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Not all CrossFit gyms are created equal. In fact we have dozens of members that drive past other CrossFit gyms to attend ours. We have several full-time coaches that are among the most experienced in the midwest. They have chosen to make coaching a career and this can be seen in classes. We offer multiple level programs for members ranging from the stay at home mom to the competitive athlete. Our coaching and community is our focus. High level coaching + tight knit community= long term results.
Tony Koens-Owner/ Head Coach
Daniel Hartmann – Manager Roseville location/ CrossFit and Olympic Lifting coach
I guess you could say my Crossfit story is pretty typical. I played sports in high school and college. I was athletic in the sense that I played sports, but soon after getting my first "real job" I quickly found myself overweight and heading towards obesity due to my newly sedentary life. I tried all the typical avenues for weight loss. (Running, dieting etc.) In fact, I ran so much that I quickly developed a running injury that kept me from being able to run. Depressed and frustrated I decided to go in another direction and start rock climbing at the local climbing wall. There was pretty much a direct path from climbing to Crossfit at the time due to several famous climbers being involved in CF also.
At this point in time there were only Crossfit affiliates in California so my wife and I did workouts on our own in a globo-style gym. I'm talking about "Fight gone bad" with water and potty breaks and DNF'd "Fran" because we can't do 45 strict pull-ups.
It was clear to us if we were going to get serious about CF one of us would need to get certified as an L-1. So in April 2008 I took my level 1 certification in San Diego. And the rest is history.
I credit Crossfit for my turn around. When I started CF I was "athletic" but I had never really lifted weights in my life. I had no idea I was strong or even really what strong meant. I had no clue about fitness other than the sprints we ran for lacrosse. I had no understanding of a proper, well balanced diet. Through Crossfit I figured all these things out. Crossfit empowered me to go from weak and overweight to strong and healthy. CF gave me tools to take control of my health and fitness. While doing CF I went from 285 lbs to 205 lb. I went from having no 1RM for any lift to having a 500lb backsquat. As a coach I live to show others the empowering feelings that come from feeling strong and fit.
Certs: CF L-1, USAW Club Coach
3 Fav WODS: Karen, Grace, Isabel
3 least Fav WODS: bear complex, Annie, Cindy
Bench Marks: 500lb Backsquat, 455 Front Squat, 335 CnJ, 275 Snatch, 325 OHS, 220 Strict press, 585 Deadlift, 1:31 Isabel, 1:36 Grace, 4:54 Karen
Rachel Tanev- Coach/Personal Trainer
I was born and raised in Seattle where I grew up with two older brothers and two younger sisters, always vying to play sports with my brothers. I played basketball, soccer, football and baseball growing up, although basketball was my favorite and I played throughout high school. My dad was an acrobat for The Greatest Show on Earth; that's right the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus! He taught us gymnastics growing up and my siblings and I quickly learned how to walk on our hands, do pistols, and somersaults. I did gymnastics at school until the 3rd grade when we moved to a suburb outside of Seattle that did not offer a gymnastics program. I took to playing basketball more, but would still do handstands and flips in our living room. After graduating high school, I went to college but was unsure of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I decided to take some time off which ended up being ten years, after which I finally realized I wanted to be a personal trainer. After becoming certified, I started working for Fitness Together, a small personal training studio, where I discovered my love of helping people reach their fitness goals. I had heard about Crossfit, but dismissed it as crazy as many people do when they first hear about it. I finally decided to overcome my fear and try it out and was completely hooked. I practiced on my own for almost five months before joining Crossfit West Seattle. I loved the community and environment Crossfit had to offer, and it helped to broaden my skills as a personal trainer. I knew I wanted to do the Crossfit Level 1 course, but I decided to put it on hold so I could finally go back to school to finish up my associates degree. My girlfriend, Crystal was placed for an internship in Shakopee and we made the move to Saint Paul in July of 2011. I continued doing Crossfit on my own again for six months before joining Timberwolf Crossfit. My dislike for working at the big box gyms finally gave me the push I needed to get my Crossfit Level 1. I love being a part of Timberwolf, and I'm excited to finally be a Crossfit Coach!
Certifications: CrossFit Level 1 instructor, NFPT certified personal trainer and CPR/AED certified.
3 favorite WODS: Annie, Sherpa, Kalsu
3 least favorite WODS: Fran, Karen, Barbara
Benchmarks: Cindy 18 rds, Annie 7:20, Fran 6:09, Grace 4:22, Kelly 25:52, Daniel 20:53, GI Jane 13:56, Angie 20:48, CFT 530, FGB 303, Elizabeth 13:03, Randy 5:42, Back squat 200, Deadlift 255, Overhead squat 135, Clean and jerk 140
Kyle Spears – Coach
I grew up in Eagan MN. I have always been a very active individual, and I love competing. I played several sport in rec leagues throughout high school, and Ran Cross Country for my school my senior year. I wasn't the fastest but I always thought "I may not be the fastest but I bet I could do more pull ups than these kids, or I could lift more weight." I joined the Marine Corps after High School, and found CrossFit while I was in. I instantly fell in love and knew right away that I wanted to pursue this as a career. I got out of the Marine Corps, and I am going to school at St Thomas University. I decided that learning as much about the body as I could would help my coaching. I decided to go to school for Exercise Science. I am hoping to learn everything I can coaching with Tony and the rest of the Timberwolf crew, and hopefully I will be able to become a better Athlete in the process.
Kelly Wild – Coach
Favorite WODs: Diane, Fran, anything with a lot of squats
Least favorite WODs: Karen, Isabelle, anything with rowing
Benchmarks: 2014 Crossfit Games team division: 4th place. 2014 North Central Region team division: 1st place. 2013 Central East Region team division: 8th place. Weightlifting: 2014 Minnesota Open: 1st place 58kg division (total: 158kg)
-Clean&jerk: 205. Snatch: 160. Back squat: 285. Deadlift: 335. Bench: 175. Fran: 2:44.
Noah Namowicz- Coach/Coffee expert
I grew up in Prince Edward Island, a small place on the east coast of Canada. While in veterinary school, the first CrossFit box opened up just up the street from my parent's house. I had always been into sports and staying active when I was younger, playing soccer and boxing competitively, and always thought I was "in shape" until I went to my first CrossFit class….. It was 8 rounds of Cindy and I remember someone having to push me up on the pull up bar to get a pull-up, my push ups were from the knees and my squats were slow. I couldn't move my arms from the bent position the next day, but I was hooked. I slowly started to develop more strength and already had a decent metabolic capacity from my other sports. In 2009 I went to New Brunswick and placed 3rd in the regionals qualifiers, which was enough for me to go to California. Due to the love and support from my family (both blood and CrossFit families) I was able to go without stress and compete. Since then I have moved around with work/school and have had the pleasure of working out at a couple CrossFit boxes. I really enjoy watching people from the beginning and seeing how quickly they grow when they put in the work. I am currently in a radiology residency at the UofM and when I am not studying or at work I am at the gym, either working out or hanging out with my second family.
3 favorite WODS: Grace, Isabelle, Karen
3 least favorite WODS: Fran, Kelly, Murph
What is something most don't know about you? I used to be a boxer, will forever be 20-1 and have two gold and one silver national medals.
Chelsey Nelson – CrossFit Kids Coach
I'm originally from Rochester, MN. I have lived a very active life, participating in multiple competitive sports growing up. I have a degree in Nutrition from the University of Wisconsin Stout. My sport of choice growing up was fastpitch softball. I was the starter in left field on varsity my freshman year of high school. From there I became captain and catcher my senior year. From there I played for UW-Stout. I was third base and right field. I took a break from softball to focus on school. In my free time I did a lot of volunteer work in the Menomonie WI area. I started Crossfit October 2014 and have loved it ever since. I started coaching at another box in the area. I am L1 and crossfit kids Certified. I am currently managing a coffee shop in Eagan, MN and applying to go back to school for Histotechnology in the fall. I love to snowboard, play with my kitty Izzy and eat lots of food!!
3 favorite wods: McGee, 14.3, anything with deadlifts
3 least favorite wods: Fran, 14.5, really anything with thrusters
Something most people would not know about me: I love to hunt and I use to be on the dance team in high school.


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Loveshack Shacks Up in Ravello Lounge
Get your entertainment fix in Ravello Lounge on Friday and Saturday nights! With a calendar full of different acts we're excited to announce our next headliner for the month of November! Starting this Friday, our lounge is taking a trip back to the 80's with nostalgia band, Loveshack. They'll be performing all your favorites from back in the day and rocking the stage until 1am! They're known as being the first 80's tribute group of its kind in the country.
We caught up with the band (in character of course) to give you the down low on their act.
How many members are there in Loveshack?
There are six of us total. Imagine seeing Devo and Madonna on lead vocals, Adam Ant on Bass, Billy Idol on drums and Slash on guitar at the same time, but then we up the ante when Michael Jackson shows up in our second set! Whenever we play, you're seeing the best band on stage at that moment!
What type of music do you perform?
All the best dance music of the 80′s – music to remind you how big your hair was, how cool Members Only jackets were, and how much Aqua Net you used in 1985.
What are the band's favorite songs?
Anything from Madonna, Depeche Mode, Bon Jovi, The Go-Go's, Duran Duran, Gary Numan…. wait, does any remember Gary Numan?
Are there any particular artists that inspire your performances?
We are totally self inspired and extremely modest, when you see the band play you'll know what we mean.
Have you always been 80's music fans?
Since the 1970′s
How long has the group been together?
Since Madonna was still a virgin.
How did the group come together?
Our tour buses crashed into each other at the US festival in '83 all trying to get the VIP parking spot. While waiting for AAA, we planned world domination through 80′s music, and thus Loveshack was born!
What's the best part of performing at M and Ravello Lounge?
Aside from having a great dance floor, great drink specials, friendly bar staff, enthusiastic crowds, and one of the most beautiful lounges in Las Vegas, it has lots of glass so we can constantly look at ourselves!
You can catch Loveshack performing in Ravello Lounge every Friday this November beginning at 9pm.

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"The Walking Dead" season 4 finale is less than a week away and even though fans are busy speculating on how the season will end, people will soon be talking about what season 5 will focus on. Spoiler reports have stated that this season will end on a cliffhanger and that waiting for the next season will be difficult. On March 25, Latin Times shared a few hints about the season finale, which can also give an idea of what could happen when "The Walking Dead" season 5 premieres.
The setting
Each season the zombie series is set in a particular location for most of the episodes. The exception to this was the first season because it showed Rick (Andrew Lincoln) searching for his family. However, the second season led the group to Hershel's farm, where they stayed while Carl (Chandler Riggs) recovered from his gunshot wound. Then season 3 was set at the prison along with the first half of season 4. The second half of the fourth season has the group separated and out in the world fighting for survival. But since some of the characters have found Terminus, it is only logical to assume that the "TWD" family will be at the sanctuary for at least part of season 5.
Terminus is a mystery to many people, but mostly everyone can agree that it sounds too good to be true. While a few of its secrets may be revealed on the season 4 finale, the episode is also going to focus on Rick, Michonne (Danai Gurira) and Carl, who will be dealing with matters en route to the sanctuary. There simply won't be enough time to go into the whole Terminus story, so this is probably the cliffhanger that they are talking about.
Personality changes for Rick and Carl?
A post on Reddit stated that a man is going to try to sexually assault Carl on the season finale. This attempt will probably put Carl through some personality changes. Will he become angry and lash out? Or will he become depressed and withdraw?
That same spoiler post revealed that Rick would stop the attack and that he will rip the guy's throat out with his teeth. Rick isn't normally a man of violence, so if this actually happens, this is going to really affect him for a long time. Robert Kirkman said in an interview that Rick is going to be pushed to the absolute limit and a sneak peek showed him with a bloody face and he looked frantic and terrified. There is speculation that Joe's group will come face to face with Rick and since they want revenge, Rick could end up fighting for his life. Any of these things would affect someone's personality. If they all happen, then viewers might see a very different character in "The Walking Dead" season 5.
Daryl's possible fate
Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) is a fan favorite and viewers are always worried when rumors hit the Internet about his possible death. While Daryl will probably survive the season finale, he will have a choice to make when Joe and Rick's group meet. Will he feel some sort of loyalty for the Claimers and join them in getting revenge? Will he try to fight for Rick when he realizes that he was the person Joe was talking about? Or will he try to do the right thing, but will the Claimers try to stop him? The most likely scenario is that when Daryl realizes that Rick is the person Joe was talking about, he will try to protect his friend from any harm. Rick is like family and while Daryl is closed off a bit emotionally, he trusts Rick and knows that he will never turn his back on him, unlike the Claimers. If it comes down to it, Daryl will fight for those he trusts and respects to the end.
Beth's kidnapping
Lauren Cohan, who plays Maggie on the show, recently said in an interview that Beth and Daryl were both in scary situations. It was also reported that Beth's kidnapping was not going to be resolved anytime soon, which sounds like that storyline will carry over into the fifth season. It will be interesting to see who kidnapped her and why. If she ends up being alive by the time she is found (if she is ever found) then the experience will undoubtedly change her thinking and how she interacts with others. Beth (Emily Kinney) could either end up completely broken or the situation will bring out some tough qualities in her.
A new villain?
Gareth will make his debut on the season 4 finale of "The Walking Dead" and while nobody knows what kind of person he is, there is speculation that he is going to be even worse than the Governor. Actor Andrew J. West has been given an option for season 5, so fans may see more of Gareth or they might not.
Dealing with the choices they have made
There is no way to know what the main storyline will be in "The Walking Dead" season 5. However, executive producer Gale Anne Hurd talked about Rick Grimes and the "human choices" the characters have made and will continue to make. She said,
"It's always a question of how much can you come back from those moments, and those choices. And that's where season 5 will take us."
It definitely sounds like some characters may be able to come back completely from the choices they are forced to make while others won't be able to come back from it at all. For most characters, there is going to be a middle ground, but it will be interesting to see how those choices will affect their future.
Fans will have a better idea of what is to come once the season 4 finale airs on March 30. Some questions are going to be answered, but as stated before, it is going to end on a cliffhanger.
"The Walking Dead" season 5 will premiere in October 2014. Do you have any theories on what will happen when the show returns?
Suggested Links
- 'The Walking Dead': Which characters will make it to season 5?
- 'The Walking Dead' season finale: Terminus speculations
- 'The Walking Dead' season finale: Who is screaming for help?
- 'The Walking Dead' season finale speculation: Who will die in 'A'?
- 'The Walking Dead' season 4, episode 16: Spoilers for season finale


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Kamala Promo Video (1983)
Kamala was originally introduced to the Memphis audience with this smoothly produced promotional video. It segues into a typical Kamala match at the Mid-South Coliseum, this time against Jerry Lawler, in which he simply ignores all the rules of the game and destroys anyone who gets near him. For this, Lawler hits him with a fireball and sends him packing! Kamala never learns.
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Staff Awards
Staff members in the University of Texas Libraries are eligible for recognition through programs at The University of Texas at Austin and in the Libraries acknowledging outstanding achievement and service.
Harold W. Billings Staff Honors Award
This quarterly award recognizes outstanding work performance by staff members whose resourcefulness, dedication and ability help navigate the University of Texas Libraries through often uncharted seas.
Library Excellence Award
Library Excellence Awards are given to professional librarians and classified staff in the University of Texas Libraries who have made extraordinary contributions.
Nilsson Scholarship
The University of Texas Libraries recognizes and rewards the dedication and hard work of its student employees by offering the Nilsson Scholarship. This Scholarship is awarded to one undergraduate student employee each academic year and has been made possible by the generosity of David O. Nilsson. Dr. Nilsson is a retired special instructor in mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin and received all of his academic degrees (B.A., M.A. and Ph.D.) at the University. Since his "retirement," he continues an active life in Austin as an accountant and high school tutor, and spends many hours each week working on various research projects at UT's Perry Castañeda and Fine Arts Libraries.
University Outstanding Staff and Supervisor Award
The University of Texas at Austin Outstanding Staff and Supervisor Awards Program honors and recognizes the invaluable contributions of eligible non-teaching employees whose outstanding dedication, competence, conscientious performance, excellent customer service, or ingenuity has had a significant impact on the university. Read more about the Outstanding Staff and Supervisor Awards on the UT site.
UT Exemplary Service Award
Up to thirty-two (32) hours of administrative leave per fiscal year can be awarded by a supervisor to an eligible employee who performs specific services or activities that demonstrate truly exemplary performance. The award shall be made in no less than eight (8) hour increments, except awards to part-time employees, which shall be proportional to their appointments. All nomination forms should be sent through Library Human Resources for processing (PCL 3.102, s5405).Read more about the UT Exemplary Service Award on the UT site.


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Today, MLS announced it has purchased the troubled Chivas USA franchise from Jorge Vergara and Angelica Fuentes and will immediately assume responsibility for operating the club.
Last season, Chivas finished at the bottom of the Western Conference and 18th overall.
MLS will appoint a new interim president of Chivas USA in the near future and head Coach Wilmer Cabrera, who joined the club January 9, will continue in that position.
MLS plans to resell the club to a new ownership group committed to building a new stadium and keeping the team in Los Angeles and intends to finalize an agreement with a new group in 2014. Under the agreement, MLS will lead the discussions for a new home stadium for the team. The club has played its home games at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. since debuting in 2005 and will continue to play there in 2014.
Mr. Vergara and Ms. Fuentes retain all branding and licensing rights to the Chivas name with MLS permitted to continue using the Chivas USA brand name on a transitional basis during the 2014 MLS season. Chivas will be rebranded with a new team name and logo after sale from MLS to a new owner.
"We thank Jorge Vergara and Angelica Fuentes for their significant commitment to Major League Soccer," MLS Commissioner Don Garber said. "Jorge was an early believer in the league and he and Angelica have been great partners in MLS. "We collectively agreed that it is best to sell the club to new owners who are committed to securing a new stadium and providing MLS with a strong rival for the LA Galaxy."
Vergara was part of the original ownership group that purchased an expansion team that began play in 2005, and he and Fuentes became sole owners of the club in 2012.
"When Angelica and I gained full operational control of the team for the first time 15 months ago, we were hopeful we would be able to turn it around," said Mr. Vergara. "However, there is only one Chivas de Guadalajara, and we have realized that it will require more time, further resources, and a level of commitment that would divert too much of our focus from our other business interests."
Chivas USA opens the 2014 MLS season on March 9 when they host the Chicago Fire.
Suggested Links
- LE Eisenmenger interviews: MLS and soccer in the USA
- Captain Clint Dempsey says USA can advance in World Cup Brazil
- David Beckham announces Miami as home to his world-class MLS franchise
- Leiweke reenergizes Toronto FC with big-name players and stadium updates
- International soccer legend Brian McBride opens up about the American game


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Paperwork Reduction Act:
Burden Reduction May Require a New Approach
GAO-05-778T: Published: Jun 14, 2005. Publicly Released: Jun 14, 2005.
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Americans spend billions of hours each year providing information to federal agencies by filling out information collections (forms, surveys, or questionnaires). A major aim of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) is to minimize the burden that these collections impose on the public, while maximizing their public benefit. Under the act, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is to approve all such collections and to report annually on the agencies' estimates of the associated burden. In addition, agency Chief Information Officers (CIO) are to review information collections before they are submitted to OMB for approval and certify that the collections meet certain standards set forth in the act. For its testimony, GAO was asked to comment on OMB's burden report for 2004 and to discuss its recent study of PRA implementation (GAO-05-424), concentrating on CIO review and certification processes and describing alternative processes that two agencies have used to minimize burden. For its study, GAO reviewed a governmentwide sample of collections, reviewed processes and collections at four agencies that account for a large proportion of burden, and performed case studies of 12 approved collections.
The total paperwork burden imposed by federal information collections shrank slightly in fiscal year 2004, according to estimates provided in OMB's annual PRA report to Congress. The estimated total burden was 7.971 billion hours--a decrease of 1.6 percent (128 million burden hours) from the previous year's total of about 8.099 billion hours. Different types of changes contributed to the overall change in these estimates, according to OMB. For example, adjustments to the estimates (from such factors as changes in estimation methods and estimated number of respondents) accounted for a decrease of about 156 million hours (1.9 percent), and agency burden reduction efforts led to a decrease of about 97 million hours (1.2 percent). These decreases were partially offset by increases in other categories, primarily an increase of 119 million hours (1.5 percent) arising from new statutes. However, because of limitations in the accuracy of burden estimates, the significance of small changes in these estimates is unclear. Nonetheless, as the best indicators of paperwork burden available, these estimates can be useful as long as the limitations are clearly understood. Among the PRA provisions aimed at helping to achieve the goals of minimizing burden while maximizing utility is the requirement for CIO review and certification of information collections. GAO's review of 12 case studies showed that CIOs provided these certifications despite often missing or inadequate support from the program offices sponsoring the collections. Further, although the law requires CIOs to provide support for certifications, agency files contained little evidence that CIO reviewers had made efforts to improve the support offered by program offices. Numerous factors have contributed to these problems, including a lack of management support and weaknesses in OMB guidance. Because these reviews were not rigorous, OMB, the agency, and the public had reduced assurance that the standards in the act--such as minimizing burden--were consistently met. In contrast, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have set up processes outside the CIO review process that are specifically focused on reducing burden. These agencies, whose missions involve numerous information collections, have devoted significant resources to targeted burden reduction efforts that involve extensive outreach to stakeholders. According to the two agencies, these efforts led to significant reductions in burden on the public. In contrast, for the 12 case studies, the CIO review process did not reduce burden. In its report, GAO recommended that OMB and the agencies take steps to improve review processes and compliance with the act. GAO also suggested that the Congress may wish to consider mandating pilot projects to target some collections for rigorous analysis along the lines of the IRS and EPA approaches. OMB and the agencies agreed with most of the recommendations, but disagreed with aspects of GAO's characterization of agencies' compliance with the act's requirements.
Apr 19, 2016
Data Act:Progress Made but Significant Challenges Must Be Addressed to Ensure Full and Effective ImplementationGAO-16-556T: Published: Apr 19, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 19, 2016.
Data Act:Section 5 Pilot Design Issues Need to Be Addressed to Meet Goal of Reducing Recipient Reporting BurdenGAO-16-438: Published: Apr 19, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 19, 2016.
Jan 29, 2016
DATA Act:Data Standards Established, but More Complete and Timely Guidance Is Needed to Ensure Effective ImplementationGAO-16-261: Published: Jan 29, 2016. Publicly Released: Jan 29, 2016.
Oct 27, 2015
Electronic Health Records:VA and DOD Need to Establish Goals and Metrics for Their Interoperability EffortsGAO-16-184T: Published: Oct 27, 2015. Publicly Released: Oct 27, 2015.
Sep 29, 2015
Electronic Health Records:Nonfederal Efforts to Help Achieve Health Information InteroperabilityGAO-15-817: Published: Sep 16, 2015. Publicly Released: Sep 29, 2015.
Aug 13, 2015
Electronic Health Records:Outcome-Oriented Metrics and Goals Needed to Gauge DOD's and VA's Progress in Achieving InteroperabilityGAO-15-530: Published: Aug 13, 2015. Publicly Released: Aug 13, 2015.
May 14, 2015
Information Management:Additional Actions Are Needed to Meet Requirements of the Managing Government Records DirectiveGAO-15-339: Published: May 14, 2015. Publicly Released: May 14, 2015.
Nov 19, 2014
Freedom of Information Act:DHS Should Take Steps to Improve Cost Reporting and Eliminate Duplicate ProcessingGAO-15-82: Published: Nov 19, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 19, 2014.
Intellectual Property:U.S. Customs and Border Protection Could Better Manage Its Process to Enforce Exclusion OrdersGAO-15-78: Published: Nov 19, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 19, 2014.
Aug 1, 2014
Data Transparency:Oversight Needed to Address Underreporting and Inconsistencies on Federal Award WebsiteGAO-14-476: Published: Jun 30, 2014. Publicly Released: Aug 1, 2014.
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Stanford Cardinal (5-2, 0-0 Pac-12)
South Dakota State Jackrabbits (3-5, 0-0 Summit)
Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 • 5 p.m.
Stanford, Calif. • Maples Pavilion (7,233)
Series History: First Meeting
Radio: KNBR 1050 AM (PBP: Scott Reiss, Analyst: John Platz)
KZSU 90.1 FM (PBP: Shawn Tuteja, Analysts: Kyle Palmer, Vihan Lakshman)
TV: P12NET (PBP: JB Long, Analyst: Jarron Collins)
The Opening Tip
Stanford (5-2) hosts South Dakota State (3-5) on Sunday evening in a regional round game of the Progressive Legends Classic at Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal is coming off an 88-67 loss to Pittsburgh, which snapped a four-game winning streak. Stanford is aiming to secure another nonconference victory before its upcoming 12-day break for final exams. For the second straight year, Stanford will play only five games in December.
Media Memo
The game can be heard on KNBR 1050 AM, featuring the tandem of Scott Reiss (play-by-play) and John Platz (analyst). The contest will be televised on Pac-12 Networks, with JB Long (play-by-play) and Jarron Collins (analyst) on the call. KZSU 90.1 FM also provides coverage with Shawn Tuteja, Kyle Palmer and Vihan Lakshman.
Progressive Legends Classic Format
Sunday represents Stanford's final game of the seventh annual Progressive Legends Classic, which wrapped up earlier this week in Brooklyn. Pittsburgh defeated Stanford 88-67 in the championship game. The Cardinal's matchup against South Dakota State is a regional round game that was played on an open date for both teams.
Recent Preseason Tournament History
The Cardinal is participating in its fifth preseason tournament under head coach Johnny Dawkins. Stanford has compiled an 10-8 record in such games, with its best performances coming in the form of runner-up finishes at the 2009 Cancun Challenge and 2011 Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off.
Scouting South Dakota State
South Dakota State (3-5) is coming off an 83-64 loss at UC Santa Barbara on Friday ...The Jackrabbits have posted a 2-1 record during tournament play in the Progressive Legends Classic, with wins over Howard and Lehigh. The lone loss came at Texas Tech ... South Dakota State dropped its first three games of the year- all by 10 points or less ... The Jackrabbits average 72.5 points while shooting 42.2 percent overall and 73.5 percent from the foul line. Opponents are averaging 73.5 points and making 45.2 percent ... Make sure to watch: Jordan Dykstra (16.9 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 42.2 percent FG), Cody Larson (12.8 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 11 blocks) and Brayden Carlson (12.5 ppg, 45.6 percent FG, 24 assists) ... South Dakota State is coming off a 25-10 campaign that resulted in a Summit League crown and NCAA Tournament berth ... Stanford and South Dakota State will be meeting for the first time on the hardwood.
Takeaways From The Pittsburgh Game
Lamar Patterson's 24 points led five players in double digits as Pittsburgh beat Stanford 88-67 in the championship game of the Progressive Legends Classic at Barclays Center ... Despite shooting 50.0 percent overall and receiving a second straight 20-point game from Dwight Powell, Stanford had its four-game winning streak snapped. Powell (7-12 FG, 6-9 FT) fell one rebound shy of a double-double and also dished out six assists in 37 minutes ... Powell was also named Stanford's lone representative on the All-Tournament Team ... Stanford lost for the first time when shooting at least 50.0 percent since Feb. 24, 2011, when the Cardinal connected on 52.7 percent in an 87-80 loss at Oregon State ... Pittsburgh's 30 made free throws were the most for a Stanford opponent since Dec. 22, 2009, when Texas Tech converted on 33-48 in a 100-87 victory ... Anthony Brown added 16 points and knocked down four three-pointers (all in the second half) while Chasson Randle added 10 points. The Cardinal was hurt by 14 turnovers ... Stanford lost to a nonconference foe by double-digits for only the fifth time in four years ... Josh Huestis tallied only four rebounds, representing only the fourth time over the last two years he has finished a game with four rebounds or fewer ... Pittsburgh, which shot 45.5 percent overall and led 43-28 at intermission, did the bulk of its damage from three-point territory (8-17) and the foul line (30-34) ... The Cardinal has now made at least one three-pointer in 395 consecutive games, dating back to an 0-6 outing against Purdue in the John Wooden Tradition on Nov. 24, 2001.
Searching For Win No. 100
Head coach Johnny Dawkins stands one win away from career victory No. 100. Dawkins is looking to join Mike Montgomery (393), Howard Dallmar (256), Everett Dean (167) and John Bunn (108) as the only coaches in school history with 100 wins on The Farm.
Cardinal Cashing In At The Foul Line
Stanford is converting at a 70.2 percent clip (125-178) from the foul line while averaging 17.9 attempts per game. Chasson Randle (33-42, 78.6 percent) is leading the way, but he's just one of six different players who have already tallied at least 15 free throw attempts. The aggressive backcourt has done a solid job of driving the lane while the frontcourt is battling on the glass and routinely drawing contact. Also effective from the charity stripe: Anthony Brown (21-27, 77.8 percent), Dwight Powell (21-33, 63.6 percent) and Stefan Nastic (18-27, 66.7 percent). Stanford shot free throws at a 74.3 percent clip last year, good for 35th in the nation and the best mark in school history since the 2005-06 squad made 76.3 percent.
Randle Returns To Form Of Rookie Year
Chasson Randle appears to have put last year's struggles behind and is performing at a similar level to 2011-12, when he produced one of the best rookie seasons in school history. Randle is averaging 18.1 points and 3.6 rebounds per game while shooting 48.9 percent (43-88) from the field and 78.6 percent (33-42) from the foul line. Randle has scored in double figures six times, including a career-high 33-point outing against BYU on Nov. 11.
Brown's Return Provides Immediate Boost
Returning to action after missing all but four games last year due to a hip injury, Anthony Brown has been a definite factor early on, averaging 16.1 points and 6.6 rebounds while shooting 56.1 percent from the field and 62.1 percent from three-point territory. His slashing, attacking style of play has resulted in a 77.8 percent (21-27) clip from the foul line. Brown has reached double-figure scoring in all seven games. A 2011 Pac-10 All-Freshman Team selection, Brown provides Stanford with added length and athleticism while also serving as a terrific perimeter defender.
Nastic Effective In Starting Role
Playing regularly for the first time in his career, Stefan Nastic is averaging 7.4 points and 2.3 rebounds per game through seven starts. Nastic has reached double figures in scoring three times, a feat he had accomplished only twice overall in 53 career games entering this year. In Monday's win over Houston, Nastic poured in a career-high 14 points on 4-5 shooting and 6-9 from the foul line. Nastic is shooting 54.8 percent and has totaled almost as many free throw attempts (27) as field goal attempts (31). However, Nastic has also compiled more free throw attempts than rebounds (16).
Top-15 Recruiting Class Signed For Next Year
Head coach Johnny Dawkins announced the signing of four incoming student-athletes to National Letters of Intent. The group will join the Cardinal for the 2014-15 campaign. The class is recognized as one of the best in the country, currently ranked as high as No. 9 by ESPN.com, No. 14 by Scout.com and No. 15 by Rivals.com. Robert Cartwright (Pasadena, Calif.), Michael Humphrey (Phoenix, Ariz.), Dorian Pickens (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Reid Travis (Minneapolis, Minn.) are projected as top-100 players and four-star recruits by multiple services. This year's group represents the second top-15 class for Stanford in five years.
Home Sweet Home
Stanford is 67-24 at home under head coach Johnny Dawkins. The Cardinal won a school-record 17 home games in 2011-12 en route to capturing the NIT championship. Stanford has reached the 10-win mark at Maples Pavilion for 20 consecutive seasons.
Nonconference Success
Stanford is now 57-19 against nonconference foes under head coach Johnny Dawkins.
Powell Displaying A "Do-It-All" Game...
Dwight Powell has picked up where he left off last year, showcasing the type of dynamic all-around game everyone expected when he first arrived on The Farm. In seven starts, Powell is averaging 16.0 points and 7.7 rebounds per game while shooting 53.0 percent (44-83) from the field. Powell's free throw percentage (63.6 percent) is slightly behind last year's pace, but his 27 assists and 11 steals lead the team. In 2012-13, Powell averaged a team-best 14.9 points while ranking second on the squad with 8.4 rebounds. More impressively, he was the only player to earn a spot on both the Pac-12 All-Academic Team and All-Pac-12 First Team.
...While Garnering Preseason Recognition
Dwight Powell has been named to the John R. Wooden Award preseason watch list, comprised of 50 players vying for the sport's most prestigious honor. Players listed are considered strong candidates for the midseason list and the finalists will be included on the official voting ballot in March. Powell is one of six Pac-12 players selected as a preseason candidate. The national recognition is nothing new for Powell, who was also selected as one of 30 candidates for this year's Senior CLASS Award, which rewards notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition.
Huestis' Strong Defensive Play Continues
A front-runner for Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, Josh Huestis is averaging 11.1 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in his quest to become the first Cardinal player to average a double-double since Curtis Borchardt (16.9 ppg, 11.4 rpg) in 2001-02. Huestis nearly accomplished the feat last year, averaging 10.5 points and a team-best 9.0 rebounds while compiling nine double-doubles. Huestis has been slowed offensively (44.3 percent FG) through the first seven games, but his calling card of stingy defense has been a mainstay. With 17 blocks already this year, Huestis ranks fourth in school history with 138 career swats. Only three players boast career marks of at least 500 points, 500 rebounds and 100 blocks: Huestis (695, 595, 138), Tim Young (1544, 1070, 167) and Howard Wright (1599, 860, 121).
Starters Seeing Bulk Of Action
Head coach Johnny Dawkins has employed a starting lineup of Chasson Randle, Anthony Brown, Josh Huestis, Dwight Powell and Stefan Nastic over the first seven games. Every starter with the exception of Nastic is averaging at least 30 minutes per game, led by Brown's 34.4 clip.


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The desert to forest florist!Created by Anonymous on May 3, 2009 at 1:12 am
I have always loved mowing lawns, and that is how I earned my spending money while I was growing up. I have a 5.6 (or rather slightly less) acre patch of mostly gravely soil that drains too quikly for much vegitation to do well, espesialy since we've been having a LONG drought. However being known for having a "green thumb" leaves me green with envy! Why didn't I think of posting that for St. Patricks Day?
Anyway, I keep as much of the place mowed, even though there isn't, or rather soon to be wasn't much growing on most of it. Letting the clippings fall in between the established grass and alfalfa plants to multch them, along with letting the grass go to seed instead of cutting it once the seed head begins to emurge, has helped improve the growing conditions and number of grass plants that are growing on my place.
The new grass plants may be small compared to the old clumps, but this just shows my sucsess, as the three or so inch in diamiter clumps that started from seed from the summer before last (first summer after I moved in, and came up that first fall), are about as big as the original clumps of grass was when I began! Also the clumps of grass that were brand new this last fall are at least one and one half to two inches in diamiter, whearas the preceeding fall the new clumps had been only three or four blades of grass! Whats going on right now is to remove the round river rocks from more places to mow, and to pile them into a snow fence. Making round rocks stay stacked to be a snow fence is very hard.
Eventually I plan to do like I read in a book or two and make forms to hold the rocks together while I mortar them together. One more thing I plan to do to increas the fertility of the soil, mabe even this summer (provided the grass fills in enough this spring), is to begin letting the alfalfa go to seed and produce more organic mater to multch as well as fix nitrogen into the soil. Oh yeh, I do it all with a entirely push powered mower, and have never owned a self propeled push mower. I do plan though to fix a garden tractor I bought to mow once I get too much vegitation and too big of an area to hand mow.
I love planting trees, but they have not been doing well on my property, even though I have a 80 gallon per minute well, which SHOULD BE enough to keep them watered adiquatly, however, between the overly fast draining soil and the drought acompanied by scortching heat (which last summer was the worst year yet, the water evaporated before it had a chance to soak in), has killed most of what I have planted mostly due to lack of water. So this last fall I tryed fall planting, to let my trees root in all winter and so they could spend all their energy producing new growth next spring (therefore making their own shade and increased humidity to protect theirselves). I hope this goes well! I have 50 juniper bushes coming this spring called Eastern Red Cedars (even though they are realy junipers).
Junipers are hard to kill, and when the starving grasshoppers munch on them they only eat the dry dead neadles (which saves me from prunning them, and helps green up the rest of the bush due to the fact that dead plant mater will draw moisture from the rest of the plant, if it is still atatched). Of course hoppers would have to be prone to being atrackted by dry patches!
I have had a nasty plague of hoppers since I moved in. They eat every thing! Last year, my first year with a real garden, they devoured almost everything in my garden. Only the Indian Corn and tomato plants along with one squash plant that revived after being eaten were spared. As for the hoppers eating the grass and alfalfa, I wasn't at any loss as I don't have any animals dependant on the vegitation for forage.
I think I read that hoppers eat as much as 50% of the available forage in the western US every year. The pet and wildlife friendly bait and sprays I did get and use helped greatly did a marvolus job, untill the next wave attacked from one or more of the neigbors!
I've never seen such magnificent military forces as those hoppers, but between the birds Ive been feeding and the praying mantises I ordered for this spring (don't tell the hoppers I have plenty of more spray left over from last year to suprise them with if I see any hopper nests hatching! he he!), I hope I can keep them hoppers all under control!
This is one last thing I would like to mention is my love for seeing and hear the song birds, thus buying quite a few 50 pound bags of bird seed this last year! I plan to build a bunch of bird houses also, mighnt as well house as well as feed my anti-hopper air support!
I love planting flowers, but the hoppers eat them, and so do the deer. Hopefully the apple trees I already planted last fall and this spring will do well enough that the hoppers won't bother them and that my fences will keep out the deer.
I have found that putting even a singular fence post in next to a tree, and then putting a loop of wire mesh fence around the tree does the best job, I heard about this from a friend, saves a lot of work and expensive materials. If you fence off an area the deer can just jump over, and you would be suprized to find out how little room a deer needs to jump in and out, so don't make the loop too big!
The apple trees I have now are two Haralson Apple Trees that I planted earlyer this week, one Wealthy Apple Tree and one Dolgo Crabapple Tree that I planted last fall.
The Dolgo Crab has large fruit for a Crab, and crabs are exelent for making syrup and jellies. The Wealthy Apple variety is about 140 to 150 years old, I bought the one I have due to the fact that I had one in the yard when I was growing up. The Haralson Apples are vigorous growers, and may produce fruit the first year, and I certainly hope mine do!
I've been as buisy as a beaver, only in reverse!! I planted 25 Eastern Red Cedars, 11 fruiting trees and bushes (apple trees, sand cherrys, and a cherry tree), along with sweveral decorative trees and bushes, and have my garden over crowded with: garlic, chives, jerusalem artichokes, 3 varietys of onion (bunching, walla walla, and red onions), radishes (icecicle and regular ones), carrots (purple dragon and danvers half long), peas, beets, cabbage, indian corn, and hubard squash. I've got a good variety of tomato plants, which I should be able to put out this weekend, with any luck! I haven't gotten much done on my stone snow fences lately, but have been leaving a mower width strip where I want to put the rows of stone, this will not only mark where I want to put snow fence, but also make a temporary snow fence for next winter. I noticed last winter that where ever I had left a strip of vegitation along the soaker hoses to my plantings, a good sized snow drift was formed!
They are much harder to spot than I thought they would be, I though with ordering 10 egg cases and placing 1 egg case at my moms, and 9 at my place, I would see them all the time. I have only seen but a few, 1 that I can recall at moms, and 1 at home. Just the same they sure seem to be getting rid of lots of hoppers! The one at moms caught a hopper while I was watching it, seemed to take the the head off in one bite!
I plan to get some fence up soon to lease some of my small acreage as horse pasture, later on I want to get a couple head of mini cattle to raise. I guess the miniature cattle are usually just as expensive as full size, but would be much better for my small acreage. Some of the breeds of the mini cattle only weigh 200-300 lbs.
The good planting conditions I am experiencing this fall have encouraged me to buy a bunch more trees to try to get to survive, and give me some shade! I bought some Honey Locusts, Maple, Lindens, and Choke Cherry's. The locusts and maples will make good shade trees and wind break trees. The choke cherry's will survive if nothing else will, and as well as a bit of shade and wind break, they will feed the birds, decreasing the amount of bird feed I have to put out! If I have any choke cherry's left on by the birds long enough to get ripe I can harvest them, make, and have syrup and jelly!
I've got 225 Basin Wild Rye Grass plants, either 25 or 50 Cord Grass plants, 25 Rocky-mountain Junipers, 10 Box Elder trees, plus others ordered for this spring!
Also, I am going to try extra hard to put in a good garden this year, I've got a plan to get ahead of wild grasses and other weeds that have been smothering the plants,,,,plus am even more confident of how I am going to win the war against the hoppers (even though they have gotten worse and worse every year, seemingly no matter what I do), The more of them there are, the higher percentage of them I get rid of!
I got my 225 Basin Wild Rye Grass plants and 50 Rocky Mountain Juniper bushes a few weeks ago, and as well as myself holding up better with getting them planted than I thought they would, they are all doing good so far! The rest are coming in Monday, I really have high hopes this year! The plants trees and bushes I received are in very good shape this year, and the weather has been good to us,,,,and is predicted to continue being good to us!! I had also gotten some apple trees (, a plum tree, and a poplar tree.
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College Hockey:Manhattanville teams to return to Playland Ice Casino after being displaced by Hurricane Sandy
Following two years in Stamford, Conn., the Manhattanville men's and women's teams will return to Playland Ice Casino for the 2014-15 season.
Playland Ice Casino served as the home of the Valiants for a decade from 2002 until 2012, when parts of the facility were badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy just weeks before the start of the 2012-13 campaign. After two seasons at Terry Conners Rink in Stamford, Manhattanville will be back for its 11th season at Playland, which was built in 1930 on the site of Westchester's Playland Amusement Park in nearby Rye, N.Y.
"It will be great to see our senior players finish their careers back at Playland after it was suddenly taken away from them as sophomores," said head women's coach David Turco in a statement. "More so, I'm excited for our incoming freshmen and underclassmen who will get to experience our great locker room and facility for the first time."
"We couldn't be more excited to return to Playland Ice Casino for the upcoming season," added head men's hockey coach Arlen Marshall. It's an awesome place to call home for our players and coaching staff."
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A quick little "How-To" video about the PaloVia Laser. I am in week three of using the laser and wanted to share how easy it is to use at home. The PaloVia Laser is the first FDA approved at-home laser clinically proven to reduce fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes. This laser also received Allure's 2011 Breakthrough Award. Stay tuned for more on my adventures to crow free eyes!
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Update: This post was written in 2009 when I was still blogging on Blogger. Much of the information below is still timely/helpful, but some things will have changed and will no longer be relevant.
Don't tell anyone, but today I'm sharing some of my blogging secrets with you…but only you. We can't let everyone know, because then their blogs might be as fancy as ours. So this is just between you and me…got it? Ok, here goes…hope you enjoy this post and hopefully it will answer some of the questions you've been asking.
Blogger has a brand new Post Editor…it is similar to Live Writer…read all about it HERE. If you would like to switch and start using the new post editor, go to your Dashboard, Click on "Settings" and under "Basic Settings" just scroll down until you see the option "Updated Editor." It sounds much more user friendly!
How to create a link in your post that will take your readers to another blog, website or maybe to an older post of yours when they click on a single word or phrase:
Example: To see more great tablescapes, visit Between Naps on the Porch. If you wanted to make the words, Between Naps on the Porch, in the above sentence act as a link, so when someone clicked on it they would be taken to the BNOTP blog, here's how to do it:
While creating your post in the "compose" screen, highlight the word or words that you want to act as the link…in the above case it's "Between Naps on the Porch." Once the words are highlighted, click on the icon that looks like a world…or some folks would say it looks like a frog's face. A box will pop up. Erase the writing that is in the box and copy and paste the URL or web address for the site or post you are linking to….in this case, it would be the blog address for Between Naps on the Porch.
Then click "ok" and you should have your link. If it's one of your older posts you are linking to, you just bring that post up in a separate screen and copy and paste the address that's visible in the address bar into the box that popped up. Once you have the address copied and pasted into the box that popped up, click on "ok" and you should have your link.
How to participate in a blog party (like Metamorphosis Monday or Tablescape Thursday) that is using Mr. Linky:
It's super easy to sign up via InLinkz by following these simple steps:
After you have "published" your MM or TT post to your blog, stop by BNOTP blog and scroll down to the end of my MM or TT post where you'll find InLinkz awaiting your link. Just follow the directions that will pop up as you enter your information. Please be sure to put your PERMALINK in the sign up box and not your general blog address.
What's a permalink? A permlink is the direct link to your post, as opposed to your general blog address. It's important to always add your permalink to InLinkz when signing up to participate in a blog party. Why? Because if someone visits BNOTP days later and clicks on your link, they will be taken directly to your MM or TT post instead of having to search back through all your posts in search of your MM or TT post.
There are two ways to get your permalink. One way is to click on the title of your MM or TT post, then copy and paste the URL address showing in the address field at the top, into the InLinkz box when it asked for your link.
Click on "Enter" and you are all done!
The second way to get your Permalink is to right click on the title of your MM or TT post, select "copy shortcut" and then paste this link into the URL box on the Mr. Linky sign-up. These two methods for getting your Permalink will work for any blog party you are participating in across Blogland.
To add an object or picture to your sidebar:
First go your Dashboard, Click on "Layout," Click on "Add a Gadget" and then select the item or "gadget" you wish to add from the long list that pops up.
How to add a button or logo like the Tablescape Thursday or Metamorphosis Monday button, to your sidebar:
The easiest way to add the TT or MM button to your sidebar, is to add it as a "Gadget," using the HTML code I have under the category header, "Join a Blog Party." Just go to your Dashboard, Click on "Layout," Click on "Add a Gadget" and then select "HTML/Javascript" from the list. A box will pop up and you just copy and paste the code you will see on my sidebar under the MM or TT button…into the box, then click "save." You should see the MM or TT button on your sidebar and when you click on it, it will take you right to BNOTP.
The program I use to create a collage or mosaic:
I use Pic Monkey. It's super easy and you'll find it here: PicMonkey
Fastest, easiest way to access your Google Blogger Dashboard from any blog:
Click on the orange "B" in the upper left corner of any blog.
The camera I use…and a few tips from an amateur (that being me) on how to take pics for blog posts:
First let me say, I am not a professional photographer. The tips I am about to share with you are what I find works for me. I hope you will find them helpful, but you may not. Just take what you can use and discard the rest.
I am frequently asked what camera I use to take the pics you see posted at BNOTP. I used to use an older Olympus camera up until a couple of months ago. Recently I have been using a newer camera, a Nikon D40. Update: As of December 2011, I'm shooting with a Nikon D7000.
1. The most important tip I can share for taking pics: NEVER, EVER USE A FLASH, NO MATTER WHAT. Let me repeat that, NEVER, EVER USE A FLASH, NO MATTER WHAT. Flashes suck the life right out of a pic…it makes them feel cold and flat.
Raise the blinds, throw back the curtains, open the shutters, turn on ALL the lamps in the room, bring in lamps from other rooms, turn on the lights in the adjacent rooms, light lots of candles on your tablescape…do whatever you need to do to create a lot of natural or indirect lighting in the room where you are taking your pictures. Just don't use the flash. Basically, forget your camera has a flash…no kidding.
The flash on my camera will automatically pop up if I don't have it on the correct setting, so get out your manual and it will tell you where to turn the knob so you disable the flash.
2. Invest in the best digital camera you can afford and handle. The better cameras will take pretty decent pics in low lighting. Also, I was pleasantly surprised at how much more of the room you can capture when taking pics with the nicer cameras. The good news is, you can get a great quality digital camera for not a lot of money these days. The Nikon D40 that I have is an SLR, which is supposed to be a good thing. But, unfortunately, it doesn't have what they call, "Live View."
They now have SLR cameras on the market that do have "Live View." Don't want to get too technical here, but read up on SLR cameras and Live View before you go camera shopping.
3. Take A LOT of pics. When you are taking pics and not using a flash, some will be good and many will be bad/blurry. I take lots of pics, download them to my computer and then delete the blurry or bad ones. I may take a 100 pics to get 20-25 I like. Yep, I really do.
4. Use a tripod when you can. When you are taking pics in low lighting and without a flash, the shutter speed is much slower and any movement at all will cause the pic to be blurry. Some folks use a tripod. I've never used one, but I am thinking of buying one. A tripod may not be practical to use if you are taking pics at unusual angles, (like tablescapes) but it would be good for when you are photographing a room or an object.
Since I rarely use a tripod at present, I sometimes brace my arm or hand on chair backs or on any available, stable surface…this help steady my hand and the camera. If you can't brace your arm/hand on a chair back or some other object, try standing with your feet slightly apart and tuck your elbows down into your body for more stability.
I also find it helpful to breathe slowly out through my mouth when taking pics. If I don't consciously remember to breathe out slowly, I find myself holding my breath, which seems to make my hands shake a little.
5. Give your audience some close-ups…we love it! For tablescape posts, it makes us feel like we are sitting right there at the table with you, admiring the beautiful china and crystal.
Turn Off Word Verification to Encourage Readers to Leave a Comment
A while back, I had a poll running on my blog for several weeks. It asked my readers if they found having to type in a "word verification" a deterrent to leaving comments. The overwhelming results of the poll indicated this was a definite deterrent. Unfortunately, many bloggers do not realize their blog is set up to require a word verification for comments because I think it may be the "default" setting in Blogger.
If you have your settings that way on purpose…that's fine…no need to change it. But if you don't have it set that way intentionally and would like to make it easier for your readers to leave a comment, here's how:
Go to your dashboard, click on Layout, click on Settings, then click on Comments.
Scroll down to the setting that says, "show word verification for comments." Choose "no" and you will make a lot of your readers very happy people.
Don't forget to hit "save." You may still keep the "moderate comments" setting for your comments, if you are worried a spammer will try to post annoying advertisement-type comments on your blog. That will allow you to reject anything objectionable.
I've been blogging for a year now and haven't had any problems with having my blog set where it doesn't require a word verification to leave a comment. Some blogging programs/formats may require a word verification, in which case you won't be able to turn it off. But if you can turn it off, based on the poll results, I'd do it. Again, it's fine if you don't want to…it really is a personal preference for every blogger.
Encourage communication with readers/visitors by having an e-mail associated with your profile:
It a great idea to list an e-mail under your "Profile." Sometimes a reader of your blog may have a question for you that they don't want to leave as a comment. The importance of having an e-mail contact listed, really hit home for me recently when I noticed a few bloggers had their comments settings accidentally turned off. Noone was able to leave a comment and since they didn't show an e-mail listed in their profile, there was no way to contact the blogger to tell them what was wrong. It breaks my heart to see that because I know the blogger must be thinking that no one is visiting and reading their posts…when in fact, folks are visiting.
So, please list an e-mail in your profile, then there will be a way for your readers to contact you, if need be. Just to be safe, I wouldn't list a personal e-mail address that shows your last name. You can get a free e-mail account from Google (Gmail) or from Hotmail or from Yahoo Mail. I went with G-mail and so far, it's worked great.
More Fun Things For Your Blog:
Added 02-21-10: To Add the Header Subjects (what Blogger calls "Pages") across the top of your blog:
Go to your Dashboard
Click on Layout
Click on Add a Gadget and choose Pages from the list
Your Pages Gadget will appear on your Sidebar.
If you want it under your header pic, just click on it and drag it to that area under your header pic. The area will automatically appear when you drag it there…yes, it will…amazing.
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PRECAUTIONS: Before using budesonide, tell your doctor if you are allergic to it; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: eye disease (such as cataracts, glaucoma), high blood pressure, liver disease, thyroid problems, diabetes, stomach/intestinal problems (such as diverticulitis, ulcer), bone loss (osteoporosis), current/past infections (such as tuberculosis, positive tuberculosis test, herpes, fungal), bleeding problems, mental/mood conditions (such as psychosis, anxiety, depression).If you have switched from a corticosteroid taken by mouth (such as prednisone tablets) to this inhaler within the past 12 months, or if you have been using this product in higher-than-usual doses for a long time, it may be more difficult for your body to respond to physical stress. Therefore, before having surgery or emergency treatment, or if you get a serious illness/injury, tell your doctor or dentist that you are using this medication or have used a corticosteroid taken by mouth within the past 12 months. Tell your doctor immediately if you develop unusual/extreme tiredness or weight loss. Carry a warning card or medical ID bracelet that says you use (or have used) corticosteroid medications.Before having surgery, tell your doctor or dentist about all the products you use (including prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and herbal products).This medication may mask signs of infection. It can make you more likely to get infections or may worsen any current infections. Therefore, wash your hands well to prevent the spread of infection. Avoid contact with people who have infections that may spread to others (such as chickenpox, measles, flu). Consult your doctor if you have been exposed to an infection or for more details.Budesonide may cause vaccines not to work as well. Therefore, do not have any immunizations/vaccinations while using this medication without the consent of your doctor. Avoid contact with people who have recently received live vaccines (such as flu vaccine inhaled through the nose).This medication may slow down a child's growth if used for a long time, but poorly controlled asthma can also slow down growth. The effect on final adult height is unknown. See the doctor regularly so your child's height can be checked.Tell your doctor if you are pregnant before using this medication. Infants born to mothers who have used corticosteroids for a long time may have hormone problems. Tell your doctor immediately if you notice symptoms such as persistent nausea/vomiting, severe diarrhea, or weakness.This drug passes into breast milk and may have undesirable effects in a nursing infant. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
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Vodafone bags an exclusive on the Samsung Galaxy S5 in gold
Will start taking pre-orders on 28 March
CRIMSON MOBILE OPERATOR Vodafone has an exclusive on the gold coloured Samsung Galaxy S5, and has said that it will start taking pre-orders on 28 March.
Vodafone announced on Monday that it will be the only UK operator to sell the Samsung Galaxy S5 in gold at launch. It added that it will also sell the other models in black, white and blue, and said that it will begin taking pre-orders on 28 March. The handset will start shipping on 11 April, but there's no word on pricing yet.
Vodafone said in a blog post on Monday, "Earlier this month, Samsung unveiled its latest and greatest flagship, the Galaxy S5, to the world. At Vodafone we were pretty excited to be able to say that we'll be stocking the new Android powerhouse (which will be available to pre-order on 28 March), and today we can officially announce that the gold colour option will be a Vodafone exclusive from launch."
The Samsung Galaxy S5 was unveiled at Mobile World Congress last month, with the firm touting the handset's fingerprint sensor, heart rate monitor and improved battery as its standout features.
Beyond that, the Galaxy S5 also feautures a 5.1in HD 1080p screen, a quad-core 2.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, an improved 16MP rear-facing camera and the Android 4.4 Kitkat mobile operating system topped with an updated version of Samsung's custom user interface. There's also either 16GB and 32GB of internal storage expandable up to 128GB via microSD card.
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text: Cameron Diaz [1] and Alex Rodriguez were spotted arm in arm on a loved-up walk in NYC yesterday afternoon before they made a nighttime shopping trip to the John Varvatos [2] store. The duo are together in the Big Apple after a typically jet-setting week, which saw them in bikinis and going shirtless to swim in Miami [3] and feeding each other in Dallas [4] at the Super Bowl [5]. Cameron and Alex seem to love their frequent-flier lifestyles and also recently just logged time in England [6], France [7], and Mexico [8]. The trips around the world will have to cease temporarily in the coming months, though, when Alex rejoins the Yankees for Spring training and Cameron promotes old projects [9] and focuses on new ones [10].


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Department of
History and Philosophy of Science
Edouard Machery
Professor of History and Philosophy of Science
My research centers on the theoretical issues that are raised by psychology and cognitive science. I focus particularly on the following themes:
Concepts: The class of concepts divides into several kinds of data structures that are very different from each other. The notion of concept is at best useless to study the mind. This theme and many others are developed in detail in my book Doing without Concepts (2009, Oxford University Press).
Evolution, Culture and Cognition: Cognition is the product of evolution. Nonetheless, cognition does not boil down to a toolkit of domain-specific, canalized systems. We have evolved to acquire a substantial part of our psychological endowment by cultural transmission. I have a strong interest in the interactions between evolved cognition and culture in the moral and social domains. I have for instance been working on the nature and origins of racial categorization.
Experimental philosophy: in many areas, e.g., moral philosophy, semantics etc., philosophical arguments rest often on untested empirical assumptions. Testing these empirical assumptions may ground far-reaching conclusions (see at the bottom of this page).
Philosophy: Philosophy without science is blind. Criticizing confused notions, assumptions and controversies within philosophy and within science is one of the decent functions of philosophy.
For a complete description of my education, the complete list of publications, etc., see my CV.
Media coverage of my work
I have been interviewed on the Australian National Radio ABC by Natasha Mitchell in her program All in the Mind. Listen to the interview about intentional action here and read the listeners reaction on Natasha Mitchell's blog (February 2009).
My work on semantic intuitions has been written up in the Chronicle of Higher Education (October 2008).
I have been profiled in the June issue of the Corriere della Sera Style Magazine (2008).
Anthony Appiah has written up my contribution to experimental philosophy in the New York Times Magazine (12/09/2007). Read the article here.
Doing without Concepts is now out. Order it on the OUP website, Barnes & Noble or Amazon.
The American Psychological Association's Psychological Science Agenda has published a short opinion piece about the use of evolutionary theory in the behavioral sciences in honor of Darwin's birthday.
Watch my lecture "Did morality really evolve?" in the Brain, Evolution, and Cognition series at UCLA here. The Q&A discussion is there.
Dialogue will publish a symposium on Doing wihtout Concepts with comments by Tania Lombrozo (Berkeley, psychology), Gualtiero Piccinini (UMSL, philosophy), Markus Werning (Düsseldorf, philosophy), and Luc Faucher (UQAM, philosophy).
The Center for Philosophy of Science has organized a symposium for the release of my book Doing without Concepts (OUP 2009), March 5, 2009 with Barbara Malt (psychology, Lehigh) and Jesse Prinz (philosophy, CUNY). Information here.
Contact Information
Permanent Address
Tel: + (1) 412 624 5883
Fax: + (1) 412 624 6825
Machery, E. 2009. Doing Without Concepts,
Werning, M.,
Hinzen, W., & Machery, E. under contract, The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality.
Selected Articles
Against Hybrid Theories of Concepts, with Selja Seppälä.
The Concept of Intentional Action in Asperger Syndrome, with T. Zalla.
Sytsma, J., and Machery, E. Two Conceptions of Subjective Experience. Philosophical Studies.
Machery, E. Why I Stopped Worrying about the Definition of Life... And why you Should as Well. Synthese.
Machery, E., Faucher, L., and Kelly, D. On the Alleged Inadequacy of Psychological Explanations of Racism. The Monist.
Machery, E., Olivola, C., and de Blanc, M. Linguistic and Metalinguistic Intuitions in the Philosophy of Language. Analysis.
Machery, E., and Lederer, L. Simple Heuristics for Concept Combination. In M. Werning, W. Hinzen, and E.
Machery (Eds.), The
Machery, E. Do we Talk to be Relevant? Biology & Philosophy.
Griffiths, P., Machery, E., Linquist, S. The Vernacular Concept of Innateness. Mind & Language.
Machery, E. The Bleak Implications of Moral Psychology. Neuroethics.
Mallon, R., Machery, E., Nichols, S., & Stich, S. Against Arguments from Reference. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
Machery, E. Developmental Disorders and Cognitive Architecture. In A. De Block and P. Adriaens (Eds.), Darwin and Psychiatry: Philosophical Perspectives. OUP.
Machery, E. Philosophy of Psychology. In F. Allhoff (Ed.), Philosophy of the Special Sciences. SUNY Press.
Fessler, D., & Machery, E. Culture and Cognition. In E.
Margolis, R. Samuels and S. Stich (Eds.),
Machery, E., and Mallon, R. The Evolution of Morality. In J. Doris et
al. (Eds.),
Kelly, D., Machery, E., & Mallon, R. Racial Cognition and Normative Theory. In J. Doris et
al. (Eds.),
Machery, E. Discovery and Confirmation in Evolutionary
Psychology. In J. Prinz (ed.),
Sytsma. J., & Machery, E. 2009. How to study Folk Intuitions about Phenomenal Consciousness. Philosophical Psychology, 22, 21-35.
Faucher, L., & Machery, E. 2009. Racism: Against Jorge Garcia's Moral and Psychological Monism. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 39, 41-62.
Machery, E. 2008. Modularity and the Flexibility of Human Cognition. Mind & Language, 23, 263-272.
Machery, E. 2008. The Folk
Concept of Intentional Action: Philosophical and Experimental
. Mind
& Language, 23, 165-189.
Katsikopoulos, K., Pachur, T., Machery, E., & Wallin, A. 2008. From Meehl (1954) to Fast and Frugal Heuristics (And Back): New Insights into How to Bridge the Clinical-Actuarial Divide. Theory & Psychology, 18, 443-464.
Machery, E. 2008. A Plea for Human Nature. Philosophical Psychology, 21, 321-330.
Griffiths, P. E., & Machery, E. 2008. Innateness, Canalization, and 'Biologicizing the Mind'. Philosophical Psychology, 21, 397-414.
Machery, E. 2007. Concept Empiricism: A Methodological Critique. Cognition, 104, 19-46.
Machery, E. Massive Modularity and Brain Evolution. Philosophy of Science, 74, 825-838.
Livengood, J., & Machery, E. 2007. The Folk Probably Don't Think What You Think They Think: Experiments on
Causation by Absence.
Machery, E. 2007. 100 Years of Psychology of Concepts: The Theoretical Notion of Concept and Its Operationalization. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 38, 63-84.
Machery, E. 2007. Review of Robert J. Stainton, Words and Thoughts: Subsentences, Ellipsis, and the Philosophy of Language. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
Machery, E. 2006. How to Split Concepts. Reply to Piccinini and Scott. Philosophy of Science, 73, 410-418.
Machery, E., & Barrett, C. 2006. Debunking Adapting Minds. Philosophy of Science, 73, 232-246.
Machery, E. 2006. Two Dogmas of Neo-Empiricism. Philosophy Compass, 1, 4, 398-412.
Machery, E. 2006. Review of A. Zilhao, ed., Evolution, Rationality and Cognition. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
Kelly, D., Machery, E., Mallon, R., Mason, K., & Stich, S. P. 2006, The Role of Psychology in the Study of Culture. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29, 4, 355.
Machery, E. 2005. Concepts are Not a Natural Kind. Philosophy of Science, 72, 444-467.
Machery, E. 2005. You don't Know How you Think: Introspection and Language of Thought. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 56, 469-485.
Machery, E., & Faucher, L. 2005. Social Construction and the Concept of Race. Philosophy of Science, 72, 1208-1219.
Machery, E., & Faucher, L. 2005. Why do we Think Racially?. In H. Cohen and C. Lefebvre (eds.), Handbook of Categorization in Cognitive Science, Elsevier (pp. 1009-1033).
Machery, E., Kelly, D., & Stich, S. P. 2005. Moral Realism and Cross-Cultural Normative Diversity, Comment on Henrich et al., Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28, 6, 830.
Machery, E. 2005. Review of R. Boyd and P. Richerson, The Origin and Evolution of Cultures. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
Machery, E., Mallon, R., Nichols, S., & Stich, S. P. 2004. Semantics, Cross-cultural Style. Cognition, 92, 3, B1-B12.
NB: Please, quote only the
published versions of these articles.
Works in Preparation
Trusting and Punishing Artifacts, with Lévan Sardjevéladzé, under revision.
An Empirical Study of Evolutionary Psychology, with Kara Cohen.
Hypothesis Testing: Reports of its Death have been Greatly Exaggerated.
Conference Organizations
Reduction and Emergence, Second meeting of the IHPST (Paris)/HPS-Center for Philosophy of Science (Pittsburgh) Workshop Series, Pittsburgh, December 11-12, 2009.
Adaptations in Psychology and in Biology, First meeting of the IHPST (Paris)/HPS-Center for Philosophy of Science (Pittsburgh) Workshop Series, Paris, June 4-5, 2008.
Bi-annual meeting of the Moral Psychology
Research Group,
Member of the program committee for the annual
congress of the Human Behavior &
Evolution Society (HBES 2004),
NAC 2004: New Aspects of Compositionality, Paris, June, 18-20, 2004, coorganized with Pr. M. Werning (financial support: the RESCIF, the Ecole Normale Superieure, Department of Cognitive Studies, the University of Paris-Sorbonne, and the Institut Jean-Nicod)
CoCoCo: Compositionality, Concepts, and Cognition, Düsseldorf, February, 28-March, 3, 2004, coorganized with Pr. M. Werning and Pr. G. Schurz (financial support: the Thyssen Foundation and the University Heinrich-Heine of Düsseldorf)
Forthcoming &
TBA, UQAM, Montréal, February 26, 2010.
Les Implications Troublantes de la Psychologie Morale, Paris, February 12, 2010.
Three Neuroscientific Arguments against the Massive Modularity Hypothesis, University of Waterloo, December 4, 2009.
Can we Hold People Responsible for their Implicit Biases against Women and Minorities? Women's Studies Brown Bag, University of Pittsburgh, November 17, 2009.
TBA, Rutgers, November 5, 2009.
Three Neuroscientific Arguments against the Massive Modularity Hypothesis, Carnegie Mellon University, October 1, 2009.
Three Neuroscientific Arguments against the Massive Modularity Hypothesis, Mexico City, August 12-14, 2009.
Diversity in Semantic Intuitions, NEH Summer Institute on Experimental Philosophy, June 24, 2009.
Introduction to Statistics, NEH Summer Institute on Experimental Philosophy, June 23, 2009.
Multi-Kulti Semantics, Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Bloomington, June 12-14, 2009.
Did Morality Really Evolve, June 4, 2009, Caltech.
Reply to my critics, symposium on Doing without Concepts, Canadian Philosophical Association, Ottawa, May 26-28, 2009.
Did Morality Really Evolve?, Irvine, May 15, 2009.
Experimental Semantics (or What would Kripke Have Said if he were Asian?), Las Vegas, May 1, 2009.
Did Morality Really Evolve?, Brain, evolution, and culture, UCLA, April 19, 2008.
Experimental Semantics (or What would Kripke Have Said if he were Asian?), Berkeley, March 18, 2009.
Reply to Barbara Malt and Jesse Prinz, symposium on Doing without Concepts, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, March 6, 2009.
Experimental Semantics, Riverside, February 11, 2009
Theory Testing in Psychology, Eastern APA, December 26, 2008.
Shaun Nichols and Ron Mallon have organized a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for College and University teachers with Steve Stich, Paul Griffiths, John Doris, Joshua Knobe, myself and others as Visting Faculty (June 22-July 17, 2009). Information here and see here for the complete list of visiting faculty.
Edouard Machery, Joshua Knobe, and Tania Lombrozo are editing two special issues of The European Review of Philosophy dedicated to experimental philosophy. Call for Paper here.
Introduction to
experimental philosophy
Psychology Today (Experiments in Philosophy)
On Mind and Related Matter
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Despite having grown accustomed to one particular iPad case on a regular basis, I won't pass up an opportunity to review other excellent products on the market. One of those is Solo's Active iPad Air Slim Case.
The Active iPad Air Slim Case is much like other book-style tablet cases, with solid protection and when placed on a flat surface, can be adjusted to a number of viewing angles to suit one's preference. Also included is a protective tray that holds the tablet firmly, a magnetic cover that sleeps and wakes the iPad, much like Apple's iPad Air Smart Cover, along with a magnetic flap closure, not found on the Smart Cover. Measuring just 9.2-inches by 6.63 inches, the case is also quite compact and not even close to being bulky, like a lot of other iPad cases. And weighing just weighing just .68 lbs. it's also noticeably lighter than my "other" case.
Although Solo's Active iPad Air Slim Case and Apple's similarly priced iPad Air Smart Cover are made of similar materials, Apple's minimalist version seems flimsy and incapable of long-term use. By comparison, the Active iPad Air Slim is much sturdier and also comes with a corrugated surface with a sophisticated design and great looks. Yet perhaps the biggest difference these two iPad Air cases has nothing to do with the looks or workmanship – Solo.net offers a limited five-year warranty, whereas Apple offers just a one-year limited warranty. Furthermore, if the Air Slim were to be discontinued, the limited five-year warranty would still be covered. That's all but guaranteed, since Solo is part of a company that's been in business for over 100 years.
As much as I like the Active iPad Air Slim Case, it's unlikely I'll prop up the case on a desk or other flat surface. Instead I use my iPad Air primarily as an e-reader and rely on either my desktop or laptop for written correspondence and other tasks. And because the protective tray isn't flush against the cover, it's awkward to hold while trying to read. Nevertheless, these features are commonplace with other iPad cases and these issues are merely my own personal preferences. For the vast majority of consumers, the ability to prop up a tablet in portrait or landscape mode simply is a must have.
Despite my own personal preferences, Solo's Active iPad Slim Case is a solid choice for consumers looking for an affordable, yet durable tablet case. In fact, in my opinion, it's so far superior to Apple's Smart Cover, I am awarding this case five stars for my review and have quietly tucked away my "other" iPad case in a seldom-used drawer.
Solo.net doesn't just sell iPad cases. Indeed, there are tablet cases available for Samsung Galaxy, Kindle Fire and Google Nexus, in addition to a wealth of other high quality products, including laptop cases, rolling briefcases, attaché cases and much more from five "lifestyle" categories, such as Urban, Classic and Executive.


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Chicago Police officers, and members of Chicago Fire Department and the ATF are on the scene of a shooting inside a downtown Chicago building where a gunman shot a man before turning the gun on himself.
The incident occurred at approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday morning on the seventeenth floor of the Bank of America Building located at 231 S. LaSalle Street in the city of Chicago' busy financial district. Initial reports indicate that shooting is being investigated as a possible murder suicide incident.
The victim identified only as a 59 year old male was transported to Northwestern Hospital where he is listed as in critical condition. The shooter has been identified as a 54 year old male, a disgruntled employee who learned last week on Friday that he was demoted due to the company being downsized. The victim of the shooting has been identified as the CEO of the unidentified technology company.
A similar incident occurred in December, 2006, when a gunman forced himself into a law firm on the 38th floor of the Citigroup building, in Chicago, and took a hostage, and shot four people. The gunman, Joe Jackson, was shot at the scene by a Chicago Police SWAT team sniper.
The majority of high rise buildings located in the Chicago Loop Financial District have more security presence --including metal detectors.
Witnesses say there is a security guard near the front of the entrance of the Bank of America building, and visitors are asked to show identification. However, there are no metal detectors.
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Dealing With Copycats, Expensive PR Companies, Deadbeat Developers And More – with Brandon Williamson
by Tim Jahn on January 6, 2012
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I first interviewed Brandon Williamson, co-founder of Sole Search, almost a year ago. Brandon and his co-founder D.J. built their sneaker boutique finding iPhone app with no prior programming experience. In the past 11 months since we last talked, a lot has happened for the duo.
In this interview, we chat about:
- why the Sole Search team launched a nationwide tour to meet their customers in person
- lessons learned from choosing the cheapest web developer they could find
- their experience with an expensive PR company
- how they deal with an increasing number of copycat apps
- a lot more.
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You've seen it. It grows in the sidewalk cracks. It grows along the hard, clay-like woods trail. It is all over Ohio and many urbanized areas of the US. This versatile plant is herbaceous (meaning not woody like a shrub or tree) and tends to grow in some of the most inhospitable places, like abandoned buildings and roads less frequently traveled. This herb is of great value to those hiking in the woods and the urban wildcrafter alike.
The herb has been described as astringent, anti-toxic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-histamine, as well as demulcent, expectorant, styptic and diuretic. What do all of those mean? Let's break it down.
Astringent: plaintain can be used to aid the appearance of skin. Astringents usually tighten the skin, possibly also reducing pore size. This could be of aid in conditions like acne. Paintain leaves can be soaked in 100 proof grain alcohol for no less than six weeks and used on a cotton ball to aid in skin ailments.
Antimicrobial: it is said that plaintain kills infections. This may be one reason why some sources list it as being used in cases of skin irritations like athlete's foot.
Anti-inflammatory: plaintain "removes the heat" from a situation. For example, when the crushed leaf is rubbed on an insect bite, the swelling is removed.
Styptic: got roadrash? Pack it down in clean plaintain leaves that have been slightly macerated. This, some sources say, can help to stop the bleeding or oozing.
Demulcent: plaintain seems to soothe dry skin. The "juice" in the leaves may help to leave skin moisturized.
Expectorant: plaintain is a main ingredient in some herbals to soothe cough. It helps to rid the body of excess mucus, in a mild, soothing way.
Diuretic: plaintain is a mild diuretic. Using plaintain tea or eating the leaves in a salad mix, can help move fluid from the body's tissues and push it through the kidneys.
Plaintain can be eaten (although I would only eat plaintain I know has not been sprayed with various chemical herbicides), made into a tea, dried and encapsulated and more.


text: Saudi jobless claims have registered 180,443 job applicants within the framework of the Ministry of Labor's campaign "Employ Saudis", the Minister of Labor Dr. Ghazi Al-Qusaibi announced today. Dr. Al-Qusaibi said that this is the actual number of Saudi job seeking. The Minister of Labor hoped that the campaign fulfills its goals to accomplish the employment security for Saudi youth and to eliminate unemployment in the Kingdom.


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My 17-year-old son is finally showing a glimmer of interest in healthy eating. And just because he's male doesn't mean he's immune to the diet mentality. Given our society's obsession with weight, the potential is great for the diet mentality to lurk behind even the most innocent-seeming question about what or how we eat. So when he asks questions like the one above, I always look at it from a dieter's perspective.
If you look at it from a dietitian's perspective, it's clear. Studies show breakfast is an important meal; it gives us energy to get through the morning, and we're not distracted by hunger. Ever try to really focus on something when your stomach is calling? It's almost impossible.
But from a real-life perspective, eating breakfast depends on two things: 1) Are we hungry? and 2) Can we tell if we're hungry (and if we can, do we care)?
Using Hunger as a Guide
The real life of a 17-year-old male is worth exploring in answering whether we're hungry. (No, I won't go into the details. :-)). I'm talking about the fact that many teenagers stay awake into the wee hours, and get up past noon. My son is definitely one of those. So when he goes to bed at 2 am, and isn't hungry when he has to get up early the next day, I don't push it. He probably ate within a few hours of going to sleep, and he really isn't ready for another meal yet. I am confident about this because I know he is clear when he is hungry and needs food. I'm also confident that he usually eats when he is hungry, unless it's not possible at the moment. If he's going to be in a situation where he won't have access to food, I might push him to take something with him.
With the diet mentality, though, whether we eat breakfast or not usually isn't about hunger. Indeed, many weight strugglers can no longer even tell when they're hungry and when they're not. Instead, dieters are all about trying to eat as little as they can, regardless of hunger. The different complications of this approach to eating are numerous, but have a common outcome. We end up with distorted eating patterns and behaviors that don't get us where we want to go.
So bottom line re breakfast: If the reason we're not eating it is to control our weight, we're probably better off trying to get something down within a few hours of waking.
The rest of us can rely on our hunger cues. They really are trustworthy. And we can trust that they'll generally drive us to get something down within a few hours of waking, whether we wake at 6 am or the middle of the afternoon.
What about you? Do you rely on your hunger cues, and eat breakfast when they tell you to, or does a schedule for eating breakfast — and other meals — work best for you? If the latter is true, why do you think that is so?