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On 12/28/2012 at approximately 3:40AM, a resident from the 1300 block of Lusch Road reported hearing noises that suggested someone might have broken into his house. A deputy arrived to the scene 4 minutes later and was told that the noises had come from the basement area of the house but that the homeowner had checked the basement and no one was located down there. The deputy checked the scene and noticed that a basement window had been broken out and that shoe prints in the snow were leading to the house but no prints were found leaving the house. The deputy entered the basement, started to search it and located a lone white male suspect hiding near the broken window.
The suspect was taken into custody and found to be possessing a 9mm pistol which had been secured in a holster on his hip. Additionally, the suspect was possessing two knives. The suspect was identified as 23 year old Kaleb Micah Kantzer of 2805 Township Road 155, Cardington Ohio. After being taken into custody, Kantzer refused to speak to deputies or be interviewed about this incident. A check was completed and Kantzer does not possess an Ohio conceal carry license.
Kantzer was transported to the Marion Multi County Correctional Center where he is being held on aggravated burglary charges. This case is being reviewed by the Marion County Prosecutor's Office for formal charges.
At 4:00pm this afternoon Marion County Sheriff Tim Bailey canceled the LEVEL 1 snow advisory that was put into effect early this morning. Sheriff Bailey stated main roads and highways are mostly clear but that some secondary roadways are still snow covered in places so caution should still be used when driving. Crews with the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Marion County Garage and the Marion City Garage are continuing to treat and clear roadways.
At 6AM on December 27th, 2012, Sheriff Tim Bailey downgraded the level two snow advisory for Marion County, issued on December 26th, to a level one. Primary roadways are passable and mostly clear of snow. However, some secondary roadways are still snow covered, drifted over and dangerous. Crews with the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Marion County Garage and the Marion City Garage are still in the process of clearing and treating roadways. Some roadways are still hazardous and extreme caution should be used when driving. Sheriff Bailey wants to remind the public that if you have to drive then drive with caution and allow extra time to reach your destination.
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Ringgold teachers OK four-year deal
Ringgold School District teachers are back in the classroom for the start of the new school year, a four-year contract in hand.
But a six-vote swing was the difference between resolution of an 18-month contract impasse and the likelihood of a strike.
"This meeting was very telling tonight," Ringgold Education Association President Diana Kristobek said shortly after the membership narrowly approved the contract.
"If it was rejected, we would have had to revisit the whole situation, and a strike was a possibility.
"A lot of members felt either pass it or strike."
Kristobek would say only that "the vote was close, but it passed."
Bill Stein, school board vice president and chief negotiator, said the vote was 102-90 for passage.
The teachers authorized a strike Feb. 10, but never walked off the job.
The teachers worked though the 2013-14 school year without a contract. The old pact expired Aug. 31, 2013.
The union represents 215 teachers.
Stein called strike talk "speculation."
"It was passed, and we're looking to move forward," Stein said. "It's silly to speculate about what would have happened. I'm grateful to all teachers who ratified this."
The contract includes a wage freeze for the 2013-14 school year. The teachers will receive hikes, on average, of 2.8 percent for 2014-15, 2.5 percent for 2015-16 and 3.3 percent for 2016-17.
Under the deal, teachers will have the option of staying with their current health care plan – with higher monthly contributions – or accepting a preferred provider organization plan.
The latter carries a $200 deductible rate for individuals and a $400 deductible rate for couples and families.
The most unpopular portion of the contract was a spousal exclusion. Spouses who work for the state, federal government or another school district are excluded from Ringgold health care coverage.
Kristobek said union leadership was not pleased with the spousal exclusion, adding it was a part of the give-and-take involved in the pact.
She called the contract "bittersweet."
"We negotiated for 18 months and it was difficult," Kristobek said.
Stein said the board will likely meet in special session Tuesday to ratify the contract.
"It's been a big issue for us and certainly it's been a big issue for the teachers," Stein said.
"We're excited that it has been ratified and we can move forward."
Stein said contract talks were "conducted in good atmosphere, even though they took longer than we had hoped for."
"It was a difficult contract," Stein said. "We're comfortable this helps the district move forward.
"We have a really good group of teachers and they work hard. And they want to make this district a success."
"It was a long and difficult process," said Alisa M. Compeau, Pennsylvania State Education Association UniServ representative.
"But negotiations are about compromise, and at the end of the day we have a contract."
Moving on
Stein acknowledged that "Ringgold has a lot on its plate."
At the meeting in which the contract is expected to be approved, the board will discuss plans to renovate Ringgold Elementary School North and approve a request for state funding for a new middle school under the state's PlanCON system.
PlanCon, short for Planning and Construction Workbook, is a set of forms and procedures used to apply for state reimbursement.
The PlanCon forms are designed to document a local school district's planning process, provide justification for a project to the public, ascertain compliance with state laws and regulations and establish the level of state participation in the cost of the project.
The board last month authorized architect HHSDR to submit documents applying for funding under PlanCON.
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Cape Town - A 76-year-old British tourist was rescued from a ditch in George after she was reported missing, Western Cape police said on Friday.
"(She) was found severely dehydrated in a ditch in a bush on the grounds of Carmel Guest Farm near Victoria Bay, George, last night (Thursday), said spokesman Captain Malcolm Pojie.
She went missing on Wednesday when she was last seen in the evening.
Staff noticed she did not turn up for breakfast on Thursday.
"On investigating her whereabouts, they found that she did not even sleep in her bed and immediately alerted the local police," said Pojie.
Police dogs searched surrounding bushes for Bet and found her in the ditch where she had spent almost 24 hours exposed to rain and cold.
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Thinking Big Is The Easy Part: My Weekend Dreaming Up The Next XPrize
When a couple of journalists join a bunch of powerful people for a weekend on the beautiful California coast, tasked with thinking about the biggest challenges facing humanity, techno-optimism, and visions of cold fusion prevail.
On a picture-perfect afternoon at a resort in Ranchos Palos Verdes, a wealthy Los Angeles suburb, I joined up with three business executives to come up with a tough question for others to solve.
We brainstormed this challenge: Devise a plan to generate half the food supply for an entire small city of 500,000 people within a 50-mile radius. Oh, and make sure the methodology could be transferred to most other similarly sized cities around the world.
Audacious? Of course. Doable? Over the course of several years, possibly.
This was our idea for the next XPrize, a series of public competitions that asks entrants to come up with "radical breakthroughs" that solve some of humanity's biggest challenges, in exchange for multi-million dollar prizes. Past and current XPrizes have included challenges to land a private craft on the moon, build a 100-mile-per-gallon car, and create a real tricorder. Our Self-Sustaining Food Supply XPrize, as we called it, was one of dozens thought up by some of the smartest and most powerful people in the world at last weekend's XPrize Visioneering gathering—a weekend of learning from experts and designing challenges aimed at tackling the major problems that humanity faces today.
Peter Diamandis, the charming techno-optimist behind the nearly 20-year-old XPrize Foundation, reminded us several times throughout the weekend that past XPrizes were influenced by the Visioneering event. But this year, the stakes were higher than ever: The idea from the winning team would go straight into the prize pipeline, get its own event for further refinement, and after proper vetting, possibly become the next big XPrize.
I wanted to win.
A Short History of XPrize
Diamandis, a physician and engineer who once worked in the space technology industry, launched the X Prize Foundation after reading The Spirit of St. Louis, an autobiography by Charles Lindbergh detailing the explorer's solo trans-Atlantic flight in 1927. It was a feat inspired by a prize challenge: the $25,000 Orteig Prize for the first person to complete a solo trans-Atlantic flight between New York and Paris. In winning the prize, Lindbergh helped familiarize the previously alien world of aviation to a generation of people, and brought us closer to today's aviation industry. Diamandis was inspired to create his own incentive prizes, starting with spaceflight.
A decade ago, the $10 million Ansari XPrize—the first prize launched by the foundation—asked teams to build a private spaceship that could carry three people 100 kilometers above the Earth's surface twice in a two week period. Some 26 teams entered, spending over $100 million in total. In 2001, SpaceShipOne, designed by aerospace engineer Burt Rutan, won the competition. Ultimately, the spaceship technology was licensed by Richard Branson to create the foundation for Virgin Galactic—a move that, according to XPrize lore, opened up the larger private spaceflight industry.
Today, the XPrize Foundation has awarded prizes for three challenges, including the Ansari XPrize and a prize to develop a better method of oil spill cleanup. The four active prizes include the Tricorder XPrize for a device that can diagnose patients at least as well as a physician, and the Google Lunar XPrize, for teams to create a rover that can launch and land on the moon and then transmit video back down to Earth. A number of prizes are in the pipeline, addressing everything from literacy to organ cryopreservation.
Building A Prize
After a brief session on prize design, the Visioneering weekend participants were sent off to brainstorm, divided into sections based on interest. My section on day one, held in an open-air half-dome outfitted with couches, pillows, and an especially soft shaggy rug, focused on the challenges facing cities. Paul Romer, the New York University economist who garnered attention recently for his ideas on charter cities, led a whirlwind 20-minute talk on how humanity can prepare for the 5 billion new urban residents who will emerge in the next 100 years.
Romer pointed out that we have the power to shape the many new cities that will pop up, but there is a limited window of time to do so. "In 100 years, it will be over. Humans will live forever with the cities we leave them," is the somber thought he left us to chew on.
After dividing into small groups and writing themes on post-it notes, it was time to hone in on prize ideas. We regrouped and split up into teams based on interest.
My four-person team—Ken Neumann, CEO of Greenscape Ventures; Guy Wolloart, chief technical and innovation officer at The Coca-Cola Company; Rodrigo Veloso, founder of O.N.E. Coconut Water; and myself, an editor and writer for Co.Exist— initially wanted to create a prize related to water, energy, food, and economic self-sufficiency in cities. We tossed around ideas for at least 20 minutes (the team briefly lost its way at one point when a member suggested that we try to spur the creation of an Ayn Rand-ian libertarian utopia) before deciding that we needed to hone in one topic area and come up with a measurable, ultra-focused challenge.
Wolloart's pitch in front of the larger cities group was good enough to gather the votes needed to make it to the next round of pitching, this time in front of all the weekend's participants.
But first, we had one more day of visioneering. This time, I chose to participate in a climate change session led by PopTech executive director Andrew Zolli. After once again brainstorming themes, I joined another four-person team that brainstormed an idea fairly quickly for the $5 million Farmer's Almanac 2.0 XPrize: a challenge to come up with a system that pulls in climate data in real time, aggregates it, provides clear and actionable information for individuals and businesses, and distributes the data through existing channels (like real estate websites, for example). Once again, we made it to the next round.
The Winning Idea
My luck went downhill from there. Neither of my teams won enough votes to make it to the final round—really, how could we compete with pitches from personalities like newscaster Pat Kiernan and actress Patricia Arquette?
The final five ideas, selected via text message voting, included a prize for getting trace molecules of medication out of the water supply (pitched by Arquette and earthquake scientist Dr. Lucy Jones), a prize for building a prototype of a long-lasting home that could be constructed for under $1,000 in less than 24 hours, and a prize for reproducing substantive energy generation from an entirely new energy source (like cold fusion or zero-point energy) twice in two weeks.
After participating in a dramatic voting system that involved 3-D printed poker chips and glowsticks, the winner was declared: The Forbidden Energy XPrize for generating energy from an entirely new source, like cold fusion or zero point energy.
Cold fusion is perhaps more fun to think about than existing alternative energy solutions. But in my opinion, it seems more important in the energy space to come up with exponentially better battery technologies that can store energy from existing sources like solar and wind (in fact, XPrize is thinking about a challenge for building a revolutionary battery). But this was a popularity contest, and the sexiest-sounding idea took home the trophy.
There was a sense permeating the Visioneering weekend that technology can solve everything—an ideology disparagingly referred to by writer Evgeny Morozov as "solutionism." It can't solve everything, of course. Who cares if you build a better affordable home or system for local food production if the technology can't be evenly distributed? And who says we're even hunting for solutions to the right problems?
Nonetheless, technology is a major driver of change in human society. And if even a small percentage of the world's big problems can be solved by people willing to spend their time and money thinking up challenges and then joining together to find solutions, all of XPrize's efforts will be worth it. Plus, visioneering is a whole lot of fun.
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go to science.gov, directscience.com, or google for lots on each of these
- Thermophotovoltaics 20. Photoswitching 21. Ryden dual carbon battery 22. Singlet Exiton Fission 23. Thorium Salt Reactor 24. Vanadium Redox-flow Battery 25. Artificial Leaf 26. Thermio nic Self Charging Graphene Batteries 27. Piezoelectric self charging Batteries 28. Magnetic Field Regauging 29. HoJo Motor 30. Superhydrophobia 31. Steam from the sun 32. Cannae Drive/EmDrive 33. Traveling Wave Reactor 34. Solid-State Batteries 35. HHO-Catlytic Converter / H-CAT 36. Betavoltaics 37. Optoelectric Nuclear Battery 38. "Photoinduced Electron Transfer pathways in Hydrogen-Evolving Reduced Graphene Oxide-Boosted Hybrid Nano-Bio Catalyst," appeared in the July 7 issue of ACS NanoHere's a list of different ways of getting to Fusion. 39+ To date, there have been several approaches to try to harness fusion reaction for electricity production: Tokamak, Levitated Dipole, Riggatron, Field-Reversed Configuration, Reversed Field Pinch, Magnetic Mirro
I am feeling very hopeful today. Just this morning Amy Goodman reported that the Rockefeller family is divesting in fossil fuel companies. This is all part of a larger divestment program that originated in colleges and universities. On top of that there is a new 20 Million dollar XPRIZE for anyone who can get there Forbidden Energy device up and running 2 times within 2 weeks. They've invited everything from Aneutronic Fusion to ZPE to participate. Here's a list of likely contenders.
- Cold Fusion/LENR 2. Dense Plasma Focus 3. Catalyzed Hydrogen 4. Graphene 5. Zero Point Energy/Energy of the Vacuum 6. Acoustic Cavitation/Bubble Fusion/Sonofusion 7. Muon catalyzed Fusion 8. HALOGEN-CATALYSED COLD NUCLEAR FUSION 9. Thermionic Power Generation 10. LENR with Zeolites 11. Papp Engine 12. Bloom Box 13. BlackLight Power Hydrino machine 14. Steorn Machine 15. Hydrobetatron 16. The Stirling Engine 18. Optical Rectification (cont)
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Educational justice for ethnic students at last
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Just HK$200 million a year? Is that all it costs to enable thousands of ethnic minority students to learn Chinese as a second language? Then why did the government wait so long? Why did officials herd minority students into apartheid-like "designated schools" with a curriculum that left them ill-prepared to fit into society? Well, it's because Hong Kong's ethnic minorities are lazy. And they stick to their own culture. They have only themselves to blame for being so lousy at Chinese. Not our words, but those of a top education official, according to Fermi Wong Wai-fun, a long-time campaigner for minority rights. Racist words? You bet. Wong didn't name names, but Public Eye knows who the official is. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying finally allocated the HK$200 million last week. He deserves applause. However, it still rankles to know that the government thinks nothing of spending hundreds of millions on scholarships for elite students and bends over backwards to accommodate children born in Hong Kong to mainland parents, yet doesn't give a damn about minority students who are true Hong Kong residents.
Indifference of immigration officials simply stunning
Public Eye agrees totally with human rights lawyer Robert Tibbo. It is astounding that Hong Kong immigration officials did nothing when domestic helper Erwiana Sulistyaningsih passed through the airport on her way to Indonesia even though she obviously appeared to have suffered horrific abuse. Would they have turned a blind eye if a Hongkonger or Westerner was in such a state? We suspect not. We can't help but compare the uncaring attitude of our authorities to the over-caring attitude of United States officials in the case of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who was accused of abusing her maid. US police handcuffed and strip-searched her. Our officials only acted after a public outcry over Erwiana's alleged torture by her employer.
Shenzhen residents should learn to hold their noses
Public Eye has waited a whole week to say this to Shenzhen's politicians and residents: "Shove it." It was reported last week that half of Shenzhen's legislators and more than a million residents signed a petition against a planned landfill extension in the border town of Tuen Mun. And the reason? The landfill stinks, sending foul smells across the border. A senior Shenzhen politician and leading opponent of the landfill warned darkly of Hong Kong "lifting a rock to drop it on your own toes" if we pressed ahead with the extension. Again, we say: "Shove it." Our smelly landfill is our own business. If you don't like our stink, hold your noses. Air fresheners might work, too. Hong Kong, like every other city, needs landfills. The Tuen Mun site and other dumps are almost full. But our politicians are too chicken to admit the urgency. They fear losing votes in the next election if they approve a long-standing government request for funding to expand the rubbish dumps. That's why they have kowtowed to the "not in my backyard" bunch. There's only one way Public Eye will support the Shenzhen demand to shelve the Tuen Mun landfill extension: we'll stop exporting our stinky smells to you if you stop exporting your filthy air to us. Deal?
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The official is talking rubbish and should be sacked. Not only do the ethnic minorities find the Chinese curriculum difficult, expatriates, returnees and most locals do too, thus forcing them to attend private international schools.
The govt could have opted for an easy solution by offering different pathways in the public schools. As for the curriculum, the one used in Singpaore is highly effective and user friendly. No need to spend millions on writing new texts/formulating a new curriculum, spend the money on training the teachers. I will not discuss how successful Singapore's bilingual education policy is here.
Now, who is being lazy now? The education officials go for expensive overseas study trips but do not seem to have learnt anything for solutions to our very problematic educational system. Ditto for the likes of Greg So who went for 60 trips in 60 months in his old job.


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"MckMama", some mommy blogger that filed for bankruptcy, supposedly lied about her situation to both readers and the court. People have asked me several times to post about the situation, but I could never figure out what exactly was going on. Luckily forensic accountant Tracy Coenen has been following the story and gave us some background on why people are so angry at mckmama:
For months, Jennifer Howe Sauls McKinney was telling her readers that she and her husband were paying their debts. She claimed the many thousands of dollars of unpaid income taxes had been paid off. None of those claims were true, as their December 2011 bankruptcy filing showed more than $725,000 of debt. This debt includes over $446,000 for the McKinneys' third foreclosed/lost house, more than $110,000 owed to the IRS, over $55,000 owed to an employee of Israel McKinney's contracting business, more than $29,000 owed to credit card companies and consumer lenders, more than $31,000 owed on repossessed vehicles, and a host of medical bills largely unrelated to the illness of their son Stellan. (For the uninitiated, this illness is what propelled MckMama into the public eye and made her so popular.)
Helpfully included was a bulleted breakdown of the claimed deceptions:
- Jennifer McKinney reported to the court that her income from blogging and photography in 2011 was $55,000, when her real income exceeded $148,000.
- MckMama reported to the court that her income was going to be $1,500 per month following the filing of the bankruptcy. Yet in the one month period around the time of the bankruptcy filing, she deposited more than $10,000 into her known bank account.
- Although required to disclose all assets in the bankruptcy filing, Jennifer Sauls McKinney and Israel McKinney failed to disclose several thousand dollars of assets, including at least one PayPal account, accounts receivable from Google and other affiliate programs, her websites, a Jayco camper, and a travel trailer.
- The McKinneys transferred at least a few thousand dollars to charities and family in the months leading up to their bankruptcy filing, but did not disclose these transfers as required under the bankruptcy laws.
- Jennifer received cash payments for photography services and did not keep records of the payments or report the income to the bankruptcy court.
Ms. Coenen adds that this "isn't a case of simple errors made in a bankruptcy filing. The McKinneys appear to be intentionally untruthful, pretending to be poor to get out of paying their debts", since the MckMamas are "accused of intentionally manipulating their income (by adjusting the advertising on the My Charming Kids blog) so that it would be lower at the time they filed their bankruptcy. After the bankruptcy was filed, the advertising was changed to increase the income." It seems the court has caught on to the lack of full disclosure:
On Friday, Gene Doeling, the trustee in the bankruptcy case of Jennifer and Israel McKinney filed a complaint for a money judgment and denial of bankruptcy discharge. He is asking the court to allow him to take certain assets – - including money in a Paypal account, advertising money from Google, and a travel trailer, plus any other assets that he may still find – - and disallow the McKinney bankruptcy, forcing them to repay all of their debts.
That could certainly put a kink in their 6 figure income lifestyle, but I personally doubt there would be any major repercussions for this mess. It's not likely she will lose readers or advertisers, and it doesn't sound like she is being charged with any kind of attempted fraud. It sounds like she will just be forced to pay off her debts, and I'm sorry but if the woman is making $148k a year by taking pics of people and sitting on her ass posting pics of her kids, you'll forgive my lack of empathy for her situation.


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A 1-year-old red pit bull-Shar-Pei mix is available for adoption at the Monroe County Animal Control Shelter.
Shelter workers say he's a "big puppy" and seems to get along well with other dogs.
They recommend that his new owners sign him up for a dog training class because he likes to jump up on people and he needs to learn to walk on a leash without pulling.
He has a lot of energy and is a strong dog, but will make a great pet once he learns good "doggy" manners, they said.
He is designated No. 884 and can be found in Kennel B17.
Animal Control works with the Alliance for Spay-Neuter & Pet Rescue, a local nonprofit group, to find homes for animals at the shelter. There are many dogs and cats available for adoption at the shelter at 911 S. Raisinville Rd.
Information about fees is available at the shelter.
The shelter kennel is open from noon to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. It is closed Saturdays and Sundays.
For more information on this animal, call Animal Control at 240-3125 or visit the kennel.
More dogs from the shelter also can be viewed at www.asnpr.rescuegroups.org or www.allianceforspayneuter.org.
Those looking to adopt shelter cats can visit PetSmart, 2347 N. Telegraph Rd.
For information on low-cost spaying and neutering or on making tax-deductible donations to help shelter animals, visit the Alliance Web site or call 243-1800.


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So I've decided I want to become a rap star as well as a writer.
Been a bit busy lately working on scripts and pitches, but I still find time to watch TV and movies.
Here are somethings I've seen recently and I felt I could comment on with a few short comments:
Manhunter: Kind of weird seeing Brain Cox play Hannibal Lecter. Having seen Red Dragon before it took some of the heat away from this film for me, but it was still cool. Kind of like a CSI prequel.
Twilight: That's it? Really? What a weird movie. Should have been a CW show.
Punisher War Zone: So close yet so far away, but I still really enjoyed it.
21: Eh. It was okay. Not worth all the hype.
The Orphanage: Pretty good horror movie. Nice and moody. Kind of a sad ending.
Apocalypse Now Redux: I hadn't seen the redux before and it had been a long time since I had seen the original. Pretty crazy stuff.
Castle: Nathan Fillion is the man. I'm hooked.
The Office: Kind of over it.
Leverage: What a great show. I was really impressed.
Lost: I watched about 14 hours of this and got all caught up last week. It wasn't fulfilling in the slightest.
Chuck: I was big time hooked on this show for a minute. Watched season one on DVD and then watched a ton of episodes on Hulu. It's good times and I hope they make it to a third season.
Lie to Me: It's okay, but I just don't trust Fox.
Scrubs: This last season has been really fun and the two-parter in the Bahamas was great.
I could go easily go on and on about TV, but I'll stop there. I watch way too much TV. Oh well.
Some of the concepts I have been working on have been really cool and I'm really happy with them. Lately, for my creator owned stuff, I want to do unique projects that are high quality and really stand out. Much easier said then done, but I feel I'm on the right track.
Keep your fingers crossed.
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Overlook number 1 came out today!!
In case you didn't already know, my new crime book Overlook started today.
I'm really happy with how this one came out. I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks of it.
Go to your local store and check it out!!
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A magical peach! An incredible journey! Insect friends! In JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, Roald Dahl's story comes hilariously to life in this family show that reveals the wickedness of some and the goodness of others. Follow James, the wise Old-Green-Grasshopper, and the pessimistic Earthworm on their wild adventure. And don't forget James' mean Aunt Spiker and cruel Aunt Sponge!
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Autoflower hermie (Hermaphrodite)
28th Aug 2011 22 Comments »
What are autoflower hermies?
Hermaphrodite or "hermie" cannabis plant is a one sex plant that develops opposite sex flowers.
Autoflowering cannabis growers usually come across hermaphrodites that are females and show some male flowers but the opposite can also happen and a male plant can show female flowers. When a male autoflower plant shows female flowers it is usually called the "backward" hermaphrodite and they are seen far less often because growers usually grow females and exterminate the males. This phenomena of one sex auto cannabis plants turning hermie can be explained in two ways:
1) Genetic hermaphrodites- these plants are genetically programmed to be hermies and they will do that in any conditions.
2) Stress induced hermaphrodites- these are plants that are pure females/males and are stressed in some way to produce other sex flowers. Most typical ways to induce other sex flowers on autoflowering cannabis plant is to stress the plants by changing the light cycle rapidly, fluctuate the PH of the water and soil, introduce temperature shock by increasing and lowering the temperature and introducing chemicals like "gibberellic Acid"," Colloidal Silver" that encourages the plant to change sex.
Hermaphrodite good and bad sides.
Hermaphrodites are usually considered a bad thing and growers tend to exterminate them before these female cannabis plants can develop male flowers and ruin the sinsemilla crop. In fact if a genetic hermie plant pollinates himself or any other female there is a 50 % chance of these next generation seeds to become hermaphrodites and that is the real reason why people fear hermies.
But there is a good side of hermaphrodites too! Cannabis plants typically are females (they have xx chromosome) or males ( xy chromosome) but if you induce these plants to stress then you can get the opposite sex flowers to appear on the plant. If a genetic female that has only the xx chromosome produces a male flower it can only transfer the x chromosome and if this pollen is collected and another genetic female is pollinated with this exact pollen then the offspring(seed) will only have the xx chromosomes and it will produce almost all females. This is one on the ways how seed companies produce the famous feminized autoflowering seeds. There is always a small possibility that a feminized seed will become a hermaphrodite but it is far more likely to get a female than a hermie.
So if you have stressed your plants and some of your females start showing male flowers you can in fact collect this pollen from these male flowers and pollinate some other females and produce your own feminized seeds. This is a good way to get cheap autoflowering feminized seeds.With a small amount of work and a ruined plant (hermie) can in fact become very valuable. If you try to produce these feminized seeds you must be sure that the autoflower hermie plant was stressed properly before producing the male flowers and not just producing these opposite sex flowers in perfect conditions, because if the plant turns hermie easily the "feminized" seeds can be unstable and produce much larger % of hermies than usual. Experienced breeders and seed producers take only the strongest females that show no weakness of becoming hermaphrodite and stress them almost to their death and only then these strong autoflower females start producing male flowers and that pollen will make a real feminized seed! If you think about these feminized seeds and their advantages then you can see that any amount of hermie/female ratio will be better than the % that you get from regular cannabis seeds, because from regular seeds you can get males, females and hermie plants but if you eliminate the male plant from the equation then chances of the plant being female is much higher.
Backward hermies.
Backward hermaphrodites are also a good thing and some growers say that with these backward hermaphrodites you can produce the most potent and most resinous females and also get a better female to male ratio of those backward hermie seeds. These weird hermies are very rare appearance and there is not much information about their positive and negative traits but the potential of these male hermaphrodites are huge and we need to do more research to fully understand these plants.
Mature female hermies
Another form of hermaphroditism is the male flowers that sometimes appear in the last days of a flowering female cannabis plant. These females are not considered hermies and that is a natural occurrence of some cannabis strains. This phenomenon can be exploited to once again produce feminized autoflowering seeds but these male flowers that grow in the last days of flowering need time to mature and in most cases your plant will be worthless when these male flowers are ready to spread pollen and most growers ignore them and harvest that plant anyway. But if you let that plant grow out the male flowers and collect that pollen then it is a good way to make feminized seeds but that female what produced those male flowers will be worthless because the THC will most likely be degraded by the time the male flowers are ready.
22 Responses to "Autoflower hermie (Hermaphrodite)"
Its like you read my mind! You seem to know a lot about this, like you wrote the book in it or something. I think that you could do with a few pics to drive the message home a bit, but other than that, this is great blog. A great read. I will definitely be back.
I really wish there were more atrciles like this on the web.
Just what I wanted to find out. Have three strains of males going to collect. The sativa dom Lemon Skunk is just about to pop pollen sacs – now finding several pistils buds forming. Going to grow it out for the seeds.
can you cut of the seeds pods of a hermi and keep it female
Probably, but I think it would try to keep producing them instead of females, …or at least split the energy resulting in poor buds.
so if its got a lot of pollen sacks with few female flowers its more than likely a "backwards"? Iv grown many seasons and for the first time have a plant like this (its what brought me here). so I should seed it out?
I found that seeds from hermaphrodite autos aren't very succesful.Only 1 in 10 germinate in tissue and the survivor was stunted.Better to stay with pollenating from a male plant I think.
I dunno, I got two seeds from my first autoflower harvest in the bubblelicious, I planted one of them, and it has grown into a beautiful little girl and is not starting to flower just like her mama did! I am super stoked bc her mama was gorgeous and high yielding, super frosty and smells fruity and delicious!!! Im ampted to try out some of the methods suggested in this article…I would keep trying to germ those seeds from yer autoflower hermis…I waited till late, late flower for the male blossoms to develop, so I guess they were feminized-auto and I didnt even know it! Stoked!
I mean, "…she is #NOW starting to flower just like her mama did…"…NOT "not"…dang, I swear I edited that, too!
I'm an organic soil grower but I've realised that with these new air pots and a fish tank pump I can easily convert to a hydroponic set-up with the addition of a tray for the water without all the expense of hydrponic gear.A fiver incl.the air stone.
Excellent article!!! By far the most detailed and informative of anything I have found on this topic on the web or from any other source…I am glad to hear that there are benefits to hermis, as well. And those are great suggestions as far as producing feminized-autoflower seeds…I am definitely going to start using autoflower-fem seeds for many personal reasons, but one of the main set-backs was the cost of ordering them from private seed banks, so I am definitely going to explore the option of producing my own! Thank you so much for the information…it will surely prove to be invaluable! Keep up the good work!!!
I love this site. and agree with 'soulrebel'
Question – I have quoted a line from your blog above.
". If you try to produce these feminized seeds you must be sure that the autoflower hermie plant was stressed properly before producing the male flowers and not just producing these opposite sex flowers in perfect conditions, because if the plant turns hermie easily the "feminized" seeds can be unstable and produce much larger % of hermies than usual"
I bought 8 fem autos online they are about 3-4 weeks old 1 of those plants have turned male without any stress my end i know this because the other 7 are going great. Can this happen.?
The bit I'v quoted – are you saying because the 1 male has turned male too easy without stress my end it may not produce good quality and quantity fem seeds when polinated.
thanks in advance.
Do auto strains regenerate after the first harvest or will they just whither and die soon after if they are harvested in early summer?
I'd like to be able to use the stress of harvesting to get the plants to hermie and still have viable plants with buds able to pollinated. I really want to select the best most potent females to breed after sampling.
I have 5 beauties going…now I started them end of jan one pla t started budding by march now they are all budding…I have one oh 18″ w/ 40 or more buds /white and red pistles hairs,now this wk it was turning brown on top w/ pocket or bulb type making them bigger…I think it's a hermie is still good to smoke and should I let it grow…I have it isolated…
I have my plants in buckets outside. I had to bring them in the other night.. When I did I put them in my closet. It was complete darkness.. The next a.m. I noticed a whole bunch of new growth. But they are the little leaves that are snug in with the nugs. HELP WHAT THE HELL DID I DO… I did also give it some 10/20/10. At the same time that I brought it on same night..


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Happy Valentine's Day Music Boxers,
This weekend, we're proud to kick off the Music Box Theatre 70mm Festival! For two weeks, we'll be screening some amazing films, from Vertigo to 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Master, in glorious 70mm (Full schedule below). As the film industry has moved away from film to digital projection, we wanted to give you a chance to see these films as their creators wished them to be seen: On the big screen, in a theatre, on film, and in 70mm. Festival passes & single feature tickets on sale now.
Also opening this weekend is North Sea Texas. This new film from director Bavo Defurne tells a tender coming-of-age story about a young boy who falls in love with his best friend. The New York Times calls it "A simmering drama powered by fully drawn characters and fine performances."
Forget to make plans for Valentine's Day? Don't worry, there are still a few tickets available to our Casablanca Sweethearts Sing Along. Come see the classic Bogart & Bergman romance and sing some classic love songs, with live accompaniment from the famous Music Box organ. Tickets on sale now.
We also have midnight showings of Phantom of the Paradise (With music by Paul Williams!), weekend matinees of the Oscar-winning musical Gigi, and daily screenings of 56 Up and John Dies At The End.
See you at the movies
Thursday, February 14th – Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
North Sea, Texas
A film by Bavo Defurne starring Ben Van den Heuvel, Eva van der Gucht and Thomas Coumans
A film about a boy in love with his best friend.
Pim lives in a run-down house in a dead-end street somewhere at the Belgian coast, together with his mother Yvette Bulteel (better known as Yvette Mimosa, local accordion starlet). Life here smells of cold French fries, cheap cigarettes, vermouth and stale beer. Mother Yvette uses her fat Etienne with his lousy grey Fiat as a driver for the nights she has to "perform."
As a kid Pim dreams of a better life, imagining princesses and beauty queens. But when Pim turns 16 he dreams of Gino, the boy next door, instead. Ever since they were children there has been this tension between them. Now Gino is Pim's motorcycling hero. Cold mockery, little humiliations and tiny bits of hope make up Pim's life. No wonder he sometimes flees to his dream world.
Then one day Yvette leaves with young, hunky Zoltan, the boy from the fair. When Yvette leaves her son alone in the empty house, Pim seizes the opportunity and his dreams become half-truths. Pim moves to the neighbours' house to live with Marcella, his "second mum". And with Sabrina, Gino's sister, who circles longingly around Pim. He even sleeps in Gino's bed! But Gino's off romancing and living with a girl from across the border. Dreams never come true. Or do they?
Best Picture, Academy Awards
Casablanca Sweethearts Sing Along
Romance and a classic film.
The Music Box Theatre's annual screening of the classic film Casablanca begins with a special "Valentine's Day Sweetheart Sing Along" featuring a selection of memorable love songs complete with projected lyrics and accompaniment from the Music Box organ. Songs include "You Are My Sunshine," "Bicycle Built for Two," and "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off." After the sing-a-long you and your sweetheart will be treated to the timeless Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, one of the greatest romantic films of all time.
Who loves love? We do!
The Music Box Theatre has partnered with two great neighborhood establishments to offer some special date night options. Deleece is located just a few doors North of the theatre and Diag will be providing a fun trolley of love from their location just a few blocks south!
The Diag is Lakeview's favorite neighborhood kitchen and ale house. Nestled in the Lakeview neighborhood, The Diag is traditionally designed with rustic details in a comfortable relaxed atmosphere including our Library we refer to as the Stacks. Located at 2856 N Southport Ave. Learn more at www.diagchicago.com
The Diag Date Night Package is $50/person or $100/couple and includes:
Purchase your tickets to the Diag Valentines Date Night by clicking HERE
We have a special Deleece Valentine's Day Prix Fixe Menu deal for you! Deleece is your electric neighborhood restaurant at 3747 N. Southport. Learn more at www.deleece.com
$110 per couple ($55 per person), includes the dinner and tickets to Casablanca.
First course, Choice of:
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A film by Michael Curtiz
The most beloved film romance of all time! Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II, an American expatriate (Humphrey Bogart) meets a former lover (Ingrid Bergman), with unforeseen complications.
56 Up
A film by Michael Apted, Paul Almond
Offering an extraordinary look at the unfolding of lives, The Up Series is back with the age 56 installment.
Offering an extraordinary look at the unfolding of lives, The Up Series has been called "an inspired, almost noble use of the film medium" by renowned film critic Roger Ebert.
In 1964, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Apted began his career as a researcher on a new experimental series for Granada TV called Seven Up, which explored the Jesuit maxim, "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man." The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse socio-economic backgrounds from all over England, to see whether a class system was in place. By asking the children about their lives and their dreams for the future, difference in attitudes and opportunity were witnessed.
For almost half a century, Apted has interviewed the original group every seven years, examining the progression of their lives. Now they are 56. From cab driver Tony to schoolmates Jackie, Lynn, and Susan, and the iconoclast Neil, the present age brings more life-changing decisions and surprising developments. From success and disappointment, marriage and childbirth, to poverty and illness, nearly every facet of life is discussed with the group, as they assess whether their lives have ultimately been ruled by circumstance or self-determination.
John Dies at the End
A film by Don Coscarelli starring Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, and Paul Giamatti
Mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David.
It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can't.
Based on the novel by author David Wong, John Dies at the End was adapted and directed by horror auteur Don Coscarelli. The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival to great acclaim.
After sold-out screenings at major film festivals including Sundance, SXSW, and Seattle, John Dies at the End will be coming soon to a theater near you.
A film by Vincente Minnelli starring Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jourdan
Winner of all nine Academy Awards it was nominated for, this charming musical is set in Fin de siecle Paris, a time of boredom and cynicism for the wealthy bourgeois. Against this backdrop is Maurice Chevalier, a rich playboy weary of the conventions of Parisian society. He strikes up a platonic friendship with courtesan-in-training Gigi (Leslie Caron), but love adds a surprise twist to this delightful turn-of-the 20th century Cinderella story.
Phantom of the Paradise
A film by Brian De Palma
Praise be to whatever dark lord made this unholy masterpiece! Brian De Palma's glam-rock musical, featuring songs by Paul Williams, is a coked-out mashup of T. Rex, Hitchcock, Universal Monsters, and Rocky Horror. Winslow Leach is a promising musician whose work is stolen by the evil producer Swan (played to pig-faced perfection by Paul Williams). tortured and beaten for attempting to reclaim his music, Winslow transforms into the steel-toothed, cape-wearing, leather-clad Phantom, out to wreak havoc upon Swan's new nightclub, The Paradise!
Visit Music Box Films
Admission for main features and midnight films is $9.25 (different prices may apply to special presentations). The first show of the day on Mondays through Thursdays is only $8.25. Admission for the 11:30am matinee films is $7.25.
The Music Box Discount Card provides 5 admissions for $33.00 (a savings of up to $13.25; good for six months; limit two admissions per visit). Cards are available at the box office.
For showtimes, call (773) 871-6604.
Getting here
The Music Box is located at 3733 North Southport Avenue, Chicago 60613. Metered street parking is available on Southport Avenue. The Music Box is a short walk east from free street parking on Ashland Avenue. There is a parking lot one block north of the theatre at the Blaine School ($10).
The theater is near the Southport station on CTA's Brown Line and the 152 Addison, 9 Ashland and 80/X80 Irving Park bus routes.
For public transit information, call 836-7000.
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This deeply engaged, argumentative monologue is an exercise in reaching, again and again beyond the limits of unbelieving.
And being too argumentative can cost you part of your social circle.
A "why" question, always dangerous for various reasons, is particularly objectionable when argumentative.
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We recommend installable versions of GNU (more precisely, GNU/Linux distributions) which are entirely free software. More about GNU below.
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The Jackson Sun reported a Madison County deputy was following a sport utility vehicle late Saturday when he saw gunshots fired from the vehicle at a house. The deputy turned on his blue lights and the SUV took off.
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The NFL's competition committee convenes every offseason to discuss which rules need need to be overhauled, tweaked, or abolished altogether. When the committee gets together after the 2011 season, Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay and committee co-chairman, expects launching and helmet hits to get plenty of attention.
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CONCORD – Americans for Prosperity – New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today offered the following comments on a proposal announced by Governor Hassan and Speaker Norelli to accelerate the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, commonly called ObamaCare, in New Hampshire.
"The so-called compromise offered by Governor Hassan and Speaker Norelli is nothing more than a direct effort to accelerate the implementation of the failed ObamaCare law in New Hampshire," said Greg Moore, AFP-NH State Director. "By creating a state ObamaCare exchange, this plan brings the massive problems of the federal rollout here. By having a simple, open-ended Medicaid expansion, it guarantees that tens of thousands of people will be forced onto a substandard government-run health care program as long as the eye can see. Furthermore, by eliminating any leverage at all with the prospect of eliminating the program, this plan guarantees that the state would never get a waiver from the federal government. This 'compromise' is just a simple plan to make ObamaCare a permanent fixture in New Hampshire."


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Thread: Do you go back to bed after taking children to school???
Do you go back to bed after taking children to school???
Sometimes i really feel like it but when i get back in the house there is always tidying,washing and stuff to do so i just get on with that.
My friend does after doing the school run she comes home gets back into bed.
Haha, would be nice wouldn't it.
But sadly like you, there is always something that needs to be done!
No, I couldn't do it, once I'm up, I'm up! It seems a waste of the day to me to go back to bed. I get all the housework done, watch a bit of crappy daytime telly and walk the dog, go to the gym.
when my dds go to school and im not working i often have an hrs sleep on the sofa. Couldnt go back to bed though or i might be there all day lol.
Well...I have two dd's one is at school and the other starts next august.
So from next september they will both be in school till 3pm (dd1 is in p3 atm)
I will also have a 2month old baby then (i am 7weeks pregnant) and yes i will be going back to bed when i have dropped them off and the baby is asleep. i will have sleepless nights so will be gratefull for any sleep i can get
My gosh no way! I work part time now but I have had phases of not working at all but there is always WAAAYY too much to do!! I pop online to do "jobs" such as shopping, banking, checking emails etc (and sneak onto netmums when I can) but there is no way I have time to sleep!
I have crashed out by accident the odd time after we've all got back in from school (as I'm early pg) but it means a late dinner/homework not done/too late for kids bath etc etc so I really can't justify doing it unless i really can't help it.
I'm surviving on around 4-5hrs a night at the moment as I can't sleep but even then if I have to get up cos I'm too fidgety I normally find a job that needs doing (even at 4am!) Lol!
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If I have had a particularly bad night with my youngest, I will go back to bed when bigger 2 have gone to school. My eldest two are 11 and 12 now and they get up while I am in bed, then I wake and go downstairs, sometimes with, sometimes without baby, depends if he's awake or not, and then once they've left for school, I'll go back upstairs, phone on DH's pillow and go back to sleep. I can have at least another hour sometimes two depending how tired baby is, and the tidying up waits until I am functioning less like a zombie later in the day. Don't think I could go back to bed if I had left the house to take kids out though.
No chance, my kids are in school for 6 hrs and i have 6 hours to get everything done, as after 3pm i have 2 and a half hours to get tea organised and i start work at half 5
the only time ever i would go back to bed is if i was really ill and felt awful
No I wouldn't - I hate napping in the day, the only time I will ever sleep in the day is If I am REALLY ill which is rare! If I want to relax I'd rather have a cup of tea and watch tv
No - there's always something that needs doing and would prefer to get things done out of the way. I do however usually sit down come dinner time to catch up on a bit of TV. I lie down on the sofa while watching TV and will sometimes nod off for half hour or so before going back up the school. This is the first year in about six years that I don't have to do a nursery run half way through the day - yippee!! I'm so glad those days are over
I do sometimes!
Depends how much i have to do, if its just housework and the main things are done Im happy to say sod it let it wait and snuggle in bed. I have four children and three are in full time school and I love a bit of snuggle time in bed with my youngest in the day!
With my 2yr old to look after (a bundle of never ending energy) and the housework to do my days are busy busy busy!!!
I only sleep in the day if im ill with flu and even then im fighting to do something.
No because i have my youngest whos 2 at home, but she does have a nap later after shes eaten around 12ish. I have gone for a nap with her in the past when she was younger, up in the night etc as they do when they're babies.
Now i use her nap time to do jobs i can't do when shes up as shes like a hurricane running round and making mess
No way! I'd feel proper lazy doing that!!! Think men already think women have a cushty life staying at home so wouldn't want to add to the myth!!!
If I was ill or had had a really bad night, maybe, but otherwise no.
I get home at 9:05, I spend an hour cleaning whilst trying to entertain my 20 month old. Then we go to the park, come back, play for a bit, have lunch then she usually has a nap. Either, I use this time to iron, or I take her to my bed and have a nap with her. I don't have any lie-ins, or me-time to relax, so this is my compromise. I sleep for an hour, she sometimes sleeps for another half hour on top of that so I use that time to prepare dinner for after we've collected dd#1 from school.
My ds finishes at 12 until after Christmas when he starts full time.
I have had a few hours sleep when I have got back in the morning, mainly because this pregnancy seems to be knocking the life out of me! I don't think I would make it through the day without having an hour.
Im pregnant so yes definately. Not all the time but on the odd day. DH works shifts so if he is in bed i come home and get back into bed for a cuddle and a little sleep. I dont know how id get through somedays without it. Im so tired all the time.
Even if i wasnt pregnant i would as id be working shifts too
no chance too much to dothe house looks like a bombs hit it after they ve all left! and there s sorting out the pets !


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|What risks do women face when seeking advice during pregnancy from pharmacies and natural health retailers?
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|PMID: 23321884 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review
|AIM: Potential risks to mother and foetus exist with the incorrect use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) products during pregnancy. This study aimed to identify the risks that a woman may face when seeking advice during pregnancy from pharmacies and health food stores (HFS) in Greater Wellington (New Zealand).
METHODS: 21 HFS and 21 geographically-matched pharmacies were visited by a researcher who sought advice regarding vitamin supplementation and nausea in early pregnancy using a standardised scenario. Any advice given, including details of recommended products, was documented immediately upon leaving the premises. Proportions were obtained and paired contingency table analysis was used to examine the agreement between the matched pairs.
RESULTS: A minority of pharmacies (5/21, 23.8%) and HFS (1/21, 4.8%) made primary recommendations for nausea which were supported by Ministry of Health (MOH) guidelines, and both pharmacies (14/21, 66.7%) and HFS (7/21, 33.3%) recommended products contrary to these guidelines. A greater proportion of pharmacies gave advice consistent with MOH recommended dosage of folic acid supplementation than HFS (20/21, 95.2% vs 10/21, 47.6%). 2/21 (9.5%) of pharmacies and 4/21 (19%) of HFS gave advice with a potential risk of vitamin A overdose.
CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacies and HFS in Greater Wellington provided potentially hazardous advice, recommending products, often branded for pregnancy, which contradicted NZ MOH guidelines. Regulatory reform of CAM products and those who sell them is called for in New Zealand.
|Sarah Jefferies; Bridget Healy; Mark Weatherall; Richard Beasley; Philippa Shirtcliffe
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They were particularly concerned about how to build for and handle the load their applications would experience in a very tight time window. They had only one shot at this and the world was watching. We worked with them to show how Visual Studio and TFS could help them develop and test their app to have confidence in the experience voters would have.
I was personally very proud of the very small role I played in helping them. It's not often one get to participate, even if in a very small way, in a significant world changing event.
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Dispatches from VA Greenforce Summit: Job Figures Show Training Needs
I'm blogging live from the Virginia Greenforce Learning and Action Summit at Germanna Community College's Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper, VA, and boy, are my fingers tired. This event, convened for community colleges, workforce boards, employers, and other organizations to …
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Coach Mike Hohensee, quarterback J.J. Raterink and the Iowa Barnstormers host the New Orleans Voodoo on Saturday night.
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Knee Replacement Surgery - Advice sought
My wife (68yo) is facing knee replacement surgery. The X-Rays show no cartillage at all, and the left tibia is angling considerably inwards.
The doc says none of the "alternative" treatments are appropriate at this time. These include the injections of silicone and whatever else they now inject, the cortisone shots, braces and/or PT.
My wife is terrified. She loves to bicycle and hike, among other things. We have seen two orthopods, and both say the same thing.
She is tremensoudly interested in other's experiences with knee replacement, especially any females (wifes or persons on this list, but males will also be ok).
If there is anyone out there who has experienced knee replacement surgery we would love to have you share your experiences.
1. Has anyone done the "minimally invasive surgery?" The doc we saw today says he has given up on MIS due to poor results. Yet, we have some other docs locally who are currently holding seminars on MIS, and specialize in it! ????
2. Success rates and stories and when back to bicycling. etc.?
3. Recovery period?
4. Complications?
5. Any other thoughts?
We went to a doc at Rose Medical Center here in Denver, which is a major regional joint replacement hospital, doing over 1,000 last year. ( I wonder what they do with all of those old joints? )
As usual, your thoughts and feedback are greatly appreciated.
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Requests for sponsorship are escalating to new levels as nonprofits and charitable organizations strive to raise funds for their cause.
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Before you decide to sponsor a golf tournament, speaker, the wine at an event, VIP room, an awards reception, educational program, banners, badge holders, audio visual equipment, display computers, tote bags, shuttle buses, napkins or drink cups, you need to set clear, measurable goals. Do you want to enhance your image, drive sales, get positive publicity, increase awareness, be a good corporate citizen, enhance consumer/business relations or differentiate yourself from competitors? Identify primary and secondary goals then consider whether sponsorship is a good fit to achieve them.
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New Renault R.S.01 racer: Va-va-vite!Comment on this story
R.S. 01 is intended specially for a new one-make Renaultsport Trophy championship.
It was designed by Akio Shimuzu of the Guyancourt Renault studio.
Chassis is by Italian carbon-fibre specialist Dallara, suspension by Ohlins, brakes by PFC.
R.S. 01 is 4.7 metres long, two metres long and only 1.116 metres high.
It weighs less than 1100kg ready to go
Top speed should be on the scary side of 300kph.
Lap times should be somewhere between a GT3 and a DTM car.
Paris, France - This is the RenaultSport R.S. 01, built to the 2014 LMP1 endurance-racing regulations but intended specially for a new one-make Renaultsport Trophy championship in the World Series by Renault from 2015.
It was designed by the winner of an internal competition - Akio Shimuzu of Renault's Guyancourt studio - and built in a hurry; the final shape was only signed off on 25 April.
The chassis is by Italian specialist Dallara, which also builds the Formula Renault 3.5 cars. It has a carbon-fibre monocoque tub (which includes the 150 litre fuel-tank), a tubular-steel roll cage and separate crush boxes (crumple zones) at both ends.
Suspension is by double wishbone and pushrod all round, with fully-adjustable Ohlins dampers and PFC brakes with six-piston callipers and 300mm carbon-ceramic discs.
Power is provided by a 3.8-litre Nissan GT-R biturbo V6, converted by Nismo to dry-sump lubrication and tweaked to more than 370kW and 600Nm with a Pectel electronic unit that includes a traction control function.
It drives the rear wheels through a seven-speed Sadev paddle-shift sequential transmission with an on-board adjustment for the limited-slip differential.
The finished car is 4.7 metres long, two metres wide and only 1.116 metres high, and weighs less than 1100kg ready to go, which should give it a top speed of more than 300km/h and lap times somewhere between a GT3 and a DTM car.
Vite, for those of us who have never watched a Pink Panther film, is the French word for 'fast'.
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TV station cuts off Jose Mourinho as he is discussing his future (Video)
Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho is one of the most well-known names in professional soccer, but no one person is bigger than a tight television schedule. Following a disappointing 4-3 loss to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League semifinals earlier this week, a saddened Mourinho was discussing his future with the club. He was taking…Read More