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On the Friday edition of the Ty James Traffic Jam, the much sought after MIX 94.9 $5,000 Fugitive, made another cameo.
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On the Friday edition of the Ty James Traffic Jam, the much sought after MIX 94.9 $5,000 Fugitive, made another cameo.
Helpful or not? You decide...
I'm looking forward to the weekend - more time to look for The Fugitive. I hope that thief works weekends because we're a little closer to knowing where The Fugitive earns a paycheck.
More will be revealed to Ty James this afternoon (according to The Fugitive) but in the meantime, you can listen to the latest call here.
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The thing about the robots might be an even better clue, though. Listen to the latest call from The Fugitive here.
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I don't know enough about computers to be sure, but the thief may have dropped a hint. Listen to the phone call and let me know.
Yesterday during the Ty James Traffic Jam, The Fugitive issued a challenge- 20 minutes to find him/her. We had few clues to go by, and it ended up we weren't as smart as we thought we were.
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If some one says they're going to "bare their soul" do you expect them to come clean and confess to the heinous crime they've committed.....or take off all their clothes?
No confessions here, just the latest phone call from The Fugitive.
Today on The Ty James Traffic Jam, the MIX 94.9 $5,000 Fugitive played nice with Ty.
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The Newnan Junior Service League (NJSL) will host its seventh annual ShamRock Run on Saturday, March 2 and Benefit Concert on Saturday, March 23 to benefit Bridging the Gap (BTG) Community Outreach.
The race, which begins in downtown Newnan, includes a 10K, 5K and "Leprechaun Dash," with the Leprechaun Dash beginning at 7:45 a.m. and the 10K and 5K races beginning at 8 a.m.
"Both the 10K and 5K race routes are certified and are among the last qualifying races before the Peachtree Road Race opens for registration," said Kristi Mundt, ShamRock Run chair. "The 10K course is for competitive runners, while the 5K and Leprechaun Dash - which is two laps around the downtown Newnan courthouse, ideal for young children - are fun for the whole family. Dogs and strollers are welcome on the 5K course, so put on your most creative green athletic outfit, bring the whole family, and get a healthy start to your Saturday morning, all for an awesome cause."
This year's ShamRock Run will also incorporate radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip timing to ensure the most accurate finish times possible. Finish times will be posted on an onsite monitor with live results feed, and results will also be sent to participants via e-mail at the end of the race.
Race fees are $18 for running clubs and NJSL sustainers, $25 for regular registration (through race day), and $10 for children ages 12 and under. To register, please visit active.com until Feb. 28, mail a check payable to the NJSL, c/o Kristi Mundt at 65 Howard Hughes Road, Newnan, Ga. 30263, or pay on race day.
Results will be posted on active.com . These times may be printed and used on the Peachtree Road Race application. Visit atlantatrackclub.com for details.
Race packets will not be mailed. Numbers may be picked up on Friday, March 1 at the NJSL office, located at 6 East Washington Street in downtown Newnan, from 3 until 7 p.m. or on race day at the registration table.
Awards will be presented to the top three male and female finishers in each of the 15 age groups, and a prize will be awarded for the most creative green costume.
For more information on the race, contact Kristi Mundt at 404-272-0517 or email@example.com .
The benefit concert, featuring the M-80s, will be held at the Alamo in downtown Newnan at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 23. The band, which is based out of Birmingham, is an authentic '80s band, featuring songs from Michael Jackson, Journey, Bon Jovi and Poison.
The concert will also include a silent auction featuring items, including a salon gift set, weekend hotel stay, an Arnold Palmer autographed Masters flag, gift cards and various passes to attractions.
Tickets to the benefit concert are available for purchase on the NJSL webpage ( njslonline.org ) or from any NJSL member for $50 each.
"Attending our benefit concert is a great way to have fun while supporting your community," said Ami Elder, concert chair. "We're very excited to have the M-80s play this year, and we know it's going to be an awesome evening filled with great music and lots of fun. We hope that our community will come out – '80s attire encouraged - and support the League and Bridging the Gap, while having a great time at our event."
All proceeds from this year's events will support Bridging the Gap (BTG) Community Outreach, which helps connect potential community donors to those living below the poverty line in Coweta County. Specifically, funds raised will assist BTG in purchasing a van, which will enable the organization to pull a refrigerated trailer, to safely transport the 600 to 13,000 pounds of food it receives each day from its network of local suppliers. The FDA requires food to be refrigerated during transport, and this van will allow BTG to receive and distribute greater quantities of fresh produce and dairy products and abide by FDA regulations. Having the van will help BTG meet one of its important goals of not only simply feeding its recipients, but also providing them with fresh and nutritious foods.
For more information on the ShamRock Run, Benefit Concert and the Newnan Junior Service League, including how to support its fundraising efforts for the Coweta Community, visit njslonline.org or "like" the NJSL on Facebook.


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NBC - NBC's TODAY will start broadcasting live at 4 AM ET on NBC across all time zones.
Matt, Meredith, Ann, Al and Natalie will be joined by royal experts live from London's Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and Westminster Abbey. In New York, Kathie Lee and Hoda are hosting a live viewing party.
ABC - ABC News will run coverage from Buckingham Palace with anchors Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters starting at 4 AM ET.
CBS - CBS coverage will be led by CBS EVENING NEWS anchor and managing editor Katie Couric in London. They will broadcast live coverage of the event from 5:00-9:00 AM ET featuring reports from EARLY SHOW co-anchor Erica Hill outside Buckingham Palace. In addition, Couric will anchor THE ROYAL WEDDING: MODERN MAJESTY, a one-hour primetime special to be broadcast later that evening at 8:00 PM, ET on the CBS Television Network.
CNN - CNN's special live coverage starts at 4 AM ET anchored by Piers Morgan, Richard Quest, Anderson Cooper, Kiran Chetry and special contributor Cat Deeley, noted British broadcaster and fashion expert. CNN will also live stream various angles of the day's events on CNN.com, and on their apps for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android tablet.
FOXNews - FOXNews coverage will be co-hosted by Shepard Smith and Martha MacCallum from Buckingham Palace beginning at 4 AM/ET.
MSNBC -MSNBC's live coverage begins at 3 am/et hosted by Martin Bashir and Chris Jansing, followed by Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist at 5am/et to continue the Royal Wedding coverage, with Martin Bashir and Chris Jansing contributing.
E! - E! News begins coverage at 4am and will present five hours of live coverage with Giuliana Rancic reporting on-site from London, with a repeat of all coverage immediately following the original telecast. And of course you won't want to miss a special wedding-themed one-hour episode of "Fashion Police" at 10pm, hosted by Joan Rivers, Kelly Osbourne, Giuliana Rancic and George Kotsiopoulos.
TLC - Our very own Rob Shuter, NAUGHTY BUT NICE columnist for AOL's Popeater has signed on as the emcee TLC's coverage. TLC plans to takeover the Father Duffy Square area of New York's Times Square to broadcast a pre-show and coverage of the wedding with TLC talent and celebrity contributors for including Grammy-winning singer songwriter Colbie Caillat, TLC's Clinton Kelly, Monte Durham. Amanda Byram will be hosting in London, while Randy Fenoli reports from Times Square.
Telemundo - Telemundo will broadcast the Royal Wedding live and run an hour-long wedding special later Friday night.
Youtube - The Royal Household will stream footage of the entire ceremony live on their official YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/theroyalchannel. According to Youtube's Official Blog "The live stream will begin at 10:00am BST (9:00am GMT, 2:00am PT, 5:00am ET) on Friday, April 29, and will follow the wedding procession, marriage ceremony at Westminster Abbey and balcony kiss. Alongside the live stream, The Royal Channel will also feature live blog commentary of the event to give timely updates and insights as the day unfolds. For those of you in different time zones, the footage will be reshown in its entirety directly following the event and will be available in full on the site to view afterward."
iPad - If you aren't near a tv or computer but happen to have your iPad handy, you are in luck! NBC, ABC News, and CNN have all launched iPad apps to allow you to follow the day's events. Check your app store for details.
And of course AOL Royal Wedding and HuffingtonPost will have the latest all morning, all day, and all weekend as every detail unfolds.


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Paul Sandby was 'the father of English watercolour'. With his brother Thomas, he produced dozens of watercolours that together comprise a fascinating visual record of Windsor Castle during the reign of George III. ... Read more about Capturing the Castle: Watercolours of Windsor by Paul and Thomas Sandby
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Queen Elizabeth II is one of the most depicted women in the world. She has sat to numerous artists, from Cecil Beaton and Pietro Annigoni to Lucian Freud. ... Read more about The Queen: Portraits of a Monarch
Saturday, 4 February 2012 to Sunday, 28 October 2012
Sixty photographs of The Queen, including the work of leading press photographers of the past six decades, are brought together for a display at Windsor Castle to celebrate Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. ... Read more about The Queen: 60 Photographs for 60 Years
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The 90th birthday of His Royal Highness Prince Philip is marked by a special exhibition at Windsor Castle, the home of The Duke of Edinburgh and The Queen for nearly 60 years. ... Read more about Prince Philip: Celebrating Ninety Years
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This exhibition explores the life of one of the most significant figures in the history of the English monarchy, bringing together treasures from the Royal Collection and the archives of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. ... Read more about Henry VIII: A 500th Anniversary Exhibition
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To celebrate the 60th birthday of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in 2008, a special exhibition will be shown at Windsor Castle, the royal home where The Prince spent much of his childhood. ... Read more about HRH The Prince of Wales: An Exhibition to Celebrate his 60th Birthday
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From formal records of State occasions and official portraits to little-known family photographs and intimate snap-shots, this exhibition from the Royal Photograph Collection traces The Queen's public and family life over the past 80 years. Among the ... Read more about An Exhibition of Photographs to Celebrate the 80th Birthday of HM The Queen
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Antigua: The Hottest New Green Wedding Destination.
For many engaged couples, a destination wedding in an exotic location is a dream come true.
When you pair sun and sand with heart-felt vows and breathtaking views, you quickly realize that natural beauty trumps plastic décor. Not surprisingly, green destination weddings are becoming more popular than ever as couples realize the positive impact green tourism has on the local people, economy and environment.
This is particularly important in low-income countries, where development pressure is constantly threatening natural ecosystems, and increasing the demand for sustainably harvested products is an easy way to support preservation.
We recently attended an elegant beach wedding on the quiet shores of Nonsuch Bay Resort in Antigua. This year's "green themed" wedding focused on strengthening sustainable tourism and presenting "green weddings" as a new offering in the tourism product.
Jacky and Ron were selected from a group of engaged couples who submitted their love story as part of a yearly contest and promotion that showcases Antigua & Barbuda's strengths and unique selling points as a wedding and honeymoon destination. For the sixth year the Antigua and Barbuda Department of Tourism in conjunction with several partners collaborated to sponsor the destination wedding, the highlight of the annual June is Romance Month promotion.
During a pre-wedding reception press event, all future sustainability projects were discussed. These include new green technology, a sustainable island resource management project, a botanical garden, and more properties going off the energy grid.
Jacky and Ron's eco-chic ceremony reflected the simplicity of the couple's eco-conscious values and commitment to preserving the environment and minimizing the carbon footprint of their celebration.
The couple chose natural décor, scattering red orchids in the sand to mark their way to the sandy "altar" and married under a wedding arch handcrafted from fallen wood retrieved from the local rainforest.
All food and drink was local and made from the freshest ingredients.
Guests sipped on soursop and cherry fruit juice (two island favorites) and enjoyed spicy clam chowder served in small cups. Another local favorite, Antiguan Rum Cake, was served with a champagne toast. The couple also requested that local produce be used for the main course to reduce the impact of carbon emissions, typically associated with the transportation of imported foods.
By embracing the local and seasonal elements for their wedding, Jacky and Ron not only decreased the impact of their event, but supported the local sustainable economy.
The couple, who met at a scooter club in NYC, toured Antigua by scooter and visited Green Island, an offshore wildlife sanctuary. They also planted a mahogany tree on the grounds of Nonsuch Bay Resort to offset their carbon footprint and leave behind a symbol of their growing love and commitment to each other and to the environment.
Choosing a green destination like Jacky and Ron did will encourage more countries to go green and stay competitive in the tourism field. The U. S. Travel Data Center estimates that 43 million U.S. travelers are "ecologically concerned." Many travelers will be on the lookout for green hotels and accommodations. If you are a green-minded globe trotter, encourage businesses to think like you do by choosing to stay and play at green resorts.
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Open 7 days a week, 9:30-3:00 pm October 1st through April 30th
Join us for the 9th season of Butterfly Magic at the new Cox Communications Butterfly and Orchid Pavilion. Marvel and get up-close-and personal with nature's flying flowers, and go home awed and inspired!
Dart Frogs have now been added to the Butterfly Magic exhibit and they have become all the rage! As of now, there are 5 different varieties and a total of 25 frogs. Native to Central and South America, Dart (or Arrow) Frogs received their name from Natives using their toxic secretion to poison the tips of blow darts. Their toxicity varies between species and is largely determined by diet and consuming native plants and bugs in Central and South America. The Gardens frogs are bred and live in a contained environment, so they do not carry high levels of toxicity. As with all frogs, if handled a slight burning will occur on the skin and hands should be washed immediately to avoid spreading.
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I've been thinking about using eHarmony for a long time. Yesterday, I was actually going to sign up. But before doing so, I did some research on technorati ... and found an interesting blog about eHarmony's real success rate compared to the general population. It blew my mind that eHarmony users actually have less of a shot of getting married than the general population. I am wondering what the rest of the world thinks about the false advertising campaign they've been carrying on for the last few years. -Bill


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From exhilarating displays and stunning stunts, to fantastic restored and modified motorcycles to a bike fan's retail paradise – it's all at BMF Tailend.
The end of season extravaganza returns to the East of England Showground venue – having now made this its home – for an even bigger and better weekend on September 13-15.
Amazing attractions lined up throughout the weekend include:
- The staging of the final round of the ACU's 1000cc sidecar championship, with the title being decided on the track.
- A thrilling European Stunt competition with 30 top riders competing over the whole weekend.
- Exhilarating displays from the Moped Enduro and the Cavalcade of Clubs.
- The return of the Blues, Booze n Bikers Bar with live Blues music on Friday evening and during Saturday day and evening.
In addition, exhibitors will be in abundance offering fantastic deals on all kit, helmets and accessories.
Details from http://www.thebmfshow.co.uk/the-shows/tailend-peterborough/
Peterborough Arena has excellent on site catering and a list of whats on offer during BMF Tailend can be seen below:
Breakfast Menu for Saturday & sunday
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Thursday 13 September: 08.00 – 18.00
Friday 14 September: 07.00 – 20.00. Build/ Set up will not be permitted after this time or re-admittance to show site for any vehicle. They must be parked in the car park and then walk onto site.
Saturday 15 September: 07.00 – 08.30 (Please note there will be NO vehicle movement allowed after this time)
Sunday 16 September: 07.00 – 08.30 (Please see above)
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DD is almost 18months old. We started ECing at about 9 months old on a part-time, hit or miss basis. Not the best approuch even I'll admit, but we've had success. From the begining DD has pooped on the potty and continues to do so, only having misses when she's sick or teething. Pees are generally inconsistant but we usually catch 2-4 a day. We are currently working on diaper free/underwear time with moderate success. DD knows how to sign she needs to potty and will even make the "pst" sound we make when shee needs to go. We use a small baby bjorn potty. DD will not, nor has she ever, gone on the big potty. She screams bloody murder and signs or says "done" franticly. Just over the last month or so she has started pointing to the big potty and signing "potty" and then saying "up mama" I put her on the small seat adaptor for the potty and she sits for about 30sec before starting to fuss and say "down" A hugh improvement, and I'm happy to take it slow and make small steps towards using the big potty.
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NIH Research Matters
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Tracking Neural Progenitor Cells in the Human Brain
Scientists have developed the first noninvasive technique for detecting cells in the living human brain that give birth to new neurons and other types of brain cells. The new method may eventually lead to improved treatments and diagnostics for a host of brain-related disorders, including depression, Parkinson's disease and brain tumors.
Scientists have been actively pursuing the study of these cells, known as neural progenitor cells, since they were first spotted in the adult human brain several years ago. Earlier studies suggested that the development of new neurons from progenitor cells, called neurogenesis, is disrupted in a wide range of disorders. But until now, scientists had no way to monitor neurogenesis in the living human brain.
As reported in the November 9, 2007, issue of Science, researchers have developed a technique that uses magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to detect molecules within the brain that seem to be unique to neural progenitor cells. The research was funded in part by NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Like the more familiar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), MRS involves placing subjects within a magnetic field to detect certain molecules within the body. But while MRI primarily reveals structural details, MRS can provide rich information about the chemical composition of tissues.
Led by scientists at the State University of New York-Stony Brook and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the research team first analyzed different types of brain cells extracted from both embryonic and adult mice. They found that neural progenitor cells had a specific chemical signal, or "biomarker," that was less common in the other types of brain cells. The biomarker was especially prevalent in brain samples from embryonic mice. It was also more common in the mouse hippocampus, a brain region where neurogenesis occurs constantly, than in cells from the brain's cortex, where new neurons do not normally arise. Further study indicated that the biomarker probably corresponds to yet-unknown fatty molecules in the cells.
The researchers then developed an MRS technique to noninvasively detect the biomarker in the brains of live rats. After further development, the technique was tested on healthy people. As in the rodent experiments, the scientists found higher levels of the biomarker in the human brain's hippocampus than in the cortex. MRS scans of pre-adolescents, adolescents and adults showed that brain levels of the biomarker declined with age.
"The ability to track these cells in living people would be a major breakthrough in understanding brain development in children and continued maturation of the adult brain," says Dr. Walter J. Koroshetz, deputy director of NINDS.
The research team is now planning studies to refine the MRS technique and test its ability to help diagnose or monitor brain-related disease. It could prove a very useful tool for research aimed at restoring or maintaining brain health.
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Update 2/16/2012
It's been a roller coaster of a few weeks. The Sick Monster visited our house this month, and it's been a cycle of headcolds and sinus infections for weeks with only days of reprieve between. Despite feeling dreadful and not working out this week, I've managed to lose 8 pounds since last month--I've lost 81 pounds total! :-D
Update 1/11/2012
I blasted through 70 pounds even over Christmas, and am now at 73 pounds lost! In addition to that, I ran my ...
Update 2/16/2012
It's been a roller coaster of a few weeks. The Sick Monster visited our house this month, and it's been a cycle of headcolds and sinus infections for weeks with only days of reprieve between. Despite feeling dreadful and not working out this week, I've managed to lose 8 pounds since last month--I've lost 81 pounds total! :-D
Update 1/11/2012
I blasted through 70 pounds even over Christmas, and am now at 73 pounds lost! In addition to that, I ran my first official 5k on Christmas Eve. It took me forever (50 minutes), but I ran the whole thing, I never stopped to walk. For me, that a success! I also turned around two weeks later and ran 4 miles for the first time!
Happy New Year, everyone! Here's to 2012: it's our year!
Update 12/13/2011
I'm 2 pounds away from 70 pounds lost! Even with Christmas right here upon us, we're sticking with it--we have no quit left! My first official 5k is New Year's Eve morning, and I'm both excited and nervous. It'll be great to finish it, though; and add another milestone to the list!
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!
Update 11/05/2011
A little over a month since my last update, and I've lost another 10 pounds! My husband & I eBayed and were gifted Bodybuggs, so I haven't been as active around here. I do still check in, though; SparkPeople was the first place that helped me achieve my goals, and I don't take that lightly!
I hit my first goal of 250 pounds, so it's time to change my ticker! I also completed the Virtual 5k for October, so YAY!
Update 9/30/2011
Two days ago my husband and I both hit the 50 pound lost mark--on the same day! Together we've lost 100 pounds--I can hardly believe that. But I CAN believe it, because I've seen the pictures, I've felt the energy and the fascination with what my new body is capable of.
I have 70 pounds left to go to hit my goal, but that number doesn't seem nearly as daunting now--I've already almost done that much once!
We started blogging with James Garrison of Extreme Makeover: Weightloss Edition, and you can check it out at truthinchange.com!
I'm so proud of us and am ready to see what comes next!
Update 8/3/2011
Today I can say I have officially lost 30 pounds! The last two months we kicked things up a huge notch. We started watching The Biggest Loser, and it served as inspiration to get us rolling. We've changed not just how MUCH we eat, but WHAT we eat; we're much more conscious of what goes into our bodies, and that can only be a good thing. We've stepped up our exercise and have started setting goals for ourselves--right-now goals, like holding 60 second planks (which is a toughie for me--but I just hit 30 seconds yesterday!)
I still worry about weight and losing it and how'm-I-doin, but it's about so much more than losing weight to me now--it's about accomplishment and a whole new life for me and for us. It's bigger than weight loss!
Update (6/9/2011)
As of today, I have lost 21 pounds so far. We've done so much better this time seeing this as a real life change instead of just a diet. Had a bad day? Ate too many calories for breakfast? It's okay! Most days are salvageable, and the ones that aren't are forgivable. We no longer tell ourselves that our day is ruined (so why shouldn't we eat what we want?). Besides, we're still eating the things we want to eat, we're just doing it differently. Together, my husband and I have lost 45 pounds! I am extremely proud of us.
Introduction (2/28/2011)
I'm 26-years-old, and for 18 of my 26 years, I've been overweight. I held steady at 220 when I was in college, which really wasn't so bad. I was fairly healthy, energetic, and mostly happy with my appearance.
At 19, I found out I was pregnant with my daughter. I had already gone from 220 to 245 before I even knew I was pregnant, and by the time she was born, I had reached 260. Over the next year, I didn't attempt to regain any ground and hit 275, where I stayed for a long time.
I came to SparkPeople for the first time then and lost 15 pounds in 3 months. As my boyfriend (now my husband) and I started to date, I stopped being as proactive. I didn't lose any more weight, but I didn't gain any, either.
My son was born weighing 10.8 pounds. By the time I delivered him, I had skyrocketed up to 301. Within a few months after he was born, I was down to 288. A few months after that, I gained until I was at 296.
My husband and I joined SparkPeople again for about 6 months, and we did well. I reached 267 and he lost 30 pounds. At that point, we found out that my son was suffering from developmental delays (he was formally diagnosed with autism in November of last year). Everything else stopped mattering for a while, and neither one of us paid much attention as we started packing the weight back on.
Suddenly I'm at 309 pounds, the heaviest I have ever been. Finally stepping on the scale made me cringe, and that's not okay. Now my husband and I are both dedicated to losing weight so that we can give our kids everything they deserve, including two healthy parents.
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My husband is on this journey with me; we will celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary in April. I have a 7-year-old daughter in first grade and a 3-year-old autistic son, and they are absolutely my inspiration.
--I blog about my weight loss journey at http://noquithouse.tumblr.com.
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Petitioners: Let there be light
LOWELL, Ore. - Some residents of Lowell are getting tired of dark streets and dim lights for their homes.
They hope city hall officials will see the light and loosen up the city code.
Janet McNamee and her neighbors hit the streets with petitions. They're going to the City Council next week with one request: Let there be light.
McNamee said they're asking the council to change the Lowell city code to allow brighter outside house lighting for their safety.
She said the lights are regulated under what's called a dark sky ordinance, where home lighting is very restrictive to the point where even some motion detector lights don't meet code.
The idea is to create less light pollution at night that obstructs stargazing.
Petitioners said the darkness leaves them worried about their safety.
"All we are asking the city is to allow us to have security lighting of some sort, so that we can feel safe at our own homes," McNamee said.
Neighbor Clarrissa Anderson supports the petition. "It's not unreasonable to have lighting to light the pathway that takes you to your front door."
McNamee and Anderson said they've had more home break-ins, gas siphoned out of vehicles and other problems on the increase.
They will take their signatures to the City Council next Tuesday night to see what can be done.
Voters reject 'dark sky' in Bandon
Voters in the southern Oregon coastal city Bandon have rejected a "dark sky" ordinance that would have required new outdoor lighting to be shielded to shine downward.
The City Council passed the measure last year. But the World Newspaper in Coos Bay reports that on Tuesday, Bandon voters were against it, 524-419.
"Dark sky" fixtures are intended to reduce nighttime light pollution.
An opponent, Rob Taylor, says people are tired of more regulations.
The measure would have affected new street lights, yard lights, porch lights and other outdoor lighting. It wouldn't have affected existing lights.
City Manager Matt Winkel says the city itself has been installing "dark sky" fixtures for the last five or six years and will continue to do so.


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designed for 64 bit OS. 32 bit OS owners should use low resolution texture pack. Introduction: Rome at War is a Third Century B.C. themed Multiplayer Mod (with SinglePlayer in alpha stage) developed for Mount and Blade Warband V. 1.153-1.158 featuring nine factions at the moment, a few new maps and music files. Features: - 9 Historically accurate factions, Romani (Romans), Gallia (Gauls), Koinon Hellenon (Greek League), Makedonia (Macedonians), Safinim (Samnites), Megálê Hellás (Greek colonies of south Italy), Basileion Syrakosion (Greek colonies of Sicily), Epeiros (Epirus, between Illyria and Greece), Rasenna (Etruscans) - Custom Maps - Dozens of Weapons/armors/shields - New animations - Custom Banners The team: - RGCotL - Modeling/Texturing/Team leader - Gothic Knight - Modeling/Texturing/Historical Advice - Seek n Destroy - Coding/Research/Historical Advice - Theretor - Music Composer - DarthTaco - Research/Historical Advice - KickingJoub - Scener
wow.....truly amazing sir
iron instead of Linen, truly revolutionary!!!
It's based on the armor of Philip without the black paint on the metal. There were different kinds of variants to this armor, some resembled more a linothorax and some resembled more to a breastplate.
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"leather Lorica Segmentata"
This mod is set around the 3rd century B.C., there was no segmentata by this period. About the Roman Shields, there is already two versions of the Scutum, each in different colors and patterns. There is also some Round shields for cavalry. We take all from references, there is no making up.
Philip's armor recovered from his tomb, all that remains is the metal part as the cloth was probably eaten by bugs:
amazing ,thx
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will be aviable only for Macedons
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Four-Links – pint-sized Porsches, Autocult calendar, Dubonnet Dolphin, Piranha
* So it might be a little late to order one of the Autosport Designs Originals scaled-down electric Porsches for your own Li'l Bastard this gift-giving season. There's always birthdays.
* The garage calendar is one of those unspoken gearhead traditions. The hallmark of the man's space. One of the few areas of the garage that gets good light. A little risque. In that tradition, the guys at Autocult put together their first calendar for 2013.
* Speaking of Ford-powered streamliners, AutoMinded this week took a look at the Dubonnet Dolphin, a car that likely suffered from the bad publicity surrounding the Dymaxion.
* Mike Gulett at My Car Quest came across a CRV Piranha at this year's Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance and this week shared some photos and history of the fiberglass roadster.
* Finally, David Greenlees at The Old Motor found this photo of a homebuilt front-wheel-drive track racer built with Model T components – what he calls a "poor man's Miller" – and would like to know who built it.
Four-Links – Piranha found, Windy's shop saved, Heartland Nats, Apollo GT
* Fans of "Man From U.N.C.L.E." will no doubt recall the Piranha, a car that Gene Winfield built for the show. It appears that the exact car from filming has now turned up and is headed for a restoration.
UPDATE (13.June 2011): Geoff Hacker's Forgotten Fiberglass has more on the Piranha.
* Speaking of Gene Winfield, our pals at Kustomrama this week alerted us to a story about Winfield's first shop in Modesto, California, an old chicken coop, which earlier this year was saved from destruction and will continue to be preserved.
* Craig Hover over at Hover Motor Company recently took a trip to the Heartland Model Car Nationals, where he found some exceptional model cars competing in a variety of categories. Gotta love the creativity.
* It may look like a Ferrari or some other Italian sports car, but Mike at My Car Quest tells us it's an all-American Apollo GT, and he goes on to tell us why it ultimately failed against its competition.
* There's some speculation the above shot of a three-wheeled Royal Enfield from India may be photoshopped. If it isn't, we'd sure like to see how it all works. (via)


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Spring Football Report: Special Teams
April 10, 2014
The Clint Conque era at Stephen F. Austin has officially begun as the Lumberjacks have commenced on their 2014 spring practice schedule. Each practice session, SFAJacks.com will highlight a different position as today's report focuses on the Lumberjack special teams unit, anchored by returning All-SLC performers Jordan Wiggs and Nick Bruno. The reports will conclude with coverage of the 2014 Spring Game, being held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12th at Homer Bryce Stadium.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – As the 2014 Stephen F. Austin spring practice schedule nears the finish line, the Lumberjacks are using the final few sessions to focus on the details of what it takes to win games.
For head coach Clint Conque, those details come in the effectiveness of how well the Lumberjacks execute both on special teams and the two-minute drill.
"You can't stress how important special teams are," said head coach Clint Conque. "A big play on special teams can re-energize the offense while allowing one can be a big blow and can cost you a game. This is something we need our players to take as seriously as they would their regular assignments."
Thursday's workout focused almost entirely on being able to move the ball down the field when it mattered most. It is something Conque is passionate about, and for good reason. The passion traces back to his 2009 Central Arkansas team when his Bears lost seven games by a combined 23 points, all of which came in the final two minutes of the game.
"Late in a game, its all about who can make that one play," Conque emphasized. "For the offense, we need to make that one play that gets us into the endzone or sets us up for the field goal. For the defense, we need that one play that stops the other team from taking away our victory. All the hours, the work, the film – everything comes down to those eight to ten plays."
Along with that has been a renewed emphasis on the need for strong special teams plays. With a lot of new faces on the SFA roster, a great amount of time has been spent trying to find out which players can fill the spots on the ever-increasing critical aspect of the game.
"The biggest thing we've tried to change is the emphasis and mindset on special teams," said co-special teams coordinator Mike Walton. "We want to stress to them how important it is and that it's not something to add an extra burden. We've made it competitive and there have been some good battles during the course of the spring. Just like on offense and defense, every drill we do is for a specific purpose and to make us better once the fall rolls around."
One of the biggest holes the 'Jacks have needed to address focuses around the return team, trying to find a replacement for graduating senior Mike Brooks who led the team in both kickoff and punt returns in 2013.
Wide receivers DJ Ward and Tyler Boyd have taken turns handling the return duties as Ward averaged nearly 18 yards on 11 returns in 2013. Running back Joshawa West also has some experience, returning 11 kicks for 200 yards last season.
But one area that hasn't been much of a concern for the SFA coaching staff has been in the kicking game where the 'Jacks return a pair of experienced veterans. Junior Nick Bruno returns after being named to the All-Southland Conference honorable mention team after averaging 39.27 yards per punt in 2013, the sixth-best average in school history.
Also returning for SFA is senior kicker Jordan Wiggs who is looking to cap his career on a high note. A three-time All-SLC selection, Wiggs recorded 100 points for SFA in 2013, pushing his career point total to 267 and sitting just 34 points shy of surpassing Chuck Rawlinson (1988-91) as the 'Jacks all-time point leader.
Not that Wiggs was counting.
"I actually had no idea until my dad told me about it, " Wiggs said. "It's pretty awesome to think about and obviously a huge accomplishment should it happen to have my name in the record book. But my main goal is to make sure I do my job and come through when the team needs me. The points will come – I'm not worried about that. I just want to make sure I can put those points on the board when our team needs them."
Wiggs has become the de facto leader among the SFA special teams units, a cohesive group comprised of himself, Bruno, junior Mason Juhl and redshirt freshman Brett Rattan. The quartet has worked extensively together with their new long snapper, redshirt freshman Kyle Romano, with Wiggs taking on the leadership role.
"It's nice to have Nick, Mason and Brett coming back as we get along well together," Wiggs said. "We've got a new long snapper and so our main focus has been making sure he has the focus and the confidence he needs coming into his first season and first game. That's been our biggest goal during the spring."
While often times overlooked, the SFA kicking unit should prove to be one of its greatest strengths heading into the 2014 season. And for the coaching staff, its one less thing to have to pore over hours of film to come up with a gameplan.
"It takes a lot of pressure off when you have players you can trust in key spots," Walton said. "These guys have been in the heat of battle and have made some pressurized kicks, and you never realize how important they are until you don't have them there. They get overlooked a lot, but hopefully they understand how important their roles are."
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Glide through Philadelphia and discover the city that changed the world on this small group Segway tour. This weekday 3 hour Segway tour will give you a unique opportunity to see the sights and sounds of Philadelphia.
This 6.5 miles tour takes you across the heart of downtown Philly from the Betsy Ross home to the Museum of Art, along the Schuylkill River Trail and back again with plenty to see in between.
Each guided tour is kept small so you have a high level of interaction with your guide, ensuring that your questions get answered and that you have the best experience possible. Segways can take you in and out of areas of the city other tours simply cannot reach in a timely manner. This way you are able to receive a comprehensive tour of a very significant portion of center city including many of Philadelphia's most famous attractions.


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The Needles Headland and Tennyson Down
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Beautiful open downland,sheer chalk cliffs and dramatic sea views
Be inspired as Tennyson was
Tennyson Down is probably one of the most popular places to walk on the Island. You can enjoy it just for the great leg-stretch from Freshwater Bay to the Needles Headland, and drink in the salt laden air that so inspired Tennyson. However every time you visit, the light and weather conditions are different so it is well worth returning.
A great place to be
You are perched above high chalk cliffs and transluscent seas that reflect the light in so many different ways. Amongst the gorse bushes are small birds and thousands of minute downland flowers and cliff nesting birds soar effortlessly along the cliff tops using the updrafts.
Downland management today
We are restoring more of Tennyson Down back to open chalk grassland. Since the 1920s the Downs had fewer grazing animals, which allowed the whole of the sheltered north side of the Down to grow up with young ash woodland and many of the chalk grassland flowers and butterfies have disappeared. Cattle have been reintroduced to the Down and areas of young ash trees are being removed where the soil is suitably thin to allow the chalk grassland to gradually return and provide more wonderful open downland to wander across.
Come on a walk this Spring...
Why not try our points of view walk at Headon Warren this autumn? It's a breathtaking walk with splendid views of the mainland, and a Bronze Age burial mound.
Come on a walk this Spring...
You could also try our Meander with Maud walk on Tennyson Down. It's an invigorating downland walk with a splendid view of the iconic Needles and the chance to visit a 19th-century fort, a Cold War rocket test site and a monument to a Victorian poet laureate.
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Calhoun, Charles C. Longfellow: A Rediscovered Life. Boston: Beacon Press, 2004.
Gioia, Dana. "On 'Paul Revere's Ride' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow." © 1998 Website Used with permission of the author.
Kennedy, X. J., and Dana Gioia, eds. An Introduction to Poetry, 11th edition. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2005.
Irmscher, Christoph. Longfellow Redux. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006.
—. "Public Poet, Private Man: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at 200." Harvard Library Bulletin, Vol. 17: Num. 3-4. Fall-Winter 2006.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings. Ed. J.D. McClatchy. New York: Library of America, 2000.
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I've posted about New Orleans artist Ryn Wilson before, but I also wanted to plug her awesome clothing line, Altar. Nothing's up at her Etsy shop right now, but keep checking back.
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|Interim Decision Logic
(described to FSAC1 in Dec.'96 and published in PR Notice 97-1)
Consultation Opportunities2
Current operating policy
|Aggregate Exposure.
Estimate exposure components (dietary, drinking water, residential) and risk, allocate portions of total aggregate risk to drinking water, residential, remainder to dietary exposure
|SAP3 December 10-11, 1997
SAP March 24-25, 1998
SAP May 5-6, 1998
ILSI4 November 1997
ILSI February 1998
|Current approach still adds exposure from the three components. Tools/methods for estimating exposure are evolving and improving.
|Risk Cup.
5% - 20% of risk cup reserved non-dietary exposure pathways (e.g., 10% for drinking water)
|SAP December 10-11, 1997
ILSI November 1997
ILSI February 1998
|No longer reserving a percentage of the risk cup. For drinking water and residential (indoor and outdoor), using available data, and scientific methods and models.
|Common Mechanism of Toxicity.
Assume common mechanism exists if a pesticide shares a toxicological endpoint and structural similarity with other substances. Any approvals will be time-limited or conditional.
|SAP December 10-11, 1997
SAP March 24-25, 1998
ILSI September 1998
|Still largely applying interim logic, since in most cases
there is still no "available information" concerning
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science decisions.
OPs have been determined to share a common mechanism of toxicity. Need to develop a cumulative risk assessment methodology for considering all aggregate OP risks.
|Regulatory Decisions.
Apply interim decision logic when data lacking to estimate specific exposures. If data available, it would be used to estimate exposure more precisely. Decision logic will be revised and updated once interim decisions revisited.
|SAP December 10-11, 1997
FSAC1 December 1996
|Interim decision logic has evolved. Better exposure data and estimating techniques being incorporated into decisions.
|FQPA Safety Factor (10X).
Retention, reduction or removal of the safety factor based primarily on completeness of the database as well as type and severity of the observed effect(s).
|SAP September 9-10, 1997
SAP March 24-25, 1998
SAP July 1998
SAB5 Fall 1998
PPDC6 April 16-17, 1998
|Safety factor decisions are made considering all aspects of the pesticide's risk characterization, i.e., in addition to data, use and exposure are considered.
|Probabilistic risk assessments/Monte Carlo/99.9%.
|SAP September 9-10, 1997
SAP March 24-25, 1998
|Agency is accepting Monte Carlos submitted by registrants according to draft guidance. Evaluating which percentile(s) (e.g., 99.9%) is the most appropriate for decision-making.
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World's Rarest Otter Photographed in Sumatra by Tiger Team
Home to hundreds of mammal and bird species, the Indonesian island of Sumatra is most often renowned for its magnificent mega fauna, including the Sumatran tiger, rhino, elephant and orangutan.
Here, situated in the southern tip of the island, Panthera works in close partnership with Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation (TWNC) – a 450km2 privately managed concession - and the Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia to carry out a significant Tigers Forever conservation initiative on behalf of the Critically Endangered Sumatran tiger.
Last year, however, during a field trip in TWNC to survey local tiger populations, the joint Panthera-TWNC field team was thrilled to encounter an altogether different species, and the rarest of its kind – the hairy-nosed otter.
This unusual sighting, captured on camera, serves as only the second observation of the hairy-nosed otter, alive and in the wild, in Sumatra in the last 50 years! Even more, this otter was photographed 350km south of the species' estimated range – a finding that challenges scientists' beliefs about the extent of the hairy-nosed otter's habitat in Sumatra.
Read a report on this sighting published by the IUCN Otter Specialist Group.
Having spent months following and studying groups of giant otters in the Amazon for his PhD, Panthera's wild cat scientist and post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Rob Pickles, had developed a fondness for otters, the most playful members of the weasel family.
The hairy-nosed otter groomed itself on a sand bar after scent marking a log in the Cukuh Babui estuary, Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation
He shared, "The otter had clambered onto a pile of logs wedged on a sandbar at the mouth of an estuary and was busy scent marking when we spotted it. It leapt down, had a good roll on the sand and enthusiastically groomed itself, before swimming across the river and into the swamp. Thankfully I always keep a compact camera rigged to my chest for lucky encounters such as this, and was able to document the sighting!"
Dr. Pickles continued, "Going by the size and shape, I initially thought it was a Eurasian otter. It wasn't until we blew up the photos several weeks later at headquarters that the large slanted nostrils, strikingly white dabs on the lips, and the fuzzy conk rang bells of recognition and excitement. It was indeed the fabled hairy-nosed otter. I thought I'd have as much chance of seeing a hairy-nosed unicorn as I would of ever watching this notoriously rare otter in the wild!"
After the observation, and using a bit of Indonesian ingenuity, the field team commandeered a floating log and paddled upstream looking for further sign of the otter. The scientists found a log marked by otter spraint, or feces, on the edge of the lagoon, and set a camera trap in this position in hopes of recording footage of the hairy-nosed otter.
Unfortunately, soon after the team departed, the lagoon was saturated by monsoon rains, washing the camera trap into the sea. A local villager, however, amazingly discovered the camera trap on a beach several months later and turned it in to TWNC headquarters. Although full of water, the camera's SD card was still functioning, and revealed a short, but wonderful, 3-second video of this hairy-nosed otter!
A camera trap set on a latrine log in the Cukuh Babui Estuary captures the moment when an adult male hairy-nosed otter scent-marks, before disappearing into the mangrove swamp.
Today, the hairy-nosed otter, Lutra sumatrana, is the world's most elusive and endangered member of the otter tribe, and apart from a penchant for dining on fish and snakes and living in swamps, very little is known about its behavior and ecology, or even how widespread the species is today. Old pelts and observations made by early explorers suggest that its range extended from northern Myanmar, down into the Malay Archipelago as far west as Borneo.
However, this species of otter is so rare that there was debate in 1998 regarding whether to classify the hairy-nosed otter as extinct, as no observations of the animal had been made in over 10 years. In Sumatra, the island after which the species was named, one has to search old accounts dating back to the 1960s to find the last observation of the otter. The only recent observation of the species was made in 2005, of a deceased animal, near a road in Jambi Province.
A sign of hope for the future of the hairy-nosed otter, these latest findings have demonstrated that Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation could serve as a significant conservation area for the species. TWNC forms part of a peninsula that juts into the Sunda Strait, and along the southern and western coast are numerous swamps and estuaries, winding forested creeks and upland streams offering prime otter habitat. Lagoons that form in the dry season offer excellent hunting and prey species for hairy-nosed otters as well.
The most significant factor about Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation, however, is the protection given to local wildlife. Unlike much of southern Sumatra, otters are not poached for hides or persecuted as pests of fishermen in Tambling. The mangroves are not threatened with development, and the strong security team, which regularly patrols deep into the park and has enabled the area's tiger population to exist at high density, also protects the otters, providing hairy-noses with the chance to survive and thrive in this region.
Check back with us for updates on sightings and conservation of Sumatra's hairy-nosed otter.
About TWNC
Artha Graha Peduli ("AGP") supports the management and conservation of Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation ("Tambling"), a four hundred and fifty square kilometre (450 km2) concession in the south of Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBSNP), Indonesia. This concession provides a permanent refuge for tigers and other wildlife, and represents a model for conservation leadership in Indonesia and around the world. BBSNP is managed by the Directorate General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation (PHKA) of the Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia. Visit Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation.
Read Panthera's press release – Hope for Tigers Lives in Sumatra – on preliminary camera trap data from Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation indicating the highest tiger density estimates across all of Sumatra.
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We have a Rails app that is saving a new ActiveRecord object, and then immediately afterwards, enqueueing a Resque job that looks up that record by its ID. Sometimes, the lookup inside the resque job fails – it claims no such row with that ID exists.
If we put the lookup into a loop that catches that exception and retries the exact same lookup, it always eventually succeeds, usually after 1-2 seconds.
The ID exists on the ActiveRecord object before the job is enqueued, which (I think) means that the save transaction has completed. But the resque job is using a different database connection, so maybe there's some weird caching going on? But here Google has failed us.
Any ideas? We could leave it in a loop that catches the exception, sleeps 1 second, and retries, but: ugh.
Some ideas from the audience:
There is a connection object that can be queried about transaction states.
Wait for transaction count increment/decrement?
Could be a problem with the way that sqlite fakes nested transactions.
Usually we have a single GitHub account for a project that contains a key for each of the machines being used on a project. On our project we want to use a separate account for each person on the project. Is there a way to do this without a lot of trouble shuffling SSH keys around?
Pivotal Git Scripts may have some tools for this.
You can also use HTTPS URLs and enter username/password on each commit.
If you need to write your own chef recipes to install your project's dependencies, you can add a cookbooks directory to the root of your project. Make sure to delete the cookbook_paths section from your lobot.yml (to use the default values), or add ./chef/project-cookbooks to the cookbook_paths section.
So, to have a bacon recipe, you should have cookbooks/pork/recipes/bacon.rb file in your repository.
For all those times you need a vector representation of the USA and to color the states separately.
Takes a well formed file and generates really usable REST API documentation. Integrates with Github for collaboration
Put the Resque enqueue into an after_commit hook and not an after_save hook.
I second what JGeiger said. If you enqueue the job from after_save, the transaction isn't committed, and thus isn't visible to other processes. But after_commit happens after the commit, so the ID is visible.


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Release Date: 04/04/2011
Synopsis: Are you constantly worrying about what you or your loved ones eat? Is every dining experience an episode of anxiety for you? Being allergic to different types of food not only ruins the experience of eating, it can lead to dangerous, sometimes lethal, consequences.
With Food Allergies for Dummies, you can feel safer about what you eat. This concise guide shows you how to identify and avoid food that triggers reactions. This guide covers how to care for a child with food allergies, such as getting involved with his/her school's allergy policies, packing safe lunches, and empowering him/her to take responsibility for his allergy. You will also discover:
- The signs and symptoms of food allergies
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- Ways to eat out and travel with allergies
- How to create your own avoidance diet
- Ways to enjoy your meal without allergic symptoms
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- The latest research being done to treat food allergies
Food Allergies for Dummies also provides an in-depth chapter on peanut allergy and how to spot traces of peanut in your food. With this book, you will feel safer and more comfortable while you eat. And, with plenty of helpful resources such as Web sites and allergy-friendly recipes, you'll hardly have to worry about your diet!
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The economic cost of going to war
What will be the cost of going to war in Iraq? What are the are the economic plusses and minuses of the war on terrorism and new efforts to provide homeland security? As war clouds gather WNYC is taking time this week to explore these questions. Today in our week-long series War in Our Time WNYC's John Rudolph takes a look at the dramatic growth in US military spending and the potential costs of waging war in Iraq.
Last June in a speech to graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point, President Bush laid out a new strategy to protect the United States.
Bush: The war on terror will not be won on the defensive. We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans and confront the worst threats before they emerge. In the world we have entered the only path to safety is the path of action. And this nation will act. (applause) fade
And the US has acted in Afghanistan, and more recently in Yemen where a missile fired from an unmanned US plane killed six suspected members of the Al Quaida terrorist network. Numerous suspected terrorists have also been arrested in Afghanistan and the US.
How much is all this costing? Since the Sept 11th 2001 here's what the US has spent: For the war on terrorism - $30-billion For homeland security - $35-billion Soon the nation may launch an invasion of Iraq. And how much will that add to the bill? That latest administration estimate, from Office of Management and Budget Director Mitchell Daniels is between 50 and 60 billion dollars most independent estimates are much higher.
Dean Baker directs the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington DC.
Baker: One can imagine a war, and lets assume not a lot of opposition to an occupation, a war and occupation costing somewhere in the neighborhood of 100-billion dollars. Not a trivial sum. But not an enormous sum, and that's sort of a best-case scenario
If the war and a subsequent US occupation of Iraq do not go smoothly, the cost could be much higher than $100-billion, as high as $1.6 trillion according to one recent study.
But at this point it's all guesswork. No one really knows how much a war in Iraq will cost. But economist Dean Baker argues it's important to make a reasonable guess.
Baker: we understand the rationale, that we're concerned that Saddam Hussein might have and use weapons of mass destruction. War is one way to prevent that. If you get rid of him he obviously won't do it. But, are there other methods that may be as effective? And what we would certainly want to ask is what are the relative costs involved? The human lives of course being a very important one, but on top of that it's certainly appropriate to say what is the cost in dollars and cents? What does this do to our economy?
War is good for economy, right?
(Tape)Victory is our Business every man and woman in every walk of life is behind the workers in these plants. March forward so that others will march with you making more and more of the tools of victory. More men and women than ever before producing for a war that will conserve our way of life (fade)
In World War II millions of unemployed Americans found work building ships, planes, tanks and guns for the war effort. War production helped pull the nation out of the Great Depression.
World War II helped reinforce the popular belief that war helps the economy. But today that's no longer true. In the past two years the US military budget has risen by 16 per cent. So why have companies that make jet fighters, bombers and missiles have laid off more than 70-thousand workers?
John Douglas, a retired Air Force brigadier general, is president of the Aerospace Industries Association. Douglas's group represents many of the nation's largest military contractors, companies that, in many cases, also make aircraft and electronics for civil aviation.
Douglas: Our real long-term future is in the production of civil aircraft to meet the global needs of the developing global economy. And when people stop flying because they are worried about security it hurts us much more than these short-term crises generate in terms of military sales. :20
Douglas predicts that a war in Iraq would add to the aerospace industry downturn. Other sectors of the economy are also likely to suffer, especially if the government cuts spending on civilian programs like transportation and education.
David Gold is an economist who studies military spending at the New School University.
Gold: Obviously, if we start spending another fifty- to a hundred-billion dollars on a war with Iraq, then you're moving into new territory. Then, in fact, the impact of the military budget will take on greater significance, and then the issue for the overall economy becomes, "How is the government gonna adjust for that?" Are they going to try to cut back more on domestic spending? Are they going to accept much higher deficits? Are they going to postpone further tax cutting? Are they going to rescind some of last year's tax cuts?
Questions like these have confronted the government each time America has contemplated going to war.
Bush Sr.: Tonight I want to talk to you about what is at stake – what we must do together to defend civilized values around the world, and maintain our economic strength at home…
On September 11, 1990 President George Bush spoke to the nation. Iraq had invaded Kuwait one month earlier, and the Federal government faced a growing budget deficit. In his speech the elder Bush acknowledged that both challenges needed to be met.
Bush Sr.: The gulf situation helps us realize we are more economically vulnerable than we ever should be. Americans must never again enter any crisis economic or military with an excessive dependence on foreign oil and an excessive burden of Federal dept.
There are some striking similarities between the Gulf War era and this one … and some major differences. On the eve of the Gulf War the federal budget deficit was about $200 billion, today it's around $159-billion. Then, as now, the economy was limping along.
But unlike his father, President George W. Bush is not attempting to simultaneously cut the deficit and prepare for a war. Instead the president, with the support of Congress, is increasing military spending while at the same time pushing for tax cuts that are likely to increase the deficit.
Another difference: In the Gulf War, by some estimates, the US actually made money. America's allies contributed billions of dollars to the war effort. This time the US is expected to be mostly be on its own when it comes to paying the bills.
Will it be worth it?
Yes, says Tom Donnelly, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a leading advocate of higher military spending.
Donnelly: It's gonna be a lot of money by any reckoning. And secondarily it's not so much money that ought to divert us from our goal. We're going to be in Iraq for a long time after the combat is overwith. That's the whole point to replace a terrible government with a decent government. So that's a worthy investment, and it won't harm the economy in any appreciable sense.
The decision to go to war rarely hangs just on dollars and cents. But money is always a factor. This time though economist David Gold says Americans haven't shown much interest in weighing the economic pros and cons.
Gold: Sept 11th just from the point of view of domestic American politics was an incredible event. Certainly it was the most powerful national security event since WWII, and in that sense I'm not surprised that it has led to a tendency to look at these issues in a very uncritical way.
The last time the US embarked on a major military build-up was during the Carter and Reagan administrations. Outspending the Soviet Union on arms helped the US win the Cold War. But the build-up created a mountain of debt and forced painful political choices as the nation struggled to reduce the federal deficit and recover from an economic recession. Once the recovery took hold the country experienced a period of unprecedented economic growth in the late 1990s.
It's uncertain if the same pattern is about to repeat itself. What is clear is that the US is entering a period of increased militarization without a full understanding of the costs involved. For WNYC I'm JR.


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From the department of forgone conclusions: American GS ace Ted Ligety clinched his fourth World Cup GS title Sunday with a win in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
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Sabermetricians will tell you that a ballplayer who has avoided injury over many seasons is likely to continue doing so in future seasons. But the inherent dangers of World Cup racing have finally caught up with the seemingly invincible Lindsey Vonn.
The winner of 59 World Cup races will return home to Vail this week.
Lindsey Vonn, the third-winningest racer in World Cup history, got back into the record-chasing business over the weekend with a win in the downhill at Cortina, Italy, and the American women continued to crowd the top of the speed-event leaderboards.
On the men's side, it was Lauberhorn weekend in Wengen, Switzerland, where Italy's Christof Innerhofer won the tour's longest downhill. Marco Sullivan was the top American finisher in 13th. GS points leader Ted Ligety appeared headed for a second-place finish in the Wengen combined but skied out near the finish of his slalom run.
U.S. Ski Team ace Ted Ligety continues to have the best season of his career, moving into third place in the overall standings with wins in both GS and slalom at Adelboden, Switzerland. It was another weekend of great results for the U.S. Team:
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Can't get enough of Ted Shred? Tune in Sunday, when NBC presents "U.S. Ski Team 36," in which viewers see how GS ace Ted Ligety and his teammates go about preparing for the prestigious Alta Badia, Italy, race, held last month.
(Jan 4, 2013) After 17-year-old U.S. slalom star Mikaela Shiffrin landed her first career World Cup victory two weeks ago in Sweden, some in the European press intimated it was a fluke.
Americans Bode Miller (Franconia, NH), Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA), and Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) finished strong in Tuesday's downhill training for the upcoming Audi FIS World Cup speed events at Beaver Creek, CO and Lake Louise, AB this weekend.
On Dec. 3, 4, and 5, the men will compete in Downhill, Super G, and Giant Slalom, respectively, at Beaver Creek's famous Birds of Prey course.
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Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary R. Russell will be the keynote speaker for Drury University's December commencement planned for 10 a.m. today in the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
During commencement, 336 students will receive undergraduate degrees, and 71 will receive master's degrees.
Russell was appointed to the court in 2004 and has been chief justice since July. She previously was on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, and was its chief judge from July 1999 through June 2000. ...


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OK! This is soooooo stupid!
I was taking lessons to get back into riding because I had a very long break. And It was the first time I was suppose to go into the canter with this tiny horse named Brandy who was so narrow its sad. And I've been cantering before its not like it was my first time.
So we get into the canter. I start sliding off to the outside of the circle. My teacher keeps telling me to let my weight go down in my leg, she's now yelling it to me im looking down at my leg, thinking "go down! Go down, GO DOWN!" and I fall off.
I got up so freakin fast. Its sad, I knew what I needed to do but my leg would not listen. I wasnt scared or anything I just had a HUGE brain fart. I never fell off at the canter after that. Well I have but cause my horse spooked.