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Rosacea and IPL
I've been thinking about getting the Intense Pulsed Light treatments for my rosacea. I've tried Metro-Gel and Nor-Itate with no success, and my dr. doesn't want to put me on antibiotics for a long period of time.
I've had a little redness on my face as long as I can remember, but in the past several years, it's gotten worse and it's much more persistent. Even if I avoid the triggers for me (chocolate, red wine, strenuous exercise, etc) - I still have ghastly redness.
Looking at my dad and brother (who always look like they've been burnt to a crisp), I can see myself progressing down the same road. As it is, it already looks like I've got a pretty decent sunburn year-round. I've been able to keep the lumps and bumps at bay with some good skin care products, but the redness is getting out of control.
I know the cost of IPL is fairly steep (at least in regards to my budget), and I know my insurance won't cover it. But I've been thinking of using my Flexible Spending Account to pay for it. The verbage in what they cover is fairly ambiguous, and when I called them, they responded with "it (IPL)
be approved". So basically, I can stick a big chunk of change in my FSA and see what happens (and risk losing it if they choose to deny it).
Has anyone successfully used an FSA to pay for rosacea treatment?
Any help would be great.
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Drywall Paint, Oil-based
We've discussed the properties of interior latex paint, now we will take a closer look at oil-based enamels.
Oil-based paint is similar to latex-based paints in that it contains color pigments, binders, carriers and additives. Where it differs, and where it obtains its strong odor, is in the VOCs. Volatile organic compounds or VOCs are the portion of the binder that evaporates when the paint dries. Latex-based paints contain water-based VOCs; whereas, oil-based paints contain a high amount of mineral spirits and petro chemicals. These chemicals include synthetic resins, polyurethanes, and silicones. There are more natural alternatives that include linseed oil, soybean oil, safflower, tung, and cottonseed oils.
Oil-based paint does not breathe whereas latex paints will. The tight seal formed with oil-based products can cause the paint to crack and peel as the moisture tries to escape. Because latex-based paints are 50%-90% water, they have less of an impact on the environment than the more chemical filled oil paints. Additionally, oil-based products are messy to apply and clean, and take much longer than latex to dry.
When applying oil-based paint, be sure all of your surfaces are carefully masked and protected. Have paint thinner nearby for quickly cleaning any unwanted spills. Oil-based paint is best applied with a roller or a brush, and should be allowed to dry a couple of days between coats. Choose from a wide range of color choices and sheens. Be sure to work in a well-ventilated area, and to wear a respirator as much as possible.
Despite the long list of negative qualities, some consumers prefer oil-based products because of their durable nature. They can look just as attractive as latex-products and the color options are the same. If you are planning a painting project, your pre-screened painting contractor will be able to consult further with you regarding which paint is best for your surface. Request free estimates today from licensed painting contractors in your area.
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From Marye on July 08, 2007 in Window Replacement
You really want those skylights, those panoramic windows just made for that view. It's the thought of keeping all that glass clean that's holding you back. Good news: getting the windows you really want, where you want them, doesn't have to mean a lifetime of drudgery keeping them clean.
Made by two companies, Pilkington and Pittsburgh Plate Glass (PPG), self-cleaning glass is offered as an option by many window manufacturers. A nano-thin layer on the pane's exterior surface uses sunlight to break down dirt and grime so they don't stick to the surface. It also causes water to sheet smoothly down the surface rather than spotting or streaking, so either rainwater or a quick squirt from the garden hose is all it takes to make the windows clean and spot-free. Adding relatively little to the cost of a new or replacement window, self-cleaning glass delivers a huge benefit in reduced maintenance. Contact our local window contractors to learn more.
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As the forecasted snow storm approaches, Kansas State University officials announced Wednesday that they have cancelled Thusday classes in anticipation of weather problems.
The university was the largest of several area entities to have cancelled activities or closed for the day.
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• St. Paul's Episcopal Church Soup Supper scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday has been cancelled.
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• NALC Branch 1018 Meeting re-scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 27.
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23rd Annual Boar's Head Festival
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First Church of Winsted, 95 North Main St.
Saturday and Sunday. Includes medieval period costumes, animals, music and entertainment.
Benefits Sharon Lewis Memorial Scholarship Fund and Open Door Soup Kitchen.
Ticket requests to: First Church of Winsted, 95 North Main St., Winsted 06098, attn.: Boar's Head Festival.
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It's that time again – Mardi Gras time, that is. The Carnival season of "Fat Tuesday" is widely and wildly celebrated around the world in places such as Rio de Janeiro, Trinidad and Tobago, Venice and of course New Orleans. None, however, can make the claim that their Mardi Gras offers the chance to get down and dirty – literally – in the famed Mississippi Mud! And as thoughts turn to King Cake and King Creole, one invariably feel the need to try-out a new Mardi Gras in a different part of the world.
Costumes fit for a Queen
A fine place to start Mardi Gras meanderings is in Biloxi, Mississippi at the Mardi Gras Museum. Located in the historic Magnolia Hotel, this museum traces the three hundred year history of Mardi Gras on the Gulf Coast. The costumes are outrageous and quite beautiful and the photographs of bygone celebrations gave one a true understanding of the history and continuing importance of the Gulf Coast's strong Mardi Gras tradition. Speaking of costumers, the man is Carter Church. In fact, this gentleman bears the title of "Costume King." Meeting him is always a delight. He regales with tales of his experiences through decades of creating exquisite designs. Church's mentor was none other than Romain de Tirtoff, the Russian born painter and designer known around the world as Erte. They met in New Orleans and later in Paris; a strong friendship developed and Erte's influence can be seen in much of Church's work today. When he sees his creations walk on stage at the balls, Church says "It feels like a million dollars…the pomp, the pageantry…it all comes alive…" If you don't happen to be invited to one of these majestic balls during Mardi Gras, the next best thing is to pay a visit to the Mardi Gras Museum.
Another museum with an entirely different Biloxi bent is the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, a five-building campus designed by architect Frank Gehry to "dance" with the ancient live oaks on the four-acre site. Dance it does. When you gaze up at the commanding façade, it seems there could be no better design than the one Gehry realized – it so perfectly "fits" its surroundings. Construction began in 2004 and was delayed by damage during Hurricane Katrina. Finally three of the buildings opened in 2010 including its affecting Gallery of African Art; the last two openings quickly followed.
Food, Glorious Food
The Gulf Coast is a lively destination that seems to just about have it all: casinos, beaches, historic sites, and unique activities like kayaking the backwaters of the bayou and bird watching in quaint towns filled with legends and lore. And food? A very New York phrase is required here: fuhgeddaboudit! Simple, complex, off the boards – it is all amazing and you must not miss it! Try breakfast at Daddyz. Is there anything more soothing than smooth, creamy grits and cheese to wake up one's palate? Noooo. Another morning get yourself over to McElroy's on the Bayou and become besotted by biscuits and sausage topped with pepper gravy. For dinner, you'll love Mary Mahoney's Old French House Restaurant situated in a mansion dating back to 1737. The "Mary" of her namesake restaurant actually once catered a party for President Regan on the White House lawn and she's served many celebrities and dignitaries in her restaurant for over 40 years. Well, shut my mouth…..and you'll mean this literally as you return home with an extra five wholly unwanted pounds.
Throw Me Something Mistah!
Perhaps the New Orleans Mardi Gras is the ne plus ultra of this celebration, but you may prefer doings that are slightly less frenetic and a lot more intimate. That is the Gulf Coast Mardi Gras. You may get the exceptional, once-in-a-lifetime chance to ride on a float in one of the parades. Wow. It is more fun than one can possibly have while still sober (sober?) Tons, yes tons of green, silver, gold, and purple "throws" (beads) lined the walls of our float and it will be clear to you at the outset that, for the next several hours, this is your job –you're part of the "throwers" and just one look at the faces of the "throwees" on the street below tells you that tossing the beads is to be taken seriously. So throw and throw and throw. Rest the arm? …..you don't dare!
By the same token, because this is a more up-close-and-personal event, it is so much more special. Our float will stop frequently along the route and the spirit and frenzy on the sidewalks below will rise up to gob-smack you directly in the kisser - and in the heart. This is what it is all about, the sweet connection between people. Hey, we've waited all year for this!
Mardi Gras 2014 promises to be every bit as gay and lively as ever. There's the Mardi Gras Mayhem with a Jambalaya Cook-Off at the end of this month and non-stop from there, parades every day. On March 3, there's a teen Mardi Gras Ball and a Children's Walking Parade for kids 12 and under. This is a non-motorized event so it's bikes, skates, skateboards, scooters and wagons. On the Big Day, March 4, Fat Tuesday culminates in scores of events, including the Mystic Krewe of Seahorse Parade, the Krewe of Neptune Parade and the yearly Gulf Coast Carnival Association Parade. Whew….right now you'll wanna find some cute bar, hike up on a stool, look around at all the other dazed and confused faces and order yourself a nice, long Pensacola Bushwacker. Be my guest!
There are loads of fun festivals coming up in the Gulf Coast Region this spring and summer. In April, the Southern Miss Jazz and Blues Festival, in May the Live Oaks Art Festival; there's the St. Paul's Seafood Festival in June, July ushers in the Gulf Coast Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo and at summer's end, the Shedhead Blues Festival in September. Oh, and one mustn't forget the Piece de Resistance: Christmas on the Bayou, a lighted boat parade at night in December. Exceptional.
And here are three events in our town that do Mardi Gras proud: Two Boots Mardi Gras Benefit Ball at Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St, NYC (212) 505-3474, Cowgirl Seahorse, 259 Front St., NYC, (212) 608-7873, and Bourbon Street, NYC, 407 Amsterdam Avenue, (12) 721-1332.
People, mark your calendars and come on down to play on land, on sand, and for sure in that rich and lovely Mississippi Mud!
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Walworth County is the proud host of Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, July 19-21, 2016!
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Purchase a piece of history! Buy the 2016 FTD Commemorative Toy Tractor Today!
Farm Technology Days Volunteer Application
The 2016 Farm Technology Days committee is searching for a large number of volunteers to help make the event successful. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please fill out the above application and return it to the Walworth County UW-Extension office, or email Colleen Lesniak, Walworth County Volunteer Coordinator, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
2016 FTD Admissions Volunteer Application
If you would like to volunteer specifically with admissions for Farm Technology Days, please fill out the 2016 FTD Admissions Volunteer Application.
About Farm Technology Days
The Wisconsin Farm Technology Days is the largest agricultural show in Wisconsin and one of the largest in the nation. The three-day outdoor event showcases the latest improvements in production agriculture, including many practical applications of recent research findings and technological developments. Each year, it is held in a different Wisconsin county – on a different host family farm.
Wisconsin Farm Technology Days provides visitors the opportunity to see and talk with more than 600 commercial and educational exhibitors in Tent City who are eager to visit with them about their machinery, equipment, facilities, products, and services needs. A wide variety of agricultural products and services used in today's dairy, livestock, and crop production systems in Wisconsin will be on display. In addition, specialists and county extension agents from the University of Wisconsin and state and federal agencies are on hand to answer questions. Educational exhibits, special interest displays, and field machinery demonstrations provide something of interest for everyone.
Since the first show held in Waupaca County in 1954, the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, Inc. – a tax-exempt, educational organization- has guided the annual show. The Board is comprised of representatives of state and federal agencies involved in agriculture and natural resources, the University of Wisconsin, and the agribusiness/industry and farming sectors.
Virtually all activity at the host county level is coordinated and managed by the county's University of Wisconsin-Extension Office in cooperation with the county's Farm Technology Days committee and 700-1000 volunteers.
For more information on Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, visit www.wifarmtechnologydays.com.


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The famed Lone Ranger about a fictional masked ex- Texas Ranger and his Indian friend Tonto, who fought injustice in the Old West, first appeared in 1933 on a radio show. Since then The Lone Ranger has ridden into many sunsets as a comic book, television shows and movies.
Jerry Bruckheimer's new 2013 film The Lone Ranger missed the lovely sunset and has arrived in the dark night of nonsense. If anyone knows how to capture the elusiveness and zaniness of Johnny Depp, it's Bruckheimer who produced the Pirates of the Caribbean series. But not here.
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On December 24, 1814, American and British officials signed the Treaty of Ghent, bringing to a close the War of 1812. Unfortunately, news of the event arrived in New Orleans via a slow boat to China, reaching southern Louisiana in March of 1815. Thus, the final battle of the War of 1812 occurred on January 8, 1815, when the Battle of New Orleans erupted.
The culmination of a month-long collection of skirmishes, the Battle of New Orleans pitted US and British troops against each other in southern Louisiana. Though referred to as the "Battle of New Orleans", the conflict actually occurred in Chalmette, five miles south of the namesake location. Led by Major General Edward Pakenham, British forces sought to control America's inland waterways by blocking the mouth of the Mississippi River. General Andrew Jackson led the American efforts to defend the port.
The major cause of the War of 1812 was resentment on the part of Americans regarding Britain's domination of the seas, with strong emphasis on England's interference with American shipping and the impressments of sailors from American vessels. A less mentioned underlying cause concerned the hope of some Americans to enjoy a victorious land grab from England and Spain with respect to Canada and Florida.
In the opening days of the 1812 conflict, Britain was at war with Napoleon's France. After achieving victory in 1814, Britain was then able to turn her full attention to the war with America. Soon 20,000 British troops invaded the US on a number of different fronts – Lake Champlain, the Chesapeake Bay, the Niagara Peninsula and New Orleans.
Then a city of 18,000 individuals, New Orleans did not receive much thought by the American commanders when the invasion by British troops began. Andrew Jackson, the commanding officer of the Seventh Military District, which included Tennessee, the Mississippi Territory and Louisiana, originally envisioned Mobile, Alabama as the location the British would choose for their southern invasion point. Jackson's thoughts would prove to be partially correct. In mid-September, Mobile did come under attack from British forces under the command of Captain William Percy and Major Edward Nicholls. The attack, however, was short lived as American troops were ready and forced the British to withdraw to Pensacola, Florida, which at the time belonged to Spain.
The events at Mobile bought Jackson a temporary reprieve and time to relocate his troops to New Orleans. While planning their defense strategy, Jackson and others knew the likelihood was strong for the British to use one of two water routes in an effort to attack New Orleans – either by sailing up the Mississippi River or by traveling across Lake Borgne to Lake Pontchartrain to enter the river. Sailing up the Mississippi, however, was the less likely British choice, due to a number of shallow spots and turns located in the river; and also the presence of Fort St. Philip and Fort Bourbon, located on opposite sides of the river.
During his preparations, Jackson's first concern was the availability of manpower. His current collection of 1,000 regular troops and fewer than 2,000 militia would face twice as many British soldiers. Add to that, Master Commandant Daniel Patterson's available naval force offered a miniscule flotilla, consisting of six small gunboats and two larger ships, the Louisiana, a formidable craft without a crew to operate it, and the Carolina, a schooner presently anchored in New Orleans. Eventually, Jackson was able to assemble a polyglot fighting force. Included in the collection were Native Americans, Negroes, Baratarians (pirates) who worked for Jean Laffite and two divisions of the Louisiana militia. Jackson's actions quickly filled the minds of many Americans with loyalty questions regarding the incorporation of French-speaking Louisianans, in addition to the wisdom of arming pirates and Negroes.
Mid-December witnessed a fleet of British ships drop anchor in the Gulf of Mexico within close proximity to Lake Borgne. Due to the shallowness of the lake, the 10,000 British troops were forced to use smaller vessels to do battle with the US troops guarding the lake's entrance. On December 14th, the two forces met. The American troops quickly became the underdogs in the skirmish, due to the tides, winds and number of British troops working against them. It required a mere two hours for the lake to fall under British control as the soldiers came ashore and began to build a garrison on Pea Island, located approximately 30 miles east of New Orleans. When news of the British accomplishments reached the city, panic set in and quickly spread throughout the state. Jackson soon declared martial law in New Orleans and called out the need for addition materials and manpower.
Simultaneous to the events in New Orleans, the British were aided by numerous Spanish fishermen who helped guide two British officials to an unguarded path which led to the plantation home of Major General Jacque Villere of the Louisiana militia. The plantation's location placed the British within nine miles of New Orleans. On December 22nd, British General John Keane seized the plantation when he and his 1,800 troops surprised the Louisiana militia, commanded by Villere's son, Major Gabriel Villere. Thankfully for the Americans, General Keane was unaware of the fact he could have victoriously continued his trek up the undefended river road, thereby placing his troops within cannon shot of New Orleans. Instead, the British chose to wait for reinforcements.
Andrew Jackson may have breathed a quick sigh of relief with this event, due to the fact the time the British spent waiting for reinforcements offered him the opportunity to rally the troops and prepare for a surprise night attack. The sloop Louisiana was quickly manned and the guns from both that ship and the Carolina provided Jackson needed support from the river. In addition, American troops rapidly assembled an earthen defense four miles south of New Orleans, along the Rodriguez Canal. Historian Wilburt Brown later labeled Jackson's efforts, "the most decisive single factor in the campaign". The preparations served to boost the American morale due to the fact they resulted in the British suffering numerous injuries and an unexpected setback.
Finally convinced the Americans had no intention of going away quietly or quickly, on Christmas Day Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Pakenham arrived at the Villere plantation. He ordered the artillery to attack the American ships which were stationed opposite the British camp. This resulted in the Carolina being set afire and sunk. The Louisiana, however, was moved upriver, out of range of the British guns.
The assault by General Pakenham continued at dawn on December 28th as he sent two columns of troops towards the Rodriguez Canal. This time, the Americans came out the victors as they attacked the British with an unexpectedly high quantity of artillery fire. Over the next three days, British troops utilized night landings in an effort to bring ashore heavy cannons and ammunition in preparation for a major attack.
The British began the new year of 1815 by opening fire against the Americans at 10:00 a.m. Following three hours of fighting, however, the Americans probably gave thanks for the black-eyed peas they likely had at breakfast that morning, due to the fact their artillery victoriously separated the British gunners from their weapons.
Though forced into a temporary retreat, General Pakenham did not give up the fight. Back at it on January 8th, he launched an all-out attack on the Americans. Though small, sideline skirmishes occurred, with Pakenham's main objective, an attack on the earthworks built to protect New Orleans on the Mississippi's east bank. He knew the greatest portion of Jackson's strength was encamped on the American right, so he concentrated on the center and left side of Jackson's line.
Pakenham began his attack under cover of darkness and fog. What he had not been able to factor in, however, was the fact that as the British closed in on the American line, the fog lifted, exposing his troops to the US artillery. Due to the fact the British had massed themselves into a confined space; they stood little chance to escape the American's grapeshot and musket fire. When the smoke finally cleared, the Americans looked out at what they originally thought was a field of blood, but later discovered the area covered with a massive number of red-coated British casualties. Among the casualties was a vast majority of high-ranking British officers, including General Pakenham himself. His death left General John Lambert in charge of leading the surviving British troops in retreat. The Battle of New Orleans culminated with 2,000 British casualties. Of that, 278 were dead, 1,186 were wounded and another 484 were either captured or missing. For the Americans, 13 died, 39 were wounded and 19 went missing.
As the British began to leave New Orleans, they faced new challenges. The quantity of boats available accommodated only half of the troops. This forced the British to leave half their army behind as they built a rough road to Lake Borgne over the next nine days. On January 18th, the British silently moved out in the night, leaving their campfires burning in an effort to deceive the Americans.
Following the battle, Andrew Jackson stated, "The unerring hand of Providence shielded my men." Jackson's reputation across the nation was quickly enhanced and played a large part in his arrival in the White House as the seventh President of the United States. Though Jackson may have gained a glowing reputation elsewhere, his name continued to leave a bitter taste in the mouths of New Orleans residents, especially the French Creoles. On March 13th, Jackson finally lifted his order for martial law after receiving official word of a peace treaty. In retaliation, the Louisiana legislature rejected the idea of including Jackson's name on the resolution they wrote to thank American troops for their efforts in defending New Orleans. Additionally, federal judge Dominick Hall fined Jackson $1,000 for refusing to end the strict control he placed on the city.
In 1851, New Orleans's bitterness towards Andrew Jackson ebbed as they renamed Place d'Armes "Jackson Square". Five years later, an impressive sculpture of Jackson, created by Clark Mills, was placed in the center of the square. In 1907, a federal park preserved the Chalmette Battlefield as part of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve.
When the larger picture was taken into consideration, however, the victory served as a catalyst for American nationalism. US citizens for only a few years, Louisianans proved their loyalty to their new mother country.


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This article in the New York Times comes down hard on the savings habits of baby boomers. According to this, we may all end up living in our cars or, even worse, with our children.
Since the Times tends to archive articles quickly and make them retrievable for payment only, you can read it here as well.
A Soft Landing for the Boomers?
By FRED BROCK
As baby boomers face retirement, they have a problem of their own making. This often-pampered and self-indulgent generation is unprepared financially. Instead of saving, too many of them have mortgaged their futures for a BMW lifestyle.
The latest figures from the Federal Reserve show that the median net worth -- or difference between assets and liabilities -- is $123,684 for families whose household heads are 45 to 54 years old. That means that half the families have more than this amount and half have less. The average net worth for the group is $419,073, but the median is probably more representative because income distribution in the United States is heavily skewed toward the top, a trend that has been accelerating in recent years.
These assets, especially the median figure, do not point to lavish retirements, and the clock is ticking. Boomers are turning 50 at the rate of seven every minute and will continue to do so until 2014, according to American Demographics magazine.
Of course, it's wrong to generalize excessively about this generation of 70 million or so people. Dr. Robert N. Butler, the president of the International Longevity Center-USA, a research organization in Manhattan, has observed that the quintessential upscale baby-boomer lifestyle often depicted in the media tends to be a coastal phenomenon; in the center of the country, boomers are almost indistinguishable from the rest of the population.
No one should generalize, either, about how much money people need to retire comfortably, despite the mutual fund industry's self-serving estimate that it will take at least 70 percent of your annual preretirement income.
Deena Katz, 53, an independent financial adviser and the president of Evensky, Brown & Katz, a financial planning firm in Coral Gables, Fla., has some definite opinions about her generation. She says the fundamental difference between baby boomers and their parents is in the philosophy of and approach to "things."
"The big issue for baby boomers is that they live in the immediate now," she said. "They have always given themselves everything they thought they were entitled to. When my folks needed a refrigerator, they saved money and bought it. Notice I said `needed,' not `wanted.' Now, when boomers want a refrigerator, they buy it and pay it off over time.
"So the boomers are absolutely going to have a hard time making an adjustment to a downsized lifestyle, because they haven't saved enough to continue as they have been living."
But many will have to make that adjustment, and she expects the boomers to solve the problem in a way typical of their generation: they will change the rules.
"I don't think the boomers will be a generation of traditional retirees," Ms. Katz said. "We will be a generation of repositioning."
"Repositioning" is another way of saying that the boomers will continue to work in some fashion and will stay very active in their version of "retirement" Ö as has been indicated in most surveys.
UT what about the generation's resistance to giving up "things" and living a less expensive life?
"They are going to have to make some sacrifices and changes," Ms. Katz said. "And that will work for them if they are convinced these changes are positive rather than negative."
She also says that many baby boomers and others who maintain that they don't want to move to a less expensive part of the country when they retire will actually do so when the time comes. A recent survey by Harris Interactive for Del Webb, the big builder of retirement communities, may support that notion. In the April survey, 59 percent of baby boomers aged 44 to 56 said they would relocate in retirement; in a similar survey in 1999, only 31 percent of those from 48 to 52 said they would do so.
"We'll see a great exodus from the cities into a simpler, less complicated lifestyle," she said. "But it will be a positive thing for the boomers -- not, `You're going to have to sacrifice and downsize!' but, `I want to make my life simpler and the plus in that is that it's going to cost me less.' This will be their salvation from the problem of not having saved enough. When the mutual fund industry says you can't retire on less than 70 percent of your preretirement income, the boomers will say, `Not me, baby; I'm going to figure it out.' "
The differences in housing prices around the country show why boomers might be willing to move.
Whenever I check home prices on the Internet, in newspapers or in real estate booklets, I am astounded by the low prices outside major metropolitan areas, particularly when I look away from the East or West Coasts. That $300,000 you might pay for a small house in the New York or San Francisco areas will buy much more in Arkansas or New Mexico.
Last winter, I took a car trip through the eastern part of West Virginia, then south through the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. I picked up several real estate booklets along the way. While plenty of homes were listed in the $200,000-to-$300,000 range, there were also these:
A new home on a one-acre wooded lot. It had three bedrooms, two baths, vaulted ceilings, a fully equipped kitchen, a fireplace, a basement and a deck with a hot tub. The asking price was $149,900.
A two-story log home on five acres. Three bedrooms and two baths. $95,000.
A ranch house on 1.77 acres. Three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace, deck and a double garage. $119,000.
Of course, these houses have probably been sold by now, and comparable houses may have risen a bit in price. They may not match your personal tastes or be in areas where you want to live, but you get the idea.
a good web site for home prices nationwide. To compare costs of living, including home prices, among most cities and towns, try BestPlaces.net. It's an eye-opener for coastal boomers.
my question is what and why was the Baby Boom thought up and what did it stand for.
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The mass majority of boomers will retire as their companies are forcing the issue. The real question to ask is 'will they be able to live the same lifestyle in retirement as they did pre-retirement?" Soberly, the answer is no. Baby boomers live a luxurious life currently. If the do not increase their personal savings they will not be able to live the same lifestyle. With that in mind, I created a website livinginstyleonline to assist baby boomers live the luxurious lifestyle today at a discount allowing them to be able to save more money.
Most Baby Boomers don't have a clue. The latest figures I have seen from various sources report the following:
A couple needs about $200,000 to fund their out of pocket health care needs for a 20 year retirement. This is for Medicare supplement premiums, co-pays, and drugs. To achieve a retirement income of $60,000 year, a nice, middle class Baby Boomer figure, assuming $1200mo from Soc Sec and $1800mo from pension, would still require investments of about $700,000 in order to generate the missing $2000mo. If you realize that the average 60 yr old has less than $100,000 in his 401(K) or IRA, that is far fetched. The Cup O'Grits, as it were, is that the cost of living will double over a 20 year retirement!
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The History of Philco
Chapter 4: Diversification and War
© 2005-2013 Ron Ramirez
The 1939 Philco home radio line was different; radically different. The more expensive Philcos had slide rule tuning and pushbuttons for preset broadcast stations. High fidelity advances were cast aside in favor of a new toy – wireless remote control. Philco initially called it "Mystery Control," refusing even to admit in its dealer catalog that it was wireless remote control, instead calling it only "a mysterious force!" The same catalog falsely claimed that Mystery Control was "not a radio beam," when in fact it was just that – a low-frequency, battery-operated transmitter with a dial very similar to a telephone dial, which sent pulsed signals to the radio receiver.
Inside the radio, which was really two receivers in one, the portion of the set which received the remote signal processed the pulses and would proceed to change between eight preset stations, raise or lower the volume, or turn the set off – all depending on how the set owner dialed the remote. The Mystery Control could not turn the set on, however – the user had to do that manually.
Philco's radios were now wired with rubber-insulated, push-back wire. No one at the time considered the need to completely rewire an old Philco nearly seventy years later, due to the rubber insulation having deteriorated.
Baby Grand sets were gone, except for a few farm sets. Now, if one wanted a small Philco, he or she had several smaller table model sets from which to choose.
Philco's automobile radios no longer carried the Transitone name. That was transferred to a new, price leader line of small table model radios. The first Transitone for home use, the TH-1, is a curious set. Its circuit design does not resemble anything Philco had ever designed. It was a four tube TRF radio, with a ballast tube. No Philco home set had ever used a Type 6D6 tube as original equipment; they always used the equivalent Type 78 tubes instead. The service information for the TH-1 lists five-digit part numbers that do not correspond to any Philco part numbers. On a label on the back of the TH-1, no mention of Philco is made at all – only a tiny, cryptic reference to an "S.R.C." at the bottom of the patent notice tag. Could this be Simplex Radio Company, and was the TH-1 a Simplex-designed set? This possibility remains under investigation.
The second Transitone, the TH-3, was a slightly modified 38-12CB with a different dial scale. The dial only read "Transitone," but was otherwise identical to the dial of the 39-6. No doubt this was a Philco set!
A strange set with no dial or controls on the radio itself, only a wired remote with eight pushbuttons and concentric volume/tone controls, was announced for the 1939 lineup. Model 39-50RX appears in the firm's 1939 dealer catalog. However, it was apparently withdrawn from production just before the model year began, as it is not chronicled in Philco Furniture History, and none are known to exist.
For the first time, Philco had a product in its line that was not a home or auto radio, battery or battery eliminator. They had contracted with the York Ice Machinery Company to produce an air conditioner for them, which was named "Cool-Wave."
In the Fall of 1938, Larry E. Gubb, then President of the company's Philco Radio & Television subsidiary, received a phone call from W. Paul Jones of Fairbanks-Morse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Fairbanks-Morse was interested in selling its entire refrigerator division, including existing inventory of its refrigerators. By November 1938, Philco had agreed to the purchase, bringing Jones along and making him Vice-President in charge of refrigeration. Jones' team of engineers also became Philco employees. Philco sold remaining supplies of Fairbanks-Morse Conservadors (35,000 of them) through the spring of 1939.
According to Philco official James T. Buckley, Philco's reasoning for getting into white goods was that radio sales began in the summer (indeed, each season's new radio line was introduced to the public every June), peaked at Christmastime, then went into a slump until the following summer. Buckley claimed that it was difficult to make money in radios until late in the year. On the other hand, refrigerators began selling in the spring, when radio sales were at their lowest, and would peak in the summer.
In other words, profit all year 'round.
Philco's Canadian subsidiary began producing models that were increasingly different from their USA counterparts in summer 1938 for their new 1939 line. In addition, the Toronto, Ontario company began to use a very different model numbering scheme for their sets from that used in the USA.
Meanwhile, the parent firm produced some models for the Latin American market before the war with blonde mahogany cabinets. Larry F. Hardy, Vice-President of home radios, said that "we can't sell them here. The Latin Americans are five years ahead of us in style." It would be the late 1940s before blonde cabinets became popular in the USA.
It was in 1939 that Philco won its lawsuit with RCA over patent royalties. RCA was forced to return $750,000 in excess royalties, and to draw up a new licensing agreement with Philco.
In May, James M. Skinner, who had been President of Philco since late 1930, was made Chairman of the Board, replacing Edward Davis. Larry E. Gubb, previously head of the Philco Radio & Television Corporation subsidiary, became President. Skinner had exercised quite a bit of influence over Philco for many years, but apparently his influence was not what it used to be after he became Board Chairman. At this time, Philco remained a privately held corporation; the executives still owned the stock. John Ballantyne, James T. Buckley, and Gubb were apparently in favor of Philco offering stock to the public, as they were the men who brought this about in 1940, after Skinner's departure. Skinner's feelings about offering stock had been made public some years before in a Fortune magazine article (he was against the idea then, and presumably still was in 1939). Skinner was also Philco's largest stockholder. Before 1939 was over, however, Skinner resigned from Philco. In 1958, five years after his death, Business Week would report that Skinner's departure from Philco was due to a "policy tiff." The possibility of making Philco a publicly held corporation may well have been the cause.
Philco's TV station, W3XE, began broadcasting a regular schedule in 1939. At the time, there were around 200 televisions in use in the Philadelphia area, thus W3XE's schedule was not carried in the newspapers. The station mailed postcards containing each week's schedule to TV set owners until the papers began to publish the station's program schedules.
In June 1939, Philco's new 1940 lineup was introduced to the public. The radio line was, for the most part, quite similar to Philco's 1939 line. Philco finally admitted to what its "Mystery Control" really was, by using a more correct term – wireless remote control. A notable advance was a built-in loop antenna on all but the cheapest models. This eliminated the need for an outdoor longwire antenna, something Philco sets had needed since they began to produce radios in 1928.
The loop antenna could be rotated (within limits) for best reception of the tuned-in station.
Philco introduced its first television receivers in June 1939. However, the early Philco sets were overshadowed by RCA's initial offering of consumer television products, introduced at the New York World's Fair by RCA head David Sarnoff.
The big news in Philco's 1940 line was a refrigerator carrying the Philco brand. Philco pushed its new refrigerator line quite heavily; to the point of informing its distributors that they should carry Philco refrigerators or drop the Philco radio line. Vice-President of merchandising, James H. Carmine, prepared a large advertising campaign for the new refrigerators, including giveaways of radios and electric clocks. The campaign was successful, as Philco sold 89,000 refrigerators in 1940.
Philco dropped its original Cool-Wave air conditioner in 1940, as it proved to be troublesome. On very hot days, it couldn't keep up with rising temperatures. In addition, it had no provision to pull in fresh air from outside. The company began selling larger units instead.
For calendar year 1939, Philco made $1,899,323 on sales of $45,421,078.
After Philco won its patent royalty suit with RCA in 1939 and received a new license, there was no longer a need for two companies under the same roof. Returning to Philadelphia by train from a trip to the South in the early part of 1940, Philco President Larry E. Gubb, along with John Ballantyne and James T. Buckley, spent the trip discussing the possibility of selling Philco stock to the public. Buckley recalled having dealt with a broker named Ed Sayers at Smith, Barney & Co. Upon their return to Philadelphia, Ballantyne, along with Philco Treasurer, William Wilson, decided to pay a visit to Sayers. Upon consulting a telephone directory in a cigar store to find Sayers, they visited him at his Smith, Barney office. When they mentioned taking Philco public, Ballantyne said that Sayers "was so surprised he nearly fell in the wastebasket."
The company was formally reorganized in July, 1940. Philadelphia Storage Battery Company and Philco Radio & Television Corporation merged back together, its old common stock was split 33-1/3 to 1 and issued at $15, with a par of $3. The firm was now called Philco Corporation.
One month prior to this, Philco bought controlling interest in the National Union Radio Corporation, a manufacturer of vacuum tubes.
At the same time Philco was buying into National Union, its new 1941 radio line had been introduced. "Music on a Beam of Light" was the year's catch phrase. It was a phonograph with a very unusual pickup. The large pickup head contained a lamp, a permanent jewel stylus, a small mirror, and a photocell. A special circuit in the radio produced a radio-frequency voltage which lit the lamp, preventing any 60 cycle hum from being introduced into the sound of the reproducer. The mirror was mounted on top of the stylus. As a record was played, the jewel stylus in the record groove made the mirror vibrate. The lamp shone on the mirror, and as the mirror vibrated, the photocell picked up the variations of light reflected from the mirror. The photocell, transferring light energy into audio-frequency voltage, sent the resulting audio into the receiver where it was amplified and heard through the set's speaker. The result was improved tone with less surface noise. Although, the reduced surface noise was due chiefly to the selenium photocell's inability to pick up the higher-frequency vibrations of light, thus, reducing overall frequency response, and high-frequency surface noise as a result.
The new Beam of Light phonographs were housed in console cabinets, mounted just above the set's speaker. The speaker grille was designed to tilt forward to reveal the phonograph. Hence the "Tilt-Front Cabinet."
Philco had sold radio-phonograph combinations since 1930 (model 296 was their first), but sales had been consistently poor; so much so that Philco's 1938 line of radio-phonographs were actually produced by the Radiobar Company, using Philco radio chassis and Capehart record changers! However, the Beam of Light innovation helped Philco to (finally) grab the top spot in radio-phonograph sales in 1941.
It was in 1940 that Philco engineers increased the resolution of its television pictures to 525 lines, the standard which was adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 1941 and which remained in use (with modifications to add color in the 1950s and, decades later, stereo sound) until June 12, 2009 when the USA's television stations, with the exception of low-power translator stations, switched to digital transmission.
A Philco-published history of its television station, WPTZ, claims that Philco used frequency modulation (FM) for television sound in 1940. While the FCC mandated FM sound for TV when it adopted standards in 1941, it is interesting that Philco made this claim, since Philco did not introduce radio receivers which could receive FM until June 1941 – and then, these used circuitry which not only circumvented the patents of Major Edwin H. Armstrong, the inventor of FM, but did not reproduce FM at its full potential.
1940 was a year of firsts for Philco's television station, W3XE. In January, the station televised Philadelphia's annual Mummers Parade for the first time. The 1940 Republican National Convention, held in Philadelphia that year, was the first political convention to be televised; again, over W3XE. The station began telecasting University of Pennsylvania football games in September 1940.
In November 1940, Philco produced its fifteen millionth radio receiver, prompting a "Fifteen Millionth Philco Jubilee" at Philco dealers throughout the United States and Canada. And in December, Philco made history again by becoming the industry's first manufacturer to produce two million radios in a calendar year.
Philco's 1940 gross sales were up to $52,311,131, with a net profit of $2,248,568.
Between 1935 and 1940, Philco had spent $11 million on advertising, with its distributors and dealers spending an additional $11 million. In 1941, Philco spent an additional $5 million keeping its name before the public. In 1944, John Gilligan, Philco's advertising manager, stated that Philco spent such huge sums "because we think advertising is a commodity, like heat or light or rent."
The heavy advertising helped keep Philco the number one radio manufacturer in the country. More expensive models were featured in their national magazine ads. James H. Carmine, Philco's merchandising Vice-President, made this comment in 1944 regarding local advertising: "We get down to earth in the newspapers, to drag the customers into the stores." In other words, a low-priced model was featured locally to get people to come into the local Philco dealer, where it was the salesman's job to "sell" the customer "up" to a higher-priced set.
Heavy emphasis on sales had long been a Philco hallmark. The company had divided the USA market into ten regions, each headed by a division manager who had to meet his sales quota or be fired; as of 1944, no division manager had yet lost their jobs.
By the time America had entered World War II, Philco had around 135 distributors, which sold Philco products to somewhere between 20,000 to 25,000 dealers.
Philco paid its salesmen on a commission basis, and did not pay for their expenses. However, the commission was good enough that the salesmen could afford to cover their own expenses.
1942 radio models, which came out in June 1941, were for the most part only slightly changed from their 1941 counterparts. The higher-end models no longer had rotary band switches, pushbuttons being used instead to select a particular band as well as for preset broadcast stations. The more expensive radio-phonographs now had a two-speed mechanism – 78 rpm and 39(!) rpm. The two-speed mechanism would prove to be very troublesome, and eventually after the war, Philco would offer a conversion kit to convert the 1942 changers to single-speed 78 rpm operation.
During 1941, Philco constructed a relay link between Philadelphia and New York, making it possible to rebroadcast events such as boxing at Madison Square Garden to television audiences in Philadelphia. W3XE first broadcast baseball games in 1941 – twilight league games held across the street from Philco Headquarters at Tioga and C Streets, on a field where Philco's television factory, built in 1952, still stands. On September 8, 1941, Philco's experimental television station W3XE received a commercial license from the Federal Communications Commission. WPTZ was the second commercial TV station to be licensed by the FCC.
As war clouds gathered in 1941, Philco began to look for government contracts, opening an office in Washington, D.C. in the fall of that year. Vice-President in charge of operations, William Balderston, was put in charge of the new office. Most military brass shrugged off Philco's initial efforts at acquiring government contracts, since the company was best known for assembling radios from parts that came largely from outside sources.
What the military didn't realize, however, was that Philco had its own engineering department, with a group of engineers which had been doing television research since 1928.
The Philco contingent was told by a Navy official that it would take them two years to get Navy work in wartime – four years in peacetime. Rejecting offers to operate a steel mill, a munitions factory and a shell-loading plant, the company took on some small contracts to build such things as frequency meters and radios for tanks, in order to gain experience.
The main item Philco was interested in building for the government was radar. Shortly after opening its Washington office, Philco received the chance to produce radar equipment.
A competing electronics firm had told an Army Air Corps colonel that it would take eight months to get the radar into production. When Philco found out about this, they inquired about producing the device. A sample was brought to Philadelphia, where it was carefully examined. Upon completing their examination, they promised to have two samples ready by January 1, 1942, and that they could commence production in eight weeks.
By December 31, twenty-four samples were complete. As these were shipped to Dayton, Ohio, for a demonstration, Philco engineers made final adjustments. The demonstration was a success; Philco received the contract, and tooled up for production in seven weeks.
As Philco remained in first place among radio manufacturers up to the end of civilian production for the duration, their financial picture continued to improve year by year. Calendar 1941 saw Philco's profits continue to rise, up to $2,513,569 on sales of $77,073,636.
In January 1942, Philco was still producing radios for the civilian market; even adding a few new models to the lineup. This would not continue for long, however, as a complete conversion to war work was imminent, the USA having become involved in the conflict after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
As a way to help get rid of surplus stocks, Philco brought out two unusual radios in March, just before civilian production ended for the duration. Both used car radio chassis that had been converted to operate on 110 volts AC. One was a floor model (A-361), which used a chassis originally intended for a Ford automobile. The other was a chairside (A-801), with what was supposed to be a Chrysler radio.
When Philco made the conversion to 100% war work, it placed steel covers on its conveyors to make worktables out of them. They also gathered up their radio test equipment and placed it in racks near the ceiling. This would make conversion to peacetime work easier for Philco.
After the conversion, Philco built radar and other electronic equipment, as well as proximity fuses. Their old storage battery plant at Ontario and Arbor Streets, Plant 1, was converted to production of quartz crystals, which Philco began to manufacture in 1942 at the request of the Army Signal Corps. (Philco had moved its storage battery production to a plant in Trenton, New Jersey prior to the war.) Watsontown Cabinet Company, which had produced cabinets for Philco radios for many years and by now was a Philco subsidiary, was kept busy making filing cabinets and ordnance. Another Philco subsidiary, National Union, built vacuum tubes and cathode-ray tubes for the government.
As part of the shutdown of the production of civilian goods, manufacturers' stocks of refrigerators and air conditioners were frozen in order that they would be available for possible war needs. Thus, Philco was left with several refrigerators and air conditioning units.
As there was a pressing need for the equipment Philco was manufacturing, it became necessary to speed up the processes whenever possible. As an example, when Philco began to produce wave meters for the Signal Corps, it took two and a half hours to calibrate the instruments by hand – and then they required a 24 hour burn-in period before they were ready for use. Philco developed an automatic calibrator for their wave meters, which reduced the total time to prepare the meters for use to fifteen minutes.
Due to conversion to war work and the stoppage of civilian production, Philco's profits fell slightly in calendar 1942, down to $2,209,992 on sales of $68,505,979 which reflects a five million dollar reduction in prices of military equipment sold to the armed forces during the year. The company absorbed a loss of $1,105,776 on inventories which were rendered valueless due to the conversion to war work for the government.
Also in 1942, Philco moved its television station, WPTZ, out of their corporate headquarters and Tioga and C Streets in Philadelphia to a new location in nearby Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, in order to allow space formerly occupied by the station to be used for war work. WPTZ studios remained at Tioga and C until 1945, at which time the studios were moved to 17th and Sansom Streets in downtown Philadelphia.
Since 1917, Philco had exported some of its products, mainly to Central and South America, through the American Steel Export Company, a firm which also represented other companies. But in April 1943, Philco set up its own subsidiary, Philco International Corporation, to handle future Philco export business. Dempster McIntosh, Vice-President of American Steel, was brought aboard as President of Philco International.
That same month, two of the three Philco executives who were the key players behind taking Philco public, were promoted. James T. Buckley was made Chairman of the Executive Committee, while John Ballantyne became company President.
Meanwhile, Philco's distributors had no new radios to sell. In order to keep their distribution network going, Philco sent three men to look throughout the country for products to sell. James H. Carmine was quoted in 1944 as saying, "We got them everything from cider to stockings." What the distributors received were such items as Fire-King and Thermo-Seal glassware, Soil-Off and O-Cedar cleaning supplies, Sherwin Williams Kem-Tone paint, flags, globes, maps, games, novelty items, rugs, even furniture.
During the war, Philco's plants earned 21 Army-Navy "E" awards for excellence in production of war equipment. The company earned its first "E" flag on August 14, 1942.
In late 1944, Philco was already making postwar plans. Those plans included an FM circuit that would be better than its less than ideal 1942 FM circuitry, and a new record changer for its radio-phonographs. A new line of freezers was also planned. They expected to be ready to go back to civilian radio production within sixty days of resuming peacetime work, and to bring out its first postwar television receiver within six months to a year. Indeed, Philco was back in radio production by November 1945, and did not bring out its first line of postwar television sets until June 1947. This tardiness in TV allowed RCA to get a giant head start in the new television field – and not look back.


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Matt Vautour of the Daily Hampshire Gazette has a story today on the long term goals of the UMass football program as a member of the FBS which mirrors the recent success of Northern Illinois.
"I think they're a great example of rewards at the end of the road," UMass Director of Athletics John McCutcheon said. "Whether it's Northern Illinois or some other schools who have been through the transition, there are examples. It just takes a while. It can be turned around, but there aren't any quick fixes. Hopefully the decisions will pay off at some point. The Red Sox going from worst to first is the exception not the rule."


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Biology 12
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The Nervous System
Neuron to Reflex Arc
Dendrite: part of a nerve cell which conducts signals toward the cell body
Cell body: part of a nerve cell which contains the nucleus
Axon: part of a nerve cell which conducts impulses away from the cell body
Sensory neuron (afferent neuron): type of neuron which takes a message from a sense organ to the CNS
Motor neuron (efferent neuron): type of neuron which takes a message away from the CNS to an effector (muscle or gland), it has short dendrites and a long axon
Interneuron (association): type of neuron found completely within CNS which conveys messages between parts of the system; has short dendrites and long/short axon
Schwann cells (neurolemmocytes) are neuroglial cells which encircle a fiber, leaving gaps called the nodes of Ranvier (neurofibril nodes). Schwann cells wrap themselves around the axon many times, and in this way lay down several layers of plasma membrane containing myelin, which forms a myelin sheath. Impulses travel through a fiber by jumping from node to node. This is called saltatory conduction. It allows rapid conduction (200m/sec).
Axon bulb is the small swelling on an axon branch, lying very close to the dendrite/cell body of another nuron.
Presynaptic membrane is the membrane of the first neuron (the axon).
Postsynaptic membrane is the membrane of the next neuron (the dendrite).
Synaptic cleft is the small gap between the presynaptic and postsynaptic membrane.
Neurotransmitters are chemicals stored at then ends of axons in vesicles that is responsible for transmission across a synapse, by causing excitation (causes Na+ channels to open; neuron transmits a nerve impulse) or inhibition. Two neurotransmitters are acetylcholine (ACh) are norepinephine (NE).
The postsynaptic membrane contains enzymes that rapidly inactivate the neurotransmitter. For example, acetycholinesterase (AChE) breaks down acetylcholine. Sometimes, the synaptic ending rapidly reabsorbs the neurotransmitter, possibly for repackaging in a synaptic vesicle or for chemical breakdown.
Reflex arc is an automatic, involuntary response to changes occurring inside or outside the body. It involves the spinal chord and a spinal nerve.
Divisions and the Brain
CNS consists of the spinal cord and the brain where nerve impulses are received, coordinated, and interpreted. Contains cell bodies.
PNS located outside the midline of the body; contains nerves. Contains cranial nerves, spinal nerves, therefore sensory fibers, and motor fibers. The motor fibers are involved in the somatic and autonomic system. The somatic system involves nerves sending sensory impulses from receptors to the CNS and send motor impulses from the CNS to the skeletal muscles. In the autonomic system, consisting of the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, motor impulses travel to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and the glands.
Sympathetic system is associated with "fight or flight" emergency responses. It accelerates the heartbeat, dilates the bronchi, and inhibits the digestive tract.
Parasympathetic system is the "housekeeper system" in that it promotes all the internal responses associated with a relaxed state. It causes the pupil of the eye to contract, promotes digestion of food, and retards heartbeat.
Source gland: adrenal medulla.
-Increase blood glucose level, increases metabolic rate
-Bronchioles dilate and breathing rate increases
-Blood vessels to the digestive tract and skin constrict; those to skeletal muscles dilate
-Cardiac muscle contracts more forcefully and heart rate increases
There are neurons in the hypothalamus that are called neurosecretory cells because they respond to neurotransmitters and also produce hormones. They pass through axons that run between the hypothalamus and the posterior pituitary. These hormones are stored in axon endings. For example, neurosecretory cells in the hypothalamus produce and release the hormones ADH and oxytocin, which are stored in the posterior pituitary.
The hypothalamus controls the anterior pituitary by producing hypothalamic-releasing and release-inhibiting hormones. Each type of hypothalamic hormone either stimulates or inhibits production and secretion of a specific anterior pituitary hormone. The anterior pituitary secretes these different types of hormones into the blood stream.


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Adult tickets are £10 and for every full paying adult* who books a tour taking place between 7 April and 21 April 2014 a child under-16 can join them on the tour for free.
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Toronto Festival of Beer: Spring Session
More than 15 different breweries from all over are going to be offering ales of different flavours for your sampling pleasure. As a city that loves its libations, Toronto has a wide number of different beers on tap, many of them from you may have never tried, opening up the chance for love at first sip. There will also be food vendors on site to ensure you aren't drinking on an empty stomach.
Each ticket will grant you 5 sampling tokens and a commemorative festival mug.
The Spring Session is at Evergreen Brick Works in March, and the Summer Session is at Bandshell Park in July.
Photo courtesy of Toronto's Festival of Beer.
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Volume VI, #91
"We know people don't like coal. No matter what we do to call it clean, it's not; it's coal. This notion of clean coal technology is at least a decade out. And yet there's an almost insatiable appetite for energy."
- Thomas Rainwater, chief executive of SunEdison solar panel company, on the economic competitiveness of clean energy vs. old energy solutions.
In this issue
1) Take Action: 3…2…1…
1) Take Action: 3…2…1…
Let your member of Congress know that you are paying attention and you want them to vote for a bill that will get us to 35 miles per gallon by 2020.
2) Take Action: Save our Salmon!
Today, only 1 percent of the wild salmon that existed at the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition come back to these once-mighty waters. Yet the Bush administration has failed to implement its own plan to save these endangered wild salmon and steelhead from extinction.
3) Energy:Wisconsin Cuts Coal!
Learn more about the Sierra Club's work on coal and find out what is happening near you.
4) New Study: Wind Can Do That
Find out more about clean energy solutions.
Currents is the Sierra Club's weekly e-mail update providing you with facts, stories, quotes, and "take action" features.


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The temptation to buy a new pair of jeans can sometimes be overwhelming. It's out of our budgets. It's not practical. But it is oh, so fun to have something new to wear! Poshmark is the best of both worlds. It's a site loaded with clothing, shoes, and accessories other women are selling to clear out their own closets. And it's an opportunity to make some money by selling those jeans that no longer fit or anything that isn't worn frequently enough to be part of the regular rotation.
Here's how to make the most of all Poshmark has to offer.
What is Poshmark
Think of Poshmark as the Craigslist of fashion. This virtual community (transactions are done through a free app) allows users to list clothing they want to sell. Ever hear the phrase "shop your closet?" Poshmark encourages users to shop the closets of others instead. Items for sale by Poshmark members are displayed in "closets" that are named for each seller ("Megan's Closet," "Christy's Closet," etc.). Browse by style or size to keep the hunt focused; with so many closets to admire it can be tempting to impulse buy, which defeats the purpose of bargain shopping.
Prices vary depending on the label and condition. A cute blouse from Express is $13. A pair of Forever 21 jeans was recently listed for $12, but fans of high-end designer labels like True Religion will pay more; a pair of dark wash True Religion jeans were recently listed for $75. On the other hand, for anyone who has always dreamed of owning some True Religion jeans, this could be the way to make it happen. Just list a few items for sale on Poshmark, and use the money to fund those dreamy jeans.
Poshmark users must have an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, but Poshmark has future plans for a website for buying and selling and an app for Android users.
How it works
Set up a free Poshmark account. It's easiest to sign up through Facebook, but an account can also be created using an email address.
Poshmark gets 20 percent of each sale and the remaining 80 percent is deposited into the seller's Poshmark account (that account is established during the signup process). When an item sells, Poshmark sends the seller a pre-paid, pre-addressed shipping label. The seller packages the item and uses the label to send to the buyer's address. The shipping rate is $7 for anywhere in the U.S., and the buyer pays for shipping. Buyers pay for items (and shipping) with a credit card, and the transaction goes through Poshmark.
Sellers can keep their earnings in their Poshmark account and use it to purchase items they want to buy or can withdraw money at any time by transferring funds to a banking account.
Photos do all the talking on Poshmark, so the key to selling something fast is to making it look irresistible.
Clothing should be freshly laundered and stain-free and wrinkle-free. For shoes, make sure there are no scuff marks.
Take a pretty picture! Sellers must create what Poshmark calls a "Covershot" each time they list something for sale. Here's how to take a photo like a pro:
- Click on "Create a Covershot" to get started.
- Sellers are encouraged to wear the items they want to sell as part of an outfit to make it more appealing.
- If the item can't be worn, display it against a plain background to eliminate distractions.
- After taking a photo, upload using the Poshmark app and give it some pizzazz using one of their filters. Options like vintage, retro, modern or chic give each photo a different hue.
Poshmark shoppers often ask sellers questions, so be ready to respond and do it as quickly as possible. Comments are made in a process similar to Facebook commenting. People are identified by username, and comments appear beneath the items listed for sale. Some buyers negotiate the price, and sellers are free to adjust the price whenever they like. Once an item sells, the seller is notified by Poshmark and the pre-paid shipping label is sent. The money from the sale is deposited in the seller's Poshmark account after the buyer receives the item and verifies receipt with Poshmark.
Poshmark is set up to protect the buyer from scams and ripoffs. For example, payments aren't released to the seller until the buyer confirms the shipment has been received. Poshmark encourages buyers to follow some additional guidelines in order to stay safe. Buyers should never offer to purchase an item offsite (through PayPal or simply by sending money directly to the buyer). Direct trades are strongly discouraged.
Other things to keep in mind:
- Poshmark notifies buyers by email if their purchase has been accepted by the seller.
- It takes one to two weeks for the order to be received by the buyer.
- When the order arrives, the buyer must go into the "My Purchases" tab under "My Accounts" and click on "Accept" so that the payment can be released to the seller.
- If an item isn't what the buyer expected (it is damaged, doesn't match description or is the wrong item), contact Poshmark immediately (firstname.lastname@example.com). There is no return policy, but Poshmark promises to work with customers when problems occur to ensure they are satisfied with a purchase.
Posh Parties
Members can participate in real-time shopping events called Posh Parties, which are scheduled frequently and accessed via the Poshmark app. Each party has a theme, making it easier for sellers to market their products to a focused audience and for buyers to find a specific item. Recent Posh Parties have featured boots, jewelry, and items from designers like Louis Vuitton and Gucci. Click on the "Party" button to see a list of scheduled Posh Parties. Poshmark members can always add their items to an upcoming party by clicking on the "Share" next to anything they want to have included in a party. Poshmark contacts sellers when their product can be featured in an upcoming event.


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For the UConn men's basketball its' been a whirlwind six weeks since the Huskies notched their fourth championship. Graduations, victory parades, injuries, transfers and a steady stream of rumors surrounding the NBA future of head coach Kevin Ollie have all been the stories since the off-season began. The 2014-2015 squad that will be defending the National Championship will have a very different look next season, possibly from the head coach right on down the bench.
Despite talks of a much deserved restructuring of Ollie's current contract following the championship win over Kentucky in early April, the rumor mill has been working overtime. As recently as Sunday, unnamed sources continued to link the coach's name to a number of high profile pro coaching positions including the Lakers and the Cavaliers. No one should be surprised if the New York media courts Ollie for the Knicks job, now that presumed Phil Jackson favorite Steve Kerr has taken over the Golden State job. If the stories are to be believed Ollie has done little to squelch the rumors himself, reportedly seeking a minimum five-year, $25 million dollar contract to leave Storrs.
For Ollie, notching a National Championship in only his second season at the helm, while employing an NBA style game, his stock may never be higher. Good news for him and bad news for the program. The UConn faithful had hoped that the past 12 months had served to put the two years of turmoil preceding that to rest. Should Ollie depart it may prove to be a setback that UConn men's basketball may not recover from for some time, with high profile recruits and big name college coaches passing on the University, while the Huskies remain mired in the American Athletic Conference.
AAC pays homage
With Connecticut once again crowned the college basketball center of the universe following men's and women's National Championships on successive nights, the AAC, under Commissioner Mike Aresco, wasted no time in moving the men's Conference Championship, played in Memphis last season, to Hartford for the March 2015 tournament. Mohegan Sun in Uncasville already hosts the women's tournament. Just as the rumors swirl surrounding Ollie, there are just as many surrounding the University's possible move to a power conference, with the ACC and Big Ten routinely mentioned in the conversation. Moving the men's tournament to Hartford is the Conference's way, in part, of saying "Please stay".
Coming and going
The University says good-bye to senior Shabazz Napier, who will be drafted into the pro's sporting two Championship rings. Napier is projected to be a late first round selection. Joining Napier in the draft will be junior DeAndre Daniels who, following a tremendous post season, decided that even with a deep draft, now was the time to go.
Ryan Boatright will be returning for his senior year and will be joined by a cast of highly touted newcomers that include NC State transfer, red-shirt guard Rodney Purvis, and a freshmen class comprised of 6' 3" guard Sam Cassel, Jr., 6' 6" shooting guard Danny Hamilton and 6' 8" power forward Rakim Lubin.
Ollie has not only shown his ability to coach, but to recruit as well, luring Cassel away from Louisville after his one year stint at the JUCO level. Cassel's dad Sam, Sr. was a teammate of Ollie's when they played for the Timberwolves. Given that UConn will call the AAC home for the foreseeable future, job one for UConn Athletic Director Warde Manuel, must be to keep Ollie on the UConn bench. Players like Hamilton have made it clear that Ollie is the reason they will call Storrs home, presumably, for the next four years.
Odds and ends
Sophomore Leon Tolksdorf has decided to transfer to American University in Washington…Center Amida Brimah had shoulder surgery and the end of April to repair a torn Labrum. Recovery is estimated to be between four and five months... Steady progress continues on the construction of the UConn Basketball Development Center on campus


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