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Latos For CY Young!!
Did you know that Mat Latos is leading the Majors in ERA? Not just the National League, but the Majors?? I just discovered this yesterday and thought, where on earth have I been? Mat Latos has been absolutely amazing, but I guess I didn't realize just how amazing. He sure showed me last night.
I can't say enough about Mat's performance last night. It was totally amazing. He went seven innings, allowing one run on four hits with 10 strikeouts. His ERA is now 2.21. This guy has got to be at least in the running for the CY Young.
We didn't do much on the offensive side, but we did get a sac-fly from Aaron Cunningham and a double from Adrian Gonzalez for our two runs. Thanks to the pitching, that was all we needed.
Heath Bell closed out the game and we won 2-1!
It was so good to be able to win another game after breaking the losing streak. It was one thing to win to stop the losing streak, but quite another to make sure that we would keep winning. It's such a relief to have won the series and to have the chance for a sweep tonight!
Amazing job, Mat. You are incredible.
The kid Cory Luebke is pitching tonight against Chad Billingsley. It's going to be intense.
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Kaybee, I did the same double-take when I heard that Latos was leading not just the NL, but the entire league in ERA! He had been in the top 5 for a while, but he's been amazingly consistent for the last 3 months, so in a way, I'm not surprised at all!
Now, in his first full season, he has set a MLB record for consistency- 15 consecutive starts allowing 2 or less ERs. He better be in the discussion for Cy Young this year, or there is no justice in this world!

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AUSTIN, Texas — The Eastern New Mexico University men's soccer team is getting used to this overtime thing.
The Greyhounds played their school-record sixth OT contest in the last eight games on Sunday, managing a 1-1 non-league tie against St. Edward's when sophomore midfielder Julian Roberts scored on a free kick with 30 seconds left in regulation.
Coleton Stymeist headed a free kick into the goal with nearly 10 minutes gone in the second half to give the Hilltoppers (3-5-1) a 1-0 lead. That held until St. Ed's was called for a foul in its defensive zone, leading to Roberts' tying goal.
The Hilltoppers had a 4-2 edge in shots on goal and a 7-2 margin in corner kicks.
The Hounds (4-2-4) return to action in a 4 p.m. Lone Star Conference match on Friday against 12th-ranked Midwestern State at the ENMU pitch.
Angelo State 3, ENMU 0 (women) — At San Angelo, Texas, Hannah Horeis had a goal and an assist Sunday as Angelo State shut out the ENMU women in LSC action.
Horeis scored with just over 29 minutes gone on a rebound shot. Five minutes later, the Rambelles' Katelyn West took a pass from Horeis and found the back of the net for a 2-0 halftime lead.
Brandie DeBacker added a late tally for the Rambelles (4-5-2, 3-2-2 LSC), coached by former ENMU coach Travis McCorkle.
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Belmont County commissioners heard a year-end report from Nikki Stewart, fair housing coordinator, during their Wednesday meeting. The period covered September 2011 to August 2012. She related promotional efforts during Fair Housing Month.
Southeastern Ohio Legal Services performed two legal seminars, one at Barnesville and the other at Union Local high schools. Total expenses for the period was $3,512. Stewart reported receiving calls regarding tenant-landlord issues and housing concerns.
The Fair Housing Analysis of Impediments Report was conducted in October.
In other matters, Glen Maxwell of Dixon Hill reported that Belmont 214 has required lining for several years. He noted the hazards of driving the road at night.
"On Christmas Eve, that road was almost impassable," he said. "You're going to get somebody killed."
Commissioner Matt Coffland agreed about the state of the road. He added that commissioners appropriated funds totaling $120,000 for road striping to the county engineer, but as an elected official, the engineer has the authority to set priorities and decide which roads would be striped. He said they would ask him to consider 214.
Commissioner Ginny Favede added that additional money had been appropriated for striping, but it cannot not be done until the weather breaks.
"The work cannot be done while it's winter. You cannot put paint on asphalt at certain temperatures. It will just peel back off again," she said, adding that other residents have brought up the issue of 214.
Commissioners moved to approve and sign a contract addendum with Chambers Murphy and Burge architects to reduce the total prime compensation for restoration inspection from $49,850 to $44,311 for the tourism center project.
Commissioners moved to sign a pay application for Fields Excavating in the amount of $135,057.51 for the Neffs Sanitary Sewer Project Phase One. Commissioners also approved a change order for $35,650.75.
Philip Andes was appointed to the Belmont County Board of Developmental Disabilities for a four-year term, effective Jan. 1.
Commissioners moved to enter into contract for administrative services with Belomar Regional Council for grant administration and implementation services for the Community Development Block Grant allocation program, Sept. 1, 2012-Feb. 28, 2014 in an amount not to exceed $38,400. Commissioners also contracted with Belomar to provide similar services for the CHIP grant program Sept. 1, 2012-Dec. 31, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $136,730.
Commissioners moved on behalf of the Department of Job and Family Services to approve and authorize the board president to execute DJFS Title 20 county profile for the program period, July 1, 2013-July 30, 2015. The plan reflects $3,360 in expenditures including adoption and foster care, information and referral and protective services for adults and children.
A town hall meeting was set for Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. at the village of Holloway fire department meeting hall. Another was set for Feb. 19, 5:30 p.m., at the Powhatan municipal building.
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Out of Scope and Beyond Resolution
Are there any products that OMRI will not review?
OMRI reviews input products for use in organic crop, livestock and processing production. However, some input products may be considered out of OMRI's scope for various reasons. Here is a list of product types that are considered to be out of scope for OMRI to review:
- Machines or other types of devices.
- Products that are not relevant to the organic standards, for instance products that are intended for aquaculture systems, bug spray for humans, or beauty care products. A product such as cat litter would be considered out of scope unless the label had a specific agricultural use that complies with the organic regulations.
OMRI's Review Program routinely encounters difficult technical issues for which industry experts are consulted for guidance and interpretation of the organic standards. When a product review has an issue that is outside of OMRI's or other current written standards, OMRI's policy is to place the product under "Unresolved" status for a maximum of 275 days while OMRI gathers evidence to help guide the review. If OMRI is unable to resolve the issue within the given timeframe, the application is forfeited and OMRI will refund the application fees. In certain cases where interpretation is needed from another regulatory body before making a decision, OMRI designates an unresolved issue as "Beyond Resolution," and will no longer accept applications that pertain to that particular issue until the issue becomes resolved by the applicable regulatory body.
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Soy protein isolated using a synthetic acid that is not on the National List of allowed synthetics at §205.601. The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) has not determined whether or not this type of isolation causes a chemical change to the soy protein such that the isolate would be considered synthetic.
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ISSUE #3: Natamycin
Use Class: All Use Classes
Natamycin is a microbial substance that is EPA registered for use as a fungistat in mushroom production facilities. Although OMRI has determined that natamycin is a nonsynthetic material based on the Draft National Organic Program (NOP) Guidance on Classification of Materials (NOP 5033), the NOP has stated that this substance is not allowed under the NOP regulations and has instructed OMRI not to list products containing natamycin. The NOP has acknowledged that interested parties may submit a petition for natamycin's use in organic production.


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The Injured Runner: Injury Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment Options
This course is limited to 20 participants
Audience: PT, PTA, ATC
Course Level:Beginner to Intermediate
Date: January 15, 2014
Check in time: 5:30-6 pm
Course time: 6-9 pm
Location: Fairview Southdale Hospital. International Rooms A and B
6401 France Ave. S. Edina, MN 55435
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Contact Hours: 2.75
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David Enneking, DPT, ATC completed his undergraduate degree at Minnesota State University, Mankato with a double major in Athletic Training and Exercise Science. Following undergraduate, he worked for 2 years as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at St. John's University and 1 year as Head Athletic Trainer at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato. David attended the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at St. Catherine University from 2003-06. During that time, he also worked as a casual staff athletic trainer for the Institute for Athletic Medicine (IAM). He took a physical therapy position with the IAM-Highland Park clinic in June 2006. David became a member of the IAM Running Program in 2008. The Running Program is a group of physical therapists within IAM that have a special interest in treating running related injuries. David accepted the position of Running Program Coordinator in 2011. In addition to his IAM Running Program activities, David has also been active in the running community including multiple speaking engagements. He has presented to LifeTime Fitness running groups including the Boston Marathon training group. He has also presented at the Twins Cities Marathon Health and Fitness Expo for the past 4 consecutive years.
Course Description
This evening lecture and hands-on laboratory course will provide the clinician with information on running injury prevention, assessment, and treatment options. The course will address common running injuries such as IT band syndrome, patellofemoral syndrome, Achilles tendonitis/tendinosis, heel pain, and stress fractures. Biomechanical assessment of gait and running mechanics will be covered during the course which will include the utilization of video analysis. Hands-on laboratory sessions will focus on performing biomechanical assessments and special tests specific to runners and practice treatment interventions. The overall course objective is to provide course participants with a better understanding of running injury prevention, running biomechanics, and treatment options to help improve outcomes with the injured runner.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will:
- Have improved understanding of running biomechanics and applicable anatomy and physiology
- Be able to identify intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors for common running related injuries
- Be able to perform a basic 2-dimensional assessment of running biomechanics
- Be able to identify and apply treatment approaches for common running related injuries based on the interaction between risk factors and biomechanical assessment
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Anybody hear why today was SO PITIFUL??
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wolfgang wrote:I'm pi$$ed,there was a movie that was scheduled i wanted to see and Nascar was in it's place, because of rain last night i persume? Who won #48 again?
Annalee wrote:I just have to believe today's poor performance had to do with the set up on both cars, plus the tire they used on the right front.....why they can't get it right I don't know...... They have never pulled their cars off the haulers and said that they ran perfect don't change a thing....
On Ryan's car they changed everything but the kitchen sink and still didn't couldn't finish in the top ten. Tony and Steve worked well together, but they couldn't make anything happen either......I just don't know?? It is not from lack of trying.....both worked on their cars and the pit crews were spot on! There is just such a dysfunctional undertone on both cars......it seems to me they are working in circles and have no true plan of where to go!! Hope they figure it out son.....
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I'm writing this post bc I'm concerned that my son isn't getting enough. Yesterday he went 5 hours, during the day, without a wet diaper! In a way, I think this is my fault because he wont eat unless we're together -suddenly bottles aren't fun anymore. Yesterday we were away from each other quite a bit. Normally he has about 5 fully saturated disposable diapers -he wears a size bigger than he should bc of his big bms:o. He's happy, very enegetic so I haven't worried too much about how much he's peeing - although he's never gone so long before without. As for bms he goes about once or twice every couple of days -it keeps decreasing -it was once every other day. Now its every couple of days or even three days, although when he does go it def. isn't a little. I know it's normal for bfed babies to go up to a week w/out bms but is this infrequency normal too?
Another thing that concerns me is his eating habits. He wont eat unless it's from me -this is a new development since for 5 months he had no issues with a bottle. And he wont eat in public which he used to do just fine, he's very distractable, even to the point that it feels like he'll go hungry. This isn't too much of a big problem, since we don't go out for extended periods of time, but nonetheless it concerns me. I would get a nursing necklace but when I wear any necklace he bcms more interested in it than nursing:shrug
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Sparta High School senior Sabrina Brady has been named the 2013 U.S. "Doodle 4 Google" national winner.
Doodle Team Lead Ryan Germick posted the news on Google's official blog Wednesday afternoon.
Sabrina will receive a $30,000 college scholarship and her artwork titled, "Coming Home" will appear on Google.com on Thursday, May 23.
When she was 10-years-old, her dad came back from serving 18-months in Iraq. Sabrina and more than 130,000 people submitted a piece of work inspired by the theme, "My Best Day Ever."
Sabrina will attend the Minneapolis College of Art and Design this fall.
In addition to Sabrina's scholarship, Sparta High School will receive a $50,000 technology grant.


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A brief history
- In April 1998, the United States Library of Congress (LC), the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB) and OCLC embarked on a proof of concept project to test linking each other's Authority Records for personal names.
- The VIAF Consortium was formed by written agreement of LC, DNB and OCLC in August 2003. The agreement was signed at the 69 th IFLA General Conference held in Berlin.
- The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) joined the consortium with an agreement effective 5 October 2007.
- These four organizations—LC, DNB, BnF, and OCLC—assumed the role of Principals in the consortium, having joint responsibility for VIAF with OCLC hosting VIAF and supplying the software, and the participating institutions supplying the authority and bibliographic data content. Additional organizations later joined the consortium as Contributors, providing source files and expertise to advance the state of VIAF.
- With the successful proof of concept of VIAF, discussions begin in earnest among the Principals in 2010 about a suitable long-term organizational arrangement for VIAF. After considering various options, the Principals and Contributors agreed to transition VIAF to an OCLC service. During 2011 details of the transition were discussed and agreed to and, in 2012, the transition has begun.


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Thanks to coal, the world's economy is becoming more carbon intensive.exporter of power-station coal. Its giant mines in Mpumalanga province feed a constant convoy of coal trains headed for Richards Bay. Recently expanded, the export terminal there can now handle 91 million tons of coal a year — enough to produce more than 200 million tons of CO2. Mining giants Anglo American and BHP Billiton ship that coal to Europe, and, increasingly, to the new industrial powerhouses of Asia.
Industry lobbyists use the phrase "clean coal" to suggest we can have both our coal and our climate.Germany is the biggest producer of brown coal. The sad truth is that Germany's plan to shut down its nuclear power plants in the wake of the Fukushima accident in Japan is already resulting in resurgent investment in coal. Analysts Point Carbon predict that the switch will increase German CO2 emissions during the coming decade by around half a billion tons.
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Bacchante Supported by Bacchus and a Faun, 1795
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Claude Michel, known as Clodion, was one of the most creative and technically gifted French sculptors in the second half of the eighteenth century. Although skillful at executing monumental sculpture in marble, his genius was expressed most fully in his small terracottas as shown in Bacchante Supported by Bacchus and a Faun. In this exuberant ensemble a young Bacchante, or female follower of Bacchus, is playfully carried aloft by the god of wine and a faun. Clodion fuses the movement and energy of the Baroque seventeenth century with antique themes in a lighter, more delicate and more subtly sensual style than previously achieved by contemporaries.
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text: Building on President Obama's Climate Action Plan to continue America's leadership in clean energy innovation, the U.S. Department of Energy today announced $150 million in clean energy tax credits to build U.S. capabilities in clean energy manufacturing. The credits will go towards investments in domestic manufacturing equipment by 12 businesses. Through the Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit program (48C Program), these awards will help create thousands of jobs across the country and increase U.S. competitiveness in the global clean energy market. U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz announced the 48C Program awards today at the Energy Department's American Energy and Manufacturing Competitiveness Summit, jointly sponsored by the Council on Competitiveness. As part of the Department's broader Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative, this summit brings together industry, government, academia and the Department's national laboratories to address national challenges in manufacturing and energy. "Cost-effective, efficient manufacturing plays a critical role in continuing U.S. leadership in clean energy innovation, and the tax credits announced today will help reduce carbon pollution from our vehicles and buildings; create new jobs and supply more clean energy projects in the United States and abroad with equipment made in America," said Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. The President's Climate Action Plan laid out steady, responsible action to cut carbon pollution in the United States, including deploying clean energy, building a 21st century transportation sector and cutting energy waste in homes, businesses and factories. The 48C Program supports this overall strategy to slow the effects of climate change, while continuing American leadership in clean energy innovation. The Departments of Energy and the Treasury worked in partnership to develop, launch, and award the funds for this program. The Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit authorized Treasury to provide developers with an investment tax credit of 30 percent for the manufacture of particular types of energy equipment. Funded at $2.3 billion, the tax credit was made available to 183 domestic clean energy manufacturing facilities during Phase I of the program. Today's awards, or Phase II, were launched to utilize $150 million in tax credits that were not used by the previous awardees and support projects that must be placed in service by 2017. Today's awards include domestic manufacturing of a wide range of renewable energy and energy efficiency products - from hydropower and wind energy to smart grid technologies to fuel efficient vehicles- and will support thousands of new manufacturing jobs in nine states and dozens of supply chains throughout the United States. These projects, subject to final certification, include: Renewable Energy: A $700,000 48C Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit will allow LM Wind Power Blades (ND) Inc. to re-equip its Grand Forks, N.D., facility for increased participation in the North American large-blade market. The workforce at the facility will grow by 170 people as a result of the project, which improves the processing capabilities of materials used in manufacturing. The project assures that LM Wind Power Blades (ND) Inc. contributes to efficient American productivity with cost-effective materials.


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Charlie Daniels Band coming to Petersburg fair
The Charlie Daniels Band will headline the entertainment at this year's Tri-County Fair in Petersburg, with a show set for July 30.
"We really wanted to up the level of entertainment opportunities for fairgoers, and we believe that we have put together a full week of top quality entertainment the entire family can enjoy," a fair spokesperson said. "Hott Insurance in Petersburg has signed up as our show sponsor for the Charlie Daniels Band show, and we're excited to have them working with us."
Tickets for the Charlie Daniels concert will go on sale Wednesday on the Tri-County Fair website atwww.tricountryfairwv. com.
Other fair events will include horse lovers day on July 27, with a horse show beginning at 10 a.m. and a draft horse pull at 6 p.m.
Gospel music singers Jeff and Sheri Easter will perform July 28. Traveling and performing now with their children, the Easters have a dynamic sound/stage presence with unbelievable family harmonies and an authentic ability to communicate a message of hope. They have been nominated twice for a Grammy and have won the Dove Award five times.
The fair gets fully underway July 29, with the opening of the midway and the crowning of the Tri-County Fair Queen on the grandstand stage.
Charleston native and renowned comedy magician Dewayne Hill will perform July 31. Hill has blended excited magic with side-splitting comedy into a G-rated Las Vegas-caliber show for all audiences to interact and enjoy.
In addition to his stage show, Hill will be walking the fairgrounds Monday and Tuesday doing various tricks.
Engines will be roaring and horse power will be on display Aug. 1 and 2, as the lawn tractor pull is set for Thursday and the antique tractor pull is slated for Friday evening.
Aug. 3 will see two-time "American Idol" participant and Point Pleasant native Chase Likens bringing his latest country music to the Tri-County Fair stage.
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December 8, 2010
Share Your Yellowstone Holiday Memories
The Yellowstone National Park Oral History Collection contains recordings from early Park rangers, former U.S. Presidents, and just ordinary people who have visited Yellowstone or grown up in the area. They are a treasure trove of information and insight on the Park's colorful history. However, there is very little in the collection about the winter holiday season.
Yellowstone area residents, former Park employees, or any visitor who has spent a holiday season in Yellowstone are invited to share their special memories by participating in the "Holidays in Yellowstone" oral history project. This project is being funded by the Yellowstone Park Foundation through the Yellowstone Archive Fund.
Oral histories are important because they allow the people who made and experienced history to pass along that history, through their own words, to future generations.
This project needs people of all ages to share their holiday memories involving Yellowstone; whether it is about a special wildlife sighting, Santa on a snowmobile, or some holiday tradition that involves the Park, Yellowstone wants to hear your story!
Oral Histories Make the Past Come Alive
Eldon and Karen (Garrison) Reyer of New Mexico will never forget Christmastime in Yellowstone, 1959. They had met and fallen in love a year and a half earlier in the Park. Eldon had recently returned from serving in Korea, and was spending the summer as a fire control aid in Yellowstone. Karen was a clerk at the Mammoth Post Office.
Eldon recalls in the history he shared for the Yellowstone archives that Karen originally told him that her father was "in charge of trash collection" in the Park, but later found out the truth – that her father was the Superintendent. "Yes, her father WAS in charge of trash collection and everything else that went on in the Park," said Eldon. "She always told the boys that because if she said her father was the Superintendent they would not ask her out."
A sudden and unexpected transfer the following summer to West Yellowstone made him wonder "did Superintendent Garrison make my assignment as far away as he could so I would not be able to court his daughter?" But they were not deterred. "Karen and I worked out a plan to meet at Norris Junction where we cooked our dinner after work during the week. I drove to Mammoth on weekends."
Over the next year and a half they only saw each other -- in Yellowstone -- over the course of two summer breaks from college. "We shared our thoughts, love, and frustrations, being apart. Karen insisted on a December wedding during Christmas vacation…My parents and my brother (best man) drove to the Park for our December 28th wedding…We had our formal wedding in the Mammoth Chapel. All of Mammoth was in attendance…One couple at our reception had been married in the Mammoth Chapel many, many years earlier and had over a dozen grandchildren.
"Yellowstone Christmastime in 1959 was the start of 'the Karen and Eldon Reyer life' in the National Park Family," said Eldon. He retired from the National Park Service, after 30+ years, in 1989.
Have a Story to Share?
Interested individuals are encouraged to interview friends and family members regarding their favorite Yellowstone holiday memories, and then submit copies (not originals) of the recordings for consideration as part of Yellowstone National Park's permanent Oral History Collection.
Completed interviews should be sent to the Holiday Oral History Project c/o Charissa Reid, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. Submitted interviews must include a complete return address.
For More Information:
Those with further questions are encouraged to contact Charissa Reid, the Park's Oral Historian, by calling 307-344-2260, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
To learn more about the value of oral histories, to get technical information about recording interviews, or even to access some sample questions to help you get started, visit StoryCorps online. StoryCorps is a non-profit organization which works to preserve oral histories on a wide variety of subjects, some of which have aired on National Public Radio.


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Heather Cooke, has worked in television and film making for over 20 years as a director, writer and producer. Having grown up on the KZN South Coast, her passion for the ocean and its coastlines has been fulfilled through a long-standing association with SST that began in the late 1990s. READ MORE
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Hello- so today was my LOs 6 month check up. He is 14lbs 3oz and 4th percentile.
He was born 5 weeks early and was 6lbs 8oz at birth. I think at two months he was about 11lbs. At 5 months he was 13 lbs 8 oz. ( I have all this written down but not right by me)
Clearly his percentile has been trending downward. We started some solids about a month ago.. Just a little banana, avocado, and cereal. He nurses on demand during the day and once or twice at night usually, but he's staring to sleep a bit more. Anyway pediatrician wants me to really increase my solids with him. She thinks my milk may not have enough fat, like skim milk. Is this possible? I feel so guilty if I'm depriving my son of nutrients ... but it just seems like BM should be he best. Should I try giving one formula bottle a day and see if it helps his weight? Anyone else been told they have skim milk?? Any suggestions for high caloric solids?


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Training in Fiji
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|Pre-service training will probably be the most intense period of your Peace Corps service, as you will need to gain the knowledge and experience necessary to successfully serve as a Volunteer in just 10 weeks. While the training period will be extremely busy, it should also be a time of excitement, discovery, and self-fulfillment. The effort and challenges of adapting to a new culture will draw on your reserves of patience and humor but will be handsomely rewarded with a sense of belonging among new friends.
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Training is an essential part of your Peace Corps service. The goal is to provide you with the necessary support, information, and opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will enable you to live and work effectively in Fiji. In doing so, we plan to build upon the experiences and expertise you bring to Peace Corps. We expect that you will approach your training with an open mind, a desire to learn, and a willingness to become involved. Peace Corps trainees officially become Peace Corps Volunteers after successfully completing training.
The 10-week pre-service training lets you learn new skills and practice them as they apply to Fiji. You will receive training and orientation in components of language, cross-cultural communication and adaptation, development issues, health and personal safety, and technical skills pertinent to your specific assignment. The skills you learn will serve as a foundation upon which you build your experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Fiji. You will have plenty of opportunities to experience local culture and customs on your own while living with your host family and during community-based training.
During the first few days of pre-service training, you will stay together at a central training facility where you will receive vaccinations and be introduced to basic language skills and to the cross-cultural adaptation process. After this initial period, you will shift to another training site to begin the next phase of training. During this phase, known as community-based training, the group will split up and live with host families in small villages. The host family experiences will help bring to life some of the topics covered in training and provide a chance to practice your new language skills and to observe and participate in Fijian culture. The host family experience is intense, but it can be one of the most rewarding aspects of your service in country.
The training goals and assessment criteria that each trainee has to reach before becoming a Volunteer will be clearly articulated at the beginning of training. Evaluation of your performance during training is a continual process, characterized by a dialogue between you and the training staff. The training staff, along with the permanent office staff, will provide feedback throughout training. If you are able to successfully complete pre-service training, you will then swear-in as a Volunteer and make final preparations for your departure to your permanent site.
Training is intense and sometimes stressful. The best advice we can give you is to maintain your sense of humor and try to get as much out of pre-service training as possible. We believe all the information and experiences you encounter will be valuable to your effectiveness as a Volunteer.
Technical Training
The technical orientation will give you a general overview of your work in Fiji by building on the skills you already have and by helping you develop new skills in a manner appropriate to the needs and issues of the country. The Peace Corps staff, Fiji experts, and community members will conduct the orientation sessions. The orientation places great emphasis on learning how to transfer the skills you already have to the community in which you will serve as a Volunteer.
Technical orientation includes sessions on general environmental, economic, and political situations in Fiji as well as strategies for working within such a framework. You will review your program's goals and will meet with the Fijian agencies and organizations that invited Peace Corps to assist them.
You will be supported and evaluated by experienced Fijian trainers and Peace Corps staff throughout training to build the confidence and skills you will need to undertake your activities and be a productive member of your community.
Language Training
As a Peace Corps Volunteer, you will find that language skills are the key to personal and professional satisfaction during your service. These skills will often be critical to your job, will help you integrate into your host community, and can ease your personal adaptation to new surroundings. Therefore, language training is the heart of the training program. Experienced Fijian and Hindi language instructors give formal language instruction in small classes of four to five people. Fijian and Hindi languages are also introduced in the health, cross-cultural, and technical components of training.
Your language training utilizes a community-based approach. You will have classroom time and be given applied assignments to work on outside of the classroom and with your host family to learn the language. Achieving basic social communication skills is vital and prior to swearing-in as a Volunteer, you will work on strategies to continue language studies during your two years of service. A tutoring allowance is available to you during your first year at site. Language proficiency interviews will be conducted to assess your language skills at end of pre-service training and at the end of your service.
Cross-Cultural Training
As part of your pre-service training, you will live with a host family. The experience of living with a host family is designed to ease your transition into community life. Families have gone through an orientation conducted by Peace Corps staff to explain the purpose of the pre-service training program and to assist them in helping you adapt to living in Fiji. Many Volunteers form strong and lasting friendships with their host families.
Cross-culture and community development will be covered to help improve your skills of perception, communication, and facilitation. Topics such as community mobilization, conflict resolution, gender and development, and traditional and political structures are some examples.
Adjusting to another culture requires three basic skills: the ability to predict the behavior of host country nationals; the ability to not react, to "accept" without judgment, the behavior of host country nationals; and the ability to adapt your own behavior to conform to host country expectations. We do not expect you to be someone you are not; rather, we expect you to take the difficult course of finding ways of being true to yourself within the local cultural norms.
Wellness Training
During pre-service training, you will be given basic medical training and information. Volunteers are expected to practice preventive healthcare and to take responsibility for their own health by adhering to all medical policies. Trainees are required to attend all medical sessions. The topics include preventive health measures and minor and major medical issues you may encounter while in Fiji. Nutrition, mental health, safety and security, setting up a safe living compound, and how to avoid HIV/AIDS and other STIs are also covered.
Safety Training
During the safety training sessions, you will learn how to adopt a lifestyle that reduces risk in your home, at work, and during your travels. You will also learn appropriate, effective strategies for coping with unwanted attention and learn about your individual responsibility for promoting safety throughout your service.
Additional Trainings During Volunteer Service
In its commitment to institutionalize quality training, the Peace Corps has implemented an ongoing training system that provides trainees and Volunteers with continuous opportunities to examine their commitment to Peace Corps service while increasing their technical and cross-cultural skills.
During the two-year Volunteer term of service, there are usually three training events. The titles and objectives for those trainings follow.
- Early Service Training: provides an opportunity for Volunteers to enhance their technical, language, and project development skills while sharing their experiences and reaffirming their commitment after having served for approximately three to six months.
- Mid-Service Training: Assists Volunteers in reviewing their first year, reassessing their personal and project objectives, and planning for their second year of service.
- Close-of-Service Conference: Prepares Volunteers for the future after Peace Corps service and reviews Volunteers' respective projects and personal experiences. The number, length and design of these trainings are adapted to each post's needs and conditions. As these trainings are mandatory for all Volunteers, you will need to coordinate these periods away from site with your counterpart organization. The key to the training system is that training events are integrated and interrelated, from the pre-departure orientation through the end of your service, and are planned, implemented and evaluated cooperatively by the training staff, Peace Corps staff, and Volunteers.


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If you received a gift card to a hardware store for Christmas and you don't even know how to use a hammer there is hope. You can trade that card in for cash.
You've heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday; well know there's Gift Card Exchange Day.
This is how it works. You log on to giftcardexchange.com, choose the store you have a gift card to and the amount. Then you'll get a quote for several companies offering to buy that card from you.
However you will not get face value for the card as companies take a slice. For example a $100 gift card to AMC will get you $75 in cash. For a $100 Home Depot card bids start at $88, while on the other hand a $100 gift card from JC Penny is getting a $67 bid, so it's not always a good deal.
So why is there a Gift Card Exchange Day anyway? It's estimated the average household has $300 in unredeemed gift cards. Between 2005 and 2011 $41 Billion in gift cards went unused.
If you want to do this in person Safeway has teamed up with Western Union to help make that happen. All you need is a valid ID and the card must have at least $20 on it to get cash.


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Gilbert's UW football career ends
Foot injuries, surgeries take their toll
Senior defensive end David Gilbert announced Friday that he will not play for the Wisconsin football team this fall due to recurring injuries to his right foot.
It was to be Gilbert's final year of eligibility.
"This was a difficult decision for me but I have had multiple injuries and surgeries on my foot and feel that no longer playing at UW is the best decision for me," Gilbert said.
"I have been dealing with pain in my foot since the injury first occurred and I just need to give it time to fully heal.
"I've had a tremendous experience at the University of Wisconsin and will graduate in May. Playing in the Rose Bowl is something I will never forget and a memory I will always cherish.I want to thank all my coaches I've had at UW, the former staff for what they did for me as a player and person and the new staff for helping me work through this tough decision. I also want to thank all my teammates and wish them the best next year and in the future.
"I understand this is an abrupt announcement but this will be the only comment I have on my decision. To all the Badger fans out there, thank you for all the support throughout the years. It's been a pleasure sharing this journey with you."
"David's decision was part of an on-going discussion we have had for a number of weeks," head coach Gary Andersen said. "I would have loved the opportunity to coach David but we always want to do what's in the best interests of the young man. He needs a year to recover from his injuries and focus on graduating. It is always tough when a young man's college career comes to an end due to an injury but David knows we are here to support him in any way necessary."
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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
It is imperative that I call to your attention an alarming and serious matter that negatively impacts the Church in the United States directly, and that strikes at the fundamental right to religious liberty for all citizens of any faith. The federal government, which claims to be "of, by, and for the people" has just dealt a heavy blow to almost a quarter of those people – the Catholic population – and to the millions more who are served by the Catholic faithful. It is a blow to a freedom that you have fought to defend and for which you have seen your buddies fall in battle.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that almost all employers, including Catholic employers, will be forced to offer their employees' health coverage that includes sterilization, abortion-inducing drugs, and contraception. Almost all health insurers will be forced to include those immoral "services" in the health policies they write. And almost all individuals will be forced to buy that coverage as a part of their policies.
In so ruling, the Administration has cast aside the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, denying to Catholics our Nation's first and most fundamental freedom, that of religious liberty. And as a result, unless the rule is overturned, we Catholics will be compelled to choose between violating our consciences or dropping health coverage for our employees (and suffering the penalties for doing so). The Administration's sole concession was to give our institutions one year to comply.
We cannot – we will not – comply with this unjust law. People of faith cannot be made second-class citizens. We are already joined by our brothers and sisters of all faiths and many others of good will in this important effort to regain our religious freedom. Our parents and grandparents did not come to these shores to help build America's cities and towns, its infrastructure and institutions, its enterprise and culture, only to have their posterity stripped of their God given rights. In generations past, the Church has always been able to count on the faithful to stand up and protect her sacred rights and duties. I hope and trust she can count on this generation of Catholics to do the same. Your children and grandchildren deserve nothing less.
Therefore, I ask two things of you. First, as a community of faith we must commit ourselves to prayer and fasting that wisdom and justice may prevail, and religious liberty may be restored. Without God, we can do nothing; with God, nothing is impossible. Second, I would also recommend visiting www.usccb.org/conscience, to learn more about this severe assault on religious liberty, and how to contact Congress in support of legislation that would reverse the Administration's decision.
Grateful even now for your support I remain
Sincerely in Christ
Bishop Timothy P Broglio


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who needs to kill saiyans when u kawaii as fuck
who needs to kill saiyans when u kawaii as fuck
LOL I don't think Frieza qualifies as "kawaii".
Ok, now he's kawaii. I never thought there was a way to make these guys look so adorable.
3 of my favorite things combined with iron man
I just cant work out what the middle one is supposed to be the other 2 are obvious though.
@Genn: That SSJ Ironman was rad.
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I just went back and watched that Maximum the Hormone DBZ song and realized something: Vegeta and Frieza both claimed to be the strongest warrior in the universe even though that wasn't the truth at the time that they said it (far from the truth in Vegeta's case). Freiza was stronger than Vegeta and King Cold was stronger than Frieza. It's not like they didn't know about people stronger than them either. Liars! Filthy, stinking liars!
new fan thread is up
help the assassins thread get started
(F) for frost demons
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dat video is b.s goku blows himself up?


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Six Years After 9/11
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September 11, 2007
Author: Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative
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BEIRUT -- This week's sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States sees the top American military and diplomatic officials in Iraq speaking to the US Congress about American strategy in Iraq. The juxtaposition is noteworthy: Six years ago, a small band of Al-Qaeda militants attacked the United States and killed some 3000 people. Today, an army of over 160,000 American troops wages a war in Iraq that has seen tens of thousands of people killed since 2003. Neither policy makes much sense to anyone in the world, other than to those fanatics on both sides who decided to pursue these actions.
If we wish to assess our world six years after the 9/11 attacks, we should do so without perpetuating the crippling analytical mistakes that have been made on all sides -- but especially in the United States. The main mistake continues to be the capacity to view one's own country, values and policies as righteous, innocent and well-intentioned, while viewing the enemy as evil and dangerous. We've seen this attitude among Arabs and Israelis, Americans and Islamic militants, Turks and Kurds, Syrians and Lebanese and other such pairs of foes. To learn how we reached this point of ever-expanding conflict, in order to find a way out, we must transcend the habit of simply demonizing the other side while ignoring our own faults. Arabs, Israelis, Iranians and Americans, above all, must find a way to jointly examine the whole cycle of relationships, conditions and policies that have bound them together in an increasingly violent sequence of events in recent decades.
Neither 9/11 nor the Anglo-American war on Iraq occurred in a vacuum. Anyone who followed events in this region honestly and comprehensively would have been aware of the growth of militant Islamist groups since the 1980s. These groups were visibly motivated by, and targeted, three parallel foes: conservative Arab regimes, Israel, and the United States. The Al-Qaeda phenomenon has continued to spread in the form of small, local militant groups, because the conditions for its nourishment remain largely unchanged. The war in Iraq and the situation in Palestine-Israel only provide new incentives for the growth of Islamist and other radicals. We should expect more, not less, manifestations of Arab-Islamic extremism in the years ahead.
The same applies in the other direction: People throughout the Middle East should not be surprised if the United States, Israel, or others soon launch overt or covert attacks against Iran, Syria, Hizbullah and Hamas in Gaza. These are the four principal parties that the dominant Western-Israeli political elite has singled out as dangerous, and has designated for containment, punishment, or removal from the scene. Some form of assault on one or more of these parties is certain in the coming years.
There are three main reasons why the US-led West and Israel will not leave the Middle East alone to define itself: global reliance on Middle Eastern energy; the strong American commitment to Israeli security (in the form of superiority over the rest of the Middle East); and, continued anger and fear related to the 9/11 attacks and the Al-Qaeda phenomenon behind those attacks. American-British-Israeli extremism and militarism will certainly rear their heads in new forms in the months and years ahead.
Conditions for stability and prosperity throughout the Middle East are moving in two different directions. Small pockets of prosperity and stability are emerging in places like Dubai, western Amman, Doha, bits of Cairo, and other such isolated quarters that have joined the global economic train. Most of the rest of the region is polarized in the other direction: mass economic stagnation, mediocre educational standards, deteriorating environmental conditions, and limited ideological expression opportunities.
Consequently, political stress is a dominant condition throughout the Middle East. It will be made worse in the short run by three main issues: a) the continued treatment of Iraq as a problem of incompetent native Arabs (now called Sunnis and Shiites) who seem unable to grasp the gift of freedom that a benevolent American army has given them; b), the fantasy peace-making in Israel-Palestine directed by the American-Israeli refusal to deal with democratically-elected Hamas; and, c) applying a harsher standard to Arabs and Iranians than to Israel when applying UN resolutions and global treaties.
We cannot predict how and when mounting Arab-Iranian humiliation and a sense of dehumanization will manifest themselves, no more than we can say when the American-Israeli-led West will move against Iran, Syria or others. The sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, though -- like this year's 60th anniversary of the partition of Palestine resolution -- should remind us that traumatized people do not acquiesce passively in their agony and perplexity, but rather they fight back, often violently and irrationally. To fight and eliminate the militarism and terrorism of our age, we must first acknowledge that they do not spring onto the world stage whimsically and without cause.
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"Let us go, my friends, for the sake of God."
~ Father Captier, Dominican superior of the College of Arcueil, to his 12 companions (Dominican priests and laymen), imprisoned by the Paris Commune for being prominent members of the Church, as they were being ordered into the street one by one. There they were murdered and defiled by the mob on May 25, 1871, just hours before the commune stronghold fell to the regular army that was advancing from Versailles.


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Computer system saves Washington State $2 million
OLYMPIA — The ability to electronically access and share information between Washington State, federal government agencies and other states about applicants for, and recipients of, certain Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) benefits has helped the state identify and stop abuse and misuse of more than $2 million.
Washington began using the Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) interface on May 1 of this year. Through November 19, the Department either terminated or reduced benefits by $1,961,695. It found another $158,878 in overpayments, allowing DSHS to begin collection actions against ineligible recipients.
"The vast majority of people are honest when they apply for our services, but there will always be a few who misrepresent their circumstances and take advantage of our safety net," said David Stillman, assistant secretary for the DSHS Economic Services Administration.
"We must do our best to ensure people who get assistance are legally qualified to receive it."
Public assistance agencies that enroll in PARIS sign one or more data matching agreements, permitting them to participate in quarterly matches of client eligibility and enrollment data files. Under those agreements, the assistance agencies' applicant and recipient data files are transmitted to the U.S. Department of Defense Manpower Data Center. It processes the data and transmits the results to participating agencies so they can look for clients collecting benefits in other states.
The PARIS interface looks for Social Security number matches in participating states, Washington clients' receiving income or medical assistance payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs, or other income through the U.S. Defense Department. The interface also can determine if Washington recipients qualify for federal health care coverage.
After PARIS verifies with the other states that duplicate benefits were received and abuse or misuse has occurred, DSHS takes action to terminate food, cash, and/or medical benefits and establishes, forwards overpayments to the DSHS Office of Financial Recovery and refers cases to the DSHS Office of Fraud and Accountability for investigation.
During a performance review of PARIS, the Department's internal auditors determined using the interstate match created the potential for saving money. A dedicated unit was developed to use the information to determine eligibility and calculate benefits.


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Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan wash down the flight deck to remove potential radiation contamination while operating off the coast of Japan providing humanitarian assistance in support of Operation Tomodachi on March 22, 2011.
A group of U.S. Navy personnel involved in the humanitarian effort after Japan's March 2011 earthquake and tsunami have filed a lawsuit against the Tokyo Electric Power Co. for more than $200 million in compensation, punitive damages and future medical costs for exposure to radiation that leaked from the damaged Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant at the time.
The plaintiffs include eight troops serving on the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier — one of whom was pregnant at the time of the alleged exposure — and her daughter.
They charge that the utility, known as TEPCO, "knowingly and negligently caused, permitted and allowed misleading information concerning the true condition of the (plant) to be disseminated to the public, including the U.S. Navy Department," according to the complaint filed on Dec. 21 in a U.S. federal court in San Diego.
The plaintiffs are suffering a variety of symptoms that attorney Paul Garner says were caused by the exposure, including rectal bleeding, thyroid problems and persistent migraine headaches, and all face an increased chance of developing cancer and requiring expensive medical procedures.
The U.S. carrier was positioned just offshore from the damaged Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, which and suffered a meltdown which triggered the release of high levels of radiation into the air and water.
"The carrier was less than two football fields away from the Fukushima Daiichi when it released a cloud of radiation," said Garner, speaking to NBC News on Thursday.
He said the crew was unknowingly exposed to high levels of radiation in numerous ways, including when they cleared the carrier's decks of snow that was contaminated, and washed down the helicopters with sea water that was contaminated.
Archival video: Of all the aftershocks that could hit Japan, nothing frightens the world more than the possibility of a devastating nuclear disaster. NBC's Anne Thompson.
The complaint said that by relying on misrepresentations about the situation by TEPCO, the U.S. Navy was "lulled into a false sense of security," believing it was "safe to operate with the waters adjacent to the FNPP, without doing research and testing that would have revealed the problems."
It goes on to charge that through its conduct, TEPCO "rendered the Plaintiffs infirm and poisoned their bodies. The Plaintiffs must now endure a lifetime of radiation poisoning and suffering which could have and should have been avoided."
Archival video: Damon Moglen of Friends of the Earth discusses the potential dangers that still loom in Japan following an explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility.
The suit is seeking $10 million in damages for each plaintiff, plus $30 million in punitive damages and a judgment requiring TEPCO to create $100 million fund to pay for their medical costs, including monitoring and treatments.
TEPCO could not immediately be reached for comment by NBC News.
A TEPCO spokesman reached by The Japan Times said the company had not yet received the complaint.
"We will consider a response after examining the claim," said Yusuke Kunikage, according to the Times.
Since the disaster, TEPCO has operated a fund to compensate victims in Japan.
Garner said that he didn't believe his clients would get justice through the Japanese system, which is why the suit was filed in a U.S. court. The complaint was served to TEPCO's office in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, he said.
"We need the U.S. justice system to make this right," Garner said.
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Once again we find ourselves at Christmas. A time of peace to the world, joy to all mankind and general festive overindulgences for the purpose of gaining suitably flabby midriffs around which we can base our hopelessly overoptimistic January resolutions. But amongst all this good will and gastronomic excess, it is also a time where we should spare a thought for those not as fortunate as ourselves.
The advent period is never a good time to be the recipient of bad news, so we can only imagine the pain of those at Saab who have just found out that after 64 years of car production, it is very likely that they will be taking a one-way trip down the gurgler of history.
On the surface of it, it seems that the evil behemoth General Motors is to blame. Firstly, they sold Saab to Spyker – a small Dutch concern that was not particularly adept at making money from its low-volume efforts at sports car production and had a business plan for the Swedish motoring giant that, with hindsight, was probably dreamed up following a particularly intense session in one of Amsterdam's "coffee shops" – and then when it was blatantly obvious everything was turning to custard, barred the obligatory rescue package from the Orient.
But like the heinous and evil mother who decided it was the fault of government agencies that she had beaten her children inside out and then locked them in a wardrobe, the people at Saab would do rather better to engage in a little more navel-gazing than finger pointing.
Firstly it must be noted that the bosses at GM were in a pretty difficult position. In the week when it was revealed the USA misses out on US$250 billion of revenue a year due to industrial espionage, it was never going to be a good look to gift wrap the Chinese a Saab-load of your technology. Potential suitors could certainly have been chosen with a lesser degree of desperation.
But even if an agreeable knight in shining armour had been found, Saab really didn't deserve to continue.
For the last few years, Saab has survived by wheeling out a succession of very slightly improved vehicles cobbled together from whatever could be found in the GM parts bid and some inadvisably offensive chrome trim. While this may be enough to put you on the same playing field as the Fords and Toyotas of this world, Saab has long been pitched against far more rarefied opposition. And when lined up against the equivalent models from German and high-end Japanese manufacturers, it has been apparent for some time that the Swedes don't even come close to being competitive.
And that only left them with their last line of defence to fall back on – "quirkiness".
As far as I can tell, Saab's reputation for embracing the wacky is based entirely on one car – the 99 Turbo. Others may point to their earlier, aircraft inspired vehicles, but I prefer to view these as inspirational and visionary in their use of aerodynamics rather than downright crazy. The 99 Turbo was different; it was a front wheel drive car with a turbocharger manufactured at a time when chassis engineers had absolutely no idea how to make them work properly and as a result the driving experience was rather lairy. And despite being around in one shape or form since the late 1960s, the styling still appeared to have been dropped from space.
Saab had a car that was genuinely exciting, interesting and desirable, but rather than move on they favoured evolution over revolution and refined the looks and performance to the point when they became rather too mainstream. And with that unique selling point watered down beyond the point of all recognition, hope was gone.
Maybe at some point down the line, the Saab name will find its way back onto the roads – even if only as a branding exercise for an emerging manufacturer – but for now at least it seems destined to become a ghost of not only Christmas present, but the foreseeable future too.


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Children's products are subject to a set of federal safety rules, called children's product safety rules. Determining how your product is classified enables you to identify correctly the set of children's product safety rules applicable to your product. The law defines a "children's product" as a consumer product designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger.
The Commission passed an interpretative rule with further explanation and examples. Additionally, this page offers a series of frequently asked questions (FAQs) that summarize the rule and provide examples of the differences between children's products and general use products. The bottom half of these FAQs are devoted to certain product-specific examples on areas such as board games, jewelry, and science kits.
The law defines a "children's product" as a consumer product designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger. In determining whether a consumer product is primarily intended for a child 12 years of age or younger, the following factors will be considered:
- A statement by the manufacturer about the intended use of the product, including a label on the product, if such statement is reasonable.
- Whether the product is represented in its packaging, display, promotion, or advertising as appropriate for use by children 12 years of age or younger.
- Whether the product is commonly recognized by consumers as being intended for use by a child 12 years of age or younger.
- The Age Determination Guidelines (pdf) issued by the Commission staff in September 2002, and any successor to such guidelines.
You can find the law in section 108(e) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) (Public Law 110-314), and you can find the Commission's interpretative regulation at 16 CFR part 1200 (pdf).
General use products are consumer products that are not designed or intended primarily for use by children 12 years of age or younger.
Some products may be designed or intended for use by consumers of all ages, including children 12 years old or younger. Such products would be considered "general use products."
If a consumer older than 12 years of age is as likely, or more likely, to interact with a product than a child 12 years of age or younger, then the product would probably be considered a general use product, depending upon how the product is viewed, using all of the four factors above. Products used by children 12 years of age or younger that have a declining appeal for teenagers are likely to be considered children's products.
Determining how your product is classified enables you to identify correctly the set of consumer product safety standards applicable to your product.
Children's products are required to undergo third party testing and to have a written Children's Product Certificate (CPC) demonstrating compliance. Here is the full list of rules requiring the issuance of a CPC.
Certain general use products subject to mandatory consumer product safety rules are required to undergo testing or be subjected to a reasonable testing program and have a written General Certificate of Conformity (GCC) demonstrating compliance. Here is the full list of rules requiring the issuance of a GCC.
Yes. The Commission has provided the example of a pen as a product that is usually intended for consumers older than 12 years of age. Therefore, a pen is generally considered a general use product, even though children 12 years of age or younger may write with the same pen. However, if the same pen is decorated or embellished with certain features that might appeal to a child, such as childish themes or features with play value, then the pen may be considered, but would not necessarily be deemed, a children's product.
Further evaluation would be required, and other factors, such as whether the physical characteristics of the pen (e.g., size and color) and the likelihood that any additional decorations or novelty items associated with the pen would be equally appealing to consumers younger than and older than 12 years of age would be evaluated to determine whether the product was likely designed and intended primarily for children.
For example, a simple ball point pen bearing an elementary school's name, without any other decorations, is likely to appeal to anyone (i.e., students, teachers, parents) associated with the school. A pen with a silly head on the top, not associated with any particular mass media (and not sold in toy stores), may have just as much appeal to adults as children. Pens with puzzle features that allow the user to take them apart and reconfigure the design also are likely to appeal to children and adults alike, but would not likely be considered children's products because they are not primarily intended for children. An expensive gold pen may be used mainly by adults even if it is embellished with a character themed emblem traditionally associated with childhood.
Additional product-specific examples are provided in the interpretative rule and discussed further below.
Products that specifically are not intended for children 12 years of age or younger, for example cigarette lighters, candles, fireworks, and products with child-resistant packaging, are not considered children's products.
No. The Commission will certainly consider any label on the product and what it says about the age of the intended user but such a label is but only one of the factors we will consider. Any label on a product must be reasonably consistent with the expected use patterns for that product.
Your product may be a general use product if it is not designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger. (The Commission considers inclusion of the word primarily in the law to be important and helpful in distinguishing a "general use product" from a "children's product.")
When a child touches or interacts with a product, such as an adult stereo or a television, the product is still considered a general use product because it was not intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger.
No. Children between 9 and 12 years of age have advanced cognitive and motor skills and a greater ability to care for their belongings. Certain products for children of this age may also be suitable, equally likely, or more likely to be as appealing to consumers age 12 and up. Certain products that meet these criteria, depending on the facts and circumstances, may be treated as general use products. Some examples are provided in the Product-Specific FAQs below.
The types of product representations can be expressed (such as product advertising declaring that the product is for use by children 12 years of age or younger) or implied (such as product advertising showing the product being used by young children). These representations may be found in packaging, text, illustrations, or photographs depicting consumers using the product, instructions, assembly manuals, or advertising media used to market the product.
The prominence, conspicuousness, or other emphasis given to each portrayal of a product's uses or intended users on packaging or in advertising media can be weighted differently according to which images or messages are the strongest and most obvious to the consumer at the point of purchase. For example, labeling in large, high contrast letters on the front of a package sends a stronger message than block letters in a small box on the package's side panel.
The Commission may also consider the kind of store (e.g., toy goods or sporting goods) and the in-store physical shelf location, if known, in determining whether a product is designed or primarily intended for children 12 years of age or younger. This analysis is not store-by-store, but it is conducted as a general market analysis.
The Commission decides whether a product is a children's product. The manufacturer, however, has a significant amount of control, through its design, packaging, representations, marketing, and advertising, in influencing how a product would likely be evaluated using the four factors (see the first question above). People who are unsure whether a product is a children's product are urged to err on the side of caution and ensure that the product meets all applicable children's product safety rules. In uncertain situations, you may also contact the Commission's Office of Compliance for a staff ruling on how a product would likely be classified. However, manufacturers should be cautioned that the Commission, as a quasi-judicial body, always retains the power to supersede any staff determination at any time.
In making a determination, the Commission will consider the manufacturer's statement of intended use and will also consider the product's reasonably foreseeable use. A manufacturer is expected to know its product and what a child using the product might reasonably be expected to do with the product.
Yes. For example, decorations with childish themes that invite the use of the product by children 12 years of age or younger may cut across all four factors. The embellishments and decorations, depending on individual circumstances, may be enough to "transform" what would otherwise be a general use product into a children's product.
Additional elements include:
-Small sizing of a product that would make the product uncomfortable for average adults;
-Exaggerated features (large buttons, bright indicators) that simplify the product's use;
-Safety features that are not found on similar products intended for adults;
-Colors commonly associated with childhood (pinks, blues, bright primary colors);
-Decorative motifs commonly associated with childhood (such as animals, insects, small vehicles, alphabets, dolls, clowns, and puppets);
-Features, like cartoons, which do not necessarily enhance the product's utility but contribute to its attractiveness to children 12 years of age or younger; and
-Play value (i.e., features primarily attractive to children 12 years of age or younger that promote interactive exploration and imagination for fanciful purposes, including whimsical activities lacking utility for accomplishing mundane tasks; actions performed for entertainment and amusement).
The more characteristics of this type that a product has, the greater the likelihood exists that the product may be considered to be a children's product.
Generally, yes. The Commission's policy is that a children's product is something "for use" by a child. For example, a toy, a potty seat, an article of clothing, and a backpack are all items that a child "uses" and that would likely be considered children's products, if the product met the four criteria above. In the case of the article of clothing and the backpack, the sizing of the product and the themes and decorations depicted on the products would likely play a part in determining whether the product is a children's product.
However, certain children's products may not necessarily require direct physical interaction to be considered a children's product. For example, products such as infant mobiles, lamps, clocks, and rugs with nursery themes that are designed for children's rooms and that have features designed to appeal to children and that may entice or invite children to use them or physically interact with them, could lead to a determination that a product is a children's product. Consideration of the other four factors must be undertaken as well. A complete analysis of the individual product would be required.
The Commission has clarified that products, such as diaper bags, that are intended to be used with children by the parent or caregiver, are general use products and are not considered children's products. A children's product is one that is intended for use by children. In this example, the diaper itself would be considered a children's product, whereas the diaper bag would not. Products that are for use by children are those with which they will interact or have direct physical contact, such as the diaper itself.
Yes, size is often one of many factors used in determining whether product is a children's product.
Size is particularly relevant in certain product areas, such as sporting equipment, musical instruments, and science equipment, for which children 12 years of age or younger may often use equipment sized for people of all ages. The use of the equipment sized for people of all ages by children 12 years of age or younger does not convert that equipment into a children's product, even in situations where the equipment is specifically marketed or rented to schools and other educational settings for marching bands, science labs, and sporting events.
However, beyond the educational environment, youth-size musical instruments, science equipment, and sporting equipment may lead to a determination that the subject product be considered as a children's product, if it satisfies the other four factors.
Cost may be a factor if the product is very expensive and is unlikely to be provided to a child. However, there is no specific rule on cost, and each case is examined on its own facts.
Adult collectibles, which are distinguished by their relatively high cost, limited production, intricate detail, fragility, and often, placement in a display case, can be distinguished from children's collectibles. Certain model trains that meet the criteria just described are one example of an adult collectible, on which the Commission provided guidance. At the same time, some collectibles are not necessarily high cost items and cost will remain one of several factors the Commission will use to make its determinations.
To assess whether a product is commonly recognized by consumers as being primarily intended for a child, a manufacturer should evaluate the reasonably foreseeable uses of a product to determine how the product will be perceived and used by consumers of that product. Manufacturers could also refer to sales data, market analyses, focus groups, or other marketing studies for their analyses of consumer perceptions of their products.
Yes, the Age Determination Guidelines (pdf) issued by Commission staff in September 2002, were mandated by Congress as one of the four factors for use in determining whether a consumer product is primarily intended for a child 12 years of age or younger.
Age grading is an important task for manufacturers to undertake in order to ensure that their products are safe and developmentally appropriate for the targeted audience. The Guidelines generally describe the characteristics that appeal to children and the activities they are able to perform throughout childhood. Thus, the Guidelines can be used to make age determinations of any product, whether it is a toy or another article intended for use by children. The Guidelines provide information about social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development during childhood, and about specific product categories. This information also applies to many products that are not specifically mentioned in the Guidelines.
Home furnishings and fixtures, like children's furniture sets or children's beanbags, which are designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger, are decorated or embellished with childish themes, are sized for children, have play value, or are marketed to appeal primarily to children, are considered children's products.
However, most home furnishings and fixtures are usually not considered children's products, unless they meet the criteria above. Some examples of general use products in this category-even when these items are found in children's rooms or schools-include: rocking chairs, shelving units, televisions, digital music players, ceiling fans, humidifiers, air purifiers, window curtains, tissue boxes, clothing hooks and racks. This also applies to most seasonal decorations, even if those decorations may appeal to children.
Yes. Jewelry intended for children is sized, themed, and marketed for children. Other factors to consider include: cost, play value, marketing, packaging, promotion, appearance (color, texture, material, and the level of realism), and dexterity required for wearing. Moreover, Commission staff also distinguishes between children's jewelry and toy jewelry using the factors described above. Toy jewelry would be subject to the federal toy safety standard in addition to the requirements for children's products.
Although certain characteristics of adult jewelry may be attractive to children, the level of attraction alone does not transform a piece of general use, adult jewelry into children's jewelry.
The Commission has determined that traditional board and table games, like chess, checkers, backgammon, playing cards, or Chinese checkers are commonly recognized as equally attractive to children and adults because the level of difficulty increases or decreases, depending on the player's skill. Versions of these games, and similar games commonly considered by consumers to appeal to a general audience, are not considered children's products.
However, if a manufacturer adds features to the game or its packaging that make it more attractive to or suitable for children, then the game could be considered a children's product rather than a general use product. Specifically, where a product, such as a board game, exists in junior and regular versions, the junior version likely would be considered a children's product, and the regular version would not. For games with small parts, sharp points and edges, and other similar characteristics for children ages less than 9 years old then the game should be considered a children's product. For games intended for an audience of 9-year-olds and older, please see the prior question on products for children ages 9 to 12 years old.
Generally, CDs and DVDs designed or intended primarily for use by consumers older than 12 years of age are considered general use products.
CDs and DVDs could be considered children's products if applying the four statutory factors leads to such a determination. However, the Commission also recognizes that many CDs and DVDs will be considered general use products even if children 12 years of age or younger find them appealing.
Generally, no. However, such players or devices could be considered children's products if they are embellished or decorated with childish themes, are sized for children, or are marketed to appeal primarily to children.
Using the four-factor analysis set forth above, if it is determined that the "kits" are designed and primarily intended for children 12 years of age or younger, then all elements included in the kit are considered "children's products," and they must comply with the standards. For example, a paper clip, ordinarily a general use item, included in a "magnet kit," would be considered a children's product when it is part of the kit. When manufacturers use component parts or materials not otherwise intended for children and they repurpose those parts or materials as components in their children's products, those manufacturers become responsible for ensuring compliance with children's product safety standards.
Art materials, including art and craft kits, sized, decorated, and marketed to children 12 years of age or younger, such as crayons, finger paints, and modeling clay, would be considered children's products.
Crafting kits and supplies that are not specifically marketed to children 12 years of age or younger likely would be considered products intended for general use.
(All art materials, whether or not designed or intended primarily for children, must comply with the Labeling of Hazardous Art Materials Act (LHAMA), codified at 16 CFR § 1500.14(b)(8), which requires that art materials be properly labeled if they may present a chronic adverse health effect.
Please see our art materials guidance page here: www.cpsc.gov/artmaterials.
The same principles that apply to art materials and crafts apply to books and magazines. The age guidelines provided by librarians, education professionals, and publishers are helpful for this particular class of products.
Yes. The Commission provides the example of a stuffed animal packaged with a candle. While the candle is not a children's product, the stuffed animal might be considered a children's product because the manufacturer should expect that the recipient will likely provide the stuffed animal to a child and use the candle themselves.
This communication has been prepared for general informational purposes only and is based upon the facts and information presented. This communication does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice and has not been reviewed or approved by the Commission, and does not necessarily represent their views. Any views expressed in this communication may be changed or superseded by the Commission.
Children's Products: Rules Requiring Third-Party Testing and a Children's Product Certificate
General Use Products: Rules Requiring Testing and a General Certificate of Conformity
The CPSIA of 2008 authorized a variety of new regulations and testing requirements for children's products and some non-children's products. If you are a manufacturer, importer, distributor, or retailer of consumer goods, all of your products must comply with the CPSIA and other laws enforced by the CPSC.
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For Immediate Release
September 24, 2009
Illinois State Board of Education announces
FY 2011 Budget Hearing in DeKalb
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced today that its Finance and Audit Committee will host a meeting on the FY 2011 Budget at 4 p.m. Thursday,October 1, 2009 at the DeKalb Regional Office of Education in DeKalb. The hearing is the third of a series of budget hearings ISBE will host this fall around the state. The public is invited to attend and those wishing to participate in these hearings may sign-in upon arrival at each location and follow the following procedures:
- Please provide 15 copies of written testimony.
- Please provide cost estimates (including a detailed budget) for programs being discussed.
- Please address how proposed programs relate to the Board's Strategic Plan Goals.
- GOAL 1: Every student will demonstrate academic achievement and be prepared for success after high school.
- GOAL 2: Every student will be supported by highly prepared and effective teachers and school leaders.
- GOAL 3: Every school will offer a safe and healthy learning environment for all students.
The Finance and Audit Committee FY 2011 Budget Hearings will be accessible to persons with disabilities. Persons planning to attend who need special accommodations should contact the Board office no later than the day before the meeting they wish to attend. Contact the Superintendent's office at the State Board of Education, Phone: 217-782-2221; TTY/TDD: 217-782-1900; Fax: 217-785-3972.
Thursday, October 1, 2009 – 4 to 6 p.m. – DeKalb
DeKalb Regional Office of Education
2500 N. Annie Glidden Rd.
Dekalb, Illinois
In addition to the hearing in DeKalb, the ISBE Finance and Audit Committee already hosted a hearing in Champaign and Mt. Vernon and will host additional hearings:
- Monday, October 19, 2009 – 4 to 6 p.m. – Edwards
Two Rivers Professional Development Center
10112 W. Dubois Road,
Edwards, Illinois
- Wednesday, October 21, 2009 – 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Chicago
James R. Thompson Center
Room 16-503
100 W. Randolph
Chicago, Illinois
- Wednesday, October 28, 2009 – 1 to 3 p.m. – Springfield
Crowne Plaza Hotel
3000 S. Dirksen Parkway
Springfield, Illinois
- Thursday, November 5, 2009 – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Wheeling
Community Consolidated School District 21
Board Room
999 W. Dundee Road
Wheeling, Illinois (Enter from East side of building only)
- Wednesday, December. 9, 2009 – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Mundelein
Mundelein School District 75
Lincoln School Multipurpose Room
200 West Maple
Mundelein, Illinois