text:
Where Common Ground Begins
"It's no wonder many Americans are uneasy about the way President Obama is growing our government and eroding our liberties. Aren't most Americans conservative?"
"That is correct. Every year, Gallup does a survey on political ideology and it generally finds that 40 percent of Americans describe themselves as conservative, whereas half as many describe themselves as liberal."
"Yeah, and some liberals think that all conservatives are religious-right, government-hating racist extremists, which is foolhardy. I'm a lifelong Democrat. I'm also what might be called conservative."
"Democrat and conservative?"
"It can be done. Like the majority of Americans, I'd go for a balanced-budget amendment to get our spending in order. Like most Americans, I don't spend more than I make and am careful to save for a rainy day."
"Well, Gallup did another poll last November that compared Democrats and Republicans. It asked them if they have a positive or negative view about capitalism, the federal government and socialism. The majority of Republicans favored capitalism, but had a dismal view of the government and socialism, whereas the Democrats who were polled were much more favorable toward government and socialism than they were toward capitalism."
"I suppose so. You have to figure the more liberal Americans tend to be registered as Democrats, and the more conservative Americans as Republicans, but there are still a good number of Democrats like me who want commonsense policies that bring badly needed order to our government."
"As a Democrat, you surely think Republicans are too hard on welfare recipients."
"Nope. The welfare reform plan the Republicans pushed and President Clinton signed into law was one of the most effective domestic reform policies ever – though just before the last election, President Obama tossed out the work requirements that were the heart of the policy. Welfare was designed to help the indigent, not the able-bodied. And right now, way too many able-bodied people are getting too many government freebies."
"That is a fair point, too. The nutrition assistance program – it used to be referred to as the food stamp program – has doubled to $80 billion a year under Obama. College kids from well-to-do families qualify for the free grub and are happy to accept it."
"That's right. Doesn't everyone know someone who is gaming the system and feels no shame in doing so? One fellow I know of got his girlfriend pregnant when he was 19. They now have two children and the government gives her free grub, free utilities, a nice apartment and many other niceties. The young fellow lives with her. If the two were to marry, they would lose most of their benefits. I am a Democrat and I am disgusted by such things."
"Maybe we ought to stop separating ourselves along rigid ideological lines and come together to press our dirty rotten legislators to address the very real problems we face. Spending is the elephant in the living room, but Obama is offering up no plans to trim it, and few news outlets are doing much to make voters aware of the severity of this problem."
"That is a good thought. Regardless of whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, we will all go down together. Any sixth-grader can see we are on an unsustainable spending path that is going to blow up in our faces in the very near future."
"So how do we come together to make our legislators address these problems? Americans are more divided now than they have been in many years."
"Well, if more people would engage in civil conversations like we just did, that would be a good place to start."
Also see...
Even though my father, brother, uncles and grandfather were in the military, I seldom handled guns growing up. That's because unlike many of the other people in my family, I've...Read More
Thomas Purcell
Related Articles
Your Mother Was Right About Unilateralism
When you were a kid, do you ever remember your mother asking you, "if your friends jumped off a bridge,
Our Congress Wobbles And It May Fall Down
Yesterday, I ran across an article in USA Today that should have created a firestorm of controversy. Apparently, Congress has
Putting A Pastor To Death For Being Christian?
Every decent person should speak out against this kind of behavior. An Iranian pastor who has refused to renounce his


text:
- Available for all Element trims. Shown on Element EX
- Rack accommodates up to two bike attachments
- Fits most adult bicycles, including those with oversized downtubes
- Convenient rack-level clamping
- Lockable attachment holds one bike each and comes with keys
- Automatic self-adjusting downtube jaws
- Roof Rack required
- 5 Door LX (2WD)
2 Door - 2-Door Coupe
3 Door - Hatchback
4 Door - 4-Door Sedan
5 Door - Station Wagon
KA - 49 States Emission
KL - California Emission
KH - High Altitude Emission
MT - Manual Transmission
AT - Automatic Transmission
CVT - Continuously Variable Transmission
HMT - Hydro Mechanical Transmission
- Exterior
- Electronics
- Interior
- Roof Attachments
- Wheels
You have selected
Other Accessories
Parts found for 2005 Honda Element 5 Door LX (2WD) KA 5MT Bike Attachment
1 Bike Attachment found for 2005 Honda Element 5 Door LX (2WD) KA 5MT
Bike Attachment - Roof Mount
Part No.: 08L07-E09-100
Retail Price:
You Save: $35.90
Although American Honda Motor Co. no longer manufactures this part, we may still have stock or the ability to special order it.
To verify availability, please contact us. We will respond promptly.
We need more information to help you find the right products for your vehicle.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Prices, promotions, styles and availability may vary by store and online.
Innovative Trianglular Barrel
Integral Muzzle Brake
Three Rings of Steel Design
X-Mark Pro Adjustable Trigger
Overmolded Synthetic Stock
The Model 700 Varmint-Tactical Rifle is a revolutionary system optimized for extended range precision and mobility. Its triangular barrel contour is a product of years of rigorous research and development focused on reducing weight, enhancing rigidity and promoting rapid heat dissipation. To decrease recoil and muzzle jump, this uniquely contoured 22" barrel has an integral muzzle brake that's machined in during production. The VTR is compact and swift-handling thanks to its sleek lines and short action. The legendary "three-rings-of-steel" and the many other superior design elements of this rifle deliver the highest degree of out-of-the-box accuracy available today. The X-Mark Pro adjustable trigger system provides the ultimate in crispness and shot control. For improved consistency, the green synthetic stock has a vented beavertail forend that promotes rapid cooling. Its overmold accents provide a firm gripping surface and the dual sling swivel studs permit convenient attachment of a bipod and a sling.


text:
Diversity and related taboo issues have always captured my interest, and at Multicultural Leadership Institute we dug into these topics every day as whole group of 30 freshmen and also in smaller groups with a Student Resource Person (SRP) leader. We had about 3 workshops per day, and our topics included Socioeconomic Class, Privilege, Race, Gender & Sexuality, Spirituality & Religion, and Leadership. As we delved into these heavy topics, we really got to know one another on a concrete and fundamental level within only a few days—something I had not experienced with previous classmates I had known for years. It was freeing to be able to speak honestly with each other, without the fear of becoming an outcast or being labeled in a negative way.
My favorite workshop was the Spirituality and Religion Workshop. There were students who had grown up in one denomination or religion but had switched to another, those that were unsure about the religion that they had grown up with, and those who had followed the same religion their entire lives. As this was one of our final workshops, we had gotten to know each other well beforehand and were comfortable enough to go around the circle and share a statement about our religious background. Even being in a room of friends, sharing my Christian identity was still scary. However, openly discussing our faiths ended up being an empowering experience. I am less afraid of rejection. I know that if I discuss my faith with people who are close minded or rude, I won't take derogatory comments as personally now because their intolerance is their problem, not mine. With this confidence, I can continue to love those who reject and belittle my beliefs without feeling insecure.
—Alexis Etzkorn '15


text:
O'Reilly Tags
We're experimenting with a folksonomy based on tag data provided by del.icio.us. Follow development in this blog post.
Don't Let Hibernate Steal Your Identity (6 tags)
Hibernate has one set of ideas about how to make something unique, such as using a database sequence number as an ID. But this clashes with Java's need for implementations of
equals() and
hashCode() that determine identity for objects, even those that haven't yet made a trip to the database and thus can't have a sequence number. James Brundege has an option that should satisfy both Hibernate and Java.


text:
Danner Bull Run Work Boots are a great reflection of the fine craftsmanship of Danner Boots. The Plain toe conducts very little heat or cold to the foot, thus
giving you superior protection in both hot or cold conditions. This is a
full grain leather upper boot with GoreTex lining and triple stitched
seams. 100% waterproof and breathable, this boot is engineered to keep
your feet dry and comfortable in extreme conditions. Hand crafted
stitchdown construction provides a wider platform, therefore increasing
stability. Memory foam insert and Fatigue Fighter footbeds for all day
comfort. Rounding out these extensive features is the
Vibram 4014 Cristy outsole that doesnt hold mud and dirt, and has an oil and slip
resistant rubber compound and a non-linear lug pattern for great
Reduces heat or cold conduction to the foot, and
meets or exceeds ASTM standard.
Danner Bull Run 6 Inch Brown Cristy Work Boot Features:
Mack's Prairie Wings is not responsible for typographical errors in pricing or product specification inaccuracies in our web site. Prices are subject to change without notice.
Copyright © 2016 - Mack's Sport Shop LLLP - All rights reserved. Site Developed and Maintained by Ability Commerce
Copyright © 2004-2013 - Mack's Prairie Wings, Inc. - All rights reserved. Site Developed and Maintained by Ability Commerce


text:
Thursday / May 29, 2014 / 8:00 p.m.
Formed in California in 1995 by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett, EELS, an alternative rock band, comes to Boston on a North American tour in celebration of its new album, The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett. Chelsea Wolfe kicks off the night.
The Whispers / Bernard Fullen Jr.
Saturday / May 31, 2014 / 8:00 p.m.
One of the world's longest-running soul vocals groups, the Whispers, is celebrating 50 years in the industry. The group is known for its smooth, soulful ballads and remains one of the premier R&B groups to ever grace the stage.
Second Wind Tour: This Changes Everything
Wednesday / June 4, 2014 / 1:00 p.m.
For millions of adults, aging is a dirty word. The Second Wind Tour invites you to join a new conversation exploring evidence-based approaches to growth, change, aging, health, and wellness.
Admission: Free
James Blake
Tuesday / June 10, 2014 / 7:30 p.m.
Celebrated singer, songwriter, and producer James Blake has grown immensely on his journey into a veritable critical darling and online phenomenon, but his mystique is only blossoming further.
Alumni Reunion Concert
Friday / June 13, 2014 / 8:00 p.m.
An all-star lineup of alumni artists perform.
Admission: Event is open only to Berkee alumni and community ticketholders.
Summer Bass Bash: Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey, J.D. Blair, and Derico Watson
Saturday / June 14, 2014 / 8:00 p.m.
Victor Wooten and Steve Bailey are joined by acclaimed drummers J.D. Blair and Derico Watson for an evening of funk and jazz.
Opening Meeting & Concert: Berklee Percussion Festival
Monday / June 16, 2014 / 12:00 p.m.
This meeting and concert will open with the Percussion Department chairs, John Ramsay and Yoron Israel, welcoming the participants and offering a brief overview of the festival. Master percussionist Eugie Castrillo and his ensemble will close the afternoon presentation with a Latin jazz set.
Admission: Free
Harvey Mason
Monday / June 16, 2014 / 8:15 p.m.
Renowned percussionist Harvey Mason, who co-composed the hit song "Chameleon" from Herbie Hancock's seminal Headhunters album, is one of the most in-demand drummers of all time.
Victor Lewis
Tuesday / June 17, 2014 / 8:15 p.m.
For several decades, Victor Lewis has been one of the most in-demand drummers of the post-bop era.
Afro-Cuban Night
Wednesday / June 18, 2014 / 8:15 p.m.
Drummer, percussionist, and producer Calixto Oviedo Mulens performs with percussionists Gustavo Beaujardin and Tomas Cruz.
World Percussion Concert with Marcus Santos
Thursday / June 19, 2014 / 8:15 p.m.
Berklee alumni and master Brazilian percussionist Marcus Santos and a stellar ensemble will present a concert centered on the contemporary application of folkloric Brazilian rhythms and musical traditions.
R&B and Funk with Zeke Martin
Friday / June 20, 2014 / 11:00 a.m.
Drummer and band leader Zeke Martin will perform with his band, the Oracle, playing what he calls the "funkier'' side of jazz.
Admission: Free
Faculty Blow-Out Percussion Concert with Dave Samuels
Friday / June 20, 2014 / 8:15 p.m.
With Berklee faculty member and Grammy-winner Dave Samuels at the helm, this concert will feature many Berklee Percussion Festival faculty members performing in a wide range of styles.
Art Garfunkel Clinic
Saturday / June 21, 2014 / 4:30 p.m.
The Berklee American Roots Weekend is pleased to welcome visiting artist Art Garfunkel to this year's program.
Admission: Free
An Intimate Evening with Art Garfunkel
Saturday / June 21, 2014 / 8:00 p.m.
Be a part of an intimate evening of songs, anecdotes, prose and an audience Q&A session during an acoustic performance by Art Garfunkel.
Vocal Summit: Faculty Showcase
Monday / June 23, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
Members of Berklee's Vocal Summit Faculty perform contemporary music of all types.
Vocal Summit: Peter Eldridge
Tuesday / June 24, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
Peter Eldridge is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and a founding member of the vocal group New York Voices, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
Vocal Summit: Overboard
Wednesday / June 25, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
Having elevated itself far beyond its humble street performing roots, the Boston vocal band Overboard can be heard serving up its high-powered, soul-infused vocal rock from Maine to California and beyond.
Mark O'Connor/Berklee Summer String Program Faculty Concert
Thursday / June 26, 2014 / 7:00 p.m.
The Mark O'Connor/Berklee Summer String Program invites an illustrious list of the world's finest string players to Boston for a week of teaching and playing. They'll appear on stage together for the final faculty concert this evening.
Guitar Sessions Opening Ceremony Featuring Jon Finn
Sunday / July 6, 2014 / 3:00 p.m.
Faculty guitarist Jon Finn will be presenting a rock concert for the opening of Guitar Sessions. The Atkins/Reed Ensemble, directed by Rick Peckham, will be opening.
Admission: Free


text:
The below list of people are presenting oral comments on the proposed magnet safety standard.
Watch the video recording of the hearing.
Transcript of Magnet Hearing
Questions from Commissioners after each panel
Rachel Weintraub, Legislative Director and Senior Counsel, Consumer Federation of America
Mark A. Gilger, M.D., FAAP, American Academy of Pediatrics
Ami Gadhia, Senior Policy Counsel, Consumers Union, Policy & Action from Consumer Reports Presentations
Tim Szeto, Founder, Nano Magnetics Ltd.
Bryan Rudolph, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
Maria Oliva-Hemker, M.D., Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Stermer Family Professor of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, on behalf of North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Ian Leibowitz, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Director, Pediatric Digestive Diseases Center, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Fairfax Virginia
Marsha Kay, M.D., Chair Pediatric Gastroenterology, Director Pediatric Endoscopy, Cleveland Clinic Children's, Cleveland, OH
The Chairman of the Commission presides over Commission meetings and has sole discretion to rule on matters relating to the conduct of the meeting, including effective use of meeting time. In the interest of an orderly meeting, please honor the following rules of conduct:
Proposed Rule: Safety Standard for Magnet Sets
Notice of Opportunity for Oral Comments
High-powered magnets are a safety risk to children - toddler through teen. An increasing number of incidents reported to CPSC indicate that children are swallowing these magnets and the injuries are serious.
View the Magnets Information Center
The link you selected is for a destination outside of the Federal Government. CPSC does not control this external site or its privacy policy and cannot attest to the accuracy of the information it contains. You may wish to review the privacy policy of the external site as its information collection practices may differ from ours. Linking to this external site does not constitute an endorsement of the site or the information it contains by CPSC or any of its employees.
Click Ok if you wish to continue to the website; otherwise, click Cancel to return to our site.


text:
Cashing in the Relationship Card
When you are in a relationship, every once in a while, you may play the Relationship Card. Not often, mind you! But for really important occasions, you may say–"I really need you to do this thing. This time, please, no matter what you were planning to do before, this is what I need from you."
Metsies, I am playing our Relationship Card. You must win this game. Your final Shea home opener. Against the Phillies. I really need you to do this.
Off to Shea soon! People! Cross fingers toes and hair!
And P.S. Hey, Jimmy Rollins, I've got a card for you too:
However, you can totally withhold the sex.
6 Comments
I am laughing my *** off. Nice way to start my morning. Thanks Zoe. Phils are going down!
Oh yeah… they are soooooo not gettin' any for a long, long, long time.
You guys crack me up! It just feels like september all over again. Get a lead and then the bats go to sleep while the bullpen comes in and gives the game away. I guess throw some bad defense in there for good measure. I hope big Pelf can step up tomorrow. Maybe once they know they won't be gettin' any they'll wake up!
Dear God, I needed a laugh this morning. Thanks, Zoe.
Our hopes lay in the hands of Big Pelf. Oh, the temptation to make a relationship saved by extended tongue joke…Crap. I think I just did.
Oy. When is our team going to start getting some breaks and start kicking ***?!


text:
What is in this article?:
- Buying inoculants
- Becker Underwood
- Advanced Biological Marketing
- EMD Crop BioScience
- Novozymes BioAg
To be sure that an inoculant meets your needs, you should ask questions about the product's shelf life and live count as well as compatibility with your crop rotation, tillage practices, fertility management and seed delivery systems. You also should ask about the type of testing done on inoculants and whether this testing has been done in actual field situations or under near-perfect conditions.
Here's a look at field tests results from four inoculant companies:


text: Energize your feet with our men's compression socks collection. Enhanced to promote proper circulation and reduce swelling, our compression socks apply pressure at the ankle then gradually decrease towards the top, effectively reducing leg fatigue during a long work day. Made from moisture-wicking fabrics that keep your feet cool and dry, these socks add that extra level of comfort and mobility to your nursing uniform. Let Scrubs and Beyond help today!


text:
Dryeyece Apr 01, 2012 at 20:28 UTC - 0 likes
Hello there, just wanted to Thank everyone who participated in the Beta testing. We received some incredibly valuable feedback from you guys so again thanks!
To those who took the time to fill out the form linked in the Closed Beta thread, I cannot thank you enough.
Also big thanks to Mapster for providing us the platform that allowed us to get the whole thing together, you guys rock!Last edited Apr 01, 2012 by Dryeyece
DogmaiSEA Apr 01, 2012 at 13:17 UTC - 0 likes
Lawl ... sometimes people dig themselves holes so deep, so fast, that you could never come close if you tried.
But yes, as per all the comments after yours that make you look like a douche, you can indeed stress test anything. For us, we knew 3v3/4v4 games worked just fine, but we wanted to push the engine to it's limit of 6v6 (it is actually 7v7 but we want two team computers) ... and we did indeed find that it came under pressure at that capacity. Thanks to some kind nudges in the right direction, I figured out how to double the performance of the engine by changing a single line (for myself going from 25fps to 50fps in 2560x1440 extreme). So it was indeed worth while, and we would have never found that out without pushing the engine to it's limit, even if we decide to limit the amount of players later on.Last edited Apr 01, 2012 by DogmaiSEA
Bounty_98 Mar 31, 2012 at 16:40 UTC - 0 likes
Author of Doodad Hunt, Photon Discs, Haunted Forest, Tessera, Doodad Hunt 2 and more!
Stealthsam Mar 31, 2012 at 15:36 UTC - 0 likes
ZealNaga Mar 31, 2012 at 09:58 UTC - 0 likes
Actually you're wrong, stress testing is not only about servers... In this case I think they meant stress testing how the map handles the triggers actions and data effects/events, when there are lots of players ingame... Because whoever already published a map on Bnet knows how much of a pain in the you-know-what it is when it lags when something is not coded right. You can't realize how bad a map is before you really put it to the test with lots of players doing completely silly and unexpected stuff.Last edited Mar 31, 2012 by ZealNaga
Custom (EU): Ikari Warriors v2.0 | Sand Worm Survival v1.0 | The Last Hour (alpha)
Melee (EU): Flooded Slums | Rooftop Gardens
Feedback is welcome!
ExaltesG Mar 31, 2012 at 09:36 UTC - 0 likes
Ummm, you don't "Stress Test" a custom game. You stress test servers... Unless you have a private server that you are hosting this on.... W/E just going to say it, you're retarded..
Bounty_98 Mar 30, 2012 at 22:23 UTC - 0 likes
Whats so special about this map? Is it edible?
- Date created
- Mar 29, 2012
- Last updated
- Mar 31, 2012


text:
|Webmaster Frank Turben - Computer Help
Copyright ©1999-2009 Roy Rogers. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Roy Rogers is prohibited.
Trigger, Bullet, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Roy Rogers Jr., Happy Trails Children's Foundation and RogersDale U.S.A. logo are trademarks of Roy Rogers.
The Happy Trails Children's Foundation is a nonprofit/public benefit corporation, and it is organized under the nonprofit public benefit corporation law
for charitable purposes. All donations are fully tax deductible! The tax exempt status for the foundation (a 501c(3)) California public benefit corporation.
The employer tax identification number for this foundation is 95-3872257.


text:
VPT staff call for board resignationsBy BETH GARBITELLI
The Associated Press | January 28,2014MONTPELIER As Vermont Public Televisions funding remains in jeopardy pending two investigations, staff members called for the resignations of the chairwoman and vice chairman of the board of directors.
A staff letter presented Monday asked the board to consider the resignations of the members referenced in the complaint Chairwoman Pam Mackenzie and Vice Chairman Rob Hofmann in the wake of admissions that the board failed to open meetings to the public.
While these allegations alone have put a strain on the trust we have built with our viewers and members, a financial blow of this magnitude could result in a reduction of station signal coverage, cutbacks in quality programming, and the loss of valuable staff members, the letter, signed by 19 staff members, said.
We do firmly believe that the resignations would help expedite investigations, Chuck Bongiorno, the stations major gifts director, said.
In response, board member Thomas Pelletier said that every board member has expressed support for Mackenzie and Hofmann and no one will be resigning in the near term relative to the current situation.
Pelletier will be heading an audit committee responsible for an internal review and the re-certification of the station in compliance with open meeting requirements. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will also be conducting a review.
An anonymous complaint was lodged against the television station in December, prompting the CPB to launch an inquiry.
Pelletier said he hoped the internal review at VPT would be completed by the end of February.
CPB provides just under $1 million for the station, 16 percent of the stations operating budget, Bongiorno said. The station cannot spend the grant money until further notice, according to Bongiorno.
Rick Rockwell, director of the International Media Program at American University, said public trust would be the greatest loss for the station because it could affect viewer contributions.
Lets face it, public stations exist because their viewers are willing to put money in their pockets, said Rockwell, who teaches and writes on media ethics.
Jim Wyant, who says he is a major donor, spent 13 years on the board but resigned in November. He praised the boards culture during most of his tenure, but said that in the past two years, the climate became adversarial.
Scott Milne, another former board member who resigned this month, also is a corporate underwriter for VPT.
Milne said fixing policy would only be one step toward changing a culture of closed meetings.
Youre addressing the symptom but what is the disease? he said.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryMONTPELIER Gov. Full Story
- Most Popular
- Most Emailed


text:
When he wasn't getting tests done on his broken collarbone, Aaron Rodgers had been spending all kinds of time with Seneca Wallace. Knowing the Green Bay Packers veteran backup quarterback needed all the help he could get this week in preparation for the Philadelphia Eagles, Rodgers – struggling with the prospect of missing only the second game of his career due to injury since taking over as a starter in 2008 – wanted to be as helpful as he could to both Wallace and third-stringer Scott Tolzien,
"Aaron's going about it just as if he were playing in the game," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said after Rodgers watched practice Wednesday, as Wallace took the first-team snaps normally reserved for him. "He's going right through it right next to Seneca. He's involved. I've never been through this in my time here, but he is extremely involved in the preparation of getting Seneca and Scott ready."
In fact, the only time Rodgers wasn't able to be by Wallace's side was Wednesday evening, when the media crush normally reserved for the former NFL MVP shifted its collective focus to his locker-room next-door neighbor, Wallace.
With nearly 50 reporters surrounding Wallace, Rodgers and his broken collarbone wandered into the locker room at precisely the wrong time. Just as is the case for his mid-week Q&A sessions, the swarm of lights, cameras and questions left him out of luck. The newly promoted Tolzien ended up talking to reporters at his old locker, in the auxiliary locker room the players call The Green Mile.
"I can't even get to my locker!" Rodgers hollered in mock exasperation – before posing for a picture in front of the mob.
Yes, this is what it's going to be like for the next few weeks, with Rodgers relegated to a supporting role. While reported timelines have varied – having him sidelined from as little as three weeks, to as long as four to six – Rodgers believes he is a quick healer and wants to be back on the field sooner than any of those projections.
In the meantime, the 33-year-old Wallace is tasked with keeping the 5-3 Packers afloat until their star quarterback returns. He'll start Sunday's game against Philadelphia (4-5) at Lambeau Field, and as a 10-year NFL veteran who's spent most of his career as a backup, he fully understands his role.
"Obviously I'm not going to be Aaron Rodgers. He's been doing great things here for years," said Wallace, whom the Packers signed Sept. 2 after the quarterbacks they'd had in camp – Graham Harrell, Vince Young and B.J. Coleman – all failed to make the grade. "My job is to try go in and maintain things at a good level and win some ballgames until he gets back good and healthy. That's my job."
And it's an important job, one that will require him to be better than he was in Monday night's 27-20 loss to the Chicago Bears, when he competed 11 of 19 passes for 114 yards with one interception, no touchdowns, four sacks and a passer rating of 53.4.
Rodgers pointed out that Wallace had taken just four snaps with the No.1 offense in practice all week leading up to the Bears game, and while the Monday night game makes for a shorter week – Wednesday's practice was a glorified jogthrough – Wallace will still get more work with the starters and thus should be better prepared. Coach Mike McCarthy said that while the basics of the offense won't change, he'll tailor play calls and concepts to fit what Wallace does best and toward the plays he's most comfortable with.
"The challenge of changing quarterbacks – in my humble opinion the most important position in the football game – (is that) it's important to stay in tune with his skill set, but also utilize the other players. Conceptionally, we're not going to re-invent the wheel here," McCarthy said. "But we're confident in our time together, and Seneca's participation to this point, that we'll continue to run the majority of our offense."
The last time – and the only other time in his six-year starting career – that Rodgers missed a game with an injury was in 2010, when he was knocked out of a Dec. 12 loss at Detroit and missed the team's Dec. 19 game at New England. Third-year backup Matt Flynn took over for him, and while Flynn was horrible in a 7-3 loss to the Lions (15 for 26, 177 yards, no touchdowns, one interception, 62.5 rating) and then nearly led the Packers to victory against the Patriots (24 of 37, 251 yards, three touchdowns, one interception, 100.2 rating) when he had a week to prepare.
"It was important to go into that game and cut Matt loose, and play the way we felt we needed to play to win the game, and it's no different (now)," McCarthy said. Asked if he failed to cut Wallace loose against the Bears, when Wallace's best plays were handoffs to Eddie Lacy (150 rushing yards), McCarthy said he was hamstrung by a game-plan set for Rodgers and other wild-card elements, like James Jones being on a snap count in his first game back from a knee injury and right guard T.J. Lang having been knocked out of the game with a concussion.
"There was a menu of things that I was going to stay in. Now, that was menu perfect for Seneca Wallace? You know, maybe not. But it was to beat the Bears," McCarthy said. "In hindsight, I feel plays were there in that game to be made. But definitely – I think I'm stating the obvious – everybody will be much better off (this week). Not only just Seneca being comfortable going through the reps, but everybody else being comfortable with Seneca. He hasn't played a game for us yet."
And therein lies the other challenge. Whereas Flynn, a seventh-round pick in 2008, was in his third year as Rodgers' backup and had had three offseasons, three training camps and three regular-seasons worth of offensive submersion, Wallace arrived Sept. 2 and confessed Wednesday that he still doesn't have the playbook mastered.
"You're almost like in survival mode, coming in and not being able to get reps and not being really comfortable with guys and how they run routes in the offense and things like that," Wallace said of Monday night's performance. "You just have to go in and compete to the best of your ability and hopefully good things happen.
"You know you're still learning (the offense). Each and every day is different. You're never going to get comfortable obviously. Even Aaron, he's learning each and every day when we come out here. Even though he's been here a long time, there's always something new."
On top of that, Wallace spent the 2012 season out of football. He started the final three games of the 2011 season for the Cleveland Browns, completing 55 of 107 passes with two touchdowns and two interceptions (65.4 rating), with his best year coming in 2008, when he went 3-5 in eight starts for the Seattle Seahawks and threw for 1,532 yards with 11 touchdowns and only three interceptions (87.0 rating).
That's not how he looked Monday night, however. But he'd spent seven years in Seattle at that point, as compared to just over seven weeks in Green Bay.
"In that situation, you have to think about it: I've been here eight weeks, I wasn't here for the OTAs and minicamp and training camp, and you don't get reps in practice – and those reps were different things that didn't really correlate to what was going to happen on Sunday," Wallace said. "That's what it is. You just want to go in there and compete your butt off and try to make plays for your team."
If Rodgers hypothetically misses the next four games – Sunday, Nov. 17 at the New York Giants, Nov. 24 at home against Minnesota and Nov. 28 at Detroit on Thanksgiving – the Packers would be in good shape if they managed to go 2-2. Those four opponents are a combined 12-21 entering this weekend's games, with only the Lions (5-3) above .500. McCarthy is fond of saying that it takes 10 victories to get into the playoffs, and if that's the case this year, if the Packers take the collar and go 0 for 4 if Rodgers missed only four games, even winning out would only get them to 9-7.
"It's going to be a good challenge. Obviously when you lose someone of that caliber (it hurts), no matter where it is, but a quarterback is a little more important," wide receiver Jordy Nelson said. "We're all confident in Seneca. He's confident in himself. He's ready to make the most of this opportunity and go out and win some games."
The more, the better.
"We hate to see someone get injured, especially '12.' My job is to try to maintain this ride and make sure we're on the same page and continue to get better," Wallace said. "When I was in Seattle, being thrown out there was not a big deal as far as the process of knowing the offense because I already knew what to do. This is a unique situation and I'm excited about the challenge. Just keep the train going."
Listen to Jason Wilde every weekday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on "Green & Gold Today" on 540 ESPN, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/jasonjwilde.


text:
I love teff and eat it regularly as a breakfast porridge. I also think it has such a great nutritional profile - lots of iron, plus it's a complete protein - that I might like to use as a first cereal when the time comes. Here's what occurred to me today, though: would baby's system be able to break it down enough to get at all that great nutrition?
I know that, especially early on, a lot of stuff just sort of passes through mostly intact. Teff is so tiny (smaller than poppy seeds, for anyone unfamiliar) that I'm not sure a blender would really even break the grains up that much (though I haven't tested yet - might be pleasantly surprised).
Anyone have any thoughts?


text: I am trying to build my low milk supply and have been using a rental Symphony pump. I can be VERY full and unable to pump more than an ounce or 2 sometimes. Is there a pump out there that is more comfortable and stimulates more than just your nipple? Any suggestions? I'm not convinced Medela is for me but I don't want to spent money if there is nothing better out there!


text:
Aerial View Of Fenway Park
An aerial view of Fenway Park from 1940-1949. (Credit: Leslie Jones)
Close Play At Third At Fenway Park, Red Sox vs. Yankees
A close play at third during a game between the Red Sox and Yankees in 1925. (Credit: Leslie Jones)
Fenway Park fire
Firefighters try to put out a fire at Fenway in 1934. (Credit: Leslie Jones)
Raising Old Glory At Fenway Park
The American Flag being raised at Fenway Park in 1930. (Credit: Leslie Jones)
Old Time Red Sox players In Fenway Dugout
Boston Red Sox Babe Dahlgren, Max Bishop, manager Joe Cronin, and Bill Werber in the dugout at Fenway Park in 1935. (Credit: Leslie Jones)
Snow-Covered Seats At Fenway
Snow covers the seats at Fenway Park in 1940. (Credit: Leslie Jones)
Autographs In The Outfield Red Sox DH Reggie Jefferson signs an autograph in center field before a game against the Tigers in 1991. (Photo Credit: John Mottern/AFP/Getty Images)
The Green Monster A general view of the Green Monster taken in 1992 at Fenway Park. (Photo by: Rick Stewart/Getty Images)
Fresh Air In Left A Green Monster scoreboard attendant takes a breather during a game. (Photo by Jim Commentucci/Getty Images)
The Outfield Wall
A view of the Green Monster, the left field wall, at Fenway Park. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)
Red Sox Fans Putting Up Strike Out Signs
Fans post 12 'K' signs in the outfield bleachers celebrating Pedro Martinez's 12 strikeouts during a game. (Credit: Harry How/Getty Images)
The "K" Strike Out Signs At Fenway
A view of Red Sox fans putting up strike out signs after every strikeout. (photo by Steve Babineau/Getty Images)
A View From Stands At Fenway A view from the stands at Fenway Park while Boston Red Sox player Manny Ramirez takes the plate. (Credit: Jamie Squire/ALLSPORT)
Yawkey Wy & Brookline Ave.
A view of the street signs at Yawkey Way & Brookline Ave. (Photo by: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Fenway Crowd
Crowd shot of right field corner grandstand at Fenway Park with overflow crowd sitting on field. (Credit: Leslie Jones)
View of outside Fenway Park
A view of the gates of Fenway Park. (Photo by: Rick Stewart /Getty Images)
Hungry Fans Get Some Fenway Franks
Vender outside Fenway Park serving the famous Fenway Franks to the hungry fans. (Credit: Ezra O. Shaw /Allsport)
An Aerial View Of Fenway Park
An aerial view of the Fenway Park at dusk taken during the 1999 MLB All-Star Game between the National League Team and the American League Team at Fenway Park. (Credit: Al Bello /Allsport)
View Of The Fenway Field
A view of the field at Fenway (Credit: Rick Stewart/ALLSPORT)
Crowd Enters Fenway
Crowd entering the park to see the game between the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Credit: Ezra O. Shaw /Allsport)
Fenway Park Scoreboard
A general view of the outfield wall and scoreboard of Fenway Park. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)
1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game At Fenway
Fenway Park was home to the 1999 Allstar Game. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
Pedro Sits In The Red Sox Dugout
Famous Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez sits in the dugout during the game against the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park on April 11, 1998. (Photo by Damian Strohmeyer/Getty Images)
Gate A at Fenway Park
The entrance to Gate A at Fenway . (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)
A single rose occupies seat number 21
A single rose occupies the Ted Williams seat, in honor of the longest home run hit at Fenway Park. The seat marks the spot where Red Sox' legend Thit his longest home run, 502 feet, off of Detroit Tigers pitcher Fred Hutchinson on June 09, 1946. (Photo credit: JESSICA RINALDI/AFP/Getty Images)
Ted Williams and John Pohlmeyer
Boston Red Sox John Pohlmeyer and Ted Williams running in the outfield grass in front of the left field wall at Fenway Park in 1950.(Credit: Leslie Jones)
Ted Williams At Bat At Fenway
Boston Red Sox batter at the plate in front of Detroit Tigers catcher Red Wilson (#10) at Fenway Park in 1955. (Credit: Leslie Jones)
Ted Williams Greeted At Home
Boston Red Sox Ted Williams crosses home plate and shakes hands with Bobby Doerr (#1) in front of unknown catcher and unknown umpire at Fenway Park. (Credit: Leslie Jones)
Categories: Galleries Photo Galleries


text:
If you're concerned about your milk supply, one of the first suggestions you'll hear is to drink more water. It makes sense... Water is one of the main ingredients that goes into milk, so you need to have enough of it available in your body for milk production.
It's then easy to reason that if you're not making enough milk, maybe one possible cause is that you don't have enough of that key ingredient.
So do you need to drink more water?
That depends. If you're seeing any of these signs, the answer is probably yes:
- you're thirsty!
- your urine is dark, concentrated, or strong-smelling
- you're constipated
Will drinking more water help boost your milk supply?
Probably not.
Several studies have shown that there is no significant difference in milk production when mothers drink extra water.
In one study, some mothers actually had a slight decrease in milk production when they drank 25% more water than when they drank to thirst. Another study looked at the differences between drinking to thirst, drinking 50% more water, and drinking 50% less water. The differences in milk supply were statistically insignificant.
Your baby gets first dibs on the nutrients and water in your body. If you're not drinking enough, you'll see other signs of dehydration first, before it really starts to affect your milk supply.
So, you may or may not need to drink more water. But if you're concerned about your milk supply, you don't need to worry that you're causing or adding to the problem by not drinking enough, and you don't need to force yourself to drink more water than you want.


text:
Cardholder Login
User Name:
Forgot User Name?
Campus ID:
Forgot Password?
Enter your user name and we'll email you a password reset link.
You must contact your campus administrator to reset your password.
Cardholder Self Registration
Sign Up
Make a Deposit to a Cardholder's Account
Make Deposit
X close
© 2011 Sequoia Retail Systems
Privacy Policy


text:
Gov. Neil Abercrombie began his State of the State Address Tuesday morning by speaking to those who are cynical of government.
"At its heart, politics is about doing good and relieving suffering. If politics is done right, it is all about making life better for people," said Abercrombie.
Gov. Abercrombie denounced those who reduce politics to slogans and bumper stickers.
"In secular political terms, the Party Line is established and with today's cyber-technology, internet-hysteria often takes on a life of its own. Perspective gives way to prosecution or even persecution. We can do better than what we have lately witnessed. The level of discourse in our public policy discussion stands in need of elevation," said Abercrombie.
Gov. Abercrombie says we are confronting a political "Jeopardy!" As in the game show, everyone already has the answers and the challenge is to figure out and frame the right questions.
"At its heart, politics is about doing good and relieving suffering. If politics is done right, it is all about making life better for people."
- Gov. Neil Abercrombie
"My thought is irrespective of what we are for or against, we cannot allow ourselves to preempt the raising of pressing questions we need to comprehend and address lest we lose our way before we even begin to understand where we need to go or what path to take," said Abercrombie.
The governor pointed to unfunded liabilities like healthcare benefits, exploding pension deficits and the Public Land Development Corporation.
The governor's first topic of his speech was on the state budget.
Gov. Abercrombie said when he took office, the state was facing a $1.3 billion potential budget shortfall for Fiscal Biennium 2011-13. The year-end general fund balances for Fiscal Year 2011 was $126 million and $275 million for Fiscal Year 2012, according to Gov. Abercrombie. He said in about five months, the state is looking at a positive balance once again.
Because of the budget, the state was able to maintain pension benefits for our retirees, according to the governor.
Abercrombie said,"For the record: This is not Wisconsin. This is not Michigan. This Administration is not going to abandon collective bargaining, but neither will it bankrupt the future for all by buying some temporary solution that does not address the fundamental fiscal issues we cannot escape."
The governor also said, as of July 1, the five percent pay reductions will end for state workers and full pay will be restored.
Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui was put in charge of continuing to invest in the economy via construction and repair and maintenance projects and public-private ventures.
Gov. Abercrombie also took time to honor the late Sen. Daniel Inouye.
"For many of us, we have never known a time when Senator Inouye was not the center of our political life. But while his physical presence may no longer be with us, the spirit of his example of public service sets an unmatched standard we can only aspire toward," said Abercrombie.
The governor said it's time to pay back the Hurricane Relief Fund and the Rainy Day Fund.
Gov. Abercrombie second topic focused on energy. He says with the departure of Tesoro Corp., Hawaii will only have one oil refinery and we will be importing the rest.
"We face greater exposure to the events occurring elsewhere in the world that affect our fuel pipeline – whether in the Middle East, Asia, on the seas, or at Mainland refineries and ports," said Abercrombie.
So, the governor is creating the Hawaii Refinery Task Force -- 27 interested stakeholders from various levels of government and the private sector to work on short-term and long-term findings due to Tesoro's closure.
Gov. Abercrombie also proposed looking at Liquefied Natural Gas as an alternative energy source.
LNG would allow the state to purchase from U.S. sources instead of going overseas. The governor said the resource is abundant and the technology exists for us to use it now.
The governor also pointed out the cutback in the solar tax credit. He said, "The lack of clarity and confusion by some gaming the system, created an uneven playing field for the renewable energy companies."
The governor said he is asking the Department of Taxation to work with the Legislature to find the appropriate balance and amendments to the tax credit to make it fair for everyone and sustainable.
The governor is looking to increase the conveyance tax, limited to high-end property transactions valued at more than $2 million to fund watershed protection. Gov. Abercrombie said it would generate $10 million. Another proposal is to look at a 10 cent fee for single-use checkout bags that could generate $15 million.
The governor is also pushing innovation and entrepreneurship. He is proposing the Hawaii Growth Initiative, a state investment program focused on building an innovation ecosystem that supports entrepreneurial high growth businesses and creates high wage jobs. This will also include agricultural and farming ventures.
Gov. Abercrombie will be asking the Legislature to increase the Kupuna Care budget by $4.2 million for Hawaii's seniors.
The governor also wants to raise Hawaii's minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.75 an hour starting in January 2014. He said the minimum wage has not increased for more than six years and 19 other states and the District of Columbia have higher minimum wages with less to confront in cost of living.
Gov. Abercrombie will also reopen the Kulani Correctional Facility by July 1, 2014 to restore jobs on the Big Island and return more than $5 million a year to Hawaii currently spent on Arizona correctional facilities. The new Kulani will work with the University of Hawaii at Hilo to provide inmates who are two to four years from finishing their sentences.
Other highlights of the State of the State:
- Institution of an Enterprise Resource Planning initiative, a collaborative and cooperative inter-agency plan to integrate and provide consistency within our state's finances, budget, payroll, human resources, acquisition, assets and grants.
- The 21st Century Schools initiative is a public-private partnership that allows the Department of Education to lease underutilized lands for the purpose of generating income to be used to upgrade existing schools or construct new schools.
- Within the next three years, the state aims to provide each of our public school students with current curricular materials on a digital device, such as a tablet or laptop.
On behalf of the House Minority Caucus, Minority Leader Aaron Ling Johanson made the following statement in response to the State of the State Address:
"The Minority Caucus agrees with the Governor that at its heart, politics exists to do good for people. We are encouraged by the Governor's call for a new, cooperative tone in legislative dialogue. This legislative session, unlike any year before, may be Hawaii's best chance to put politics aside and meaningfully focus on reaching common ground."
"Conceptually, we find common ground with the Governor's priorities to increase transparency, focus on education, address unfunded liabilities and support our veterans."
"The Governor's proposals are part of an ambitious agenda. The question will be how we pay for all of these initiatives. We should proceed with cautious optimism and be careful not to overcommit our state's financial resources during our fragile economic recovery. It is our responsibility as leaders to ensure that we stay on a path toward long-term financial solvency to best honor our state's obligation to its people."


text:
Nation's Restaurant News ranked only the top 10 most powerful people in foodservice out of the 50 influential people who make up The Power List. The remaining 40 people on the list have been divided into groups highlighting the type of influence they have on the industry. Here, we feature The Catalysts:people who are promoting change in the restaurant industry. Cheryl Bachelder, chief executive, AFC Enterprises Inc. More and more diners "love that chicken from ...
Register to view this article
It's free but we need to know a little about you to continually improve our content.
Why Register?
Registering allows you to unlock a portion of our premium online content. You can access more in-depth stories and analysis, as well as news not found on any other website or any other media outlet. You also get free eNewsletters, blogs, real-time polls, archives and more.
Attention Print Subscribers: While you have already been granted free access to NRN we ask that you register now.We promise it will only take a few minutes!
Questions about your account or how to access content?
Contact:Desiree email@example.com


text:
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/94152
- Title
- Predominance of activated EGFR higher-order oligomers on the cell surface
- Author(s)
- Clayton, Andrew H. A.; Orchard, Suzanne G.; Nice, Edouard C.; Posner, Richard G.; Burgess, Antony W.
- Abstract
- The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinase is generally considered to be activated by either ligand-induced dimerisation or a ligand-induced conformational change within pre-formed dimers. We report the relationship between ligand-induced higher-order EGFR oligomerization and EGFR phosphorylation on the surface of intact cells. We have combined lifetime-detected Forster resonance energy transfer, as a probe of the receptor phosphorylation state and image correlation spectroscopy, to extract the relative association state of activated versus unactivated EGFR, to determine the ratio of the average number of receptors for active (phosphorylated) and inactive clusters. There are at least four times as many receptors in the ligand-induced active clusters than inactive clusters. Contrary to the prevailing view that the EGFR dimer is the predominant, active form, our data determine that higher-order EGFR oligomers are the dominant species associated with the ligand activated EGFR tyrosine kinase.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Growth Factors, Vol. 26, no. 6 (2008), pp. 316-324
- Publication year
- 2008
- FOR Code(s)
- 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology; 1103 Clinical Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Epidermal growth factor receptor; Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; FRET; Ligand
- Publisher
- Informa Healthcare
- 0897-7194
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008.
- Peer reviewed


text:
Laura Bolles BadgerFebruary 12,2013
Laura Bolles Badger Rites
WASHINGTON A service of remembrance celebrating the life of Laura Lee Bolles Badger, 46, of Vermont Route 110, occurred on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at 11 a.m. in the Hedding United Methodist Church in Barre. She died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at the Respite House in Williston.
Pastor Tim Sargent of the East Barre Congregational Church officiated. Organist Vicki Gauthier accompanied the congregation in the hymns, How Great Thou Art, Just a Closer Walk With Thee and Amazing Grace.
Lauras sister Linda Otis, sister-in-law Tracy Smith and niece Abbigail Smith read a poem, My Special Sister and Aunt. Cheryl Joslin, sister, also read a poem titled Our Hearts Will Always Touch. Family members and friends offering reflections were Brenda Badger, Mercedes Bolles-Joslin, Rodney Elmer, Kimberly Whitcomb, Wendy Morrison, Kasey Miller and Janet Taylor.
Ushers were Chantal Parent, Wendy Tosi, Kimberly Whitcomb, Greg Smith, Cody Wendel, Cheyenne Smith and Forrest Smith. Delegations in attendance represented Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont, Lamberton Electric and U-32 students.
Following the service, family and friends gathered at the Canadian Club in Barre Town for a time of fellowship and luncheon.
The Hooker and Whitcomb Funeral Home, 7 Academy St., Barre, was in charge of the arrangements.MORE IN ObituariesFrederick A. Full StoryBonnie L. Full StoryRichard E. Lemery
WATERBURY Richard E. Full Story
- Most Popular
- Most Emailed


text:
The Prince T22 shoe is built on the foundation of the proven T Series with a performance and feel of the T10. Adding mesh to the upper, the T22 has improved the ventilation while maintaining durability and support. The TPU forefoot straps lock the foot in place ensuring excellent support and forefoot stability. The injected wYshbone TPU shank helps keep the foot stable during lateral movement. Prince backs the T22 with a 6-month durability guarantee.
Please call our team department at 1-888-466-1188 to inquire about additional team discounts when ordering.


text:
Premium Hatchery and Ventilation Services
NatureForm Hatchery Technologies produces cutting-edge hatchery, incubation, and ventilation equipment. Our products and services leverage intelligent design and modern components, providing efficient and flexible hatchery solutions to a variety of major industries.
A Leader in Commercial Poultry Hatchery Supplies
We are a proud supplier of the commercial poultry industry, with our chicken egg incubators and chicken hatcheries in operation all over the world. With our flexible and efficient designs, our customers in commercial chicken farming receive improved product quality, energy savings, and labor efficiency.
NatureForm chicken hatcheries can be customized to meet the needs of any producer. With variable tray capacities, dimensions and the most advanced temperature and humidity controls available, our clients enjoy complete control over the embryonic environment in their hatcheries and chicken egg incubators.
Efficiency and Quality with Intelligent Design
Through our patented Naturecoat technology and advanced fan systems, NatureForm products substantially reduce energy costs over competitor products. Quality structures and easy-to-access cooling and heating elements save time, money, and headache when adjusting, cleaning, and servicing our chicken hatcheries and chicken egg incubators.
Ventilation and Hatchery Technology for Any Industry
Aside from being a major supplier of the commercial chicken farming industry, NatureForm also works with many vaccine production companies. Flu vaccines are typically manufactured using chicken eggs, and the process requires precise, efficient practices in order to achieve safe, reliable results. With our flawless track record and innovative clean designs, vaccine producers yield quality products in a controlled environment. Our hatchery and ventilation systems also service the ratite industry as well as smaller game birds like duck and quail.
Contact a NatureForm representative to learn how our products and services can improve the production, efficiency, and overall process flow of your hatchery.


text:
Two teachers in Louisiana are accused of having a threesome with a student. Take a look at other notable teacher sex scandals.
James Hooker. Modesto, CA. In 2011, 41-year-old California teacher James Hooker left his family and his position at a Modesto high school to live with his 18-year-old former student. Later it was revealed that he may have had a similar inappropriate relationship with another former student.


text:
Some background: DD is 25 months old and still nurses 8+ times a day (about every 3 hours, day and night). She had some eating issues early on, and she wouldn't really even take solids until she was 14 months old. She didn't start eating then in any real quantities until she was 18 months old. She also has a dairy sensitivity, which she has started to outgrow, but I still can't give her cow's milk unless it's been baked into something.
OK, now here's the problem: DH and I want to have baby #2. My cycle has been back for 15 months now (when DD was 10 months old), and we've been having well timed intercourse every month since then. Before I got pregnant with DD, I was subfertile - I had two miscarriages and then a year of infertility.
My question is two-fold. First, I have heard from other women that in some small number of cases, there are women who cannot get pregnant until their child weans. Is that true, or is that an urban legend? Could nursing my daughter (even after my cycle came back) be making me less fertile than I already was? I've also heard that nursing hormones somehow block some other hormones (estrogen, I believe?) and that it could still decrease fertility some, although not enough to be used as birth control for the vast majority of women. But I don't know for sure, and I would hate to make a decision like this based on bad information.
Second, if we have to go down the road of fertility treatments, how compatible are those with nursing?
I'm so confused as to what I should do. We really do want another child soon (we would have preferred to have another one already), but it makes me sad to think of weaning her early. But at the same time, I'm not getting any younger or more fertile, and if I have to wean her to get pregnant again, I would like to start it very soon so that I can do it as gradually and gently as possible.
Thank you for your help!


text:
I return to work in 2 months. My 10.5month old son has become used to falling asleep at the breast over the last 2 months. I had been careful to have him fall asleep in a variety of ways until then, but once teeth came in and solid foods led to tummy troubles, I have used it freely for comfort. Come to think of it, even just one month ago he became very used to falling asleep on daddy's chest, to the point where that is how he fell asleep on me in the evening! Maybe the history is shorter than I think!
We bedshare, and I look forward to continuing to breastfeed in the evenings and over night (well, ok, a little nervous but we have decided this is how we want to parent right now). We won't change our evening and night-time parenting unless it becomes a challenge.
How can I sensitively and gradually wean to the bottle over the next two months? The two challenges I see are:
1. falling asleep at the breast (short history so perhaps not as bad as I think. However, he is at the age and has the temperament that he really really lets me know when he is angry and upset about not having his expectations met.
2. Transition to expressed breast milk during day. I feed liberally and on demand.
I have read Elizabeth Pantley's No Cry Sleep Solution and will re-read it with the 'falling asleep at the breast' focus now.
However, any suggestions from other moms who have returned to work would be terrific.
Thank you in advance! I will search the archives as well, since this cannot possibly be a unique situation!!!
Heather (and baby Andrew)


text:
Morrisey off to fast start in new office
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, in office for less than four months, is off to a fast start in keeping his campaign promises. One of them is worth millions of dollars to taxpayers.
Morrisey's predecessor, Darrell McGraw, seemed to think any money his office could lay its hands on was his to spend, as he saw fit. Millions of dollars collected for the state through lawsuits should have gone into the state treasury. Instead, McGraw kept the money, doling it out for causes he deemed worthy, especially when his largesse might help get him re-elected.
Finally last fall, Mountain State voters had had enough of McGraw's shenanigans. They voted him out of office, largely on the strength of Morrisey's pledges to clean up the attorney general's agency.
One of Morrisey's key promises was to seek approval by the Legislature when he wants to spend money out of amounts his office collects through lawsuit settlements. To that end, he sought and received lawmakers' approval of a bill that will deal with nearly $7.5 million in the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Fund.
Most of the money will go to the state Affordable Housing Fund, to a behavioral health program, and to West Virginia University and Marshall University. About $1.85 million will be used to hire staff in the attorney general's office, improve technology and pay for some operating expenses.
In the past, McGraw might well have distributed the money himself. But Morrisey is doing the right thing by having the Legislature – which is supposed to be in charge of budget appropriations – deal with the cash.
For several years, some legislators complained about McGraw's system. But when it came time to do something about it, not enough support could be mustered to pass the necessary bills. Now, Morrisey has taken care of the problem by, in effect, agreeing that lawsuit settlement money goes into the treasury to be spent as lawmakers decide.
Morrisey has several reforms on his plate and seems to be working diligently to implement them. This is a big one, however, and the new attorney general deserves praise for it.


text:
Subscribe To our E-Newsletter
The Watermark at Logan Square Presents How to benefit from Government Programs, VA Aid and Attendance Benefits
FREE seminar in the luxury high-rise for seniors in the heart of Center City, The Watermark at Logan Square welcomes guests to tour the residence and listen to experts on a variety of helpful topics throughout May, June and July 2014. There is limited seating and advance reservations are required. The Watermark at Logan Square is located just off the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Two Franklin Town Boulevard in Philadelphia. To attend or learn more, please call The Watermark at 215-240-8915.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 6:30 p.m.: How to benefit from Government Programs and VA Aid and Attendance Benefits – Presented by Scott Ferguson, Ch FEBC Chartered Federal Employee Counselor, this evening event will offer valuable information for senior veterans and their surviving spouses about a little-known program of financial assistance available to qualifying seniors who served in the armed forces during wartime. This evening event will include wine, cheese and dessert.


text: Boston Bombing Conspiracy? 123>LincolnGenghis posted:4/24/2013 6:22:53 PM Well we have not had any good conspiracy theories here lately and usually I don't watch Alex Jones much but this is something out of the ordinary. LincolnGenghis posted:4/24/2013 7:08:02 PM Here is another weird item below. I had to for some reason put this in the form of a normal link (Highlighted in blue Below) but it is a video. ?? This particular one is on you tube but oddly gets blocked from presumably you tube when it is shared like a You tube link. ???? its almost like somebody does not like this video getting shared easily. It does bring up some weird stuff about the library that was first reported when the bomb story first hit the news. But then they told everybody not to worry about the library and it was not part of the incident. Note: anybody with any more information on the bombing either for or against it being a conspiracy feel free to add some stuff to this thread. This is getting interesting. Totally WeirdLincolnGenghis posted:4/24/2013 7:48:12 PM If even half this stuff is true, or even small portions of all this are accurate we are owed an explanation. This link is easily shared on your facebook page using the share Icon at the top of the page.LincolnGenghis posted:4/24/2013 8:21:52 PM Now this one has to be one of the oddest videos I found so far. LincolnGenghis posted:4/24/2013 8:36:07 PM Another interesting one. LincolnGenghis posted:4/24/2013 9:04:36 PM And the thought did cross my mind ..????? where would the government find amputee actors if the whole thing was staged?????? Jaxerback posted:4/24/2013 10:15:45 PM It seems that every major "news" event in America since the moon landings have led to conspiracy theories. This is a very American phenomenon. Why would this be? Are most Americans suspicious by nature?Do you not trust your government? I have to say this. In my experience with working and dealing with people from all over the planet,the American people stand out as the most likely to be wary or suspicious of ordinary situations. I'm afraid to fart sometimes...it could be a gas bomb..lol!!!LincolnGenghis posted:4/24/2013 11:02:19 PM Most people I believe originally learned how To trust the government here from Richard Nixon. He was truely a shinning beacon Of hope and honesty. :)Jaxerback posted:4/24/2013 11:09:07 PM Tricky Dickey..in my humble opinion..any body involved in politics is a power hungry lying psychopath.Wereparadox posted:4/24/2013 11:20:52 PM I can guarantee there was no actors or props. How you ask? Since when has the united states gov. Ever been shy about sacraficeing a few lives to get what they deam to be important done? If and that's a big if that they wanted to do a false flag why would they bother to pull off all that crap and have a chance of some people catching them on there phones. That's just dumb. Do you think the elected officals suddenly devopled a concious about expending a few lives?LincolnGenghis posted:4/25/2013 12:51:05 AM Well if you look at some of the frames in the one video right after the blast all the flags and the barricade are still up with no damage, the flags are not even waving out from the pressure wave. about 95% of the blast goes straight up and looks more like a stage effect (flash pot) at a kiss show. the window glass that is shown broken out seemed to have defied conventional physics and has actually blown out of the building and not into the building and it seems to have gone towards the direction of the blast and not away from it.??? In some other wide angle footage of the buildings there does not appear to be any other window damage???? All the damage that the news services took footage of well after the fact was done by people tearing down the barricade and knocking over the flags presumably when they were helping all the amputees. Oh and the guy in the cowboy hat pushing the guy in the wheel chair seems to really get around, he seems to be in the right place at the right time quite often. He has made it into different news reports since 2004. During one recent news clip on the bombing they said he did not come to this country until 2006 so I guess he must be a time traveller also. The Guy he is pushing in the wheel chair has also been spotted before claim some people. Last place they say he was spotted was as a sandy hook victum. I am still looking into that one though. the pictures that were presented do look very convincing I just wish I had facial recognition software to compare the photos with each other to see if their is a mathematical match with his features. And if he is the guy people are saying he is he was already a double amputee. Some of the things people came up with were worth a second look though. Maybe the whole thing will never be fully explained just like the mysterious collapse of building 7 of the world trade center. bobprin posted:4/25/2013 8:09:49 AM In Reply To:Jaxerback posted:4/24/2013 10:15:45 PM It seems that every major "news" event in America since the moon landings have led to conspiracy theories. This is a very American phenomenon. Why would this be? Are most Americans suspicious by nature?Do you not trust your government? I have to say this. In my experience with working and dealing with people from all over the planet,the American people stand out as the most likely to be wary or suspicious of ordinary situations. I'm afraid to fart sometimes...it could be a gas bomb..lol!!!It appears that there have been questions about almost every event in the history of the US. In any secenario someone benefits. Roosevelt ignored warnings of a japanese attack, bringing the US into the war and ending the great depression. JFK did not want to become futher involved in viet nam but there was money to be made. Panama had a huge pile of american cash, we wanted it back. Irac threatened george hw. W made up the wmd threat and started that disaster and made a bundle. We linger in afganistan because of all the money in the herion trade. The violence leading up to and including sandy hook was a ploy to disarm the american public. This latest fiasco keeps the fear ball rolling and will lead to ?gary107 posted:4/25/2013 10:00:27 AM Jaxerb posts:>>Tricky Dickey..in my humble opinion..any body involved in politics is a power hungry lying psychopath.<< Do you mean like that greedy traitor JFK ?gary107 posted:4/25/2013 10:05:54 AM There is a lot of heroin trade coming out of Afganistan. They almost compete with Mexico in that area.gary107 posted:4/25/2013 12:06:46 PM America placed "President" Diem as ruler in "South" Vietnam in 1954, he had been a Roman Catholic monk in Maryland up to then. We placed a Roman Catholic family in charge of a land that was 95% Buddhist. JFK had no problem with that. When Diem and family became a road block to our military control then they were removed in early Nov. 1963, six months after the US Navy's first attempt on JFK at SDSU June 6, 1963 [6/6/63]. It was reported in print that there were five nest of "FBI" agents with rifles with scopes placed around the campus. Vietnam had a greatly negative impact on the American economy and society. We did get to develop new weapons and methods. Remember agent orange?gary107 posted:4/25/2013 12:10:32 PM sometimes it appears I am lead to believe it is government policy to tell the American people anything but the truth.Jaxerback posted:4/25/2013 9:28:07 PM Yep,all people in a position of power who strived to be there are basically liars...including JFK!gary107 posted:4/25/2013 10:30:23 PM Perhaps, they all have things to lie about or they view the position of power as a place of safety because everyone will lie about those in such positions anyway. Power seems not to attract the best among us.bobprin posted:4/26/2013 4:18:27 AM Power is a constant struggle. Some people never have enough of... name a vice. Sometimes I think our gov just gets bored.Wereparadox posted:4/26/2013 2:41:51 PM http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1328189 Michelle Obama might be an alien but sure is on hell of a female. The person who is the real president. Please log in or become a member to add a post.


text:
The Nikon 1 S1 is the first model in Nikon's S series of CSCs. It arrives firmly at the entry level of the 1 range and inherits a lot of the other '1' range features. Find out how it fares in our full Nikon 1 S1 review
Nikon 1 S1 Review
The Nikon 1 S1 is the first addition to Nikon's new 'S-series' of compact system cameras – a new introduction sits below the existing J series as the most junior in the range.
In many respects it's much of what we've seen before. There is, for example, a 10.1MP sensor whose size is roughly midway between the 1/2.3in sensor found in the majority of compact cameras – such as the Nikon COOLPIX L810 – and the larger ones used by the Micro Four Thirds system – such as the Pansonic Lumix GF6.
The Nikon 1 S1's sensor applies a 2.7x conversion factor to all mounted lenses, giving the 11-27.5mm kit lens an effective range of 30-74mm. The lens lacks a VR system, meaning the Nikon S1 is only stabilised by a processing-based electronic VR alternative.
Shooting modes
In addition to the standard Auto option, Nikon has equipped the Nikon 1 S1 with a raft of scene and effects modes, such as Miniature, Backlighting and Selective Color. Yet, despite the camera being very much aimed at a novice audience, Nikon hasn't overlooked those who many wish to take more control into their own hands, with PASM exposure options on hand in addition to Raw shooting in the same NEF format as the Nikon D7100 and other Nikon DSLRs.
The Nikon 1 S1 features other niceties, including a 60fps burst mode (15fps with continuous AF) and a Best Moment capture mode – found on other Nikon CSCs including the Nikon 1 V2 – which takes a number of images at once and lets you choose your favourite. An extension to this is the Smart Photo Selector, which cleverly takes several images before and after the shutter release is fully depressed and chooses what it thinks is the best capture (or captures if you'd prefer it to present you with the best five images).
Nikon 1 S1 review – Design
The Nikon 1 S1's streamlined body and glossy finish (in all but black options) may not be to everyone's taste, but there's plenty of room around the front to get a good hold. It's also welcome to see a small rubber thumb rest on the rear, and while it's true there's no grip of any sort, this does at least help to keep both the weight and size of the camera down to a minimum.
Unlike Nikon 1 J1 and other J series models, the Nikon 1 S1 lacks a physical mode dial, although a virtual one may be brought up through the menu system to alternate between exposure options. The menu system is clear and accessible, and certainly one of the better ones found on such Compact System Cameras.
Button positioning is also logical, in that the playback button is on the rear where it can easily be reached by the thumb, and the movie mode on the top plate conveniently next to the shutter release button.
The Nikon 1 S1's virtual mode dial
The kit lens supplied with the Nikon 1 S1 also scores points. It measures only around an inch in length when in its locked position, and it's encircled by a dimpled rubber zoom ring for better purchase. Some may find its collapsible design to be somewhat irritating as the lens needs to be released from this position whenever the camera is turned on, although the camera automatically turns on once the lens is released, which makes the process smoother.
Nikon 1 S1 review – Performance
The Nikon 1 S1 turns on in good time, although the lens needs to be released from its locked position before any shooting can take place. Once this happens, however, the S1 is a joy to use for a number of reasons.
The autofocus system on the Nikon 1 S1 does an excellent job to bring subjects into focus in no time at all, with focus confirmed almost as soon as the shutter release button has been half depressed. True, it takes a little longer in poor light, but then this is true of many similar cameras.
Shot-to-shot times are also very good, when compared with other CSCs around the same price point, such as the Sony NEX-3N. The camera seems unwilling to slow down between captures, even when set to record Raw files which typically slow down or temporarily prohibit any further camera operation.
The menu system on the Nikon 1 S1, despite lacking some of the more advanced customisation options of other CSCs, has been designed with simplicity and clarity in mind and makes the user manual all but redundant.
The Nikon 1 S1's LCD screen is very stable – even at longer focal lengths – and displays images with excellent detail. There is, of course, a slight drop in visibility when the camera is used in brighter conditions, but this is the case across all cameras with such displays. Still, there are a few issues – the position of the indicator lamp on the rear is illogical, in that the thumb naturally covers this when holding the camera conventionally. Positioning it further upwards towards the LCD would make more sense.
Image Quality
Nikon 1 S1 review – Image Quality
There's plenty to like about the Nikon 1 S1's images. The metering system is generally consistent, and in comparison with similar cameras it often chooses the most appropriate exposure, although there is a slight tendency towards overexposure (which the target market is more likely to prefer to underexposure).
The Nikon 1 S1's Auto White Balance system also has a tendency to get colour balance right with no unusual colour casts witnessed during testing, although some may prefer colours to be given a little boost to make images more print-ready. With the 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens the level of detail in images is also very good, right up the corners and edges of the frame when stopped down. JPEGs also show very good contrast over Raw files, while video quality is also better than expected, with richly detailed footage and reasonable sound.
Noise is more problematic than other CSCs equipped with larger, less saturated sensors, and blooming is also noticed more frequently than usual (although this is also partly down to the exposure system tending to choose over rather than underexposure). At higher sensitivities the camera still manages to retain a reasonable amount of detail, although noise reduction does lead to some details being lost.
Nikon 1 S1 review – Verdict
The Nikon 1 S1 is a fine CSC, with a long list of admirable features. It may not be the best choice for low-light (with the lack of a proper VR system standing out as a particular disappointment), neither is it the ideal option around which to build a system of lenses and accessories, but if you just want a small, light and capable carry-around camera it's definitely one for the shortlist.
With its speedy AF system, prompt shot-to-shot times and respectable overall image quality the Nikon 1 S1 is a welcome addition to the CSC sector, even if it doesn't really stand out from its J-series siblings for any particular reason. Having only recently been launched it's a little on the pricey side, but its price is slowly dropping – once it falls below the £400 it'll be a steal.
Sample Image Gallery
These are just a small selection of our Nikon 1 S1 sample images. For a full range, visit our Nikon 1 S1 sample image gallery.
1/125 sec @ f/6.3, ISO 400, AWB
1 NIKKOR 11-27.5mm f/3.5 – 5.6
1/640 sec @ f/5, ISO 400, AWB
1 NIKKOR 11-27.5mm f/3.5 – 5.6
1/100 sec @ f/6.3, ISO 400, AWB
1 NIKKOR 11-27.5mm f/3.5 – 5.6
1/250 sec @ f/3.5, ISO 280, AWB
1 NIKKOR 11-27.5mm f/3.5 – 5.6
First Look
The Nikon 1 S1 is the first model in the new S-series, with the intention for models to be fast, stylish and straightforward, an aimed at appealing to users of compact cameras looking for better performance and image quality, while it sits below the J-series in the Nikon 1 hierarchy.
As such, the Nikon 1 S1 features an uncluttered interface with simplified controls and digital menus, along with a host of simplified, creative controls. These include Live Image Control that allows you to adjust settings to freeze action, tweak lighting or blur backgrounds, while you can preview these changes before you take a shot.
Motion Snapshots takes a 'living image' by capturing a short, slow-motion movie that ends with a still image, all in a single click and output as a single .mov file. There's also Creative Mode, allowing you to apply a host of filter effects to the image, while there is direct access to manual control as well.
Unlike the Nikon 1 J3 and Nikon 1 V2, the Nikon 1 S1 maintains the 10.1MP 1in CMOS sensor with an ISO range from 100-6400, while just like the Nikon 1 J3, Full HD video clips can be captured at 60 and 30fps and 60i, 60p and 30p frame rates, while full-resolution images can be shot while filming.


text:
You are Here:
Landscape Initiatives
/ NRCS Funds Available for Water Quality Projects in Florida
Loading Tree...
Apply before June 15, 2012 cut-off date
Release No. 112012
Gainesville, FL., May 08, 2012 — Florida agricultural producers in three watersheds will receive targeted funding to improve water quality through a new National Water Quality Initiative. USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will manage the initiative by making $741, 000 available to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners in the selected watersheds.
"This Water Quality Initiative is a focused approach to improve water quality in the Lower St Johns River and Choctawhatchee River watersheds and will further NRCS' partnership efforts in those areas," said Carlos Suarez, NRCS State Conservationist in Florida.
Through this effort, eligible producers in Deep Creek, Clarks Creek and Little Scurlock Creek watersheds will invest in voluntary conservation actions to help provide cleaner water for their neighbors and communities. The selected watersheds were identified with help from state agencies, partners, and the NRCS State Technical Committee.
Using funds from the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, NRCS will provide funding and advice to producers to install conservation practices such as cover crops, filter strips and terraces in watersheds with impairments where the federal investment can make a difference to improve water quality.
This targeted effort helps landowners in eligible watersheds to qualify for financial assistance by competing for funds with a smaller pool of applicants. Typically, NRCS receives a large number of applications statewide for EQIP funding each fiscal year.
Although NRCS accepts applications on a continuous basis throughout the year, all applications for funding consideration for this initiative, during this fiscal year, must be received by June 15, 2012. Remember to check with your local NRCS office to see if you are located within the selected watersheds.
Since 1935, NRCS's nationwide conservation delivery system works with private landowners to put conservation on the ground based on specific, local conservation needs, while accommodating state and national interests.
Additional information on NRCS, conservation assistance, and programs is available on the web atwww.fl.nrcs.usda.gov/programs or at your local USDA - NRCS office. To find the nearest office go to your telephone directory under "U. S. Government, Department of Agriculture", orhttp://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app .
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD).
NRCS Home | USDA.gov | Site Map | Civil Rights | FOIA | Plain Writing | Accessibility Statement
Privacy Policy| Non-Discrimination Statement | Information Quality | USA.gov | Whitehouse.gov


text:
Anything you love about music, no matter the genre, can usually be traced back to one seminal recording that introduced a trend or technique that forever changed the way people make music. On the flip side of that, of course, is the fact that you can also pinpoint those moments in music history where, even if no one realized it at the time, things took a turn for the worse. Interestingly, because the masses generally aren't inspired to copy that which they don't enjoy, the awful trends in music tend to start at the same place the good ones do, hidden within great pieces of work.
Identifying these wellspring moments is especially easy with rap music, since it's only been around since the '70s. Less source material to sift through makes influences easier to spot. And when it comes to rap music history, some of the very worst the art form has to offer started with some of the finest albums the rap music genre has ever produced.
Here are four classic rap albums that accidentally destroyed rap music.
4Ready to Die by Notorious B.I.G. Married Rap and High Fashion
In 1993, the balance of power in rap music had shifted heavily toward the West Coast. After music made by gang members (which I refuse to identify by its accepted name because "gangster" does not have two A's) killed the "positive" rap movement with songs about selling crack, the East Coast struggled to find an identity for a few years.
To tilt the scales back in the direction of New York, it took a trio of legendary debut albums. The first was the Wu-Tang Clan's Enter the Wu-Tang in 1993, followed by Nas' almost perfect Illmatic in the spring of 1994, and, most importantly for this entry, Ready to Die by the Notorious B.I.G. shortly after that.
Pictured: The 1983 NFL draft of debut albums.
More on the Wu-Tang and their hand in ruining rap later, but for now, let's talk Nas and Biggie. For all intents and purposes, they were opposite-sized versions of the same person right before their debut albums came out. Both had made their names by delivering jaw-dropping guest appearances on other people's records (as if there's another place to make a guest appearance), and both were the next likely torchbearers for what's affectionately referred to as "real" rap. The hype around each man's debut album was off the charts, and each man lived up to it nicely.
In every way imaginable, though, the Notorious B.I.G. delivered in a much larger way. While Ready to Die went quadruple platinum and became the album of 1994, Illmatic struggled to sell 500,000 copies (it eventually went platinum, but not until 2001). If you're looking for a reason why that happened, I have a picture of it for you right here:
Meet the man who ruins everything.
Nas and B.I.G. both had street cred for days, but only one of them had Puff Daddy, the most flamboyant record executive in rap music history, on their side. Puff (the name I choose to call him because it's the only one that's a real word) practically forced his 350-pound retirement plan to take on a more suave, player-type persona to go along with his tales of selling drugs and shooting home invaders. And man did that shit work. The album itself, much like those by Nas and Wu-Tang, was light on radio-friendly songs. But the handful it did have were promoted as singles, and the more "street-friendly" stuff was left for people who actually bought the album. While Nas and Wu-Tang stomped around housing projects wearing Timberlands in cold weather and gathering around burning trash cans like a bunch of super talented hobos in their videos ...
Because nothing is more real than homelessness.
... Biggie Smalls and his dance-happy best friend were in hot tubs with chicks and drinking champagne with R&B singers.
That looks a lot more enjoyable and, way more importantly, a lot less threatening to the "general public" than what the rest of the East Coast was up to. It should come as no surprise that, of the three acts mentioned here, the Notorious B.I.G. was the most commercially successful.
To Puffy's credit, everything about the presentation of the Notorious B.I.G. as an entertainer was executed flawlessly. In videos, he wore expensive suits and hung out with the rich and pretty. He was almost glamorous. But on record, he was just as "hardcore" as anyone else. His success in blending gritty subject matter with a more refined and classy look was lost on absolutely no one. Wu-Tang and Nas were doing great things, but it looked like the same thing everyone else was doing. Just by giving a shit about what he looked like and occasionally mentioning that in his songs, Biggie set himself apart from all the other rappers who were essentially making the same music he was.
You don't need me to tell you about the unfortunate heights to which rap music eventually took this newfound interest in expensive fashions and upscale lifestyles. That's pretty much all rap music is today. If you ever find yourself pondering who the most influential rapper of all time might be, swish that previous sentence around in your head for a little bit and then ask again.
Interestingly, someone else from that glorious rookie class would take the "stop dressing like a subway passenger" aesthetic from the Notorious B.I.G. and add something to it that he, in turn, appropriated for himself on his next album. Cliffhanger alert!
3A Wu-Tang Clan Member's "Solo" Album Made Rappers Think They Needed Five Names
The last thing anyone needed from a rap ensemble that fluctuates between eight and 10 members at any given time was a few more names to remember, but that's exactly what we got when Wu-Tang Clan cohorts Raekwon the Chef (already with the names) and Ghostface Killah released the super-duper classic album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (their spelling, not mine). If you think the name is stupid, wait until you see what kind of shenanigans they got up to in the studio.
Because The Godfather is a great movie and the Wu-Tang Clan at least pretend to be relatives, the group took on the crime family name "Wu-Gambinos" for the entirety of the album. The individual members also took on new names. So long, Method Man. Hello, Johnny Blaze. Goodbye, Raekwon the Chef. Hello, Lou Diamonds, which would eventually evolve to "Lex" Diamonds, presumably after someone in the group finally saw La Bamba.
The list of names went on and on. At around the 0:50 mark of this video ...
... you can hear the group, clearly enamored with the idea of getting their new monikers entered into the historical record, awkwardly struggle to get all 15 to 20 of them shouted before the song fiiiiiinally starts about two minutes later than it needs to.
Here's the thing, though: None of that matters at-fucking-all because Only Built 4 Cuban Linx was a masterpiece. Although it's more accurate to say that the name game didn't matter at all for that album. For rap music as a whole, the decision to inexplicably change Inspectah Deck's already dumb name to the even dumber but more historically significant "Rollie Fingers" sent shock waves through the rap world.
And probably through the real Rollie Fingers' world also.
Seemingly overnight, every rap collective with more than three members not only had a second name for their group, but also had alternate identities within that group. Perhaps no rapper was influenced by the album's fascination with name changes more than the aforementioned Nas. As you may know, he often goes by the name "Nas Escobar," which is, of course, a reference to slain Colombian soccer star Andres Escobar.
Now, with the accurate portion of the preceding information in mind, can you guess who the first non-Wu-Tang-affiliated rapper to appear on a Wu-Tang-related album was? If you said Mary J. Blige on the Method Man classic "You're All I Need," your definition of rap is probably racist! The correct answer, of course, is Nas. He delivered one of the finest verses in the history of words that rhyme on the Cuban Linx track "Verbal Intercourse," because this was obviously a concept album about awesome things with terrible names.
It was his brief sojourn into the Wu-Tang's alternate family that earned Nas that Escobar nickname, and he really liked it. A lot. A brief but undetermined but also perfectly Googleable amount of time after appearing on that song, Nas released his second album, which was chock-full of crime family references and mentions of that new last name of his.
You may also note that he's significantly more well-dressed here than when we saw him in the previous entry. Go figure.
Once Nas latched onto it, the extra-name fetish spread like wildfire (aka Burny Trees). By the time his second album rolled around, even the Notorious B.I.G. was in on the fun, regularly calling himself Frank White, a reference to Christopher Walken's drug lord character in King of New York. Nowadays, rappers like Lil' Wayne seem to have an infinite supply of new names they'd like you to call them from week to week. It's maddening, and it's all because of, arguably, the best Wu-Tang "solo" album of all time.


text:
Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of central processing units, said that shipments of mobile processors grew tremendously in Q3 2009, which allowed the company to post better-than-expected financial results for the quarter. What is even more noteworthy is that Atom and associated chipsets now represent over $1 billion dollar business for Intel, a situation that no one could foresee just about two years ago.
During the third quarter of fiscal 2009, Intel shipped record amount of microprocessors and chipsets. Mobility Group revenue was up 19%, Digital Enterprise Group revenue was up 14%, and Intel Atom microprocessor and chipset revenue was up 15% to $415 million, all sequentially. Intel's third quarter revenue was $9.4 billion. The company reported operating income of $2.6 billion, net income of $1.9 billion and earnings per share (EPS) of 33 cents.
"[Sales of] Atom and the associated chipsets were a bit above $400 million, it was $415 million. Year-to-date, we have sold over, or right at, $1 billion worth of Atom and associated chipsets," said Stacy Smith, chief financial officer of Intel.
Intel Atom central processing units (CPUs) are not meant to perform, moreover, supporting chipsets do not feature the latest multimedia or security technologies; in fact, the Atom platform is aimed at very basic tasks. It is rather obvious that revenues of Atom and supporting logic this year will be in the range between $1.3 and $1.5 billion as netbook shipments will be skyrocketing. The overall trend seems to be quite interesting: many people do not need performance or features from their PCs, which may be an alarming sign for CPU makers.
The Atom is an important technology for Intel going forward since with its ultra low power chips as well as system-on-chip devices Intel will be able to target consumer electronics or handset markets. In fact, Intel claims that it already has design wins in certain untouched sectors.
"The consumer electronics and ultra mobile activities are proceeding nicely in terms of design wins and product development but the volume there is really out in time a bit," said Paul Otellini, chief executive officer of Intel.
But while Atom is exceeding any expectations, fully-fledged mobile platforms still remain more popular among end-users, Intel stressed.
We saw the sequential unit growth rate of notebook processors and chipsets actually exceed the growth rate of Atom processors and chipsets. While Atom and netbooks are important growth drivers for us, our traditional notebook business remains one of the primary drivers of revenue growth and we expect that to continue in the future," claimed Mr. Otellini.


text:
2MASX J09133888-1019196 comprises two interacting galaxies that are both disturbed by gravitational interaction. The wide separation of the pair - approximately 130,000 light-years - suggests that the galaxies are just beginning to merge. Together the two galaxies form an ultra-luminous infrared system, which is unusual for the early stages of an interaction. One possible explanation is that the one or both of the components have already experienced a merger or interaction. Giant black holes lurk at the cores of both galaxies, which are found in the constellation of Hydra, the Sea Serpent, about 700 million light-years away from Earth.
This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on the occasion of its 18th anniversary on 24th April 2008.
Object Names: 2MASX J09133888-1019196, IRAS F09111-1007
Image Type: Astronomical
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
|About the Object
|About the Data
|About the Image
To access available information and downloadable versions of images in this news release, click on any of the images below:


text:
i've had an oversupply and OALD and my LO is going through her 4 month growth spurt - feeding every 1-2 hours (where she usually feeds every 3 hrs). before the growth spurt, I still got engorged between feedings and in the mornings (i.e. supply way more than demand).
during this growth spurt, i've been pretty comfortable.
does that mean that my supply has now met her demand, or my breasts will finally even out? Or, will her more frequent feedings increased my supply further, and after the growth spurt, I will be engorged again?


text:
No one was injured but a tractor was destroyed after a fire at the Hart Tie & Lumber Company on Winnebago Avenue on Monday morning, according to the Black River Falls Fire Department.
When firefighters arrived on scene at about 7 a.m., the tractor, which is valued at $3,500 was fully engulfed in flames.
Investigators are still looking into what caused the fire, which the department says took six firefighters 40 minutes to knock down.
At about 9:30 a.m., firefighters were called back to the Hart Tie & Lumber Company for a fire in the sawdust shaving bin. Black River Falls Fire Chief Steve Schreiber says the employees had off-loaded sawdust shaving from a wagon that had been attached to the tractor from the earlier fire and thought they saw smoke coming from the metal bin.
Chief Schreiber says firefighters checked the bin with a thermo imaging camera, but they did not find a fire. Crews stayed on scene for an hour.