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If you suspect that nursing home abuse is occurring to someone you love, you probably have a lot of questions about what you can do, what nursing home abuse and neglect are, and how an attorney can help. The Distasio Law Firm is dedicated to educating people on nursing home abuse so it does not continue to occur. Scott Distasio is here to help. He can answer your questions and address your concerns about preventing, identifying and stopping nursing home abuse and nursing home neglect in Tampa. While we are happy to answer your questions during an initial evaluation, we have also included some frequently asked questions about nursing home abuse for your convenience.
What is nursing home abuse?
Nursing home abuse occurs when people such as nursing home staff, nursing home administrators, in-home caregivers, hospitals, and other medical providers cause physical, mental, or emotional harm to the elderly or dependent adult people who are in their care.
What is nursing home neglect?
Nursing home neglect occurs when people such as nursing home staff, nursing home administrators, in-home caregivers, hospitals, and other medical providers do not provide adequate physical and mental care for their elderly or dependant adult patients.
What are signs of nursing home abuse & neglect?
There are many signs that could indicate that nursing home abuse and/or neglect is happening. Common signs include: bruises, cuts, broken bones, restraint marks, infections, excessive bed sores, extreme weight loss, withdrawal, unchanged linens, unwashed clothing, and unsanitary conditions.
What should I do if I am being abused or if I suspect a loved one is being abused in a nursing home?
The first thing people should do once they have been subjected to nursing home abuse or neglect is to report the poor treatment to the nursing home supervisors and administrators. If the administrators of the nursing home fail to address and terminate the neglect and/or abuse, then you should consider taking legal action, and review your options with a qualified nursing home abuse & neglect attorney.
How can an attorney help?
An experienced nursing home abuse & neglect attorney can help by providing you with the compassion, advice, and legal resources you will need to feel comfortable throughout your legal matter. A lawyer will have the prior knowledge and training it takes to successfully recover compensation for any physical injuries or emotional trauma you or your loved one endured. Most importantly, a nursing home abuse and neglect attorney may be able to end the cycle of abuse and neglect that has been occurring in the home, and prevent it from happening to anyone else.
How can I prevent nursing home abuse & neglect?
In order to prevent nursing home abuse and neglect, it is important that people who are placing their elderly and dependent loved ones in homes exercise caution, care, and vigilantly ask the right questions. People should always take their time to familiarize them selves with the nursing home, the nursing home staff, nursing home administrators, and nursing home policies before deciding to place their loved ones in homes.
Am I automatically entitled to compensation?
No. Every case varies and will depend upon the factors and conditions surrounding the individual case. In order to get a better idea of whether you will be able to recover compensation, it is advisable that you meet with a reputable nursing home abuse & neglect attorney, such as Scott Distasio of the Distasio Law Firm, to learn what you should do next.
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Official Independent Album Breakers Chart Top 20
20 October 2013 - 26 October 2013
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Kiowa (AP) Firefighters were working to completely contain an 800 acre wildfire that forced the evacuation of about 50
homes in rural Elbert County. Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center Spokesman Larry Helmerick says the blaze was 70 percent contained early Wednesday evening, and is expected to be completely contained later in the night.
Helmerick says fire crews got to the blaze quickly and, "did a heck of a job." There's no immediate word on how many residents were evacuated or when they'll be allowed to return home. Helmerick says only two residences remained threatened.
More than 80 firefighters were working the blaze from eleven fire departments in two counties, along with two air tankers, 30 engines and an unknown number of bulldozers and water tenders.
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What is Domestic Violence?
Victims of Domestic Violence: What can you do?
- If you are a victim of domestic violence the first priority is to get safe. This is not always easy.
- For pointers on how to get safe and other valuable resources visit
- Once you are safe to help you stay that way one of the great resources for residents of Georgia is the Temporary Protective Order aka TPO. A TPO is what most people think of when they think of the restraining order. A TPO varies in the restrictions it imposes upon the abuser, who is called the respondent in the TPO process. Generally speaking a TPO requires the abuser/respondent to stay a certain distance away from their victim, who is known as the petitioner. Additionally the respondent will have additional restrictions placed upon him/her such as not contacting the petitioner, attending counselling, or other steps meant to stop the abusive behavior that brought the parties to court.
Have You Been Accused of Domestic Violence?
- Being accused of domestic violence is serious and you need to take it seriously. While the criminal implications are fairly obvious, the effects of a TPO being entered against you may not be as obvious. In addition to the no contact and stay away provisions of a TPO, there are other elements you may not consider.
- Things to consider:
- If you share a home with the person seeking the protective order against you(petitioner), you may have to find alternative housing or provide the petitioner with alternative housing.
- You will not be able to purchase or possess a firearm during the duration of the protective order, usually 12 months if granted.
- You may be required to attend domestic violence counseling, drug screening, psychiatric examination, or other similar measures.
- You may be required to pay the petitioner's legal expenses related to obtaining the TPO.
- If you violate any of the terms of the TPO, and there may be some not mentioned above, you can be arrested for contempt. You may be held in jail for up to 20 days for each act of contempt, this can add up. This is in addition to any criminal charges that may arise from the same event.
I Represent Petitioners and Respondents(Not on the Same Case):
- I have worked on many many TPO cases. I have encountered petitioners who were trying to abuse the system to get back at an ex-boyfriend/girlfriend. Nothing does more damage to the protections provided by the TPO system than those people who abuse it for an improper purpose. I will actively defend against any petitioner who is attempting to abuse the system, just as I will passionately represent a petitioner who needs the court's protection from domestic violence or stalking. I will not accept just any case. But if I take your case you can be confident that I will represent your interest with the committment you deserve.


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Bill Gross's Flagship Fund Suffers Biggest Loss Since 1994
It was a bruising year for the world's biggest bond fund run by high-profile fund manager Bill Gross, as the fund suffered the biggest annual loss since 1994.
The $244 billion Total Return Fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., logged a loss of 1.92% in 2013 in total return following a 10.4% gain in 2012, according to data from Morningstar
The 2013 loss represented the first year the fund posted negative return since 1999. Before 2013, Mr. Gross's fund had only posted negative return on a calendar year basis twice since its inception in 1987, a loss of 3.58% in 1994 and a decline of 0.28% in 1999, according to Morningstar.
Mr. Gross is among many bond fund managers that were hurt by rising bond yields. The benchmark 10-year Treasury note's yield, a base rate for the broader fixed income markets, rose to 3.03% at the end of 2013 from 1.76% at the end of 2012, the biggest annual increase since 2009. When bond yields rise, their prices fall.
Most of US fixed income assets lost ground in 2013. Growing confidence over the US economy sparked a strong rally in stocks, making equities more attractive to invest. Clients have yanked $36.2 billion from Mr. Gross's fund during the first 11 months of 2013, set for the biggest annual outflow for the fund, according to Morningstar.
"In the context of an improving global economy, particularly the U.S. economy, a rotation out of bonds into [riskier assets] should be expected," said Adrian Miller, director of fixed income strategy at GMP Securities.
One solace for Mr. Gross–the fund's loss was smaller than 2.02% on the Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index.
The fund was stung by a record quarterly loss of 3.6% during the second quarter of 2013 when global fixed income assets suffered a rout on fears the Federal Reserve would soon pull back bond buying.
The fund posted positive return during the second half of the year, which narrowed the annual loss in 2013.
Despite the 2013 setback, the fund holds a strong longer-term track record.
The fund has handed investor a positive return of 6.46% on average in the past 15 years through the end of 2012, beating 5.23% on the benchmark and outpacing 96% of its peers, according to Morningstar.


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Heart Disease Health Center
Survey: Heart Disease Is Underdiagnosed
May 12, 2009 -- Despite guidelines recommending aggressive screening for risk factors like high blood pressure and cholesterol, far too many patients with heart disease are being diagnosed only after they develop symptoms, a new study shows.
A survey of almost 14,000 people with diabetes or other risk factors for heart disease suggests that doctors are routinely missing opportunities to identify heart problems early, researchers say.
Just one in five surveyed patients with heart disease said they were diagnosed as a result of routine screening.
More than half of patients with type 2 diabetes (55%), and slightly less than half of patients without diabetes (48%) reported having their disease diagnosed after they developed symptoms.
"The fact that only a small number of people reported being diagnosed as a result of screening indicates that we are missing opportunities to prevent heart disease," epidemiologist and study co-author Kathleen M. Fox, PhD, tells WebMD.
Fox is president of Strategic Healthcare Solutions, a private health research group. The study was funded by drugmaker AstraZeneca, which makes the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor.
Heart Disease: Know Your Risk
Fox says the analysis was conducted in an effort to assess whether strengthened screening guidelines are leading to an earlier diagnosis of heart disease.
The study included a nationally representative sample of patients with diabetes or other major risk factors for heart disease.
Heart patients diagnosed after the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) revised their screening guidelines were only slightly more likely to be diagnosed during routine screening as patients diagnosed before this time, Fox says.
The study appears in the May issue of The International Journal of Clinical Practice.
The AHA and ACC now recommend that:
- All adults should be assessed for cardiovascular disease risk factors beginning at age 20. Family history of heart disease should be regularly updated.
- Doctors should ask patients about their smoking status, diet, alcohol intake, and physical activity level at every routine evaluation.
- Blood pressure, body mass index, waist circumference, and pulse should be recorded at each visit and at least once every two years.
- Fasting serum lipoprotein profile, or total and HDL cholesterol, and fasting blood glucose should be measured as determined by the patient's risk for diabetes and high cholesterol. This should be done at least every five years and every two years if patients have risk factors.
- All adults 40 or older should know their absolute risk of developing cardiovascular disease. This is especially important for people 40 and older and those with two or more risk factors for heart disease. A widely used and simple 10-year risk model can be found on the National Institutes of Health National Cholesterol Education Program web site.


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I don't have a sewing machine, and the costume probably won't last much longer than it's needed, but I think it does the job!
|Shepherd's Nativity costume from a pillowcase
Here's what I bought:
Pillowcase - 98p (£1.96 for two at Asda)
Ribbon - 50p (3 metre remnant)
Velcro 21p for 3 inches
Cord - 80p for 2 metres
Total cost = £2.49 - well under budget!
We already had a suitable checked tea towel, sandals, long sleeved t-shirt, stuffed sheep (free once when we bought a bed) and a curtain pole.
The pillowcase forms the base of the outfit. I cut a hole for his head in the top, and then a small slit down the back. I sewed velcro along the slit to fasten it. Then I cut a hole for each arm, from about an inch below the top of the pillowcase. I also removed some of the flap from the bottom of the pillowcase to make it less bulky. It is quite long on Harry but I decided not to shorten it as I thought I'd only make it look messy. I think that he looks sweet in an oversized costume anyway!
I decided to make the costume a bit more individual by sewing two lengths of ribbon down the front. It did take a while, and my stitches are a bit wonky, but I think it looks okay. I'm sure that a Shepherd would have sewn his own clothes, and he wouldn't have had a sewing machine. Then I cut my 2m length piece of cord into two, one half to tie around the tea towel on the head and one half to tie around his middle. Harry is wearing a long sleeved t-shirt underneath, I found one that had plain sleeves that matched the fabric.
The crook is made from an old curtain pole, the slim type used to hang net curtains. I fashioned the hooked end from cardboard, then sellotaped it all together firmly. I covered it with strips of plain paper and gave it a couple of coats of brown paint. I'm fully expecting the teachers to take it off him for health and safety reasons, as he does have a tendency to brandish it wildly!
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Former Selma teacher who allegedly had sex with student faces new charge
Published: Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 1, 2013 at 10:52 p.m.
SELMA | A former Selma High School teacher faces a new felony charge involving a student.
District attorney Michael Jackson said a grand jury indicted LaTanglia Williams on Thursday on a charge of being a school employee who had sexual intercourse with a student under 19.
He said the case involves a different student from the charges brought against her in April, and he said the information turned up after the original charges were filed. Williams has pleaded not guilty to those original charges of possession of obscene matter, electronic solicitation of a child, being a school employee who had sexual contact with a student and enticing a child for immoral purposes.
She remains free on bond. Her attorney was out of the office Friday and could not be reached for comment.
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TravelPod Member ReviewsOutrigger Reef on the Beach Honolulu
Even if not fresh, cool fruit juice tastes wonderful on a hot day
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We stayed for 8 nights and enjoyed the relaxed feel about this hotel. always plenty of loungers available by the pool and the beach. Service at all the restaurants was excellent. Good variety of shops. Staff all very helpful and interested in you as a person, where you were from, etc. Our room was a good size with a peek of the sea.. Elevators very efficient! A good mix of guests.
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Lovely resort - right on the water and close to restaurants & shops. Room was excellent with balcony where you could sit for hours and listen to music below whilst watching the surf ! Staff very friendly. Avoid Club Wyndham spruikers .... I do not want to buy a time share apartment for the 5th time ! Choice of 3 restaurants ... all good so far !
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The hotel is a great location on Wiakiki Beach. The rooms are large large. Excellent service and food. I would recommend this hotel.
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Historical Traveler Reviews Outrigger Reef on the Beach Honolulu
Very pleased
We were in Hawaii for a wedding in January. Twelve members of our family stayed at the Outrigger Reef on the Beach. It was awesome. This was our first trip to Hawaii and the Outrigger staff made it an extremely pleasant experience. The rooms were excellent (some of us had ocean views and weren't expecting them), as were the shops in the hotel, the easy access to Waikiki beach, the pool area, the bars and the restaurants, the close proximity to the downtown area and the availability of booking tours to wherever you wanted to go. The wedding was at the Hilton Hawaiian Village which was only a walk up the beach (or a short taxi ride for some). (The staff at the Outrigger was more gracious.)
We would highly recommend the Outrigger Reef on the Beach.
Great Staff
I enjoyed the coziness of the rooms and the staff was very friendly. On my return visit there I was still remembered by the staff. I enjoyed having breakfast at the open resturant, and view of the water falls. Great location, and walking distance to all the wonderful attractions. ILL BE BACK .....
Outrigger Reef Nirvana
The place is so great I'm returning on my fourth trip back to Hawaii....this is second time at Reef and won't be the last......
Great show in the Lounge
The best thing about the Outrigger Reef is Cool Lai, the hula dancer in the lounge.
Outrigger Reef on the Beach
We stayed at the Outrigger Reef on the Beach in October and had a great time. We booked a ROH with MLT Vacations and received a room that overlooked the pool. The room had a refrigerator which we used often. We booked our tours through Aloha and enjoyed all of them. Used spa service one day and enjoyed the Shorebird Grill. We felt for the price this was an excellent value.
This hotel has gone downhill
This hotel has gone downhill. My husband and I asked for a room with an ocean view and received a room with a view of the restaurant. We were told the room had a view of Diamond Head by the the assistant manager. Parking was $11 a day and valet only. One morning they lost our car. It took 35 minutes to find it. The staff was not very nice or helpful. We could not pay for a room upgrade because we were told that was impossible with no explaination as to why. We will never stay here again.
Disappointing..4 Star Hotel...Not
We booked thru Expedia for July 31st thru Aug. 7th 2002.This property had a 4 star rating.
NOT!!!! We reserved two (2) connecting rooms for myself,my wife and 17 and 14 year old daughters. We checked in and were greeted by the smallest rooms I've seen. It reminded me of a cruise ship in size. It had a view of a condo about 35 ft away and nothing but a condo. I went to the front desk and asked for the manager. Instead I got Chad (a room supervisor) He was very helpful and showed us rooms with a view of the pool and rooms with a view of the ocean. But they wanted us to pay an additional $500.00 for the pool view rooms (this was the next level of room) or $1200 for the ocean view. These rooms were almost twice the size. The manager would not talk to us. We opted for the pool view. Bathrooms were tiny. Watch your elbow when you sit on the toilets because you will surely bruise them on the toilet paper holder. There is no exhust fan in the bathroom. They charge $3 a day for use of the room safe and $11 a day for parking. There is no free parking. Shorebird buffet breakfast was terrible. It was the only time we ate there. Instead, go to buzz's around the corner. It's exellent and reasonably priced. No honor bar in rooms. Rooms were clean but every room we looked at had a musky smell, the ocean view was almost overwelming. All in all, this is a 3 Star hotel at tops. Location is very good but so are many other nicer properties. We will not be returning to the Outrigger Reef.
Outrigger's going down!
I grew up in Hawaii, spent 18 years there, so I know a little bit about which hotels are good and which aren't. The Outrigger hotels are not particularly good. I visited Hawaii recently and had to stay in a hotel since my parents' house was being renovated. I stayed here because of price, and it was a huge disappointment. Like many of the hotels in Waikiki, this one is huge. Check-in seems to take forever, and the rooms are not particlarly lavish. The bathroom was cramped, with old fixtures. One of the hotel restaurants is open to the outside. Some might like the closeness to nature; others may find the birds swooping around a bit distracting. The hotel is on the western edge of Waikiki, and it does have direct beach access, which is nice. You can walk to the Ala Moana shopping center, which is about a mile away. There is also a post office nearby. The road in front of the hotel is very tight, so arriving and departing can be a pain. Bottom line: if you don't plan to spend much on your room, this place is fine. If you're looking for a bit more luxury, stay at the Mandarin.
Great Location
We stayed at this hotel just last week.It was our first visit to Hawaii and this hotel made our trip a pleasant and a very memorable one. Upon arriving, they upgraded our room to a full oceanview at no extra cost. We also received "Big Kahuna Package" which includes 2 free shirts,bag,coupons and $50.00 worth of Kahuna bucks.We booked all our tours through their activity center and used these Kahuna bucks to pay for one of our tours. The staff was friendly and very accomodating. The room was clean and we had a spectacular view of the ocean and sunset from our balcony.We enjoyed grilling our own steak at the Shorebird Restaurant while watching the ocean. We will definitely go back to this hotel for our next visit. It's moderately price for such great location.
Highly Recommended
We visited this hotel in the end of April 2002. It was everything I had read about. All the great reviews really were correct. I was upgraded from a noview to an ocean view. It's amazing what you can receive just for asking nicely. The fitness room ran out of water one day and we phoned the front desk, less than 5 minutes later an employee came in and replaced the water. The maids were very efficient and wouldn't take the money on the nightstand until we left a note saying "housekeeping please take". The people that worked at the pool desk/towel check-out were very nice. You never felt like you were bothering someone at the hotel. On my last day which was May 1, it was Hawaii's official Lei Day. They held a Lei making class in the lobby and I made myself a plumeria lei for my long flight home. I would stay here again and recommend this hotel to anyone! Aloha!
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The Waikiki and Oahu leg was the last segment of our 14 night trip to Hawaii. The earlier stages (Big Island and Maui) had been pretty hectic due to limited time. The Oahu stage was a little more relaxing as we had 7 nights and not that much driving to do.
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Aloha! So Chris and I have made the commitment, bought the tickets and now are putting more preventative medicines in our bodies that can't possibly do more good then harm. Hep A shot, Hep B shot, Tetanus shot, and Malaria pills. Haven't decided on the Malaria pills yet cause we heard they give you bad dreams and I don't want to sleep walk into ...Honolulu, Hawaii, United States bbender


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Definition of taint in English:
1A trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality: the lingering taint of creosote the taint of corruption which adhered to the government
More example sentences
- She should have the best of forage, the purest of water, the cleanest and best of ventilated stables, and the air should be free from any taint of noxious vapors - in a word, the entire environment of this faithful animal should be as carefully and honestly protected as though she was human and not brute.
- It is as clean as the newest and freshest rubber, you can throw it over the daintiest lady's dress with perfect safety, you can hang it in the same closet with your evening clothes and get no taint of odor.
trace, touch, suggestion, hint, tinge, tincture;
smear, stain, blot, blemish, slur, stigma, tarnish, scar, black mark, spot, imperfection, flaw, fault, defect, blot on one's escutcheon;
discredit, dishonour, disgrace, shame
1.1Something with a contaminating influence or effect: the taint that threatens to stain most of the company's other partners
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- Right now, the judge has got to see that there's a possibility of some taint to this jury pool.
- The problem is that I am apparently carrying a taint.
- A low level of taint will disappear in a few minutes.
verb[with object]
1Contaminate or pollute (something): the air was tainted by fumes from the cars
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- Pollution from Asia can taint the air along the West Coast of the U.S., said scientists on Friday at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- Pollution, noise, tainted food, plastics, celebrity boxing - we live in an alarmingly toxic environment.
- The substitute eliminates the problem of donated blood being tainted by infections or impurities.
contaminate, pollute, adulterate, infect, blight, befoul, spoil, soil, ruin, destroy
1.1Affect with a bad or undesirable quality: his administration was tainted by scandal
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- The market has been tainted with poor quality products, dismal performance and overwhelming disappointment.
- But some of the most prominent have been tainted by scandal.
- Both tainted by scandal, they are also the most polarizing figures from each of their respective parties.
tarnish, sully, blacken, stain, besmirch, smear, blot, blemish, stigmatize, mar, corrupt, defile, soil, muddy, foul, dirty, damage, injure, harm, hurt, debase, infect, poison, vitiate, drag through the mud, blot one's copybook;
1.2 [no object] archaic (Of food or water) become contaminated or polluted: the rennet should be soaked in water containing sufficient salt to keep it from tainting
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- When ice is covered, odors will accumulate and the food will taint.
- One such recommends using an old 'fridge for smoking, "but be careful not to get it too hot or the food will taint from the burning plastic!"
taintlessadjective ( literary)
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- Margaret remembered the sun along the horizon made the sky seem to be a taintless shade of magenta that somehow faded into a burnt orange that illuminated the dawn sky.
- Bending closer to the edge of the rock surface, he observed about the ocean, the ocean that was once blue as the morning sky and taintless as a newborn child.
- He becomes sinless, taintless, free from doubts, a true Brahmana (knower of Brahman).
Middle English (as a verb in the sense 'convict, prove guilty'): partly from Old French teint 'tinged', based on Latin tingere 'to dye, tinge'; partly a shortening of attaint.
Words that rhyme with taintacquaint, ain't, attaint, complaint, constraint, distraint, faint, feint, paint, plaint, quaint, restraint, saint
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Longwood Small Business Development Center celebrates 20th anniversary
May 27, 2009
The Longwood Small Business Development Center (LSBDC) recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.
"For 20 years, the Longwood Small Business Development Center has been the face of economic development for Longwood and has provided assistance for regional businesses and individual business owners in countless ways," Longwood President Patricia Cormier said at the LSBDC's "Platinum Anniversary Celebration," held May 20 on campus.
"When Longwood was chosen as one of the state's first small business development centers, the mission was to help new and small businesses develop, apply new technology, formulate new methods of training, retrain the labor force, and strengthen the region's economy," continued Dr. Cormier, who noted that her father owned a small business in Westport, Conn. "The mission mirrors the mission of the LSBDC today, and we are succeeding and reaching our goals. Since 1989, some 6,567 clients have received consulting services, 9,647 jobs have been created or retained by those clients, and $336.8 million in capital has been invested by those clients and their funding sources as a result of SBDC assistance."
Speakers also included the current LSBDC director, Sheri McGuire, and both former directors, Jerry Hughes (1989-99) and Ken Copeland (1999-2004). Hughes is now the executive director of the Patrick County Education Foundation, and Copeland, who previously had directed the LSBDC's Martinsville office, is currently executive director of the Longwood Real Estate Foundation and director of economic development.
"Wherever we do our work, we must never forget that our mission is to work in the best interest of small business owners who build our business communities," McGuire said. "We must never lose the focus of our mission. I think Longwood SBDC has always had the best interest of the small business community in our hearts. Things have changed greatly in the last 20 years, both with SBDC and with our clients, but the fundamental mission is the same: to be a resource for growth, for expertise, and for research in the small business community."
The LSBDC, one of the state's first two small business development centers, provides free education, research and consulting services for new and existing businesses in 20 counties and six cities in South-Central Virginia. It has offices in Farmville, South Boston (which opened in 1991), Martinsville (1996), Petersburg (1999), and Danville (2004). "It's been a true partnership with area economic development officials and local governments," Dr. Cormier said.
What is now the LSBDC evolved from the Business Innovation Center, started in 1987 and directed by Dr. Larry Minks, a member of the Longwood business faculty. It originally was part of what was then the School of Business. A letter of congratulation from Dr. Minks, now acting president of Southeastern Oklahoma State University, was read at the 20th anniversary celebration by Dr. Wayne McWee, Longwood's provost and vice president for academic affairs, who also was instrumental in establishing the Business Innovation Center. The establishment of the Business Innovation Center, Dr. Minks said in his letter, "represented a high point in my professional career and also for those involved in the start-up of the operation."
Others who attended the May 20 celebration included Longwood President Emeritus William F. Dorrill, who was president when the LSBDC was launched; Carroll Thackston, former director of the LSBDC office in South Boston; state Sen. Frank Ruff, whose district includes Prince Edward County; and clients and supporters from throughout the LSBDC service region.


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Soy Sloppy Joes
6 servings
30 minutes or fewer
This is a very child- and teen-friendly recipe, though anyone who is a child at heart will enjoy it. Texturized soy crumbles aim to imitate ground beef, but its not so much the flavor as the texture that does the trick. Find this product marketed under the Green Giant or Morningstar Farms brand name in the frozen foods section of large supermarkets, shelved near other soy-based meat analogs.
- 1 ½ Tbs. olive oil
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped (¾ cup)
- ½ medium green or red bell pepper, finely diced (½ cup)
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TALLINN–Estonia cut its growth forecasts for the second time in six months on Monday, citing an even bleaker outlook for important export markets, such as Finland, Latvia and Russia.
Finance Minister Jurgen Ligi said that growth would be 0.5% in 2014 compared with the 2% expected in April and the 3.5% expected last autumn. He also cut his forecast for 2015 to 2.5% from 3.5%.
"It is clear that besides what is happening in Russia, our closest neighbors Finland and Latvia–and the European Union in general–are also lowering their expectations," Mr. Ligi said in an interview.
Finland is Estonia's second biggest export market after Sweden and takes 16% of the country's exports, while Latvia comes third with 11%. Russia is fourth on the list, taking 10%, official data showed earlier this month.
While Sweden's economy is still posting steady growth, Finland is mired in recession and the government is mulling further spending cuts and tax hikes to steady public finances.
Meanwhile, the Russian economy has weakened as capital has fled the country amid increased tension with Europe and the U.S. over Russia's support for separatists in Ukraine.
Europe and the U.S. have imposed economic sanctions against Russia and Moscow has responded by banning the import of some foodstuffs from Europe.
Exports to Russia have fallen sharply, Estonia's statistics agency said in early August.
"Russia is a lost market because Russia itself has been busy destroying its demand, ability to import and its currency," Mr. Ligi said. "Our prognosis is a…reminder: The biggest victims in this situation are not Russia's partners but Russia."
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Sikeston moves on in the double-elimination tournament and will face Twin Rivers, who defeated Dunklin County 2-0, on Saturday at 10 a.m.
Solid pitching by Sikeston starter Tyler Dame held Cape's bats at bay all game long. Dame, who pitched for Sikeston's junior varsity team last season, allowed only one run, four hits, walked three and struck out two in five innings of work.
"Tyler didn't have his best stuff today," said Sikeston manager Jeff Limbaugh. "I have seen him throw a lot better, but he allowed Cape only one run and four hits. He is a gutsy pitcher and wants the ball each and every time he gets the opportunity."
While Dame kept Cape's bats silent, the heavy-hitting Sikeston lineup was too much for Cape starter Dylan Schweer to handle.
Bell City's Nick Niemcyzk followed Anderson with a single and Oran product Kody Campbell drove in Anderson with a solid single. Sikeston led 1-0 after one inning of play.
Sikeston pushed across two more runs in the second. Caleb Seyer led off the inning with a walk, stole second and reached third base on a balk. Niemcyzk drove in Seyer with a groundout.
Anderson induced another walk in the second inning and scored on an error by Cape's first baseman. Sikeston led 3-0 after two innings.
Post 114 broke the game wide open in the top of the third inning, as four Sikeston runners crossed the plate. Dame and Niemcyzk drove in a run each for Post 114, but the big blow came from Anderson who drove in two runs with a two-out single. After three innings, Sikeston led 7-0.
Sikeston put the game to rest in the top of the fifth, with the help of some misplays by the Cape squad. Sikeston scored a run in the inning on an error, a run scored on a bases loaded walk and two runs scored on wild pitches by Cape reliever Nick Allen.
Dame shut down Cape in the bottom of the fifth and the mercy rule took effect. Sikeston opened their district tournament play with a 11-1 win over Cape.
Sikeston gained the victory, but the club did not perform to its lofty expectations, said Limbaugh.
"It is hard to not be happy with a 10-run win over Cape Girardeau," said Limbaugh, "but we did not play up to our capabilities. However, any win against Cape is a big win. We swung the wood bats very well last weekend up in Carbondale (Ill.) and maybe we had a little letdown today."
Anderson led the way offensively for Sikeston in the No. 1 spot. He served as catalyst for Post 114 reaching base on all four plate appearances, with three walks, a single, scored three runs and had two RBIs.
Niemcyzk was solid in the two hole going 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Oran's Kody Campbell, New Madrid County Central's Dylan Harris and Sikeston products Nick Lambert and Dame each had one hit apiece to pace the attack for Post 114.
"Our hitting gets the attention," said Limbaugh, "but our defense is solid and we are very deep with quality pitchers. We have a good group of boys and everyone steps up when the time comes. The boys all like to play together and that makes it fun to coach."
Jake Valleroy, Alex Shell, Shawn Prince and Joe Uhls collected singles for Cape.
Cape will face Jackson today at 5 p.m. in an elimination game.
Sikeston (31-6) faces No. 2 seed Twin Rivers on Saturday at 10 a.m. in a matchup of the only two undefeated teams left in the tournament.
"Twin Rivers is a quality program," said Limbaugh. "They have a lot of boys that played on their high school team over there that made the quarterfinals in state. It is going to be a tough game and we have got to come prepared to play."


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MARTINSBURG - Basketball was a game I loved and watched a lot of as a boy. I recall staying up later on certain nights watching the Chicago Bulls in the NBA Finals or any other good game.
Just because I knew about it and watched it, I never seemed to be cut out to play the game.
I played around in pick-up games of 1-on-1 against my dad and tried out for the middle school boys basketball team as a sixth grader in Manassas, Va., but did not make the cut. I made an eighth grade all-star team against the teachers at North Middle School and did not get to play much let alone even make a shot.
My only shot was an air balled 3-point attempt that missed wide left.
I got better as I got older and taller but never played in high school or college except pick-up games where I would brush up on the skills. On occasion, during the halftime of any Berkeley County game, I would pay a dollar to try and shoot free throws because it feels good to give back to the teams I was covering. Out of every attempt, I was only successful in making a free throw and 3-pointer one time, and that was at Musselman.
However, I still felt like I had a blaze of glory left in me to play basketball.
On May 18, I was at the opening press conference for the West Virginia Monarchs in the Berkeley 2000 Recreational Center, and the idea of a celebrity basketball game came up from Jawaan Holmes, and I told him I could play.
Yeah, I never knew how far I was in over my head, finding out that I was going to play against some former basketball players from the area.
Once I got confirmed to play for the celebrities side on Thursday night by Norman Blowe, owner of the Monarchs and Winchester Storm, I felt excited to go out and play.
I entered the gym early, the first player out on the floor, and got some warmup shoots in and had some fun with my teammates, some of the Winchester Storm players during the warmup. Even Ashley Helmstetter of the Lingerie Football League's Baltimore Charm was with us for the first half of the game playing.
When the game began, I was not starting right away. No big deal. I was going to take whatever minutes I was given, and none of them were in the first half.
I entered the game at the start of the third quarter, guarding right away Ryland Newman, a former Jefferson High School athlete and Fairmont State Falcons football player.
Right away, I was pretty nervous, but as I got settled in a bit, I was able to force a couple turnovers and miss a 3-point shot that rattled off the rim.
That was an improvement from the last time I took a shot from that range in a game of that nature, but when I was pulled out for Airborne, one of the streetballers the Monarchs, I had no complaints but told Norman that I was going to get a shot in.
However, I also wanted to have a matchup against Harold Kuntz of WHAG as a "Print vs. Television" defensive matchup.
I eventually got what I wanted when I went in again with about 9:30 to play in the fourth quarter and held tight to my plan of playing defense on him.
After having that success on me as Holmes made a substitution that pulled Harold from the game, I looked at Norman and told him I was good to keep going.
Late in the fourth quarter, I worked with Pat the Roc, the other streetballer playing, on a give-and-go that I also set a screen on Newman following passing the ball as he drove in for the layup to get the assist.
I was in the box score, but my plans were far from finished.
About a minute later, I received yet another pass, and I made a choice to attack the basket. I drove in and put up a Tony Parker-like teardrop floater for the second to last basket of the celebrities run to help cap off a 94-82 victory.
I put that floater up on a friend of mine in Brady Catlett, a former Hedgesville High School basketball player.
After I made the shot, a bit surprised myself, Catlett came up to me and congratulated me on the shot that I had put up and made as play was still going on. As I tried to play defense, I ended up getting dunked on by D.J. Dorsey a former basketball player from Jefferson.
Following shaking hands in victory after the final buzzer, I was called over to the scores table for an interview.
Winded from playing pretty much the final 10 minutes, very proud of my teammates for the win, I collected myself and put the team first before my own floater.
With everything that went on, for my only two points and team effort, Holmes named me the game's Most Valuable Player.
Following the game, I got to meet Lamarr Woodley, linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who was in the stands the entire time, which gave me some jitters as I played, but even he was impressed with the shot.
After getting photos on my cellphone with Woodley, Pat the Roc and Airborne, I left with adrenaline still rushing from the game and relief that it was over.
Even though I ended up leaving with that blaze of glory, I will take my two points, one assist, the memories and feeling like a celebrity for one night with me
However, I'm not gonna quit my day job as I feel better about writing articles about basketball rather than playing as the Monarchs have tryouts on July 7th and August 11th from 2-4 p.m. at the Berkeley 2000 Recreational Center.


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The Sensaciones restaurant serves a breakfast buffet, as well as local specialties for lunch and dinner. A bar is also on site. Room service is available (limited hours). The gym comes with a sauna. Secure, on-site parking is available for a surcharge.
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Forest Insect and Disease Newsletter
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New firewood regulation
The weather is warming up and that brings thoughts of finally being able to get outdoors without a parka, boots and frostbite. What better way of enjoying Minnesota's beautiful and varied landscape than camping at one of our 72 state parks or or enjoying a day outing at one of our 58 state forests and campgrounds or day-use areas? Of course, what is an outing without a campfire, but where are you going to get wood for a fire? Yes, many of us have firewood stacked up out back of the house or know someone that has wood, but the MNDNR requires you to leave your wood at home and there is a very good reason—insect and disease pests capable of destroying many of our forest tree species can catch a free ride right into the middle of our beautiful state recreational areas.
The MNDNR has an established program that allows sellers of firewood to become approved firewood vendors. Buying firewood from approved vendors means you are using locally grown wood and the risk of transporting tree pests long distances is reduced.
Changes in firewood regulations: Starting August 1, DNR-approved vendors can sell firewood for use in any DNR-administered location within 50 miles of where the wood was cut. This is a change in the regulation which previously allowed a 100 mile radius; the new 50-mile distance was put into effect by a new DNR Commissioner's Order in March of this year. The idea is simple—the use of locally grown wood keeps any pests in the area, not quickly spreading them throughout the state.
When purchasing wood from an approved vendor, be sure to keep the proof of purchase to show to DNR personnel at recreation areas. Remember that even though the state statute is in effect only for wood used on DNR lands, the transport of firewood long distances for use on private land has the same potential to spread destructive pests.
It's easy to find approved vendors and check out other information regarding firewood restrictions. Visit the DNR website for a list of approved vendors for each state facility - and don't forget to bring the fixings for lots of s'mores.
Forest tent caterpillar- 2011 Update
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Forest tent caterpillar populations are expected to expand somewhat from last year but the insect is not expected to be a problem in the northern third of the state. Last year, just over 70,000 acres were defoliated, primarily in the middle one-third of Minnesota in a crescent that extended from south of Mille Lacs Lake through St. Cloud to Wilmar and up through Detroit Lakes (see map below). There were also a few isolated areas of defoliation in Hubbard, Cass and Crow Wing Counties. Acres of defoliation are likely to increase in this same area with possible expansion to the north and east, but a full-fledged outbreak is not expected.
In the past two years, people have reported finding a caterpillar or two in their yards in scattered locations in northern Minnesota. This suggests there may be small, dispersed areas of defoliation seen in the northern part of the state but the population is not predicted to cause millions of acres of defoliation.
Egg mass surveys were conducted from the southern Aitkin County border up through Grand Rapids and along the Iron Range through Hibbing. The only egg mass found in this survey was on the east side of Mille Lacs Lake. The last outbreak of forest tent caterpillar peaked in Minnesota in 2001 and 2002 when over seven million acres of defoliation occurred in each year.
Forest tent caterpillars overwinter in egg masses of 100 to 350 in a band that encircles small twigs in the crowns of trees. When aspen trees start to leaf out, tiny caterpillars hatch out and begin to feed on the new leaves. Even though they are called tent caterpillars, they do not produce a tent. Peak defoliation occurs in mid to late June when the caterpillars grow to one and one quarter to one and a half inches long. They then spin a cocoon, pupate and emerge as moths in late June to early July. The female moths lay eggs that overwinter to hatch the next spring.
Thousand Canker Disease Survey in Southern Minnesota
Eastern black walnut trees are locally common in southern Minnesota, but planted as ornamentals outside their range in the western US. This summer, the DNR Division of Forestry will participate in a three-week survey of Minnesota black walnut trees at risk to a disease new to the eastern US known as thousand cankers disease (TCD). The disease was first found killing plantings of eastern black walnut in the western US in the 1990's, but last year the disease was discovered within the native range of black walnut in Knoxville, Tennessee. It is thought that the disease has been in the Knoxville area for 15-20 years.
The disease erupts when the tiny walnut twig beetle, native to Arizona, California and New Mexico, bores into black walnut trees and transmits a fungus that causes numerous small cankers in the phloem. The cankers enlarge, grow together, and restrict food transport within the tree, ultimately killing it.
The USDA Forest Service has requested the assistance of the Minnesota and Iowa Departments of Natural Resources in looking for black walnut trees with symptoms of the disease. The two states' Departments of Agriculture will also participate in the survey. The agencies hope to locate areas with significant concentrations of black walnut in several different settings, including riparian forests, urban areas, and industrial settings where there is interstate transport of black walnut. If trees suspected to have TCD are found, samples will be tested for TCD by the Forest Service Northern Research Station in St. Paul. Other project objectives include responding to reports of TCD from plantation owners, city foresters and other tree care professionals, and assistance with outreach sessions or detection training as planned by Forest Service staff.


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ConCom turns enforcement over to DEP
The Paxton Conservation Commission has turned enforcement of a March 2006 cease and desist order over to the state Department of Environmental Protection after Richards Avenue landowners Mark and Cynthia Love failed to file a formal notice of intent for work they had done and continued to do on their property at 313 Richards Ave.
The cease and desist order pertained to the filling of 1,500-3,000 square feet of wetlands and draining of acreage into tributaries of the reservoir, according to Conservation Commission Chair Chris Keenan. The work surrounds a barn and riding ring on the four-acre property.
The commission voted at its September 14 meeting to turn enforcement over to the DEP after the Loves did not file a notice of intent before the meeting. That paperwork would have included a plan for the work the Loves have done on their property and any they planned to do. Keenan said the landowners agreed to file the notice of intent after the cease and desist order was issued by ConCom.
Keenan said the Loves built a riding ring and were keeping animals in an area too close to wetlands. Regulations prohibit the keeping of animals within 200 feet of wetlands. He said they had also installed drainage pipes that funneled water from their property onto an adjoining property and then into the reservoir.
Mark Love said Monday they had filed a variance with copies sent to all pertinent state agencies, and that they believed that would solve the problems. A variance allows changes to property that are not usually allowed, with justification from the parties requesting the variance and frequently with conditions applied.
That variance, however, was filed with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, and doesn't cover the local ConCom requirements, or its state enforcement officer, the DEP.
"This was not an attempt to disrespect the local commission or our neighbors," Love said.
When it comes to the local ConCom notice of intent, Love said he believes that the variance filed with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation and sent to the DEP covers that issue.
"In our estimation, we did that filing," he said.
The Department of Conservation and Recreation has jurisdiction over another statute ConCom says the Loves violated. But, John Scannell, DCR Regional Director for the Division of Water Supply Protection at Wachusett Reservoir says the DEP and DCR have jurisdiction over two different statutes. He said variance filed with DCR, though it may include some similar information, probably doesn't meet the requirements of the DEP, which will examine the ConCom issues.
The DCR has jurisdiction over the Watershed Protection Act, which protects the water supply. DEP, whose local arm is the conservation commission, has jurisdiction over protection of wetlands in general.
"What we thought we were doing was improving our property," Love said.
He also believes the issues are "fairly minor," and said he and his wife are willing to fix anything out of compliance.
"If there are any changes to be made, we'll make them," he said.
If anything, Love said, they've been the victims of an "overzealous contractor."
The Loves have now hired a wetlands specialist to help them with what many agree is a complicated set of rules regarding watersheds and wetlands under two different statutes.
A DCR hearing has been continued but no date has been set. Love expects a meeting with DEP October 12 will solve most issues.
DEP representatives confirmed that the Loves will have a private hearing October 12, but it will revolve around the local enforcement issues, not the DCR variance.
Neighborhood concerns
When it comes to the neighbors, however, the solution might not be simple.
Holly and James Robert, who own property that abuts the Loves' and live on property across the street, say the Loves are discharging water onto their property through three newly installed pipes. They also say the Loves' contractor broke a stone wall on their property while installing pipes and that the drainage wiped out a culvert. They're concerned about the Loves keeping horses on the property, and the wetlands and watershed issues.
Holly Robert said the problems have been going on for more than a year, ever since they noticed a drainage pipe on their property. She said they didn't address the issue at the time, but this spring when a veritable "pond" appeared where none had been before, they investigated further. That's when they heard from contractors who had done the work of the other pipes. She said they found pipes discharging into a culvert that runs under Richards Avenue and across the street into an area that drains into the reservoir.
They've repaired their washed-out driveway, removed the pipe on their property and placed hay bales where they can to stem the flow of the other pipes. They consider some of the actions taken by the Loves to be cause for civil action.
The couple reported the situation to DCR last fall, and hoped that would solve the problems.
"We assumed if we told someone it would be taken care of," Holly Robert said.
Mark Love said he and his wife want to be good neighbors, and aren't sure what they've done to anger the Roberts. He said one drainage pipe was a repair of an existing pipe they discovered while doing work on their property.
Whatever the Richards Avenue discussions might be, state agencies' wheels turn slowly, but definitely. There is the possibility that the agencies will require the Loves to undo or redo some of the work on their property, or face monetary penalties, according to DCR and DEP officials.


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I started to ask this "elsewhere"... I still think this is a good question...
I also have a question that might be interesting... where does that electric field in an electromagnetic wave "come from"? Once you have that you can "construct" particles but as a fundamental concept... where is it coming from? I assume that it is a non-linear effect in "Uberspace"... but what? It must be related to the fluctuating energy somehow. Has anyone got a classical idea about the origin of this precisely and without much ambiguity. Please do not use charges to explain it. Remember "energy" does not carry charge, yet "uncharged" photons propagating exhibit this plus ... minus 'wave" phenomenon. Note also you need to simultaneously explain what is magnetism somehow too.
The other aspect of this question you may think about is what about the virtual photon? What about that strong unseen interaction (think of the forces in a bar magnet)... What do you think causes it and where is it "really" coming from? Yeah I know about "moving electrons" but what about that "force"?
What I would like is "apeman" to come up with a paper on this...
The other aspect of this question you may think about is what about the virtual photon? What about that strong unseen interaction (think of the forces in a bar magnet)... What do you think causes it and where is it "really" coming from? Yeah I know about "moving electrons" but what about that "force"?
What I would like is "apeman" to come up with a paper on this...
The deformation of "Uberspace" in higher dimensions must result in this "unbalanced" property we see as electric charge. There is that scalar and vector potential that is responsible for the Aharanov-Bohm Effect. This seems to be the proto-property that electromagnetism is "seeping out of". It is though a "neutral" property is "displaced" and their centers are no longer coincident and what you get is this "stress" in the "ether". Please do not take that word literally. There could be some zero point energy pervading all space and all dimensions. Maybe this is an imbalance between dimensions when you place them under stress. You can create matter and anti-matter from just this kind of energy.
For instance an electron positron pair from two very energetic photons with the right geometry. Before you have that matter and anti-matter there must be some "proto-stuff" from which energy is able to work on to raise that dynamic charge. It is indeed similar to plucking a string.... isn't it? It is possible that something can be moved between dimensions and then this tension is there to "push it back" from where it has come from. If you push hard enough you "create" stuff from just energy. For instance the bending of these dimensions usually produces nothing other than an "elastic" recoil (EM waves but not spawned from the source - evanescent). If the process is intense enough such as if the energy density compared with the wavelength of this "disturbance" exceeds h times the frequency (E=hf) then a particle (a photon) will form. More energy, higher density it spawns particles and antiparticles. The constant "h" is an impulse and the photon is a multiple of that frequency (linear function). The "bubble" packet formed by this process works similar to blowing bubbles using a small loop and a soap solution. You also need someone to blow. Fast and hard for small bubbles and loops, long and slow for big bubbles and loops. The small bubbles have higher surface tensions than the big bubbles so the small bubbles could store more energy (short wavelength - high frequency).
The energy of blowing produces bubbles of a fixed size from a "loop" of fixed dimensions. Blowing needs to exceed a critical "velocity" otherwise no bubbles actually are spawned. Maybe higher dimensional space is like that loop and the energy that deforms it 'blows bubbles" in hyperspace. A minimum of energy will be necessary to blow the first bubble and all successive bubbles need the same tension to create new "quanta". Bigger loops with soap bubbles need to be inflated more to produce a big bubble. The bigger the size of the bubble... you need to "blow" for a longer period to inflate them before they finally pinch off, but the energy is actually lower. Little loops have more tension in their bubbles. There are two competing ideas... the diameter of the bubble... small bubbles have high surface tension but "something" is also stored in the volume of the surface area of the bubble... a competing concept (small bubbles store less surface and big bubbles will have larger surfaces). Is this the simultaneous "electric" and "magnetic" concept? The size of the bubble is a function of the wavelength (size) of the "bubble". If it has a near infinite wavelength it would have a very large surface area but very little curvature of the surface. Consider "two bubbles" touching each other one inflating and the other contracting... exchanging energy dynamically. Bubbles that are unable to make it to a critical size to "pinch off" as a free standing bubble just "stretch" the "membrane" back and forth endlessly without the capacity to breach the work function of the "spawning" surface (loop).
Here we have principles of a quantum, the energy density which inflates the bubble and higher dimensions. The equation E=hf is a "stiffness" factor of dimensions. The size of the photon is critically dependent on the ability of the dimensionally curved bubble to form. Too big... it will not "spawn" the bubble, too small it requires too great an energy density to blow it up. Spaces are "elastic" and it is a fixed "elastic membrane". Remember those small balloons that, as a child, you had to get your dad to blow up for you even though they were small? ... he he he! The bigger balloons you could handle. Paradoxical eh!
Back to the first question... what about the charges? Is this something to do with trans-dimensional energy bouncing back and forth? Shuffling the energy from one brane to the other? Maybe this process actually "creates" the dimensions as it goes and this is an actual creation event of space itself. After all before you create a "brane" there was none so this higher dimensional object is forced to be "inflated" from the vacuum. Something we take for granted in our Universe is the space itself. This "space" is not in 3D + T so it does not affect our space but it does affect the greater manifold. The charges could be a reflection of "stuff" in our dimensions of 3D + T being pushed into new "fresh" hyper-dimensions at right angles to our 3D + T dimensions. The "complex" or "imaginary" (i,j,k) higher spaces do not look like "distances" but like "charges" seen from 3D + T, especially before they pinch off from our Universe.
What do people think of this concept? I would like others to comment please.


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painted turtle
A small American freshwater turtle with a smooth shell and colorful patterns of red, yellow, and black that appear along the border of the carapace and (in certain subspecies) on the plastron.
- Chrysemys picta, family Emydidae.
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- The marsh supports American toads, midland painted turtles, Blanding's turtles, snapping turtles, and Lake Erie water snakes.
- In freshwater turtles also, multiple paternity has been found in every species examined, including wood turtles, snapping turtles, giant Amazon sideneck turtles, and painted turtles.
- As part of a comprehensive study of the effects of landscape change on the demography of painted turtles, we examined terrestrial habitat use by female painted turtles during the nesting season.
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