text:
Thank you for starting this thread, it's very interesting and I'm getting a lot of good ideas.
I've never been more than 25-30 pounds overweight in my life, and had always had good success losing the poundage with programs like Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers. Then, of course, the pounds would gradually creep back on due to the lifestyle choices I was making. I'm 44, female, and have Hashimoto's.
I read The Paleo Solution about 6 months ago and immediately started transitioning into that lifestyle. Didn't worry about calories or macros, but did track in MyFitnessPal just so I could have a record of what I was eating and how it would affect how I felt, etc. For months, I didn't lose any weight but I did feel a lot better. Still, with about 32% body fat at 161 pounds (at 5'4"), I wasn't happy with how I felt in my skin.
In December I started working with a trainer to learn how to "lift heavy things" properly. I've been consistently weight training 2-3 times a week in addition to any cardio I do (which is much less these days, maybe 3x a week). I also started really paying attention to calories and macros; partly because my trainer wanted to see and also because I was frustrated with the lack of movement on the scale. Through this I found the following:
1) VLC does not work well for me in terms of hunger management. I find on days when I add a small potato or some white rice to my meals I feel fuller, longer, and have more energy and less brain fog. My "sweet spot" seems to be 80 - 120g of carbs per day, which is still low carb by SAD standards.
2) If I eat more than 1400 calories a day on average I will not lose. It does not seem to matter what the macros are. I do find it relatively easy to feel satisfied on < 1400 calories a day if I eat primally, though. So for me, "calories in" do matter - a lot.
For so long, I was afraid to go to 1400 calories or less a day because I would be "starving". So I ate 1600-1800 calories a day on average and didn't lose an ounce. It was frustrating me because I kept hearing all of these stories of weight just "flying off" when people went paleo/primal. I'm finally losing weight VERY slowly at this caloric level, and I am maintaining my lean muscle mass, so apparently this is what I need to be doing right now.


text:
[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 87 (Thursday, May 6, 2010)] [Notices] [Pages 24943-24944] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2010-10693] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-R05-OAR-2008-0398; FRL-9145-9] Adequacy Status of the Indianapolis, Indiana Submitted Annual Fine Particulate Matter Attainment Demonstration for Transportation Conformity Purposes AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of adequacy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) for fine particulate matter (PM
2.5 ) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) as a precursor to PM 2.5in the Indianapolis, Indiana area are adequate for use in transportation conformity determinations. Indiana submitted the Indianapolis area budgets with the final PM 2.5attainment demonstration submittal on June 5, 2008. As a result of our finding, the Indianapolis, Indiana area must use the MVEBs from the submitted PM 2.5attainment demonstration plan for future transportation conformity determinations. DATES: This finding is effective May 21, 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Morris, Environmental Scientist, Criteria Pollutant Section (AR-18J), Air Programs Branch, Air and Radiation Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353-8656, email@example.com. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, whenever ``we'', ``us'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. Background Today's notice is simply an announcement of a finding that we have already made. On April 12, 2010, EPA Region 5 sent a letter to the Indiana Department of Environmental [[Page 24944]] Management stating that the 2002 and 2009 MVEBs for the Indianapolis, Indiana area, which were submitted with the state's PM 2.5attainment demonstration, are adequate. Receipt of these MVEBs was announced on EPA's transportation conformity website with a 30 day public comment period, and no comments were submitted. The finding is available at EPA's conformity Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. The adequate 2002 and 2009 MVEBs, in tons per year (tpy), for PM 2.5and NO Xfor the Indianapolis, Indiana area are as follows: Indianapolis, Indiana ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PM2.5 (tpy) NOX (tpy) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2002............................ 842.37............ 47,815.51 2009............................ 518.43............ 28,537.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. EPA's conformity rule requires that transportation plans, programs, and projects conform to state air quality implementation plans and establishes the criteria and procedures for determining whether or not they do conform. Conformity to a State Implementation Plan (SIP) means that transportation activities will not produce new air quality violations, worsen existing violations, or delay timely attainment of the national ambient air quality standards. The criteria by which we determine whether a SIP's motor vehicle emission budgets are adequate for transportation conformity purposes are outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). We have described our process for determining the adequacy of submitted SIP budgets in our July 1, 2004, preamble starting at 69 FR 40038, and we used the information in these resources while making our adequacy determination. Please note that an adequacy review is separate from EPA's completeness review, and it also should not be used to prejudge EPA's ultimate approval of the SIP. Even if we find a budget adequate, the SIP could later be disapproved. The finding and the response to comments are available at EPA's transportation conformity Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671 q. Dated: April 26, 2010. Margaret Guerriero, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. [FR Doc. 2010-10693 Filed 5-5-10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Do you EXPECT inheritance money? Help settle a debate.....
If your grandparents passed away and left money to your family, by way of your parents, would you expect to be given a portion of that money? So as a grandchild there was no amount left to you specifically.
Example.....your grandmother passes away (grandfather died years ago) she leaves a total of approximately $800k. In her will it states all monies will be divided equally between her children for them and their families. The grandmother has 4 children, one of which is your father. Would you expect your father to divide some of the $200k between you and your siblings?
Hey I made front page!! I should debate with my friend more often!
Nope. It will be mine when my parents pass away. It is theirs for them to enjoy. If they DO want to give me a little, that is their choice. I don't expect it.
When my husband's grandmother died, she left everything divided up between her children. When my FIL died, he left everything to my MIL. When she died, she left each one of her grandchildren an education fund, and everything else divided up between her children, which is in trust.
At no time did anyone EXPECT anything.
Quoting Anonymous:
This is my argument. She (a friend of mine) says since money is left to the grandmothers kids (aka her father) and their families some of it should be given to the grandchildren.
Quoting IWantOneMorePlz:
No, grandma left that money to dad. Dad can spend or divide that money as he wants.
I wouldn't expect it. It would be nice if he shared but no hurt feelings if he didnt.


text:
on May 1, 2013 - 12:01 AM
I am a recovering "winaholic." That is, I am trying to get over what has always damaged my appreciation of sports – an excessive preoccupation with winning that has often made it difficult for me to truly enjoy athletic events and has frequently blinded me to the real value of sports.
For many years, my wife has expressed exasperation at how my normally balanced disposition can easily become unhinged when my teams go on losing streaks or fail to live up to their early season promise. And the teams I have chosen to support, most notably the Red Sox, Dodgers and Bills, have inflicted more pain on me than I deserve in the form of bonehead plays, blown leads and woeful front office decisions.
But after many years of suffering as a winaholic, I have finally discovered the wonderful pleasure of enjoying athletic events for their own sake. It started when I attended a Bandits game a few years ago. I know nothing about lacrosse and have not bonded as a fan with any team. As a result, I simply enjoyed the experience of the game itself, even though the Bandits were drubbed by a mediocre team in a game described the next day by sports writers as their most lamentable performance of the season. But I was thrilled by the extraordinary speed of the game and marveled at the athletic dexterity of both teams.
So I now try to look at sports as something to be enjoyed rather than fretted about. No longer dominated by final scores, I can relax and see games from a fresh perspective that is much more rewarding. Attending several Canisius basketball games with my son during the past season, I did indeed enjoy the many victories, but was even more impressed by things I would not have even noticed in my winaholic past.
For example, while watching the Canisius women's games, I observed a young girl sitting on the bench, assuming that she was the little sister of one of the players. But I later found out that she has a serious illness, was adopted as a member of the team and was even given a locker in the team's dressing room. We often give lip service to the idea that sports teach valuable lessons of "team play," all the while honoring individual "winners" and deprecating particular "losers." But here was "team play" truly put into beautiful practice.
Freeing myself from crudely reducing athletics to final scores, I have come to revise my understanding of the most significant achievements in sports history. Whereas in my previous life as a winaholic, I had considered the Brooklyn Dodgers' victory over the Yankees in the 1956 World Series as the high point in their team history, I now regard an incident in a game in Jackie Robinson's early career as the shining moment in Dodger annals and perhaps one of the very finest moments in all American sports history. It crystalizes for me what all sports should teach us, how to be fully human in moments of great stress.
When opposing fans were pouring down the foulest racist abuse on Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, a white Southerner, called time and went from his shortstop position to Robinson's slot at first base and hugged him, all the while staring down and silencing the rabid fans. I don't know which team "won" or "lost" that game and I don't care. American culture received a resounding victory that cannot be tabulated on a scoreboard.


text:
So what is it that teen idols have that mere mortals don't? It depends on the decade, but most of the time, it's simply good looks and whatever would be cause for getting you grounded by your parents. Some traits have remained constant: Jerry Lee Lewis wore a bad attitude in the '50s; in the '90s, Axl Rose's was worse. Other characteristics can be more fleeting: Pat Boone's spiffy '50s varsity wear seemed hopelessly antiquated after Jim Morrison's airtight leather getups of the '60s. (And does anybody out there remember the Erik Estrada doll?)
If there's any certainty about teen idols, it's this: Like adolescence itself, they are impermanent and intense, and forever fixed in our memory.
1950s-1990s: Let the Good Times Roll
updated 07/27/1992 AT 01:00 AM EDT
•originally published 07/27/1992 AT 01:00 AM EDT


text:
Wed. 4:28pm: Gasoline prices begin summer slide
July 3, 2013
Gasoline prices are on a summer slide, giving motorists a break as they set out for the beach and other holiday vacation spots. Gas prices in Northeast Ohio plummeted 23 cents this week to $3....
Blues, You're a crackhead that no one takes seriously. You only help to strengthen the Democratic party. It's was people like you and your morbid way of thinking that got Obama re-elected. THANK YOU! That is what I have said that you Tea Party people either have to change your way of thinking and get with the program or just sit behind your keyboard pouting all day long. Till then, What you tea party people say or want is totally irrelevant.
2 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
Latest news: Gas prices going up because of Egypt and Portugal problems.
Obamas "All of the Above" energy policy has skyrocketed gas prices! Just another example of his long list of failures!
Egyptian foreign policy and delay of Obamacare MANDATE were all forecasted by the brilliant conservatives!
1 Agrees | 3 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
Latest news: Gas prices going up because of Egypt and Portugal problems.
3 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
Showing 3 of 3 comments


text:
Part Time Level 3 Hairdressing Diploma (City & Guilds)Tower Hamlets College
In London
Price on request
Important information
- Course
- London
- Duration:
1 Year
Frequent Asked Questions
· Requirements
Students should have completed Hairdressing NVQ Level 2 or equivalent qualification.
Course programme
Level 3 Hairdressing Diploma (City & Guilds)
Study Times:
Part Time
Level 3 - Full A Level equivalent
Length of course:
1 year
Poplar Centre
Age Group:
16-19 6th Form College
New or Featured Course:
Established Course
In this course, students study hairdressing, health and safety, promotion of products or services and hairdressing consultation
services. They will style women's hair using a variety of techniques, cut, colour and perm women's hair to create a variety of looks and creative hairdressing design skills to an advanced level.
Learners will need a uniform and kit, and a work placement is essential.
Entry Requirements:
Students should have completed Hairdressing NVQ Level 2 or equivalent qualification.
Where this course might take me:
This course should take you into the work place or on to a foundation degree in hairdressing. Progression is to employment or to NVQ level 3.


text:
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the community who supported Buckhannon Community Theatre's production of "The Sound of Music" this summer. Over 1,250 people came out to watch the show, an attendance level that has not been reached since BCT's production of "Oliver!" in 1972!
As a member of the BCT board of directors, I am grateful to all of our business sponsors and individual donors who see the value of supporting the arts in our community.
As a cast member, I will look back on this summer with fond memories of forming new friendships and watching others (especially the children) grow in their knowledge and love of the performing arts. I was blessed to be part of an extraordinary experience this summer with so many talented people who gave up dinners with their families and countless hours of sleep. I think that Buckhannon is a rare exception to author Robert Putnam's thesis that America's communities are dying in his book, "Bowling Alone."
Buckhannon as a community will survive beyond our differences, apathy, and anomie as long as community groups like BCT can give its citizens an opportunity to work together, unified with a common purpose toward a goal.
Katie Loudin


text:
Have you visited Dr. Benedicto Sanpedro? Rate you experience below.
1 in Palm Springs, FL
Dr. Benedicto Sanpedro specializes in family practice, general surgery in Palm Springs, Florida.
Dr. Benedicto Sanpedro has been compared 96 times. Details of Dr. Sanpedro's 44 years experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center are available on your free doctor report.
Dr. Benedicto Sanpedro has an average rating of 5 stars (out of 5) with a rating of Excellent based on 6 reviews.
Have you visited Dr. Benedicto Sanpedro? Rate you experience below.
Dr. Benedicto Sanpedro has been identified as specializing in Family Practice and General Surgery.
A hospital affiliation covers any doctor who has an affiliation, association or admitting privilege with a hospital. A doctor's particular affiliation to a specific hospital can translate to the overall quality of that provider.
Dr. Sanpedro is affiliated with 1 hospital:
Dr. Sanpedro attended medical school at University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center College of Medicine and graduated in 1972 having 44 years experience.
While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.
Patients may also know Dr. Benedicto Sanpedro MD as:
Soma Medical Center, 2135 S Congress Ave, Suite 3C Palm Springs, FL 33406
2135 S Congress Ave, West Palm Beach, FL 33406
Are you Dr. Benedicto Sanpedro?
Update your information


text:
C. J. Clegg wrote:
> I have been invited to work on what should be a simple application
> that receives RTP audio and video streams and stores them on disk,
> then serves them back on demand.
> The platform is either VxWorks, LynxOS, or RTLinux, they haven't
> decided yet which they want to use, but they would like the
> implementation to be POSIX-compliant.
> No signaling is involved; just receive the stream, store it on disk,
> and serve it up on request.
> I have a lot of experience in real time embedded software and some
> experience in TCP / UDP / IP networking, but none in RTP or RTCP.
> Can any of you recommend some good books or websites or online
> tutorials that will help me learn what I need to learn to do this?
> Thanks...
The only info I know of on RTPs comes from Wind River.
They invented the things, after all. Have you used Google?


text:
Pilgrim Monument is a short stroll from The BeaconLight Guest House, and other popular attractions like Herring Cove Beach are within a couple of miles (3 km). This 14-room, 3-star guesthouse has conveniences like free in-room WiFi, free self parking, and a spa tub. It's in central Provincetown and also a short walk from Art House and Meetinghouse Theatre and Concert Hall.
Free continental breakfast is served each morning from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM.
The 14 rooms are recently renovated and have an array of amenities, including refrigerators, free long-distance calls, and free local calls. Flat-screen TVs come with cable channels and DVD players, and guests can stay connected with free WiFi. Bathrooms offer hair dryers, designer toiletries, and bathrobes. Ceiling fans are also available.
Property features
The BeaconLight Guest House features a spa tub, a rooftop terrace, and free WiFi in public areas. If you decide to drive, there's free parking. Front-desk staff can assist with luggage storage and tours/tickets. Additional amenities include free newspapers and a garden.
- Walking distance to Pilgrim Monument
- Free continental breakfast
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Free parking
The BeaconLight Guest House12 Winthrop St. Provincetown MA 02657
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This Edwardian guesthouse also offers a spa tub, a rooftop terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The BeaconLight Guest House is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 14
- Number of floors - 3
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Garden
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Beach towels
- Free self parking
- Year Built 1850
- Smoke-free property
- Spa tub
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Miniature golf on site
- Refrigerator
- Microwave (on request)
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- DVD player
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Free long-distance calls
- Refrigerator
- Microwave (on request)
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
Where to Eat
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Miniature golf on site
- Boat tours nearby
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 8 PM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
Hotel Name
- BeaconLight
- BeaconLight Guest House
- BeaconLight Guest House Provincetown
- BeaconLight Provincetown
Awards & Affiliations
- This property is affiliated with the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) and welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) guests.


text:
C'mon get on it Roger! it's been months!
I've been using 7S instead of 8S to keep the amps under 100 (my particular het motor kv is closer to 1650 and not 1500 the sticker says it is)so today I finally went and got a ICE2 120HV to replace the ICE100.
Tomorrows flights will be somewhat faster!
Im glad everything went great and glad she has a happy new home ...Hope she flies nice for a long long time
unfortunately an 'accident' happenned today and she fell on herside and on the elevator braking the tip and bending the rod that goes in the elevator,i am so annoyed rite now because the 'accident' could have been way aborted but unfortunately you cannot force someone to respect your stuff
now that sucks
Meanwhile, my F100 is ready for flight. All is in working order. I did a static test, and got only 4.5lb of thrust... I didn't get what was going on, but then I noticed that the afterburner lights were dimming at full throttle. Sure enough, I tried with a battery that was down to 3.5V per cell... New battery still only gave me some 6lb of thrust. I think I flew initially with close to 7lb of thrust (and the plane only weighed 8.5lb). Now the plane weighs 10lb, and I have 6lb of thrust... I still think I'm OK to fly. However, given that this is a SUPPO ESC and not CC, I couldn't download the parameters to see what it was programmed to, so I just programmed it as follows:
- 6S LiPo (18V cutoff)
- Auto-throttle range
- Soft brake
- Hard cutoff
- 1 degree (low) timing (they recommend that for 2-4 pole inrunner motors, and the HET has 4 poles)
- 8KHz PWM (I might want to change this one).
I will next check the power output for the different settings, and start playing with some of them (specifically timing and PWM frequency)
Anybody has any insight for these numbers?
Australia, VIC, Melbourne
Joined Nov 2006
15,864 Posts
Dunno about the Soft brake and hard cutoff choices....
You don't really need any brake, and probably not critical but 'nicer' for something to spin-down on its own.
Hard cut off would mean a delay in your recognising full power loss at a distance. At least soft cutoff it still flies and you go "Hmm, it is slowing down a bit... must be LVC". But full cutoff could also occur at a time far more critical.
I know you can reset it.... but by the time you recognise it....
Soft cutoff you can generally still fly around and land.
I guess if you programmed it then it would have calibrated to your throttle range fine...
Australia, VIC, Melbourne
Joined Nov 2006
15,864 Posts
hehe, might be the opposite... crashing due to no motor power before you realise it.
The BEC should never hit too low a power point as it only needs about 7V or so to still give 5v or 6V out. And if your main battery ever got that low.... well, it never would... it would have exploded into a fireball long before that!! LOL
eg 6S 1.2V per cell.= 7.2V still.... and the battery would have been frying from excessive depletion LONG before that could ever occur.
When LVC cuts in - at soft cutoff - it is triggered because your battery voltage dropped too low, which is occuring because the current demands are too high for its remaining charge level. So going to soft LVC reduces power to the motor, which (via) reduces the current demand, thus volts come up a bit again..... enough so you can fly around at that reduced power for a while longer - to land - whilst not ruining the battery.
But you do want to head for landing immediately, as depending on the exact motor/fan combo, and battery type/age etc, you will only get X amount of further power as the battery depletes and gets hotter and hotter.
In a way they are "automatically' controlling things for you and all you have to do is get it down ASAP.
On hard LVC all power is gone, but you can 'reset' it by going to zero throttle and then back up.... over-riding it. So then the power use is up to YOU. And then it is very easy to over-use the power and fry the battery. Because you yourself have no way to know the true voltage level.. and what any X amount of power use will cause in terms of grief to the battery.
You could smoke it quite easily, just because you don't know what state it is really at.
I don't know with soft LVC, but you might be able to reset it also - but you would only do that in a real emergency need of a bit more power! So let them do the "automatic" power control, until you truly needed more for some reason. eg Still stuck out over trees or whatever. But still recognising you only want to use that the bare minimum possible.
Or else..... you might have more than just a crash.... but also have a burning plane!! hehe
I use soft cutoff on planes that can stay airborne at the reduced power level long enough to get it back to the runway and hard cutoff on "bricks". My reasoning is it gives you the best chance to make a safe landing and if that means destroying a battery then so be it.
I use soft on this F-100 since it glides so well, but I'm probably only at 8-8.5lbs.
On another note I got a flight in today with 8S and boy it's fast! No meter on it but calculated around 3300W.
hi guys
i have a question about running batts in parallel or series,
so here is the question if i have two 3s 4400mah 40c how should i run them to get a 6s and also what mah will it be at?will i still have 4400 or does it add up?never run batts like that before,
cheers guys
p.s yoram yes i HATE IT poured some hot water over it and it seems straight but not like before...but still straight,dont think it will cause an issue
Australia, VIC, Melbourne
Joined Nov 2006
15,864 Posts
You have to connect them in SERIES and they will maintain their capacity of 4400mAH (NOT add up to 8800mAH).
One +ve RED wire output.... joining that battery's -ve BLACK to the other battery's +ve RED..... and that battery's -ve BLACK is your other output.
with the Het 4 pole motors just run it at low timing and 8khz pwm rate, increasing the timing will only increase amps with zero to minimal rpm increase (wont be worth it) 8khz switching is plenty for a 4 pole motor so as long as the motor starts and runs smoothly there would be no reason to increase pwm rate
what fsa on the thrust tube are you going with?
looking forward to the remaiden
United States, TX, Grand Prairie
Joined Nov 2005
6,909 Posts
|Thread Tools
|Similar Threads
|Thread Starter
|Last Post
|···SCOOP···RBCkits F-100 Super Sabre···SCOOP···
|Electric Ducted Fan Jet Talk
|Feb 16, 2009 02:57 PM
|Build Log
|- contest - Micro EDF30 F100 Super Sabre
|Scratchbuilt Indoor and Micro Models
|Feb 19, 2008 05:50 PM
|F-100 Super Sabre
|Pusher Prop Jet Models
|Apr 20, 2005 08:34 AM
|F-100 Super Sabre
|Tim H.
|Electric Ducted Fan Jet Talk
|Apr 28, 2002 08:26 AM
|F-100 Super Sabre
|Ed Couch
|Electric Ducted Fan Jet Talk
|Dec 30, 2001 10:12 AM


text:
Clean-Water Land Use: Connecting Scale and Function
Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold
University of Louisville - Brandeis School of Law
Pace Environmental Law (PELR) Review, Vol. 23, No. 2, p. 291, 2006
University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2008-09
Land use and land development adversely affect water quality in many substantial ways. The current land use regulatory system is blamed for its failure to plan and regulate to protect water quality and watershed health, and a frequent suggestion is to move authority for land use planning and regulation to larger ecologically-based scales, such as watersheds, or to regional, state, or national agencies that can act on a watershed scale.
Despite the allure of these proposals, careful study of the scales and functions of watersheds and the scales and functions of land use presents a nuanced picture of both watershed and land use dynamics, suggesting that watershed institutions might be best suited for watershed planning, technical assistance, facilitation of intergovernmental cooperation, and provision of resources and information, while local governments will continue to be best suited to engage in generalized planning, zoning, permit decisions, and other traditional regulatory functions.
This article discusses the impact of land use on water quality, and then explores the scale and function of both watersheds and land use. It offers lessons about the geographic, functional, problem, and temporal scales of watersheds, and the functional, political, resource, and temporal scales of land use, as well as lessons about the legal scale of freedom and boundaries. Attempting to connect both the scale and function of watershed with both the scale and function of land use, the article recommends a hybrid regional-local model of watershed-based planning and regulation of land use.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 61
Keywords: land use, urban planning, watersheds, water quality, land development, local government, localism, hydrology, environment, geography, land use regulation, ecosystems, conservation, scale, function, complex systems, complexity theory, federalism, freedom, boundaries, political forces
Date posted: October 25, 2007 ; Last revised: March 24, 2008
Suggested Citation
Contact Information
© 2016 Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Contact Us
This page was processed by apollobot1 in 0.188 seconds


text:
The University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus (OU)
Cozart, Karen
Library Information St Department
Karen Cozart Teaches the Following Courses
1 Course
LIS 1013 Acquiring Knowledge in the Digital Age
No classes this semester
Average grades given in the course:
Grade History for LIS 1013
Based on 590+ grade records
|3 Recommended
We did not find any courses that Karen Cozart has taught or is planning on teaching in the last year. Click here to view all the courses this professor has taught in the past.
Karen Cozart's Recommendations
LIS 1013 Acquiring Knowledge in the Digital Age
Course material was well organized and assignments were easy. Very helpful if you have any questions with assignments. I would definitely take another class from her
LIS 1013 Acquiring Knowledge in the Digital Age
This professor is very easy to communicate with via e-mail, cares about her students doing well on assignments and provides all of the materials online. The textbook is relatively easy to use, and there are weekly assignments for a research paper with due dates. Some lectures are in audio and PowerPoint format. She requires some discussion board participation. Her quizzes and final exam are very easy if you study. Workload was minimal in the course.
LIS 1013 Acquiring Knowledge in the Digital Age
Very fair teacher, explains all expectations clearly and tries to keep the class totally understandable. I felt that over all it was fairly easy to keep an A in the class, which should be expected for a 1000 level. A great class and teacher to start out taking online classes with - makes it very easy to understand the format, but also requires you get in the habit of managing your time. A great class for anyone who expects to do research papers in the future, that means you! :)


text:
Half of MF Global's London workers to be let go
Administrators are expecting to make hundreds of London-based staff at MF Global redundant as hopes of finding a buyer for the bankrupt broker fade.
KPMG, which is winding down the broker's British operation, has pledged to pay MF's outstanding wage bill. However, beyond that, cuts of more than 350 jobs are likely.
"We've guaranteed that everyone will get paid in November," KPMG administrator Richard Fleming said. "There will be a substantial requirement for MF Global staff to carry on beyond the end of November and broadly we would expect to offer continued employment to around half of the current workforce."


text:
Superfeet BLACK Insoles
Product Information:
Flexible, supportive and accommodating to your every stride, the Superfeet® BLACK insoles enhance fit, comfort and performance with every wear. The STABILIZER CAP reinforced cap structure adds support to the foam layer in the Superfeet® BLACK while a BIOMECHANICAL SHAPE increases power, energy transfer and control. For unbeatable comfort, the Superfeet® BLACK includes a HIGH-DENSITY FOAM LAYER with closed-cell foam for cushion.
Click here to learn more about Superfeet Insoles Fit Profiles and Volume
- Low profile insoles, maximizes flexibility, support and accommodates shape
- Enhances fit, comfort and performance
- Thin, low-volume design
- Adapts to the flat midsole of your footwear to your foot
- STABILIZER CAP reinforced cap adds structure and support to the foam layer
- HEEL CUP stabilizes and supports the foot in a skate or a shoe
- BIOMECHANICAL SHAPE low-profile shape stabilizes the foot, improves energy transfer, adding power, control, comfort
- HIGH-DENSITY FOAM LAYER closed-cell foam supports, cushions the foot for long-lasting comfort
- ORGANIC, ODOR CONTROL COATING is all natural, eliminates odor-causing bacteria
- Vegan, free of latex, nickel sulfate, formaldehyde and preservatives
- Style: SF34
- Superfeet
- Shoe Size: B = Kids' 2.5-4, Women's 4.5-6
- Shoe Size: C = Men's 5.5-7, Women's 6.5-8
- Shoe Size: D = Men's 7.5-9, Women's 8.5-10
- Shoe Size: E = Men's 9.5-11, Women's 10.5-12
- Shoe Size: F = Men's 11.5-13
- Shoe Size: G = Men's 13.5-15
- Shoe Size: H = Men's 15.5-17
Country of Origin: VietnamWeb ID: 4447921
Customer Reviews:
Rated 4.5 out of 5�by 92 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5�by Lg Great support I had leg pain, knee and hip issues. These were a tremendous help. I can buy the shoes I like and add them and I am good to go. August 30, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5�by DCMSFB Try These for Flat Feet in Cleats These inserts made wearing my new mid-height cleats possible. My arches were painful and feet/inner ankles were swollen with the flat factory insoles in my cleats. I replaced them and have been comfortable ever since. Must try these if you have foot pain. August 23, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5�by SYD Love these I have multiple things wrong with my feet to the point where it's painful to walk. I was told I had to wear water shoes with a water proof structured footbed in the pool. I looked on line and saw these and was please to find them here locally. I'm so happy to have these, now my feet don't hurt walking in the pool. I bought a second pair to put in my regular shoes., and am able to walk without my feet in pain. August 16, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5�by Jpreston03 Good for planter fascia I Good for soccer cleats. Was ready to hang up the cleats till I found these. Been wearing the blue inserts for 2 yrs they make the shoe to tight and foot sits to high in foot bed. Black inserts are perfect. August 11, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5�by Envoy1069 My feethoughts feel Super!! These insoles are life savers. Well worth the money in my case. July 5, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5�by RedWingFan good reinforcement My son's arches tend to go flat, so we were looking for extra support to put in his baseball shoes. These have worked very well - we are almost done with the season, and he has not had any foot issues. June 23, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5�by Hiker Was recommended by my podiatrist and liked the idea that they should last a year or more. I immediately felt the benefit of wearing the insoles. My feet started healing and feeling more comfortably. Upon a follow up visit with my podiatrist he checked the insoles after wearing them for a month and the insoles fit my feet without any adjustments. I now have a pair of shoes that I wear for indoors only and use a pair of insoles just for them and another pair of insoles that I use and switch between my dress shoes and my casual shoes. June 5, 2016
Rated 4 out of 5�by DeeGreen16 Great! I have really flat feet and these soles really helped me out in practices and games to help ease the pain in my feet. May 9, 2016
Rated 2 out of 5�by Josh35 Not good for extended periods of standing. I bought these for my work boots . I stand for hours at work. I do notice it gives me lower back relief but the insoles are very hard and my feet hurt at the end of the day. I have worn them for about 3 weeks. I'm hoping they break in but it's not looking good. May 3, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5�by caliguy8769 A super pair of insoles Very comfortable, extremely well made with a bottom heel cup that supports the foot. I used these to replace the insoles that came with my new shoes which had no arch support whatsoever. These were a definite improvement. March 22, 2016


text:
NSCLC is "Major Battlefield" as Merck,...
Expanding Use of NGS Has Largely...
As Immunotherapy Revolutionizes the Cancer Treatment...
LC-MS Gains Favor Due To the...
Prevailing wisdom holds that upstream efficiencies cause downstream bottlenecks. Yet perceptions regarding bottlenecks, their sources, and how to deal with them differ widely.
Downstream bottlenecks can occur at any step, particularly at innately slow steps like chromatography, or where pooling or hold-up are involved. Virus removal or inactivation, filtration, and cleaning/sanitization steps can all introduce slowdowns in the overall process. "But it's clear that chromatography is the place to look to improve productivity," says Margit Holzer, Ph.D., R&D director in the process division at Novasep.
According to Eric Langer, president of BioPlan Associates, most biomanufacturers report some degree of downstream capacity bottlenecks, particularly with chromatography. BioPlan's recent survey of biopharmaceutical manufacturing, suggests that nearly twice as many companies do not experience bottlenecks at all (20.5%) as encounter "serious bottlenecks" (11.8%). Those who don't experience bottlenecks have either optimized their process or are not producing mAbs.
"Biomanufacturers who expect significant bottlenecks in the future may be experiencing greater upstream output, which must now be purified using current capacity," Langer explains.
Yet over the four-year study period, chromatography and depth filtration are contributing less and less to downstream bottlenecking compared with the year before.
Protein A capture is a source of ongoing complaint. Despite three- to fourfold improvements in dynamic binding capacity, protein A is about ten times as costly as ion-exchange resin. While the jury is still out on replacements for protein A, one technique, simulated moving bed (SMB) chromatography, is a way of exploiting protein A's binding capacity to its near-theoretical maximum.
Instead of using one large column whose binding is exploited to only about 60%, SMB uses several smaller columns in series. As one column fills to absolute capacity it is taken off-line, washed, eluted, regenerated, and placed back into the queue.
Many companies have variations on this theme. Novasep's is called BioSC Sequential Multicolumn Chromatography. "SMB and continuous chromatography optimizes a separation in the third dimension, which is time," notes Dr. Holzer.
Uwe Gottschalk, Ph.D., vp for purification technologies at Sartorius Stedim Biotech, reduces the causes of downstream bottlenecking to four T's: talent, technology, throughput, and time.
Downstream talent has been depleted over the years, he says, because drug developers sought to solve all their problems through genetic engineering. Today, processing expertise is blossoming at universities, but industry still lags behind in re-acquiring that expertise.
On the technologic side the principal limitation is throughput, most notable in the disconnect between volume-driven upstream operations and mass-driven purification. This is the traditional bottleneck idea—that tenfold improvements upstream necessitate equivalent downstream efficiencies or radical work-arounds. "Downstream technology improvements have been evolutionary, and have not kept pace." Facilities are aging as well, both in terms of capacity and technology. "Everyone is talking about how to manage their existing manufacturing network."
Time relates to biotech's full pipelines and the ability to schedule production within time constraints given the capabilities of plants designed five or ten years ago.
Operational excellence strategies like lean and six sigma have done a fair job of reducing bottlenecks, as have approaches like quality by design and process analytics. These were slow to arrive at biotech firms, Dr. Gottschalk says, because they weren't originally needed. The industry is much better off today because these strategies drive down cost, improve quality, and provide (at least the equivalent of) higher capacity.
But operational excellence has a physical limit. Achieving above and beyond that requires innovation.
Dr. Gottschalk sees stagnation or inertia at some larger companies, and the danger that they may no longer lead the industry in manufacturing innovation. In turn this creates opportunities for smaller firms starting from scratch, particularly in Asia, to adopt downstream innovations. These include replacements for protein A capture like cation exchange and nonchromatographic techniques such as precipitation, extraction, and nanoparticles.
Günter Jagschies, Ph.D., at GE Healthcare, has long been outspoken in debunking the notion that upstream efficiencies unduly stress protein purification, that the problems are intractable, and the solution lies, at least in part, on alternative technologies.
For one thing, he is no fan of precipitation, crystallization, and extraction as solutions to downstream bottlenecks. "Switching from chromatography entails revamping your entire facility, and it's questionable whether you'll achieve the same level of process robustness." These methods, he says, are a result of scientific irrational exuberance that overlooks basic economics. "And you could be sure that if someone came up with a general technique for crystallizing an antibody, they would patent it. Licensing fees, even if small on a percentage basis, would be much higher than anyone pays anybody these days for protein A resin."
Dr. Jagschies does not deny upstream-downstream mismatches. But those, he says, are more a function of when a bioproduction plant was put into service than of inherent inabilities to deal with high titers.
He admits that plants coming online today were designed for lower-titer processes conceived between five and ten years ago, and that purification has not improved step-for-step with cell culture.
"But if you were to start from a blank slate, if you could build plants today based on modern purification technology, bottleneck issues would not arise," he says.
Plants constructed in the early 2000's were designed for protein titers below 1 g/L. Processors can make up for approximately a doubling of titers without changing much. Once a process crosses the 2–3 g/L titer level, however, operators must adopt newer, higher-capacity, and higher-throughput filtration and chromatography tools, as well as modern dilution, buffer, hold, analytic, and scheduling strategies.
Besides, the perception of gross mismatch depends on the point of reckoning. By comparison today's processes are at least 100 times more product-intensive than the first bioprocesses, but only 10 times as product-dense as the first monoclonal antibody processes.
"This fact is lost in the sound bites we refer to as downstream bottlenecks," observes Dr. Jagschies. "I'm not denying that bottlenecks exist—just trying to add perspective to the discussion."
Relatively straightforward adjustments in purification technology, he says, can open up low-titer facilities to high-titer processes, without adding or eliminating unit operations. One such improvement is switching to high-performance resins providing three to four times the binding capacity and significantly higher throughput than first-generation resins. Moreover, when crossing the magical 2–3 g/L barrier, processors can analyze the entire process and implement changes at once to chromatography, filtration, buffer, and hold steps.
Most observers believe, however, that this is more easily recommended than done.
Many observers, though, now view upstream titer improvements as something of a mixed blessing. In manufacturing, more is usually better than less, but that is not always true for the manufacture of biotech drugs.
"If you plot a U-shaped cost curve, with the x-axis as product titer, you'll see that it flattens out between three and five grams per liter," Dr. Jagschies says.
That rising titers also raise the cost of goods flies in the face of conventional wisdom, but the logic is irrefutable.
Bioprocessors experiencing rising titers can exploit newly found efficiencies by running fewer batches or making more product. The latter is only viable if demand exists for the drug. Reducing the number of campaigns sounds attractive, but it is only cost-effective if the freed-up capacity can be filled with some other remunerative project.
"But almost nobody is operating at full capacity," Dr. Jagschies observes. Genentech and Amgen, for example, are divesting themselves of capacity.
In the hypothetical case where two batches produce the same as three, fixed costs—which comprise up to 70% of all costs in classic stainless steel facilities—are apportioned to one-third fewer batches, which raises their nominal cost; the variable cost advantages from running one less batch pales in significance.
Instead of throwing R&D competence toward wringing out the last bit of production efficiency, Dr. Jagschies suggests devoting those resources toward higher-quality product. Reducing aggregates and improving drug potency are two such strategies. With material needs greatly reduced, biomanufacturers will become much more savvy about dimensioning future production facilities.
To save this item to your Favorites,
log into GEN Select.
We'll be sure to take you back here after you do.
Not a member of GEN Select?
To comment on this article,
log into GEN Select.
We'll be sure to take you back here after you do.
Novum Pharma recently raised the price of an acne cream by over 3,900% in less than a year-and-a-half and Mylan increased price of EpiPen from $100 to $608 . Do you think pharmaceutical companies need to be subjected to price controls?
Be sure to add [email protected]
to your Address Book or Safe Senders List.
here for instructions.
If you have any questions about your subscription, click
here to email us or call at (914) 740-2189.
You may also be interested in subscribing to the GEN magazine, an indispensable
resource for everyone involved in the business of translating discoveries at the
bench into solutions that fight disease and improve health, agriculture, and the
environment. Subscribe
today to see why over 60,000 biotech professionals read GEN to
keep current in the areas of genomics, proteomics, drug discovery, biomarker discovery,
bioprocessing, molecular diagnostics, collaborations, biotech business trends, and
© 2016 Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News All Rights Reserved


text:
If you need immediate assistance, call 877-SSRNHelp (877 777 6435) in the United States, or +1 585 442 8170 outside of the United States, 8:30AM to 6:00PM U.S. Eastern, Monday - Friday.
Entrepreneurship, Elderly, Seniors, Aging, Social Security, Age, Economic Growth, Economic Geography, Self-Employment, Occupational Choice, Retirement, Human Capital, Utility Maximization, Path Analysis
Cohort study, integrated longitudinal data set, employment, earnings, ROI
entrepreneurship, self-employment, aging population, economic growth, spatial econometrics
© 2016 Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Contact Us
This page was processed by apollobot1 in 0.234 seconds


text:
United Natural Foods' (NASDAQ: UNFI ) fourth-quarter earnings were met with applause last week. The stock jumped nearly 13% on Friday, and it opened this week still climbing. The company beat analysts' expectations on earnings and revenue, and today it saw a price-target bump from the likes of Citigroup, which maintains a buy rating on the stock.
Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser notes that as a distribution play, United Natural is reliant on orders from major customers like Whole Foods Market. But Jason sees United Natural continuing to diversify and grow its customer base, which decreases the risk of being overdependent on a single customer.
Jason recommended United Naturals at the beginning of 2013, as it's the big dog in the distribution space -- and the stock has had a great year, up nearly 30% year to date. However, now that shares are trading at more than 30 times earnings, Jason thinks this might be one stock to keep on your watchlist.
The best investing approach is to choose great companies and stick with them for the long term. The Motley Fool's free report, "3 Stocks That Will Help You Retire Rich," names stocks that could help you build long-term wealth and retire well, along with some winning wealth-building strategies that every investor should be aware of. Click here now to keep reading.


text:
Skip to Content - Skip to Navigation
Home > Academics > Colleges > Natural Sciences and Mathematics > Biology > Faculty and Staff
Department of Biology
Contact InformationOffice Hours
BS - 1975 Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA; Major: Biology
MS - 1978 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; Major: Fisheries Biology
PhD - 1992 University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS;Major: Biology
(Additional doctoral work at Pennsylvania State University, Univ. Park, PA)
Fish ecology, zoogeography and systematics
Fish ecology, zoogeography and systematics, especially freshwater stream fishes and larval fishes; freshwater macroinvertebrate ecology; philosophy of biological science; public perception of science.
Ross, S.T., and W.M. Brenneman. 1997. Chapter 27. Fish collectors and collections of the inland fishes of Mississippi. Pages 479-486. In: Pietsch, T.W., and W.D. Anderson, (eds.). Collection building in ichthyology and herpetology. Amer. Soc. Of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists, Spec. Publ. No. 3. 593pp.
IT Support Center
Map, Directions,and Parking
Contact Us
Emergency Information
Site Map
Privacy Statement
IUP Athletics
Get schedules,
scores, & more
Follow IUP on Social Media
More IUP Social Media
© 2007–16
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
1011 South Drive, Indiana, Pa. 15705
Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Hotline
Student Complaints
Your campus companion, updated.
Available for
Apple and Android devices.


text:
"Good for You" Brownies
My plan for today was some yard work. G and I need to plan those blueberry bushes but in the process we decided to create a whole new bed in the backyard and that is taking some time to prepare. We went to Home Depot and got the dirt needed to prep the soil and when we got home it started raining....so I had time to try a new recipe :)
Dark Chocolate Whole Wheat Brownies
1/2 c dark chocolate chips (at least 60% cocoa)
1/4 c canola oil
3/4 c water
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1 1/4 c whole wheat pastry flour
1/3 c dark chocolate cocoa powder
1/4 c stevia in the raw
1/4 c sugar in the raw (or you can use all stevia)
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
Preheat your oven to 350 and spray an 8x8 glass baking dish with non-stick spray.
Melt the chocolate chips and the oil together in the microwave. Start by cooking 30 seconds then continue in 15 second intervals, stiring in between each 15 seconds or until chocolate is melted.
Stir in the water, vanilla, egg and stir until blended. Add the flour, cocoa powder, stevia, sugar, baking powder and salt.
Pour mixture into the prepared 8x8 pan and spread out. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes. Enjoy!


text:
The Jazz Ensemble sings before a packed house to benefit Woodinville Adult Day Center.
The Central Washington University Jazz Band and Vocal Jazz Ensemble played music from the big band swing era April 17 at a fundraiser to benefit Woodinville Adult Day Center.
The concert, held at the Northshore Senior Center, was a sellout and raised approximately $1,400. The proceeds will be used for ceramic supplies and other activities at the center, which now serves 20 to 25 people a day.
Sponsors of the event were Puget Power, the Adult Day Center Advisory Board, Cascade Vista, and the Roustabouts, plus volunteers of the Northshore Senior Center and the Woodinville Kiwanis Club.


text:
Forgot password
Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password.
Today Across the U.S.
More From Around the Nation
Arizona Pistachio Nursery has the best selection of Red Push Pistache trees! Come check out the nursery today!
Looking to update your yard and bring in some fantastic new fall color? Red Push Ornamental…
Mission Possible Tucson challenges you and your group to complete an exhilarating mission - American Spy! Click here to learn more! Can you escape? 520-661-0286
Tucson's Newest Escape Room Adventure. We have 3 exciting scenarios to choose from. Do somet…


text:
GWP-Med, EU SWIM Workshop Identifies No-Regret Climate Change Adaptation Options
5 October 2012: The EU Sustainable Water Integrated Management (SWIM) - Support Mechanism (SM) and the Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean (GWP-Med) conducted a regional training for local water managers on "Identification and Development of Climate Change No-Regret Actions in the Water Sector."
Participants from North Africa and the Middle East examined climate change impacts on water resources and assessed risks to the environment and sustainable development. The regional workshop also presented information on risk management, including: addressing climate change risks through no-regrets actions; building climate resilience practices in water management; the role of economic instruments; bridging the capacity gap; strengthening the enabling environment; and mainstreaming no-regrets approaches into integrated water resources management (IWRM) frameworks.
The regional workshop included exercises on water scarcity and flooding and on identification of ways to integrate no-regrets measures into national IWRM planning. The workshop took place from 3-5 October 2012, in Amman, Jordan.
SWIM is a Regional Technical Assistance Programme launched by the European Commission to contribute to the extensive dissemination and effective implementation of sustainable water management policies and practices in the Southern Mediterranean Region. GWP Med is one the 13 Regional Water Partnerships of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) intergovernmental organization, representing the Mediterranean region. [EU SWIM-SM Workshop Report] [Workshop Website]


text:
Featured Events
- Chicago Fire Playoff Tickets
- Colorado Rapids Playoff Tickets
- Columbus Crew Playoff Tickets
- DC United Playoff Tickets
- FC Dallas Playoff Tickets
- Houston Dynamo Playoff Tickets
- LA Galaxy Playoff Tickets
- Montreal Impact Playoff Tickets
- New England Revolution Playoff Tickets
- New York Red Bulls Playoff Tickets
- Philadelphia Union Playoff Tickets
- Portland Timbers Playoff Tickets
- Real Salt Lake Playoff Tickets
- San Jose Earthquakes Playoff Tickets
- Seattle Sounders Playoff Tickets
- Sporting Kansas City Playoff Tickets
- Toronto FC Playoff Tickets
- Vancouver Whitecaps Playoff Tickets
We're sorry, but we currently have no tickets available for this event.
Check out our full selection of Toronto FC tickets or sign up to be notified when tickets for this event are available.
Toronto FC Playoff Ticket Information
Celebrate TFC's entrance into the postseason with a purchase of Toronto FC playoff tickets. BMO Field will be blanketed with Red and White for every game on the Toronto FC playoff schedule in 2016. The open-air 21,140-seat stadium is one of the best soccer venues in North America and will be the place to be when the MLS Cup playoffs kick off. From the Red Patch Boys to the North End Elite, fans in Toronto can find the most sought-after TFC playoff tickets on our TRUSTe-approved website. Thousands of soccer fans every year use Vivid Seats to see the live soccer matches they love.
We guarantee that regardless of when you place your order, your Toronto FC tickets will be delivered before the match. In last-minute situations, we will use emergency methods to complete ticket deliveries. You may even be able to choose E-Ticket delivery as an option in some cases. If you would like to know more about your delivery alternatives, contact us directly at 866.848.8499. Our courteous service professionals will be able to provide you with all the information you need to make a smart purchase of Toronto FC playoff tickets.


text:
All year long, we've been getting to know the team a little bit better. Today, we take a look at 25 things you may not know about sports anchor Jason King.
Jason's favorite New Hampshire landmark is the Old Man in the Mountain. "I know he is gone, but not forgotten," said Jason.
Jason has had many memorable story assignments, but his most memorable one was "the final game ever played at the old Foxboro Stadium. The 'snow bowl' playoff game between the Pats and Raiders. Long live the Tuck Rule! (Although the NFL eliminated the rule for 2013)," said Jason.
If Jason could interview anyone past or present, it would be…"Tiger Woods…and maybe throw Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer in there too. That would be a cool conversation," said Jason.
When Jason hears New Hampshire the first word that comes to mind is snow.
Jason is currently listening to '80s pop and rock, Jason Mraz, Bad Company radio and Daruis Rucker radio.
Jason's favorite ice cream flavor is Pistachio.
What was Jason's favorite subject in school? "Haha, didn't really have one…but I guess I would say Math (Until I got to Calculus!)" said Jason.
Jason's first car was a late '70s or early '80s Chevy Monte Carlo. "I bought it from a neighbor…the passenger side was completely smashed in and you had to lift the door about 6 inches just to close it. Sweet ride though," said Jason.
The one food Jason can't live without is…"Cape Cod potato chips," said Jason.
What is Jason's go-to pizza topping? "Any kind of meat…or pepper and onion," said Jason.
What was Jason's first job? "I worked at Allen Mello Dodge car wash when I was in high school," said Jason.
Jason's favorite time of year is summer.
Jason's favorite sports team is…"I'm a huge college sports fan, but in terms of pro teams, the Patriots are my favorite," said Jason.
When Jason was little he wanted to grow up to be…"Believe it or not, I wanted to be a sportscaster. I remember when I was about 15 thinking how cool it would be to have Brent Mustberger's job," said Jason.
Jason's favorite non-news smartphone app is Pandora.
The first concert Jason ever went to was…"I can't remember which came first, but it was either Boston or LoverBoy," said Jason.
Growing up Jason had lots of pets. "We always had cats and dogs when I was growing up, but I'm a dog person. Unfortunately, just last month my dog Mac passed away. He was a big boy! Great dog…he is missed," said Jason.
Who has been Jason's biggest influence is life? "My parents were my biggest influences when I was growing up…but for the last 21 years or so I would say my wife and kids. Whether they know it or not, just about every decision I make is influenced in some way by them," said Jason.
Jason's all-time favorite TV shows are "Friday Night Lights, Cheers, Friends, 24 and Rugrats."
What is Jason's favorite movie? "I have so many favorites, but a few of my top choices would be: 'Remember The Titans,' 'Shawshank Redemption,' 'The Untouchables,' 'CaddyShack' and the list goes on," said Jason.
In Jason's free time he likes to…"I like to be at home tormenting my wife, spending time with family and friends, watching my kids sporting events, traveling to my son's college football games, an occasional game of golf, etc. Nothing spectacular, but good enough for me," said Jason.
What celebrity would play Jason in a movie about his life? "According to my wife it would be Michael Vartan (the guy from the old TV show 'ALIAS,')" said Jason.
If Jason could go anywhere in the world right now it would be Hawaii. "Always wanted to go, but have never been. I could totally see myself living on the beach for a few years!!" said Jason.
Jason's favorite restaurant in New Hampshire is…" It used to be Silos Steakhouse in Merrimack until it closed. Still searching for a new favorite," said Jason.
What's one thing you would be surprised to know about Jason? He likes to bake.
No email address was supplied by
To complete your registration on this site, please supply an address.
Please confirm or modify the email address to which you will have subscription offers sent.
For a more personalized experience, please supply the following optional information.


text:
Buy houses in Ashford Street, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 - 4 bedrooms
Keywords and filters like garden and parking live here
Your search area is too large to further filter your results. Please edit your search location if you would like to filter your results.
Filter your 1 result Clear filters
Property type
More options
- Pre-owned / New homes No preference
- Ownership type No preference
- Retirement No preference
- Buyer incentives No preference
Darnley Street, Stoke-On-Trent ST4Terraced house for sale - 4 bedrooms
No upward chain. Investors would you like a 12% potential return? Then read on. Located in a prime position within easy walking distance of staffs university and stoke railway station. This extended four bed mid-terraced property offers gas central ...
Note: Distances are straight line measurements
- Stoke-on-Trent (0.3 miles)
- Longton (2.2 miles)
** Calls to this number will be recorded for quality, compliance and training purposes.


text:
Segments (3): Spider Monday
2 December 2013 by Christopher Buddle, posted in Segments, Spiders
Wow, Black Fly Day was a terrific event last week. As you all know... the Monday following that entomological event, is an Arachnological one - Spider Monday (no folks, no cyber monday for me). It's helpful that Spider Monday is kind of 'Cyber' anyway... the world wide web. So, today's edition of Segments will be devoted to spider stories.
- Lovely Garden Spiders... a nice post over at Live Science highlights Argiope aurantia. Perhaps one of the more interesting stories about their biology is that males, after copulation with a female, exhibits 'spontaneous death'. That is quite an amazing life history strategy.
- On the topic of spider sex, Catherine wrote an amazing post about the 'bridal veil' in spiders. It's a very worthwhile post for those who are fascinated by arachnids - the variety of copulation strategies in spiders is so impressive.
- In my post last week about unusual diets of spiders, I failed to point out one of the most amazing jumping spiders, Bagheera kiplingi. This species is a mostly vegetarian spider - a highly unusual diet for an arachnid order known mostly at carnivores.
- Speaking of jumping spiders, look at this most adorable one, courtesy of Sean McCann:
- So you must have wondered, right? Do spiders like human urine? Don't worry - there was an experiment done on that subject (h/t to Bug Girl for this one). Spoiler: they don't.
- More than polar bears: Churchill Manitoba also has high spider diversity. A new paper uses barcodes to reveal high diversity, new records for Canada, and probably new species. Almost 200 species were documented from that region.
- Burma's undiscovered insects and spiders: There's a particularly unusual shot of a spider with its babies (spiderlings) being carried on the mother's carapace (image #9). I find this unusual: wolf spiders females (Lycosidae) typically carry spiderlings on their abdomen, but I don't think I've ever seen a shot of spiderlings all huddled up on a carapace. Maybe there were so many that some 'spilled over' onto the carapace.
- Speaking of wolf spiders... "how dangerous are they?". Warning: this is a piece that's full of errors and promotes ways to 'control' these animals. Seriously, folks: don't believe what you read. Wolf spiders are a FAMILY not a species, they are harmless, and to get rid of them (e.g., in your house), just use a paper towel or something. Sheesh.
- To finish, a lovely photo of Misumena vatia, from Adrian Thysse. Now, find all those spiders on the web and enjoy your "Spider Monday"


text:
The Peacebuilding and Development Summer Institute provides knowledge, practical experience and skills for professionals, teachers and students involved in conflict resolution, peacebuilding, humanitarian assistance and development. The Summer Institute will focus on various approaches to mediation, negotiation, facilitation, reconciliation and dialogue, particularly in conflict-torn and developing regions. Participants will explore innovative methods of promoting cultural diversity with respect to public policy, community and religion, war and post-conflict environments, while expanding their knowledge and skills in a participatory and interactive learning environment. Participants in the Summer Institute will be exposed to leading national and international professionals in the fields of public policy, conflict resolution and development.
As we prepare for this year's institute, we are eager to let everyone know the value of this program. Courses offered this summer are:
Recognized as leaders in International Peace and Conflict Resolution, American University's School of International Service invites you to the unique and innovative Peacebuilding and Development Summer Institute in June/July 2003.
Since 1999, the Institute has provided knowledge, practical experience and skills for scholars, practitioners and students involved in conflict resolution, peacebuilding, humanitarian assistance and development. Global Organizations such as CARE, Catholic Relief Services, OAS, USAID, and Givat Haviva have participated in the program to further their peacebuilding initiatives in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Please feel free to visit our website for more information or contact Saji Prelis, Program Coordinator, at 1-202-885-2014 or email: email@example.com.
If you know of any others who might be interested in this opportunity, please forward their information to Daniel Yu at 1-202-885-2905, or by email: email@example.com.
We hope that you and your colleagues can join us in Washington DC!


text:
Re: Book downloaddeemure Apr 3, 2011 5:01 PM (in response to Darbydolittle)
Darbydolittle wrote:
I purchased a book for my daughter and paid for it with a credit card. It shows I purchased the book but I am not able to upload it to the Nook color. I took it into Barnes and Noble and they were not able either. They told my to reregister the credit card and still no book. Any help would be appreciated
Ok, a little more info would be helpful. Did you use the credit card that is tied to the account for the NOOKcolor?
What I mean is the NOOKcolor must be tied to a default credit card (some people have used debit cards and prepaid credit cards with success). The ebook must have been bought with the default credit card tied to I assume your daughter's account. If you don't have a credit card on file at BN's website to go with the NOOKcolor, you should do so.
I think you just need to tell how you bought the ebook and who the NC is registered to. For instance, my NC is registered to me and I can go to the B&N website, log in using the same registration info entered into my NC and buy NOOKbooks and they will show up on my NOOKcolor. I can also go onto my NOOKcolor and go to shop and buy ebooks there, since I have a credit card on file with my account. But, if I go to B&N's website and log into someone else's account and buy an ebook, I can't generally put it automatically on my NC. Please tell me first what you did exactly and then I or we might be able to help.


text:
Taking runner-up honors for a second straight season was also pretty cool.
But after finishing second last year for the third consecutive season — to a third different driver — Owens was beginning to question whether he would ever win a track championship.
"It makes you wonder if you're good enough to win a championship," Owens said. "We have the confidence that we are."
The 34-year-old finds himself in familiar territory entering the second half of the 2011 campaign — competing for his first track title.
Unlike the previous three seasons where he was in second place during the stretch run, Owens has the rest of the field looking up at him.
He is in first place in the super stocks with 380 points, 13 more the Clio's Kyle Hayden.
Even though Saturday's event at Auto City isn't a points' race, it could be the biggest race of Owen's career.
The speedway is holding a special 100-lap invitational called "The Jack 100", which will pay a whopping $2,500 to win.
Owens has fared well in long races, having won the Patriot 100 at Auto City in 2010 and taking runner-up honors in the same feature on June 25.
"It would be the biggest win of my career if I could win it," said Owens, who pocketed $1,200 for winning the Patriot 100 last year. "Obviously, you can't predict what will happen in (Saturday's) race. I feel confident in what I can do and what the car can do."
The 1995 Montrose High graduate broke into the area racing scene in the factory stocks in 1997. He competed in the class for nine years before moving into the super stocks in 2006.
Owens has been one of the supers top drivers, having captured nine features and four top-10 finishes in the final standings in his first six seasons.
In five starts this summer, he has notched four top-10 finishes, including two runner-up finishes and one checkered flag.
"It takes a little bit of experience to do well and I think that is something we have on the young guys in the class," Owens said. "(Experience) helps with car control. We're just trying to finish this deal."
Bad luck has been the one thing Owens has been unable to beat. He held the lead in the supers early in each of the previous three seasons before an on-track altercation sent him into second place.
So far this summer, he has been able to avoid any major mishaps, something he hopes will continue for the rest of the season.
"If I can finish in the top three every night, I think I can win it," Owens said. "I will race a little more conservatively, depending on who I'm racing with and for what position. I'm not going to take any unnecessary chances."
Owosso Speedway
Points standings
Super Late Models — 1. Jack Varney Jr. 56; 2. Mike Luberda Jr. 53; 3. Tim Felver 51; 4. Harold Fair Jr., Dakota Carlson 45.
Modifieds — 1. Rod Laney 170; 2. Laci Donnert 146; 3. Nick Clemens, Damian Lytle 126; 5. Travis Eddy 120.
Pro Late Models — 1. Mark Welch 235; 2. Leo Smith 233; 3. Jimmy O Smith 210; 4. Ryan Etchison 181; 5. Dave Bigos, Russ Cords 179.
Pro Stocks — 1. Don Riley, Tony Basalone 349; 3. Dennis Roys 293; 4. Nick Burd 278; 5. Chris Begg 259.
Pure Stocks — 1. Russ Cords 357; 2. Jimmy Stratton 344; 3. Dave Parisian 334; 4. Pat Standley 329; 5. Bob Robinson 310.
Sport Stocks — 1. Amber Slagle 431; 2. Patrick McNamara 358; 3. Kyle Crump 249; 4. Jeremy Donnert 152; 5. Steve Workman 151.
Saturday's schedule: The modifieds, pure stocks, street stocks and dwarf cars will be in action at the Ovid-based facility. Pits and grandstands open at noon and racing will begin at 7 p.m. Adult tickets are $12. For more information call 810-845-1105.
Dixie Motor Speedway
Friday's schedule: The pro late models, pro stocks, street stocks, pure stocks and figure eights will be in action at the Birch Run-based facility. Pits open at 1 p.m., grandstands at 5 p.m. and racing will start at 7:30 p.m. Adults tickets are $12. For more information call 989-624-9778.
Auto City Speedway
Points standings
Midwest Racing Scene Super Stocks — 1. Jeff Owens 380; 2. Kyle Hayden 367; 3. Brian Bauman 334; 4. Dan Leeck 314; 5. Pat Zorn 279.
Modifieds — 1. Chris Stearns 491; 2. Robert Johnston 361; 3. Mike Luberda Sr. 341; 4. Travis Eddy 330; 5. Joseph Morisette Jr. 317.
Street Stocks — 1. Adam Rowe 860; 2. Nick Lechota 781; 3. Julian Fluty 741; 4. Rob Sullivan 533; 5. Rick Smith 527.
Pure Stocks – 1. Jordan Lechota 1,167; 2. Lonnie Saumier Jr. 940; 3. Duane Damon 870; 4. Scott Beach 844; 5. Chad Lamson 744.
Figure Eights — 1. Chad Lamson 648; 2. Lonnie Saumier Jr. 590; 3. Anthony Williams 583; 4. Andrew Burton 563; 5. Duane Damon 535.
Saturday's schedule: The "Jack" 100-lap Midwest Racing Super Stocks race will be the main attraction. The street stocks, pure stocks, hornets and figure eights will also be in action. Adult tickets are $15. If your name is Jack you can get $5 off general admission. Pits open at 2 p.m., grandstands at 4 p.m. and racing will begin at 7 p.m. For more information call 810-686-9500.


text:
by Eric Bricker
Health Savings Accounts, also known as HSAs, are used in conjunction with High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) to form health coverage that is intended to reduce the overall cost of healthcare for the insured (the individual buying health insurance).
The HSA / HDHP setup has been in place since 2003, when the Federal Government began allowing designated health savings accounts to be funded and grow on a tax-free basis, much like a traditional IRA. The idea is that by replacing a typical lower-deductible, full-coverage health insurance plan with a higher-deductable, savings type plan, patients would save money on premiums (they are significantly less for an HDHP) and be more responsible on health expenditures since it is coming out of their personal accounts.
Additionally, unlike the more common Flexible Spending Account (FSA) that many are familiar with as a benefit option, HSAs do not have the annual "use it or lose it" requirement. You can roll the balance forward for years, essentially building a nest-egg devoted to your health care.
HSAs are heavily regulated, as is any health insurance plan. In order to open one, you need to meet several criteria, and the HSA needs to be set up with an accredited trustee or custodian (usually either a bank or a health plan). Additionally, much like an IRA, there are contribution limits as to how much a patient can fund the HSA on an annual basis. If you are obtaining an HSA through your employer, the odds are that your Human Resources or Benefits department has already done the research regarding criteria, trustees, and contribution limits.
Health Savings Accounts are gaining in popularity as employers find that patients are attracted to the lower premiums associated with HDHPs, and the self-employed or uninsured are finding the HDHP / HSA combination to be the most affordable health coverage option out there.
For families, are HSAs a good idea? In general, HSAs are best for people who are relatively healthy. You basically trade lower premiums for higher deductibles. If you are likely to burn through that deductible and then some each year, you may find it is not worth it for you. On the other hand, for families whose members are healthy and who do a good job with preventative care and finding lower cost treatments such as walk-in clinics, it could become a big money-saver over time. Run the numbers for your unique situation before making a final decision.
Saving on Pediatrician Costs
The average pediatrician charges just over $100 for a single visit for which the pediatrician is paid $70 by the typical insurance company. Here are the tricks that tend to make the most difference in cost:
- Select a pediatrician who performs labs and x-rays in office. Those who don't often send patients to an independent lab or hospital for these tests which typically receive much higher payments from the insurance company. Also, many benefit plans will simply apply in office labs and x-rays to your office visit co-pay costing you much, much less.
- Find a pediatrician group with a 24-hour nurse hotline. Our pediatrician has one that costs $12 per call. Each time my wife is concerned about our daughter and uses the hotline, we frequently are told what to do and save the $70 pediatrician visit.
- It is okay to question your pediatrician. Ask yourself how many times you have heard a pediatrician say, "Well, I am pretty sure your daughter just has a cold but let's run a strep test just in case." It is OK to ask your pediatrician if a strep test is really necessary. Strep tests can cost you up to $50 and if the physician feels strongly that the test is needed, then he or she will says so and will not be at you for speaking up. Much of medicine is practiced out of habit -- habits that cost you money, but do not necessarily contribute to high quality care.
- Ask your pediatrician to prescribe you generic medications. Almost all major generics are available now for $4 a month.
- Practice asking your pediatrician "How much will this cost me" every time a new treatment is recommended. While the pediatrician will likely not know the exact answer, the question will alert the pediatrician to the fact that cost is important to you and will often trigger a conversation about lower cost alternatives.
At the end of the day, having a pediatrician is one of the single most important steps you can take to protect your child and save you money as a pediatrician's cost is one fifth the cost of a low level emergency room visit. If you cannot afford health insurance for your child, be sure to check out your state's childcare program as new legislation helps many more children qualify for coverage.
Eric Bricker, MD wrote this article for Healthharbor.com Healthharbor is a consumer health website whose mission is to help people become smarter consumers of healthcare and health insurance. Dr. Bricker is a founder of the healthcare firm Compass PHS.


text:
Welcome to the family: verwandt.de, moikrewni.pl, dynastree.com and the others that are joining!
|The OSN team celebrating the merger
Today we're announcing some very special news...We're branching out! We're going where we haven't gone before; we're growing and sowing the seeds to connect families in every single country around the world.
We're delighted to let you know that we've now joined up with German family networking group OSN (Online Social Networking GmbH). It's great news for everybody as we will be integrating both platforms to offer new features to everyone and the combined database becomes even better in connecting you with relatives or ancestors. We'll now have a whopping 47 million users worldwide.
|The MyHeritage.com team
It's a great combination really, as not only will we join up with ten market-leading family sites, we'll also be getting some new colleagues from OSN who will bring us the creative and innovative spirit that characterises the group. Together, we can better help you bridge gaps of geography, language and time and make your online family life easier and more enjoyable!
The really good news for you is that with this formidable user base get more Smart Matches that help you find long lost relatives. With 530 million genealogical profiles you'll be able to further your research conclusively and connect with more relatives online. And it's important to us to mention again that you can do so privately and securely.
The joining together of these sites makes it easier to build, map and expand your family connections across the world. We call all of those relationships together the family graph. Imagine a virtual map of all family relationships that spans the globe. Thus we're working towards becoming even more reflective of your family life, whether it is past or present.
And we'll be adding some new features on our site that were already available on the OSN sites. The first addition that you'll undoubtedly enjoy is the family crest builder, which helps you design, build and integrate a coat of arms on your site.
The OSN websites, Verwandt in Germany, or Dynastree as it is known in the US and the UK, have been among the fastest growing social networks in the past two years. Its founders Daniel Grözinger and Sven Schmidt know a lot about successful Internet enterprises, having been involved in online ticketing services (getgo.de), the FIFA Soccer World Cup 2006 Ticketing Center and dialo.de, a portal for yellow pages.
|Verwandt.de founders Daniel Grözinger, Sven Schmidt
The eleven million users that are joining us are from European countries such as Germany, Poland and the Netherlands as well as Latin American countries such as Brazil. The users of these sites and their local versions have been told about the news and we're in the process of helping them to continue building their family trees on MyHeritage.com. We'll ensure their trees are safe so they are able take their research further privately and securely. Users will be able to access their tree on both platforms for the coming months.
Rests us to ask that you'll join us in greeting them. And to all our new users:
Welcome to the family!
If you'd like to find out more about this news, have a look at the press release, check out the blogs of dynastree or verwandt, get in touch with us or come speak to us in person – in one of our offices in London, UK, Hamburg, DE or Tel Aviv, IL or at an upcoming event like 'Who do you think you are LIVE' in London or the 'Genealogy Jamboree' in California.
|Have a look here to see how our features fit together!
Search for your ancestors:
- How much did you pay for OSN?
- Hi Michael,
Thanks for your comment. We're not disclosing that information but I'm happy to answer any other questions you may have about the joining together f the companies.
Best, Linde
- .....
- Hi,
I am searching family history/information of a friend. Are there possibly sites for Belgium and Neaderlands?
Best Regards,


text:
The Orthodox approach to all issues is necessarily ecclesial. In spite of the historical contradictions and counter witness of some of the local churches, the Orthodox never cease to be "romantic" about the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, the Body of Christ, the People of God. They speak of the sin and shortcomings of Christians, but never of any defect of personified Holy Mother Church. She is always the Bride of Christ being prepared and perfected for the ultimate revelation of glory. Questions of unity, doctrine and ethical action can never be raised and reflected on except through the ecclesial channel. This is not very often perceived sympathetically by western partners in the ecumenical dialogue where individual theological opinions and contextual ethical concerns may hold sway. The Orthodox are naturally apprehensive that such crucial matters like the authority of Scripture and Tradition, the teaching authority of the Church and the total experience of life in the Holy Spirit attested to by the saints and martyrs are eclipsed by the overriding currents of individual and group demands to interpret the Gospel to suit their passing needs.
The Orthodox ecclesial approach to issues is shaped by the life of worship. Praising and worshipping the Holy Trinity in words, symbols and ritual celebrations takes centre stage in the life of devout Christians. Concerns of this world seem to be sidelined, if not totally ignored. The liturgical-ecclesial approach may look strange, to say the least, to those who are brought up in an Enlightenment rationality tradition. It has been this latter tradition that dominated the modern ecumenical movement. Hence the movement has become acutely aware of the pressing social-ethical issues of humanity. In many instances worship was sidelined, and occasionally questioned as irrelevant in face of the material needs of humanity. The W C C is making great efforts to bring worship back to prominence, at least in its major assemblies. The divergence of approach, however, continues to create difficulties for the on-going dialogue.
The crumbling of authority in general in our contemporary world has eclipsed our traditional reference points on the ecumenical pilgrimage. The time when ecumenical movement beganwith forms of clear traditional authority both in the Protestant and Orthodox families has radically changed. The secularization of the West had its tremendous impact on the Western Churches and their affiliates in the rest of the world, while most Orthodox churches had to undergo quite different historical traumas. So the perspectives have changed in both camps. A convergence now seems to be hardly possible. Yet we are called to struggle, united in our one hope in Christ Jesus our Saviour.
God's love for humanity (philanthropia) manifested in the incarnate Christ is the basis for the Orthodox Church's care for the world and all social action. In the fellowship of the WCC, the Orthodox Churches have been constantly exposed to the cry of the poor and the oppressed, call for justice, peace and integrity of creation and all the ethical reflections they required. The sense of ecumenical fellowship acted as a ferment and challenge without which many local churches would probably have remained insensitive to the forces of social evil, and contented themselves with some acts of charity. However, these churches also make it clear that they do not want to confine the fellowship to a simply humanitarian organization which risks to be dominated by the rich do-good is their agenda. The Orthodox Churches need to bring out more clearly its fundamental conviction that ethics can never be divorced from theology. Working out God's philanthropy for our world which is in dire poverty at one extreme and ecological catastrophe at the other is a holy task laid on the Orthodox Churches. This is also one of the ways in which we can make our fellowship in the WCC more fruitful and less tense.
Pages: 1 2


text:
Parenting & Education in Ireland
Log in
≡ Education System
Find A Primary School
Find A Secondary School
Pre-Schools & Montessori
Learning Resources
Primary Resources
Junior Cert Resources
TY Resources
Leaving Cert Resources
Revision Courses 16/17
Tutors & Grinds
Assessments Therapists
Language Camps 2016
Education News
School Year Calendar
The Curriculum
About League Tables
... more Education System
Related Sections
Health & Wellbeing
Bullying Issues
Discussion Boards
Choosing schools
School Issues
≡ Parents Resources
Parenting Resources
Parenting Kids
Parenting Teens
Bullying Issues
Health & Wellbeing
Food & Nutrition
Baking with Kids
School Run Mum Blog
Childminders Forum
Afterschool Care Centres
Back To School
School Books New
Second Hand Books
School Uniforms
School Bags, Nametags
Parents Association
Fundraising Ideas
Register your PA
... more Parents Resources
Related Sections
Discussion Boards
Choosing schools & childcare
Ask Mother Hen
... more
Fun Stuff
Family Breaks
Kids Camps
Afterschool Activities
Baking with Kids
... more Fun Stuff
Learning Resources
≡ School Resources
School Suppliers
School Tours
School Roadshows
School Competitions
School Event Guide
School Fundraising Ideas
Primary Teaching Jobs
Secondary Teaching Jobs
... more School Resources
Related Sections
Education System
Find Your Primary School
Find Your Secondary School
Education News
School Year Calendar
≡ Fun Stuff
Afterschool Activities
Kids Camps
Halloween Camps
Language Courses 2016
Family Breaks
around Ireland
Things to Do for Families
Events around Ireland
Family Fun Days Out
Free Days / Rainy Days
Baking with Kids
Halloween Mid-Term Fun
Communion & Confirmation
Debs Dresses & Preparation
... more Fun Stuff
Related Sections
Discussion Boards
Out of school
Buy, sell or give away
Introduce yourself
You are here :
Discussion Boards
Ask Mother Hen
� Advice needed
Site Quick Links
School Calendar
School Book Offers
Back to School
Birthday Party Ideas
Competitions Galore
Provide School Feedback
Advice needed
Advice needed
25/10/2011 22:06 - Ask Mother Hen (Locality: Cork)
My four year old daughter recently started school. She was born with a very rare syndrome which affects her facially but not intellectually. I have been told by the teacher that she is finding it hard to make a friend in the school yard and has even asked the yard SNA can she find her a friend to play with. Isn´t that just heartbreaking and a parents worse nightmare. She is such a lovely child and I know as a mum we all think that of our children, but she has gone through so much over the last four years and has years of surgery ahead of her. We are living in this world of perfection. I wonder if anyone can make any suggestions as to how to make schooling a little easier. I know it is very early days but my preference would be to nip this in the bud earlier rather than later. Parents you have to educate your children to the differences in this world as it is having a day to day negative affect on my daughter.
re : Advice needed
26/10/2011 09:41 - Ask Mother Hen
Hi - are you friendly with any of the mums in your daughter's class that you meet outside when you are collecting her, maybe you could try to arrange a play date for her at your house. Best of luck
re... : Advice needed
27/10/2011 10:46 - Ask Mother Hen
What a great little lady to go through so much! I think the suggestion of getting to know some of the other children´s parents is a great idea. If you can arrange some play dates that will get her some close friends in the class. You could also talk to the teacher and see if he/she has any suggestions. Perhaps they could do something in the classroom to highlight accepting difference or there may be a story that he/she could tell to the class about a similar situation? One such book is "You´re different - thats super!" by Carson Kressley, or "It´s okay to be different" by Todd Parr.
Do keep chatting to your little girl making sure that she has plenty of opportunity to talk about school and how she feels so that you can give her support. Make sure that you don´t bombard her with questions or get upset when she talks about the situation - that may cause her to ´shut down´ communication for fear of upsetting you or being put under pressure to talk about it.
Do let us know how you get on!
discussion forum terms & conditions
� SchoolDays.ie
about us
terms & conditions / privacy policy
share on


text:
Services Overview
Bestowing love, mercy and compassion – day in and day out
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Denver serves over 50,000 people annually. In addition to our main offices in Denver, we operate three regional offices: Glenwood Springs, Greeley and Fort Collins.
We serve people in need throughout the northern half of Colorado, from the Western Slopes to the Denver metro area to the northern regions of Weld and Larimer County.
Learn more about each unique region
Our Services by Category
Adoption – Our experienced, compassionate staff offer personalized, high-quality services to birth parents, adoptive families and individuals involved in past adoption. We provide this service to people across Colorado.
Child Care – We offer six (6) child care centers in the Metro Denver Area. We provide early childhood education for infants – preschool as well as educational services to parents and families.
Counseling – We're here to listen and to help. We offer several types of counseling including pregnancy, individual, family, marriage, school based and outpatient counseling services in the Denver Metro Area.
Emergency Assistance – Mostly one-time financial assistance to families and individuals who can prove a state of emergency. We can also address needs for prescription assistance or referrals. Serving Denver Metro, Larimer County, Weld County and the Western Slope.
Foster Care – We equip and support foster families who provide stable, loving environments for children in out-of-home placements. Our Foster-Adopt program serves those who wish to become a "forever family."
Homeless Shelters – Meeting the basic needs of homeless individuals and families: safe shelter, warm clothing and food. We provide short- and long-term housing and support services, with a goal of self-reliancy.
Housing – Affordable, service-enriched housing for individuals and families who cannot access decent housing. We offer affordable housing for seniors, families, disabled persons, as well as farm labor housing.
Immigration Services – We provide direct legal assistance and public education to persons with valid legal claims to status in the U.S.
Lighthouse Women's Center – A licensed medical center helping women make decisions about their reproductive health. An open and non-judgmental atmosphere. Free pregnancy tests, free ultrasounds, free counseling and referrals.
Pregnancy Counseling – We offer guidance to individuals, couples, families and/or significant others facing an unplanned pregnancy.
Relatives Raising Children (Kinship) – We strengthen families through support groups, material assistance, and referrals for relatives acting as primary caregiver.
Senior Services – We help older adults in Denver, Larimer County and Weld County maintain safe, quality independent living. Benefit assistance, case management and referrals, chronic disease management and the Mulroy Senior Center in Denver.
Victim Assistance – We help victims of crime referred through the District Attorney office in Denver Metro and Weld County. Financial assistance and supportive counseling, crisis intervention and other service referrals.


text:
While it's been a road of ups and downs for Courtney Robertson and her Bachelor fiancé Ben Flanjik, former Bachelorette Ashley Hebert and her love J.P. Rosenbaum have been on a more consistent path.
"We are starting [wedding] planning and hoping to get married within a year," Hebert told viewers when she and her fiancé appeared at the end of Monday's The Bachelor: After the Final Rose show. "I always thought it would be romantic to be pregnant and get married."
"We talk about it all the time," adds Rosenbaum. "We're getting more serious about it."
Rosenbaum even joked, "Ashley's pregnant," before she quipped, "That's how rumors get started!"
Going off of what Hebert told PEOPLE last week, she continues to support Flanjik's decision to stick with controversial contestant Robertson.
"People are hard," she said on the finale. "I feel awful for Courtney."
Ashley Hebert Plans to Marry J.P. Rosenbaum 'Within a Year'
Bill Davila/Startraks


text:
IRENA Newsletter Details Results of Assembly, Pacific Leaders Meeting and WFES
January 2012: A Special Edition of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Newsletter highlights the results of three events related to the future of sustainable energy use – the Pacific Leader's Meeting, the Second Assembly of IRENA, and the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) – all of which focused on renewable energy strategies at regional and international levels.
The newsletter outlines progress achieved in three distinct meetings regarding the future of renewable energy. On the Pacific Leader's Meeting, the newsletter highlights programs proposed to advance the switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy in the Pacific region, as well as region-wide energy initiatives, such as creating better information systems, supporting a sustainable renewable energy market, and collecting more data on land and water resources.
On the Second Assembly of IRENA, the Newsletter highlights that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the start of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All). It also notes that the Assembly approved IRENA's 2012 work programme and budget, giving IRENA a substantial budget increase for renewable energy projects.
Finally, on the World Future Energy Summit, a forum in which various world leaders pledged their support for IRENA, the newsletter notes the event proved successful in terms of networking and forging connections among environmental policy leaders to work together for a more sustainable future. [Publication: IRENA Newsletter] [IISD RS Coverage of Second Assembly of IRENA] [IISD RS Coverage of World Future Energy Summit] [IISD RS Coverage of Pacific Leader's Meeting]