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White House to 9/11 Families: We've Got You Covered
11:43 AM, Aug 16, 2011 • By DEBRA BURLINGAME
Last Wednesday, at 3:46 p.m., the White House Office of Public Engagement (WHOPE) sent an email message to 9/11 families to announce it was sponsoring a conference call the next day with victims' families in anticipation of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The purpose of the call was "to discuss the Administration's plans to mark the day." We were informed that Ben Rhodes, deputy national security advisor for strategic communications, and John Brennan, deputy national security advisor for homeland security and counterterrorism, would make brief remarks and take questions.
The White House had already publicly announced that the president would be visiting all three attack sites in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. So I was genuinely curious as to what Rhodes and Brennan would have to say on a call that was being put together with so little notice. Ben Rhodes is the White House speech writer credited with writing the president's 2009 Cairo speech. John Brennan is the national security point man noted for speaking in Arabic to Muslim grievance organizations, even referring to Jerusalem in one such speech as "al Quds," the name preferred by the terrorist group Hamas.
The email invitation emphasized (in red, bold-face type) that "this is off-the-record and not a press call." This was reiterated when the call began 24 hours later. What, I wondered, would this group of 9/11 family members be hearing that had to be deemed off limits to the press and general public? How did the White House imagine that such a call could be off-the-record? We aren't professional journalists who can be threatened or punished with diminished access. And we are not reporters, who have, at least implicitly, made an agreement to develop a relationship with a source. We're 9/11 victims' families.
Rhodes began the call by telling us that the president hoped to accomplish three things on the 10th anniversary. Above all, he would remember the victims and express support for their families. We, and our loved ones, we were told, will be at the forefront of the president's mind. The second area of the president's focus will be the prevention of future attacks. Third, he will pay tribute to the nation's military, those who have shouldered the heaviest burden these last ten years. The bin Laden killing was invoked and mentioned repeatedly throughout the call.
Brennan's remarks were a summary of the administration's national security successes and goals. With regard to the bin Laden operation, Brennan said, "I've been involved in the hunt for bin Laden for the better part of two decades." He told us that he "has lost close friends and colleagues to terrorist attacks." The bin Laden killing, he said, was a "significant event," a "poignant" moment that created "finality." But "our work is not over," Brennan said.
I have no idea how many family members were on the call. We were put on listen only mode. As the loquacious Rhodes talked about the president's planned August 30th speech to the American Legion, I began tapping my pen impatiently, waiting for some actual news or clue as to the real purpose behind this WHOPE conference call. I was skeptical. In two and a half years, the White House has ignored the concerns of 9/11 families, whether it was our objecting to trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 conspirators in a civilian court in lower Manhattan, or our questioning of the president's support for a 15-story megamosque at Ground Zero on the site where wreckage from one of the hijacked planes rained down and plunged through the building that will be demolished to make way for the mosque.
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(Editor's note: This is one in an occasional series of op-ed pieces addressing the theme of "transforming American governance.")
With resolution of the debt limit, at least for the moment, Congress has imposed a 10-year austerity budget on government. Congress rarely terminates programs; rather it defunds them in critical ways that often can impede cost-effective program management. Administrative overhead, salary and expenses are favorite targets of budget cutters.
Inter-agency collaboration, important before, has become essential for program managers. Agencies must begin to pool administrative resources to jointly enhance the quality of their programs.
Common portals for credit and benefit programs would be a good place to start. Give a veteran who lives in a rural area one place online to apply for a federally backed mortgage. By entering (anonymously at first) details of his qualifications for a mortgage, he could obtain information about relevant Veterans Affairs Department, Federal Housing Authority or rural housing programs. Then the portal would route him to the program that he selects. Or, to take the example further, the various federal credit programs could pool their resources to develop common applications and procedures, adapted as appropriate to each program. If the customer decides to go to another federal mortgage option, the data could accompany him.
Agencies also could improve their collaboration on the back end. With more defaulted borrowers, real estate management is an increasing problem for federal agencies. Why not pool resources to create a more effective asset management system, for preservation of real estate assets, their diversion for use by other federal programs, and sale of properties as appropriate? Now that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in federal hands, their procedures and systems should be reviewed to see how they might be coordinated with those of the federal housing agencies.
An informal working group of current and former federal credit managers has been deliberating these issues. Some conclusions have emerged. The Office of Management and Budget must lead in encouraging this kind of interagency collaboration. What happens, for example, if one agency could spend funds and save another agency money? Only OMB can design the protocols and procedures to try to compensate the first agency for its effort to help the second.
OMB must design a process for leading interagency groups, or encouraging their leadership, to reach achievable goals within a limited time. OMB also should help agencies share promising practices.
Political scientist Harold Seidman says, "Agencies are most likely to be willing to collaborate and network when they are agreed on common objectives, operate under the same laws and regulations, and do not compete for scarce resources." OMB is ideally situated to help agencies set common objectives, engage in coordinated rule-making, and share re-sources. OMB also may be able to ask Congress for increased administrative and budgetary flexibility in return for the budget cuts that many programs face.
OMB also can enhance federal collaboration with state and local governments that assist in delivery of Medicaid, student loans, public housing and agricultural programs. Senior career OMB leaders have already brought state agency heads together with senior federal program managers to try to implement President Obama's initiative on administrative flexibility.
The core issues are easy to articulate:
If the federal government allows increased flexibility, how can states ensure they will continue to serve the program's purposes and priorities rather than diverting funds to other pressing uses?
What flexibilities should federal agencies allow immediately to remove requirements that have outlived their usefulness?
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan meets regularly with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to discuss ways that the two departments can help each other.
Coming years will not be easy for federal managers. By working together and pooling ideas and resources, agencies can spread the burden while increasing effectiveness. Needed are vision and leadership from senior program managers and OMB.
Thomas H. Stanton is a fellow of the Center for the Study of American Government at Johns Hopkins University. Stanton wrote about improving agency collaboration in "Transforming American Governance," M.E. Sharpe Press, 2011, edited by Alan P. Balutis, Terry F. Buss and Dwight Ink.


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For Turkey, a Long Road Ahead to Join EU ; the 25-Member European Union Agreed to Open Talks, but Turkey Must Clear Significant Hurdles to Join the Club
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Turkey was ushered into the European Union's waiting room this week. No country has yet left emptyhanded, but Turkey will have to wait until at least 2014 before the door is opened to full membership of the EU.
A decade or more of negotiations lies ahead in which the 25 EU powers will seek to ensure that Ankara's politics, economics, human rights record, and judicial system pass muster. Turkey must incorporate the 100,000-page EU rule book into its law. There are 35 policy areas that require "harmonizing" with EU standards, from food safety to social and environment policy. Negotiations can be suspended if basic EU freedoms are violated.
Earlier this week, the current EU president, Britain, finally secured agreement on the process. "This says we are an open diverse continent which can bridge the gap between Islam and Christianity," said one British diplomat.
But Britain's vision for membership expansion has always been at odds with other EU heavyweights - France and Germany - that have traditionally preferred to concentrate on deeper integration of the few rather than broader assimilation of the many.
Why is Austria so opposed to Turkey's possible membership?
Austria, a country of 8.2 million, is home to 250,000 Turks. Fears have grown of a new influx if Turkey joins the EU, aggravating unemployment in the Alpine country. Popular opinion in swaths of continental Europe has turned heavily against Turkish accession for economic and cultural reasons; some politicians pander to such a viewpoint to win votes.
There may also be historic undertones to Austria's standpoint; Vienna was the capital of the Habsburg Empire, which for centuries viewed the Ottoman Empire on its southeast flank as a threat.
Why was it so important to Austria for Croatia to become an EU member?
The Austrians argued that if Turkey, with its different culture and problematic human rights record, should be taken on trust, so should Croatia, whose government, democracy, geography, demography, and approach to human rights would - according to Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel - make it easier for the EU to absorb. …


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PRESS RELEASE: Danforth Plant Science Center Awarded $44 million from U.S. Department of Energy
Investment builds upon the region's leadership and ongoing efforts to develop algal based fuel production systems
ST. LOUIS, MO January 13, 2010—The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center was selected to receive $44 million from the U.S. Department of Energy under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as announced today by Energy Secretary Steven Chu. The Danforth Center will serve as the lead organization in a consortium that will conduct advanced biofuels research to support the development of a clean sustainable transportation sector. Today's announcement is part of the Department of Energy's continued effort to spur the creation of the domestic bio-industry while creating jobs.
The National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB) led by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is one of two cross-functional groups that will seek to breakdown critical barriers to the commercialization of algae-based and other advanced biofuels such as green aviation fuels, diesel, and gasoline that can be transported and sold using today's existing fueling infrastructure. Ten to 15 jobs in St. Louis will be immediately created as a result of the project. Biofuels generate more jobs than any other sector of sustainable energy. As the industry grows, there is potential for hundreds of thousands of new jobs nationally.
The NAABB will develop a systems approach for sustainable commercialization of algal biofuel (such as renewable gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) and bioproducts. NAABB will integrate resources from companies, universities, and national laboratories to overcome the critical barriers of cost, resource use and efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, and commercial viability. The consortium will develop and demonstrate the science and technology necessary to significantly increase production of algal biomass and lipids, efficiently harvest and extract algae and algal products, and establish valuable certified co-products that scale with renewable fuel production. Co-products include animal feed, industrial feedstocks, and additional energy generation. Multiple test sites will cover diverse environmental regions to facilitate broad deployment.
"This award cements St. Louis as a center for the development of renewable energy from algae. The award is a tribute to the tireless efforts of Dr. Jose Olivares, the principal investigator on the project and the consortium members to build the best possible program," said Dr. Richard Sayre, Chief Scientist NAABB and Director of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Danforth Center.
The Danforth Center is a national leader in algal research. Last spring, the Danforth Center was designated an Energy Frontier Research Centers by DOE and received a $15 million five year award to establish a Center for Advanced Biofuels Systems (CABS) which is also led by Dr. Sayre At the same time, Washington University was also designated an EFRC and received $20 million award for algal research.
The NAABB consists of leading scientists and engineers from universities, private industry, and government, and will facilitate sharing expertise and technologies. Partners include: The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of Arizona, Brooklyn College, Colorado State University, New Mexico State University, Texas AgriLife Research -Texas A&M University System, University of California Los Angeles, University of California San Diego, University of Washington, Washington University in St. Louis, Washington State University, AXI, Catilin, Diversified Energy, Eldorado Biofuels, Genifuel, HR Biopetroleum, Inventure, Kai BioEnergy, Palmer Labs, Solix Biofuels, Targeted Growth, Terrabon, and UOP.
"I am delighted that Dick Sayre and Jose Olivares of our institution will be leading the consortium that will be doing this important work. The award also triggers a $16 million industry match and comes on the heels of significant investment in St. Louis by the Department of Energy last year. Our region is playing a leading role in our nation's efforts to create a domestic bio-industry, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and preserve the environment," said Dr. William H. Danforth, chairman of the board, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
About The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Founded in 1998, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is a not-for-profit research institute with a global vision to improve the human condition. Research at the Danforth Center will enhance the nutritional content of plants to improve human health, increase agricultural production to create a sustainable food supply, and build scientific capacity to generate economic growth in the St. Louis region and throughout Missouri. For more information please visit www.danforthcenter.org.
About the Enterprise Institute for Renewable Fuels
In 2007 the Taylor family, owners of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, joined forces with the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, the largest independent plant research center in the world, to establish the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels. The institute's aim is to create the next generation of alternative fuel technologies from environmentally sound plant sources, thus reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and our dependence on non-renewable resources.
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Flagstaff, Ariz. – Going up against one of the hottest teams in the Big Sky, the Eastern Washington women's volleyball team fell in three sets to Northern Arizona Saturday, Oct. 5, in a league match at the J.C. Rolle Activity Center.
The Eagles drop to 6-11 and 3-3 in Big Sky play while the host Lumberjacks improve to 10-4 (5-1 BSC) with the win. NAU is now 5-1 in its last six outings. Set scores for the match were: 17-25, 10-25, 19-25.
Junior Talia Fermantez led the Eagles with six kills on 15 swings. Fellow junior Kelsey Julian and freshman Chloe Watson added five kills apiece. Watson added a team-best seven digs in her second career start.
Senior Lindsay Niemeier finished with 21 assists while sophomore Allison Doerpinghaus led the team with two blocks.
The first set was back and forth for the most part as neither team was able to gain much separation. Tied at 14-14, the Lumberjacks reeled off three straight points, forcing the Eagles to call timeout. The hosts extended their lead to seven, 21-14, but a kill from Doerpinghaus momentarily stemmed the tied. NAU responded with three consecutive points, helped by two attack errors from the Eagles, to take a nine-point lead, 24-15. Kills from junior Melissa Waelter and Fermantez kept EWU alive, but Sydney Kemper's kill claimed the opening set for the Lumberjacks.
Northern Arizona controlled the second set, racing out to a 9-3 lead. The host's advantage remained at six points for a majority of the set before NAU hit its stride late, using a 7-0 run to open up a 22-9 lead. Sophomore Kellen Barfield put away a kill from Niemeier to stop the run momentarily, but the Lumberjacks closed out the set with a kill from Addy Lofstedt to take a 2-0 lead into the break.
Much like the opening frame, both teams struggled to gain momentum, battling to an 8-8 tie. A kill from Fermantez and a NAU attack error gave the Eagles a 10-8 lead, but the hosts answered with a three-point run to go up 11-10. A kill from Doerpinghaus, followed by a service ace from freshman Kylie Curtis and a kill from Watson gave EWU another two-point lead, 16-14, but a string of errors gave the Lumberjacks a 19-17 lead, causing Eastern to call timeout. EWU would use its second timeout after the hosts opened up a 22-18 advantage, but the Eagles were unable to stop NAU as the Lumberjacks scored three of the final four points to win the set and the match.
Northern Arizona hit .284 for the match while the Eagles swung at a -.010 clip, only its second negative hitting percentage of the season. The Lumberjacks outblocked the Eagles 8.0 to 2.0, but EWU had three service aces to the host's two.
Kemper led all players with nine kills while Janae Vander Ploe added seven kills.
Eastern continues its road swing with dates at North Dakota and Northern Colorado next week. The Eagles take on UND on Thursday, Oct. 10, before facing the Bears on Saturday.


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When a Minnesota man felt his family was treated shabbily by a neurologist, he made sure the world knew about it.
Dennis Laurion posted caustic reviews of Minnesota neurologist David McKee, saying he was insensitive to his father's needs and claiming that a nurse called the doctor "a real tool." This angered McKee, who offered his own prescription: a libel suit.
Six weeks ago, the Minnesota Supreme Court found that the critical comments were protected under the First Amendment as free speech because they were just an opinion - "mere vituperation" - and dismissed the case. It was the latest in a series of fascinating cases in which judges struggle with balancing freedom of speech with the devastating professional consequences of reckless or unsubstantiated reviews:
Libel cases on rise
Libel cases over online comments are on the rise, perhaps inevitably in an era of impulsive tweets and anonymous comments. Nevertheless, what could be a more fundamental exercise of free speech than telling others about your negative experiences with doctors, lawyers, contractors and hotels?
Unfortunately, not all complainers can be counted on to give an accurate and fair account, and a business can be damaged irreparably by false allegations.
Courts have largely found that comments that are strictly opinion or hyperbole are protected by the First Amendment, while unsupported statements of fact can lead to liability.
That probably means you can post a comment calling your lawyer a "clown" or "buffoon." On the other hand, suggestions that your counsel is unlicensed, negligent or careless are assertions of fact and not mere insults and could land you in a courtroom.
The difference: Lawyers can document they are not negligent, but none of us can really prove we're not a clown.
Protected speech
Ironically, the federal law that protects review sites such as Yelp, Angie's List and RateMD.com can also lead to reckless claims online. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects websites from libel claims as long as they simply permit the posting of content and don't actively control posts. If a website edits posts, weeding out vitriolic or unfounded attacks, its potential liability can be more, not less.
There's no question that the websites rating professionals and public accommodations are a real plus for consumers. A few minutes online can help ensure that you make the right choices in terms of your health care, legal advice as well as vacation accommodations.
Even so, the hands-off administration of these sites can undercut their overall credibility. Imagine the benefits of a site that posted both constructive and critical comments and yet set standards that would weed out the intemperate in favor of the informative. Now that would be a real tool.
Ken Paulson is president and CEO of the First Amendment Center in Nashville, a former editor of USA TODAY and a member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors.
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Seeing as how I have only 362 days before 2013 (unless the world ends, that is), I figure I should finally get around to reflecting a bit on 2011. In all measurable (and immeasurable) ways, 2011 was absolutely my best year of running ever. It's not really even close. I ran more, I ran faster, and I ran further (or is it farther, I can never remember) than I ever have before. I made some awesome new friends through running, and some friendships I already had were strengthened. I saw some of the most beautiful places I've ever seen with my eyes. I discovered I can do so much more than I previously thought capable of. But all the intangible stuff aside, I'm kind of a stats/numbers geek so that's what I'm going to talk about.
In 2011, I ran a grand total of 3,337 miles. That is a little over 9 miles per day, or about 64 miles per week for the entire year. Obviously the year was not nearly as even as those number would lead one to believe. I started the year not running for over three weeks, my first running coming on January 24th. I battled nagging aches and semi-injuries for most of those first few months, and my only workouts were races. Somehow I still managed to run some decent times and capped the spring with a big 10k PR at the 10k in Rockville and a very satisfying sub-hour run at Broad Street. It was after Broad Street that something in my head just clicked. I had spent the first few months of the year so focused on structuring this perfect running/racing plan and trying to hit workouts and I just kept feeling frustratingly on the edge of disaster. So I sort of gave up and decided to just run. And run I did. For some reason it seems I train my best in the miserable hot summer months. May was the first month I had run over 300 miles in almost a year. June I ran 397 which was a big lifetime high. July followed with 428. And so on. In the six months from May through October, I ran more than the entirety of 2010. And all along I managed to stay reasonably healthy and not feel particularly burned out.
I looked back at some of the goals I stated for myself at the beginning of last year. I didn't meet all of them, but I came pretty close to most — no sub-5:00 mile (5:06 though, a new PR), no sub-17 5k (but I did run a 16:11 3 mile), no sub-28:30 5 mile (but I did split 28:32 at Pike's Peek 10k), DID run sub-36 10k (35:29), DID run sub-hour at 10 miles (59:07 at Broad Street).
Of course, at the start of 2011, I thought my ultimate goal would be to run a really fast half marathon in the fall. And while I DID set a new half PR in Virginia Beach in September, by June my goals had clearly shifted to much longer races. 2011 was to be the year of firsts for me. I won my first race. And then my second. And third. And fourth. I won't pretend that any of those wins were particularly impressive or anything to brag about, but they certainly were cool moments. And any time I can win good beer, I'm happy. Right around the time I ran the Finger Lakes 25k in July, I decided to listen to Ashley finally and run a 50 miler and that became my new goal for the fall. Along the way I ran 46ish miles on my birthday in August. I ran that half marathon PR. I ran that 3 mile PR. I ran a 40 mile trail race that I won despite feeling worse than I have ever felt while running. I smashed my weekly and monthly mileage lifetime highs almost routinely. I had two running streaks of over 60 days. I was running a lot and loving it and doing it reasonably well.
It wasn't so long ago I did run that 50 miler, Stone Cat, and I did pretty well for a first attempt at racing that distance. I underperformed from what I thought I was capable of but I think I've learned a great deal from the experience. The somewhat disappointing end to what I really have to admit to myself was a better fall racing season than it felt like, only serves to fuel a renewed hunger for continuing to bust my ass and improve in 2012. I've taken it pretty easy the last few weeks of 2011. Mentally, I needed that. Physically, I DEFINITELY needed it. It's easy to forget that in 2010, my longest run was 19 miles and my highest volume week was 80. I've laid out a pretty ambitious plan for the first half of 2012 and I'll talk about my goals for the year and all that later today or tomorrow. Suffice it to say here though that while I am overall pretty happy with 2011, and ought to be, to me it just marks the first year that I really took this stuff seriously for the long term. Which means that I expect to be talking about how quaint it was that I thought 2011 was such a good year for me when I write my 2012 review a year from now. Onward and upward!
Til next time, RUN HAPPY everyone!
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Cheers! Love the title-sooo true:)
Run Happy/Stay the course/kick some ass!
Upward and onward with more excellent times to come! <3
Also, you should update your PR page :p
Definitely looking forward to seeing what 2012 has in store! Since I can't see myself running anything longer than a marathon, I'll live vicariously through people like you.
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MasterMinds buzzer systems got back into action with post-Thanksgiving meets at Waterloo, Palmyra-Macedon and Honeoye.
League 6 schools met at Waterloo on Nov. 27 where Victor shut out Clyde-Savannah, 350-0. All four Victor starters scored, led by 45 apiece from Josh Arquette and Matt Bellinger.
Geneva rallied from an early second-half deficit in the Panthers' 125-70 win over Lyons. Tom Schmitt scored 55 for Geneva, while Emily Gifford scored 20 for Lyons.
Marcus Whitman defeated Waterloo, 150-110, behind 40 points from Nate Lindley. Travis Decker scored 20 for Waterloo.
Victor got 40 points from Matt Bellinger in a 320-60 win over Lyons. Brittany DeCola scored 20 to lead the Lions' scoring.
Tom Schmitt scored 55 points to lead Geneva over Marcus Whitman, 195-45. Sami Gage scored 20 to lead the Wildcats.
Travis Decker scored 30, and Elsa Jorgensen added 20 as Waterloo topped Clyde-Savannah, 120-10. Zach Bogart scored for Clyde.
Pal-Mac hosted League 7 schools Nov. 28 where play opened with Williamson defeating the host Raiders, 155-50. Andy Luke scored 35 for Williamson. Craig Skinkle led Pal-Mac with 30.
North Rose-Wolcott got 20 second-half points from Andre Green in a 90-60 win over Sodus. Kelly Bennett and Rachel LaFontaine each scored 20 for Sodus.
Williamson's Paul Sperr scored 35 points in a 195-45 win over Sodus. Kelly Bennett's 20 points paced Sodus.
Wayne got 30 points from Ray Beck in the Eagles' 115-75 win over North Rose. Andre Green led NR-W with 20.
Five different players scored 10 as Wayne's balanced scoring defeated Pal-Mac, 130-95. Pal-Mac's Craig Skinkle led all scorers with 40.
Nov. 29 saw League 10 schools travel to Honeoye, where the host Bulldogs beat the Livonia Bulldogs, 130-60. Ethan Pellittiere scored 60 for Honeoye, while Connor Marsland scored 20 for Livonia.
Fillmore, making its MasterMinds debut, recorded a 205-15 win over Keshequa. Nathaniel LaCelle-Peterson scored 55 for Fillmore. Katelyn Costello scored all of Keshequa's 15 points.
Honoeye beat Lima Christian, 220-165, as Ethan Pellittiere scored 70 points. Tiffany Longacre scored 20 for Lima Christian.
Livonia edged Fillmore, 180-170, led by Curtis Henry's 25 points. Fillmore's Mason Kelley led all scorers with 40.
Five different players scored as Lima Christian shut out Keshequa, 225-0. David Schmidt scored 30 points, and Tiffany Longacre added 20.
Fillmore got 35 points from Mason Kelley in a 195-165 win over Honeoye. Ethan Pellittiere scored 45 to lead Honeoye.


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Dental treatment costs
|Dental treatment costs and prices in the Czech Republic are about one third of UK costs
|How much do implants cost ? What is the cost of ceramic crowns ?
Czech dental treatment costs and price list :
The price list below shows the cost of dental treatment outside of Prague.
Please note that the dental implants mentioned below are of the Brenemark System - now owned by Nobel Biocare which are the Ferrari of dental implants.
After you have browsed the treatment costs below, go here for detailed description of each dental treatment, what the treatment is and how long it takes.
Dental treatment in the Czech Republic price list
General exploratory visit
Close up Oral X-ray
Complete head-surround panoramic X-ray and analysis
Tartar, plaque removal, dental cleaning and polishing
Amalgamate filling with anaesthetic
Photocomposit filling with anaesthetic
Simple extraction with anaesthetic
Complicated extraction with anaesthetic
Root canal treatment - 1 root canal
Teeth Bleaching & dental whitening
Chemical bleaching Process done by patient at home:
Periodontal gum disease treatment
Photocomposit build up - one tooth
Full Ceramic Crowns
Metal Ceramic Crowns
Temporary resinal bridge or single tooth
A temporary resinal bridge of up to 6 teeth:
A temporary resinal bridge of more than 6 teeth:
Dental inlays of metal or glass fibre pins
Short or few teeth- Metal ceramic Bridge:
For every tooth that is missing (gone) the intermittent tooth which is also part of the bridge but does not act as a support post and hangs between the other teeth costs
If you need an 6 teeth bridge where 3 teeth are partially still there and 3 teeth are missing the cost would be :
Full component overdenture bridge.
Dentures - False teeth
Partial Prothesis false teeth
Anti - Bruxism protection
Porcelain veneers - dental veneers
Dental Implants - 1 implant
Implant abutment
One metal ceramic crown onto the final abutment
One full ceramic crown onto the final abutment
TOTAL cost of a one tooth implant, with titanium implant bolt, topping screw, healing abutment, final abutment and a metal ceramic crown all inclusive of anaesthesia, implantation surgery etc.
TOTAL cost of a one tooth implant, with titanium implant bolt, topping screw, healing abutment, final abutment and a full ceramic crown all inclusive of anaesthesia, implantation surgery etc.
Implants as parts of a bridge for example 6 implants onto which a full component bridge of 10 to 12 teeth may be fitted and this is calculated as follows:
In this case 6 implants:
The final abutments, which are the screws with a small head onto which the final full component bridge is fixed
The actual metal ceramic full component bridge of 11 to 12 teeth
Temporary crown for same day loaded implants.
Sinus Lift / Bone graft
Go here for detailed description of each dental treatment, what the treatment is and how long it takes.


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@NWAP: None of the 2011 set were done in the groupboard, they all and ended in Sketchbook Pro 2011. Some finishing touches may have been added using Photoshop CS3.
Also sure, I have a few things I've done in the GB and have never posted, I'll try and scrounge up a few in later posts. I'm just going up the years right now.
@Matt: Haha, thank you, means a lot. 2011 was a really mechanical period for me, so I did a lot of mech stuff back then. And lol, brown guy, don't hear that one too often.
@Cora: Oh man, you don't know how much agony that freaking cat, and the chestplate of the robot lady gave me. I think I spent at least two hours just on the chest, and maybe an extra hour on the cat, haha. Glad you like it.
@Linz: Maaaan, I'm working on iiiit!
@Sylux: What's the pay rate? If it's enough to get me a footlong sub every day of the week for the next 7 years, I'm all in.
@Blue Dragon: Unfortunately, no. Well technically yes (?) I won the 2012 CCD Student Art Show with a piece that received 'Judge's choice' and 'Best in Show', which netted me a fat $500.
I've been in/ applied for numerous sprouting indie projects as a concept artist, but none have gotten to the point of payment yet, it's just been promised royalty.
Also if you want to know how I did the thumbnailing, go to this site:
And the dude with the Union Jack is one of my most passionate pieces of 2011. It was a tribute piece to the CGFeedback.com Clement Suave (one of my --biggest-- influences) Tribute Challenge. I placed fifth:
@JJ: Haha, yea, the smiley on the pouch is just a little nod to my avatar I've been using on Deviant Art that I made in MS Paint for the past 7 years or so. I use it other places occasionally.
@GodS: hahaha, going hard in the paint for sure. Thanks mang.
@Bya: AWOL ( Absent Without Official Leave ) means desertion essentially. The piece was entered into a contest mentioned in Blue Dragon's reply, and the point was to emulate the late Clement Suave's style as close as possible, and either make your own design, or recreate one of his own. And hahaha, the little robot? I don't even know how I came up with that, thanks :3


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currently i am implementing an application in Unity3D (C#) that will be exported to Flash and WebPlayer Version. The Application uses JSON to communicate with the server. My question is: is there any JSON-Parser that works in Unity WebPlayer AND Flash?? i tried MiniJSON Flash Version already. After spending hours to make it to a clean export it decodes JSON in UnityWebPlayer but returns NULL in Flash. Is there any other way to parse a JSON string in Unity WebPlayer and Flash? Or is there another JSON-Parser that works in Flash too? I really searched a lot but either the people provide links to MiniJSON or suggest to wait for Unity3D version 4.0. I even tried the Proxy-Class feature of unity3D but couldnt get to run it on Flash side. Maybe someone could provide an example for it?
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The Seattle Seahawks have traded to get San Diego quarterback Charlie Whiterhurst.
Who, you say?
Whitehurst, with no NFL starts and no official passes in games that count, also received a two-year, $8-million deal from the Seahawks. Is there any doubt he's their guy?
Seattle swapped second-round picks with San Diego, dropping down 20 spots, and also threw in a 2011 third-round pick. That's steep, but it's clear that the Seahawks think Whitehurst can be their guy.
I think he can. When Whitehurst came out of Clemson in 2006, I really liked him. He has prototype skills.
He is big, strong and has a good arm. This might seem like a big risk for the Seahawks, but it's one they have to make. They can't win with Matt Hasselbeck anymore. And they know it.
Seahawks personnel boss John Schneider learned under Ron Wolf in Green Bay. He saw what happened when they traded for a guy named Brett Favre.
I'm not saying Whitehurst is Favre, but he can be a quality starter. I like this move. It's bold. It's aggressive.
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Serra's surprising season stalls in WPIAL title game
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The last thing Serra Catholic coach Bill Cleary wanted to do was get philosophical.
However, after his team's improbable turnaround from a year ago ended a game short of a Class A championship Saturday with a 53-46 loss to Vincentian at Palumbo Center, the veteran coach of 26 years, four WPIAL titles, a state title and 523 wins allowed himself a minute for some perspective.
"You have to think that we lost last year in the first round of tournament with the same kids," Cleary said. "It's the same kids who lost in the first round who are here in the Palumbo Center, and I am pretty darn proud of that. Trust me, you have to be pretty good to just be here."
Serra just wasn't good enough to prevent Vincentian from winning its second straight title and third in four years, and it definitely wasn't good enough to slow down the Royals' Brenna Wise.
Wise concluded a dominant run through the postseason with 18 points, 20 rebounds and three blocked shots.
"I know she would make the big-time plays in a big-time game," Vincentian coach Ron Moncrief said. "That's what she did, and she helped carry the team to a victory."
Vincentian (25-1) play Keystone on Friday in the first round of the PIAA playoffs. Serra (23-3) will face District 10 Cochranton.
Wise, a sophomore, capped an impressive two weeks of playoff basketball. Shehad 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocks in a first-round win over West Greene; scored 24 and eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau in the quarterfinals against Winchester Thurston; and scored 20 and pulled down 22 rebounds in the semifinals against Quigley Catholic.
Wise may have saved her best for Serra.
"She is a phenomenal talent," Cleary said. "She has a knack of making big plays when they need it the most. She is a special talent."
Wise got plenty of help in securing the sixth girls basketball championship in Vincentian history. Kiersten Elliott scored 13 and Maia Joiner 12, including four critical free throws in the final 52 seconds.
Serra was led by Katie Sieg's 13 and Megan Sieg's 12. The Eagles were held to their lowest offensive output of the season, mostly because of poor shooting. Serra hit only 21-of-69 shots from the floor, including 1 of 14 from 3-point range.
"They just weren't falling," Cleary said. "You can't make any excuses other than it just didn't go down."
Vincentian contested every Serra shot, and did a good job of it. The Eagles had few open looks, especially from the 3-point line.
"We didn't want to give them anything easy," Moncrief said. "They had too many easy buckets in the first half, so we switched a little and that kind of slowed them down."
Serra raced out to an early lead, but it was short-lived. Vincentian led majority of the first half.
"Everybody has those jitters at the beginning of the game," Wise said. "It's the championship. It's going to happen."
Serra scored seven of the first nine points in the second half to take a 28-26 lead with a little more than three minutes left in the third quarter.
"We've been down before, and we didn't panic," Moncrief said. "There's no panic in this group."
The Royals reeled off 13 consecutive points to open up a 11-point lead early in the fourth quarter.
"They went into a different half-court pressure, and we didn't adjust fast enough," Cleary said. "There was a point in the third quarter when we took that lead, then nothing. It was a long time."
Serra was held without a point for 6:35.
"Our defense set the tone and got us some easy buckets in transition," Moncrief said.
Serra rallied to get its deficit to 48-43 with less than a minute left, but it simply ran out of time.
"We battled back and started to get the momentum back again, and I saw the time just running out on us," Cleary said. "We are picking ourselves up and going to try to get to Hershey now."
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Police officers in Ohio came to the rescue of a family after thieves broke into their home and took everything from under their tree either late Christmas Eve or early Christmas morning.
Officers in Toledo say they didn't want the family's 4-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy to go without any presents on Christmas. So they collected money from officers who had gathered for a holiday party and then bought toys at one of the few stores still open.
Officers told The Blade newspaper that customers and store employees joined in the shopping spree. It took four patrol cars to deliver all the gifts.
Police officers Raymond Espinosa says it was obvious that the family didn't have a whole lot so it was even more important to help them out.
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Sheltered behind the famous Avenue Montaigne, this family-owned three-story mansion excels at personalized service.
Voltaire once wrote, "God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well." Paris's 2010-opened Pavillon des Lettres takes this spirit to heart, and also pays homage to Voltaire himself, along with 25 other writers who were the inspiration for this chic hotel on
Built around 1850 by famed city planner Baron Georges Haussman, this seven-story boutique hotel just a short walk from the Place de la Madeleine unites early 1900's charm with five-star amenities.
The historic Hôtel La Trémoille was built in 1883 and opened as a hotel in 1925. The hotel is situated in the 8th Arrondissement's Golden Triangle, near the Champs-Elysées and the Avenue Montaigne.
This quiet, romantic retreat may be only a five-minute walk from the towering chain stores—and the crowds that fill them—on the Champs-Élysées, but it gives the impression of a world apart.
Founded in 1907 by Englishman Lord Astor, the hotel underwent a British Regency renovation in 1996 (upholstered chairs with tall wooden legs, ornate nonworking fireplaces).
Just steps from the Champs-Élysées and the Triangle d'Or, this 1889 townhome houses the Hôtel Lancaster Lancaster, opened in 1930 by famous Swiss hotelier Emile Wolf. In 1996 it was remodeled with Louis XV and Louis XVI furniture as well as antique lighting, gilded mirrors, and oil paintings.
Renovated in 2007, this 23-room hotel takes its first name from Mathis, the adjacent bordello-chic lounge and restaurant, which is an institution among fashion and showbiz A-listers.
This Place de la Concorde landmark, built at the direction of King Louis XV in 1758, hasn't lost its ornate air.
For all its refinement and pedigree, the latest hotel to arrive on the Avenue Marceau, in the Eighth Arrondissement, is not at all uptight.
The five-star Sofitel Le Faubourg is discreetly located next to the embassy and within walking distance of Musee d'Orsay and Palas Royal in the city's eighth arrondissment.


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The Hound (possibly)
In the season four finale of Game of Thrones, which just aired last month, it's unclear whether The Hound actually perishes from his injuries or not. (I tend not to believe in deaths on TV unless we actually see them happen onscreen.) However, whether The Hound is dead or not, it looks as if he will not be one of show's universe for at least a little while, and that's a shame. The Hound is, by far, one of the most complex Game of Thrones characters out there, and his scenes with Arya throughout seasons three and four only made me like him more.
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Seattle Neighborhood Transforms Patch of Grass into Community OrchardMay 7, 2013 | Andrea Watts
"Wouldn't it be great if we had a community orchard?" That question posed by Aviva Furman to her neighbor, Narcissa Nelson, was the beginning of the Community Orchard of West Seattle (COWS). This 1/8 acre demonstration garden showcases what a bit of networking, volunteerism and community support can achieve.
For newcomers to the orchard, the grass alongside its edge is a reminder of what the area used to be – a strip of grass that had to be mowed every year. The challenge initially for the organization was finding a site as the grant money from the City of Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods and support from key stakeholders was there, says Nelson. Without a site, "we were concerned with time and missing the planting opportunity of spring and the possibility of having to forfeit the grant money." Read More
Former Landscape Architect Takes on Challenge of Launching Organic Farm in Romeo, MIApril 8, 2013 | Nina Ignaczak
When landscape architect Lisa Jaroch decided to leave her job designing parks and greenways at Hamilton Anderson, a prestigious Detroit architecture firm, she was ready to move in an entirely new direction.
A hands-on landscape designer, she had always possessed a green thumb and a passion for sustainability – interests that led her to pursue a new life as an organic farmer.
"This is my encore career," she says. "It brings everything together for me."
Jaroch left her job in 2011 to pursue certification through Michigan State University's 9-month Organic Farmer Training Program (OFTP) program at the Student Organic Farm. The 10-acre farm doubles as a hands-on learning laboratory and a local food producer, offering a 48-week CSA, a 7-month campus farm stand, and supplies MSU dining halls with fresh produce. Read More
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When Las Vegas-based sustainable agriculture enthusiast Jessica Penrod decided to begin learning about permaculture, she sought out local study courses in vain. Permaculture is the branch of sustainable agriculture that reaches back to pre-industrial times for inspiration as to sustainable uses of land; it combines horticulture, design, architecture and engineering in a philosophy which encourages followers to treat each landscape as a waste-minimizing ecology. As such, it's well suited to Nevada's desert environment, where water and soil are inherently scarce resources. Read More
Bike Trip Across Rural America Results in Techie's Conversion to Sustainable FarmerJuly 2, 2012 | Hana Lurie
How does a Los Angeles-based techie completely disconnected from food and agriculture end up a passionate sustainable farmer? It's really quite simple. The techie-turned-farmer in question, one Nathan Winters, strikes out on a 4300-mile bike ride across America's rural landscapes to find inspiration. He works on a number of farms along the way and ends up with a passion for organic "bootstrap" agriculture that leads him to start Relly Bub Farm in southern Vermont.
I recently spoke with Winters to learn more about his embrace of agriculture, how his cross country trip shaped his philosophy on farming, his words of wisdom for new farmers, the challenges he faces and more. Read More
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What do cuisine, land use, architecture and renewable energy have in common? A lot, according to Urban Green, a company working to connect these "inter-related disciplines."
Urban Green operates three urban farms and a 4,800 square foot food facility in Los Angeles, CA. The farms employ a variety of growing practices, from traditional permaculture at the first site, which has been running for six years, to hydroponics at a new project in downtown Los Angeles. Urban Green takes a holistic approach to all of its projects, using not only permaculture practices, but reusable and biodegradable containers for its cuisine and renewable energy sources whenever possible. Read More
New Mexico's Permaculture Institute Sees Undisturbed Ecosystems as Models for Sustainable Ag SystemsMarch 26, 2012 | Noelle Swan
Scott Pittman has spent over 27 years traveling the world and teaching permaculture, a holistic approach to sustainable living that sees agricultural and societal structures as integrated components of the natural ecosystem. The word permaculture is a contraction of "permanent agriculture" and "permanent culture". Pittman's Permaculture Institute defines permaculture as 'an ecological design system for sustainability in all aspects of human endeavor. It teaches us how to build natural homes, grow our own food, restore diminished landscapes and ecosystems, catch rainwater, build communities and much more.'
The Permaculture Institute, headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, also emphasizes the care of the earth and the care of people as equally important and intertwined imperatives. "It sounds simple enough. But when you really look at the implications, it requires a huge amount of study and understanding," Pittman says. "Before one can care for something one has to know how it operates." Read More
Amidst Hotbed of Organic Ag, UMass Amherst Provides Students Foundation for Success in Sustainable Food & FarmingMarch 2, 2012 | Noelle Swan
Even though it is hardly the breadbasket of America, New England has become a hotspot for sustainable agriculture. "We don't talk about organic farming here, we just assume that the farm's organic," says professor John Gerber, chuckling slightly. "The culture is shifting and students are responding to it."
Gerber's sustainable food and farming students have been the driving force behind a steady expansion of sustainable agriculture programming at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. As program advisor, Gerber says that he has seen a tremendous uptick in interest in agriculture over the past five years, with the number of majors increasing ten-fold, from five to 50. Read More
Los Angeles-based Huntington Ranch Experiments with Edible Landscapes and Food ForestsSeptember 23, 2011 | Melaine Bryant
Researchers at the Huntington Ranch are experimenting with innovative farming techniques focused on ecosystem-based growing and using multi-level polyculture to create "edible landscapes." Such landscape systems require less upkeep, have a lower environmental impact, and are less expensive in the long run.
Located on fifteen undeveloped acres of land at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, CA, the Ranch features a vegetable garden, dozens of fruit trees, an avocado grove, a "food forest," and a half-acre zone featuring demonstration spaces for container gardening and pruning workshops. The Ranch functions as an outdoor classroom, demonstration garden, and research lab for sustainable urban agriculture. Read More


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That Crazy J
can't she just leave already? like now?
Her hair makes her look like an elf and not in a good way...
her outfit isnt that bad... but what's with the hair? oh, little J you dont need to have SEX in order to be a slut, you can be a slut by dressing, attitude, etc. JUST FOR THOSE ON HERE WHO HAVE SEX 24/7
Aw what a wonderful person -.- Look at her cute little face xDD OMG How much I hate her!!
Maybe Blair's dress is so ugly because Jenny made it?
I meant:
"Although I hated her for telling on Serena to her father..."
I actually liked Jenny a LITTLE bit better this week,
although I hated her for telling on Serena's father,
she actually gave some good advice too,
and her looking into Lilly's medicin and telling her foundings to Chuck, makes me feel like she does have a heart under all that black make up.
Her hair still makes me puke, though. What's with the
freaky and unnatural curl?
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Thats her sabotage garment bag
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So, a lot of you may have heard . . . my book came in the mail yesterday. AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I'm a little excited.
This is my first one, and I've been planning and dreaming about this day for over a decade. I couldn't have gotten it published without all of you, my readers, so thank you, thank you, thank you! for being there for me, post after post!! I love you!!!
I thought I'd post this salad today, as a sort of retraction for a part of my book. (That was quick!!) Let me explain. In my book, in the chapter called "Concert on the Green," in a lead-in for Mukimame Succotash, I wrote that I don't like lima beans—fair enough. They're kind of starchy and flavorless. In fact, I think a lot of you may have my back on this.
Fast forward to a couple weeks ago, when I saw a can of Bush's Butter Beans at the store. "Butter beans," I thought. "What are those?" I knew I needed them right away. I bought some, and when I opened them, I started eating them, right out of the can. They were the smoothest, richest, most comforting healthy thing I'd ever tried. And they came from a can! I was hooked. When I went to write the recipe for this salad today, though, I knew I had to be able to tell you what a butter bean actually is. And guess what I found out! They're lima beans!! They're just lima beans that are grown to maturity, and dried. You cook them like regular beans. So, since writing the book, I have discovered I do, in fact, like lima beans, just not the way my mom made them.
Since I bought the two cans of the Bush's brand (which is really hard to find, so start nagging your grocer to carry them), I have tried another brand, which I didn't like nearly as much, so if you see Bush's Butter Beans, make sure you buy them.
I love this little salad, as it's so simple—most of the ingredients are things you can keep on the shelf. Only the lemon juice and the avocado need to be fresh. It's very high in protein, as well, which makes it great as a recovery meal after a workout. The tuna itself is going to yield about 12 grams of protein per serving, plus selenium, Vitamin B12, Niacin, and Vitamin D.
The butter beans will provide about 5 grams of protein and 4 grams of fiber per serving. And then the avocados are packed with nutrients: oleic acid (which helps lower LDL cholesterol), Vitamin B6, protein, fiber (10 g for 1 cup!), and Vitamin E.
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When I am folding clothes I walk in place, I take each thing as folded and put it away, not a stack individually. It gets the job done and really doesnt take much longer but I get lots of steps and walking in doing it.
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I add diced zucchini in enchiladas, salads and really most any recipe that calls for veggies. I dice them up and a heat them with pam in a skillet then add the remaining ingredients for that dish, they add fiber and bulk to my low calorie meals, without changing the taste. Just a neat trick to get more veggies in each day.
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I have found that one good way to add a little extra kick to my exercise is to one 1 minute burst. This can be any exercise you want doing it as hard as you can for just one minute. I try to repeat these about once an hour mostly in the afternoons, when I do a lot more sitting.
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I plan my meals and add them to my tracker once a week, then I know what I am eating..NO guessing just eat the planned meal. If I am going out I check out the menus and then track what I plan again, no guessing so I am not tempted to eat other things, I rarely even look at the menu if I do this. The more I plan the better I am eating and can handle small challenges when they come up.
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If you want to have success then TRACK, food, exercise, spark points, measurements, just really use the tools here. The more you do this the more you accountable you are to yourself. I also like it because I can go back to the beginning and see where I have made changes and if I need to tweak it more. TRACK IT!!!!!
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You need these 2 qualities to make this journey to health work. This is not a short journey so you need to patient and know its going to take time. You must have endurance too, these will be bumps along the way, but if you keep pushing forward you will make it. You can find your way through lifes potholes and bumps to become healthier and fitter and yes thinner too. Learn to cultivate endurance and patience and add some love for yourself.
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Ok we all have laundry to do, when it comes to folding its a bore, well one day I had on some oldies and just started moving to the music while folding and putting away. I keep my feet a stepping, it was fun and when I checked my pedometer I had added another 10 minutes to my aerobic steps. Cool way to get some fun exercise and get work done too.
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Plateaus are something we will all face and there are ways to break through, but it might take time. Never give up keep trying something new or different and know that in time (something we all have but want it to go faster) you will break through and get to your goal. So never give up!
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No matter what the scale shows, if you know in your mind that you are following the right path, you will have the motivation you need to make it to another day. We need to learn to not stress over the numbers and learn how to applaud the journey. We will make to the end and get healthy and fit.
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Exercise is a tough thong for many people, but try it, start slow and keep working on consistence and increasing your time. The funny thing is that those lovely endorphins will kick in and you feel great. You will want more and slowly start to like it!!
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|Plasticity in adult and ageing sympathetic neurons.
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|The nature of neural plasticity and the factors that influence it vary throughout life. Adult neurons undergo extensive and continual adaptation in response to demands that are quite different from those of early development. We review the main influences on the survival, growth and neurotransmitter expression in adult and ageing sympathetic neurons, comparing these influences to those at work in early development. This "developmental" approach is proposed because, despite the contrasting needs of different phases of development, each phase has a profound influence on the mechanisms of plasticity available to its successors. Interactions between neurons and their targets, whether effector cells or other neurons, are vital to all of these aspects of neural plasticity. Sympathetic neurons require access to target-derived diffusible neurotrophic factors such as NGF, NT3 and GDNF, as well as to bound elements of the extracellular matrix such as laminin. These factors probably influence plasticity throughout life. In adult life, and even in old age, sympathetic neurons are relatively resistant to cell death. However, they continue to require target-derived diffusible and bound factors for their maintenance, growth and neurotransmitter expression. Failure to maintain appropriate neuronal function in old age, for example in the breakdown of homeostasis, may result partly from a disturbance of the dynamic, trophic relationship between neurons and their targets. However, there is no clear evidence that this is due to a failure of targets to synthesize neurotrophic factors. On the neural side of the equation, altered responsiveness of sympathetic neurons to neurotrophic factors suggests that expression of the trk and p75 neurotrophin receptors contributes to neuronal survival, maintenance and growth in adulthood and old age. Altered receptor expression may therefore underlie the selective vulnerability of some sympathetic neurons in old age. The role of neural connectivity and activity in the regulation of synthesis of target-derived factors, as well as in neurotransmitter dynamics, is reviewed.
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|Created Date: 1998-03-24 Completed Date: 1998-03-24 Revised Date: 2009-09-29
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09 March 2011
HOW TO: Style Music Fest Hair
*since this is how I plan to wear my while at SX (wednesday-sunday), I did a test run this week and so far, so good. BONUS, it's sleep proof. All I've been doing is using a little dry shampoo to freshen the look (starting around morning #3).
Music by Finnegan (will be playing at SXSW)
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- val said...
what dry shampoo do you use? I love this look alot! its perfect and makes me wish spring was here!
- March 9, 2011 at 3:29 PM
- beca lew said...
This brought me back to my 10 year old summer self. We used to braid embroidery thread and yarn in our hair and see how long it would last. It lasted through more than a week of water parks, trampolines and bike riding. I'm sure it will hold up at sxsw.
- March 9, 2011 at 4:49 PM
- rachelinaustin said...
Thanks for posting this! I'll be down there starting Friday and I definitely need hair ideas like this one! :)
- March 9, 2011 at 5:25 PM
- Little Tree Vintage said...
awesome i love that your videos are so simple, yet so awesome
- March 9, 2011 at 5:41 PM
- Cara Jess Mason said...
Great idea! I did a two week canoe trip when I was 16 and did this.
It worked so well that I kept them in for the 4 weeks following that I was at camp.
They were pretty grotty by the end, but still fun.
I'm totally doing this at our folk festival this summer!
-Cara Mason
- March 9, 2011 at 7:53 PM
- BuenoBueno said...
Bed Head dry shampoo or Kevin Murphy's Fresh Hair.
- March 9, 2011 at 9:08 PM
- Lauren @The Little Things We Do.... said...
such a cute idea! i totally used to do this with big satin ribbons when i was in elementary school....but just one big braid. i was so cool. haha!
i totally understand busy-ness. we totally should still collaborate on something once you get some time.... whether it's the camera thing or something else. either way...i want some more brandi in my life!
- March 9, 2011 at 10:35 PM
- Diana Smith said...
That was a fun video to watch. Cool hair!
- March 10, 2011 at 1:28 AM
- Carla said...
I love these videos so much!
Thanks for teaching a man to fish:)
- March 10, 2011 at 2:43 AM
- Mrs. Miller said...
super cute! i need to get some dry shampoo before i head down there! thanks for saying which ones you like, i haven't found one that i like yet. :)
- March 10, 2011 at 10:03 AM
- Kassi said...
i can't wait for you, brandi, to play around with my hair and make me pretty! i'm hitting you up for highlights as soon as i move to texas yo!
much love girls
- March 10, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- fredwink said...
dope! see you this weekend can't wait!
- March 10, 2011 at 2:32 PM
- emily jean. said...
Bonnaroo, here my cute hair comes!
Thanks for the tips, lovely ladies.....xx
Emily at Third Street Photo
- March 11, 2011 at 1:06 PM
- Melissa at bubbyandbean.com said...
Bed head dry shampoo is basically the best invention ever, especially for festivals. When I go to festivals or multi-show runs with my fiance's band, it pretty much saves me. Those outdoor showers are gross.
Have fun!!!
melissa @ bubby & bean
- March 12, 2011 at 3:31 AM
- Miss Holly said...
So cuuute! Will you girls be at a booth or showcase? I'd love to swing by and buy a little shark necklace, or just say hello.
If not, enjoy the week! :)
- March 12, 2011 at 10:14 AM
- Kaitlyn Rose said...
Oops! That comment from "Miss Holly" is from me. :)
- March 12, 2011 at 10:16 AM
- morgan said...
I love this and can't wait to try it!
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Weirdness: So, Someone Made A Valve E3 Press Conference Using Tomodachi Life
Posted by Damien McFerran
Nintendo's life sim used to poke fun at long-suffering Half Life fans
Valve released Half Life 2 a decade ago, and since then fans have been waiting for news relating to the third instalment in the critically-acclaimed series. Every year, these very same fans search through the internet trying to find hints or references to the release of the game, and we've seen some downright hilarious false guesses over the past few years.
Such is the incredible level of expectation that YouTube user OniNeoxes has created a video using Tomodachi Life which presents the Valve E3 press conference that Half Life fans dread — we'll let you see for yourself below, but be warned: if you're a fan of the series, it may be a little too near the knuckle for you to stomach.
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Are you as tired of the St Paddy's debunkers as I am? While I support good history and scholarship, it seems like every holiday we have a parade of folks telling us to not be silly. Don't celebrate All Snakes Day because there is no historical basis. Don't enjoy turkey with your loved ones too much because of centuries old genocide. Don't whoop it up on the 21st because the shortest night of the year comes two weeks earlier.I'm not saying there isn't good and valuable information here. I … [Read more...]
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