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on 7/16/2009 12:33:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I get occasional pimples and needed something to carry with me in my makeup bag during the day. I found this and thought to give it a try. Boy, it's a winner! Just a day ago, I noticed a red pimple on my chin. I applied a thin layer and massaged it in since it does turn the area all white. Next day, the budding pimple was was gone with no scar! Thankfully, I don't get a chemical burn with this. Test an small area first before going gungo ho.
on 6/23/2009 9:30:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
im very happy :) with this
everytime i hav a pimple i cleanse my skin then add a thin layer of this tthan go to bed
when i wake up the pimple DRIED up
it always works for me n when im done wit it i WILL buy one again!!!
on 4/25/2009 8:27:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I have sensitive skin anyway, and back when I was a teenager and didn't know any better I bought this product which gave me a chemical burn and made my face puffy. What was worse was my boyfriend at the time was coming home for the weekend!!!! And I was meeting his PARENTS! argh this product was the worst! I would not recommend this product to anyone!
on 4/25/2009 8:13:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Dry, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
The directions on the package say to, quote, "cover the ENTIRE affected area with a thin layer." Well, that is what I did, one time only, and I was left with huge, red, inflamed chemical burns on my face. I do not ordinarily have sensitive skin, and I have never had an adverse reaction to another acne product. Don't use this stuff, it's not worth the risk!!
on 3/16/2009 11:47:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
I'm not really sure about this product. I find that if I feel a deep, painful cystic pimple coming on, and I put this product on the area liberally, that the cystic pimple won't appear. I really have to be on the lookout, though, because if I don't catch it right when it starts, it will show up and, well, you know how those cystic pimples are a pain the behind!
I don't think this helps with any of my other pimples. I tried applying it nightly for two weeks to the small, flesh-colored pimples on both sides of my chin, and this did nothing for them. It also makes my face itch like crazy. I don't think I'm allergic to benzoyl peroxide, because I used a 5% BP cleanser for two months with no itch-issues. This may just be a bit too strong for me.
This was pretty inexpensive, the packaging is simplistic and easy to use. The cream is thick, but dries clear. Overall, I won't be buying this product again, as it is too harsh for my skin and mostly ineffective. However, if your skin responds well to BP treatments, you may want to give this a try.
on 2/25/2009 2:08:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Blue
For some reason lately, I've been breaking out like crazy and I always had perfect skin. It was getting pretty bad and no matter what I did, I'd still break out and be very oily. So I picked this up, hoping it would clear up...
It did work! Within days, my skin cleared up, and I was zit free! However, I used it twice in one day and got a horrendous dry patch that didn't go away for like a week, regardless of applying lanolin like it was going out of style. This product is strong, but it was fault I over applied. I would definitely reccomend to anyone that has a problem with zits. My friend used proactiv and said this worked just as good and was $5!
So if you're looking for clear skin, with less oil, buy this! Just use once a day, or you'll get those dry patches..
** Watch this around towels, clothes and eyebrows. I ruined my boyfriend's tommy hilfiger face towels, they know have large bleach spots. And I accidently bleached a spot in my eyebrow to white, lucky for me, I'm already blonde, so it wasn't ridiculously noticeable...
on 1/21/2009 11:58:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I found this cream to be extremely good at soaking up excess oil. I can't say much for acne control. I use this cream as a spot treatment most of the time and on my T-zone and I would still get breakouts. I dont recommend daily usage of this cream. Frequent usage of this cream causes skin irritation, reddness, and severe dryness even on oily complexion. It does however dry up existing pimples in 3-7 days. I'm going to look for something that won't dry or crack my skin like this one.
on 1/11/2009 6:16:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This product worked well when I first bought it but then it stopped working & does completely nothing at all.
on 11/11/2008 11:56:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Even the best of us get acne once in a while (or once a month), every girl should have this handy. THIS WORKS!!! I have it in 5% (start with lower concentration and work your way up to 10% if those dont work, but the higher doesnt mean better, all dermatologists say that). I LOVE it. I get the occational acne and I put this on after washing my face before sleep. I first put Neutrogena's Acne Stress Control 3-in-1 Hydrating Acne Treatment as my moisturizer (you can read my review on that), then this on top where i see problems only. It will dry you out if you use for the whole face, if you dont need it dont do it. Hope this works for you too.
The texture is much better than the other brands' BP solutions, its silkier, dont waste your money on Proactiv and try this first. I had Proactiv, its good but over priced and I think this works better. Will buy again for sure if needed.
on 11/1/2008 11:11:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This product doesn't reduce redness for me, but it does seem to make the acne go away faster. This has a very high concentration of benzoyl peroxide, so it might cause dry skin patches for some people. I would buy this again if I couldn't find a better alternative; but I've yet to try Neutrogena's acne treatments.
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iBook G4 12" 1.33 GHz Optical Drive Replacement
- Author: Walter Galan
- Difficulty: Difficult
Upgrade or replace the CD, DVD, combo or SuperDrive.
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- Battery 1 step
- Keyboard 3 steps
- Lower Case 13 steps
- Bottom Shield 2 steps
- DC-In Board 2 steps
- Upper Case 6 steps
- Top Shield 2 steps
- Optical Drive 5 steps
- Optical Drive 6 steps
Lay your iBook upside down on a flat surface.
Use a coin to rotate the battery locking screw 90 degrees clockwise.
Lift the battery out of the computer.
Pull the keyboard release tabs toward you and lift up on the keyboard until it pops free.
If the keyboard does not come free, use a small flathead screwdriver to turn the keyboard locking screw 180 degrees in either direction and try again.
Flip the keyboard over, away from the screen, and rest it face-down on the trackpad area.
Pull the keyboard cable up from the logic board, holding the cable as close to the connector as possible.
Make sure that you reconnect the keyboard cable before replacing the RAM shield.
Use a spudger or small flathead screwdriver to remove the three rubber feet from the lower case.
Use a spudger or small flathead screwdriver to remove the three rubber feet from the lower case.
Use a spudger or small flathead screwdriver to pry up the three metal rings that housed the rubber bumpers.
Remove the three hex screws using a T8 Torx screwdriver.
The shorter screw is in the center of the computer.
Breathe deeply. Trying times are ahead, but we promise the lower case does come off.
Push the thin rims of the lower case surrounding the battery compartment in, bending them past the tabs, and then lift up to free that corner of the lower case.
There is a slot on the wall of the battery compartment that locks the lower case in place. Use a small flathead screwdriver to pry out the slot's lower rim and pull up on the lower case to free the slot from the tabs holding it.
Run a spudger along the seam between the lower case and upper case on the front of the computer to free the tabs locking the lower case. Pull up on the lower case and continue to use the spudger as necessary until you hear three distinct clicks.
Continue to run the spudger around the front right corner. There are two tabs on the port side of the computer, one near the front corner and one near the sound-out port.
There are three tabs over the optical drive that must be released before the lower case can come off. Slide the spudger into the lower case above the optical drive and run it toward the back of the computer until you hear three distinct clicks.
The front and sides of the lower case are now free.
Turn the computer so that the back is facing you and pull the lower case up and toward you until the back tabs pop free.
It may be helpful to jiggle the case up and down.
Remove the small greasy springs with white plastic caps from either side of the battery contacts.
Have patience and follow the directions, the end result is up to you. In my case it worked. But I was a Technician TRW Automotive. and worked on Air Bag modules that was returned from customer's that needed them analyzed. I just retired after 26 years.
Remove the following 4 screws from the bottom shield:
Two 3 mm Phillips.
Two 7.5 mm Phillips.
Remove the two Phillips screws securing the DC-In board, removing tape as necessary.
Deroute the cable from around the optical drive, removing tape as necessary.
Disconnect the DC-In cable from the logic board and angle the DC-In board out of its compartment.
Remove the two 3 mm Phillips screws inside the left edge of the battery tray.
Three 3 mm Phillips around the battery compartment.
Three 4.5 mm Phillips along the optical drive bezel. (a magnetic screwdriver may help to lift these screws out)
One 12 mm Phillips in the lower right corner.
Four 14.5 mm Phillips.
We recommend placing the computer on a soft cloth from this point on to prevent damaging the logic board.
Turn over the computer and open it.
Use the flat side of a flathead screwdriver to remove the small magnet covering a screw near the middle of the computer.
The shorter screw goes in the lower left corner.
Remove the following 7 screws from the edges of the keyboard area.
Three 2 mm Phillips along the right edge.
One 4.5 mm Phillips underneath where the magnet was.
One 6 mm Phillips with a small head in the lower left corner.
Two 6 mm Phillips with large heads, one in the upper left corner and one in the middle.
Before you can yank the upper case off, you must disconnect the trackpad connector, the blue and white power cable, and speaker cable as described in the next steps. Be especially careful with these cables; never pull directly on the cables, but use a spudger to pry up the connector directly.
Carefully lift the upper case slightly and move it toward the front of the computer to reveal the trackpad connector. Use a spudger or your finger to disconnect the trackpad connector hidden beneath the white plastic tab.
After disconnecting the track pad connector, carefully rotate the upper case away from you and rest it against the display.
The connectors at the ends of the following cables are attached very firmly to the sockets on the logic board. Pulling directly on the cable will either separate the cable from its connector or the socket from the logic board.
Use the sharp end of a spudger to disconnect the speaker cable connector.
Using the sharp end of a spudger, disconnect the connector for the blue and white power cables. Again, be careful to pry up only on the connector.
It is very easy to break the connector from the board, so be careful.
The key is to apply force in two directions, down to keep the surface board connections intact, up to release the connector.
The upper case is now free and can be removed from the computer.
Remove the fifteen 3 mm Phillips screws securing the top shield to the computer.
Remove the following 16 screws:
Thirteen 3 mm Phillips.
One 3 mm Phillips. (actual screw not present in image)
Two 4 mm Phillips.
Be sure to fit the screw near the left hinge through the loop in the display data cable, securing the cable to the upper case.
Lift the top shield up from the right side, minding the upper left corner, which may catch on the metal framework.
Remove the following 4 screws:
One 3 mm Phillips in the channel between the optical drive and fan.
Two 6 mm Phillips from the upper and bottom end of the drive bezel.
One 6 mm Phillips with a collar from bracket extending from the lower left corner of the drive.
Use a spudger to pry up the Reed Switch Board from the optical drive, removing tape as necessary.
This is a diagram of the ribbon clamp connector you will disconnect in the next step.
1) With your fingernails, grasp the locking bar on either side and pull up a small amount (about 1/16" or 2 mm).
2) After disengaging the locking bar, slide the cable out of the connector.
Release the optical drive ribbon clamp as described above. Slide the optical drive ribbon out of its connector.
Remove the two Phillips screws securing the metal bracket and cable to the back of the optical drive.
Use a spudger to pry the white optical drive cable connector up from the top of the optical drive, removing tape as necessary.
Remove the single Phillips screw securing the bezel at the front of the optical drive.
This screw is longer than the two that secure the bracket and cable at the back of the drive.
The bezel has several small, fragile tabs that will break easily.
Use a spudger to carefully depress the two tabs on top of the bezel.
Hold the optical drive on its side and depress the remaining tab to free the bezel from the drive.
Turn the drive over and remove the two Phillips screws from the bracket on the side of the drive.
These screws are only partially threaded.
If you have a CD or any other object jammed in your optical drive, we have an optical drive repair guide.
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"Close the display and flip the computer over." ...Seems like this instruction ought to be at the beginning of step 1 rather than step 2. In step one, the display is already closed and the computer flipped over. In step 2, you just keep it in this position and proceed from taking the battery out to removing the rubber feet.
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Well, if you've had an iBook G4 this long, odds are the little rubber feet are falling off just from being looked at. Except the battery mounted one. That sucker is the Devils' Tower of little rubber feet.
Definitely read the rest of the instructions now. I struggled at first... I was using my ipad with the step by step instructions and didnt scroll down past this photo, so I didnt see the sequence of how to loosen the tabs. in fact I didn't know where the tabs might be... Only discovered that part when I reassembled it. The spudger didn't work for me. Too soft, I used mostly a thin very small screwdriver.
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Be careful here as the actual DC silver connector is raised from the chipboard so once you remove the screws use the spudger to gently lift out the DC IN board itself. There's some rubber casing around the silver connector too which got caught on the plastic casing of the laptop which required a bit of gentle poking to get free...
Also, once I removed it, I thought there was more to do. It happened so quickly and effortlessly! I kept wondering when the difficult and trying part was coming. I was kind of disappointed by the lack of the challenge, but that's OK! The difficult part came from reversing the directions and getting the shield back in place. A cable covering on the back edge under the shield slipped out and prevented the metal tabs from seating correctly. Once I figured that out, it was smooth sailing!
Although these instructions forewarn that these connectors are fragile, I would suggest emphasizing this in BOLD. When one of these connectors in the next couple steps pulls free from the logic board, as my speaker connector did with very little force, I was told by my Mac repair center that "...you're at the end of the road, period. There's no way we can re-solder that speaker connection". This may not be totally correct because other advice in iFixit suggests it is possible but regardless, the extremely small contact pads that need to be re-soldered really requires removing the entire logic board, experience with very tiny solder projects, and double the time and effort.
A second tool such as a tiny flat blade screw driver to hold down the connector that is soldered to the logic board while pulling/prying up on the male side of the connector with the spudger so that the soldered portion doesn't rip off the board was found to be helpful.
This set of instructions however is very complete, just read them carefully.
The speaker cable connector was very tightly connected into the socket. When I tried to take it out the socket came right off the motherboard. In this case, in order to pull out the connector plug you must hold down the socket at the same time to make sure it isn't pulled from the motherboard.
i got a used book and opened it to exchange the hd to a bigger one. i found the airport/bluetooth cards connective socket dislocated and the speaker cables' socket as well. now i've led the free end of the speaker cable together with its connector through the opening of the kensington lock outside the case (no easy task but it went through) to fix a jack which goes into the headphones plug.
The male connector came out with the female one right off my logic board. I tied very carefully gluing it back. Appears that isnt enough; will need to be soldered back into place if I aver want to have sound again. USB, Bluetooth or AirPlay/AirTunes seem to be my remaining options.
Be very careful with this step!
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There is actually no need to remove the power plug if you are careful with the placement of the top cover. I had the whole plug pull of the board and had to solder it back again. Not an easy task had to use a magnifying glass to see it.
I wish I had read John's comment! I thought I was being careful to unplug without pulling and I pulled the whole plug out of the board too : ( I've never soldered anything before.......
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There is actually no need to remove the power plug if you are careful with the placement of the top cover. I had the whole plug pull of the board and had to solder it back again. Not an easy task had to use a magnifying glass to see it.
As noted above, be very careful!
I also had the whole plug come off the board and had to solder it back. Definitely try and do it without removing the blue & white power cable.
Ditto. I didn't even notice that I'd torn the connector off the logic board until I went to put it all back together. It really is way too tight a connection and since you have so little room to work, it's VERY hard to pull it out without damage.
If you break this connection, anything else you're doing won't matter. Go slow, get a magnifying glass and perhaps try to hold town the part that's connected to the logic board as you attempt to pull out the connector....
If you have any problems or think that you can't do this, I'd say that you should stop, button it all back up and bring it to someone. Even a cheap, used logic board is around $250-350 -- and that's not worth it.
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As noted above, be very careful!
I also had the whole plug come off the board and had to solder it back. Definitely try and do it without removing the blue & white power cable.
Several people have mentioned soldering the plug back.......How exactly did you achieve this?! Are you experienced with micro-soldering? Were you able to salvage your laptop?! Although I got good advice to take it to a tv/electronics shop and have them solder the blue and white cables directly to the board, I have not done this. The comp is still neatly packaged by teardown step and sitting in a cardboard box. It's really annoying to look at this useless box of components that used to be a very nice little laptop : (
I would love to hear how you managed the repair.
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Several people have mentioned soldering the plug back.......How exactly did you achieve this?! Are you experienced with micro-soldering? Were you able to salvage your laptop?! Although I got good advice to take it to a tv/electronics shop and have them solder the blue and white cables directly to the board, I have not done this. The comp is still neatly packaged by teardown step and sitting in a cardboard box. It's really annoying to look at this useless box of components that used to be a very nice little laptop : (
I would love to hear how you managed the repair.
The plug has two holes in the back that slot into two pins on the board.
I slotted the pins in and the two wires on the front of the plug that need soldering to the board line up where they attach to the board.
I used a soldering iron with a flat tip (like a flat-head screwdriver) and pressed on the two wires at the same time for a second or two. That was long enough to melt the solder and reattach the wires. It took two attempts to get it attached correctly.
I didn't add any extra solder and I haven't had much experience with soldering.
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The plug has two holes in the back that slot into two pins on the board.
I slotted the pins in and the two wires on the front of the plug that need soldering to the board line up where they attach to the board.
I used a soldering iron with a flat tip (like a flat-head screwdriver) and pressed on the two wires at the same time for a second or two. That was long enough to melt the solder and reattach the wires. It took two attempts to get it attached correctly.
I didn't add any extra solder and I haven't had much experience with soldering.
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Thanks Matt! That was a very complete description. My son (mechanical engineering student.....unfortunately, not electrical...lol) has some equipment. I'm hoping that he can manage it when he comes home this weekend. I do see the pins on the board and the two wires.
Thanks again sharing your approach!
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Be careful with this step, when I did I was stuck with glue on the cable connector of the card.
DO NOT PRY!!!! just toasted my iBook following this lousy advise. Try pulling from the wires very lightly instead or cut back the surrounding metal to get a better approach. If anyone has a high res scan of the area surrounding the the plug and where to solder connection, I melted the socket and am now resorting to soldering directly to the board but its not going well.
Man, this step is really hard. The hardest step of the iBook guide. It is possible to carefully wiggle it out. Bit by bit, wiggle the plug gently back and forth ever so slightly, so that it comes out. It is SO easy to break it. I've done it before. With patience, it can be done. Just take your time.
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Before I share the miracle God granted me recently, I feel the need to start from the beginning. For anyone who is an animal lover they will understand the very difficult decision my husband and I eventually had to make. As parents, our children come first, but when emotions and bonds are established before the kids…well the choice is far from an obvious one.
My husband and I struggled for nearly 4.5 years to start a family. When we were nearing our 10 year wedding anniversary we thought maybe children might not be in our future. So we decided to adopt two Shih Tzu puppies from the same litter. Brother & sister pups were going to become part of our family just like our two cats. Growing up on a farm I was surrounded by animals all of the time.
Working from home I bonded quickly with them and doted on them like they were my own children. Within 3 months of bringing them home we discovered that we were finally pregnant. I didn't object to taking a prescribed fertility pill to increase our chances as I had never given up the dream. There was so much love in my heart to give – that overjoyed was an understatement.
Everything was fine up until our daughter was 10 months old. Lydia was rough with one of the dogs hair and…snap. Shocked at what had happened we immediately gated the dogs. Emotions of fear primarily took over. Fear for our daughter's safety and fear of the very real possibility of this happening again. Neither one of us wanted to send our dogs away. We didn't plan on giving the dog another chance to get to close to our baby.
Time passed and our guards dropped. By now our daughter was a toddler and quick on her feet. She loved her doggies. The dog that had once snapped at her kept far away from her and the other dog seemed if anything protective of her. A quiet dog sometimes is the most dangerous. Never have I been more torn by conflicting emotions. Protectiveness and abandonment swept over me. My husband and I decided if we were to keep the dogs they must be separated at all times. And we did.
Having a good size home it worked out to keep them apart though it was beyond a trial. Time passed and we discovered we were going to have another baby. It actually happened naturally and it was a high risk difficult pregnancy. We continued to do everything we could to keep the children and dogs apart. But sadly our daughter remembered the incident all too well and had a fear that only seemed to be growing. The barking set her off. We knew that finding a new home for them was long overdue and we were only hurting our daughter emotionally by delaying it (even though she was no longer in physical danger).
So the anguished decision was made. So many prayers and tears were spent on this process. We surrendered our dogs to a small breed rescue group that gave us confidence they would find a home for them without children. Our attempts at placing them on our own fell flat mostly because I couldn't go through with it. God knew my heart was breaking but gave me the strength to push through it and do it. My husband Patrick took the day off work and drove a 10 hour round trip to give our dogs over to a foster worker. They were going to a large city in Canada and another province altogether.
That was back in the spring of this year. My prayers were continuous that our two dogs would get to stay together. It was bad enough that we were losing them, but the thought of them being separated from each other was unthinkable. After one month in foster care we received the news that they had been adopted together! Names and info were not permitted and we never asked.
God knew my heart was relieved beyond belief that our beloved dogs were at least together. I doubted anyone would take as good of care of them the way we did. These are high maintenance dogs and I was diligent in grooming them myself and getting them exercised as often as I could. I also didn't believe anyone could love them as much as we did.
That is when the dreams started. Throughout the summer I had these disturbing dreams of always trying to save them from some pending disaster. I was always looking for them but would see glimpses before they would get out of my sight. They continued to evade me and their protection was what I was most concerned about. The faceless owners came into the picture and I was trying to negotiate with them to get the dogs back. Over and over these dreams haunted me. They never ended happy and I woke day after day tired and frustrated at the sad turn of events. Our daughter underwent therapy during the summer months and we learned that her fear of dogs had manifested into a full-blown phobia of all dogs in general. The guilt as a parent of what I should have done and what I actually did is something I will need to deal with the rest of my life. Family and friends looked on and scratched their heads at our obvious mistake as parents.
As the summer was coming to a close not a lot had changed. I kept the children as busy as possible, more so for my own peace of mind. We did daily activities to take advantage of the last warm days of summer. I had my best friend with me and her daughter and we took a drive down an old road along the river. Farming land and homes make up this off the beaten path drive. 20 minutes later we pulled in with the kids to a place called "The Country Pumpkin". It has some small animals, a playground and a perfect set up for a picnic. As I undid my seat belt I heard a dog barking like crazy inside the car next to us. Thankfully the window was down enough and it wasn't an overly warm day. There was an empty space between us and I looked up into Tess's face. I glanced over to her right and there was Guss quietly sitting, the ever protective brother. I didn't say anything yet to my friend as she was getting her daughter out of my van. I stupidly continued to stare as my two kids were in the back seat waiting for me.
I didn't want my daughter seeing them, so I unbuckled them with shaking hands. I mumbled quietly to my best friend Tiffany "I think those are my dogs." She thought the face trimming looked different as it was much shorter. She knew my pain well and maybe wanted to brush it off probably to save me anymore pain. I knew well how my dogs faces looked with less hair and a beard. I was staring straight into the faces of my dogs.
Tess had stopped barking as she soon recognized the van and me of course. My daughter ran towards the swings and I couldn't even speak to Tiffany. We had come to have a picnic and we were setting up the table. I didn't want Lydia to see them, but I couldn't eat or take my eyes off of that white car with the N.S. licence plates. What were the odds of them being 5 hours away from where they lived way off the route of the Trans Canada highway? My mind was asking God over and over "Why are you doing this to me?"
And than I had my answer. A couple looking to be in their 50's walked out with their bags of produce smiling at their babies inside the car. They saw only their doggies and affectionately greeted them getting back in the car. Tess sat right up on the woman's lap. No kennel for these dogs. These dogs vacationed with their owners! They weren't stuck in some boarding place…they had front row seats.
God can do anything. He can give happy endings. And he can make everyday miracles happen. My Father gave me a gift that no one else could have. Peace of mind. He took my distressing dreams away from that day forward. No one else could have done that for me…only my Father in Heaven. I can never thank Him enough. Praise His name.


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The state Tourism and Recreation Department will not provide a copy of a contract to sell more than 1,000 acres of state park land at Lake Texoma to a private developer, although experts say the document should be subject to the state's open records law.
Oklahoma state agency claims Lake Texoma contract is secret
The contract, penned in 2008 by state tourism officials with Oklahoma City-based Pointe Vista Development, is for the sale of 1,022 acres of land in Lake Texoma State Park that includes a public campground with panoramic lake views in Marshall County.
Although the Tourism Department voted at a public meeting in 2008 to approve the sale, agency officials say the sale agreement is confidential and cannot be released without Pointe Vista's consent.
Oklahoma's Open Records Act states that most contracts involving taxpayer money and public land are public documents, said Joey Senat, an advocate for open records with the organization FOI Oklahoma Inc. and an associate professor for Oklahoma State University's School of Media and Strategic Communications.
"I don't see how the state can keep secret a contract to develop taxpayer-owned property," Senat said.
Tulsa Attorney J. Schaad Titus, who has handled cases involving the Open Records Act, said that the document should be available to the public.
"I am unaware of anything specifically in the Open Records Act that lets them do that," he said.
Although the state can withhold information relating to appraisals of real state, the contract itself should be public, Titus said.
Titus, who reviewed the confidentially clause in the agreement, said the state should be able to release a redacted version of the document if there is sensitive information relating to the sale price of the land.
Land purchase
Pointe Vista, led by Chaparral Energy CEO Mark Fischer and former Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon, already has finalized the purchase of 758 acres of park land at Lake Texoma for $14.6 million. Plans call for the construction of a four-star hotel where a now-demolished state lodge once stood. However, construction has yet to begin.
The sale of the additional 1,022 acres of land to Pointe Vista, negotiated with the Tourism Department in 2008, has yet to be finalized because Pointe Vista has not completed an environmental impact study required by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to transfer some of the land that is held by the federal government.
Hardy Watkins, who was Tourism Department director at the time the agency negotiated the agreement with Pointe Vista, said he could not recall specifics about the terms of the deal.
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The Journal Sentinel's team of Packers beat writers provide the latest news, notes and analysis
Packers Wednesday practice report: Matthews works out
Green Bay - In the first public sign that LB Clay Matthews is getting closer to a return from a pulled hamstring that has sidelined him for two games, Matthews took part in an extensive workout inside the Don Hutson Center while his teammates practiced.
Matthews worked out on the side with strength and conditioning coach Mark Lovat.
After warming up on the exercise bike, he went through a number of agility drills, some of them fast-paced and others half-speed.
Then he went through a fairly long session of running sprints at less than full speed. He ran at three-quarters speed at best with each sprint lasting about 40 yards.
He did not do any full-speed running or cutting.
It's the first time Matthews has worked out on the side while his teammates were practicing.
Coach Mike McCarthy will address reporters around 1 p.m. and likely will be asked about Matthews' chances of playing this week.
Meanwhile, there were no changes in the offensive line as offensive coordinator Tom Clements had indicated on Monday.
Not practicing were: Matthews, DE Ryan Pickett, DE C.J. Wilson (knee), WR Donald Driver, DB Charles Woodson (collarbone) and CB Sam Shields (ankle).
Pickett is new to the injured list. He and Wilson, who injured his knee against the Giants Sunday, both worked out on exercise machines while the team went through it's walk-through.
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for SATB unaccompanied This edition of the Salve Regina by Portuguese composer Diogo Dias Melgás (1638-1700) is the first published version of the work, which has previously only been available in a library edition. Suitable for liturgical or concert performance, this setting is in four equally active parts throughout, each of which takes the initial plainsong motif at the opening. The effectiveness of this moving work lies in the skilful manipulation of simple motivic material, through the use of devices such as parallel writing, sequences, repetition, suspensions, and hocket. The vocal score is presented alongside detailed performance and editorial
notes, and an optional basso continuo part appears as an appendix. Salve Regina is featured on The Sixteen's CD 'A Golden Age of Portuguese Music', conducted by Harry Christophers (COR16020).
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Spectacular new exhibition at Marwell Zoo
Some of Africa's most iconic creatures are coming to Hampshire as part of a new wildlife exhibition. People will have the chance to learn more about rhinos, zebras and oryx. The Wild Explorers programme focuses on discovery, natural history and conservation of the impressive creatures. The interview is with Ian Goodwin from Marwell Zoo.
Leopard photo knocks spots off the competition
Judges were spoilt for choice in Marwell Wildlife's prestigious Photographer of the Year competition.
'Leopard cub in the light' beat off fierce competition to be the overall winning image. The fantastic photograph of the Hampshire Zoo's Amur leopard cub 'Kanika' was taken by George Wheelhouse of Flitwick in Bedfordshire.
George said: "I'm overwhelmed - I can't believe it! I visited the zoo for one day with my family and never believed I'd get a shot like this."
Rare leopard cub born at Marwell
Marwell Zoo has announced the arrival of an Amur leopard cub - one of the world's most critically endangered species of big cat. Born to mum, Kaia and dad, Akin, the little leopard is an importantaddition to the European Endangered Species Breeding Programme.
It is estimated that there are as few as 35 Amur leopards left in the wild. This tiny population which survives today is under serious risk of extinction, and maintaining a healthy captive population is crucial to the global conservation of the species.
Zookeepers and animals are Happy like Pharrell
From zoo keepers busting a move in the giraffe house to volunteers strutting their stuff at admissions, Marwell Zoo has created their very own version of Pharrell's hit song 'Happy'.
The charity, which has its own choir, has re-written the lyrics to to celebrate the arrival of Velma the dinosaur.
Velma is a living Velociraptor and will be part of Marwell's summer event 'Rise of the Dinosaurs'.
James Cretney, Chief Executive of Marwell Wildlife said: "It was great fun for everyone to get together to promote a worthy cause. So with dinosaurs arriving this summer, the choir decided to take on the Pharrell song 'Happy'.
Just in time for Christmas!
Marwell Zoo in Winchester is celebrating it's new arrival. This baby pygmy hippo is just ten days old and she was born to mum Wendy and dad Nato. Staff are now asking the public to help them pick a name for the 6 kilo baby hippo.
Rhinos fetch more than £100,000 at auction
Thirty-six brightly coloured rhinos have been sold at auction for a grand total of £124,700. The sculptures, which have been on display around Southampton and at Marwell Zoo, raised between two and four thousand pounds each.
The money will go to three charities - Marwell Wildlife, The Rose Road Association & Wessex Heartbeat's High 5 Appeal.
Beautiful photos taken for prestigious competition
This years Marwell Wildlife's Photographer of the Year was a tough competition, with judges being spoilt for choice.
Tom Way's 'Kingfisher Diving' beat off the tough competition to take the award 'Adult Overall Winner".
As well as winning the title, he also won a trip to Sweden with professional photographer Nick Garbutt as well as a range of photography equipment.
Tom said, "Normally all you see of a kingfisher is a flash of blue along the river bank."
This year's 'Junior Overall Winner' was Emily Sweetenham with her incredible close up of a bee.
She said, "I called it The Apian Way because it shows bees at work. It's taken at a National Trust property in Stourhead."
Endangered zebra born at Hampshire zoo
Animal keepers at Marwell Zoo have announced the arrival of a female Hartmann's zebra - the first for 16 years. This stripy long legged foal is now a week old and is an important animal for the future of the species.
The playful youngster was born overnight on Tuesday September 24 to first time parents Libra (Mum) and Gounzo (Dad). Keepers have named the little foal Luna, which follows a 'space' theme for Hoofstock baby names this year.
The lemur with a passion for ice cream
The lemurs at Marwell Zoo have been keeping cool with special iced treats. Look at those eyes!
Sculptures highlight threat to rhinos
Video. Dozens of rhinos are about to be released on to the streets of Southampton. Don't panic though, they're not real.
The sculptures are part of a project to highlight the threat faced by rhinos in the wild, as Martin Dowse explains.


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Look on the back of any modern book and you will find an ISBN code. Take this code and calculate this sum in the way shown. Can you see what the answers always have in common?
I throw three dice and get 5, 3 and 2. Add the scores on the three
dice. What do you get? Now multiply the scores. What do you notice?
Ben's class were cutting up number tracks. First they cut them into twos and added up the numbers on each piece. What patterns could they see?
If the answer's 2010, what could the question be?
On the planet Vuv there are two sorts of creatures. The Zios have 3 legs and the Zepts have 7 legs. The great planetary explorer Nico counted 52 legs. How many Zios and how many Zepts were there?
48 is called an abundant number because it is less than the sum of
its factors (without itself). Can you find some more abundant
What happens when you add the digits of a number then multiply the
result by 2 and you keep doing this? You could try for different
numbers and different rules.
Got It game for an adult and child. How can you play so that you know you will always win?
There is a clock-face where the numbers have become all mixed up. Can you find out where all the numbers have got to from these ten statements?
Winifred Wytsh bought a box each of jelly babies, milk jelly bears,
yellow jelly bees and jelly belly beans. In how many different ways
could she make a jolly jelly feast with 32 legs?
Find at least one way to put in some operation signs (+ - x ÷)
to make these digits come to 100.
There are 4 jugs which hold 9 litres, 7 litres, 4 litres and 2
litres. Find a way to pour 9 litres of drink from one jug to
another until you are left with exactly 3 litres in three of the
Well now, what would happen if we lost all the nines in our number
system? Have a go at writing the numbers out in this way and have a
look at the multiplications table.
How could you put eight beanbags in the hoops so that there are
four in the blue hoop, five in the red and six in the yellow? Can
you find all the ways of doing this?
Cassandra, David and Lachlan are brothers and sisters. They range
in age between 1 year and 14 years. Can you figure out their exact
ages from the clues?
Katie had a pack of 20 cards numbered from 1 to 20. She arranged
the cards into 6 unequal piles where each pile added to the same
total. What was the total and how could this be done?
Ten cards are put into five envelopes so that there are two cards in each envelope. The sum of the numbers inside it is written on each envelope. What numbers could be inside the envelopes?
Can you score 100 by throwing rings on this board? Is there more
than way to do it?
What is happening at each box in these machines?
The value of the circle changes in each of the following problems.
Can you discover its value in each problem?
Lolla bought a balloon at the circus. She gave the clown six coins
to pay for it. What could Lolla have paid for the balloon?
You have 5 darts and your target score is 44. How many different
ways could you score 44?
Add the sum of the squares of four numbers between 10 and 20 to the
sum of the squares of three numbers less than 6 to make the square
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Try adding together the dates of all the days in one week. Now
multiply the first date by 7 and add 21. Can you explain what
Amy has a box containing domino pieces but she does not think it is a complete set. She has 24 dominoes in her box and there are 125 spots on them altogether. Which of her domino pieces are missing?
Rocco ran in a 200 m race for his class. Use the information to
find out how many runners there were in the race and what Rocco's
finishing position was.
There are three buckets each of which holds a maximum of 5 litres.
Use the clues to work out how much liquid there is in each bucket.
Fill in the missing numbers so that adding each pair of corner
numbers gives you the number between them (in the box).
On a calculator, make 15 by using only the 2 key and any of the
four operations keys. How many ways can you find to do it?
Fill in the numbers to make the sum of each row, column and
diagonal equal to 34. For an extra challenge try the huge American
Flag magic square.
On the table there is a pile of oranges and lemons that weighs
exactly one kilogram. Using the information, can you work out how
many lemons there are?
Mr. Sunshine tells the children they will have 2 hours of homework.
After several calculations, Harry says he hasn't got time to do
this homework. Can you see where his reasoning is wrong?
Annie cut this numbered cake into 3 pieces with 3 cuts so that the
numbers on each piece added to the same total. Where were the cuts
and what fraction of the whole cake was each piece?
There were chews for 2p, mini eggs for 3p, Chocko bars for 5p and
lollypops for 7p in the sweet shop. What could each of the children
buy with their money?
Can you make square numbers by adding two prime numbers together?
Find out what a Deca Tree is and then work out how many leaves
there will be after the woodcutter has cut off a trunk, a branch, a
twig and a leaf.
Can you put plus signs in so this is true? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = 99
How many ways can you do it?
This magic square has operations written in it, to make it into a
maze. Start wherever you like, go through every cell and go out a
total of 15!
Use 4 four times with simple operations so that you get the answer 12. Can you make 15, 16 and 17 too?
The clockmaker's wife cut up his birthday cake to look like a clock
face. Can you work out who received each piece?
Mrs Morgan, the class's teacher, pinned numbers onto the backs of
three children. Use the information to find out what the three
numbers were.
How would you count the number of fingers in these pictures?
This group activity will encourage you to share calculation
strategies and to think about which strategy might be the most
Explore Alex's number plumber. What questions would you like to
ask? Don't forget to keep visiting NRICH projects site for the
latest developments and questions.
What do the digits in the number fifteen add up to? How many other
numbers have digits with the same total but no zeros?
Find the next number in this pattern: 3, 7, 19, 55 ...
Can you design a new shape for the twenty-eight squares and arrange
the numbers in a logical way? What patterns do you notice?
What do you notice about the date 03.06.09? Or 08.01.09? This
challenge invites you to investigate some interesting dates
Can you find which shapes you need to put into the grid to make the
totals at the end of each row and the bottom of each column?
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How to Buy a House when Bankrupt
Most people take out a mortgage when they want to buy a house. Mortgage lender will check your credit, income, debt and expenses before they offer you a loan to buy a home. If you are bankrupt, the chances of qualifying for a mortgage are not good. Being bankrupt will not preclude you from buying a home after a few years of rebuilding your credit, but if you are in the process of declaring bankruptcy or recently settled your debts through bankruptcy, you will probably not be able to finance a home loan. There are other options for home-ownership, however. Buy a house when bankrupt by paying cash, renting to own or having someone else co-sign the loan.
1Wait 2 years after you file for bankruptcy. If you want to buy a home with a mortgage, you will need to wait for 2 years after your bankruptcy is discharged in court to qualify for a loan.Ad
2Rebuild your credit. Your best bet for a mortgage after you have declared bankruptcy is through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). They will have less strict lending standards, but you will still need to have a credit score of 620 or higher.
3Save for a large down payment. When you are bankrupt, you will need to put down as much cash as possible when you buy a house.
4Pay in cash if you can. Look for a house that is small or in need of repairs. You can probably get it for a very low price.
5Borrow the money in a few years to fix up the house when your credit is better and more attractive to lenders.
6Ask a friend or family member with good credit and verifiable income to apply for a mortgage and buy you the house.
- Pay the monthly mortgage amount to the person close to you who bought the house.
- Refinance the house into your own name in 2 or more years, when your credit improves and you are able to qualify for your own mortgage.
7Consider a rent to own option. Several websites provide listings of rent to own homes in every area.
- Pay a deposit on a house you want to buy, that is still owned by someone else, and agree to an overall purchase price.
- Pay the owner rent every month, and all or some of that rent money can be used towards a down payment on the house you are living in.
- Build your credit, and when you are able to get a mortgage, the owner of the house can sell it to you at the price you initially agreed to, using your rent as a down payment.
8Look for an owner-financed house to buy. Sometimes, owners are willing to finance buyers without the use of a bank or mortgage company.
- Pay the previous owner every month instead of a bank. You will get the deed when the house is paid off, or you can refinance outside of the previous owner when your credit improves.
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SandRidge Energy Inc. has focused its drilling efforts and slashed spending after discussions between its management team and newly expanded board, the Oklahoma City-based oil and natural gas company said Tuesday.
SandRidge Energy refines drilling strategy
"This effort has resulted in notable changes to the 2013 business plan, including an increasing focus on capital discipline, creating sustainable returns and lowering risk levels," the company said in a statement Tuesday.
As a result, SandRidge lowered its planned 2013 capital expenditure budget to $1.45 billion, which is a $700 million decrease from 2012.
"With a continued focus on developing our proven assets in the Mississippian Play, we increased production while maintaining our industry-leading drilling and production costs in the area," SandRidge Chairman and CEO Tom Ward said.
"In addition, the sale of the Permian assets allowed us to increase cash and redeem $1.1 billion of debt in the first quarter. Most notably, as of May 1, our cash totaled approximately $1.26 billion, with available liquidity of approximately $2 billion and no amount drawn on our senior credit facility. This is a direct result of our employees' ongoing commitment to increasing shareholder value through efficient and cost-effective operations."
Also Tuesday, SandRidge reported a first-quarter net loss of $493 million, or $1.03 a share, down from a loss of $232 million, or 58 cents a share, in the first quarter of 2012. Revenue increased 34 percent to nearly $512 million, up from almost $382 million one year ago.
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An Evening with Michael Snow
Monday, April 9, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Theater 2 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2), T2
The legendary film/media-maker, visual artist, musician, and unconventional storyteller Michael Snow (Canadian, b. 1928) views his own work in terms of longstanding themes—transparency, temporal abstraction, formation through layering, discontinuity, framing, and the active role of the perceiver. Snow joins us to discuss two of his slide installations that were recently acquired by the Museum. In Slidelength (1969–71), hands holding rectangular sheets of colored plastic, canted and tilted at angles, create geometric and prismatic patterns that recall electrified variations of color and texture. Sink (1970) articulates how any physical subject (in this case, the paint-splattered slop sink in Snow's studio) is "reduced" to patterns of light when projected. Program 90 min.
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ATI - DX11 Here We Come
"ATI are hard at work readying their DX11 cards for release later this year. What do the coming months have in store for us? A handful of great new GPUs!"
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ATI - DX11 Here We Come
With all the talk about Nvidia's GT300 GPU, ATI hasn't really had a look in until now. To combat the Nvidia card ATI are planning to release the RV800, the first of a number of DirectX 11 graphics cards planned for later this year. Like previous generations the plan is to make the RV800 (5870x2) a dual chip design, this time based on the 40nm manufacturing process.
To tackle the other cards in Nvidia's G300 series ATI will launch the RV870, or 5870 as it will more than likely be called. The RV840 (5850) to take on the midrange section, and an RV810 to work its magic in the lower end segment of the market.
Spec wise it looks like the 5870x2 will be based around GDDR5 memory, with a total of 1200x2 stream processors, a core clock of 950MHz, memory clock of 1150MHz and overall bandwidth of 286GB/s making it a very powerful card indeed.
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Small business owners are always on the lookout for that one big marketing idea that will catapult their business into the stratosphere. What I've found, however, is that it isn't just one marketing idea but many marketing ideas, implemented strategically and consistently over time that reap the best results. Here are nine of my favorite [...]Continue Reading


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Among the animals Darwin spotted on the Galapagos Islands were the blue-footed boobies, Sula nebouxii excisa. The males show off their blue feet to potential mates with high-stepping dances.
Image: Stephen C. Quinn, AMNH. [larger].
Birds in Science
A new study published in the leading ornithological journal Ibis has uncovered that for the vast majority of bird species, there are more males than females. The discovery suggests that populations of many of the world's threatened birds could therefore be overestimated, because scientists often base population estimates on counts of males. Males are usually more brightly plumaged than females and the males of many species sing to attract mates and defend territories making them easier to hear and therefore count. Researchers then take this as an estimate of the number of breeding pairs, critically assuming an equal number of males and females in the population. But is this assumption a valid one? This study suggests not.
People Hurting Birds
Efforts to revive Ireland's once extinct red kite population have been dealt a blow after a bird released in the Wicklow mountains was found shot dead, it was revealed recently. The bird, set free six weeks ago with 29 other kites, had been hit with shotgun pellets and was found on farmland north of Arklow yesterday. Gardaí are investigating the killing which is believed to have happened between Sunday and yesterday. Kites are protected under the Wildlife Act and have also been awarded the highest level of protection under European law.
An unusual criminal prosecution for importing rare Black Sparrowhawks from England properly ended in the conviction of a man who claimed he once owned the largest private collection of birds of prey in the United States, a federal appeals court says. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan concluded in a written decision late last week that Thomas Cullen of Goshen, New York, was properly prosecuted for having no legal right to import the birds to New York in January 2000. The appeals court said he made misrepresentations to U.S. wildlife authorities "every step of the way" and could not now claim that those authorities knew all along what he was doing was illegal. It also rejected his other challenges to his conviction.
People Helping Birds
The first ever Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) agreement for an American migratory bird species has been announced. The new agreement calls for both Argentina and Chile to coordinate conservation measures that will halt recent declines in the mainland South American population of Ruddy-headed Goose, Chloephaga rubidiceps. The Memorandum of Understanding signed between Argentina and Chile will promote closer coordination of conservation efforts to save the species, pushing for closer working with local farmers, hunters and reserve managers.
The red kite has become the conservation success story of the age in Britain. Seventy years after almost becoming extinct, the most charismatic of Britain's birds of prey has made a welcome comeback to many of its old haunts — including the Chiltern Hills, Yorkshire Dales and the windswept glens of the Highlands. Today there are more than 1,000 pairs nesting in Great Britain — though persecution elsewhere in Europe is still causing populations to tumble (see "People Hurting Birds" for an example).
Landowners and farmers implicated in poisoning birds of prey face losing tens of thousands of pounds in state aid after the Scottish Executive pledged to step up its efforts to stamp out wildlife crime. Minister for Environment Michael Russell yesterday said he would make full use of existing legal penalties, including the cutting of thousands of pounds in subsidies to farmers who are found to blame for the poisoning of birds.
Rare Bird News
The habitat of the endangered macrocephalon maleo (maleo bird) in the Banggai district of Sulawesi has been reduced to 625 hectares of the 12,500 ha wildlife reserve set by the Forest Ministry in 1982, an official reported. "Rampant illegal logging in the past two decades had caused a e significant decrease in the habitat of the bird which is on the brink of extinction," Banggai district forestry and plantation office head Djalal Yunus said recently.
The house sparrow, the starling and the cuckoo have been included for the first time in the official list of declining and threatened species requiring conservation action in the UK. The new additions are the result of the most comprehensive review for a decade by scientists which has almost doubled the number of native species on Britain's Biodiversity Action Plan. Story includes a link to the complete list of endangered species.
Zoonotic News
The Grey Bruce Canada's first bird dead of West Nile virus for the 2007 season — a crow found in Owen Sound last week — was confirmed recently. That's about a month later in the season than the first local cases over the last few years, Susan Shular, who manages the Grey Bruce Health Unit's West Nile surveillance program, said.
A new analysis has confirmed that bird flu spread from person to person in Indonesia in April, U.S. researchers report in what appears to be a disturbing development for the infectious disease. Health officials around the world have been closely monitoring the H5N1 strain of avian influenza spreading among birds from Asia to Africa to Europe. Since 2003, H5N1 has infected 322 people and killed 195. Most have been infected directly by birds. But a few clusters of cases have been noted for which no other explanation can be found except person-to-person transmission.
Director-General of Civil Aviation, Norman Lo, has called for a regional push to curb the spread of avian flu and cut its impact on air travel, due to its potential to spark a human pandemic. Opening the two-day Co-operative Arrangement for Preventing the Spread of Communicable Diseases through Air Travel First Steering Committee Meeting in Hong Kong, Lo said the International Civil Aviation Organisation has initiated the arrangement to co-ordinate the co-operative arrangements among participating jurisdictions and airports to reduce the risk of spreading avian influenza and similar illnesses via air travel.
Vical Incorporated announced the enrollment of the first subject in its Phase 1 trial of the company's pandemic influenza vaccine. The double-blind, placebo-controlled trial will evaluate safety, tolerability and immune responses in up to 60 healthy volunteers age 18 to 45 at two U.S. clinical sites. "We have designed a promising pandemic influenza vaccine and demonstrated its effectiveness against a highly lethal H5N1 challenge in ferrets, the best available animal model," said Vijay B. Samant, Vical's President and Chief Executive Officer, "and we have now begun testing in humans."
H5N1 avian influenza has been reported in humans in Viet Nam and Bali and in domestic birds in Germany, Thailand.
Online Birds
My fellow ScienceBloggers and their kids and I have all been having fun playing the Audubon Society's newest bird conservation outreach tool, an online game called Mission: Migration. In thbis online game, you fly flocks of birds over various landscapes and help them find safe and appropriate stopover habitat. It's fun for all ages! Reviews will appear on several ScienceBlogs tomorrow.
Streaming Birds
On BirdNote, for the week of September 3, 2007: Monday, Juvenile Shorebirds Head South; Tuesday, Parasitic Jaegers; Wednesday, Limericks — some from listeners; Thursday, Tracking Peregrine Falcons, about the Southern Cross Project of the Falcon Research Group; Friday, Wandering Tattlers. BirdNotes can be heard live, Monday through Friday, 8:58-9:00am in Western Washington state and Southern British Columbia, Canada, on KPLU radio and now also in North Central Washington state on KOHO radio. All episodes are available in the BirdNote archives, both in written transcript and mp3 formats, along with photographs. Listener ideas and comments are welcomed. [rss].
Restaurant goers at Roy's Restaurant in Koolina, Hawai'i said they get to witness an animal turning the term "bird brain" on its head. They said they call him Hank. The Aku'u — or black crowned night heron — has developed some expert fishing skills to grab fish from the Koi Pond. They said Hank finds a piece of bread, which is not part of a Heron's diet, and uses the bread to attract fish and when the fish come to eat the bread, he catches them. Includes video of the bird in action.
Miscellaneous Bird News
The Dog Days of August are officially over, but Dog-day Cicadas are still producing that incessant buzzing call that serves as dominant background noise during summer in the Carolinas. To learn more about cicadas and their amazing lifestyle, visit This Week at Hilton Pond. The naturalists at the pond also include a tally of birds banded or recaptured during the period, plus some notes about a close encounter for a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, an "early" Summer Tanager, and other nature topics.
In addition to college football, dove season also begins this weekend. This is the first of three seasons open for doves throughout autumn, with this first one being the most popular and heavily attended. The gray mourning dove, also known as the "feathered rocket" to wing shooters, is a federally regulated migratory bird that is hunted across the nation. This story lists valuable information that hunters must know before going out shooting.
A group of ten greater flamingos stops for awhile in a flooded field in Florida. Includes a wonderful picture.
A first North American sighting of a brown hawk-owl on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Includes gorgeous pictures.
The remains of an extinct great auk have been found in Dorset, UK — the first proof the birds lived on the South Coast. The bones were unearthed on the Isle of Portland and showed butchery marks — proving the penguin-like creatures were eaten in Roman times. "The bones of the Great Auk are a find of great magnitude and are of worldwide importance," said Association for Portland Archaeology director Susanne Palmer.
A remarkable story of how a two-inch thick bird book saved the life of Stuart Butchart, and what he continues to do to save the world's birds.
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Vatican newspaper: Eucharist counters postmodernity's fragmentation
Catholic World News - May 02, 2011
Quoting William Butler Yeats ("Things fall apart / the centre cannot hold / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world"), Father Robert Imbelli, a professor of theology at Boston College, writes that the Holy Eucharist counters the fragmentation characteristic off postmodernity.
The Eucharist "calls believers to allow the presence of Christ to transform both themselves and their world," he writes. "In place of the protean, rootless self of postmodernity, the Eucharist fosters a centered self, free to give generously as he or she has so generously received."
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Samsung Presents New Products
The new Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch lies on a table at the... News PhotoBerlin,Bestof,Business,Corporate Business,Finance,Galaxy Gear,Germany,Horizontal,Merchandise,New,Retail,Smart,Smart Watch,Table,Technology,Tempodrom,Topics,TopixPhotographer Sean GallupCollection: Getty Images News 2013 Getty ImagesBERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 04: The new Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch lies on a table at the Samsung Unpacked 2013 Episode 2 at Tempodrom on September 4, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Samsung introduced a total of three new products at the event, on the eve of the IFA 2013 consumer electonics fair. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)


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