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Thursday, January 03, 2013
I MADE myself get on the scale for the post holiday pig out! Well, up 6 lbs.
As with most, the new year brings the need for self reflection so I have gone back to my weigh in posts on my Sparkpage and my old blogs from a year ago. I still feel and remember the sentiments but also realize the difference I have made in my body. SUCCESS!?!? Yes, I am 6 lbs up from the holidays but still 5 lbs less than this same time last year! How? I feel the year has been such a roller coaster of healthy and unhealthy choices but its apparent that the better choices have outweighed the unhealthy. How can my mind get a grip that I have been successful at losing and even maintaining a 30-50 lb weightloss? Is it really MY story?
After reading back, I still feel like that struggling fat person but it is almost surreal that I am pretty much in the average weight range for months now. I have down-sized my whole entire wardrobe by two and half sizes for almost a year now. Is that my closet? Is that really me in the holiday pics that I actually want to look at?
I feel the the bloat and disgust of consciously overheating this holiday season but MY CLOTHES STILL FIT! My clothes? Are those size 12s really mine?
I think it's time to own it??? For myself and anyone else out there who is questioning or should I say doubting progress...not all choices will be the wisest but if the evidence is there then accept the proof that most of the choices have been good ones and the little things do count.
I guess it is the FEAR of backsliding, the threat of reverting back to old habits, which are highly possible if we don't stay focused. But today, my frame of mind says, " Job well done for 2012."
So to any fellow Sparkers who may have gone overboard for the holidays or even longer, go back a few months or even a year and check the evidence. If it says anything positive, OWN it and continue the journey. If it is not so positive, know that it possible. Just keep working to figure it out.
Happy New Year and Keep Sparking!
Special thanks to Spark friends who have guided and encouraged me to be able to choose and continue this journey.
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Thanks for the reflection on your year .. I can really relate to that roller coaster of healthy and unhealthy choice and the need to look back and reflect on the journey. We can learn from the past and go on to make different choices in the future. I love your positive attitude , it is very inspiring. Have a very happy and healthy new year!!
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Woo hoo! Great for you! i am impressed by your attitude and wanted to thank you for reminding me to look at the progress made and not at how far we have to go. Positive thoughts produce positive actions, they help us keep going :-)
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I think you will be happy if data from 661 makes the stock pop 20 dollars, which hopefully it does in q1. That being said, do you know if there is a poison pill? As well, whats the best SVR24 data with the all oral GILD regimen. Being a physician, there is no way that the HepC market is really that big, maybe if ObamaCare comes to fruition in 2014 more indigent people can get covered for this expensive therapy. The value of VRTX is the CF platform, and trying to ride a diminishing wave of Incivek to fund the research to do so. VRTX won't be bought.
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I'd like a 20 buck pop as long as the stock isn't at 10 when it happens. others on this board have said vrtx has a PP in place for a hostile takeover but I agree that nobody will buy them out now. They need a new drug on top of what they are doing now to even get a chance at someone looking at them. At 13-15B, not many can do this and won't right now. VRTX just has to discover stuff on their own and move fast before their income stream dies off.


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A comet is soaking the solar system in ethanol — and that could have big implications for the origin of life on Earth.
NASA's new rover concept is radically different from anything that's come before — and to survive on an asteroid, it had better be.
Such is the world we live in these days that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration feels the need to issue an official statement on how we're all not going to die in an Earth-shattering collision with a giant asteroid next month.
Comet 67P is nearing the most active part of its orbit around the Sun — perhaps the worst possible time for it to suffer a communications blackout.
Giant pits on comet 67P could help scientists understand its complex interior structure.
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An incredible new shot of the comet C2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is even more amazing for having been captured by accident!
Philae may have gone to sleep, but the lander's scientific data is still being analyzed. Organic molecules — the possible precursors for life — have been detected in 67P's thin atmosphere.
The European Space Agency has released an amazing set of images that show Philae bouncing across the surface of comet 67P. During its initial descent, Rosetta's Philae lander failed to fire its landing harpoons — and thus proceeded to rebound off the hard comet, travelling hundreds of meters into the air before coming back down for a second landing about two hours later. We still don't know where Philae finally landed, but the photos released by the ESA are rather extraordinary.
Sadly, even space agencies with budgets of tens of billions of dollars are not immune to the pathetically lacking longevity of batteries. The Philae lander has landed in an awkward position where its solar panels can't see the Sun, and thus its battery reserves are quickly running down. The European Space Agency will now try a series of heroic measures to try and keep Philae alive, but there's the regretful possibility that Friday night — tonight — will be the last time we hear from the probe.
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Update on CruzCruz is again applying for a loan, because he wants to continue planting corn and yuca, as he has land that he can farm.
He will buy agricultural supplies such as fertilizer, which is so necessary for the growth and output of these crops. The previous loan allowed him to have a good harvest.
Cruz paid his debt on time, and that is why he wishes to continue working with the institution. His family's standard of living is improving; due to his good work, for the time being they have part of the harvest to live on.
La condición familiar de Cruz está cambiando, debido al buen trabajo que realiza, por el momento disponen de parte de la cosecha para alimentarse.
Previous Loan DetailsCruz is a farmer. He lives with his family, his wife and children. He has been farming for 15 years. He grows yucca and corn for the family's consumption and to sell. When he was young, Cruz learned from his father. He is requesting a loan to buy farming supplies like fertilizers. In f... More from Cruz's previous loan »
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Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
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Admittedly, these aren't exactly Philly Cheesesteaks - I'm not sure those are actually, truly available outside of Philly. And, of course, then it depends on which kind of cheesesteak you prefer. But if you're like me and can't exactly drive to Philly any old time in order to get your cheesesteak fix, this is a great alternative - and one made easy by your slow cooker!
Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches
From Pillsbury Slow Cooker Recipes
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Makes about 4 sandwiches
1 tablespoon margarine or butter, softened
2 medium onions, sliced
1 lb boneless beef round steak, 1 inch thick, trimmed offat and cut into 1 x 1/4 inch strips
2 teaspoons garlic-pepper blend
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large green bell pepper, cut into rings
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon beef-flavor instant bouillon
4 hoagie buns (or sub rolls, whatever you call them!)
4 1 oz slices of provolone cheese (or whichever you prefer)
1. In a medium bowl, combine margarine and onions; mix to coat. Spirnkle beef with garlic-pepper blend and salt.
2. In a 3 to 4 quart slow cooker, layer half of the onions, all of the beef, and the bell pepper. Top with remaining onions. In measuring cup, combine water and bouillon; stir until dissolved. Pour over mixture in slow cooker.
3. Cover; cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
4. About 10 minutes before serving, place bun halves, cut side up, on ungreased cookie sheet. With slotted spoon, place beef mixture on bottom halves of buns. Top each with 2 pieces of cheese. Broil 2 to 3 inches from heat until cheese is melted and top halves of buns are toasted. Place top halves over cheese and serve.


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In Delphi 2010 (don't know about other versions) Application.HintColor seems to have no effect when running on Windows 7. On XP it gives the desired color. Any workarounds for this?
This is normally a good thing, because you want your application to fit the look-and-feel of the OS and the user's preferences.
If you really want to override this, you will need to:
Create a new hint class descending from
In your new hint class, you will need to override
You can make all sorts of interesting variations of hints using this technique. One I made recently changed the painting so it drew a bold caption and then had other information under that, for example.
Finally: why are you setting the colour? Is it to warn the user of something or provide some other feedback? If so, consider using more than the colour - you can change anything you want about a hint using this technique. Try painting a warning icon or using rich-formatted text instead. I'd recommend you try to keep to the general theme look, and code tweaks to the themed painting, not overriding it entirely, because unless there's a very good reason you should try to keep to the OS / look the user has chosen.
No, not directly. If you have the runtime themes enabled it will take the system color for the hint. (IOW, the hint will be 'themed'). It is like setting a color for a button with the themes enabled (given that you can do this).
However you can use other 'hint' engines. For example you can use TjvBallonHint and/or TjvDesktopAlert (perhaps in conjunction with TjvDesktopAlertStack) from JEDI's JVCL which is free. There are also other (free & paid) alternatives. Also, if you want you can implement your own hint window.
Turning the 'enable runtime themes' off makes it work.
In Delphi 2010, you have TCustomHint class. You can derive a new class from it which draws a new type of hint.
You can assign your new class to CustomHint property of your forms or any other controls, and Delphi will use your custom hint class for showing hint for that control.
You can check source code of TBalloonHint class which is a sample TCustomHint descendant in Controls.pas


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NBA Finals: Miami defense has focused on taking out James Harden
MIAMI — The Oklahoma City Thunder's three stars have combined to score 201 points through three games of the NBA Finals.
The Miami Heat's best three players in this series have scored 202 points.
It's true. Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden have been outscored by LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and … Shane Battier.
Not quite the battle of the big three we envisioned at the outset of this series, is it?
But that's become the Thunder's reality, and the reason being has to do with Harden pulling a vanishing act. The reigning Sixth Man of the Year has sputtered out of gate in his first trip to the Finals, and it's a leading reason why the Thunder is trailing the Heat 2-1 entering Tuesday night's Game 4.
"I think a lot of it's what they're doing," said Nick Collison. "They're defending him really well."
Harden entered this championship series averaging 17.6 points in the postseason. He had connected on 45.2 percent of his field-goal attempts.
Against the Heat, Harden has averaged 11.7 points on 40.7 percent shooting. He has registered as many fouls (11) as he has assists.
"He's their most efficient player when you let him get to his whole package," said Battier. "We just have to keep making him work. Keep him off the foul line and try to keep running him off the 3-point line."
Battier, behind some coldblooded sharp shooting, has supplanted Heat forward Chris Bosh as the third wheel to the Heat's hard-to-stop attack. But with Bosh surprisingly taking on more of a bruiser's role on the low block, his hustle, coupled with Battier's shooting and Harden's subpar play, has turned this series into the Heat's big four versus the Thunder's big two.
"We know he's a big part of their team so we just try to keep him from going off," said Heat guard Mario Chalmers.
Miami has been able to control Harden like no other team. And not just in the playoffs. This has been a yearlong occurrence. Harden has been held to less than 10 points only six times this season. The Heat has now done it twice in six days.
"They're defending him well," Collison said. "They're really getting out and 'hedging' ball screens. They've done that (before). We knew that coming into this series. That's something that they're good at."
The Heat's defense is hounding Harden, making things tough by blowing up ball screens and aggressively attacking Harden in the pick-and-roll. Miami has prevented Harden from either turning the corner or resorting to his preferred method of splitting the screen and driving into the paint.
Miami players and coach Erik Spolestra fancy themselves on saying Harden is simply missing shots. The truth is the Heat's defense has taken Harden right out of the Thunder's offense.
"The way the games have gone he hasn't had as many opportunities as he usually does," Collison said.
Miami's small lineup is causing Harden most of his problems. Because the Heat refuses to play a true center, Miami has a quartet of athletic wing players and agile big men in Battier, James, Bosh and Udonis Haslem to aggressively meet Harden beyond the arc on ball screens. They're funneling Harden sideways and forcing him to pass off instead of allowing him to attacking with a head of steam.
"That's the Heat's DNA, they always do a great job on pick-and-roll situations," said Durant. "Just making guys get off the basketball, and James is a good passer so things are going to open up for him. We got to try to get him more involved. He'll be fine … We got to help him out."


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In a typical scenario, the months fly by after the collaboration tools are implemented. As the seasons change, decision-makers anticipate reaping the benefits of collaboration. And perhaps they can even point to successes within particular business units or functions. Often, though, it's the same old story. The company remains for the most part internally competitive, hierarchical, and command-and-control driven. The tools alone have failed to make the company collaborative. Worse yet, the tools may have created no real value, and the decision-makers who had pinned such high hopes on these tools are surprised.
Candace Fleming's résumé boasts a double major in industrial engineering and English from Stanford, an M.B.A. from Harvard, a management position at Hewlett-Packard and experience as president of a small software company.
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Another potential backer, reports Claire Cain Miller in The New York Times, invited her for a weekend yachting excursion by showing her a picture of himself on the boat — without clothes. When a third financier discovered that her husband was also a biking enthusiast, she says, he spent more time asking if riding affected her husband's reproductive capabilities than he did focusing on her business plan. Ultimately, none of the 30 venture firms she pitched financed her company. She finally raised $1.8 million in March 2008 from angel investors including Golden Seeds, a fund that emphasizes investing in start-ups led by women.
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Spiking sales might make for good cocktail conversation, but if you don't turn a profit--and keep turning one--you won't be in business very long. With the help of Sageworks, a Raleigh, N.C.-based accounting consultancy and private-company data provider, Forbes assembled a list of the 20 most profitable businesses, on a pretax basis, that aspiring entrepreneurs might launch. At No. 1: offices of Certified Public Accountants, with an average pretax margin of 17.1%. Wired communication carriers (transmission-line operators and the like), which clock an average 10.1% margin, brought up the rear.
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OK, you're special. You are talented and one of the best at what you do. But that doesn't mean that you're equipped to run your own business--even one within a field or industry you've been working in or following for years.
To wit: 627,200 new businesses opened in the U.S. in 2008--the same year 595,600 businesses shuttered and 43,546 filed for bankruptcy, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Likewise, 30% of small businesses fail within the first two years and half close shop within five years, according to the SBA.
The fact of the matter is that far too many people launch their own companies for all the wrong reasons and without the tools it takes to succeed. Before handing in your notice and signing a lease on an office, it's imperative you take a hard look at yourself in the salaried eye and ask yourself a few critical questions that could mean the difference between a fulfilling life as your own boss and speed-dialing a bankruptcy lawyer.
Some world-beaters start young. And they're thinking about more than lemonade stands.
In 1996 Apple celebrated its 20th anniversary, Mark Zuckerberg was in junior high and Jacob Cook--who owns a computer support company--was born.
No, your math is right: Cook is all of 13 years old.
Cook, who lives in Sacramento, Calif., has been an entrepreneur for three years. At age 10 he started buying books and other "low-end stuff" at garage sales and re-selling it on eBay. As he learned more about computers, he started creating video tutorials about fixing tech problems and broadcasting them on YouTube. After he was profiled in a local newspaper, people started contacting him with their own troubleshooting requests. Today he charges up to $30 an hour to help clients erase computer viruses and fix other problems.
Who is the real entrepreneur? What does it mean to be self-employed? Dane Stangler examines this question and what it means to be an entrepreneur during these tumultuous economic times.
At the University of Miami a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend an entrepreneurship class with roughly 40 students. Most of them were juniors and seniors, joined by a small number of law students. The course had so far covered the theoretical literature on entrepreneurship, but on this particular day all the students wanted to talk about was their own futures.
Some people are born rich, but it is the self-made billionaires who inspire people more than anybody else. While most entrepreneurs won't end up in the 10-digit club, there are lessons to be taken from these elites.
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I have replaced the brake lines, calipers, and pads, and yet the brakes keep sticking after a few stop lights. The brakes heat up and then its unable to drive for about 30 min and then they will release. Iwas wondering if anybody might know what to do? Please help!!!!
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Diner sues restaurant after eating whole artichoke
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Last month, Arturo Carvajal filed suit in Miami-Dade County against the Hillstone Restaurant group for not warning him to eat the prickly leaves of a house special of grilled artichokes in May of 2009. Business Insurance reports:
Mr. Carvajal said he had neither seen nor heard of the dish previously, and his waiter never told him that the outside portion of the leaf is indigestible. As a result, Mr. Carvajal began "experiencing severe abdominal pain and discomfort," according to the suit. An exploratory procedure revealed artichoke leaves lodged in his small bowel.
Mr. Carvajal alleges that the restaurant and its manager were negligent in failing to train table servers to tell patrons about "the proper method of consuming an artichoke."
He is seeking nonspecified damages for bodily injury, pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, aggravation of pre-existing conditions as well as medical expenses, among other charges.
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- 3 lb Pork Steak (chopped)
- 2 lb Buckwheat Grits (grated)
- ½ tsp rubbed Marjoram
- Salt (to taste)
- Black Pepper (to taste)
How to make Kiska:
- Combine pork steak with water, enough to cover the meat, in a pan and boil covered, until the meat is cooked through.
- Flavor with marjoram, salt, and pepper.
- Place buckwheat grits in a pan and cover it with the liquid from pork steak. Cover and steam for ½ hour.
- Mix the two meats and stuff in sausage casings, if you have, and refrigerate until required.
- Reheat the mixture before serving.


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The weather system that set rain and low-temperature records in Vancouver is on its way out, but not fast enough to make this an ideal Memorial Day weekend.
The high of 50 degrees Wednesday broke the previous record for the date for lowest maximum temperature, 52 degrees, set on May 22, 1905. And the 1.12 inches of rainfall that day also broke the old 1905 record of 0.85 of an inch.
That's likely the worst that the current upper-level low-pressure system will offer before it finishes moving out of the area on Monday. But another storm system is set to arrive on its heels starting Tuesday, said Tyree Wilde, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
"It's going to be a slight improvement going into the weekend, but we're still stuck with a trough pattern" that will bring showers and moderately cool temperatures, Wilde said.
The agency is predicting a 60 percent chance of showers and a high of 60 today, a 40 percent chance of showers and a high of 66 for Saturday, a 40 percent chance of showers and a high of 68 for Sunday, and a slight chance of rain and a high of 65 for Monday.
"Then Tuesday, when we all get back to work, we're going to get hit with another cold, wet system," Wilde said.
And it looks like that trend may continue for several days, said Steve Pierce, a Columbian weather blogger and president of the American Meteorological Society's Oregon chapter.
"Models are sort of all over the place at this point," Pierce said. "It's a coin toss, but it looks like we'll probably stick this way for at least the next week."
Outdoors lovers will probably be just fine firing up the grill on the long weekend, but campers might want to think twice, Wilde said.
"If you're grilling, you might have to wait an hour or two for a shower to pass, but I think camping will probably be on the damp side," Wilde said.
Even if the skies do clear up some, it's not a bad idea to be prepared, Pierce said.
"Anybody planning outdoor activities this weekend better bring along an umbrella or a raincoat," Pierce said.
The current weather system, which came out of the Gulf of Alaska, marks a stark contrast to the highs of 79, 83, and 85 degrees, respectively, on May 9, 10 and 11.
"That was a type of pattern where we get offshore flow and we get all this warm weather coming up from California," Wilde said. "That was nice for a while, but it looks like it will be a bit before we get back to that."
Normal highs for late May are in the upper 60s.
The rainfall amounts are actually good news though. Vancouver has now clocked 2.1 inches of rain for the month as of May 23. That's above the 1.87 inch average.
"We're about a quarter inch above normal, but we're 4 inches below normal for the water year that starts in October and we're 7.5 inches below normal for the calendar year," Wilde said. "We definitely have a deficit, and going into the dry summer months, this will help."


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Marvel Comics has revealed a variant cover by former Oklahoman John Cassaday for Astonishing X-Men #50. Cassaday was the original artist of this "Astonishing X-Men" run, with writer Joss Whedon.
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Wages and salaries for private industry workers increased 3.3 percent for the 12-month period ended December 2007. Benefit costs increased 2.4 percent.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Compensation costs in private industry up 3.0 percent in 2007 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2008/jan/wk4/art05.htm (visited May 30, 2016).
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Honolulu has landed safely back at LA after reporting engine trouble.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says Flight 283 took off Monday morning when the pilot declared an emergency and returned to the airport. The Boeing 757 landed safely shortly after 11:30 a.m.
American Airlines spokesman Andrew Christie says the flight reported that an engine generator failed. However, he says the jetliner, with 190 passengers and crew on board, was using both engines when it landed.
The FAA initially said one engine was out.
Cruisers go into 'laid up' status
HONOLULU (AP) — A 20-year-old guided-missile cruiser will join two other ships in "laid up" status at Pearl Harbor.
The USS Port Royal, along with the USS Lake Erie and the USS Chosin, is among 11 Navy cruisers that will be placed on reduced operating status while they are modernized.
The Navy has attempted to retire the Port Royal, the newest guided-missile cruiser in the Ticonderoga class, since it grounded in 2009 off Honolulu Airport's Reef Runway, but Congress has resisted the move.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in February that 11 of 22 cruisers in the fleet would go on reduced operation status while they are modernized. He said the decision was part of the "difficult choices" the Pentagon faces under budget cuts.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office said in an April report the plan to halve the fleet includes putting the 11 newest cruisers into a long-term phased modernization plan, which is scheduled to start in 2015.
The upgraded cruisers would be returned to service on a one-to-one basis as older cruisers are retired. Under this plan, the Port Royal would return to active service in 2026 when the USS Chancellorsville retires. It will remain on active duty through 2044, 15 years longer than its expected life.
U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, D-Hawaii, is critical of the plan and expects Congress to oppose it.
She said the Navy is attempting to characterize ship reductions as modernizations.
Retirement of the cruisers, "which is what I expected the modernization to really mean, is going to be detrimental for us in the Pacific," Hanabusa said. "In addition, of course, we home-port three of them (at Pearl Harbor) and they are fine. There is nothing wrong with them. They've been repaired and they are functioning. So why do we want to do this?"
The Chosin just completed $107 million in major maintenance two years ago.
She said some of the funding for the war in Afghanistan can be redirected to the cruisers with the war winding down.
Navy spokesman Lt. Robert Myers said the service is "working closely with Congress on a proposal that preserves our readiness within a constrained fiscal environment."
The GAO report specifically addresses the $1 billion, 567-foot Port Royal, which was commissioned in 1994.
The report says the Navy assumed the 2009 grounding created hidden maintenance problems. An upgrade at this point would be expensive, so the government report says the Navy decided to retire the ship.
Congress asked the GAO to review a report from the Navy on the warship, conducted last year. The GAO concurred with the Navy 's report that the material condition of the Port Royal is similar to other cruisers.
"GAO found that, in terms of its estimated service life and capabilities, the Port Royal has some advantages," the report says. "The ship is the youngest cruiser in its class and has more service life remaining than any other cruiser. The Port Royal also has some key capabilities that many of the Navy's other cruisers lack, including a ballistic missile defense capability that is highly sought after by combatant commanders."
It's just one of five cruisers with ballistic missile shoot-down capability.
The Navy overestimated the cost of the next modernization of the warship by $306 million and said the upgrade would cost $406 million, the report said.
"On the basis of current information, the Navy's plan to decommission the Port Royal is not aligned with decommissioning requirements," the GAO said.
The Navy then placed the ship in its phased modernization with the other newer cruisers, the GAO said.
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The mainstream Tourist had not yet found 'the shores' of Bolivia, saying shores....Bolivia is one of two Countries in South America without a costline, nor a Port.The other one is Paraguay.
In the 19th century, the Paraguayan or Gran Chaco War,between Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay, left those countries..Bolivia and Paraguay..defeated.
Not only where they deprived of a lot of their Land, Bountries where drastically pushed back, and made them cut off from the Port's they so desperatly wanted, needed and fought for.
Brazil and Argentina made the Rules and drew a line over the Map of South America, everything left, towards the Pacific Ocean should be 'spanish Territory' and useing the spanish language, the Rest, along the Atlantic Ocean..except Argentina and Uruguay, should be the 'portugues Territory' and hence the portugues Language.
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what an amazing country, a great page and lovely pics, Wal ! Gruesse aus dem heissen Österreich !
I have enjoyed Bolivia with your pages that are helping me to plan my next trip
wow !!! stunning pics...i love that people ones !! terrific advices ...so usefull for my new trip in september !!
You were replete with the wrong rodent at that ritzy restaurant!
Hey I was there in 71' I was 5. My father is from La Paz. I remember my grand parents house and Cinnamon Ice Cream.
its a blessing we don't always know what we eat. Bolivia, Country and Culture wonderful documented. thank you for sharing
super page, I can only dream of travelling to South America, need to start saving
makes me dream of the Andes, great job, keep it up
Excellent tips on your long-ago experiences in Boliva (the same time that I first arrived in Africa!). The Yungas area looks very inviting, especially your Transportation tip! Ah , the good old days...!
Wal, thx to you, Bolivia maybe my next stop in SA.The picture of the child (local customs) is perfect and so inviting !! great job - Greets
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San Francisco airport the world's first to let flyers buy carbon offsets
Via the San Francisco Chronicle comes word of a first in modern air travel:
Travelers flying out of San Francisco International Airport can be the first in the nation to wipe away some of the damage their flights wreak on the planet by swiping their credit cards.
They've set up "Climate Passport" kiosks that let people calculate the number of pounds of carbon dioxide they'll be producing on a given flight. One-way from SF to Boston produces 1,999 pounds of CO2. The computer suggests a dollar amount for passengers to donate to Bay Area projects that specifically target carbon emissions (and there are quite a few of them here). For that ride to Boston, for instance, the touch-screen kindly suggests you donate $12.24. You can even check out Climate Passport website before your trip, and see how much carbon dioxide hypothetical itineraries might use.
Of course, the timing of this idea is both crucial and unfortunate. Crucial because we need to offset carbon emissions more than ever. Today, NOAA reported that the average ocean temperature in August hit an all time 20th Century high this year. But unfortunate because who in this economy is going to shell out even more travel money to support projects that they have to give the benefit of the doubt to?
The machines cost $190,000 to install. We'll see how it goes.
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So, I guess my question is, how risky is eating cold cuts? And, do pregnant women eat them anyway? And, while I'm on the topic, has anyone else participated in risky eating?
I'll admit this: I took myself out to breakfast while hubby was out of town last weekend and ate a croque madame... it was glorious, with its sunny eggy goodness. This was after I calculated the odds of consuming an egg contaminated with salmonella and reasoned that ONE undercooked egg would be ok.
Once, my husband had to literally slap a piece of salumi out of my hand while we were out to dinner because I wasn't used to paying so much attention to what I eat. We had just found out I was pregnant, and our friends at the table found out that night when we had to explain what had just happened :)


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Exocutor Fly Killers
Exocutor High Quality Fly Killers:- The Exocutor range is ideal for any application where a high quality electronic flykiller is required. - Incorporating high specification components and build quality. - Exocutor is available as a 6, 16, 30 or 40 watt unit in either white or stainless steel construction.
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Item is excellent and works extremely well
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Fast delivery, easy to use
13th Sep 2010 - Paul, Cheshire
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Excellent - good choice and value.
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Excellent in all areas.
10th Sep 2009 - Mrs Hamilton, North Yorkshire
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