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Four hundred and ninety-five.
Some NHLers never see that many games, let alone that many consecutive games. We hope we aren't jinxing anything by writing about this, but Jay Bouwmeester, the Calgary Flames defenceman who logs mega-minutes most nights, played in his 495th consecutive game against Vancouver Saturday, tying the NHL record for consecutive games by a defenceman.
Have to hand it to the entertainment group at the Calgary Flames.
They are always looking for ways to make the in-game experience more fun for the great fans in Calgary.
They are a hard-working group, producing video for the Enmax Energy Board on game days (and for Sportsnet and for this very website).
They are also not afraid to try new things, which is refreshing. There is new music. There are new in-game promotions and giveaways. And there are new in-game videos. The latest is the Iggy Dance, and it is sweeping the 'Dome.
Fredrik Modin is asked where his career is at.
"It's right here in Calgary, right now," said the 36-year-old forward.
Acquired at the trade deadline from Atlanta for a seventh round pick, Modin has been hampered by injuries and becomes an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Hence the question.
Modin, however, was quick to point out that he is happy to be in Calgary fighting for a playoff spot. "My focus right now is to finish this season here in Calgary and make the best of it. Whatever happens after that is not something I am worried about right now."
Just before Christmas the Calgary Flames did some math. As a team, they decided they would divide the rest of the season into three-game segments. The goal? To get four out of six points in each three-game segment.
Since that time, there have been nine segments. In six of those segments, they achieved or exceeded their goal. In nine segments the Flames wanted to collect 36 points. They collected 38.
When they began the three-game segments, the Flames were 14-18-3 and looking very much like a potential lottery pick team. Since then, they have racked up a 17-5-6 record and find themselves in the thick of the playoff hunt in the Western Conference.
Miikka is the man.
The Calgary Flames will ride their No. 1 goalie, Miikka Kiprusoff, for the rest of the season. And why not?
Kiprusoff had a minor blip in his game for about a week in December but he, as much as anybody, has played a big role in the team catapulting itslef out of the basement and into playoff contention in the Western Conference.
Is there a concern about Kiprusoff getting burned out? Perhaps. But it will, essentially, be up to the goalie to decide whether is he is tiring or not.
Calgary forward Olli Jokinen is miffed.
And so he should be after taking a deliberate knee-on-knee hit Monday from the Avs Philippe Dupuis at the tail end of the first period of the Flames 9-1 rout of the Avs. At the time, the score was 5-0. Jokinen had four points -- the first Flame to record four points in a period since Al MacInnis did it against the Oilers in 1991. His line was on a roll -- eventually finishing with 11 points. READ POST


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In other Iowa news ....
Following two Saturday protests, a group of Occupy Des Moines demonstrators have decided to establish a 24/7 occupation outside of President Obama's Des Moines campaign office.
[...] Demonstrators decided to establish an occupation after arriving at the office at 621 E. 2nd St. to find the doors locked and the office closed, said Frank Cordaro, with the Catholic Worker.
"It started this morning when we came to air our grievances to the president and he locked us out," Cordaro said. "We decided this is no time to give up this space."
[...] By 2:30 Saturday afternoon, demonstrators had set up two tents and hung a sign on the office door, reading "Obama's former headquarters."
Apparently they plan to stay 24/7 until they get rousted by the authorities. I kind of like it. Wonder how this plays out ... don't imagine Obama would like to see this become trendy.
(Volume II is here. I updated the news broadcast a li'l bit again.)
The draconian anti-immigrant, anti-Fourth Amendment law, 'Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act' was crafted by ALEC*, a right-wing organization formed to create legislation favorable to large corporations including for-profit prisons and other anti-worker measures. The Arizona legislature passed the bill in April of last year. Four of the most onerous portions were struck down on December 9 by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in April 2011. According to the Washington Post:
"The appeals court blocked four elements of the new law: making it a state crime to be in the country illegally and failing to register with the federal government; making it illegal to seek work or to be working when not authorized; requiring state and local officers to try to determine the status of someone arrested, stopped or detained if they believe the individual might be in the country unlawfully; and allowing the warrantless arrest of anyone who they have probable cause to believe might have violated laws that would make them deportable under federal law.
Indeed. I would actually go so far as to say the New Hampshire Union Leader has intentionally lied. And the saddest part of this whole thing is that they do it for a totally stupid reason.
Apparently, way back in the misty reaches of political battles past, Newt Gingrich was the man who blew up a deal that would have allowed HW Bush to avoid raising taxes gotten the GOP a bunch of stuff from the Democrats in exchange for a more-modest-than-the-final-result tax increase. The suggestion was made by John H. Sununu in an interview discussing the flaws Gingrich brings to the table compared to other candidates. Newt didn't like the criticism and apparently *really* wanted to respond. But being the largely spineless slimeball we've all grown to expect and somewhat loathe, he didn't actually have the guts to answer his accuser directly. Not particularly shocking, really.
The more interesting part is that the New Hampshire Union Leader, perhaps anxious to have their newly-endorsed candidate do well in the polls, was perfectly willing to flat-out lie to their readers to help a brother out. The Union Leader decided it was appropriate to approach the meat of the Sununu criticism with a he-said, he-said argument between Sununu and a "Gingrich aide," using their own journalist as the facilitating interlocutor - offering Newt an unaccountable secret ability to directly spin the Sununu interview however he wanted without getting a speck of mud on his shoes. Unfortunately for the NH Union Leader, Newt's spokesman gave the whole game away in a recent NYT article.
Hey, brothers and sisters, I hope you're doing well tonight. Better than I am, hopefully. I've been feeling a bit low lately for a bunch of different reasons, and one of the worst parts of it is that I can't even feel very pissed off by the newest round of outrages and assaults promulgated by the PTB lately; I just don't have the energy for it; too much loss recently, and the attachment to the feelings around it. I don't even have much room for joy, or Christmas, which I ordinarily really love. Don't even have much of the funny going on; yeah…I like to (rather embarrassing to admit) think I'm pretty hilarious most of the time. ;o)
Well, I'm back. Here, at my childhood home. I'm in south-central Pennsylvania for the holiday season. I'm staying with my father who is dying of cancer. I'm here as a son and care-giver. Expending personal energy to keep him in his home and comfortable as his time among us dwindles. Returning to the US and this area is always a bit of a culture shock for me. Dad watches TV a lot, and his hearing is failing. I deserted the medium of television 20+ years ago. Now I'm sitting in the television room with him and his girlfriend, watching the boob-tube at elevated decibels. Abandon conversation all ye who enter here.
Hannukah and Christmas are almost upon us. The caring/giving nature of humanity is expressed every 6 minutes during the nightly news as the celebration of the rededication of the temple and the birth of our savior approaches. Coats for Kids. Step right up! We're gonna donate enough coats so that no kid goes cold and numb, with their cold blue fingers clutching their cold blue moms, when they hit the morgue. It is kind of heart warming. I can feel my heartstrings being plucked. Then I veer off into thoughts of those people standing up advocating death to those unable to afford health insurance. I'm thinking of others applauding the guy who sent more people to the electric chair than any other Texas Governor. Zrrrrwppp! {rewind} *lights flicker, then dim, then surge back to 120V * There's a huge disconnect here. I mean who cares whether you gave coats to comfort some poor white, brown, and black trash kids, but then turned around and denied them medical treatment? All while paying twice what any other intelligent country pays for their health care?
It's the holiday gestalt here in the heartland. It's a time to paper over the obvious flaws, and celebrate the seasonal outpouring of good cheer, good will, and help for our fellow men however superficial the form of that help may be. The next story up is about Americans who've abandoned their homes, and are moving around the country living in their motor homes in KOAs seeking out communities that offer a surplus of jobs, which pay more than minimum wage. They're feeling OK about it all, and the reporter is playing it like maybe these people are onto something. Like maybe we should all be thinking about the nomadic lifestyle, and the opportunities and adventures that await us when we finally cut the strings of our public and private safety nets. I mean, think about all the cool s#%t Mad Max got to do once the infrastructure finally gave out. *A scantily clad Tina Turner rotates endlessly in my apocalyptic dreams* Still, I suppose cashing in the house and taking to the highway has some distinct advantages over the traditional American dream. At least, should you find your neighbors to be not so copacetic, you can just fire up the RV in the morning, and move on to the next migrant camp. If you can afford the gas. Still, something about the portrayal of these hapless vagabonds doesn't ring true. Like maybe, probably, they liked it better before their personal lives went into a tailspin. Before they realized how truly they're on their own now. I'm thinkin' Kevin Costner in "Waterworld", (second only to "The Postman" in Costner-kitsch). Smokers…
Then again, maybe we are just a band of plucky, happy idiots ready to shoulder whatever crap gets slung at us. But it's odd. I can't help but feel like these "stories" are really constructions of some astute enablers of the status quo. They seem designed to make us all feel better about situations which have very little to offer in the "feel-good" department. They seem designed to keep the somnambulists in our midst thinking happy thoughts. Dreaming dreams. Not focusing on the real and present danger. Not recognizing the predator in our circle as we happily bumble along sending a few overcoats to those poor unfortunate kids. That guy in the alley who wants to roll you for your wallet, is wearing a suit and tie. How bad can it be?
Still, I harbor hope. Somewhere here amongst us is a Che, a Gandhi, an Adams, a Maccabee, mayhaps just a kid, who may spark a revolution against the PTB. Maybe it'll be a communal effort ala OWS. Maybe they'll inspire a new religion, or at least a public holiday, before the PTB then co-opts the new kid or the new movement. Until then, if you see shit coming down, run with it as long and as far as you can.
So, despite all attempts to avoid it, the Republican primary has finally forced it's way into non-ignorability. We really need a couple more weeks and some additional data to see what this surge that is Newt really means, so in the meantime a bit of speculation and minor predictions.
#1 Newt is very unlikely to be the nominee. Sorry Dems. Your last hope is going to fade and Obama will be facing his pasty alter-ego in the general election.
#2 If Newt makes a race of it, Romney will not bow out until the last possible mathematical route is gone. He'll be Hillary.
#3 Ron Paul is going to outperform expectations. Of course, he has an amazingly low bar at this point.
#4 Regardless how he performs, Ron Paul will not concede the race until the last primary has been completed.
I'm intrigued by Iowa this year, but don't have anything to add on that specific race yet. Depending on what happens with Ron Paul's numbers, it might actually turn into a very interesting early GOP primary season.
Dlp67 at my.firedoglake.com covers Judge Frances McIntyre's decision pretty well. Not content to follow SCOTUS Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence., she stunningly based her decision on (i) a dictionary definition of 'occupy' that showed the act is hostile in the intent 'to seize and hold land' , and that (ii) no matter how much Occupiers claim to be non-violent, the public not only doesn't get their message, but their endeavor causes hostile reactions from police protecting the space for other citizens.
From the ruling:
"There is little likelihood that Occupy Boston's professed message can be understood from their act of occupation, either. It has not generally been perceived as benign by those occupied. Essentially, occupation is received as a hostile act, an assertion of possession against the right of the true owner. Municipalities across this country have responded in kind to the act of occupation, frequently by police force. I take this as a showing that the act of occupation is not understood to communicate plaintiffs' intended message of egalitarian democracy. . . ."
(Michael Lewis* has a great satirical letter ' Advice From the 1%: Lever Up, Drop Out' at Bloomberg. I loved it, but as I can't bring it all here, I thought I'd fiddle with it, update it and add a bit here and there; he'll be in green, and I hope he won't mind. Much.) ;o)
The rabble has been driven from the public parks. Our adversaries, now defined by the freaks and criminals among them, have demonstrated only that they have no idea what they are doing. They have failed to identify a single achievable goal.
* Someone who is about to die; someone condemned, whether aware of it or not
Please understand that this is a dark read; it comes from a place near the abyss some of us reach now and again. The dark truth can sometimes be freeing and offer inspiration for action, so I offer it in that spirit. Or else I'm just manifestly dangerous, and should be visiting Nurse Ratched for a time… As an FYI, I do seem to pulling out of this physically and psychically uncomfortable place as I always do. ~ wd

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Volkswagen sees the green in green technology
The automotive industry is in transition. Growing environmental concerns and ever increasing oil prices are accelerating a shift from gasoline to electric vehicles. Volkswagen AG will be ready to meet the surge in demand for these "green" vehicles (hybrid, electric, biofuel cars) and for the components that are used to make them. Development of small, inexpensive environmentally-friendly vehicles and continued expansion of manufacturing and selling these vehicles in emerging markets are keys to the company's success. These two mutually-reinforcing activities give VW advantageous positioning in the intensely competitive automotive industry and will propel it to achieve its ambitious goal to become the largest automobile manufacturer in the world by 2018.


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'Zelda,' 'Final Fantasy' concerts coming to Milwaukee
When Jack Tell first heard the familiar melodies from Nintendo's "The Legend of Zelda" video game franchise, brought to life by a full orchestra, he nearly cried.
"I didn't quite get there. I felt a little bit ridiculous, crying to 'Zelda' music," said the 22-year-old guitarist and vocalist for the local pop-rock band Animals in Human Attire. »Read Full Article(1)
Alchemist Theatre's 'King Lear' reigns as family drama
Early in Friday's opening-night performance of Alchemist Theatre's "King Lear," Bo Johnson's aged king called for the map demonstrating his intended division of Britain among his three daughters. Lear's attendants dutifully unfurled it — with the bottom at the top and the top at the bottom. When they tried to hang the map up, it kept falling down.
Director Leda Hoffmann confirmed during intermission that this sequence wasn't planned. But such a topsy-turvy world aptly illustrates the disorder that descends on Britain once the hot-tempered Lear banishes his beloved Cordelia, counting on his remaining two daughters to keep him and Britain safe. »Read Full Article
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Another beautiful Saturday morning — perfect farmers market weather.
Good thing there are so many of them operating on Saturdays. »Read Full Article


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It remains unclear which oversight methods the Office of Management and Budget will use to ensure agencies and their cloud service providers meet the government's baseline cloud security standards. What is certain, though, is that OMB – and potentially other oversight bodies like inspectors general or the Government Accountability Office – will have plenty of useful oversight data from which to draw.
For the past year, agencies have been required to submit quarterly Integrated Data Collection reports. The first three quarterly reports required agencies to answer six cloud-related questions, including mandating that they disclose what cloud service providers they utilize.
Agencies' latest quarterly reports will be submitted Feb. 28, and this batch requires agencies to specify their own points of contact for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
It might seem trivial, but FedRAMP director Maria Roat argued it is actually a key piece of information because agencies differ in how they delegate who handles FedRAMP responsibilities. Knowing the right person to call improves the likelihood of getting the most accurate data, she said.
"We want to get good data from agencies," said Roat.
The General Services Administration, which runs FedRAMP, has been using these quarterly reports to assess how agencies use cloud computing. The cloud-related data is useful to Roat and the rest of the FedRAMP team in improving the process. Yet GSA does not play an oversight role in ensuring FedRAMP is widely adopted across government. That responsibility falls to OMB, which continues to remain mostly silent on how it will enforce the FedRAMP deadline.
An OMB spokesperson told FCW in January that the agency "will work with agencies through normal oversight processes and channels to measure and analyze agency efforts" with regards to FedRAMP.
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Steve Kelman contends that a recent report on agencies' prize challenges tells only half the success story.
OMB's Data Center Optimization Initiative gives agencies new metrics and goals for fiscal 2018.
NSA and the CIA have revamped themselves in the past year. FCW asked officials how well Fort Meade and Langley are collaborating in cyberspace in pursuit of their separate missions.
The latest version of the Defense Department-wide Enterprise Service Management Framework places more emphasis on managing IT risk.
Despite GSA's efforts to accelerate the FedRAMP approval process, the lack of agency reciprocity puts the program's central goals at risk.
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The agency software inventories required under the draft category management policy will be treasure maps that lead to efficient, effective, streamlined buying and unprecedented savings.
As experts warned of the "dire" threats posed by outdated federal technology, lawmakers grilled top feds, debated workforce issues and inched closer to backing a $3.1 billion fix-it fund.
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Zach Klein: "Then, just now, I remembered that I live in the future." (Related but unrelated, now that we're living in the future, what do we expect to happen in the actual future? This is actually a serious question...society has a collective vision of the future and now that we're there -- ubiquitous huge flat panel tvs, real-time recording/documenting of everything, Segways, personally targetted advertising, etc. -- what's our new collective vision of the future like?)


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NEW DELHI: Can an airline allow passengers to seat children on their laps, like infants, to pack in flyers beyond capacity? Shocking as it may sound, the government's aviation safety regulator on Thursday warned a leading low-cost carrier after finding seven children had been seated on their parents' laps on a flight.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) asked the airline to sack staffers who let grown up children fly as infants. While children up to two years of age can fly seated on a parent's lap, those between two and 12 years of age have to be given a seat as per safety norms and also for the comfort of fellow passengers.


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San Miguel Executives Snap Up Company Shares
San Miguel Corp. said Monday that Privado Holdings Corp., a private company owned by the Philippine conglomerate's president Ramon Ang and director Thomas Tan, has bought shares of San Miguel equivalent to 0.15% in recent days, taking advantage of the low price of the diversified listed company.
Mr. Ang last week said that San Miguel itself is considering buying back its shares to shore up stockholder value.
San Miguel said Privado, which is 62.5% owned by Mr. Ang and 37.5% held by Mr. Tan, bought between July 18 and July 25 a total 3.44 million shares of the conglomerate at prices ranging from 82.60 Philippine pesos ($1.90) and PHP88.06, or a total PHP297.9 million.
Shares of San Miguel hit a 12-month high of PHP125 on April 22 and moved just below that range as the broader market surged to a record high May 15. Global stock markets fell subsequently, after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. could start to unwind its $85 billion a month bond-buying program.
As concerns over the Fed's monetary policy eased, the benchmark Philippine index recovered 22% since falling on June 25 to a low of 5678, but San Miguel continued to slide. This week it hit its lowest level this year at PHP83, down 34% from its April high.
San Miguel has interests in food manufacturing, packaging, power generation, property development, mining, and airlines. It also has operations in various countries in Asia.
San Miguel shares were down 1.1% to PHP84.95 at around 0310 GMT on Monday.


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Chapot of NJ sweeps Lake Placid Horse Show
Chapot nailed 12-jump course fault-free
Laura Chapot of Neshanic Station, N.J., swept both featured classes Thursday at the 44th annual Lake Placid Horse Show.
Chapot rode Bradberry to victory in the 1.40-meter speed class and followed up with a win on Umberto in the 1.30-meter class.
In the 1.40-meter class, Chapot completed the 11-jump, one-round course fault-free in 45.765 seconds to claim the win over Todd Minikus of Loxahatchee, Fla., who finished in 46.331 seconds on Tuxedo.
In the 1.30-meter class, Chapot topped a field of 54 horses by covering the 12-jump course fault-free in 56.202 seconds. Minikus again placed second, finishing in 56.701 seconds on Romeo.
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KMBC 9 chief meteorologist Bryan Busby says warmer weather will start to arrive late Wednesday and especially as we approach the weekend, but there's one more chance of seeing some light snow before then.
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blubber 1
1The fat of sea mammals, especially whales and seals.
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- Fish oil supplements are derived from a variety of sources, including mackerel, herring, tuna, salmon, cod liver, halibut, whale blubber and seal blubber.
- The name was coined by whalers, who considered the species the 'right' whale to hunt because its blubber makes dead whales float, aiding recovery of the carcass.
- The answer is all too mundane: The blobs are old whale blubber.
1.1 informal, derogatory Excessive human fat.
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- A word every prep fears, due to the fact they hate seeing a little bit of blubber on anyone, especially themselves.
- In my case, in addition to my belly, my chest was still misshaped from carrying too much blubber.
- I decided to do it just because I have lived with a little too much blubber around my middle for my entire life although the rest of me is quite lean and fat-less.
adjective[attributive] archaic
(Of a person's lips) swollen or protruding.
Alteration of obsolete blabber 'swollen'
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- Yet the movement of his blubber lips, closely pressed together, showed clearly that he could not understand a word.
- When I looked at his face I saw his blubber lips twitching with the efforts of attempted smile, but he couldn't quite carry it off.
- He sat down with dignity, answered diplomatically certain mysterious questions about the dames, and applied his blubber lips to a handsome mouthpiece of lemon-coloured amber.
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- Overweight, blubbery, unfit bodies are no great advantage at 19,000 feet and so the bodies were whipped into (some sort of) shape.
- I was a little bit blubbery, to be honest, but Chelsea was all excited.
- Those huge, rubbery, blubbery, slobbering slabs of meat; oh, it was just gross!
Words that rhyme with blubberclubber, grubber, lubber, rubber, scrubber, snubber
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Sob noisily and uncontrollably: he was blubbering like a child [with direct speech]: "I don't like him," blubbered Jonathan
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Is it true there was once a female pope?
It's an enticing tale: A precocious girl, Joan, growing up in the 9th century in Mainz, Germany, disguises herself as a boy so she can learn Greek and Latin at a monastery. She, still dressing as a male, eventually makes her way to Rome, where under the name of John she becomes the secretary to [more…]


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Impact of Professional Societies' Recommendations on Practical Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy
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This study is conducted in Europe. The aim of this study is to verify the therapeutic effects of low-dose hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in female patients over adequately long time period in normal clinical practice conditions in the Czech Republic.
Hormone Replacement Therapy, Post-Menopausal
Drug: Marketed low dose hormone replacement therapy
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|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Impact of Professional Societies Recommendations on Practical Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy - Project "WOMAN 2005"
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MedlinePlus related topics: Hormone Replacement Therapy HormonesU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Novo Nordisk A/S:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Breast tenderness [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Patient treatment satisfaction after switch to low dose HRT [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|April 2005
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2006
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Low dose HRT
Drug: Marketed low dose hormone replacement therapy
A low dose of marketed HRT products prescribed at the discretion of the treating physician
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Genders Eligible for Study:
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Study Population
Post-menopausal women suffering from climacteric symptoms who could benefit a switch from standard therapy to low dose therapy at the discretion of the individual physician
Inclusion Criteria:
- Post-menopausal
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01487304
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01487304
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|December 5, 2011
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|May 24, 2012
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Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
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New from Trek Bikes for 2012 is a hardtail mountain bike called Superfly AL. Designed to tackle all the elements on the trail, this mountain bike is perfect for riders who love to experience the breathtaking thrill of intense off-road rides.
With its larger 29in wheels, the Superfly AL offers more momentum and an enhanced obstacle clearance. Its G2 geometry features greater stability and better handling at all speeds and in all conditions. Also, its extended sizing provides tall riders with a more usual ride.
Built from a high-quality Alpha Platinum aluminum frame, the 2012 Trek Superfly AL Hardtail Mountain Bike is both lightweight and durable. The frame also comes with an integrated BB, an E2 tapered head tube, and a Fox Evolution Series fork with 100mm of travel.
New from Trek Bikes for 2012 is a hardtail mountain bike called Superfly AL. Designed to tackle all the elements on the trail, this mountain bike is perfect for riders who love to experience the breathtaking thrill of intense off-road rides.
Mongoose Bikes, one of the top manufacturers of high-end BMX bicycles in the world, has launched several high-quality BMX bikes for 2012, one of which is the Chamber. Without adding weight to the bike, comfort is efficiently maximized by its Pivotal padded seat.
Featured by the lightweight yet strong chromo frame of the Chamber are a chromo fork and three-piece cranks that make the bike ready to take on abuse. Also, its chromo parts and sealed hubs enable it to perform like a pro and last for years.
Built with specs from leading brands, the 2012 Mongoose Chamber BMX Bike guarantees amazing performance with each ride. While the Twisted PC pedals and Odyssey Chase Hawk grips optimize clomid effect on men control and comfort, the Odyssey Path front tire offers excellent versatility, quality, and durability.
BMX riders who are looking for a new unique Viagra 50 mg machine is the new 20in machine called Thrive, which was launched by Mongoose Bikes for 2012. Aside from its remarkably good looks, this BMX bike comes complete with great features, such as its sealed bearing rear wheel and 25/9 gearing.
Built from an updated Hi-Ten frame and a full chromoly fork, the Thrive combines light weight with incredible strength. With its carefully selected packages, this BMX machine brings the rider to a higher level when it comes to tackling jumps and tricks.
Included in the 2012 Mongoose Thrive 20in BMX Bike street setup are two stunt pegs for tricks and grinds, as well as a full gyro brake unit. Other topnotch components include a threadless headset, chrome finished crank, Innova tires, alloy Y-Brakes, and Odyssey twisted pedals.
A lot of racers trust the racing machines that are built by Moda Bicycles, such as the carbon road bike called Finale released for 2012. Weighing in at only 6.8kg, this road bike offers a hassle-free ride that speed aficionados will definitely enjoy.
Finale does not only allow the racers to become champions. This road bike is also crafted with outstandingly good looks that let riders stand out on the road. Moreover, its LDC high modulus carbon frame and fork comes with a high-quality component package.
With its outstanding aesthetics and performance, the 2012 Moda Finale Carbon Racing Road Bike is one of the leading companions for racers on the market today. While incredibly lightweight, this racing machine offers the strength needed to easily handle road holes bumps, and cracks.
For commuters who are looking for a touring or cyclocross bike, one of the perfect choices on the market for 2012 is the new CK1 Veloce from Tifosi Cycles. Its amazing versatility and traditional shape make it ideal, especially for competitive riders.
Combining simplicity and efficiency, the 7005 triple butted alloy frame of the CK1 Veloce comes with carrier bosses and a mudguards. Thus, this cyclocross bike is firm enough to tackle the demands of intense racing.
Whether the rider is a pro or a beginner, the 2012 Tifosi CK1 Veloce Cyclocross Bike guarantees an enjoyable ride. Its Campagnolo sharp brakes and ergopower levers offer outstanding control and a firm feel as they enhance riding comfort.
A new full-suspension mountain bike called Fritzz Pro has been launched by Cube Bikes for 2012. For riders who are looking for more extra travel, this mountain bike offers massive 160mm of suspension travel that is drive-neutral and totally dynamic.
With a dynamic compact geometry, the Fritzz Pro is a Dual Trail Control four-bar linkage bike that is ideal for long-travel and all-mountain rides. Through an advanced hydroforming process, its reduced number of welds simultaneously trimmed down its weight and boosted its stability.
Built from a high performance aluminum frame, the 2012 Cube Fritzz Pro Full Suspension Mountain Bike is both incredibly strong and lightweight. Moreover, outstanding responsiveness and stiffness are featured by its triple-butted and hydroformed tubing.
One of the most efficient bikes for 2012 is the new commuter road bike called Fairfax from Marin Bikes. Nicely updated, this road bike offers the outstanding speed, amazing versatility, and reliable performance that its previous models have been known for.
Featuring triple-butted Hydro Edge II road tubes, the already strong 6061 aluminum frame of the Fairfax is made even stronger. With longer chain stays, this stylish road bike features an enhanced mudguard clearance. Its composite platform pedals match almost every sporty shoe, too.
An excellent combination of speed, durability, and comfort makes the 2012 Marin Fairfax Commuter Road Bike ideal for daily commuting and long-distance rides. Moreover, while it takes pride in its impressive spec and components, this road bike is not expensive.


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Definition of mantra in English:
1(Originally in Hinduism and Buddhism) a word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation.
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- John Lennon used Buddhist mantras in the lyrics of his music such as Across the Universe.
- I think there is no difference in Zen, propagating Buddhism, reciting mantra, and worldly jobs.
- If you are using a Siva mantra, then the mantra will bring you closer to Siva-consciousness, as the mantra is Siva as sound.
1.1A Vedic hymn.
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- The children have been shifted to an ashram or hermitage run by a local sage where they are being made to recite Vedic mantras and fire rituals are being performed to drive the spirits away.
- He attributes his current success in popularizing Sanskrit to his love of God and, not surprisingly, blessings derived from chanting Vedic mantras.
- Vedic mantras which are chanted should not go in vain.
1.2A statement or slogan repeated frequently: the environmental mantra that energy has for too long been too cheap
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- The statement repeated the mantra that rates are appropriate but also added inflation outlook is favourable.
- Most likely, you're filling some need to alleviate a social guilt imposed by an environmental mantra.
- By including NGO's into the daily mantras of the state media, the society is being prepared for the introduction of what we know outside China as a civil society.
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- 'Slow,' 'steady' and 'certain' are your mantric keywords right now.
- A lead singer acts as cantor, while the human chain behind joins in the chorus as everyone stamps the floor rhythmically in this mantric ritual.
- But when does joyous, mantric reiteration tip over into something more sinister, or worse, monotonous?
Words that rhyme with mantratantra, yantra
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13/02/02 14:17:34.85 Epicenter: 42.823 143.092 MW 6.9 USGS CENTROID MOMENT TENSOR 13/02/02 14:17:50.20 Centroid: 42.927 143.321 Depth 91 No. of sta: 95 Moment Tensor; Scale 10**19 Nm Mrr=-0.39 Mtt= 0.67 Mpp=-0.28 Mrt= 3.14 Mrp=-0.11 Mtp= 0.31 Principal axes: T Val= 3.33 Plg=40 Azm=357 N -0.25 6 92 P -3.07 49 189 Best Double Couple:Mo=3.2*10**19 NP1:Strike= 40 Dip= 8 Slip=-142 NP2: 272 85 -84
The figure above shows a visual representation of the style of faulting (focal mechanism) derived from the estimated moment tensor. Shaded areas show quadrants of the focal sphere in which the P-wave first-motions are away from the source, and unshaded areas show quadrants in which the P-wave first-motions are toward the source. The dots represent the axis of maximum compressional strain (in black, called the "P-axis") and the axis of maximum extensional strain (in white, called the "T-axis") resulting from the earthquake.


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Plan to Close Long Island College Hospital Withdrawn
State university officials said Friday they are withdrawing a plan to close Long Island College Hospital , an unexpected victory for unions who had waged a three-month legal and political battle to keep the brownstone Brooklyn medical center open.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center said it would expand its search for a new operator for the hospital, working with the state on creating a plan to make the entire SUNY Downstate Medical Center–which also includes a medical school and two other Brooklyn hospitals–sustainable. Downstate President John Williams said in a statement that "current legal proceedings prohibit this dialogue."
University trustees voted in February to close the 155-year-old institution, saying the hospital has a projected $41 million deficit this fiscal year, and the gap is expected to grow to $60 million in the next.
After that, they had to submit a closure plan to the state Department of Health for approval, but unions and other community groups launched a series of legal challenges that delayed them from submitting the closure plan for weeks.
It's rare for hospitals to reverse course at this stage of the process, but unions were also successful at marshaling political support for their cause.
On Thursday, the City Council passed a resolution calling on SUNY and the State Department of Health to find another operator for LICH.
"This victory proves the grassroots strength we have when we unite for quality health care, and we will continue to work hard to ensure LICH remains open and thriving for generations to come," said George Gresham, President of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East


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AbstractResults of the split-window cloud retrieval method and the new Meteosat Second Generation cloud analysis method (MSG/CLA), have been compared for MODIS data over the west Atlantic Ocean. Very good agreement is obtained for the classification of optically thick ice and water clouds. Differences are found for thin cirrus, thin water clouds and at cloud edges. These differences are explained by the fact that MSG/CLA also uses spectral channels of 3.9, 6.2, and 8.7 m in addition to the split-window, which provides information over and above the split-window observations. Some of the disagreement at cloud edges is interpreted as inter-channel miss-alignment. The analysis in this study also confirms that an optically thin water cloud can be correctly classified by the MSG/CLA method.
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Keeping track of your fast-moving 12- to 24-month-old child can be a challenge. Also, your child who was loving and well-mannered may suddenly start having "meltdowns" without warning. It is normal to be both excited and worried about your child's new mobility and unpredictable behavior.
During ages 12 to 24 months, your toddler may:
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One of the new skills in content update 1.1.3 is called Molten Strike. As your character swings his weapon with this skill, balls of molten magma hit the ground, causing a splash of fire damage. We made a short video demonstrating how it looks in its current form. I've updated the Development Manifesto entry on 1.1.3 to include a link to this information. As we get closer to deployment of 1.1.3 and discuss its content in the news, that article will be kept up to date.
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Welcome to my blog. I document my never ending obsession with heels and sneakers for women. Hope you have a nice stay!
Found a great article recently that highlights how to make your heels the most comfortable they can be, written very clearly and simply.
COPPER is making a big splash and it seems like I've been seeing it everywhere online. Time to get them on your feet!
Check what these celebs were wearing on their feet on the red carpet at the 2014 VMA's
I need these in my life! Trust me when I say they will look so HOT on! Here's why...
All brides have that hard task of finding both the perfect and most comfortable shoes for their wedding day. In this post I give you tips on what to look for as well as the top 10 wedding heels out and available now.
Sale season is still happening! Check out my picks from the SoleStruck sale below! :)
There's nothing I love more than visually displaying all of my shoes in all their glory. Here I show you the best boot shaper out there, and the worst. Plus, a free idea on how to store your boots as well!
Honestly, THE BEST and CRAZIEST SHOE STEALS I found online! Over 80% OFF!! Check it out now, won't last long!! #DontMissOut
It's the end of season 70% off sale I die for two times a year!! First up, the ultimate at ShoeScribe.com. I went through their whole entire sale section and picked the top 11 high heels I am both smitten with and recommend comfort-wise. You will not be disappointed.
Travel is another passion of mine as well as shoes. I can't get enough of learning about cultures, ways of life, how others grow up compared to myself, what's considered cool, and the list goes on...I've listed the top 5 cities I have traveled to and the heels out now that I would pair for a trip there. Ohh Greece, how I miss thee!
Ever wanted to try out mules? Well, they are coming back and now is the time! Finally I feel like the trend slowly making a big appearance and is going to be the next big thing for heels in upcoming seasons. Listed here are 8 of the top mule styles I've seen currently out now, and at all different price points.
Sometimes life gets the best of me and I start daydreaming about a getaway. So I figured if I could pick out anything to pack for a fantasy getaway weekend, what would it be? I needed to visualize it!
Originally $525, now down to $134.50! These awesome boots by Rachel Zoe are discounted just about 75% and are a great buy! Why? I detail it all in the post!
I have been stocking these L.A.M.B. Booties FOR-EV-ER, and I just found them for 69% off!! Amazinggggg!!! Link inside!
If you don't know already, I love me some heels! Thus, I've developed a snooty demeanor in 'heel etiquette.' Is this the right place to say "sorry, not sorry" ...?? Through my life of shoes I have paid extreme detail to heels, their construction, and how they're worn. So here I present you the Top 5 Absolute WORST ways you could wear your heels!
Contrast is one of my favorite styles because it make anything pop and stand out. What better than the most simplest form, black & white?? I took some simple high waisted black shorts, a plain white tank, and my smile as my accessory. Which shoe is your favorite??
These heels seem like Wizard of Oz's Dorothy's red ruby slippers made for a current warped fantasy world, designed while someone was high as a kite and happened to have a sudden surge of refined creativity. Weird, but I love them!
I've been seeing gold everywhere, and good thing because I've become obsessed with it! This holiday I am definitely bringing in the cheer with some gold shoes myself. So, I put together a bunch of gold heels, sneakers, and a couple flats that are out (or almost out) and cool for you guys t check out, too. Enjoy!
Rihanna is a bad b**ch, but when I saw these photos of her sipping champagne out of a stiletto I was cracking up! Ohhh, celebrities and the things they do.
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As 2011 comes to an end, we catch ourselves thinking about what we want to do different in the upcoming year and how to make our goals into our reality. If getting into great shape and spending more time with girlfriends is high on your New Year's resolutions list, then we know the perfect way to start the year: the SHAPE Diva Dash taking place along Mission Bay on January 20-21, 2012.
This women's obstacle adventure run invites you to grab your besties, throw on your favorite tennis shoes and show us what you're working with. The race consists of three miles of varied terrain, with several obstacles thrown in along the way. Obstacles will vary from ropes and mazes to tests of balance and strength.
The Diva Dash weekend kicks off on Friday, January 20th with a big expo from 12 to 7pm. During the expo you can register for the race and pick up your information packets, while snacking and bonding with your girls. Saturday, January 21st is race day, and you'll want to arrive early as there will be 20 starting waves at 15 minute intervals, beginning at 8:30am. After you cross the finish line, swing by the Diva Dash after-party, taking place from 9am to 3pm. You and your ladies will get to celebrate the victory with music, rehydration, snacks galore and tons of sponsor prizes (think Dove Chocolate, Luna and Origins). The winner of the race, decided by finish time, will win a luxury vacation. Now that is some motivation.
In addition to empowering you and your friends to strive toward your resolutions, this event also benefits four non-profit organizations designed to aid women and families in need, including The Jenna Druck Center, Women's Museum of California, Voices for Children and the YWCA.
Diva Dash registration starts at $50 per person. After the kickoff in San Diego, Diva Dash travels to Austin, Boulder and Boston. For more information and training tips, visit divadash.com
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What another eventful morning!! After an awesome Buffalo sighting, we took a slow relaxing drive back to the lodge. Just as we crossed one of the dam walls, one of my guests spotted 2 of our sub adult Lions lazing under a tree. We stopped to see if we could find the rest of the youngsters. After about three minutes, a Rhino cow and her 3-month old calf came walking towards the dam. The Lions immediately went into stalking-mode. Unaware of the eyes following their every movement, the Rhinos came closer to the water. Just as the cow started to drink, the action began… the Lions came charging straight towards them, with another 2 appearing from behind a bush. While trying to protect her calf, the Rhinos fled with 4 lions after them – the air filled with dust. Luckily the rhinos managed to escape, and the sulking Lions came back to the dam to wait for the next victim. What we thought would be a quiet relaxing drive, ended up with some cool action… It amazes me everyday how unpredictable, yet awesome, nature is!!
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Known as shirazi salad, this refreshing combination calls for Persian cucumbers, which are small, crunchy and sweet. You may substitute small pickling cucumbers; just peel them first. For even more flavor, add a few tablespoons of chopped mint and scallions to the salad and some extra squeezes of lemon juice to the dressing.
- 2 Tbs. olive oil
- 2 Tbs. lemon juice
- ¼ tsp. sea salt
- ¼ tsp. freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ cup parsley, finely chopped
- 5 small cucumbers, preferably Persian, unpeeled and diced, or 5 small cucumbers, peeled and diced
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Some Iowa dealers say snowmobiling for recreation has lost its luster in the Midwest, where conditions and the tight economy mean snowmobiles are stored for all but a few weeks a year.
"People in the Midwest are frugal," Terry Taggart, part owner of Taggart Powersports north of Sioux City, Iowa, told the Sioux City Journal. "They don't want to spend $10,000 to $13,000 on a recreational vehicle that they might use, at best, a couple of weeks out of the year."
Taggart Powersports stopped stocking snowmobiles in 2007, but is a Polaris dealer and can order vehicles or parts for older models. But ATVs and Rangers have overtaken snowmobiles in popularity because of their year-round utility. Taggart's daughter Cam says people put tracks on their ATVs and SSVs in the winter.
"Those vehicles are far more practical, especially for use among the farmers," she told the newspaper. "All they need to is take the wheels off, put the tracks on, and they've got a snowmobile. They can go everywhere with it."
Because of the switch, which the dealers estimate has been going on for a decade, some dealers have a glut of snowmobiles.
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A window built to project outwards from an outside wall: he was sitting at his desk in the alcove of a bay window
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New Delhi: Troubles mounted for Congress yesterday as two senior ministers - Narayan Rane in poll-bound Maharashtra and Himanta Biswa Sarma in Assam - resigned from their posts signalling their desire to replace the incumbent chief ministers.
The resignations came even as the party is battling problems in poll-bound states of Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir and also in West Bengal where three of its legislators joined the ruling Trinamool Congress.
The Congress linked resignations of the two to their "personal ambitions" and denied it would affect the party.
The party had seen its worst performance in the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year and faces a tough challenge in the assembly elections expected to be held later this year in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir where it is in power.
The Congress had performed poorly in the three states in the Lok Sabha polls and has faced demands for change in leadership in Haryana and Maharashtra. In Jammu and Kashmir, it has decided to contest elections on its own by snapping ties with the National Conference.
Rane yesterday resigned as Maharashtra's industry minister, the second time he resigned in the past two months.
He had announced his desire to step down last week and submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.
"I have resigned as minister but I shall continue to remain in the Congress," Rane said, scotching speculation that he might join some other party or float his own outfit. The state Congress received another shock Saturday when seven of its Thane municipal corporators -- all staunch Rane supporters -- joined the Shiv Sena. Rane had earlier quit as minister in May after his son and outgoing MP from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Nitesh Rane lost to the Shiv Sena in the Lok Sabha polls after a revolt by a section of the Nationalist Congress Party there. At that time, his resignation was rejected. Rane, who was chief minister for nearly a year at the fag end of the Shiv Sena-BJP regime of 1995-99, quit the Shiv Sena to join the Congress in 2005, but never hid his ambition to become chief minister again and made several attempts to bag the post. IANS


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Batwoman Vol. 3: World's Finest (DC Comics): It's difficult to talk about this comic without also discussing the announced departure of its creative team which, like several others that have worked on DC's New 52, left amid quite public complaints of editorial interference.
As an auteur-driven book starring a relatively new character that's barely been drawn by anyone other than artist and co-writer J.H. Williams III, the whole affair strikes me as strange, as Williams seems to be at least as big a factor in the book's continued existence as the word "Bat" in its title. And it's stranger still he and co-writer W. Haden Blackman are only now reaching the breaking point, as from a reader's perspective, DC appeared to have pretty much left them alone to do their own thing; like Grant Morrison's Batman Incorporated and the Geoff Johns-written portions of Green Lantern, this book seems set in its own universe and is sort of impossible to integrate into the New 52 if one thinks about it for too long (with "too long" being "about 45 seconds").
Regularly cited as one of the best of DC's current crop of comics, Batwoman is definitely the company's best-looking, and most intricately, even baroquely designed and illustrated. As for the word half of the story equation, I found Batwoman — and this volume in particular — to be extremely strange, even weird, more than I found it to be good.
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On 01 Sep 2007 14:30:03 GMT, Doug Jamal wrote:
> Is there a way to automatically adjust the size of the Terminal Screen?
If xterm is installed, you might try creating a desktop shortcut with
the command
xterm -geom 90x35+150+200 -e slrn
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man xterm for xterm arguments, and man X for the rest that may be
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TOWN OF WALLKILL -An 80-year-old Middletown man was killed in a two-car crash on Route 211 in the Town of Wallkill late Thursday morning.
State police said a Chevrolet Blazer driven by William Unterman, 80, of Middletown, collided with a Dodge Caravan driven by Thomas E. Decker, 65, of Walden, at the intersection of Route 211 and Fitzgerald Drive shortly after 11 a.m.
Both drivers were flown to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, where Unterman died of his injuries, police said. Decker was admitted to the hospital and was listed in serious condition.
The accident is still under investigation and state police are asking anyone who witnessed the crash to call them at 845-344-5300.
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Automatically maximize SQL performance with SQL Optimizer for SAP ASE. Detect and analyze problems directly from running SQL statements, T-SQL or other source codes. This advanced tool eliminates manual, time-intensive tasks, and actively searches for ways to improve performance. Plus, it helps you analyze, optimize and manage performance changes so critical applications can run faster.
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Definition of shutoff in English:
noun[usually as modifier]
1A device used for stopping a supply or operation: a shutoff valve
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- 'We were very lucky to have found the shut-offs as quickly as we did,' said Nick Brouwer, section manager of utilities and maintenance for North Vancouver District.
- The coalition demanded a moratorium on shut-offs; that the contracts with the head of the Detroit Water Department and the consultants running Highland Park be voided, and that water be declared a human right.
- If you have a hot-water tank in your roof, check your airing cupboard or next to the tank in the roof for the shut-off valves.
1.1The cessation of flow, supply, or activity.
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Those who fish in Rhode Island's coastlines will find no better arena to engage in their pastime than that found in and around Narragansett Bay or off the southern coastline of the Ocean State.
Whether you favor inshore, the cold water species, or decide to head out to the deeper waters to search for the larger, big game species, the smallest state in the Union offers some of the best fishing to be found in the wide world of salt water angling. Private, party and charter boats (especially those who belong to the Rhode Island Party and Charter Boat Association) can provide you with the capability to sample some of the best salt water fishing in the Northeast.
During late springtime striped bass and bluefish will make their annual appearance along the regional coastline in large numbers, along with the bottom dwelling fluke (summer flounder), and the black seabass.
Bluefish can be picked up by almost any technique including trolling, live bait, jigs, or by employing surface plugs. The first few elements of the 'Blue Horde' show up during late Spring. The best areas to seek them out in June are Watch Hill Reef Complex, Narragansett Bay, Block Island's East Grounds, S.E. Light, and at various spots found upon Southwest and Shark's Ledges.
Striped bass action will be very productive during this time frame as well. Drifting eels on night trips has proved to be an almost guaranteed ticket to success on the linesiders that can run from 'schoolie sizes' right up to 'cows' that surpass the 50 lb benchmark.
The Watch Hill Reef Complex will give up their share of large bass as will the myriad humps and bumps of Narragansett Bay, the rocky shoreline off of Newport, and the ragged bottom structure and ledges found around Block Island. A wide variety of techniques have proven to be very effective on these gamefish, especially on early morning or evening tides or during the hours of darkness.
Fluke fishing will provide great fun for both novice and expert anglers alike. Relatively light tackle when employed to bottom bounce a squid/spearing or mummichog sweetened fluke rig or on a bucktail jig with a fresh squid strip can put some amazing numbers of these fantastic flatties in the fishwell. The good eating black sea bass will often inhabit structure in the form of wrecks or rocky bottom. They are a true favorite when it comes to good eating table fare.
Scup are a relatively small fish that are very often used for bait to capture striped bass, however, these small denizens of the near shore waters provide some good eating, too. Bag and size limitations once again differ in the various states' waters. Charter and party boat anglers have to abide by a separate set of rules and bag limits which can be found online.
Offshore action really heats up right around the time that the Summer Solstice occurs. Shark fishing usually takes hold around the second to third week of June as the regional water temperatures begin to warm up to their seasonal norms. The known migratory pathway of many of the most sought after Apex Predators has them moving progressively through the waters outside of Block Island as the month of June wanes. A good rule of thumb, when pursuing the toothy critters, is to head out to the 20 or 30 fathom curves south and east of Block Island, after the second to third week of June and look ever more eastward as the month draws to a close. While there's never a time when you can't catch a shark in the waters near Block Island during the summer, there's are times when it's better to head a little more offshore as the regional water temperatures increase.
Anglers will have a good shot catching one of the most sought after member of the Mackerel Shark family, the mako, one of the members of the Requiem Shark family including the blue, dusky, and tiger, or even the long tailed thresher. Although 50- to 200- lb. blue sharks will be the predominant species and size caught, there will be enough larger sized makos and threshers around to definitely liven things up. As the summer progresses, a broad spectrum of various species of sharks will be found swimming in the chum slicks.
Sharking has become one of the most popular forms of big game fishing as evidenced by the number of sharking tournaments that are held including the Snug Harbor and Block Island Shark Tournaments. However, with the ever declining number of the toothy critters, anglers should consider tagging and releasing those fish that are not destined for the table or are not of a winning weight in a tournament. All endemic sharks in the region provide tremendous sport on light tackle running from 20-to- 50-lb. I would heartily recommend that any private boater who seeks to capture sharks consider booking a charter trip prior to setting out on their first sharking foray. Not only will you pick up the necessary basics in regards to techniques employed, but more importantly, you'll learn the safe way of catching, handling, and landing these toothy critters.
Tuna species ranging from the bonito families to Giant Bluefin Tuna can be caught in the coastal waters off of Rhode Island. Spinning and fly fishing aficionados will develop sore wrists from non-stop battles with False albacore during the later part of the summertime when huge schools of these fish 'blitz' on schools of baitfish. The dream of capturing fish on light tackle is actually much closer to an absolute fact, rather than fantasy.
Other species of tuna including school bluefin tuna albacore, yellowfin, and bigeye will be captured by those venturing to the blue water arenas found from just outside of Block Island all the way to the 'Canyons' found at the edge of the Continental Shelf. Other exotic species such as Mahi-mahi, wahoo, blue and white marlin, and swordfish can be found there as well.
Shore based anglers will catch their share of blues and bass, especially along the south coastal beaches and breachways of Rhode Island. As in all forms of fishing, it's a matter of putting in the time, using proper techniques, and having a great deal of patience.
Rhode Island, the Ocean State, offers anglers the opportunity to experience some of the best inshore and offshore fishing to be found in the wide world of salt water angling. There are any number of party and charter boats sailing from Rhode Island ports including Watch Hill, Point Judith, Narragansett Bay, Block Island, and Newport that can make your fishing fantasies come true.
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Eating to Conceive
Maybe it's the spring air, but it seems like so many people I know are either pregnant at the moment or trying to get pregnant. And as with anything having to do with one's body, what you eat can have a huge impact on your fertility. For anyone who might be hit with spring baby-making fever, here are some tips on how you might be able to increase your odds of getting pregnant by eating better.
Eat as though you're already pregnant
There's a fairly long list of things that you'll need to avoid when you are pregnant, including raw fish, deli meats, caffeine, alcohol and more. It's best to get into the habit of not eating these things now, because you might not even realize you're pregnant until you're already several weeks along. You'll be going through a lot of changes, both physically and emotionally, so if you are already eating right, that's one less thing you have to be worried about. Diet can also aid with relieving pregnancy symptoms.
Take your vitamins
Find a good prenatal vitamin that contains folic acid and take it daily. Most women don't get enough folic acid in their everyday diet, and this nutrient is essential to reduce the possibility of a baby being born with a neural tube defect. You'll need about 400 micrograms a day, and doctors recommend that women consume the daily requirement well before conceiving in order to have the best chances for a healthy baby. Folic acid, or folate, is also found in leafy green vegetables, orange juice and enriched grain products.
Swap whole grains for unrefined carbs
Eating whole grains can prevent insulin spikes and can boost your intake of fiber, iron and other nutrients that are necessary to keep your body healthy. What's more, a diet high in easily digested carbs (simple, refined carbs like white potatoes and cold cereal) can increase the incidence of ovulatory infertility, according to a Harvard University study.
Eat the right fats and proteins
By now, we know that trans fats are not healthy. But the Harvard study discovered that trans fats are linked to ovulatory infertility. Instead, your diet should focus on unsaturated fats, which can increase insulin sensitivity. The study also found that getting more protein from nuts, beans and other plant sources — rather than from animal sources — could increase fertility. Surprisingly, the study also found that consuming whole milk, ice cream and whole-fat dairy products (as opposed to lower-fat versions) could help increase fertility. Keep in mind that a serving of whole milk or ice cream is only half a cup daily.
Get to a healthy weight
Women who are overweight have more problems conceiving, and could have more difficult pregnancies and deliveries. But now isn't the time to embark on a severe diet, since that might mean you're not getting all the nutrients you need. Instead, aim to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week. Chances are, just cutting out some of the processed food, sugar and alcohol that might be daily habits can help you reach a healthier weight. Make sure to include exercise.
Take a look at HIS diet, too
Since up to 40 percent of fertility problems can be traced to men, it's important that your partner is eating well too. This means limiting caffeine intake (to 1 to 2 cups) and limiting or abstaining from alcohol. In terms of diet, vitamin C can boost sperm health and mobility, zinc keeps testosterone and semen levels optimal and folic acid increases sperm counts. Calcium and vitamin D can also improve male fertility


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If you've read the books, you know exactly what this film is about!
In this futuristic setting, there are 12 districts controlled by a Capitol. As part of the Capitol's exercise of pride and power, each year a boy and girl are selected from the districts to fight to the death as part of a live television show watched by all. Her little sister having been selected, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her place in the fight to survive, and faces the biggest challenge of her life.
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Brooklyn-based psychedelic rock trio Prince Rama (formerly known as Prince Rama of Ayodhya) formed in 2007 around the talents of Michael Collins and sisters Taraka and Nimai Larson. The trio members, who were raised in a Hare Krishna-centric Florida community, met in high school and began their musical journey as a straight-up punk-pop outfit, but a year in a Boston art school, as well as a steady diet of Amon Düül, Animal Collective, and Gang Gang Dance records, helped them make the transition from wannabe skatepunks to cosmic purveyors of tribal, mantra-heavy, lo-fi psychedelic pop. The groups debut collection, Threshold Dances, appeared in 2008 on the British-based Cosmos label. Zetland arrived in 2009, followed in 2010 by Shadow Temple, which was co-produced by Animal Collectives Deakin and Avey Tare. The Larson sisters, Taraka and Nimai, pared Prince Rama down to a duo for the group's fifth album, Trust Now. It was recorded in a church with producer Scott Colburn. The building provided the perfect environment for their new hybrid of pagan and new age sounds, witchy textures, and ambient spaces. In February of 2012, Prince Rama issued the single "Utopia = No Person" b/w "Exorcise [Chopped N Skrewed R.E.M.I.X.]," and followed it in November with the full-length, Top Ten Hits of the World.


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The Orange deck has an Animals based theme which also includes mammals, marsupials and incredible cards such as We Are The World which gives maximum Civ Point rewards for city building and Cruel Mule which can deflect an attack!
Killer Bunnies and the Ultimate Odyssey is the latest title in the Killer Bunnies brand of games. Keeping with the non-collectible nature of the game, the desire expressed by its huge fan base has been fulfilled: KB now has a constructible game.
Though still not collectible nor random, players can now buy starter decks and booster expansions for KB Odyssey, using any combination of those cards to form their own constructed decks to playa against opponents.
Unlike in KB Quest, where up to 8 players play with the same deck of cards and share the same draw pile, with KB Odyssey, players will each draw only from their own constructed deck of 60 cards. With no random packs, players will always know which cards they are purchasing in a deck, so they can buy the right products for the planned deck!
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Playroom Entertainment
Year: 2010
Players: 2 - 6
Ages: 12 and up
Weight: 199 grams
Language Requirements: This is a domestic item.
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- 18 score ships
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Busted knees and raw-edge hems give casual destruction to ankle-grazing skinny jeans cast in a pristine white wash. 29" regular inseam; 10" leg opening; 9 1/2" front rise; 13" back rise (size 28 x 30). Zip fly with button closure. Five-pocket style. 67% cotton, 29% polyester, 4% elastane. Machine wash ... Learn More