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Enduro Fuel!
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I tried this for the first time at the Sumter National Enduro this year. This stuff works great! I had a one between timed sections and could really tell it made a difference in my energy levels!
keep it with you on every ride or hike
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Im a peanut putter addict, so, I think you already know where this is going. My better half actually mixes the peanut butter and banana flavors in her little Hammer flask.
Works great, is a great fuel source for extended activity... yada yada.
My gripe - why in the heck did they stop selling this in the large bottles???? It cut down on waste, could help cut down on trail litter, and was a more cost effective way of ordering this stuff.
Bonk Breaker.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This Hammer Gel has saved my ass so many times on road rides where all the roadies decide to climb hills for fun. Funny how so many can't descend down a hill for shit. It has also been my go to fuel when wanting to ride all day at Whistler and you start to feel the Bonk at the end of the day. Nothing is more fun than doing lap after lap on wide open trails right before the park closes.
I also use it when hiking. I don't like taking the shot straight either. I haven't found a gel yet that makes me want to stick that crap in my mouth. I add it to a water bottle or sometimes I add it to my hydration bladder.
I think the Hammer Gels are the best ones to get to stop the Bonk and get the quick absorption you want when you are on the verge of the dreaded Bonk.
Better taste & consistency
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Like other reviews here, I started with Gu's and Clif's gels. I was turned off by Gu's use of fructose, Clif's funky aftertaste in any gels with caffeine in them, and the thicker consistency of both. I love the more syrup-y consistency of the Hammer gels, the lack of nasty aftertaste, and the flavors taste more like real fruit. I've tried the apple cinnamon, huckleberry, raspberry, and vanilla, and loved all but the vanilla. The apple cinnamon tastes like pie. :) The vanilla is OK - sort of like cake frosting, but I wouldn't buy a whole box of it, unless you really love frosting.
Just what I was looking for..
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
For awhile, I used energy blocks (Clif Shot Bloks or Pro-Bar chews) but on my longer runs and when I was really pushing hard, I didn't really want to sit there and chew 5 or 6 energy blocks. So I tried using Gu Gels and then Clif Shot Gels. The energy from them was great, but they both gave me stomach cramps and I found them to be a little thick for my liking. So I started reading up on Hammer Gels and had a lot of hope based on others reviews. I took a risk and set out on a 20 mile run with the Hammer Gels and I was stoked with the results.
The consistency of the gel seems easier to take, no stomach cramps, and great energy provided. I'm pretty hooked on the Tropical flavor right now which has a bit of caffeine. So try them out and try the flavors. Out of the brands I've used, this has been the best for those long, grueling runs.
Perfect Match for a Peanut Butter Fiend
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I've tried all the Hammer Gel flavors, with a few go-to's in the bunch including Espresso and Vanilla. As a guy who love his peanut butter (PB&J's my favorite "meal") I was thrilled when Hammer released their new PB Gel. I was a bit skeptical though, thinking peanut butter stuck on the roof of your mouth mid ride was a recipe for disaster. Obviously it's not just straight peanut butter, but you get all the familiar peanut butter flavor in an easy to get down gel that's not goopy nor pasty. The small amount fat and protein in the gel help my body and brain calm keep going on rides longer than 4 hours. This particular gel has found it's way into my must have list for long rides.
Gels that are tasty and not pasty!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
OK - so I've been a LOYAL Hammer Nutrition supporter for years. After my first half mary about 10 years ago, and then lagging performance after - I thought I needed to review my fuel strategy. I don't recall where I stumbled on Hammer, but their products are first rate! I've been using them for over 10+ years.
I've found their gels to not be pasty like Gu, and the flavors are very tasty.
While it may contain Maltodextrin, I believe after reading up on the ups/downs of it that it's included because of the ease of absorption into the body and easy energy. The intent is not to make a constant meal out of gel, but to get it into your body for energy and burn. (I found this to be a nice article: http://fitnessfortravel.com/is-maltodextrin-bad-for-you/)
I love the huckleberry and vanilla flavors...
Hammer Gels are my favorite. Pro Bar for everything else (Meal Bars, Chews) but Hammer takes the cake with their gels.
I haven't tried Pro Bar yet - weening off the Cliff Shot Blox for that chewy texture, so will have to try them. Thanks!
Crappy Ingredients
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Used to use these gels until I started reading the ingredients on the back of the package - no thanks! Maltodextrin! And especially after I found out Hammer Gels contain GMOs I stopped using their products altogether. No thanks!
Surprisingly Tasty
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Endurance athletes know the horrors of throwing down gooey, sugary and disgusting gel after gel during the moments we need energy most. Gone are those days thanks to Hammer Nutrition Complex Carb Gels. Hammer is great for using only complex carbs in their products, which helps your body produce sustainable long term energy, without the jittery sky rocket, then crash cycle from simple sugars in other "endurance" products.
My favorite flavors are apple cinnamon, vanilla, espresso and tropical. All are super good and I've never gotten sick of them like other products.
Perfect for a boost
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I love using these during half and full marathons. They are quick and easy and (overall) tasty! I always notice an instant boost in energy and they keep me going the entire race. Tropical isn't my favorite flavor, for what that's worth.
Fruit flavors are the best
Normally I always choose chocolate for everything, but these berry flavored gels are better. The raspberry and huckleberry taste surprisingly natural; almost like fresh, yummy jam. The ingredients list real berries, and it really makes a difference. Easy to digest.
Not for me
I really hate to bash a product, but this is one I just don't like. Maybe its me, because this product has nothing but positive reviews on BC, but I think its just gross. I have tried several flavors from different retail sources and didn't like any of them. The vanilla and espresso were awful, tasted like some kind of chemical to me. I tried huckleberry last summer. It had like grainy chunks in it. I had to chew it! The energy it provides is fine, on par with other brands, but the flavor and texture are just not for me.
My favorite flavor
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Taste like chocolate pudding pack... Really didn't think I would like it. I recieved them as a gift at a race when I forgot mine and was very happy I did.
currently my go-to energy gels
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
What is there to say? These are currently my go-to energy gels; I use them before every ride. Highly recommended and I got them on sale. The raspberry is my favorite flavor right now.
these are the absolute best!!!
I used Gu for a LONG time, but when I went to Hammer, I have never been the same. No more angry refueling on the trail. YUM YUM banana rocks!
Perfect fuel
This is the ONLY gel I've been able to find that tastes okay and doesn't contain a bunch of crappy sugar. Hammer gels have kept me from bonking on countless occasions. My favorite fuel - I really won't even consider doing any kind of lengthy ride without these gels. I love the Vanilla and can stomach the espresso if I need the extra kick of caffeine. GREAT energy.
No Garbage Sugars!
there are many companies making gels - there are just two doing it right. hammer gels have long chained maltodextrin as their sweetener. it's man manipulated and slightly processed but very minimally and it provides a superior source of long lasting energy. clif takes it a healthy step even further by using no man manipulated or processed sugars by using brown rice syrup as it's sweetener. both provide great energy. both have great flavors - try 'em all and figure out which one works for you.
Hammer Gel +...
Hammer is my fuel of choice but I can't stomach countless gels over the course of long hours. My endurance fuel of choice is to mix a thick cake-battery paste of Hammer Perpetuem with Hammer Gel and a little water. I go for plain or vanilla on the gel because I can't handle too-sweet flavors on long, long days. (If you do go for the mix option, try using a food processor to get a nice smooth consistency.) Now Backcountry needs to start selling Perpetuem.
Hammer Energy Gel
I really like Hammer Nutrition products. They've got what you need, and not much more. They don't go too nuts on the flavoring, which is great. The Complex Carbohydrate Energy Gel really does the trick when you're bonking. These gels taste good, and get you're energy up quickly. My personal favorite flavors are Espresso and Apple Cinnamon, which tastes a lot like a delicious gooey apple pie!
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June 5, 2000: Astronomers are concluding that monstrous black holes weren't simply born big but instead grew on a measured diet of gas and stars controlled by their host galaxies in the early formative years of the universe. These results, gleaned from a NASA Hubble Space Telescope census of more than 30 galaxies, are painting a broad picture of a galaxy's evolution and its long and intimate relationship with its central giant black hole. Though much more analysis remains, an initial look at Hubble evidence favors the idea that titanic black holes did not precede a galaxy's birth but instead co-evolved with the galaxy by trapping a surprisingly exact percentage of the mass of the central hub of stars and gas in a galaxy.See the rest:
Hubble's "black hole hunter," the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), precisely measures the speed of gas and stars around a black hole. This measurement provides clues for the existence of a black hole. In this black hole census, astronomers determined the mass of each black hole by measuring the motion of stars swirling around it: the closer the stars approach the black hole, the faster their velocity. Only through observations with Hubble's superior vision could astronomers probe to the core of the galaxy where these effects are easily measured. They discovered a remarkable new correlation between a black hole's mass and the average speed of the stars in the galaxy's central bulge. The faster the stars are moving, the more massive the black hole. This information suggests that the galaxy and the black hole grew simultaneously.
The bottom line is that the final mass of a black hole is not primordial; it is determined during the galaxy formation process. Black holes in small galaxies went relatively undernourished, weighing in at a mere few million solar masses. But black holes in the centers of giant galaxies, some tipping the scale at over one billion solar masses, were so engorged with infalling gas that they once blazed as quasars, the brightest objects in the cosmos.
The results also explain why galaxies with small central bulges of stars, like our Milky Way, have diminutive black holes of a few million solar masses, while giant elliptical galaxies house billion-solar-mass black holes, some still smoldering from their days as quasars.
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Trilogy pump vs Azodin kaos pump vs Prostock sniper vs Empire sniper
Posted 19 February 2013 - 01:33 AM
So what I basically want is ease of maintenance, consistent, reliable/dependable and smooth. I never touched an autococker at all, I've only watched videos about them like Mike's autococker show of death. They look really confusing to me, but I guess it takes time to learn. The whole sweet spotting a pump confuses me, that's another thread in itself. Some point each one I'll put a reg and get a cocker threaded deadlywinds barrel so I can use it with my demon also. Out of these which would be the best in all categories I listed, but also won't have me staring at the gun in full confusion as far as tuning goes.
Posted 19 February 2013 - 06:25 AM
Pump vs semi is like apples and grenades. Find the cheapest pump you can that shoots. It doesn't have to shoot tits, and you most likely wont the first day of playing, but it'll familiarize you with the mechanics of pump play.
tl;dr - Find the cheapest KP or used sniper you can, they'll likely be tuned already.
(My first was a KP because it was stupid cheap)
Posted 19 February 2013 - 01:12 PM
Pumps on the other hand, are pretty darn simple.
My first pump was a Trilogy. It was originally a mech before it developed a leak in the pneumatics. I, being lazy and clueless on how to fix it, simply said "Fuck it" and pumped it. For my first pump, despite me not really wanting to play pump in the first place, I found it actually quite enjoyable. The fact that I spent less than $150 on the whole thing was an added bonus. So typically, a Trilogy is what I'll recommend to most who wish to try out pump.
Though I'd personally rather use a Phantom over any of those choices.
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Its a no brainer. Go for it.
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 09:41 PM
between those two is tough, because it appears the Trilogy comes with a regulator
Anytime I look at a pump gun, I ALWAYS first look at the feedneck
If you can't stick your loader on the feedneck (which you can with the KP), you need to add the expense of a new loader
The Kaos Pump is an absolutely amazing pump gun. I think after looking at both guns carefully, I'd still go Kaos Pump over the trilogy
The dual intimidator detents > single autococker ball bearing detent
Triad Ball Retention System > Stock WGP Barrel
No Cocking Rod > WGP Cocking Rod (unscrewing it to change the velocity sucks)
No Back Block > Back Block
I think the KP still beats it
Not saying ill go off of just one post from Mike, but he does make some good points. I have time to think till I get the money
Posted 19 February 2013 - 11:52 PM
Just need to make sure to blue loctite some of the screws for the pump in, they tend to come loose.
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Middlesex couple resists proposed psychiatric facilityBy David Taube
VERMONT PRESS BUREAU | November 11,2012MIDDLESEX State officials trying to resolve the psychiatric patient housing shortage have come into conflict with a Middlesex couple seeking to protect the safety of their children and avoid depreciation of their property.
The state is seeking to construct a seven-bed secure residential facility near a State Police barracks and state archives and records offices on Route 2, but a neighboring couple has turned to the states environmental court to intervene.
If this happens, I will be forced to move, resident Brian Hannon said at a Middlesex zoning board meeting this fall. I will be forced to move from the house that Ive been working on for 10 years.
The state has gone so far as to consider buying the couples property in order to move the project forward, but legislators rejected the proposal.
The state believes it will prevail, but the court could take months to resolve the issue.
The state is trying to expedite the matter, citing the emergency need of housing for patients after Tropical Storm Irene flooded the Vermont State Hospital. Following the storm, the state dispersed VSH patients to facilities across the state, which has overtaxed emergency rooms at hospitals.
At a Middlesex Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing on the states project in late September, Hannon said how having psychiatric patients at that location could endanger his 8-year-old and 10-year-old children, who often play in the backyard of the home.
I have two very young kids, and this is a concern to me, Hannon said.
He also said hes put forth significant home improvement work into the property by himself. He said theres no question in his mind that the proposed state facility would decrease the value of his property.
He added if he had known when he was buying the property that a psychiatric facility would one day be placed next to it, he would not have purchased the home.
He previously had a security system installed at the home, even though he lived in New Jersey for 29 years and no one ever broke into his property, he said.
In the Burlington area earlier this year, a mentally disturbed person attacked his friend at the friends home, Hannon explained.
He said he wanted to ensure the safety of his family from a similar kind of incident.
The chances are small, but it could happen, Hannon said.
The states Mental Health Department commissioner, Patrick Flood, was also present at the meeting, and he said the site will be locked down. But doors and locks can only do so much, and the management of patients and the facility can be just as significant, Flood said.
Flood dismissed the concern about the proposed facility causing depreciation of the value of the couples home.
Theres no evidence that that happens, Flood said. Its an assumption.
The chair of the local zoning board, Charles Merriman, briefly mentioned it would consider denying the states application outright, but he said the boards role is limited.
State rules prevent towns from applying zoning regulations in a way that precludes specified development, like mobile homes and certain state facilities.
Merriman said in an interview earlier this month that there are exceptions to that rule, but towns can only deny permits for state facilities under narrowly defined circumstances, which were not applicable to this case.
He said the board could put conditions on the project, but it did not have the authority to deny the project.
After nearly an hour of discussion, the zoning board approved the permit application under certain conditions.
As part of the stipulations, the board required that the state negotiate in a bona fide manner with Hannon over a fence or tree line that would restrict visibility of his household.
The property already has a wood picket fence surrounding the backyard. The project would overlap part of an existing baseball field on state land.
Two conference calls with legislators and state officials have sought to address the situation, but representatives said buying the property was an unfavorable solution, a stance led by Sen. Dick Mazza, D-Colchester, and Sen. Bob Hartwell, D-Dorset.
Mazza said the homeowner offered a price, but he believed buying the property would create a bad precedent. He likened the approach to a hostage situation.
Flood, the mental health commissioner, said Friday that efforts to mitigate potential issues with Hannon were unsuccessful.
He never got back to me, so I assume at this point hes really not interested in mitigation, Flood said. Hes interested in litigation.
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Peavy in Midseason Form…Already
- 4-2 Padres
I didn't get to hear the game at all, so this entry is based on a boxscore. Jake Peavy made his second start of the spring and went three innings. He allowed one hit, and then retired the next eight batters. Sounds like all his stuff was really good, and he was obviously very effective. After the game, he was on a plane to Florida to get really to play for Team USA in the WBC. I am very pleased that he is doing so well so early. Hopefully Jake will be our Opening Day starter! Wade LeBlanc took the next two innings and gave up two runs. Justin Hampson, Arturo Lopez, Greg Burke and Edwin Moreno also threw a scoreless inning each.
On the offensive side, we got three runs in the bottom of the first! Will Venable and Travis Denker drove in runs. Chase Headley had a couple hits and drove in a run. It was a really good game for the Padres. And about 7,000 people out there! I knew there would be a lot of Padres fans out there!
Today we are playing the Brewers, and I bet that Trevor is scheduled to pitch. Well, it actually looks like he's going on his own schedule, but I bet he's going to pitch against us today. Figures…but if he does, I am totally going to cry. Oh, I just read Corey Brock's blog, and Trevor is not scheduled to pitch. But knowing Trevor, I'm sure he would make a surprise appearance…just kidding🙂 Anyways, here's the lineup:
- CF Jody Gerut
- 2B Chris Burke
- RF Brian Giles
- DH Cliff Floyd
- LF Emil Brown
- 1B Kyle Blanks
- C Eliezer Alfonso
- 3B Travis Denker
- SS Evereth Cabrera
Josh Geer is starting for two innings, followed by Mat Latos, Cesar Ramos, Nick Schmidt, Jae Kuk Ryu, Cesar Carrillo, Ivan Nova, and Matt Buschmann.
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I hope the Padres keep the ball rolling! And yes, it is a very cold & snowy day here!
Oh, I hope you don't cry when Trevor comes in to pitch. Just remember that ad he took out in the newspaper thanking Padres fans, you included!
JULIA, thanks! I hope you're able to enjoy it!
JANE, well, Trevor's not pitching, so I won't have to cry. But I will remember the ad anyways!
Don't beat yourself! He's gonna pitch in a Brewer uni some time. If it's against the Padres it's just his job : )
I'm not sure who is the starter for the Canada / USA game on March 7th, but I would love to see Peavy pitch. He can have a great game, but I still need a Canada win to leave satisfied..lol. I'll be sure to post some pics from the game.
JULIA, thank you very much!
BOB, yes, he is very excited about playing in the WBC!
WRIGHT WAY, oh yeah🙂
TOM, I know…check out my latest tribute🙂
ICEMAN, yeah, I have no idea who is pitching, but if it's Jake, I'm not so sure about Canada's chances🙂 Can't wait to see the pictures!


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An electoral worker carries a sealed ballot box for a recount of votes at a district office of the Federal Electoral Institute in Mexico City on Wednesday.
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's next president denied that his party had been involved in any form of intimidation during his party's campaign, in the wake of allegations by at least one observer that Sunday's elections were "perhaps the biggest operation of vote-buying and coercion in the country's history."
"I am totally, totally certain that the party acted within the law," Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, told a journalist from BBC News on Wednesday.
Leftist runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has refused to concede and demanded a new tally, alleging vote-buying and coercion by the PRI, whose seven decades of rule until it lost power in 2000 were marked by widespread allegations of vote-rigging.
Preliminary results of the presidential vote showed Pena Nieto had officially won more than 38 percent of the vote, 6.5 points clear of Lopez Obrador.
NBC Latino: Meet Mexico's new President Enrique Pena Nieto
Mexico's election officials on Wednesday recounted votes from more than half the polling booths in the presidential and congressional elections.
While the PRI declared the vote had been fair, some observers said it most definitely had not been.
In a dramatic comeback for the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Enrique Pena Nieto claimed victory in Sunday's presidential election in Mexico. NBC's Mark Potter reports.
"It was neither a clean nor fair election," Eduardo Huchim of the Civic Alliance, a group funded by the United Nations Development Program, told The Washington Post.
The vote-buying was bribery on a vast scale, Huchim, a former Mexican elections official, told the newspaper. "It was perhaps the biggest operation of vote-buying and coercion in the country's history," he said.
'Another chance': Mexico's old rulers claim presidential election victory
Huchim said that the coercion his group alleged would not change the election's outcome.
Rush to grocery stores
Feeding suspicion of large-scale vote-buying were scenes of thousands of people rushing to grocery stores this week to redeem pre-paid gift cards they said the PRI had given them ahead of the election. Several told reporters they had been told to turn in a photocopy of their voter ID card in order to get the gift cards.
"If they're giving me money, then who isn't going to love them?" an unnamed woman said in one video. "Five hundred pesos is a lot of money!"
(500 pesos = $37.50)
YouTube video allegedly showing women discussing having received supermarket cards from PRI
Under Mexican election law, giving voters gifts is not a crime unless the gift is conditioned on a certain vote or is meant to influence a vote. However, the cost of such gifts must be reported, and cannot exceed campaign spending limits. Violations are usually punished with fines, but generally aren't considered grounds for annulling an election.
Shoppers nearly stripped some shelves at a Soriana store in the poor district of Iztapalapa and officials in Mexico City, which is governed by Lopez Obrador's Democratic Revolution, ordered at least one branch of the chain closed for alleged violation of safety codes.
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A woman shows her pre-paid gift card while waiting in line at a Soriana supermarket in Mexico City on Tuesday. Many of the people at the supermarket say they went to redeem pre-paid gift cards they said were given them by the party that won Mexico's presidency and at least a few cardholders were angry, complaining they didn't get as much as promised, or that their cards weren't working. The incidents are inflaming accusations that the election was marred by massive vote-buying.
Both the PRI and the supermarket company denied any irregularities.
PRI spokesman Eduardo Sanchez said that "Neither the PRI's executive committee, nor Enrique Pena Nieto's campaign has contracted any service from the Soriana grocery store chain.
Asked if some other local or congressional PRI candidate could have done it on behalf of Pena Nieto, he said "I don't know."
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Humberto Fayad, a spokesman for the Soriana chain, denied the company had sold huge amounts of gift cards to the PRI.
"There is no agreement between the PRI and Soriana, or Soriana and any other political party. Soriana is a non-political company," Fayad said.
The PRI, too, accused rivals in many parts of the country of handing out groceries or using government programs to influence voters.
The governing National Action Party accused Pena Nieto's campaign of acquiring about 9,500 prepaid gift cards worth nearly $5.2 million (71 million pesos) to give away for votes. Authorities said a business had bought that number of cards, but that they had found no direct evidence of vote-buying. That investigation continues.
Party's checkered past challenges Mexico's president-elect
Lopez Obrador had asked for a recount of every vote, but the electoral institute said that just over half the polling booths for the presidential race met the necessary conditions set out by a 2007 electoral law.
That law stipulates that a recount can only be requested at a polling station where there is a gap of less than 1 percentage point between the two leading candidates, or for other "inconsistencies" that could include hard-to-read ballots.
The final presidential numbers were due on Thursday.
In 2006, Lopez Obrador demanded a recount after losing to President Felipe Calderon by slightly more than half a percentage point, or some 250,000 votes. This time he finished more than 3 million votes behind Pena Nieto.
In an interview with NBC's Spanish language network Telemundo, the apparent winner of Mexico's presidential election, Enrique Pena Nieto, spoke out about the challenges he faces. NBC's Kate Snow reports.
Electoral law did not permit a full recount in 2006 and his request was refused. Lopez Obrador then called out his supporters who launched street protests that choked Mexico City for weeks.
Msnbc.com staff, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Well, my baby is 9 weeks old and hasn't started nipple feeding. I just got to hold him for the first time two weeks ago. I started out with really low supply, 1 to 2oz a day. With all the tricks, herbs, and drugs I am up to 12-13 oz a day. At 9 weeks is this still too low to eventually exclusively breast feed? My baby will need to learn to latch and suck so I have lots of challenges ahead of me. With power pumping a couple of times a day (takes an hour) and kangarooing 3 hours a day I am only able to pump 8X a day. Any thoughts, suggestions or encouragement? I am exited that I haven't had a drop in supply and that I have been able to increase it so much. BUT 12oz a day is not "copious milk supply" is it?


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They included more than 22 hundred children all around 14 years old and their parents.
The kids had their height and weight recorded at school. along with their waist and hip circumference. They also filled out surveys.
The parents were then given detailed questionnaires about their food-related practices at home.
The findings suggest that parents are often controlling when it comes to food and adolescents.
Food restriction was significantly higher in parents with overweight or obese children while pressure to eat was significantly higher in parents with normal weight kids.
Fathers were more likely to use pressure to eat tactics and boys were most often on the receiving end.
Both moms and dads engaged in food restriction and it didn't matter whether they had a son or daughter.
The researchers say there is increasing evidence about the detrimental effects of controlling food practices, so it's important for parents to be educated about the best ways to encourage healthy eating in moderation.
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Good afternoon. This has been an important week for
The Rural Bond Bank Survey, referred to in the second topic, is appended following my signature.
Board Meeting,
The State Board of Education will meet Wednesday, March
19, and Thursday, March 20, in the
As announced in the mailing I sent on Monday, March 10, the new financial profile for all school districts, including the new watch and early warning lists, will be made public at next week's meeting.
News Conference Emphasizes Need to Pay 23rd & 24th GSA Payments in June
Senate President Emil Jones and members of the downstate caucus held a news conference this week to emphasize the need for the Governor to continue the practice of accelerating the final two General State Aid payments into June, to enable schools to get the money in this fiscal year. The group was responding to rumors that the governor might have to pay the last two payments as scheduled in July because of the state's budgetary problems. I was asked to be at the news conference, as were a number of other educators, to reinforce the need for the funds and the supplemental needed to fully fund the final payment. Senate Bill 1, sponsored by the Senate President, will be amended to move to 22 GSA payments to be paid August through June each year. It also includes a continuing appropriation that would ensure that schools could count on full foundation funding, even if such an appropriation is not passed by the legislature.
Governor Blagojevich has continually emphasized his high priority on education and exempted grants for elementary and secondary schools from his call for state agencies to cut spending for the remainder of the fiscal year. However, he had not yet committed to speeding up the July payments into June. In reports on the news conference, news stories quote the governor's spokesman as saying "the governor has made education one of his top priorities and he has made it very clear he intends to get the payments out on time."
The Illinois Rural Bond Bank, with assistance from the
Office of the Lieutenant Governor, and support from the State Board of Education
is developing a pooled tax anticipation warrant program to provide short-term
finance solutions for
For further information about the Illinois Rural Bond Bank, visit their Web site www.irbb.org.
Qualified Paraprofessionals under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
Because so many districts are engaged in hiring for next year or making "reduction in force" decisions, we have received a significant number of questions about the requirements for paraprofessionals included in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The following summary is designed to answer at least some of those questions.
Who Must Meet the Paraprofessional Qualification Requirements?
The recently released final NCLB regulations relating to the qualifications of teachers and paraprofessionals clarify that the paraprofessional qualification requirements apply only to paraprofessionals who are
What Does It Mean To Be A Program Supported with Title I funds?
Within a school district, Title I monies are directed to
In targeted assistance schools, the NCLB paraprofessional qualification requirements apply only to paraprofessionals who are providing instructional support and whose salary is funded by Title I funds.
In schools with "schoolwide programs," the NCLB paraprofessional qualification requirements apply to all paraprofessionals who are providing instructional services within that school, regardless of how the individual's salary is supported.
What about Cooperative Settings?
Those paraprofessionals who provide instructional support in a cooperative setting such as an area vocational setting or a special education cooperative setting are not required to meet the NCLB qualification requirements unless:
· the setting is a targeted assistance school as delineated on ISBE's Consolidated Application for Titles I, II, IV and V Funding, or
· a schoolwide Title I school as so indicated on that application.
Only in rare circumstances are special schools designated as a Title I school and those of you with responsibility for special schools should already be aware of such a designation.
What Does it Mean to Provide Instructional Support?
Paraprofessionals for the purposes of NCLB are defined as individuals who provide instructional support. Under the regulations, instructional support includes
A paraprofessional is considered to be working under the direct supervision of a teacher when
Individuals who have only non-instructional duties, such as providing technical support for computers, translation services, parental involvement roles, providing personal or custodial care services, or performing clerical duties are not included in the definition of paraprofessionals under NCLB.
What are the NCLB Qualifications Requirements?
Paraprofessionals who come under the Act must be qualified through one of the following options:
All paraprofessionals newly hired after
What Does It Take to Meet a Rigorous Standard of Quality?
Paraprofessionals qualifying under the "rigorous standard of quality" option must have a secondary school diploma or its equivalent, but the receipt of a high school diploma is not sufficient to satisfy the requirements for meeting this standard.
The State Board has endorsed three routes for meeting this criterion in the relatively near future:
Next week, the State Board will take action on recommended passing scores for the ParaPro Assessment and the WorkKeys tests. My recommendations will be on the State Board Web site sometime today and the Board's decisions will be communicated to you in next Friday's message and on the Web site. We will also provide, as quickly as possible, information about these tests, how and where they can be accessed, costs, and other relevant information.
For the longer term, we are working with the Illinois Community College Board to design and implement an AAS degree and certificate for paraprofessional educators. Information on that option will be provided as it becomes available.
This is an important issue that has implications for your districts and your employees. We are moving as quickly as we can to provide a variety of options that will allow current and prospective paraprofessionals to meet the NCLB qualification requirements. You can help by making the information in this message available to everyone with an interest in paraprofessional qualification and by sending your additional questions to us by e-mail, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
A chart on the ISBE Web site (http://www.isbe.net/pdf/povertycounts.pdf) provides data from poverty counts by three entities: (1) the federal decennial census, currently required to be used for the GSA Poverty Grant; (2) the federal Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) count, which is the basis for Title I funding; and (3) the Department of Human Services (DHS) count, which is the recommendation of the Education Funding Advisory Board. Comparison of these data is important because of their use in calculating state aid.
HB430, which is supported by the State Board, would
amend the school code to provide that in calculating supplemental general state
aid that "Low-Income Concentration Level" is defined as the low-income eligible
pupil count from the most recently available federal census or the low-income
eligible pupil count determined by the Department of Human Services based on
those students who are eligible for food stamps or Medicaid, whichever pupil
count is greater, divided by the Average Daily Attendance of the school
district. If passed, the law would become effective
Copies of the FY2004 Budget and Annual Report Available
As I announced in a previous message, the 2002 Annual
Report and FY2004 budget are available on the ISBE Web site at http://www.isbe.net/pdf/annual02budget04.pdf;
however, as those two documents are useful tools for understanding the scope and
direction of
TECH Fair
TECH 2003 – Students
for the Information Age will take place on
Previously known as TECH 2000, TECH 2003 is a not-for-profit initiative, which for 12 years has been supported by a broad range of education and business organizations. Its goal is to raise awareness of the critical role of technology in preparing students to succeed in today's world, the need for increased funding for classroom technology, and the role technology plays in preparing students for an information-based world. More information about TECH 2003 is on the Web page at http://www.springfieldtech2000.org.
Robert Schiller
State Superintendent
of Education
The Illinois Rural Bond Bank is developing a pooled tax
anticipation warrant program for
___ My District issued tax anticipation warrants in calendar year 2002.
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In which month did your District issue tax anticipation warrants? ____________
___ My District expects to issue tax anticipation warrants in 2003 (against second installment of 2002 taxes).
· If yes, please indicate the following:
What amount does the District estimate it will issue?_______________________
Please indicate the month of the District's largest deficit ____________________
In which month does it expect to issue warrants? _________________________
___ My District expects to issue tax anticipation warrants between November of 2003 and April of 2004.
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Having met the Mathis Pirates in their opening round game last Friday, the Beeville boys met up with the young Pirates again on Monday night in an elimination bracket contest. The Beeville bats provided all the firepower necessary in a 10-2 victory.
The win eliminated Mathis and moved the Beeville squad against the loser of the two remaining undefeated teams in the tourney, Banquete and George West.
In Monday's contest, the Beeville boys got going in the bottom of the first as Gabriel Carranco drew a one-out walk that opened the flood gates for the Mathis hurler. Three more walks were issued over the next four batters to force in Carranco with the game's first run.
The Beeville bats got on track in the bottom of the second. A leadoff double by Caleb Marshall was followed by an inside-the-park home run to right by Logan Kimbrough to make it a 3-0 ball game.
Matthew Perez continued the inning with a hard-hit double off the fence in right that drove in two more runs. Carranco and C.J. Arguijo earned free passes in front of the power hitting Beeville catcher and scampered across the plate on Perez's two-bagger. Perez scored a little later in the inning on a wild pitch to give the Beeville boys five runs in the frame and a 6-0 lead.
Arguijo pitched his third straight shutout inning in the third and the Beeville squad added another two runs in the home half of the inning. Logan Schanen scored after opening with a walk and Kimbrough singled and also came home on a couple of passed balls after stealing second.
The lead was 8-0 heading into the top of the fourth. Mathis scored its two runs in the frame to edge a little closer at 8-2, but the Beeville boys were still in control.
Beeville answered Mathis' two runs with two of their own in the bottom of the fourth. A triple by Matthew Gomez was followed by a line drive shot from Perez that cleared the fence in right for his second home run in two games (Perez homered in the 18-0 win on Sunday night over Three Rivers). The two runs made it a 10-2 score with just a couple of innings left to play.
Mathis was held scoreless in both frames, and the Beeville major boys went on to record the 10-2 victory.
Banquete lost to George West in the nightcap on Monday evening and met the surging Beeville boys on Tuesday evening to see who would play in Wednesday's possible title showdown game.
Beeville's power was the difference as the local lads captured an 11-2 win over the young Bulldogs.
The win means Beeville will face the unbeaten Longhorns, and the local boys must win two games to advance past the district tournament. The Longhorns posted a 3-2 win over the Beeville squad in the tourney's second round.
The Beeville boys wanted another shot at the 'Horns, according to the coaches.


text: Name Choices Down to Three for New District By Bob Eccles • Jan 24, 2013 TweetShareGoogle+Email A committee has identified the top three choices for a name for the unified Ypsilanti-Willow Run school district. Hear more from WEMU's Bob Eccles. Listen Listening... / report on district name choices Tags: Ypsilantiwillow runYpsilanti-Willow Run mergereducationTweetShareGoogle+Email Related Content Residents Share Thoughts On Superintendent Qualties 3 years ago Unified District Name Suggestions Subject Of Public Forum 3 years ago View the discussion thread.


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Good morning,
The State Board will hold its regular monthly meeting on
September 17 and 18 in the
This week's message contains the following information:
· New AYP Web pages
· Assessment Testing Dates
· Physical education waivers for cheerleading
· Teacher service record electronic reporting package
· Newsclips
New AYP Web Pages Offer Information and Answers
This is the first year that the state is applying new requirements for calculating Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for schools, based on 2003 state test data. This process is now clearly explained on a new section of the ISBE website, along with links to additional information, frequently asked questions, and other resources. To access the new site, either go to the ISBE homepage (www.isbe.net) and click on the box labeled "What's AYP?" or go to http://www.isbe.net/ayp
We will continue to enhance this section of our website as additional questions and answers are developed and as new information and resources become available.
Assessment Test Dates Set
State testing dates for 2003-04 have been reposted on the assessment website at www.isbe.net/assessment. District personnel can click on the test they are interested in and go to the test schedule for that assessment. Test date modification forms can also be accessed via this same website.
Physical Education Waivers for Cheerleading
Districts wishing to excuse students in grades 11 and 12 from daily physical education in order to participate in competitive cheerleading, as defined in the by-laws of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), may now do so without applying to the State Board of Education for a waiver, under the following conditions:
Districts wishing to excuse students in grades 9 and 10 from daily physical education for competitive cheerleading, or districts wishing to excuse students in grades 9-12 for non-competitive cheerleading, dance or pompons, must continue to apply for a physical education waiver through the State Board of Education.
The next two deadlines for submission of requests for waivers of School Code mandates are postmarked by March 12, 2004 (to ensure inclusion in the May 2004 report to the Illinois General Assembly) and postmarked by August 13, 2004 (to ensure inclusion in the October 2004 report). Please note that the requirements for waiver applications were changed in August of 2003; the new requirements are outlined on the State Board's website at http://www.isbe.net/isbewaivers/default.htm
For information on competitive cheerleading, see the following links to the Illinois High School Association: http://www.ihsa.org/activity/cheer/index.htm (general information and by-laws interpretation) and http://www.ihsa.org/org/policy/2003-04/index.htm (by-laws; see Section 5.750).
If you have any questions, please call Winnie Tuthill or Shelley Helton at (217) 782-5270.
Teacher Service Record Electronic Reporting Package
On September 8th, we mailed the 2003-04 Teacher Service Record reporting package to all school districts that file their Teacher Service Record electronically. This package was addressed to each district's Teacher Service Record contact person. If your district files electronically and has not received its package by September 17th, please call Steve Scaife at 217/782-3950 or send him an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Newsclips from National Association of State Boards of Education
A relatively obscure provision in the federal impact law
has provided an additional $3.5 million to
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No Hackle,
The temps last week as reported to me were 70 degrees at River Point and probably close to that at the dam.
Let's talk for a minute about the water temps in Cherokee Lake and why they are possibly higher than some of the other reservoirs at this time of the year. Also I'll mention what starts to happen right now as we are speaking on the Holston River.
From the time the South Holston and Watauga Rivers leave Ft. Patrick Henry Reservoir, they have to pass the generating plant at Tennessee Eastman and then they are met by the North Fork of the Holston River. I'm not sure of what order that falls in but the river warms enough to become Smallmouth water from that point to the John Sevier Steamplant. Part of the river is diverted here to cool coal fired and now natural gas generators. I think the coal fired generators have been placed in an emergency situation as of now. This causes the water which flows into Cherokee Lake to be warmer than it would if it flowed freely. It is also the biggest reason that Cherokee Lake heats up too high in the summer after all the held over cold water has been sent downstream. This is further aggravated by the heavy drawdown that takes place every year to put the reservoir lakes back to a "winter level". All this being said we find ourselves every year wanting to get back to water that usually takes until at least Mid November to cool down enough to support trout. That can also vary some each year. Another little factor is that the very opposite takes place as the air temperatures begin to cool the water in the late Fall and early winter. The water that warmed up the quickest in the later summer is the water that cools off the quickest because of exposure to the air. All in all, the river has managed to hold trout over at least to the mid sections of the river for several years and to have really good fishing in the winter and early spring it is best to let the trout have the time they need for things to get back to normal. The first stocking usually take place at this time as well. Everyone have a great time on the river during this coming year.
Hugh Hartsell---East Tenn.
Last edited by Hugh Hartsell; 10-21-2011 at 06:33 AM..
So Hugh; do most of the stocked fish in the Cherokee tailwater die due to water temperature?
Last May people at Nance's with full stringers (fly, spin and bait) have told me they keep all they catch because the fish will die anyway by July and that any fish in the river much below Buffalo Springs cannot survive the summer heat.
What is the truth?
If you don't mind.... a second question:
Most all the trout I caught at Nance's were rainbows last Spring... and the State seems to mostly stock rainbows in this tailwater.
Brown trout seem to be able to survive warmer water than rainbows so why is the stocking regime so grossly biased toward rainbow stocking if most fish will not survive the summer?
Up in Maine many rivers with temperatures well into the high 70's sustained brown trout.
I have not fished the Hiwassi river but it seems totally wasteful to so richly stock a river that cannot sustain fish very well... but I really don't know much about it other than a breif reading about it in Rutters book.
Stocked trout in the Holston
It is not exactly true that most trout placed in the Holston die. It could be said that most trout in the lower part of the river die, especially down as far as Nances Ferry. Last year for example, the fish survived for a mile or two below Indian Cave. It is usually about half way down the river that fish get enough oxygen to survive through the summer and fall. I have not heard of anyone catching fish any farther downstream this Fall than Indian Cave. We'll know as people get back later in the year to fishing these lower sections.
You asked about brown trout , You heard in the Tailwater License Permit discussion about some of the bad decisions that TWRA makes in stocking fish. This one is a dilly and one that I have talked with TWRA about several times at their Regional Office in Morristown. I beg for them to stock more browns and this is what I always get back from them. They tell me that they don't raise any browns in the State Hatcheries and they have to get them whereever they can,ie. Dale Hollow Federal Hatchery or Wolf Creek Hatchery in Kentucky. They tell me they have to wait and see if they have any leftover and they get whatever is available. Since I have already talked about how we lose fish at Nances Ferry because of the water getting too warm and how it is so hard to get brown trout, this takes the cake!!! This year they did a stocking at Nances Ferry in June of several thousand fingerling browns. This would have been a great asset to the upper part of the river, but every last one of the fish were lost due to pure ignorance on someone's part. These browns would be getting close to 12inches long by May of this coming year if they had been stocked in a part of the river where they might have survived. As a guide, and a person who loves this river, you can imagine how I felt at seeing this kind of mismanagement and waste. The Holston is like any other tailwater. It has good points and bad points, but good management would help tremendously in the long run.
Hugh Hartsell---East Tenn.
Last edited by Hugh Hartsell; 10-21-2011 at 09:33 AM..
Excellent information and insight! I appreciate you taking the time to elaborate on this topic and to share your insight with others. Hopefully; with the proper information-we can all assist our resource agencies and addressing any issues that could hinder trout propagation.
Plus, this kind of information helps UN-aware fisherman too be mindful of this type of specie vulnerability.
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TWRA stocked a large number of Browns several yrs ago in the upper stretches down to Indian Cave. This was prior to Hugh guiding there & he may not remember the high percentage of browns caught. The subsequent year, they seemed to have disappeared. Yes there have been large browns caught mid river.......very few secret holes where they can survive are secret anymore . Newspaper articles w/ pictures showing a 30 inch brown being caught late July and the endless stream of internet hype & exploiting the fishery for personal profit brings on discussion never ending in a positive note. So I'll stop there.
The amount of dollars spent in the past to make the Holston what it used to be are less. Some TWRA guys say it was sorta an experiment when they began & the drought years made it a fantastic place.
I am more than willing to pay a larger share to fund the resource, but I know w/out the money & some "magical management" it will not be anything more than what it is......a warmwater fishery w/ marginal success for trout .
Why not just forget the trout, slot the smallies and turn the Holston into the river for big smallmouth, which is seems to be able to sustain without help from TWRA? Advertise that, and bring revenue into the area. Spend the trout money elsewhere on a more temperature consistant river.
If the hatcheries are truly going to suffer the lack of Federal funds then put the fish in a river where they are more apt to survive other than predation, and poachers, and not worry will the trout make it if someone catches one after June 30th.
I am a great admirer of spectator sports, especially on television; it keeps the riffraff off the trout streams.
Thanks for responses to my questions!
It would seem then that Tennessee ought to consider raising brown trout in one of it's hatcheries!
Sadly it seems that "PUT, GROW & TAKE" or "STOCK & HARVEST" mentalities predominate in fisheries management people in too many states.
Seems that biologists stock fish like grocery shelves when they consider the fish a CONSUMER commodity.
Supply and demand economics will fix the "trout stamp is a food stamp", or "raise them, dump them" practices of the past. IF TWRA wants to keep folks paying for the right to fish for limited self reproducing species in this state, (i.e. trout), better management of the sustainable waters will have to happen.
If not, then we will all become members of Carp Unlimited, like Great Britian, were the common man considers the carp, king of all sport fish.
I am a great admirer of spectator sports, especially on television; it keeps the riffraff off the trout streams.
" I would like TWRA to spend their money on securing property access areas and building and maintaining ramps on rivers like the Holston rather than providing meals of pellet trout."
It took private donations for TWRA to accomplish buying the land at Nances Ferry. I am not aware of any guide contributing to that fund. Another reason those w/ a commercial interest should consider contributing more.
Trout get dumped where they have easy access .....one reason they get thrown in at Nances.
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October 13 , 2008
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IOM Names Six New Members from Penn
PHILADELPHIA – Four School of Medicine professors, a School of Nursing professor, and the Chief Executive Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, have been elected as members of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), one of the nation's highest honors in biomedicine. The new members bring Penn's total to 68, out of over 1600 worldwide. Overall, the IOM named 65 new members this year.
"Having six of our Penn Medicine colleagues elected to this esteemed body is an extraordinarily significant honor," said Dr. Arthur H. Rubenstein, Executive Vice President of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and Dean of the School of Medicine. "Indeed, Penn is privileged and proud that our most distinguished have been named to one of America's premier institutions, which is synonymous with excellence in professional achievement and contribution."
The new Penn IOM members are:
Jean Bennett, M.D., Ph.D., is the F.M. Kirby Professor of Ophthalmology and Cell and Developmental Biology; Vice Chair for Research in Ophthalmology, a Senior Investigator at the F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology at Penn's Scheie Eye Institute, and a member of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapy at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Bennett studies the molecular genetics of inherited retinal degenerations to develop approaches for treating these diseases. Her laboratory reported the first gene therapy success in slowing the disease process in an animal model of inherited retinal degeneration in 1996. Her team's successful preclinical studies on an inherited blinding disease, Leber congenital amaurosis, led to human clinical trials for this disease. She is a member of many scientific advisory boards (including Foundation Fighting Blindess and Hope for Vision), an NIH scientific review committee, and several journal editorial boards. Dr. Bennett has received many awards for her work, including the Alcon Research Institute Award, election to the Association of American Physicians, and the Sir William Osler Award for Patient Oriented Research.
Jonathan A. Epstein, M.D. is the William Wikoff Smith Professor of Medicine, Chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, and the Scientific Director of the Penn Cardiovascular Institute. He was a founding co-director of the Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine. He studies the molecular mechanisms of cardiac development to apply to the understanding and therapy of adult and congenital cardiovascular disease. Dr. Epstein is known for his commitment to teaching, both in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, in medical school classes, and as a director and lecturer in graduate seminars in Genetics and Developmental Biology. He is the President Elect of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, an Established Investigator of the American Heart Association, and a recipient of the Outstanding Investigator Award from the American Federation for Clinical Research.
Gary A. Koretzky, MD, PhD, is the Leonard Jarett Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Vice Chair for Research and Chief Scientific Officer of the Department of Medicine, and Director of the Signal Transduction Program and an Investigator with the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute. His laboratory focuses on understanding the regulation of signaling events, which lead to hematopoietic cell development and function. Dr. Koretzky is an Associate Director of the Combined Degree (MD/PhD) Program and is on the Executive Committees of the Graduate Program in Immunology and the Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Immunological Reviews, Associate Editor of The Journal of Clinical Investigation, is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and is a past President of the American Society of Clinical Investigation. He is a recent recipient of the Lee C. Howley Sr. Award for Arthritis Research.
Ralph Muller is Chief Executive Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Prior to joining UPHS, he was, from 1985 to 2001, the President and CEO of the University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System. In 2001-2002, he was a Visiting Fellow at the Kings Fund in London, U.K. Muller is a Director of the National Committee for Quality Assurance and a Commissioner of The Joint Commission. He has served as Commissioner on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Chairman of the Association of American Medical Colleges, Chairman of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems, and Vice Chairman of the University Healthsystems Consortium. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Linda A. McCauley, Ph.D., F.A.A.N., F.A.A.O.H.N., R.N., is the Nightingale Professor in Nursing and Associate Dean for Nursing Research in the School of Nursing. She has conducted large community-based participatory research projects targeted at reducing pesticide exposures among minority farm workers. Her research uses epidemiological methods, including survey questionnaires on exposure, biomarkers of exposure to organophosphate pesticides and assessment of neurobehavioral function. Dr. McCauley is course director of the undergraduate community health nursing course and is Program Director of the Occupational Health Option for both masters and doctoral students. She is a member of the Master's in Public Health Program faculty and an Associate Scholar in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the American Association of Occupational Health Nursing. Dr. McCauley currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee to the Director of the CDC. She is a charter member of the National Institute of Health Community-Level Health Promotion study section.
J. Sanford Schwartz, M.D., is the Leon Hess Professor in Internal Medicine in the School of Medicine; Professor of Health Care Systems, Health Management, and Economics in the Wharton School; and Senior Fellow and former Executive Director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. His research focuses on assessment of medical technologies and practices (including cost-quality tradeoffs); adoption and diffusion of medical innovation; and medical decision making. His current research includes studying the diffusion and adoption of cardiovascular innovations, assessing optimal management strategies for breast cancer screening using innovative imaging modalities, disparities and risk communication in cancer care, and enhancing patient adherence. An elected member of the Association of American Physicians, American Society for Clinical Research and the American Clinical and Climatological Society, Dr. Schwartz is past president of the Society for Medical Decision Making and of the American Federation for Clinical Research. He is also a member of several public and private sector advisory committees, including the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medical Coverage Advisory Committee and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's Medical Advisory Panel.
The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to honor professional achievement in the health sciences and to serve as a national resource for independent analysis and recommendations on issues related to medicine, biomedical sciences, and health.
A public directory of current IOM members is available on the Web at http://www.iom.edu/CMS/2951.aspx.
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The Crescent Hotel, is Quincy's biggest hotel closest to the Gorge! More secure than a motel with it's indoor secure hallways and it's 24 hr. 7 days a week staff. It's got all the most modern updated amenities! We invite you to come relax and enjoy in one of our state-of-the-art comfortable suites. All of our rooms include microwaves, refrigerators, hair dryers, iron & ironing boards & in room coffee makers. Rooms are available with King or Queen beds. 28 rooms have two beds each, with all other rooms sofa sleeper. The rooms are wired for wireless,wired, dial-up and cat 5 plug-ins.
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Packing list for Lesotho
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For information see Welcomebooks
People preparing to come to Lesotho are, of course, interested in finding out what items and clothing they should bring. The problem in preparing such a list is that even the best suggestions are subject to variations and changes, depending on your personal interests and style. There is no perfect list! In the past, many Volunteers have regretted bringing half of what they packed. Almost everything you could want or need is available in-country, so do not load up on a lot of basic items.
Volunteers must prepare themselves for extremes in climate (up to 95 degrees Fahrenheit in summer and below freezing in winter). You may have to discard a lot of preconceived ideas of Africa, including visions of hot, steamy jungles. Sweaters and coats are a must because there is no central heating, and buildings get very cold when nighttime temperatures drop below freezing. Some buildings have fireplaces or heaters, but they typically heat only a small area. All clothes should be washable and comfortable. You will most likely do your laundry by hand in cold water, so bring clothes that can take that kind of treatment. There is a lot of wind, dust, and dirt, and clothes need to be washed frequently.
General Clothing
- Comfortable shoes (sandals, tennis shoes), durable walking shoes (with good tread), and good-quality waterproof/Gore-Tex hiking boots
- Sweatshirts and sweaters
- One pair of shorts for vacations and lounging in the house (older people will frown upon you for wearing shorts in many areas of Lesotho and you won't be able to wear shorts during training)
- Warm jacket or coat and light jacket
- Items for cold weather, including long underwear, tights (for women), hat, gloves, scarf, fleece tops
- Lots of underwear (harsh detergent and scrubbing are rough on underwear)
- Rain gear, including boots*
- Swimwear and light gym wear (there are pools and you'll have chances to jump in the ocean on vacation or the senqu while you're in Lesotho)
Rain Boots can also be purchase in Lesotho, they are a national staple.
For Men
- At least one dressy outfit for swearing in (dress shirt, tie, and slacks)I would not pack a suit
- Dress shoes
- Hiking/running shoes
- Button-down shirts and T-shirts (if you're a teacher, you will be expected to wear dress shirts virtually always, although you can get away with t-shirts at most schools)
- Several pairs of khaki trousers and one or two pairs of jeans
- Dark-colored socks (white ones are difficult to keep clean)
- A pair or two of shorts.
For Women
- At least one dressy outfit (a nice dress)
- Dress shoes
- Dresses and skirts for work (knee length and longer)
- Blouses (wash-and-wear) and casual tops such as tank tops
- Two slips
- Two or three pairs of pants (to wear on holidays and in some work situations) Personal Hygiene and Toiletry Items
- A three-month supply of birth control pills, if applicable
- You may be put in the mountains and be really greatful for camping gear
- You may also be put in a camptown and be really greatful for lots of american style clothes
- (mix it up)
For Both Genders
- A three-month supply of any prescription medicine you take
- Any favorite brands of toiletry or cosmetic items (but most items are available locally)
- Two towels and washcloths (essential during training)
- Herbal teas and spices
- Ground coffee (French presses are sometimes available locally, but it'd probably be a good idea to bring one, especially a backpacker's in the mug-style) Also, you can get instant coffee here easily, but not ground coffee. You can't really get good tea either so pack some.
- A good hand-operated can opener (you won't be able to find a decent one in country)
- Vegetable peeler (you won't be able to find a decent one in country and will peel a LOT of vegetables)
- A good chefs knife, and even a way to sharpen it
- Two sturdy water bottles (e.g., Sigg, Nalgene- even Platypus)
Travel coffee Mug/Thermos
- Sleeping bag for a cold climate, preferably one that packs into a small stuff sack (some Volunteers prefer down bags because of their warmth; others advise against down, as it can be hard to keep clean and dry) . You will have a bed at your place, but bags are nice for when you visit other volunteers (and you will do a lot of that)
- Lightweight foam sleeping pad
- Two backpacks—a day pack and a large camping pack
- You will be able to charge your electronics (intermittently for some, frequently for others) so bring your computer/ipod, Kindle etc, it will make your time here a lot more enjoyable (and on the bad days, bearable)
- Battery-operated radio (FM/AM and shortwave) and/or a tape player
- Music CDs, iPod, books, children's songs,
- Batteries (available in-country, but expensive and not as long lasting as those in the United States) and/or power-pack units
- Solar battery recharger for those without electricity, though a solar set is easier to get in country
- solar ipod etc charger (voltaic makes a good backpack, solio makes a good small charger)
- Solar or battery-operated calculator
- Two additional passport pictures
- Sewing kit
- Sunglasses and a hat for the sun
- Swiss Army knife (very expensive in Lesotho)
- Pictures of your home, family, and friends (Basotho LOVE pictures)
- Credit card (American Express, Visa, or MasterCard)
- Duct tape
- Camera and supply of film—it is expensive here, but prints (color only) can be processed locally
- Personal passport
- A travel book called Lonely Planet: Africa on a Shoestring (by Kevin Anglin, Becca Blond and Jean-Bernard Carillet, Lonely Planet Publications, 2004) (this is also available in country through volunteer trading)
- Headlamp or Flashlight (small Maglite is a good choice[headlamps are great for middle of the night latrine runs])
- Markers, crayons, colored pencils, ink pens, mechanical pencils


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- Pullover style. Stretch fit.
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- Silky knit lining to waist; unlined peplum.
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My baby just turned 6 weeks yesterday! The day before yesterday he was very, very sleepy and going four hours between feedings. At each feeding he filled up at the breast much longer than usual. Then that night he went 6 hours (usually it is 3 to four hours during the night and between 2 and 3 during the day). Yesterday he fed every 2 hours and went almost 5 hours without a feeding at night.
Last night my breasts felt totally "deflated" and I only pumped 2.5 ounces instead of the usual 5 ounces from the weaker breast. He has been feeding every hour to an hour and a half. He seems to be getting good swallows at first, feeds both sides (for much longer than usual), has a few spit ups and burps, and has wet and dirty diapers each feeding. He has been a little fussier the last few days especially at night.
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Perhaps this is a silly question:
During pregnancy, I didn't eat certain foods (such as meats cooked rare, deli meats, raw cheeses, etc.) Should I still be limiting those foods while breastfeeding?
Also, I know that babies under the age of one should not have honey. But, as a breastfeeding mother, I can still have honey, right?
Thanks for your help...and sorry if this seems trivial or naive.


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The holidays are a busy time of year. There are parties, shopping and preparations to be made for family visits. That's why it's nice to sometimes just take in the scenery of the season. There are some great events coming up this month with some amazing light and holiday displays to enjoy at your leisure. For a full list of events check out michigan.org.
Holly Dickens Festival
December 9 – 11, 2011, Holly
See the characters from Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" come to life on the streets of Historic Downtown Holly during the annual Holly Dickens Festival. Make special memories with your family while enjoying carriage rides, caroling choirs, hot roasted chestnuts and much, much more amidst unique shops and the Victorian atmosphere of the holidays. Head to the Holly Dickens Festival site for full event details and schedule.
Candle Light Christmas Walk
December 9 – 11, 2011, Marshall
The Marshall Historical Society's Christmas Candlelight Tour is a highly personalized walking tour of five private homes decorated for the holidays. This is a walking tour of approximately 1.5 miles at a slow pace. Ticks are $20 sold in advance and only 600 tickets are sold. For more information, call (269) 781-5163.
The Big, Bright Light Show
Now-January 1, 2012, Rochester
You are invited to brighten your holidays in downtown Rochester with The Big, Bright Light Show! All the buildings on Main Street from the south bridge to Romeo Rd. will be covered in over a million points of light, along with East and West Fourth Street. Also, there will be large, lighted displays on Walnut from Third to University, The Dazzling Tree of Lights at the Depot Plaza (E. University & Water), and The Snowflake Spectacular on the Western Knitting Mill on Water Street. For more information on this event, visit their website or call (248) 656-0060.
Christmas at Crossroads Holiday Magic
Now – December 30, 2011, Flint
This holiday fantasyland features thousands of sparkling lights and Michigan's most spectacular moving light display, the Huckleberry Railroad. The entire village is aglow with colored lights and more lights decorate the railroad's locomotive, coaches and trackside displays. For information and reservations call (800).648-PARK or visit the Christmas at Crossroads Holiday Magic site.
Holiday Nights at Greenfield Village
December 9 – 10, 16 – 23, 26 – 27, 2011, Dearborn
Marvel at the splendor of a turn-of-the-century old-fashioned holiday experience complete with carolers and live reindeer along candlelit paths at this historic location. For more information visit the Holiday Nights site. You can also call (800) 835-5237 or (313) 982-6001.


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Dear Members,
Keep in mind that Character Bashing is now prohibited. Making fun of certain characters/character pairings leads to a pointless thread filled with insults and general rule breaking.
Also, remember that Versus threads are allowed only in the Versus section.
Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
1. Tobi being obito
2. Danzo & sasuke, Madara & The Kages!!
Danzo vs Sasuke wasn't in 2012
Originally Posted by Merita
Danzo vs Sasuke wasn't in 2012
oops my bad it was for me i didnt hink this one all the way through
half of your post fails
Originally Posted by nath0man
half of your post fails
I think im pretty good on only reading all of naruto in nov
Originally Posted by The Duke
I think im pretty good on only reading all of naruto in nov
I meant the bit about Danzo. That not 2012
OT: nothing..
Tobi not being Madara, Madara being the Sixth Coffin.
Tobi being Obito was horrible.
Originally Posted by rikerslade
Tobi not being Madara, Madara being the Sixth Coffin.
Tobi being Obito was horrible.
Who did you want tobi to be
Madara appearing Edo was a twist...but the one sided Kage fight was disappointing lol
The fact Kabuto throws out so many Edo tensei people
Gaara's mother actually loving him.
Hinata becoming a badass (though i always thought she was awesome lol)
tobi is obito
I loved this entire year, it was all in the war arc and fodder panel time was minimal relative to previous years volumes. Too many interesting battles to pick from tbh.
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