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Daylight Saving Time: "It impacts diverse and unexpected areas, including agricultural practices, street crime, the reporting of sports scores, energy conservation, television schedules, traffic accidents, voter turnout, and even the inheritance rights of twins." David Prerau
We were in search of a new place to hike and had been directed toward the town of Balsam, which rests in a mountain pass between the Plott Balsams and Great Balsam Mountains. Cold Mountain is part of the great Balsam Mountains and provided the setting for Charles Frazier's famous novel. We drove past Knight's store which closed in 1979 onto Cabin Flats Road to the end of the paved road, where we parked. As we walked the dirt road, we looked out on the distant mountain ranges. A few cabins and homes were scattered along the roadway and a local resident told us that in warmer months Cabin Flats Road was popular with hikers.
We were writing our next column on Daylight Saving Time and as the chilly dusk set in we wished for summer and the extra evening hour. We hiked about two miles through forests of spruce-fir along the unpaved part of Cabin Flats Road before returning to our car.
We were shocked recently to learn that Benjamin Franklin, of "early to bed and early to rise" fame, went to bed hours past midnight and did not arise until noon during his tenure as U. S. Ambassador to France. Franklin lived in Paris and developed the habit of late night chess playing. He must have felt some remorse because he wrote a humorous letter to the editor of a French newspaper praising sunlight as more economical than candles and suggesting Parisians be required to get up earlier.
Though Ben Franklin did not mention changing the clock, he is credited with being the first to mathematically conceptualize daylight saving as a way of saving energy. Entomologist George Hudson of New Zealand is credited with proposing an actual time shift in 1895, so he could have more time in the evening to search for insects.
The early days of Daylight Saving Time in the US were chaotic. States were free to implement DST or not and to start and end DST whenever they chose. It wasn't until the Federal Uniform Time Act, which created a uniform start and stop time across the country that things settled down. Currently we begin DST on the 2nd Sunday in March every year and end on the 1st Sunday in November.
Daylight Saving Time has its share of critics. Farmers and other professions relying on early morning sunshine have traditionally opposed DST. Cows and other livestock do not appreciate changes to their schedule. DST is disruptive when implemented, especially during "spring forward," when traffic accidents and even heart attacks increase during the first week and worker productivity can go down.
Many of us love the extra evening daylight. Research has shown that crime rates are down during DST and that we are probably healthier because we are outside and active. Pedestrian traffic fatality rates are lower. Businesses that rely on tourism or sports benefit from DST. While research is contradictory, the biggest argument for DST is that it saves energy.
DST has created some unusual situations. A group of terrorists, misinterpreting the timing instructions on a bomb as they traveled from daylight saving time to regular time, blew themselves up instead of busloads of people. Twins born around the 2 o'clock time change could have their birth order switched as time springs forward or falls back. In Russia a power struggle has developed over whether to re-establish DST for the 2014 Winter Olympics in order to be closer to European prime time broadcasting.
We asked people to reflect on Daylight Saving Time and found it sparks some controversy. Teri Hunter remembered her great-grandparents milked the cows by "old" time but shifted to "new" time for everything else. Deborah Willis Harbin liked the extra evening hour as a child because she had more time to fish and play. Andrea Porter Shepherd loves extra evening daylight time for family activities. Sandra Hopkins enjoys golf and playing with her grandkids in the evening. Jean Hicks Rood appreciates the extra evening hour of daylight for gardening.
Charles Bolton felt that DST interferes with his sleep schedule. Donna Crouse points out that in Arizona there is no DST and people still get in daylight activities. Gail Kelly Lester also feels the time adjustments are hard to make and doesn't see tangible advantages to DST. Tommy Keener, Evelyn Southard and Bennie Cloer Collett wish we would go one way or the other on our time system.
Most of those we talked with liked Daylight Saving Time and felt the advantages outweighed the disadvantages. It appeals to people that violent crimes are down with DST but mostly those we talked with were simply looking forward to the extra daylight in their long summer evenings.
Dr. Gordon Mercer is past president and on the Board of Trustees of Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society and professor emeritus at Western Carolina University. Marcia Gaines Mercer is a published children's author and columnist.


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Dominican Cloisters - Town Square - South Bohemian Museum - Masne Kramy - Budvar Factory Tour - The road to Plzen.
The weather was cool and crisp and we had a chance to really enjoy the peacefulness of Budejovice as Shana and I walked around and just sort of absorbed the town. We walked through the local catherdal which had a photography exhibition that focused on woods around Ceske Budejovice. Also connected to the cathedral is the Dominican cloisters
After the cathedral and the cloisters we wandered essentially aimlessly around the town stopping here and there. Probably the best was the local bakery where just about everything in the glass case looks amazing and is under one dollar. Pretty much anything you could ever want from a bakery we ended up with: some cold cheesy bread with bacon baked into it and Shana got a giant chocolate dipped donut. We eventually made our way to the Museum of South Bohemia but found it to be closed for renovations. Our experience so far with the smaller Czech towns however led us to believe that all the exhibits would not have English translations and we would not get much from the museum any way.
We made our way back towards our hotel and decided to stop at the most famous restaurant in Budejovice, Masne Kramy. According to one of the brochures, no visit to Budejovice is complete without having a bite to eat at Masne Kramy. We found this to be a bit dubious in that the restaurant, while fine and certainly edible was not a life changing experience. We paid our bill and headed back to the hotel to get our car and drive out to the Budvar brewery
Budvar was basically the whole reason we stopped in Budejovice. All Czech towns have two names, one in Czech and one in German. The German name for Budejovice is Budweis. As you can imagine the beer that is brewed in Budweis is called, you guessed it, Budweiser. This little brewery which is state owned by the Czech government has been in a lawsuit for over 25 years with the Anheiser-Busch company about the Budweiser name. Budvar was forced to fight a trademark lawsuit in just over 60 countries. In America the beer is called Czechvar, everywhere else it is called Budweiser. They also brew a lager beer just for the locals which keeps the traditional Czech name, Budejovicy.
The tour was awesome although not anything I hadn't seen on any other brewery tour. We did learn some very cool things about Budweiser (Czech). First off Budvar uses an artesian well for all their water in production and is some of the cleanest water in the world. The company has also built the price of recycling into every bottle and almost all of the beer companies use a government standard bottle. A huge part of Budvar's operation is to collect the used bottles, steam clean them and then refill them. The Budvar brewery still adds hops by hand despite producing over two hundred and fifty thousand hectolitres a year
Throughout the Czech Republic we had been slowed down by roadworks of some sort and the drive to Plzen was a windy two lane free way with slow downs that took you though small Czech villages, road construction and getting stuck behind tractors in a no passing zone. One of the strangest things we've seen is the road warning signs for dager ahead; a giant yellow sign that has two grim reapers on it. These signs that in Czech (I'm just guessing here) read, "If you drive like an asshole your death is imminent." or something like that. These signs are up with good reason. The Czech drivers themselves are not bad but the roads are narrow and are highly trafficked. The Czech drivers are not like the Greeks who sort of laugh in the face of danger and purposely dive like maniacs but given that a long line of cars forms nearly every five kilometers behind a large truck or van, the passing in the oncoming lane becomes a huge gamble
Plzen is a much bigger city that Budejovice and did not really have any of the same charm. We arrived at our hotel in the late afternoon and had a quick stroll to try and plan out our next day. We stopped at a restaurant called 12 Degrees where I had some fantastic roast rabbit with cabbage salad but Shana was a little disappointed with what she thought was going to be cuts of beef and vegetables and ended up with a greek style kebab which sort of looks like everything that you shouldn't eat. We called in early night, tired after the driving and got some rest before we went out and explored Plzen the following day.

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Discussion in 'News Zone' started by dmq, Jun 27, 2005.
My company's network deems this material to be a distracton to a productive work day and has therefor blocked me from hearing such dribble.
So please post a recap.
Did they just confirm that Dallas may be looking at WR Roscoe Crosby in the supplemental draft?
It was mentioned here on the board previously but I had never heard anyone state it elsewhere.
He's a baseball player so I'm sure he's a potential candidate.
Matt Mosley was on, he was kind of suggesting that. I think he was more or less speculating. He was mentioning how the Cowboys are one injury away from being in trouble at receiver.
So how would a guy who has hardly played in college help if someone got hurt? WR typically takes a couple of years to "get". I doubt this guy would be anything more than a project for a year or two.
Junk...I agree with you wholeheartedly.
This is not a guy that is going to step in immediately. I would rather take our chances with Crayton, Copper, Morgan and some of the other guys that we have on the roster. If we are going to improve WR, we need to do it in the early part of a draft.
I was listening for the whole hour and never heard the interview. I think maybe the interview might have been on the radio, but cut off because of commercials online. They were supposed to be interviewing Tony Romo in the 11:00 hr also and never heard it. Did anyone catch either one and can you report?
Which team isn't an injury away from being in trouble at ANY position?
The Colts are one injury away from being in serious trouble at QB.
and every postion on their D
I can see us spending a 2006 second day choice on Crosby.
He played baseball and has been away from football for a while.
He and Henson could instantly bond.
The Eagles.......just Phoenix Talon
nice font my friend
Was he ever on and did anybody hear it?
I listened twice and never heard either interview. Have no idea what happened.
Doesn't that SUCK!!!! My company did the same exact thing 3 weeks ago.
Totally sucks!
ya... mine did it about 6 months ago... thankfully, I can still get to places like this... no sports sites like ESPN, NFL, or MLB... no "streaming" sites... they cracked down hard on a lot of stuff...
It pretty much sucks...
It wouldn't surprise me if the front office brass does have some interest in Crosby. But I didn't view him as anything more than a practice squad player this year. No way he could be considered as an answer to a injury to one of our starters.


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Awhile back someone asked what happens to stolen hives.Here is one answer.
Awhile back someone asked what happens to stolen hives.Here is one answer.
Makes me glad I don't live near Almond groves. They sound desperate.
Wish that would happen more often. Too many times the thefts go unreported and nothing happens to those bee rustlers.
Hope the thief gets is just rewards. Just think how he is going to explain to his cell mates how he got there.
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Can someone please tell the story and what happened . sounds interesting
Ditto on Walts comment. I had trouble with the link.
Thanks Jack.I was hoping someone with more computer savvy than me would fix it!
I guess the lesson here is to keep an accurate hive count,and have a distinctive hive style,color,brand,or whatever so positive I.D. can be made.Photos could help.
Every time honey prices or hive values go up there seems to be an increase in this kind of activity.Sooner or later they get caught,but it sure must take a big ego to think someone could get away with something this blatant.
just had to put my 2 cents in here too been keeping for many yrs now I used to brand them inside and out on all 4 sides. think that would slow a thief down=====no way I loose at least a couple dozen hives a yr.
I think we need to shoot on sight when we catch them.
I invested a lot of my time and money to get ripped off and the law is not punishing them to the full extent of the law the crooks seem to have the laws buffaled I guess well now I feel much better now.
from this old man ------bye
Have not heard of much of a problem here in Wisconsin, but I like Don's way of thinking.
I seem to be having more trouble with vandalism than outright theft.Been an increase in the last few years.Someone drove a pickup into a yard a few years ago and rammed over a bunch of hives with the honey crop on.They had been rained on by the time I found out.I do pack a gun,but I wouldnt shoot anyone.Could be if I caught 'em they might be walking to town in there shorts!


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hayabusa wrote:I think for the purposes of your lab work, the Google docs thing isn't a bad idea, if it works for you. It's simply a matter of what tool YOU prefer to work with. For me, it depends on what OS I'm using, with what tools. With Windows, I often use Textpad (if it's my own machine, and not a 'borrowed one.' With Linux, it varies, with anything from vi to gedit, to any number of tools.
Also, depends on what, exactly, you're documenting... If you're just doing text, then any of the above, and many others, will suffice. If you're documenting using grapics (screenshots) and / or video capture, then you may use other tools. I use many different tools in any given pentest, depending on the scope, the deliverable I want to hand over at the conclusion, and what makes the most sense for the tools and testing I'm using.
It's really a matter of preference, IMHO.
hayabusa wrote:I agree with awesec, here.
Also, of note, is that if you use VMWare, the newer versions have screen capture / video capability, so as you're testing or doing some work, you can have VMWare record your actions, so that A.) you can use that for documentation / presentation work, and B.) if you don't understand what you're seeing, or if the testing doesn't make sense to you, you could submit the recording to the 'collective' (read EH-Net or other security pro's) to get their input on what you may or may not be doing wrong, or to enlighten you on what's actually happening, etc.
It's just an overall handy way to do testing and POC (proof of concept.)
awesec wrote:VMware Player, VMware Server, as well as VMware ESXi are free.
Ketchup wrote:Yep, you certainly can. You can have a host-only, NATed, or a Bridged network. The host-only is obviously self-contained. The NATed and Bridged options will be able to go "outside." There has been talk of techniques to breach the host-only security. I am not sure how successful they are at this point. You can always just remove the virtual Ethernet adapter in VmWare.
Ketchup wrote:It comes down to what you are most familiar and comfortable with. ESXi is a pretty cool product, because it is a bare-metal hypervisor. I ran into some hardware compatibility issues with it though.
Ketchup wrote:Personally, I think that you will find more support from VmWare due to the popularity of their products.
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kiss is the way i look at everything. i work in the engineering field and it amazes me at how many seemingly competent engineers NEEDLESSLY over complicate designs. i have gotten into more pissing contest over this than one should.
now on to more important things. i have a chunk of square stock. what i do not know is whether i need exotic steel (ie 4130). what i have is regular run of the mill steel. my thoughts were, if i go this route, is to drill it cut it heat it quench it. if you really look at the eod bolt, it is a simple as it gets. 1bg you mention welding the guide rod like the eod bolt. i read somewhere on another board, several were slamming the welded process. i didnt feel that was an issue. there are purist who think it has to be the "perfect" way or no way. based on the numbers of ak's running around places that have nothing more than a camels hip bone for tools, i think i may be ok.


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I was wondering if there was a faster way to paint hive bodies. I know some use a spray gun and some stack up boxes and use a rolling pin to paint.
Any other ways?
I have 30 to paint tomorrow and would like to stack them up and paint them somewhat quicky (I have to work all weekend).
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In Key West today and Sunday, Whitehead Street will be closed from Greene to Eaton streets, and Caroline Street into Truman Annex, for Old Island Days Art Festival. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
In Islamorada, the Annual Nautical Flea Market is expected to cause heavy traffic today and Sunday.
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Solitary confinement can be psychologically damaging for any inmate, but it is especially perverse when it is used to discipline children and teenagers. At juvenile detention centers and adult prisons and jails across the country, minors are locked in isolated cells for 22 hours or more a day. A recent Justice Department review of suicides in juvenile facilities found that more than half of the minors who had killed themselves had done so in isolation.
The problem isn't isolated to detention centers. This story is bone-chilling, describing what is essentially the torture of a child:
Rose had speech and language delays. At school, her mother and I found Rose standing alone on the cement floor of a basement mop closet, illuminated by a single light bulb. There was nothing in the closet for a child — no chair, no books, no crayons, nothing but our daughter standing naked in a pool of urine, looking frightened as she tried to cover herself with her hands. On the floor lay her favorite purple-striped Hanna Andersson outfit and panties.
Rose got dressed and we removed her from the school. We later learned that Rose had been locked in the closet five times that morning. She said that during the last confinement, she needed to use the restroom but didn't want to wet her outfit. So she disrobed. Rather than help her, the school called us and then covered the narrow door's small window with a file folder, on which someone had written "Don't touch!"
We were told that Rose had been in the closet almost daily for three months, for up to an hour at a time. At first, it was for behavior issues, but later for not following directions. Once in the closet, Rose would pound on the door, or scream for help, staff members said, and once her hand was slammed in the doorjamb while being locked inside.


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When you need professional nutrition or diet advice, don't be fooled by the titles "certified nutrition specialist" or "certified nutrition consultant." Although these sound important, they are not associated with formal nutrition training. People do little more than pay a membership fee to get them. For the best advice, work with a registered dietician (R.D.).


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Rwandan Appellations and the Road Home
OK, so it's really cool here and all, but I gotta tell you, it's a long time! Can't wait to get home and see the fam and get back into the grind. Lots of stories to tell you, and most of them will be the honest truth.
I think I'm gonna get a Big Mac soon as I see those arches!! Living on beans, rice, goat, beef, and chicken, prepared about two ways is getting to me.
Today (Thursday evening now) we cupped the different regions for intensity. We defined some clear trends toward the specific tastes over the past few days, so now we will use those tastes for each appellation and determine intensity. How much orange, chocolate, current is present… how much acidity and what kind: malic, citric, phosophorous, etc…. very interesting. Can't wait to see more results and hopefully be part of this process going forward.
This is the sort of descriptive cupping that every coffee country should embrace. At the end of the project, we will have defined each region's specific flavor profiles. These will become excellent tools for educating and marketing an origin, with clear descriptors that consumers will be able to detect and appreciate as they come to understand the nuances of each appellation.
I'm heading to Kigali now for a flight in the morning. Back in P-town on Sat, but will be pretty jet lagged. See you next week!


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The most accurate way of deciding who has the largest penis. This act requires both participants to remove their trousers and undergarments, acquire an erection and compare penis sizes. Note that while no measuring is needed, both participants must reach an agreement as to which of them has the larger penis in order to end the process.
After fifteen minutes of arguing over who had the bigger penis, Dave and Adam finally decided that Going Head to Head was the best way to solve their dilemma.


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A Tibetan Monastery at the Crossroads of Four CivilizationsLabrang Monastery, located in northeastern Tibet at the strategic intersection of four major Asian civilizations—Tibetan, Mongolian, Chinese, and Muslim—was one of the largest Buddhist monastic universities. In the early twentieth century, it housed several thousand monks. Labrang was also a gathering point for numerous annual religious festivals, supported an active regional marketplace where Chinese artisans rubbed shoulders with Hui merchants and nomadic Tibetan highlanders, and was the seat of a… Read More
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"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
My team is nice
According to Elias - Eli Manning is fourth-fastest active QB to reach 200 career TD passes (132 games). Big bro Peyton was fastest (106)
I'm hoping that I keep LT with his 1 win record, and then that B plays spoiler to Amanda, or Daven beats Lando. I want the bye. badly.
In my 3 yahoo leagues, I've locked up 2 first round byes, this could potentially be the 3rd if things work out in my favor.
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[quote user="Ntegrase96"][quote user="I Bleed Blue 56"]Sounds like another T.O to me the cowboys will never learn Jerry Jones just loves these SEXY picks lmao[/quote]
Couldn't be more wrong.
Terrell Owens is a cancer in the locker room and an all time great when it comes to WR.
Dez Bryant is a good teammate whose issues start and end when there's no football to be played.
Terrell Owens was a manipulator who could poison and infect a locker room enough to split it down the middle.
Dez Bryant sticks up for teammates and gives a 100%. Not really smart enough to be a T.O., but don't get me wrong, not calling the kid dumb.
Terrell Owens was a me player
Dez Bryant is a team player
Terrell Owens had a lot of drops
Bryant led the league in the least amount of drops
Owens was a hard worker
Bryant is a natural talent
I could go on and on, but I can just some this up by saying Bryant is closer to Irvin if we're comparing to former Cowboys players.
That said. This guy needs a baby-sitter.
Yeah as usual I have to agree with you here, I remember last season in the game where we injured Romo, we were killing you guys and the whole team just looked deflated by what was happening. Then Bryant comes out of nowhere like a man possessed and almost wins the game single handedly.
I remember being jealous at the time, I mean who wouldn't want a guy like that on your team? But then stuff like this happens and yea, no thanks we're good.


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Students preparing to apply to medical and/or osteopathic medical schools may select any major, including a non-science major. Pre-medical students are expected to complete a core curriculum (courses required by nearly all medical/osteopathic medical schools) and are encouraged to complete additional courses that are either recommended or required by most schools.
The core curriculum consists of
- General (or inorganic) chemistry, 2 semesters with laboratory (Chemistry 113-114)
- Organic chemistry, 2 semesters with laboratory (Chemistry 211-212)
- Physics, 2 semesters with laboratory (Physics 109-110 or Physics 111-112)
- Biology, 2 semesters with laboratory (in general, Biology 112 and either Biology 119 or Biology 210)
- Calculus, 1 semester (either Mathematics 170 or Mathematics 106-166)
- English, 2 semesters (Writing 100 or Learning in Common 101 and one literature course chosen from English 101-105)
Among the additional courses, biochemistry is strongly recommended. In general, some additional biology courses, statistics, introductory courses in sociology and/or psychology, and medical ethics are recommended, regardless of major. Individual schools may have specific requirements.
Moravian College maintains a Health Professions Office which offers advising and resources. Premedical students are encouraged to register with the Health Professions office and to begin meeting with the health professions advisor during their first year at Moravian College. This will help ensure that all necessary courses are taken and properly sequenced and that students receive up-to-date information on preparing for medical school, including opportunities to gain clinical and research experience as well as advice on how to build a strong application.
The Health Professions Advisory Committee
The Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC) is responsible for providing the institutional letter of recommendation for students applying to medical school. The HPAC interviews students who request an institutional recommendation letter; reviews each student's application credentials, determines the recommendation level, and identifies specific issues to be included in letter. Pre-medical students who wish an HPAC letter must be registered with the Health Professions Office.
Pre-Health Professions Club
The Pre-Health Professions Club is an engaging and motivating campus organization which encourages students preparing for any of the health professions to join. The Pre-Health Club typically meets every other week and participates in a variety of activities throughout the year. Meetings may host health care practitioners as guest speakers or focus on issues of broad interest, such as preparing for the MCAT and similar exams. Club members may visit health professions schools and exhibits, as well as participate in community service projects. Meetings are primarily student organized and led, with guidance from the health professions advisor, Stephen U. Dunham.
St. Luke's Pre-Med Observer Program
Moravian College pre-med students have an opportunity to be involved in this internship experience directed by St. Luke's Hospital. Students must be of junior or senior year standing with an overall GPA of at least 3.2 to participate in the program. Students shadow physicians in obstetrics/gynecology, internal medicine, and surgery. They learn how the various departments contribute to the overall hospital system. Students develop essential skills of professionalism as well as an appreciation for the demands of pursuing a career in the medical field. All interested students should speak with Virginia O'Connell in the Department of Sociology to apply for these competitive field study opportunities.
Temple-St. Luke's Early Assurance Program
Qualified Moravian College pre-medical students who wish to attend medical school in the Lehigh Valley have an outstanding opportunity through the Temple-St. Luke's Early Assurance program. Students admitted to this program will spend the first year of medical school at the main Temple University Medical School campus in Philadelphia, then return to the Lehigh Valley where they will take their second-year classes and third- and fourth-year clerkships at the new Temple-St. Luke's Medical School. Interested students should see the health professions advisor, Stephen U. Dunham, for details.


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While truly cheap flights will be difficult to find, following these tips will guide you to the best available prices. At holiday time – that's the name of the game. All you need is a little flexibility, and the willingness to act now.
5 Best Tips for Cheap Flights at Thanksgiving
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1.) Shop now. The longer you delay, the more prices will go up. In years past, procrastinators could score great last minute deals, but we do not expect that will happen this year. In fact, due to airline capacity cuts, wait too long and you may not get a seat at all.
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2.) Know the cheapest travel dates. Avoid flying on the Sunday after Thanksgiving which is generally the most expensive day of the entire year to fly. Among the cheaper dates to fly:
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- Friday, Saturday and Tuesday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 25, 26 and 29)
The cheapest day to fly over the entire Thanksgiving season?
- Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 24).
Fly early and you won't miss any of the turkey and pumpkin pie. Plus, the airports will be nearly empty and security will be a breeze.
3.) Know the holiday surcharge dates. Check FareCompare's list of airlines and holiday surcharge dates. You'll see how flying certain airlines on certain dates can add as much as $100 to your round-trip airfare. Why pay this extra money?
4.) Fly cheap airports and routes. Compare prices from your hometown airport and a bigger airport nearby; chances are the money you save will be worth the extra drive time. Then compare non-stop flights with connecting flights; again, you can save money by foregoing the convenience of a direct route.
5.) Avoid unnecessary fees/costs. Thanksgiving is a short holiday which makes it ideal for using a carryon bag and avoiding the $50 round-trip checked-baggage fee. If you must bring a big suitcase, fly JetBlue or Southwest for the free checked-bags. And avoid parking fees and taxi fares by using public transportation, but don't wait until the last minute to investigate any bus or shuttle options.
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Gary Terry of Fort Worth, Texas, may be the only man outside Hollywood who has watched a video of himself flatlining. And he's certainly the only man who knows that his own 18-year volunteer efforts for the American Heart Association saved his life. It's a story that sends chills down your spine and supports the idea that there are no coincidences.
Eighteen years ago, Gary was a young, healthy man, but his parents had been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease and diabetes. He wanted to learn all that he could, get involved and do something for his parents and for others who suffered from heart disease.
Gary was such a successful volunteer that he moved quickly from the local to the state level, where he served as president of the Texas Affiliate. His life began to change in 1990 when he had a heart attack. "I played football all through high school and college. At the time of my heart attack, I had 9 percent body fat and worked out all the time. I could work hard all day, drink hard at night and get right back to work the next day. I was burning the candle at all three ends.";
The heart attack got his attention right away, but it wasn't long before he slipped back to the point where he was eating an unhealthy diet, not working out, working too much and gaining weight. Over the 12 years after the heart attack, he gained about 100 pounds, finally tipping the scale at 360. Meanwhile, his work for the American Heart Association had become focused on the process of getting automated external defibrillators (AEDs) into public places.
Most people who suddenly collapse with a heart problem are experiencing ventricular fibrillation (VF). VF is an abnormal, chaotic heart rhythm that prevents the heart from pumping blood. It's responsible for about 80 percent to 90 percent of all sudden cardiac arrests. The quickest way to stop VF is cardiac defibrillation — an emergency procedure that delivers an electric shock to the heart with a defibrillator. You've seen it on television shows when a doctor uses the paddles to try to revive someone.
A victim must be defibrillated quickly to stop VF and allow a normal heart rhythm to resume. The sooner the defibrillation with an AED, the better. If defibrillation is provided within the first five minutes of a cardiac arrest, the odds are about 50–50 that you can save the victim's life. But with each passing minute, the chance of successful resuscitation is reduced by 7 percent to 10 percent. After only 10 minutes, there's very little chance of successful rescue.
Now imagine that you or your loved one works on the 37th floor of a high rise, or is in a stadium with 60,000 screaming fans or is standing in an airport security line when wham — cardiac arrest strikes. How important would an available AED and trained personnel be then? Gary Terry knows. He suffered sudden cardiac arrest while standing in line at the Austin (Texas) International Airport. Only eight months earlier he had led efforts that convinced airport managers to install AEDs and train security personnel to use them properly.
"Thanks to the efforts of the American Heart Association, which I led, Andy McKinney, airport policeman, started doing CPR on me in less than a minute. When the AED got there, I took the first shock and my heart started beating in 4 minutes and 19 seconds. It took 18 minutes to get a full rhythm so they could transport me to the hospital. A camera was taping the gate where I fell, and the AED they used to revive me had recorded audio. You can hear the people saying, "No pulse. No pulse.' Then I flatlined and someone says, 'Move aside, we're going to shock. No pulse. No pulse. Shock again. We're losing him. I think he's gone. No pulse.'
"I've watched that tape only one time. That was enough. I can tell you, if I hadn't already had a heart attack, I would have had one watching that tape. I think I was the fifth person in those eight months whose life had been saved by the quick response — the CPR, the AED and the proper procedures. And it is no coincidence that I was the very person to lead the team to get that chain of survival in place in that airport. I am on a mission from God, and I want everyone to know that the Lord saved my life so I could work for others."
It's no wonder that Gary is passionate about his work — the work of the American Heart Association. "I want people, including physicians, to think about the human side of heart disease — about all of the pain that's involved. I think about my wife who didn't know where I was when I didn't come home — all the frantic phone calls trying to find me — the hours upon hours of waiting to see if I would live. My granddaughter, crying and wanting desperately to get to the hospital to see me one more time in case I didn't live. In the eight days that I was in the hospital, I got more than 800 cards and letters. Every one of those people felt pain for the moment that they were writing that card.
"Managers responsible for places where masses of people gather need to get the chain of survival going — teach CPR to the employees, get AEDs in place and know what to do like those wonderful folks in the Austin airport. And each of us needs to take responsibility for our health. Eat right. Get plenty of exercise. Quit smoking. Take your medications properly. Get the stress out of your life. We can do this if we work together. We can decrease disability and death from heart disease and stroke if we just put our hearts and minds to it."
Six weeks after Gary collapsed in the floor of the airport, he was in Austin again. He went back to the gate where he had fallen. The man who started the CPR was there and asked if he could hug Gary's neck. "We hugged and we cried and we laughed and I thanked him. As I was walking away, the supervisor said that my appearance had meant so much to the folks who worked there. Prior to my collapse, their job seemed meaningless and mundane. 'Since they saved your life, they have a new commitment to their jobs — they see how important they really are. They see things in a much different light now.'"
Gary's story is the stuff that movies are made of. But it was real life to him, and it's real life to the millions of Americans who are struck with sudden cardiac arrest every year. Most of them aren't as fortunate as Gary and don't have the happy ending. Tomorrow, it could be you or someone you love.
It's time to get involved and make sure that the chain of survival is in place when a cardiovascular emergency happens. First, educate yourself on what you can do to keep your heart healthy. Develop a relationship with your physician and make certain that you're tested for high blood pressure and cholesterol. Read the labels on the food you eat and make heart-healthy choices. Get up and get moving — 30 minutes a day on most or all days of the week can do wonders for your heart.
Help make the chain of survival available to you and your loved ones wherever you go. You can make a difference by telling your legislators that heart and stroke issues are important. Make your opinion known by contacting your local politicians and congressional representatives by mail, phone or e-mail. Meet with the managers of high-rise buildings, stadiums and other public gathering places and urge them to install AEDs and train staff to use them. Take a CPR course and be ready to use CPR in an emergency.
The American Heart Association is working to place AEDs in the hands of trained, nontraditional rescuers. These include police, security guards and family members of patients at high risk for cardiac arrest. Public access defibrillation (PAD) programs place AEDs in homes, police cars, worksites and public gathering places under the supervision of licensed physicians. AED rescuers must be trained in CPR and in how to use an AED. When AEDs are readily available, rescuers can provide defibrillation within the first few minutes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. This can dramatically increase the victim's chances of survival.
Gary Terry hopes that his story can help save lives by educating readers on the need for AEDs in public places and by encouraging heart-healthy lifestyles and attitudes. Gary is available to share his story with your group. Please contact the Fort Worth office of the American Heart Association for more information at (817) 315-5000.


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hello, i know im not the smartest person but i do love fish and i love to save as much money as i can so im for the xp3 i have one and it was a little loud at 1st then i notest it needed more water in it so you would not hear anything added anuff to over fill it put lead on got a little water on the floor no biggy because now i hear nothing from my filter got it used replaced the seals on it no leaking or sound and for the price it was well worth it on the off not i dont own the other filter but my friend that owns the pet store where i buy ever thing does on her 1st tank all her other tanks are XP3 filters cheaper and just as good
and on the off not that is something does mess up it well be cheaper to fix the XP3 as well
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I do the same thing but leave it running and burp it on the fly.
|I do the same thing but leave it running and burp it on the fly.
|I've had an XP2 since 2006 and no problems so far. My next filter will be an XP3. I get rid of air by unplugging power cord and then unlatching one latch, then relatch as soon as the water reaches the top which happens very quickly.
I have to chime in on this too.... I have 4 Rena Fillstar Canister filters. In my 125 gallon in the living room, i have 2 XP4's and 1 XP3. In my office i have one XP2. I never once ever ever ever had a problem with them. I let the one in my office go for months without changing it and the flow rate was always good, even when that sucker was FULL of crap! They are the quietest things i have ever used. I was given a brand new eheim and wasnt really impressed comparing it to the Rena. Its really easy to clean and maintain. Filling and priming is so easy too. I have had these in tanks with sand and had no issues either... Ive never had airlock issues, or any flow issues.
When it comes to taking them down and cleaning them, its sooo easy and you don't have to re-prime, IMHO. I wouldnt buy anything else. I have convinced several eheim owners to buy a rena xp3 and they were just very impressed with it....
You Hear Noises and things !!!
After reading all the posted comments here, There is 1 Major & Important Over sight.
When it comes to Rattling, Nosies, ETC, This is all to do with AIR LOCKS.
What has not been said is how to properly remove them.
This is the easy part. Do not rely soley on the Caniters to do the job. After all, when 2 pieces of plastic are joined together with water in the middle You are by the grace of god will have trapped air..
After setting up & Priming your Units, TURN OFF THE FILTER PUMP, Lower the OUT FLOW hose into a bucket at floor level, Switch the filter pump back on, this method allows the head of the Pump to syphon itself, Here you will be able to see the Bubbles (AIR LOCKS) in the hose.
When all the Air has gone, You will now have a quite System
Of all the Filter systems I have had over the past 30 Years, The above method always works on all Filters. Hope I have helped
I have an XP3 running my 55g and have had no problems except the first time I cleaned it I dropped the canister and broke it, so I went and bought a whole new XP3 and now have one spare part for everything, - the canister of coarse.
Suck it up buttercup, it makes like no noise wse!
|Except that tab that keeps it from moving is rather flimsy. I managed to break it when I was cleaning it when I was taking the filter down. No big deal I guess, just have to be careful not to pull the lever when it's disconnected.
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|I actually edited my post already for exactly that - didnt realize back then that the valves couldnt be opened after disconnection. And I dont know why I have some kind of problem with typing level instead of lever. lol.
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Sometimes with the XP3 I worry that the disconnect lever operates to easily. For example when I am putting the filter back in place in the cabinent after a cleaning i worry the hose assembly might get caught behind it and the level pressed back so it starts dumping water, never happend yet but something I think about every time I do it. I should just come up with something I can hang the assembly on out of the way when manuevering the unit back in place.
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Betowess - my newer XP3 I just got on the petsmart $75 deal does have a different configuration where the impeller shaft rests into the housing. My 2 yr old one has a solid plastic bushing of sorts - non removable if I remember, whereas the newer one has a removable rubber plug like piece. I cannot hear a difference between the two - I very mild hum with the occasional trickle of water noise (usually only after water changes). There is only 2 yrs between them though; perhaps there was more changes in earlier models yet. They work fine although I am playing with different media configurations to hopefully increase flow and duration between cleaning.
In a very quite night laying in bed I cannot hear my 2026 about 3 foot from my head, but I can still hear the faint hum of the XP3 on the other end of the house in the living room. To me the XP3s are quiet, not silent, but not disturbing. If the tank was going in a bedroom I'd defiantly recommend Eheim. In a family room, XP3s are great. Thats just my opinion, and what I did.
I don't recollect the exact part, but I recall reading that Rena put in a better rubber part on the impeller a few years back and the newer XPs are substantially more quiet as a result. My current XP3 that I am using, one of the later models, runs near as quiet as my Eheims.
That said, I'll stick with Eheims now. The plastic baskets are much better quality and seat in the canister much more easily.
|i ran xp3s for 6 years 2 of them they just got louder as time past . now i have a ehim wet/dry 2229 and a catalina ultra 1000. i love them both they ar silent my xp3s were not silent when they were new. i really like my catalina it only cost me 56 bucks and its bigger than my ehim.
I'm not sure what type of fish you're keeping with the XP3 since I've never owned or worked with them. So far i've only dealt with fluval (and i like them). But if you're filter is plugging that fast then i'm going to take a shot in the dark that maybe a more thorough hydrovacing might extend the times between cleanings. My canisters only plug up fast on bare bottom tanks (where everything goes into the filter) and tanks where i feed exceptionally heavily. With out meaning offense sounds like there is more in the tank that could be removed to spare the filter doing it. I just cleaned my 404 on my 100 gallon when the water flow was unacceptably slow. It was over two months since the last time i touched it and its now bare bottom so my lungfish poop plugged it up .
Anyhow i might try an XP3 i'll be needing another larger filter soon if i get my 120 set up properly. But i work in a LFS so i might just save my pennies and get a FX5 (damn those things pack a punch).
Anyhow this thread was really helpful i get a lot of people asking about pro's and con's about canister filters at work and i've been wondering myself. Thanks to everyone for posting their opinions .
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What holiday would be complete without the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show? I'll be honest, I caught a glimpse of the show. It pained me to think of the negative thoughts it provoked in its female viewership. Would we as women feel more empowered and positive about our own body image if the models varied in sizes? And I'm not referring to a size 0 to size 4.


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Sequoia is an adorable fawn colored puppy with a black mask. She has lots of personality is well socialized with people and will make a wonderful pet.…$600
1 black and white parti male Will have first shots dewormed vet checked ACA registered Born 2-8-17 will be ready 4-8-17 Can't get pics to download…$600
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With a saddened heart, I have to rehome my puppy. I am moving and can't take her with me. She is absolutely precious. Shots up to date, not fixed, microchipped…$850
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Outdated fire codes pose risks in Rexburg
REXBURG, Idaho - An electrical fire that forced several BYU-Idaho students out of their apartment over the weekend is shedding light on an issue that impacts hundreds, if not thousands more members of the university community when it comes to just how fire-safe their apartment buildings actually are.
Things are as back to normal as they can be at the Mountain Pines Apartments in Rexburg, considering the scattered ash and charred hole in the middle of units 211 and 311.
Investigators blame the old, faulty wiring in the almost 30-year-old building for the fire that caused a water heater to plummet from the third floor. Still, the building is up to code for the time it was built.
"When this building was built, in about 1984, '85, this arrangement of having a water heater in this closet met code for the time. Therefore, it still does," said Rexburg-Madison Fire Inspector Dale Pickering.
Pickering said fire codes have come a long way since the '80s.
"Our current code requires a space like this to be sprinkled, as is the whole building," Pickering explained.
Sprinklers weren't required when Mountain Pines was built. Therefore, the building has none.
Current codes also require smoke detectors that alert all residents in the event of a fire. That was not the case back then.
"This building has smoke alarms, which did work," Pickering said. They are called single-station fire alarms ... and they only notify the occupants within the dwelling unit itself."
The only thing requiring landlords to update things like sprinklers and smoke alarms is a big renovation.
"Otherwise, the building will sit there forever in its present condition," Pickering said.
Living in an older apartment can still be safe, Pickering said.
"As long as the smoke detectors batteries are being changed out regularly, the fire extinguishers are being changed out, the occupants are being informed as to how to get away from the building," he said.
Mountain Pines manager and resident Melanie Birch said she's confident the building's owner will keep a more watchful eye on possible fire hazards in the future.
No one was hurt in the fire. The building is left with an estimated $75,000 in damage.


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Movie Review: The Bourne Legacy
If a movie looks, moves and sounds like a Bourne movie, can it really be a Bourne movie without Matt Damon as its bang bang, run-and-jump amnesiac CIA assassin?
Director: Tony Gilroy Rating: PG-13 Studio: Relativity Media
If a movie looks, moves and sounds like a Bourne movie, can it really be a Bourne movie without Matt Damon as its bang bang, run-and-jump amnesiac CIA assassin? And wasn't Damon's Bourne trilogy already wrapped up in a rich and emotionally satisfying way? Well, yes, but when a movie franchise takes in almost $1 billion in theaters around the world, temptation is strong. Enter The Bourne Legacy, which, instead of charismatic movie star Damon, gives us tough, sad-eyed character actor Jeremy Renner as Aaron Cross, one of the last surviving genetically messed-with undercover spy trainees who are being systematically and violently terminated by the CIA, as led by a spooky-looking Edward Norton.
The movie is directed and cowritten by Tony Gilroy, who not only wrote Michael Clayton but also the three earlier Bourne epics. He and his cowriter, brother Dan Gilroy, have given this one an ingenious, slow-build setup: its action unfolds parallel to the cloak-and-dagger shenanigans of The Bourne Ultimatum. Its ticking clock has Renner's character desperately needing to get his hands on the mind- and body-altering pills that not only keep him kicking but also alive. Already, though, that pursuit packs far less power and mystery than Jason Bourne's trying to discover who he is and then trying to make amends for it. Nevertheless, Renner's quest sends him dodging drone-spewed missiles in remote Alaska, getting chased by a relentlessly focused assassin (Louis Ozawa Changchien) up, down, over and across the city of Manila on a motorbike and, in the best sequence in the whole picture, deliberately provoking a panicky near-stampede by assembly-line workers in a pharmaceutical company to camouflage a great escape for himself and hunted, weepy biochemist Rachel Weisz. Armed with sharp dialogue and a lot of talent, Renner and Weisz give their roles exceptional focus and weight, as do Broadway actors Donna Murphy and Corey Stoll as soulless CIA drones and Zeljko Ivanek as a run-amok lab rat. But the Gilroy brothers weigh down the good stuff with lots of talk, a lumbering backstory and unnecessarily baffling layers of treachery and double crosses.
Cinematographer Robert Elswit shot this thing with blue steel brilliance, but that can't disguise how overly familiar, too damn long and lacking in action the movie is. More fatally, Renner barely gets a chance to play even remotely human or emotionally engaging until very late in the game. In the end, The Bourne Legacy doesn't absorb and involve us deeply enough to make it worthy of its predecessors.


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A collosal turd passed with great pain after a long bout of constipation. Sometimes resembles a coffee can in shape and size, and is often accompanied by some rectal tearing and the blood resulting therefrom (a sort of afterbirth).
From the groaning, sweating, and grinding of teeth, it was obvious to Brett that a fecal infant was being delivered into this world.
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We are located within the Clinics at Fitzsimons Village at the corner of East Colfax Avenue and Ursula Street at 13100 E. Colfax Ave. The Clinics at Fitzsimons are across the street from the Children's Hospital Colorado on Anschutz Medical Campus. The clinics are located on the third floor inside the building that is connected to the pedestrian walking bridge. Parking is available on the south side of the building behind Panera.
Change and transition is a normal part of being a teen. Adolescence is a time of physical maturity, developing sexuality, powerful emotions and rapid changes in ways of thinking. Even perfectly healthy teens can have a hard time coping, especially when you consider the changes that are occurring in their body and minds. At the same time, the additional pressures and stressors at school or at home, combined with the added dynamics of growing up, can complicate life.
We understand that teens may be affected by the same conditions and health problems that occur in young children or even adults, but there are distinct challenges to their healthcare. Children's Hospital Colorado offers a full range of primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare to teenagers with both physical and emotional problems.
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fabulous photos. have a ball in dubai, from poverty to the riches...
Watch out for the scorpions.......
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Volunteer Sri Lanka house
The volunteer house is part of Janaka's home and there is a separate apartment block at the back with 10 large en-suite rooms. We get 3 meals a day and fortunately breakfast is NOT rice and curry as I have had in a number of other countries. Usually its help yourself to fruit, cereal, toast and of course peanut butter!
Work at the projects usually starts at 8.30am until 11.30 or 12 then its either off to the beach for a couple of hours, off to Galle Fort for a lunch with no rice and curry in it, or back to the house. Afternoon projects start at 2, 2.30 or 3 and are usually different from what you did in the morning
We are not allowed to take photos of the babies so I cant show any of the nappies that people donated money to. So I have taken a photo of the nappies in the resource room (see below). We have to take the right number to the orphanage every day as they are so expensive the staff take them and sell them to get money. If no nappies left then they use cloth instead. So thank you again to everyone who gave me money for my birthday and you can see what was bought with your money. I know it does not seem much as nappies are soooooooo expensive here, but they have just ran out so they lasted 2 months.
The volunteering involved a number of projects:
* elders home where I washed and massaged the feet of 12 old ladies. I tried to give them a pedicure but my nail clippers were NOT strong enough. A chainsaw would have been more appropriate. Anyway, they are lovely old ladies and they liked chatting and playing cards.
* orphanage (babies) where we changed nappies and played with the children. Can be quite harrowing as conditions are not the best.
* Sena hasa was a home for girls who were sort of wards of the court. They had to be removed from the home for a number of reasons but mainly for their own protection. A varying degree of English skills so we had to split classes and teach basic a,b,c's with some of the while others had perfect English.
* Street kids were a great bunch of children who mostly slept out on the street. One boy wants to go to Cambridge and i am sure he is intelligent enough.
* community kids - some lovely children who we had an after school club for.
* nurses - I taught these girls 3 times a week for the last 2 months and I think they are all lovely. Very shy and giggly and when the Chinese group were here.....blimey they loved the boys
* special needs children - these were a mix of girls who unfortunately had all been dumped into the same class despite the fact that there was a wide range of skills and abilities. There were 5 deaf girls but unfortunately they didn't use British Sign Language so i couldn't communicate with them. There were a few girls with Down's syndrome and others withe general learning difficulties. One of my favourite classes.
We had the weekends off so we tended to head to the beach or just bum around the place. We did a trip to Yala National park which was a real let down
I also had a few days off to go to Kandy and explore the hill country. I wasn't told that I had to change trains as this one is normally direct. But after 4 1/2 hours I decided to get off and I was near Adam's peak. So got a bus all the way back down the hills. It was stunning driving through the tea plantations. My driver thought he was Michael Schumacher around some of those bends - blimey I was a wee bit worried when he overtakes tuk tuks on blind corners!! Arriving in Kandy my hotel had a bath and air con and a TV. So I had 4 baths in 3 days and before any of you complain about wasting water can I just say that on my last day I had to wade through ankle deep water to get to see the temple that has Buddha's tooth in it!! So I was not worried AT ALL about wasting water. Besides I have the shortest showers in the world - even shorter here as the water is so cold!
I wont say much more as the photos all have a bit of text with them. But I had a lovely time, met some great people (and not so great people) and the 2 months has flown by. I now head to Dubai/Oman for 10 days and then not sure what is next until I head to Oz on 5th February to see family and friends.
All the best and enjoy the photos. Of course if you are on Facebook then you would have seen a lot more and other people's photos too.
Lots of love, take care and have a great 2013.
Alison x


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Jackson Police search for home invader
JACKSON, Wyo. - People in the town of Jackson are being urged to lock their windows and doors.
Police are looking for a man who they say is sneaking into homes in the middle of the night.
As far as officers know, the so-called prowler hasn't stolen anything, except for a community's ability to feel safe.
"We don't have a lot of information to go on," said Lt. Cole Nethercott, with the Jackson Hole Police Department.
Still, the prowler has made quite a reputation for himself, as every neighbor our news crew spoke with knew about him.
Nethercott said the man has been going into peoples' homes before the sun comes up, attempting to get into bed and touch women -- mostly in their 20s -- inappropriately.
"It definitely freaked me out," said Jackson resident Ashley Reis of when she heard about the prowler.
Three incidents involving the prowler have been reported to police. All of those incidents occurred within blocks of the police station.
Nethercott said that in each incident, a door or window was unlocked.
"I've always lived with my doors unlocked and my windows open at night," said Rachel Shaver, a longtime resident of Jackson.
"I've lived in Jackson for a long time without ever having a key to my rental," Reis said, admitting she's added a new step to her bedtime routine. "Yeah, I actually have been locking the door."
Of the three reported prowling incidents, Nethercott said the man got into bed with the victim two times. He said the subject runs off as soon as the victim wakes up. As a result, Nethercott said the police don't have a good description of who to look for.
Nethercott also said there could be more cases that have gone unreported.
The Jackson Hole Police Department is seeking the public's help in looking for the prowler. Anyone with information that could be useful is asked to call 307-733-1430.


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Leonard G. Larson
Leonard G. Larson
Pequot Lakes
Leonard G. Larson, 79, of Pequot Lakes, Minn., died on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, at St. Cloud Veterans Hospital in St. Cloud, Minn. Services for Leonard were held on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, at Kedron Cemetery at 11 a.m. with Pastor Donna Olsen officiating. Lunch following service at Pequot Lakes Legion Post No. 49.
Leonard was born on April 25, 1934, in rural Pequot Lakes to Victor and Lois (Shaffer) Larson. He was a 1952 Pequot Lakes High School graduate. Leonard served in the Army Paratroopers during the Korean Conflict and was stationed in Japan. He married Mary Hardesty and they made their home in the area. Leonard was a retired union carpenter Local No. 361. He was a longtime member and past Commander of the Pequot Lakes American Legion Post No. 49. Leonard was a charter member of 40 and 8, No. 754. Leonard enjoyed polishing rocks, golf, hunting, and fishing. He was an expert at playing cards and liked spending time with friends.
Leonard is survived by his daughter, Sherrie (significant other, Bo) Franco; grandchildren, John (Mindy), Christine, and Anthony; great-grandson, John; sister, Vera (Wayne) Leek; sister-in-law, Dorothy Larson; and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; infant sons, Scott and Kevin; brother, Richard; and very good friend, Anna Bannister.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, Minn.


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not because of his play/ability but because some teams aren't wanting to use high draft picks on a guard. That doesn't necessarily mean he drops to us though, or that teams are being honest... but figured I'd post it anyway since I know a lot of posters are eying him.
Also while discussing Alabama players he said he's extremely high on DJ Fluker (some teams aren't) and thinks he could be a late first round pick... and that Eddie Lacy's stock is rising quickly.


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MCA results lower than desired
Pine River-Backus School's Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) scores are often lower than state standards, though 2013 results correlate closely with scores in schools with comparable free and reduced lunch numbers.
"It's frustrating because there are so many things that went wrong. The window was shifted and changed. The system went down while the kids were taking the test," said PR-B Superintendent Cathy Bettino.
The 2013 MCA III results in math, science, reading and writing were recently released. In most cases, PR-B had fewer proficient students than the average for schools in the state. But PR-B, with 62.3 percent of students on free and reduced lunch, scored higher in some subjects than other schools with a similar number of students benefiting from free and reduced lunches.
For example, PR-B grade 3 students on free and reduced lunch had 76.3 percent proficiency in math, compared to a state average of 53.8 percent. Grade 7 students on free or reduced lunch scored 40.7 percent on reading compared to a state average of 33.7 percent.
"There's two indicators of student success in school. The first is parent involvement, and the second is economics," Bettino said.
PR-B's proficiency among these students shows that efforts in past years to improve scores among students with free and reduced lunch have been successful.
"It, to me, tells me we've done some good work in targeting free and reduced lunches, but we need to look more deeply at the overall population," Bettino said.
Past MCA II test scores showed higher proficiency among PR-B students, but the reason for changes between 2012 and 2013 proficiencies are unclear because the MCA II and MCA III tests focused on different curriculum.
"MCA II are based on Minnesota Academic Standards, and MCA III are based on the newly adopted Minnesota Standards, which include common core," Bettino said. "They're two different tests testing two different things so you don't want to compare those."
It is possible that PR-B student curriculum may not be aligned with MCA III curriculum.
To improve scores for the coming year there will be "data retreats" to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses of student test scores and to better align curriculum with the new MCA III tests.
"Our kids worked real hard, and our staff worked real hard, and we'll see what this really means," Bettino said.
Following are PR-B results compared to the state average:
• Third grade: 47.5 percent proficiency in reading, 76.3 percent proficiency in math. This compares to the state average of 57.2 percent in reading and 71.5 percent in math.
• Fourth grade: 42.9 percent proficiency in reading, 63.5 percent proficiency in math. This compares to the state average of 54 percent in reading and 71.2 percent in math.
• Fifth grade: 39.2 percent proficiency in reading, 42.3 percent proficiency in math. This compares to the state average of 63.8 percent in reading and 60 percent in math.
• Sixth grade: 40.7 percent proficiency in reading, 40.4 percent proficiency in math. This compares to the state average of 59.3 percent in reading and 57 percent in math.
• Seventh grade: 45.8 percent proficiency in reading, 41.4 percent proficiency in math. This compares to the state average of 54 percent in reading and 54.1 percent in math.
• Eighth grade: 41.4 percent proficiency in reading, 35.1 percent proficiency in math. This compares to the state average of 54.1 percent in reading and 58.9 percent in math.
• 10th grade: 63.5 percent proficiency in reading compared to the state average of 62.5 percent.
• 11th grade: 66.7 percent proficiency in math compared to the state average of 66.4 percent.


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Details on the Show:
Where: The Republik, 1349 Kapiolani Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96814
When: Friday, February 8, 2013
Ages: All Ages accompanied by an adult
Doors: Concert hall doors open at 10:00pm.
Show Starts: 11:00 PM
Prices: $29 Standard/ General Admission Seats (In advance plus applicable fees) - $5 increase day of show
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From filling clubs across the nation to being seen weekly as aregular guest on Chelsea Lately, Jo Koy has come a long way from his modeststart performing at a Las Vegas coffee house. His infectiously explosive energyon stage, insightful jokes and family inspired humor cross all boundaries andled Daily Variety to name him one of the "10 Comics to Watch".
Born in Tacoma, Washington, Jo credits his mother for hiscomedic and acting talents. Growing up, his mother constantly encouraged him totake part in school talent shows or present impromptu performances for hisfamily and friends. This encouragement led to the Las Vegas coffee house, thena move to Los Angeles, and finally a performance on The Tonight Show with JayLeno in 2005. He became one of a select few to ever receive a standing ovationon the show.
Since his Tonight Show performance, Jo was part of CarlosMencia's "Punisher Tour" in 2006. He has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, LastCall with Carson Daly, BET's Comic View, Jamie Foxx Presents: Laffapalooza, andappeared in various VH1 I Love the 70′s, 80′s and 90′s episodes. His ComedyCentral special "Don't Make Him Angry" aired in January, 2009 and is nowavailable on DVD. He is a regular featured comedian at the world famous Improv,tours the college circuit nationwide and performs in comedy clubs both in theUS and internationally. Jo lives in Los Angeles.
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V8 Supercars' chairman Tony Cochrane has defended the decision to bring the Australian series back to Pukekohe.
Cochrane, who negotiated the move, explained to Driven this week the reasoning behind the decision.
"We worked really hard for nearly 12 months with the New Zealand Government, Auckland Council and Counties Racing Club to do a major upgrade to the Pukekohe track for which we [V8 Supercars] are going to pay a significant fee to rent that track," he said.
"As part of the agreement with all three parties, V8 Supercars are absolutely contributing to the upgrade and we are committing ourselves to a minimum of five years and up to 10 years. We will also be the promoter.
"I'm going to get the closest circuit to the biggest city in New Zealand upgraded to an FIA category two track, build a new pit area, new toilet block and lay down new asphalt to most of the circuit.
"We're going to benefit because we're going to use it, but for 51 weeks of the year New Zealand motorsport is going to be the big winner."
It has been suggested that Hampton Downs would have been a better place to hold the annual race.
But for Cochrane, that proposal didn't stack up after close examination.
"We've had meetings and meetings and meetings with Hampton Downs where they've said things would get sorted but nothing has been," he said.
"The resource consent allows 20,000 people at the track a day and I have spoken to the head of the New Zealand Transport Agency in charge of highways and they told me 'we are not going to change that and we will fight that tooth and nail because the crowd will absolutely block up our main artery in and out of Auckland'."
It's been Driven's understanding that Hampton Downs would be able to increase its daily spectator total if changes were made to its exit and entry ramps.
"I find [Cochrane's] comment a bit strange as I have a memorandum of understanding from the NZTA that they will do everything to support us," said Roberts.
But Cochrane defended the Pukekohe decision.
"All due diligence was done with the Ministry of Economic Development, Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development and V8 Supercars," he said.
"We all did our own research including computer modelling by external firms and we all came up with the same solution - and that was to do up Pukekohe."


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An Analysis of Michael Behe's book, The Edge of Evolution
In the 12th century, the Danish king set aside a large area of forest along the eastern coast of the island of Zealand, as a Royal Hunting grounds. The area was fenced-off a few hundred years later, and is now open to the public. Fortunately for me, I live close to the "Deer Park," and early in the morning, before many people get out of bed, I go for a run there. I am often truly impressed by what I see in nature, such as the majestic stare of a stag looking at me, as I go by, or the noise and sight of a flock of geese flying overhead. As an individual, I have no problem saying that what we see around us can point towards transcendence – there is grandeur and beauty. When discussing the Intelligent Design movement with my oldest brother, Steve, he asked me what was wrong with the idea that we can see God in nature—that is, that the goodness and design we see around us is surely an argument pointing towards God. I told him I don't have problems with this line of thinking. Having thought about this some, I realized that this idea is very common in the Bible, and for example Jesus often seemed to point to this in parables. However, as a scientist, I am deeply skeptical of claims that one can use science to somehow 'prove' God exists (or to 'prove' there is no God, for that matter). In 1661, around the same time the Danish king fenced-off the area around the "Deer Park," one of the first chemists, Robert Boyle, wrote a book called The Sceptical Chemist. (Hence the title of this review.) Boyle was a devout Christian as well as a very good scientist; I will come back to Boyle later.
This brings me to mention the target audience of this review. Of course anyone can read this, but it is intended mainly for educated readers who are interested in the science/religion dialogue, and in particular are interested in Intelligent Design, and either have read or want to read The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism, by Michael Behe (Free Press, New York, 2007). I have heard from some of my friends and family that they find this book "convincing" from a scientific point of view. Before I go into a discussion of the book, I want to give the reader a bit more perspective about myself. I grew up in Springdale, Arkansas, and am the youngest of five children. Some (not all) of the members of my family are "young earth creationists," that is, they think that the world is less than 10,000 years old. I first heard of Mike Behe about 25 years ago, when I was a Ph.D. student, working on showing that alternative DNA helical structures could exist inside of living cells. Behe had published a paper with Gary Felsenfeld, showing that methylation of certain DNA sequences could greatly facilitate the formation of left-handed Z-DNA, and that Z-DNA did not like to be wrapped around the nucleosome. Probably for most people, that last sentence doesn't make much sense, but for me, this was a paper that I was very fond of, as these results pointed in the direction of perhaps some sort of biological meaning. I eventually got my Ph.D. (in biochemistry/molecular biology from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine), did a post-doc at the Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford University, and about 12 years ago moved to Denmark, where I have been the leader of the comparative microbial genomics group at CBS (the Center for Biological Sequence analysis, a bioinformatics center in the Department of Systems Biology, at the Technical University of Denmark).
Now that I've laid down my philosophical and personal perspective I can get on with the review. I feel that this is a necessary background as, after I reviewed Darwin's Black Box more than 10 years ago, I was accused by several readers of being critical of Behe not based on the science, but because I "wanted to promote atheism," which is certainly not the case. I will struggle to give what is written in Edge of Evolution a fair hearing - let's see how well the scientific evidence supports what is written in the book.
First, I want to start on a positive note - there are (at least) two things that I liked about the book:
Behe does a good job of describing the logical outcome of thinking in contemporary molecular biology. For example, IF in fact DNA is really some sort of computer code, where did this information come from, how is it maintained, and Who wrote it? IF in fact the mutational frequency of DNA is in the range of 1 change per hundred million base-pairs (that is, the DNA polymerase incorporates the "wrong" base about once ever hundred million times), then how can we explain the incredible diversity we see around us?
Behe is writing from the point of view of a non-materialist. Thus, he seems to think that there is more to the world than what we see around us, and this is in contrast to many other vocal atheistic scientists
I will now make my way through the text, in order of the chapters. In my opinion, the book starts well, and then begins to veer off in strange directions - but I'm getting ahead of myself.
Chapter 1 - The Elements of Darwinism
I agree with Behe when he says that "Darwin's theory has to be sifted carefully, because it's actually a mixture of several, unrelated, entirely separate ideas": random mutation, natural selection, and common descent. He then goes on to say that of the latter, "in brief, the evidence for common descent seems compelling," but that he feels "random mutation is extremely limited." Later in this chapter, he states "Evolution from a common ancestor, via changes in DNA, is VERY well supported. It may or may not be random." [page 12, emphasis in the original] This will in fact be the main focus of the rest of the book - whether "random mutation" alone can generate enough diversity on which natural selection can work , in order for evolution to occur. So just to flesh this out a bit—in Behe's defense, clearly he is not a "young earth" creationist, who thinks that the world is less than 10,000 years old. He has no problem with the world being about 4.5 billion years old, and life slowly evolving from the first single-cell bacteria appearing almost as soon as fossils could form, through another 4 billion years as mostly single-celled or tiny microscopic organisms, and the very recent appearance of larger plants and animals a bit less than a half-billion years ago. This is all fine and accepted to be true—it is just the MECHANISM for how this might have happened that is being considered. Just as a minor point, one thing in this chapter that is stated as fact, isn't quite right in my opinion—"By far the most critical aspect of Darwin's multifaceted theory is the role of random mutation. Almost all of what is novel and important in Darwinian thought is concentrated in this third concept." Perhaps this is true today, but certainly when Darwin published his Origin of Species, the critical novel, important and new idea, in contrast to the current thought, was that of common descent—in fact Darwin hadn't a clue about HOW diversity was generated, but the whole point of his book was to demonstrate the evidence for natural selection and change of species (common descent) over time, in contrast to the idea that each individual species had been recently created by God, a few thousand years ago. And common descent, Behe admits, is supported by "compelling evidence"—so we are in agreement here. Evolution has happened over billions of years, and there is "compelling evidence" for evolution by common descent.
In my next post we will examine where Behe and I part company.