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How are women and girls reshaping the future? The first-ever TEDWomen invites men and women to explore this question in depth. Girls for a Change was glad to see Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussing the topic of 'Empowering Girls and Women' at the TEDWomen conference in Washington D.C. This conference was full of inspiring speakers both men and women. Check out the full program here: http://conferences.ted.com/TEDWomen/program/
"Let women work and they drive economic growth across all sectors. Send a girl to school even just for one year and her income dramatically increases for life, and her children are more likely to survive and her family more likely to be healthier for years to come. Give women equal rights and entire nations are more stable and secure. Deny women equal rights and the instability of nations is almost certain."
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Definition of barium sulfate in English:
barium sulfate
Entry from US English dictionary
An odorless, insoluble white powder used in the making of pigments, paper, textiles, and plastics, and ingested as a contrasting agent in X-raying the digestive tract.
- Chemical formula: BaSO4.
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- Barium salts are opaque to x rays, and so a slurry of barium sulfate is ingested in order to outline the stomach and intestines in x - ray diagnosis of those organs.
- The reflected light from the animal re-enters the ultra pure white barium sulfate coated sphere.
- Barium enema with air contrast examination: For this exam, barium sulfate, a chalky substance that shows up on x-rays, is given in enema form.
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Crews are investigating after a BNSF train derailed in northeast Albuquerque.
The train came off the tracks near Edith Boulevard and El Pueblo Road just after 7 pm. Tuesday.
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CFO Moves: Miller Energy, Changyou.com
Miller Energy Resources, a Knoxville, Tenn.-based oil and natural gas exploration company, hired John M. Brawley as its chief financial officer. He succeeds David J. Voyticky, who held the position on an interim basis since 2011 and is also the company's president. Mr. Brawley most recently worked at Guggenheim Partners LLC and has been a senior advisor to Miller Energy Resources since November 2013. He has also worked at Apollo Investment and Highbridge Capital Management, both of which are lenders to Miller. A December shareholder letter complained that Mr. Voyticky lacked the qualifications for a top financial role, after the company disclosed in a regulatory filing material weaknesses in its disclosure controls last October. According to the company's last proxy statement, Mr. Voyticky received compensation in 2012 valued at $10 million.
Changyou.com, a majority-owned subsidiary of Beijing-based Sohu.com, said CFO Alex Ho will resign from his position effective March 4, after the company files its annual report. The company's current finance director Erin Sheng will act as the company's interim CFO while the company looks for a permanent successor.
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Definition of unlimber in English:
verb[with object]
1Detach (a gun) from its limber so that it can be used.
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- We figure some day, a 97 year-old Ken will wheel out onto the range in his nuclear-powered assault chair, unlimber a 1911 and tell his students to 'get to work' or they'll live to regret it.
- While flying on business, I sometimes hesitate to unlimber a Handgunner or Guns Magazine - aware of the effect it may have on the more liberal around me.
- As the real artillery pieces unlimbered and began to hurl projectiles across the skies of Europe in August 1914, William Bateson was far away in Australia.
1.1chiefly US Unpack or unfasten (something) ready for use: we had to unlimber some of the gear
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- They both got out, and Debbye unlimbered her remote camera.
- With George's run production down, McNair unlimbered his arm and put some air back in the ball.
- A Marine unlimbered his pack and withdrew a metal disk ten centimeters in diameter.
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Police arrest dozens in Covington narcotics sweepUPDATED 11:48 PM EDT May 30, 2013
Covington police spent Thursday afternoon serving 42 arrest warrants for trafficking in cocaine or heroin.Video Transcript
HEROIN AND COKE ON OUR STREETS... ROUNDED UP.. AND LOCKED UP. GOOD EVENING I'M MIKE DARDIS... AND I'M SHEREE PAOLELLO. WL-WT'S JACKIE CONGEDO... RODE ALONG WITH POLICE FOR THE BUST. SHE JOINS US LIVE .... WITH WHAT OFFICERS FOUND. MIKE AND SHEREE- POLICE ARE STILL AT IT LATE INTO THE NIGHT HERE IN COVINGTON. AND THE CHIEF TELLS US- A LOT OF TODAY'S ARRESTS ARE THANKS TO CONCERNED PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS- WHO CALLED POLICE- TO TIP THEM OFF. 18 -23 101 105 (scanner: 100 are you monitoring) IT'S SWEEP DAY IN COVINGTON. AND WE'RE ALONG FOR THE RIDE. FORGET THE BROOM... ...THIS CLEAN UP JOB REQUIRES MAN POWER, FIRE POWER...AND 42 ARREST WARRANTS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING. (CHIEF SPIKE JONES/COVINGTON POLICE) (those varying from prescription pills to cocaine to heroin.) FIRST STOP: CITY HEIGHTS PUBLIC HOUSING- WHERE WE FIND WENDELL FRANKLIN JUNIOR IN HANDCUFFS- ( FRANKLIN: i don't sell drugs im a drug addict. i dont sell drugs. ME: you are a drug addict? FRANKLIN: im a heroin addict yes i am) HE'S WANTED ON TWO COUNTS OF HEROIN TRAFFICKING. AND POLICE SAY THEY FOUND IT ON HIM TODAY...SO HE'LL FACE A POSESSION CHARGE TOO. ( go in the house!) HERE ON WEST 21ST STREET- ANOTHER ALLEGED DEALER CHECKED OFF THE LIST. JULIA RABE IS WANTED FOR SELLING COCAINE. ( i don't wanna be on camera looking like this) NEIGHBORS WATCH AS SHE'S CUFFED AND SEARCHED. IT'S A DANGEROUS JOB ...ONLOOKERS ARE THANKFUL FOR THOSE WHO'VE SIGNED UP TO DO IT. (HALEY FIELDS/ COVINGTON RESIDENT) ( i would not knock on no drug dealer's door for love or money) OVERALL- A REWARDING AFTERNOON FOR INVESTIGATORS- WHO'VE BEEN WORKING THESE CASES FOR THREE MONTHS NOW. BUT MORE PERMANENT SATISFACTION WILL HAVE TO WAIT... (CHIEF SPIKE JONES/COVINGTON POLICE) ( i think we feel even better when we can get them in the courts and in front of our prosecutor and a judge and we know that justice has taken its due course) AT LAST CHECK TONIGHT- POLICE HAD ARRESTED PEOPLE...AND NOT ALL OF THEM WERE ON THAT INNITIAL LIST OF 42. POLICE ENCOUNTERED SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WITH DRUGS... AS THEY WENT ABOUT SERVING THOSE WARRANTS TODAY. LIVE IN COVINGTON, JC, WLWT NEWS
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G.I. JOE Preview 3-Pack: 'Homefront' Wraps, More From IDW
Courtesy of IDW, here's an exclusive early look at three different G.I. Joe titles with new issues on June 19, starting with G.I. Joe: The Cobra Files #3, and also including G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #191 and G.I. Joe #5, featuring the finale of "Homefront" — the first arc of the newly relaunched series by Fred Van Lente and Steve Kurth.


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June 28, 2010
Golf just got a new twist! The Tornado Tee Golf set features "spinning" air action that "magically" floats the ball above the tee. Just tap…
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The Toy Guy visits WGN in Chicago to show off some hot summer toys!
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- Plant secrets key to feeding changing world
- Measuring plant fluorescence
- Scientists are probing the secrets of plant life to help ensure the world's burgeoning population has enough to eat.
Measuring plant fluorescence
"It's really welcome back to the future," Kahn said. "For thousands of years, people have evaluated the utility of a plant by looking at it to assess things like fruit and kernel size and color - all the things that make a crop plant desirable. That's sort of what we're doing here" - he gestured at the flashing contraption - "but now we're able to optically screen a large number of plants for specific traits."
The phenomics instrument works by emitting brief, bright flashes of light at plants in a dark growth room and then photographing the fluorescence the plants re-emit as a result. This fluorescence is a byproduct of photosynthesis. Chlorophyll in the leaves absorbs the flashes of light and then discharges the excess light energy.
Fluorescence is one of the ways that plants defend themselves, since too much light energy can cause damage. A great deal can be learned by measuring the re-emission rate, because different individuals of the same species of plant can re-emit light at different rates. And the same plant may re-emit light differently at different times of day or under different growth conditions.
Improving plant efficiency
This variation interests Kahn and other scientists at WSU, including his colleagues Helmut Kirchhoff, Asaph Cousins, Michael Neff and Gerry Edwards. Photosynthesis is poorly understood, but we do know that, at most, plants only capture about one percent of the energy available to them.
"Imagine if we could get plants to be more efficient in turning that energy into more plant. We might be able to turn that into higher yields of food, into biofuel or into other valuable products," Kahn said.
This is new territory, but the WSU scientists are optimistic that their work will pay off.
"A lot of what we do at WSU, including this kind of research focused on basic plant biology and understanding photosynthesis, is trying to grasp how plants do what they do," Kahn said. "We are trying to stay ahead of the curve and give producers options for the future.
"We've got a growing population, a changing climate, a shifting water supply - all of these things mean producers need science at their backs to help them evaluate their options as they go forward," he said.
"We've got to eat! Looked at over centuries, getting enough to eat has rarely been easy," Kahn said. "And looking forward, it is going to take a lot of innovating to keep up."


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Translation of liege in Spanish:
- 1 (lord) (as form of address) my liege [archaic]mi señorExample sentences
- Master, how is my liege lord the retired Emperor today?
- My liege, Lord Ivan may have, to some extent, the ability to read thoughts.
- There was only one thing that it was truly concerned for and that was to kill and to destroy any individual that dared to come against his liege, the Dark Master.
- 2 (vassal)Example sentences
- He took Angevin power to its zenith and made himself overlord of Ireland with a campaign in 1171, gaining the loyalty of important Irish rulers and establishing Normans as his lieges in Leinster.
- But the sun would soon set on Japanese rule of the island and create uncertainty for Taiwanese like Tsao, who were taught to speak Japanese and think of themselves as lieges of the emperor.
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Today's Game
The Rangers face-off against the New Jersey Devils today at Madison Square Garden (3:00 p.m.), in their 2013 regular-season finale. The Blueshirts currently rank third in the Atlantic Division standings, and rank eighth in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 25-18-4 (54 pts). The Rangers enter the contest having defeated the Carolina Hurricanes, 4-3, in overtime on Thursday at PNC Arena to clinch a spot in the playoffs, and are now 9-3-1 in the month of April. The Blueshirts are one of two Eastern Conference teams, along with Pittsburgh, to qualify for the playoffs seven times since 2005-06. The Devils enter the contest with a 19-18-10 (48 pts) record to rank 10th in the Eastern Conference, and have won four of their last five games. The Stanley Cup Playoffs are scheduled to begin with games on Tuesday, Apr. 30
Tune in Today
Today's game will be televised nationally on NBC. You can also catch the radio broadcast on ESPN New York (FM 98.7) and on satellite radio at XM 212.
Rangers vs. Devils Pregame Notes
* The Rangers and Devils have been separated by two goals or less in 15 of their last 20 meetings.
* The Rangers have registered a point in 15 of their last 22 games against the Devils (13-7-2 over the span), dating back to a 3-0 win at Madison Square Garden on Mar. 30, 2009.
* New York ranks ninth in the NHL with a 15-6-2 (32 pts) record at home; New Jersey ranks 22nd in the NHL with a 6-9-8 (20 pts) mark on the road.
* The Rangers are 9-6-2 vs. the Atlantic Division this season; the Devils are 10-5-2 vs. the Atlantic Division this season.
* The Rangers list one former Devil on their roster: Arron Asham (2007-08).
* New Jersey lists no former Rangers on its roster.
All Time -- Rangers vs. Devils
Overall: 103-85-27-6
At MSG: 57-30-20-2
On Road: 46-55-7-4
2013 Rangers vs. New Jersey
Feb 5 Rangers 1, Devils 3 at New Jersey
March 19 Rangers 3, Devils 2 at New Jersey
April 21 Rangers 4, Devils 1 at MSG
April 27 Rangers vs. Devils at MSG
Upcoming Regular-Season Schedule
April 27 Rangers vs. New Jersey, 3 p.m.
* Marc Staal has missed 26 games with an injury, suffered on March 5.
* Brian Boyle has missed five games with an injury, suffered on April 16.
* Derek Dorsett has missed 12 games due to a broken clavicle, suffered on March 7.
* Ryane Clowe is out with an injury, suffered on April 25.
* Michael Sauer has missed 47 games due to a concussion, suffered on Dec. 5, 2011.
* The Rangers have lost 129 total man-games to injuries or illness this season.
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SIKESTON -- Imogene Patrick Wheeler, 90, formerly of Bell City, died Jan. 5, 2009, at her daughter's home in Sikeston.
Born April 3, 1918, at Indianapolis, to the late Clarence and Anna Jessup Patrick, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Bell City United Methodist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.
On April 3, 1947, at Glenwood, Ind., she married Gene Wheeler, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 26, 2002.
She was also preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.
Survivors include: one son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Nancy Wheeler of Sikeston; one daughter and son-in-law, Becky and Joe Karnes of Sikeston; two granddaughters, Suzanne Lambert of Sikeston and Tara Eddy of Portugal; and one great-granddaughter, Mackenzie Eddy of Portugal.
Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. Pat Hogan officiating.
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BREA, Calif. - Suzuki's latest sportbike promotion pairs zero-percent financing (covering all regular finance tiers) with a buyer's choice of a Yoshimura slip-on exhaust muffler or Customer Cash.
The "50 Years of Performance" sales event runs until Aug. 31.
Suzuki also has extended a similar retail promotion for its RM-Z motocross bikes. The company claims that RM-Z sales are up 13 percent for May, and 21 percent for the year, compared to 2012 sales.
"The 50th Anniversary RM-Z Sales Event gave consumers Suzuki's industry-leading zero-percent financing (covering all regular finance tiers) plus their choice of Yoshimura exhausts (including Yoshimura accessories), or $600 Customer Cash back on the purchase of any new 2013/2012 RM-Z450 or RM-Z250," said Rod Lopusnak, Suzuki's general manager for national sales.
"Take the champion-approved motorcycles, support them with great financing, pro-level amateur dealer support and offer bonuses for successful amateur and pro racers, and sales are bound to be strong," he continued. "That's why we decided to extend this RM-Z Sales Event through August, expanding opportunities for dealers and customers."
Suzuki dealers nationwide are now receiving several of the brand's new scooters and motorcycles, including the redesigned-for-2013 Burgman 650 and the sporty SFV650. These new models, as well as Suzuki's line of KingQuad ATVs, are also available at zero-percent financing.
Suzuki's expanded 2014 Boulevard BOSS family will begin arriving in late July.
Suzuki's ongoing "50 Years Strong" anniversary event celebrates the manufacturer's half-century in America and encourages consumers to connect with the brand and visit a Suzuki dealer.
A "50 Years of You" sweepstakes contest, touted on social media, invites Suzuki fans to visit dealers, and to share their own stories of Suzuki motorcycle and ATV ownership through the company's website and social media communities. A new contest each month gives any powersports fan, not just current Suzuki owners, a chance to win prizes ranging from accessories to new motorcycles, like this month's prize of the Suzuki Boulevard C90T BOSS.
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over 1 year ago Linda D said:
A long tragic tear trickles down my face as I gaze longingly at absent friends, frozen in my imagination…If I wait any longer I may have to resort to the adverse practice of FanFiction and write my own ending.
Kim, don't make me do that!
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almost 3 years ago Annika Chauhan said:
Gack, it's another one: Chapter 8, Lorabeth has just 'finished' her homework and is going to bed. Moira turns the lights out. "The two lamps acted like twin stars amongst the shadows the room". I think it's supposed to be "shadows of the room" but I'm not sure exactly how you were trying to word it.
almost 3 years ago Annika Chauhan said:
Geesh! Typo: Chapter 3, fourth paragraph from the bottom of the part where Lorabeth sees Jenny and Paul together. You say "Lorabeth back away" instead of "Lorabeth backed away". Also, the paragraph right after that: "Springtime bloomed in summer." do you mean to say "Springtime bloomed into summer"? Not as sure of that one. I will tell you how brilliant I think this is when I've finished it!
about 4 years ago Molly Williams said:
I love the detail(: Awesome story
about 4 years ago anonymous said:
Wow. This is one of those stories of yours, Kimberly, that simply astound me. I love how you can make things seem like one thing and then change it. And the reader adapts to the change very quickly. At first, I thought Petro was annoying and kind of rude, but now... he seems so sweet! I can really feel for Lorabeth and it is very interesting how Hedda has mixed personalities. She is lonely and mysterious, but also the charming girl of the school. This is another story that I couldn't stop reading, couldn't pull myself away from. I definitely will continue reading, the suspense is killing me!


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Wrestling with a young child's car seat can challenge any parent's patience. The upside on this stage of child rearing is that you have control over your child's safety. But, when your child reaches driving age, more ominous worries emerge. Setting rules is crucial for your child's well being. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15 to 20-year olds in the United States, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Two out of three of those deaths are passengers in vehicles driven by other teens.
Driving is new to teens, and therefore they are more likely to make mistakes, use poor judgment, or have trouble reacting to sudden changes when they drive. Parents can influence their teenager's driving safety. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recommends that parents:
Limit Night Driving: Nighttime driving requires more skill than driving during the day and is particularly risky for teens, especially after 9 p.m. Per mile driven, the nighttime fatal crash rate for teens is almost twice as high as the daytime rate. Late night driving is usually for recreational reasons, leading to increased distraction and risk-taking.
Restrict the Number of Passengers in Your Teen's Car: Fatal crashes are more likely when other teenagers are in the car, and the risk increases with every additional passenger. Teens are more easily susceptible to peer pressure when there are more than two passengers in the car.
Insist That Your Teenager And His or Her Passengers Always Wear A Seat Belt: A Centers for Disease Control study found that 18% of male high school students rarely or never use seat belts compared with 10% of female students. Two-thirds of teenagers killed in vehicle crashes were not buckled up. It is estimated that half of all teens killed in accidents would be alive today if they had used a seat belt. Make it clear to your teen that he or she should never have more passengers than there are seat belts. Parents should emphasize the importance of seat belt use. Be sure to lead by example through consistent use of a seat belt yourself.
Talk With Your Teen About Drinking, Drug Use, Speeding, And Driving: Tell your child to call you for a ride if he or she, or another person who is driving, has been drinking alcohol or taking drugs. Alcohol and drugs impair drivers and, in part because of driving inexperience, the risk of crashing is much higher for a teenager who has used drugs or alcohol. Also, talk with your child about speeding. Teen drivers have more crashes in which speed is a factor, and many are single-car accidents caused by the driver losing control of the car.
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Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, left, plays hockey during her visit to St. Andrew's School, where she attended school from 1986 till 1995, in Pangbourne, England, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. The Duchess of Cambridge has gone back to school. The royal, formerly known as Kate Middleton, played hockey and revealed her childhood nickname — Squeak — when she returned to her elementary school for a visit Friday. Kate told teachers and students at the private St. Andrew's School in southern England that her 10 years there were "some of my happiest years." She said that she enjoyed it so much that she had told her mother she wanted to return as a teacher. (AP Photo/Arthur Edwards, Pool)


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I visited my aunt's garden recently and was inspired by these arbor/trellis structures that she's made. They are made from rebar that she purchased from Home Depot and roll fencing.
I have a young grape vine that I need support for, and I think something similar to this would work out very well for me! I'll be rigging up something for it over the coming season.
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Avon Park woman dies in one-vehicle crash
FROSTPROOF - An Avon Park woman died Tuesday morning when she was ejected from her minivan. Sharon Williams, 53, died while driving a 2003 Toyota Matrix minivan heading south on U.S. 27 at about 7:45 a.m. just south of Xeriscape Nursery Road in Frostproof, according to a Polk County Sheriff's Office press release. For unknown reasons her minivan entered into the grass median and then the northbound turn lane, the report said. According to witnesses and the investigation so far, it appears Williams then over-corrected and in an attempt to return to the southbound lanes and the minivan struck the concave portion of the median, became airborne, and rolled, ejecting Williams, who was not wearing a seatbelt. She was the lone occupant of the minivan. Speed appears to be a factor, according to the report. No charges are pending. All roadways in the area were reopened by 10 a.m.


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Some of you have already spoken to me through one or both of my other two threads so far (and probably thus only seen the religiously-damaged parts of me) but hopefully I can prove to be more than just the damage.
I'm 21 and I grew up in a Pentecostal, emotionally abusive house. Until I was 17 I was brought up in that denomination while witnessing intense hypocrisy which was confusing all on its own, nevermind the lack of logic and evidence that goes along with leaving a religion. Which, by the way, I didn't "do" until recently, at least not by name. Between 17 and a few months ago I lived apathetically toward the religion since I no longer lived at home but I honestly never fully believed what I was being taught. Out of fear, I just didn't accept the word "agnostic" until very recently. I also haven't "come out" to most of my family or friends. I definitely have a lot of lingering issues regarding my past that I came here to find a support group and friends to help me get through.
Other than my past, though, I'm some sort of geeky/artistic/bookwormish hybrid. I'm engaged to my guy of going on eight years and we've got a kitty. I'm a Trekkie/Browncoat/Frakkin' Toaster/Potterhead/House Stark/Rebel/a ton of other sci-fi/fantasy fandoms, lol. I'm artistic and I love many mediums; drawing, writing, pixel art, crocheting, polymer clay, photography, etc. I also love the ocean, animals, chalupas, the Foo Fighters and laughing until my face hurts. So yeah, I'm more than my past.
Anyway, I look forward to getting to know many of you and being a part of many similar journeys. :D
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Thank you! :) I feel as though I'm at the clearest point in my life and it feels wonderful! Of course there's plenty of negative that comes with it but I love the simplicity of the fact that where I am is a position of intense curiosity about everything around me. :)
Y'old sweetie!
lol, are you referring to me or someone else?
Thank you, sir! :D
Welcome! I'm new here too and believe I faced similar problems, as I'm sure most atheists and/or agnostics have. So far from what I've seen it's been a great community here.
Thank you, and in that case welcome to you as well! :) I agree; so far I've loved it here!
I grew up in a partially evanglical home, so I think I can relate to some of your background (and I am currently surrounded by almost exclusively Christians with a spectrum of conservatism and biblical literalism).
And, try "ignostic"- it is a label that seems to encourage real dialogue.
Thank you! :)
It definitely makes me happy to hear that here are not only ex-Christians here but ex-evangelicals, too! Anyone who's experienced the evangelical side of the scale knows it's quite different from even the common things like Baptist.
"Ignostic" is an interesting term! Hadn't heard it before, so I'll do more looking into that. I wonder if I can enunciate it differently in speech that people will realize I'm saying something different than "agnostic," lol.


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SIKESTON -- Due to a late start, area cotton farmers are playing "catch up" for the rest of the season, agricultural experts say.
"With this late of a crop, we can't afford to make any mistakes," noted Missouri Delta Research Center Cotton Specialist Bobby Phipps. "The crop's not good, but it's better than it was a week or two ago."
Early rain and cool weather forced cotton farmers out of their fields, delaying their work and causing them to be two to three weeks behind, said agronomy specialist Mike Milam who oversees cotton grown in Missouri's Bootheel.
"The cotton crop has definitely emerged. We had a lot of rain peak at the end of April and in early May. Since then it's been very cool and now the weather is heating up," said Milam, who works at the Dunklin County University of Missouri Extension office in Kennett.
Sixty-eight percent of the cotton crop is squaring and 6 percent is setting bolls, with 86 percent of the crop rated in fair to excellent condition the Missouri Agricultural Statistic Service reported Monday.
"We only have about 10,000 acres (in south Scott County) planted with cotton," said Scott County Farm Service Agency Director Kenny Vowels. "And they're a little behind. The early, wet weather hurt us. Some even had to replant. But since then, the good warm days and warm nights have been good for the cotton."
Although New Madrid County cotton farmers are also behind, the crop is doing well, noted agronomy specialist Jeff House of the New Madrid County University Extension office. He said the current, dry, hot and humid weather has actually been good for the crop.
"Cotton is a tropical plant, or it's actually a tree -- and does well in these conditions," House explained.
Ideal weather for cotton farmers would be no temperature higher than the mid-90s and at night, temperatures in the low 70s or high 60s, noted Milam.
"We're starting to see fairly decent growing weather," House said.
Boll weevil eradication has started and will be sprayed wherever traps are set, Phipps said, adding that it might even help cut down on the mosquito population.
The experts said they haven't seen a lot diseases either. "We're past the seedling diseases," Phipps said. "It's getting to the point where farmers will start irrigating. The main disease they need to watch for is the lygus bug."
Milam agreed. Some cotton may be experiencing sulfur deficiencies on the soil due to the lack of attention by farmers to the problem, he said.
"Over all, the insect situation is light," Milam said. "I do see potential of tobacco budworm and cotton bollworm emerging, but we'll just have to wait and see what happens. If we have the heat unit by the end of the season, we should be OK."
Of course, no one ever knows what the outcome will be at season's end, Milam said. Some years there's enough heat units in the fall, and in other years, it gets cool early, damaging the crop, he pointed out.
But so far so good.
"Everything's coming along well," Vowels said. "A little more rain wouldn't hurt, and right now everybody, especially soybeans and corn farmers, could use a good rain."


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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA — Lincoln University has been awarded a grant from the 2012 Dwight David Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship program for its Center of Excellence in Business and Entrepreneurial Studies. The fellowship, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration's Technology Partnership Programs (TPP), provides a grant of $17,500 to two Lincoln University Business and Entrepreneurial students. The objective of TPP is to "attract qualified students to the field of transportation and research, and advance transportation workforce development".
The recipients and the awards are:
Michael Frazier Accounting & Finance: $10,000
Joseph Brown Management & Entrepreneurship: $7,500
As a condition for the receipt of this funding, the two students will write an abstract and a collaborative report on the following topic relating to transportation.
The two Business & Entrepreneurial students will be provided a one-time expenditure for travel to Washington, DC to attend the annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual conference January 13-17, 2013.


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Yes, yarn that is called Aran/Medium weight is good. "Rowan Calmer" (that the pattern designer used) is classified Aran/Medium weight.
Yes, 100% merino wool will work...but if the yarn doesn't have a
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Knit your gauge swatch, measure, and get back to me with the measurement. If it's a perfect 4"...we're in business and you can use that yarn with that needle size. If it is more than 4", or less than 4"...I will tell you what to do about it in our next gauge swatch lesson.
To make a gauge swatch:
Cast on 22 stitches. Work back and forth for 4" like this:
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Repeat rows 1 & 2 for 4" in length. Don't count the stitches on your needle. Cast off on the next row.
When you are done, measure the middle 20 stitches.
Don't count the end stitches (they are called "edge stitches")
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For our Tempting II, our 20 middle stitches should measure 4".
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Tavolàta: Belltown Editor's Pick
Belltown's hottest spot is so coolly Italian it practically has a Vespa parked out front. Wait—that is a Vespa parked out front. It's owner Ethan Stowell's, for zipping between here and his other restaurants (How to Cook a Wolf, Anchovies and Olives, etc.) Few chefs comprehend exactly what it takes to wow a palate like Stowell does. Here he wows with fresh housemade pastas, tossed simply with elegant enhancements like veal brains and brown butter, or short ribs and parsley. Truth be told, we prefer the main dishes—richly braised meats like lamb shank with eggplant, a masterful plate of branzino—since the short-order mandate of the pastas can get the better of its bustling open kitchen when the place gets slammed. And here we should note that we've never seen this concrete-and-wood, lofted urban hot spot with the windows that open onto the sidewalk not slammed: The big communal table in the center fills up fast, and the energy is irresistible.


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> I find that when I have a principal with both a DES key and an AES128
> key then I cannot use kinit to authenticate using a keytab file that
> only has the AES128 key. I would like to know why I cannot
> authenticate through kinit using just my AES128 key.
Currently kinit will not look at the keytab to come up with a list of
encryption types; it just asks for any encryption type it knows
about, and assumes that the KDC can do the right thing. The KDC
assumes that the keytab will have all of the keys, and picks the
first one (they're in a sort of preference order in the database).
We could change kinit to look at the keytab for the enctypes, but it
could also be argued that if the KDC and keytab are not consistent,
your configuration is broken....
> In trying to research this I noticed the following in the latest (Aug
> 4, 2006) "Kerberos V5 application programming library"
> documentation. In the description of the krb5_get_in_tkt call it
> says that "valid encryption types are ETYPE_DES_CBC_CRC and
That document is very much out of date, I'm afraid.
> Am I to understand that the API used by kinit will use only DES keys
> to get initial tickets? If so, is this just a current implementation
> problem or is there a more basic technical problem that will not let
> kinit be extended to use an AES128 keys?
It should work just fine with AES... confusion about the
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Came in to check up on youse guys and found this...... See ya.
It's kind of sad, but also fun in an eerie ghost town kind of way.
It sucks. Every time I try to post, I get whisked back out. It gets worse here every day. I miss and mourn what once was a great diversion in my life. RIP indeed....but I still hope it will rise again, with a "Fooled Ya!" format, saying they were only kidding......I can dream.
Does no one else see the irony of Yoko Ono in that pic?
As in Yoko = Active?
Almost all the old CHers are at http://chrunners.net/forum/index.php?board=1.0
It's okay not to go but if you miss us we'll be there!
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ECHO........ Echo............... echo......
So sad what's happened here.... Can we still not say ****?
Whaddup, Chris!! I don't really think you're supposed to say ***** here.
Heck, I can't even figure out how to reply with a quote. Lame-o
If we say EFF and no one is here to see it, does it still exist???? Hellooooooooo! Anyone???? Bueller?
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Insane price on Battlefield 4 this weekend at Origin. Only five bucks for 2013's best FPS. Matches historic low for those that missed out on the crazy Black Friday deal from way back (which was accidental from a fast food coupon gone wild).
Great price on Battlefield 4 for those wanting a copy of the game. Sure it has its fault, but its still a great game for those wanting some FPS action.
You really can't argue about BF4 for $5 during GameStop's PC digital winter sale. Latest big patch made things better and again, its $5 for one of the best shooter around.
Its five bucks for BF4. If you haven't played the game yet, you might as well take advantage of this great deal. Now you can add it to your collection for the lowest price ever.
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Frankly - we love the OQO e2 - a luscious ultramobile PC.
An ultramobile PC is a full PC in a nearly pocket-size unit. OQO, founded in 2000 by ex-Apple engineers, is the most distinctive of the ultramobile PC makers, producing over the years a series of increasingly gorgeous-looking devices, leading up to the OQO e2, a European model with HSDPA mobile broadband, that has the potential to be a really mobile networked PC.
The OQO 01 had good reviews and, following decent sales from online stores, the company launched a Europan version of its next model - the OQO e2 - in late 2007, followed swiftly by an HSDPA-enabled version, which can get up to 3.6 megabits per second (Mbps) from cellular networks.
At the moment, the OQO e2 is available only in Europe, with a typical model costing around £1,200, including 1.6GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and 120GB hard drive, as well as 802.11abg Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The Model 01+ is still available at around £400 inc VAT (with a 1GHz processor, 500M RAM and 30G hard drive, 802.11b and Bluetooth) - but this lacks HSDPA and other new features.
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Whatever else the OQO e2 has, it has lashings of style. It's designed to generate iPod-like love and envy, from the plain black box it arrives in, to the sturdy matt black aluminium case and luxurious 5in screen, which has a native resolution of 800 x 480.
The OQO e2 has the minimum of slots and buttons, and several very nice touches. Four white LEDs on the battery indicate the charge level when pressed, and flash during charging to indicate the current level of charge. There is also a thicker battery that lasts longer than the pretty-accurate quoted three hours of the normal battery.
Other items on the sides include a docking/power connector, HDMI connector (it can drive an external screen at up at 1,920x1,200), a headphone socket, a single USB slot and a slot for a Kensington lock.
The OQO e2's screen slides to one side to reveal a keyboard which makes good use of multiple functions on each key - but is not big enough for touch typing. The OQO e2 is designed for use with two thumbs.
Overall, the OQO e2 weighs about 450g or 1lb, with the standard battery.
It may be stark and simple, but the OQO e2 has options. The HSDPA version comes with Vista or XP Pro, and hard drives from 60GB to 120GB, or a 32GB solid-state drive, with prices ranging from £1,175 for a 60GB hard drive version up to £1,558 for the 32GB SSD, each with XP Pro or Vista Business and HSDPA.
Other OQO e2 versions are available with XP Tablet, but OQO doesn't currently ship that OS on the HSDPA version, because there is less demand for that operating system.
Many users may miss the fact that the OQO e2 has an active digitiser screen, since it only responds to a special pen, which OQO doesn't ship as standard, since most users don't use it, and the rest would complain about paying for something they didn't need.
Digitiser pens are available for around £18, and might be worth buying if you want to use the OQO e2 closed up, as both Vista and XP will respond to it.
Al models also have two capacitive scrollbars, that respond to a finger touch, to navigate within windows.
The OQO e2 has docking options, including a lovely-looking docking station (£160) - which supports the device on a metal arm that puts it at a good height to work on a desk, and holds a slot-loading DVD drive. The station weighs about 590g, but on the road, it's probably easier to carry the port replicator which packs an Ethernet port and video connector to drive the screen.
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In use
We used a Vista OQO e2, which responded reasonably well to word processing, email, browsing and IM. Using Vista, we got fed up as the OQO e2 slows down mysteriously on random tasks (how long does it take to "calculate the time remaining" till it can delete one icon from a desktop, for instance?). But that is Microsoft's problem not OQO's - choose a well-specified machine for your chosen operating system and you should be okay.
The OQO e2's screen iss crisp and bright - although not for outdoor use - and if text was hard to read, there are buttons to zoom in and out. The screen can also be rotated - useful, if you have the pen, for handwriting input on something like a reporter's notebook.
The keyboard is cleverly laid out, though the OQO e2's keys are too small and close together for touch typing. Backlighting responded to the ambient light within a second or so, making it easy to see the keys.
The joystick button has a nice rough sandpapery surface, like a Thinkpad Touchpoint only better. Once we got used to its responsiveness, it was a pleasure to use, moving in a natural way and scooting round the OQO e2's expanded desktop if we were zoomed in. Combined with two keys for left and right clicks, it makes a good substitute for a mouse.
Most of the keys have at least two functions, so the OQO e2 has to have four "shift" keys, Shift, Control Alt and Fn. Some of them have to become second nature - Fn+/ is the only easy way to control the wireless, for instance. The shift keys each have a green LED: press them once, and they stay active, the LED flashing slowly till another key is pressed, making it easy to press combinations like Fn+/ one handed. Press them twice and they stay locked till released with another press.
Using the OQO e2 on cellular data is very straightforward. There's a SIM card housing under the battery, and the OQO's wireless management application sends you straight to a bundled app called Mobilink where you select your network - all the UK's mobile networks were pre-programmed in the model we had.
With the whip antenna extended, the OQO e2 got good connections and kept them, indoors and in moving vehicles. 3.6Mbps was rare, and in a brick-built home in south London, there was only 325 kilabits per second (kbps) download available from the T-Mobile network, but most sites worked fine, and in most places, the experience was as good as a 1Mbps DSL line - so mobile broadband is no exaggeration.
The OQO e2's antenna pulls out from the righthand edge of the device and looks pretty thin, but has a well-made joint and appears surprisingly robust, standing up to general use, including browsing by responsible children in the back of a car.
Wi-Fi was easy to set up, once we learnt to ignore the Mobilink app which persisted in saying it was disabled (Mobilink generally was irritating, over-animated, and over-generous with pointless sound-effects. Luckily you only need to use it once).
We found the OQO e2's normal battery gave about 2.5 hours use on cellular data, and the device was pretty good at saving its state so it was possible to carry on where we left off even if the battery ran out.
The OQO e2 did, however, run hot. After a few minutes the fan came on, and holding the OQO was like holding a small, warm animal.
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Frankly - we love the OQO e2 - a luscious ultramobile PC.
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Overall, there is no doubt that the OQO e2 is a stunning ultramobile PC, a dream come true for people who want a full handheld Windows PC, and don't mind a tiny keyboard. For me, the UMPC falls between too many stools.
The OQO e2 is heavier than a phone, but doesn't have the plain voice or SMS functions of a phone (though it makes a mean Skype device). Nor does it have the extras a phone might have, like a camera or an FM radio, though browsing with Firefox or Explorer on a handheld shows up just how far phones have to go in making the mobile internet usable.
Compared to a laptop the OQO e2 is a lot smaller and lighter, but can't be used in the same way as a laptop - for those very reasons and, in raw performance, only matches an entry-level laptop.
It may seem unfair to compare the OQO e2 with a phone and a laptop, but for the price of an OQO, one could buy a low-end laptop and a smartphone, and still have change for a cheap-and-cheerful Asus Eee for much-less-luxurious mobile writing, or a Nokia N800 for mobile browsing.
Although it's brilliantly designed and put together, the OQO suffers from Windows, which is never going to live up to the "cool" factor of the rest of the package. At the price, it could also do with some more bundled extras.
It doesn't come with a case or cover as standard, although it does ship with a tough plastic screen protector, which covers the screen well and can be replaced (three for about £15). This protects the screen well, but wouldn't protect the casing from scratches. Small flecks of silver showed on the corners of our unit's battery after a week of normal use. Full cases and covers are available, of course, for £25 to £35.
Other extras that might be included as standard might be a car charger. And while we wouldn't want to clutter the lines of the device, it might be nice if the OQO e2 could read SD cards.
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OQO e2: Specs
- Windows Vista
- 142x84x25mm
- 0.5Kg
- 1.6GHz VIA C7M ULV processor
- 1GB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz
- 80GB 1.8in hard drive
- 5in wide VGA LCD, 800x480 native resolution, interpolation modes 1000x600 and 1200x720
- 802.11a/b/g WLAN
- Bluetooth 2.0
- 3G Data: HSDPA/UMTS 2100MHz
- GSM/EDGE/GPRS 900/1800MHz (SIM Free)
- Windows Vista
- 142x84x25mm
- 0.5Kg
- 1.6GHz VIA C7M ULV processor
- 1GB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz
- 80GB 1.8in hard drive
- 5in wide VGA LCD, 800x480 native resolution, interpolation modes 1000x600 and 1200x720
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GIBSONTON — Plant City's third straight win over East Bay for a district championship was like the others in that it came down to one goal. Unlike the previous two matches, however, Friday's 2-1 result ended in regulation and marked the Raiders' first three-peat in school history.
"God, it feels good — three in a row," Plant City coach Caleb Roberts said. "This has been a rivalry in our district for a few years."
Trailing 1-0, Plant City (18-2) scored late in the first half and got the go-ahead goal in the 42nd minute. The Raiders pressured the Indians in the first two minutes of the second half and it paid off when Ericka Lott banked in a shot off the far right post from just inside the penalty box for her team-leading 25th goal.
Despite being outshot 16-6, East Bay (8-6-2) struck first. Michelle Rodriguez corralled a long pass from Yasmin Bailie in the back and scored on a breakaway, tucking the ball under goalkeeper Taylor Michael for a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute.
"That's East Bay. They're not going to roll over," Roberts said. "All they need is a little seam."
Not long after East Bay keeper Caitlyn Northrup stopped Jenni Ruiz on a point-blank shot on a backdoor play, she could not prevent the tying goal in the 35th minute. Lott sent a through ball up to Stephanie Galloway, who cut in from the left side and beat Northrup with a low shot that snuck just inside the left post.
Northrup, who made nine saves, came up big on several Plant City shots, twice stopping redirected kicks from inside the box. She also got lucky when the Raiders clanked one shot off the crossbar and another off the left post.
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NEW PORT RICHEY — Mitchell was undefeated and ranked tops in its district. They Mustangs were hosting and had already beaten Sickles (8-5-1) 4-1 earlier this season. The Mustangs (22-0) proved they earned those advantages with a 5-0 shutout.
Noah Stokes scored the first goal of the game in the fifth minute. No one else was near the goal box when she lobbed the ball high. It sailed over keeper Brooke Salas' head and into the back of the net, giving the Mustangs an early lead.
UConn commit Danielle Gottwik scored nine minutes later. She and Salas stood practically nose-to-nose when Gottwik tapped the ball, nudging it past the line.
The Mustangs were granted a penalty kick in the 27th minute after a collision of players near Sickles' goal box. Sabrina Wagner sank the shot, giving the Mustangs a 3-0 lead they would take into halftime.
Sickles' keepers had their work cut out for them. Salas had 10 saves before Erin Garcia was subbed in with 29 minutes left. She added nine.
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Robinson continued its season-long domination of Middleton with a 6-0 victory in Friday's 3A-9 semifinal. The Knights (12-5) had earned 9-0 wins over Middleton (6-7) in their two previous meetings.
Robinson qualified for its third consecutive playoff appearance and fourth in the past five seasons. The Knights have 10 shutouts since the beginning of November.
Jefferson's season ended Friday in a 4-1 loss to Southeast in the Class 3A, District 9 semifinals. The Dragons finished their year 6-8, and Southeast will face Robinson in today's district championship. The Knights won that previous matchup 3-0 last month.
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I had the chance to interview Dale Marshall aka Vermin a couple of weeks ago. Through that interview I learned a lot about him and his art. We also discussed his residency and show at SOZE entitled, "Best Kept Secret", which opened yesterday. My friend went to the opening and sent me some pictures to do a sort of review. With a very limited source of information I was forced to go back to my interview with Dale and try to decipher the pixilated images using our past conversations as a reference in understanding the show.
The installation in the middle of the gallery was the first to catch my eyes. It's a bed that has anti-depressant drugs all over the sheet and a couple of black balloons tied to it as well. Knowing that the artist has dealt with mental instability led me to believe that this is probably homage to that chaotic time of his life. A time riddled with psychotic medications in dingy asylum halls. Or perhaps the piece is a commentary on our society's chemical dependence brought about by our escapist tendencies.
According to Dale, "Best Kept Secret" mainly focuses on his experiences living in LA. His oil on canvas paintings are implicative of the colors and textures that he had encountered during that stay. The surging red and yellow against a black background reminded me of night time traffic. The texture brought about by his impasto technique mimics architectural constructs and cityscapes.
The series "To Stitch Some Old Wounds" is a break from the intense palette of dale's works on canvas. These series, as the title suggest, are very honest and sentimental. The graffiti roots of Dale are very much visible in this series. That piece of the artist's history as the street artist known as Vermin manifests itself in these works on paper. The flowing lines are reminiscent of graffiti letters that have undergone deconstruction. Here, one can clearly see the artist's very personal approach in art making; he takes pieces of his past and uses it as a jumping off point in his art-making. Fueled by past struggles, he turns his melancholic past into art… violence into beauty.
To sum it up "Best Kept Secret" is very personal. It is the sorrows and pains of Vermin intertwined with the survival and evolution of Dale Marshall. It's as if the artist is mending his past, taking the negative parts and turning them into works of art; a cathartic experience for the artist… a thrilling visual experience for the audience.
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The May 2010 issue of Your Health featured Highlands County resident Marjorie Hedajer. In that issue, Hedajer was 86 years old and shared her story about managing her Type 2 diabetes.
On July 12, she will celebrate her 90th birthday; she has lived with Type 2 diabetes for 20 years. What makes Hedajer's case special is that she has lived with the disease without taking insulin. Instead, she takes oral prescription medications and controls the disease with diet and exercise.
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"I don't like to exercise," Hedajer said. "I just walk and that is fun."
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Q: How have you felt since the article ran in 2010?
Answer: "I feel great," Hedajer said. "I feel so good; I am scared I might have a stroke or something."
Q: Has anyone in your family ever had diabetes?
Answer: "My mother lived to be 94 and she never had it. My half-brother is 95 and he has never had it either," she said. "My father died when he was in his late 50s so he could have had it."
Q: Do you use other resources in Highlands County for diabetes?
Answer: "No, I just walk," she said. "I should join a group to get involved but I haven't yet. I walk fast and no one walks as fast as me, so I haven't found anyone to walk with me. I had a girlfriend who walked with me, but she moved back up north."
Q: Have you built relationships with the employees at the Lakeshore Mall?
Answer: "I know all the security guards and the mall manager," she said. "I lost my keys one day and the manager drove me to my house to find the spare keys and brought me back to the mall. They are all very kind people."
"The worst part of my health is my memory," she said. "I carry a small purse when I walk with a ring on the handle. I put my index finger in the ring after I finish my first lap around the mall. I rotate to a different finger until I have put all five fingers in the ring. That is the only way I know I have done my five laps," she said.
"My doctor says walking helps every organ in my body so maybe it can help my memory too," she said.
Hedajer's doctor is Dr. Robert A. Midence with Highlands Medical Group. Midence tells her to keep up the good work and continue to walk.
Many diabetics can develop neuropathy in their feet, which can be very painful, but Hedajer feels walking keeps it at bay. "I have never had any pain in my legs or feet, but I do have carpal tunnel syndrome in my wrists," she said.
She also tries to eat a healthy diet and follow her doctor's orders. "I hardly ever eat away from home, so it is easy for me to watch my diet," Hedajer said. "I do have a couple of weaknesses; red wine and mashed potatoes. If I do eat mashed potatoes, I go down my street and walk as fast as I can to the stop sign and back. When I get home, my blood sugar levels are back to normal," she said.
In a 2013 study conducted by George Washington University, it was found that walking for 15 minutes after each meal of the day reduced the risk of diabetes and managed blood sugar levels of diabetics. The study suggests either 45 minutes of sustained walking or 15 minutes of walking three times a day were just as effective.
Q: What do you want people to learn from your story?
Answer: "I am 90 years old and I am walking. If people are sitting, I want them to be healthy. I want people to get up and move for their health." Hedajer said.


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I can't ask him if he watched the PBS program Need to Know and heard Col. Andrew Bacavic (ret) say the war in Afghanistan is "a war without end."
And I certainly cannot talk to him about the so-called "Great Game" the First Anglo/Afghan War (1839-1842), or say, "My grandfather was in Quetta during the Third Anglo/Afghan War of 1919." (Forty percent of the doctors who served in the British Army in India were Irish and he was one of them).
Medical advances since my grandfather's time (he was also in The Somme Offensive that began on July 1, 1916, and Gallipoli) mean that more lives are saved but at what cost? I saw one statistic that said one in five will suffer some kind of traumatic brain injury.
Need to Know highlighted the struggle of two young wives as they cared for husbands suffering severe brain injuries who will probably never walk again, never play football or hold their kids, or perhaps even speak.
More than Five hundred and seventy seven soldiers from California have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan (two from Landon Donovan's home town). Two hundred and forty nine soldiers from New York have been killed. In total 5,521 Americans (according to Faces of the Fallen http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/ have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq and some estimates place the American injured at over 100,000.
And as I write this 30,000 troops, part of the new American surge, are leaving for a year long deployment to Afghanistan.
And so many innocent bystanders have died. There is no website that lists their numbers or names.
The British writer Robert Fisk wrote a thoughtful piece on the recently released Bloody Sunday Report for the UK Independent that ended thusly:
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Charity is determined to make Sam see sense over Jai, and when she manages to catch Jai's intentions on camera, Sam is left devastated.
Sam is still determined to find Rachel, however, but with Samson upset at having to leave and his family putting pressure on him, will Sam give up the ghost and stay in the village?
Meanwhile, Pete is left shocked when James lies to Charlotte about the deal, telling her that Moira is interested, and as James later flirts with Charlotte in the pub, Cain wonders if he was wrong about James having feelings for Moira.**
When Moira later confides in Vanessa that she has history with James, Vanessa tells her that she shouldn't lose out on a good deal over it, giving Moira food for thought.
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The City Council is expected to pass a resolution during today's 520 Committee meeting in response to WSDOT's Seattle Community Design Process (SCDP). The SCDP outlined the State's final design for the 520 Replacement through Seattle — and the public's "overwhelming" desire for better walking and biking access throughout the plans. The City Council's draft resolution reflects the public comments, and formally requests that WSDOT:
- Build the Portage Bay Bridge Trail while minimizing width and visual impact.
- Redesign the Montlake Lid with a "wider range of options" to improve pedestrian and bicycle connections.
- Improve safety in the underbridge areas.
- Create an interim "Lake to Land" Plan that doesn't preclude good options for the Montlake Lid and with adequate mitigation for the neighborhood.
Also on the agenda for today's meeting is a discussion of the West Approach Bridge North (WABN). WSDOT is holding an open house Wednesday at St Demetrios Church (4:30-7:30pm) to publicly unveil the WABN design, which will connect the new floating bridge to Montlake Blvd with a new 3-lane freeway next to the existing West Approach. The WABS — West Approach Bridge South — is expected to replace the existing West Approach during a later phase, years down the road.
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2:30pm: Here we go. Public comments up first…
2:40: Commenter asks that resolution refine language of "blending Roanoke Lid into hillside."
2:42: Laurelhurst Community Club asks for a supplemental EIS on north-south traffic routes over 520. Asks for further noise mitigation for Madison Park residents.
2:45: Comments done. Committee chair Richard Conlin describing the resolution now. Describing language added to protect the Queen City Yacht Club during construction, strengthened language regarding bicycle and pedestrian connections — including "all ages and abilities." Conlin nods to CM Bagshaw for this addition.
2:48: CM O'Brien is proposing amendments now. […should be interesting since he's been quiet during this process lately.]
… better protections for the Queen City Yacht Club. New language against future phases of design not precluding improvement options in the future.
2:52: CM Rasmussen proposes adopting commenter's suggestion of strengthened Roanoke Lid "blend into hillside" language. Conlin asks for it to be considered in front of next week's Full Council vote.
2:53: CM Conlin thanks community members for input during the SCDP and City Council resolution in response. Resolution passes. [Portage Bay Bike Trail and "wider range of options" for the Montlake Lid are now law of the (city)land.]
2:55 Switching now to WABN presentation by WSDOT and City officials…. Conlin questions the "WABN" acronym, implying that it is ridiculous. [It is.]
Here's the WABN plan:
3:00 WSDOT: WABN "does not preclude" light rail on 520, nor future options for the Montlake Lid.
3:09 WSDOT: WABN superstructure is "simple and clean."
3:15 WSDOT: Explaining seismic 'wiggling' now…
3:17 WSDOT: New Lake Washington Blvd off-ramp will connect to and use the 24th Ave (ex-MOHAI) overpass. Includes a 16′ wide bike/ped path. [Good news!]
3:18 WSDOT: A new traffic signal will be added to Montlake Blvd northbound off-ramp. Says this will be better for pedestrians. [Huh.] Flyer stop to remain during WABN interim phase.
3:22 CM Bagshaw: What's been done about "dark and dangerous" areas for pedestrians underneath the freeway? How will students walk to Montlake Elementary School?
WSDOT: "We have more work to do on that."
3:24 CM Bagshaw: "Would you let your 8-year-old child walk in this area?"
[…. crickets.]
3:32 CM O'Brien asks if Hamlin U-turn is still available to cars exiting at Montlake Blvd northbound. WSDOT: Yes.
3:39 Councilmembers grilling presenters on Hamlin U-turn. WSDOT: Always been a "problem child." This solution will be temporary…. sort of.
3:45 WSDOT presenting mitigation projects funded with WABN's $300 million federal loan…
… reconstructed wetlands on the WSDOT Peninsula and Union Bay Natural Area. Arboretum multi-use trail.
3:52 CM Conlin: "I'll be there at St Demetrios to hear comments."
3:55 CM O'Brien sticking up for neighborhood mitigation projects, lids, noise walls — asking what's being done?
WSDOT: Long answer saying not much… funding that is. "Quiet pavement" experiment on 520 in Medina a few years ago was not successful. Other noise absorption strategies will be used (no walls though).
4:00 CM Conlin: When does funding for the next phase need to be secured for work to be seamless?
That's it folks. For details on the WABN — to be built starting next year — check out WSDOT's open house at St Demetrios Wednesday from 4:30-7:30. Check out the new bike lane on the ex-MOHAI ramp and new intersection on Montlake Blvd. Fun times!


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Lawrence police said a brief car chase ended with the arrest of a wanted man on the University of Kansas campus.
Sgt. Trent McKinley said the chase began Monday afternoon when officers tried to stop a stolen car.
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McKinley said the suspect has been jailed for several crimes since 2003 and he was facing other charges when he was arrested.


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Rag Dolls: Softly Stuffed and Ready for a Friend
If you know where to look, you can find some really beautiful choices. Sometimes it's thanks to Etsy - though watch out for the safety of some of the dolls, sellers will tell you if it's child-friendly or not. Other times it's through independent stores. But wherever you look, I think it's well worth the effort to give our girls a unique doll that's a little less about fashion and pink and more about playtime and role play.
Here are a few of my favorite dolls right now:
- Moulin Roty Jeanne Rag Doll
- Wee Wonderfuls Fern Doll
- Lucy Owl Organic Cotton Doll
- Rita Rag Doll
- Lulu Dressable Cloth Doll
(images as linked above)