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Skin care from the kitchen
Posted by Elizabeth Brophy, Asst. Health and Fitness Editor on Feb 13, 2013. Filed under H&F.
Throughout history, both men and women have sought miracle solutions for clear, vibrant skin. From ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe, people have sworn by various products as the key to their glowing complexions.
These days, most people turn to drug stores or designer products that claim to address various issues. Many of these products are expensive, and nearly all contain an unpronounceable list of ingredients that may or may not deliver the desired results.
Luckily, people are rediscovering that healthy skin doesn't necessarily need the aid of obscure, expensive chemicals in order for it to look its best.
For many problems, the best solutions can be found closer to your grocery store produce section than the array of plastic bottles in a drugstore.
The first step in creating a personalized facial routine is identifying the needs of your skin. For dry skin, avocado and ripe bananas are a great place to start. Oily skin can benefit from tomatoes and egg whites. For acne prone individuals, strawberries contain salicylic acid to get rid of dead skin cells.
Tea tree oil and raw honey also make great spot treatments for pimple reduction. Plain yogurt and pumpkin are softening ingredients, and can be used on any skin type.When exploring different products, it's important to buy the best quality available. Organic, raw and unprocessed will generally produce better results.
In addition, you should always spot-test any new ingredient on your wrist and check for signs of allergic reaction before applng it to your face. Even if you can safely consume a food, you may elicit a different reaction when placing it on your skin.
To get you started, here are a few homemade masks to try. Make sure to apply on a clean, dry face and rinse off thoroughly. I also recommend applying a skin-specific moisturizer or raw virgin coconut oil afterward to keep your skin from getting dry.
To remove dead skin:
1-2 tablespoons ground Quaker oats
1 teaspoon honey
a few drops of water
Mix and apply to face and neck. Let sit for 5 minutes and then gently rub in circular motion to exfoliate.
For dry skin:
1/2 avocado
1 tablespoon olive oil
Mash together and apply to face. Let dry for 15-20 minutes.
To reduce acne scars:
4 teaspoons lemon juice
3 teaspoons plain yogurt
4 tablespoons honey
1 egg white
Mix until smooth and apply to face. Let sit for 15 minutes.
For a glowing complexion:
3 tablespoons orange juice
1/2 cup honey
Mix until smooth and apply to face. Leave on for half an hour.
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LAFAYETTE -- City leaders are asking for additional review before approving the final phase of what developers have described as a "transit village" that would place 72 condominiums -- including eight affordable housing units -- next to existing shops and apartments near Lafayette BART.
Mayor Carol Federighi and council members Don Tatzin and Carl Anduri voted this week to send plans for the third phase of the Town Center project back to the city's design review and planning commissions after expressing concerns about the building's design and mass. Council members Brandt Andersson and Mike Anderson were absent and didn't vote.
The decision came more than a month after the planning commission voted to deny the project over concerns about the building's height. Plans had originally called for a 179,464-gross-square-foot, five-story building with three residential floors above a two level underground parking garage, to be built on a parking lot near Mt. Diablo Boulevard and Dewing Avenue. Commissioners rejected a slightly smaller building that retained a portion of the fifth floor they had suggested be removed.
On Monday, developer KB Home was seeking approvals for a smaller, four-story building that council members said they did not feel qualified to greenlight without the updated project being seen by the city's design review and planning commissions. The approvals include an amendment to the BART Block Specific Plan, which sets building heights at three stories and 35 feet in a specific downtown area, and a zoning amendment to the development plan to allow housing instead of offices.
"What concerns me is what we have before us is something design review and the planning commission has not seen before," said Anduri, who favored sending the project back. He also commented on the building's shape, saying plans now show a rectangular box.
Tatzin also supported taking another look, but city attorney Mala Subramanian cautioned that officials must make a decision within 45 days or risk being sued for breaching an agreement with property owners Lafayette Residential Partners, LLC.
KB Home Northern California senior vice president Ray Panek spoke about the project's history as well as recent modifications that reduced the number of units and stories in the building. He said the project will also include open spaces, a pedestrian path and a playground, and showed renderings of the smaller building no longer obstructing views of Lafayette's esteemed ridgelines.
Architect Jeffrey Heller characterized architectural renderings as "shorthand" and said designs couldn't go further until the council is comfortable with signing off on the basic building height. Federighi indicated she wants a more complete idea of what the project will look like and said the developer was asking the council to trust that after approval, they would return with changes that would make the building more compatible with the Town Center II complex.
Some residents supported the project and praised its location near transit. Others urged the council to deny it, saying the building is too dense, too tall and will block views. They also commented on traffic impacts and suggested the city's circulation committee take a look at the project. However, the process agreement only allows for hearings before the design review and planning commissions, and the city council, according to senior planner Christine Sinnette.
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I'd agree with that Loki, although I think under BR's perfect system where a player lines up across the front 3 (and in the hole) should be fairly immaterial. Seems to me he does want to cut in, and is playing the role I think BR envisioned Borini would, or what Sterling was asked to do in the first half of the season. As the young Brazilian becomes more accustomed to the system, and the players around him I think we'll see more of that interchange.
Leaving the debate on whether Borini should or should not stay, with players like him, Suarez, Sterling, Sturridge, now Coutinho and the likes of Suso in the wings, and maybe the likes of an Ince or similar type player coming in, it's quite a formidable and versatile front line.
My only criticism of the lad is his tracking back and strength when he does not have the ball. I've seen him track back and help out Jose, but he needs to be more consistent at this, especially if we want our full backs to push forward, they need wingers who can help them out.
But to Colin's point on flair vs. disciplined squad players, that is often the tradeoff. We can play a Henderson wide (or in the past a Kuyt) and get that work rate, but not always the invention. We do get both sides of the coin with Stevie, but let's be honest that is extremely rare.
For me we need both. We need the Henderson, the Allen, the Lucas who can hold up the ball distribute it, but are not likely to go on the mazy run taking on defenders and create something from nothing, because they are the ones who keep you in the game, and create the stage on which the likes of Suarez or Coutinho can do their magic.


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Crater Lake National Park presents its fourth annual Art on the Rim art show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 13-14, at the Rim Village Community House.
The featured artwork was created by the park's recent artists-in-residence. The park artist-in-residence program, which launched four years ago, draws from artists across the country. The work of Kim Faucher, Paula Fong, Fernando Lopez, John Sollinger, Chad Vickery, Gail Weisfield, and David Lorenz Winston will be on display.
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Honda to Invest $30 million in North Carolina Plant
Increasing Annual Engine Production to 1.5 million Units
|SWEPSONVILLE, N.C., January 7, 2003 --- Honda Power Equipment Mfg., Inc. (HPE) today announced that it will invest approximately $30 million in its Swepsonville, NC factory to add a third production line and make other improvements to help meet growing demand for Honda's general purpose engines. The move will increase HPE's capacity for multi-purpose power equipment engines by 50% to 1.5 million units per year in 2004. HPE produces engines, lawn mowers and other products using domestic and globally-sourced parts.
The expansion will add about 200 new full-time Honda associates in addition to seasonal employment. HPE currently employs approximately 370 associates. HPE will begin hiring new associates for the expansion in early 2004.
"This expansion will enable Honda to continue to meet customer demand for our engines -- both for Honda products and as a supplier to other power equipment makers," said Yoshihiko Toyozumi, president of HPE. "Honda is proud to have been in North Carolina since 1984, and with this new growth we are expanding our commitment to the people, state and region."
Honda is the world's largest engine maker and the expansion of Honda's North Carolina operations demonstrates Honda's emergence as one of the world's leading power equipment manufacturers. "The associates at HPE have quietly assumed a leading role in Honda's global multi-purpose engine production strategy," said Toyozumi.
HPE has produced more than 5 million engines and more than 2.5 million lawn mowers since it opened in August 1984. HPE began production of the GC 160 engine series in June 2000. This resulted in a tripling in annual production capacity from approximately 300,000 engines used primarily for Honda lawn mowers, to more than one million units for Honda products and for sale to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for use in a range of equipment including lawnmowers, pressure washers and generators.
The new production line will have die casting, machining and assembly operations. It will begin mass production in spring 2004 and is expected to reach full production by fall 2004.
Cooperation with local and state officials was critical to Honda's ability to move ahead. "We wanted to expand in North Carolina, but it would have been impossible without the commitment and support of local and state officials to provide the necessary infrastructure to meet our growing needs," said Toyozumi. "The local community's partnership with Honda has been tremendous, from necessary widening of the road, to upgrading the water, sewer and electric power and assisting with job training. We sincerely appreciate everyone's efforts."
HPE's current 142,000 square foot facility represents an existing capital investment of $114 million. The expansion will add approximately 70,000 square feet and a new assembly line to the plant. Currently, two assembly lines produce approximately one million engines per year. HPE began operation in 1984 with lawn mower assembly. HPE also produces snow blowers, water pumps and string trimmers.
The GC series made in North Carolina is Honda's solution to the need for quiet, efficient, and low emission engines specifically designed for home-use power equipment applications. The GC and GCV160 models are ideal for a variety of consumer products, including lawn mowers, pressure washers, water pumps, compressors, and other power equipment such as snow blowers and tillers.
Honda produces more than 15 million engines annually for its three product lines -- automobiles, motorcycles and power products -- and for sales to other manufacturers. Honda designs, manufactures and markets its products in North America and worldwide. Honda currently builds products in eleven manufacturing plants in North America, with three major research and development centers in the U.S. Honda employs more than 26,000 associates in North America.


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A Perry County mine operator is sentenced on mail fraud charges.
Harold Simpson, the operator of Simpson Mining Company, was sentenced to three years in federal prison and he must pay one and a half million dollars in restitution.
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After working on a new budget for more than a week state lawmakers finally have one ready for a vote.
It's an issue legislative leaders have been dealing with behind closed doors for days.
WYMT's Dara Rees talked with Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo about the budget proposal and what it could mean for eastern Kentucky.
The proposed budget includes funding for a number of projects designed to improve the state like bucks for brains attracting researchers to Kentucky.
Lt. Governor Daniel Mongiardo says people could still feel a pinch in their wallets.
The Lt Governor says the current state of the nation calls for some compromise in Kentucky's budget.
"We don't have the revenues when you have national economy that's where it's at today, people are going to suffer. We all have to be ready to tighten our belt. We have to be aware that there are going to be some difficult time ahead over the next couple of years," Lt. Governor Mongiardo said.
Mongiardo says they tried to implement smaller cuts across the board, nevertheless, he says social services, Medicaid, mental health programs, and education, among others, will likely be impacted.
"There's going to be some cuts to higher education. There's not going to be any cuts in K through 12, which we really wanted to make sure there weren't any cuts in K through 12," Lt. Governor Mongiardo said.
It is not a total loss for educators in the proposed budget.
"Teachers are going to get one percent pay raise," Lt Governor Mongiardo said.
Lt. Governor Mongiardo says the new budget will impact every county in the commonwealth.
The Lt. Governor says it's not a great budget, "It's not a great budget. It is the best that we can do in the time that we have with no new sources of revenue."
As the state learns to live within its means, the Lt. Governor hopes the national economy will soon turn around.
Lawmakers say they're trying to deal with a nearly 900-million dollar shortfall over the next two years.
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There were 82 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday. At that time, there were 1,411 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Weapons arrest: Community Response Team officers and members of the multiagency San Joaquin County gang task force said they arrested Lafell White, 41, after finding him in possession of a loaded and concealed handgun about 5:30 p.m. Friday near Julian and Phelps streets.
Burglary arrest: Officers responded to a burglary alarm at a business in the 1300 block of East Miner Avenue shortly before 7 p.m. Friday. When they arrived, the burglar fled from the business into the yard of a home on East Channel Street, where he was taken into custody. Juan Morales Luna, 31, was arrested on suspicion of burglary and for two outstanding warrants, police said. All of the stolen property was recovered and returned.
Weapons arrest: Two teens were arrested on Porterfield Court about 8:50 p.m. Friday after Community Response Team officers and members of the multiagency San Joaquin County gang task force found them in possession of a loaded rifle and two handguns. A 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy whose names were not released because they are minors were arrested.
The California Highway Patrol did not submit an incident report.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 104 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday, including 14 vehicle accidents, 60 medical calls and two structure fires.
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NEW DELHI: Even as the world telecom market remains in a shambles, 13 telecom carrier companies have joined hands to set up a new submarine cable in another desperate attempt to ease the bandwidth shortage between Asia and Europe.
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What is law and public policy?
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In layman's term, you can say that LAW is a set of rules and regulation, which are clearly defined, that are objectively designed to maintain public order, uphold justice and fairness for ALL as dictated by the government.
Public Policy on the other hand does not server such an objective. They are just rules and regulations set out by the government / boards deemed to be suitable. (Just like Company Policy, every company is different and the policy might be biased to either the employee or employer)
I'm not a Law / Public policy person, but this is just my interpertation ;) You might wanna check with the dictionary
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ok sure!I will look up the dictionary!:)
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Nothing, it appears to me is of greater value in a man than the power of judgment; and the man who has it may be compared to a chest filled with books, for he is the son of nature and the father of art.
Pietro Aretino (1492 - 1556)
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O what their joy and their glory must be, Those endless sabbaths the blessed ones see! crowns for the valiant, for weary ones rest: God shall be all, and in all ever blest. Truly Jerusalem name we that shore, vision of peace that brings hope evermore; wish and fulfillment shall severed be ne'er, nor the thing prayed for come short of the prayer. There, where no trouble distraction can bring, we the sweet anthems of Zion shall sing, while for thy grace, Lord, their voices of praise thy blessed people eternally raise. Now, in the meantime, with hearts raised on high, we for that country must yearn and must sigh, seeking Jerusalem, dear native land, through the long exile on Babylon's strand. Low before him with our praises we fall, of whom, and in whom, and through whom are all; of whom, the Father; and in whom, the Son; through whom, the Spirit, with both ever one.
Pierre Abelard (1079 - 1142)
Source: Hymnus Paraclitensis, On Heaven
The subject of the poem was Bridget of Kildare (450-523), a Christian lass among the Druids in Ireland. Saint Bridget was A problem child. Although a lass Demure and mild, And one who strove To please her dad, Saint Bridget drove The family mad. For here's the fault in Bridget lay: She WOULD give everything away. To any soul Whose luck was out She'd give her bowl Of stirabout; She'd give her shawl, Divide her purse With one or all. And what was worse, When she ran out of things to give She'd borrow from a relative. Her father's gold, Her grandsire's dinner, She'd hand to cold and hungry sinner; Give wine, give meat, No matter whose; Take from her feet The very shoes, And when her shoes had gone to others, Fetch forth her sister's and her mother's. She could not quit. She had to share; Gave bit by bit The silverware, The barnyard geese, The parlor rug, Her little niece-'s christening mug, Even her bed to those in want, And then the mattress of her aunt. An easy touch For poor and lowly, She gave so much And grew so holy That when she died Of years and fame, The countryside Put on her name, And still the Isles of Erin fidget With generous girls named Bride or Bridget. Well, one must love her. Nonetheless, In thinking of her Givingness, There's no denial She must have been A sort of trial Unto her kin. The moral, too, seems rather quaint. WHO had the patience of a saint, From evidence presented here? Saint Bridget? Or her near and dear?
Phyllis McGinley (1905 - 1978)
Source: "The Giveaway," from The Love Letters ofd Phyllis McGinley, New York, Viking Press, 1957
Holiness in us, is the copy or transcript of the holiness that is in Christ,- As the wax hath line for line from the seal, and the child feature for feature from the father, so is holiness in us from him.
Philip Henry (1631 - 1696)
Source: Matthew Henry, Life of Philip Henry
The important thing to recognize is that it takes a team, and the team ought to get credit for the wins and the losses. Successes have many fathers, failures have none.
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Distinguished actor, loving husband and father. Always in our hearts.
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Source: (Hollywood Memorial Park; Hollywood, California)
And his own thoughts, along that rugged way Pursued, like raging hounds, their father and their prey.
Percy Shelley (1792 - 1822)
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No one really understood music unless he was a scientist, her father had declared, and not just a scientist, either, oh, no, only the real ones, the theoreticians, whose language was mathematics. She had not understood mathematics until he had explained to her that it was the symbolic language of relationships. "And relationships," he had told her, "contained the essential meaning of life."
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Following on Well Played 1.0, this book is full of in-depth close readings of video games that parse out the various meanings to be found in the experience of playing a game. Contributors analyze sequences in a game in detail in order to illustrate and interpret how the various components of a game can come together to create a fulfilling playing experience unique to this medium. Contributors are again looking at video games in order to provide a variety of perspectives on the value of games.
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CHENNAI: GSM cellular operator, Hutchison Essar, has invested in excess of Rs 1,500 crore over the last one year in Chennai, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh telecom circles. Out of this, Chennai alone attracted Rs 400 crore investments (including licence fee). The company, which operates in these three circles in south India had a subscriber base of 55,772 in Chennai; 54,169 in Andhra Pradesh and 82,813 in Karnataka as on June 30, 2003.
"Our infrastructure investments are the highest by any operator in all the circles that we operate. And that will be the case in South India too," said Mr Sandip Das, CEO, Hutchison Essar South. "As for Chennai, ours is the largest cellular network with over 208 cell sites and the Rs 400 crore investments is one of the biggest for the city," he added.


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Rising wage inequality continues to be a defining feature of the U.S. labor market
August 30, 2016 | By Elise Gould | BlogLooking at the most recent data—through the first half of 2016—we see that wage inequality has continued to grow, with top earners faring far better than those in the middle or bottom end of the wage scale.
Union decline lowers wages of nonunion workers: The overlooked reason why wages are stuck and inequality is growing
August 30, 2016 | By Jake Rosenfeld, Patrick Denice, and Jennifer Laird | ReportPrivate-sector union decline since the late 1970s has contributed to wage losses among workers who do not belong to a union. This is especially true for men, particularly non–college graduates. For nonunion private-sector men without a bachelor's degree or more education, weekly wages would be an estimated 8 percent ($58) higher in 2013 if union density remained at its 1979 levels. These lost wages due to declining union power eclipse non–college graduates' estimated 5 percent wage loss from increased trade with low-wage nations, signaling that decline in union power must receive more attention in the debate over wage stagnation and growing inequality.
EPI News 8/26/2016
August 28, 2016 | EPI NewsMaking whole-child education the norm Skills such as critical thinking, persistence, and self-control—which are often called noncognitive skills or social and emotional skills—are vitally important to children's development. In a new report, EPI's Emma García and Elaine Weiss outline why and how nurturing these skills should be incorporated into the goals and components of public education. García and Weiss argue that since these skills are linked to academic achievement, productivity and collegiality at work, positive health indicators, and civic participation, they should be an explicit goal of public education.
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order makes contracting system more accountable
August 24, 2016 | By Ross Eisenbrey | BlogThe final rule implementing President Obama's executive order on fair pay and safe workplaces has been issued, along with guidance from the Department of Labor.
Broader, Bolder Approach to host discussion of non-cognitive skills, social and emotional learning
August 24, 2016 | EventsOn Wednesday, August 24 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern, the Economic Policy Institute and the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education (BBA) will host a discussion on the growing momentum to make development of a key set of skills—sometimes called non-cognitive skills or social and emotional learning—more central to public education.
Making whole-child education the norm: How research and policy initiatives can make social and emotional skills a focal point of children's education
August 24, 2016 | By Emma García and Elaine Weiss | ReportTraits and skills such as critical thinking, creativity, problem solving, persistence, and self-control—which are often collectively called noncognitive skills, or social and emotional skills—are vitally important to children's full development. Developing these skills should thus be an explicit goal of public education.
Why is President Obama making one last push for the TPP?
August 23, 2016 | By Robert E. Scott | BlogGiven the modestly of net benefits and the large, regressive redistribution of income created by growing trade flows, it is puzzling why TPP is such a priority for the Obama administration—especially when it, like trade agreements before, is quite likely to do disproportionate harm to the people who make up his and his party's political base.
Look to the 1990s, not the 1970s, for the right lessons to guide today's monetary policy
August 23, 2016 | By Josh Bivens | BlogThere's no reason today to think we can't replicate the outcome of the 1990s tight labor markets, we just need to make sure these tight labor markets rest on a solid foundation.
Top 10 H-1B employers are all IT offshore outsourcing firms, costing U.S. workers tens of thousands of jobs
August 22, 2016 | By Ron Hira | BlogThe top 10 H-1B employers all use the program to send American jobs offshore. All of the firms are leaders in using the offshore outsourcing business model to sell information technology (IT) Services.
Making the Federal Reserve Fully Public: Why and How
August 22, 2016 | By Valerie Wilson, Jordan Haedtler, and Andrew Levin | ReportThis paper describes why the Federal Reserve Bank should be fully public and proposes a set of sensible and nonpartisan legislative actions to create that change and enhance public accountability and transparency.
EPI News 8/19/2016
August 21, 2016 | EPI NewsWhy is recovery taking so long—and who's to blame? In a new report, EPI's Josh Bivens writes that slow economic growth after the Great Recession is due primarily to the fiscal policy passed by Republican lawmakers in Congress and austerity-minded state legislators. While the depth and severity of the Great Recession can partially explain why it has taken so long for the economy to fully recover, Bivens argues that the slow recovery is a self-inflicted wound caused by excessively austere fiscal policy, particularly cutbacks in public spending growth.
News from EPI › Halfway through the year, most state labor markets continue at a jog—better to finish at a sprint
August 19, 2016 | By David Cooper | Economic IndicatorsThe July State Employment and Unemployment data, released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, paint a similar picture to what we have seen for much of the past year: moderate job growth for the majority of states, with a handful of exceptions scattered throughout the country.
Operation Smile's misleading opposition to the new overtime rules
August 18, 2016 | By Ross Eisenbrey | BlogThe Department of Labor has issued an update to its overtime rules that will bring an additional 12.5 million salaried employees under the exemption threshold, the level below which they are guaranteed overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours in a week, regardless of their job title or duties.
Economic recovery for black and Latino workers expands to more states in the second quarter of 2016
August 18, 2016 | By Valerie Wilson | Economic IndicatorsAnalyses of state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity for the most recent quarter build on the monthly state employment numbers by showing state-by-state improvements in prospects for black and Latino workers, yet continued high unemployment relative to whites.
Eliminating the marriage penalty would only help affluent couples
August 18, 2016 | By Hunter Blair | BlogThe Independent Women's Forum (IWF) recently released a policy agenda purporting to focus on improving women's lives. The tax policies included are par-for-the-course right-wing talking points focused on lower taxes for the rich.
Black women's wages are no longer gaining ground on white men's, and they're falling further behind white women's
August 17, 2016 | By Valerie Wilson | Economic SnapshotBlack women have experienced the stagnation of wages along with the vast majority of other Americans. But in addition, they also experience lower pay due to gender and race bias.
EPI News 8/12/2016
August 14, 2016 | EPI NewsThe teacher pay gap is wider than ever In a new report, EPI's Lawrence Mishel and UC Berkeley's Sylvia Allegretto write that teachers' pay continues to fall relative to pay of comparable workers. Teachers made 17 percent less in wages than similar workers in 2015—compared with 1.8 percent less in 1994. This growing pay gap could make it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain high-quality teachers.
We need more than tried and failed trickle down economics
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A tale of two speeches
August 12, 2016 | By Lawrence Mishel | BlogThis post originally appeared in Democracy. This election will be different, not only because of the stark departure of Donald Trump's candidacy from any usual political convention, but also because the current economic debate is unlike any in recent memory.
Why is recovery taking so long—and who's to blame?
August 11, 2016 | By Josh Bivens | ReportWe are enduring one of the slowest economic recoveries in recent history, and the pace can be entirely explained by the fiscal austerity imposed by Republican members of Congress and also legislators and governors at the state level.
Schrader bill would gut the Department of Labor's new overtime rule
August 10, 2016 | By David Cooper, Ross Eisenbrey, Will Kimball, and Lawrence Mishel | Policy MemoRep. Kurt Schrader has introduced legislation (the Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act, or OREA) that would undermine the Department of Labor's new rule that expands the overtime rights of salaried employees who earn less than $47,476 a year ($913 per week). The bill would harm the low- and middle-income Americans whom the Labor Department's rule is designed to help.
Teachers make 17 percent less than similar workers
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Melania Trump visa issues highlight lack of regulation and enforcement in temporary visa programs
August 9, 2016 | By Daniel Costa | BlogWe will probably never get a final answer on this, but the situation raises a more important issue: there is a severe and troubling lack of government regulation, oversight, and enforcement when it comes to U.S. temporary (also known as "nonimmigrant") visa programs.
Trump's plan for the economy does little to help working people
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The teacher pay gap is wider than ever: Teachers' pay continues to fall further behind pay of comparable workers
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News from EPI › Donald Trump's economic plan recycles the failed policies of past Republicans
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EPI News 8/5/2016
August 7, 2016 | EPI NewsA financial transaction tax would help Wall Street work for Main Street In a new report, EPI's Josh Bivens and Hunter Blair write that a financial transaction tax (FTT)—a small levy placed on the sale of stocks, bonds, derivatives, and other investments—would raise between $110 billion to $403 billion in gross revenues annually. They argue that regardless of the level of revenues raised, an FTT would be a win-win for the U.S. economy by ultimately decreasing the fees Americans pay on their investments and shrinking unproductive parts of the financial sector.
News from EPI › Job growth gets July on the podium
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August 4, 2016 | By Elise Gould | BlogI am cautiously optimistic that the topline payroll numbers in this Friday's Employment Situation Report will build on June's positive upturn and come in stronger than the weaker April and May figures.
CEOs make 276 times more than typical workers
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Does anyone know where and if there is any Hog hunting in this counties?
I would really appreciated the info.
Hit the search. The subject has been covered many times.
Jeff "Jesse" James - Owner of Jesse's Hunting & Outdoors
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Big horn canyon ranch is all I've found. The escapees in surrounding canyons of the ranch are pretty much gone from what I remember from back in the days. If you find anything else post it up.


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Last year the California Department of Fish and Game offered two random drawings for a deer license, and an elk license. Offering licenses by raffle brought in over $130,000 for the Department and for conservation. This year they are raffling four random drawing chances to win a big game license. This year along with the deer and elk, there is a desert bighorn sheep and pronghorn antelope tag.
Any interested hunter can purchase the raffle tickets from the DFG, or online [2] for $5.66, no limits. The last day to purchase tickets is June, 2, with the drawing being held within 10 business days of that date. For the winner of the drawing to receive the tag, they must have a 2012-13 California hunting license.
"In our continued support of hunting and quest to increase hunting and fishing opportunities in California, I'm pleased that our hunters can purchase multiple random drawing fund-raising tag chances for special hunt tags this year," said DFG Director Charlton H. Bonham. "I am particularly excited that this year we will include a once-in-a-lifetime desert bighorn sheep tag as well as a coveted northeastern California pronghorn antelope tag. From CarsonNow.org [3].
[1] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biggamehunt.net%2Fblogs%2Fbghjournal%2Fcalifornia-tries-raffle-wildlife-fundraising&linkname=California%20Tries%20Raffle%20for%20Wildlife%20Fundraising%20%7C%20Big%20Game%20Hunt
[2] http://www.dfg.ca.gov/
[3] http://carsonnow.org/story/01/24/2012/hunters-and-wildlife-both-win
[4] http://www.biggamehunt.net/sections/California
[5] http://www.biggamehunt.net/sections/Bighorn_Sheep
[6] http://www.biggamehunt.net/sections/Elk
[7] http://www.biggamehunt.net/sections/Mule_Deer
[8] http://www.biggamehunt.net/sections/Pronghorn_Antelope


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These are some of the notable releases for May 13th, 2014 in Region 1 (North America) coming to retail on Blu-Ray and/or DVD.
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These are some of the notable releases for May 13th, 2014 in Region 1 (North America) coming to retail on Blu-Ray and/or DVD:
I, Frankenstein (Lions Gate, PG-13, DVD & Blu-Ray) – This latest take on the classic Mary Shelley tale is set in the midst of a long-running war between two clans of immortals, with Frankenstein's monster in the middle. The film stars Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy and Caitlin Stasey.
Dragon Ball Z: Season 4 (Funimation, Blu-Ray, TV Release) – The fourth season of the iconic anime series begins after the defeat of Freiza, but the beloved Goku is still away from Earth, and this as new villains appear on the planet. This release includes widescreen, remastered video for all 35 episodes of the fourth season as well as extras.
Wrestlemania XXX (WWE, DVD & Blu-Ray, TV Release) – The thirtieth edition of the premiere professional wrestling pay-per-event took place in April of 2014. The event included a 31-man battle royal, Brock Lesnar battling The Undertaker and Randy Orton taking on Batista and Randy Orton in a triple threat match.
Yu-Gi-Oh: Season 5 (New Video Group, DVD Only, TV Release) – The final season of the popular anime series based on the hit card game includes over 1000 minutes of content. The series follows Yugi and his friends as they battle against competitors both in the cards and in real life!
Fast & Furious 6-Movie Collection (Universal Studios, PG-13, DVD & Blu-Ray) – This box set includes all six of the Fast and Furious car racing franchise released so far, starting with the original and going through Fast and Furious 6. Each movie includes some extras ranging from gag reels to commentary.


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[LOA] How Technology Can Help
August 23rd, 2012 by Dan Meyer
In March, I gave a talk to some math textbook authors describing five strategies for designing curricula for digital media like tablets and computers. One of those five strategies relatedly directly to the ladder of abstraction and my tentative hypothesis that paper is a problem, that the constraints and cost of paper lead us to decisions that ultimately make the process of abstraction very difficult for students to understand. (ie. Print-based curricula in your teens leads you to tell people that "Math always seemed abstract to me" in your thirties.)
My preference would be that you'd watch the 8.5 minutes from 19:14 to 27:57 of this video. Some of the examples don't work well here in text, but I'm going to lay out the slides and narration anyway so we have a place to argue about this segment in specific.
This gets really fun here. This is a part I'm really enthusiastic about right now. Have students climb the entire ladder of abstraction.
This is NCTM on technology and I think they got it exactly half right. The technology helps us work at higher levels of abstraction but technology also helps us work at lower levels of abstraction. Right now, the tasks we give students are focused on this narrow band, this narrow set of rungs in the middle of that ladder and no higher and no lower.
You look at the modeling standard and look at what it says. (This terrifies me by the way.) "Identifying variables. Formulating a model. Analyzing and performing operations. Interpreting the results. Validating the conclusions." That's your ladder of abstraction there. [I won't exactly sign on off that now, FWIW, but let's see where he's going with this. –dm] And what do we have students doing? Just that middle rung.
They select the operation and apply it. That's it.
And so this is a tool that was built by a guy named Bret Victor. This is a guy you should get to know. I watched a talk he gave on the plane over here from San Francisco and I had like a physical reaction to this talk it was that good. He has a project called Kill Math, which should be provocative enough for all of you guys to click on the link. He's a technologist, a creator, an artist, an engineer. This is a guy who will provoke your thinking in a number of different ways.
But he created this tool he calls Tangle and I adapted it for use in this problem. And what it lets me do is essentially turn all those parameters into variables and so now once I've solved the first problem, I can slide around on all those things and see what would happen if gas dropped in price or if the shuttle costs went up or if the cost of parking in Santa Rosa dropped to zero. And ask a whole host of new, different, complicated questions. And pose scenarios that are higher up on the ladder of abstraction.
But we also need to have students work at lower levels. Like, where did those parameters come from? You and me. We brainstormed them [earlier in the session –dm]. But in the textbook those are given to them. The text tells students what parameters they're going to need and it gives them that information.
Thats a valuable lower rung on the ladder that students need experience with. Once we have the task posed, let's just ask that student, "What information will you need here?" And just let the student think about it for a second, and then type a few things down in a low-risk environment.
And maybe let the student see all the classmates' responses also, the results of that brainstorming.
That's a lower level of abstraction. You and I are constantly dealing with the question, "What information do I need to solve this task?" That's a question that gets very little air time in our print-based curricula.
Again, we have a third page for this problem now. We have the starter — the context, the visual. We have this rung — this level of abstraction. And then the rest of the problem. That's three pages for this task right now. You can't do it in print.
We could compress all of those. But you can't put a kid on a higher rung and then ask them to work on a lower one. Like I can't give the kid all the information they'll need and then ask them "what information will you need?" The horse is out of the barn. So we have to split this up over multiple "pages".
Go even lower. This is, I think, the lowest rung on the ladder of abstraction.
We show. We don't tell. And then we pose the task immediately, "Does the ball go in?" And, at this point, how are you not speculating? Like how are you not guessing. I know you have a theory. You've got an idea in your head whether it's going in or not. Can I get you guys to raise a hand if you think it's going in? Okay. And the rest think it's going out. I'll just assume that. That is a valuable moment of intuitive and guesswork and it's engaging for students so let's give them an outlet for that on the page there.
Just let them tap a yes or a no. "What do you think?" And then we'll aggregate all those responses.
This has cost us nothing in terms of cash or weight on the student's back. It's cost us a brief second of class time, which makes whatever meager return we get on this investment just incredible. Just in terms of, "Well now I want to know the answer." We've got that student.
And that's everywhere, in applied math particularly. "How many minutes will it take to fill?" Every student puts down a guess before we get in the real meat of it.
This is going to get really fun here. Obviously I will ask you, "How deep do you think it is?" That will happen. But even better is this. I'm going to ask you to tap on the screen when you think the rock hits the ground. And I can't have you do that. [This part makes no sense on paper but it's pretty awesome in the video –dm] But I'm going to ask you to raise your hand when you think the rock hits the ground.
Now tapping obviously has a lot of advantages over raising your hand. It's more surreptitious. You have your own answer. You're less biased by others. I like that about it. But for now you saw that video before. I'm going to ask you to raise your hand up when you think the rock hits the ground.
[Most people raise their hand on the huge boom. I raise my hand way earlier than the boom. –dm]
We were all over the place there. There was some large clumps there at the end. I think the you guys were late. I don't know what the answer is, exactly, but I know that this crowd here, on that big boom, was late. Why? What was the question that these people answered perfectly? "When did I hear it?" Which is different than "When did it hit the ground?" Right. Because the sound is coming back up.
And you guys should see your faces right now. Some of you guys are kind of like, "Huhhh." So using a very low rung — which student couldn't answer that question? — we've highlighted that there's more here than projectile motion. There's also the speed of sound going on. We've got that in your head.
And thinking about how that happens in print, we get a very different reaction off this right here when we're just writing and writing and writing about the speed of sound. It's different.
This plays out in pure math in some fun ways. This is your very traditional trigonometry practice unit. We jump into problems like this right here.
Calculate the missing side. And we do this very interesting thing on these problems where the student gets an answer and we go around and we look at the answers. When the answer is wrong, we ask, "Does your answer make sense? Is your answer reasonable?" It has the effect of stigmatizing that question, of course, so they know "Is your answer reasonable?" means "Your answer is wrong." But it's interesting when we ask that question. We ask that question once they've climbed to the very highest rung on the ladder. They've selected a model. They've performed the operation. They are way high up there. And we ask them to climb on down and access the lowest rung on the ladder. "Is your answer guessable, reasonable? Does your intuition say, 'Yeah, it works.'"
I don't have a ton of evidence but I think that's hard for students. Far better would be to start the student at that low rung and then build up. So I'm talking about this right here:
We just ask them to estimate it at the very start. All the same problems. They're just going to see them twice, though. They're going to go through the first time in a couple of minutes and just put down their best guess at how long that side will be. So maybe the student says, "55, maybe," and moves onto the next one. It takes two minutes.
Then the next time through, we give them this angle here. Their answer — their intuitive answer — is still up there so that when the student gets that it'll be 49.7. Like, yeah, that's kind of within the ballpark there. And we don't have to answer the question, "Is that reasonable?" Their reason is staring them in the face already.
So if they were to use the wrong identity. It would be more obvious. So if the student got 14, or whatever it would be, if they had solved accidentally for the other side, it might be more obvious seeing that guess staring them in the face.
I'm enthusiastic about that.
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on 23 Aug 2012 at 8:17 am1 misscalcul8
I'm excited about this because it is easily accessible for me as a teacher. This is something I could do tomorrow, if I was teaching trig tomorrow. Even without students having access to the technology, since I have a projector, I can make the numbers appear when I want to through PowerPoint.
It does make perfect sense to ask them to guess first. It's even a pretty decent hook with minimal work and could be a smooth transition into the lesson.
I'm excited to get started. What great timing to post this simple idea at the beginning of the school year.
I love the question you asked when people put their hands up indicating when they think the rock hit the ground: "what question are you answering perfectly?" I thought hard about why the question "when do you hear the rock hit?" question was different from the "when does it hit the ground?" question in a way that I wouldn't have if you had just said, "You're wrong, that's when you hear the rock hit the ground. I asked when does it hit the ground."
And I think it's also worth noticing that you just told the people who put their hands up early, "oh, that's the rock hitting the side of the well." Sometimes it's okay to just tell people stuff about the context.
on 23 Aug 2012 at 12:42 pm3 William
It's always surprised me that a third grade math textbook is structurally identical to a twelfth grade math textbook. In other subjects, we recognize that the material students play with changes qualitatively as they get older.
Imagine if we never exposed our students literature, to Shakespeare or to Milton or to Vergil or to Homer. They're part of the reason that you learn the formalism and the operations of the languages that you're learning.
What you're suggesting, I think, is that way we write curriculum is equivalent to the pablum that ends up as examples in English (or foreign language!) textbooks. It's stripped of the immediacy, tension, drama, and truth and resonance of good literature. We can do better.
I stayed up till 2:00 in the morning to watch Curiosity land because it was the answer to a heck of a math problem. Even though I didn't do the work to solve it, the drama was killing me. I *had* to know the answer.
on 23 Aug 2012 at 6:43 pm4 Jared Cosulich
Dan, I love what you're doing here, but I wonder if it doesn't coincide with what I'm working on, which is essentially the same thing you are describing, but with more iterations and more tools (especially at the start).
So instead of guessing about the basketball once, you have many many opportunities to guess (different shots). Not just multiple guesses as more information is added, but multiple problems with slight variation (not sure if you already intended that).
I'm also encouraging more tools so that you can literally get the right answer through bulk force. So for the basketball problem maybe there's a way to create an additional arc through a simulation. You can see if that arc matches the current trajectory and goes in. As you progress through more problems the tools get more complex, so maybe you have to type in the calculation required to provide the estimated arc and see if it matches up.
Does that make sense?
on 26 Aug 2012 at 11:34 pm5 Debbie
Hi Dan, this post makes me wonder a couple of things. Firstly, are any publishers actually listening to you? Is there a project under way to produce a textbook along these lines?
Secondly, we keep seeing the same examples – the water butt, the basketball shot et cetera. Great questions which I feel exemplify your thoughts so clearly, but do you find that you are spending less time on this element of classroom teaching?
@Jared, I'd be interested in hearing more about your vision for PuzzleSchool. When I first checked it out, it looked like you were aggregating other puzzle-type games but this sounds more ambitious here.
Hi Dan, this post makes me wonder a couple of things. Firstly, are any publishers actually listening to you? Is there a project under way to produce a textbook along these lines?
I've been advising Pearson on their new CCSS textbook but I'm afraid, as a sub-contractor of a sub-contractor, I'm pretty easy to ignore.
Secondly, we keep seeing the same examples – the water butt, the basketball shot et cetera. Great questions which I feel exemplify your thoughts so clearly, but do you find that you are spending less time on this element of classroom teaching?
There's never enough time for everything, unfortunately. The more I give talks about curriculum design, the less time I have for designing curriculum. I release a couple of new tasks every month at threeacts.mrmeyer.com, though.
on 28 Aug 2012 at 10:52 pm7 Debbie
Thanks for the reply Dan, I think your approach is fascinating and wish you continued success.
I think we underestimate the power of the guess, tap, estimate in the math classroom. I was struck by your trig example, what is the point of asking a student if their answer is reasonable at the end of the end of the problem if we never asked them to consider a reasonable length to begin with?
I had my first day with students today and we used your Gatorade problem with our Algebra I classes for the second year in a row. I was surprised when more than half the class thought the 6-pack was going to be the better deal, but it was that much more powerful when they proved themselves wrong with the math!
The new technology that was added from last year's Gatorade problem to this year's was the introduction of the document camera. It is amazing how such a simple tool can change the conversation about math in your classroom when 23 ninth graders are all looking at and analyzing their classmates' work.
on 07 Sep 2012 at 4:16 pm9 Michael Paul Goldenberg
The power of the guess. . . .
Have any of you seen the video/film MAA did of Polya teaching a group of students at Stanford in the '60s – "Let Us Teach Guessing"? He gives them a very nice problem about 5 planes subdividing 3-space into regions and the way things progress during the lesson is masterful. His accent is sometimes hard to parse, but it's very much worth the effort.
Someone recently put it up, but I'm waiting for permission to share the link. I hope everyone interested in the issues being pursued here gets a chance to see it.
That said, I have a specific question for Dan: you say
"You look at the modeling standard and look at what it says. (This terrifies me by the way.) "Identifying variables. Formulating a model. Analyzing and performing operations. Interpreting the results. Validating the conclusions." That's your ladder of abstraction there. [I won't exactly sign on off that now, FWIW, but let's see where he's going with this. -dm] And what do we have students doing? Just that middle rung."
Could you elaborate on what terrifies you exactly in what you're citing and why? Not that I don't think there are things to be terrified by, but I'm not clear as to what you're pointing there and don't want to jump to conclusions about your reasons, either. Thanks.
on 07 Sep 2012 at 4:49 pm10 Michael Paul Goldenberg
I got the go-ahead to post the link to the Polya "Guessing" class:


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A list entitled Adventure Games We Want Back crossed my virtual desk, and while I agree with a lot of the games listed, I think they missed a few:
- The old SSI D&D games. I'm talkin' Pool of Radiance type stuff, where you rolled up six characters, gave them stupid names, and played with them like pixelated minis when combat started up. I'm not sure which rule set I'd want to see, but I did enjoy that you could bounce lightning bolt spells off of walls.
- Text adventures, but with a parser that's practically sentient. We can render faces to near-perfection, so why not take whatever is running the voice-helpers on smartphones and let them run a text adventure that's as long as a Robert Jordan novel? Using natural language (maybe even with some kind of constantly updating typo/slang detector) could make it a much smoother experience and effects of your actions could alter future events on the fly, since re-editing text is a lot easier than recording a voice actor's lines for every possible action your average 3D avatar might take.
- Bureau 13. This was, I believe, based off of an existing role-playing game of the same name, and I think I played it on an old Amiga 500. It was modern enough to possess 3D-rendered cutscenes and nice isometric animated characters, but the game itself seemed pretty broken to me, and I soon gave up. I still liked the premise (a secret agency that employs vampires, mad scientists, etc. as field agents), and I'd like to see them take another crack at it. I hope they keep the bureau's warning to not be conspicuous or let people know you're at all unnatural, which means the female agent in a silver bikini who pilots an egg-shaped robotic exosuit blends right in no matter where she goes.
- Neuromancer. Sure, we've got Deus Ex, but in a way, I'd like to see a cyberpunk game more in the vein of the Fallout series. Much like how the Fallout games used the 1950's and 60's vision of the future, cyberpunk was never so outrageously bizarre-looking and fantastical than when it was being written from the 80's. A revived Neromancer should look like someone grafted cyberware onto the Solid Gold Dancers and brought them back to techno-organic life.
- All of the adventure games that made no freakin' sense at the time. This is just so maybe someone out there could re-do these things to the point where I could have a chance to understand what they were about. Mostly, this is SwordQuest on the Atari 2600, and the Marvel Comics Questprobe series of games, which were pretty obtuse.
I will say I kind of disagree about reviving Leisure Suit Larry. I love point-n-click, but later installments (and attempted comebacks) haven't done the franchise many favors. I think it's partially because Larry's really a product of his time, and he kind of got less entertaining the better his graphics became.
I'm putting out a somewhat shorter linkdump this time around and inviting everyone to check out the blog over at the new Nodwick.com. I'm putting up stuff every day with some thoughts on this and that from yours truly. And the comics are there as well, so you don't have to worry about missing anything (unless I mis-key a date). Now I've got to get back to doing sequential art of some kind. Speaking of which, I'm concerned that Archie is getting into Funky Winkerbean-like depression material, as a character will develop breast cancer. I'm trying to imagine if the usual critics will be more upset over a storyline they deem too tragic for young readers or the fact that it'll involve the word "breast." Collectors might want to note that the "gay marriage" issue is going for $50.
Anyway, here's a few items to make your visit worthwhile:
- Here's a page with a clip from the upcoming Ultimate Spider-Man animated show. Thing the first: Spider-Man's voice is way too high pitched. Thing the second: S.H.I.E.L.D. has been buying guns from cartoon G.I. Joe army surplus. Thing the third: So... when is this Spider-Man going to get killed, like in the comic book?
- From the "if you hated mapping in video games before..." files comes news that video games can render whole planets for your questing pleasure.
- Minecraft is turning Japanese, it's turning Japanese I really think so.
- Use your geometry skills (as well as a love of filthy lucre) in Greedy Pirates. Throw, catch, deflect, or otherwise direct treasure so it lands in the chest. Yarrr, I say.
- I think this needs to be a "thing" at conventions this year.
- Time for a French lesson, class! Repeat after me: Je ne pense pas que la méthode de déplacement de la remontée mécanique est terriblement sûre ou pratique. Tres bien, tout le monde!
- And here's the final lesson of the unit, as taught by a guest instructor. Congratulations! You're now fluent enough to be a tourist!
- While the XFL was a disappointment for not at least having uniforms designed by Gwar, it appears that we might be approaching Blood Bowl territory anyway.
- It didn't make it to the stars, but it was close enough. A Lego and space shuttle fan uses a weather balloon (with a camera attached) into near-orbit.
- Anyone who thought Spider-Man 3's version of Venom would be great in a spin-off series of films, negotiations with the actors are underway.
- Working Stiffs is a good way to get over the Wednesday hump. You can feel grateful that no matter how much you dislike your job, at least it's not being overrun by the living dead.


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This Saturday, May 18th, marks the annual OSU Community Day of Service, where Beavers across the nation will show their Beaver Nation spirit and volunteer in their communities. Brian Collins, a volunteer in Washington, D.C. said: In addition to helping with many important community needs, Day of Service is a chance for Beaver alumni to […]
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Staying with the theme of our graduates of which we are so proud. The Honolulu Advertiser has a listing of the dozens of students from the Great State of Hawaii who will graduate from OSU next weekend. From the Honolulu Advertiser: CORVALLIS, Ore. – The 2008 graduating class from Oregon State University is one of […]
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A follow up from the Linus Pauling Day post from last week. The official Linus Pauling Stamp unveiling was held in the MU Ballroom yesterday. I wasn't able to attend so I was very interested to see KEZI's coverage of the event (which was great, by the way…Kudos KEZI!) . "We are pleased to honor […]
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Most of the Aztecs staff lives in the corridor of the areas evacuated by the wildfires. They have safely evacuated their houses and were monitoring the news Monday to see if their homes were spared. Meanwhile, SDSU was considering moving football practices this week as air quality has worsened.
Many on the football staff live in or near the evacuated areas of Poway and Rancho Bernardo. Head coach Chuck Long this year bought a 3,200-square-foot house in Poway. Last year, offensive coordinator Del Miller bought a house in Poway near StoneRidge Country Club. Defensive coordinator Bob Elliott also bought a house last year near Athletic Director Jeff Schemmel's home in the Bernardo Heights Country Club area.
"We all got evacuated, every member of my staff and their families," Long said. "They all live in that corridor. We just don't know (the status of homes). Your guess is as good as ours."
SDSU's regularly scheduled weekly football news conference scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled. But as of Monday afternoon, the school said in a release that all Aztecs athletic events are still taking place as scheduled, including a men's golf tournament Monday and Tuesday at Willow Glen Course in El Cajon. The Aztecs football team normally doesn't practice on Mondays.
SDSU canceled classes as of 1 p.m. Monday to "minimize traffic on county streets and highways," according to a campus alert. The campus was closed for all "non-essential" personnel.
On Monday, Qualcomm Stadium had become an evacuation center for thousands.


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At the front of my first Chinese New Year's parade on Mott Street in Chinatown on Jan. 29, just behind the mandarin-looking Shelly Silver (it's his Assembly district) was U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, one of the county exec's rabbis. A shameless self-promoter, Schumer was bullhorning the multitudes, shouting greeting in Chinese.
My Chinese is shaky, but he could have been yelling, "Happy New Year! And vote for Mike Hein." Or maybe not.
Should Hein declare, Schumer, with bullhorn and bully pulpit, will step to the fore for his protégé, perhaps joined by the governor himself. One guy who won't be high-stepping in this parade is Maurice Hinchey, the man Hein now calls his "mentor." Mentor? Imagine progressive liberal Hinchey laying off a couple of hundred county workers in the teeth of a recession? Hardly. Hein may face stiff resistance from hard-core Hincheyites and doctrinaire Dems.
But tempus, as hopefuls no doubt appreciate, fugits. If Hein declares this month, it will be because hisAlbanycontacts have given him a really good read on how that new district will shape up. On one level, that won't be such a bad thing.
Sottile spotting
Ex-officials tend to fade from sight pretty quickly after their successors take the oath. But former Kingston mayor Jim Sottile didn't stay bunkered too long. Sottile surfaced a few weeks ago to testify in Albany before the legislative commission on reapportionment.
Contacted by phone last week, Sottile praised the new reapportionment plan which placesKingston, along with seven other Ulster County towns, on the southern end of a northwestern-oriented state Senate district. Noting that Kingston for the last 40 years or so has been the tail wagging a southwesterly district, Sottile declared that the city has always had more in common with "our neighbors to the north than to the south."


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COPD Health Center
COPD Diet Guidelines: Protein, Calcium, Reducing Sodium, and More
In the previous sections, you found some practical and useful tips to help you deal with many of the tough nutritional issues you may face daily. As important is an understanding of why some of the other essential dietary elements are needed to maintain health. The list of nutrients needed by our bodies is long. However, we will discuss only a few that are especially important in lung disease.
Also, some medicines for lung disease react with some nutrients. You should consult with your doctor or dietitian about possible interactions with the specific medicines you are taking.
Protein is important because it plays an essential role in protecting the body. It produces antibodies to fight infection. Loss of protein and the general difficulty to maintain a good nutritional status may severely reduce the lungs'' ability to defend against infection, in COPD patients.
The primary sources of protein are meat, fish, eggs, poultry, legumes and dairy products. If you are not getting enough protein in your diet use the following guidelines. These guidelines are also helpful if you have an infection and need extra protein:
- Add skim milk powder to hot milk, cereal, eggs, soups, casseroles, gravies and ground meat dishes. This will add extra protein and calcium to your diet.
- Add chopped high protein poultry, meats, cheese or legumes to soups and casseroles and vegetables. Nuts also can be added.
- Blend finely chopped hard-boiled egg or egg substitute into a sauce, gravy or soup.
- Include high protein snacks such as pasteurized eggnog, instant breakfast and puddings in your diet. Commercially prepared supplements may be needed in some cases.
- Have peanut butter, bean dips, nuts, cottage cheese or other cheese with snacks to add additional protein and calories.
- Try using double strength milk (add 1 cup powdered milk to 1 quart whole milk).
Drinking enough fluids is essential for the thinning and clearance of your pulmonary secretions.
Also, supplemental oxygen therapy may dry your mucus membranes and cause irritation. Fluids keep you hydrated. The recommended fluid intake for COPD patients is 8 to 12 cups of caffeine-free liquids per day. (A total of 64 to 86 ounces). Water is essential to the body. It helps prevent constipation. Drinking plain water may be your best source of fluid. Fruit juices, decaffeinated coffee and tea are also good sources. Milk is a good source of fluid. It has the added benefit of providing many healthy nutrients. Ask your primary care provider about the amount of fluid you should drink each day.


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Girlguiding has refreshed its look - including introducing
a speech-bubble shaped logo - to reflect the charity's commitment
to giving girls and young women a voice.
A group of girls, young women and adult volunteers were trained
to undertake research with Girlguiding members throughout the UK,
with hundreds invited to share their opinions of the existing
visuals in focus groups. A follow-up questionnaire was sent to the
entire membership and from this extensive research, themes, ideas
and eventually the final designs were developed. Girlguiding's name
has also changed with the removal of UK to ensure the charity best
reflects every single geographic area in which it operates.
Fundraising and Marketing Manager Donna Holland, who led the
project, said: 'It's been an exciting journey and amazing to work
with the volunteers and girls to find out how they want Girlguiding
to look. The speech-bubble shape came about because they wanted the
visual identity of Girlguiding to say loud and clear that girls in
guiding have a voice. Research has shown that not everyone knows
Girlguiding – or Brownies or Rainbows - is a charity or that
its mission is to give girls their own space in which to grow and
explore. These elements informed all of the work we did and at each
stage we tested it with the girls and the volunteers to ensure it
was authentic to them.'
As well as refreshing the logo, Girlguiding has created a set of
materials to help local guiding groups increase their visual
presence in their communities.
Chief Guide Gill Slocombe said: 'To gain support for the amazing
work of our 100,000 volunteers and to continue to grow, we need to
be able to communicate clearly and effectively what we do and why
we do it. The new materials we created empower our volunteers to
shout out about guiding and ensure girls everywhere are aware of
the opportunities available to them.'
View our
new look and read some FAQs.
Be challenged by new experiences & achieve a sense of pride
in accomplishment.
Find out about volunteering
Find out about our Activity centres around the UK.


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"Just Don't Shoot a Stump!"
Yeap, I have this thing against ugly stump and stick photos. Yet, not sooner then I warn the group not get sucked into shooting stumps and sticks, the next thing they know, I'm shooting a 30foot tall stump. What the?! I just walked a short distance and I saw this stump and as I walked around it, I got to this spot and saw a woman in a long dress carrying a bull statue. I know, I know, I need some rest. Then the "I wonder" went across my mind and no matter what, I follow those thoughts. So I hassled getting the 16Fish out, set up in this tiny slot between the trees, danced around the sunburst coming into the lens, shot the damn HDR, processed it only in the end to be reminded of one thing. Whatever you do, don't shoot the stomp!
Photo captured by D3x, 16Fish on Lexar UDMA digital film


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Hi Andrea.
No because the IR protocol of the SIBO machines was created
before the standards were agreed (in as much as they were). It
won't even talk to later Psions.
That doesn't mean that the serial and parallel protocols are non-
standard - they aren't. The cord you may not have is the same as
that for the 5/5mx, believe this as my 3c (earlier than your 3mx)
happily uses the same cord as my 5mx.
Hope that helps.
Take care,
"Sleep quicker,
we need the beds."


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Special Report: Paying For CollegeUPDATED 6:51 PM EDT May 20, 2013
WMTW News 8's Aly Myles takes a closer look at how some students are paying for their college education.Video Transcript
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Modern Art 2008 to 2014February 23rd, 2014 | Published in Art, Events
In 2008, the first year of Modern Art we felt like we were holding our collective breath as we prepared for the big day. We had invited artists, spent $100 on posters, and called in our favorite taco truck. What more would we need? (Outside of electrical hookups, tents, tables and chairs, trash cans, recycling bins, port-a-potties, liability insurance?). We didn't know whether to expect 100 people or 300, so we proceeded cautiously. "You better make sure everyone's family shows up," warned a friend helping with PR, "because you'll want a good crowd." Little did we know that over 2,000 people would pass through our doors that day, drawn by the opportunity to see works of challenging, whimsical and moving modern art, as well as see their friends and neighbors out and about on First Thursday.
It was the beginning of the recession, so hotel occupancy was low. We needed to fill rooms and let people know we were here, so Owner Elizabeth Tullis watched as artists swarmed through the lobby asking for hammers, nails, ladders, and scotch tape. It couldn't have been easy watching sixty artists have their way with her new hotel, so carefully appointed with Cherner Chairs, Nelson Bubble Lamps and Modernica furnishings, but she knew it was something special and exciting.
Since then many groups have asked to partner with us on Modern Art, but we've kept everything in-house and created the event on a shoestring budget. It takes an army of housekeepers to put the place back together after the annual onslaught of 3,000 visitors ranging in age from 1 – 100. We negotiate for permits, add staff, hire security and everyone's favorite: new drink specials crafted by our amazing bartenders. It's a crazy time, and each year brings it's own risks and challenges.
Many people have helped Modern Art thrive over the years. We'd like to thank our neighbors, Idaho Power Company and Oakley Moody, who lend us the use of their parking lots after hours. Thanks to Metro Car Wash, who publicize Modern Art on their digital sign each year, and to the Promo Shop, who gives us those 'stinking badges'— 'cause we need 'em. We also appreciate our volunteers, who help pass out maps and answer questions. To Rachel Reichert and Jennifer Wood, thank you from all of us for your help over the years with social media and awesome graphics. Finally, we couldn't pull off this event without Amy O'Brien and Kerry Tullis, the curators who help bring the whole process together. Over the past five years Amy and Kerry have worked together, contacting and negotiating with artists and usually displaying their own work, too. They, and the many, many creative and talented artists that we have been so lucky to have participate in Modern Art over the years, have helped create a special community event for the Modern and for Boise. Thank you for everything!
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