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When an individual has difficulty recalling people, objects, places or events that have already taken place, he is experiencing memory loss. Many medical professionals agree that some memory loss is a common part of the aging process. It is only when memory loss affects an individual's ability to perform normal, daily functions that one should be concerned.
Types of Memory — To understand memory loss, it is helpful to understand how the brain stores information. In general, memory is stored in either short-term or long-term memory:
- Slower thinking — This typically affects your thinking and problem solving abilities.
- Difficulty paying attention — The more distractions you have, the harder it is for you to store the desired information in your memory.
- More cues needed to recall information — Most memories require some cue, but as you age, you may need more.
Experiencing these symptoms is not necessarily cause for alarm. Many individuals hastily assume that any form of memory loss is a sign of dementia, which is a significant, progressive and permanent loss of memory.
There are actually many different types of dementia, although the most well-
known is probably Alzheimer's disease. Symptoms of dementia include:
- Impairments in thinking, learning, memory, and judgment such as:
- Inability to recognize family members
- Forgetting one's home phone number or address
- Forgetting to eat, bathe, or perform other hygiene tasks
- Changes in personality, mood, and behavior
Only 5 to 8% of seniors over 65 are afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, but if you have any concerns talk with your doctor.
Reversible Causes of Memory Loss — There are some causes of memory loss that are not related to aging or dementia. These causes are often called reversible causes of memory loss because with proper medical attention or a change in lifestyle, memory can be improved. Reversible causes may affect individuals of any age. If you suspect that any of these factors may be affecting your memory, contact your medical or mental health professional:
- Stress
- Sleep disorders
- Metabolic diseases, such as thyroid disease
- Alcoholism
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
- Infections
- Drugs
Improving Your Memory — Though you can't prevent memory loss or the effects of aging, there are some simple ways that everyone can improve their memory.
The Mayo Clinic has identified 10 steps to help keep your memory sharp:
- Exercise your mind. By challenging yourself with new mental challenges, you keep your brain active. Here are a few ideas:
- Learn to play a musical instrument
- Play word games like Scrabble or do crossword puzzles
- Interact and socialize with others
- Learn a new hobby
- Volunteer
- Stay informed about current events
- Read a wide variety of material
- Be physically active. Physical activity increases blood flow, which increases oxygen to the brain. A good exercise program will incorporate aerobic activity, strength training, and stretching. Before you begin an exercise program, be sure that you consult your doctor.
- Eat a balanced diet and stay hydrated. A diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables provides your body with antioxidants, which are substances that protect and nourish brain cells. Dehydration can make you tired and will cause you to have problems concentrating.
- Use reminders and cues. Because you are required to retain and organize a lot information daily, use cues and other reminders. Here are some helpful cues:
- Write lists
- Establish a routine
- Practice repetition
- Give yourself time to remember things. It's a lot easier to memorize something when you are able to give it your full attention and focus.
- Learn to relax. Because stress and anxiety can interfere with your concentration, it is important to learn how to relax. Common stress reduction and relaxation techniques include:
- Regular exercise
- Yoga
- Meditation
- Be optimistic. Research has shown that a positive attitude can have very beneficial effects on many medical conditions. Happiness may make you more alert, and being alert opens your senses to help store memory.
- Talk with your doctor. Sometimes side effects of a medication or interactions between medications may cause problems with your memory. Talk with your doctor about your experiences.
- Check your levels. Know your blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels. Sometimes a change in these may affect your alertness or your ability to concentrate. Check to see if your thyroid gland is functioning properly as well.
- Keep your perspective. Some memory loss is normal, so don't panic if you can't remember where you placed your keys or can't think of that word you were looking for. You can't remember everything.
Author: Karen Clevering, Clinical Content Editor, © liveandworkwell.com. All rights reserved.
Disclaimer: The information about educational or therapeutic approaches is provided for educational purposes only. Certain treatments may or may not be covered through your benefit plan. Coverage typically depends on your plan specifications and relevant guidelines maintained in relation to your benefit plan.


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Wireless Changes and Instructions
Greetings Bates Community,
Today, Information and Library Services is pleased to announce the rollout of the new "Bates" and "Bates Visitor" wireless networks.
• The "Bates" wireless network will allow faculty, staff and students to easily and securely connect to the Bates network.
• The "Bates Visitor" wireless network will allow guests of the College to easily connect their devices to the Internet.
The "BatesSecure" wireless network will remain available until July 31, 2013 to assist with the transition to the "Bates" network.
As of today, the "BatesGuest" wireless network has been discontinued and replaced with "Bates Visitor". Guests of the College who are here during the transition will need to reconnect their devices to the new "Bates Visitor" network.
As a Bates faculty, staff, or student, all of your personal and Bates owned devices should be connecting to the "Bates" wireless network.
How to Connect:
• Click on the wireless network icon in the lower right of the screen. If it is not visible, you may have to click the expand icon to see it. (Windows XP)
• Click on View Available Wireless Networks.
• Select the network named "Bates".
• When prompted for the network security key, type: Bobcat1855 and click OK.
• Click on the wireless signal strength icon in the upper right corner of the screen.
• Select the "Bates" wireless network.
• When prompted, enter the following security key: Bobcat1855 and click Join.
iOS (personal iPad & iPhone) Bates owned iOS devices will automatically be switched to the new "Bates" wireless network.
• Tap on the Settings app.
• Tap on the Wi-Fi settings and tap on the "Bates" wireless network.
• When prompted for a password enter: Bobcat1855 and tap Join.
Other Wireless Devices
• Connect to "Bates" like you would for any other wireless network.
• If asked, the Security type is WPA2 Personal (PSK).
• The password needed to connect is: Bobcat1855
If you have any questions or problems with connecting, please contact Help Desk Services at 786-8222.

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The Danish ocean carrier's plan to acquire Hamburg Süd in 2017 caps a landmark year for consolidation in the container shipping industry, noted Mario Cordero, the chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration today announced a final rule establishing a national database for the drug and alcohol testing records of commercial truck and bus drivers.
Transportation and logistics companies added 8,900 positions last month, following a revised 12,200-job increase in October, according to recent preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Members of the planned ocean carrier alliance – Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming, NYK, MOL and "K" Line – said they plan to offer 31 services, utilizing 240 vessels to call over 75 ports.
Meanwhile, a judge in STX Offshore's Korean bankruptcy proceedings has ordered the troubled shipbuilder to put its shipyard up for sale along with its profitable cruise ship subsidiary based in France, according to multiple media reports.
The French shipping company, which acquired Neptune Orient Lines and its APL subsidiary earlier this year, is seeking a buyer for the APL container terminals.


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- Officially licensed by MLB®
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This month we celebrate the myriad contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States and honor the essential role that AAPI communities continue to play in enriching our nation's legacy. This is a time to commemorate the diverse cultures, traditions, and history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and recognize how these unique experiences have shaped our political, social, and economic growth as a nation.
This annual commemoration first began as a week-long celebration in 1978, and in 1992, May was officially designated as Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. The month of May was selected to pay tribute to the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and also to observe the anniversary of the transcontinental railroad—a project that was completed primarily by Chinese immigrants who laid the tracks.
President Obama recently signed a proclamation in which he also commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington, D.C.—a reminder of our "standing as a Pacific nation." We have also been asked to reflect on the 70 years since the official internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Soon our President will be bestowing the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Gordon Hirabayashi—whose courageous defiance of this forced relocation led the fight for justice all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, a total of 17.3 million Asian Americans and 1.2 million Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders (including in combination with another race) live in the United States. The Asian population increased more than four times faster than the total U.S. population, and the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population increased more than three times faster than the total U.S. population.
Along with the Administration and the Department, ACF remains committed to work with AAPI communities and support their ongoing efforts to combat discrimination at all levels and address socioeconomic and health disparities. Our agency's work not only helps AAPI communities with family economic assistance and child welfare services, but we've come up with innovative ways to help communities preserve their language and culture, and also instill pride in their land.
Together, let us respond to the President's call to action by visiting www.AsianPacificHeritage.gov to learn more about the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and "let us rededicate ourselves to making our Nation a place that welcomes the contributions of all people, all colors, and all creeds, and ensures the American dream is within reach for all who seek it."


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Category: Face time
Plane speaking from Worth Avenue
- 9:11 pm Monday, July 8th, 2013 by Robert Janjigian
If you're landing at Palm Beach International Airport now through the next several months, don't just keep your eyes on that device as you're heading toward baggage claim.
In each of the two major concourses at the gateway to Palm Beach, the Worth Avenue Association as placed a backlit advertisement to entice visitors (and locals, one supposes) to head to Worth Avenue during their stay in the Palm Beach area.
The ads will be up for a year, said Robin Miller, administrator of the Worth Avenue Association. "They reflect our current brand message and depending on their effectiveness, we will consider changing [More]
At Neiman Marcus: Cosmetics with a capital K
- 11:33 am Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 by Robert Janjigian


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What Digital Camera's review of the Pentax K-r discovers whether the K-r adds something extra to the recent run of promising Pentax DSLRs. Read our full Pentax K-r test…
Pentax K-r Review
Pentax K-r review – Features
Built around the same 12.4-megapixel CMOS sensor and Pentax PRIME II image processor used in the entry-level K-x, the Pentax K-r improves on the specifications of the K-x in several key areas and even outperforms the more expensive K-5 and K-7 models in some respects too.
Indeed, for a mid-range model the Pentax K-r boasts some pretty impressive headline specs. For example, the camera's standard sensitivity runs from ISO 200-12,800 but can be expanded to ISO 100-25,600. In addition, the K-r is able to shoot continuously at six frames per second (6fps) – one frame more than the K-7 can muster. In addition, the K-r also benefits from Pentax's in-camera, sensor-based Shake Reduction technology that allows for up to an apparent four stops of image stabilisation.
The Pentax K-r uses company's latest SAFOX IX autofocus system that offers 11 AF points in total, nine of which are cross-type sensors. The cross-type AF points are arranged in a square (three rows of three) formation within the centre of the viewfinder, with two vertical line AF sensors located to either side on the horizontal plane, offering a fairly generous overall scene coverage. The liberal use of cross-type sensors also means that autofocus remains equally as accurate regardless of whether the camera is being used in portrait or landscape orientation.
Pentax K-r review sample image – click for full size gallery
The K-r offers the full range of Program, Aperture priority, Shutter priority and Manual shooting modes (PSAM) along with a fully automatic point-and-shoot option. There's also a Sensitivity priority option that allows you to select a desired ISO, leaving the camera to make all the other calculations. In addition, the K-r also offers a number of Scene options such as Portrait, Landscape, Macro and Moving Object.
Further adding to the Pentax K-r's feature set are a number of creative digital filters and effects that can be shot in real time or applied to shots afterwards. These include such things as cross processing, toy camera effects, softening filters, starburst, a fisheye effect and a colour reversal filter. There are also distortion control and HDR modes available also. While advanced users might prefer to apply these effects using dedicated post-processing software, there's no denying they are fun to play with in order to add instantaneous creative effects to your images. Plus, when shooting Raw + JPEG, you'll always have the original unedited file to play with alongside the manipulated JPEG version.
One final thing that Strobist fans in particular will no doubt be pleased to learn is that the K-r supports wireless flash operation, meaning the pop-up flash can be used to operate a dedicated flashgun positioned off camera without the need for PocketWizard transmitters or similar such devices.
Pentax K-r review – Design
The first thing that strikes you when picking the Pentax K-r up for the first time is its reassuring solidity. Constructed from an internal steel frame and outer polycarbonate shell the camera isn't weather-sealed, although there is an internal dust removal system that's programmed to automatically activate upon start-up.
The K-r's finger grip is fairly deep and easily accommodates three fingers. There's a small recess at the top, just under the shutter button, that allows the middle finger to sit more comfortably. A moulded thumb grip adorns the back of the camera, giving the thumb added purchase too. Overall, it's a very comfortable and ergonomic camera to hold and use.
Buttons are nicely spaced and easy to reach. The selection wheel sits on the back of the camera next to the thumb rest where it is easily operated without having to adjust your grip. Pressing the Info button while the camera is in shooting mode brings up a tiled menu of key settings – from Custom Image settings to AF and Metering mode selection. This 'quick menu' is neatly laid out and easy to navigate, which actively encourages you to experiment with different settings, filters and effects. The Menu button, meanwhile, accesses more in-depth settings and adjustments. There's also a dedicated LV button for live view on the back of the camera, although to record movies you'll need to move the Mode dial on the top of the camera to the movie icon position.
Power is supplied via a rechargeable li-ion battery that comes with the camera. Alternatively, four AA batteries can also be used via an adaptor – it's a shame that an adaptor's needed rather than direct compatibility with both. Battery performance for the supplied 1950mAH battery was impressive, allowing a full day's shoot and over 300 images with plenty of power to spare.
Pentax K-r review – Performance
In use and the Pentax K-r's AF performance in good light is as good as instantaneous, and remains quick in less than ideal conditions too. In really poor light conditions the K-r employs a green-tinted AF-assist light to help find focus and prevent any prolonged focus hunting. With options for spot and single-point AF, the K-r helpfully indicates which AF points are being used when set to automatic AF. The viewfinder is bright and clear enough, but does only covers 96% of the frame.
A fixed 3in, 921k-dot LCD adorns the back of the K-r. It's bright and easily viewable from all angles, but does become much harder to use in bright sunlight. In review mode the K-r's Info button toggles between histogram and general shooting information for each recorded image, while the selection wheel allows you to magnify each image to check for sharpness.
The Pentax K-r's live view mode uses the contrast-detection method and is pleasingly quick to achieve focus – not quite as fast as Sony's Alpha range of DSLRs, but certainly on a par, if not quicker, than comparable Nikon and Canon models. We also like how the K-r automatically zooms into the central focusing box to confirm accurate focus before zooming out again to letting you capture the image.
The provided 18-55mm kit lens feels pretty solid in comparison to many of the standard kit lenses offered by rival manufacturers, but it's also rather noisy. In fact, noisy operation is a bit of an issue with the K-r generally as the shutter mechanism is far from quiet too. In many situations this won't be a problem, but at a wedding or when shooting wildlife, or indeed anywhere where a noisy camera might be an issue, it's worth noting that the K-r is almost certain to make itself heard.
In addition to long-exposure and high ISO noise reduction controls, the Pentax K-r also offers a distortion correction feature that can correct barrel and pincushion distortion, along with a feature that automatically removes chromatic aberrations from high-contrast borders. Be warned though: switching either of these two features on significantly increases processing time (by several seconds, no less) making continuous burst shooting all but impossible.
The Pentax K-r also offers an in-camera HDR function that takes three successive images at different exposures before blending them together into a single image. The results aren't bad, but to use the feature effectively the camera really needs to be used on a tripod as there can otherwise often be evidence of notable ghosting.
Image Quality
Pentax K-r review – Image Quality
Pentax K-r review: Tone and Exposure
In terms of exposure metering, we found the Pentax K-r to be generally decent, with just an occasional tendency to slightly underexpose. Dialling the exposure compensation by about a 1/3rd of a stop easily fixes this though. The highlight correction tool can also help to retain highlights, although applying too much of this – or its shadow correction counterpart for that matter – can make images look unnatural. Image tones are very much affected by the choice of the Custom Image setting used, and while the Natural setting is a little flat, the Bright and Vibrant settings both produce images with more tonal contrast.
Pentax K-r review: Colour and White Balance
Again, the choice of Custom Image setting has a fairly dramatic effect on colour. Used in Fully Automatic mode, or with the Natural custom image setting, colour is a little flat straight out of the camera. However, the Bright and Vibrant Custom Image settings both produce images that are noticeably more vibrant. Add to this the range of filters and effects that can be accessed and it's possible to produce everything from muted to high-contrast images without having to use any post-processing software. We especially liked using the Colour Reversal effect that mimics classic slide film for images that are rich and saturated in colour. We found the Automatic White Balance setting to be thoroughly reliable too.
Pentax K-r review: Raw vs JPEG
The Pentax K-r offers the option to record Raw files in either the universal .DNG Adobe standard or in Pentax's own .PEF format. We couldn't see any discernable difference between the two though. JPEG processing leads to sharper images than their Raw counterparts, and JPEG images shot at higher ISOs also benefit from greater noise reduction. Of course, there's much more scope to alter both the sharpness and noise content of Raw image files than their JPEG counterparts. As well as being able to record Raw and JPEG files simultaneously, the K-r helpfully allows you to make and save a Raw image from the last recorded JPEG file when the camera is in review mode, just so long as the data for the recorded image is still in the camera's buffer.
Pentax K-r review: ISO Sensitivity and Image Noise
Noise control on the K-r is really very impressive. Noise is all but imperceptible at lower sensitivities of up to ISO 400, even when images are viewed at 100%. At mid-range sensitivity settings of between ISO 800 and ISO 1600, image noise only makes a small impact with plenty of detail still present at higher magnifications. By ISO 3200 image noise does become more noticeable as sharpness and detail begins to degenerate, although even at this setting most images remain perfectly u
seable. By ISO 6400 image noise becomes much more pronounce. The highest available settings of 12,800 and 25,600 aren't especially useful, however, as they produce images that lack any fine detail and display an abundance of colour noise.
Pentax K-r review: Sharpness and Detail
Coupled with the 18-55mm SMC Pentax DAL kit lens the K-r is capable of delivering acceptably sharp images, especially when stopped down to an optimum aperture and used at low to mid-range sensitivities. Sharpness does decrease with each rise in ISO however. We had no problems with fringing on high-contrast borders at all.
Movie/Video Mode
Pentax K-r review – Movie/Video Mode
Pentax K-r review: Movie/Video Quality
The Pentax K-r is able to record at a maximum resolution of 720p at 25fps, with a further option to record VGA (640 x 480) movies at either 25 or 30fps. Movie files are recorded in the Motion-JPEG format, which offers quality reproduction and near universal media player support, but comes at the price of much larger file sizes than the alternative AVCHD format. It's worth noting that there's no HDMI output on the K-r either.
Pentax K-r review: Movie/Video Record Time
Pentax claims a top continuous recording time of 25 minutes or 4GB, whichever is reached first. In our tests, we found the K-r to record HD movie files at the rate of 270MB per minute, meaning a top continuous recording time of about 15 minutes. This will vary depending on what you're shooting, as compression will differ based on content.
Pentax K-r review: Movie/Video Focusing Modes
While it's possible to focus on a subject prior to recording movies, continuous autofocus is disabled once recording starts. This means that you must use the manual focus ring on the attached lens. On the 18-55mm kit lens this proved to be somewhat clunky owing to the resistance of the focus ring. Furthermore, it also generated audible noise that the built-in microphone can pick up (see below). Although autofocus on many other DSLR systems in movie mode is available it can often be disappointing, but for Pentax to continue to entirely omit this feature is a shame.
Pentax K-r review: Movie/Video Sound
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t-in microphone only records in mono and sadly there's no socket in which to plug a stereo microphone either. While using the camera to record movies in a quiet location we found that the built-in microphone picked up the internal whirring of the manual focus ring as we adjusted it.
Value & Verdict
Pentax K-r review – Value
Released in the autumn of 2010 with a recommended retail price of £530, the K-r has not really fallen in price all that much, with current street prices from reputable photographic dealers falling between the £450-£490 mark.
Compared to the similarly-priced, albeit older, Canon 500D the K-r does hold up relatively well though. While the K-r lacks the 1080p video capabilities of its rivals – an area where other DSLR manufacturers are placing a lot of focus.
Since Sony discontinued the Alpha A450, the nearest rival it has to the K-r is the cheaper Alpha A390, which when compared side-by-side against the better-featured K-r, comes off a distant second best. The Sony A560 might well be better placed to challenge the K-r more directly.
Pentax K-r review – Verdict
It's hard not to like the K-r. Reassuringly solid build and yet surprisingly compact, it sits nicely in the hand and is easy to operate. The menu layout actively encourages you to experiment with the built-in custom image presets and digital filters, combining one or more for fun effects, or even creating your own unique look with. Purists might argue that this is something best left to dedicated image-editing software at the post-production stage, however as the K-r is able to shoot perfectly neutral Raw images as well.
Video recording is more of an added extra than a standout feature, and we were disappointed that the K-r isn't able to autofocus while recording. But aside from this there is little else to fault about the K-r and plenty to praise. In the end, most users are going to judge their camera on its image quality and in this respect we're happy to report that the K-r is capable of delivering consistently good results, with high ISO performance especially noteworthy.


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Emanuel Glicen Romano, 1936 Nov. 23
Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Creator: Sidney M. Friend, photographer
Description: Romano working on a mural.
Identification on verso, left (handwritten and stamped): Title: The Circus; Artist: E. Romano; Medium: Oil on Canvas.
Identification on verso, right (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 13 East 37th St. New York City
Location: Friend, Auditorium of Gety House; Date 11/23/36; Negative No.: P 202D.
Forms part of: Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965, bulk 1935-1942
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation: Emanuel Glicen Romano, 1936 Nov. 23 / Sidney M. Friend, photographer. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965, bulk 1935-1942. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 2352
- Art and state
- Artists at or with their work
- Federal aid to the arts
- Gety House
- New Deal, 1933-1939
- New York, N.Y.
- Painting
- Romano, Emanuel Glicenstein
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Steelhead can be present from late October to early
May and average approximately 10 pounds with fish
topping 20 pounds. Steelhead numbers in Oak Orchard
are usually best from February to late April (runs
of steelhead come in with the Fall salmon migrations
to eat their eggs). Brown trout and salmon usually
start entering the river in late September. The browns
average 6-8 pounds and can get as big as 18-20 pounds!
The brown trout are what Oak Orchard is famous for
and the area is likened to a sort of "poor man's
Patagonia." Numbers can stay strong through the winter
with the best runs between mid October and early
December. King Salmon (Chinook) average 20+ pounds
with "trophies" over 35 pounds. The salmon run till
November with the best runs from the end of September
to the end of October. In limited numbers both Coho
and Atlantic Salmon enter the waterway during the
Fall and provide a truly diversified fishery. As
in all fisheries, please check all the Special
Regulations before you fish.
Fishing Oak Orchard is done in much the same fashion
as all of the Great Lakes fisheries, although traditional
fly lines and set-ups easily out number running lines
and "slinky" rigs (lead sacks on a snap swivel.)
Temperate flows and depths allow the more popular
method (a tapered floating flyline, long leader and
split shot or weighted fly) to be effective. The
same technique is used here as in nymph fishing for
trout. Another fly fishing technique is the use of
a sink tip line and a short leader(approximately
5-7 feet). Flourocarbon leaders sink easier than
standard monofiliment and sink tip lines combined
with the new sinking tip leaders allow fly fishers
to fish effectively without lead. The sink tip method
can be productive when using spey flies, woolly buggers,
and egg sucking leeches during periods of warmer
water when the fish are more active. In this method,
the fly is swung on a tight line. Colder water dictates
a slower swing. Mending upstream properly will help
you control the speed of the swing.
Access to the river can be found using Routes 18
and 104 from the east and west or Route 98 from the
south. (The New York State Thruway, Interstate 17/86,
Interstate 390 and Lake Ontario Parkway will get
travelors to western New York from points east, south
or west.) Once in the vicinity, Park Avenue on the
east side of the river affords most of the access
to the mile or so of productive, driftable water
below the dam.
Oak Orchard River is a one of a kind fishery, often
described as "World Class." With the angler friendly
size of the river and the large number of migrating
trout and salmon, it is no doubt a famous Fall, Winter
and Spring fishery. Angling pressure can be high
as on some Great Lakes tributaries. When the fishing
is on, it is phenomenal, and there are plenty of
fish to go around. The next time your looking to
catch a trout measured in pounds, not ounces and
that has the capability of "cleaning your reel",
take a look at Oak Orchard River.


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Things sure are getting more and more exciting here.
What better way to grab your attention than to give you a cream puff with love!
I know it's not that long ago when I just changed the look of my blog back in May. While I like the previous design, but I get bored very easily. So when the opportunity came along when I found out about UNNU, I grabbed it and within a few days, the first mockup was done! Between then till now, we made numerous changes, and having experience with my previous design definitely helps as I know what to expect this time round.
And the whole process was very smooth, UNNU was very professional, and design-forward, we went through everything step-by-step; from the masthead, to examining every single detail like font, colour template, format of the date, title of post, search engine, the gap between each post – everything that you see right now!
A big-shout to UNNU because besides choosing a design, and telling her what I like, she did everything else. It's great when you have a designer who knows whats you want because some things are just so difficult to put into words. You have no idea how many emails I sent to pester Nu and how many conversations we had to discuss about the design. Thank you so much!
Some of the really nice features of the design:
Coming to the social buttons, we were planning to put them on the main page, but decided against it and instead you can find them under the About & Contact page. So send me an email at [email protected], add me as a friend on Twitter, and facebook, And if by now you haven't been to my Delicious Index, all I can say is you are missing out! That's like the best page ever!
There's a 'live' twitter stream on top too, so follow me there and tweet with me! At the end of each post, just above the categories, there's the facebook & twitter buttons, if you like the post, click on the buttons and share it with your friends.
I know it will take longer to load the page with such a big masthead, but I'm totally heads over heels in love with it! And you know what's the coolest thing? I can change the design of the masthead every month – I'll never get bored again! So that's all folks, thank you for listening while I rave about my new love, the new design looks really great, and I hope you'll like it as much as I do. And oh yes, the Nuffnang Blog award is into the last week of voting, so do vote for me!
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Ithaca Stuns No. 11 Stevens, Heads to E8 Title Tilt
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HOBOKEN, N.J. – The third-seeded Ithaca College men's lacrosse team (12-5) stunned 11th-ranked and second-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology (12-4), 12-10, in an Empire 8 semifinal game Wednesday afternoon at the De Baun Athletic Complex. The Bombers advance to the Empire 8 title game for the seventh time in 10 years. They will travel to 15th-ranked and top-seeded Nazareth Saturday for a noon contest.
Strong second and fourth quarters powered the Bombers past the Ducks. The teams exchanged first-period goals to enter the second frame tied at 1-1. The Ducks rewrote an Ithaca goal that opened the second with a pair of their own before the Bombers netted three consecutive. The Ducks brought the game within one, 5-4, at the five-minute mark, but Ithaca put away two to own a 7-4 margin at intermission.
Stevens rattled off three straight in the third to knot action for the fourth and final time at 7-7 with 2:55 lingering in the quarter. Junior Brandon Henne (Port Washington, N.Y./Port Washington) won the ensuing faceoff, one of a career-best 19 on the day, en route to an Andrew Bruce (Lafayette, Calif./De La Salle) go-ahead goal just eight seconds later. The Bombers went on to score four unanswered for a solid 12-7 gap with 6:11 left to play. Stevens snuck within 12-10 with a trio of goals in the final five minutes, but the Bombers held off the Ducks who ousted Ithaca from an NCAA appearance with a 10-7 Empire 8 championship victory in 2012.
Bruce led the game with a career-best six points on four goals and a pair of assists. Sophomore James Manilla (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) matched a career-high with a hat trick and two assists. Junior Jake Long (Ft. Washington, Pa./Upper Dublin) chipped in two scores and one assists and classmate Ryan Burns (Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood Ranch) tallied one goal and dished out one helper. Junior Joe Perkins (Rush, N.Y./Rush-Henrietta) and Henne each found the back of the net once, while seniors Adam Wacenske (Rochester, N.Y./Gates-Chili) and Connor Lowe (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) and juniors Pat Slawta (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) and Casey Schattner (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) had one assist apiece.
Henne accompanied his faceoff domination with a game-best eight ground balls. Sophomore Steve Danylyshyn (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) collected six.
Defensively, Wacenske forced a Bomber-best three turnovers and Scott Sidnam (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) tallied the win in cage. He made 13 saves, the 12th double-digit save performance of his rookie campaign.
Stevens claimed a 42-39 edge in shots, while Ithaca held a 38-29 advantage in ground balls and a 19-7 benefit in faceoffs.
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Whatcom County Diabetes Connection
In April 2009, the Critical Junctures Institute and the Diabetes and Nutrition Clinic, St. Joseph Hospital began an action research project with a planning group of diabetic patients highly motivated to develop a diabetes self-management program in Whatcom County.
The goal of self-management is for persons with a chronic illness to keep themselves as healthy as possible, minimizing their risk of further health problems and unwanted visits to physicians or hospital.
Self-management means taking responsibility for the daily treatment of a chronic condition, such as making choices surrounding medication, diet, exercise, and other lifestyle issues that can affect one's health.
Using principles of "citizen health care"(pdf) developed by Professors Bill Doherty and Tai Mendenhall at the University of Minnesota, CJI will work with these "activated patients" to develop a citizen "owned and operated" support system for persons who have been diagnosed with diabetes and have participated in a structured diabetes education program, but continue to struggle to keep their diabetes under control.
The willingness and ability of persons to manage their chronic illness is not equal. The "Patient Activation Measure"
developed by Drs. Judith Hibbard, University of Oregon, and Bill Mahoney, a CJI affiliated researcher, has emerged as a valid and reliable indicator of the variability in persons with a chronic condition undertaking informed daily choices in managing one's own health and healthcare.
Where applicable, such as in the Diabetes Connection initiative, CJI's action research projects will consider the role that assessing "patient activation" plays in designing and implementing effective chronic disease self-management programs in Whatcom County.
Diabetes Connections Peer Partner Leadership Group, including Maureen Hewson, Peer Partner Coach and Volunteer Coordinator, front left; Alan Friedlob, Project Director, front center; and Cindy Brinn, coordinator of the Nutrition & Diabetes Center, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center, back row, right.
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Skyscrapers are tall buildings with multiple storeys. However, there is no certain height of a building which can determine it to be a skyscraper, but most of these structures have steel framework. Here is a list of the Top 10 oldest skyscrapers in the world.
10. John Hancock Center
This skyscraper is located in Chicago, Illinois and was constructed after five years in 1970. It has a 100-story building which stands 1,127 feet (334 m) in air. It is now the 35th tallest building in the world.
9. MetLife Building
It is located in New York City and was originally called the Pan Am Building. It was completed in four years in 1962. It has 59 floors and stands 808 feet (246 m) in air. Today it is 214th tallest building in the world.
8. One Chase Manhattan Plaza
It is a banking skyscraper located in New York City and was completed after six years in 1961. It has 60 floors and is 813 feet (248 m) tall. Today it is 209th tallest building in the world.
7. Lomonosov Moscow State University
It is the oldest and largest university in Russia and was founded in 1755 and was completed in 1953. It is considered to be the tallest educational building in the world. Its central tower is 240 m tall with 36 storeys. It was the tallest building in Europe until 1990. Today it is 242nd tallest building in the world.
6. GE Building
It is located in the New York City and is the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center. It was completed in 1933 and is 850 feet (260 m) tall. It has 70 floors and today is the 164th tallest building in the world.
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BBC Producers Apologize Over Hugh Grant's 'Tackled Like A Queen' Joke
Bosses at the BBC have issued an apology after Hugh Grant made a controversial comment about homosexuals playing rugby during a TV broadcast.
The Notting Hill star was watching the England versus Scotland Six Nations game at Twickenham Stadium, London on Sunday when he was invited into the commentary box at half time.
During an interview, Grant revealed he played rugby at school, before joking, "I discovered it hurt less if you tackled hard than if you tackled like a queen."
The remark sparked outrage from some viewers, with one writing on Twitter.com, "Nice bit of old-school homophobia from him that, wasn't it?"
Now bosses at the BBC have apologized for the comment, with a spokesperson telling Britain's The Sun, "We apologize for any offense his comments may have caused."
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Mom's Best Snickerdoodles
Total Time
Prep 20 mins
Cook 10 mins
A warm wonderful cookie full of great flavor. This was my favorite cookie when I was a kid. I've tweaked it a little to make it more healthy.
Ingredients Nutrition
48 48 cookies US
- 2 3⁄4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup Smart Balance butter spread
- 1 1⁄2 cups artificial sweetener
- 1⁄2 cup Egg Beaters egg substitute
- 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
- In another bowl stir the smart balance until creamy. Add the Splenda and beat until well blended.
- Add the egg beaters and mix well.
- Gradually add the flour mixture, mixing well after each addition.
- Cover and chill dough. Heat oven to 375° and grease cookie sheets lightly.
- Mix cinnamon and sugar together in small bowl.
- Roll about 1 teaspoon of dough into a ball and drop into the bowl to cover in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Place balls 2 inches apart on cookie sheets and bake 8 to 10 minutes. Remove to wire rack and cool.


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October Has Come Again: Southern Literary Symposium
October 30 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm Hill Ballroom, Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, NC In his 1935 novel Of Time and the River, Thomas Wolfe wrote, "October had come again, and he would lie there in his mother's house … Continue reading
Announcing the launch of the Student Health Coalition project website
A pioneering online archive about student activism in the 1960s and 70s goes public on Thursday, March 31, 2016. The website (studenthealthcoalition.web.unc.edu) is the digital home for video clips, historic photos, and personal profiles from former activists in the rural … Continue reading
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Have You Heard of the Montford Point Marines?
On Saturday, August 1, 2015, I had the honor of attending a ceremony for the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to the family of Sgt. James Andrew Felton (1919-1994), a Montford Point Marine. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian … Continue reading
Founded in 1865: African American Churches at the End of the Civil War
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Keeping it cool, dry, and constant
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"…an unconfirmed report had come in from Dallas that Pres. Kennedy might have been shot…"
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Now Available: Extensive Collection from Photographic Studio in Columbus, Mississippi
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Dude and Dude by Keith Poletiek
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Too good to be true.
My idea, either that or eliminate Monday, everyone's least favorite day.
If there's going to be 'Dudesday", I insist on a 'Chixday'. It could go between Wednesday and Thursday, just so we could still say 'Oh, God – we're only halfway through the week. Will it never end?' and go out for an extra long lunch and come back giggling inanely.
Dudesday…Love it, I think i'll embrace it
their faces are just a copy-right?
A casual day between Saturday and Sunday? How about "Saunterday"…?
As I understand it, he wants to put an additional day between Saturday and Sunday making an 8 day week. But as I understand it, it is going to be a working day. So you work Monday to Friday, then have Saturday off, then work on Dudesday, then have Sunday off, then it's Monday again.
BTW, there is a coffee shop that I go to and it is open 7 days a week. Just saying.
Would that replace "Hump Day"? … 'cause that could give Chixday an entirely different meaning … just sayin' …
In my innocence I have no idea what 'Hump Day' is (though I could hazard a guess that it has nothing to do with camels . . . )
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... with a Chang. I told him I was just a guts. This time I had a red curry with chicken and plain rice. Very delish – ok now full.
A 5 piece Thai band came on and were fantastic – they played the best version I have heard of Smoke on the Water. A rustle and commotion outside the bar was the 1% Bikey Group parking their bikes, they had a table reserved in front of the band. Probably about ten of ...
Kwai we went to Kanchanaburi
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The procession......monks procession that's it!
... of the oldest and most common rituals of Buddhism.
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Commerce Student Gives This Holiday
By Cooper Welch • Jan 2, 2012
A local child this Christmas has learned that it truly is better to give than to receive.
13-year-old Ethan Doster, a Commerce Middle School student, learned from his mother, Amy Doster, that the Commerce Public Library needed support, and decided to do something about it. According to Amy, Ethan decided that all of the money that would be spent on his Christmas presents should go to the Commerce Public Library instead.


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Chart of the Day - 4.7.2009
Via Paul Krugman, this comes from a recent paper by Thomas Philippon and Ariell Reshef. Basically, they created a metric of financial regulation and graphed it against the relative pay of people in the finance industry. Guess what? When the market is lightly regulated, pay skyrockets!
Now, sure, a lot of other stuff was going on during this period too, so take this with a grain of salt. But still: the amount of money being shoveled into the FIRE sector over the past 30 years has been pretty phenomenal, and it's hardly a stretch to think that that's pretty tightly correlated with loose regulation, massive leverage, and opaque rocket science derivatives.
What's more, as Krugman points out, the amount of money going into finance has been so stratospheric lately that it actually has a significant impact on overall income inequality. It's only a part of the story, but it's still a part. One of the reasons there's been less money for the middle class, thus spurring ever greater indebtedness in order to keep living standards on the rise, is because our financial titans kept so much of it for themselves. It's time for that to stop. Finance should be the servant of industry, not its master.


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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of influenzaA (H1N1)V infection in Isfahan, Iran, JulyOctober2009
Abstract number: R2374
Babak A., Akhtar E., Fadaei Nobari R.
Objectives: Following the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) of human cases of infection with a new influenza A (H1N1) virus, the Iranian Ministry of Health (MoH) launched a system to monitor and report the presence of this new virus on 10 May 2009. Here we report the confirmed cases of this new virus identified in Isfahan, a province in Iran.
Methods: In a laboratory-based reporting system, the Provincial Health Centers were supplied by the MoH with case definition and patient information forms to be disseminated to all health care institutions in their province. Any person who fulfilled the case definition criteria was directed to one of the three designated health facilities that were prepared to receive suspected cases. The nasopharyngeal samples were sent to the National Influenza Reference Laboratory at Tehran school of Public Health in a viral transport medium (virocult, Medical wire & Equipment, UK) and were tested with the real time RT-PCR protocol and reagents supplied by the WHO.
Results: A total of 376 samples were taken from suspected cases between 1 July and 21 October 2009.50 from these samples were positive for influenza A (H1N1). The date of symptoms onset of the first confirmed case of pandemic H1N1 influenza was 13 July 2009. She had traveled to Mecca (Saudi Arabia) and had already become symptomatic while staying there. 58% of the cases were female. The median age was 27 years (range: 1075 years). The majority of cases (34%) were from 25 to 29 years old. 9 of them (18%) were hospitalized. 58% of the patients had a travel history to other affected areas. Most travel-associated cases had been returning travelers from Saudi Arabia (55.2%), followed by Malaysia (17.24%).12.24% had close-contact with other patients. The Median duration between developing symptoms and referring to health centers was 3 days (range: 09 days). Fever was the most common symptom, presented in 95.9% of the cases, followed by cough (85.7%) and myalgia (77.5%). One death was reported.
Conclusion: Influenza A (H1N1) v entered Isfahan through travelers, mainly coming from Saudi Arabia. The Majority of the confirmed cases consisted of young adults as reported from other countries. They mainly manifested clinical symptoms were similar to those reported in other areas. Because of many patients with influenza like symptoms may not visit the physicians, it is possible that the cases have been under diagnosed.
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Gallbladder cancer is hard to find early. The gallbladder is deep inside the body, so early tumors can't be seen or felt during routine physical exams. There are no blood tests or other tests that can reliably detect gallbladder cancers early enough to be useful as screening tests. (Screening is testing for cancer in people without any symptoms.) Because of this, most gallbladder cancers are found only after the cancer has grown enough to cause signs or symptoms.
Still, some gallbladder cancers are found before they have spread to other tissues and organs. Many of these early cancers are found unexpectedly when a person's gallbladder is removed because of gallstones. When the gallbladder is looked at in the lab after it is removed, small cancers or pre-cancers that did not cause any symptoms are sometimes found.
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Oct 10, 2010
Happy Wednesday, Becca! And happy early 4th of July! :) Hope that you have an amazing day today and a wonderful day tomorrow! <3
I just wanted to drop by on my first pink-heart-less day to tell you that I think you're SUPERB. Ridiculously superb. Thank you for making my time as a hostess such an AWESOME and FUN time!!! You have always been one of the most supportive, thoughtful and kind lady souls on here and I'm so grateful to have crossed paths with you!!
Much love and hugs to you on this beautiful Tuesday morning!
Mica xoxox
Thanks for the birthday wishes Becca, I really appreciate it :)
Hope you have a wonderful week.
Happy Friday Sunshine!!! Hope you have a GREAT weekend ♥
Thank you for the birthday wishes. I hope you are having a great weekend. I landed not one but TWO jobs lol. I will work one day shift part time/PRN and the other full time evenings. I will work both for at least 6 months on a regular basis to help us catch up on the savings plan I have for us.
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Soul Gardens is a community public art project led by W2 Community Media Arts that investigates the cultural history of the Downtown Eastside (DTES) as told through stories of food, gardening, and community. A collaboration between five muralists and five artist researchers the project draws heavily on individual and shared narratives within founding DTES cultural groups including the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam Nations, and African, Chinese, Japanese and European settlers.
In addition to a large public mural, Soul Gardens will create a dynamic online interface inviting individuals to share recipes, stories, photos and other information about how food has played a role in shaping their experience of Vancouver.
Jordan Bent, Indigo, Scott Sueme, Melanie Shambach, Take5.
Wayde Compton, Lani Russwurm, Anne Marie Slater, Sid Tan and Cease Wyss.
View more photos and videos documenting the mural on AHA Media's website.
The mural is located on a wall of the Astoria Hotel building and can be viewed at the intersection of East Hastings Street and Hawks Avenue.
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CAG digs out 500 cr diamond export scam
Interestingly, the public sector banks later claimed these losses from a government-owned insurance company, Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited, which had provided cover to the banks against any 'unforeseen' losses. In the case of at least 13 government banks, the insurance company paid 200% claims against the premium collected from them.
The findings are part of an audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) tabled in Parliament on Wednesday.
The federal auditor alerted the government against the possibility of these banks losing their creditworthiness for lack of due diligence in customer identification.
The CAG report revealed how the government insurance company repeatedly ignored the banks' failure to updated customers list.
"The consortium agreements among the banks to finance the exporters posed an enhanced credit risk and the insurance company had no mechanism to know of this arrangement except at the time of their filing the report of default," the CAG report said. Out of 29 claims examined in the audit, 26 involved nine banks under consortium arrangement and related to only one commodity , diamond.
"The banks had extended 477 advances to four exporters for a value of Rs 519 crore relating to diamond exports, which ultimately culminated in a claim of Rs 278 crore," it said on the sample audit examination.
Detailed examination of advances showed that 240 advances were extended to exporters involving Hong Kong-based buyers, accounting for claims of Rs 170 crore. The same individuals were either owners or chief executive officers representing more than one buyer.


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So who was watching the kids?
The scene where the party went on
Stephen Harper's teenage kids had a small party for their friends in the official residence at 24 Sussex Drive Saturday night.
The party went on until the early hours of Sunday morning. But then something went terribly wrong.
An 18-year old girl who had been invited to the party drank too much and fell unconscious. An ambulance was called and she was taken to hospital.
We don't know if Harper or his wife Laureen Teskey were in the house at that time, or whether they are the ones who called the ambulance. They won't say.
Some of the young people said later that when the ambulance arrived, the young woman in question was outside the residence throwing up.
It is often said in Canada that Harper controls a lot of things, in fact, too many things already. This was one time when it might have been better for Harper to have controlled things a little more.
By chance, this happened to be the week that the latest security costs surrounding the Prime Minister and his family were released publicly.
What shows up is a cost of $ 23 million over the last seven years. Costs that have risen 129% since the first year.
Not too encouraging, one might say, for a Prime Minister who boasts of his ability to manage government spending.
One of the bills is for a million dollars to ship by air Harper's own armored limousine to India when he visited there two years ago. Harper did not trust the limousines offered to him by the Indian president to ensure his security. So we end up paying and Harper got to ride in his own limo.
Malicious bloggers wrote this week that one might have imagined that $ 23 million spent on RCMP security might have been enough for the Mounties to look after the young people at 24 Sussex. Except that the RCMP is not responsible for monitoring underage drinking at 24 Sussex or acting as baby-sitters. Parents are unusually responsible for that sort of thing.
The former head of the RCMP protection detail who was so popular with the Harper family is no longer there. Harper appointed Bruno Saccomani as the Canadian Ambassador to Jordan, the dream of a lifetime for the former cop.
The Harper family nor the prime minister's office want to answer questions from reporters this week. The whole thing is a big secret. We aren't supposed to find out. So who knows what was Stephen and Laureen's role in monitoring their kids, who exactly who was the girl who went to hospital in an ambulance and how is she was doing this week.


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Tickham Hunt Branch was established in 1937 and is part of Pony Club Area 11. We are a very friendly close pony club with over 50 members and our aim is to make every member feel welcome and comfortable, whilst encouraging them to develop their riding and pony care skills.
The Pony Club ethos is to encourage young people to learn to ride and handle their pony in a safe way, whilst having fun and this is what we try to achieve within our Branch. We encourage our members to take part in rallies across all disciplines and to represent the Branch in Team and Individual competitions.
Last year, we had representation at area level across the board, including dressage, show jumping, eventing, tetrathlon and mounted games with some individual successes.
This year Tickham has not just made up the numbers in the Prince Phillip Cup games but with Deana Foulds steering the ship has managed to achieve fourth place at Junior level(under 11) in the Area games and representation from an up and coming senior team. We also have a mini (lead rein) team, who have enjoyed much success at friendly competitions over the past two seasons.
Tetrathlon:- what fun this has been! It involves shooting, running, swimming and showjumping/cross country. Our mini team have been successful this year with both team and individual placings, including a 2nd for the team at the recent Eridge Branch Tetrathlon, where our members came 2nd, 9th, 14th and 15th out of 32 children, aged 8 and under. We have some very keen juniors too, who are posting respectable running, swim and shoot scores and jumping clear rounds over 80cm cross country courses.
Tickham have show jumping rallies with Neil Boorman once a month at Arran Bank in Bredhurst. We usually have 3 or 4 group lessons starting with small cross poles and going up to about 90cm in height. Neil is a very inspirational and encouraging instructor and the children all progress and gain confidence in this discipline and most participants will represent the Branch either at Area or Hickstead inter branch Team Showjumping this summer.
Tickham currently runs 2-3 dressage rallies a month in the Summer with Samantha Mabb. These are open to all ages and are usually small groups. They are run by club secretary and List 5 dressage judge Samantha Mabb who helps the members prepare for up and coming tests for eventing or dressage or just improves the flatwork to help with jumping and rider tests. Every year we send teams to Area Dressage and we are currently practising and selecting for this competition, held in July.
We have had senior members qualify for dressage championships and dengie winter dressage champs and show jumping championships. Some of our senior members have gone on to enjoy success at British Eventing, having started their eventing careers within the Branch, trained by Alex Hudson.
We usually run at least 2 camps a year, age groups determined by member interest. Activities include dressage and SJ instruction, stable management, badge work, biscuit painting, PC quiz, culminating in a final day of competition and prize giving. Last year, Former Tickham Hunt District Commisioner, Buzzie Reader, attended to award prizes and was delighted to see the enthusiasm from our young members for their riding and pony care. During the period of the camp, all the children grow in confidence and improve their riding skills, whilst having great fun and making new friends.
We organize an annual coach trip to the Olympia Horse show in December where our members get the opportunity to see professional riding displays and ear mark some early Christmas presents!
As well has having fun and developing riding in the disciplines we also hold badge testing days so members can gauge their improvement with their riding and stable management combined. In half term week, we held a Test Day where all 10 children attending achieved a test pass, with one member gaining Bronze Level 3, 2 passing their D Test and all 7 children put forward for their D+ Test passing first time. This is a huge achievement for a relatively small branch and I am very proud of all the successes Tickham members have achieved in the past 2 1/2 years that I have been serving in this role.
For anyone considering joining our Branch, a warm welcome awaits you and I guarantee that you will have huge amounts of fun, both in the saddle and out, attending the various activities that we host for our members. Whether you have ambitions to represent the Branch in competition, or simply want to partake in an Easter fun ride and work towards some achievement badges, Tickham Hunt Branch will welcome you and encourage your development in the saddle!


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The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are becoming increasingly video-centric as visitors become more familiar with watching clips -- and as editors provide compelling content, according to the top video editors at both publications.
In response to my question, "Why do visitors hit the play button?" here are the reasons as explained by Ann Derry, Editorial Director for Video and Television for The New York Times, and Shawn Bender, Editorial Director for Video for the Wall Street Journal Online.
This video is an except from a Beet.TV Leadership Summit on video news discovery. You can find the session here. The event was produced at the Manhattan studios of Livestream and sponsored by Tabloola.
Huge Scoop for The New York Times with Sandusky Video
Yesterday, the Times had a huge video scoop with its exclusive interview with disgraced Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky. Today, the paper expands its sports video coverage with "Punched Out" - a two-part documentary about violence in hockey which accompanies a feature story.
In an e-mail statement to Beet.TV, the Times' Ann Derry writes:
"The Jerry Sandusky interview, and our "Punched Out" hockey series, which starts rolling out today, indicate how much video has become an integral part of the Times news report. In both cases, the sports desk understood how video interviews and story telling would enhance and complement the stories and worked closely with the video department to simultaneously report them for video and print/text."
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Kanye West: 'I'm The Number One Rock Star On The Planet'
Kanye West sat down for an interview with BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe on Monday, and during the hour long chat he gave a wealth of insight on what goes on in his own mind about his music, art and fashion.
The rapper credits Michael Jackson for his career, saying, "I would not be Kanye West if it wasn't for Michael Jackson."
But the flattery stops there as Kanye proclaims himself the world's biggest "rock star".
"Rap is the new rock 'n' roll," he declares. "We the rock stars... we the real rock stars and I'm the biggest of all of them.
"I'm the No. 1 rock star on the planet."
West, whose latest album, "Yeezus", has received critical acclaim, also reveals his struggles with getting into fashion design and how frustrating it is.
"I shouldn't be limited to only one place of creativity. And it's literally only like one or two or three reasons why I haven't been able to break that down," he explains. "This is the thing... You guys don't understand that I did the Yeezys (Air Yeezy sneakers for Nike) and they eBayed for $90,000.
"And people wanted them bad as whatever, right? But I didn't get a call from Nike the next day," he says. "You guys don't understand that I've met with companies and they say, 'What we're trying to figure out is how we can control you and control that.' If you're an architect, if you're a world builder, if you have all these ideas and you're Gaudi and you want to build buildings, if you don't ever get that out what's gonna happen?"
Kanye does credit girlfriend Kim Kardashian with grounding him when he's not hard at work.
"It's like, family time. It's what Kim gave me. She gave me everything," he says. "She gave me a family, she gave me a support system.
"She was in a powerful enough situation where she could love me without asking me for money. Which is really hard for me to find."
Listen to the whole interview at BBC Radio 1 or watch the first three parts below... One note: the language isn't as bad as the screenshots below imply. There are a few 'f-bombs' here and there.


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Downing Street Minutes Hearing Thursday
A Million Signatures to be Delivered to the White House
CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS / San Francisco Bay View v.30, n.23 15jun2005
I wanted to give you a brief update about the Downing Street Minutes activism we have been working on together, and to let you know that I am calling hearings on this issue.
When we began, it was just a few of us talking to each other about the troubling information in the DSM. The media is now covering the minutes, not in the sustained and thorough way that is needed, but it is a start.
Thanks to you, many Americans who had no idea what we were talking about at the beginning of May have now heard about the DSM. The significance of the president of the United States and prime minister of Great Britain being asked about this matter in a joint press conference cannot be overstated. It is a testament to your perseverance.
As some of you may have heard, many, many new organizations have joined us in our efforts or are about to join us in our efforts. Prominently, Moveon.org is collecting signatures for the letter. As of Friday morning, June 10, we topped a combined 500,000. At the end of May that number was zero. From zero to 500,000 in less than two weeks. Just think about that. (A million signatures are expected by Thursday.)
A question often asked goes something like this: why am I signing this letter? The question is a legitimate one, as you are often asked to sign petitions or letters, and then there is no follow up.
Here is the answer: on Thursday, June 16, I will be holding a hearing with my Democratic colleagues to begin to hear evidence about the DSM. We will have a number of witnesses, including Joe Wilson, a WMD (weapons of mass destruction) expert and former ambassador; Ray McGovern, a 27-year CIA analyst; Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq; and John Bonifaz, a renowned constitutional attorney.
At the conclusion of the hearing, we will go to Lafayette Park and I will personally deliver your signatures to the White House.
This hearing is just one step in an investigation that I am commencing that will literally span the Atlantic. I am in touch with British officials and former U.S. intelligence officials, and I am determined to get to the truth.
At the hearing, I will disclose information found to date, which includes the public release of newly discovered documents. While none of these documents are as damning as the DSM, they nonetheless bolster the accuracy of it.
There is another point that has been missed of late. An article I read a week ago, I can't remember where, quoted a right wing blogger as proclaiming this a dead issue and further stating that this was a test of the progressive netroots. Implicit was his contention that we were failing that test.
A week later, the president was forced to respond (inadequately) to a question about the Downing Street Minutes. We have passed the test.
Thanks again for your help and support. This is just the beginning.
To sign Congressman Conyers' letter, go to www.DowningStreetMemo.com. To keep up on the latest DSM developments, visit www.AfterDowningStreet.org.Letter to Pres Bush Concerning the "Downing Street Minutes"
Letter to President Bush Concerning
the "Downing Street Minutes"
[Be sure to sign on to this letter by visiting Conyer's website]
The Honorable George W. Bush
President of the United States of America
1600 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Dear Mr. President:
We the undersigned write because of our concern regarding recent disclosures of a Downing Street Memo in the London Times, comprising the minutes of a meeting of Prime Minister Tony Blair and his top advisers. These minutes indicate that the United States and Great Britain agreed, by the summer of 2002, to attack Iraq, well before the invasion and before you even sought Congressional authority to engage in military action, and that U.S. officials were deliberately manipulating intelligence to justify the war.
Among other things, the British government document quotes a high-ranking British official as stating that by July, 2002, Bush had made up his mind to take military action. Yet, a month later, you stated you were still willing to "look at all options" and that there was "no timetable" for war. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, flatly stated that "[t]he president has made no such determination that we should go to war with Iraq."
In addition, the origins of the false contention that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction remain a serious and lingering question about the lead up to the war. There is an ongoing debate about whether this was the result of a "massive intelligence failure," in other words a mistake, or the result of intentional and deliberate manipulation of intelligence to justify the case for war. The memo appears to resolve that debate as well, quoting the head of British intelligence as indicating that in the United States "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."
As a result of these concerns, we would ask that you respond to the following
1)Do you or anyone in your administration dispute the accuracy of the leaked document?
2) Were arrangements being made, including the recruitment of allies, before you sought Congressional authorization to go to war? Did you or anyone in your Administration obtain Britain's commitment to invade prior to this time?
3) Was there an effort to create an ultimatum about weapons inspectors in order to help with the justification for the war as the minutes indicate?
4) At what point in time did you and Prime Minister Blair first agree it was necessary to invade Iraq?
5) Was there a coordinated effort with the U.S. intelligence community and/or British officials to "fix" the intelligence and facts around the policy as the leaked document states?
These are the same questions 89 Members of Congress, led by Rep. John Conyers, Jr., submitted to you on May 5, 2005. As citizens and taxpayers, we believe it is imperative that our people be able to trust our government and our commander in chief when you make representations and statements regarding our nation engaging in war. As a result, we would ask that you publicly respond to these questions as promptly as possible.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Maxine Waters Rocks Rainbow Push Convention,
Denounces Bush Lies on War
Congresswoman and House Judiciary Committee member Maxine Waters, D-Calif., shook up the Rainbow Push Coalition's 34th annual convention in Chicago Sunday, winning huge standing ovations for a speech denouncing President Bush for lying about the war. Waters announced that she and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus plan to inform the House Democratic leadership that they will introduce amendments on the issue of the war EVERY DAY from now on.
Waters told the crowd that Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean had received attention for criticizing the Republican Party in recent days, but that "he did not say enough."
"Bush is a liar," Waters said, according to an observer who phoned AfterDowningStreet.org. "He lied about weapons of mass destruction, and he lied about the war."
Waters called Vice President Dick Cheney "a thief" and said that he was stealing for Halliburton.
And Waters said that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will "go anywhere and say anything they tell her to say, and have the audacity to do it with a smile."
... after which the applause grew too loud for our observer to hear the congresswoman's remarks.
From www.AfterDowningStreet.org.
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- 1/2 stick
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- salt and pepper to taste
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2Arrange vegetables on the foil, scatter butter pieces over the top, drizzle the olive oil on top as well, salt and pepper to taste. ( I also add some garlic cloves if I have them)
3Bake or grill about 40 minutes. Cabbage,onions and peppers are so sweet and delicious! Enjoy!
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South Sudanese Delegation Meets with D.C. Mayor, Business Leaders
12/22/2011, 5:27 p.m.
As part of its new international business initiative, on Dec. 16, the D.C. Chamber of Commerce hosted a delegation from the worlds' newest country--the Republic of South Sudan. Leaders from the northeastern African country met with District government leaders and representatives from the housing, telecommunications, and health industries. The objectives of the meetings were twofold: entrepreneurial opportunities and partnerships.
South Sudan's Garang Diing Akuong, Minister of Commerce, Investment and Trade was accompanied by Stephen Dhieu, Minister of Petroleum and Mining; Gier Chuang Aluong, Minister of Roads and Bridges, and Mr. Bol Mei, chairman of the South Sudan Chamber of Commerce.
Mayor Vincent Gray, Deputy Mayor Victor Hoskins, Barbara Lang, president and CEO of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, and local business leaders were in attendance.
The program started with Deputy Mayor Hoskins talking about local development and infrastructure, including plans for the St. Elizabeth's campus, as well as city incentives and venture capital available in the District. Mayor Gray talked about his administration's employment initiatives, including his signature One City - One Hire program, which was kicked off three months ago and now boasts 300 firms signed on and 1,335 people hired. The Mayor also mentioned the Summer Youth Employment Program, which last year hired 14,000 youths, and came in $5 million under budget.
Mayor Gray gave a proclamation to the South Sudanese delegation, saying: "We'd like to congratulate you on your independence--the District of Columbia hopes to join you one day!"
Representatives from the South Sudanese government and business community discussed infrastructure needs and outlined the South Sudan Development Plan. Executives from various industries discussed investment and business possibilities while Minister Akuong discussed the possibility of building a large retail outlet such as a Wal-Mart in South Sudan. Akuong said such an investment would be "very, very important to our economy."
Regarding workforce issues, Minister Akuong said the South Sudanese "are plentiful, literate and fluent in the English language." He noted, however, educational opportunities are still in the growth stage, with 1.2 million students enrolled in school in South Sudan, which is up from 300,000 in 2005.
Small business opportunities, transportation and financial infrastructure were discussed during the meeting. To protect investment, a number of laws have been passed. According to the South Sudanese representatives, the country has gone from having three Islamic-run banks to seven multinational financial corporations operating in the country.
On July 9, 2011, the Republic of South Sudan became the world's newest country, after voting overwhelmingly to secede from the north. The nation is slightly smaller than Texas and is home to 8 million people. The capital, Juba, is the fastest- growing city in Africa, and the country's GDP is expected to grow by 6 percent in 2011, increasing to 7.2 percent in 2012. Oil and petroleum resources provide the vast majority of the country's revenue, although South Sudan's vast tracts of arable land point to major agribusiness potential.


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1. Remember that : and the unit is and not m.
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3. a) Right
b) ... what can I say here... you used the rounded value you got previously, and this is often a very risky thing to do... The safest way is to use what you were given and what you are sure. For instance, the internal angle in a triangle is 180 degrees.
The ladder, the ground and the wall make up the three sides of a right angle triangle (sketches always help). Hence, the angle the wall makes with the ladder becomes (180 - 90 - 65) = 25 degrees exactly, and not 25.8 degrees.
a) No, that's not it. The displacement is given by the area under the graph. Can you try this again?
b) Right.
c) Um... the gradient at a point gives the acceleration, right? What is the gradient at t = 4s?
5. Right... the question is asking you for the distance required for stopping completely.
I'll advise you to find the acceleration if you cannot 'play' with variables without making mistakes.
Use the equation:
For the car to stop, we get v = 0. We know that u = 15.6, s = 12.2.
You can find a.
Then, use the same equation to get the distance for the higher speed.
This time, you know a, you are given vo and you have to find s, knowing tha v = 0
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I started to post this response in another thread, but decided it would be more appropriate under Repair and Maintenance - Saxophones
Lower Stack Regulation
Regulating the lower stack of a saxophone involves adjusting the feet of the F, E, and (sometimes) D keys in such a way as to contact the backbar of the F# and close it (and the G# and Bis) at the same time. Once this regulation takes place, the cork or other material at the bottom of the feet of the F, E, and D keys is added to or sanded so that there is no "lost motion" before the foot of each key touches the backbar of the F#. This process, which is the correct way to regulate a saxophone's lower stack automatically results in the keys being in the same plane when open just as they were designed to be at the factory.
Key Height, Venting, and Intonation
The key height of the stack is normally adjusted so that the most under-vented notes speak clearly. Under-vented notes are those that vent through an open tonehole followed by a closed tonehole. Some of these are called "crossfingerings". The under-vented notes on the lower stack are F# venting through the F tonehole followed by the closed tonehole E, and E venting through the D tonehole followed by the closed tonehole Eb. This height is determined by the timbre (clarity) of the note, not by its intonation. If a fully vented note is uncomfortably sharp, putting a "crescent" in the upstream side of its venting tonehole can solve the intonation problem without making the note stuffy or introducing lost motion. If a fully vented note is flat is the topic of another even longer dissertation.
Over and Under Venting
It is true that some players prefer the key openings to be higher than they need to be for more more volume and projection. The tradeoff, of course, is increased key movement which can affect technique. The rule of thumb is that once the key is raised approximately 1/3 of the tonehole's diameter, raising it higher has no additional effect upon the pitch or timbre of the note. Some vintage saxes seem to work best with lower key heights compensated for by pushing the mouthpiece farther onto the cork.
Upper Stack Regulation
The upper stack is regulated and adjusted using the same principles stated above, except is the small C key that is closed by the B and A keys, and the under-vented notes are the C and A. The only way to adjust a sax setting the key height of each key independently of the others as suggested in the quote above would create "lost motion" in the keyboard that would not be acceptable to players of even modest ability.