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Case Acceptance for Everyday Dentistry is a self-study video training program that makes learning the essential conversations of case acceptance easy and fun. Its focus is on 'bread and butter' dentistry - patients whose total case fee is less than $5,000. The principles of Case Acceptance for Everyday Dentistry come from over 20 years of proven success of thousands of dentists nationwide.
The new all-ceramic restorative materials, digital impressioning and CAD CAM technology, and enhanced implant systems create exciting opportunities for you to deliver complex dentistry with greater ease and precision. Plus, breakthroughs in 2D radiology and 3D cone beam imaging elevate your diagnosis and treatment planning capabilities to the next level.
However, complex care treatment plans with their accompanying higher fees make case acceptance far more challenging. You may have the technology and the the talent, but do you have what it takes so patients agree to your treatment recommendations?
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Caught & Social: A day in the life of Macca
The late Linda McCartney didn't just marry a Beatle and try to turn the nation on to vegetarianism, she was also an accomplished photographer as a new London exhibition A Life in Photographs, sets out to show us. On hand to open the exhibition was her widower, Sir Paul McCartney, who wasn't concerned about embarrassing his daughters Stella and Mary, as he threw poses for the camera in his trademark trainersand- suit combination.
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It might have just won a Bafta, but Steve Coogan's "biggest fear"was that his TV series The Trip would come across like "two people metaphorically doing mutual masturbation and the whole thing might be … self-congratulatory, smug, pseudo-selfdeprecation, like: 'Get a load of me, on tape having a laugh at myself. Aren't I cool?' Which would make me want to throw up."
To Jim Davidson, who takes TV writers to task on his blog. Waterloo Road, he says, has "the worst scriptwriting in the history of ink" while the final series of 24 is "difficult to watch". Jim should know a thing or two about bad drama: his theatrical debut, Stand Up and Be Counted, ended early this year due to poor ticket sales.
"For what you're getting, they're incredibly well priced. It's a forever bag," says L'Wren Scott, the designer girlfriend of Mick Jagger, of her new Lula handbag range. "Well priced", in case you were wondering, means between $2,300 and $20,000. We'll take two.
Hanks left holding the baby
Tom Hanks was in London last night for the première of Larry Crowne, a film which he directs, stars in and co-wrote. The movie tells the story of a man who loses his job and is forced to go back to college. The preparation for the film was anything but glamorous as Hanks revealed that he had to go to various companies and learn about things like "standard corporate structure", "living practices"and "navy pensions". He then took us on a trip down memory lane: Big was his "favourite movie", while "Bachelor Party was like a cerebral sexual fist fight every day". No, we don't know what that means either. There was a touching moment on the red carpet when Hanks was left holding a young fan, while former first lady Cherie Blair got all giggly around Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood to the strains of Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Just for a moment, it felt like Cool Britannia again…
Reese gets to grips with 'cool'
Rumoured couple Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis indulged in some ironic groping at the MTV Movie Awards, but Emma Watson and Andrew Garfield just looked insouciant. It was left to Reese Witherspoon, 35, to give advice to starlets fond of taking revealing pictures of themselves on camera phones. "I get it, girls – that it's cool to be a bad girl,"she said, picking up a lifetime achievement award. "When I came up… if you made a sex tape, you hid it under your bed. If you take naked pictures of yourself on your cellphone, you hide your face, people! Hide your face!" Or you could just not take them at all…Tagged in: celebrity gossip, Jim Davidson, Linda McCartney, L'Wren Scott, Reese Witherspoon, Sir Paul McCartney, Steve Coogan, tom hanks
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XCOM: Enemy UnknownRelease Date: 10/09/2012
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Used games include game, cover art, and case. Bonus downloadable or promotional content may have already been redeemed. Cleaning and repair was done as required. Game data from previous use may be present, but can be overwritten or deleted.
A re-imagining of the popular and influential 1994 PC title X-COM: UFO Defense, XCOM: Enemy Unknown takes place in the near future when hostile and technologically superior aliens have invaded Earth. To fight back, the world's governments have formed an elite paramilitary organization, and as commander of this "Extraterrestrial Combat Unit," Xbox 360 players must coordinate a worldwide effort that includes planning combat missions, controlling the soldiers in battle, researching and reverse-engineering alien technology, and creating and upgrading the XCOM base. Instead of constructing bases all around the world, gamers conduct business from a massive underground bunker that is sliced in half to offer something of an ant-farm view, and they launch satellites to keep watch over specific countries. When a country is under assault players send in a group of unique soldiers to fend off the invaders in turn-based skirmishes. In battle each character can freely move once per turn, and perform one action per turn as they maneuver around highly destructible environments. Gamers can then excavate and install facilities at their base for things like resource collection, alien interrogation, and soldier upgrades, though each successive room costs more to install. Every decision players make in XCOM: Enemy Unknown has lasting consequences. When soldiers die, they stay dead forever, turning their upgrades and advancements into sunk costs. And with assaults taking place around the globe, gamers must make strategic decisions about where and when they send their limited resources. The only way to truly lose the game is to have eight member countries leave XCOM's council, and abandoning one country in order to save another can result in severe political consequences. The sole multiplayer option in XCOM: Enemy Unknown resembles a classic "Team Deathmatch" mode, but the action stays varied because gamers are given the option of filling out their roster with units from both sides of the conflict. Ranked matches offer players 10,000 points to spend on six units, their weapons, their gear, and their special powers, while private matches can be customized in any way the participants see fit.
Left Thumbstick = menu navigation
Right Thumbstick = pan camera
D-Pad Left/Right = pan camera
D-Pad Up/Down = menu navigation
A Button = confirm selection/action
B Button = cancel/back
Y Button = mission control
X Button = transfer interceptors (hangar)
Right Bumper/Left Bumper = cycle menu left/right
Right Trigger = expand event list
Left Trigger = zoom camera
Start Button = pause
Back Button = research archive
Left Thumbstick = move cursor
Right Thumbstick = free camera
D-Pad Left/Right = rotate camera
D-Pad Up/Down = change elevation
A Button = confirm selection/action
B Button = cancel/back
Y Button = overwatch
X Button = switch weapon
Left Bumper/Right Bumper = cycle units/targets left/right
Right Trigger = target unit/action ui
Left Trigger = zoom out
Start Button = pause
Back Button = end turn
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- Release Date: October 09, 2012
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Cassie links up with Rick Ross for, "Numb."
There are 5 comments about:
she never was the best singer
Without Ryan Leslie crafting her sound and providing the beats it just ain't the same. I hope Cassie ain't leave her drink anywhere near Officer Ricky.
I was mesmerized by her beauty, thats all sound trash she need RL.
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I think she would get the point if noone left a comment. In this Era where trash is the shit, she is HOT! Right?


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Asthma and
The original list of salicylates used by Dr. Feingold was designed for people with aspirin-induced asthma. For those whose asthma is made worse by aspirin, avoiding the entire list of salicylate-containing foods is beneficial.
Moreover, it has long been known that at least some of the food dyes appear to "cross-sensitize" with aspirin even though they are not chemically similar. Many of the colorings, moreover, are bronchoconstrictors, narrowing the bronchial tubes and preparing them to be more sensitive to whatever the next allergen is (e.g., pollen) that comes along. Even people with asthma not thought to be aspirin-induced have reported benefits from the Feingold diet.
When Dr. Feingold first began to eliminate the artificial flavorings, his reasoning was that if food dyes can cross-sensitize with aspirin, surely some of these unknown and untested flavorings can, too. There are thousands of flavorings in the American food supply - many times more than there were in Dr. Feingold's day - and yet almost none of them are tested for safety, let alone for neurotoxicity, bronchoconstricting properties, etc. While some of these vast numbers of chemicals are probably completely safe, it is almost impossible to identify them, or even to know which ones are in which foods. Most are simply listed as "artificial flavors."
Links: - Studies on PST, Salicylates, and Sulfation
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The Future of Homeschooling
A short sidebar piece in the May issue of Reader's Digest, part of an article on The Next Big Things, refers to homeschooling as part of The Future of Education as outlined by David Kelley, founder of the IDEO design firm and the Design School Stanford, which includes a K-12 lab. Kelley writes that in classrooms of the future, education will be custom-made for each student, with computers custom programmed for each child's learning style and speed. He then adds:
"Homeschooling may also continue to increase for this reason–you can tailor the teaching to the child."
He also expects to see more hands-on projects and group work, and notes:
"More students will go out into the community to learn from business owners."
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At one point this summer, C.J. Cox was planning to announce his college of choice on his birthday (July 8). However, things have changed a bit for the 5-foot-11, 192-pound safety prospect out of Garland (Texas) North Garland. Now holding on to seven Division I scholarship offers, the athlete from the Southwest wants to take the time to examine all of his options before pulling the trigger on a commitment.Cox lists offers from Wisconsin, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, UNLV, Rice, New Mexico State and Utah. He admits, however, that two of those schools have separated themselves a bit from the rest of the field. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now!
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The half-dozen, half-shelled oysters perch on the periphery of an ice-filled serving dish, itself shaped like a scallop shell. Horseradish and cocktail sauce, shallot vinegar and lemon wedges wait in the middle, but the first taste really should be of the oyster unbridled because it offers a subtle, complicated flavor: sea-fresh and salty, of course, but imparting a quick kiss of something that bypasses the usual palate sensors, a flavor inseparable from the slithery texture of the beast.
This is what Albany's diners demanded as the 20th century dawned, and those demands were met in quick supply by the oyster-shuckers at Keeler's, the city's most commanding dining spot back then. Among those splitting the bivalves was an ambitious preteen named Jack Rosenstein who, in 1913, moved his craft into an eatery of his own, a place that boasted four tables and an oyster bar.
"Downtown Albany was an extremely vibrant, exciting place back then," says Brad Rosenstein. "My grandfather got his start in business selling newspapers at the age of 8, because his father had died and he needed to make money for the family. William Keeler, who bought a newspaper from him every day, took a liking to him and asked if he wanted a better job."
Jack's Oyster House moved to its present State Street location in 1937. "A banker who was a customer of his recommended it—it was a foreclosure—and helped him get the property." Jack's sons Arnold and Marvin were brought into the business, and it's Arnold's son Brad who is likely to greet you at the door today. "Welcome back," he'll say. If you've been there before, he'll remember you. "Personalized service," he tells me. "That's what it takes. We're part of a community. The most successful restaurateurs the ones who genuinely enjoy pleasing others. We're like actors on a stage: When the curtain opens, you're being judged every minute."
With a hundred-year history, isn't is possible to see a place like Jack's as outdated? "Absolutely," says Brad. "That's why it's so important to have a great chef." We're joined by Larry Schepici, who brought his considerable reputation to the kitchen here two years ago. "He's keeping us up to date with whatever the latest trends are. Our guests are always looking for innovations."
"We put a little bit of my flavor into the menu," says Larry, "while maintaining the classic dishes. We've added some of my regional Italian specialties, some new versions of French dishes, and we offer many features." Not to mention an eagerness to create—or re-create—anything not on the menu that a customer might desire. "People ask for lobster thermidor, lobster newburg, coquilles St. Jacques—and we make it," says Larry. "You have to have a culinary team that's trained to do it and that understands that even if we're busy, that person loves that dish and it's our job to provide it."
Adds Brad, "A guest might come in and say, 'I had shrimp André here 20 years ago and it was the best dinner I ever had in my life and I'd like to have it again.' The server is trained to say, 'Absolutely, it would be my pleasure,' and then goes back to tell the chef—and we either figure out how to make it or try to come up with something better. And nine times out of ten, the guest will say, 'This is even better.'
"At this point, we're almost immune to any possible type of request. As we always say here, the answer must always be 'yes.'"
As happened on a Sunday when Bruce Springsteen was in town for a concert at the Times Union Center, recalls Brad. "I got a call from his manager saying that Springsteen's wife had a craving for caviar. Everybody was closed, but there used to be a specialty food store called Daleah's where you could get things like that, so I got in touch with the owner and he was willing to go and open the building—so I got the caviar for Mrs. Springsteen. And I got a pass for the concert, where I sat with Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins."
To name the celebrities who've visited is almost superfluous, there have been so many, but some of the names mentioned are Colin Powell ("He said it was the best cheesecake he ever had"), Al Gore ("A fundraiser when he was running for the presidency"), Hillary Clinton, Albany native Andy Rooney ("Many times!"), Sugar Ray Leonard, Johnny Bench, Rajon Rondo—"And," adds Larry, "every senator and governor you could ever think of."
Robert Goulet visited several times, notes Brad, "And we had a regular customer who was an opera singer. One afternoon she and Goulet burst into 'Some Enchanted Evening' together. That was wonderful.
"When Spitzer had his inauguration, Jimmy Fallon came in. He said, 'I always wanted to come to Jack's but I was just a poor kid'—he was going to Saint Rose, answering phones at Metroland—'and I could never afford to come here.' I said, 'Come on, Jimmy, we were never that expensive,' and he said, 'Anything would have been expensive back then!'"
As Jack's continues to embrace new ideas in cuisine, it holds on to classic menu items—the calves' liver will always be there—and a standard of service that's faultless. "We have a professional staff," says Larry. "This is what they do for a living. It's not like they're going to college and are doing this on the side."
What makes it all work? "My passion is the restaurant business," Brad explains. "And it's a very challenging business. So many areas can go wrong, so it keeps you on your toes. So we try to give it the sacrifice, dedication, and hard work that's required. But, as they say, if you enjoy what you do, you really don't work a day in your life."


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Last Friday; federal government budget cuts went into effect and they're expected to claim many security staff jobs at the Idaho National Laboratory.
"In particular Battelle Energy Alliance who is our contractor here at the Idaho National Laboratory, they're going to have to absorb a cut of about $6.7 million in safeguards and security. Those are basically the people who protect the site, protect our people, protect our facilities and our special nuclear material" said Department of Energy Spokesman Brad Bugger.
Battelle has been asked to make a plan by the end of March explaining how they're going to absorb that cut.
"We don't have a lot of detail right now, we're hoping as time goes on we'll get a little more detail and a little more insight into what the impacts are going to be, but we know that the safeguards and security situation is the most prominent one that we have to deal with and we're working that right now" continued Bugger.
The fiscal year started on October 1st of last fall and runs through September 30th of this year, what makes the budget cuts so difficult to manage is that half of the year has already passed.
"As you're six months into the year, and you're told to take a budget hit, it gives you much less flexibility to manage that, as opposed to starting the year knowing that you're going to have less money, then you can spread those impacts out over a 12 month period" said Bugger.
Bugger says the future is difficult to define but could include more employee layoffs.
INL Director John Grossenbacher has released a statement saying:
"The lab has been informed that as a result of sequestration, our 2013 Safeguards and Security budget will be reduced by $7 million. A funding reduction of this magnitude could result in furloughs/layoffs affecting as many as 80 of our Safeguards and Security employees. We will evaluate this funding reduction thoroughly and propose options to DOE to minimize the impact on security."
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FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) - A 43-year-old Orange County mother has been convicted of sexually assaulting two teenagers who visited her home to spend time with her children.
The Orange County district attorney's office says Nicole McMillen of Irvine had an ongoing sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy for more than a year beginning in 2005.
Prosecutors say she also had sexual contact with a 14-year-old male on multiple occasions last year.
She was arrested after the 14-year-old told his mother about the incidents.
At the time of the crimes, McMillen worked with kindergarteners at Peter's Canyon Elementary School in Tustin as a behavioral interventionist.
She faces more than six years in prison and lifetime sex offender registration when she is sentenced in January.
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For more information about how to raise this error, see argumentNull Function.
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text: Awesome idea! Classes would be great, if only for members at first. I took some welding back in High School, but have found that most of my knowledge has fled... AFAIK, we already have some Oxy-Acetylene equipment - it's in the far corner under the woodworking bench. Not sure on status of how much gas is in each container though. --- Ellery Weber On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Weston Turner <EMAIL HIDDEN>wrote: > I'll chip in $40 to help pay for such an awesome tool. Thanks for > aquireing a welder for the shop Rick! > > We should think about putting together a welding class to teach members > how to use the mig welder, and if any members have oxy-acetylene, TIG, or > stick welders, they could bring them down (if sized for easy > transportation) and we could have multiple welding stations to train on. I > have taken two years of metalworking classes, so I'd be happy to volunteer > as an instructor or assistant. We could even open the class up to the > community, provided we could manage the legal risks. > > Thoughts? > > Weston > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 12, 2012, at 12:11 AM, Rick Osgood <EMAIL HIDDEN> wrote: > > Hey Everyone, > > Ellery and I have been working on a project that requires some welding. > James graciously brought his welder down to the shop and we had planned on > using that one but unfortunately it has reached an untimely demise. I > ended up going down to Harbor Freight and purchasing their 170Amp MIG/Flux > wire welder so we can finish the project. I intend to leave it at the shop > so everyone can use it when needed but I thought I would see if anyone was > willing to chip in for the purchase and we can just say it is a shop owned > tool. Here is a link to the welder I purchased: > > > http://www.harborfreight.com/welding/mig-flux-welders/170-amp-migflux-wire-welder-68885.html > > I got a 20% off discount and purchased a 1 year warranty for $20, so the > total price after the warranty came to $180. If anyone wants to chip in > for the purchase, let me know and we can work it out. > > Thanks, > Rick > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > EMAIL HIDDEN > http://eugenemakerspace.com/mailman/listinfo/com.eugenemakerspace.discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > EMAIL HIDDEN > http://eugenemakerspace.com/mailman/listinfo/com.eugenemakerspace.discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://eugenemakerspace.com/pipermail/com.eugenemakerspace.discuss/attachments/20120611/d5c274c0/attachment.html>


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Read it Here First II: The Productivity Paradox
Posted By Barry Ritholtz On November 30, 2003 @ 10:36 pm In Finance,Media | Comments Disabled
Stephen S. Roach [1], chief economist for Morgan Stanley [2], has an op-ed in Sunday's N.Y. Times: The Productivity Paradox [3].
If that title sounds vaguely familiar, it may be because of something published here 6 months ago: The New "Productivity Paradox" [4].
Although the language is quite different — Roach is rather erudite and has an academic tone — the concepts discussed are somewhat similar. I'm glad to see the meme we first launched into the world June 19th is finding greater resonance.
The Productivity Paradox [3]
By Stephen S. Roach
NYT, November 30, 2003
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CLEMENTON, N.J. - It was a sudden jolt, not enough to do any real damage, but an early morning earthquake rattled South Jersey residents today.
The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed that a 2.1-magnitude earthquake hit the area just before 12:15 a.m. in an area centered around Clementon.
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Abby ZurSchmiede: I'm reading "Pure" right now, taking a break to think and to absorb it. It is scaring me.
Caroline Sizer Fleischer: Finished "Pure" last night! Whoa, what a wild ride. Loved the characters and writing but feeling shell-shocked from the violence, similar to the way I felt after reading "The Hunger Games." Couldn't put it down though! Left me feeling deeply grateful - I am a mother to young children and that relationship is lifted up above all others in the book.
Jayne Wallace: I hate to be the odd woman out here, but I don't want to read anything about a nightmare-producing post-apocalyptic world. My reading time is so limited that I much prefer novels that are 'escapist' in a more positive way. Give me something that is entertaining, amusing, inspiring, thought-provoking and more relevant to real life!
Jerrie Lindsey: I can understand feeling down by a post-apocalyptic book, but I cannot imagine thinking this book a waste of time. I thought she created an amazing world and was drawn in and engaged and hopeful about the characters. I can't wait to see what happens next.
Sharon Grant Slaten: I was most struck by how the survivors of the Detonations adapted to their injuries and deformities. I like the way the author shares glimpses of that terrible day in the past to move the current story along.
Jane Terrell: I'm appreciating the thematic thread that suggests that being real might be better than being modified to perfection. ? This is something we humans will be facing in the future. If you were pregnant and could safely genetically modify your baby to be brilliant and gorgeous, would you do it? What would a world with only perfect people be like?
Dorothy N. Gray: The fighters created by the Dome culture really stretch the imagination. The variations of fusing are very interesting and believable. I told my husband this novel should be called "Fused"! At the end of "Pure," I find out the next novel is called "Fuse." Looks like I am hooked and will have to read the entire story.


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President Obama has nominated Thomas E. Perez as Secretary of Labor. Right-wing media used this announcement to push false attacks about Perez based on his service in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and other civil rights work and advocacy.
In a National Review blog post, Katrina Trinko falsely accused Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren of plagiarism. She alleged that Warren lifted passages for her 2005 book All Your Worth, which she co-wrote with her daughter Amelia Warren Tyagi, from another book:
Trinko has since deleted that blog post and published a correction:
I took down my earlier post on Elizabeth Warren plagiarizing from the book Getting On the Money Track. On Amazon.com, the Warren book All Your Worth is listed as having been published January 9, 2006. As it turns out, that is the paperback publication date; the hardback book was published in March 2005. As such, it appears that Getting on the Money Track (published in October 2005) plagiarized from All Your Worth, not the other way around.
I apologize for the error.
On Fox News' flagship news program, Special Report, guest host Shannon Bream repeated National Review's false report:
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Pharmaceuticals: Quality, Not Tech Capability, Takes Center Stage
4:13 AM MDT | November 3, 2011 | By ALEX SCOTT
One of the big talking points at CPhI Worldwide, the largest expo in the world for pharmaceutical ingredients, which ran last week in Frankfurt, was around the concept of quality. The ability to provide assurances when it comes to product quality and service quality seems to have gained currency in the past year. Yes CEOs of custom synthesis firms were still talking about their company's unique technological capabilities, but discussions at this latest CPhI seemed to swing back more readily to product quality and supply chain security. "We've all got pots and pans," as a CEO of one custom fine chemicals firm told CW.
Several western custom fine chemical firms also tell CW that they have enjoyed an uplift in sales this past year, in part, because they are seeing customers return who had previously sought out lower cost alternatives in Asia and particularly in China. One can only assume that the returning customers have decided that the trade off in price has been more than offset by issues with service and product quality.
RX360 - an industry-borne initiative to provide assurances around the quality of active pharma ingredients (API) and final drug formulations is now well established. At this year's CPhI Worldwide, however, it was interesting to learn that leading pharma excipients manufacturers such as BASF have got together to mirror the success of Rx360 with a system to ensure product quality along the supply chain of excipients. Named Excipact, the initiative is set to enable more auditing of supply chains while reducing costs through the sharing of those audits. Such a system can only serve to assist companies in their quest to provide quality products and improve transparency along the supply chain.
The initiative draws on the support a number of industry bodies from around the world including the European Fine Chemicals Group (EFCG; Brussels), an affiliate of Cefic, and has the backing of key regulatory bodies including the U.S. FDA.
Up to 50 excipients manufacturers are expected to join Excipact during 2012. It will be interesting to see who those 50 are - whether it will be predominantly western players or whether leading Indian and Chinese players also search out quality assurance as a differentiator for their businesses.
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Prohibition politics
The standard, schoolbook history of alcohol prohibition in the United States goes like this:
Americans in 1920 embarked on a noble experiment to force everyone to give up drinking. Alas, despite its nobility, this experiment was too naive to work. It soon became clear that people weren't giving up drinking. Worse, it also became clear that Prohibition fueled mobsters who grew rich supplying illegal booze. So, recognizing the futility of Prohibition, Americans repealed it in 1934.
This popular belief is completely mistaken. Here's what really happened:
National alcohol prohibition did begin on Jan. 16, 1920, following ratification of the 18th Amendment and enactment of the Volstead Act.
Speakeasies and gangster violence did become familiar during the 1920s.
And Americans did indeed keep drinking.
But contrary to popular belief, the 1920s witnessed virtually no sympathy for ending Prohibition. Neither citizens nor politicians concluded from the obvious failure of Prohibition that it should end.
As historian Norman Clark reports:
"Before 1930 few people called for outright repeal of the (18th) Amendment. No amendment had ever been repealed, and it was clear that few Americans were moved to political action yet by the partial successes or failures of the Eighteenth. ... The repeal movement, which since the early 1920s had been a sullen and hopeless expression of minority discontent, astounded even its most dedicated supporters when it suddenly gained political momentum."
What happened in 1930 that suddenly gave the repeal movement political muscle• The answer is the Great Depression and the ravages that it inflicted on federal income-tax revenues.
Prior to the creation in 1913 of the national income tax, about a third of Uncle Sam's annual revenue came from liquor taxes. (The bulk of Uncle Sam's revenues came from customs duties.) Not so after 1913. Especially after the income tax surprised politicians during World War I with its incredible ability to rake in tax revenue, the importance of liquor taxation fell precipitously.
By 1920, the income tax supplied two-thirds of Uncle Sam's revenues and nine times more revenue than was then supplied by liquor taxes and customs duties combined. In research that I did with University of Michigan law professor Adam Pritchard, we found that bulging income-tax revenues made it possible for Congress finally to give in to the decades-old movement for alcohol prohibition.
Before the income tax, Congress effectively ignored such calls because to prohibit alcohol sales then would have hit Congress hard in the place it guards most zealously: its purse. But once a new and much more intoxicating source of revenue was discovered, the cost to politicians of pandering to the puritans and other anti-liquor lobbies dramatically fell.
Prohibition was launched.
Despite pleas throughout the 1920s by journalist H.L. Mencken and a tiny handful of other sensible people to end Prohibition, Congress gave no hint that it would repeal this folly. Prohibition appeared to be here to stay -- until income-tax revenues nose-dived in the early 1930s.
From 1930 to 1931, income-tax revenues fell by 15 percent.
In 1932 they fell another 37 percent; 1932 income-tax revenues were 46 percent lower than just two years earlier. And by 1933 they were fully 60 percent lower than in 1930.
With no end of the Depression in sight, Washington got anxious for a substitute source of revenue.
That source was liquor sales.
Jouett Shouse, president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, was a powerful figure in the Democratic Party that had just nominated Franklin Roosevelt as its candidate for the White House. Shouse emphasized that ending Prohibition would boost government revenue.
And a House leader of Congress' successful attempt to propose the Prohibition-ending 21st Amendment said in 1934 that "if (anti-prohibitionists) had not had the opportunity of using that argument, that repeal meant needed revenue for our government, we would not have had repeal for at least 10 years."
There's no doubt that widespread understanding of Prohibition's futility and of its ugly, unintended side-effects made it easier for Congress to repeal the 18th Amendment. But these public sentiments were insufficient, by themselves, to end the war on alcohol.
Ending it required a gargantuan revenue shock -- to the U.S. Treasury.
So, if the history of alcohol prohibition is a guide, drug prohibition will not end merely because there are many sound, sensible and humane reasons to end it. Instead, it will end only if and when Congress gets desperate for another revenue source.
That's the sorry logic of politics and Prohibition.
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• HDS Marketing leased about half the space in a renovated 62,810-square-foot building at 1000 Napor Blvd., West Pittsburgh Business Park. At one time, the building was home to WRS Motion Picture and Video Laboratory. HDS will relocate during the first quarter from RIDC Park West, said John Bilyak, who with Paul Horan, both of Colliers International/Pittsburgh, represented the landlord, Sampson Morris Group. Plans are to build 50,000-square-foot and 35,000-square-foot buildings in the park, Bilyak said. Amy Brocato and Matt Virgin of Langholz Wilson Ellis represented HDS.
• Landau Building Co. has renovated the fourth floor of the Hillman Cancer Center in Shadyside for the new Mario Lemieux Center for blood cancers. The work included clinical space, a treatment area and an outdoor terrace adorned with sculptured canopies, gardens and a putting green. The facility has 23 chemotherapy infusion bays, 23 private treatment/exam rooms and six treatment rooms with beds.
• The Renaissance Historic District of Downtown Pittsburgh, which Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation seeks to add to the National Register of Historic Places, has been amended. It will include Firstside, Fourth Avenue and Central Downtown, said Frank Stroker of the Foundation. They join 100 structures from the 1940s and 1950s already included. As part of the National Register, buildings in the district would qualify for state and federal tax credits for redevelopment purposes.
• Walgreens, 108 Greensburg Road, Lower Burrell, has been sold by Craig Fuller, Marcus & Millicap. Fuller said the New York investor who acquired the building for $6.05 million wants to remain anonymous. The single-story building is on 2.2 acres and has been a Walgreens since it was built in 2009.
• Approval will be sought Thursday from the Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment for a three-story office at 5135 Fifth Ave., Shadyside, with 33 parking spaces. The property is owned by David Hambug. Forest City Station Square Associates LP wants approval for a ground sign replacement with a 12-square-foot electronic sign and four canopy signs at 73 E. Carson St.
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• Scholarships have been awarded to Natalie Celmo, $5,000, and Anthony Lester, $2,500, by the Master Builders Association and the Construction Advancement Program. They are enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering's Construction Management/Civil Engineering program. Celmo is a graduate of Bishop Canevin High School; Lester is a graduate of Penn Manor High School.
• East Liberty Development Inc. has moved to the fourth floor, 100 Sheridan Square, East Liberty. Its real estate company, ELDI Real Estate LLC, is at the Beauty Shoppe, 6014 Penn Ave.
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If you're working with well-connected people you may have seen this already.
I've received multiple copies: it's been uploaded to one site specializing on the topic and it was also shared by Life of an Auditor. the latter being the first to publish it, on August 31, 2009.
Forwarded copies, rather than those found on websites, interestingly enough, always feature a different chain of "Big Four plus More" e-mail addresses, identifying scores of people who were CC'd, and a silent mass of BCC'd people whose privacy is left intact.
What is this artefact?
A simple farewell.
A farewell to an office from someone who wanted to let it all out. Whether this was only shared with close friends as an inside joke or was a nasty bomb can best be answered by going to the source - but we won't start a hunt right now.
Getting these e-mails is in some ways, a rite of passage - as denizens of AuditLand receive an Epic forward, they spread it virally - just like a chain letter without the cheesy "make a wish after sending it to five people" closing challenge.
I'll assume for the sake of the person apparently burning all their bridges that this was meant to be a joke - it starts off strong but then sort of withers away. Like a jaded auditor's career? Who knows. Regardless, hopefully it won't come back to bite him the way the revolutionary methods of late 18th century France came back to ironically circled around to take down those very same revolutionaries.
A metaphorical representation of burning your bridges.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Philadelphia Farewell Letter
As many of you now know this friday will be my last day with PwC so I wanted to say good bye and thank you for everything. My decision to leave was not a snap decision as it may have seemed but a well thought out process. It started one night in the audit room as I was helplessly attempting to focus on some inane, completely irrelevant task so I could leave when the green card carrying cleaning lady came into my cage to empty my garbage when my decision was made. I realized that I was actually jealous of her job. I would have gladly emptied the garbage cans in the whole building over any of the nonsense I was doing on my computer. See, at the end of her shift she has made a difference, she has added value, be it minimal, of removing the refuse from the employees cubes. At the end of the day she sees the empty garbage cans and knows that she accomplished something. When trying to apply this mindset to my own work I found it to be impossible. At the end of my shift, I will have documented a control, that was only created for the sake of having a control, and my work will get picked apart by anal retentive managers, but ultimately find a home in a cabinet somewhere, only to see the light of day again when it is thrown out in 7 years when it is deemed to be irrelevant. I have added zero value to the client, zero value to my own company, and it has made me routinely daydream about ways to off myself. I find it very hard to be motivated when I know the end result of my work has no impact on anything but simply must be completed because PwC audit guide says it must be completed. What makes this entire process worse is the fact that those around you insist that this work is crucial to the world's existence and it is essential that you never use abbreviations, that your sheets must be as colorful as possible, and all lines must be drawn with a ruler or else it is clear that PwC will come apart from its hinges. I must have missed out on the brainwashing session that PwC provided all senior associate and managers that taught them how to turn obsessive compulsive up a notch.Anyway...that was how I came to decide that public accounting was not really for me. A couple other pieces of advice for my coworkers and the company as I part: I would greatly encourage some kind of weight loss challenge to be implemented firm wide. The herd of water buffalo you call your work force is embarrassing and a bit gross. When I call a co worker over from 2 cubes down and they are legitimately out of breath when they get to my cube it may be time to knock off 10 or 80 pounds. The company seems to encourage this obesity; each busy season we get a giant package full of pixie sticks, chocolate and assorted sweets. As much as I would enjoy type 2 diabetes, I think I'll pass.Do not ever, ever, ever put one male on a team with all females unless you want him to quit and or commit a hate crime. This is inhumane. One can only endure so many conversations about greys anatomy, weddings, and handbags before they wish for a cancerous tumor in their armpit.I think the joke is old already, enough with the sarbanes oxley. It was fun while it lasted but there is no way anybody can honestly think that this bullshit is necessary. Oh you want me to pull a sample of the HR file to make sure everyone's birthday and hire date is accurate? Yea ill jump right on that, and trust me I'll definitely let you know if there is an exception and not just make up answers that result in me doing less work.You can easily cut some costs and get rid of the HR department. I'm pretty sure you can train a monkey to send out the available list and a timesheet reminder every two weeks.
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What is it? • Is it common? • How is it transmitted? • What are the symptoms?
How long after exposure will symptoms appear? • How is it diagnosed?
How is it treated? • How long will it take to get better? • Is it contagious?
Can I make an appointment at Health Services? • Links you can use
What is mononucleosis?
Infectious mononucleosis, commonly called "mono," is a disease caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). EBV is one of the most common viruses worldwide. Most people are exposed to EBV as children, but the infection often goes unnoticed because they experience minimal symptoms. The majority of people have been exposed to EBV by the age of 35 and have developed immunity. However, when EBV infection occurs during late adolescence or early adulthood, there is a 35% to 50% chance of developing mono.
Is it common?
As many as 95% of adults in the U.S. become infected with EBV at some point in their lives. For those that develop mono, the highest incidence occurs in people between the ages of 15 and 24.
How is it transmitted?
EBV is transmitted through direct contact with virus-infected saliva. Intimate kissing or sharing drinking glasses are the most common routes of transmission. The majority of people with mono are most likely to transmit it just prior to feeling ill. This is called asymptomatic shedding and accounts for the majority of the disease's transmission.
What are the symptoms?
The symptoms of mono may include one or more of the following:
- Persistent "tired all over" feeling
- Sore throat and tonsils
- Swollen lymph glands
- Fever
- Headache
- Enlarged spleen and liver
- Occasionally, a skin rash or jaundice (yellow tint to the skin)
How long after exposure to EBV will symptoms appear?
If symptoms appear, it typically takes 4 to 6 weeks after being infected.
How is it diagnosed?
Mono is diagnosed based on the presence of fever, sore throat, and swollen lymph glands. Your medical provider will also request lab tests to confirm the diagnosis. The tests may include a throat culture and blood tests. Be aware that you may need to have symptoms for a week or more before lab tests can identify the virus.
How is it treated?
Because mono is a virus, there are no specific cures or treatments. To help relieve symptoms, you should get plenty of rest, drink plenty of fluids, take an over-the-counter pain reliever such as Tylenol or Advil as needed, and gargle with salt water to relieve a sore throat. Sometimes your provider can give you a stronger prescription pain reliever. Steroids are used in rare cases to decrease swelling of the tonsils. Since the virus can affect the liver, it is also recommended that you abstain from alcohol for 3 months after diagnosis. And because your spleen can become enlarged, it is very important to protect it from rupturing. Strenuous exercise, especially contact sports, must be avoided.
How long will it take to get better?
Recovery may be quicker than you think. Symptoms will ease within 10 days, but don't expect to return to your normal activities for 2 to 3 weeks. 85% of all people with mono are well in 2 weeks and 90% are well in 4 weeks. It is rare for a student to drop out of school because of mono. A few cases of mono are severe enough to interfere with academic work, but these are the exception, not the rule. If you continue to experience symptoms beyond 6 weeks, talk with your medical provider.
Is it contagious?
Most people have been exposed to the EBV at some point in their life and so are not at risk of developing mono. Because of this, it is not recommended that people with mono isolate themselves from others. Roommates rarely get mono from each other. Avoiding contact with the saliva of an infected person for about 1 month after he/she becomes ill is recommended.
Can I make an appointment at Health Services?
If you are a Brown student and you are concerned about mononucleosis, you can make a confidential appointment at Health Services by calling 401.863-3953. Health Services provides a range of services including general health care, inpatient services and emergency medical care. You can request a medical provider by gender or by name. We are located at 13 Brown Street on the corner of Brown and Charlesfield Streets.
Links you can use
To learn more about mono, you can visit:
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My Axis is 5 5/8 right, ¼ up, my speed is average and I would consider myself with higher revs but more up the back. So not a cranker but not really straight either.
Drilled the pin 4 ½" and the CG 3 ½" from PAP (pin up).
This ball is pretty mild but still has some kick. On the fresh oil it may not be enough, but once some games have been bowled it helps you stay in your comfort zone if you don't like moving deep inside. It is still strong off the dry board, but you need to hit the dry boards to see it. After knocking the shine down a bit it did react better in the oil and it still keeps hooking through the pin deck. Great ball for lanes beginning to hook for those who don't need help hooking it.
Ball specs – 15 lbs 2 oz, 2.89 top weight, 3 1/2-inch pin.
The Shout, which is a polished solid, was drilled using the dual angle method. The layout is a 4 inch pin, 50-degree drill angle and a 70-degree VAL angle. An x-hole was placed in the P3 location. Using Storm's layout terminology the layout would be 4 by 4 3/8 with a 3 5/8 pin buffer. The cover was left OOB which is 1500 polished.
The pattern bowled on was a 41 foot, 24 micro-liter broken down house condition. I had used a Defiant Edge and a Berserk earlier and was playing around 22 with them. With the HP1 Shout I was able to move my feet 10 right and my target 5 right to get closer to the friction and get to the pocket. The Shout was very clean through the fronts even on the broken down pattern. The Shout made a smooth, predictable move off the friction into the pocket. The hit and carry, especially on light hits was well above my expectations based on my experience with the Roto Grip planet balls. Compared to the Scream the Shout was a little earlier and smoother off the break point. The overall all hook was about the same as the Scream, just a different motion.
The new Roto Grip HP1 lineup of the Shout and Scream will provide additional ball choices and motions for those lighter oil or broken down conditions.
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I took this ball to a slightly used lane (39' house shot) and started off going up the boards using fifth board as my break point..starting the ball around the tenth board and going out to five. The ball just rolled for about 37' then made a big arcing move to the pocket. It was kicking 10 pins to the middle. Plenty of hit from this one. For me on a fresh lane, i'm going to change the surface a little and try it then. On the fresh lane for me, it was a little speed sensitive. So after i change the surface i'll post my findings.
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Poor fleeing city for suburbs, study shows
Bucking long-standing patterns in the United States, more poor people are living in the nation's suburbs than in urban areas, according to an analysis published on Monday.
As poverty mounted throughout the nation, the number of poor people in suburbs surged 67 percent between 2000 and 2011 — a much bigger jump than in cities, researchers for the Brookings Institution found. In suburbs, a smaller percentage of the population lives in poverty than in cities, but the sheer number of poor people scattered in the suburbs has jumped beyond that of cities.
The study defined poverty using the federal poverty line, which was $22,350 for a family of four in 2011.
Authors Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube cited a long list of reasons for the shift.
More poor people moved to the suburbs, pulled by more affordable housing or pushed by urban gentrification, the authors said. Some used the increased mobility of housing vouchers, which used to be restricted by area, to seek better schools and safer neighborhoods in suburbia. Still others, including immigrants, followed jobs as the booming suburbs demanded more workers, many for low-paying, service-sector jobs.
Change also came from within. More people in the suburbs slipped into poverty as manufacturing jobs disappeared, the authors found. The housing boom and bust walloped many homeowners on the outer ridges of metropolitan areas, hitting pocketbooks hard. On top of that, the growing numbers of poor people in the suburbs were driven, in part, by the exploding growth of the suburbs themselves.
The shift caught many communities by surprise, the authors found, with public and private agencies in suburbs unprepared to meet the need.
"The myth of suburban prosperity has been a stubborn one," said Christopher Niedt, who as academic director of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University is familiar with the trend Brookings described. Even as suburban poverty emerged, "many poorer communities were so segregated from the wealthy in suburbs that many people were able to ignore it."
As poverty has shifted to suburbs across the country, however, help has not always kept pace, Brookings researchers said. Many suburbs are thin on safety nets. Public transportation is often scant, making it harder for suburban poor to reach jobs and assistance.
While the number of poor people in suburban areas outstrips those in urban centers, the average suburb has a much smaller percentage of its people living in poverty — 12 percent — than the urban average of 22 percent.
Decades after the federal War on Poverty began, "it's hard to change course," said Scott Allard, associate professor at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration. "Just because there's rising poverty in suburbs doesn't mean there's less poverty in cities now."
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Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will miss the 2011 All-Star Game presented by Discover, but he said he's continuing to make progress from a concussion that has sidelined him for nearly three weeks.
Crosby was injured Jan. 5, when Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman checked Crosby into the boards during a game. Since then, Crosby said he's dealt with a sore neck and headaches, among other issues, but those symptoms have been getting less intense and less frequent.
"The good thing is the last four or five days have been pretty good," Crosby told reporters Monday in Pittsburgh. "But that's not to say that tomorrow could get more symptoms. It's one of those things that's really hard to gauge. I've been really happy with the way I've progressed the last four or five days and hopefully it keeps going that way and it (his return) will be sooner than later. But it's still pretty hard to tell."
Crosby has not been cleared for any physical activity, and already has been ruled out of Tuesday's game against the Islanders, which will be his ninth-straight on the sideline. And he won't be attending any of the All-Star Weekend festivities in Raleigh, N.C.
When Crosby missed the 2009 All-Star Game in Montreal because of a knee injury, he was present for off-ice activities. This time, however, he's going to remain home and work on getting better.
"Sidney is making progress in his recovery but still is not completely symptom-free," Penguins General Manager Ray Shero said. "The Penguins organization has decided that he will not attend the NHL All-Star Weekend and instead will continue to relax and recuperate in the hopes of returning to our lineup soon.
"I know Sidney is very honored to have been selected by the fans to appear in the All-Star Game, and he was happy to attend the festivities two years ago when he couldn't play because of a knee injury. However, in this situation -- when he has not even skated for 2 1/2 weeks and still has not been cleared to resume physical activity -- we think it's best for him to focus totally on his recovery."
Crosby said he's spoken frequently with NHL Vice President of Hockey and Business Development Brendan Shanahan and giving him updates on his health.
"I've been talking to Brendan Shanahan the last week or so, giving him an update on my status and (the League has) been great," said Crosby. "Obviously he's someone who dealt with a concussion, too. It was good to talk to him and hear about what he went through."
Crosby said Shanahan has advised him to be patient, something that sounds easy but is becoming more and more difficult by the day for Crosby.
"It's really difficult," said Crosby. "It doesn't get any easier with each day that goes by. It's tougher and tougher to work your way back into it. At the end of the day, you have to keep reminding yourself that you have to make sure everything is clear and that when you do come back you're ready to come back and go hard and do those things it takes to get back."
When that happens, however, remains unknown. Crosby said he speaks with doctors daily to keep them abreast of his condition.
"There's a lot of communication," he said. "They need to know exactly what your symptoms are, and find out as much as they about what's causing them. If they can get a grasp on that, they're able to help. I think that's a lot of communication. Every day you're constantly evaluating yourself and they're doing the same."
As difficult as it is for Crosby to sit out, he's smart enough to know that rushing back too soon could cause more harm than good.
"It's something you're seeing more and more guys being really careful with this," said Crosby. "And it's for a good reason. You don't want to get into a situation where there's multiple ones or you come back too early. It's not going to do me any good to come back too early and be feeling like I do now, and obviously putting myself at risk to have it happen again. That's not doing anyone any good."
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12 November 2012
FO: another Scout woven tee
I've made three Tovas (and another coming soon!), more than three Wiksten tanks (I haven't shown the fourth on the blog) and five variations of Sorbetto (again, not all blogged). And I'll happily make more of all of these now that I've got the fit right and I know that they work for me.
And I think I'll add the Scout Woven Tee to that list. Here's my third:
I went for the 3/4 sleeve variation again - this time adding another inch to the sleeve length. Apart from that, it was the same as before.
I had intended to add a collar, but forgot to adjust the neckline seam allowance before I cut the pieces, and in hind sight, I think the collar wouldn't have worked so well with this print. Next time ...
This version is made with brushed cotton. Brushed cotton always reminds me of pyjamas, so I was worried that this might end up looking a bit nightwear-y. But it doesn't. It does, however, harness the best qualities of PJs: it's warm, comfy and so so snuggly. It's a little less drapey than the red one I made, but still drapey enough: I definitely wouldn't want to use anything much heavier than this.
This is how I wore it to work last week (I'm not ready to give up the boot-cut jean, I don't care what fashion says). I think it will also look good with a straightish skirt (Moss mini, coming up soon!).
The colour is all over the place in these photos due to the poor autumnal lighting. And since Boris the laptop is still off sick, I'm blogging from the iPad (with photo-editing software that I can't quite use!). The above photo is closest to what the true colour is.
So here are the sums:
1.5m brushed cotton from Fabrics Galore - £12
Grainline Scout Woven Tee pattern - £0 (already own it)
Thread from stash
Total: £12
And will I make this pattern again? Ab-sew-lutely (see what I did there? yak yak). I might take a break from it for a while, but there will be more of these in spring.
Back soon with another FO!
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Wait! I thought bootcut jeans were back in? Are they out again already? Never mind - I was still wearing a pair from about 1999 anyway. Lovely top! But don't you find the 3/4 sleeves a pain if you want to put a cardigan on?ReplyDeleteReplies
I can't keep up! My sister, who apparently "knows fashion" told me they were so last century. I don't care.Delete
I haven't found the 3/4 sleeve too much trouble - I usually wear 3/4 sleeve cardigans too, so perhaps that's why ...
This looks super comfy and not in a PJ type of way!And I say own the bootcut- they're always flattering!ReplyDeleteReplies
thanks! and yes, I agree - the bootcut definitely suits me more than skinnies!Delete
Ah brushed cotton is my friend! That looks so cosy and the sleeves are just the right length to look stylish rather than just "sleeves", if you know what I mean. More! More! ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
hoorah! just the kind of enthusiasm we need around here! :)Delete
You've really cracked that pattern! And good seasonal adjustments too.ReplyDelete
Never mind what 'fashion' says, the bootcut jean is flattering for tall people because it balances out our shape, apparently :)
Another great version, I love how the simple design lets your fabric choices sing. I'm sewing up my own Scout #3 at the moment as well! It's such a great pattern for everyday wear.ReplyDelete
I love all of your Scout's so much that I'm mkaing my own brushed cotton version this weekend! Thanks for the inspration! :)ReplyDelete
Really cute! I like the long sleeves!ReplyDelete


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Euskirchen, Germany -- Damage to private homes was considerable after a suspected World War Two-era bomb exploded in the German town of Euskirchen near Bonn on Friday, killing a construction worker and injuring eight other people.
Resident Resi Scherren was at work at a nearby "Obi" hardware store chain when the explosion occurred, she told reporters.
"The Obi sirens went off. I wasn't able to get here, not by car. So I walked and I saw my window totally destroyed, with everything pushed inside. There are broken pictures that fell off the wall and I'm still shaking from fear," Scherren said, standing outside her home.
Television footage from the scene of the explosion, some 200 metres from Scherren's house, showed the mangled wreckage of the digger's cab and a nearby hut, and windows and doors blown out by the blast.
"Everybody (at the hardware store) ran towards the doors and there was a huge dust cloud. So we wondered whether maybe the ceiling came down at our store but that was not the case. The sirens were blaring and then it became clear that it happened somewhere else," Scherren said.
Euskirchen is situated in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany's most populous state.
During World War Two the state was pounded by Allied bombs, as it is home to one of Germany's most dense industrial areas.
Every year hundreds of war-time bombs are still uncovered in Germany, though most are successfully detonated.
NRW's interior ministry said it defused 706 bombs in 2012, 239 of which weighed more than 50 kilos.
Experts increasingly use Allies' war-time aerial photographs to find unexploded bombs, although many are also uncovered accidentally during construction work.
Several hours after the explosion, local authorities expressed doubts whether a World War era bomb was the cause of the blast, adding that it was too early to determine the source.


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Winnipeg, MB (SportsNetwork.com) - Mason Raymond scored one of Calgary's three second-period goals and the Flames defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4-1 on Sunday night.
Dennis Wideman, Johnny Gaudreau and Raymond all tallied within a 6:42 span in the middle frame, while T.J. Brodie added a goal in the third for the Flames, who went 4-2 on their six-game road trip.
"Great second period. We came out strong, we came out with a great forecheck. We got a big power play goal," Calgary head coach Bob Hartley said.
Jonas Hiller stopped 34 shots in the victory.
Mark Scheifele had the lone goal for Winnipeg, which has dropped four straight games. Ondrej Pavelec made 25 saves in defeat.
"In that second period you have to find that confidence to stay up and stay aggressive," Winnipeg head coach Paul Maurice said.
Scheifele opened the scoring midway through the first before Wideman wristed a shot into the back of the net following a Winnipeg turnover to begin Calgary's second-period onslaught.
Gaudreau tucked his wraparound attempt inside the right post four minutes later on the power play, and Raymond rifled a left-circle wrister past the glove of Pavelec to make it 3-1.
Brodie's wrister 3:18 into the third capped the scoring.
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Utah State basketball • Aggies struggle to rebound after Kyle Davis leaves game with knee injury
Boise, Idaho • One of Utah State's key players went down Saturday night at Taco Bell Arena, and if the game was any indication, the Aggies need him back as soon as possible.
Sophomore forward Kyle Davis was hurt midway throught the second half, an apparent reaggravation of a knee injury that has been wrapped several times this season. After being helped up by the team trainer, Davis slipped on a brace and did not return.
Coach Stew Morrill said afterward he did not have an update on Davis, who missed a game with knee pain earlier in the year.
But there was no mistaking the trouble Davis' absence caused. Utah State had a tough time working the boards without him.
The Aggies didn't pick up a rebound for several minutes after he went out, and then got only four for the rest of the game. Boise State picked up a plus-12 margin on the glass for the night, highlighted by 16 from center Ryan Watkins.
Watkins managed 10 offensive rebounds, tying a career high. In one minute-and-a-half stretch, Boise State got four offensive boards on a single possession, which ended in a short jumper and emphasized the rebounding futility for Utah State.
"The stat that killed us the most was rebounding," Morrill said afterward. "We shot it well, we passed well, percentage-wise we defended well. We just got kicked on the boards."
Davis was the leading rebounder for the Aggies with eight. He averages a team-leading 8.6 boards per game.
Offensive spark
For the past few games, Utah State was struggling with shooting the ball.
Although the Aggies had many things to worry about, that wasn't a huge issue against the Broncos. The team shot 51.9 percent, including nine 3-pointers that helped give the team the lead late in the second half.
Jarred Shaw led the team with 11-for-16 shooting, while Preston Medlin was an efficient 6-for-8, including 4-for-5 from 3-point range.
Morrill said he had felt confident about one of Utah State's last looks at the basket, a four-footer that Shaw nearly sank for the lead with seconds left.
"Jarred had been having a big night, so we called a play to go to him," he said. "He made a good move, went right up with it, and made a shot. It went out."
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Bizarro Ruins Everything In 'LEGO Justice League vs. Bizarro League' Preview Clip
Those of you who spend all your time watching superhero cartoons made for tiny babies (and by that I mean me) may have noticed that there was a half-hour special late last year called LEGO Justice League: Batman Beleagured. If you missed it, it was a very blocky origin story for how Batman joined the Justice League, and it was actually pretty great -- especially the twist ending.
Now, it seems that they're following it up with a second special, and this time, it's about Bizarro arriving in Metropolis and doing... well, exactly what Bizarro does every time he shows up, which is screw things up on a catastrophic level and terrify the populace. And apparently, that's just the tip of a mixed-up iceberg that's going to involve an entire Bizarro League.
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If you want to kick off your weekend with some nice news that might just make you cry a little bit, you're in luck: Today in San Francisco, the Make-A-Wish foundation is helping a five year-old cancer patient named Miles live out a wish to become Batman. Thanks to the overwhelming support of volunteers, they've been able to send Miles on an adventure of rescuing citizens, battling supervillains and even getting the key to the city in an effort to give him the best day ever.
Even the San Francisco Chronicle has gotten into the act, printing a Gotham City Chronicle special edition that details Batkid's adventures, with stories by Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Brenda Starr and Perry White, apparently on loan to the West Coast from the Daily Planet. Check out the full page below, and get ready to awwww.
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LEISURE TIME: Celebrate Fort Concho's youths
When you speak of frontier forts such as Fort Concho, you may think of soldiers, wagons, horses and mules, maybe cannons. But children?
Yes, most frontier posts were similar to small towns, and Fort Concho mirrored other forts with a diverse community of adult soldiers, civilian workers and children of all ages.
The youngsters and their mothers were not part of the Army's formal organizational chart. To paraphrase a later saying, "If the Army wanted you to have a family, it would have issued you one."
The military had a hard enough challenge in providing for its officers and enlisted men, so it made few provisions for wives and children. Even the hardworking Army laundress, a legitimate position with the military until the mid-1870s, received a daily food ration, medical care and transportation, while families were virtually left to the soldier husbands to support.
Army life was rough, and while officers might be able to bring their families to the post and provide for them, the enlisted men were forbidden from marrying unless they had the permission of their company commander. Maybe that was a bit harsh, but a soldier's pay did not go far, and the enlisted man's life was difficult and uncertain.
Army wives found most western forts a challenge beyond anything they had experienced in the more settled communities from which their husband took them.
Children, however, took a different view of a fort, with its exciting activities on the edge of the frontier.
In the words of historian Shirley Leckie in a Fort Concho publication in 1987, we were a "paradise for children." Her article covered the family experiences of Col. Benjamin H. Grierson, the Fort Concho post commander from 1875-82, the high point of the fort's activity and strategic importance in West Texas.
The Grierson family lived in Officers' Quarters 1, a building that was fully restored 20 years ago and now serves as a special memorial to the Concho Valley's pioneer settlers. It also has been converted into overnight lodging for special guests, and I am sure the Griersons would marvel today at the piped water, showers and air-conditioning.
The Grierson children found Fort Concho and its surrounding open spaces the best playground. All children at a frontier fort were special to the soldiers, most of whom had no families of their own on-post, so they "adopted" the various youngsters.
Every day was a holiday to a child, as he or she could visit the Quartermaster corrals, the forage house, workshops, cavalry stables and many other sites where anything could happen. The daily posting and retiring of the colors; special inspections, assemblies and parades; and the posting of the daily guard detail all offered a spectacle not to be enjoyed in a classroom.
Since schools were not required on Army posts until 1881, imagine the many hours of daily free time a child might have. Children could enjoy horseback riding, fishing and hunting with their parents — and the Concho Valley offered hundreds of square miles of impressive scenery and good opportunities for a fishing rod or hunting rifle.
Sports, both organized and creative, occupied many hours. Think of the challenges of a game of "hide and seek" on a 1,600 acre-reservation.
Holiday dinners, frequent dances (or "hops," as they called them) and private parties filled out a day or evening.
And given the West Texas climate, swimming in the cool waters of the Concho River kept children occupied for hours many summer days.
Unfortunately, the challenges of health and medicine on the frontier fell upon women and children quite harshly. Childbirth could take place in a wagon, in a camp or, hopefully, in the post hospital, and while post surgeons were well trained, childbirth was never easy.
Fatality rates for children were much higher than today, as diseases we have relegated to the history book — such as cholera, dysentery and typhoid — proved fatal to younger folks. Childhood maladies such as chickenpox, mumps and measles, common until a few generations ago, could take a nasty turn in an era before miracle drugs and vaccinations.
Many frontier families had to endure the sudden and premature death of a child, and such tragedy befell the Griersons in September 1878.
Their daughter Edith had just turned 13 and had not been feeling well. Her condition worsened with a case of typhoid fever. The post wired San Antonio for some ice to cool her (no such resources existed locally at that time), and a courier brought Edith some temporary relief.
Despite everyone's best efforts, she died Monday, Sept. 9, 1878, 135 years ago the day after tomorrow.
If you would, join me in honoring her and the children who lived and died at Fort Concho in its active years of 1867-89. Drop by Officers' Quarters 1 at East Avenue D and South Oakes Street at 7 p.m. Monday. We will say a few words regarding her life, then travel the short distance to Fairmount Cemetery, where she has rested since the late 1800s, when her remains were reinterred from the old post cemetery a few blocks from the fort.
I would like to think that she and her friends will be watching and thanking us.
Bob Bluthardt is the Fort Concho manager for the city of San Angelo. Contact him at 325-481-2730 or email@example.com.
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