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All Time Low from Friday. I forgot to put this on the blog. You can check the review here if you missed it. Thank you very much on the amazing word on it so far! It really means a lot :)
So, you what happened on Friday until the ATL show finished. After that I went down to Brixton in the belief that I`m gonna meet Black Veil Brides after the Kerrang! Tour finished. I was there in late but some other fans told me they`ve been wainting for an hour or so and none of the bands came out. I waited for half an hour and made friends with a Polish fan who was in London first time ever then we both left because it was cold. Of course the underground closed so we took a bus from Brixton to Clapham then to Oxford Street. Then I took a bus from there to King`s Cross and other girl took the bus to Paddington. I hope she got back home safe. I went to bed at 3:30am on Saturday. I saw Craig Owens of Choidos though!
The next morning I was wide awake incredibly early despite the lack of sleep. I went to this Hungarian creperie near Victoria station with Nora and her friend. I had an amazing Hungarian soup, Nutella crepe and banana smoothie. Yumm! Then I went to meet with my French friend, Melanie in Sheperd`s Bush because she came to town for that night`s ATL show. I had to babysit last night so that`s why we couldn`t go and see the band together.
Today, I`m just eating and hanging out. I slept in too long and I went for a walk because it`s was sunny all day. I`ve received a package from home full of yummy sweets! Which reminds me I need to Skype my family in a few minutes. I hope you all are having a great day.


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In addition to their importance as a popular seafood dish, grouper play a significant role in their underwater environment by acting as "marine engineers." Red grouper excavate flat bottom areas and create habitat for themselves and other commercially important species, such as spiny lobster, black grouper, red porgy, and vermilion snapper. LEARN MORE
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Red grouper swims through its reef habitat.LAUNCH GALLERY
Prized for its availability, flavor, and size, red grouper is harvested in both commercial and recreational reef fish fisheries in the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Grouper live a fairly long time and are protogynous hermaphrodites (changing gender from female to male), so they're vulnerable to fishing pressure. Red grouper fisheries in the United States are managed to prevent overfishing and rebuild overfished populations.
Declared overfished in 2000, Gulf of Mexico red grouper rebuilt to target population levels in 2007, under strict regulations that limited harvest and controlled the amount of fishing. The commercial fishery for red grouper in the Gulf of Mexico is also now managed under an Individual Fishing Quota program (IFQ; a.k.a. catch shares). With the support of fishermen and other stakeholders, managers implemented this program to reduce the number of fishermen and improve the operation of the fishery. Under the program, managers set a limit on the amount of red grouper that can be caught every year, then allocate fixed shares of this amount to eligible fishermen. Fishermen can harvest their share whenever they choose, slowing the pace of the fishery and easing the pressure on the resource. Managers review the success of this program after it's been in operation for a few years, and they expect that IFQs will improve the fishery's profitability and working conditions and reduce bycatch.
Red grouper are found in the Western Atlantic from Massachusetts through the Gulf of Mexico and south to Brazil. Red grouper is a shallow-water grouper – they're common in waters 10 to 40 feet deep. Juveniles prefer grass beds, rock formations, and reefs in shallow, nearshore waters. Red grouper move offshore from shallower reef environments as they mature. Adults are most commonly found around ledges, crevices, and caverns of rocky limestone reefs, and also near lower-profile, live-bottom areas. Adults may school or move together as groups, but only for short distances.
Red grouper grow slowly. At their largest, they can be up to 50 inches long and more than 50 pounds. The oldest red grouper on record in the South Atlantic was 26 years old; the oldest recorded in the Gulf was 29. Red grouper spawn frequently, close to 26 times a year, in shallow waters from February through June. They are protogynous hermaphrodites – red groupers begin life as females and sexually mature when they reach 4 to 6 years of age; some later transform into males, most often between the ages of 7 and 15. The proportion of males in the population increases with age.
Red grouper are among the top predators in reef community food webs and may control some aspects of community balance in reef systems. Red grouper are "unspecialized and opportunistic feeders" – they eat any convenient prey. They engulf prey whole by opening their large mouths, dilating their gill covers, rapidly drawing in a current of water, and inhaling the food. Red grouper feed on a wide variety of fish, octopus, and crustaceans, including shrimp, lobsters, and stomatopods. The same predators that eat snappers prey on smaller grouper, including jacks, other groupers, sharks, barracudas, and morays. Large sharks and carnivorous marine mammals prey on adult red grouper.
Red grouper have a robust body with small scales. Their head and body are dark reddish brown, shading pink or reddish below with occasional white spots on the sides and black spots on the cheeks. They have large mouths with their lower jaw often projecting slightly beyond their upper jaws, bands of slender, sharp teeth, and usually a few stout fixed canines. Their large mouths allow them to eat their prey whole.
There are two stocks of red grouper, one in the South Atlantic and one in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists from NOAA's Southeast Fisheries Science Center monitor the abundance of these populations. Scientists, managers, and stakeholders assess the status of these stocks through the Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) process. The Gulf of Mexico population was last assessed in 2009; the South Atlantic population was assessed in 2010.
According to the 2009 stock assessment, Gulf of Mexico red grouper has generally been increasing in abundance since 1986. The stock has declined a bit since 2005, possibly due to a red tide event that occurred that year. Despite this event, the stock did not decline below the "overfished threshold" (the level scientists have determined to be unsustainable) and the population is currently at 86 percent of the target level. In 2012, managers increased the Gulf of Mexico red grouper annual catch limits.
According to the 2010 assessment, the South Atlantic red grouper population is no longer overfished, but biomass is less than the level required to fully rebuild the stock. The rebuilding plan for this stock is scheduled to be in place until 2022.
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Harvesting Red Grouper
Commercial fishermen mainly use hook-and-line gear, including longlines and handlines, to harvest red grouper. Sea turtles and other reef fishes, such as snappers and groupers, can be incidentally caught while fishing for red grouper. Management prohibits the use of trawl gear, fish traps, and bottom longlines (in some areas) in the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico to reduce bycatch, and several areas are also closed to all fishing to protect snappers and groupers. In certain areas of the South Atlantic and throughout the Gulf of Mexico, fishermen are required to use circle hooks and dehooking devices to improve the chance of survival of any unintentionally caught fish. In the Gulf of Mexico, they're encouraged to use venting tools or other tools such as a fish descender when necessary. (When reef fish are brought quickly to the surface by hook-and-line, the gas in their swimbladders can overexpand. Venting tools help deflate the expanded abdominal cavity, preventing serious injury to the fish and making it easier for them to return to deep water.) Commercial and charterboat/headboat reef fish fishermen must use appropriate release gear and follow handling protocols to increase the chance of survival of any incidentally caught sea turtles.
Who's in charge? NOAA Fisheries and the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Councils
Current management:
South Atlantic: Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region
- Commercial fishermen must have a permit to fish, land, or sell snapper-grouper species. Managers limit the number of available permits to control the number of fishermen harvesting these species.
- Annual catch limits for red grouper for the commercial and recreational fisheries; these fisheries are closed when their annual catch limit is projected to be met.
- A minimum size limit to reduce harvest of immature red grouper.
- Gear restrictions to reduce bycatch and protect habitat.
- Eight "marine protected areas" are closed to fishing for and possession of snapper and grouper to protect a portion of the population and habitat of long-lived deepwater snapper-grouper species.
- An area known as the Oculina Experimental Closed Area off the east coast of Florida is closed to fishing for and possession of all snappers and groupers to protect deepwater coral habitat and the reef fish it supports.
- Both the commercial and recreational fishing seasons are closed from January through April to protect all shallow water grouper during their spawning season.
- In 2011, NOAA Fisheries implemented a rebuilding plan for red grouper in the South Atlantic. Actions have been taken to end overfishing and rebuild the stock. Red grouper are no longer overfished; however, the 2010 stock assessment indicates biomass is less than the level required to fully rebuild the stock.
Gulf of Mexico: Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan
- Commercial vessels must have a reef fish permit and IFQ quota to harvest red grouper.
- Annual catch limit allocated between the commercial (76 percent) and recreational (24 percent) fisheries.
- Individual fishing quota program (IFQ; a.k.a. catch shares), which allocates the commercial catch limit among individual fishermen. Fishermen may harvest their allocation whenever they choose to do so and must report how much they harvest. This program includes controls that do not allow fishermen to harvest more than their individual allocation.
- Restrictions on the type of gear fishermen may use and where they can fish, to reduce bycatch.
- Minimum size limit to protect immature red grouper.
- Year-round and season area closures for both commercial and recreational sectors to protect spawning groupers.
- Commercial data reporting requirements.
State fisheries management agencies generally have compatible regulations for fisheries operating in state waters (out to 3 miles in the South Atlantic and out to 9 miles in the Gulf of Mexico).
Annual Harvest
Most commercial harvest of red grouper comes from the Gulf of Mexico. The commercial harvest in the Gulf of Mexico totaled 5.2 million pounds in 2012, and was mainly caught off the west coast of Florida. Harvests in the South Atlantic have remained lower than in the Gulf of Mexico. The 2012 South Atlantic harvest was 155,821 pounds, mainly caught off North Carolina and South Carolina.
Red grouper is highly valued for its flavor and size. The 2012 domestic commercial harvest was valued at nearly $17 million. The United States also imports grouper, mainly from Mexico.
Red grouper is a popular fish among recreational fishermen in the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and a portion of the total allowable catch is allocated to the recreational fisheries in these areas. Recreational fisheries for red grouper are managed through permits and licenses, catch limits, size limits, bag limits, and seasonal and special closures. For example, red grouper must be equal to or larger than a minimum size to be landed, and fishermen may not catch more red grouper than the bag limit allows. Annually, the South Atlantic recreational and commercial fisheries are closed during the January through April spawning season, and the Gulf of Mexico recreational fishery is closed during the February through March spawning season. Measures are in place to ensure catch limits are not exceeded, and if limits are exceeded the fishery may be closed or the catch limit may be reduced the following year.
Groupers and sea basses belong to the Serranidae family, one of the largest and most widely distributed families of fish. Grouper has a mild but distinct flavor, somewhere between bass and halibut. Red grouper is the most well-known grouper. Once the skin is removed from the fish, it's hard to tell red grouper and black grouper apart. The raw meat of both is white and lean. When cooked, the meat stays white, and is very firm, moist, and flaky. Black grouper has firmer meat when it's fresh. Red grouper is sweeter and milder than black grouper, and many consider red grouper the tastier of the two.
Grouper is low in saturated fat. It is also a good source of vitamins B6 and B12, phosphorus, and potassium, and a very good source of protein and selenium.
|Serving Weight
|100 g
|19.38 g
|Fat, total
|1.02 g
|Saturated fatty acids, total
|0.233 g
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|Sugars, total
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|Fiber, total dietary
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|37 mg
|36.5 mcg
|53 mg
Red Grouper Table of Nutrition
Related Links
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Fish ID and Regulations: Red Grouper
Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region
Stock Assessment of Red Grouper in the Gulf of Mexico – 2009 Update (PDF)


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Second time staying here, decided to return as safe parking for our Harley's and easy walking/cab distance of the Broadway, plus situated right on the interstate so very easy to get to.
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I stayed at the this location last week. I read all the reviews and wasn't sure whether I should stay or not with all the mixed responses in these reviews. But I'm glad I picked this location.
-Location is perfect for Downtown and/or Music Row on foot and right off the freeway.
-Old Structure, but recntly rennovated, really good job.
-Manager was very kind and very helpful. Gave us good directions and maps and brochres.
-Breakfast was a great head start to look forward too.
-Rooms could be a little tight for a family of four, but didn't matter to me since I was by myself.
Great location for Downtown Nashville but....
This hotel is located off 40 West in downtown Nashville and is centrally located to many things in the area. My wife and I prefer comfort suites and sleep inns to many of the other hotels in the same price range. This hotel is located less than one mile from the Tennessee Titans coliseum, the old grand ole opry building and many things downtown and is near Vanderbilt University. Upon checking in I inquired about upgrading to a jacuzzi suite and was told it would be an additional $30. I did not accept the room rate and stayed in my original room. The room itself had a king size bed and it was very comfortable. However the bathroom was about the size of a telephone booth. Not much room to turn around in or have more than one person in it at a time. Also alot of fans for the football and hockey game seemed to stay at this hotel making it noisy at night. We did not try the continental breakfast due the number of good restaruants in the area. If you stay here, try Noshville which is down the street on Broadway. It is a new york style deli and its great! Overall I will stay here again because of one thing...Location, location, location....
This Place is a Hole
We were on the road and had the Comfort Inn atlas with us, found what looked to be the most central location, and called ahead to book it for two nights. As soon as we checked in, I realized what a mistake we had made. Night One was going to cost us $69 (which seemed reasonable enough), but Night Two was going to cost us $119 (which seemed like robbery). The desk clerk told us that the second night would cost so much because there was a "game" in town. Their professional basketball and hockey teams were out of town, and we didn't see that any Vanderbilt teams were playing either. So we don't know what "game" was supposedly causing this jump in the rate. All I know is we were being hosed, and it pissed me off.
I don't mind things that are old or need updating as long as they're clean. That isn't the case here. The lobby is shoddy. The cement on the outdoor pathways is chipping and cracking with pieces lying everywhere. The carpet in our room was frayed and hasn't been cleaned in decades. There are spots all over the walls, especially in the bathroom next to the toilet (possibly mold or mildew?). There is mildew and gunk showing through the clear plastic shower faucet. Every metal surface (on the lamps and other fixtures) is pitted and tarnished. And the coffee pot hadn't been cleaned. It was actually stuck to the burner. This was unacceptable!
Like I said:
$69 is one thing; $119 is another.
Old is fine; dirty is not.
One minute after going through our crappy room, I was on the phone to try to find other accommodations. Unfortunately, there were some conventions in town, and downtown hotels were booked. We opted to stick it out for only the one night and then hightailed it out of there.
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We arrived mid evening having rejected a room at the CountrySide Inn over by Opryland.
The check in staff were very pleasant and helpful and let us view a couple of rooms even though they had very few vacancies, and even reduced the price a bit.
The breakfast was good which we enjoyed by the pool.
Very well placed for Music Row but really a bit far to walk to Downtown
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Stayed at this property a total of three nights this summer. It was near entainment venues where my son was performing and being from out of state I wanted to make sure I could find the venues- The Comfort Inn is near everything downtown- The room was dirty and worn- The breakfast was fine- Did not feel safe at this place- The men at the front desk were helpful- The women seemed disinterested in helping guests. Was supposed to have given me directions to the Bluebird Cafe and gave me the wrong directions- Overall, This hotel needs to work on updating rooms and customer service-
Quiet, good location, but NASTY ROOM
The staff was nice, the location was great, but the room was horrible. There were holes in the wall behind the toilet, the toilet paper holder was falling out of the wall. The bathtub was filthy. The ironing board was set up near the bathroom sink and was broken. My pillow was dirty from the previous guest. The air conditioner was missing parts and did not work good. Had I paid a lower price, and stayed in lower class motel, I might have expected these conditions. Since I prepaid for the room and was on a limited travelling budget, I had no choice but to stay there. I won't stay there again.
A wonderful place to stay. We are from Sweden and booked a room at Days Inn and I was bitten of bedbugs. We changed hotel to ComFort Inn and the owner was very kind to us and help us very much. Clean room and nice stuff.
Good Location
The staff was very friendly and the rooms clean. We had booked three rooms and they were all together in the same area of the hotel. They did provide a continental breakfast which was a bonus. Parking was at a premium if you left the motel and came back later in the evening. There are a few "Hot Spots" across the street and a lot of the cars parked in the motel lot. There was a basketball tournament in town and motels were hard to find. I felt they jacked the rates up because of the basketball tournament in town, but we couldn't get a decent room anywhere else. Great location if you want to be close to music row and downtown, but not close to the Grand Old Opry.
Overall a NICE STAY
We stayed at this Comfort Inn on our way back from Knoxville and the Staff was really nice and went beyond its limits to help the guest.
Rooms were newly rennovated, except for the carpet and the location was the most convenient from Downtwon Nashville and great access to the freeway. The breakfast was nice and good head start.
Shoney's Review
We were very disappointed in our stay at the Shoney's Inn Music Row (Demonbruen Street). The carpet was very very dirty, dead bugs on the floor in the bathroom, the fan vent cover in the bathroom was falling off and very dirty behind it. The rooms need lots of help. Needless to say for the amount it cost us for night we could have stayed else where for 2 nights and had cleaner accommodations. I must say the staff were friendly but never asked about the accommodations.
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Hilary Duff was spotted braving the cold New York weather while out shopping in Soho with BF Mike Comrie on March 5. Obviously letting the giggle monster get the better of her (I wonder what was so funny?), Hilary opted for warmth and comfort with her outfit. Starting with a warm black coat (check out Ecoganik's Fleece Wide Collar Coat in Black) and a wine colored patterned scarf, Hilary slipped into a super-skinny pair of denim (like Serfontaine's Starlight Jean in Rinse) and a pair of classic white Uggs. Duff accessorized with an over-the-shoulder black leather bag and a big pair of gold hoops (Rachel Leigh's Circular Earrings in Gold are funky and fabulous). It seems that Hilary has been asked to cover "The Mickey Mouse March" for an upcoming Disney Mobile promotion, and Hil jumped at the chance. Hil said in a statement, "'The Mickey Mouse March' was such a classic song, you know, so many people know it. And I feel its kind of like an anthem song when you hear it. You know, its kind of stuck in your head for a very long time. I was kind of in a way honored just to get to do a new version kind of my take on it thats up to date where you music is now but its such a traditional song." Wait, what is "The Mickey Mouse March"? Is it that song that goes "M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E"? I think it is, but how many different ways can you sing a song that is essentially spelling a mouse's name? Just saying!
Hilary Duff seen in Soho, NY on Mar 05 2008.
hate the uggs-the higher chocolate ones are ok, but these r really bad!!guest on Mar 09 2008 @ 10:22 PM
LOVE LOVE LOVE her. Everything is good except the uggs.guest on Mar 10 2008 @ 04:18 AM
i dnt agree i like tHe uggs!!! love her she looks GREAT!guest on Mar 10 2008 @ 06:23 AM
she's cute everytime and so cool....she's the best all the time....she is the one 4ever...guest on Mar 10 2008 @ 11:38 AM
i love everything. love the jacket the hair, earings omg everything! i just wish the uggs were in the chesnut color. it would look much better but GORGOUS HILL!guest on Mar 10 2008 @ 01:34 PM
Agree, she is so beautiful ,does she still play on tall dating site~~~~~~~~Tallmingle.com ?i heard this from many friends playing on that site.guest on Mar 10 2008 @ 06:14 PM
Nice site.
Too bad it is an advertisement for "Tallmingle.com"guest on Mar 11 2008 @ 10:13 AM
Who's the idiot that keeps trying to advertise "Tallmingle.com" on your site? What a wacko. Can't you block him??guest on Mar 11 2008 @ 10:22 AM
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Widow 'distraught' over disrespectful storm death book
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THE widow of a Helston police officer killed in storms at Porthleven has condemned a new book about the incident as "distasteful and utterly disrespectful".
PCs Martin Reid and Joe Childs died when their patrol car was swept into the sea at the harbour on the night of December 13, 1978.
Another former Helston police officer, Jim Moran, has written the book, including his own recollections of the immediate aftermath, but PC Childs's widow Deirdre has claimed it is inaccurate, distasteful and disrespectful.
"I am extremely upset by the book," she told the West Briton. "I am distraught about it, I feel sick and I can't sleep."
However Mr Moran insists his book, which has sold out its initial print run of 100 in the past month, was dedicated to the officers' memory.
Mrs Childs said she was approached several times to contribute by Mr Moran "but didn't want anything more to do with his project", which she believed was about his life in the police force and not specifically her husband's death.
"This book is distasteful and an utterly disrespectful epitaph to two very brave, conscientious police officers who gave their lives while dutifully serving their community."
Mr Moran said he had written the book because the incident was now part of the area's social history, and to prevent it fading from memory.
"It was never my intention to upset anyone. I dedicated it to them to honour their memory."
He said it had been well received by people he had spoken to, including former police officers.
"The Reid family have congratulated me on the book and are absolutely thrilled I've done this for Martin."
But another of PC Childs's colleagues, former Helston detective Bob Woods, supported Mrs Childs.
He said: "Some details in the book are distasteful, inaccurate and at the very least unwarranted and disturbing.
"It remains to me a very personal matter that should not have been raised and aired in public without the consent and approval of surviving family members."
A donation from the sale of the book will go to the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary widows', orphans' and compassionate fund. Mr Moran said the remainder would go on publication and production costs.


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I'm trying to add a video to my Disc Image but somehow it doesn't show anywhere. I converted the video to m2ts (+ clpi file) and I modified the index.bdmv, MovieObject.bdmv and Playlist.bdmv with the help of the DiscCreation Tools. I didn't add playback Control to my Xlet but shouldn't it be possible to play the video anyway?
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text: Radiology: Volume 259: Number 2-May 2011 Francesco Fraioli, MD Michele Anzidei, MD Fulvio Zaccagna, MD Maria Luisa Mennini, MD Goffredo Serra, MD Bruno Gori, MD Flavia Longo, MD Carlo Catalano, MD Roberto Passariello, MD Purpose: To determine whether wide-volume perfusion computed tomography (CT) performed with a new generation scanner can allow evaluation of the effects of chemotherapy combined with antiangiogenetic treatment on the whole tumor mass in patients with locally advanced lung adenocarcinoma and to determine if changes in CT numbers correlate with the response to therapy as assessed by conventional response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST).Materials and Methods: Forty-five patients with unresectable lung adenocarcinoma underwent perfusion CT before and 40 and 90 days after chemotherapy and antiangiogenetic treatment. RECIST measurements and calculations of blood flow, blood volume, time to peak, and permeability were performed by two independent blinded radiologists. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to assess the correlation between baseline CT numbers. Baseline and follow-up perfusion parameters of the neoplastic lesions were tested overall for statistically significant differences by using the repeated-measures analysis of variance and then were also compared on the basis of the therapy response assessed according to the RECIST criteria.Results: Pearson correlation coefficient showed a significant correlation between baseline values of blood flow and blood volume (p = 0.48; P = .001), time to peak and permeability (p = 0.31; P = .04), time to peak and blood flow (p = —0.66; P < .001), and time to peak and blood volume (p = —0.39; P = .007). Blood flow, blood volume, and permeability values were higher in responding patients than in the other patients, with a significant difference at second follow-up for blood flow (P = .0001), blood volume (P = .02), and permeability (P = .0001); time to peak was higher in non-responding patients (P = .012).Conclusion: Perfusion CT imaging may allow evaluation of lung cancer angiogenesis demonstrating alterations in vascularity following treatment.


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It is the policy of the Colorado Department of Human Services ("the State Department") to promote and encourage child care in environments that contribute to the safety, health, protection and well-being of children. To verify compliance with standards intended to ensure such an environment, the State Department requires thorough and ongoing appraisals of child care facilities, persons working in the child care profession, and the nature of care provided.
The "Specialized Group Facility" (SGF) is sponsored and supervised by a county department of social/human services henceforth to be known as the county) or a licensed child placement agency (henceforth to be known as the agency) for the purpose of providing 24 hour care for three (3) or more children, but fewer than 12 children from three years old to sixteen years old and for children from 16 to 18 years old and those persons 21 years old who are placed by court order prior to their eighteenth birthday whose special needs may best be met through the medium of the small group. The two types of specialized group facilities are the specialized group home and the specialized group center.
The links below contain the information and forms you need to apply for a license to operate a Specialized Group Facility. It is very important for you to complete all of the application requirements. Allow approximately ninety (90) days to become licensed after the Division of Child Care receives your completed application packet. Child care rules and finger print cards may be ordered from State Forms.
A completed application package and licensing fee must be submitted to the Division of Child Care at least 90 days prior to the proposed opening date of the facility. After approval of the application package, a licensing specialist schedules an inspection of the facility, and determines whether or not a license should be issued. Applicants, owners, and employees of licensed child care facilities must also submit fingerprints to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation for a Criminal Background Check, and their names must be checked against the Central Registry of Child Protection. Fingerprint cards are used to obtain criminal record checks from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The same card is used for both the CBI and FBI criminal record checks.
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La Tête d'un homme
1933. France. Julien Duvivier. 98 min.
Saturday, May 2, 2009, 5:00 p.m.
La Tête d'un homme
1933. France. Directed by Julien Duvivier. Screenplay by Pierre Calmann, Louis Delaprée, Julien Duvivier, based on the novel by Georges Simenon. With Harry Baur, Valery Inkizhinov, Gaston Jacquet. "One of the first great screen incarnations of Georges Simenon's famous sleuth, Inspector Maigret. Only months after Jean Renoir filmed La Nuit de carrefour with his actor brother Pierre, Duvivier passed the pipe to Baur, and the results were just as broodingly electric. Maigret roams crowded Montparnasse cafés and dingy tenements as he plays cat and mouse with a nihilistic, Dostoevskian killer (hauntingly played by Russian émigré actor Inkizhinov). Both a classic film noir and a seminal police procedural" (Lenny Borger). In French; English subtitles. 98 min.
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A Pittsburgh teen picked the wrong woman to mess with when he groped the buttocks and pulled down the pants of a U.S. marshal earlier this week.
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Well, I don't celebrate Xmas either. For me, Chanukah ended several days ago. I was actually wondering if quiet periods such as this were common here.
Anyways, happy xmas ya'll!
seems dead around here, am i the only one that doesn't celebrate x-mas or something?
well, merry christmas to those of you that do.
Well, I don't celebrate Xmas either. For me, Chanukah ended several days ago. I was actually wondering if quiet periods such as this were common here.
Anyways, happy xmas ya'll!
no, but you might be the only one with out a life. You nazi.
Heh, I don't think its as much celebrating Christmas as much as it is trying to finish up everything before the end of the calendar year. Taxes and all...
Mac, I am truly impressed. No seriously. I worked with a guy that didn't celebrate Christmas for one reason or another, and you wouldn't catch him dead wishing anyone a Merry Christmas. He would go out of his way to insult the holiday. He always said that respect runs both ways, its nice to see someone that ACTUALLY practices this.
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If i'm discussing religion I will bash it, because it's fair game there, but if it's just everyday life, I'd rather people were happy. I absolutely hate it when people give me shit about being atheist (out side of a debate of course, once again, it's fair game there).Originally Posted by jro";p="4554
Well then, how about it? If things are going to get quiet 'round here for the duration of the holiday... (Otherwise, of course, a more appropriate debate would be "bash or tcsh", or something like that).Originally Posted by maccorin";p="4558
since god is something we cannot comprehend, we must assume all things we cannot comprehend are possible reasons for our existance, so assuming that there are an infinite amount of possibilties, and assuming a rudimentary introduction to calculusOriginally Posted by Pugio";p="4565
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Well, snct (not snot ) was moving this weekend. (I had the chance to have breakfast with him while he was on his way through atlanta....) so that explains his absence.
As for myself, any time I'm home and Amy's home, we tend to do things together that keep me away from the computer.....


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Some Great Architects And Some Of Their Famous Works
This is not, of course, a complete list of famous Architects, nor is it a complete list of their works. It is intended to serve as an introduction to the vast field.
Music And Poetry
THE true poet must ever be attracted by the charms of Music: he must sing of her; he must perforce chant her praise.
Great Thoughts Of Great Minds On Music
Even as in Music, where all obey and concur to one end, so that each has the joy of contributing to a whole whereby he is ravished and lifted up into the courts of heaven.
American Music
THE increasing frequency with which the subject of American music is brought to our attention by writers in many parts of the country indicates a general national awakening.
Our National Airs
The Civil War produced many songs, but few of any partitular merit.
Plantation Melodies
Unfortunately for our poetry at least, the United States sprang into existence, a civilized, intelligent, prosaic nation, almost entirely devoid of the national body of folk-lore which every great European people considers a priceless treasure of antiquity.
Song In The Home
The traditions which song makes are of the most lasting character and are among the choicest cultural possessions of life.
A Study Of Beethoven
Beethoven is the most childlike of musicians, and of all artists it is most natural to the musician to be Childlike.
The Ideas Of Wagner
IN The Art-work of the Future, Wagner defines art as an immediate vital act, the expression of man, as man is the expression of nature.
Life Sketches Of Composers Of Classical Music
DELPHIN ALARD was one of the great French teachers of the violin, and a writer of valuable studies for the instrument.
Life Sketches Of Composers Classical Songs
FRANZ ABT composed songs that have become of enduring popularity throughout Germany, and part songs that rival Mendelssohn's in the affections of the Germans.
Some Great Composers And Musicians And Some Of Their Chief Works
This is not, of course, a complete list of famous Composers and Musicians, nor is it a complete list of their works.
A Group Of Great Musicians-Violinists
Spain. Biographlcal sketch in Lahee's Famous Violinists, 1899.
A Group Of Great Musicians-Some Famous Singers
United States. Biographical sketch in Lahee's Famous Singers, 1898.
The Drama: What It Is And What It Stands For
Of all the arts the drama comes closest to man. It dwells with him. It does not deal mainly with the gods, as mute statuary does, and is not sightless and impalpable, like music.
The Drama Before Shakespeare - A Sketch
THE first point to be noticed in connection with the Drama in England is, that there is no record of any attempt at acting prior to the Conquest.
The Five Great Dramas
With the dawn of the Twentieth Century, however, has come a revival of the Stage as an Educator. Its value and power as an Educator in Language, Literature, Manners, Morals, Ethics, and Culture, is being recognized.
Our Stage Today
DO not think it can be doubted that the theatre, considered as something apart from the drama, has a far tighter hold upon all classes in America than in England.
Origin And Meaning Of Opera
AN opera (Italian, a work) is a regular drama set to music, always accompanied by scenic representation, frequently by machinery, and sometimes by dancing.
The English Stage Since Shakespeare
THERE is no artistic and literary form which has a longer history in the development of English letters than the drama, whose origins go back to the days of Chaucer and earlier.
Stories Of The Standard Operas
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Steam Re-Sterilization Causes Deterioration of Zirconia Ceramic Heads of Total Hip Prostheses
This is an archived document and is no longer current information.
May 21, 1997
Dear Colleague:
This is to inform you that steam sterilization has been associated with surface roughening of zirconia ceramic femoral head components of total hip prostheses.1 This occurs because exposure to steam and elevated temperatures may lead to a phase transformation in the crystal structure of the zirconia material. As a consequence of this roughening, increased wear on the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene acetabular component may occur, which can cause premature failure and require early revision.
Because of the damage steam sterilization can cause, manufacturers of hip prostheses with zirconia femoral heads sterilize them using ethylene oxide. If these devices require re-sterilization because the package has been damaged or opened, we caution against using steam sterilization. The manufacturer should be contacted for further instructions.
If a clinician observes unusual damage or premature failure of a hip prosthesis with a zirconia ceramic femoral head, he or she should report this to FDA under the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 (SMDA), which requires hospitals and other user facilities to report deaths and serious illnesses and injuries associated with the use of medical devices. Practitioners should follow the procedures established by their facility for such mandatory reporting.
For problems and/or malfunctions, not required to be reported under SMDA, we encourage you to report directly to MedWatch, the FDA's voluntary reporting program, by phone at 1-800-FDA-1088; by FAX at 1-800-FDA-0178; or by mail to MedWatch, Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane (HF-2), Rockville, MD 20857.
If you have questions about this Notification, please contact FDA's Division of of Small Manufacturers, International and Consumer Assistance (DSMICA) by e-mail at email@example.com or by phone at 1-800-638-2041 or 301-796-7100
FDA Medical Device Public Health Notifications are available on the Internet. You can also be notified through email each time a new Public Health Notification is added to our web page. To subscribe, visit: http://service.govdelivery.com/service/subscribe.html?code=USFDA_39.
Sincerely yours,
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1 U.K. Medical Devices Agency, Adverse Incidents Centre. Safety Notice MDA SN 9617, "Zirconia Ceramic Heads for Modular Total Hip Femoral Components: Advice to Users on Re-Sterilization".


text: Graduation 2012: John Carroll School The John Carroll School in Bel Air held its 45th commencement Saturday with 176 graduates. Read about the ceremony here. PHOTOS BY MATT BUTTON | AEGIS STAFF This photo gallery is featured in these articles: The Baltimore Sun John Carroll School's Class of 2012 graduates with a hail to the past and a nod to the future


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Arrigo Benedetti
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University
Main Interests: Post-transcriptional gene expression; Protein synthesis; DNA repair, Tousle Kinases; Chromatin organization; Asf1-mediated chromatin remodeling; Rad9-Rad1-Hus1-mediated DNA repair and damage signaling; mechanisms of oncogenesis; breast and prostate cancer.
Personal views of open access and BMC Journals in particular. Future of scientific publishing will rely heavily on open access journals. Since BMC Journals were among the first to adopt this form, they are clearly ahead of other Journals that are now adopting the model, and their quality is consistently improving. There is also no doubt that this is one of the most effective ways to create a forum for open discussion of research findings, which is essential for rapid scientific progress and is readily achievable with today's communication technologies. It is therefore a bit disappointing that some of the BMC Journals, even those that have been active for a few years, do not receive higher Impact Factors yet. Sometime they are not reputed as high as other more traditional Journals – at least not by some of my colleagues. I will point to BMC Molecular Biology as an example. It has essentially the same Editorial Board as more traditional Journals, like MCB or EMBO, and publishes articles of the same quality, but does not receive the same Impact Factor or notoriety. I am not sure how to change this trend and/or perception. I believe it is more a political stand than anything else, since some BMC Journals like Genome Biology, which fills a specific gap in subject matter, has a high IF. Undoubtedly, Genome Biology has an eminent Editorial Board, but as I mentioned before, so does BMC Molecular Biology. Perhaps, one way to attract more submissions by outstanding investigators could be take advantage of real strength of open comments. Although the capability exists now for appending comments to the articles, I have not seen it used often. An editorial commentary (e.g., from the EBM or reviewers) could be appended for at least some articles to increase visibility, much as is done in Cell for example.


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Minh Le, who is most popular for co-developing the revolutionary and influential Half-Life mod Counter-Strike, has sent word that his latest title, Tactical Intervention, will be arriving via Steam worldwide this August when players can download and play it for free.
The game, which released in the US in late March of this year, will now be available to players throughout the world. Here's some additional info on the title:
Intensive Game Play – Tactical Intervention combines established strengths with innovative features. Based on the classic 'Terrorists vs. Counter-Terrorists' setting, players can expect highly dynamic and intense gameplay. Teamwork, strategic thinking and fast reflexes are absolutely essential for victory. Wielding dozens of authentic weapons, deploying of savage attack dogs, hiding behind tactical shields or hostages, performing a drive-by and rappelling down buildings; these are just some of the features that provide the unique gaming experience that is Tactical Intervention.
Realistic scenarios and new game modes – The thoughtfully designed maps are based on realistic scenarios and offer toe-to-toe confrontations. Among others, terrorist and anti-terrorist units will face each other down in shopping malls, across industrial parks, inside subway stations and on the tops of skyscrapers. Depending on game mode and team selection, players must set up or defuse bombs, rescue or capture hostages or emerge from team death-match duels as winners.
The highway mission represents a brand new challenge for all shooter fans: In a high-speed car chase a VIP needs to be either protected or taken out. In this mode, not only are aiming and tactics of great importance, but players' driving skills are also put to the test. They have to make sure to avoid the helicopter, or find the RPG-7 and take it out.
So, who plans on checking out Tactical Intervention via Steam when it hits next month? Let us know in the comments below.


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Readership: Scholars of linguistic typology and language universals in departments of linguistics and anthroplogy. Students taking graduate
courses in syntax, typology, language universals, information structure, and language contact.
Edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, and R.M.W. Dixon, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald is Professor and Associate Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University. She has worked on descriptive and historical aspects of Berber languages and has published, in Russian, a grammar of modern Hebrew (1990). She is a major authority on languages of the Arawak family, from northern Amazonia, and has written grammars of Bare (1995) (based on work with the last speaker who has since died)
and Warekena (1998), plus A Grammar of Tariana, from Northwest Amazonia (Cambridge University Press 2003), in addition to essays on various typological and areal features of South American languages. Her monographs, Classifiers: A Typology of Noun Categorization Devices (2000, paperback reissue 2003), Language Contact in Amazonia (2002) and Evidentiality (2004) are published by Oxford University Press. She is currently working on a reference grammar of Manambu, from the Sepik area of New Guinea.
R. M. W. Dixon is Professor and Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University. He has published grammars of a number of Australian languages (including Dyirbal and Yidiñ), in addition to A Grammar of Boumaa Fijian (University of Chicago Press 1988), The Jarawara Language of Southern Amazonia (OUP 2004), and A Semantic Approach to English Grammar (OUP 2005). His works on typological theory include Where have All the Adjectives Gone? and Other Essays in Semantics and Syntax (Mouton,1982) and Ergativity (CUP 1994). The Rise and Fall of Languages (CUP 1997) expounded a punctuated equilibrium model for language development: this is the basis for
his detailed case study Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development (CUP 2002).
"This anthology provides the reader with rich and fascinating data on and sound analyses of SVCs and contributes decisively to the slowly but gradually growing literature towards a crosslinguistic typology of SVCs." - Gunter Senft, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen
"This outstanding book is the first to study the phenomenon across languages of different typological and genetic profiles." - Folia Linguistica
1: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald: Serial Verb Constructions in Typological Perspective
2: Stephen Matthews: On Serial Verb Constructions in Cantonese
3: Birgit Hellwig: Serial Verb Constructions in Goemai
4: Christa Kilian-Hatz: Serial Verb Constructions in Khwe (Central-Khoisan)
5: Felix K. Ameka: Ewe Serial Verb Constructions in their Grammatical Context
6: David B. Solnit: Verb Serialization in Eastern Kayah Li
7: A.V.N. Diller: Thai Serial Verbs: Cohesion and culture
8: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald: Serial Verb Constructions in Tariana
9: Andrew Ingram: Serial Verb Constructions in Dumo
10: Alexandre Francois: Serial Verb Constructions in Mwotlap
11: John Hajek: Serial Verbs in Tetun Dili
12: Frantisek Lichtenberk: Serial Verb Constructions in Toqabaqita
13: Roberto Zavala: Serial Verbs in Olutec (Mixean)
14: Willem J. de Reuse: Serial Verbs in Lakota (Siouan)
15: Azeb Amha and Gerrit J. Dimmendaal: Verbal Compounding in Wolaitta
16: R. M. W. Dixon: Serial Verb Constructions: Conspectus and Coda
Author Index
Language and Language Family Index
Subject Index


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Hall of Fame Banquet set for Jan. 10
Dec. 20, 2013
MINNEAPOLIS – The 2014 Minnesota Gymnastics Hall of Fame Banquet will take place on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 at the Courtyard by Marriot located at 1500 Washington Ave. South in Minneapolis. Four new members will join the Hall of Fame this year as Doug Day, Chris Voelz, Jeff LaFleur, and Gavin Pierson will be inducted.
"The Hall of Fame banquet is an event that brings together the Minnesota gymnastics community each year in celebration of those who have helped to make Minnesota one of the most vibrant states for gymnastics in the nation," said Minnesota women's gymnastics head coach Meg Stephenson.
The event will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m., and dinner will be served at 7 p.m.
On the women's side, former assistant coach Doug Day will be inducted. Day spent nine years (1997-2006) as an assistant coach with the Gophers, during which the team won two Big Ten team titles (1998 and 2006) and made one team appearance at the NCAA Championships (2002).
In addition, Day started the Minnesota Gymnastics Foundation in 1997 with the first-ever Gymnastics Hall of Fame Banquet. His vision is still alive in this great event.
"Doug Day was the U of M women's assistant gymnastics coach for nine years before taking the head coaching position at the Air Force Academy," Stephenson said. "We are so excited to honor his distinctive impact on the growth if our program."
Day and his Falcons team will be in town to take on the Gopher women's team in a tri-meet with Lindenwood the Saturday following the banquet.
Former University of Minnesota women's athletic director Chris Voelz will also be inducted into the Hall of Fame for lifetime service for all she did to help lift the Gopher women's gymnastics program to where it is today.
"Chris Voelz was a leading advocate for women's sports during her time at Minnesota, especially gymnastics," said Stephenson. "She not only increased budgets and resources, but served on the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships Committee and the USA Gymnastics Board of Directors. We are thrilled that she will be back in town to receive this well deserved honor."
On the men's side, former Gopher Jeff LaFleur will be inducted under the alumni category. LaFleur is already a member of the "M" Club Hall of Fame.
"It's fitting for Jeff, who was former head coach Fred Roesthlisberger's first big scholarship recruit and who really helped turn the tide of Minnesota gymnastics around, to be inducted to the Hall of Fame this year," Gopher men's gymnastics head coach Mike Burns said.
The recipient of the Abby Szott Courage Award will be seven-year-old Gavin Pierson, a gymnast from jam Hops Gymnastics here in Minnesota.
"Gavin has been battling health issues for almost two years now," Burns said. "He's had a lot of tough times and is fighting through. If ever there was a deserving recipient of the Courage Award, it would be Gavin."
The Gopher women's gymnastics team kicks off its season with the Intrasquad Meet on Saturday, Jan. 4, and the men's team begins 2014 with its Alumni Meet on Saturday, Jan. 11.
About the Minnesota Gymnastics Foundation
The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to honor individuals and teams who have made outstanding contributions to the University of Minnesota's gymnastics teams and to those who have helped develop and promote the sport of gymnastics in the state of Minnesota.
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Missionary Service Is at the Heart of the Gospel
Contributed By By R. Scott Lloyd, Church News staff writer
A member of the Quorum of the Twelve gave thanks January 15 to 18 couples gathered at the Provo Missionary Training Center for the 2013 Seminar for New MTC Presidents and Visitors' Center Directors.
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland gave remarks at a dinner with the departing couples just prior to giving a devotional address for all the missionaries gathered at the center.
"We love you and honor you for your service," he said. "I'm in a position to realize how much responsibility we bear to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ … and how impossible it would be to carry out that responsibility without the efforts of all who serve in the great missionary effort of Church service."
He suggested that the number of new mission presidents called will have to be sizably increased this year just to accommodate the young people interested in missionary service after the announcement in October of the lowering of the age of eligibility.
It is thrilling, he said, that such candidates for service are available when they are needed.
"One of the miracles of this Church is its lay leadership and volunteer service at every level," he said. He related a recent moment he had with a leader of a large Protestant organization. During an informal meeting in the man's home, the man insisted that Elder Holland tell him "how you get people to serve, to volunteer their time and means for the good work of the Church."
"I laughed and told him he would have to take the missionary lessons before he could understand it," Elder Holland said.
"It's true that the service and contribution of lay members of this Church lies at the heart of the miracle of the gospel of Jesus Christ," Elder Holland said.
A couple stands to introduce themselves during a meeting held for new MTC presidents and visitors' center directors. Photo by R. Scott Lloyd.