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This article expounds the eagerness of the Coptic people for the pope, after his absence, in St. Mark's Cathedral last Wednesday.
Dozens of bishops and priests, along with thousands of Copts, gathered in St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo to attend his holiness' sermon last Wednesday. Copts cheered, clapped, and uttered cries of joy for more than 15 minutes.
The pope also answered some of the congregation's questions as well as giving his sermon. The first question was about curses and the pope confirmed that God does not curse a man unless He knows that he is definitely lost. The second question was from a 20-year-old girl who loves her 16-year-old cousin. The pope advised her to seek counsel from her mother and aunt. There was also a third question about the reason why Copts do not read the old testament in mass. The pope asserted that the church reads it in holy week
In his sermon Pope Shenouda spoke about God's providence and mercy, relating to the rumor of his demise. He stated that God is forgiving to all, even to Satan himself, who was not deprived of his powerful nature.

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Soap is a key element in care and cleansing of the skin.test
Beautiful skin comes from balancing the energies on the inside and the outside of our bodies, including the energies of all the micro-organisms as well. Once that is accomplished healthy skin is the natural result of the general state of health that is established. The care and protection of your skin is the external hygiene. And since your skin is your most external organ it requires proper nourishment and balance on the inside too in order to function properly.
The use of soap on the outside is a rather drastic measure as evidenced by the substantial reduction of bacterial populations on the skin following its use. This is not necessarily a bad thing, especially if it can be accomplished without stripping the skin of its own essential oils. The more alkaline the soap, the more likely it is to strip you of those essential oils.
Real soap is alkaline. While there are a lot of pH balanced cleansing bars and liquid gels on the market, the vast majority of them contain such a small amount of actual soap that they can hardly be considered real soap. Real soap along with glycerin comes from the chemical reaction of fat with a strong base such as potassium hydroxide (caustic potash). This is a highly alkaline substance, hence the descriptive term caustic.
Since the lye used to make the soap is so damaging to our skin, any residues that remain in the soap we use are not helping us along our path to healthy skin. With bar soap, a great deal (but not all) of the residual lye comes out during the curing process, but with liquid soap this does not happen. That is why all of our soap goes through a special process whereby the residual alkali is neutralized. In the case of bar soap this must happen before the soap is cured.
Note that pH is a unit of measure for the alkalinity (or acidity) of a substance. It is important to understand a little bit about pH to appreciate why we need to be so careful in this modern society if we really want to have healthy skin. The important thing to know about pH is that it is a logarithmic scale. That means that a pH of ten is 1000 times more alkaline than a pH of seven. The difference on the pH scale is three. 1000 is the same as ten raised to the power of three. It's that simple.
Beware caustic chemicals in your home. While the soap intended for use on the skin might have a pH as high as ten, that of the laundry detergent and the dishwashing detergent may be approaching twelve. That is 100,000 times more alkaline than healthy skin. You definitely don't want this stuff anywhere near your skin. (You probably don't want it on your clothes either.)
Major tip number one: wear gloves. Always make it a habit to wear gloves when you do dishes and you will have taken a significant step towards having healthier skin.
Wearing gloves will keep it off your hands. Keeping it off of your clothes is not quite so trivial. The distinction is that it may not be so bad to wash your clothes in a highly alkaline substance as long as none of that alkalinity remains following the rinse. If the soap is real soap it should rinse out quite effectively. So any excess alkalinity due to residual caustic material in the soap should be neutralized. But many other things found in modern detergents are not soap and they do not rinse out. Some of them are not intended to rinse out. If there is more stuff that does not rinse out, there is more caustic residue left behind. Added fragrances are an example of this. You probably know that these can be irritating to the skin. Now you know a little bit about the reasons why.
The resolution of the laundry soap issue is beyond the scope of this document. It is a matter of ongoing investigation and it justifies considerable due diligence that needs to include fabric softeners. In the meantime let us restrict the discussion to the soap we will use on our skin.
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As stated above, we want our soap to clean us without completely stripping our skin of its essential oils. This means that we want to use real soap but we don't want its pH to be any higher than it absolutely needs to be. In other words we want the soap but we don't want any free alkali.
At harmonic skin tones we strive for knowledge of truth. In this spirit we carefully monitor the alkalinity of all the soap we make to ensure the absolute minimum concentration of residual free alkali that we can provide. We also make special soaps that include natural anti-microbial components such as manuka oil and natural skin conditioners like shea butter. This helps considerably to make the soap more gentle on your skin.
In addition to optimizing our process for eliminating residual lye from our soaps, the R&D department is hard at work to facilitate the manufacturing of naturally low pH soap. Pending one or two more breakthroughs in development we are anticipating success in this endeavor. If you love to be clean then you owe it to yourself to keep apprised of this one.
No matter how much we reduce the pH, the soap will always remain somewhat alkaline and will always have a tendency to strip our skin of some essential oils as it so effectively eliminates the bacteria on our bodies. This extreme effect can be balanced by putting back some of the essential oils that are lost immediately following the bathing or washing. All of our skin care products are designed to work synergistically with our high quality soap to facilitate deep cleansing of your skin.
These products really work because while the soap strips off some of your skin's natural oils—that is after all the idea—naturally healthy conditioning ingredients such as almond oil and aloe vera accompanied by the powerful anti-microbial aspect of very special essential oils work wonders to put back. The aloe dilution is truly awesome on your skin and can be applied liberally anywhere desired.
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Create, edit, or delete a contact
When you set up more than one account on your phone (such as Facebook or Outlook), all the contacts or friends from those accounts will show up as contacts in People. For some accounts, you can create new contacts, edit existing ones, or delete the ones you don't want to see, right on your phone.
When you set up a Google email account on your phone, the contacts might not sync to your phone, depending on what version of the Windows Phone 7 software your phone has installed. For more information, see Sync Google email, contacts, and calendars FAQ.
To create a new contact
On Start, tap People .
Flick to All, and then tap New .
Tap New contact.
Tap the account you want to create the contact in.
Do any of the following:
- Tap Name to add your contact's name, company, and other personal information. When you're finished, tap Save.
- Tap Phone to add a work, home, or mobile number, and then tap Save.
- Tap Email to add an email address, and then tap Save .
- To change the ringtone you'll hear when this person calls you, tap Ringtone. Tap Play to preview a ringtone, tap the name to assign it to this contact, and then tap Save. To learn more, including how to add a custom ringtone, see Ringtones, sounds, and volumes.
- To add more details, including an address, website, birthday, or notes, tap Other.
- To add a picture to a contact, tap Add photo and then follow the instructions.
When you're finished adding information, tap Save .
- If you need to create a large number of contacts from scratch, it might be easier to type them into Windows Live on your computer. Then, when you set up your Windows Live account on your phone, your contacts will automatically sync between your phone and Windows Live.
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You can add or change information for a contact. If you're editing a linked contact, you can choose which account you want to store the changes in.
On Start, tap People .
Flick to All, find and tap the contact you want to edit, and then tap Edit .
If this is a linked contact (a contact with multiple accounts that show up as one contact card), tap the account you want to edit (for example, tap Edit Windows Live).
Do one of the following:
- To edit an existing field, tap it, update the information, and then tap Save .
- To add a new field, tap Add , enter the new information, and then tap Save .
To delete a contact
While you can't delete a Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn contact on your phone, you can delete contacts from other services. When you do this, the contact will be deleted both from your phone and from the online service where it's stored.
On Start, tap People .
Flick to All, then find and tap the contact you want to delete.
Tap More , and then tap Delete.
If the contact is a linked contact, one contact card with multiple accounts associated with it, you'll need to tap the account you want to remove from that contact.
For more information about linked contacts, see Link two or more contacts.
Tap Delete.
- If you have lots of friends and contacts from multiple accounts, see Find and filter my contacts for tips on navigating your contacts list.
- You can't create or edit contacts from Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn from your phone. But you can add information to their contact cards, then save it to a different account (such as Windows Live). For more information, see Social networking on my phone FAQ and Add a picture to a contact.
- You can't move or copy contacts between services (such as Hotmail and Outlook) on your phone. See How do I get contacts onto my phone? to learn more about getting your contacts from various places onto your phone.
- Contacts are synced between your phone and some online services (like Outlook and Hotmail). If you change a contact on your phone, that contact is also changed in the online service, and vice versa.


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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
The View From Mrs. Sundberg's Window
A Wonderful Life
December 8, 2004
Listened to the show Saturday and it was not bad. The weather was, though. It was that kind of damp, chilly night where there's a sticky film on the sidewalks and I can't decide whether to hole up for the night or get out and do something. Either way I feel kind of "off" so I go with my impulses and end up eating at an all-you-can-eat fish fry at the tavern on the lake or sewing buttons on old cardigans while watching It's A Wonderful Life for the 27th year in a row. Except for the year we had the Johansens over and watched it twice in one night just to say we did.
So there I sat weighing my options for later in the evening while the kids played broomball (rollerskates included) in the basement. Mr. Sundberg was up in Duluth speaking before a group of retired teachers, so it was the kids and me and a long, long list of things to do. Like get groceries. Now it sounds crazy, but once Mr. Keillor got going with "On the Road to Grand Marais," I somehow got it in me to take the kids grocery shopping after the show. The song is a kind of march and once it gets in your head, you're a goner. You HAVE to get up and do something or it'll keep you up all night.
I hollered for the kids and amid flying mittens and small change, we all piled into the car and were off. We listened to the show the whole way in and I timed it all just right. As we pulled into a parking spot in front of the nail salon, Mr. Keillor said his thank you's and goodnight, and the kids clapped and gathered up their coins for the Salvation Army red bucket and in seven minutes we'd made our own train of three shopping carts and were discussing whether we should have pork or beef or fish for our Sunday dinner.
That's when I saw an elderly man who clearly hadn't shaved or bathed, even, in some time. He was wearing gloves and an old gray knit cap and a red flannel shirt and his lips were chapped enough to crack and bleed. He was standing in front of the deli counter where a young woman with black hair in pigtails snapped her gum as she filled a big bowl with chili. It even had noodles in it, the way my mother used to make it. The man paid her and took his tray over to the table near the gold-wrapped Brie display. He took off his hat and gloves and let out a big sigh as he sat. He crushed a handful of crackers over the bowl before he dipped his spoon in and ate. "That man looks a little like Santa," one of the kids said. And just at that moment he glanced our way and saw us looking at him and he gave a little wave.
I think the kids will remember that night in the grocery store after the show. Not so much because of the smells of cinnamon and pine, and the sounds of bells and people arguing and the general rush of things. Or the giant inflatable snowman out in front or the free candy canes or the fact that it took three hours. I think they'll remember how they were in a grocery store at night, and how we filled two carts full and how the gray-bearded man in the deli smiled at them as he went up for a second bowl of chili.
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- Figuring Out Who We Are
- Wonder and Possibility and What If
- Some Things Work and Some Don't
- The Flour Hit the Fan
- Check Out the Flip Side
- Happy to be There, Happy to Leave
- The Real Comfort
- Where "Home" Comes From
- The Adventure Never Ends
- Not Quite Sex, but There is a Resemblance
- A Mazillion Small To-Dos Before School Starts
- You Never Know What Moment Will be a Golden One
- Be Mindful of the Route You Take
- One Fine Stretch of Days
- Just Be
- This Too, People, Shall Pass
- Mother Nature Will Have Her Way
- Letting Go is Tough
- A Fulfilled Life
- Consider Patience
- Life is Meaningful Because it Stops
- The Celebration of a Life
- A Monumental Act
- Smell the Flowers
- Boredom and Terror, and Sweetness
- An Exercise in Forgiveness
- It's Time to Get Out There
- A Wanted Woman
- Anything Worthwhile is Going to Take Some Effort
- Looking Back Toward Home
- The Journey Changes You
- So Much to Look Forward To
- Anything Worthwhile Deserves Patience
- Go With Whatcha Got
- This Land of Seasons I Love
- A Simple Question
- The change you wish to make
- Where words just don't cut it
- A nod to Pancakes
- When you're sick, you're sick
- A life lived is not about things
- I'm not put off by the thought of my own funeral
- The adventure of the ordinary day
- A lot we didn't get around to
- Where did Christmas go?
- Take Heart
- A table full up with Christmas
- Gifts can be a challenge
- You have each other to love
- The gift of the story of Three Perfect Strangers
- Gemutlichkeit
- For many of the best things in life, a person has to wait in line
- The things we can't not do
- Never met a perfect person
- Just ask a question or two
- What I get in return?
- Listen awhile, and you'll hear it, too
- A day of good hard work
- New friends vs. old friends
- There will be joy like this again in my life
- A lonesome place to spend some time
- Whatever makes you grow is gonna hurt somehow
- Hold someone close to you today
- A Postcard from Mrs. Sundberg
- For goodness itself, thanks
- How blessed can a woman be?
- All about purpose and meaning
- As it should be
- This is where the party is
- Our wants have changed and our needs are few
- A day may be perfect, but we aren't
- Nice to have home to return to
- How time moves along
- Feet are a funny thing
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More than 40 members of Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., teamed up with the U.S. Air Force at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., this week honing their rapid response and assessment skills during a Joint Task Force -- Port Opening exercise.
The exercise, Operation Gateway Relief, is based on an earthquake disaster scenario effecting five states throughout the Midwest. The team's objective is to make the airport viable as a logistical hub for arrival of cargo, equipment and relief supplies. This exercise also allows participants to conduct operations at a civilian airfield with limited infrastructure, strengthening a joint planning team concept and allowing for coordination with local authorities and first responders.
RPOE members worked jointly with Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group for an initial assessment of capabilities at the airport and surrounding area and manage the surface transportation and tracking of arriving cargo and commodities to include temporary storage and forward distribution.
U.S. Transportation Command's JTF-PO program is designed to provide a quick reactive command and control force to a contingency anywhere in the world.
"We provide continuity and management of cargo and supplies via surface transportation for JTF-PO," said Army Capt. Charles Greene, 689th RPOE commander. "This also includes locating and managing a forward distribution node for cargo storage and tracking all cargo that comes into and out of the airport.
Both Army and Air Force first responders, or Joint Assessment Team, arrived at the airport and were tasked to assess infrastructure and transportation capabilities and report their assessment and recommended follow-on JTF-PO package to USTRANSCOM within 24 hours. The team provided their assessment and recommendation this week in about four hours.
"We look at all the infrastructure the airport and surrounding area has to offer," Greene said. "We take into account roads, rail and areas available to us for temporarily cargo and equipment storage, and how often aircraft can arrive, depart, and be parked and base our assessment on that."
Greene mentioned elements the RPOE unit considers when looking for a potential cargo holding area are proximity (within six miles), suitability of terrain, how easy or hard it is to defend and operability of locations before a selection is made.
Along with completing an initial assessment and management of cargo and supplies, the RPOE is also responsible for the tracking process of JTF-PO cargo by setting up a network of in-transit visibility, or ITV, systems at entry and exit points around the airfield and the forward distribution node. The unit's objective is to provide 100 percent accountability and location of all cargo and supplies arriving and departing the area.
"We are capturing ITV using two different systems -- three Portable Deployment Kits and two Early Entry Device Service Kits," Greene said. "The difference between the two systems is the PDK is a more mobile ITV system while the EEDSK gives us a more permanent ITV solution."
"This is relevant training for our unit," said SPC Antoinette Wright, transportation management coordinator for the 689th, "It's a continual learning process on receiving and distributing cargo and efficiently managing the process."
"This is definitively a great training scenario for all of us," said Air Force Col. Mark Heiniger, 123rd CRG and exercise commander. "We are learning a lot from the active duty and they are learning things from us. Without a doubt, if my unit gets tasked for a real-world contingency, I would want the RPOEs with us."
JTF-PO reduces historic ad hoc nature of port opening with a jointly trained solution and a 12-hour deployment response at an aerial port of debarkation, or APOD. The last real-world contingency RPOE units responded to occurred in mid-January 2010 after a devastating earthquake struck the nation of Haiti.
The 689th RPOE has two sister units -- the 688th and 690th RPOE, also at JBL-E. At any given time, one of the three RPOE units are on alert providing around-the-clock ability to deploy worldwide at a moment's notice. The mission of the 689th RPOE is to provide a joint expeditionary capability to rapidly deploy, establish and initially operate an aerial port of debarkation and distribution node in support of a combatant command contingency, humanitarian aid or disaster relief operation.


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Who Will Win: Hobbes, Khomeini or Jefferson?
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Ivorian soccer star, Toure Yaya Gnegnery, was officially named Ambassador-at-Large for "Sports for Life" on July 9, 2007 at a ceremony in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. U.S. Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire, Aubrey Hooks, attended the ceremony and thanked Toure for partnering with the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan/PEPFAR) to fight HIV/AIDS.
"Mr. Toure, you've gotten involved to "kick AIDS out of Africa," in your own words. Your mission is noble, and you will never lack our encouragement and our support," Ambassador Hooks said during the ceremony.
"Sports for Life" is a campaign that equips thousands of young soccer players with the knowledge and skills to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS.
Responding to the challenge, the new "Sports for Life" Ambassador said: "I'm aware that we sportsmen are a role model for young people. I'm ready to devote my time telling them to do the right thing. I've volunteered to become an Ambassador in the 'Sports for Life' campaign in order to save lives in my country, and to help my younger brothers and sisters to grow up healthily."
The 24-year-old Toure, an international soccer star, recently signed on to play for FC Barcelona. Toure used to play for Cote d'Ivoire's Academie Mimosifcom before beginning signed at age 18 to the French team AS Monaco.
"AIDS is a disease we need to banish," Toure said. "With the help of football and 'Sports for Life,' we're going to kick AIDS out of Africa."
Since its launch in Cote d'Ivoire in December 2006, "Sports for Life" has reached more than 12,000 youth with HIV prevention messages through activities built around soccer. Begun in Abidjan, the program will expand to Abengourou, Bouake, San Pedro and Yamoussoukro in 2008.
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I didn't get around to watching NBC's "Sunday Night Football" broadcast (I was reviewing a concert by Electric Six), but a friend this morning described the intro song by Pink as "absolutely cringe-worthy" and wondered whether she was induced to record it by someone in possession of sexually incriminating photographs of her.
He's right, the song is pretty bad. And if it sounds familiar, that's because it's essentially lifted from Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself for Loving You," which is a strange message to send to football fans. Then again, maybe not: "Al and John make you crank up the sound," Pink sings at one point, and I'd sure hate myself if that were true.
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Long-nosed pipefish (Trachyrhamphus longirostris)
|Also known as:
|long-head pipefish, longnosed pipefish, longsnouted pipefish, slender pipefish, straight stick pipefish, straightstick pipefish
|Syngnathus ceylonensis, Syngnathus intermedius, Syngnathus longirostris, Trachyrhamphus intermedius, Yozia intermedia, Yozia longirostris
|Trachyrhamphus (1)
|Maximum length: 40 cm (2) (3)
- Like other pipefish species, the long-nosed pipefish does not have scales, and is instead encased in a series of bony rings.
- As in other pipefish species, the long-nosed pipefish has an unusual breeding system in which the male looks after the eggs in a specialised brood pouch until they hatch.
- Long-nosed pipefish are members of the Syngnathidae family, which contains pipefish, seahorses, and the weedy and leafy sea dragons.
- The long-nosed pipefish feeds on planktonic crustaceans, which it eats by sucking the prey into its elongated snout.
The long-nosed pipefish has yet to be classified on the IUCN Red List.
The long-nosed pipefish (Trachyrhamphus longirostris) belongs to the Syngnathidae, a family of fish consisting of seahorses, pipefishes, and the weedy and leafy sea dragons. This family is named for its distinctive jaw structure, with syngnathus meaning 'fused jaw' in Greek (4).
Like other pipefish species, the long-nosed pipefish has a slender, elongate body (3) (5) and a small mouth located at the tip of a long, tube-like snout (5). The snout, which is more or less straight in smaller individuals but slightly curved in most adult long-nosed pipefish, has a ridge running down the middle of its upper surface (3) (6). It is this distinctive characteristic that inspired the long-nosed pipefish's scientific name, with the genus name Trachyrhamphus coming from the Greek words trachys, meaning 'rough', and rhamphos meaning 'bill' (2) (3). The species name, longirostris, comes from the Latin words longus, meaning 'long', and rostrum, meaning 'beak', in reference to the tubular snout (3).
Interestingly, pipefish species do not have scales, but are instead encased in a series of bony rings (5). In the long-nosed pipefish, the base colour of these rings is tan to brown (3) (6) or greyish (2) (3), and either plain or mottled (3) (6). Although this species does not usually have highly distinctive markings (3) (6), it does often have whitish scribble-like striations on its head, as well as pale, diamond-shaped specks on the sides of its body (2) (3). Occasionally, the long-nosed pipefish may have 12 to 13 dark bars on its body, running across its back (3) (6).
The snout of the long-nosed pipefish is often darker than the body (3), while the pectoral fins and dorsal fin are transparent, with the dorsal fin sometimes being patterned with one to three short, brownish bars (6). The tail fin, also known as the caudal fin, is generally rounded (3), and is brown, getting paler towards the tip (3) (6).
A tropical species (3), the long-nosed pipefish occurs in the Western Indo-Pacific (1) (2) (3). It can be found from the Red Sea and East Africa eastwards to Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia (1) (2) (3) (6). In Australian waters, the long-nosed pipefish has been recorded along the northern and eastern coasts (6), from North West Cape, Western Australia, northwards around to Magnetic Island, Queensland (3).
A marine species, the long-nosed pipefish is thought to occur near the sea floor on the continental shelf (2), in habitats with muddy or sandy bottoms (3) at depths of between 16 and 91 metres (2) (3). It is known to be found in association with algae, seagrasses and sponges (3), and tends to enter sheltered, muddy estuaries to reproduce (2).
Although little information is available on the specific biology of the long-nosed pipefish, like other pipefish this species is known to prey on small planktonic crustaceans (3) (5). The long-nosed pipefish lies motionless on the ocean floor, only raising its head slightly to feed (3), which it does by sucking prey up into its elongated snout (4).
As in other pipefish and seahorses, the long-nosed pipefish has an unusual breeding system in which the male is in charge of egg incubation (5). The female long-nosed pipefish has a specialised organ known as an ovipositor (2), which is used to deposit the eggs onto the underside of the male, where they are fertilised (5). The male carries the eggs around in a semi-exposed 'brood pouch' located under its tail until they hatch, and the male then gives birth to live young (2) (3) (4) (5). The pouch is surrounded by blood capillaries to supply oxygen to the developing embryos (5). Breeding in the long-nosed pipefish often takes place on the bottom of sheltered, muddy estuaries (2).
Like many other species of seahorse and pipefish, the long-nosed pipefish is collected to be sold in Asian markets as curios, aphrodisiacs or medicines (3) (5). This species is also collected for the aquarium trade, and in addition is known to be taken as bycatch in Australia's Northern Prawn Trawl fishery (3).
While the long-nosed pipefish is widespread, it is not thought to be a common species (7). Although there are currently no known conservation measures in place specifically for the long-nosed pipefish, this species is nationally protected in Australia through its listing under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (3).
Marine Bioregional Plans have been developed for four of Australia's marine regions to improve understanding of Australia's oceans, identify the conservation values of each marine region, and set out broad biodiversity priorities and objectives. As part of these plans, the long-nosed pipefish has been identified as being of conservation value in the North and Northwest Marine Regions (8).
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- Algae: simple plants that lack roots, stems and leaves but contain the green pigment chlorophyll. Most occur in marine and freshwater habitats.
- Bycatch: in the fishing industry, the part of the catch made up of non-target species.
- Caudal fin: the tail fin of a fish.
- Crustaceans: diverse group of animals with jointed limbs and a hard external skeleton, characterised by the possession of two pairs of antennae, one pair of mandibles (mouthparts used for handling and processing food) and two pairs of maxillae (appendages used in eating, which are located behind the mandibles). Includes crabs, lobsters, shrimps, woodlice and barnacles.
- Dorsal fin: the unpaired fin found on the back of the body of fish, or the raised structure on the back of most cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises).
- Fertilisation: the fusion of gametes (male and female reproductive cells) to produce an embryo, which grows into a new individual.
- Genus: a category used in taxonomy, which is below 'family' and above 'species'. A genus tends to contain species that have characteristics in common. The genus forms the first part of a 'binomial' Latin species name; the second part is the specific name.
- Incubation: the act of incubating eggs; that is, keeping them warm so that development is possible.
- Pectoral fins: in fish, the pair of fins that are found on either side of the body just behind the gills. They are generally used for balancing and braking.
- Planktonic: of or relating to plankton; aquatic organisms, usually tiny, that drift passively with water movements. Includes phytoplankton (plants), zooplankton (animals), or other organisms such as bacteria.
Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life (May, 2013)
FishBase - Trachyrhamphus longirostris (May, 2013)
Fishes of Australia - Straightstick pipefish (May, 2013)
BBC Nature - Syngnathidae (May, 2013)
Carpenter, K.E. (2002) Syngnathidae. In: The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 4: Bony Fishes Part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Available at:
- Dawson, C.E. (1984) Review of the Indo-Pacific Pipefish genus Trachyrhamphus (Syngnathidae). Micronesica, 18: 163-191.
- Jennings, G.H. (1997) The Sea and Freshwater Fishes of Australia & New Guinea. Part 2. Calypso Publications, London.
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EUGENE, Ore., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Continental Corporation (Nasdaq: PCBK), the holding company of Pacific Continental Bank, announced today that bank executives Roger Busse and Mick Reynolds will present at D.A. Davidson's 14th Annual Financial Services Conference in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, May 9, at 11:05 a.m. Pacific / 2:15 p.m. Eastern. Busse is president and chief operating officer of Pacific Continental Bank; Reynolds, an executive vice president, is the bank's chief financial officer. While conference attendance is by invitation only, a simultaneous webcast can be accessed online via Pacific Continental's home page by clicking on the D.A. Davidson Annual Financial Services Conference heading, or at http://wsw.com/webcast/dadco23/pcbk/. The webcast will be archived for 90 days following the live presentation. After the live event, the archived presentation can be accessed on Pacific Continental's website under the "Investor Relations-Shareholder tools" section.About Pacific Continental Bank Pacific Continental Bank, the operating subsidiary of Pacific Continental Corporation, delivers highly personalized services through 14 banking offices in Oregon and Washington. The Bank also operates a loan production office in Tacoma, Washington. With $1.3 billion in assets, Pacific Continental has established one of the most unique and attractive metropolitan branch networks in the Northwest with offices in three of the region's largest markets including Seattle, Portland and Eugene. Pacific Continental targets the banking needs of community-based businesses, health care professionals, professional service providers and nonprofit organizations. Since its founding in 1972, Pacific Continental Bank has been honored with numerous awards and recognitions from highly regarded third-party organizations including The Seattle Times, the Portland Business Journal and Oregon Business magazine. A complete list of the company's awards and recognitions – as well as supplementary information about Pacific Continental Bank – can be found online at www.therightbank.com. Pacific Continental Corporation's shares, a component of the Russell 2000 Index, are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "PCBK." SOURCE Pacific Continental Corporation
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Columbus officials are moving ahead with plans to improve the community's alternative transportation infrastructure — making it easier for cyclists, pedestrians and bus riders to get around.
Columbus Board of Public Works and Safety approved two contracts this week, one to study and to improve the city's bus system and the other to study the infrastructure needs for cyclists and pedestrians.
A $45,000 contract for the transit study was awarded to Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc., a New York company with Indianapolis offices. The bike and pedestrian study contract for $72,212 was awarded to Rundell Ernstberger Associates LLC with offices in Muncie and Louisville, Ky.
The ColumBUS system operates four fixed routes in the city and Call-a-Bus, a door-to-door buses for the elderly and disabled. The fixed routes operate out of two hubs, one on Lindsey Street beside Mill Race Center and one at Target in Columbus Center on National Road. The fixed-route buses operate from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. They leave Mill Race Center at five minutes after the hour, reach Target about a half-hour later and return to the center at 55 minutes after the hour.
Riders pay 25 cents per trip for the fixed route buses and 50 cents per trip for Call-a-Bus.
Mayor Kristen Brown said the city frequently get requests for additional bus routes, including on the west side and to the Walesboro-area industrial parks. She said the study will look at the system as a whole, and every part of the system will be up for consideration.
"We have grown tremendously, and the idea is to make sure that we have routes that best meet the needs of those folks who are transit-dependent in the community," Brown said.
"We have people who would like to commute via our transit system, so how do we best address those needs, given limited resources? We want the buses to be as efficient as possible."
Cindy Setser, the city's transit coordinator, said the four fixed-route bus routes have remain largely unchanged for more than 30 years. The last time the city performed a transit study was 2006, she said.
The most-requested new route is for the west side of Columbus, the mayor and Setser said.
Until 2011, the city operated an intermittent route that ran to the Westhill Shopping Center on Jonathan Moore Pike at County Road 325W, Setser said. Riders could get off anywhere along Jonathan Moore Pike, which includes stores such as Walmart, Menard's and JayC Food Store and restaurants such as Taco Bell, Denny's and Lincoln Square. The mayor and Setser said they frequently are asked to reinstate the route. Setser said the requests come from potential riders and businesses on the west side who want to get their employees to work, she said.
The route ran to Westhill from former Commons Mall at 7:05 a.m., 10:05 a.m., 2:05 p.m. and 5:05 p.m. on weekdays.
Transit study's purpose
Among the reasons the city is conducting the transit study is to determine whether more routes are needed, city officials said.
Laurence Brown, director of the Columbus Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, said the city wants to look at the four fixed routes and find ways to make them as efficient as possible.
"We want to make sure that our routes are going from where people are to where people want to go, and they don't have to do a lot of transfers," Brown said. "Right now there are two hubs, but we could have a single hub, we could have multiple hubs, we could have a kind of a linear express route that all the other routes connect to, which is not a hub at all. Or we could have a complete grid system.
"We want to look at all those options, and at the end of all that, look at our resources, what we are capable of, and let's decide which one we like best."
Another goal is to increase the frequency of the routes if possible, Brown said. Each bus runs its route once an hour, but the city would like to see the buses come through every half-hour, he said.
Brown said the contract calls for the development of a five-year transit plan. The data-gathering phase of the transit study is to be finished by Aug. 1. Afterward, the contractor will stay with the city for six more months to help implement suggested changes.
Bus ridership
Riders take the buses to work, to shop and to school.
Ron Wells, a regular bus user who disembarked at the bus depot at Mill Race Center, said he is happy with the system as it is. He said the buses get him where he needs to go.
Rosalie Roberts was waiting under one of the bus shelters at Mill Race Center. She said she uses the bus every week. It takes her where she wants to go and picks her up where she wants to be picked up. Overall, she said, she is happy with the system.
Chandra Whitfield said she uses the bus just about every day. She said her only complaint is that the routes require the rider to wait an hour before the bus comes back through. She said adding a route to the west of town would be good for the people who work out there.
She also hopes the city doesn't change the fixed route price of 25 cents.
City officials have not announced any intention of raising prices.
Bike, pedestrian study
Laurence Brown said the bike and pedestrian study, also approved Tuesday, will focus on three areas:
Bike infrastructure.
An inventory of sidewalks throughout the city.
Analyzing one-way streets.
Brown said turning one-way streets back to two-way streets helps bicyclists and pedestrians because it reduces confusion and increases driver vigilance because their attention won't be split between navigating the street directions and paying attention to the road. It also reduces travel distances because there is no need to go blocks out of the way. Brown said making two-way streets narrows the travel lanes, slowing down traffic.
He said the city will pay 20 percent of the cost of the contracts, while the federal government picks up the remainder.


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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 21, 2013) - War Eagle Mining Company Inc. (TSX VENTURE:WAR) ("War Eagle" or the "Company") has entered into an agreement dated January 11, 2013 with Toronto-based Andromeda Resources Inc. ("Andromeda"), which is a private company incorporated in Ontario. The agreement contemplates that pursuant to a so-called "triangular merger" the shareholders of Andromeda (other than War Eagle) will exchange each issued and outstanding common share of Andromeda held by them for 0.897 common shares of War Eagle (the "Merger") such that the shareholders of War Eagle on the effective date of the merger will own approximately 80% of the outstanding shares of War Eagle and the shareholders of Andromeda (other than War Eagle) will own the remaining 20%. Andromeda will continue as a wholly-owned subsidiary of War Eagle.
As at December 31, 2012 War Eagle had outstanding 12,193,149 common shares, 400,000 common shares to be issued upon TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") approval, 4,540,877 share purchase warrants and options to purchase 1,195,000 common shares. At the effective date of the Merger Andromeda will have 3,900,000 common shares outstanding, of which War Eagle already owns 500,000 shares and 500,000 shares will be owned by each of 2 directors of War Eagle who are consultants to Andromeda. There will be 1,000,000 outstanding options to purchase Andromeda common shares, held by 2 directors of War Eagle who are consultants to Andromeda; these options, if exercised, will receive War Eagle shares as a result of the Merger. Andromeda also owes War Eagle $253,000, including accrued interest, which will become an inter-company receivable and be eliminated on consolidation. The Merger terms will result in the issue by War Eagle of approximately 3,048,287 common shares; no fractional shares will be issued. Effective with the merger, the outstanding share capital of War Eagle will be approximately 15,241,436 common shares.
War Eagle, which currently is at arm's length from Andromeda, plans to work with former management of Andromeda to develop base metal properties in Mexico and in particular in Chihuahua State, and possibly elsewhere in Latin America. There are several zinc and copper resources in Chihuahua and neighbouring states that could benefit from consolidation, not the least of which is War Eagle's Tres Marias project.
The synergies between Andromeda and War Eagle are expected to provide a strong base for developing War Eagle into an emerging base metal development company. The board of War Eagle will be comprised of four current members of the board of War Eagle and a nominee of Andromeda. Management will be headed by Thomas Atkins, the current President and CEO of War Eagle, who will be able to draw upon current management of Andromeda, which represents many years of Mexico-specific exploration and mine development experience. Paul A. Carroll QC will continue as Chairman of the Board. Messrs. Atkins and Carroll have had lengthy business careers in the mining industry, including in Mexico. As directors and senior executives of small and large capitalization international mining companies they have had the responsibility of planning, executing and communicating short- and long-term corporate objectives and initiatives.
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In the continuing saga of attacks on Israeli targets abroad, Azerbaijan announced Tuesday that officials arrested 22 citizens suspected of plotting attacks on Israeli and U.S. embassies in the capital of Baku on behalf of Iran. Though the announcement came this week, the arrests were made back in January -- the month before Azeri police detained different suspects, also connected to Iran and Hezbollah, planning attacks on foreign citizens inside the country. In addition, in February Israel blamed Iran for attacks on Israeli embassy personnel in Georgia and India.
According to Azerbaijan's national security ministry, the 22 suspects arrested in January were trained at Iranian military camps in spy techniques and in the use of weapons. Back in Azerbaijan, the trainees were to employ the learned techniques to gain information on targeted areas in order to stage attacks. "The Azerbaijanis began spying on diplomatic missions, companies and public organisations including the Jewish centre Sohnut, a US fast-food restaurant, British oil company BP-Azerbaijan's office and other objects in Baku," the ministry said in a statement.
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Despite her partially torn left rotator cuff, O'Toole has compiled a 30-8 record as SDSU's starting pitcher this season, and her tenacity is a big reason the Aztecs softball team is once again in Tempe, Ariz., for an NCAA Regional.
The trip to Tempe marks a school-record seven consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for Kathy Van Wyk's team. Today, the No. 3-seeded Aztecs (39-17) face second-seeded and 13th-ranked Michigan (42-12) at the site where they bowed out of the double elimination regional tournament in 2013 after losing two games to Georgia.
O'Toole went 14-7 as a freshman pitcher last season, and she recalls being nervous against the Bulldogs.
"Growing up, I was always at softball tournaments on the weekends, wanting to play college ball. I was always watching the NCAAs on TV. And then you're finally there and it's like 'wow.' It seemed like a dream had happened," said O'Toole, who is from Upland. "Your nerves are shaken up a little bit. You're on camera. There's an adrenaline that comes through your body."
This year, O'Toole is more seasoned. She says the cameras won't faze her and neither will the Arizona heat.
"I'm more used to it now," O'Toole said. "I think it's always going to be the same feeling (of awe), but it's about taking it in and understanding where you're at. It's not going to be as much culture shock as last year."
After relying heavily on her drop ball and change-up in 2013, O'Toole worked to diversify her pitches this year.
"She's developed her rise ball and her curve, and the curve has developed more quickly," said Van Wyk, the 2014 Mountain West Coach of the Year. "It's been the deal breaker this year. It's given her a third speed and spins a lot more."
O'Toole's injured rotator cuff doesn't seem to have had much of an effect on her pitching either. The sophomore's earned-run average has dropped from 1.81 in 2013 to 1.66 this season, and she was named Mountain West Pitcher of the Year.
"It hurts sometimes, but you get cortisone shots, and it hasn't been that bad," O'Toole said. "It's only partially torn."
Aztecs coaches have also been careful with their star pitcher. O'Toole hasn't pitched in batting practice, and this has helped to preserve her arm. Van Wyk relies on O'Toole to be honest about how her arm is holding up.
"She got us here. As long as she wants the ball and can handle it physically, we'll give it to her," Van Wyk said. "It tells you about the competitor in her. She wants the ball and she wants to be out there, going after hitters."
Even with O'Toole pitching well, beating Michigan will require the Aztecs to put up some strong defense because the Wolverines are known for their heavy hitting.
They rank fifth nationally with a .343 team batting average. Sophomore shortstop Sierra Romero leads the nation with a .510 average.
"I tell Danielle all the time that she has to keep hitting her targets and that's all she can do," Van Wyk said. "We have to have defense behind her because she's not going to be striking a lot of people out (against Michigan)."


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I have a fear in going to the deep end of the pool. Sure, I can swim. Sure, I like the thrill of diving off the board. Sure, I like the rush of feeling of hitting the water at a high speed but...
I fear the deep end.
Either I swim frantically to get to the rail or I avoid the deep end altogether.
I prefer the shallow water because I can always put my feet down when I get a little too playful and cause myself to lose balance. No, I don't feel the rush of excitement that I would in the deep end but it is comforting to know that a easy access security blanket lies right beneath me.
My relationships on AMD have been a lot like my swimming habits. I like to think that I would like the rush of the unexpected. I would like to think that I could handle life without a security blanket of solid footing.
The reality is that I usually want to gravitate back to the shallow end - back to the solid footing - back to the comfort of a trusting foundation.
The question is - am I that shallow or do I like the ability to really go deep?
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Jun 11 @ 12:01PM
It sounds very logical to me and makes good sense.
Sometines you can be a little to trusting with people
you meet on a web site. Good blog my friend.
Jun 11 @ 12:07PM
i for one like the analogy.....good one....
now....as to YOUR habits...as far as I'M concernd...what makes you happy long as it doesn't hurt others is all good........plain n simple..
Jun 11 @ 12:21PM
Damn, I could not have said it better myself! And it's kind of what I'm going thru right now...almost exactly in fact.
Jun 11 @ 12:32PM
I can definitely relate to what you said.
And yes, a very good analogy.
Jun 11 @ 12:41PM
Perfectly explained!!! I think lots of us here feel the same as you!
Jun 11 @ 12:48PM
Thanks all.
Jun 11 @ 1:06PM
......I'm on here for the fun.
.....I'm not looking for a deep relationship on here, so the shallow end of the pool sounds good to me.
.....I've had a couple of deep relationships, when you're with the right special one for you the deep water of life doesn't feel so scary. The two of you just naturally go there because you just know the two of you are ment to be together thru think and thin.
I think the middle of the pool is the most scary because you've got one foot in the shallow end and one foot in the deep end. It's the unknown the relationship could go either way.
Awesome Great Blog
Jun 11 @ 1:38PM
I probably shouldn't comment on this blog, but as you can see i'm going to do it anyway. I think you like the idea of the deep end of the pool, but you're too scared to make the jump. You don't want to lose what you have (family, job, etc.) so you stay where it's comfortable. You like to play both sides against the middle too. Hedge your bets and see who comes through, we've all seen this before. That doesn't make you a bad person, it's just who you are. You also like to manipulate situations to avoid conflict, again doesn't make you a bad person, it's just who you are.
Jun 11 @ 3:10PM
Yes, I do like that idea (of the deep end) but it isn't the jump that scares me, it is the wading in the deep end that is the issue.
About 5 feet of water is just about my most fun level.
Glad you could use your expertise to comment.
Jun 11 @ 3:22PM
I think Hummy & Belle said exactly what I think....I can't add anything in addition. Great blog!!
Jun 11 @ 3:26PM
I've been one to venture head first into the deep end (in my opinion, of course). I wouldn't say that I've regretted it. Sure, I've learned a few things and they have made me change my course of action some but I'm still one to jump right in. But, I'm pretty much done jumping now.
Jun 11 @ 3:40PM
This blog can be interpreted a number of ways....
It relates to me in that I first came here with the intent of getting laid....for me, this is shallow water.....
Now that I have that end of the pool covered....I find myself being pulled deeper and deeper with each day....finding things I didnt know could be possible.....
I too am holding on to the side for dear life.....so afraid of being swept away.....only to drown.....
Jun 11 @ 8:07PM
Yeah Nooner baybee.. you are just shallow
Nah really.. why the heck not be? You have your comfort zone and you aren't up for pushing the envelope right now. BFD.
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I've been hearing a lot about change lately. Every time I turn on the television it's "change ... change ... change ... change, change, change ... change ..." And change is good, my kids are always asking for change.
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ever since i watched the minimalist's video on jean-georges's ginger fried rice
i couldn't get it out of my head
maybe because i am so addicted to the ginger butter steak
crispy ginger seems to be one of jean-georges's kitchen trick
as promised the garlic ginger fried rice is simple and full of flavor
too good not to share this
there's a slight adjustments to mark's recipe
pick up a big knob of ginger and leek soon
must give this a try
jean-georges's garlic ginger fried rice
serves 2
1/4 cup peanut oil
3 TB minced garlic
3 TB minced ginger
salt/ fish sauce (optional)
4 cups thinly sliced leeks, white and light green parts
3 cups day- old rice (2/3 jasmine 1/3 sushi rice) at room temperature
drizzle of sesame oil
drizzle of GOOD soy sauce (a little more than the sesame oil)
in a skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. add garlic and ginger and cook stirring occasionally until golden crisp.
removed with a slotted spoon. transfer to a paper egg crate or paper towels to drain and salt lightly.
drain the oil in a paper towel lined fine mesh sieve,
wipe the pan clean.
reheat the same skillet over medium-low heat.
add the drained oil back into the skillet and cook the leek for until slightly welted, about 5 minutes.
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cook, stir well, until heated and the rice grains are coated with oil.
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Metformin Lowers Plasma Triglycerides by Promoting VLDL-Triglyceride Clearance by Brown Adipose Tissue in Mice
- Janine J. Geerling1,2,
- Mariëtte R. Boon1,2,
- Gerard C. van der Zon3,
- Sjoerd A.A. van den Berg4,
- Anita M. van den Hoek5,
- Marc Lombès6,
- Hans M.G. Princen5,
- Louis M. Havekes1,2,5,
- Patrick C.N. Rensen1,2 and
- Bruno Guigas2,3⇑
- 1Department of General Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- 2Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- 3Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- 4Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- 5Gaubius Laboratory, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research-Metabolic Health Research, Leiden, the Netherlands
- 6INSERM, U693, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- 7Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Corresponding author: Bruno Guigas, b.g.a.guigas{at}lumc.nl.
J.J.G., M.R.B., P.C.N.R., and B.G. contributed equally to this study.
Metformin is the first-line drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Besides its well-characterized antihyperglycemic properties, metformin also lowers plasma VLDL triglyceride (TG). In this study, we investigated the underlying mechanisms in APOE*3-Leiden.CETP mice, a well-established model for human-like lipoprotein metabolism. We found that metformin markedly lowered plasma total cholesterol and TG levels, an effect mostly due to a decrease in VLDL-TG, whereas HDL was slightly increased. Strikingly, metformin did not affect hepatic VLDL-TG production, VLDL particle composition, and hepatic lipid composition but selectively enhanced clearance of glycerol tri[3H]oleate-labeled VLDL-like emulsion particles into brown adipose tissue (BAT). BAT mass and lipid droplet content were reduced in metformin-treated mice, pointing to increased BAT activation. In addition, both AMP-activated protein kinase α1 (AMPKα1) expression and activity and HSL and mitochondrial content were increased in BAT. Furthermore, therapeutic concentrations of metformin increased AMPK and HSL activities and promoted lipolysis in T37i differentiated brown adipocytes. Collectively, our results identify BAT as an important player in the TG-lowering effect of metformin by enhancing VLDL-TG uptake, intracellular TG lipolysis, and subsequent mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation. Targeting BAT might therefore be considered as a future therapeutic strategy for the treatment of dyslipidemia.
This article contains Supplementary Data online at http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.2337/db13-0194/-/DC1.
S.A.A.v.d.B. is currently affiliated with the Laboratory for Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands.
- Received February 4, 2013.
- Accepted November 17, 2013.
- © 2014 by the American Diabetes Association.
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David Tennant and Sylvester McCoy pictured together at the BBC Audio awards last week.
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On Tuesday night, the Gloucester Board of Supervisors will consider accepting a "gift" from Dominik Reinmund, an Illinois resident, of two parcels comprising one acre in Jenkins Neck. The properties are on Adlea Lane and have a combined assessed value of $8,800, according to county records. In 2005, Reinmund was unable to obtain a septic permit on one of the properties due to conditions such as frequent flooding, poor soils and other factors, according to a Sept. 17, 2005, letter from Three River Health District. Reinmund had his lawyer, Tracy McMurtrie Luck, draft a letter to County Administrator Brenda Garton dated Feb. 25, in which the gift of the properties is outlined. Luck wrote that the gift will further enhance the county's efforts to use federal grants to buy homes and properties to minimize future flooding claims. The county has already bought a nearby parcel and the three combined parcels "could be incorporated into the master plan for the parcels to serve as buffers for storm damage and protection of existing homes and infrastructure," Luck wrote. Reinmund bought the two properties in 2005 for $41,000, according to deed records.


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In a live chat, Prudie counsels a woman who finds taking her herpes suppressive pills annoying.
Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is on Washingtonpost.com weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of the chat is below. (Sign up here to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read Prudie's Slate columns here. Send questions to Prudence at email@example.com.)
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Q. STD Meds: to Take or Not to Take: The guy I lost my virginity to (about 20 years ago) was not as forthcoming about certain things as my naive teenage self expected him to be. As a result, I got herpes the moment I lost my virginity. I've worked through the initial feelings of having an STD years ago and have lived very comfortably since then. I've always been completely open and careful with partners and, to my knowledge, have not passed it along to anyone. The only times I've ever taken medication for it were when I was younger, the outbreaks were more frequent and more severe, and I was still learning how to manage my health and be aware of my body. Now I only have one or two mild outbreaks a year, if that. I've never been on suppressive therapy until recently, at the urging of the guy I'm currently seeing. He knew before we started dating about my "condition," and asked me if I would go on suppressive therapy in order to reduce the risk for him. Initially I was fine with this—I completely understand his cautious attitude and I wanted to do my part to "protect" him. However, this leaves me taking a pill twice a day, and what was for a long time just a background issue and occasional mild annoyance is now a daily presence. Am I being selfish and thoughtless for wanting to stop taking this medication, knowing that it puts somebody I care about at a greater risk?
A: Let me start by using your experience as a public service announcement. My gynecologist told me he is seeing a startling rise in the number of young women in his practice being diagnosed with herpes. It turns out that they think having gotten the Gardasil shot to protect them from HPV, that they are invulnerable to other STDs—and they're not! Herpes is for life, and even if, as you've discovered, it's no more than a minor annoyance, if you were the one who didn't have it, you might have your own strong desire not to contract it. Give your boyfriend credit that he's willing to run this risk for the pleasure of being with you. I hear from many people with herpes who tell me their potential partner actually runs when they reveal this news. I also understand your lack of desire to permanently be on a systemic, suppressive medication for what is to you a very occasional and trivial health problem. Although it's the opposite of erotic, I think you two should read through all the information on this CDC website about herpes, and talk about the risks to him of simply letting you monitor your own health, and the risks to you of being on medication (for as long as you're together). Since this is a new relationship, the best compromise might be to stay on the meds and see where things go. If the romance peters out, you put away the meds. If you two become a permanent item, you revisit the question of risk.
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Q. Oh That Smell: Recently my 30-year-old stepson moved to town. He has many issues (including alcoholism). My issue is that I can't stand the way he smells. He wears a musty, rank, cologne that lingers for hours, or even days, unless we wash or deodorize any fabrics in the room. Car rides are horrible. We have politely asked him several times not to use it, and I even suggested that the mild chemotherapy I take might make me extra sensitive to smells. I bought him a different scent to try out, but to no avail. Tonight, he showed up reeking again, and I grabbed my car keys and went back to work. I'm battling a serious, chronic illness, so working extra hours is not more than a temporary solution. It seems ridiculous to be focusing on a smell, when my stepson can't manage independent living, but its nostril-popping bad. How do I deal with this without putting my husband on the defensive or becoming an evil stepmom?
A: If he's dousing himself with cologne before a visit it may be to cover the smell of his poor hygiene or the reek of alcohol. It could also be that this scent has permeated all his clothing and even if he's not slapping it on, his dirty clothes just permanently exude it. You're right that chemotherapy can make even the most benign smells nauseating, so you are certainly within bounds to want to keep noxious aromas out of your house. If the cologne is as bad as you say, then this is going to have global effects on your stepson's ability to make friends or find employment. This is something his father should talk to him about. Respectfully, your husband should explain that you cannot be around scents and that you'd both appreciate if he got his outerwear dry-cleaned, he laundered his clothes, and showered before coming. If your stepson just won't do this, then your husband has to visit his son at his place or a neutral spot. Unless your stepson freshens up, the mere sight of him is going to create a stomach-turning Pavlovian response in you.
Q. My 70-Year-Old Husband Watches Porn Online: My husband of 12 years has apparently taken to viewing porn on the Internet. He knows basically nothing about computers, but acquired enough skills to Google and browse pornographic sites. He is a healthy and active 70-year-old but has E.D. issues. He also doesn't know that I know what he views online. I am not sure if I should just keep quiet or tell him what I have discovered. I don't want to embarrass him, as I think he will feel embarrassed if his habit is discovered. He is only on the Internet when I am not in the house—so he does try to hide it. It kind of creeps me out, but on the other hand this might be something that many older men actually do, but is not talked about publicly.
A: This sounds like a recipe for your husband contracting a virus—on your computer. There are several issues here. One is that I believe a married person is entitled to look at porn, as long as this hobby is not obsessive, does not interfere with the primary relationship, and does not contain illegal content. The other is your husband's functional problem. His viewing habits are a sign that his flagging sexual ability does not mean his libido is dead. So if you're interested in physical intimacy, take the porn viewing as a good thing. Next month, watch the Super Bowl with him. The advertisements that aren't for beer or trucks are about drugs to help football fans get it up. After one of these, turn to him and suggest that maybe the two of you should investigate side by side bathtubs.
Q. Re: STD meds: If you decide to stop taking the pill, you should fully inform him. Don't be surprised if he decides to end the relationship. You're basically saying that a mild inconvenience is more important than his health. Also, you might want to check into other medication. I take the generic form of Valtrex, which is one pill a day. I've never had an outbreak in the five years I've had herpes, currently don't have a partner, and am STILL taking the pill.
A: I agree that the medication decision should not be a unilateral one. And thanks for the suggestion about looking into all the pharmaceutical alternatives.
Q. House Boundaries: How do I keep guests within the boundaries I wish to set in my house? That is, I use my downstairs for entertaining and I do not wish (or see the need for) any guest to go upstairs where the bedrooms are. At a recent Christmas party, I found adults upstairs looking through bookcases. I had another say "Oh, Jamie just wants to see what your daughter's room looks like ..." Why do people think it is permissible to roam throughout when all the food/activity is down in the living area?
A: I agree people shouldn't wander around other's homes unless invited, but lots of people are happy to give house tours to guests or let them look around. In your case, close all the doors to the personal quarters and if guests start to wander upstairs, direct them to the powder room on the first floor. If you find people snooping you can gently lead them out saying, "I promised Melissa I would keep her room private."


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text: Scratching out a solution to Africa's solar-power lottery Solar power 19 July 12 by Madhumita Venkataramanan This article was taken from the August 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online. For Africans in remote areas, affordable solar power is now an SMS away."In many African countries, about 80 percent of the population lives off the electric grid," says Simon Bransfield-Garth, CEO of Cambridge startup Eight19. Solar energy is available, but "people find it impossible to afford the initial bulk cost of installing a solar panel".To address this, Eight19 has introduced IndiGo, a solar lighting and battery-charging system that spreads out the cost by giving users pay-as-you-go access to electricity, through credit from their mobile phones. Eight19 supplies users with a 2.5-Watt solar panel, a battery and mobile charging controller, plus two 55-lumen LED lamps and connecting cables. To power up, users buy a scratchcard for the local equivalent of 90p and text their card number to Eight19; they receive a code, which they enter into the battery hub for instant power. One scratchcard provides a week's worth of light and mobile charging. The company, born of Cambridge University's Optoelectronics Lab in 2010, will roll out 4,000 home-lighting kits in Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan and Zambia over the next few months. More power to them. Edited by Ian Steadman Latest on wired.co.uk


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Great work, Bogie!
Question: What's the entry to the torture chamber in the center? Teleport? Gate? Or ...
These are the final maps that I started in the WIP thread. I got some great advice as the map progressed and I am very happy with the finished maps. I want to thank all the members who helped out.
I made 2 versions because some people want the map with a grid and others like it without. The map with a grid doesn't actually have a grid, I just changed the floortiles so all the floors have a 5' x 5' pattern.
The map was made almost entirely in Dundjinni with art from the DJ Forums, Greytale's Nook, and cgTextures. The backgrounds were added in Photoshop afterwards and can be found at DeviantArt.
The backgrounds are from DiviantArt.com Dirty_Stone_Slab_by_GrungeTextures and Grunge_Texture_by_struckdumb
Feedback and constructive criticism are always welcome.
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Great work, Bogie!
Question: What's the entry to the torture chamber in the center? Teleport? Gate? Or ...
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Thanks, Glad you like them.
Entry is via a teleport gate at the top left of the secret room and bottom of the room above it. Secret password to activate of course!
Bogie I have to admit I will be using this one in my world soon for a game I am running on MythWeavers great job
Thanks, I make maps to be fun to play on, so the more people who use them the happier I am!
Fantastic looking map! Thanks for sharing it.
you are amazing bogie
Great work! This would look awesome on our game group's projection table!


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Seasonal Adaptations of InsectsAuthor:
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