text:
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net,
Malappuram: While calling upon Muslim women to come forward to effectively utilize the 50% reservation in local self government institutions, the women's wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) today demanded re-codification of Muslim Personal Laws such that they cannot be misused.
"Women should come forward to effectively utilize the 50% reservation in local self government institutions," said KK Fathima Suhra, state president of JIH's women's wing while presiding over the state Women's Conference organized by JIH at Kuttippuram in Malappuram district of Kerala. "Muslim scholars should re-codify the personal laws such that they cannot be misused. The Muslim community should be ready to provide women their real space in Islam," she added.
Women have a way to go forward and no priesthood can prevent them from their onward move, said T Arifali, state Amir of JIH Kerala. Social revolution is impossible without the participation of women who comprise half of the society, said PV Rahmabi, state vice-president of the women's wing.
Earlier inaugurating the Women's Conference Yvonne Ridley, famous British journalist and human rights activist, said: Muslim women are showing their strength in spirituality and worldly matters and nobody can now avoid their unique collective force.
Jamaa't-e-Islami Kerala Amir Mr. T. Arifali addresses Kerala Woman Conferece
Miss Ridley said that the new world order created by imperialism and Zionism has become a global threat. The existence of the world will be stable only by recognizing and defeating it. The backwardness of women will adversely affect social development. Ridley recollected the experience that peace activists faced in Cairo when they tried to express solidarity with the suffering people of Gaza. The activists followed the Gandhian strategy of peaceful protest but were beaten up and harassed.
Ridley expressed her disappointment in denying her visa to enter the country of Gandhi. She added that some forces were trying to damage the good image of democratic India in the world. Having denied visa to enter the country, Ridley addressed the conference via video conference from London. A Rahmatunnisa translated the speech into Malayalam.
Jamaa't-e-Islami Kerala Women Chief Ms. K.K. Zuhra addresses Conference
Athiyya Siddiqui, national president of JIH's women's wing, Adv Noorbina Rasheed, state secretary of Women's League, Sauda Padanna, state committee member of JIH women's wing, Raheena KK, state president of Girls Islamic Organisation, and KK Safiyya Sharafiya, state committee member of JIH women's wing, spoke.
The conference which raised the slogan 'Women power for social revolution' passed four resolutions which demanded to make modifications in reservation and women's reservation, to be in the forefront against dowry, to codify the Muslim Personal Laws and to reclaim ethical and moral values.
The conference which was organised wholly by women began at 4 pm on the banks of River Nila at Kuttippuram in Malappuram. Around one lakh women attended the conference which was the first of its kind in the state. The namaz of Maghrib and Isha at the time of Maghrib showed the discipline and unity of the women who joined together at the conference. The audience was entertained by a few Islamic songs by young girls.
Masha Allah our sisters now
Masha Allah our sisters now moved to understand their rights given by our Creator Allah The Most High. This is the best strategy to combat wrong thoughts infiltrating by biased media about the status of Muslim women. Let us light a candle instead of cursing the darkness.
May Allah accept their work.
Moulana Maududi Being cheated by his own followers
Moulana Maududi Saheb being cheated by his followers itself is the tradegy of today. He taught us the Islam as what Prophet (SAW)preached. He clearly mentioned in his book 'veil' that how muslim women in the society. Shame on you Jama'athe Islami.
Jamaa't Women's conferenece
Dear Brother...
Assalamu Alikkum
Don't be nervous about Jamaa't Women's conference. I can realize that you are the member of preisthood islamists. Study the lessons from History... Sumayya(R), Aisha (R)
Sorry to Say that...Anonymous
Dears.... sorry to say that your comments is unsolicited. If muslim girls can attent mixed colleges and universities... if women can work in Government offices.... y cannot attend the conference conducting by themselves. you are having blindness because of your superstrecious believs........ sorry
JIH conference
why you ashamed on Jamaa'te Islami. ashamed on yourselves. You have some doub in your wife and on your daughters.
you ashamed because of personal experiences.
learn from history
Dear brother/sister please go back to the lessons of islamic history and read for yourself the role muslim women played, the examples of Nusaiba who shielded d prophet during a war n thus proved to be an effective warrior, the example of Shifa who was appointed the governance of the busy market place by Umer , the example of Aisha who was one of the most knowledgeable person and taught men as well.. etc etc
No doubt this womens conference was a step ahead in the move towards womens empowerment in Kerala.Do listen to the speeches like the one by Safiyya Sharafiyya , u will know their true intentions.
The Custom of Veiling(niqab)is simply not practical to all and not compulsory.
women in islam
assalamu alaikum,
i don't know what moulana maududi saheb has written in his book.but i know women were allowed to serve for islam,by even participating in wars.I don't understand why my brother here has said shame on jamaathe islami.i don't know any of jamaathe islami leaders preventing women from covering their faces or preventing them from any ibadath.if women don't come in-front who will speak to other illiterate women?is it possible for men alone to give education to women?And if women don't speak-up for them who else would?for example,when a beauty contest takes place and men rally against it other "modern people" including those among ourselves would only say that muslim brothers are "illiterate" and they don't want women to "grow".At the same time if women march against it then definitely people will think why women are preventing themselves their "opportunities".
women in islam
assalamu alaikum,
i don't know what moulana maududi saheb has written in his book.but i know women were allowed to serve for islam,by even participating in wars.I don't understand why my brother here has said shame on jamaathe islami.i don't know any of jamaathe islami leaders preventing women from covering their faces or preventing them from any ibadath.if women don't come in-front who will speak to other illiterate women?is it possible for men alone to give education to women?And if women don't speak-up for them who else would?for example,when a beauty contest takes place and men rally against it other "modern people" including those among ourselves would only say that muslim brothers are "illiterate" and they don't want women to "grow".At the same time if women march against it then definitely people will think why women are preventing themselves their "opportunities".
JIH Women's conference
I am one of Mujahid supporter and critisizer of Jamaat-Islami. Now i have been realizing that; Jamaat-Islami is much ahead from other Organizations in India.
It is really appreciable Jamaat is giving much preference to bring womens to main stream as per Quraan and sunna.
Keep it up and best wishes...
Women's empowerment
I really appreciate Jamaat Islami for giving chance TO come womens to front ward. No other muslim organization doing this, even mujahid groups or Popular front extreamists.
I am praying for Jamaat supporters ' May Allah fulfil their efforts' aa'meen....
Dr.Samiya Raheem
Barakkah Policlinic, Al-Rass. KSA
Kerala Women's
Some of my friends invited me for the conference. but i could'nt go for some personal reasons. really I miss this chance to participate this historical event.
Jamat Islam welldone. I pray for your future.
Jamaa't Women's
Best Wishes to Jamaat Islami...... Only the Organization in India has good future. No any political and relegious organizations can avoid us because we are 50% of population , no body can make revolution without womens participation. so i am advicing to all Islamic and political orgainzation to use this chance to re-think about womens position in the society.
Only one relegion (Islam) treating women and men are equal.
Ya Ayyuhalladeena Aamanu Min Dhakkarin Wa Unza ...... li tha'arafooo.... inna akramakkum indallahu Athkkakkum (Qura'an)
Kuttiuram conference
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmathullahi wa barakathuhu
By the Grace of Almighty Allah i had the opportunity to attend this conference. Alhamdulillah it is a great success and May Allah subhana hu wa tha'ala give strength to the Muslim brothers and sisters to take right decisions at the right time to work in His way.
Sameer & family Mangalore
I respect Jamaa't Islami Workers
I am very very happy to get chance to participate this historical conference. some of my friends and neighbors force me to attend this conference since i am very lazy. but now; my mind is filled with thanks to my friends to invite these Great conference.
'May God bless you for Good efforts' Now I am very much intreasted to learn more about Islam.
Thanks ... thanks.... thanks.... to my friends and neighbors
Well done
Well done...We need more and more in quick action across the country....
prepare people mind for girls education at any cost in any circumstances..
Mohammad kalam
Establish Shariah Courts.
Taliban fame Sister Yvonne ridley is a rallying point for all women organisations throughout muslim world..She is following salafi manhaj.She is famous for her refusal to shake hands with the Deen of Al Azhar university.Cairo.Egypt,and answered him that it is unislamic to shake hands with nonmahrem.
Thanks TCN for not showing faces of our sisters.Jazakallah
Establish Sharia courts...response to Salafi
Dear brother Salafi;
Assalamu Alaikkum
I am one of salfi Manhaj follower. but i am very sad about situation now in kerala. We are always critizicing each other (Salafi AP group and Madavoor groups) in very bad manner. Our Mahallu Madrassa is locked by police because of fight between the Salafi groups.also i know from many of our members (different district) having same problems,
Just we are telling the unity in words only. why our learders are not seeing these type of fights, are they not understanding the meaning of Quraan? or just fighting for our selfishness and organizational partiality.... it is not a single case, it is all part of kerala, and GCC
While i was in saudi (two years back) Madvoor group announced one big malayalee conference (saudi malaylee sammelanam) our group including me, informed Saudi Jaliat authority.. to stop this convention because of just partiality and organizational blindness.
So i would like to advice all our Salfi members and leaders. stop blaming and cricizing in bad manners and we should appreciate others good efforts like Jamaat Women's conference.
Jazak Allah Khair..
When you are talking about Salafi Mahaj,if you want to compare then you must compare it with the manhaj of Jamaateislami.
I agree there are personal differences among salafi groups,as in any other group.In fact nowadays one can hardly claim even one home where there are no differences.
Salafis have strong objections against Maulana maududi&Jamaat e islami for their unislamic stand on Shias,and Grave Worshippers.
Yvonne Ridley is new convert muslim feminist,she is learning and following Salafi manhaj.It does not mean her address will give approval to all unislamic activities(house to house campaigning for election) of JWC.
Jamaate Islami... we hope
Jamaate Islami is the hope of muslim future. We all pry for streangthen Muslim umma thru Jamaate Islami.
Well done Jamath to do this courageously
Well done Jamath to bring the better half of our community to the main stream. Yes it is damn sure others will follow soon to do this courageously. This is matter of time. Keep it up awakening programme for this better half forever through India.
Well Done ...Best wishes to
Well Done ...Best wishes to JIH
Jamaate Islami always...
Jamaate Islami always treating men and women are equal as Qura'an Says.We should Appreciate Jamaate Islami for thier hardwork and intellegent movements.
with best wishes and pray.
Haseena Salam
ITT Industries
Milano, Italy
Jamate Islami's decision to participate women in politics and election is not good.Most of our scholars are not approving it.In the name of women, some men will do all things.Then why we give such power to women?.We Sunnis will not support this trend.


text:
FINDLAY, Ohio — Ohio's U.S. senators and a congressman again are urging the Army Corps of Engineers to support federally funded flood control along the Blanchard River in northwestern Ohio.
Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman and Rep. Bob Latta, in a second letter last week to the Corps, again asked the agency to ensure that the project is funded in its 2014 work plan.
The letter stressed the economic importance of flood control to the region and urged Corps officials to consider the impact flood control would have on economic development in Findlay and Ottawa and throughout the Blanchard River watershed.
"The Blanchard River region is primed for growth, but it won't be able to reach its full potential as long as the threat of flooding remains," Portman, a Republican, said.
Brown, a Democrat, said the Blanchard River Flood Risk Management Project will help spur economic growth and protect the Findlay and Ottawa communities from devastating flooding.
"But for this to happen, the U.S. Army Corps must commit the funds necessary for the project's completion," Brown said.
Five major floods since 2007 have brought millions of dollars in damage to the cities of Findlay and Ottawa.
Latta, a Republican from northwestern Ohio, also stressed the importance of the project to the region's economic future.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 provided a 10 percent funding increase for the Corps, including $8 million in unallocated funds for flood-control projects, as well as $3.6 million for general flood and storm-damage reduction projects.
The letter notes that the additional funds are supposed to support flood-control studies, particularly those that lead to significant economic benefits by preventing damage caused by flooding.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Enter your Email address:
Wolters Kluwer Health may email you for journal alerts and information, but is committed
to maintaining your privacy and will not share your personal information without
your express consent. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
Huntoon, Lawrence R. MD, PhD
Editor-in-chief, Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Derby, NY
It seems that there is a lot of needless worry and obsession over "Drug Reps at Our Doors: Do They Influence Our Prescriptions?" (Nov. 6, page 21). Apparently, some physicians believe that they are powerless to resist the "evil" influence of marketing presentations by drug representatives such that they would have no voluntary control over what medications they prescribe for their patients. Most physicians recognize that marketing presentations are designed to sell more product and as such they are not a substitute for one's own independent investigation based on multiple trusted sources.
Moreover, whether a physician agrees to see drug reps in his or her office or not is a purely voluntary decision. No one forces a physician to see drug reps.
And, last but not least, the potential conflict of interest posed by free pens and pizza supplied by drug reps pales in comparison to the enormous and real conflict of interest posed by physicians who participate with Medicare and other third party payors. There is abundant evidence that third parties, including one-size-fits-all socialized medicine, have a tremendous influence in dictating what treatment our patients receive and what treatments they are denied. See "Conflicts of Interest and Quality Care" at www.jpands.org/vol12no3/huntoon.pdf.
Lawrence R. Huntoon, MD, PhD
©2007 American Academy of Neurology
Friend's E-mail is Invalid
Your Name: (optional)
Your Email:
Friend's Email:
Separate multiple e-mails with a (;).
Thought you might appreciate this item(s) I saw at Neurology Today.
Send a copy to your email
Your message has been successfully sent to your friend.
Some error has occurred while processing your request. Please try after some time.
An Existing Folder
A New Folder
Folder Name:
The item(s) has been successfully added to "".
Neurology News Blog
Neurology Today Conference Reporter
Neurology Today Archive
Neurology in the News Podcast
Video Gallery
Login with your LWW Journals username and password.
Username or Email:
Forgot Password?
Enter and submit the email address you registered with. An email with instructions to reset your password will be sent to that address.
Link to reset your password has been sent to specified email address.
What does "Remember me" mean?
By checking this box, you'll stay logged in until you logout. You'll get easier access to your articles, collections,
media, and all your other content, even if you close your browser or shut down your
To protect your most sensitive data and activities (like changing your password),
we'll ask you to re-enter your password when you access these services.
What if I'm on a computer that I share with others?
If you're using a public computer or you share this computer with others, we recommend
that you uncheck the "Remember me" box.
Save my selection
Article Level Metrics


text:
Max L. Rowe Professor Emeritus
Professor Krause studied at the Free University of Berlin in 1950-51, received his B.A. in economics from the University of Michigan in 1954, and earned the J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1958. Finishing 3rd/253, he was elected to the Order of the Coif and was an editor on the Michigan Law Review.
Admitted to the bars of Michigan (1959), the District of Columbia (1959), Illinois (1963), and the United States Supreme Court (1967), Krause practiced tax law with Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. (1958-60) and international business law with Ford Motor's headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan (1960-63). Krause joined the Illinois faculty in 1963 as an assistant professor of law. Promoted to professor in 1968, he was named Alumni Distinguished Professor of Law (1982-89) and Max L. Rowe Professor of Law (1989-1995). While taking emeritus status, he continued teaching at Illinois until 2007. Today, he enjoys his law school office in the fall semesters and his Atlantic ocean home in Florida in the winters. He was a Fulbright Professor at the University of Bonn from 1976-77, a visiting fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford University (1984), a visiting professor at the University of Michigan (1981), the University of Miami (1987), and the Culverhouse Professor at Stetson University (1991). In 1992, he received the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Prize and was re-invited in 2004-2005. He was a Guggenheim Fellow (1969-70), an associate at the University of Illinois' Center for Advanced Study (1970, 1979), a German Marshall Fund U.S. Fellow (1977-78), a Hewlett fellow in Australia (1984), and a German Academic Exchange Service Fellow (1985).
Krause's government service began with the U.S. Army (1954-56) and much later progressed to serving as U.S. State Department delegate to The Hague Conference on Private International Law developing the Treaty on International Adoptions (1990-93). For the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, he worked as draftsman-reporter to the Uniform Parentage Act (1969-73), the Uniform Adoption Committee (1979-84), and the Uniform Putative Fathers Act (1985). Governor Edgar appointed Krause an Illinois Commissioner on Uniform Laws (1991-97). Now a life member of the American Law Institute, he served as adviser to the ALI's "Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution" (1992-2002) and on various ALI members' consultative groups. Elected to the Académie Internationale de Droit Comparé, he served as rapporteur on U.S. law at the Academy's Congresses in Uppsala (1966), Teheran (1974), Budapest (1978), Caracas (1983), Sydney (1986), and Brisbane (2002) and as general reporter at Athens (1994). For the International Encyclopedia on Comparative Law, he reported on "Kinship Relations". He has been a consultant on family law and social legislation to U.S. congressional committees, state legislatures, and judicial and executive commissions. Professor Krause is a member of the American Bar Association (where he served on the Family Law Section's Council and as committee chairman). For the Illinois Bar Association he was a council member of the Sections on Family Law and International Law. For the American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, he was a Director 1980-97. Co-founder of the International Society of Family Law, Krause served as its vice president (1973-77) and on the Society's Executive Council (1977-1999).
Krause has been a member of the board of editors of the Family Law Quarterly (since 1971), the Journal of Legal Education (1988-91), the American Journal of Comparative Law (since 1991), the (Journal of) Deutsches und Europäisches Familienrecht (1998-2001), and the Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy. Subsequent to his Humboldt award, he founded and became president of the Illinois chapter of the Alexander von Humboldt Association of America and served on the association's national board of directors.
Among other subjects, Krause has taught torts, international business, comparative law, but specialized in family law. He authored or edited more than a dozen books – in 2013 the 7th edition of his family law course book was published by West/Thomsen Reuters. He published more than a 100 articles in professional journals and chapters in dozens of books. Two law review issues were dedicated to him and contain bibliographies: Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy, (Vol. 12; Issue 2, Spring 1996) and University Illinois Law Review, (Vol.1997; Number 3, Spring 1997).
B.A., J.D. University of Michigan
Family Law Family Policy Seminar
International Business
Comparative Law
Family LawInternational BusinessTort Law
College of Law
504 East Pennsylvania Avenue
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Phone (217) 333-0931
Fax (217) 244-1478


text:
Swimwear fashion tips: Make your own coordinating wraps and covers
Keep the construction simple, and you can easily create several swimsuit wraps for different looks with your swimwear.
Swimsuit wraps give your beachwear versatility. When you are out of the water, tie on the wrap and you're ready for lunch, shopping or a poolside party. Wraps, true to their name, consist of a single piece of fabric and often have a string for easy tying. Wraps transform a swimsuit into a summer outfit. Fabric and length are the main considerations for swimsuit wraps.
Your wrap should look good wet. For an elegant look, select sheer nylon curtain material in a solid color that matches a shade in your swimsuit. Measure your hips and purchase at least a ½ yard more than the amount necessary to wrap around your waist. Hold the material up to your waist and adjust the length accordingly. Cleanly cut gauzy material often passes off without a hem. Secure your piece of fabric on your hip with a double knot. You are ready for a moonlight beach party.
Cotton batik fabric, more durable and appropriate for daywear, creates a colorful island skirt effect. Purchase batik fabrics from most fabric stores or start with a medium weight cotton and tie-dye it to reflect your individual mood and personality. Ample fabric creates cascading folds. Your wrap should appear to be a skirt with a slit up one side. Tie a rectangle of fabric around your body, cutting it at the bottom to adjust the length. Most of the time you will be wearing this wrap at the beach, so is a hem really necessary? If you prefer a finished look, hem the raw edges. You can also sew fringe around the bottom and skip the hem. Select a fringe color that complements the fabric. The fringe on most batik wraps sold in stores matches the background color in the fabric.
For a less bulky skirt, you can also cut a six to ten inch strip on either side of your fabric rectangle. Spread out your fabric on a flat surface. Measure six to ten inches from each end and draw a pencil line six to ten inches long toward the middle of your fabric. Your tie should be at least six inches wide to allow for hemming. Starting from the bottom of your fabric, and cut up to your line. After you cut out these ties, you should have plenty of fabric remaining to wrap around your body. Test your fabric length at this stage. If you think it is too wide, adjust your width and make your ties longer. Cotton fabric is comfortable, but it does not stretch like lyrca or spandex. Keep this in mind when you are adjusting your fabric width. Hem the raw edges for a finished look.
Lycra or spandex skirts stretch to accommodate the wearer's movement and body type. Select a color that matches one of the main shades in your swimsuit. Black is usually a safe choice if you are working with hard to match shades. You still want to buy at least your hip's circumference multiplied by ½ to allow for hemming and light gathering. A Lycra or spandex skirt looks best if it is several inches above the knee. Estimate the length by holding up the fabric against your body and cutting it about three inches longer than the desired length. Hem the raw edges on the bottom. Cut a two-inch strip and fold it over several times until you have a thick cordlike roll of fabric. Double thread your needle and sew running stitches along the top of your fabric rectangle, leaving plenty of thread at the end. Pulling on this stitching will create a lightly gathered effect. Tuck your gathered rectangle under one of the folds in your cord and stitch the cord to the rectangle, leaving about six inches of rolled fabric on each end for a tie. If you prefer a straighter skirt, sew the rectangle to the rolled fabric without gathering it.
Keep the construction simple, and you can easily create several wraps for different looks with your swimwear. Rectangular fabric and a few stitches easily becomes a fashion statement with personal flair.


text:
We LOVE our volunteers! They generously share their time and talents with us! We have lots of laughs and FUN!!
Whether it is joining in with the planned activities (arts & crafts or clever games), or sharing your special gift (entertaining or helping in the office), we invite you to contact us to discuss the possibilities.
To volunteer, email Sharon Goumas, or call 340-4388.


text:
A subject rapidly views a small sample of photographs culled from a much larger database—as many as 10 pictures a second. The device transmits the data to a computer that ranks which photographs elicited the strongest cortical recognition responses. The computer looks for similarities in the visual characteristics of different high-ranking photographs, such as color, texture and the shapes of edges and lines.
Then it scans the much larger database—it could contain upward of 50 million images—and pulls out those that rank high in visual characteristics most highly correlated with the "aha" moments detected by the EEG.
In a Blink of an Eye and a Switch of a Transistor: Cortically-coupled Computer Vision, Proceedings of the IEEE (17 pages)
Computer vision is limited in its ability to identify interesting imagery, particularly as "interesting" might be defined by an individual. In this paper we describe our efforts in developing brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) which synergistically integrate computer vision and human vision so as to construct a system for image triage. Our approach exploits machine learning for real-time decoding of brain signals which are recorded noninvasively via electroencephalography (EEG). The signals we decode are specific for events related to imagery attracting a user's attention. We describe two architectures we have developed for this type of cortically coupled computer vision and discuss potential applications and challenges for the future.
The researchers also have a highly efficient algorithm for searching their image database.
Fast Hybrid Algorithm for Large Scale L1-Regularized Logistic Regression, Journal of Machine Learning Research (30 pages)
Hybrid iterative shrinkage (HIS), the resulting algorithm is comprised of
a fixed point continuation phase and an interior point phase. The first phase is based completely on memory efficient operations such as matrix-vector multiplications, while the second phase is based on a truncated Newton's method. Furthermore, we show that various optimization techniques, including line search and continuation, can significantly accelerate convergence. The algorithm has global convergence at a geometric rate (a Q-linear rate in optimization terminology). We present a numerical comparison with several existing algorithms, using benchmark data from the UCI machine learning repository, and show our algorithm is the most computationally efficient without loss of accuracy.
If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator or StumbleUpon. Thanks


text:
Big Brother 15 Episode 27: Amanda The Drama Queen VS Elissa The Queen Bee
Part Three: Zing!
• Zingbot wakes the houseguests. Elissa's reaction: "Shut up!"
• "McCrae, I finally understand why you're always wearing shorts. Because Amanda wears the pants." McCrae is VERY bothered that GM is cackling and slapping her hand on the table.
• Gina Marie's zing is a fatal attraction joke. But she would never hurt him…unless she found out he was married. Yikes.
• Andy's zing is about how he whines, is pale, and a floater (like a ghost, gettit?). Elissa thinks the pale part is worst. Andy is enraged at being called a floater. He definitely shouldn't read comments when he gets out.
• Aaryn's is about her being a mean girl. Too bad we didn't get a reaction from her.
• Amanda's is about her tramp stamp. Unfortunately, she shows it to the viewers in the DR. Can't unsee.Elissa's is about being a cheap imitation of Rachel. Yawn.
• GM thinks the baby zingbot sounds like Andy. Zing.
• The comp is physical, where you need to toss yourself a ball 250 times without dropping it.
• Judd, a smoker, is out of breath and throwing up. He basically gives up.
• Gina Marie dropped the ball at one point but is still very close to Amanda who has never dropped her ball.
• "You can do it for Nick," Elissa to GM. Elissa knows what she's doing here.
• Amanda gloats about her very first win. She also mentions the nonexistent McCranda Army.
• Worst case scenario. Her first win is the one she needed the most.
Part Four: She's the Grossest Person in the World
• Amanda thinks that GM is going on the block. Andy is worried because he voted out her best friend, Helen last week. Elissa promised she'd come after him if he voted her out. He cried about being threatened, but really it was a simple promise.
• Elissa cries about Amanda winning, saying she's the worst person ever.Elissa jokes around with Amanda about throwing the competition, but Amanda once again proves that she can dish it but not take it.
• Amanda goes on a rampage, saying horrible things to Elissa, getting up in her face, and telling her that her HOH is a waste. Hun, it's not a waste if your alliance is leaving.
• Amanda's genius plan to get GM on the block is to harass Elissa. She makes fun of her appearance, calling her plastic, despite Amanda being filled with botox and fake breasts.
• "She's a disgusting, vile person."- Judd, speaking for every viewer.
• "I'm going to torture you every single day. Every. Single. Day."- Amanda, the psycho. She sings about Elissa having nobody while the people outside roll their eyes about how gross Amanda is. She's certainly doing her part to isolate herself from her allies.
• As Amanda goes crazy, Elissa sits safely in her room laughing at her. Seriously, what does Amanda think this is going to do? She's just trying to pass off one of her bipolar episodes as a game move.
Part Five: No One Comes Between Me and My Vile Behavior
• Andy claims that he despises this behavior, but sees it as advantages to his game. By not defending her publicly, he's not putting anything on the line so it's pointless.
• Elissa clearly doesn't buy Andy's pitch. She barely responds when he claims to be her friend.
• Veto meeting. Amanda steals the "no one comes between me and my man" line because if you're going to steal E. Dick's schtick, might as well go full oun plagiarism.
• Elissa zings Amanda by saying that Rachel would be disgusted by her using that line.
• "Sit down, trash," Amanda says when Elissa puts up Andy.
• So, one of Amanda's alliance will leave this week. She loses. And not with grace.
• Andy claims he isn't playing for third place, as he puts on chapstick for more Amanda ass kissing. Will he actually turn against Amanda? (Spoiler alert: no.)


text:
At Goucher, we pride ourselves on being a diverse and inclusive campus. Our commitment to diversity, in all of its forms, is demonstrated by both our Community Principles and Diversity Statement. Our commitment is further highlighted by the work of the Diversity Standing Committee and Intercultural Programming that takes place throughout the year. These committees focus on the needs of our students, and promote understanding and awareness across the campus community.
It is easy to find your niche on campus-we offer a wide array of clubs and organizations you can join. While we offer more than 60 active clubs and organizations, here is a sampling of a few for students interested in diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion.
|Club Name
|Student Contact
|Advisor Contact
|Arabic Club
|Plans events and activities to immerse club members in the Arabic culture. Activities include "Arabic Band", where club members learn and perform Arabic songs; "Kitchen Arabic", where members learn to cook Arabic food; guest speakers; film festivals; field trips; tutoring; and social gatherings at local Arabic cuisine locations.
|Ashley Begley
|Zahi Khamis
|Bollywood Dance Club
|Offers an opportunity for students to explore Bollywood dance. Additionally, the club will showcase Indian culture through clothing, food, movies, and henna.
|Devon Tate & Julia Nguyen
|Jackie Andrews
|The Goucher Capoeira Club seeks to be a training ground and haven for potential and already realized Capoeiristas. Capoeira is an ancient culture, older than we know. It originated in the Angola region of Africa with the Bantu people. When African people were taken as slaves, this culture traveled with them. In the context of slavery in Brazil, Capoeira evolved. It provided an outlet for resistance mentally, physically, culturally, and spiritually against the oppression of slavery. For Capoeira options in Baltimore, please visit www.baltimorecapoeira.org.
|Cydney Cohn
|Phaye Poliakoff-Chen
|Feminist Collective (FemCo)
|Aims to raise awareness of topics/issues relevant to women, gender, sexual health, and reproductive justice. FemCo seeks to advance women's equality in all sectors of society and maintain both a local and global perspective, in doing so.
|Natalie Dibo
|Jeanie Murphy
|Goucher Asian Student Union
|Serves as an umbrella organization for students who identify as Asian American, East Asian, Middle Eastern, Pacific Islander, South Asian and Southeast Asian and warmly welcomes members of other cultures in an effort to promote alliance and understanding.
|Christina Kim
|Andrew Wu
|Goucher Christian Fellowship
|A community of real people (messy, vulnerable, full of curiosity, fears, doubts and questions) pursuing relationships with each other and the real God though prayer, Bible Study, worship, retreats, service and fellowship. As God brings real change to our lives, we seek to participate in God's mission to transform and renew our campus, our city and the world.
|Natalie Guajardo
|Cynthia Terry
|Goucher Hip Hop Team
|Auditions are held each semester to create a team of high energy, committed dancers to perform at basketball game half-times and various other events on and off campus. The choreography and direction are student organized by collaborating visions from the entire team.
|Jamifel Pacheco
|Christine Krieger
|Goucher International Student Association (GISA)
|Raise cultural awareness and increase intercultural dialogue.
|Darleen Choto & Lensa Tesgera
|Karen Sykes
|The Jewish student organization on campus, provides social, educational, religious, spiritual, and community service programming for Goucher students. Hillel's programs are open to all students, regardless of faith or background.
|Rachael Hollern & Marlee Goldshine
|Josh Snyder
|Hispanic Organization for Learning and Awareness (Hola)
|Provide a space for Hispanic students to explore their cultural and ethnic identities.
|Jamifel Pacheco
|Fernando Gomes
|Pride is a student organization dedicated to providing support for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students, faculty, staff, and their allies.
|Eric Ascher
|Cynthia Terry
|Salsa Club
|Offers salsa dance instruction to members of the Goucher community at three levels (beginner, advanced beginner, and intermediate/advanced). The club also hosts a salsa social each semester to bring together members of the Salsa Club, members of the Goucher community, and members of the Baltimore salsa community as a whole.
|Sabrina Silva
|Maite Gomis-Quinto
|Sign Language Club
|Celebrates deaf culture and sign with films, sporting events, demonstrations, and other activities. The group is focused on raising awareness of deaf culture and working to incorporate sign language into the Goucher educational experience.
|Ashley Pearman
|Marc Roy
|Social Justice Committee
|Works to foster the creation of sustainable projects that promote civic society, equality, freedom of information and education, and other democratic ideals both in and out of the Goucher Community, particularly in the Baltimore area.
|Lane Frazee
|Stacy Cooper Patterson & Lindsay Johnson
|Students for Justice in Palestine
|Seeks to provide a safe forum for students to express their solidarity for the Palestinian people. They hold weekly meetings and provide educational and awareness raising events around campus, as well as travel to cultural and educational events in the region.
|Ashley Begley
|Flo Martin
|Umoja (Black Student Union)
|While we focus on the empowerment of the black students on campus, our duty at Goucher is to provide a community that will help foster identity, self-worth, pride for our heritage, and fearlessness to initiate change.
|Robert Fletcher & Nyasha Mooney-McCoy
|Aisha Rivers


text:
Quiet place, clean hotel, for the service very good value, friendly personal
Q: What did you like during your stay? A: Not very much!
1. The room was very sparsely furnished and the bed made a loud creak everytime we moved! 2. There is a real problem with the drains. They stink! 3.The food served at lunch & dinner was very disappointing. "Quantity, not Quality" seems to be the motto here. Having had a very poor and badly served lunch comprising lukewarm soup, soggy fried fish with par-bolied rice (no vegetables or salad to be seen) we were reluctant to try the dinner but in the rather charmless village of São Vicente, there is very little alternative for dining out - other than cafés & Pizzerias - so we reluctantly stayed for an evening meal. It was worse than lunch (altho the waiter was more sympathetic than his lunchtime colleague) & mostly inedible & was sent back.
the farm house is renovated to a new condition and feels like spa with the jacouzi in the room wooden walls and floors and the bath robes, the place is quite, free internet, comvfortable bed, large room, relaxing enviroment, the owner Antonio speeks english and very helpful in finding all that you might need (restaurants, places to go etc) real nice person!!!!
the breakfast is served in a beautiful manner and nice room with a view, but its contents is poor. we would expect a larger variety from such a nice place. the location is hard to find and could be scary at night, if you put the GPS coordinates it will get you in the scary way and not to the right spot. I suggest calling Antonio, he showed us a very simple way to get there from another road. the address will not show on your GPS because its a farm (quinta)
peaceful, relax, peace
Here's why:
We're not the seller.
At KAYAK we don't set the prices, so it's not possible for us to guarantee what other companies are selling.
We compile tonnes of data for you
Our service lets you quickly and easily compare results from hundreds of travel sites at once. In this sense, KAYAK is a search engine and we can't guarantee prices we find.
Why aren't prices accurate 100% of the time?
Prices on airline seats, hotel rooms and car rentals can change frequently. Several people may also be trying to buy the same travel option simultaneously. As a result, you may find, on occasion, that certain prices are no longer available.
If you have more questions or if you have a bad price to report to us,
please send us an
and someone from our team will get back to you promptly.


text:
Source: GEN: Best of the Web Jan 15, 2015 (Vol. 35, No. 2) Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Mouse over symbol to see 5 or 10 min. video explanations.
Created by the University of Nottingham.
Source: GEN: Best of the Web Jan 15, 2015 (Vol. 35, No. 2) Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Mouse over symbol to see 5 or 10 min. video explanations.
Created by the University of Nottingham.
World of Science was given a 4-star review in the May 15, 2012, issue of "Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News". Eric Weisstein is a web encyclopedia author. This portal is available via Wolfram Alpha, within which there are 5 portals for Math, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy and Biography. "Beautifully designed", "easy to navigate" and a "wealth of information"
Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey [pdf]
"Every ten years, the National Research Council (NRC) of The National Academy of Sciences produces a series of surveys related to their areas of scientific inquiry. The public release of the Astro2010 survey of astronomy and astrophysics took place on August 13, 2010, and visitors to this site can read the report and also watch the webcast from the release event. The goal of this publication is to "recommend priorities for the most important scientific and technical activities of the decade 2010-2020." Drawing on the expertise of scholars at Stanford University, Vassar College, the University of Chicago, and other institutions, the report is a crucial piece of work on what should be done across the board in these two branches of the physical sciences."
From the Scout Report, Univ. of Wisconsin, Aug.27, 2010
August 12, 2010 — A new report by the National Research Council identifies the highest-priority research activities for astronomy and astrophysics in the next decade that will "set the nation firmly on the path to answering profound questions about the cosmos." The decadal survey — the Research Council's sixth — prioritizes activities based on their ability to advance science in key areas, and for the first time also takes into account factors such as risks in technical readiness, schedule, and cost.
Source: email@example.com Aug 16, 2010


text:
The Style Gallery is a great new way for you to view, love, and share outfit photos. It's meant to showcase
all the expressive, creative, and inspirational personalities of our community!
Love you too!
Your email has been sent!
When you sport this teal top, you can't help but put together a winning look! Tan shorts, bangles, and gingham wedges pair well with this breezy blouse, which features a scoop neck, ruffled sailor collar, black rimmed neckline, and licorice lined hooks decorated with three bow-like embellishments. Beat out any chic competitor with this top in tow!
Final Sale: This item cannot be returned or exchanged.
All measurements in inches.
Sorry this item isn't available anymore


text: HockeyBuzz "The New Jersey Devils have shored up their blue line a little bit by signing defenseman Ben Lovejoy to a three-year contract worth $2.66 million per season. Lovejoy is a 32-year-old right-handed shot who averaged almost 19 minutes a night on the Pittsburgh Penguins last season. He probably..." July 01


text:
Agricola Odoi, BVM, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: (865) 974-5568
Email: Dr. Agricola Odoi
|• B.V.M. Makerere University (Uganda), 1993
|• M.Sc. University of Nairobi (Kenya), 1998
|• PhD University of Guelph (Canada), 2002
Research Interests
|• Applications of GIS and spatial epidemiology in health researchand practice
|• Zoonotic infections of public health significance
|• Determinants of population health
Professional Societies
|• Gnosis GIS. A global Network for Geospatial Health.
|• Research Workers in Animal Diseases.
|• Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine.
|• Tennessee Public Health Association.
|• American Heart Association.
|• American Stroke Association.
|• American Public Health Association.
|• Selected Works of Agricola Odoi


text:
What is in this article?:
- Have you hugged your servers lately?
- What consumers say about service
New study shows consumers respond well to great service.
What consumers say about service
New study shows consumers respond well to great service.
This is what I do, so I couldn't agree more. After 20 years in the business, and noticing such a hole in the service training aspect of the restaurant business, I started my second waitstaff-niche based company. Prowaitstaff - Hospitality Optimization Service Training developes and tailors a program to elevate an entire wait staff up to the next level. Once professionalized, the guest receives a true dining "experience", the reputation of the establishment is enhanced greatly, and the average guest check is substantially increased. If we can be of assistance to any readers, please visit us at www.ProWaitStaff.com or contact us at 877.848.WAIT (9248) ...we're at your service!


text:
kaalsarpyog shanti remedy yagyaKaal sarp yog is formed when in an horoscope, all the seven planets comes between or hemmed between rahu and ketu. Rahu is considered serpents head and ketu is dragons tail. So the presence of kaal sarp yoga in an horoscope is considered particularly harmful as all the planets are surrounded by the serpent and thus loose their good impacts to a great extent which will make person less lucky, creates problems and delays in many important aspects of life. The Kaal Sarp Yog is also categorized into two types- Uttari Golaardh Kaal Sarp Yog and Dakshini Goalaardh Kaal Sarp Yog. If all the 7 planets are eaten away by Rahu's mouth then it is Ascending Kaal Sarp Yog ( Uttari Golaardh ). If all planets are situated in back of Rahu then Descending Kaal Sarp Yog ( Daskshini Golaardh ) is formed.
Shri Shri 108 Avdhootanand Saraswati Ji Maharaaj Shri Shri 108 Avdhootanand Sarawswati ji Maharaaj, Sadhak of Maha Kali, Maa Baglamukhi & kaalsarp Dosh shanti sadhak. He know Tantra astrology and meditation. He devotee of Mahashakti Maa kamakhya & Maa Bagalamukhi.He is Helping from last 9th years for those people have facing of specially for kaalsarpyoga & grahena dosh ,vish dosh,pitra dosh,naag dosha,Guru chandal yoga, kuja dosh,enemy related or legal matter related problems,remove all types of black magic (kala jadu/kala jadoo)effect,ghost related any people problem,or unbalanced condation in his life. He is student of first Gurudev Shri Shri 1008 Mahakaal Trikalanand Saraswati ji Guru Maharaaj & second is Shri Shri 10008 Mahakaal Satyendranand Saraswati ji Guru Maharaaj . For more detail login website http://www.shridusmahavidhya.com, http://www.kaalsarpyog.com, Contact Ashram No- +91 9889188666,+917275016000, +919044023554
|copyright 2010


text:
Skip to comments.People to counter Monday's boycott by shopping and speaking up
Posted on 04/30/2006 6:50:14 AM PDT by Ladycalif
MISSION VIEJO - Sandra Sweet was 8 the last time she did anything political in public. She thinks.
She has this vague memory of being a little girl when her father took her to a political rally in Washington, D.C., that involved the Vietnam War and something about "a march for victory."
So it's surprising that Sweet, 45, is organizing a "pro-American" rally in Santa Ana on Monday to counter what some are calling "the Great American Boycott." Armed with her e-mail address book and a sense of alarm Sweet is taking the first political action of her adult life.
(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...
Why do they think that giving the finger to the country that has (up to now) accepted them will help their cause?
The more they "flex their numbers", the more America realizes our problem and its associated costs.
The end is nigh for illegals in such unbounded numbers. JMHO
"The antiboycott laws, however, apply to all boycotts imposed by foreign countries that are unsanctioned by the United States"
"It is currently a federal criminal offense under U.S. "antiboycott laws" for any U.S. person to participate in another nation's boycotts or embargoes of third countries."
So gee what would the illegal aliens fall under U.S. person or foreign national, and what about the nmexicans who are BOYCOTTING in support of all the illegal alien foreign nationals???
"embargoes of 3rd countries"? Most of the products are made in 3rd countries.
But, how about this idea? The only real thing those crooks in Washington understand is MONEY! Am I right? So on Monday every working legal American should change the number of their dependents to 99 their W2 form. This would mean that almost no money would be taken out of our checks for Federal taxes and thus the flow of cash to the Federal Government would STOP! This is not illegal. Just put the money that would have gone to the Fed's in the bank and use it to pay your taxes next April 07! There would be a small additional fine but if enough people participate that might even be eliminated.
I predict that it would not take very long for change to happen with our "fearless" lawmakers!
I'll counter by working a full 8 hours like every work day, buying my morning coffee and paper at a local eatery. May even do something extremely rare eat breakfast there instead of having one of those Fat-Pills when I get to work.
Won't work they would just raise the debt ceiling to a gazillin brazzion dollars and no sense
The 11,000,000 illegals DON'T vote. The voters hold the election of politicians, who make, enforce and judicate the laws.
Ramming unpatriotism down our throats does these pro-illegal immigrants NO good.
The Star Spangled Banner in SPANISH?! Absolutely, totally, 100% insulting, demeaning and unpatriotic.
Didn't a BRIT start this?
Don't believe everything you hear about Texas:')
Breakfast at Wendy's
Get new Wi-Fi gear at Best Buy
Lunch at Ruby Tuesday
Craft supplies at Michael's
Dinner at Outback Steakhouse
Wonder if On-line purchases count?
And I hope this prevents them from driving on our roads and using state roads....
It's start...
Signed on yesterday just to show us you know how to use CAPS?
I believe I will greet everybody at the airport (as I take a $1K airline flight), the rental car agency (as I begin a month's rental), the hotel, the restaurants with a big "Happy Bite the Hand that Feeds You Day". Will also probably do some shopping.
You do have a great gov!
Welcome to FR.
I believe the other poster meant for their comments to be taken in a friendly manner.
You can stop shouting. (In other words, turn off your caps lock.)
I know how you feel. Around here (Southern California) the illegals are so rude, pushy and belligerent, I'm afraid to go a lot of places, too.
Right - and your employer would then be obliged to report such a claim to the IRS and you are in a whole heap of trouble.
I applaud Ms. Sweet for her effort and hope that she is joined by many, many counter protesters across the country. I support those who make the effort to counter the boycott by making many purchases on May 1. Mid week I too was concentrating my efforts on coming up with a plan to counter this 'boycott' even if in just some small way. My focus has changed, drastically.
I am an avid supporter of President Bush. A huge reason I voted for him was because I trusted his ability to fight the war on terror and to protect this country from terrorism and I have supported ALL of his decisions in that regard, incuding Dubai, but have been frustrated with the inaction on the borders. I have felt that the inaction was due to both parties' appeasement of Latino voters
In ONE day, millions and millions of illegal alien invaders and their supporters have ANNOUNCED to President Bush and our leadership in D.C., that they WILL illegally take over major cities and shut down the entire country. They have made their demands clear and have stated that their objective is to intimidate our government into meeting their demands, which include immediate and full legalization, taking back their stolen land and open, unchecked borders.
'Boycott?" Their 'boycott' is a dangerously massive, threatening, uncontrollable assembly of foreign invaders, who's intentions are meant to be a show of force, all across the country, against our government, are an 'in your face' dare to any oppposition, and are, imo, without a doubt, a threat to national security. It is a threat that our government has created, done nothing to prevent, and is doing nothing to stop.
"The 11,000,000 illegals DON'T vote."
...unless they live in Democrat-controlled precincts in major cities like Philadelphia, St. Louis, Madison WI, or Miami. If they do, they vote 100% Democrat.
Sonny Perdue:"Just signed a bill denying state benefits to illegals."A governor with guts.If my governor(Jeb)did the same,i'd probably go into vapor lock.
Welcome to Free Republic, BTW.
I'm taking a vacation day either Wednesday or Thursday. Monday and Tuesday I must do work brainless cabrones don't have the first clue about.
....same here in the South Bay. You can't even smile or talk to their kids without them grabing them and pulling them away.
My anecdote:Within the last year or so several hispanic families have moved into my neighborhood.My next door neighbors moved in a year or so ago.They won't say hello when i'm outside.I wave when i go by in my car.They don't wave back,and avoid any eye contact.Very strange and rude!Not very neighborly imo:(
What does that have to do with the issue at hand in this thread? A lot of Republican politicians support amnesty/guest worker legislation, so, related to the coming Monday events, your idea is a non sequitur.
It's a holdover from Moorish influence in Spain (I think--would be interested to hear if I'm wrong). One indication that it has Islamic tradition written on it is the wearing of bits of blue jewelry. In Islamic tradition, the color blue wards off the evil eye. That's why the burqua in Afghanistan was always blue, because women are so evil they need a charm against the devil.
Anyway, it's a very primitive thing. They probably also put eggs under their beds to absorb sickness. At least they have to pay their curanderos with cash, and it keeps them out of the ER.
Wish there were a few more days to get organized. Too bad Rush is so busy with personal troubles.
The talk like that at DU
Point is ... that is exactly what needs to be done to those who honor Pinko de Mayo tomorrow. Don't patronize those who employee illegals.
Yes, it is a bad move. Sympathy won't be forthcoming. Monday is my normal shopping day and it won't be necessary to change the routine. Many of the illegals are employed in the canneries for some reason; it would be a surprise if any one of them took Monday off to stage the protest.
My post was a suggestion to counter the "boycott" by "shopping" at the named places -- as detailed by the link I included.
I was just trying to help you out. If posting etiquette is unimportant to you, shout away.
I plan to buy a new Lawn Mower, and stock up on some clothing....Its kinda fun thinking of ways to spend $$ to counter the Illegals.
The title is specific to the illegals' boycott tomorrow, and your shopping suggestion relates to companies that support Republicans. What do you hope to accomplish by such an unrelated action? I just don't get it.
If you were suggesting we buy from companies that refuse to employ illegal aliens, I cound see the relationship.
I think the fine for insufficient withholding is $500. That's not so small for some people.
"The 11,000,000 illegals DON'T vote."
Not true at all. That's what our politicians want us to think, but it's not so.
Illegals can and do vote, and there is no way to stop them apparently, if they want to.
"There is no way of checking," said Maryland State Board of Elections Administrator Linda H. Lamone.
"We have no way of doing that. We have no access to any information about who is in the United States legally or otherwise."
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.


text:
Many thanks to our Bodega Bay neighbors Andi and Don Stewart for these photos. Caution, they're not for the squeamish!
The Stewarts said this Great Blue Heron, who they dubbed "Piggy," comes to visit everyday and they recently watched him eat three gophers in a row. They snapped these pictures while he was dining in their side yard.
Don later said maybe a better name would be "The Gophernator"!
Sometimes it's uncomfortable to watch nature take its course like this but as my daughter likes to remind me, it's the circle of life!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Great Blue Heron's Wild Lunch
Posted by Kathlene at 7:23 PM
Labels: Blue Herons, Bodega Bay, Gophers
1 comment:
- christel said...
I had NO idea herons ate gophers! I thought they were basically pescatarians!!! These photos are really awesome! Thank you for sharing!
- July 1, 2010 at 7:29 AM


text:
The divisional playoff weekend is often called the best weekend of football all year. 4 games, all with closely matched teams, with a conference championship berth on the line. This year, all 4 games lived up to the hype. The two favorites won on Saturday and the two underdogs won on Sunday. It all boils down to this, next Sunday, for a spot in the Super Bowl: Chargers at Patriots and Giants at Packers.
The Packers/Seahawks game was the most lopsided of the weekend, and not many were surprised to see that. Still, the game was very interesting and exciting for plenty of reasons. The Packers are a real feel-good story. Brett Favre in his 60th year of football, coming off a horrible year, in a small town that eats, drinks, and sleeps Packer football. There's nothing like the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field for a playoff game, and boy, was it frozen. The field was covered in snow by the 2nd quarter. Still, Green Bay made the game interesting for a while by spotting Seattle a 14-0 lead thanks to two early Ryan Grant fumbles. However, Green Bay recovered and looks to be in good shape with the NFC title game on their home turf (or tundra).
A lot of people seemed to think the Jags would give New England a good run, but I wasn't among them. Jacksonville didn't play too well in beating our Steelers and New England, well, is New England. The Jags did play a spirited game and were in the game in the fourth quarter. David Garrard played a nice game and Jacksonville nearly matched the Pats' potent offense. Still, Tom Brady was insane on Saturday tonight. Yes, I know he is a great QB, but he was 26-28–and the two incompletions were drops by receivers (the ball hit them in the hands). Basically he was perfect on the night. The Patriots didn't punt all night. I still hate them but I can't see them losing a game.
The Colts-Chargers game was fantastic. Back-and-forth all the way, and though a lot of people like Indy, you had to pull for San Diego once Rivers and Tomlinson left the game and the rest of the team stepped up heroically. Peyton Manning, as the announcer said, "played really well except for 2 interceptions." The Colts played well, but San Diego made some unbelievable plays and deserved to win the game, which they did, 28-24.
The Giants went into Dallas to close out the weekend, and upended a team they had lost to twice already. Eli Manning finally surpassed his brother, scoring an upset just after Peyton's team had just finished being upset. Once again, both teams played great ball, Dallas had a chance to win it in the final minute, but New York stepped up and will head to Lambeau next week.
I wasn't too pumped to watch football this week because of the Steeler loss. These games were all so compelling, though, that I tuned into and intently watched each one. Hopefully the conference championships are just as entertaining.


text:
I was unable to understand the name of the sweetener you suggested in the recipe for homemade cranberry juice in the video of 12/03. I'd be grateful if you could send along the spelling of the product.
Don Brix / Originally posted on Pink juice with green foam
"Erythritol," a nearly noncaloric sugar alcohol found naturally in certain fruits. I have a video about it here: A Harmless Artificial Sweetener. My family goes through about a pound a month. See, for example, our Pink Juice with Green Foam and healthy chocolate ice cream recipes.
A study published last month adds a cautionary note, though: consuming erythritol with a large load of fructose (as can be found in certain confectionery and soft drinks) could inhibit fructose absorption in the small intestine and result in bloating and discomfort from fructose fermentation in the colon. I don't imagine people would typically be mixing their diet and regular soda together, but if they did, it could be a bad combo.
I have another erythritol video queued up from volume 11 so stay tuned and make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss it!
Image Credit: Theculinarygeek / Flickr


text:
The boys were invited to attend a week long camp in our new neighborhood and we gladly accepted the offer! I thought it would be fun to make a little treat for the kids and wanted to share with you what we made! A perfect snack on a hot Summers day!
Serves: 16
4 Fresh Kiwis, each cut into 4 slices
16 lollipop sticks
1/4 cup 2% milk
1/2-3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1. Peel and Cut each Kiwi in 4 slices
2. You will need 16 Lollipop Sticks
3. Gently push 1 lollipop stick through the thick side of each Kiwi slice
4. Lay Kiwi Pops in a dish or pan that can go in the freezer and FREEZE over-night or until frozen through!
5. Make a double boiler and melt 1/2-3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips with 1/4 cup of milk.
6. Dip Frozen Kiwis in chocolate and lay flat on a serving dish. The chocolate on the kiwis will harden quickly because the kiwis are already frozen.
7. SERVE or put back in freezer until ready to serve!
These KIWI POPS were so easy to make and the kids at camp gobbled them up… all gone!
Next time you're at the grocery store, pick up a handful of kiwis and make this delicious treat!
PS. Before you go, DON'T FORGET TO PIN one of the pictures above to one of your Pinterest boards! I have this treat stored in 2 places- 1 on my 'Summer' board and another on my 'Kiddos' board!
Maybe next year, I'll remember to make these before August 15th ; )


text:
About Looee : "Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power." - Descartes
advanced functions tainted my life
About Looee : "Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power." - Descartes
Looee's FML badges
The Thumb returns
You have thumbed 5000 comments.
Editing your comments can help you avoid embarrassment, and it might make you seem smarter.
Consolation prize
Your FML was denied. We had to at least give you a badge to cheer you up a bit.
Looee's favorite FMLs
Today, my boyfriend said "You're a real work of art. You know, the abstract kind that no one likes. Anyway, we need to break up." FML
by Anonymous / 11/19/2014 at 12:40pm / Canada (Ontario) / Love
Today, I wanted to try seducing my boyfriend by having nothing but a t-shirt on for when he'd get back from work. He came home, saw me, apologized bashfully for failing to knock first, and went back outside. FML
by oops / 03/27/2014 at 7:10pm / United States (California) / Love
Today, I had to bail my brother out of jail because he started a fight with a guy who didn't like owls. FML
by are you kidding me? / 03/10/2014 at 4:22am / United Kingdom (Ealing) / Miscellaneous
Today, I was using a public toilet, when someone in the next stall reached under, grabbed at my low-hanging toilet paper and pulled at it at an insane speed, whispering some kind of weird chant. Then he suddenly stopped, screamed, and ran out. What the hell happened in there? FML
by Anonymous / 06/13/2013 at 12:01pm / United States (Minnesota) / Miscellaneous
Today, at a talent show, my band got booed before we even started playing. FML
by disembob / 12/02/2012 at 9:26pm / United Kingdom / Miscellaneous
Today, I got into a car accident. The guy wouldn't give me his information, but instead stood there saying, "Like a good neighbor, Statefarm is there." FML
by Read The Fine Print / 11/24/2012 at 12:55am / United States (California) / Transportation
Today, a nearby volcano erupted for the second time. We were all urged to keep our windows and doors closed in case of ash clouds. My father responded by opening every window and door and shouting, "Come at me, bro!" FML
by vanillatwilight2 / 11/20/2012 at 11:50pm / New Zealand (Auckland) / Miscellaneous
Today, I saw a man lying face down in a field and thinking he was injured, I ran over to help. As soon as I got to him, I realized he was completely naked. He stood up and chased after me. FML
by bill / 10/24/2012 at 7:14am / United States (Maryland) / Miscellaneous
Today, my dad saw on TV that in some parts of Africa, it's not uncommon for people to attach make-shift flamethrowers to their cars to defend against carjackers. He's now lost his mind and is forcing me to help him put one together to scare off Jehovah's Witnesses. FML
by Watchtower? More like fortress. / 10/19/2012 at 5:39pm / Norway (Oslo) / Miscellaneous
Today, my parents gave me a sock and card for my eighteenth birthday. The card said, "Now that Dobby is free, get out." FML
by Anonymous / 10/15/2012 at 9:19pm / United States (Indiana) / Miscellaneous
Today, as I was waiting for my girlfriend in the street, I saw a woman who looked a lot like her. I ran towards her, my arms in the air ready to give her a hug, only to realise it wasn't her. I then had to pass the woman, my arms in the air, still running. FML
by minibuch1505 / 09/21/2012 at 7:31am / Miscellaneous
Today, while I was eating lunch at work, I practically had a panic attack because I'd forgotten to feed my Neopet. FML
by Anonymous / 02/26/2012 at 4:27pm / United States / Miscellaneous
Today, I actually resorted to checking the newspaper obituaries to see where the deceased were employed, just so I can find a job opening. FML
by Anonymous / 06/30/2011 at 1:44pm / United States (Kansas) / Work
Today, I walked into my bedroom, only to find out that my bed is missing. I have no idea where it is. FML
by Username / 08/04/2010 at 1:18am / Miscellaneous
Today, I got mugged by someone wearing a bear suit. FML
by mugged / 06/01/2010 at 7:41pm / United States (New York) / Miscellaneous
- 1
- 2
- « Previous page
- Next page »


text:
Enter your Email address:
Wolters Kluwer Health may email you for journal alerts and information, but is committed
to maintaining your privacy and will not share your personal information without
your express consent. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
Aschenbrenner, Diane S. MS, RN
Diane S. Aschenbrenner is the course coordinator for undergraduate pharmacology at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD. She also coordinates Drug Watch: email@example.com.
* Prescription narcotic analgesics containing acetaminophen will now be limited to an acetaminophen dose of 325 mg. This is an attempt to minimize the risk of acetaminophen overdosage, which can lead to acute liver failure and even death.
* A black box warning will also be added to the label to highlight the risk of liver damage.
* Over-the-counter acetaminophen products aren't currently being limited to 325 mg.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now restricting the amount of acetaminophen that can be included in a prescription combination of opioid and acetaminophen to 325 mg per tablet, capsule, or other dosage unit. Examples of such combination pain-relieving products are oxycodone with acetaminophen (Percocet and others) and hydrocodone with acetaminophen (Vicodin and others). Currently these combination products may contain as much as 750 mg of acetaminophen per dose (as in Vicodin ES). The purpose of restricting the acetaminophen dose is to decrease the risk of accidental overdose and the incidence of acute liver failure. Patients with acute liver failure may require liver transplantation or even die.
To further help highlight the risk of severe liver damage from acetaminophen overdosage, the FDA is requiring a black box warning on the labeling of these products. This restriction of acetaminophen doesn't apply to over-the-counter preparations, even though some may contain more acetaminophen per dosage unit, as is the case with Extra Strength Tylenol, which contains 500 mg per tablet.
To read the FDA Drug Safety Communication, go to http://1.usa.gov/gt4pka.
For more information on acetaminophen overdosage and the new FDA regulations, read Nursing Information on Acetaminophen Overdosage at http://links.lww.com/AJN/A23.
© 2011 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Colleague's E-mail is Invalid
Your Name: (optional)
Your Email:
Colleague's Email:
Separate multiple e-mails with a (;).
Thought you might appreciate this item(s) I saw at AJN The American Journal of Nursing.
Send a copy to your email
Your message has been successfully sent to your colleague.
Some error has occurred while processing your request. Please try after some time.
An Existing Folder
A New Folder
Folder Name:
The item(s) has been successfully added to "".
Login with your LWW Journals username and password.
Username or Email:
Forgot Password?
Enter and submit the email address you registered with. An email with instructions to reset your password will be sent to that address.
Link to reset your password has been sent to specified email address.
What does "Remember me" mean?
By checking this box, you'll stay logged in until you logout. You'll get easier access to your articles, collections,
media, and all your other content, even if you close your browser or shut down your
To protect your most sensitive data and activities (like changing your password),
we'll ask you to re-enter your password when you access these services.
What if I'm on a computer that I share with others?
If you're using a public computer or you share this computer with others, we recommend
that you uncheck the "Remember me" box.
Save my selection
Article Level Metrics