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As hard as it's been, I have successfully breastfed my baby now for 10 weeks. At 7 weeks I had to go back to work because I did not qualify for FMLA and had all kinds of problems with blocked ducts from not nursing so frequently anymore - but I have overcome that hurdle too, by allowing my LO to nurse while we sleep and learning to hand express before and after each pumping session. So my question has to do with something I noticed this last week when I kept forgetting pieces of my pump and missed pumping sessions until I could get the missing pieces during breaks. When I first returned to work I was pumping 5x a day: before work, 3x during work, and right before I went home, but this last week when I missed the first pumping session, I pumped the same amount (actually more) I would have gotten if I had not missed that session, and then yesterday I was unable to pump until lunch, only pumped 2x (not 5x) and still went home with almost the same amount of milk that I would get if I pumped more frequently.
So, what I am wondering is if I can cut down on my number of pumping sessions if I am still expressing the same amount of milk overall and not have it effect my milk supply? Is my body more responsive to nursing frequency or actual number of ounces extracted when determining how much milk to produce?

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Anqunette Jamison is the news anchor on FOX 2 Morning News. She starts her on-air day at 4:30 a.m. bringing early risers up-to-date and staying on top of developing stories.
Anqunette helped launched FOX25 Morning News in Boston in 2003 and loved being part of the unpredictable format. She joined FOX25 from KVBC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Las Vegas, Nevada where she was weekend anchor and general assignment reporter. Prior to KVBC-TV, Jamison spent four years in "Notre Dame"country where she was a general assignment reporter at WNDU, the NBC affiliate in South Bend, Indiana. Her first job in broadcasting took her to the cornfields and farms of rural Indiana near West Lafayette. While there, she produced the early morning newscasts and reported on stories ranging from Purdue University football to local and state political issues.
Anqunette was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. She's a graduate of Butler University in Indianapolis with a degree in radio-television and journalism. She enjoys speaking at area schools about television reporting and anchoring. Anqunette is also a 'Big Sis' with the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston.
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Favorite story I've covered: As a reporter in Las Vegas, I had the chance to go out with the bureau of land management to round up wild horses that were starving because of a severe drought. At about dawn, we went deep into the desert. All of the reporters and photographers had to hide behind tumble weeds and Joshua trees so the horses couldn't see us. A helicopter was used to steer the horses to an area where cowboys rounded them up. We watched a herd with about 8 mares and one stallion. The mares were all caught. But the stallion couldn't be cornered and trapped. So he galloped off, leaving behind a cloud of dust in the sunshine.
Favorite interview: I had the chance to interview Billy Bob Thornton and I was struck by just how cool he was. He was in Boston doing a circuit promoting a new movie. During a circuit, these stars usually have to talk to about a dozen reporters one on one, in several cities for weeks on end. It's a total grind for them but Billy Bob made it seem that we were just two people having a chat. He liked the color of my suit and then we started talking about how someone gave him an orange shirt that he didn't think he was going to like, but it grew on him. We just really hit it off and I walked away thinking he would be a great guy to have a drink with, but he doesn't drink anymore.
Favorite music: My tastes in music are all over the place. It alternates between jazz, hip hop and a little bit of rap. I usually play Diana Krall, Cyprus Hill, Cyrus Chestnut with Anita Baker, John Legend, 50 cent, Tony Bennett, Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake, Fall Out Boy and Disturbed just to name a few.
Favorite authors: Hal Urban, Patricia Cornwell, John Grisham, Toni Morrison.
Favorite food: Food! I just love all kinds of food. Chicago style deep dish pizza, Thai, fried shrimp from hole in the wall joints in my hometown of Gary, Indiana. But if I must pick a favorite, I'll go with Haagen-Dazs light Carmel cone ice cream. I've learned I cannot keep it in the house. A pint may last me two days. I love it so much I dream about it.
Favorite vacation place: Don't look to me for suggestions for some fancy place. I'm a simple girl. But when I visit friends in Vegas, I love to stay at "The Hotel" at Mandalay Bay. It's their tower of suites. They are fabulous!!!! And if you stay during the week, you can get a pretty good deal. I've run a marathon in Kona, Hawaii and I had a blast riding horses on the beach in the Dominican Republic. But my favorite vacation place is actually home in Indiana. I usually eat too much with my dad, sit around and gossip with my mom, and take my nephews to the beach on Lake Michigan followed by a trip to Chuck E. Cheese. Simple pleasures are the biggest luxuries to me!
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Since 2002, CPSC has received reports of 16 tragic deaths, mostly infants younger than 8 months of age who were placed to sleep on air mattresses: 11 suffocated in a face down position on an air mattress and 5 died due to suffocation after falling into gaps between the mattress and bed frame and mattress and adjacent furniture or wall.
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January 12, 2001
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State Board to Consider Changes to School Waiver Law
The State Board of Education will consider staff recommendations for changes in the stateÆs six-year-old school waiver law at its January 17 and 18 meeting in Chicago. The waiver law allows school districts to seek waivers of rules and regulations, as well as modifications or waivers of school code requirements.
A staff report recommends that the Board seek changes in the waiver law and process in the following areas:
-- Staff found that statutes governing school calendars include a mosaic of provisions that are difficult to understand, implement and monitor, and that have the aggregate effect of allowing school districts to significantly vary the number of days that students are in school. In 1998-99, school districts, by using those statutory provisions, had calendars that ranged from 178 to 132 student attendance days, the report notes.
The report does not propose specific changes to calendar requirements, but suggests that the State Board work with members of the General Assembly who have indicated an interest in this topic. As a starting point for discussions with legislators and the education community, the report notes that a previous study committee made several recommendations, including requiring at least 174 full attendance days.
Holidays - Since the waiver process began, 61 % (546) of the districts in the state have asked for and received waivers to attend school on at least one of the legal holidays specified in the School Code. This report recommends that schools be authorized to hold classes on legal school holidays if students are instructed about the individual or event commemorated. The recommendation would not apply to July 4, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day or New YearÆs Day - holidays for which no waivers have ever been requested. The report also proposes that Good Friday be removed as a school holiday, noting that a federal court ruling in 1995 prohibited the state from recognizing it as such.
The report also recommends that criteria be changed for waivers of School Code mandates. Presently those waivers can only be granted to improve student performance or to stimulate innovation. Modifications of School Code mandates can be granted for those reasons and also ôif the intent of the mandate can be accomplished in a more effective, efficient or economical manner.ö The staff report proposes the addition of this language to waivers of School Code mandates.
Dates of submission for the Cumulative Waiver Report and the Spring Waiver Report should also be changed, according to the report. Recommendations submitted in previous Cumulative Waiver Reports have not been pursued by the General Assembly and part of the reason is the timing. The report is now required near the start of the spring legislative session and the staff recommends the due date be changed to November 1. March 1 should be the due date for the Spring Waiver Report, staff suggests, to ensure that it arrives in time for legislative consideration prior to the earlier planned adjournments.
The recommendations are included in the State BoardÆs 2001 Cumulative Waiver Report, to be submitted to the General Assembly on or before February 1. The report shows that a total of 1,696 waivers or modifications have been approved since the waiver law was enacted. The State Board has approved 1,065 waivers of rules and regulations or modifications of the School Code; the General Assembly has approved 631 waivers of School Code mandates.
A draft copy of the report is available in Board meeting materials on the State BoardÆs website (www.isbe.net) under ôCalendars and Meetingsö for the ôJanuary Board Meeting.ö


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Don't Skip Meals
"When I was young, I tried starvation. I tried purging," Louise Richardson said. But weight loss expert Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom says that's a terrible way to lose weight. Cutting out too much food puts your body into survival mode, which means it actually burns calories more slowly. "That's what happens when people don't eat, your metabolism slows in response to no food. It's your body's response for survival," Dr. Fernstrom said.
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"I had a diet that actually had you drink coffee while you were on that diet," Loretta Rotellini said. Caffeine stimulates the body's nervous system and keeps your brain on track so a few cups of coffee or tea a day can improve your workouts and help burn 100-200 calories a day. But don't go overboard. "It does energize and help with mental focus, but the more you have it, the less well it works," Dr. Fernstrom said.
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"Because I have kids I go for the whole grain stuff," Erik Tomko said. Whole wheat and whole grains fill you up more than white carbs, which are low in nutrients. The more satisfied you feel, the less you eat, and that means your body doesn't have to burn as many calories.
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DS is 4 1/2 mo. old. He currently weighs 10lbs even and is 22 1/2 inches long. DS weighed 6 1/2 ponds at birth and was 18 inches long.
Recently went to 4mo. appt. Doc said babies weight is is worrying him and would like to see him again in 1 months time to see if he has gained. If not he would like for me to start supplementing with formula. He also said I should start cereal right away. He made me feel so inadequate.
I EBF 6-7 times within a 24hr period. He nurses on both sides for about 20 min. each side. I would like to continue this until he reaches 6 months of age and then start introducing solids, however I am worried I am doing something wrong.
My DS seems to be reaching all milestones and is quite a happy little guy...except for the teething part. I have 2 other sons 1 only formula fed ( had so many problems with hospital visits and allergies) I vowed to breastfeed my second and was only able to do so for 1 month, however the little I did made quite a difference. Now with my 3rd I have EBF since birth and would really love to continue. The benefits are countless!
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Senate passes Sanders' VA bill 93 to 3
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a set of comprehensive reforms to the Department of Veteran Affairs, put forward by Sens. Bernard Sanders and John McCain following revelations that thousands of veterans were not being provided timely care.
The Senate passed the bill 93-3 on Wednesday. Republican Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin voted against the bill. Four Senators abstained from voting.
The bill provides money for construction of 26 major medical facilities in 18 states deemed in need of expanded coverage. It also contains $500 million to bring more doctors and nurses into the VA system. The cost of the proposal is estimated at around $2 billion and would be paid for with emergency funds, according to a Sanders spokesman.
Beyond increased funding, the bill would allow the VA secretary to fire or demote high-level employees based on poor performance, though they would have one week to appeal their dismissal.
Another provision would allow veterans to seek care outside the VA if they experience long wait times or if they live more than 40 miles from a VA hospital.
Vermont has one VA medical center in White River Junction, as well as five outpatient clinics scattered throughout the state. Patients at the VA clinics receive care through Telehealth Services, a videoconference system that allows patients to get certain treatments without having to travel to the states singular VA hospital, according to Naaman Horn, a VA spokesman.
If Vermont VA patients request treatment from a community doctor either due to their rural location or for other reasons the Vermont VA currently pays for that treatment, Horn said.
The passage of the bill comes after a number of failed attempts by Sanders to pass similar VA reforms earlier in the Congressional session.
But after a conclusive report from the VA inspector generals office released in May found systemic problems within the agency, politicians on both sides of the aisle called for legislation.
I was disappointed, frankly, that in February we introduced comprehensive veterans legislation that had the support of all of the veterans organizations. It also had the support of every Democrat, but we could only get two Republicans, said Sanders, who chairs the Senate Committee on Veterans Affair. Clearly, we did better today.
The IG report documented the most severe deficiencies at a VA hospital in Phoenix, AZ, where more than 200 veterans waited an average of 115 days for their first appointment.
Following these and other revelations, Eric Shinseki, the VA Secretary, resigned on May 30.
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the mismanagement at the VA, said FBI Director Jame Comey at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday.
In a system-wide VA audit released this week, the White River Junction VA hospital scheduled 98 percent of all appointments within 30 days of the reference date, slightly higher than the national average.
I talk to veterans all over the state of Vermont and what they tell me is that they get very good care, Sanders said. Im not going to say every veteran does, but thats true all over this country.
After being introduced on Monday, the Senate bill moved quickly towards passage, as did the Houses equivalent bill, the Veterans Access to Care Act of 2014, which was also introduced Monday. Rep. Peter Welch voted for the House bill, along with 425 Republican and Democratic colleagues. No one in the House voted against the bill.
The conference process between House and Senate leaders over the contrasting VA bills is expected to begin within the next couple days. Sanders said he hopes a bill will be ready for President Barack Obama to sign by sometime next week.
Sanders called the Senate bill a very good start, but outlined a number of other issues plaguing veterans. He has sponsored 21 bills this session relating to veterans, and stressed the work still needed on other veterans health issues, such as homelessness and hearing loss.
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#125534 - 03/20/04 04:32 PM pantoum
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Here's a truly worthless word:(from poetry glossary)
A poem in a fixed form, consisting of a varying number of 4-line stanzas with lines rhyming alternately; the second and fourth lines of each stanza are repeated to form the first and third lines of the succeeding stanza, with the first and third lines of the first stanza forming the second and fourth of the last stanza, but in reverse order, so that the opening and closing lines of the poem are identical.
Sidelight: The pantoum is derived from the Malayan pantun, which follows the same rhyme and line patterns but differs in some other respects. In the pantun, which is traditionally improvised, the theme or meaning is conveyed in the second two lines of each quatrain, while the first two lines present an image or allusion which may or may not have an obvious connection with the theme.
#125535 - 07/09/04 06:31 PM Re: pantoum
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Loc: British Columbia, Canada
And it was after failing to improvise the pantoum that he invented the pantoumime.
(with insincere apologies and a small, rather sheepish smirk)
#125536 - 07/23/04 09:57 PM Re: pantoum
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It's hardly a useless word. In fact, it becomes essential when a couple or more poets gather and discuss a pantoum written or read by any of those present. I, myself, have written a pantoum or two, and have discussed the pantoums written by my peers and predecessors.
Victor Hugo and Charles Baudelaire found the form interesting enough to produce enough pantoums to start a trend in the nineteenth century.
In recent years, poets Carolyn Kizer and John Ashbery have produced, respectively, "Parent's Pantoum" and "Pantoum".
Perhaps pantoum is an obscure term of art, but in its own little corner of the world, it remains an essential word which performs the function of naming a lively and useful form.
#125537 - 07/24/04 05:45 AM Re: pantoum
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The word is new to me... Welcome, Poeta. Would you please post an example?
#125538 - 07/26/04 10:12 PM Re: pantoum example
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Happy to share. I can't post a poem for which I don't own usage rights. Hugo and Baudelaire wrote in French, most English translations are recent and thus have active copyrights, as do Ashbery's and Kizer's poems. As for websites who have published pantoums, I assume that this website has the same policy any good website has: don't link to other sites without their permission.
Here's how to find a pantoum worth reading: the following search terms yielded good results for me on Google. If you follow one or two of the resulting links, you'll find an example by Hugo. I liked the site by Greg Barta.
poem pantoum "Victor Hugo" translation
Good hunting.
#125539 - 07/27/04 05:56 AM Re: pantoum example
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I assume that this website has the same policy any good website has: don't link to other sites without their permission.
I've never heard that one. Have all the search engines gotten blanket permission to link from every public site on the web?
Or, you could post a French original for which the copyright has expired and either translate it yourself or let one of our French speakers translate it.
Or (I just reread your first post [welcome, BTW]) you could post one of your own. We'll promise not to rip it to shreds.
#125540 - 07/27/04 07:07 AM Re: pantoum example
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Loc: this too shall pass
I assume that this website has the same policy any good website has: don't link to other sites without their permission.
this is patently ridiculous; of the 100s of sites that have linked to wwftd over the years, only a handful have asked my permission.* I doubt that the sort of links that get posted here on almost a daily basis have resulted in much cause for concern at headquarters.
I guess there are darn few "good websites".
*otoh, I've only asked two or three to remove their links for one reason or another.
#125541 - 09/11/04 09:59 AM Re: pantoum example
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Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 6296
Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U...
Stunning. I just read this thread and this is the first time I've ever read about a linking permission issue. Creepy. I certainly hope there's not much to it.
"And it was after failing to improvise the pantoum that he invented the pantoumime."
...and I wonder what the pantoumime horse would look like in this particular case?
#125542 - 02/14/05 07:08 PM Re: pantoumime horse
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Posts: 2154
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
with feet striking alternately; the second and fourth feet of each stride are repeated to form the first and third steps of the succeeding stride, with the first and third steps of the first stride forming the second and fourth of the last stride, but in reverse order
I don't know what a pantoumime horse would look like but it's hellish to ride!
#125543 - 02/22/05 11:26 AM Re: pantoumime horse
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Loc: UK
I found this link which helped a lot:
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Innovation & Improvement
District and School Improvement Plans
Frequently Asked Questions • Submission Dates • Overview of District and School Plans • Resources • Assistance
The Illinois State Board of Education requires all Illinois education districts and schools to organize their educational improvement and technology integration planning through use of electronic Illinois e-Plans. These planning instruments are accessible via interactive templates on the Interactive Illinois Report Card (IIRC) at http://iirc.niu.edu/.
- Illinois Improvement Plans and Resources:
- Resource Manual for Improvement Planning 2010-2011: (Updated 7/10) Compiled resources for developing and refining improvement plans and the Title I District plan.
Use of specific e-Plans is required for some districts and schools according to state and federal regulations. The templates are also beneficial to all districts and schools as planning tools.
Frequently Asked Questions: Improvement Planning 2010-2011(Updated 7/10)
This document addresses questions that relate to the federal and state improvement plan requirements and provides web links to related resources and technical assistance.
Submission Dates for 2010-2011:
NOTE: The initial date that ISBE releases district and school assessment results via the Illinois Web Application Security (IWAS) serves as the official notification of district and school status related to district, school, and restructuring plans.
- June 4, 2010 – ISAT data (elementary and middle schools) released via IWAS
- July 12, 2010 – PSAE data (high schools) released via IWAS
Based on the 2010 data, the timeline for the submission of required improvement plans on the Illinois Interactive Report Card (IIRC) site (http://iirc.niu.edu) follows.
Type of Plan
Time Period
|District Improvement Plan
|A district improvement plan is due if the district report card indicates the district is in academic status and/or the current district improvement plan has expired.
90 days
|School Improvement Plan
|A school improvement plan is due if the school report card indicates the school is in academic status and/or the current school improvement plan has expired. This deadline also applies for single school districts.
135 days
|Restructuring Plan
|District must write restructuring plans for any school listed as AW2, AW3, AW4, or AW5 (see Status Chart) that does not have an ISBE reviewed restructuring plan.
6 months
|Title I District Plan
|All districts requesting Title I federal funding must have an approved Title I District Plan on file at the IIRC. (NCLB Section 1112)
|Title I funds may not be released until the plan is submitted and approved by ISBE.
Overview of Illinois District and School Plans
- District Improvement Plan (DIP)
Submission of this plan is required by state and federal regulations for districts that are in academic status. The plan must cover two fiscal years (e.g. FY 2010 – FY 2012) and must be revised every two years while the district remains in status. The plan requirements also apply to single school districts.
School Improvement Plan (SIP)
Submission of this plan is required by state and federal regulations for schools that are in academic status. A plan must cover two fiscal years (e.g. FY 2010 – FY 2012) and must be revised every two years while the school remains in status.
Restructuring Plan
This plan is required by state and federal regulations for schools that are in federal restructuring status or state academic status level AW2 or beyond. The plan may be a multi-year plan that will be implemented should the school fail to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) again. Districts must develop restructuring plans on behalf of their schools in restructuring planning status.
- Title I District Plan
All school districts receiving Title I federal funding must have an approved Title I District Plan (Local Educational Plan) on file at the Interactive Illinois Report Card (IIRC) prior to receiving Title I funds.
Federal Guidance - LEA and School Improvement Non-Regulatory Guidance (Revised) July 21, 2006
Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education.
Center on Innovation and Improvement
National center provides access to research-based resources on district and school improvement processes.
What Works Clearinghouse
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Services that features educational resources demonstrating what works in education.
National High School Center
National center serves as the central source of information and expertise on high school improvement for the Regional Comprehensive Centers (RCCs).
Presentations to assist district/school personnel develop and refine improvement plans.
- Tips for Improvement Planning: Lessons Learned (webinar)
- Developing School Improvement Plans #101 (Power Point)
- Guidance for Restructuring – Broad Strokes (webinar)
Professional Development Activities – Statewide Listing
Links to professional development offered by the Regional Offices of Education, Intermediate Service Centers, ISBE, IASA, IPA, IASBO, and Illinois ASCD.
- Assistance with Developing or implementing a school or district improvement plan or a restructuring plan:
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For all of us who were opposed to this move, no use in complaining... lets see the glass half full and enjoy the ride.
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As Muslims in Algeria took Americans hostage and killed them, Muslims in the U.S. could care less and will be busy celebrating one of their own, Barack Hussein Obama. On their website they superimposed a minaret over the White House for the big event. It's over an American flag in the Facebook flyer.
The event is sponsored by unindicted co-conspirators to the largest terror financing conviction in U.S. history, Muslim Brotherhood-linked CAIR and ISNA, to name a few. Former Nation of Islam brother and now Muslim Congressman Keith Hakim X. Ellison and Sheila Jackson Lee are honorary co-chairs.
We've been hearing Muslims say for years that the black flag of jihad will be flown over the White House too.
We also have a DC imam entrusted by the Obama administration on video stating he envisions an Islamic North America by 2050.
According to this Muslim inaugural group, 20% of DC is already Muslim:
Muslim Democratic Caucus of DC
The Muslim Democratic Caucus of the District of Columbia was formed in 2008, during the historic election of President Barack Obama. As an organization, it represents the estimated 20% of DC residents who are Muslim or live in a household with a Muslim. During the 2012 elections, the Muslim Democratic Caucus endorsed winning Democratic candidates, raised funds and recruited dozens of volunteers for its endorsed candidates, and mobilized hundreds of votes from our community. According to Islamic tenants, Muslims participating in democratic elections are obligated to vote as a bloc based upon a consensus of the Muslim community.
Another Muslim inaugural event on Monday boasts a who's who of terror-linked, terror and sharia supporting, Muslim Brotherhood connected Muslims and their cohorts in government. There's pictures of past events too, including this one from the 2009 event:
Update: The White House has no problem participating with those who plan to implement sharia in the U.S.:
Gala Update: We're pleased to announce the White House has confirmed its participation in Sunday's Gala. posted yesterday at 8:58am facebook
Just how did less than 1% of the U.S. population get so much influence?
Off topic but related: Rapper Lupe Fiasco thrown offstage during pre-inauguration event after anti-Obama rant [VIDEO]
This isn't the first time the rapper, born Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, has been vocal about his dislike for the president.
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Seniors & taxes
Regarding the 4/29 letter "Runaway Train." What an entitlement attitude regarding senior taxes. I'd like to ask the question: When did the citizens of Michigan decide that the working folks could and would support retired individuals?
I mean let's get real here, seniors don't have to pay any taxes on their Social Security Income and by the time you throw exemptions in, you don't pay any income taxes on the first $40,000 of income.
Compare that to a working couple who are trying to make ends meet. Their first $40,000 in income will cost them at least $1,300 in State income taxes. So in reality, when you compare a retired couple with a $60K income against a working couple with a $60K income, the retired folks will pay around $860 in income taxes and the working couple over $2,100 in income taxes.
Seniors need to quit their whining and pay a share, even if it's not a fair share as demonstrated with the above figures. Yeah, I know you worked hard your whole life and feel you deserve a break, and you probably do, but not on the backs of the rest of the people of the state.
As far as jobs go, in August of 2009 Michigan's unemployment rate stood at 14.2% whereas in March of 2013 it stood at 8.5%, these number speak for themselves.
Pete VanBerlo • Williamsburg
Disaster in Kalkaska
Recently, the Canadian-based Encana corporation filed applications to drill 13 more gas/oil wells in Kalkaska County.
The combined cumulative water estimated to hydraulically fracture these wells is in excess of 327,000,000 gallons. This water would be removed from the Manistee Watershed permanently, because the chemicals added to the water render it too toxic for any future use -- even for more hydraulic fracturing.
Some of this frack fluid will remain underground in the target formation, but between 30 and 70% of it will return to the surface with the hydrocarbons, and will be re-injected into injection disposal wells. That's over 327 million gallons of water gone from the watershed, and between 98.2 and 22.9 million gallons of toxic waste to deal with.
On average, Encana estimates more than 25 million gallons of water needed per well -- this is more than has been used in any other hydraulically fractured gas/oil well in the entire United States.
To put this in perspective, the Village of Kalkaska processes an average of 119,355,000 gallons of water per year, but it doesn't remove that water permanently. Much of it is processed and returned to the water cycle.
One Encana well pad proposes to remove over 132,000,000 gallons -- more than Kalkaska pumps in an entire year -- but it would be taken over a period of 6 to 8 weeks, and then it's gone for good.
Encana proposes to remove most of the water for the new wells within a four-square mile area in Oliver and Excelsior townships from water wells located less than half a mile from the North Branch and/or the main branch of the Manistee River. These water wells interrupt the flow of groundwater to the rivers, and effectively prevent water from reaching them. If enough water fails to reach the rivers, the flow rate and the temperature of the rivers can be affected. If the flow rate lessens and the temperature rises sufficiently, the trout and other cold water fish in the rivers will fail to thrive.
What would Kalkaska be without trout?
If these record-breaking water withdrawals are permitted to occur, the Kalkaska area fishing community, and the businesses that serve that community, may well be finding out in the near future.
Paul Brady • Manistee Watershed Preservation Coalition
Solar & wind benefits
People talk often about what wind turbines and solar panels are about. This is what they are not about -- gas explosions, oil spills, coal mining accidents, using millions of gallons of water laced with chemicals, some of which are carcinogenic.
Solar and wind do not contaminate food or soil. They do not contaminate the air. They are not about huge subsidies to the fossil fuel industries or politicians taking money from the fossil fuel industries.
They are not about injection wells, flowback, compressor stations, well pads, pipelines, earthquakes or long-term damage to the environment.
Michigan needs to be setting up infrastructure for alternative energy -- not hydraulic fracturing. The wind blows, the sun shines. We owe it to future generation to promote clean energy.
Susan L. Wheadon • via email
Fracking giveaway
There is a fracking gas/oil rush in Michigan because the state's DEQ and Office of Oil, Gas and Minerals give multinational energy corporations our fresh water for FREE and our state lands for pennies.
With free water, $18 an acre land leases, and state and federal exemptions to environmental and public safety law, Encana can whistle it's way to the bank with little overhead or accountability. Our Michigan State Forests belong to all the people. They are the public trust and must be protected today and for future generations, not given away for private profit.
Every time a well is fracked, some 20,000,000 gallons of clean, fresh, groundwater is taken from the Earth, poisoned with toxic chemicals, and removed forever from the hydrologic cycle of the Great Lakes. Mushrooms, skinks, brook trout, Kirtland warblers, fox, songbirds and the biodiversity of the forests are impacted and harmed. Our headwater streams, wetlands, ponds, rivers and lakes, and finally the Great Lakes themselves are diminished by this enormous water diversion in the heart of our state.
Thousands of unconventional highvolume slickwater wells are planned for fracking the deep, dense Collinwood/Utica shales. And the drilling, venting, flaring, piping, refining and off-gassing of the gas industry load the atmosphere with CO2, causing more extreme climate change, Great Lakes warming, more evaporation of surface water and diminishing of our clean, wondrous fresh water seas, our Great Lakes.
Some 95% of the freshwater of the U.S. lies in the Great Lakes Basin. We must fight to prevent the diversion, contamination, waste and squandering of our precious water resources for quick profits for oil and gas corporations and revenue for the DEQ Office of Oil, Gas and Minerals.
JoAnne Beemon • Charlevoix
Need fracking moratorium
Michigan citizens have recently been told that we possess a wealth of natural gas, and that the oil and gas industry will respect our environment in it's production.
The advertising campaign promoting "clean" natural gas in Michigan began appearing the same time residents of other states were reporting environmental problems with horizontal hydraulic fracturing, a.k.a. "fracking."
I didn't know much about fracking, but I've seen Michigan wells producing natural gas for decades. Using the internet, I discovered articles, studies, and conversations about fracking, most of which conflict with one another. I attended numerous local conferences and meetings to get answers.
While natural gas burns more cleanly than many hydrocarbons, there's little agreement about using fracking to extract it. Potentially bad news for Michigan is the massive amount of water polluted each time a well is fracked.
Over 90,000,000 gallons of water will be used this spring to frack the newest three Michigan wells, all on state land. A mix of water, sand, and chemicals, such as formaldehyde, benzene, and xylene, will be injected into the wells, fracturing the shale and releasing natural gas. This is referred to as "super" fracking.
Unfortunately for our lakes and streams, this water is not only polluted, but that which comes back up is subsequently trucked to injection wells where it's forced into the earth, never to be recovered. Other issues with fracking include carcinogenic risks, releases of hydrogen sulfide, deforestation, and likelihood of additional ground water contamination.
Michigan's rivers and lakes are the reason people live and vacation here, but our state politicians have given the green light to frack wells on leased state land near the headwaters of the AuSable, Muskegon, and Manistee rivers. When the gas boom ends, Michigan citizens will be left with only scarred earth and polluted water.
After researching fracking and it's consequences, I've taken a stand in calling for a ban of horizontal hydraulic fracturing. Tell our politicians we demand an immediate moratorium on fracking in order to protect and conserve Pure Michigan water.
Glenn Bier • East Jordan
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Two Out Of Three…
In the words of an unattractive, aged 80's pop-rocker named after a sloppy dinner dish, I suppose 2 out of 3 ain't bad. And if you did not get that reference, you are far too young to be reading this…or, sadly, I am far too old… In which case, oh, just shut-up already! Ok, I have had my mid-life crisis for the day…now, on with the baseball…
Kyle Kendrick looked great in yesterday's win, which was a relief to see after the last few worrisome starts. Looks like he's got his groove back. Maybe that pre-season Myers gag about trading him to Japan had a few lasting mental effects? Whatever it was, he appears to be cured now. However, the joke now appears to be on Myers. Brett has not looked at all like himself these last few starts and, according to manager Charlie Manual, "Every time he goes out there, I'm looking to see his good stuff. Today was not his good stuff." He even pointed out that Myers' fastball has dropped in velocity from around 95mph to 89mph, tops. Maybe someone needs to pull a prank on Myers to lighten the mood? Hey, I know…tell him Charlie's hired 80's pop-rocker Meatloaf as an assistant pitching coach, who will not only help him with his fastball, but will perform his lovely and memorable rendition of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" at every home game for the fans! Meatloaf will be up for the prank…I think he may be Charlie's long, lost brother. And you know he would "do anything for love" and I am supposing, anything for his kin… :o)
So, do you see the resemblance, or is it just me?…
In other news, everyone keeps chatting about how Ryan Howard is BACK after hitting that homer yesterday. Well, I hate to be hesitant on that thought, however, he has not had a hit since then. Also, did no one notice that the home run came off a guy who was pitching like a little leaguer? In fact, Mr. Morris was given his outright release by the Pirates today. Yes, that is correct. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200 – you are FIRED! Gone. Soooooo…while I would really be thrilled to see Ryan getting his swing back, I am simply not convinced. Although, if that homer gave him a boost of confidence, then hell, I'll go out there and toss him some pitches! Let's hope he is using his day of tomorrow productively to get his head on straight and comes back out on Tuesday with a new approach.
In the meantime, you all enjoy your Monday…by the way, anyone rooting for the76ers or Flyers? I can tell you, Jimmy Rollins is at the 76ers game right now…just saw him on TV cheering on the boys. Hoping that means his rehab is going well… Well, go Phillies and friends!!
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I just wanted to share. I am so happy My little boy turned a year old on Saturday, and after a little scare he gave me a week ago, he is back to happily nursing. I cannot believe my little boy is a toddler. I cannot believe I am nursing a toddler!
I never though I would make it this far! I thought I would stop at 6 weeks. Then 3 months. Then 6 months. And here we are, today!


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In a wrongful termination lawsuit, the former head of Sands operations in Macau has accused billionaire gambling mogul and Republican supporter Sheldon Adelson of links to organized crime, approving prostitution in his casinos, and making questionable payments to Chinese government officials. Adelson strongly denies any wrongdoing. NBC News' Ian Williams reports.
Updated at 2:51 a.m. ET on Nov. 13: MACAU -- There is a scene in the 1952 black-and-white movie "Macao" where Robert Mitchum is welcomed by a border guard as he enters the then-Portuguese colony. The guard tells him: "It is our fine hope that all visitors to Macau should feel as untroubled here as Adam in the Garden of Eden." To which Mitchum replies gruffly, "'Untroubled' -- that ain't the way I heard it."
While billionaire Sheldon Adelson is no Robert Mitchum, he is now discovering that a city that has been a goldmine for his gaming company can quickly become a source of unwelcome problems.
In the 2012 campaign, Adelson was the Republican Party's biggest contributor -- by some estimates the largest political donor ever. He donated millions to Mitt Romney's campaign -- a political gamble that did not pay off.
Money can't buy happiness, or an election
One side effect, Adelson himself believes, has been to put Macau, the "Casablanca of the East", under sharp scrutiny.
The election may be over, having cost Adelson tens of millions of dollars, but his business activities here continue to face serious allegations of wrongdoing.
'Without casinos, Macau is nothing'
Tiny Macau (population 555,000) has tended to be overshadowed by Hong Kong, its bigger, brasher neighbor an hour's ferry ride away across the mouth of the Pearl River. But over the last few years it has overtaken Las Vegas as the gaming capital of the world, and its revenues are now five times those of Sin City.
"Without casinos, Macau is nothing," a taxi driver said. "Casinos are everything here."
Joao Pinto, the news and program controller at local television station TDM , added: "Casinos are the blood of this city. They are a huge machine printing money, every hour, every minute, every second."
Adelson's Las Vegas Sands owns three vast casinos here, including a gargantuan version of his flagship Las Vegas Venetian.
Paul Ryan meets with Vegas casino mogul as hundreds protest
He was in Macau in April for the opening of the first phase of his latest venture, Sands Cotai Central, which the company has described as "arguably the largest and most ambitious development in the history of the hospitality and gaming industry."
Macau accounts for more than half of Sands' revenues and profits.
Before Macau was returned to China in 1999 after 400 years of Portuguese rule, gaming had been a monopoly run by a Hong Kong-based billionaire named Stanley Ho.
One of the first things the Chinese did was to break that monopoly, and Sands led the charge through the newly opened door, though several U.S. casinos are now here too, including Wynn Resorts and MGM.
Takings before the handover were a paltry $2 billion; last year Macau's casinos took in $33.5 billion.
A different atmosphere - and culture
Most of that is Chinese money. Macau is the only place in China were gambling is legal, and the American gaming companies quickly concluded that the market was potentially enormous.
"Gambling is part of Chinese culture," Pinto said. "It always has been."
But the atmosphere is very different from Las Vegas.
Walk across the vast casino floor of the Venetian in Macau -- the biggest gaming floor in the world -- and there is a hushed intensity, even when it is crowded. The stillness is only punctuated by the occasional cheering of a lucky winner, who will immediately attract a host of followers, looking to emulate his or her luck.
Luck and fatalism play a big role.
"People don't come to Macau to enjoy themselves," David Green, who advises the Macau government on gaming regulation, said. "People seriously see it as a potential way of changing their lives."
Yet most of the action takes place away from the casino floor in what are called "VIP rooms," the private spaces for the really high rollers who account for most the takings and the profits.
How would Pinto, the Macau journalist, define a Chinese VIP?
"People with (a) huge amount of cash, who don't mind gambling it away," he said.
In China, that usually means rich businessmen and government officials -- which are frequently one and the same thing.
PhotoBlog: Macau set to be fastest growing economy
"To my understanding from having monitored the situation carefully, the bulk -- 60 percent -- of the profits of the western casinos appears to be associated with the VIP room operations," said Steve Vickers, who once headed Hong Kong's Criminal Intelligence Bureau and now runs his own corporate intelligence company, Steve Vickers & Associates.
"Macau is a complicated place, a very complicated place," he said.
Part of the reason for that are tight controls -- in theory -- on the amount of money that can be taken out of mainland China, and no official system for collecting gambling debts in the country. Companies known as junkets fill this void, organizing trips to Macau, extending credit and enforcing the collection of debts.
Many of the junkets are reputable companies, but others are heavily influenced by organized Chinese crime groups, the triads.
China's next leaders might curb Macau's fortunes
"I'm not saying that all the junket operators are triad-related," Vickers said. "But I would say that nearly all the Chinese junket operators that I have had a look at, while they may not themselves by owned and controlled by triad societies, have some connection with them. That's the nature of the beast."
Amid the uncertainly ahead of the 1999 handover, Macau was gripped by a triad war, with gangster-like executions and bombings, as rival gangs fought for control of the junket trade and the VIP rooms.
More recently, there has been relative peace, possibly because the size of the economic cake has been growing so fast -- up to 40 per cent a year. (It has showed signs of slowing, however.)
A recent spate of violence has raised fears, as has the expected release from prison later this year of a man knows as "Broken Tooth" Wan, a notorious triad leader who was at the center of the earlier wars.
Complete Asia-Pacific coverage on NBCNews.com
Lurid accusations
Adelson's problems began with the sacking in July 2010 of Steve Jacobs, the head of Sands' Macau operations. He launched an unfair termination lawsuit in October that year, alleging that he was asked to do improper things.
That in turn seems to have triggered in early 2011 the SEC and Justice Department investigations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
As Jacobs' case has ground its way through Nevada courts, his allegations have become increasingly lurid -- claiming that Adelson personally approved a "prostitution strategy" for his casinos, had triad links, and made questionable payments to Chinese government officials. The latter accusation related to the employment by Sands of a well-connected local official.
Adelson has strongly denied the claims.
"When the smoke clears, I am absolutely-- not 100 percent, but 1,000 percent -- positive that there won't be any fire below it," he said at an industry conference last year. He has also described Jacobs' suit as "pure threatening, blackmail and extortion."
Complete World coverage on NBCNews.com
When I contacted Ron Reese, Sands vice president for public relations, he told me that the company takes the SEC and Justice Department investigation very seriously.
"We cooperate fully, but others are exploiting the situation for political or personal gain. We are looking to find a resolution of these issues," he said.
Sen. John McCain hardly helped matters when he suggested in an interview that Adelson's reliance on profits from foreign (and in particular Chinese) casinos provided a route for foreign money to enter the election campaign.
"Obviously, maybe in a roundabout way, foreign money is coming into an American campaign," he told PBS.
Sands clearly feels that in an election year the whole thing has become highly politicized, but that was probably inevitable once Adelson emerged as the Republican Party's biggest contributor.
He is clearly hoping that attention now moves elsewhere and he can continue unhindered with what he believes is a perfectly legitimate business
But there is no doubt that America's most expensive election ever has put tiny Macau under the spotlight like never before.
More world stories from NBC News:
- China's power transfer grinds on amid widespread indifference
- Sweeping child abuse scandal shakes BBC, other UK institutions
- Computer expert spared prison in Vatileaks affair
- West Bank's centuries-old olive harvest tradition under threat
- On Twitter, pope to reach out to new followers
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if itachi tortures youin tsukuyomi like he did on kakashi, no matter how itachi can torture you how he want. who would be able to fight after this?
My dad!
kakashi survived it
sasuke did it twice
without the sharingan, no one can escape tsukuyomi
Another Uchiha with MS/EMS
another uchiha or no one
Yep, only another Uchiha.
Litte note: Itachi went very easy on Kakashi. He let him rest several times (Kakashi fading out several times, only noticable in the Anime) and he "only" stabbed him with a sword, you can imagine that he could have done things that would of been WAY worse.
Kakashi even realised that he could have killed him.
So there really isnt any non-Uchiha who can survive that.
Even perfect Jinchuriki cant escape it, we saw that Sasuke´s weak Tsukuyomi (or regular genjutsu, idk) effected Killer Bee for maybe 3-6 seconds before Hachibi broke the genjutsu. Impossible to break Tsukuyomi in 1sec..
If he wanted to kill Kakashi he would've.
you cannot be killed mentally the worst tsukuyomi can do is turn you to a vegetable for the time being
just a little twist in the fact , and many can survive .
likes of A , BEE , naruto . (depends if the writer comes up with the mood for them to survive )
Everyone, who has strong willpower, can survive it.
I don't think the OP is talking about anime characters...
Can I take it? Anything if I can be with Itachi for the entire duration
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Everyone, who has strong willpower, can survive it.
No one is surviving a mental breakdown. There are no limits in pain Itachi can cause within Tsukuyomi, leaving Kakashi in a hospital for weeks by just stabbing him with swords isn't the maximum of this technique, he could also have killed Kakashi if he wanted.
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Cloning plants is easier than you think
Has this ever happened to you? You go to a garden center, browse the greenhouses and fill your cart with plants that appeal to you in some way. It could be a fancy-colored daylily, a new cultivar of peony or a container filled with Montauk daisies. You plant everything in the garden and watch it grow and thrive and then two or three years later, it dawns on you that you should have bought more than just one and planted them in several spots.
When plants are carried throughout a garden, the technique is called drifting. Creating drifts of a favorite plant doesn't have to mean spending a fortune buying multiples of everything, especially if the identity of that favorite plant isn't even evident until you've actually seen it in the garden.
Some gardeners call it cloning, but most use the term propagation. While propagation is defined as growing more plants either from seed or other methods, gardeners generally use the term to describe making more plants by division or cuttings.
Planting seeds doesn't always produce an exact replica. New cultivars are often hybrids, the result of combining two species of plants to create something new. Saving seeds from a hybrid won't generally result in a likeness of the original plant. Instead, it could be a plant that looks like one of the parents, or even something else altogether.
I've written quite a lot about propagation over the years because some plants do better with one or the other methods of propagation. And some plants can't be propagated with either method reinforcing my oft-given suggestion that a little research about a plant is always nice.
Division is probably the easiest way to create more plants. It takes about three growing seasons for the average perennial to begin to outgrow its space.
Some plants in need of dividing are obvious. The center, which contains the oldest part of the plant, may have died out. If the plant is small, cutting through it with a knife can suffice, but if the plant is large, it means digging up the plant and splitting it with a spade.
Before going to all of this trouble, it's best to know exactly where you plan to put the extras and have their planting holes dug and ready to go. If the divided sections can't be replanted right away or if you plan to share the wealth and give some of the divisions away, they can be temporarily planted in a holding area or container or the rootball can be wrapped in damp newspaper and kept moist until it can go into the ground. Plants can be divided anytime during the season, although its best to wait until after they have finished blooming.
Taking cuttings also is an easy method, although it takes more time to reach the end result. Using a sharp pair of pruners or clippers, cut the stem just below a leaf node or joint. Some plants, such as coleus and African violets can be propagated with leaf cuttings as well as stem cuttings.
Have a container of sterile, soilless mix or compost handy for your cuttings. Using your finger, a pencil or a wooden dowel, poke a hole in the the mixture and insert the cutting about 2 to 4 inches deep. Trim off any leaves that are in the way leaving only the top four or six leaves on the top of the stem. Water the cuttings well, being careful not to dislodge them from the soil. A mist sprayer is best for this.
Once the cuttings are placed, put a few wooden dowels around the edge of the container and cover with clear plastic to create a miniature greenhouse. Keep the cuttings moist. New growth on top usually means roots have formed underneath.
Whenever I make a cutting container, I like to keep an eye on it. Too much moisture, even in sterile soil, can grow mildew and fungal diseases. I take the plastic cover off or pull up one side exposing the cuttings to the outside air for a few hours each day. If the top of the soil begins to dry, mist again with water and re-cover.
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"It's my responsibility. It is the biggest mistake of my whole life," said Raita Fukusaku, more than 4,000 miles away in Saguaro Prison in Arizona.
Fukusaku looked heavier, older, and said he was remorseful for what happened 20 years ago.
"I didn't kill my friend and his mother, but what I did was I didn't stop them and I couldn't save them," he said.
Fukusaku was convicted in the 1994 murders of a famous Japanese psychic and her son.
Kototome Fujita was found shot and beaten in her burned out Ala Moana penthouse.
Her son Goro was found shot in his torched car near the Honolulu Zoo.
Raita Fukusaku was sentenced to 40 years for their murders.
"This is cruel, callous and calculated from its inception the end," said Senior Honolulu Prosecutor Darrell Wong.
At his trial, prosecutors said surveillance video from an elevator at Discovery Bay in Waikiki showed Fukusaku removing Goro's body in a bag.
But years after his double-murder conviction, attorneys have been fighting over whether Fukusaku was the really killer, or an accomplice, whose family was being threatened by the Japanese mafia.
"Don't extract assassin time for what was fall guy behavior," said his attorney Gary Modafferi.
At a minimum sentence hearing on Monday, prosecutors asked to raise the minimum sentence to keep Fukusaku in prison for decades longer.
His defense believed it should be reduced enough, to get him out now, so Fukusaku can return to a family that's already been destroyed.
"Mr. Fukusaku made it very clear that he has great remorse for the loss of his friend and his friend's mother, but he also made it clear he was the intended victim of an essentially organized crime hit," said his attorney Myles Breiner.
"Every single day I think about them. I think about my father. I think about my 82-year-old mother who lost everything, her home, her house, and the only thing she has is myself," said Fukusaku.
City prosecutors have been frustrated by a previous deal with the attorney general that prevents the parole board from raising Fukusaku's minimum sentence.
But the Hawaii Paroling Authority does have the authority to reduce his minimum sentence.
If they do, Fukusaku could be paroled within a few months.
Chair Bert Matsuoka said the board will mail Fukusaku their decision in two weeks.


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Updated 12.16.2010, 4:10 PST: Sorry, the video has been pulled by YouTube. According to my old college pal, internet historian Jason Scott, when a new technology is introduced to the public, three kinds of stories are written in "The Media." Here they are, in order:
- "Hey, look at this New Thing!"
- "The New Thing can hurt you."
The Kinect has just entered phase two. Shady seeming developer ThriXXX Software, maker of 3D SexVilla 2, has developed a Kinect-powered sex simulator by adding support for Microsoft's control system to its line of 3DSex games. You can't play these games on your 360 right now, and you probably won't ever be able to, but if you're using your Kinect on your Windows 7 machine, it should work when it's released in 2011.
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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan - A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot dead one soldier from the NATO-led force in Helmand in the country's south, where mostly British and U.S. troops are based, officials said on Tuesday.
At least 63 NATO-led personnel were killed in 47 insider attacks across Afghanistan last year, far more than previous years, eroding trust between Afghan soldiers and their foreign counterparts as the coalition plans to withdraw most of its troops by the end of 2014.
In the latest attack, in Helmand's Gereshk district on Monday evening, a British soldier was killed and six more British soldiers wounded, police officials in Helmand told Reuters.
NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed in a statement that one of its personnel was killed by a man in an Afghan National Army uniform, but did not disclose the soldier's nationality.
More world stories from NBC News:
- Detained American, Internet freedom on agenda as Google boss visits North Korea
- Video: Police say paramilitary group 'orchestrating' Belfast violence
- India gang-rape case: Accused duo offer to testify against others
- Chinese protest outside newspaper gates in rare censorship demo
- Cat caught smuggling contraband into Brazil prison
- US drone strikes kill at least 18 Pakistani militants, sources tell NBC
- Assad gives defiant speech as Syrian rebels edge closer to Damascus
- Chavez ally re-elected, cementing position as possible caretaker president
- ANALYSIS: Is peace really in the air in Afghanistan?
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Yesterday was the last day of Listening Project recording, and now I've got about 15 cassette tapes! I knew my fears were unfounded, but as a friend of mine said today, "it's the curse of academia." You never know if you (or anyone else) will make the deadline. I have clandestinely kept a photobooth diary of my feelings: every time I received something for the Listening Project (tapes, tape recorders, recordings…), I'd snap a little photo of myself with said item(s). So, for your viewing pleasure, a triptych of emotion:
In other news, I've already received some emails and notes from people who didn't make the deadline but still want to participate. SO, to accommodate you slackers (it's a term of endearment), I've decided to leave the Humanities Center tape recorder out for a little bit longer. All the materials you need are available in the office (and I may create some kind of basket outside the office to make the process even more convenient)… don't forget to sign the recording release form!
And of course, a BIG thank you to everyone who has already participated. I cannot wait to hear what you have to say.


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'Manhunt' Author Reviews Navy SEAL's 'No Easy Day'
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Originally published on August 30, 2012 3:09 pm
Matt Bissonnette wrote No Easy Day under the pseudonym Mark Owen. He has drawn criticism for publishing details of the Osama bin Laden mission without Pentagon approval. Peter Bergen, author of Manhunt, says this account of the raid fits almost exactly with his understanding of the operation.


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Dorothy is a young girl who lives on a Kansas farm with her Uncle Henry, Aunt Em, and little dog Toto. One day the farmhouse, with Dorothy inside, is caught up in a tornado and deposited in a field in the country of the Munchkins. The falling house kills the Wicked Witch of the East.
Thanks, vermontcathy! I have downloaded the feedbooks version but plan to purchase the Eltanin edition soon.
You probably won't find a free version with images since it is so much work to format them. I'm the Editor-in-chief of Eltanin Publishing, and we currently have fully illustrated versions of Marvelous Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz (the 2nd and 3rd books). We will soon have Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble - DRM-free. Just go to either store's website and search on "Eltanin Publishing". I love feedbooks, but it's true, most don't have images.
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I thought it would be appropriate to introduce our readers to a world that was completely foreign to me a month ago – designer toys. It was late June and we were putting the finishing touches on our 2010 program. Just a few hours before we planned on notifying the selected filmmakers, a lonely envelope […]


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Can history be preserved while encouraging new uses for old spaces?
That's the question before the city of Woodstock as it tries to determine the next chapter for the Old Courthouse on the Square.
The building, which was opened in 1858, was used by the county until the 1970s, when county government was moved to Route 47 and Ware Road. The structure then was sold to private investors.
It was designed by famed architect John Mills Van Osdel, who also is responsible for Rush Medical Center and The Palmer House in Chicago.
In January, the city, which now owns the property, put out a request for proposals, asking potential buyers to include budget and restoration plans for the site.
The idea is to maintain as much of the character of the building as is possible.
I started thinking about the Old Courthouse again after I toured the Starline Factory in Harvard for a recent article.
If you haven't had a chance to see the things owner Orrin Kinney has been able to do with that old building, you really should go out there.
The Starline, which was built in the 1880s by Henry L. Ferris and business partners Charles E. Hunt and Nathan B. Helm, began as a manufacturing facility for farm equipment and the like.
Kinney bought the 278,000-square-foot building at auction in the 1990s. The roof had caved in, and it was in desperate need of repairs.
Little by little, though, the place has been transformed.
Of course, a little serendipity along the way hasn't hurt, either.
The space now hosts wedding and events, something that wasn't in the original plans.
That changed, however, when the great-great-granddaughter of the Starline's founder, Henry Ferris, approached Kinney about having her wedding at the building in 2010.
Kinney and his crew went to work to make that happen, and the work went down to the wire, Kinney told me.
"That night, when I walked in and took a look at the wedding, I was blown away," Kinney said.
And no doubt even more brides since then have said the same thing about the Starline and the Ferris Room, which can accommodate 500 guests.
The Starline also has become an arts destination, hosting Fourth Friday events, as well as the annual Art of the Land fundraiser for The Land Conservancy of McHenry County. It also is home to artist studios and small offices.
A lot of vision and a little luck has turned Harvard history into something vibrant for the future.
Crystal Lake knows all about that, too. Remember the drive in 2002 that led to the purchase of the Dole Mansion?
Today, the Lakeside Legacy Arts Park also is a destination for the arts, with events such as First Fridays and concerts in The Listening Room. The park is home to artist studios, too.
Is that the course the Old Courthouse will take? That's a question for the new owners to answer. For now, the possibilities are endless.
Creativity and a desire to preserve the past has worked before in McHenry County.
I certainly hope it can again.
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posters, and a listCasey Londergan | February 22, 2010
The afternoon poster sessions are one of the best things about the Biophysical Society meeting. On Sunday afternoon, Kate presented her poster, which details her results on using our vibrational probe in the animicrobial peptide CM15. While standing in front of her poster, she talked to several of the real, actual world experts on this sort of thing (see below). For an undergraduate to have this experience several months before her senior thesis is over can be transformative and invaluable (maybe not so transformative for Kate since she is already a convert, heading to grad school, etc.). The society facilitates this by scheduling almost nothing besides posters during the early afternoon, and since all of the posters are in one big room, the "family" atmosphere really makes it possible for anyone, undergraduates included, to carry on a high-level scientific conversation with people who really know what they are talking about.
So here are my reasons why the Biophysical Society meeting is a great one for undergraduates:
- the poster sessions (see above)
- the size of the meeting: just big enough that there is always more than you know, just small enough that you can actually locate people
- the interdisciplinarity: no getting stuck in artificial departmental boundaries at this meeting.
- the posters!
- the internationality of the meeting (see next post)


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I am new to these forums and searched to find the right place to ask this question and I hope this is ok.
I successfully breastfed my son for 28.5 months. I had a great supply, even a bit of an oversupply and never had any issues beyond the first couple weeks of pain when he was learning to latch properly.
I weaned very gradually and never had pain from weaning or any issues there either. However, now it is 6 months later and I am finding that I am still getting what I can only assume are dried milk "scabs" on my nipples. I have picked them off on occasion, but sometimes they don't all come off/out. I am mostly concerned about this because I am now almost 17 weeks pregnant with my second child and I am worried this is going to cause issues with breastfeeding that child.
I don't really have any pain with the "scabs" so I never assumed mastitis or anything like that. My nipples are a bit sore after I pick them off, but nothing that doesn't go away within a day or so. I assume because I am picking so much at them and pulling on the skin. Now though that I am pregnant my nipples are tender/sore but I still don't believe it to be from the "scabs" at all.
I am worried that the pieces that wont come out of the ducts/pores or whatever are clogged and that it is going to inhibit the flow of colostrum when it is time to bf again. Or that once my body is actually trying to produce milk again it might turn into something like mastitis.
I started leaking very early on in my first pregnancy, and I am wondering if I should be this time again and that maybe the clogged parts are not allowing that to happen. Is it possible that I was still producing small amounts of milk that were drying up and plugging things up only to be replaced by leaking for this new pregnancy? Should it be plugging up like this though?
Should I be trying to unplug/remove the "scabs"? I don't want to stimulate my nipples to the point that it causes any early labor or whatever. But at the same time it's hard to leave it alone since when it's scabbed over it is very rough and annoying when it brushes up on things.
I know I have given a lot of information, and I thank you for reading it. I just hope someone can shed some light on my situation for me!


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Someone finally took the whammy off Cole Hamels. And it is about time! Hamels made his comeback tonight from the elbow injury, the shoulder injury and finally, the ankle injury; he got through 6 innings allowing only 2 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks. I guess my protective bubble worked for him :O) Hamels can now breathe a huge sigh of relief! Whew!
The sad news today is that Shane Victorino ended his 16-game hit streak, going 0 for 5. :O( But all the other position starters had a hit in the game, so it's all good. Jayson Werth knocked in 2 runs in the 3rd inning on a home run. Chase Utley and Chris Coste also blasted homers in the game; Utley's went into the 2nd deck of right centerfield. A few Braves errors helped out the scoring early on as well.
Brad Lidge had a rough 9th inning, but lucky for the Phils, he had a 7 run pad to work with. Lidge started the inning with a walk, a double and then a 3-run homer. After he got that insanity out of his system though, he buckled down and got the 3 outs needed to end the game. Phillies win, 10-6.
But the real excitement of the game came in the 4th inning when a fan ran onto the field to high-five Pedro Feliz. Personally, I'd have jumped Utley, but that's just me :O) The chase was not shown on TV, like usual, but we were entertained by the giggling of Chipper Jones and Ryan Howard as they watched the events unfold. Eventually, the fan was run down and taken away…probably to the funny farm and the people in the funny white coats :O)
I don't know about you, but if I watch that puppet any longer, they are going to have to come take me away…
So on to the next game! Phillies-Braves tomorrow afternoon, 3:40pm with Joe Blanton pitching. And as usual, don't forget to go on-line and VOTE for your All-Stars! Do it, or I'll send the men in the funny white coats to come getcha! ;O)
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I love the protective bubble you have around Hamels. Some of the Red Sox may need it too… especially Dice-K.
Okay – the video was too funny (and my youngest son is currently watching Monty Python so I think the men in the white jackets are coming!) And I'm glad the bubble worked!
I know there's a good reason why they don't show fans running onto the field. I really get it. But I have to admit there are times when I'd like to see what's going on!
WHAT!?! Victorino didn't get a hit!?!?! I'm floored. That guy has been crazy good as of late.
Cole Hamels is just going through that stigma right now where people who have had success tend to get beat up a bit before they adjust and begin their usual dominance.
The guy might have been pressing a bit to get back to his 2008 form after that late Spring injury and is settling into a routine finally that is productive.
He is one of the guy on your pitching staff I did not worry about, he has the stuff and will again be the man.
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