be scholastic, novice (not rated and beginner) and team events also concurrently with the Open and Reserve sections of the state championship.
To date, over 100 players have pre-registered with many more registering to compete in what promises to be an excellent chess tournament.
Chess players from several states will be playing but the title of Alabama State Chess Champion goes to the highest scoring Alabama player. The current state co-champions are Bryan Tillis (Dothan) and Charles Meidinger (Huntsville).
The event will begin Friday, Sept. 6 and end Sept. 8. Rounds: Friday: 6:30 p.m., Saturday: 9 a.m., 2 p.m., 7 p.m.; Sunday: 8:30 a.m., 2 p.m.
The tournament will be held at the Watermark Place Center, 4500 Alabama Adventure Parkway, Bessemer. For more information http://www.caesarchess.com/ or email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Back-2-School Scholastic
School chess clubs have started their weekly programs and many students are being introduced to the game for the first time. Chess can teach children critical thinking skills and math among other important educational lessons.
To get the scholastic chess year off to a start what better way could there be than a fun, free chess tournament.
The school year chess activities got a warm up with the recent 'Back-2-School Scholastic,' a 46 player chess tournament directed by Caesar Lawrence. The event was held in the atrium of the Alabama Power Company building.
Scholastic Top Winners: Open (K-12) Champion: David Luo – 4.5 points. Middle (K-6) Champion: Andrew Glassford – 4.5 points. Novice (K-6; Not Rated) Champion: Tucker Lovoy and Isaac Snow – 4.5 points each. Match Champion: Stephen Graveling – 4 points.
Vladimir Kramnik wins the 2013 FIDE World Cup
Former World Chess Champion, Vladimir Kramnik claimed victory in the FIDE World Cup after he drew the fourth game in the final match against Russian champion Grandmaster Dmitry Andreikin. The overall score in the match was 2.5:1.5 in Kramnik's favor. Kramnik won the first game of the final match while the other three games finished in a draw.
As New Orleans chess master Jude Acers described this final match, "In Tromso, Norway first there were 128 grandmasters and then down to two. Kramnik's marvelous victory and $90,000 take home pay just adds to his epic career."
All the games can be found here: http://www.chessworldcup2013.com/
Chess Challenge
#4 Queen and pawn endgames are full of danger because of the swiftness of the queen moving from one side of the board to the other with check and advancing passed pawns. The defender's queen looks for ways to harass the opposite king with perpetual check to draw. Even grandmasters can miss key moves in these tense endgames! Here a top grandmaster (Black to move) played what appears to be the natural capture of 1...Qxe4 and the game soon was a draw. What was the sequence Black should play to have won the game? Hint – start with a check!
#5 Black to move and he played a blunder 1...Nd5? Black hoped for 2. Nxd5 Qxe6. What strong move of White's did he miss?
Solutions to last column puzzles
Chess Challenge 2
A nice display of a tactic known as the double attack. 1.Rxc5! bxc5 2.Qb2! Black resigned as the double threat of 3.Qb8 mate or 3.Qxh8+ winning a full Rook is decisive.
Chess Challenge 3
1.Rxe6! wraps the game up! If 1...fxe6 2.Nd7+ (forking the King and Queen) Rxd7 3.Qh8+ and wins the Black queen.
Checker Problem
A real classic! Red to play and wins 1...27-24 2. 28-19 (forced) 26-23!! 3. 19x26 30-16 (captures checkers on 26, 18, 10, 11).
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MISSOURI CITY, Texas -- Santa Fe inches past Bryan 4-3, and Bryan tops Ft. Bend Kempner 5-4 in the Sienna Round Robin.
Santa Fe scratched one more run but also had one more error than the Lady Vikes. Pitching was stout through three innings leaving the game scoreless until Santa Fe grabbed two in the bottom half of the fourth.
Brianna Salinas and Audriana Andrade were the battery against Santa Fe and Salinas received the loss. Ally Bessette went 1 for 3 at the plate with a solo homerun, a run, and an RBI. Courtney Meier went 1 for 3 on the game as well, with a run and an RBI.
Bryan scored early and often against Ft. Bend Kempner. With a final score of 5-4, the Lady Vikings forced Kempner's defense to make errors and capitalized on those mistakes.
Rebecca Peirce (6-4) was in the circle for Bryan and added a W to her record.
Taylor Curtis, who went 1 for 3 on the night, came up clutch in the sixth as she knocks a double with two outs. The Curtis double brought Desiray Sauseda to the dish, and Sauseda singles to right-center to score Curtis for the game-winning run. Erica Russell went 2 for 3 with a run and an RBI, and Courtney Meier went 3 for 3.
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On stage
: December 16, 2013
Photo By Courtesy photoActors, from left, Clayton Anderson, Rebecca Trinidad, Marc Daratt and Jack Dullnig play the family in "A Christmas Story" at the Woodlawn Theatre.
"Bah Humbug!" is a one-man adaption of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas Carol featuring Damian Gillen, award-winning actor and artistic director of The Company Theatre, at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Arneson River Theater. Gillen plays all the roles, from Scrooge to Tiny Tim in this 11th annual, 10-city Texas tour. Tickets are $7.50 to $30. Call 800-838-3006
" White Christmas: The Musical" is at the Cameo Theater, 1123 E. Commerce St. at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 4 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 29; and 8 p.m. Dec. 31 and 2 p.m. Jan.1. Contact: www.cameocenter.com or 212-5454.
"A Christmas Story, the Musical" is at the Woodlawn Theater, 1920 Fredericksburg Road, with shows at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 29. Tickets: $15-$23. Call: 267-8388.
"Los Pastores" will be at 7 p.m. Saturday outdoors on the grounds of Mission San José. It's the 66th anniversary of the folk play at the mission. It's free. Bring your lawn chair; Food and drink will be on sale.


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A14 blocked after lorry sheds load
Posted: November 22, 2012|
A stretch of the A14 is strewn with cement and concrete after a lorry driver braked just before the scene of a crash.
A 300-400 yard stretch of the westbound carriageway between the Histon interchange and Girton has been affected.
Police believe the driver of the lorry may have put his foot on the brakes after seeing a crash involving a flatbed truck and a van.
The first accident happened at 3.05pm with no injuries. The incident involving the spilled cement and concrete happened about 10 minutes later.
A road sweeper has been called in to clean up the debris but the incident has caused tailbacks.


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Shanghai Red Film Review
Meili Zhu (Vivian Wu) was inconsolable in the wake of the murder of her husband, Lian Wei (Kenny Bee), because she had not only suddenly lost her life partner, but would now have to raise their 7 year-old son, Bebe (Lu Yao), alone. Obviously, we all mourn differently and, in the case of this grief-stricken widow, the loss triggered a passionate reaction that rose to the level of a lust for revenge.
And, as she matter-of-factly states at the outset of Shanghai Red, "Sometimes you must do the honorable thing by dishonoring yourself." So, ordinarily-modest Meili uncharacteristically donned a clingy, crimson dress to pose as a call girl for an escort agency. But this is all a part of her plan for vengeance, as her very first client is her late hubby's business partner (Roger Yuan), whom she suspects was behind the slaying. Upon entering the hotel room, Meili removes her oversize sunglasses to reveal her true identity to her prey right before pumping him full of bullets.


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Duke grads: Make it matter
Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff asked Duke University graduates to make their lives and their degrees matter during his commencement address Sunday.
More than 14,000 people gathered Mother's Day morning to watch more than 5,100 Duke graduates receive undergraduate, master's and professional degrees during the university's commencement ceremony.
Family, friends and supporters filed into Wallace Wade Stadium to witness the ceremony.
In the invocation, Dean of Duke Chapel Luke A. Powery reminded the students that they were "not alone on their education pilgrimage" but were surrounded by people who offered ongoing encouragement and support.
Dempsey, a West Point and Duke alumnus, told the crowd that he shared in the students' excitement and joy at this milestone in their lives.
"There were times when I didn't think I'd make it at Duke but instinctively I knew I had to keep trying and I had to keep learning," he said. "I'm very proud of my Duke education."
Dempsey asked the students to keep an eye on the world and to use their talents to help not only themselves but the world around them.
"You'll need to find, fix and remain true to your moral compass," he said. "After four years of hard work, you've crossed your academic goal line but what's in your heart?
"You're all going to lead something," Dempsey said. "I know your resume. What's in your heart? America needs each and every one of you."
In closing Dempsey passed on encouragement and shared pride.
"I hope you believe in yourselves as much as us sitting up here and out there," he said. "I hope you believe in action over admiration.
"We need leaders of confidence," Dempsey said. "You've been given the gift of education. Make it matter."
One of the students who has been making it matter is Jennifer Lenore Sherman, a cultural anthropology major who gave the student remarks.
"I'm going to trust you with the truth today," she said. "I am afraid. Of speaking in front of all of you and of leaving this place. Of not knowing what this next chapter is going to look like."
Reflecting on her time at Duke, Sherman said that the university that many of them saw as a dream has led to their celebration of excellence and education.
"We have learned from ordinary and extraordinary moments but I think the ordinary ones were more important," she said. "Duke has taught me that there is nothing in the range of human experience that is off limits to me.
"I hope we will be grateful for our two educations, the one that helped us earn our degrees and the one that taught us to be human."
The university also conferred five honorary degrees. The recipients were:
• Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, chemistry and molecular and cell biology professor at the University of California Berkeley,
• Erskine Bowles, former president of the UNC system and co-author of the Simpson-Bowles plan to balance the federal budget in five years,
• Dr. Susan Hockfield, professor of neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
• Walter S. Isaacson, former chairman and CEO of CNN and author of the book "Steve Jobs,"
• Dr. W. Delano Meriwether, first African-American accepted into Duke's medical school and founder of the Meriwether Foundation, which operates programs in Africa focusing on health, agriculture and economics.
Dempsey was offered an honorary degree but declined.


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Red Lights is an upcoming Mystery & Suspense film directed by Rodrigo Cortés. This new film stars Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver and Cillian Murphy. Red Lights revolves around the story of a couple of veteran paranormal researchers who are on a mission to debunk any fraudulent claims of paranormal activities by looking for "red lights". Red lights are the subtle tricks that are behind every single paranormal or psychic occurrence in this current time. This new movie will surely bring audiences into a realm of the unknown and will surely leave them with questions that will haunt them for the rest of the day. Let's take a look at what's in store for us in the movie "Red Lights"
In the movie Red Lights Sigourney Weaver plays the character of Dr. Margaret Matheson, a veteran paranormal researcher who is very skilled in finding red lights in any reported paranormal incident. She is accompanied by Tom Buckley (played by Cillian Murphy) as they go on looking for the truth in these occurrences. Until the unexpected happens when the legendary blind psychic Simon Silver (played by Robert De Niro) starts on the journey to the unknown once again after 30 years. Tom Buckley now wants to find the truth when it comes to this well-known psychic but is discouraged by Dr. Matheson for fear of getting a reprisal from Silver. Buckley is then more determined to expose Simon Silver and his star student Sally Owen (played by Elizabeth Olsen) goes with him on the project. They start using every single tool at their disposal to uncover the truth behind this psychic. Although, the more they dig deeper, the more does Buckley finds himself questioning his beliefs. The main casts are also joined by Joely Richardson as Monica Handsen, Toby Jones as Dr. Paul Shackleton, Burn Gorman as Benedict Cosell and Leonardo Sbaraglia as Palladino.
Red Lights is directed and written by award winning director/writer, Rodrigo Cortés. This upcoming film by Rodrigo Cortés is also produced by Nostromo Pictures, Cindy Cowan Entertainment and Antena 3 Films. The theatrical release of Red Lights in the United States will be on July 13th 2012 and will be handled by Millennium Entertainment. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) also gave the film a Rated-R for violence and some language. Since this movie is coming to reveal some secrets on July 13th 2012, let's take a look at some early comments on what people are saying about Red Lights:
Alison Jones from Birmingham Post says that: Red Lights has an interesting premise and Weaver is on top form at the start.
Shaun Munro of Get Culture also gave his comment on this upcoming Mystery film, she said "The journey certainly proves more rewarding than the destination, but quite a journey it is."
Although, Donald Clarke have a different point of view with the film: It begins in reasonably sensible fashion before descending into a morass of wild plot turns that betray both the characters and the audience.
Don't miss out on Red Lights in theaters near you on July 13th 2012
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August 4, 2015
The Justice Department is appealing a judge's decision lifting all age limits on the Plan B morning-after birth control pill and a cheaper generic.
The federal government says the judge who issued the ruling had exceeded his authority and that his decision should be suspended while the appeal is underway.
U.S. District Judge Edward Korman of New York had given the Food and Drug Administration until Monday to lift all age limits on Plan B and cheaper generic. The judge mandated that emergency contraception be sold just like aspirin.
On Tuesday, the FDA said anyone 15 or older could begin buying one brand, Plan B One-Step, without a prescription - two years younger than the current age limit of 17.
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When speaking of stock valuation, the first metric that usually comes to mind to measure value is the price to earnings (P/E) ratio. This is a useful tool when comparing companies with relatively stable earnings, but when a firm's earnings are less than stable and the company is just in the growth stages of development, a more relevant measure of assessing value may be the price-to-earnings-to-growth (PEG) ratio. This ratio allows you to compare companies with different growth rates, and see if the stock is undervalued or overvalued once growth is taken into consideration.
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According to one of the most successful fund managers of all time, Peter Lynch, "The P/E ratio of any company that's fairly priced will equal its growth rate..." and further, "if the P/E of Coca-Cola is 15, you'd expect the company to be growing at about 15% a year, etc." So, a fair valued stock, according to Peter Lynch, would be equal to one.
With that said, let's take a look at some of the PEG ratios for a much hyped up sector, the cloud computing companies:
1. Riverbed Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:RVBD)
Estimates from analysts have pegged Riverbed's earnings to grow at a rate of about 28% for the next five years. With a current P/E ratio of 253, this results in a PEG ratio of 9.
2. Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM)
One of the bigger and more talked about cloud computing companies in the sector, analyst estimates for Salesforce's earnings growth are roughly the same as for Riverbed, averaging at about 27%. So with a P/E ratio of 240, this leads to a PEG ratio of 8.9.
3. Ariba Inc. (Nasdaq:ARBA)
Ariba, based out of Sunnyvale, California, has one of the lower estimates for earnings growth. Over the next five years, the company is expected to grow earnings by 17%, which equates to a PEG ratio of 8.0.
4. VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW)
VMware is one of the larger companies on this list, with a market cap of $37 billion. Its growth rate is forecast to be around 24% per year, and which results in one of the lower PEG ratios of this group, at 5.20.
5. NetSuite, Inc. (NYSE:N)
I saved Netsuite for last because the company doesn't generate any current earnings, so neither a P/E ratio nor PEG ratio can be calculated for the company. However, that hasn't stopped the company's stock from soaring over the last year, rising over 60% in the trailing 12 months.
The Bottom Line
Based on the PEG ratios we calculated, there appears to be a lot of hope and speculation embedded in the valuations of many of these stocks. Do all of these stocks deserve such lofty valuations? Probably not. I suspect the stock several of the weaker players in this space will acquaint themselves with gravity sooner or later. (For additional reading, take a look at PEG Ratio Nails Down Value Stocks.)
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