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Chemotherapy (chemo) is the use of cancer-killing drugs. These drugs can be put into a vein, given as a shot, or taken as a pill or liquid. They enter the bloodstream and reach most parts of the body, making this treatment useful for cancers that have spread to distant organs. While these drugs kill cancer cells, they also damage some normal cells, which can lead to side effects.
When is chemo used?
Chemo can be used either before or after surgery for early-stage breast cancer. This is to kill any cancer cells that may have spread but are too small to be seen by exam or tests. When chemo is given after surgery to patients who have no signs of cancer spread it is called adjuvant chemo. This lowers the chance of the cancer coming back later. When chemo is given before surgery to cure the cancer it is called neoadjuvant chemo. This can shrink large cancers so that they are small enough to be removed with breast-conserving surgery instead of mastectomy. It also works as well as adjuvant chemo in lowering the chance that the cancer will come back later.
Chemo can also be used as the main treatment for women with cancer that has spread to distant sites (outside the breast and the nearby lymph nodes).
How is chemo given?
Doctors give chemo in cycles, with each round of treatment followed by a rest period. The time between cycles (the beginning of each treatment) is most often 2 or 3 weeks, but can vary according to the drug or combination of drugs being used. For early-stage breast cancer, the total course of treatment usually lasts for 3 to 6 months. For advanced breast cancer chemo is often continued as long as it is working.
Menstrual periods often stop for a time while you are on chemo. But this doesn't mean that you can't get pregnant. Getting pregnant while having chemo could lead to birth defects and cause problems with treatment. If you are having sex, you should discuss birth control with your cancer doctor.
Possible side effects
The side effects of chemo depend on the type of drugs used, the amount given, and the length of treatment. You could experience some of these short-term side effects:
- Hair loss
- Loss of appetite or increased appetite
- Nausea and vomiting
- A higher risk of infection (from low white blood cell counts)
- Stopping of menstrual periods
- Easy bruising or bleeding (from low blood platelet counts)
- Being very tired (called fatigue, often caused by low red blood cell counts or other reasons)
Most of these side effects go away when treatment is over. For example, your hair will grow back and your blood counts will return to normal. If you have any problems with side effects, be sure to tell your doctor or nurse because there are often ways to help.
Possible long-term side effects
Menstrual changes: Many women find their menstrual periods stop on chemo. For some, they don't start again and the women go through the change of life (menopause). Some women may have their periods start again, but find that they can't become pregnant (they are infertile). Still, having your periods stop doesn't mean you can't get pregnant.
Nerve damage: Some drugs used to treat breast cancer can damage nerves. This can sometimes lead to symptoms (mainly in the hands and feet) such as pain, burning or tingling, sensitivity to cold or heat, or weakness. In most cases this goes away once treatment is stopped, but for some women it may last a long time. You can learn more about this in Peripheral Neuropathy Caused by Chemotherapy.
Heart damage: Some of the drugs may cause heart damage if used for a long time or in high doses. Doctors check a patient's heart function before giving these drugs. They also are careful to control the doses of these drugs and watch for signs of problems.
For more information about the chemo used to treat breast cancer, see the Breast Cancer detailed guide.
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My Family History Research – an update
This time last year I did not have any real plans for my research. I only made two goals for the year and one was to get fit again, especially after the previous 12 months of inactivity due to illness.
My other goal was to spend more time doing my family history, whatever or wherever that took me. I have to say that both goals have been achieved with I'd say much success. I am 100% fitter and happier than before (doing 'Bootcamp' 3 nights a week helps!!!) and my one fitness goal for 2011 is to run in the 4km Mother's Day Classic which helps support Breast Cancer Research. My Sister had Breast Cancer and is now what they say, in remission.
As for my family history, I did not have anything in particular I wanted to achieve but this is a list of what I did do:
- Started this blog in May 2010
- Kept up to date with my website – www.baker1865.com
- Using Irish Family History Foundation new search function I was able to track down the baptism & marriage records of my Quirk family in Kilkenny Ireland.
- Decided to give AncestryUK a go, as I figured without it, my UK research just wouldn't be going anywhere.
- Made two family connections, one with my Baker family and the other with my Harris family, who were both able to provide some additional information.
- Scanned all of my photos to my computer.
- Trawled through http://trove.nla.gov.au/ on a regular basis and found a number of newspaper articles on various ancestors.
- Completed two online Genealogy Courses from Pharos Tutors
- Commenced a One Place Study on Boxford, Suffolk. I have already compiled the 1841 census for Boxford.
- Purchased a number of programs/data to help with my research, including: National Burial Index England & Wales, – Third Edition, Suffolk Marriage Index 1813-1837, Suffolk Burial Index 1538-1900, Sudbury Suffolk Marriage Licences 1684-1839, Phillimores Suffolk Marriage Registers Vol 1 -4, South Australian National Directory 1867-1868, Deaths from South Australian Government Gazettes 1845-1941
- Attended the History & Genealogy Expo Sydney 2010, in September
- Found the Chelsea Pensioner Record for my Ancestor John Baldwin
- Worked on my Quirke, Baker, Baldwin, Harris, Richer & Scutcher Families.
- And a whole lot of other research
For 2011, I intend to:
- I have now scanned all of my photos, including all of the photos that my grandmother who passed away in September had. She left behind 8 photo albums and there were quite a few photos taken in the 1950's and 60's. There were also a couple of photos her father, her uncle and cousins. They are all now on my computer. Next step is to attach the photos to the individuals in my database.
- Create an actual research task list of things I want to achieve this year of my direct ancestors. To include the names of people, what research needs to be done, and where to find it. Legacy does have a good 'research task list', but I need something that is right there in front of me, and maybe a good old excel spread sheet might do the trick.
- Continue to write this blog at least every fortnight
- Play around with Evernote. Today I downloaded and installed Evernote as I was looking for something to record my never ending notes of research that I am currently undertaking, instead of writing it down on a piece of paper as I am going along, (and not finding it again). I have read some reviews on a few other genealogy blogs, so it will be interesting to see if I use the program or revert back to my old ways. I don't want to use it to attach actual records or documents as when I do find something, such as a document I find on Ancestry, I immediately download it and save it to the appropriate surname folder, but need something instead to record: a. Those bits of information that I am not ready to record into my Legacy Database. b. Those bits of information that I need to do further research on
- Complete more online courses from Pharos Tutors, in particular "All About Parish Registers"
- I want to do the Certificate in Genealogical Research from the Society of Australian Genealogists, so need to decide by March 2011, whether to start it this year or next year.
- Continue to save enough money to go to Gallipoli in 2012.
- Pass more information on to my parents as I continue my research. I have been doing my family history for over 20 years but haven't really discussed the things I have found out. Only little bits and pieces every now and again. I want to put all that I currently have into a viewable report for them to both read.
- Whatever else that I find interesting
I saw two quotes in today's paper that I found interesting –
"The key to life is to accept all challenges" – Bette Davis
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing" – Walt Disney
Have an enjoyable 2011 in all that you do……
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#8924 - 10/25/00 06:56 AM Personal code challenge!
old hand
Registered: 03/16/00
Posts: 1004
Loc: London, UK
In the spirit of some challenges of the recent past, I thought I'd try this out on the Awadians (awadeers, wordies, glossophiles, whatever).
I have, for a while, been looking, in desultory fashion, for a place to rent/stay. Loot, a classifieds daily, mainly for London, has proven invaluable in this regard. I recently noticed that it has, at the back, a Personals section. For the sociologists amongst us, these are the main sub-categories:
Heartsearch - women seeking men
Heartsearch - men seeking women
Heartsearch - women seeking women
Heartsearch - men seeking men
Contacts - women seeking men
Contacts - men seeking women
Contacts - women seeking women
Contacts - men seeking men
Contacts - others
From reading the ads in the respective sections, and through considering the titles, I have come to the conclusion that Heartsearch is for those looking for romance/marriage/long term relationships. Naturally, therefore, Contacts, is for those looking for nookie! This, however, is all by way of being a preamble, since the real competition starts now.
In these, as in all classifieds, a code has arisen, consisting of space-and-money-saving abbreviations/acronyms that are recognised by readers, but, when taken out of context, are well-nigh unintelligible.
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to provide the 'full length' translation of these abbreviations from the Loot personals. Prize goes to the first post with all correct. Apologies for any way in which this might favour those living in the UK.
Your list (ranged roughly in order of simple to difficult. The judge's interpretation in these matters is final:
1. wltm
2. gsoh
3. tv/ts
4. yo
5. ltr
6. pre-op ts
As your only hint: some of them are specific to the Contacts - others sub-category!
the sunshine warrior
#8925 - 10/25/00 04:20 PM Re: Personal code challenge!
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 11613
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
We have some cryptic-seeming codes in those kinds of ads here too, shanks. Here are some imaginings:
1. wltm--want long-term mate
2. gsoh--good, slow of hand
3. tv/ts--true virgin/truly sexy
4. yo--yank off
5. ltr--love to roll
6. pre-op ts--pre-operation tits
I would like to say that I would prefer that we got away
from awarding prizes.
#8926 - 10/25/00 04:33 PM Re: Personal code challenge!
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 08/12/00
Posts: 3409
I was stuck on a few, but I am nearly certain that "tv/ts" is tranvestite/transsexual, and "pre-op ts" is pre-operation transsexual. As to the others, if my guesses on these two are correct, I think I'm happy to remain ignorant!
#8927 - 10/25/00 05:40 PM Re: Personal code challenge!
Registered: 09/20/00
Posts: 347
Loc: Melbourne, Australia
I'm stunned - but pleased - that AWADtalk's influence has extended as far as Loot. I'm pretty certain the people writing the ads meant the following:
1. wltm - wordie lurching towards membership (that's me, and a few o' me mates)
2. gsoh - graduate stranger (to) old hand (only Jackie and tsuwm, so far)
3. tv/ts - ambiguous abbreviation, could be either:
terminal voyeur/tentative stranger (person "outing" as an AWADtalk contributor)
true verbiage/total sh-- (what we post)
4. yo - YART offender (someone usually tolerated patiently by other posters)
5. ltr - long thread ravell-er/-ing (more of who we are and what we do)
6. pre-op ts - pre-operation tsuwm (before his vocab got scrambled. Don't ask about the operation - legal action is pending)
#8928 - 10/25/00 05:56 PM Big laugh so far
old hand
Registered: 03/16/00
Posts: 1004
Loc: London, UK
Nice amusing ones from Jackie and others. I suspect that only one of you is taking it at all seriously. Ah well... Good for a laugh, though.
the sunshine warrior
#8929 - 10/26/00 09:08 PM Re: Personal code challenge!
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 6511
Loc: lower upstate New York
shanks, I find it disturbing that you ranked the abbreviations from the simplest to the most difficult, when for me 'twas the other way 'round.
(Marty, as usual, your post was a gem! )
#8930 - 10/26/00 10:03 PM Re: Personal code challenge!
Registered: 09/20/00
Posts: 347
Loc: Melbourne, Australia
Well come clean, then, Anna, if that's possible in this context. Give us your list starting from the - er - bottom. Nobody appears to want to touch this competition of shanks'.
I'd come to same conclusion as Max on the tv/ts and pre-op ones, I thought maybe "wltm" was "woman looking to marry", but I'm prepared to concede innocence and lack of familiarity with this particular branch of "literature" on the rest.
#8931 - 10/27/00 05:57 AM Just for closure
old hand
Registered: 03/16/00
Posts: 1004
Loc: London, UK
Since nobody seems to be prepared to risk it, these are the 'translations', as best as I can make out...
1. wltm = would like to meet
2. gsoh = great sense of humour
3. tv/ts = transvestite/transsexual (and some of you got this right)
4. yo = years old (when talking about age - a bit of a red herring!)
5. ltr = leading to relationship (as in friendship - ...)
6. pre-op ts = pre-op transsexual (indeedy - I did say they came from the 'Contact - Other' section!)
the sunshine warrior
#8932 - 10/27/00 06:26 AM Re: personals
Registered: 03/22/00
Posts: 1981
Do other places have those "I saw you" columns?
#8933 - 10/27/00 07:39 AM Re: personals
old hand
Registered: 03/16/00
Posts: 1004
Loc: London, UK
"I saw you"???
Sorry. Lost me there. If you're simply talking about personal classifieds, then I'm sure there are many on the web that we can all get to - but why?
#8934 - 10/27/00 07:59 AM Re: personals
Registered: 03/22/00
Posts: 1981
The "I saw you" section is part of the personals in the local rag.
It goes something like "I saw you crossing the road yesterday by MacDonalds - you stopped to pick up the bus ticket that I dropped on the floor but I didn't find out your name ... more slush etc" Reply to PO Box 395762
I was just wondering if they were widespread as I haven't seen them anywhere else.
#8935 - 10/27/00 08:07 AM Re: personals
old hand
Registered: 03/16/00
Posts: 1004
Loc: London, UK
They sound awfully sweet. And probably pretty useless too. The last time I heard of them was probably in Sherlock Holmes - what was the one in which the code word 'pericolo' was used?
#8936 - 10/27/00 10:04 AM Re: personals
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Registered: 10/17/00
Posts: 5400
Loc: rego park
Yes, Jo, the the Villiage Voice (NY) is filled with "i saw you" on the subway, on line at a movie theater. It hard to decide if they are funny or sad sometimes. I guess having seen them for years, i never thought about them being unusual._________________________
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Since I posted last, we've successfully breast fed without supplementing! We've nursed in public a couple of times, but we still need to work on it (he likes to look around, but hates to be covered). Ya'll have been so helpful!
So L turned 3 months on November 30th. Previously, he would eat every 3ish hours from 7:00 AM - Midnight and then sleep from 12:30 AM to anywhere from 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM. He would kinda snack and cat nap then till 7:00 AM. He naps once in the morning, once in the afternoon, and then usually from 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, and then he'll sleep from 10:30 PM to Midnight. This is basically the schedule he set for himself.
Now he wants to eat every hour to 2 1/2 hours. He's hard to put down for a nap and refuses to sleep by himself. At night, he wants to co-sleep and snack every 2-3 hours. We have noticed that he's way more active. He wants to sit up constantly and be held high up. I'm not sure how I would manage without my Moby wrap! He now won't stay in the swing or bouncy sit long, because he can't sit straight up in it. He also hates his pacifier now.
So my question is... Is this like a really long growth spurt? Is he eating more because he's active now? I do love co-sleeping, but to be honest, I don't sleep as well. I'd prefer him to sleep in his Pack N Play beside me, like he used to. I don't mind the snacking at night, but if I'm going to get only 3 hours of sleep at a time, I'd like it to be good sleep! Any tips on getting him to sleep on his own?
Any help would be much appreciated! I will say this... Since he has been eating so much, I get out of doing most of the house work!


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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Department About to Decide on Hundreds of Animals Under Endangered Species Act
Having been wait-listed two years ago for a spot on the Endangered Species Act, the Pacific walrus may soon be awarded its dubious distinction: The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Department is on the verge of designating it and dozens of other species as endangered, as it catches up from a backlog.
The walrus is one of hundreds of animal genre that have been waiting for as long as two decades to be officially added, even though scientists have generally agreed that their numbers are dwindling and that they should be on the list.
Fish & Wildlife has until 2018 to rule on the more than 800 species that have been in limbo as the Pacific walrus has, The New York Times reported on March 6, under the 2011 court settlement of two lawsuits brought by conservation groups. Once that backlog is erased, the Times reported, more than 550 other potential candidates can be evaluated, since the department has finished preliminary work on them.
By September, 97 animals are scheduled to be evaluated by Fish & Wildlife, the Times said, 70 of them from the list in the lawsuit.
"It is the most feverish activity on imperiled wildlife in two decades, an improbable feat amid ferocious attacks from conservative critics and in an economy with little money to spare for environmental frivolities," The New York Times story said.
The Times mentions a litany of political, economic and departmental management factors influencing the slow-moving nature of the act's designative powers. Designating most or all of these species as endangered could augment the full list by 60 percent, the Times said, greatly expanding the territory as well.
In February 2011 the government classified the Pacific walrus as "warranted but precluded" for inclusion on the Endangered Species Act, meaning that it deserves to be on the list but that there's no room. So it and numerous other species were consigned to what amounts to a waiting list.
In February 2011 the government classified the Pacific walrus as "warranted but precluded" for inclusion on the Endangered Species Act, meaning that it deserves to be on the list but that there's no room. So it and numerous other species were consigned to what amounts to a waiting list.
"The threats to the walrus are very real, as evidenced by this 'warranted' finding," said Geoff Haskett, the service's Alaska region director, in a statement reported by ICTMN at the time. "But its greater population numbers and ability to adapt to land-based haulouts make its immediate situation less dire than those facing other species such as the polar bear."
Soon, the wait may be over.
Read Coming Soon: Long-Delayed Decisions on Endangered Species and its companion photo essay, Having Waited, Threatened Species Have a Chance for Protection.
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Warped Tour -- Mansfield, MA -- July 19th, 2012
Great show and definitely the better of the 2 Warped Tours I've been to. Only 2 bands I wanted to see that I couldn't were A Loss For Words (this really bummed me out, but of course they were playing at the same time as Every Time I Die, who was one of the two bands I wasn't missing regardless.) and New Found Glory. Sets now and a review will follow later.
Man Overboard:
Real Talk
Dead End Dreams
Something's Weird
Fantasy Girl
World Favorite
Every Time I Die:
Underwater Bimbos from Outer Space
Holy Book of Dilemma
No Son of Mine
Kill the Music
Bored Stiff
I Suck (Blood)
She's My Rushmore
Yellowcard included:
Lights and Sounds
Only One
Ocean Avenue
For Today (my buddy told me the setlist, I don't listen to For Today so it could be wrong):
Saul of Tarsus (The Messenger)
Under God
White Flag
Miss May I (partial):
Forgive and Forget
Our Kings
Hey Mister
Ballad of a Broken Man
Masses of a Dying Breed
Born of Osiris:
Follow The Signs
Open Arms to Damnation
Empires Erased
Abstract Art
Bow Down
After the Burial:
Fingers Like Daggers
Encased in Ice
Cursing Akhenaten
A Loss For Words (acoustic, partial):
Hold Your Breath
Wrightsville Beach
Mount St.Joesph
All Your Heart
Listen and Forgive
Long Lost Friends
Please, Head North
Skipping Stone
Stay Home
Four Year Strong (not 100% on the order, but I know these songs were played):
Tonight We Feel Alive (On A Saturday)
Stuck in the Middle
What the Hell is a Giggawat?
Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die
Heaven Wasn't Built To Hold Me
Maniac (R.O.D)
It Must Really Suck to Be Four Year Strong Right Now
Wasting Time (Eternal Summer)
The Ghost Inside:
Faith or Forgiveness
Slipping Away
Chrono (w/Mat Bruso from Bury Your Dead, he didn't really do anything though)
? (I don't believe they had played this song on the tour so far before yesterday)
Between the Lines
Man Overboard 5/10
Unknown Shitty Local Metal Band 3/10
Every Time I Die 8.5/10
Yellowcard 7/10
For Today 5/10
Miss May I 7.5/10
Born of Osiris 8/10
After the Burial 8.5/10
A Loss For Words (acoustic) 7.5/10
Transit 7/10
Four Year Strong 8/10
The Ghost Inside 8/10
1/7 August Burns Red/Protest the Hero
2/19 Tove Lo
Last edited by mastodon421; 07-20-2012 at 11:20 AM.
My review:
Warped Tour rolled through Massachusetts yesterday and it marked a great start to summer festival season for me. It provided the typical diverse lineup which sets it apart from other festival and was definitely the best Warped Tour out of the two I've been to.
I got there around 12 after getting stuck in traffic for a little bit. My friends and I got inside the Comcast Center really fast and we immediately b-lined to the dude selling schedules. After buying my schedule, I found out that the only bands we had missed were Motionless In White and Falling In Reverse, both of whom I did not care about seeing in the slightest. I also lucked out for the most part in terms of seeing all the bands I wanted with the exception of the conflict between Every Time I Die and A Loss For Words (I was pretty bummed because I really wanted to see A Loss For Words, but Every Time I Die was one of only two bands I was going to choose seeing over them). New Found Glory was the only other band I wanted to see that I didn't get the chance to see, but it wasn't that big of a deal because I am not a rabid fan of them.
The first band of the day I caught was Man Overboard and I wasn't really impressed at all. Just like their studio stuff, they were just alright. I think they are just too sappy, even for pop-punk. I will say they did sound exactly like their studio recordings, so if you're a fan of their music you will love their live show. Not bad, but I couldn't really into their set.
There was a small gap in between Man Overboard and Every Time I Die, so I watched a terrible local metal band (really bad metalcore/deathcore hybrid). After that I went around and looked at merch and the many other tents that Warped Tour has and I ended up buying a pretty sick Every Time I Die shirt. Before too long, Every Time I Die took the stage and killed it. They were just as good and energetic as they were at Warped two years ago the first time I saw them. They played a set consisting of songs off their new record Ex Lives and older favorites from Hot Damn! and Gutter Phenomenon (Surprisingly nothing off of New Junk Aesthetic though). The new stuff sounded great live (Stoked to see "I Suck (Blood)" in there and "Underwater Bimbos from Outer Space" is a perfect set opener) and the older songs were equally enjoyable. I really hope I get to see them headline at some point in time, I need to see them play for more than a half hour. Definitely a contender for best set of the day. Stupid, but awesome side note: Keith Buckley was wearing a Free Randy Blythe shirt.
I went and watched Yellowcard for shits and giggles after Every Time I Die. To my surprise, they were actually pretty good! They were having a great time on stage and their singer sounded much better than on disc. It was kind of surreal seeing a band I listened to when I was 12 or 13 years old years later. The place of course erupted during "Only One", "Lights and Sounds", and especially "Ocean Avenue". Their new stuff definitely sounded weaker than the older stuff and I'm sure that's case even though I haven't listened to any of their records outside of Ocean Avenue. I'm glad I checked out Yellowcard, they were way better than expected.
I went back to the Monster Stage and watched For Today. They were alright, but they are a tad bit generic for my liking. Way too many breakdowns, but they have a decent vocalist and some solid riffs from time to time. One thing that pissed me off about their set was the Christianity rant the singer went on. I know this bands message is to spread the word of Jesus, but this was just ridiculous. He basically yelled at the crowd for 3 minutes about how we were all going to face Jesus and have a path to follow and whatever. I have no problem with someone being religious, but forcing your religious beliefs on others is wrong in my eyes. Other than that their performance was inoffensive, but I doubt I will check out their studio stuff or go out of my way to see them again.
I ventured over to the amphitheater stage to see Miss May I. I missed the first few songs, but they put on a solid show. Levi Benton really knows how to work a crowd and his vocals sounded pretty spot-on as well (I talked to him briefly and he seems like a really nice guy too). They got a pretty ridiculous reception as well and there was a shitload of people there to see them. It blows my mind how big this band has gotten in only a few years. These guys are really young (Most of the members are only a year or two older than me) and they have a long career ahead of them. I thoroughly enjoyed their performance and they're without a doubt a better live band than a studio band
Right after Miss May I, I went back out to the side lot and watched Born of Osiris. They were only band of the band of the day that slightly disappointed me the whole day. They were still very good, but they were ten times better when I saw them at New England Metal and Hardcore Festival last year. Ronnie Canizaro's vocals have definitely taken a bit of a dip since the last time I saw them, but he got better as the set progressed. The new guitarist played Jason Richardson's parts on The Discovery songs well. Those are big shoes to fill when you lose a guitarist that is that good, but he was up to the challenge and did a amicable job. I will absolutely see them again and hopefully they will better than this time around.
After the Burial was on next and they mightily impressed. They were the band I was most excited to see on the day outside of Every Time I Die and they did not disappoint in the slightest. The band was tight as hell and Anthony Notarmaso did a spectacular job on vocals (His low screams were especially impressive). The set was heavy on Rarefrom material which was awesome because that's easily their best album in my opinion. "Berzerker" has to be one of the best live songs ever. The intro comes across even better live ( Rhythm guitarist Justin Lowe was playing his parts behind his head!)and the breakdown in the middle is still the best breakdown ever written. They tore up the tiny Kevin Says Stage and the pretty big crowd was super into their set. I can't wait for them to release a new album and for their next tour. A toss-up between them and Every Time I Die for best show of the day.
Once After the Burial wrapped up I caught the last four songs of A Loss for Words acoustic set in the Acoustic Basement tent. I was happy that I got to see them after missing their regular set earlier and I enjoyed their performance, but it didn't completely fulfill my craving to see them. The tent was packed and I couldn't hear them that well due to all the other stages bleeding in from time to time and people singing the lyrics really loud. It was still cool to see them play acoustically in a really intimate setting and will hold me over until I get to see them play a regular set in the (hopefully near) future.
I caught Transit afterward to pass the time and they were pretty good. Their performance was definitely comprable to their set at the Glamour Kills Tour in March. The band was really into their performance and the singer even dove into the crowd during the last song. Just like the last time I saw them, the hometown crowd was going nuts for them and that definitely added to the experience. Their studio stuff still does nothing for me and there definitely better pop punk bands out there, but they still put on a pretty good show.
Next came the biggest surprise of the day: Four Year Strong. Holy shit these guys were fucking great! I never got into their studio stuff, but their performance yesterday makes me want to revisit that. They had some pretty killer riffs and their pop punk/hardcore hybrid was just so too much damn fun live. They were having the time of their lives on stage and were so appreciative of the hometown crowd coming out and showing their support. I am going to be honest these guys had a similar vibe to A Day To Remember and if the quality of their live show is any indicator, they are a better band in my opinion. I still can't get over how good they were and they were definitely in the top tier of performances for the day.
The Ghost Inside closed out my day at Warped Tour and they were quite good. Their style of melodic hardcore/metalcore is made for a live setting. They kind of remind me of a tamer, more melodic version of Hatebreed. The energy from the band and the crowd was relentless and it made for an infectiously fun performance. They got a huge circle pit going around the sound booth during their second to last song which put the rest of the circle pits for the day to shame. The Ghost Inside may not be the most musically complex band on the planet, but they are great at what they do and they closed out Warped Tour on a high note with one of the stronger performances of the day. Warped Tour was a great fucking time and I hope next year has a good lineup so I can go again.
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Cool review, man.
Also, no NFG or Streetlight = for shame!
New Found Glory and Streetlight Manifesto (I hate them anyways, so I definitely wasn't going to watch them) played at the same time as After the Burial. Wish I could of caught New Found Glory, but I like After The Burial way more so it was en easy decision for me to make.
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Ah, that's unfortunate that you feel that way. Both of them blew ATB out of the water.
NFG>After The Burial any day.
Nice Review though. ETID def need to do a headliner. Pure carnage live. Any band that rants about their religion or hate for other religions bothers me. But if they just mention their beliefs or what their music stands for in terms of their religion then that's fine.
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I'm still not regretting watching After the Burial over New Found Glory. New Found Glory is pretty cool and all, but I never got super into them even at my peak enjoyment of pop-punk (which was around the time they released Sticks and Stones and Catalyst). I had been waiting to see After the Burial for years and they were one of the two bands (Every Time I Die being the other) that I wasn't missing regardless of who was playing at the same. Like I said earlier, I wish I could of caught them, but After the Burial was a much higher priority for me to see than NFG.
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I love For Today and I hate the rant he does. It gets annoying after seeing them multiple times and when you realize they could play another song instead it gets me pissed off.
And I saw TDWP again at Mayhem yesterday and at no point or time did they give any Jesus talk at all. I was shocked.
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Low Sugar Green Smoothie
Okay, this smoothie doesn't look too green now does it? Berries and greens blended up equal brown. Although the color may not look too appetizing, the flavor is amazing! Our 4-year old twin boys drink it with a straw. They now race to see who is done first. We hear "done" and then "done" and then "no, I was done first" and then "I'm not playing first game." Just so you all know, drinking your smoothie as fast as you can is not optimal for digestion. It is best to let each sip sit in your mouth for at least 30 seconds to allow for enzymes such as amylase to begin to break down the fruit sugars.
We've been asked many times to offer green smoothie recipes that don't contain too much fruit sugar. Normally we use two tart apples and two pears in each smoothie, but by using berries instead you keep the overall glycemic index much lower. Plus, the combination of the berries, cherries, and greens create a superfood smoothie! No need to buy expensive, exotic fruits such as the acai berry! Did you know that blueberry consumption can lead to an increase in beneficial bifidobacterium in the gut? They are also effective at eradicating harmful, pathogenic bacteria in the gut. Another reason to make blueberries a regular part of your diet!
Use a glass or stainless steel straw for children. Straws seem to make green smoothies much more fun to drink!
Berry-Cherry-Green Smoothie
Adding the avocado boosts absorption of beneficial carotenoids in the greens. It also slows the digestion of the smoothie, which helps to maintain blood sugar and keep you satisfied longer....meaning this smoothie can be a meal in itself.
3 cups water
2 tablespoons whole chia seeds
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 to 2-inch piece fresh ginger
2 cups frozen cherries
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 peeled mandarin orange or 1 cup frozen mango
1 avocado (optional)
1/2 bunch collard greens
1/2 bunch kale
Add the water, chia seeds, lemon juice, and ginger to a high-powered blender. Blend on high until the chia seeds are pureed. Then add the cherries, blueberries, and peeled orange. Blend again until smooth and creamy. Then add the greens and blend until combined. Source: www.NourishingMeals.com
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This sounds absolutely wonderful, Ali! I'll skip the chia seeds this time, but will enjoy it without for sure. :-)ReplyDelete
I love that your boys drink the brown green smoothies, Ali. At our house my boys turn up their noses at my brown smoothies.ReplyDelete
Looks yummy!! You sound like our house--we have 5 kiddos who adore their daily green smoothies.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 10, 2012 at 2:45 PM
For those of us who manage FODMAPs, this is great. ThanksReplyDelete
This sounds crazy simple, but my fav smoothie is only spinach, almond milk, and blueberries!ReplyDelete
I wonder about using strawberries. Our store doesn't carry cherries at all. We will try it and see.ReplyDelete
I love the sound of this. I will make it just as is, with all ingredients contributing to its' muddy color. I'll probably scream "Done" when I take the last gulp!!!ReplyDelete
- Kristi B.April 11, 2012 at 6:06 PM
Sounds great--just what I'm looking for! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
How many servings would this recipe create? I'm often making smoothies for just 1 or 2 people, so just curious how much I'd need to cut everything back by...
Oh I need a good GREEN smoothie recipe!ReplyDelete
LOVE your cookbook by the way!
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Hi Ali, I know my question does not have any thing to do with your smoothie, but I though since this is your last post let's give it a try.ReplyDelete
My question is about xanthan gum. I would like to know if any of this substitutions would work for all your recipes. This first one is the combination of psyllium husk and ground chia seeds? that you used in one of your bread recipe. The other one is one that somebody else suggested and is the combination of potato flour and sweet rice flour? Other option I was thinking was guar gum? I want to make your sandwich bread but without xanthan gum.
What do you think?
Thank you for this blog and your help.
Wow! This smoothie is ABSOLUTELY amazing and has jumped to one of our Top 3 Favorites (no easy feat!). I don't know how you managed to create such an amazing balance of flavors but our hats are off to you.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 21, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Hi! This sounds delicious. Before I try it, can you comment on whether you peel the ginger? I am going to use a borrowed vita-mix for the first time and I am not sure about how much prep to do for certain ingredients. Thanks :)ReplyDelete
love this recipe and all of them actually!! thank you! sarahReplyDelete
Hi Ali and family,ReplyDelete
I adore your blog and finally just ordered your cookbook! Several days ago I stumbled upon the blog and started the elimination diet based on the list of eats/don't eats. I was suffering from a migraine and COMPLETELY missed that I was supposed to begin with the 2 day green smoothie detox. I've been following the diet correctly otherwise and definitely felt horrible the first 3 days so thought I was detoxing. I know I could still do those 2 days now, but I've already cut out lemons (all citrus) at this point. Would you suggest I just continue as I have been, or do those days now with (or without) the citrus? Thank you kindly for any input, I know you must be so busy!
I love smoothies and I love greens in my smoothies! I haven't tried collard greens in one yet! :)Happy to be in the Gluten Free Global Community with you! Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 14, 2013 at 3:05 PM
Great recipe! How many will this serve?ReplyDelete
4 cups of fruit?? Too much fruit, too much sugar.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 16, 2014 at 3:36 PM
I agree. With all those cherries and other fruit, I don't consider this a low sugar smoothie. But I bet it's delicious!ReplyDelete
This is a low fructose green smoothie. For people who are following a low-FODMAP diet this smoothie is ideal….though some may need to lessen the cherries.ReplyDelete
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Performance this
Performance that,
I think my EJB
Is a tiny bit flat!
I've heard too much debate in the application developer community about how flawed the entity EJB model is, and that its performance isn't on par with a stateless session EJB (SLSB). I've sat, listened, and watched the debates. The conversations center around performance, the meaning of distributed component architecture, the relevance of JDO, the cumbersome nature of EJBs, and on and on. And through all of this, my concerns for the community grew, as no one was touting the real reasons entity EJBs are monstrously powerful. I told myself that they must see it -- that it should be clear -- but I still pondered, as the community seemed to be blinded to the true power of entity EJBs.
The time has come for entity EJBs to have a spokesperson that will champion their vision, potential, and true power to the world. Let's get started.
Yes, EJBs have transactional, security, and interoperability support at the container level. It's been repeatedly demonstrated, however, that these capabilities are more relevant at the SLSB façade layer that accesses a data layer. Indeed, most architectures that employ EJBs have the SLSB façade handle these aspects. They configure their data access layer to use entity EJBs as a pass-through for these services (i.e., if a SLSB method is configured to start a new transaction, the entity EJB method invoked by the SLSB method will be configured to accept the already-started transaction).
Although important, these EJB features distract people from appreciating the subtle and powerful nature of entity EJBs: they can be tailored for every conceivable data scenario using a "write once and deploy n-times" model.
Every system has data that is used in different ways. Data can be read-only non-transactional, read-write transactional, read-write transactionally clustered cache, read for update over multiple requests, modified through batch updates, or used in bulk data retrieval. The number of ways that data is accessed and used is limitless. The complexity of these operations increases when relationships are factored in. If you disagree, think about how difficult it would be to implement a transactionally-aware clustered cache that performed eager relationship caching for entity EJBs with relationships three levels deep.
It's foolish to think that an entity EJB deployed in its basic configuration is suited to handle data for each of these scenarios with the best possible results. The out-of-the-box configuration for Entity EJB engines, such as WebLogic, are designed to handle read-write transactional data with the best possible performance. This is done because read-write data is the easiest way to represent life cycle data: data that is created, used for a period of time, and later destroyed. It allows EJB developers to quickly test the purview of functional operations of the data. This functional robustness is often interpreted as the suggested production deployment configuration!
The real power of entity EJBs (especially robust CMP engines) is the ability for a developer to develop a single entity EJB and then deploy that component multiple times, each deployment tailored for a different data access scenario.
Yes, there are a couple of studies that demonstrate entity EJBs with CMP have lackluster performance when compared with a SLSB with JDBC. But there isn't a single study that leverages entity EJBs using the "develop-once, deploy n-times" model. A system using entity EJBs following this model will have greater overall performance, robustness, and reliability than a SLSB with multiple JDBC operations. Here is why:
A SLSB with JDBC will never be as robust in its ability to handle different data in a single server or a cluster. Container Managed Persistence (CMP) engines already support lazy loading, aggressive loading, optimized writes, field groups for CMP fields, field groups that incorporate relationships, optimistic locking policies, and transparent cache management through activation and passivation. What's the level of effort that you would have to invest to write a SLSB with JDBC to correctly implement all of these scenarios? You could painstakingly accomplish this for a single server environment, but what about trying to coordinate actions for a clustered cache? SLSB with JDBC implementations have upper limits to their capability that entity EJB CMP containers have already surpassed.
The configuration of entity EJBs allows developers to rapidly change the way a container behaves without any code modification. This provides a level of productivity not available with other technologies.
Every test case used on entity EJBs for performance doesn't factor in the relative weights of how the data will be accessed in production. For example, Web-based systems hardly access data in a read-write transactional manner, and are primarily read-only systems. Typical test cases would use read-write transactional entity EJBs to gauge the performance for all scenarios. Yuck!
There are all kinds of approaches to the design and architecture of a system. Some architects design from the data up and others design from the presentation view down. Other approaches have developers focus on transaction and request granularity. If you want to make the most of entity EJBs, I propose a new methodology: architecture by usage pattern.
This process requires an understanding of the business domain, a data model, and some expectations as to the patterns of usage of the data.
Understand your business requirements and model your entity EJBs in such a way that you create in-memory domain objects that encapsulate the data in a format most accessible by the rest of the system.
Implement your entity EJBs to this model, ignoring behavior of the data.
Test the EJB using a standard read-write transactional locking scheme to make sure that you can create, read, update, and destroy instances.
Compile a list of usage patterns that the system will need to perform on the data and their relative weights to one another. For example, I interviewed a couple of companies that have built Web-based systems. This is what we came up with:
|Usage Pattern
|Relative Weight
|Read data for display
|Read-write data, inserting records, and deleting records (all requiring transactional support)
|Batch update data
Create a separate deployment for each entity EJB for each usage pattern. For example, in WebLogic Server, changing certain flags implements different usage patterns. (For more information about WebLogic deployment and capabilities, please see BEA's site. WebLogic is merely used here as an example of how this methodology can work.)
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|Read data for display
read-only <concurrency-strategy> with invalidations from a separate read-write deployment and
NotSupported transaction demarcation.
|Read-write data, inserting records, and deleting records (all requiring transactional support)
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<finders-load-bean> set to
true (aggressive loading) and
Required transaction demarcation.
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Required transaction demarcation, and only invoking
setXXX(...) methods of EJBs. This will cause a
findXXX(...) method to return a
Collection of primary keys (PKs), but no data will be loaded into cache. A client can iterate through the
Collection, modifying fields by calling individual
setXXX(...) methods. When the transaction is committed, only the optimized fields of all of the PKs will be written to the database.
Partition your presentation logic along the lines of the usage patterns that you have defined. Different use cases will access different deployments. So, for the "Read data for display" use case, this might be implemented by a single SLSB that directly accesses the read-only deployment. Since each usage pattern is a different deployment, they will each have a different JNDI name to which they are bound. Your presentation logic will determine which deployment to use by the lookup performed on the naming server.
Of course, the example displayed above is contrived, but demonstrates the possibilities. In fact, the number of usage patterns that you could derive for your system is quite extensive. For WebLogic Server's EJB container, by taking the permutation of available values for each data-access deployment descriptor tag, I counted nearly 40,000 different ways that an entity EJB could be configured to access a persistent store. Of course, most of these combinations would never be used, but this still quantifies the possibilities.
Of course, there is a penalty for using this methodology: memory consumption. Each deployment of an entity EJB will consume additional memory, based upon your cache settings. If not configured carefully, you could have the same PK in many different caches (one for each usage pattern). If you design a system that has each entity EJB deployed in 10 different formats, you are potentially replicating the same data nine times!
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There is, however, a solution: determine the overarching cache size available for a single EJB, and then set the individual deployment limits to be a ratio based upon their expected usage. For example, if you have an entity EJB X that can be allocated 100,000 instances in its cache for all usage patterns, the "Read data for display" deployment would be set to 85,000, since its expected usage pattern was 85% of the activity in the system. The other usage patterns would have their cache sizes set appropriately. This is a simple, yet elegant, way to allocate the appropriate amount of memory to each operation, based upon its activity level in the system.
EJB 2.0 is just getting warmed up. Vendors are excited about EJB 2.0 not because it is a new version of a popular specification, but because of the possibilities that a solid container implementation can fulfill. Even though EJB 2.1 is currently in development, it will be two to three years before vendors provide container implementations that fully cover every conceivable data-access scenario; the number of container value-add features that can be incorporated into the container is nearly limitless.
Future articles will focus on drilling down into the specifics of the container and provide some insight into how a container can provide optimizations that doing straight SQL would find challenging.
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Beatrice Nicholl: Alex Oechsel of Naperville
Cannonball Maston: Jared Grebner of Washington
Prosymna: Colleen O'Connor of Mesa, Ariz.
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Brigantia: Victoria Newhuis of Naperville
Col. Blomsberry and chorus: Dennis Ortman of Woodridge
Maj. Elphinstone, chorus and dancer: Chris Oechsel of Naperville
Mrs. Blomsberry and chorus: Malinee Ganahl of Plainfield
Mrs. Elphinstone, chorus and dancer: Hillary Haymond of Darien
Demi Maston and children's chorus: Natalie Pear of Naperville
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Blondelle, chorus and dancer: Kaitlyn Tarullo of Lisle
Russhelle, chorus and dancer: Molly Durava of Naperville
Brunette, chorus and Apache couple: Holly Scheltens of Clarendon Hills
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Children's chorus, ages 12 and under:
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Inabi Uchiha (うちはイナビ, Uchiha Inabi) was an officer of the Konoha Military Police Force and a member of the Uchiha clan.
He and two other officers: Yashiro and Tekka, questioned Itachi Uchiha about his whereabouts during the time when Shisui Uchiha supposedly committed suicide. He told Itachi that they had all intention of duly investigating the matter and when they presented Shisui's alleged suicide note, he stated that for someone who wielded the Sharingan it would be no problem to forge such a note. They then left the note with Itachi telling him to ask the Anbu to investigate the matter as well. As the men left, they passed snide, suggestive comments about Itachi's involvement in the matter which Itachi took offence to and attacked them. Fed up with Itachi, the men asked Fugaku who had just arrived, to issue the order to arrest Itachi. However after Itachi apologised and Fugaku offered the excuse that Itachi was worn out from his other duties the men left.[2]
Inabi was later killed during the Uchiha Clan Downfall along with his other clansmen.
Inabi was very confident in his abilities as a member of the famed Uchiha clan. Like Yashiro, Inabi was very straightforward. He referred to Itachi as an insolent child and wanted him arrested.
Inabi had shoulder length black hair and dark eyes. He wore the standard attire of the Uchiha clan which consisted of a long sleeved, high-collared outfit with matching pants. As a member of the police force, he wore the standard Konoha shinobi outfit with the symbol of the police force on his shoulder. Apparently before his demise, in the anime, he gained an x-shaped scar on his right cheek, which he retained after being reincarnated by Kabuto.
As an Uchiha, Inabi had rather strong chakra. He was also one of select members that was able to awaken his clan's kekkei genkai: the Sharingan,[3] which granted him basic abilities such as seeing and differentiating the flow of chakra, see through and cast genjutsu, plus copying techniques and some predictive capabilities. He was also a senior member of the Konoha Military Police and, in the anime, reincarnated later by Kabuto Yakushi, further implying that Inabi was a very skilled shinobi. He also appeared adept in the use of kenjutsu. In the anime, it is shows that he is able to use Fire Release, spitting a stream of fire to incinerate his target.[4]
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In the anime, Kabuto Yakushi reincarnates Inabi for the attack on Tonika Village.[4] Days later, Inabi is summoned again to battle against Shiseru and the Hachō Village militia and is called back to his coffin when Kabuto retreats.
The Uchiha is summoned yet another time to battle Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno and soon other back up from Konoha. Inabi is eventually constricted by Shikamaru Nara's Shadow Sewing Technique until the latter releases when the Nine-Tails clone of Naruto attacks, stepping on Inabi and the other constricted reincarnated shinobi. Once again, he is seen again along with Kabuto when they attempt to interrogate Dokku.[5] When Dokku attempted to attack Disonasu for the massacre of his village, Inabi subdues the man.
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Itachi Shinden: Book of Bright Light
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It does focus on Kirk (Chris Pine) and some major decisions he'll have to make that could put the lives of himself and his crew on the line, according to the voiceover from Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood).
There's still no clues as to who Benedict Cumberbatch's bad guy is, only that he's a pretty ominous force and some serious s--t is going down.
Star Trek Into Darkness also stars Zachary Quinto, Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, John Cho, Anton Yelchin. and Alice Eve; and the film opens May 17, 2013.
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For the moment, Scott Skiles remains the Milwaukee Bucks' head coach.
Speaking to reporters at the Bucks' training facility Friday morning, Skiles said he will meet soon with Sen. Herb Kohl, the team's owner, to discuss a disappointing end to what had been a promising season after a blockbuster trade. Beyond that, Skiles wouldn't speculate on his future in Milwaukee.
It's also not entirely clear if Skiles necessarily wants to be back. When asked, Skiles said, "This is not a great time, probably, to ask or answer that question."
Skiles says he's taking full responsibility for the Bucks' disappointing season but says he needs a few days to decompress. It's not clear when the team might make a decision on his future.
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Aging nuclear plants closing for economic reasons, not protests
WASHINGTON When does a nuclear plant become too old?
The nuclear industry is wrestling with that question as it tries to determine whether problems at reactors, all designed in the 1960s and 1970s, are middle-aged aches and pains or end-of-life crises.
This year, utilities have announced the retirement of four reactors, bringing the number remaining in the United States to 100. Three had expensive mechanical problems but one, Kewaunee in Wisconsin, was running well, and its owner, Dominion, had secured permission to run it an additional 20 years. It was losing money, though, because of the low wholesale price of electricity.
Thats the one thats probably most ominous, said Peter A. Bradford, a former member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a former head of the Public Service Commission in New York. Its as much a function of the cost of the alternatives as it is the reactor itself.
While the other three, San Onofre 2 and 3 near San Diego and Crystal River 3 in Florida, faced expensive repair bills because of botched maintenance projects, Kewaunee not only didnt have a major screw-up in repair work, it didnt even seem to be confronting a major capital investment, he said.
40 is looking old
This is a turnaround because until recently the life expectancy of reactors was growing. When the Nuclear Regulatory Commission began routinely authorizing reactors to run 20 years beyond their initial 40-year licenses, people in the electricity business began thinking that 60 was the new 40.
After the past few weeks, however, 40 is looking old again, at least in reactor years, with implications for the power plants still running, and for several new ones being built.
They were intended to last for as long as they were commercially feasible, said Robert E. Curry Jr., who was a member of the New York Public Service Commission from 2006 to 2012.
But with low gas prices, additional costs imposed after the Fukushima Daiichi accident of March 2011, and the general mistrust of nuclear by anyone who saw The China Syndrome, commercial feasibility now is evidently shorter, he said.
Even if the economics do not result in retirements, they do mean setbacks. Exelon, the nations largest nuclear operator, set out a few years ago to invest $2.3 billion in its existing reactors and raise their generating capacity by 1,300 megawatts, a little more than one new reactor would generate.
After completing about a quarter of the plan, however, it dropped the rest and said it would pay its suppliers $100 million in penalties for the cancellation, because the economics were no longer favorable.
Christopher M. Crane, the chief executive, said that Exelon had no plans now to retire any reactors but that the company would continue to review conditions, including low wholesale prices for electricity, to see whether early shutdowns were needed.
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Our best players would be under much more pressure week in, week out, and clubs like Wakey would be able to be more competitive in SL2. Too many of our top players, know that they can be some way below their best and still end up on the winning side if they're playing the likes of Wakey, Cas, Salford & Widnes.
With a salary cap of say £2m for SL1 and £1.5m for SL2, the gap between the two wouldn't be massive and clubs could step up, or move down without having to completely start again. That's the big problem with the old system. For those going down, all contracts became null & void, and those going up had to recruit a new team within a few months.
Key to ensure there is a tight control on "non-federation" players, to ensure clubs in SL2 don't just pack their squads with run around Aussies and Kiwis, rather than home grown players.
A franchise system for clubs wanting to join SL2 should be in place to ensure the downside of the old P&R system weren't just replicated but shoved down a tier.
Be good if they could get this in place for the 2015 season.
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On August 10, 2010, Daniel F. Feldman in the Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan and Mark Ward, Acting Director of USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, provided an update on U.S. flood relief assistance to Pakistan.
Mr. Ward said, "We're announcing an additional $20 million in humanitarian assistance from the United States for the flood affected citizens of Pakistan, bringing our contribution to date, in monetary terms, to $55 million."
Read the full transcript of the press briefing here. Support to Pakistan includes both financial assistance and the immediate provision of urgently needed supplies and services, drawing on unique U.S. capabilities and resources. This fact sheet provides more information about the U.S. response to the flooding disaster in Pakistan.
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I've seen the Sat. photos and if the Mississippi ever flooded like that, this nation would be cut in half too.
I read Sec. Gates briefing about the carriers loaded with helicopters off the coast and I'm glad folks have allocated such resources, given a certain suggestion to this effect made long ago.
Where's "Pacific Parnership" anchored at this moment? Or on course to?
I understand the culinary restrictions, I was thinking about making one at home, just for something different in my diet.
Honestly. Culinary adventures and all...John in Greece has had an affect on my thinking, I might as well become a "Master Chef."
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Superintendent Steven Self gave an overview of the budget at the trustees' meeting Monday, Aug. 18.
Woodsboro's bonded indebtedness for the district was $13.285 million, the main reason for the debt increase.
The proposed maintenance and operating tax rate is $1.17 per $100 of property value.
The proposed debt rate or interest and sinking is 28.7 cents for every $100 of property value.
The total proposed tax rate is $1.457 for every $100 of taxable property, or a total 11 percent increase.
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Expenditures for the year 2011-12 were $5.816 million. A surplus that year totaled $106,240.
Expenditures for the 2012-13 year were $6.179 million.
Self said part of those expenditures were for the dome's doors, required specifications by FEMA to have an F5 tornado standard.
"We would have been very close to projected had it not been for the doors," Self said.
"In fact, we would have been $200,000 to the good," he said.
The district spent more than $400,000 for the doors from fund balance, when it planned on spending only $100,000.
The doors cost $250,000, but the protected walls around air conditioning units increased the cost to $400,000.
"We have not been reimbursed," Self said. "We are supposed to be reimbursed."
Expenditures for 2014-15 are estimated at $5.921 million with few expenses.
Revenues for the 2014-15 budget are estimated at $5.936 million. Adding the federal funds for cafeteria, the revenues total $6.121 million.
But the district will have a deficit budget of $700,000.
However, Self said the district has surplus of $500,000, bringing the budget closer to being balanced.
He said the district maximized state funding in the current year, but next year with higher values expected, the state is expected to decrease funding by about $1 million.
Also, the district's reserve funds are for buildings, as well.
Self also said the district is not getting as many students as projected.
The projected number of students was 480, but the actual number was 467. The district is paid about $10,000 per student.
Revenue is going to go down, "but I think the district will be OK," Self said.
Self said he hopes the state will do something to equalize or fund more.
He said he is hoping for a check from FEMA that would be processed through the state first and then sent to the district.
"That money would go back into reserves," he said.
Self noted that the district doesn't have to spend the money in expenditures, and that the money could be left in the budget for buildings or personnel.
One positive saving is coming from the solar energy at the dome.
Budgeted for the electric cost was $175,000. So far, $116,000 has covered the cost.
"We had projected it would save the district $30,000 a year," Self said. But it looks closer to $40,000 a year savings.
The solar project cost $800,000 with local match at $130,00.
Self said the solar system will make up local cost in four or five years.