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A recent survey by the National Golf Foundation showed public golf courses are in financial trouble, with fewer people hitting the links these days. Hawaii's municipal courses appear to be no different.
The study that looked at 1,500 public golf courses across the United States didn't have promising results.
The report predicted 150 public courses will close every year until the number of players reached equilibrium with the number of golf courses.
Fortunately for golfers in Honolulu, there doesn't appear to be that risk of losing any places to play.
The National Golf Foundation study said that the number of golfers has risen only 16 percent since 1990, while the number of courses increased 24 percent.
That means there's a lot more places to play. Not a bad thing, except that at public courses nationwide including Honolulu, fewer people are hitting the links.
The city said it averages just under 44,000 players per month. In the last fiscal year, there was about a 5 percent decrease in the number of rounds played.
With an operating budget for the city's six municipal golf courses around $8.5 million, every player counts.
"We've been able to maintain it. We haven't been challenged to make deep cuts and our staff is just doing a wonderful job," said Sidney Quintal, city director of Enterprise Services.
The city said despite furloughs and budget challenges, it's been able to keep the courses open seven days a week.
But players at Ala Wai, one of the world's busiest golf courses, said they've seen a difference on the course.
"We've noticed that the play on the public courses have slowed down a bit. I'm not sure what it's attributed to. Maybe it's the increase in fees or maybe because it's football season," said Fred Iwamura, who just finished nine hole at Ala Wai.
Fees that went up at public courses starting July 1, 2010, is what Ala Wai Pro shop clerk Boya Fulkerson believes is behind the fewer golfers on the greens these days.
"I think what you're seeing is the result of the economy as well as the semi-private courses lowering their prices," said Fulkerson.
Unlike much of the mainland, Hawaii's year-round golfing climate is good for public courses, along with the good deal for kamaaina.
"On the weekends we always play municipal courses because we don't have money," said Ala Wai golfer Peter Nagata with a laugh.
Despite the National Golf Foundation report, the city said it has no plans to close any public courses at this time.


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Paint.net sucks
Gimp 2.6 meh.
Adobe Photoshop CS 3
Photoshop CS4 Portable.
PS CS4 & Macromedia Flash MX
ps cs 2 , grimp 2.6 ( but i dont really know how to use it :S ) and paint.net ( it DO suck )
Gimp 2.6.7 (I think)
Photoshop CS2
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4
Corel Painter 11
Gimp 2.6
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Im still learning how to use Photoshop
Me Too!
i got my hands on Photoshop CS4. Didn't pay for it but so far it's pretty amazing. Although i forgot how to do everything lol.
I used PS Elements 6.0 because it went with my tablet but I don�t like it much...some essential things from the full PS are missing...
I recently got PS CS3 and I�m so very happy with it, now I don�t have to use Gimp (2.0) for making linearts...tho Gimp sure has some nice brushes it�s just too circuitous for me.
My very favorite program is SAI, it�s simple and quick to use and has just the right brushes (e.g. water) I need for my favorite coloring style...sadly I don�t have the money to buy it =(
ps cs5 and SAI for coloring
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Photoshop CS 5
Animation Shop 3
Photoshop CS4 and Illustrator CS3
Photoshop CS5 and Illustrator CS5 <- still learning :3
Photoshop CS3
Flash CS3
InDesign CS3
and on the odd occasion i'll use Illustrator CS3
You'll never know
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Runs on a old PC but it has a lot of RAM so I guess it evens out~
Ps cs4 :/
ps cs4 ~.~
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I've done nothing wrong to hand over my keys, and I definitely won't step down because you made a mistake you can't take responsibility for and want to put your mess on my hands. Which is always the case, metrocard has the bad guy rep so maybe I'll get away with accusing him of this. Well, you lost your cool and lost your squad. Good job.
You would actually have credibility to your words, like I said if the facts didn't go against you. Vetoing reasonable trades and accusing me of cheating of Tim Duncan benching for CHRIS Johnson when Yahoo allowed me to do it hours before Johnson's and Duncan's game. Doesn't make any sense. You're reaching too far for nothing.
Therefor, your consideration is ignored and holds no value and I wouldn't even considerate it not because of pride, because you have no reason here and you made a blunder you've taken no responsibility for.
I've made my mistakes and I've admitted them, but it's been a powerful season so far, and I'll take some credit for that for making this league deeper and creating 4 divisions to spice up the playoff run. I just try my best to make this league fun. You can ignore the good and focus on the bad, I don't care man. Live your life negatively, it won't bother me. Use meaningless psychology and assume I have this chip on my shoulder, it won't really change anything. I'm still going to be myself, commish the league, leap over teams and be the Coquis. Positive or negative criticism doesn't affect, I am open to discussing them and I don't hold any stubborn views because I've been open to every suggestion by every member of this league. But if the suggestion is unreasonable, then it's sensible for me to object.
You're the least sharpest here right now which is why you lost your team over being a jackass. You jump to conclusions and look really stupid in the end of all them where your silly notions can't be defended.
Don't let take it personal, be a man and let this go. It's not a big deal. You're putting too much attention onto me now, makes you look revengeful.
My mod history has no relevance to this.
You're a dude who lacks responsibility and integrity, before you talk about me go fix yourself. Not once you took responsibility of the blunders you've made, that shows a lot of stubborn and jackassness. Seems like you're talking about yourself in your post with growing up and being dull. It seems like you hate yourself.
ugh. time to move this conversation to the CONGRATS METRO thread.
it's just a game fellas. can't we all just get along?
what's done is done, let's move on.
at least Knicks got some payback tonite.
all my Boston Bruisers took giant turds in their panties. tough sh*t! haha!
may we have a momment of silence for Gangnam Style's manager?
So who is Displacers? Is he a dude from the forum?
Man, smokes I just looked at your PG rotation, it looks sick.
As we enter the weekend of fantasy there's a ton of interesting games happening around the league.
New guy NY_Swagger giving me a run for my money, hoping to build a strong enough cushion to hold out for the weekend. NY_Swagger needs to bring his swagger to this thread. Yes I'm calling you out son.
HOTMICE giving it to the Coqs hard... Coquis with huge slip up leaving high flying Hawk Kyle Korver on the bench for 61 points! The HOTMICE will also be hoping to hold on for a sweet victory and a nice upset!
That's Amar'e getting a solid beating from p0nder, solid job by the steady p0nder team.
New dude Blob City destroying the battered DemPiffCityAllstars. A team with such enormous potential just got ravaged
Watermelon with the upset victory in the bag over Multiple Scorgasms suffering squad, even the five games of CP3 wouldn't have saved this game. Watermelon red hot right now.
New Jack City with a decent cushion hoping to keep the pressure on the Brooklyn division rivals.
R'Dam Wharfies looking to add to a solid run of games, even with the injury to Deng he takes a solid lead into a weekend with a better schedule. Slight upset victory on the cards here.
Soupastars and Killorbekilled surprisingly close matchup, definitely gonna be a good one to watch over the next couple of days.
In other news around the league, Jrue Holiday makes his move across to Coquis with Rubio and OJ Mayo departing. He will be hoping for immediate impact from Jrue and new addition Pablo Prigioni to try to thwart HOTMICE's hot team!
And in breaking news a blockbuster trade has been agreed upon between The Beef Helmets and Blob City! The Beef Helmets adding to their injury addled bench with Derrick Rose. Blob City beefing up his roster with several solid players looking to build upon a solid week this week and get a win streak going heading towards the playoffs!
Beef Helmets send: Vasquez, JJ Hickson, Bledsoe, Fields, Biyombo
Blob City send: Rose, David Lee, Alonzo Gee, Ed Davis, Speights
@Johnny: what's wrong with some of your ballers this week? I see some guys can't get you more than 4-5 FPs.


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I've searched the pages of LLLI for the answer but didn't see it...can you move breastmilk from the fridge to the freezer?
For example, I have a pumped bottle of milk that has been in the fridge for 7 days (I've been off work since last week). In attempt to save it, can I freeze it now, or must you strictly put milk straight into the freezer right away if you're going to freeze it?
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Historic Jamestowne and Jamestown Settlement will mark the 410th anniversary of the founding of America's first permanent English settlement on Saturday, May 14, with interpretive programs on Powhatan and English interactions, military and maritime displays, family-friendly tours and activities, and traditional music and entertainment. The annual commemorative event features Historic Jamestowne's ongoing archaeological discoveries of the 1607 fort and one of Jamestown Settlement's re-created ships sailing in the James River.
"Jamestown Day" is jointly sponsored by Historic Jamestowne, site of the original 1607 settlement jointly administered by the National Park Service and Jamestown Rediscovery (on behalf of Preservation Virginia), and Jamestown Settlement, a living-history museum of 17th-century Virginia administered by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.
Separate site admission: Jamestown Settlement is $17.00 for adults and $8.00 (ages 6-12); Historic Jamestowne is $14.00 adults (ages 16 and older). A four-site value ticket for Historic Jamestowne, Jamestown Settlement, Yorktown Battlefield and the Yorktown Victory Center is available for purchase at Jamestown Settlement and American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Parking is free.
For more information about Jamestown Settlement, call (888) 593-4682 toll-free or visit www.historyisfun.org. For information about Historic Jamestowne, call (757) 229-4997 or (757) 898-2410 or visit www.historicjamestowne.org or www.nps.gov/colo.
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Were you using a steri cup? if so what was the psi you were using to filter?
Anyone have any issues with filtering NPP? just went through 3 Millipore filters with nothing to show for it.....
(Product was warm so it would filter easier the filters specs are max 50?c and it was below that.)
Were you using a steri cup? if so what was the psi you were using to filter?
All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
What is the membrane made out of... My guess is you're using the wrong type... A hydrophobic membrane will not allow product to filter.
Recommended membranes are PES, PVDF, PTFE...
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It was a pes membrame and the psi I didnt even make it to 5 each time before they broke, id just filtered 500mls of test prop via 2 of the filters before trying the npp which worked without any issues
What was the recipe, what oil did you use, how many mg/ml. WHere is the powder from? I just filtered a 240/120 Test C/Npp brew about 2 hours ago. It was slower than usual but hey it was 360mg/ml. What broke when you tried to pump up the psi? Npp is just a powder with an ester and displacement you dissolve in solvents. No different from any other AAS.
I just used basskillers calculator to make 500mls at 100mg. Powders from china Ive used it before test e, eq, test p all worked fine had a few filters crack but learnt to keep the psi around 5-6. The paper membrane broke within 20 seconds
Probably a shitty filter. NPP runs through PES filter at 50% EO for me very easily. Also at 150mg/ml.
I ordered some more filters will have to wait and see.
PES filters are incompatible with Benzyl Benzoate. Use nylon or PVDF
Source: http://www.nationalscientific.com/su...Comp-Chart.pdf
So my nylon membrane nalgene filters arrived yesterday, had no dramas filtering eq, test e, tren a but the npp has broken 2 already my technique is identical to the others keep the psi low same bb/ba ratios. Wtf?
That is weird man. I just tried to filter some 150mg/ml test prop today and the receiver cracked at 25psi. Then I had a spare and the filter just blew right around 35. Fucking garbage cellulose nitrate filters. I've had some cellulose acetate filters up to 70psi with a pyrex bedia bottle. I just bought some Surfactant-Free Cellulose Acetate filters. They are supposed to be better even. Durable? I will find out. I just bought some corning .45 syringe filter steriles just to get by in emergency. For like a buck a piece. I am wasting a lot of money on these bottle filter systems.
Yeah the watmans are reliable but I hate sitting there squeezing them, im using the .22um size filters so it sterilizes the gear instead of having to bake it and damage the hormone. Just had 1 break at 3-4 psi


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So, she contacted Victor Ramos, one of the assistant principals, and explained her concept. Ramos then asked construction technology teacher Agapito Garcia to inspect the area and design something. Roy Galvan was also consulted and was instrumental in the financing of the project. Lynn Harrison and Michael Carranco helped with material delivery.
Garcia drew some sketches and presented them to Ramos and Massengale. They accepted the designs and all of Garcia's students got involved. They began clearing the terrain and built the patio deck first.
Then the Pergola 1 deck followed. Next was Pergola 2 deck. The next deck, Garcia calls the L-Bench. After these were built, the students put up deck walkways to connect all of them. All have sunscreens made from 1 1/2-inch treated strips of pine.
Garcia has found a stopping point, and in September his classes will return and complete the project. Phase two will be to add defined areas with cedar and add black mulch. Then, planter boxes will circle the trees with red mulch to define them.
The L-bench will get supports, and a backrest will be added. Planter boxes in raccoon shapes will also be an addition. Massengale has a raccoon story to go with these.
The goal is for teachers to take their classes and enjoy reading out in the natural light, JHS staff members said.
The students also plan to enter their project in the Skills USA competition, which will give JHS students exposure on the state and national levels.
Students involved in this project included Victor Arellano, Damian Aparaicio Dominic Aparaicio, Ryan Brumley, Marcus Cano, Jose Delgado, Izaac Ellis, Prinston Garcia, Frank Garza, Jesse Garza, Noah Garza, Adrian Gonzales, Dallin Giron, Christopher Gonzales, Willie Guerra, Jonathan Gutierrez, Carlos Guzman, Michael Harms, William Hinojosa, Christian Hernandez, Efren Ibarra, Brent Koenig, Ricky Martin, Jason Martinez, Manley Pace, Justin Rendon, Joshua Salazar, Eloy Vasquez, Angel Perez, Jerry Rodriguez, Josue Sanchez and Mark Vaughn.


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Living the simple life; A house built for one
An interview with "J" by ISABEL BRAVERMAN
"Imagine no possessions; I wonder if you can"
A house that is 10 by 12 feet sits on a piece of land near the Delaware River. Could you do it? Could you live in such a tiny house? That is what J is doing, living in a small dwelling that she renovated and moved on to her land. With the house she moved all her belongings, and soon realized that in order to live in a tiny house you have to downsize.
The idea to live there was inspired by someone she was working for, who lived in a tiny house and had others on her property. J fixed them up and decorated them, and realized she could live in a tiny house too. She said, "You don't need all of these things that the world says you need." So what do you need? How do you give up your possessions? Read the interview with J below.
Q: Tell me about the house
A: When you walk in there's a wood stove and a little kitchenette, and then my bed and then a desk. The peak is ten foot high. It's shaped like a barn, with a half-octagonal roof. There's actually a lot of unused space there, but it works out. I put windows in it, and I need to put more windows in it. I had a porch built on the front of it with a roof and recently closed that in. Now that's my little studio where I can sew and create and make things. The way I look at this project is it can be slow moving, because I want to spend the rest of my life there. It doesn't have to be perfect right away.
Q: How did you learn about building and renovating?
A: Oh, I didn't; I just did it. I learned by doing. Growing up in my bedroom and always being in that one room in that small square footage, I was always rearranging and putting up a shelf or doing those things. It was something that I just did. Now, a drill is my third hand. I'm always fixing up something.
Q: Did living in such a small space take any getting used to?
A: It was something you would think would be really hard to adjust to. For some reason, it wasn't. I started staying there in the winter. It was September that I got the dwelling on to the property, so I had to finish renovating and it's getting cold, it's fall, next thing you know November rolls around then December, and I'm in there in hard core winter time, freezing. I had electricity running to the property. At the time I didn't have the wood stove yet. It was so drafty in there, icicles and stuff.
But, I did adjust perfectly fine. It was like no big deal to me. It was just, 'this is what I'm doing now.'


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The Case of the Missing IronMonday, August 22nd, 2011 by Martin Richard
I finished my work in the lab a couple of weeks ago and definitely enjoyed my time there learning about the applications of chemistry into the field of geology. However, I haven't been too good about posting, as I've had this post drafted for several weeks now. So here it is.
Recently, you may have seen that the fine folks at the Haverford Communications department wrote an article about my internship and I'm going to talk about the sequential iron extraction that was mentioned in the article.
In the Sequential Iron Extraction, we are separating the iron by what mineral phase it is a part of. This allows us to see how much highly-reactive iron (reduced Fe 2+) is present. The ratio of this to the total amount of iron present in the samples, iron tells us whether the ocean was oxic (high in oxygen, like present day) or anoxic. If the ratio is below 0.38, then it is oxic.
If it is anoxic, there are two possible conditions, being euxinic (high in sulfur, similar to the Black Sea today) or ferruginous(iron rich). In this case, we take a ratio of iron as pyrite to highly-reactive iron. We get the amount of pyritic iron from CRS (described in my previous post). If the ratio is below 0.8, then it is ferruginous, which is what we believe data is indicating right now, but we do not have the information about whether it is oxic/anoxic.
This sequential iron extraction has led to "The Case of the Missing Iron", a tale with a mysterious disappearance of iron from some samples, which is now nowhere to be found.
The extraction method was developed in Simon Poulton's lab and published in a 2004 paper. There is a specific sequence in which the steps need to be done because later steps also remove the iron associated with the earlier steps. Both Dave and JC, a graduate student in the lab, have run standards in the Poulton lab.
In the procedure, the acetate extraction, requires that it be in a heated water bath, which requires a lot of set-up. Ben Gill, my advisor, had run his own samples to determine if he could just have the samples be spun on a rotator, and found no significant difference. However, Ben, was given the standards to run in Dave's lab, and was extracting less iron in the acetate step than what Dave and JC had found, even after attempting different methods. Another twist in this tale is that Ben got the same results for the last two steps, meaning that there is some "missing iron" out there. We would usually expect to see the same total amount extracted, with the "missing iron" appearing in a later step.


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Does anybody do parkour or freerunning and lives around DFW or Denton?
Well running is free... :shrug:
Jokes aside, I don't actually, I lost interest in it
I used to do Pakour, but then i broke my knee...
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I used to do Pakour, but then i took an arrow to my knee...
I know how you feel, training alone sux.
I don't, but I respect people who do it. A lot of effort needs to be put in.
I used to but I injured my hand badly oneday and stopped ever since.
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Fire damages Manitowoc sausage company
Published On: Dec 03 2012 06:40:06 AM CST Updated On: Dec 03 2012 06:40:00 AM CST
The Manitowoc Fire Department investigating a fire that destroyed an outbuilding at the Cher-make Sausage Company plant.
Crews were dispatched when multiple explosions were reported around 4:30 a.m. Saturday. Battalion Chief Ken Cayemberg says the outbuilding was a total loss.
No one was injured in the blaze.
Officials are continuing to look for the cause of the fire and the explosions.
Cher-Make's web site says the family owned company makes a wide variety of private label smoked sausage products, including hot dogs, bratwurst, ring bologna and summer sausage.
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Shirley Ann Elmer Lampkin, 70, of the Alexander Road, French Creek, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, at the home of her daughter in Weston.
She was born Sept. 21, 1943, in French Creek, a daughter of the late Roscoe Raymond and Anna Esteline Gillum Elmer.
She was united in marriage in North Carolina on March 18, 1961, to Ronald Roy Lampkin, who preceded her in death on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2002.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Eldon and Margel Elmer; and one sister-in-law, Emma Jean Elmer.
She is survived by two daughters, Thalia and husband, Christopher Fisher, of Weston, and Lorraine Lampkin of French Creek; one son, Sam and wife, Vicky Lampkin, of Greensboro, N.C.; three grandchildren, Emily and Zachary Lampkin of Greensboro, and Kristen Grace Fisher of Weston; two sisters, Mrs. Harold (Marylena) Russell and Mrs. Maxon (Irene) Hyre, both of French Creek; three brothers, Don Elmer of French Creek, Edward Gay and wife, Marie Elmer, of Augusta, and Ralph and wife, Clara Elmer, of French Creek; sister-in-law, Norma Elmer of French Creek; special nieces, Brenda and husband, Ronnie Alderman, Nancy Bassford and Jennifer Adams; and a large loving family of nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Lampkin was retired from St. Joseph's Hospital, where she was the 2001 Values Inspired Employee of the Year.
The family will receive friends from noon to 1 p.m. today at Heavner and Cutright Funeral Chapel. A graveside service will follow in the Bethlehem Cemetery with Pastor Don Elmer officiating.
Online condolences may be extended to the Lampkin family at www.heavnerandcutright.com.
The Lampkin family has entrusted the Heavner and Cutright Funeral Chapel with the arrangements.


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At Saint Francis School in Manoa, all eyes were watching the papal conclave.
Not only are the students and staff excited about the election of a new pope, but also the name he chose -- Francis.
"Oh, that's so cool. It's our school and his name is Francis too, and because he's the first one to be named Francis," said Matthew Evanoff, Saint Francis School freshman.
Just minutes after the new pope was named, the 540 students at the private Catholic School were excited to learn more about Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina and the meaning behind the name he chose.
"I think he admires Francis of Assisi or else he wouldn't choose the name," said Sister Joan of Arc Souza. "Francis of Assisi was a radical of his day and, hopefully, so will Pope Francis. I expect this guy to make some significant changes based on his name choice."
When Pope Benedict XVI announced he was resigning, the students at Saint Francis learned about the papal process. In fact, some of the students had their own secret conclave where they voted on a pope behind closed doors. They chose Bishop Larry Silva of Hawaii.
"We've been discussing the process of the conclave and how nothing is allowed in there and the cardinals have a vow of secrecy and it's a major deal," said Evanoff.
Because the religious leader has the same name as this private school, you can bet those here will keep a close eye on Pope Francis I.
"We're living history and I can't believe it -- his name is Francis!" said Souza.
Students at Saint Francis School will have a half day on Friday to celebrate the election of a new pope.


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maybe i missed this but are your nipples inverted? maybe just pump to get the nipple out and tug on it while you get ready to take the baby on your lab. pumping and holding a baby is tough.
i just wanted to say that i told a nurse to get out of my room when she started bossing me around about the nursing... she actually said "Are you asking me to leave????" I said, YES, PLEASE GO! she was very annoyed with me :gg
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Ross Gelbspan retired several years ago after a 31-year career in journalism as a reporter. As special projects editor of The Boston Globe, he conceived, directed and edited a series of articles that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984.
In 1995, he co-authored an article on climate change and the spread of infectious disease which appeared in the Outlook Section of The Washington Post. His article on climate change, which appeared on the cover of the December, 1995 issue of Harper's Magazine, was a finalist for a National Magazine Award.
In 1997, he published a book on the global climate crisis titled: The Heat Is On: The High Stakes Battle Over Earth's Threatened Climate (Perseus Books). The book has also been published in German, Italian and Portuguese. (An updated U.S. paperback edition was published in 1998 (Perseus Books), as: The Heat Is On: the Climate Crisis, the Cover-Up, the Prescription).
The book received very positive reviews in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the science journal, Nature and elsewhere. It was excerpted in The Washington Post, the San Jose Mercury and other outlets.
It received national attention that summer when President Clinton told the press he was reading The Heat Is On.
Since the book's publication, Gelbspan has appeared in numerous radio and television interviews, including "Nightline," "All Things Considered" and "Talk of the Nation." He was invited to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland in February, 1998, where he addressed government ministers and leaders of multi-national corporations.
In 2004, Gelbspan published Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists are Fueling the Climate Crisis – and What We Can Do to Avert Disaster (Basic Book). The book received the lead review, written by Al Gore, in the Sunday New York Times Book Review that August.
Gelbspan has written on issues related to the climate in, among other outlets, "The Atlantic Monthly," "Harper's," "the Nation," "The American Prospect," "Mother Jones" and "Sierra Magazine," among others, as well as op-ed articles in The Baltimore Sun, the Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor and numerous other newspapers.
In the summer of 1998, he and Dr. Paul Epstein, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment of Harvard Medical School, assembled a group of economists, energy company presidents and policy specialists to hammer out a set of strategies designed to dramatically accelerate the Kyoto process. They were invited to present those strategies at a conference in Buenos Aires in 1998. As a result of that presentation, the United Nations Development Programme invited them to mount a conference on those strategies in Bonn, Germany in June, 1999, during that round of climate negotiations.
The "strategies" have been endorsed by a number of large NGOs in India, Mexico, Germany, Bangladesh and elsewhere – as well as by a number of economists, energy specialists and environmentalists both in the U.S. and abroad. Most recently, the were endorsed by Margot Wallstrom, former Environmental Commissioner of the European Union, and Sir Crispin Tickell, former British Ambassador to the United Nations.
He presented these "solution" strategies in May, 2000, at a conference he keynoted in Cairo. (The conference was co-sponsored by UNEP and CEDARE, the Center for Environment and Development in the Arab Region and Europe). While in Cairo, he briefed directors and managers of Shell/Egypt.
In September, 2000, Gelbspan presented these strategies to a small group of Senators and Congressmen at a meeting in Washington. These strategies were received enthusiastically by a number of delegates and NGOs from the G-77 at the recent round of climate talks in The Hague, where they were disseminated by Anil Agarwal, head of the Centre for Science and Environment in New Delhi and a leader of the NGO community of the G-77.
In December, 2000, these strategies were presented to a new G-8 Task Force on Renewable Energy headed by Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, director of Shell, as well as a managing director of the World Bank. Sir Mark intends to put these ideas in front of the full task force.
Over the course of his career, Gelbspan worked at The Philadelphia Bulletin, The Washington Post, the Village Voice, Scripps Howard, where he was a national news editor, and The Boston Globe. He has also taught at the Columbia University School of Journalism.
In 1971, he spent a month in the Soviet Union interviewing Soviet dissidents and human rights advocates. His four-part series on the Soviet underground was reprinted in the Congressional Record. In 1974, he edited a book for Scripps-Howard on the Congressional Watergate Committee hearings.
In 1979, the Boston Globe hired Gelbspan as a senior editor. In his capacity as special projects editor, he conceived, directed and edited a series of articles on job discrimination against African-Americans in Boston-area corporations, universities, unions, newspapers and state and city government. The series won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984.
In 1991 he published an investigative book about FBI abuses during the 1980s. The book exposed the domestic aspect of the Iran-Contra scandal, documented a secret relationship between the FBI and the National Guard of El Salvador and detailed a campaign of surveillance, harassment and break-ins which led to the entry of the names of 100,000 political and religious activists in the FBI'ss terrorism files. That same year, he wrote a series of articles which contributed to the closing down of an aging, unsafe nuclear power plant in Western Massachusetts.
Gelbspan received his B.A. at Kenyon College and did post-graduate study at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C.
He is 65, married to Anne Gelbspan, a non-profit developer of housing for low-income families, and the father of two daughters, Thea, 30, and Johanna, 28, and lives in Brookline, MA.


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What is in this article?:
- Evolving issues reshaping pest management industry
- Public trust
- U.S. agriculture faces challenges – from domestic and international issues to evolving consumer attitudes - which may alter the future of farming and pest management.
- World food shortages, emerging economies, unstable financial markets, and volatile commodity prices among top issues for U.S. agriculture.
- Public opinion is shifting in some cases against modern agricultural technology - pest management.
- Many California-grown crops have a bright future due to healthy benefits.
U.S. agriculture is facing a barrage of challenges ranging from tough domestic and international issues to evolving consumer attitudes about food production which likely will alter the future of farming.
This scenario was painted by Daniel Vradenberg, agribusiness division president with Wilbur-Ellis, Walnut Creek, Calif. Vradenberg spoke during the 36th annual California Association of Pest Control Advisers (PCAs) Conference and Agri-Expo in Anaheim, Calif.
"Agriculture must work together on big issues regardless if we are competitors, independents, small or large retailers, or provide crop input supplies," Vradenberg said.
Vradenberg shared his Top 12 list of the challenges facing U.S. agriculture including: world food shortages, emerging economies in China and India, unstable financial markets, volatile commodity prices, food safety issues, the impact of currency on trade, the 2012 farm bill, carbon footprints, energy independence, immigration policy, government protectionism and trade, plus extreme weather patterns.
Specifically in California pest management, Vradenberg believes the major issues involve increasing regulations on land, water and air. PCAs also face negative public perception for good pest management techniques, including aerial treatment for the light brown apple moth.
When a food safety issue surfaces, the public often points the finger first at pesticides.
"The general public usually thinks it's caused by chemical residues," Vradenberg said. "Most of the time it's a microbial contamination issue."
Other dynamics in California pest management include: increased accountability for crop production practices and greater consequences for mistakes; grower customers who demand better service and more value; and an economy which drives businesses to achieve purchasing efficiencies.
On top of that, public opinion is shifting on the pest management industry and agriculture; in some cases against modern agricultural technology, according to the results of a consumer perception of food technology survey conducted by the International Food Information Council.
"Survey results indicate the general public wants food grown on less land, the use of fewer pesticides, a smaller carbon footprint, and reduced water to grow the crop," Vradenberg said.
"It's estimated we will need to feed an additional 2 billion people (globally) in the next 30 to 40 years on 20 percent less land due to climate degradation and urbanization," Vradenberg said. "I think we can meet that challenge but we must have reasonable agricultural policy."
Research by the Edelman public relations firm in 2010 of 800 people cites two differing views of U.S. food production and pest management. One side supports the organic movement which opposes fertilizer and crop protection chemical use and biotechnology, Vradenberg says, and favors locally-produced food without large-scale monoculture.
The other side argues the organic movement cannot feed the world and modern agricultural practices are necessary to meet the growing demand for food.


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Blueberry Ricotta Cheese Coffee Cake
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 50 min
- Ready Time: 90 min
- Yield: 12 servings
- Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
- 2 1/3 cups Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 3/4 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries, drained
- Reserved crumb mixture
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 350ºF. Coat a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.
- COMBINE flour, sugar and salt in large bowl. Cut in shortening with pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Reserve 1 cup crumb mixture for topping. To remainder, add baking powder, milk, eggs and vanilla. Beat on medium speed of electric mixer for 2 minutes, scraping bowl constantly. Pour into prepared pan.
- BLEND ricotta, egg, sugar and lemon peel in medium bowl until smooth. Sprinkle blueberries over batter in pan. Gently spread ricotta mixture over blueberries. Combine reserved crumb mixture, nuts, brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over top of ricotta layer.
- BAKE 45 to 50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool slightly before cutting.
- CRANBERRY RICOTTA CHEESE COFFEE CAKE: Follow the recipe above, substituting halved cranberries for blueberries and grated orange peel for lemon peel.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 slice, 1/12 of cake), Calories 420 (Calories from Fat 180), Total Fat 20g (Saturated Fat 6g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 65mg, Sodium 270mg, Total Carbohydrate 53g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 33g), Protein 8g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 8%, Vitamin C 4%, Calcium 15%, Iron 10%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
* Ensure all recipe ingredients are gluten free by referencing the ingredient labels, as products may vary. If uncertain, contact the ingredient manufacturer.


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If all teams lose their best player, and the top teams lose two or three, it will be really bad. The RFL and clubs will really have to work hard to not appear as if they're a feeder league for RU and the NRL.
That will effect sponsorship, crowds and eventually TV figures.
Not the end of the world but it could be pretty bad.
But of course that would be the levelling down the playing field many teams want!
all the teams are'nt going to lose their best players.....christ stop with all the doom mongering lol
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Since at least 2000, Delaware County has held the title of fastest-growing county in Ohio — until the past year.
Surprise: Franklin County edged out Delaware County to lead the state in percentage population growth from July 2011 to July 2012. Franklin County grew by 1.38 percent, while Delaware County grew by 1.37 percent, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
Making the rare statistic all the more stunning is that Franklin County is Ohio's second-largest county, where the law of big numbers lessens percentage increases.
"Wow," responded Bill LaFayette, owner of Regionomics, an economics- and work-force-research firm in Columbus. "That's amazing."
"My mouth's hanging open, actually," said Nancy Reger, a demographer for the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission.
Franklin County recorded its highest growth rate since at least 2001, continuing to defy the story line of decline and stagnation of the Midwest's large urban centers, LaFayette said.
"Franklin County has grown consistently for as long as I can remember, and that is absolutely amazing for a major urban county in the Midwest," LaFayette said. "There probably aren't any other counties anywhere in the Midwest, and probably not outside the Sun Belt, that are like us."
For Michael Dalby, president of Columbus Chamber, "it's a continuation of a number of positive factors about Franklin County and the central Ohio economy that just keep showing that we're moving in the right direction."
Population growth typically is an indicator of job growth and economic health, a sign that a local economy has traction, Dalby said.
"In Franklin County, economic activity is on the rise," Dalby said. "Delaware County is still doing pretty well. This shows that we're continuing to move the needle."
Franklin and Delaware counties also ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the number of residents added. Franklin added 16,273, to 1,195,537 residents; Delaware was up 2,444 people, to 181,061. Because about two-thirds of the state's counties lost population, Franklin County actually added five times more people than did the state.
About a quarter of Franklin County's growth came from international migration — the data do not elaborate — while about half came from "natural growth," or births outnumbering deaths, according to the census bureau.
Delaware, meanwhile, recorded its lowest growth rate since 2001, and officials seemed caught off-balance yesterday by the news that, after all those years at No. 1, they were suddenly in Franklin County's rearview mirror.
"Some of it's just the way statistics are kept," said Gus Comstock, Delaware County's economic-development director. "I think we're all pretty much into regionalism — what's good for Franklin County is going to help Delaware County."
"My first thought is it sounds a little surprising," said Tim Hansley, Delaware County administrator. "I'd like to analyze the data, but I think it's good. My guess is it would be the northern part of Franklin County as opposed to our southern part that is growing.
"I'm anxious to see where that growth came from and what census tracts experienced growth, but I think the good news is, both are still growing."
Cuyahoga County, home to Cleveland, lost almost 5,000 residents but remained the state's largest. But if trends continue, Franklin would surpass Cuyahoga as the largest within four years.
"It's sorry for the rest of the state, really," said Reger. "It's not the best story for the state of Ohio.
"People follow jobs."
Dispatch reporter Laura Arenschield contributed to this story.


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401(K) Day-Trading Beats the Market
When asked about the wisdom of day-trading retirement savings, I replied: "What controversy. I have simple arithmetic on my side that steadily turns market volatility into lasting gains in retirement savings, where trades don't trigger immediate taxes or direct trading costs."
I posted a daily tweet, about 5 minutes before each day's market close, describing that day's single fund exchange between stock and cash funds within my retirement savings during the public trial period.
On days when the market was about to close up, I transferred retirement savings from a S&P 500 index stock fund to a cash fund. Conversely, when the market was about to close down, I transferred funds from cash to (S&P 500 index) stock. Each incremental fund exchange was determined as $500 for each one-point of the daily change in the S&P 500 index as of 5 minutes before the market close, subject to adjustment for any index change due to the lag in time between a trade and the market close.
These incremental daily fund exchanges generated a gain of $174 in my retirement savings over the course of 15 trading days in the trial period. On the basis of each daily transaction taking no longer than 5 minutes a day, this spare time spent on trading was worth about $140 an hour.
In other pursuits, earning such a rate on a full-time basis may soon qualify you as "wealthy" enough to pay higher taxes on current income that, for now, still excludes investment earnings within retirement savings accounts until their distribution.
Furthermore, this 401(k) day-trading strategy's return of almost 0.47% on invested capital, initially split evenly between stock and cash, beat by more than half the 0.31% return from holding the S&P 500 index over this time. Although results may vary with the market direction in the short term, a longer-term view toward 401(k) day-trading the right way can be counted on to consistently outperform an uncertain market in the type of current environment that has left buy-and-hold investors behind for 13 years.


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Hi Mamas...
I have started my "off the growth charts" DS on rice cereal.He is 4.5 months old and it's been a week since he started. He's only getting about 1 teaspoon of cereal and I'm adding expressed BM to it. (I apologize if this is already posted in here somewhere)
My concern is this: His poops have been very green. Greeen like the grass on my front lawn and he hasn't been grazing! It is also not quite as thick as it was when he wasn't eating cereal.
I have considered that maybe he shouldn't be on it as i really did plan on waiting until 6 mths but after the dr's appointment last week she kind of planted the seed that maybe he's ready. I really think he is. He likes sitting in the high chair, he opens his mouth like a little bird and swallows real good, and was fussy this morning until I gave him some.
Is the poop an indication of an allergy? Is it maybe the iron (it is an iron enriched cereal)? I don't know...should I be concerned?
He used to have such lovely yellow poops...can anyone share anything with me? Do I have to take him back to the doctor? What about going to oatmeal instead? Help pls.
Thanks ladies!


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Kyle and her husband moved to Brookfield in 1986. She became active in local politics and started blogging in 2004. Her focus is primarily on local issues but often includes state and national topics, too. Kyle looks at things from the taxpayers' perspective in a creative, yet down to earth way, addressing them from a practical point of view.
Georgia & Minnesota on my mind...no filibuster proof Senate majority
Phew! If you have been watching these state's Senate races, you know that the Senate's filibuster proof Democratic majority hung in the balance. But Senator Saxby Chamblis easily won reelection yesterday in that Georgia runoff, 57% to 43%. So the Democrats won't get their 60 seat majority.
The Minnesota Senate race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken "now remains the only unresolved Senate contest in the country."
Unfortunately, the Franken race has turned into a Frankenstein monster of voter fraud on steroids:*
"The Franken campaign has made it clear that the recounted votes and will of Minnesotans matter little to them, and that they intend to take their campaign to change the outcome of this election on to the United States Senate," said Coleman campaign spokesman Mark Drake. "Al Franken should personally reject this strategy outright, and honor the right of Minnesotans to choose who their senator should be — and not allow lawsuits and the strong-arm tactics of the majority leader of the United States Senate to intervene in this process."
Who knows how the Franken race will ultimately resolve. If Franken pulls off a victory, it will be a victory for voter fraud in my opinion.
What caught my attention in the Georgia race was WHO campaigned with the Georgian candidates. The democrats brought in Al Gore and former President Bill Clinton to promote their candidate Martin.
On Chambliss' behalf, the Republicans brought in John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and closed with SARAH PALIN! "She headlined four rallies for Chambliss across the state Monday that drew thousands of party faithful."
There are many in the media and mushy middle of the Republican party that want to declare her dead in the water. However, the Conservative base in Georgia isn't buying it. The proof was that Palin Rallies Georgia's Base: (My emphasis)
"We all have Georgia on our mind," declared governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as she kicked off an early morning Dec. 1 rally...
It was the first of four rallies yesterday, each featuring thousands of cheering crowds brandishing "Palin 2012" shirts and buttons -- along with, of course, Chambliss signs. (My favorite anti-Barack Obama sign read: "Keep the change.")
The Alaska governor was firing up the faithful to hold a critical GOP seat... Palin was also countering earlier appearances on behalf of Democratic candidate Jim Martin by several liberal "big guns" led by former President Bill Clinton and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.
...Democrats are worrying, too, that the Palin appearances are attracting more blue collar votes to their opponents. The final Pain rally at the Gwinnett County Arena drew some 3,000 people -- well over half of them blue collar workers and young people under the age of 30. A large truck parked outside the arena sported a "Mechanic for Chambliss and Palin" sign, and dozens of construction workers – some of them wearing their hard hats-- had obviously come straight from their worksites.
...Palin concluded every appearance by calling for a "rebuilding of the Republican Party starting in Georgia" with the re-election of Chambliss. She reminded Republican candidates that they must appeal to "the working class" -- which elicited another big round of applause from those hard hats and mechanics.
Sarah Palin isn't gone with the wind in Georgia:
At a time when Republican Governors across the nation are trying to smear Palin in anticipation of 2012, she is proving that, contrary to media reports, she is the current bright star of the GOP.
Looking ahead 4 years to 2012, I will be asking the same question the Chambliss campaign just heard, " 'Is Sarah Palin coming?' No one has cared about Huckabee, Romney, Giuliani, or McCain. Palin is all anyone wanted."
*Franken race reminds us voter fraud still going strong
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Pete Rose -- He was banned from Major League Baseball in 1989 amid accusations that he gambled on baseball games while playing for and managing the Cincinnati Reds, including claims that he bet on his own team. Rose denied betting on baseball then and continued to deny it for 14 years. In 2004, he admitted in his autobiography, "My Prison Without Bars," that he did bet on baseball while managing the Cincinnati Reds. He met with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred in September 2015 to seek reinstatement, but was ultimately denied.
Steve Howe -- A Rookie of the Year winner and 1982 All-Star, he was banned from Major League Baseball for life in 1992 following seven suspensions for drug and alcohol-related offenses.
Michael Ray Richardson -- One of the NBA's premiere defenders, Richardson was banned in 1986 after violating the league's substance abuse policy for the third time. The ban was eventually lifted, but he never played in the NBA again.
Lance Armstrong -- A seven-time Tour de France champion, he was stripped of all his titles and banned from cycling for life in 2012 following a doping scandal.
Shoeless Joe Jackson -- He and seven other members of the Chicago White Sox were banned from baseball after the 1920 season over accusations that they threw the 1919 World Series.
Alex Groza -- He was a two-time All-Star for the now-defunct Indianapolis Olympians when the NBA banned him for life in 1951 for point shaving.
Dexter Manley -- Nicknamed the "Secretary of Defense," he was banned from the NFL in 1993 after failing a drug test for the fourth time.
Roy Tarpley -- A dominating power forward who could have become one of the all-time greats, he was banned for life from the NBA in 1991 over his cocaine addiction.
Billy Coutu -- He became the only player banned from the NHL for life for fighting after attacking a referee at the end of Game 4 of the 1927 Stanley Cup.
Stanley Wilson -- Primarily used as a fullback with the Cincinnati Bengals, he was banned from the NFL for life in 1989 after multiple drug suspensions. On the eve of Super Bowl XXIII, he was found using cocaine in the locker room bathroom.
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'Prometheus' star thrilled to embark on mission with legendary director
Noomi Rapace plays lead role in Ridley Scott's sci-fi thriller
If the way her role in "Prometheus" materialized is any indication, then it's pretty safe to say that Swedish actress Noomi Rapace's career Hollywood is already rocketing toward the stratosphere.
At this point, American audiences only have seen one of Rapace's English-language films, the 2011 smash hit "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows." But it's Rapace's mesmerizing turn as tortured soul Lisbeth Salander in the 2009 Swedish version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" that got her recognized by fans and filmmakers internationally -- and in particular famed director Sir Ridley Scott.
In a recent interview, Rapace told me that she was in Hollywood a couple years back to meet to another studio about a different film when Scott's producer called her for a meeting.
"I came to the office and a couple minutes before the meeting I heard that Ridley was going to join us and wanted to meet me," Rapace recalled. "I started to sweat and got really nervous, and there aren't too many people who make me nervous. But he's one of my heroes, so just getting the chance to talk with him was quite shocking for me."
But what happened next had Rapace questioning whether she was living in reality or not.
"When Ridley stepped into the room, he kissed me and said, 'I've seen "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" three times and I want to work with you.' I thought I was going to die, I thought, 'Oh, holy s---. I hope this is not a dream,'" Rapace recalled, laughing. "It came to me without having to fight for it."
Rapace said she found comfort in Scott's "strong intuition."
"He knows what he wants. He told me after that meeting that I was his girl," Rapace said. "He wanted to meet me to see if I was an actress, or that I was like Lisbeth as a person. After that meeting, he knew I was an actress."
Scott wasn't the only one spellbound by Rapace's acting skills -- "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" also had "Prometheus" screenwriter Damon Lindelof transfixed.
"There are movie stars and there are actors, and Noomi is an actor. She loses herself in every role she plays to almost a chameleon-esque effect," Lindelof told me in a separate interview.
The funny thing is, much in the way Rapace was nervous to meet Scott, Lindelof admits that he was sweating it before he met Rapace.
"When I first met her I was really nervous," Lindelof said with a laugh. "I thought to myself, 'Who is this going to be?' and she's just Noomi. She's awesome."
"Prometheus" stars Rapace as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw, one of a team of scientists who discovers on Earth clues to the origins of mankind. Getting funds for the trillion-dollar mission from private conglomerate Weyland Corp., the crew treks to the darkest corners of the universe, only to discover a terrifying threat the future of the human race.
Opening in 2D and 3D and on IMAX screens Friday, the film also stars Michael Fassbender, Logan Marshall-Green, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce and Charlize Theron.
In its developmental stages, "Prometheus" was written as more of a prequel to Scott 1979's sci-fi horror classic "Alien." That film, of course, launched the career of the story's butt-kicking female heroine Sigourney Weaver (as Ellen Ripley), and spawned three direct sequels and two other movie mash-ups involving the creatures from the sci-fi hit "Predator."
Feeling there was no sense in trying to further play out the "Alien" storyline -- even as a prequel -- acclaimed "Lost" co-creator Lindelof came on board the project to work on Jon Spaihts' original script. When all was said and done, a new mythology was created, yet there were strands of "Alien's" DNA layered within.
With a similar environment, there's no question that some of Ripley's traits appear in Shaw in "Prometheus" -- but Rapace said Shaw is very much also her own character.
"I would say Elizabeth Shaw at the start has a naïve and almost child-like dream at the beginning, and she steps into this mission with an open heart," Rapace explained. "This is everything she's ever wanted to do. She's been fighting to convince Peter Weyland (Pearce) to put his money on the mission. So to go out and looking to find our creators is her personal dream."
"She's very personally connected to this whole mission, so I think you get to know a little bit more about Elizabeth, the person that you did about Ripley in 'Alien,'" Rapace added. "In the first part of that movie she's more of a crew member, and in only the second part does she become the lead and slowly we find out she's the only one left standing."
It's in the second half of "Prometheus" where Rapace said you'll definitely see more similarities between the Ripley and Shaw.
"It's there where we realized they were wrong. They're not who we thought they would be. They are actually creating disaster," Rapace said. "It's then where we see this transformation of Elizabeth and the similarities to Ripley. We see that fighting instinct and strong will to survive kicks in."
Similarities to Ripley or not, Rapace wanted to make Elizabeth a character that you cared about no matter how tough she was.
"I think there's a vulnerability to her that I find very interesting," Rapace said. "I wanted to make her human and I wanted her to be real. So there are moments when you see her crack when it's just too much. Those moments of not being able to keep it up and not being strong were extremely important to me. It makes her human. It makes her real."
Just as exciting for Rapace was the fact that she had a realistic environment to work in. Scott tried to avoid to using green screen and computer-generated sets as much as possible in "Prometheus," so a lot of massive sets you see in the film -- from the crew's ship to the alien lands were built to scale.
"It definitely felt like I left Earth and went on a space trip with Ridley Scott and company," Rapace enthused. "I think Ridley is a master of creating atmospheres like that. It's almost like there's a cruel, savage beauty in it. It's frightening and dangerous, yet attractive. You can't stop looking at it. You can't help but be drawn to it -- and that really helps you as an actress. You don't have to pretend. You don't have to fake it. It's there."
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Understanding Women's Issues Better Than Ever!
Women have been an instrumental part in the evolution of the world yet the importance that they are subjected to is negligible in the society. They have always been struggling to make their voices heard be it the field of politics, education, sports or any other genre. Women have always been taken for granted as the significant role they play in the society has always been overlooked. Every day you read about women's issues in the newspapers and magazines but those printed words are merely left alone there to go in the dumps.
There have been several women's issues that need to be addressed like women's health issues or issues about woman suffrage and their education as well as safety. It is very important for the society to change their perceptions about women and perceive them as equals to the men. A nation runs on a balanced economy and if any one of the contributors of the economy fails, then the entire nation fails as a result. At a pace where everyone is progressing in this 21st century, it is important for everyone to rid of the dogma that is hindering the advancement of the nation towards a healthier one.
A healthy woman breeds a healthy family:
India has been a Nation where women are not given the basic rights of a healthy environment. The medical facilities have not at all been appropriate in the rural areas and there is a dearth of good hospitals where everyone can be meted out an equal and affordable treatment. A woman has been gifted with the boon of evolving new life inside her and hence when a women's health is at risk then her children indirectly too become prone to such risks. Malnutrition due to poverty is one of the leading causes due to which women face complications during pregnancy.
Not having a proper diet also increases the risk of anaemia in women due to lack of iron in the diet. Besides that, women should also get clean and hygienic sanitation facilities especially in villages and semi-rural areas because this prevents the chances of a lot of infections in women.
A woman has to be mentally and physically prepared to be able to give birth to a child because young females giving birth with several complications take a toll on their health as well. This leads to a lot of unlikely hormonal changes and mental trauma or depression at a very tender age. Therefore, gender sensitivity has to be adhered to at the earliest possible manner. And provisions for women health clinic should be made all over the nation even in the remote areas to ensure that no woman is deprived of good health care amenities.
Other health related problems
Today there is increasing thyroid issues in women. Thyroid is a gland situated in the neck that is responsible for producing the hormones which are essential for maintaining the metabolism in the body. If there is some thyroid disorder in your body then you will come across symptoms like:
- xcessive weight loss or weight gain
- Irritation and stress or anxiety
- Hairfall issues
- Shaky fingers
- Irregular menstrual flows
- Untimely cravings
- Lethargy and sweating
- Pregnancy complications
- Disturbed sleeping patterns
There are many more symptoms but these are the most common ones that becomes noticeable so you must consult your doctor immediately. A thyroid disorder can even go to extremes like it can lead to goiter or thyroid cancer. An early prevention is necessary than those hefty medical bills adding up to your woes. So get your blood tests done regularly and maintain a healthy diet and workout schedule because thyroid problems invite a lot of other diseases hampering the immunity of your body.
How to address women's issues?
The first and the foremost task that needs to be done is spreading awareness. Awareness makes the society enlightened about what is right and what is not. It justifies its point of view and aims to change the attitude of people in the society. Then an organization or commission should be formed that adheres to strict rules and regulations while dealing with these issues and the necessary follow ups should be taken so that there are actual outcomes and solutions. The final step is implementation because merely passing laws and not abiding by them is not going to make a difference.
A Right to Vote for all:
If you refer to the history then you can see that in the earlier times women were not given the right to vote. After a lot of strugglewoman suffragecame into existence which basically means giving the right to a woman to cast her vote during the electoral events. This was necessary to bring out the much needed equality in the society. It gave them a say in choosing how they would want their government to be.
The need for the hour to deal with issues revolving around women:
You can always question that why suddenly it is the need for the hour to be concerned so much about the women's issues? Then the answer to this would be that these issues have always been demanding attention but it is only now that realization has dawned upon everyone. Women have always proved that when they are given opportunities they too are equally competent to men. Thus now those women who were earlier confined within the four walls of the kitchen are breaking those walls to explore what the world has to offer to them.


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My name is Loren Ridinger and I was diagnosed with and underwent brain surgery for a brain aneurysm, all within a couple months. I am so grateful to Mount Sinai, Dr. Joshua Bederson, and Dr. Aman Patel for saving my life; for saving my life; over 30,000 people die each year from ruptured aneurysms and I could have been one of them if it wasn't for this hospital and its amazing doctors.
Don't settle for less than the best when it comes to your health. You have to be your biggest advocate – there is nothing more important! Be persistent! I had learned to live with vertigo for years because every doctor I went to said there was "nothing wrong" with me. Remember that they are practitioners, not perfect, and only you know what's happening to your body. After demanding an MRI and then an MRA (similar to an MRI except it focuses on your arteries) and learning that I had an 8.5 mm aneurysm of my internal carotid artery behind my left eye, I went from doctor to doctor and different hospitals trying to figure out what came next.


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We jumped a cliff long ago
Are you spending twice as much as you did 10 years ago? Probably not; you'd either feel as if you'd struck it rich or your creditors would be forming a posse to come after you if you were.
But your Uncle Sam has been on a spending spree. During the past decade, federal spending has doubled. In 2000, the government's budget was about $1.78 trillion. By 2010 it was up to about $3.45 trillion. It's continuing to go up; the White House estimates fiscal 2017 spending will total $4.53 trillion.
Still feel good that Congress and President Barack Obama avoided the "fiscal cliff"? In truth, with a national debt at $16.4 trillion – more than $50,000 for every man, woman and child in the country – we went off a cliff years ago.
Here's a New Year's question for you to think about: If your personal or household spending goes up substantially, you have a fairly good idea of what you're getting for the money, right? Maybe you got a raise at work and bought a new car. Perhaps you bought a home, eat out more, go on pricier vacations. Whatever your increase in spending, you can point to the benefits.
What about the government? Tell me, please, what that doubled spending by Uncle Sam has bought you during the past 10 years. Or, to put it another way, what about your life was stimulated? Were you bailed out? Do you know anyone who was?
Now, let's get something straight: This didn't start as a Democrat Party spending spree. Republicans under former President George W. Bush began writing big checks the economy couldn't cover. When Obama took office, the process accelerated. He and liberals in the Senate want it to continue gaining speed.
That can happen only if taxes increase and more debt is added to the ocean of red ink in which we're already drowning.
By virtually any gauge, we're allowing the government to spend more of our hard-earned dollars and put more on what amounts to our national credit card. In inflation-adjusted dollars, government spending per U.S. household was about $22,000 in 2000. By 2012 it was up to $30,015.
Since 1970, also in inflation-adjusted dollars, the median income of Americans has increased by 24.2 percent. We really are better off.
But during the same period, federal spending shot up by 287.5 percent.
Many of us are familiar with the exercises liberals (and sometimes conservatives) use to prove to us they just can't reduce spending much. We're presented with detailed line-item budgets and told to slash at will. Then, we're informed of the consequences, some of which we hadn't anticipated, of our cuts.
Certainly, it's more difficult than it might seem at first. Understand that once Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other health care programs are paid for, only about 57 percent of the budget remains available for cuts.
But wait. Again, we're spending twice as much as we did 10 years ago. For what? Surely there's something in there that can be cut.
Yet the White House continues to demand new spending programs – and Congress continues to go along.
Here's the bottom line: If your income is reduced for any reason, you have to adjust. Maybe you sell your car and replace it with a clunker. You stop eating out. You check the Salvation Army and Goodwill for clothes. You contribute less to your personal retirement account.
Painful? You bet. But you do it because you have no choice.
Neither the White House nor Congress has faced up to the fact that the nation has no choice but to find some way to reduce spending. If that isn't done, we'll all suffer. Our taxes will go up. Taxes on job creators will increase, resulting in fewer jobs. The national debt will expand, meaning inflation will eat up more of our paychecks.
That's really all there is to it. Don't believe what the liberal politicians tell you. We've already gone over the "cliff."
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Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
Originally Posted by Anduril
waster of paper... yeah that's what this chapter was.
Madara and Orochimaru are the only people worth reading this manga for anymore ;p
Pretty much!!!
Why all this whining? It wasn't that bad, what most of you people seem to not get, is that build-ups like this is needed from time to time! I didn't have any problem with this chapter, as opposed to most of you crybabies.
honestly, the only thing that will make me continue reading this manga is if we go back to Sasuke/Oro soon..
when Madara appeard to Naruto's battlefied, I knew shit was gonna get interesting.. but now look? he's barely doing anything and allow the juubi to get trolled by the shinobi force..
Just a short little prediction of mine:
I predict that Naruto's going to unexpectedly steal control of the Juubi from Madara and Obito using sage mode.
From my understanding of this page from two different cites, the Juubi is basically a big mass of natural energy and sage mode uses natural energy.
This chapter goes into detail of how "senjutsu uses energy ya absorb from outside sources."
In my prediction, the Juubi is the "outside source" in this situation.
Instead of using sage mode to check how strong the Juubi is (http://mangastream.com/read/naruto/50042406/8
) I think Naruto should try to control it using "frog katas."
Because with frog katas, Naruto uses the natural energy surrounding him, and they become part of his body as Fukasaku said: http://www.narutobase.net/manga/Naruto/431/17
So if the Juubi is a big mass of natural energy, I think Naruto should be able to control it using frog katas. (possibly with the added help from Kurama like sage mode + chakra mode)
Today's chapter ended with Naruto in sage mode (only to use the rasen shuriken without damaging himself)
The chapter said that only physical attacks work on Madara
So I just imagined Naruto goes to attack Madara using frog kata then all of a sudden as Naruto moves his arm, so does the Juubi.
What do you guys think...too far fetched?
Originally Posted by Madara mhm
Were you reading the right chapter? Because I do not see how you can give this abomination a 5.
Was surprised the Juubi had a perfect form without the Kyuubi and the Hachi. Anyways, this war has to have another carnage sht to save it, other than the kages being shitted on and still not dying (and will probably join in the last minute to save the day!)
First chapter in the series I hated.
Terrible chapter 1 *
What did I just read?
This feels like naruto is about to convince obito that hope does exist...either that or this chapter simply feels like the plot's been lost...the new jutsu doesnt feel special/awesome in any sense..
This chapter was OK for a setup chapter. It's cool to see just how smart Shikamaru's dad is he came up with a plan instantly to be able to use the Army to there fullest.
& I for one hope we shift to Sasuke soon because I don't want be half way through the final fight then it switch's to Sasuke.
Or I'd be cool with Sasuke showing up & no one knowing what he's been doing & what he has decided. & then of course we'd get a flashback eventually.
Originally Posted by The Hyugas
Were you reading the right chapter? Because I do not see how you can give this abomination a 5.
looooooollll, guess this was a rating done blindly?
Originally Posted by Noobastank
Gave it a 2 because it was boring and short... and how did the shinobi alliance know about obito's 5 min time limit? i thought only konan knew that and took that intel to the grave? Kishimoto whats up with that? a waste of good ink on this chapter.Too much talking and the action it did have was pointless. i felt like this chapter was half Ass'd
maybe the thing about the jutsu lasting 5 minutes was already discovered by orochimaru (he knew a lot of things) and shared with that red haired uzumaki chick sasuke used to have around but later got captured by the leaf ninjas.....too lazy to luk up her name....
so boring. waste of a chapter.
That was pretty sucky to be honest.
The good thing is that next chapter can't be worse! :D
How does obito's jutsu last only five minutes? How pitiful. As for the rest of the chapter, it was good, but not great
Please, STOP COMPLAINING! Every -single- time I get on this forum, I see either of the following:
- OH MY GOD! No ACTION at all! Why the f*ck do I even watch this sh*t anyway...
- WTF?! Action the whole F*CKING TIME!!! No story progression at all...
Do you people even realize what kind of variation a manga needs? Apparently NOT because you begin a rampage every freaking chapter...
I, for one, give this a 4. Why? It was well constructed. I loved to see what the real numbers of Kekkei Genkai users are (the amount of Ranton & Youton users). Made the manga a lot more realistic now. Also, seeing the 5 villages co-operate like this, after you KNOW that they fighting for centuries, is very satisfying.
This is a build-up chapter. It's not meant to give you some kind of catharsis... Learn how to deal with chapters. Sometimes they are full of new information and action, sometimes they are full of build-up material to increase the effect of the next chapter.
REALIZE that when you are reading this chapter from the beginning up, these chapters will be very appreciated.
Please get a grip.
lol. Everyone so buthurt that Narutos new jutsu, was actually not a new justu at all. It was toooo obvious that he was speaking of the shinobi alliance.
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Springfield, Ill.The Illinois State Board of Education
approved a three-year project Wednesday that will greatly
enhance the data collection process of student information
at the district level resulting in more accurate information
being submitted to the state for school annual report
Known as the Student Information System, ISBE in conjunction
with IBM will develop and implement the tracking system
that will help districts to provide more accurate student
information for state assessments used for the Report
SIS has been in the planning stages for several
years and is finally coming to fruition, said State
Superintendent of Education Robert Schiller. With
the requirements that NCLB places on states and schools,
this will help all of us improve the process of data collection
related to each of our students.
According to Schiller, the SIS system is yet another
major portion of the agencys initiative to create
more processes which are completely electronic and paperless,
resulting in greater efficiency. SIS promises to offer
several benefits including:
ISBE and everyone involved are well aware of the
magnitude of this project, said Schiller. We
are all committed to maintaining the privacy, confidentiality
and security of student information. Local involvement
in all design, development and implementation decisions
will be critical to the projects success.
Phase I of the project (school year 2004 2005),
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districts, vendors that support their local student information
systems, ISBE Student Assessment staff, and ISBE testing
One pilot project will focus on:
The second pilot will involve working with selected districts,
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reporting during the 2005 testing cycle.
Phase II (school year 2005 2006) will expand Phase
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gained during the Phase I pilots.
Phase III (school year 2006 2007) will focus on
integrating existing special education and career and
technical education student systems into the ISBE SIS,
and building interfaces to other ISBE systems.
The contract with IBM over the next three years will
cost $5.7 million and will be funded equally through state
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Crime and Punishment
Episode 7 | TV-14
Rin is in custody, set to be handed over to the GGP. Overwhelmed by feelings of guilt, she wants no part of the conspiracy in which she is caught - but the BMA soon forces her deeper into the fray.
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Student Information System
Transferring CPS and Non-CPS Students Within Illinois
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Student Information System (SIS) is vital to state processes such as the statewide transferring of students.
Transferring Students
If a non-CPS school contacts a CPS school concerning student enrollment, please check to see whether that student is physically at the CPS school. If the student is no longer in membership/attendance at that CPS school, the CPS school should withdraw the student from their school in IMPACT. IMPACT supplies the enrollment and withdrawal information to SIS nightly. The student will be withdrawn from the ISBE SIS.
However, if the student is physically present and receiving services at the CPS school, inform the non-CPS school that they should withdraw him from their school. If the non-CPS public school is insistent that they have the child as well, forward all such requests to the IMPACT SIS Helpline at (773) 553-1240, or email@example.com for further investigation and resolution.
Duplicate Students
In cases where there are duplicate students (two different students with similar sounding names and the same birth date), the IMPACT SIS Helpline, upon receiving an inquiry from a non-CPS school, will contact the CPS school to ascertain the status of the student in question. If the student is currently enrolled at the CPS school, then the CPS school does nothing. If the student is not at the CPS school, then the CPS school withdraws the student from IMPACT, which will, in effect, withdraw the student from SIS.
These are the basic scenarios that CPS schools should encounter in responding to transfer requests from non-CPS schools. More complex interactions will be facilitated by the IMPACT SIS Helpline.
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Wireless Providers Surge on MetroPCS, T-Mobile Merger Report
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- On the heels of a stock slump after it missed first quarter earnings and saw subscriber losses, MetroPCS(PCS) is again the subject of merger speculation as struggling telecoms surge on the prospect of industry consolidation.
Bloomberg reports that Deutsche Telekom is considering merging its U.S.-based unit T-Mobile USA with MetroPCS. The report comes just months after T-Mobile's attempted merger with AT&T(T) was blocked by the Department of Justice on antitrust concerns.
It's not the first time MetroPCS has been mentioned in M&A reports. In late February, the company was close to unveiling a merger with Sprint(S) -- another struggling wireless carrier -- until a deal fell apart at the last hour. Now expectations that sector laggards will consolidate have some telecoms surging.
According to Bloomberg, Deutsche Telekom is considering a stock-swap of its T-Mobile unit with MetroPCS that would give the German telecom giant control over the combined entity. Those reports cite unnamed sources, who also note that Europe's second largest phone company could sell or IPO its Richardson, Texas-based T-Mobile unit.
Already, Deutsche Telekom is looking to sell T-Mobile assets such as cellular towers in a move to bolster its balance sheet. Meanwhile, MetroPCS was considered a key piece of T-Mobile's attempted $39 billion merger with AT&T, because it was a likely acquirer of divested assets that would have been recommended by antitrust regulators.
MetroPCS shares surged nearly 20% to $7.72 on reports of a potential merger. Still shares in MetroPCS are off over 11% year-to-date and nearly 60% in the last 12 months on the prospect of subscriber losses. Leap Wireless shares also rose nearly 20% to $6.04 signaling investor expectations that it could become the target of strategic interest, while Sprint rose over 3%.
Leap they haven't: all three companies' shares have lost over 50% in the last year.
Recent earnings at T-Mobile, Sprint, MetroPCS, and Leap Wireless (LEAP) signal that smaller carriers and even Verizon(VZ) and AT&T, the top two U.S. wireless providers, are struggling to benefit from a surge in smartphone sales led by Apple's(APPL) iPhone.
"AT&T and Verizon are the only two companies in the U.S. wireless industry that will earn enough to cover their cost of capital," wrote Moody's in a Feb. 13 note that highlighted a Sprint and MetroPCS tie-up as a possibility among scenarios of needed consolidation within the telecom sector.
"Investors are already walking away, making it harder for the carriers to attract capital to keep pace," added Moody's.
In attempting to buy MetroPCS in what could have been a $8 billion deal, Sprint was likely to use its low-priced stock to fund the deal because of limited access to debt markets. Analysts noted that a deal would likely have diluted Sprint's stock by 50% at the time, while bringing in much needed cash. "Investors are already being asked to fund a ~$15bn commitment to Apple in order to sustain postpaid market share," noted Nomura analyst Mike McCormack in February.


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You need to raise your heart rate to a certain level called your Target Heart Rate and keep it there for 20 minutes to increase your cardiovascular fitness.
To figure out your Target Heart Rate, use this formula: (220 - your age) x 70%.
For example, if you are 28, it would look like this: 220 - 28 = 192 x 70% = 134 beats/minute.
To check your heart rate during exercise, count your pulse for 10 seconds, then multiply by 6. Compare this to your target rate.
A quick and easy way to assess your level of exertion is to do the "talk test" while exercising. Rate your ability to talk on a scale from 1-10, with 1 being no breathlessness and easy conversation and 10 being extreme breathlessness and inability to talk during exercise.
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