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Lip Enhancement
NEW YORK, NY (July 16, 1999) — Voluptuous lips are regarded as a sign of beauty and sensuality. Although, traditionally, cosmetic procedures for the mouth have not received the attention given to surgical treatments for other areas of the face, the lips have recently become the focus for new enhancement techniques. A review of current methods appears in the May/June issue of Aesthetic Surgery Journal, an official publication of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).
"The materials available today for lip augmentation vary in their cosmetic results and their permanence," says board-certified plastic surgeon Richard D. Anderson, MD, of Scottsdale, Ariz., who co-authored the article based on five years' clinical experience with a variety of methods including both free and dermal fat grafts, Gore-Tex, AlloDerm, and SoftForm.
Autogenous fat (taken from the patient's own body) has been used since the late 1800s as a soft tissue filler material. Free fat transplantation involves withdrawing fat from the body and then reinjecting it with a syringe. Dermal fat grafts are transplanted with the fat still attached to the deeper layers of the skin.
"In my experience, use of a dermal fat graft achieves longer-lasting results than free fat transplantation," says Dr. Anderson. Dr. Anderson also has used other autogenous materials for lip augmentation including underlying facial muscle harvested during a facelift and scar tissue taken from the capsule surrounding a breast implant. Bovine collagen (Zyderm) may be used for lip augmentation, but patients now can donate their own skin to make autologous collagen or use human collagen derived from cadavers.
Gore-Tex, a non-reactive porous material, was initially used in the 1970s as a vascular graft. It can be implanted in varying thicknesses and sizes that are easily shaped and maintains its size once implanted. According to Dr. Anderson, AlloDerm, a newer implant material manufactured from human skin obtained from tissue banks, remains soft after implantation and does not migrate. The degree of resorption that may occur over time is unknown. Another new material, SoftForm, made of a synthetic material, comes in implants shaped like hollow tubes. Fibrous tissue ingrowth occurs through the center of the tube, providing stabilization of the implant in the tissues. "I use SoftForm for definition of the vermilion border," says Dr. Anderson.
Overall, in his series of nearly 400 patients, Dr. Anderson reports four minor complications and 19 patients who requested removal of the implants. "Patients may be aware of the implant when speaking or eating until they become accustomed to it," says Dr. Anderson. "Generally, patients have been pleased with their results.
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), is recognized as the world's leading organization devoted entirely to aesthetic plastic surgery and cosmetic medicine of the face and body. ASAPS is comprised of over 2,600 Plastic Surgeons; Active Members are certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (USA) or by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and have extensive training in the complete spectrum of surgical and nonsurgical aesthetic procedures. International Active Members are certified by equivalent boards of their respective countries. All members worldwide adhere to a strict Code of Ethics and must meet stringent membership requirements.
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Here is what the Wall Street Journal has to say about Obomo's solution of just printing more dollars.
Here is what the Wall Street Journal has to say about Obomo's solution of just printing more dollars.
Anti-intellectualism and fascism go together like bacon and eggs.
Don't need to read the article. It's very simple, if the supply of money increases and the output of goods and services decreases or stagnates, the money will be worth less.
Doesn't take a PHD to figure that out
Kelly, Weis, Willingham, & Davies
One thing it can do, and has done in the past is screw up those that hold our debt. Didn't we really screw up the Japanese by borrowing a lot from them in the 70's/80's, then hyperinflated our dollars so they wound up with 50% on the dollar when compared with goods or gold? If we were to do that now, we would be getting the better end of the deal on China, but China has already warned us it would be pissed off if we over printed $$$.
I don't want us to do it, because I don't forsee getting any raises that would keep up with or exceed inflation.
Terry Britton, P.E.
Engineers believe that if it isn't broken, it doesn't have enough features yet.
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Whole Thanksgiving Turkey with Miles Standish Stuffing and Gravy
Recipe courtesy of Alex Guarnaschelli
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I generally follow the rule of 12 to 15 minutes per pound if the bird has stuffing in the cavity. A little less if no stuffing is involved[. My recipe below makes enough stuffing for a 20 to 22 pound bird. My father always wrapped the excess stuffing in tinfoil and placed it in the bottom of the roasting pan so the turkey drippings would hit it as it cooked.]
- 1 (14 to 16-pound) turkey, innards removed and reserved and the neck reserved for gravy
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large piece cheesecloth
- Kitchen twine
- For the stuffing:
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) to 1 1/4 sticks unsalted butter
- 3 medium yellow onions, peeled, halved and cut into thin slices
- 8 stalks celery, stalks trimmed of leaves and ends, washed, dried and cut into thin slices
- Kosher salt and freshly ground white pepper
- 8 slices white sandwich bread
- 2 tablespoons fresh thyme, stemmed and washed
- 10 fresh sage leaves, stemmed and cut into thin strips
- 1 teaspoon dry rosemary
- 1 turkey heart, cut into small pieces
- 1 turkey gizzard, cut into small pieces
- 10 ounces pepperoni, skin removed, cut into small cubes
- 1 pound loose pork breakfast sausage, broken into small pieces and cooked
- 1 pound mozzarella cheese, cut into 3/4-inch cubes
- 1 cup low-sodium chicken stock, boiled and cooled
- Gravy:
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 cup dry Marsala (or Sherry)
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 7 cups low-sodium chicken stock
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
In a large skillet, melt 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) of the butter. Add the onions and celery. Season with salt and pepper. Cook the vegetables, over medium heat, until translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat and transfer the contents to a bowl. Set aside.
Arrange the bread slices in a single layer on a baking sheet and toast until light brown. Alternatively, brown them in a toaster. While the bread is still hot, lightly butter both sides of each piece. Cut into 1-inch squares and transfer them to a large bowl. Toss with salt, pepper, the thyme, sage and rosemary. Mix to blend. Set aside.
Heat a tablespoon of the butter and, in a small skillet, quickly saute the heart and gizzard pieces, 30 seconds. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat and add it to the bowl of celery and onions. Stir to blend.
Heat a large skillet, add another tablespoon of the butter and saute the pepperoni pieces over high heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Drain on a paper towel.
Combine the celery and onion mixture, the cooked breakfast sausage, the mozzarella and the pepperoni in the bowl containing the toasted bread. Mix to blend and add the cup of chicken stock to moisten all of the ingredients.
Place the turkey on a flat surface, season with salt and pepper on the inside and out, and stuff the cavity with the stuffing. Truss turkey or, alternatively, tie the legs closed with a strong piece of kitchen twine to assure the stuffing doesn't fall out as the turkey roasts. Wrap any remaining stuffing in tinfoil and keep the tinfoil fairly flat, like a large envelope. Transfer the turkey to a roasting pan, fitted with a roasting rack if desired, and soak the cheesecloth in the butter. Brush any remaining butter on top of the bird and cover the breasts with the cheesecloth to prevent the top skin from burning before the turkey is cooked. Lower the oven to 350 degrees F and place the roasting pan in the center of the oven. Cook the turkey for about 12 minutes per pound.
After about 2 hours cooking, remove the roasting pan and place the tinfoil package containing the stuffing in the bottom of the pan. Remove the cheesecloth from the top of the breasts and return the turkey to the oven. Place the neck and the chicken stock for the gravy in a pot and simmer gently on top of the stove as the turkey finishes cooking. The stock should reduce by about half. Season with salt and pepper, if desired.
How do you know when it's done? The temperature of the thigh meat (where the meat is thickest and takes the longest time to cook) should register 165 degrees F when tested with an instant-read thermometer. When done, remove the bird from the oven, transfer it to a flat surface (or serving platter) and allow it to rest for 20 to 30 minutes before removing the stuffing and carving the meat.
Make the gravy: Unless the bottom of the roasting pan is burned, you can make delicious gravy. Place the roasting pan over the burners on the stove, add the mustard and Marsala to the pan and warm it over low heat. Scrape the bottom to get the drippings and tasty bits off the bottom of the pan as the Marsala reduces.
Strain the neck out from the stock and pour about 1/2 cup into a small bowl. Whisk the flour into the bowl, taking care there are no lumps. Reduce the Marsala until there is almost no liquid. Add the remaining chicken stock and the flour mixture to the roasting pan. Whisk to blend. Taste for seasoning. Reduce until the mixture thickens. Transfer to a gravy boat!
Recipe courtesy of Alex Guarnaschelli
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The Science Of Autumn
It's the season of hoodies and pumpkin-spiced everything. As much as I hate to admit that summer is over, I can't ignore it any longer. Nature won't let me.
Most obviously, the trees are putting on their annual fall fashion show. Many folks probably know it's the chemical chlorophyll that makes leaves appear green. Chlorophyll helps the tree convert energy from light into food. When the trees sense the cues of shortening daylight and cooler temperatures, they stop producing food and begin to prepare for winter.
With no need for chlorophyll anymore, the trees stop making it. The chlorophyll that's left in the leaves breaks down quickly in light and low temperatures, revealing the leaf's true colors which were masked by the dominant green. Yellows are produced by chlorophyll's sidekick, carotene, which helps absorb energy but is in less of a hurry to break down.
And, ah, the reds! The reds are coolest because their brightness and intensity depends on the pH inside the leaf's cells. If it's acidic, the leaf will turn bright red, while less acid yields deep purples. The reactions responsible for the red colors of leaves occur with high sugar concentrations and lots of light, so the best and brightest show will take place when conditions have been cool (but not below freezing) and dry (to increase the sugar concentrations in the leaves) and with bright sunlight (to break down the chlorophyll and catalyze the red reactions).
But the trees aren't the only heralds of autumn. If you listen carefully, you might hear a spring peeper or two calling in a state of seasonal confusion which biologists like to refer to as autumnal recrudescence.
As the days get shorter and the temperatures drop, conditions resemble those occurring in the spring, and a few of the frogs will think it's time to find a girlfriend. Birds sometimes do this too.
And the steelhead are beginning to run. Large rainbow trout from Lake Erie make their way into the same cold, clear streams where they were born in order to start a new generation.
As descendants of fish from Washington state, steelhead can tolerate both saltwater ocean, where they spend their adult life, and freshwater streams, where they return to spawn. This marine-to-freshwater migration is referred to as anadromy. These fish can weigh up to 55 pounds and measure 45 inches, and, if you hook one, you're in for a fight. They're kind of fun to catch. Like my fellow CWC Conservationist Dave Anderson said in his Chautauqua Watershed Notes article last week, trout need clean, cold water to live and reproduce. That's part of why we do what we do.
The Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy is a local, private nonprofit organization with a mission to preserve and enhance the water quality, scenic beauty, and ecological health of the lakes, streams, wetlands and watersheds of the Chautauqua region. For more information on CWC, visit us at chautauquawatershed.org or facebook.com/chautauquawatershed or call 664-2166.


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Norma, I specifically recall that, when you worked with soapstone, you were getting bake times that weren't much better than your normal cordierite stone. It was a highly disappointing experience, both for you, as the person making the pizza and expecting superior results, and for me, being the one that recommended soapstone. I remember you posting photos of your stones, and the stones looking right, but the baking properties weren't up to snuff. Your experiences, along with Dave's (Tampa) were the turning point for me in my decision to stop recommending soapstone, because the composition could vary too much from stone to stone, giving the buyer no guarantee of good conductivity.Even if your soapstone is exactly the same as mine, it wouldn't have the conductivity of steel. My oven runs 25 degrees hotter, so I'm able to pre-heat it to 525 and end up with a 550 degree stone that gives me 4 minute bakes. At 525, though, it would be pretty anemic.
I don't know. The one bake I did with the SS, I baked 3 pies pretty much like I would on my Cord. and got excessive char on the bottoms by the time the tops were done. I didn't use the broiler at all, but if I did, I'm sure the SS would have yielded a better result. I never tried it again because I was happy with the cord. in my old oven. No turning or fussing with the broiler. Ah, the good ol' days!
Steve,Do you want me to bring what I think is my better soapstone to market tommorrow for you to try?Norma


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The G-20 Summit in Toronto concluded on June 27, 2010. As the summit came to a close, President Obama participated in a press conference, during which he said:
"The G-20 is now the premier forum for international economic cooperation. We represent East and West, North and South, advanced economies and those still emerging. Our challenges are as diverse as our nations. But together we represent some 85 percent of the global economy, and we have forged a coordinated response to the worst global economic crisis in our time.
"In London last year, we took unprecedented action to prevent an even larger economic catastrophe, to put our economies on the path to recovery and to begin reforming our financial system so that a crisis like the one we were emerging from never happened again. In Pittsburgh we went further --- moving beyond the old economic cycles of boom and bust by committing our nations to a new framework for growth that's balanced and sustained, as well as specific financial reforms.
"Our bold action has succeeded. In the United States, we are committed, above all, to leading by example, and because of the steps that we've taken to get our economy moving, we are growing again, and this growth is beginning to translate into job creation. And we're now poised to pass the toughest financial reform since the aftermath of the Great Depression.
"Globally, economic contraction has given way to economic growth. Trade that had plummeted is rebounding. Emerging economies in particular are seeing impressive growth. So we have pulled ourselves back from the brink, and begun to move forward with economic recovery. But as we all know, that's not good enough. In the United States and around the world, too many people are still out of work. In too many economies, demand for goods and services is still too weak. As we've been reminded in recent months, a financial crisis in one country can have consequences far beyond its borders. And history teaches us that growth and prosperity is never guaranteed. It requires constant effort and it requires continued leadership.
"So we came to Toronto with three specific goals: to make sure the global recovery is strong and durable; to continue reforming the financial system; and to address the range of global issues that affect our prosperity and security. And we made progress in each of these areas."
Read the President's remarks and more about the G-20 on the White House Blog.
Related Entry: Leaders Gather in Canada for G-8, G-20
Zharkov in Russia writes:
Obama is wrong - economic growth and prosperity are guaranteed if tax rates are set very low to allow growth, and Hong Kong has been living proof of this for many decades.
The president's economic message of light at the end of the tunnel is between 5 and 10 years premature.
Not even the Germans believed it. Unlike America, Germany is no longer the world's most gullible society.
Donald M. in Virginia writes:
June 29 2010
Ending the wars and occupation of Afghnistan will improve our Nation. Spending billions of dollars in that part of the world with no return makes no sense. Leaders of Afghanistan and his brother seem to be corrupt and involved with the Taliban. The Pakistan Intelligence Agency is involved with the Taliban. United States cannot solve everyones problem in the world. If we can't even solve our own problems how can we help others? I praise our Troops, and hope this war will end. Bring our troops home and protect the Borders of the United States. The constitution and the oath that is taken says those who receive it must protect our homeland. If this is all about oil or minerals in Afghanistan, then mistakes have happened. No minerals in another country should be the price to lose American people. The minerals and oil that runs through Afghanistan belong to the people of Afghanistan. Over 9 years of war, over 5,000 troops have been lost. Its about time "enough is enough" National Security should protect our Nation under fire from any enemy abroad. The United States should think about the umbrella theory of making this all work.
Donald M. in Virginia writes:
June 29 2010
How can the State Department and other Federal Agencies save money, when our Nation is bleeding a huge deficit?
1. "Travel by plane LESS and Video Teleconference your counterparts MORE." this saves fuel and cuts down on waste. INvite your counterparts to the United States.
2. Lead by example, not by setting a policy for everyone has to do and you can do as you like. People are smart enough to tell when parties are happening at the American tax payer and disasters are happening, to know that whats a higher priority? A world cup in Africa or resolving the OIL crisis?
3. Nuclear Power energy can be used to move tractor trailers across our Nation and cut down fossil fuels. Why isn't this happening? A power grid with electrical lines could be in place to run electric engines in Tractor Trailers and Trains to move goods across the country and lessen our dependancy on diesel fuel. This would help reduce the cost at the stores, and decrease our spending of fossil fuels. A basic trolly service moving supplies, goods at the cost of Nuclear energy. This could also happen in electric vehicles. Come up with a smart card technology to charge the users with electrical credits, then install a device in the vehicle that registers the power being consumed. The biggest problem our people have in the United States, we all want to drive vehicles on the roads. We all need to drive, if not we wouldn't have jobs. Simply, by changing the design of how we use energy, would save our country billions of dollars.
4. Pay as you go method. This method would help our Federal Employees because then you know what your spending. If you give someone a blank check they would spend til the cows come home.
5. Senators like Mrs. Nancy Pelosi should NOT take advantage of having the US Air Force have jets standing by at the tax payers expense. If she has a drivers license, she can drive a vehicle or like everyone else in our Nation buy a plane ticket, instead of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars flying around in a personal Air Force Jet wasting tax payers dollars. The State of California is bleeding a deficit as well. "This is fraud, waste and abuse of power."
6. Whats careless and wreckless is when your spending money and continue to do so knowing our Nation is sinking fast. You change your habbits. You purchase tickets on a plane, park the expensive jets and crew you place on the American people and show the world how we can all save money by leading by example and not abusing power.
7. The time will pass by faster than you think. It will be 2012 and the question will be, is the United States better or worst before you arrived? Have you made a contribution that changed the world, saved lives, and made a difference that makes our Nation great and safe?
8. Its easy to comment and tell someone what they should do, but first you have to do it. A leader can never tell anyone to do something they themselves are NOT prepared to do in life. A fire chief cannot send a fire fighter into a structure, if he hasn't done it before. This would be poor management.
9. FEMA should be disbanded. This Federal Funded program does not work. A solution to overide FEMA can be submitted to replace this program. FEMA is another fraud, waste and abuse program in our Federal Government. It was a good idea with all the right intensions, but does NOT work. The simple solution is using NSA to coordinate disasters relay the intelligence of emergencies to the nearest Military base and deploy the resources to the scene this all can be done without the use of FEMA.
10. OSHA - This program is good to have but must have more oversight to prevent safety issues. When a refinery has ONE safety violation, the OSHA department should have the authority to shut them down, get it repaired or replaced, then re-inspect to ensure lives are saved NOT lossed.
11. We have 16 Intelligence Agencies across our Nation? Why? This all could be streamlined into ONE Intelligence Agency and headed up by both the CIA and FBI. All the other agencies are doing the same job, which means you have duplication, fraud, waste, and abuse of more Federal dollars.
Godbless and save lives, spend less and grow! a tiny seed can grow a tree "think Smarter not Harder" reinventing the wheel has already been tried. Work outside the box NOT inside the box.


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Welcome to Collegiate High School at Pensacola State College
The Department of Secondary Education provides high school courses to adults who wish to continue their interrupted education and obtain a high school diploma.
- Courses offered are similar to those offered in a regular high school program.
- Emphasis is placed on the special needs of the adult student.
- Each student selects courses to suit his or her own pace.
- Part-time students can take as few as one course per term.
- Full-time students can earn as much as two years of high school credit in less than nine months.
- Pensacola State College awards the student a high school diploma upon satisfactory completion of the high school program..
- It is possible to earn two years' of high school credit in nine months.


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Share Your Reflection

Kate,

May I begin by complimenting you on the
May I begin by complimenting you on the excellent job you do for the show. You bring fine material to your listeners. I didn't know who Eckhart Tolle was a month ago. A book club companion told me that, "you have to read this guy; he says all the stuff you do!" My wife then told me he changed his name to Eckhart in honor of Meister. Now you say he is about living in the moment. Sounds like someone I would like and I look forward to your program.
When one becomes a super-popular media darling, as it appears Eckhart has become, some of their followers turn into "Eckhart Groupies". The best spiritual advice I was ever given was by a J. Campbell who stated: "find someone you like and read everything they wrote and then read everything they read". I think that would be sound advice for Eckhart to pass on to his fan group.
"God is not found in the soul by adding anything but by subtracting…."
"Man's last and highest leave-taking is leaving God for God..."
The above are two of my very favorite quotes as I would assume they are also Eckhart's.
Kate, I too am a big admirer of Einstein, not for his math skills but for his understanding of the numinous and the imagination. The fecund seed of those skills!
Best of luck with your program,
David Richardson

I'm so glad to know about this. I am finding A New
I'm so glad to know about this. I am finding A New Earth to be the best therapy book
I've read. A group of ladies met once a week and we went through the book chapter by
chapter. I have found the book to be so helpful in really understanding mindfulness. I've
read other books by other teachers...but I never got it , like I did with this book.
Thanks for all you do. I love your program and do the podcast so I can take them with me.

I do a weekly pod cast interview program titled The
I do a weekly pod cast interview program titled The Illumined Heart and have to tell you that my inspiration and model is based your work at SOF. Someone said, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! So please be flattered! Btw,

I'm somewhat frustrated (I'm still a student of
I'm somewhat frustrated (I'm still a student of enlightenment) because I can't find where Eckhart Tolle's 90 minute enterview will be aired (distributed). This is my first to know about ""Speaking of Faith" site. Please consider including obvious info for newcomers like myself. Thank you.
ginny z

I hope you ask about his new children's book that is due
I hope you ask about his new children's book that is due sometime this fall.
I'm so excited about that prospect...because I can't put it into words for my
grandchildren, and am hoping he is making it clear so they can understand.
Love your work....and listen almost every week or podcast them.

I would be very interested in his new children's book too
I would be very interested in his new children's book too, both for my grandchildren and children I tutor in a city school. I think if we can teach children these wisdoms, it would make a huge difference in tht world.

eckhart tolle ,....has a way of teaching t live in the
eckhart tolle ,....has a way of teaching t live in the moment , we only have now which keeps one present...ther is no tomorrow nor yesterday..only now.

That view out the window looks like somewhere downtown
That view out the window looks like somewhere downtown Minneapolis or is it St Paul? ... I use to live in both cities ... wonderful place the twin cities. I've have read, listened to and one retreated with Eckhart Tolle since the days after he published his first work of The Power of Now. Hearing Tolle is recognizing what I knew inside all along but to enjoy the power of his Zen Koan like pointers to the 'I am" behind my mind. So his works and this interview have given me opportunity to have a deeper relationship with something precious ... my spiritual nature ... our spiritual nature. Thanks SOF / APM and Eckhart!

Hmmm. Bare turf. My overly busy mind says -- "those
Hmmm. Bare turf. My overly busy mind says -- "those grounds people should really spruce up that patch of green with some shrubbery!"
But seriously, nice posting. Thanks for sharing with us.

such a simple spiritual presence, like all great teachers
such a simple spiritual presence, like all great teachers. He came to the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland in 2004. It was a special event, there is even dvd/book set of that weekend.


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Receiving Calves…from the Alvord to CascadePosted Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at 8:02 PM
I so meant to blog this much earlier. We received the calves about a month ago, and we've been pretty busy since then. Receiving was done over about a week long period, and was fun, and some long days.
Pictures will tell a thousand words, so I really don't need to say much. We received about 5 trucks per day for about a week.
The calves have had a long ride by the time they get here, and then coming thru the chutes, to the squeeze chute is just one more trauma for them. We try to make it as easy as possible for them, and the narrowing chutes assist this to a point.
Trucks begin to arrive
Someone horseback settles the cattle in the pens. Sometimes Wayne, sometimes me,...
Sometimes Allisyn
I took this picture with my phone.... and it is NOT a good photo, but shows her doing an adult's job.
Settling in the pens
Then, whoever is horseback, brings them from the pens, in groups of about 10-12 or so.
Then, they are brought into a circular chute. (Thanks to Temple Grandin)
The circular chute narrows down gradually, and then the calves wind up single file
Every now and then, don't we all feel like a bit turned up side down?
Sarah Davis is several generations down from the Founders of the Davis Ranches. Her Grandpa Tom, is the son of Tom and Julia Davis. She lives closer to McCall ...and comes to help on these long days, when lots of people are needed.
Phil Davis is Sarah's Dad. He lives here on the Bar O Ranch. I have to say, that I've not yet met a Davis, who isn't one of the nicest people ever. And I hear nothing but good about them. They are a hard working family and make the work fun.
One of the final steps is being weighed here in the final spot. Phil also does vaccinations and a spray for the calves health.
After being vaccinated and weighed, they are sent to the pasture where the calves will all weight about the same.
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I used to go to church camp in Cascade. It is beautiful country. Love the Pictures
-- Posted by KH Gal on Thu, Jun 30, 2011, at 7:37 AM
Mike, look in your preinstalled programs for "Live Writer" many new machines come with it. If you ser it...click on it and just start looking thru it. I'm gonna be home this Sunday ...maybe I could run by if you need help.
Also need to bring you your book
Anyway, check that out
What laptop did ya get?
Bonnie, it is beautiful huh?
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Thu, Jun 30, 2011, at 7:59 AM
Mike, surely you've started using it.??? If not just power on...the newer pcs are super easy to get going. You can't fail.
I've had an Acer but didn't keep it....my graphics weren't friendly towards it.
I think it'll work great tho for you....I'm excited for ya.
but if I can get over there I'll help.
but really, you better be using it!
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SharesPost, a leading financial marketplace built to support the exceptional growth of the pre-IPO economy, announced the appointment of Sven Weber as Managing Director of Investment Management. Sven will lead SharesPost's registered investment advisor, SP Investment Management LLC, which manages funds investing in leading private growth companies.
"Sven brings to SharesPost more than a decade of investment management experience and a track record of delivering impressive performance to his investors. Sven is well known in the Valley and brings a broad network of relationships with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and companies," said Greg Brogger, Founder and President of SharesPost. "We are thrilled to have him on board to lead our investment management team."
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Before joining SharesPost, Sven served as President of SVB Capital at Silicon Valley Bank, where he managed the company's venture capital investing business, which included direct, secondary, and fund of fund investments exceeding $1.5 billion under management. Prior to SVB Capital, Sven managed secondary investments at Cipio Partners and direct investments for Siemens. He previously had operational responsibilities at both Vodafone Germany and O2 Germany.
Sven holds a master's degree in physics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, where he specialized in information technology and environmental physics.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Catchpoint, a leading digital experience intelligence company, has been named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Catchpoint Systems is a leading Digital Performance Analytics company that provides unparalleled insight into your customer-critical services to help you consistently deliver an amazing customer experience. Designed for digital business, C...
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@ThingsExpo has been named the 'Top WebRTC Influencer' by iTrend. iTrend processes millions of conversations, tweets, interactions, news articles, press releases, blog posts - and extract meaning form them and analyzes mobile and desktop software platforms used to communicate, various metadata (such as geo location), and automation tools. In overall placement, @ThingsExpo ranked as the number one 'WebRTC Influencer' followed by @DevOpsSummit at 55th.
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"There's a growing demand from users for things to be faster. When you think about all the transactions or interactions users will have with your product and everything that is between those transactions and interactions - what drives us at Catchpoint Systems is the idea to measure that and to analyze it," explained Leo Vasiliou, Director of Web Performance Engineering at Catchpoint Systems, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 18th Cloud Expo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York Ci...
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Starting this year, rising high-school juniors and seniors can enroll in a one-of-a-kind Maryville College summer course and receive three credit hours from the private liberal arts college located in East Tennessee.
The first-ever "Great Smokies Experience" will take place July 18 until July 31 on the College's campus and at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, a residential environmental learning center located on the Tennessee side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP).
The two-week course is divided into three sections and includes activities and topics that range from hikes to history, ecosystems to nationalism. Students will spend about half of this class camping at Tremont, and the other half living on campus at MC. Although the GSMNP is the cornerstone of this experience, students will take trips to parts of the Cherokee National Forest, the Maryville College Woods, to a hydroelectric dam and other significant sites.
They also will participate in Mountain Challenge, a unique on-campus program that provides high-quality, safe outdoor experiences that are designed to build teamwork, enhance communication and teach problem-solving skills.
"Why just sit around in a classroom to learn about the environment when you can have a profound experience in a natural American treasure?" asked Dr. Doug Sofer, associate professor of history at Maryville College and coordinator of the Great Smokies Experience. "We believe that the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has more to teach about the environment than the best-written textbook on the subject.
"Maryville College, the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont and the Mountain Challenge program all value the process of learning through direct experience and, while there is some formal instruction time as part of this class, we believe the majority of students' experience should take place outdoors."
In addition to the once-in-a-lifetime experience, students who complete the course will earn college credit hours in Environmental Issues (ENV 101).
Sofer said that the "Great Smokies Experience" was not an environmental science course but would instead show how various disciplines – history, political science and social psychology, for example – connect deeply to the environment.
"Central to this class is the theme that a connection to our natural environment is fundamental to who we are; it is a core component of our very identity," he explained. "Societies organize around our connections to nature. Whether we compete for natural resources or cooperate to obtain them, civilizations are more than a collection of laws and lofty ideals. Political policies, wars, social movements, and the way we interact personally with one another all make more sense when we better understand our relationships to food, water, energy, and other products of nature. In short, we believe that studying nature helps us to better understand our own world."
In addition to Sofer, instructors include John DiDiego, education director at Tremont; Dr. Mark O'Gorman, associate professor of political science and coordinator of the College's environmental studies program; and Bruce Guillaume, director of Mountain Challenge.
"The opportunity to allow high school students to be active in the outdoors while supporting and illustrating the educational concepts from these two educational places appealed to us at all levels," Guillaume said of Mountain Challenge's participation in the program.
The entire per-student cost of this program and class is $1,495, which includes tuition, room, board, all special events and transportation for the duration of the class. High school students who are eligible for the state of Tennessee's Dual Enrollment Grant can apply for up to $300 that can be applied to the cost of the Great Smokies Experience. Space is limited during the 2013 inaugural year, so interested students should register now.
For more information, contact Sofer at email@example.com.
College-Tremont history goes back 45 years
Collaborating with Tremont for environmental education is nothing new to Maryville College, but the partnership between the two entities is being renewed in light of a new emphasis at the College to join its liberal arts curriculum with professional preparation, utilizing individuals, businesses, educational institutions, organizations, churches and other groups.
In 1968, Maryville College joined the National Park Service (NPS) and local schools to establish environmental studies areas through the National Environmental Education Development program. A year later, the College began operating the Tremont Environmental Education Center located at the former Tremont Job Corps Center site. Maryville College faculty members served as directors, and students assisted.
During the school year, Tremont was open for elementary school students, primarily 5th and 6th graders, and their teachers. On weekends, holidays and during the summer, the center was available for secondary-level environmental education, college- and university-level courses and graduate work in natural science and other areas related to the problems of the environment.
The College's operation of Tremont ended in 1979, but faculty and students continued to use it as a resource in research.
DiDiego said the learning center shares with the College a belief in the impact of real-world experiences and the importance of connecting with students in meaningful ways.
"We know we can provide powerful educational experiences in the natural world," he said. "Partnering with the College brings us expertise from a variety of disciplines, as well as the prestige of working hand-in-hand with top-notch professors and motivated students.
"Through this partnership, we are hoping to combine our strengths to raise the bar for education and offer students a world-class course in a world-class national park."
Ken Voorhis, executive director of Tremont, said programs like "Great Smokies Experience" can change people's lives.
"High school students can be powerfully affected by outdoor experiences but especially so if they have the opportunity to do so with an adult who can communicate with them, model enthusiasm and lead them to a deeper experience and understanding of the natural systems at work in that place," he said. "Providing experiences in wild places are important in developing environmental literacy in young people but that, along with the guidance of a caring, more mature 'mentor,' can be remarkably transformative."
Maryville College is ideally situated in Maryville, Tenn., between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Knoxville, the state's third largest city. Founded in 1819, it is the 12th oldest institution of higher learning in the South and maintains an affiliation with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Known for offering its students a rigorous and highly personal experience that includes an undergraduate research requirement, Maryville College is a nationally ranked institution of higher learning that successfully joins the liberal arts and professional preparation. Total enrollment for the fall 2016 semester is 1,197.


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We're back out in the Wild West where it's all check shirts, jeans, cowboy hats and sexual frustration. At least it is for Johnny Rapid as he waits on the train tracks as the freight rattles past. Before long another good ol' boy, Robbie Rivers happens by, and he's all for bumming a cigarette and paying complements. But heck, Johnny don't like bein' told he's a good lookin' guy and he's up for a bit of brawling right there on the tracks.
But brawling comes out as balling in Johnny's language and his 7.5 cock is out of those pants before Robbie can say 'hum dinger.' Robbie gobbles down that thick shaft, wets those heavy nuts and gives Johnny the sucking of his life. Johnny fucks his mate's face, chokes him, tells him what to do, until his cock is wet and ready for some tight ass. Now it's Johnny's turn to play top as he gets horny Robbie on his knees, bends him over the rail line, and forces his length right into that tight hole.
Robbie never wanted a cigarette, he wanted fucking and that's' exactly what he gets from his hard and handy farmhand. Ass slapped, red palm prints on white flesh, dirty talk, Robbie rides cock like a whore, does as he's told, right there in the open as Johnny works himself up to a frenzy, pumping and pounding, using Robbie as his dumbass plaything until he can't hold back. With a whoop and a holler he's spewing his jizz right over Robbie's panting chest, squirting his cum right there under his chin and letting off a bit more than steam from his boiler. Robbie just grins, gasps, takes it all; he loves it out here in the Wild, Wet, West.


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Our photo of the week comes to us from the U.S. Embassy in Vientiane, Laos, where the Embassy is working with the Wildlife Conservation Society to reduce illegal poaching and preserve endangered species in the Nam Et Phu Luey National Protected Area.
Today, we are celebrating Earth Day at embassies and consulates around the world. As Embassy Islamabad Spokesman Alberto Rodriguez said, "Earth Day is celebrated each year on April 22 and marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern U.S. environmental movement in 1970. Over the last 40 years, countries celebrate Earth Day with green activities that promote a healthy, sustainable environment and raise environmental awareness."
On this Earth Day, we are also celebrating the International Year of Forests. Over one and a half billion people worldwide depend on forests for some food, shelter, income and medicine, and billions more benefit from cleaner air and water, climate change mitigation, regulation of floods and storms, and global markets for tourism, timber and non-timber forests products.
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The Earth Day I was celebrate in green walking activities down near by river on Sunny &my; satisfaction, smiley face was promo health way of life, offten in the walk-pedestrian in nature countryside!
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8 weeks to train
8 weeks is loads of time, but you need to stop worrying and get yourself down to the pool!
Aim to get to the pool 3-4 times a week between now and the event, making one of those sessions a long swim, and building up the distance each week. Have a look at the Swimathon website too - they've probably got training plans on there.
You say you've done the distance before so you KNOW that you can do it again
Good luck!
Yes, actually going swimming would be a really good start.
Someone told me that if you want to stay the same then go 3 times a week, but if you want to improve then it needs to be 4 or more
I didn't listen. I'm a shite swimmer.
8 weeks is plenty of time . I've built up to 6K since the start of the year. Aiming for the 10K at Eton in May.
Its building up the next 4K thats getting me worried!
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Layers of dark copper curls feathered in the ends look dangerously sexy when polished just like this hairstyle by Revlon Professional. The look is dense and behaved but there is party at the bottom, thanks to curling tongs and lacquer. The dark shade of copper as well as the hairstyle though seeks for the right complexion. The look is flirty and wicked it will make you shiver so when she comes, move over. Layered Medium length hairstyleDark Copper


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A twist of bright colors and tangled rings keeps little ones engaged and entertained as they grasp, chew and rattle the whimsical Winkel. Fun as a crib favorite or take-along toy, it can also be refrigerated and used as a soothing teether.
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Many pet owners can feel the love in their heart when they spend time with their canine companion, and as it turns out, the hearts of man and dog actually beat in sync. When two humans feel love and care for each other, their hearts literally beat together - a phenomenon called entrainment. Dr. Rollin McCraty, the director of research at the Institute of HeartMath, wanted to find out whether this also happens with humans and their beloved dogs, Care2.com reports.
In an experiment with his son, Josh, 14, and the family dog, Mabel, 15, McCraty measured the heart rhythms of the two using electrodes that he attached to both participants. In the experiment, Josh entered a room where Mabel was waiting, sat down and consciously sent feelings of love and care toward Mabel, then left the room.
When Josh entered the room and gave loving attention to Mabel, his heart rate lowered and its rhythms became more ordered. This seems to have influenced Mabel's as well - her rhythms followed this same pattern, becoming more coherent and in sync with Josh's. When Josh left the room, Mabel's heart rhythms became chaotic and disordered, suggesting mild separation anxiety.
While there is still no way to truly measure love and emotion scientifically, particularly between species, McCraty's experiment was certainly telling of the positive effect humans and pets can have on each other's feelings of wellbeing.
This bond is clear when owners spend time with a pet, but this experiment may also explain the extreme grief many people experience after pet loss. According to VCA Animal Hospitals, grief over the loss of a dog or cat can embarrass and confuse many people, but they are understandable and normal emotions for anyone experiencing the loss of a loved one, whether human or not.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. – Francis "Frank" Turk, 92, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Allouez Parkside Village in Green Bay.
He was born on Aug. 6, 1920, in Hibbing, Minn., to the late John and Helen (Mikulich) Turk. When Frank was six years-old, his father died in a mining accident. After graduating from Hibbing High School in 1938, Frank joined the Civilian Conservation Corp 717 of Side Lake, Minn. There he developed a deep appreciation of discipline, hard work and love for the woods. Following his CCC training he worked for Snyder Mining Co., before serving his country in the U.S. Navy. After the war he worked for Ocean Spray in Chicago and Range Motors on the Minnesota Range.
He married Mary Jayne Scarsella on Oct. 5, 1957, and they had four children. In 1960 he moved to Green Bay and began working for Texaco. In 1963, he moved to Iron Mountain and continued working for Texaco, covering the Upper Peninsula as a district sales supervisor. After his retirement from Texaco, he worked for Champion Inc. and Nelson Paint Co. as a salesman.
He truly enjoyed walking and all the co-workers, business acquaintances and friends he made along the way. He was an active member of St. Mary and St. Joseph Church, where he served as greeter, reader and counter. He also served on the Iron Mountain Zoning Board for several years.
Frank was known for many things including his garden, hunting with Tony O, planting and nurturing trees, walking over Millie Hill, as a dog lover, sharing candy with clerks and bank staff. He enjoyed being the family "clipping service" to dispense advise about health, car care and finances. Frank increased family and friends' knowledge of the national debt by his continued awareness of it via his update notices. He always wanted to give and be useful to others.
He is survived by children, Mary Beth (Chet) Bergstrom of Green Bay, Joe (Ida) Turk of Pasadena, Calif., Anne Marie (Bruce) Maylath of Fargo, N.D., and Rebecca (Ken) Martin of Appleton, Wis.; his five grandchildren, Laura (Joel) Bosacki, Peter Bergstrom, Melissa Bergstrom, Nolan Martin and Lucia Martin; and he was happy to have shared six months with his great-grandson, Miles Bosacki. He is further survived by a sister, Helen Turk; sister-in-law, Elaine Turk; nephew, John Turk; and niece, Jean Johnson; brother-in-law, Rudy Senich; and nephews, Peter and Rudy Senich.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Jayne, in 1993; his brother, Henry Turk; sister-in-law, Angie Senich; niece, Baraba Senich; and nephew, Steve Senich.
The final years of Frank's life were lived at Allouez Parkside Village in Green Bay where the staff and his friends (especially Lorraine) brought him love and care. Those years also included adventures with Mary Beth, most notably watching the Zippin Pippin roller coaster at Bay Beach. She will forever cherish these days. The family would like to thank his longtime neighbors, Joe and Mary Spigarelli, for their watch care as well as his many friends who shared life with him. We pray you have memories to make you smile just as we do. "Stay between the ditches," as Frank would say.
Visitation will be Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at St. Mary and St. Joseph Church in Iron Mountain.
Funeral services will follow Friday at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Fr. Daniel Zaloga will offer the Mass of Christian Burial.
Burial will be in Iron Mountain Cemetery Park.
Condolences may be expressed to the family of Frank Turk online at ernashfuneralhomes.com
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I like Sylvie, Marisol (nn Mari?), Pearl, Penelope, and Dorothy. Maybe you'd like Dorothea? then you have Thea as a nickname option. Dorothea Pearl nn Thea or Dora or Dottie or Dot, or Sylvia Pearl nn Sylvie. So much vintage!
For a less 'old' sounding name, I'd like Sylvie Elizabeth or Penelope Pearl for the cute alliterative option.
September 16th, 2013 03:31 PM #7
Daphne - Really like this one. It's a very light name, though, so a grounded middle like Elizabeth works well.
Silvia/Sylvie - Silvia is my favorite from your list; Sylvie is also lovely. I'd go with Silvia Pearl or Sylvie Elizabeth.
Marisol - Gorgeous! Marisol Elizabeth is a striking combo.
Pearl - Eh. Never really been into this one; the sound is kind of unattractive. Pearl Elizabeth works, though.
Penelope - Very cute, but growing in popularity. Penelope Elizabeth sounds great.
Dorothy and Tabitha - These have exactly the same slightly frumpy vibe to me; I don't quite like either. But Tabitha Pearl, Dorothy Pearl and Dorothy Elizabeth all flow really well.g w e n
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Daphne, Silvia/Sylvie, Marisol, Pearl, Penelope, Dorothy and Tabitha
MN's will be Elizabeth and/or Pearl. Order doesnt matter.
Daphne Elizabeth Pearl - nice, but the E's bump.
*Daphne Pearl Elizabeth. Nice name!
Silvia Elizabeth Pearl - nice, but vowel bump. This spelling of Silvia will confuse people :/.
Silvia Pearl Elizabeth - nice name, I maintain the spelling concern.
Sylvie Elizabeth Pearl - nice, but vowel bump.
*Sylvie Pearl Elizabeth - one of my favorites!
Marisol Pearl Elizabeth - Marisol's a lovely name, but I feel like there's just a whole love of L back to back with these combos.
Marisol Elizabeth Pearl - same.
*Pearl Elizabeth - really like this!
Penelope Elizabeth Pearl - PEP are cute initials. The E's bump.
Penelope Pearl Elizabeth - cute, but PP is a bit unfortunate as initials. And I do think Penelope's going to become heavily tied to this point in time...
Dorothy Elizabeth Pearl - nice, the E's bump though.
*Dorothy Pearl Elizabeth - solid.
Tabitha Elizabeth Pearl - vowel bump and a lot of bith/beth right next to each other.
*Tabitha Pearl Elizabeth - really nice!
So, ones with stars above get my endorsement and my favorites are Sylvie Pearl Elizabeth and Pearl Elizabeth for what that's worth.


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The Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica) is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone east to Baikal Lake.
The wingspan is 28–38 mm. There is clear sexual dimorphism in the imago, with the male having a brownish gray colour and a forewing length of 14–17 mm, and the female being white and a having a forewing length of 17–19 mm. The female resembles Spilosoma lubricipeda, but that species has longer and smaller wings and a yellow and black back. The moth flies April to July depending on the location.
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CAROLINE GEIGER, 77, Minot, died Sunday in a Minot hospital. (Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot)
ELLA MODIN, 91, Kenmare, died Sunday in a Kenmare hospital. Funeral Wednesday, 2 p.m., Faith Baptist Church, Kenmare. Visitation Tuesday, 3 to 6 p.m., in Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Kenmare.
JUDY HUNTER, 64, Minot, died Sunday in her home. (Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot)
ORVILLE WAGAR, 87, Minot, formerly of Deering, died Friday in a Minot nursing home. Funeral Thursday, 2 p.m., Apostolic Faith Church, Minot. Visitation Wednesday, 4 to 7 p.m., in Thomas Family Funeral Home, Minot. Memorials are preferred to Apostolic Faith Church, Minot.
CHARLES DAVIS, 54, Parshall, died Saturday in a Minot hospital. (Langhans Funeral Home, Parshall)
DARWIN BECKEDAHL, 69, Sherwood, died Friday in a Minot hospital. Funeral Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Church of the Nazarene, Mohall. (Brose Funeral Home, Mohall)
DELRAY SANDERSON, 61, Devils Lake, died Friday in a Devils Lake hospital. Funeral Wednesday, 11 a.m., First United Methodist Church, Devils Lake. Visitation Tuesday, 7 to 8 p.m., in Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake.
JANET ERDMAN, 82, Bottineau, formerly of Willow City, died Wednesday in a Minot hospital. Funeral Tuesday, 2 p.m., First Lutheran Church, Willow City. Visitation today, 1 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday, 10 a.m. to noon, in Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau.
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Dunkin Donuts May Win Health Care Battle
NEW YORK ( TheStreet -- Debra Borchardt:
Dunkin' Donuts (DNKN) is expanding into California, 330 to 360 new stores for 2013. How are you able to manage that fast growth?
Nigel Travis: Well, I'm delighted to say I've got a great team. We've got great franchisees. We've got great unit economics. I think the real answer to your question is, I came in right in the middle of the recession. I learned a lot about how tough life could be. We applied the lessons from the recession to our store development, improved our systems, really focused on unit economics, we improved our marketing, we have national marketing now for the last three years. So, that helps. That gives us the cover.
But I think the trick is to be really organized. Our real estate team put together our numbers. We pro forma every store. We have a very high hit rate in terms of the success of the new stores against their pro forma. So, I think it's by being organized, by being absolutely fanatical. It is in many ways a loss if any store doesn't make it. We've had very few of those in recent times. I think it's the combination of all those facts. We are very focused on the unit economics of our franchisees.
Debra Borchardt: Dunkin' Donuts is known for its good coffee, but it seems a lot of your competitors in the market are now touting their coffees. Everyone is getting into the coffee business all of a sudden. So, how are you able to keep the focus on your coffee and away from your competitors?
Nigel Travis: Well, several things. Firstly, our coffee is obviously brewed fresh, it's changed at a very regular rate, and it's obviously got a profile that's attractive to a lot of people. I'm amazed, even when I go to England the number of people that ask me to take over Dunkin' coffee. These are people that haven't had a lot of time to get used to it. So, there is something about the flavor profile, I can't claim any personal part in that success. It's been there a long time. I think that's important.
I think also, we've managed to do a great job of putting breakfast sandwiches alongside the coffee, particularly in the morning. We provide food very quickly. So, fast great service. We've improved the quality of our stores I think dramatically in the last few years.
So, I think it's that combination of breakfast sandwiches, which by, the way are nearly as high a margin for our franchisees as beverages. So, that combination has worked very well. I'd say that, it's probably not the best way of phrasing it, but the breakfast sandwiches are the glue that pulls in the coffee.


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When I was fourteen, we spent a year in Moscow. I attended a Soviet school that "specialized" in French–that is, it taught French from the early grades. The other subjects (math, literature, history, technical drawing, geography, physics, chemistry, and biology) were in Russian. No one expected me to participate in class, but I insisted on being added to the class list and asked teachers to treat me like a regular student. I was eventually doing the work in all of my subjects except for chemistry and biology, where I lacked the necessary background knowledge and was usually a bit lost. (I barely got by in physics, but I did learn something.)
My favorite classes were math and French. Here is a picture of the math textbook. It took us through algebra, beginning calculus, and some trigonometry. Its 220 pages contained more substance than many a hefty textbook I've seen since. When I returned to the U.S., I was ready for calculus but had to take a year of precalculus first, along with my classmates. (It didn't hurt, as I got to do more trigonometry.)
Recently I have been wondering how this textbook manages to convey so much in such short space, and how I learned so much without finding it particularly difficult. To answer this question well, I would have to work my way through the textbook again, this time with pedagogy in mind. That's a project for another time. In the meantime, I'll toss out a few hypotheses.
Well, one obvious reason we were able to learn so much is that there was a standard curriculum through the grades. All students came to this course with similar knowledge and practice. Some were better at math than others, but it wasn't because they had better preparation. (Of course this isn't entirely true, as some students had additional resources at home and elsewhere.)
It could also be that the curriculum included fewer topics than math courses in the U.S. do; thus there was more time to learn them thoroughly.
But what strikes me about this little textbook is that it plunges right in. The first chapter talks about inductive proofs. The second goes into combinatorics. There are no pictures except for graphs of functions (and a few circles and rectangles). There are word problems, but they are relatively few. There are no needless "scaffolds."
Scaffolds in instruction are temporary supports intended to bring students to the point of self-sufficiency. All good instruction uses them to some degree. But certain kinds of "scaffolds" can actually become barriers, complicating the student's entry into the subject matter. In mathematics, excessive reliance on "visuals," "manipulatives," and "real-life" applications can stand in the way of the math itself.
This textbook, by contrast, "scaffolds" the instruction in one way only: it builds from simpler problems to more complex ones. It lacks the "scaffolding" that plagues many a math textbook that I have seen: those colored graphics, tips and strategies, needless word problems, and so on. It has a few word problems, but there are reasons for them to be word problems. The vast majority of the problems use mathematical notation. Thus, students become fluent in it and learn to think in it.
I was recently looking at AMSCO's Geometry–better than many in terms of presentation. Very little clutter. But even AMSCO has word problems like this: "Amy said that if the radius of a circular cylinder were doubled and the height decreased by one-half, the volume of the cylinder would remain unchanged. Do you agree with Amy? Explain why or why not." There is no reason to bring Amy into this; Amy's presence does nothing for the problem. Also, turning this into a matter of opinion ("do you agree or disagree") confuses the matter. Instead, the student should be asked whether the statement is correct or incorrect.
In bending over backwards to make math "accessible," we may actually make it inaccessible. What do you think?


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The Story of the Missing Fossil Park
Commemorative artwork for Fossil Cycad National Monument 1922 - 1957. NPS image.
One dot is missing on the map of fossil parks in the National Park System—the one for Fossil Cycad National Monument, South Dakota.
In 1922, Fossil Cycad National Monument was established as the third NPS area to preserve fossils (Petrified Forest NP [1906] was the first and Dinosaur NM [1915] the second). Congress removed Fossil Cycad National Monument from the National Park System in 1957. What happened?
In the 1890s large tree trunk fossils from palm-like plants called "cycadeoids" were discovered in the southeastern Black Hills of South Dakota. Many fossils were exposed at the surface and easy to see. Dating back 120 million years ago, they were likely dinosaur food!
Paleobotanists (paleontologists who study plants) quickly realized the scientific value of the very well-preserved fossils. Their work led to the establishment of the area as part of the National Park System. Starting with the site's discovery in the 1890s, thousands of specimens were removed for research and display in museums. The NPS did not do a good job overseeing the fossils within the park. Disagreements about how to manage and develop the site were common within the NPS and between the NPS and paleontologists.
This missing fossil park became literally a "missing fossil" park. By the mid 1930s all the fossils visible at the surface had been removed, leaving nothing for visitors to see. As a result, the national monument was itself removed from the National Park System in 1957. No visitor center or other public exhibits were ever built at the site.
The story of Fossil Cycad National Monument is a great lesson in the importance of the stewardship mission of the National Park Service. Today, the National Park Service recognizes the importance of maintaining fossils so they are accessible to researchers and also preserved for the "enjoyment of future generations." The 2009 Paleontological Resource Preservation Act formalizes this commitment in law.
|Fossil Cycadeoids collected in South Dakota are on display at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Photo by Jim F Wood.
|Modern-day Cycads are similar to the extinct Cycadeoids. This Cycad growing at the U.S. Botanical Garden gives us some idea of what the Cycadeoids looked like. Photo by Jim F Wood.
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It was one of those dreary days. A gentle mist was coming down, but it was calm. The rain that had fallen the day before left the earth soft and gentle, making my footsteps fall silent.
I was in the woods to check on my owl family. The babies should be leaving the nest soon, and I want to be there to get a few photographs of the momentous occasion. It's been just over four weeks since they were born, they are ready to move on.
The long walk to the nest site was quiet. It was still rather dark, so photography would have been out of the question anyway.
Upon arriving in the vicinity of the nesting area, I noticed rather quickly that one of the owls had indeed left the nest. Once leaving the nest, the owls will perch on nearby tree limbs as they stretch and get used to this new "outside" world. The other baby owl is a few days younger and was still sitting on the nest. I got the photographs that I needed and left the area.
But on my way out, I came across my new friends, a small group of deer that allow me to get rather close as they go about their business. I typically just take a seat and let them do their thing. Many times they will come to me, sometimes within five feet or so. It really is quite an experience. They let me take pictures and even talk to them. I believe they know they are safe, so they show little fear. Plus, we have seen each other so many times in the past weeks that maybe they have gotten used to my presence.
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States are dropping college-prep-for-all requirements in a school standards rebellion, writes Stephanie Simon on Politico.
Florida students no longer need chemistry, physics or Algebra II to graduate from high school. Texas just scrapped its Algebra II requirement. And Washington state has dropped its foreign language mandate.
. . . They're letting teens study welding instead of Spanish, take greenhouse management in place of physics and learn car repair instead of muddling over imaginary numbers.
The college-for-all idea is elitist, say career-tech proponents. With rising college debt and more film studies graduates working as bartenders, there's growing interest in "middle skill" technical jobs.
President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have been talking up vocational education recently, but they want all students to have college-level skills, writes Simon. "Especially worrisome" is "the risk that low-income and minority students, as well as children with disabilities, could be pushed into the vocational tracks."
New Mexico state Rep. Mimi Stewart, a Democrat, has introduced a bill to drop the Algebra II graduation requirement. "We are supposed to be doing college and career readiness, not college and college readiness," Stewart said.
Indiana State Rep. Wendy McNamara, a Republican, wants to design a vocational diploma with input from local employers.
College prep has crowded out vocational options, argue The Jobs for Texas Coalition. "For 20 years, we've been ratcheting up the rigor required to get out of high school, and we started to see unintended consequences," said Mike Meroney, a spokesman for the coalition.
Letting kids opt out of college prep doesn't mean they'll spend a lifetime flipping burgers, Meroney said. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists two dozen fast-growing occupations that don't require higher education and pay $35,000 to $55,000 a year, including heavy equipment operator and car mechanic. "What is the real purpose of education if not to prepare your students for jobs?" Meroney said. "Seriously. That's what we keep asking."
While Texas has dropped the Algebra II requirement, Minnesota and Connecticut are phasing in Algebra II mandates, writes Simon.
New York set new college-ready benchmarks, but won't expect graduates to be college ready till 2022. Louisiana is aiming for 2025.


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