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This is a sci-fi series about a freed slave, a cloned man. It takes place in the distant future, far from earth.
This is a series: each book is a standalone, but is best read in order.
Written By: Thadd Evans
Series: Brynin #0
Published By: Devine Destinies
Written By: Thadd Evans
Series: Brynin #1
Published By: Devine Destinies
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The robot got to his feet, facing me. A laser beam shot out of its forehead—hit my face, blinding me with a bright light. I closed my eyes and stood still, waiting for the robot to kill me by burning a hole in my head.
Gradually, the light darkened. Now there was a small hot spot on my chest. I opened my eyes and looked down. Not far from my neck, the robot lowered its head slightly, and the laser beam moved up the center of my chest. I stayed in one spot, trying not to provoke the android while the hot spot started burning my skin.
As the pain increased, I clenched my teeth. At the same time, the beam spread out until it was five inches in diameter. The beam moved to the right, and went down to my hips, and shut off.
For some unknown reason, the robot marched toward its original position. After arriving there, it pivoted, and faced ST7.
I took a deep breath, relieved, and glanced down. Sakra hadn't moved. His mouth was wide open, both eyes staring into space.
Wanting to know if he had a pulse, I stooped, and touched his wrist.
In the distant future, The OTA Corporation, an organization that is spread across many planets, has created elite clones called the C. The C, the smartest humans that have ever lived, fly and maintain OTA's starships. This is the story of one of them, Jason 664, a freed slave, a man who longer has to work for OTA.
Written By: Thadd Evans
Series: Brynin #1
Published By: Devine Destinies
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A few weeks ago, we moved into our apartment. My HMR, a high-speed memory recall tool, chimed. I spoke into the ear-mounted device. "Hello, who is it?"
"Ambassador Yar."
"It's good to hear from you."
"Thank you. I want to attend your party, but problems have come up. "
I hesitated, stunned by this information. "Understood. What are they?" An instant later, I realized I had no business asking.
"First of all, is your HMR secure? Can anyone listen in?" she replied.
"Hold on a second. I'll fix that."
"All right."
I pulled it off my ear, and the floating screen appeared. Near the top of it, security measures scrolled. I dragged my finger over most of them, switching on more firewalls, then put the earpiece back. "Now we can talk."
"According to the Icir Security Force," Yar went on, "for the last couple of days, LN spies have been watching me when I'm traveling between schools. As a result, the ISF told me we need to hold your party at another location, not at your apartment."
I frowned, worried now. "Sure. Where?"
"I'll tell you a day or two before the party. Sorry it has to be this way."
I bit my lip, frustrated that this occasion had become more complicated. "No problem."
After Ieeb, Seeta, and I left the subway station close to downtown Wcip, we stepped inside an unmarked air-van. The driver, a Glemal woman in plain clothes, smiled at us as the vehicle rose.
I sat down. "Where are we going?"
She replied, "You'll see."
When it was far above the street, the van went several blocks, flew inside a gray high-rise, and touched down. All of us climbed out and went through a door, entering a huge conference room.
Not far away, amid a small crowd, Ambassador Yar was speaking to Yeliv, Greg, and Tia. The Ambassador walked toward me, smiling. We hugged.
I pulled away. "This is my wife and daughter."
Ieeb, a shocked expression on her face, shook Yar's hand. "I didn't think I would ever meet you."
Yar grinned and drew an L-shape in the air with her finger. "The privilege is mine."
Ieeb blinked, surprised. "You know Dseo signing language. That's amazing."
"I studied Teer's Notes for several years."
"That's impressive. They're extremely detailed, hard to learn. Although his Notes are part of our language and history, grasping every book takes a long time."
Yar smiled, but didn't say a word.
Jason, an officer in The Council Interstellar Force, fights Harcus's armies of robots, cloned humanoids, Spacecraft, and other weapons.
Written By: Thadd Evans
Series: Brynin #2
Published By: Devine Destinies
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We finished our meal. Yar removed a tablet from her pocket. A screen came out of the side of the device and started floating. Close to the top of the screen, one that glided toward Yar's face, text brightened. Mii, on. Yu on. Way oh.
I rubbed my chin. "What does that statement mean?"
"It's a Niil poem called Onily. I'll read it.
"Umber swept away
"Yes Menot
"Embers speak
"Yes Massi."
I glanced at her. "I don't understand it."
"It's a rough English translation. Eighty thousand years ago, an asteroid hit Onily, a moon that orbits my home planet, Dusik. Within a month, from the North Pole to the South Pole, Dusik's tides changed. Menot, an Embers Congressional member, said that like the tides, the Niil needed to change, remain open to new ideas. Otoq, a colleague, agreed with Menot."
I nodded. "It's an interesting poem."
"Yes. However, there are some drawbacks. Although Menot, a great poet manipulated his Heta waves, infrared light, by breathing in specific rhythms, it's difficult to translate them into English, Qoowo, Aito, Turon, or any other language.
"There is another concern. Some Heta waves smell like the ocean. When you sniff others, the odor reminds you of a forest."
I raised one eyebrow. "Translating Niil into English is tough."
"Several years ago, my brother, Ro, told me about a journey through the Ydnn Forest. Halfway through the story, his Heta waves, a group of patterns, morphed until they resembled leaves. The patterns smelled like cedar." Yar paused.
"I don't understand, but it sounds interesting."
"Someday, you might grasp what his poem is saying."
In the distant future, the OTA Corporation, an organization that is spread across many planets, has created elite clones called the C. The C, the smartest humans that have ever lived, fly and maintain OTA's starships. This is the story of one of them, Jason_664, a man who no longer has to work for OTA.
Written By: Thadd Evans
Series: Brynin #3
Published By: Devine Destinies
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Yar's voice came out of my earplugs. "Jason, Greg, Nianda may need medical attention. She usually sleeps for eight hours. A moment ago, after noticing that ten hours have gone by since she went to bed, I tried to wake her by touching her shoulder, but she didn't respond."
I turned on autopilot, a device that would take over for a short time. "We'll be there in a moment," I promised.
Both of us entered the passenger compartment.
Yar, who was standing next to Nianda, turned toward us. "For the last nine days, Nianda has complained several times, saying she's taken a lot of pills to get rid of headaches.
"Yesterday, I asked her if we could help. She said that only an RSS, a Robotics Surgical Specialist, could replace the frozen biopolymer tubes in her lungs. Then she told me she would search for one when we reached Icir."
I scowled. "I just sent an email to a galactic air controller, asking him to help us find an RSS. The moment he responds, I'll tell you."
Yar nodded. "Thank you."
As Greg and I headed for the bridge I thought about the RSS, medical professionals with difficult jobs. Every cable inside an HBE was different. Biopolymer tubes oxygenated blood along with other fluids.
Although Humans, Aito, and other races' lungs made oxygenation seem easy, it wasn't. For millions of years, red and white blood cells, telomeres, nerve endings, dendrites, and countless other cells had evolved to make maximum use of oxygen. As a result, Humans' and other races' bodies lived longer.
Humans, Aito, and other sentient races had created artificial lungs to extend their lifespans for over two centuries. Despite many successes, those lungs broke down and had to be replaced by a RSS. But if they inserted the wrong biopolymer tubes that obstructed cell regeneration, Nianda might die immediately—or she would pass away in several days, weeks or months.
There was another issue, an old one. Did Nianda have enough money to pay for her operation? I couldn't afford it. I stuck my hand over my tablet, sending a text message to all the passengers.
Yeliv's voice, a quick response, came out of my earplugs. "Jason, none of us has enough money to help Nianda with her medical bills. All of us are sorry."
"I understand."
Greg shook his head. "Jason, I apologize, but I can't afford to help Nianda either."
Death by poverty—as I said, an old problem.
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Professor Emmanuel Obot, Executive Director of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (BirdLife in Nigeria), ex-CAP Chair and former member of the Africa Regional Committee, died in the ill-fated Dana Air plane crash that took place on June 3 in Lagos, Nigeria.
Each day on 1-20 June Mark Avery is writing a blog about biodiversity, sustainability and global issues
Dilma Roussef, the President of Brazil, has only partially vetoed the new Forest Code proposed by the Brazilian Congress.
Developing the capacity of local conservation groups in biodiversity monitoring is very critical in ensuring that a larger constituency of communities is contribute to IBA monitoring.
Vogelbescherming Nederland (VBN, BirdLife in The Netherlands) and WWF-Netherlands are funding a new chair in migratory bird ecology at the University of Groningen.
Bird Conservation Nepal, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, and staff from BirdLife recently conducted field surveys at Rara National Park in the west of Nepal to assess and value the benefits that the Park and surrounding Buffer Zone provide to people.
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The first ever gathering of international civil society organisations for nature in post-Saddam Iraq has taken place in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan, hosted by BirdLife Partner Nature Iraq.
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According to Ethics Committee Chair Frank Bush, Dodson filed a third complaint Monday, but Bush wouldn't reveal the person or persons named.
Bush also would not reveal the nature or contents of any of the three complaints filed or the names of the commissioners listed.
Bush said the Ethics Committee would likely meet early next week to consider whether to take up the complaints or dismiss any or all of them.
"We have received the ethics complaints, and they will be officially considered at our next Ethics Committee meeting with the date to be determined," Bush said. "Our first order of business, without discussion, will be to vote on whether the complaints have any merit. If they don't, we will adjourn."
Hutto said he received a copy of the complaint filed against him, but he didn't want to comment on it until the Ethics Committee ruled on whether it had merit.


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Valley Authority will be
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production and natural resources for the next two decades.
This will be the federal agency's first integrated resources plan since 1995. Due for completion in 2011, the report will chart TVA's energy options and land and lake management practices through 2029.
The first public meeting will be July 20 in Nashville, followed by sessions in Chattanooga; Knoxville; Huntsville, Ala.; Hopkinsville, Ky.; Starkville, Miss.; and finally Memphis on Aug. 6.
Consumers and stakeholders also can fill out a questionnaire with suggestions for the agency at http://www.tva.gov/irp.
TVA provides electricity to nearly 9 million consumers in seven
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Weak title I know but seriously.....the first quarter of the season has gone and passed us real rapid. It seems like it was just yesterday that I was listening to the first of many "Mason's Minutes" on the website as training camp started. We could be 4-0 if Goings picked up a block and Fox didn't call a timeout or we could be 1-3 (Giving ourselves the Falcons win). Obviously, it's been fun for a Panthers fan but I just wanted to break down the positives and the negatives of so far and make a valid unbiased assumption of what we can expect in quarter 2 of the season.
Positive 1:
It is probably the most overlooked fact of our success thus far. No one will ever put us in a category of best defenses this season and I am perfectly fine with the NFL and everyone else kissing the Cowboys' asses, while pulling for the Packers and defending the Giants. But first of all, our run defense has been phenomenal stopping the NFL's premier backs. First four running backs weve played have been the top 4 backs in the league thus far. Not one got over a 100 on us. Also, under the radar our pass defense is ranked second in the NFC. Chris Harris is unreal at stripping and we are getting interceptions and on top of that we are getting a lot of chances at interceptions (Gamble's hands.....what happened to his buckeye days?) Defense keeps playing like this, we are gonna keep winning.
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Rhys Lllyod has a lead foot. End of discussion
Positive 3:
Stewart and Williams are even. Passing and Running are even. Moose and Smith are even. Blocked punts to not blocked punts are close to even. But seriously, keeping a balanced offense is what we need. We saw how we tried to only run the first half and only pass the second half made us look stupid against Minnesota. But we saw how we looked great against Atlanta (ok i know it was atlanta)
Negative 1:
Cmon guys
Negative 2:
Punt team
Cmon guys
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Play calling
I know its safe, I know its right and I can't argue with wins....but can we stop calling draws on second down. What is also safe is stretch plays behind Otah, Screens to Smith, Dives to Stewart. Playing it safe is fine by me thats just how Ive been brought up as a Panthers fan....but lets switch it up.
We keep playing with "its our house mentality" (~beason) and playing tough on defense. Our offense is only gonna get better and we are gonna keep winning. We can't get comfortable but we can definately let the momentum build.


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Curried Apple Pastries
Published March 13, 2013 | Written by The Healthline Editorial Team
Have one as a snack or take them to work for a tasty and filling lunch. The crisp, tangy apples are the perfect pairing to the spicy curry powder. Complete the meal with cool raita or coriander chutney.
|Nutrition Facts
|Serving size:
|1 pastry
|Calories per serving:
|Total Fat 10.8g
|Sodium 153mg
|Nutrition Facts
|Serving size:
|1 pastry
|Calories per serving:
|% Daily Value*
|Total Fat 10.8g
|Saturated Fat 1.5g
|Sodium 153mg
|Protein 1.6g
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
- 1 (14-ounce) package ready rolled shortcrust pastry
- 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced
- 2 red onions, peeled and chopped
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tbsp. curry powder
- 3 tbsp. olive oil
- 2 tbsp. plain flour
- 1/4 tsp. salt
Step by Step:
- Preheat the oven to 400°F and heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet over a medium heat.
- Add the onions to the skillet and fry for 3 to 5 minutes or until translucent. Add the curry powder and fry for 1 minute until fragrant. Add the apples, water, and salt to the skillet and simmer for 5 minutes or until the water has evaporated.
- Dust your work counter with flour and lay out the pastry. Cut around a small side plate on the pastry four times to create four pastry rounds.
- Divide the curried apple-onion mixture into four equal portions and spoon each portion onto a pastry round. Dampen the edges of each round with water and fold over the pastry to encase the fruit and create a half moon-shaped pasty. Pinch the dampened edges together to seal and poke several holes in the top with a fork.
- Use a fish slice to lift each pastry onto an olive oil greased baking sheet and bake in the oven on the middle shelf for 20 minutes or until golden brown.


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A German court recently upheld a ban on surnames that are hyphenated three or more times, claiming long names could cause "intolerable administrative difficulties" for German officials. As Time reports, local German authorities must also approve first names, which have to match the child's gender and "must not expose the child to ridicule or discrimination." (Germany is hardly the first country to crack down on wayward names.) As German courts have already rejected names like Stompie and Woodstock, the chances are slim you'll meet any Marijuana Pepsi Schmidts. [%comments]
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I wonder if they would have let me name my son Tygren.0 0
Or in Quebec, where the parents of young Brant Glacier face a fight over naming their second son Logan Avalanche.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090504/national/que_baby_name0 0
I guess it would go without saying that "A Boy Named Sue" wouldn't quite be the same.0 0
Meanwhile, something of similar magnitude has been proposed in my country. http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2009/4/18/31724/Dominican-Electoral-Board-wants-to-prohibit-confusing-names0 0
This is well known, and nothing new to Germans.
My sons have joint German/British citizenship, and they have two middle names each (one from each side of the family). One of them has my wife's surname as a middle name. This is fine on his British passport, but was rejected on their German passport – it's a surname, not a first name, so that's not allowed, and it isn't there.0 0
"Intolerable administrative difficulties" is my favorite phrase of the day.0 0
Hyphens cause difficulties for a nation with a federal minister of economics called Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Noddy Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg?0 0
This is somewhat pedantic of me, but I really doubt they're requiring the children be named based on gender; they're almost certainly requiring the children be named based on sex. The two words have perfectly good, distinct connotations, it's a shame to make them synonymous and lose the differentiation of intent.0 0


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|Clinical and structural evaluation of arthroscopic double-row suture-bridge rotator cuff repair: early results of a novel technique.
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|PMID: 20824269 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process
|PURPOSE: Assessment of repair integrity and clinical outcome after arthroscopic repair of rotator cuff tears in double-row suture-bridge technique with the use of a new knotless suture-anchor system.
METHODS: The first treated 25 patients with arthroscopic rotator cuff repair in the suture-bridge technique using a novel knotless anchor and chain-link suture system were evaluated. Patients with isolated full-thickness supraspinatus tears were selected. They were followed clinically with functional scores (Constant score, ASES index), visual analog scale (VAS), and instrumentally with Isobex digital strength analyzer preoperatively, at 6 and 14 months postoperatively. The repair integrity was evaluated with MRI at an average of 14 months postoperatively.
RESULTS: Significant improvement of pain, strength, range of motion, and functional scores occurred (P < 0.05). There was a re-tear rate of 20%. The subjective parameters (VAS and ASES Index) showed non-significant (n.s.) differences between the re-tear and intact repair groups, whereas the objective parameters (Constant score, muscle power and active ROM) showed significant differences between both groups (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: The functional outcome has improved significantly with this new knotless anchor-chain system and was more superior in shoulders with intact repair, whereas the resulted repair integrity was not better than other types of double-row repair techniques mentioned in the recent literature. However, this early report of the novel technique may show limited power for comparison due to the relatively small sample size.
|H El-Azab; S Buchmann; K Beitzel; S Waldt; Andreas B Imhoff
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It would be nice to see some more "positive" comments about Sykes when he is revealed tomorrow.....afterall he was awarded with 9 poles, 13 podiums(more than anyone else)and 4 wins, which yes was 1 less than biaggi but he also had 4 dnfs through no fault of his own! You just have to look at where he came from last year to know he deserves it. I dont think its fair to say he bottled it @bigphilsp1.... i can tell you myself that is BS, but then again us Brits love to knock our fellow countrymen for trying!


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Could Manny Pacqauio have beaten Miguel Cotto at Jr. Middleweight
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Could Manny Pacqauio have beaten Miguel Cotto at Jr. Middleweight
Miguel Cotto as of recently has rejuvenated his career in some regards and with Pedro Diaz working his corner he's far from the fighter he was when he faced Manny Pacquaio in 2009.
Spiritually, I think Cotto was in a different place then considering he fighting at a Catch-weight, his corner was highly inexperienced, and he was coming off an extremely grueling battle with Jousha Clottey.
Not to make excuses; However, in a four fight stretch (Margartio, Jennings, Clottey, and Pacquaio) you can ague Cotto was 1-3 winning the return bout with Jennings, but barely s****ing passed Clottey in a close fight.
Nonetheless, Cotto at Jr. Middleweight has showed advancement, better trainer, more physical, better strategic advice.
Does the version of Manny Pacquaio who fought Antonio Margarito at 150bs that got busted up and hurt a few times beat Miguel Cotto at 154lbs without a catch-weight.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Butta Numba
No way could I....but he has the whip on me to exercise every day~lol! We just spent a couple of days at the tail end of our Buying Trip at our beach home, and he had me out doing 4 mile walk/runs on the beach.
And to work off any of the excess holiday chocolate 8 miles of trail riding in the mangrove preserves. WHEW!
We are contemplating penning an exercise and fitness blog somewhere down the road....you know, for us "older folks". Let me know if you might be interested....I will pass the info along to the Mr.
Here are a couple more pics for my Northern buddies who are dreaming of the warm weather down in Florida~come on down!
I found lots of beach glass to add to my collection.
Not a single soul to be seen for miles on our barrier island.
What are they thinking I wonder?
Doing this post a bit backward, the Buying Trip was a big success and lots of fun.
We went to several of our usual and customary haunts, including Renninger's Antique Show in Mt. Dora. I was pleasantly surprised to meet up with Kim Ryan the very talented rose painter and owner of the Shabby Rose Studio, who I have known for years on the internet. Not only can she paint, but she has a FABU new line of clothing called Paris Rags.
Me and the darling Kim, taken after a longggggg day of being outdoors in the COLD (for Florida:-)!
Kim's daughter Mikayla is an entrepreneur in the making and was a bonafide assistant.
I purchased a couple of her gorgeous perfume bottles. This one is now at home in our beach home with an aqua and pink vignette.
Whaddaya think, a new idea for a Shabbyfufu Dress Form perhaps? (NOT!)
I am going to be holed up in my own studio this week, as I have LOADS of projects to work on and hope to have posted on the website this weekend.........while I am NOT running a marathon!
Love to all~
xoxoxo~ Janet
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Fufu my friend~I think an excercise bloggy is a fab idea for you & mr.in-shape fufu!!! like you have time for another blog with all you do in the fufu studio??? I for one am a big fan of excersising not only to look good but for our stress levels. I feel so much more better equipped to deal with life when I am sweating for 45 minutes a day!LOL! how about that dress form?? If anyone can make it look fab you can! beautiful photos & how dare you complain with your weather!!! I'll take the 30's over 2 feet of snow & sub zero temps anytime!LOL! i hope to join you floridians in march sometime! xo tuttsReplyDelete
You can count me as one of the northerners dreaming of sun and sand. :)ReplyDelete
Love the beach pics!
I could also use a little motivation to exercise, so let us know when that other blog starts up. I'm in my mid-40's and things are begining to shift...and not in a good way. LOL
Kimberly :)
Janet~ Hello! I'm still playing after the holiday (blog)catch up. I didn't know you were a February Birthday girl like me. My hubby aka Mr. Sweets is a runner too. I was doing so well hittin the gym with him...but I've fallen off the wagon or treadmill in my case. The banana nut muffins with creamcheese frosting that I just powered down probably wasn't quite the workout I was needin'. Of course Mr. Sweets ate two, which will cause no effect on his figure, of course.ReplyDelete
I can't wait to see what treasures you'll be listing.
Sweet Wishes,
Glad you had a fabulous Road Trip. Wasn't it nice you met up with Kim.ReplyDelete
I did my maths, you and Mr Fufu look pretty good for your age! It does seem the older we get the more we have to work on keeping ourselves in shape.
Thanks again for the book Janet, both Tony and I have enjoyed reading it over and over
Perfume bottle vignette, very beautiful and inspiring. You make me want to decorate!ReplyDelete
whew! you have been a busy girl Janet! can't wait to see what you'll cook up next.ReplyDelete
Hi Janet, Wow I looked tired and haggard yikes! After living like a gypsy three days I guess it's normal. I'm so happy to have met you finally! The bottle looks so pretty in it's new home. I think we will go again in Feb, it was fun, Thanks for the sweet mention of all my goings on! Kayla was thrilled to be mentioned in your post:) xoxox KimReplyDelete
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea of a blog for the "younger at heart folks" .... fab idea!! Tell Mr Fufu ...yes ...yes ... YES!!!ReplyDelete
Looks like you had a great time on your trip... lots of goodies... meeting up with a fellow blogger is always fun and a very talented on too...
Good for you on getting healthier... I am working on it but had a bit of a set back
I WILL make it though
What a lovely time it looks like you had with Kim! GOod for you for going out and exercising! It's so important! WHEW, is right! LOL!ReplyDelete
About the dress form... you certainly could make her beautiful, Janet! Maybe she'll be there when you go back.ReplyDelete
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DC's has new drunk driving laws starting August 1st. I wanted to simplify them a tad bit.
Driving Drunk is definitely not cool.
Effective August 1st.
First Offender: Penalty goes from a $300 fine and up to 90 days in jail to a $1,000 fine and up to 180 days in jail.
Add in a mandatory five days in jail, if you're driving drunk with a child in the vehicle.
Repeat Offenders: Mandatory 10 days in jail.
Commercial Vehicle Drivers: The blood alcohol limit will be .04 percent and will be subject to a mandatory five days minimum in jail. In addition to any other penalty they receive.
Driver with a blood alcohol limit of .30 percent or higher faces at least 20 days in jail.


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How do most of you handle this question without boring the customer with all the details of what can affect the program?
I have southern lawns.
I ofter a pre emergent fall and late winter
Two broad leaf controls ( one with Speed Zone and one with Sulfosufuron for grassy weeds too. ) with a light liquid Fert/iron in the spring.
One straight liquid hit with Iron. Spot treat broads.
One late spring granular with a slow release nitrogen.
Fall Fertilization.
Seven visits with an upsale of trees and Shrubs fertilization, Aeration and insects.
Here is the response I sent via - E mail
Our basic program is as Follows.
1 February Pre-emergent - Mow close and apply pre-emergent ( prevents spring and summer weeds of many types)
2 March - Broad Leaf control with a light fertilizer
3 April - Fertilization with quick green up and Broad Spectrum selective weeds killer for many types of Grasses, including Poa Blue Grass, Johnson Grass, Quack Grass and yellow sedge. Also controls, various other broad leaf type weeds. (areas treated with this will not grow many types of crops for a period of time as the material will not let them grow)
Optional - May - Tree and Shrub Fertilization
4 May -Lawn Fertilization - Spot treat broad-leaf weeds.
5 June - Apply a slow release fertilizer - Spot treat trouble weeds like Dallas Grass and Crab Grass ( except St-Augustine lawns)
Recommended - July/ August -Core aerate - Top dress with 1/8 to 1/4 inches of organic materials to build the soil.
6 September - Pre-emergent to prevent winter weed seeds
7 October - Winter Fertilization
Once we rotate through this program most of the weeds will be under control and you will see significant improvement because we have broken the cycle.
In regards to your last question:
A healthy green lawn depends upon many factors not always in our control. Over and under watering, insect damage, as well as the underlying soil are contributing factors. Other factors also include excessive weeds in the neighbors yards.
If for some reason a treatment is not to your satisfaction and you do not see results within two weeks of the application, we will return and determine what went wrong and re-apply if needed.
The way the home builders install the lawns sometimes makes it difficult to develop a nice lawn with fertilization alone. The lawn site is often full of buried construction debris and leveled off with sand. Just as you would till the soil and add compost to a garden, the lawn will benefit from the same preparation. However, this preparation is never done with the typical production home. Core aeration and the addition of amendments is needed with our hard clay soils.
I hope this helps you understand our program better.
I guess no one offers a guarantee?
I just don't get up as early as you Deukster. Snow on gound here--but not as much as predicted--an inch maybe.
About the guarantee. My sales brochure says "Guaranteed results" --nothing more. In my oral presentation I often say, " Resprays are free. If the grass isn't green or the weeds don't die--extra fertilizer is free. So is extra weed control. Just call."
The only guarantee I make is to control weeds. I make no guarantee to kill weeds. The difference seems small but in reality the two are worlds apart. I try to get out and see all my lawns at least once a month. I keep a few bags of cheap fert on the truck just for touch ups. Those customers that are only on the weed control/fert service and comment about the lack of green or growth or something receive an app of 100% slow release N fert at a rate of at least 2lbs/1000sft. It doesn't burn the lawn but after about ten days the lawn starts growing like a hay field and the customer starts trusting the program.
I won't specifically state a guarantee, as there are too may factors beyond on our control, but I will respond to complaints and try to "make it right". For example one customer complained about an app of Barricade being ineffective. I asked if he had watered it in as noted . . . "No, my wife forgot to set the system."
8 days after the app we had an 6" downpour that fell in 2-1/2 hrs!
So I offered to charge 1/2 price on a retreatment and used (much cheaper) pendi. He's happy, and I made $ on both rounds.
On another lawn, a very good customer commmented about the lack of response from the slow release fert I use. I completely agreed with him, and spread Ammonium Sulfate at 1/2 lb N/M. He watered that day. 2 days later, a 1.5" rainfall. Now he thinks I'm the greatest.
My cost to be "the greatest" on his 4,000 sf lawn?
Approximately $2.86 and about 5 minutes of time.
Let's think about this for a sec, Ted, why do they put a guarantee on a box? Hmm, very interesting. Here's how I see it. A guy puts a guarantee on the box 'cause he wants you to feel all warm and toasty inside. Ya think if you leave that box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter. The point is, how do you know the Guarantee Fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy, but we're not buying it. Next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser and your daughter's knocked up, I've seen it a hundred times. they know all they solda ya was a guaranteed piece of ****. That's all it is. Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for right now, for your sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality item from me. - Tommy Boy
Pistons got nothing to do with it--i don't think. And my daughter just had a baby. She is fine now. But soil temp is 39 degrees and one inch snow.
Thanks, the post was put up yesterday. I was bumping it back to the top.
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Chinese carriers COSCO and China Shipping told the Federal Maritime Commission they are in the beginning stages of a merger, while Bloomberg reported CMA CGM has entered into talks to buy APL parent Neptune Orient Lines.
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CenterPoint Properties names head of U.S. western region, while International Container Terminal Services, Inc. promotes three VPs.
With world leaders convening in Paris for global talks on how to slow climate change, the shipping industry says it is doing its part and ocean carriers say more efforts are underway to lower carbon dioxide output from vessels.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Proving nothing is impossible in the world of daytime television, Rosie O'Donnell is coming back to The View, at least for a day.
The show announced Monday that O'Donnell will be a guest on the daytime gabfest on Feb. 7. O'Donnell's tenure as a panelist on the ABC show seven years ago was notably stormy. O'Donnell said after leaving that she had experienced something like post-traumatic stress disorder, and show creator Barbara Walters said she resented the way O'Donnell dumped on the show.
Walters said Monday that she has great affection for O'Donnell. She called O'Donnell a lively and engaging guest who is a part of the show's history.
This is Walters' last season on the show.
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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning"
Albert Einstein published many groundbreaking scientific theories during his career, including the special and general theories of relativity, and the concept of mass-energy equivalence (E = mc2)
In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his services to Theoretical Physics and for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect
After Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party rose to power in Germany in 1933, Einstein emigrated to the United States to take up a position at the Institute for Advance Study in New Jersey. He remained a faculty member there until his death in 1955
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He was right. Four months later, the stock has more than tripled. And on Friday, he said he's still bullish on the shares.
"The turnaround at Netflix really is extraordinary," Tilson said in an email. "I really have to tip my hat to [CEO] Reed Hastings, who quickly recognized and acknowledged the Quickster mistake, fixed it, ignored all the criticism and the collapsing stock price and just refocused on his business – and it's paying off. Subscriber numbers are going gangbusters in the US and internationally, and the streaming content just gets better and better."
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You can't prove a negative
The claim, "you can't prove a negative" (or "...universal negative") is often used as a shorthand in discussions to refer to the difficulty of gathering evidence to "prove" that something does not exist. Proving that a phenomenon is not real takes a lot more time and effort than to demonstrate that it is real. This is especially true when the definition of the phenomenon can be changed at will by its believers (see God). It is very difficult to prove the general non-existence of a phenomenon, and this difficulty is used by believers of many kinds of phenomena to give the appearance of credibility to their beliefs.
Science, hypotheses and statistics
Much scientific practice has developed to address this issue. In particular, the field of statistics distinguishes between the so-called experimental hypothesis and the null hypothesis. The experimental hypothesis is usually the statement that the scientist would like to investigate the truth of (for example, that a drug under study is an effective treatment), while the null hypothesis is the opposite (that the drug is ineffective).
It is possible to "prove", by a well designed clinical trial, that a drug has an effect. However, it is impossible to prove that the drug has no effect: the effect might simply be too small for that particular experiment to detect; a later, larger, or differently designed experiment might well find it. For this reason, scientists and statisticians refer to a failed experiment (one in which the experimental hypothesis was not supported by evidence) as one that "failed to reject the null hypothesis" rather than one that "supported the null hypothesis" (and they never claim that such a result "proved the null hypothesis true").
Russell's Teapot
When considering unfalsifiable claims, Bertrand Russell used an analogy of a celestial teapot. If a teapot was drifting in space between the Earth and Mars (making it unobservable), he claimed it would be unreasonable to expect belief of the teapot based on their inability to disprove the teapots existence. He compared the belief in God to the belief in a celestial teapot; in both cases it is not the responsibility of disbelievers to disprove its existence.
- "Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This is, of course, a mistake. If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time. [1]"
Because it is overly broad, this phrase is often overused or misapplied. Contrary to the claim, it can be just as easy to prove a negative as a positive.
One such example is proving a claim which negates a simple, factual untruth. For instance, if one can "prove" that Richard Dawkins is currently in his home in England, then obviously one has proven that Dawkins is not currently in the United States.
Similarly, if any claim implies a logical contradiction, it cannot be true. In the previous example, if one were to claim that Dawkins was in England and in the United States at the same time, then the claim itself would be a contradiction. As an example of a claim that implies a contradiction, consider this mathematical statement: "There are no prime numbers whose square root is a rational number." This is a "universal negative" that is relatively easy to prove using a "proof by contradiction" (see Wikipedia:Irrational number), which is a form of reductio ad absurdum. See the latter article for more examples.
Reductio ad absurdum is a form of modus tollens argument. Strong atheists who assert that there is no god may sometimes rely on this tactic, for instance by invoking the argument from evil to show that a god with some set of characteristics cannot exist in the known world.
- ↑ Russell, Bertrand. Is There a God? [1952]. The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 11: Last Philosophical Testament, 1943-68. Routledge. pp. 547–548.


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|Multiple hormonal responses to physical exercise in eumenorrheic trained and untrained women.
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|PMID: 3429089 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|The aim of the present investigation was to compare the changes in plasma estradiol (E2), progesterone (P), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), testosterone (T), androstenedione (delta 4-A), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), and prolactin (PRL) in standardized tests (15-min consecutive work loads of 60%, 70%, 80% VO2 max to exhaustion) in 13 eumenorrheic untrained (UT) and 8 highly trained women (MR). Blood was obtained 15 and 2 min before exercise and at the end of each work load or each 15 min period. The results showed a significant increase (0.05 greater than P less than 0.001, two-way ANOVA) in plasma E2 P, T delta 4-A, PRL, and ACTH both in UT and MR irrespective of the phase of the menstrual cycle. DHEA S levels increased significantly in the MR, but not in the UT, PRL and ACTH increased linearly with exercise in MR and nonlinearly in UT. In the latter group, only the 80% VO2 max work load was able to elicit significant increments in the plasma levels of these hormones. In the MR plasma T and delta 4-A levels increased relatively more pronounced (P less than 0.05) at comparable work loads and exercise times than in the UT. LH levels decreased with exercise both in the UT and MR, whereas FSH levels remained unchanged (MR) or decreased (UT). These findings suggest that during exercise the ovarian hormones are increased by more unspecific mechanisms such as a decreased metabolic clearance rate, whereas in the MR, adrenal secretion of androgens is enhanced.
|H A Keizer; H Kuipers; J de Haan; E Beckers; L Habets
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|Title: International journal of sports medicine Volume: 8 Suppl 3 ISSN: 0172-4622 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Sports Med Publication Date: 1987 Dec
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|Created Date: 1988-03-02 Completed Date: 1988-03-02 Revised Date: 2008-11-21
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Physical Education and Training*
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Season's greetings, to all of my readers and supporters! If you know me well at all, you know that the frenzy of the holidays gets me hyped (in a good way). I can't stop singing Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole songs… In other words, I'm all about holiday cheer, and I wish you and your loved ones a very special holiday season. With that said, I have an article I'd like to share…
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post called "9 Nuggets of Advice for the Aspiring PR Pro," and detailed a few lessons of wisdom that I've picked up in the industry. I also promised a follow-up article, and now I'm making good on that promise. Without further adieu…
9 more nuggets of advice for young PR practitioners:
1 ) Be a consumer of news media. Just because you're not a journalist doesn't mean that you shouldn't be knowledgeable about what's going on in the world, and know how reporters think. Pick up a paper every day, if you can. Bookmark the New York Times or Huffington Post as your Internet browser's homepage. Make sure to read as much as you can, and have an educated opinion on the "latest" news.
2 ) Learn the art of small talk. If will come in handy more times than you know. Most of the times, you won't walk into a meeting and get straight to business. That's not how it works in the real world… Even the most "down-to-business" execs usually want to chitter-chatter for a few minutes. Sometimes a few friendly words exchanged early in the conversation can make the tough questions later on a bit more palatable. Remember, you are dealing with people.
3 ) There's no "I" in team. Not much more to say here. If you think you can carry the weight of the world on your shoulders, even if you're built like a professional bodybuilder, you're severely mistaken. The field of public relations is a team sport.
4 ) Write to be read. It's not enough to write for yourself; read aloud everything you put to paper (or on the web) before you hit "publish." Make sure the words you've written effectively communicate the desired message. Think about if you've represented your client's wishes. Have you addressed all of the key stakeholders? Is the writing clear and concise? Ask yourself these questions. If it makes sense in your head, but your audience can't understand or relate to what you've written, then your writing is ineffective.
4 ) Some clients will be rude. Just like in middle school, you'll find that in this career field, you're not going to be best friends with every client. Rest assured, there will be a small handful of clients that you may secretly wish bodily harm upon. Your task: to keep smiling, be polite, and make sure the work gets done anyway. Remember, you work in "public relations." Your job is to relate to people; even if they seem to make getting along with you harder than Calculus II. In other words: "take the high road."
5 ) Think like an editor. When dealing with information, both verbal and written, consider newsworthiness, angle, bias, etc. It will make your dealings with reporters that much easier, reviewing information from all angles before you meet with clients or your boss helps you anticipate all possible questions and/or sticking points before someone else brings them up. You always want to be as prepared as possible.
6) Organize your thoughts with a blog. Start and maintain a blog related to learnings in your field. It definitely helps to analyze your thoughts, and can even help with your career down the line. Just remain transparent in your writings, and keep in mind any confidentiality agreements you've signed with your company.
7 ) Things will change… often. How effectively you deal with change (i.e., keep a cool head in the middle of a tornado) directly affects whether you keep your job, get promoted, and succeed throughout your career.
8 ) Pay it Forward. If you keep up with your craft long enough, and follow these tips, eventually you'll be in a position of power, where you have the ability to teach and mentor others. Remember the help that you received on your climb to the top of the mountain, and be sure to lend a helping hand to the next person in your shoes.
9 ) Get a good stress ball. Sometimes, it will be your best friend. 'Nuff said.
So there you have it: 9 more nuggets of wisdom that will serve you well in the public relations world. Hopefully you find these tips useful. And now I turn to you… What are your thoughts?
Agree? Disagree? What advice would you offer to young and aspiring PR pros? Weigh in and post a comment below.


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WASHINGTON — The running fight over gay marriage is shifting from the ballot box to the Supreme Court.
Three weeks after voters backed same-sex marriage in three states and defeated a ban in a fourth, the justices are meeting Friday to decide whether they should deal sooner rather than later with the claim that the Constitution gives people the right to marry regardless of sexual orientation.
The court also could duck the ultimate question for now and instead focus on a narrower but still important issue: whether Congress can prevent legally married gay Americans from receiving federal benefits otherwise available to married couples.
The court could announce its plans as soon as Friday afternoon. Any cases probably would be argued in March, with a decision expected by the end of June.
Gay marriage is legal, or will be soon, in nine states — Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, Washington — and the District of Columbia. Federal courts in California have struck down the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, but that ruling has not taken effect while the issue is being appealed.
Voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington approved gay marriage earlier this month.
But 31 states have amended their constitutions to prohibit same-sex marriage. North Carolina was the most recent example in May. In Minnesota earlier this month, voters defeated a proposal to enshrine a ban on gay marriage in that state's constitution.
The biggest issue the court could decide to confront comes in the dispute over California's Proposition 8, the constitutional ban on gay marriage that voters adopted in 2008 after the state Supreme Court ruled that gay Californians could marry. The case could allow the justices to decide whether the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection means that the right to marriage cannot be limited to heterosexuals.
A decision in favor of gay marriage could set a national rule and overturn every state constitutional provision and law banning same-sex marriages. A ruling that upheld California's ban would be a setback for gay marriage proponents in the nation's largest state, although it would leave open the state-by-state effort to allow gays and lesbians to marry.
In striking down Proposition 8, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals crafted a narrow ruling that said because gay Californians already had been given the right to marry, the state could not later take it away. The ruling studiously avoided any sweeping pronouncements.
But if the high court ends up reviewing the case, both sides agree that the larger constitutional issue would be on the table, although the justices would not necessarily have to rule on it.
Throughout U.S. history, the court has tried to avoid getting too far ahead of public opinion and mores. The high court waited until 1967 to strike down laws against interracial marriage in the 16 states that still had them.
Some court observers argue that the same caution will prevail in the California case.
"What do they have to gain by hearing this case? Either they impose same sex marriage on the whole country, which would create a political firestorm, or they say there's no right to same-sex marriage, in which case they are going to be reversed in 20 years and be badly remembered. They'll be the villains in the historical narrative," said Andrew Koppelman, a professor of law and political science at Northwestern University. Koppelman signed onto a legal brief urging the justices not to hear the California case.
Yet some opponents of gay marriage say the issue is too important, and California is too large a state, for the court to take a pass.
"The question is whether there's a civil right to redefine marriage, as the California Supreme Court did. We don't think there is," said Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage.
Regardless of the decision on hearing the California case, there is widespread agreement that the justices will agree to take up a challenge to a part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
The law was passed in 1996 by overwhelming bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate and signed by President Bill Clinton. It defines marriage for all purposes under federal law as between a man and a woman and has been used to justify excluding gay couples from a wide range of benefits that are available to heterosexual couples.
Four federal district courts and two courts of appeal have overturned the provision in various cases on grounds that it unfairly deprives same-sex couples of federal benefits. The justices almost always will hear a case in which a federal law has been struck down.
The Obama administration broke with its predecessors when it announced last year that it no longer would defend the provision. President Barack Obama went further when he endorsed gay marriage in May.
Republicans in the House of Representatives stepped in to take up the defense of the law in court.
Paul Clement, the Washington lawyer representing the House, said the law was intended to make sure that federal benefits would be allocated uniformly, no matter where people live.
"DOMA does not bar or invalidate any state-law marriage, but leaves states free to decide whether they will recognize same-sex marriage," Clement said in court papers.
The court has several cases to choose from, including that of 83-year-old Edith Windsor of New York. Windsor faces $363,000 in federal estate taxes after the death of her partner of 44 years in 2009. In two other cases, same-sex couples and surviving spouses of gay marriages in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont are seeking a range of federal benefits, including Social Security and private pension survivor payments, access to federal employee health insurance and the right to file a joint federal income tax return.
In the only instance in which a gay couple already is receiving federal benefits, federal court employee Karen Golinski in San Francisco has been allowed, under a court order, to add her wife to her health insurance coverage. That could be reversed if the Supreme Court upholds the marriage law provision.
No matter which case the court chooses, the same issue will be front and center — whether legally married gay Americans can be kept from the range of benefits that are otherwise extended to married couples.
Justice Elena Kagan strongly suggested in her Supreme Court confirmation hearings that she would not take part in a gay marriage case from Massachusetts because she worked on it while at the Justice Department. The Massachusetts case is one of only two cases that have been decided by a federal appeals court. Windsor's is the other.
Another case, from Arizona, has some similarities to the Defense of Marriage Act appeals. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which invalidated Proposition 8 in California, struck down a state law that said only married state employees were eligible for health benefits and withdrew domestic partner benefits for unmarried state workers. Separately, the Arizona constitution bars same-sex marriage, so gay couples had no way to obtain the state benefits.
Cartman 3 years ago
IIRC, gay marriage has never won when put to a public vote. Not even in California. Ironically, while this is being imposed on the American people; opponents are accused of imposing morality simply because they do not personally agree with it.
And some wonder why the nation is collapsing around us?
FryarTuk 3 years ago
Not true. Maryland and Maine both had plebiscites approving gay marriages in each state, November 6, 2012. Wisconsin, home of VP candidate Mitt Ryan elected an openly gay woman, Tammy Baldwin, to the US Senate easily defeating Republican Superstar Tommy Thompson. None of these states are known as liberal bastions.
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