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Amazon debuts mobile payment app and credit card reader
AP Friday, August 15, 2014, 12:01 am TWN
NEW YORK--Amazon is taking direct aim at mobile payment systems such as Square by introducing the Amazon Local Register, a credit-card processing device and mobile app designed to help small business owners accept payments through their smartphones and tablets.
The move places the largest U.S. e-commerce retailer in competition with Square and other established mobile payment processing systems such as PayPal Here and Intuit's GoPayment.
Amazon's technology includes a card reader that attaches to a smartphone, Kindle or tablet. The reader processes credit or debit card payments via a secure Amazon network, the same one that processes Amazon.com purchases. The service is designed to serve on-the-go small business owners who might otherwise only accept cash or checks, including massage therapists, food truck operators and artists who sell their work at outdoor fairs.
Small businesses can start using Local Register by creating an account on http://localregister.amazon.com . Businesses must buy Amazon's card reader for US$10, and download the free mobile app from the Amazon app store, the Apple app store or Google Play. The app works on most smartphones and tablets, including the Kindle Fire.
Similar to Amazon's strategy in many of its businesses, the company aims to compete on price in the mobile payment arena. For customers who sign up for the service by Oct. 31, Amazon will take as its fee 1.75 percent of each payment processed, or each "swipe" of the card, a special rate that will last until Jan. 1, 2016. For people who sign up after Oct. 31, Amazon will take a service fee of 2.5 percent of each payment processed.
The first US$10 in transaction fees will be credited back to the customer, essentially paying for the card reader.
That's below most of its competitors' rates. Square takes a fee of 2.75 percent of each transaction. PayPal Here takes 2.7 percent of each transaction and Intuit's GoPayment rates start at 1.75 percent per transaction if businesses pay a US$19.95 monthly rate or 2.4 percent of each transaction without a monthly payment.
"I've actually heard some business owners say the only thing that would make them change (point of sale) systems is cost savings," said Matt Swann, vice president of local commerce for Amazon.
"Payments are hard and that's one of the things that gets in the way of serving customers, especially for small businesses," Swann said. "Payment tools need to be inexpensive, simple and trusted to get the job done."
Amazon is entering the mobile payment space as the industry continues its rapid growth. IDC estimates that mobile payments could top a trillion dollars globally within the next five years. That includes all forms of mobile payments, such as items purchased online via a phone or tablet, fund transfers and items bought using a mobile gadget as a payment-accepting device.
It's difficult to isolate the exact portion of that market represented by point-of-sale mobile commerce, since the biggest player, Square, is private and doesn't divulge sales. Also, PayPal doesn't break out specific revenue from its Here product.
Baird Equity analyst Colin Sebastian said Amazon's move was partly expected since the company bought mobile payment company GoPago in 2013.
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Where have all the honeybees gone? Over the past few years, millions of the helpful insects have disappeared. They fly away from their colonies in search of pollen and nectar and never return. Finally, scientists have solved part of the mystery.
The two suspects in the disappearance are a fungus and a virus. (A fungus is an organism that feeds on matter; some fungi cause infection. A virus is a germ.) Bees infected with either the fungus or the virus separately could become sick, but they would probably survive. Bees infected with the fungus and the virus, however, would most certainly die, the scientists discovered.
"We found that the virus and the fungus together kill bees faster than anything that would happen alone," Colin Henderson told TFK. He is a member of the research team at the University of Montana that, together with Army scientists, made the discoveries.
In the past few years, bee populations in the U.S. have dropped 20% to 40%. The disappearance of entire beehives is called colony collapse disorder (CCD). Earlier studies focused on changes in weather and pesticides as possible causes of CCD. Pesticides are chemicals that are sprayed on crops to keep pests away.
Busy Bees
Why is CCD a growing concern? Honeybees do important jobs. They sip a sweet nectar from flowers and use it to make honey. They also pollinate flowering plants by carrying tiny grains of pollen from one part of a flower to another. The result: plants grow seeds and fruit. Bees pollinate crops that we eat every day including apples, almonds, broccoli, cucumbers and cantaloupe.
Each spring, beekeepers transport billions of honeybees around the country. They sell their pollination service to farmers. If there weren't enough bees to do the job, crops could suffer. About one-third of the food grown in the United States requires a honeybee to produce the seed or the fruit. There is no technology that can do the delicate work of bees. "In some seasons, there have been shortages of bees to pollinate all of the almond and citrus orchards," Henderson says.
Case Closed?
The discovery doesn't mean that bees are home free. Scientists are still doing research to discover how, exactly, the fungus and virus combine to kill the bees. For now, scientists advise beekeepers to treat the fungus, which is easier to cure than the virus, with a fungicide. This way, beekeepers can keep one half of the problem away and their colonies will be less vulnerable to attack.
"I hope no one goes away with the idea that we've actually solved the problem," Jeffrey Pettis of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "We still have a great deal of research to do to resolve why bees are dying in the U.S. and elsewhere."

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I would never buy a michael kors watch, they are so gay-looking.
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Shaw Communications has kicked off a new iPad app that lets its subscribers watch up to 14 NFL regular season games on Sundays along with interactive features, such as instant replay and play-by-play summaries.
Shaw said the free app, which is called Shaw Go: NFL Sunday Ticket, was the first in Canada dedicated to NFL Sunday Ticket content. In order to view the football action, Shaw cable and satellite customers have to subscribe to Shaw NFL Sunday Ticket.
Shaw Direct NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers will also be able to access NFL RedZone within the app, providing the best action from every Sunday afternoon regular season game.
"We know that NFL fans love every chance to get as close to the game as possible. Beyond watching up to 14 NFL games on a tablet every Sunday, the Shaw Go NFL Sunday Ticket app puts fans in control by integrating live player stats, game scores and up to the minute game summaries," said Shaw Communications president Peter Bissonnette. "With the Shaw Go NFL Sunday Ticket app, NFL fans won't miss a thing."
The Shaw Go: NFL Sunday Ticket app is the second installment of Shaw's TV Everywhere strategy, following the launch of the Shaw Go: Movie Central app in September, which featured content from HBO and Movie Central.


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EINSTEIN AND OPPENHEIMER: The Meaning of Genius. Silvan S. Schweber. xvi + 412 pp. Harvard University Press, 2008. $29.95.
Dozens of Einstein biographies have appeared since the 1979 centennial of his birth, including Walter Isaacson's well-received 2007 book, Einstein: His Life and Universe, and Abraham Pais's Subtle Is the Lord, which won the National Book Award for Science in 1983. And a dozen or so books on Oppenheimer have appeared since his centennial in 2004, including Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin's American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (which won a Pulitzer Prize), Charles Thorpe's Oppenheimer, and Abraham Pais's J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Life, a book to which I contributed. Have we not heard enough of these two men?
Yet Silvan S. Schweber shows us in his new book, Einstein and Oppenheimer, that there is still more to say. What we know about these two giants of physics largely concerns their genius—their formidable mental powers—but this focus tends to foreground the individual at the expense of intellectual and scientific context. Schweber's aim is ambitious: to capture another quality that he calls the greatness of Einstein and Oppenheimer—to show how their actions altered humanity's "ideas concerning what human beings can be or do." We know much about the genius of these two men, Schweber implies, but little of their greatness.
Schweber, a science historian and professor of physics at Brandeis University, has the proper background for this task. His 1994 book QED and the Men Who Made It: Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga examines how quantum electrodynamics arose from the interactions of four very different individuals with their social milieus. And in his 2004 book In the Shadow of the Bomb, Schweber explored the performances of Oppenheimer and Hans Bethe on the ethical and moral stages as they coped with responsibility for the nuclear weapons their work had helped to produce.
Einstein and Oppenheimer were "off scale" in terms of their singularity, Schweber says. They changed the world in different ways, and not through science alone. To show how, he contrasts not their personalities but the relation of each man to his community and the resources that community provided.
Both men were charismatic. Einstein's charisma was personal, whereas Oppenheimer—who had the aura of a superannuated Wunderkind—exuded charisma onstage but was often unpleasant one-on-one, even to friends. Both men emphasized the role of creativity in science, but Einstein focused on the creativity of the solitary intellect and Oppenheimer on that of the collective. Einstein's life can be framed as the single-minded quest of someone with a firm sense of identity, Oppenheimer's as the experiences of someone living through a series of tensions in "the absence of a lifelong project that could have given coherence to the tasks he undertook."
Both men contributed to quantum mechanics despite being convinced that the theory was doomed to be replaced. For Einstein, quantum mechanics was essentially a sideshow that could be ignored in crafting a restoration of classical mechanics. But for Oppenheimer, quantum theory embodied essential new insights about nature, even though he believed that the theory would be superseded in another revolution. Einstein was a reductionist who saw the task of physics as aiming to discover the fundamental laws from which the rest of the world sprang. Oppenheimer, in contrast, was "almost postmodern" in his antireductionism. Each man was an intimate friend of Niels Bohr, but Bohr was a sparring partner to Einstein and a mentor to Oppenheimer.
Einstein and Oppenheimer were both children of nonobservant Jews, but they related to their Jewish roots differently. Einstein wrote of "the moral danger of the Jew who has lost touch with his own people," whereas Oppenheimer all but denied his heritage.
Schweber notes Einstein's distinction between "principle" theories, which arise from generalizations but are stipulated as the foundation for further work, and the "constructive" theories based on them, which apply more directly to phenomena. He observes that Einstein was suspicious of beginning with constructive theories prematurely, before establishing the appropriate principle theory. Schweber then uses this distinction to bring to light an interesting similarity between Einstein's approach to relativity and his approach to global politics: In both cases Einstein began with a set of axioms. Political axioms dealing with world government and a world court underlay all his various suggestions for concrete implementation. Oppenheimer, however, came to think that world government could not be achieved via a one-step process; he concluded that it required the progressive transformation of existing politics in a dialectic of tradition and novelty, through the actions of a new breed of scientist-statesmen.
Schweber seeks to restore our appreciation for contingency in scientific achievement. Had the 17-year-old Oppenheimer not contracted dysentery while hunting rock samples in Germany, he would probably have entered Harvard a year earlier, which would have allowed him to graduate in time to help formulate the basic concepts of quantum mechanics—but the young European physicists Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, Max Born, Pascual Jordan, Paul Dirac and Wolfgang Pauli had essentially completed that task by the time Oppenheimer went to Göttingen to study with Born in 1926. But if Oppenheimer had arrived on the scene a year earlier, Schweber asks, wouldn't he have been able to make a significant contribution to theory in that field, thereby securing for himself the "force d'âme, the self-confidence and backbone" whose absence would haunt him the rest of his life?
Oppenheimer benefited from contingency by being in the right place at the right time to be selected head of the Los Alamos laboratory. There, Schweber says, his greatness was like that of an outstanding conductor whose consistently brilliant performances are achieved thanks to "excellent instrumentalists and an outstanding musical score." Oppenheimer had the misfortune to lack that sort of staff and mission during his unhappy tenure as director of the Institute for Advanced Study.
Schweber essentially argues that we should honor scientific accomplishment in much the same way that we honor military heroism, knowing full well that the honor derives partly from the hero's ability but also because he or she faced those battles in that war. In this context, Schweber's statement that "there are always people like Einstein about" is less provocative—less constructivist—than it might otherwise seem.
The book, which is based in part on lectures Schweber gave during the 2005 Einstein celebrations, is organized episodically. The first two chapters focus on events in Einstein's life and the next two on events in Oppenheimer's; in the final two, Schweber explicitly compares the two scientists. This structure inevitably results in some repetition. Also, a few tiny mistakes have eluded the usually careful author, including the misspelling of the name of eminent historian Daniel Kennefick, who is referred to as "Dennefink" in the text, footnotes and bibliography. Schweber makes profitable use of a wide range of scholarly writings, including those of Isaiah Berlin on greatness, Michel Foucault on discipline, William James on saintliness, Charles Taylor on identity, and Arthur Schopenhauer on the difference between channeling one's abilities into works (as Einstein did) and channeling them into deeds (as Oppenheimer did).
The book's subtitle is "The Meaning of Genius," but Schweber comes to bury genius, not to praise it. The word is often used to describe Einstein or Oppenheimer but is applied differently to them: Einstein represents "lonely genius" and Oppenheimer unfulfilled genius. One anecdote illustrating the latter point has it that during an oral exam at the University of Wisconsin in the 1950s, a Ph.D. candidate in physics was asked what Oppenheimer had contributed to the field. Flustered, the student stammered, "I don't know"—and was informed that this was the right answer. That remark, although wicked and somewhat unfair, does accurately convey that Oppenheimer's scientific accomplishments did not live up to what his capacity seemed to promise or to what he doubtless would have achieved in other circumstances. As Pais once remarked, Oppenheimer's tragedy "is that he was almost a genius."
The matches and mismatches between ability and accomplishment, the fulfillment and lack of fulfillment of promise through accident of circumstance, are indeed what fascinate Schweber throughout this book. Scientific greatness is a function not of a scientist's mind alone, but of the interaction between that mind and the particular historical moment—a specific set of freedoms, opportunities and resources—in which that mind operates. In their contrasting interactions with their moments, both Einstein and Oppenheimer altered our notions of what a person "can be or do," as a scientist and as a statesman.
Robert P. Crease is professor and chair of the department of philosophy at Stony Brook University. His recent books include The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg (forthcoming from W. W. Norton in 2009); J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Life, by Abraham Pais, with supplemental material by Robert P. Crease (Oxford University Press, 2006); and The Prism and the Pendulum: The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments in Science (Random House, 2003).
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Wining and Dining in the Napa Valley
Chelsea Garden Inn • Calistoga, CA
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- Or, a Two-Night Stay for Two Inclusive of a Friday or Saturday Night in the Palm, Lavender, or Palisades Room ($349)
- Full Breakfast for Two Each Day
- $50 Gift Card Toward Lavender Hill Spa
- $25 Lunch or Dinner Credit at Boskos Trattoria
- Wine Tastings for Two at Your Choice of Three Calistoga Wineries: Madrigal Vineyards, Envy Wines, August Briggs Winery, or Vermeil Wines
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The Romans knew the secret to life wasn't all that complicated—a cornucopia of food and wine makes for a very vita dolce. So it is in the Napa Valley. And at the northern end of this renowned wine region, the modest town of Calistoga, known for its hot springs and Mission Revival architecture, as well as for its wineries, offers the best of wine country in one small package.
About 75 miles north of San Francisco, the Chelsea Garden Inn—a quaint B&B situated two easy blocks from downtown Calistoga—sets the mood with a sumptuous yet unpretentious atmosphere. Each of the three queen suites is laid out with a separate living area boasting a potbellied stove fireplace, a throwback writing desk, and a flat-screen TV. The bedroom is appointed with a queen-size bed, all bathrooms are private, and a refrigerator and microwave offer kitchen-like amenities.
Cozy up to the fireplace in the great room or relax outdoors in the inviting courtyard with a bottle of award-winning Chelsea Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, available for purchase on-site. Mornings at Chelsea Garden begin with a country-style spread of fresh fruit and juices, baked goods, and a savory entrée.
Afterward, walk just two blocks to eclectic downtown Calistoga. The Inn's ideal location means you're close to several wineries; drop in for tastings at three of four wineries—including Madrigal Vineyards, Envy Wines, August Briggs Winery, and Vermeil Wines—located in Calistoga. For lunch or dinner, it's off to the nearly 30-year-old Boskos Trattoria, known for its wood-fired pizza, fresh pasta, and, of course, wine.
Next up: Say ahh at Lavender Hill Spa, an East Asian retreat set on a terraced hillside garden not far from the inn. This award-winning spa offers everything from volcanic ash baths to salt scrubs and massages—even a few couples' treatments.
"Just a block or two off the main street in Calistoga, this comfortable inn is a wonderful spot to stay for a long weekend. ... It was especially nice to be able to stroll downtown for outstanding evening dining. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay."-- BedandBreakfast.com
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text: Hey guys, I'm looking at ditching my current ride and picking up a 90s Silverado, my current ride is too small to get my tools I will soon need to cart to and from work and I quite like the look of the Silverado. Though I have a few questions. All the Silverado's I see are automatics, are there any manuals, if so could you convert an auto to a manual without major problems? What are they like on fuel on the open highway Is a K1500 worth extra money over a C1500? Here is the Silverado in question: http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=8516627& You're probably thinking thats a rip-off but these are extremely rare here in Australia, that is quite cheap, the new ones go for upwards of $120,000. Thanks much


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Got the hive in place awaiting some bees. In the mean time a bunch of little black ants have decided to move in. The frames have some old wax and such on them and the little buggers love it.
I heard that you can use cinnamon around the hive to keep the ants out. Not sure if that is true or not. Is there a way to drive off the ants and keep them out of the hive? Or will the bees take care of business once I get some in the hive? Or will the presence of ants discourage bees from settling into the hive?
In my home I make a solution of sugar water and borax to kill the ants, but doubt that would be wise around the hive. Any suggestions would be appreciated.


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#13.1 Private Room, Cozy, Lower East Side MANHATTAN
Size800 ft²
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- Towels
- Family/child friendly
- Baby cot
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|Henry St, 10002 New York, United States
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The cosy bedroom has a lockable door and boasts a double bed, a flat-screen TV and Wi-Fi.
Shared areas include a fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom with a tub and shower, and a living area. A new futon in the living area converts to a double bed for any additional guests, and air beds can be provided upon request.
Just around the corner there stops a subway line which travels south to Brooklyn, or north to Times Square in just 15 minutes. Take the subway for 10 minutes to the world-famous Broadway to catch one of the spectacular shows performed there.
The immediate area has undergone rapid gentrification and today is home to some of the city's best restaurants on Clinton Street's restaurant row. It is also a popular destination for late night revelers as there are several bars and nightclubs nearby.
House rulesNo smoking.
Please contact the host before booking to confirm availability.
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Bed linen and towels are provided.
Please note that the building does not have an elevator (and the apartment is located on the 2nd floor).
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Reviews of this property
First of all: Mike, the host, who also lives there is very nice and helpful.
The apartment is situated in the lower east side, only a 2 min. walk from a subway station, that takes you to Central Park in about 20min.
The only thing I have to say to people who think about staying here: If you are two persons travelling with luggage, make sure you get the big room!!! The smaller one is just way too small!!
Other than that, it's clean. Perfect for a short stay in New York. (In the bigger room)
Perfect for people which are only for sleeping at the apartment. The room and bathroom is small but enouh. It is very close to the subway, clean and you can use the kitchen. For us it was the perfect accommodation!
Thank you so much! Great place to stay during your visit, recommend it! . Great host!!
For a city trip when you're out all day, definitely enough. The location is very central. The room is very small and has only one window facing the courtyard.
Für eine Städtereise, wenn man den ganzen Tag unterwegs ist, auf jeden Fall ausreichend. Die Lage ist Sehr zentral. Das Zimmer sehr klein und hat nur ein Fenster zum Innenhof.
• clean
• Metro station just around the corner
• helpful
• very small rooms
• Small but clean bathroom
• sauber
• Metro-Station gleich um die Ecke
• hilfsbereit
• sehr kleine Zimmer
• kleines aber sauberes Badezimmer
Very good location for visiting New York.
Très bon emplacement pour visiter New York.
Housing super location!
drawback: the room is small (no light, no possible opening of windows).
Logement super bien situé!
inconvénient : la chambre est petite (pas de lumiere, pas d'ouverture possible des fenetres).
The room is a little small and the neighborhood from time to time noisy but otherwise the apartment is clean, it feels like a home ... the most is the metro station which is on the corner of the street !
La chambre est un peu petite et le voisinage de temps en temps bruyant mais sinon l'appart est propre, on s'y sent comme a la maison ... Le plus c'est la station de métro qui est au coin de la rue!
However, a very small apartment professionally. The handover went smoothly and Mike was very nice. During the 6-day stay, I only saw him 2 times, it was therefore almost like a private apartment. Since the second room was not rented awarded in the apartment, there were no other problems. The room is very small, but compared to Manhattan prices right price-performance. The "cleanliness" in China Town you have to like, this is reflected in the house again, the room was clean and tidy. The apartment is a stone's throw from the F-metro that runs to all important places of Manhattan.
Ein sehr kleines Appartment aber professionell geführt. Die Übergabe hat reibungslos geklappt und Mike war sehr nett. Während des 6-tägigen Aufenthalts habe ich ihn nur 2 Mal gesehen, es war daher fast wie eine private Wohnung. Da das zweite vermietete Zimmer in der Wohnung nicht vergeben war, gab es auch sonst keine Probleme. Das Zimmer ist sehr klein, aber verglichen mit Manhattan-Preisniveau stimmt Preis-Leistung. Die "Sauberkeit" in China-Town muss man mögen, das spiegelt sich auch in dem Haus wieder, das Zimmer war aber sauber und ordentlich. Die Wohnung ist nur einen Steinwurf von der F-Metro entfernt, die zu allen wichtigen Orten Manhattans fährt.
We spent one week at the appartement. The room is small,but still ok. We were on tour most of the time, why its wasn't important for us. The room and the whole flat is clean. Mike was a very friendly host and helped us, if we needed any information about NY or anything else. We can recommend the appartement and its host.
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text: What are you going to use it for? Since you can't carry, I assume for home defense...get a shotgun. For range shooting, there are better 9's to spend your money on. I have a .380 Thunder and have no issues with it. Bersa's quality is a hit and miss thing. I've seen people that want to throw their Bersa's in a lake because of issues, and others that really like theirs because of no issues. I think the biggest problem is their CS. I haven't had the pleasure of using them, but, everything I have read on this and other forums is pretty derogatory. I know this doesn't answer your question, just offering opinion.


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For the third consecutive year, Hope senior Eric Weber (Ann Arbor/Pioneer HS) has been named a Division II All-American by the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA).
An attackman, Weber during his career became the all-time leading scorer in MCLA history with 289 goals and 97 assists.
This season the team co-captain scored 74 goals and was credited with 31 assists as the Flying Dutchmen advanced to the MCLA national tournament and posted an overall 12-3-1 record.


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I started my bee keeping adventure about a year ago, with several books, a presentation from Randy Oliver at the Arboretum here, and of course tons of internet reading.
Finally, on the 15th of April '09 I got my first package of bees. So far things have been going quite well, I count myself lucky that I can have a hive in my back yard and experiment with some of the things suggested here (foundation vs. foundationless for example, they are about neck and neck so far and they took to both right away).
So anyway, hello and thanks for answering all the questions I've had so far before I had to ask them.


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NiceMagpul loves you Colorado! And, to prove it they are going to offer Colorado residents up to ten PMAGS at MSRP with immediate $5 flat rate shipping. These orders will jump to the front of the line, too.
NiceMagpul loves you Colorado! And, to prove it they are going to offer Colorado residents up to ten PMAGS at MSRP with immediate $5 flat rate shipping. These orders will jump to the front of the line, too.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan
God Bless Magpul and every weapon manufacture and vendor who is standing up to these commie S.O.B.s
When this failed attempt by the commies fails to collect our weapons, we have to remember the good guys..
I am sure a lot of money is tied up in Magpul and other big companies.
Major move putting their business on the line and packing up and moving..
Forums are keeping a list. Please do not forget the good guys when the commies fall and things return too normal..
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
I've been bitchin about making a list of "Enemies"-Now we can make a list of the Good Guys!!
F*cking Awesome. I'm definitely glad I am a MAGPUL customer as will I continue to be.
"What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?" -Thomas Jefferson-
"Our rights come from our humanity and may not be legislated away -- not by a vote of Congress, not by the consensus of our neighbors, not even by agreement of all Americans but one." Judge Andrew P. Napolitano
This is great.
Notice how they are hinting stronger at moving?
I sure wish Magpul would come and set up shop here in Arkansas. I would try and go to work for them. I can only hope that other manufacturers will follow Magpul's attitude.
My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.
― John Wayne
I read a post somewhere from an employee of Magpul that they approached him asking if he would be willing to move to Texas to continue his employement with them. I'm not sure if it is true or not, but it seems that Magpul will set up shop in Texas. I wonder if firearm manufacturers in the New England area are contimplating a move out of that region seeing how there seem to be more gun laws popping up there, not to mention taxes and other operating costs such as unions and what not. It's hard to beat the business atmosphere of Texas though.


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what would be her calling card............have sex with shamoo ? her pic suggests she's a tad but tubby
An aspiring porn star and her father were arrested Monday after a DNA test proved that they had a sexual relationship that resulted in a child, authorities said.
Tiffany Hartford, 23, and George Sayers Jr., 46, of Bethel, Conn. denied knowing that they were father and daughter. But information provided by Hartfords ex-girlfriend suggests otherwise.
More here:
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. - Ayn Rand
what would be her calling card............have sex with shamoo ? her pic suggests she's a tad but tubby
Ummm... Ewww. I mean look at her...
"What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?" -Thomas Jefferson-
"Our rights come from our humanity and may not be legislated away -- not by a vote of Congress, not by the consensus of our neighbors, not even by agreement of all Americans but one." Judge Andrew P. Napolitano
I just can not process this. Too far! Too Far!!! TOO FAR!!!!
Burning at the Stake would be the right answer.
Imagine whirled peas
Peace, Love, And Superior Firepower
Y'all are just making noise because you didn't get ya none. I know what you guys are like.
Hey Bellson, wrap your mind around it. It's the new normal.
Welcome to the 21st century.


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Oh, good: Federal govt pushing to intensify fight against health-care fraud
posted at 2:41 pm on July 26, 2012 by Erika Johnsen
Never fear, good people — the federal government is on the job!
As we already know, the American taxpayer loses gobs of money to the waste, fraud, and abuse inherent in bureaucratic programs like Medicare and Medicaid, but don't worry, guys — this time, the federal government is really going to get serious and crack down on all of the fraudulent activity, they mean it. And yet… why am I not reassured?
The Obama administration is upping the ante in the fight against health care fraud, joining forces with private insurers and state investigators on a scale not previously seen in an attempt to stanch tens of billions of dollars in losses.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement Thursday that the new public-private partnership "puts criminals on notice that we will find them and stop them," …
Details of the collaboration remain to be worked out, but the possibilities include sharing information on new fraud schemes as they pop up, using claims data to catch scams such as payments billed to different insurers on the same day for care purportedly delivered to the same patient in different cities, and using computer analysis to spot emerging patterns of fraud. …
Fraud is estimated to cost Medicare about $60 billion a year, and the Obama administration has beefed up the government's efforts to stop it, bringing in record settlements with drug companies for marketing violations as well as using new powers in the health care law to pursue low-level fraudsters with greater zeal. …
Some antifraud efforts launched with great fanfare have yet to deliver convincing results. For example, a $77-million computer system unveiled last summer to stop Medicare fraud before it happens had prevented just one suspicious payment by Christmas.
Egads — I wonder how many new bureaucrats this endeavor is going to take? The federal government certainly does like to keep itself busy, what with all this relentless expansion and new powers and tasks they've been assigning themselves (which would also explain why public-sector workers are so much more productive than private-sector workers. …Ha. Just kidding.).
I generally find that throwing more bureaucrats at a problem tends to decrease the efficiency and effectiveness of solving said problem, while creating even more problems in the meantime. Think about it: If the federal government possesses the august wisdom as well as complete array of knowledge it takes to be able to prevent such problems, why were Medicaid and Medicare so disastrous in terms of waste, fraud, and abuse in the first place? Because bureaucrats cannot foresee all of the secondary effects of their ostensibly well-meaning intentions, but they can enforce bad policy through fiat. Just a friendly reminder of everything we have to look forward to while we "find out what's in" the legislative juggernaut currently overhauling our health care system and imposing a whole host of new taxes, regulations, and entitlements, yippee!
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Nice Apartment close to the Beach
Size55 m²
Floor No.2
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Lockable room
- Towels
- Dishwasher
- Parking available
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|Neptunusstraat, 2586 GP Scheveningen, Netherlands
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|Calendar updated
The kitchen is fully equipped with 4-burner stove, oven, microwave, fridge with freezer, dishwasher, Senseo coffee machine, kettle and crockery.
In the sleepingarea there is one double bed (boxspring 1.60 m) and a wardrobe.
The bathroom has a large shower, sink and a seperate toilet.
There is already bedding and we also provide our guests with towels.
House rulesIn our apartments smoking is not allowed. No pets are allowed.
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Very nice place to stay at. Located right in the heart of the city, minutes away from the beach, bars, renting a bike, tram station, casino's and what not. Our friendly host made our time great with this wonderful place... look at the pictures!
All this, the sound of sea gulls, the light flooded rooms, the design concept made out stay a wonderfull time.
Thank you!
Very nice little apartment near the beach. The owners paid attention to the details. Everything was there for a perfect weekend.
The apartment in Scheveningen is situated beautifully and wonderfully quiet. We were made very welcome by our host. Everything went smoothly. The apartment is modern and comfortable. The kitchen is fully equipped, including Senseo machine and dishwasher. The beach is only a short walk. We would definitely come back.
Die Wohnung in Scheveningen ist sehr schön und wunderbar ruhig gelegen. Wir wurden sehr nett von unserem Gastgeber empfangen. Alles klappte reibungslos. Die Wohnung ist modern und gemütlich. Die Küche ist komplett ausgestattet, inklusive Senseo-Maschine und Geschirrspüler. Zum Strand ist es nur ein kurzer Weg. Wir kommen gerne wieder.
Ingrid and Richard are tremendously nice, very helpful (I have a problem with my car and they helped me with it very spontaneously) and very reactive.
the apartment is beautiful, very well fitted , the bedding is great.
if I have had to give a grade I would say 20/20!
if I have to come back to The HAGUE I will rent this apartment again and I will recommand it to my friends
A truly chic apartment and very close to the beach. For us, an optimal retreat, fully furnished, modern and clean. A very warm and uncomplicated handling of the hosts. Always my pleasure!
Ein wirklich schicke Wohnung und sehr nahe am Strand. Für uns ein optimales Refugium, vollständig eingerichtet, modern und sauber. Ein sehr herzlicher und unkomplizierter Umgang mit den Gastgebern. Immer wieder gerne!
We were 4 friends staying in this apartment. It's clean and comfortable and in a great location, very close to the beach. The pull out sofa bed is spacious and comfy. The kitchen, bathroom, everything is well maintained and cosy. Only ' problem' we encountered; we had no clue how to operate the microwave! (So if there is a manual, we'd recommend putting that in the kitchen :D). Other than that we had a great stay and would highly recommend it to anyone.
A beautiful and very clean apartment in a quiet street near beach and circus. Beautiful large kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. Living room also fine, but still lacks some atmosphere in decor and small lights. Quilts a bit narrow for two people. Ideal for a weekend sea / city.
Een mooi en erg net appartement in een rustig straatje dichtbij circustheater en strand. Prachtige ruime keuken, slaapkamer en badkamer. Woonkamer ook prima, echter mist nog wat sfeer qua inrichting en kleine lampjes. Dekbedden een beetje smal voor twee personen. Heel geschikt voor een weekend zee/stad.
Very nice, small apartment very close to the beach. The apartment, however, a very steep, narrow staircase leads ...
The apartment was very clean and everything was comfortably furnished! The contact before our trip was very good and questions were answered very quickly ... We will come back!
Sehr schöne, kleine Wohnung sehr nah am Strand. Zur Wohnung führt allerdings eine sehr steile, schmale Treppe...
Die Wohnung war sehr sauber und alles war gemütlich eingerichtet! Der Kontakt vor unserer Reise war sehr gut und Fragen wurden sehr schnell beantwortet...Wir kommen gerne wieder!
Super modern apartment with a great location.
We were warmly received and we were very comfortable.
In the apartment, nothing was missing, the kitchen was well equipped and it was clean.
We like to walk and walk as it was also possible for us to reach the Hague city center within 30 minutes walk.
The beach is relaxing walk within 10 minutes away. We would not hesitate to book this apartment again.
Super moderne Wohnung mit toller Lage.
Wir wurden herzlich empfangen und haben uns rundum wohl gefühlt.
In der Wohnung fehlte es an nichts, die Küche war super ausgestattet und es war sauber.
Wir spazieren gerne und so war es uns auch zu Fuß möglich die Den Haager Innenstadt innerhalb von 30min zu Fuß zu erreichen.
Der Strand ist zu Fuß entspannt innerhalb von 10 Minuten erreichbar. Wir würden diese Ferienwohnung jederzeit wieder buchen.
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On Saturday, fillies and mares will got a mile and a half on the turf in the 52nd running of the Grade 3, $150,000 Long Island Handicap.
Expected here are Haras du Mezeray's Astrologie (FR) and Shake the Moon (GER), Darley Stables' Criticism (GB), William L. Clifton Jr.'s Hostess, Lawrence Goichman's J'Ray, Alain Falourd's La Hernanda (IRE), Peter Harris' Marzelline (IRE), Triple Diamond Stable's Sentimental Union and Jane Schosberg's Sunshine for Life.
Likely starters for the Nashua are Eli Gindi's Break Water Edison, Puglisi Racing's Forty Thieves, Vinery Stables' Friesan Fire, Phipps Stable's Gone Astray, Elizabeth J. Valando's Hello Broadway, Susan Moore's Prince Charming, Roddy J. Valente's Rip Rap and Peachtree Stable's Viscount.
In the Tempted, probables are Darley Stable's Devotee, Melnyk Racing Stable's Gemswick Park, Puglisi Stable's Livin Lovin, TYB Stable's Morning Chatter and Andrew Farm's Obsequious, while Coffee in Bed is questionable.
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Tale of Ekati, winner of the Grade 1 Wood Memorial here in the spring, will try to get another Grade 1 victory this fall when he goes to post in the $300,000 Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile on November.
Tale of Ekati continues to train well at Belmont Park, where he worked a half-mile in 46.72 handily on the fast main track on Wednesday morning for trainer Barclay Tagg.
Kodiak Kowboy, winner of Belmont Park's Grade 3 Sport Page Handicap last Saturday, is also pointing to this race, as are Visionaire and Chatain.
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Soon, the holiday season will be upon us and one of the sweet traditions of the backstretch is the Belmont Child Care Association's annual shopping event of children of backstretch workers at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course.
On December 13, the BCCA will host is seventh annual event, which gives children a chance to be the gift-givers.
Donated gifts, such as toys and clothing for infants, toddlers and teenagers, books and adult clothing, especially warm clothing, are set up at Anna House, Belmont Park's day care facility, as a "store." When a child arrives at Anna House, he or she has a chat with Santa Claus, and then with the help of a volunteer, they make a shopping list for their family. They then pick out their presents, which are then wrapped and tagged by Santa's helpers for Christmas delivery.
Last year, more than 350 children shopped for their families and even more are expected this year.
To donate new items for the shopping events or to make a tax-deductible contribution, please contact the BCCA at (516) 488-2103, or send to:
Belmont Child Care Association
Shopping Event
2150 Hempstead Turnpike
Elmont, NY 11003
AMEX, VISA and Master Card are all accepted.
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Pick the Pros & Ponies starts up again at Aqueduct on Sunday, November 2.
It's a free contest, in which contestants must correctly pick the winners of four designated National Football League games as well as the winners of races 3 and 5 on the day's card for the chance to win a $1,000 prize. All entries must be in by 1 p.m.
REMINDER: Daylight Savings Time ends, so be sure to turn clocks back one hour on Saturday night.


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Hi-Tech Flat in centre a Prague 1
Maximální počet hostů5
Počet místností1
Velikost50 m²
Floor No.1
- Vhodné pro rodiny s dětmi
- Kuchyně
- Televize
- Internet/WiFi
- Ručníky
- Dětská postel
- Parkování k dispozici
- Výřivka
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|Soukenická, 110 00 Prague, Česká republika
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The apartment is furnished with Italian design consists of one bedroom (Orthopedic mattresses and anti-allergy pillows), one loft, one kitchen fully equipped to prepare a romantic dinner and a large leaving room with a comfortable sofa bed. The apartment is equipped with a bathroom with hydromassage shower.
A big advantage that we and a few other owners have is that the delivery of the keys will be in place and that there will be someone waiting for you that will be the same that you can contact for anything. We also offer a shuttle service to and from the airport
The property features a luggage room to allow you to visit the city all the time you want
The apartment is located at 500 meters from Old Town Square, adjacent to the Jewish cemetery and at the prestigious Palladium center and the luxurious shopping street Pariska where you can find the best shops in Prague. Adjacent to the main shopping center of Pague1 and the National Theatre, located in the heart of the entertainment but in a quiet area. is definitely a perfect starting point for exploring the city and reach all points of interest with ease.
the house is located above the restaurant "The Ventola", somewhere nice and hospitable. 100 meters is located O'papa coffee, a great place where you can have breakfast. being in the center wherever you go you will find bars and restaurants very pleasing. 3 minutes walk there is the typical restaurant Kolkovna, the modern local aperitif "cafe cafe" etc .....
We propose a parking fee, guarded and covered our property. the cost is 10 euro per day, small cost in downtown Prague
The house has a private car park to the condominium. you can park if other residents have not occupied. so we can not always guarantee that is available. 800 meters we have another parking that you can possibly use if it is free. our person in Prague will help you to find the optimal solution
Closeby a convenient parking lot available.
It's possible to pay with credit card directly in the apartment.
Domovní řádVERY IMPORTANT
you can not make noise after 10:00. Are not allowed for non-smokers and pets.
the key handover takes place before the house first and then home. We will be waiting for your contact person who will be on hand to provide all the necessary information and to present the best home. remember that with us you can also book transfers to / from the airport (at very attractive prices) to be more comfortable and enjoyable stay.
Upon receipt of your booking we will send you an email with a "letter of introduction" to indicate who will be your point of contact and offering our services. a few days before your arrival will contact you to arrange delivery of the keys that will take place on site.
you can not make noise after 10:00. Are not allowed for non-smokers and pets.
I still remember that we will be waiting at the house and go into the house together, this is to offer a better service. check in late you can do so without charge until 22:00. after 22.00 until 24.00 and will cost € 10. after 24.00 will cost 30 € and you will have to tell EARLY arrival time. after a certain time it is no longer possible. These rules are to ensure a better holiday
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Everything was very well
Nice Flat in good location!
A very nice apartment close to everything. The owner is pleasant, helpful and very kind person. Highly recomended!
Vett good service !!!
The apartament is very nice, clean and functional, with a good bathroom. It's close to the center, and the host was very kind and he helped us in all we needed. Thanks a lot !
The apartment was situated close to the main street which was nice, the only problem we had was workers who re-painted the facade at 07 in the morning. Otherwise a very fresh and spacy apartment with a nice owner who was very positive.
Very nice flat in an ideal position of prague. Also the manager of the flat is very friendly, speaks various languages and has some really good tips for dinner.
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One of my favorite getaways is the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington State, where a third of the nation's cranberry crop is grown. At the cranberry museum you can learn the history of cranberry farming and take bog tours in the fall. Throughout the local towns you can get such things as cranberry pancakes and toppings, cranberry ice cream, and cranberry candy. Everywhere you look, you're reminded that cranberries help keep these communities alive. And though others may sing the delights of fall pumpkins or crunchy sweet apples, the season hasn't really started until I savor the sassy-sweet flavor of freshly cooked cranberries.
Nutritionally, cranberries are rich in vitamin C and fiber. Though commercial drinks usually contain too much sugar, you can make your own cranberry juice by cooking and straining the berries and sweetening it with a fruit sweetener—or you can drink it unsweetened.
Native to North America, cranberries grew wild in bogs from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, in New Jersey, Michigan, and on the west coasts of Washington and Oregon. Native Americans tended the bogs, hand weeding and harvesting the small red berries. Early settlers called them "crane-berries" because during one stage of growth the cranberry bud hooks downward resembling a crane's head. Later the name was shortened from "crane-berry" to cranberry.
In the early 1800s it was discovered that when the wind blew sand over the bogs, the cranberries grew much more vigorously. Commercial cultivation began as swampy lowlands were cleared and bogs were created with layers of peat and sand. The sand gave the bogs better drainage and also helped protect the cranberries when the temperatures were freezing. Though they need a cool growing season, they are susceptible to frost. To combat this, growers today use sprinkler systems. As the water from the sprinklers freezes over the flesh of the fruit, the berries are kept from freezing.
Though we don't usually start thinking about cranberries until October, in late May the bogs are filled with millions of pink blossoms. In June, growers hire beekeepers to bring hives to their bogs to pollinate cranberry flowers for the next few weeks. In the past, cranberry crops were almost totally dependant on bumblebees for pollination, but as the bumblebee population has declined and crops have increased, they have been replaced with honeybees, which work more slowly and are more easily distracted by other surrounding plants. By August most of the berries have reached full-size and have begun to turn red. By September, they are a deep red color—one of the most beautiful sights of autumn.
Harvesting begins in October and runs through November. The deeper the color of the cranberry, the better the market price, so sometimes farmers try to hold off harvesting, hoping for more cool nights and better colored berries. Berries are either dry or wet harvested. Fresh cranberries in the produce section of your grocery store are dry harvested. Wet harvested berries are processed as juice or made into sauces or relish. In wet harvesting, the night before the harvest, the bogs are flooded. The next day mechanical water reels knock the berries off the vines, and the floating cranberries are corralled and then collected.
Many commercial growers belong to Ocean Spray Growers Cooperative, which processes and markets the berries. Though most commercially grown cranberries use irrigation systems to apply fertilizers, fungicides, and pesticides, there is a small number of organic cranberry farmers emerging. It's a difficult process because growers often have to wait seven years to get their first harvest, and since cranberries are susceptible to fungus, their crops can easily be wiped out. Here in the Northwest, the Coquilles—a Native American tribe in Oregon near Coos Bay—are finding their organic, hand-weeded, and harvested cranberries in high demand. The quality of their vine-ripened berries is exceptional, with a rich, sweet flavor.
When selecting berries, look for those that are bright red, hard, and plump. Avoid soft, dull, or shriveled berries. Cranberries will keep up to two months refrigerated, or you can seal them in plastic bags or a container and freeze them. They will keep until the next harvest. The following are some of my favorite cranberry recipes. When creating your own recipes, remember their tart flavor is best balanced with sweet ingredients such as apples, pineapples, pears, or oranges. You can also use frozen cranberries for all these recipes.
Note: For more information about bog bus tours or the cranberry museum in Washington, call the Pacific Coast Cranberry Foundation Museum at (360) 642-4938.
(Makes 1 cup)
This topping is excellent on hot biscuits or fresh bread. Refrigerated, it will keep for about one week.
2 medium pears or apples, peeled, cored,
and sliced
11/2 cups fresh cranberries
1/2 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon orange zest
1/2 cup water
3/4 to 1 cup organic or raw sugar
1 to 2 Tablespoons brandy (optional)
In a medium saucepan combine pears or apples, cranberries, orange juice, zest, and water. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 5 minutes or until fruit is tender. Purée in a blender until smooth. Return to pan and add sugar and brandy, if desired. Cook on medium-low, stirring frequently, until very thick. Once the "butter" begins to thicken, stir constantly so mixture doesn't burn. Cool before serving.
1 Tbsp without brandy:
Total calories per serving: 48
Fat: 0 grams
Carbohydrates: 12 grams
Protein: 0 grams
Sodium: 4 milligrams
Fiber: 1 gram
(Makes about 2 cups (4 servings))
Traditional cranberry sauce usually calls for a 2:1 ratio of berries to sugar. Adding another sweet fruit such as apples helps cut down on the amount of sugar without compromising the taste. Fruit sweetener, Sucanat, or unrefined organic sugar can be found in natural foods stores.
2 cups peeled sliced apples (use a sweettart apple such as Jonagold, Granny Smith, or McIntosh)
2 cups fresh cranberries
1/2 cup apple juice
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup fruit sweetener or organic sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
Cook all ingredients in a saucepan until fruit is tender—about 5 to 7 minutes. Purée 2 cups at a time in a blender. Return to saucepan and cook until mixture thickens to consistency you desire.
Total calories per serving: 122
Fat: 0 grams
Carbohydrates: 30 grams
Protein: 0 grams
Sodium: 6 milligrams
Fiber: 4 grams
(Serves 8)
As a non-alcoholic beverage to serve guests, this warming cider is a healthy option.
4 to 5 cups fresh cranberries
8 cups apple cider
1/2 cup fruit sweetener or 1/4 cup unrefined
sugar (preferably organic)
2 cinnamon sticks
1 orange, sliced into rounds
*Special equipment: cheesecloth
Combine cranberries with 2 cups apple cider in a saucepan. Cook on medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes or until berries are soft. Blend in blender, then strain through cheesecloth. Transfer juice back to saucepan and add remaining cider, fruit sweetener or sugar, cinnamon sticks, and orange slices. Cook, covered, on low for another 20 minutes. Serve warm.
Total calories per serving: 195
Fat: 0 grams
Carbohydrates: 49 grams
Protein: 1 gram
Sodium: 13 milligrams
Fiber: 3 grams
(Serves 8)
Here the tart cranberries are balanced with the sweetness of caramelized onions, sweet winter squash, and currants. Top this beautiful dish with toasted nuts for special occasions. Try serving this with braised winter greens and warm country cornbread. This dish is pictured on the front cover of this issue.
2 Tablespoons olive, canola, or light sesame oil
1 large onion, chopped (about 2 cups)
1 jalapeńo, seeded and minced
1/4 cup apple juice
1/3 cup currants
1 cup fresh cranberries
2 cups cut-up butternut squash (1 pound)
1/2 teaspoon salt
21/2 cups cooked brown rice
1 cup finely chopped celery
1/4 cup lightly toasted, chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
Heat a heavy skillet over medium heat. Add oil, onion, and jalapeńo. Cover and cook for about 5 minutes, or until onions are transparent. Remove lid and cook on low for about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onions are lightly browned. Add the apple juice, currants, cranberries, and squash. Cover and cook for about 15 minutes or until squash is fork-tender and berries are soft. Blend in salt. Stir in rice and continue to cook until rice is heated. Remove to serving bowl. Mix in chopped celery. Top with toasted nuts, if desired.
without walnuts:
Total calories per serving: 157
Fat: 4 grams
Carbohydrates: 29 grams
Protein: 3 grams
Sodium: 165 milligrams
Fiber: 4 grams
(Makes 1 loaf (6 servings))
This version of soda bread is a bit sweeter than the traditional Irish soda bread. I like to serve it for brunch or at a get-together with friends.
Juice and zest of 1 orange
Vanilla rice milk or soymilk to make 1 cup (when added to orange juice)
3 Tablespoons canola oil
11/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup unrefined organic sugar
1 cup fresh cranberries, roughly chopped
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup lightly toasted, chopped walnuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly oil a baking sheet or line with parchment paper. Combine juice and zest of orange with the soy or rice milk to make 1 cup. Add oil and whisk together with a fork. Set aside.
Blend flours and baking soda together, stirring to make sure there are no small lumps of soda. Mix in sugar, fresh and dried cranberries, and walnuts, if desired. Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients, stirring until a stiff dough is formed. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured board and knead a few turns. Shape into a round loaf and place on the prepared baking sheet. With a sharp knife cut an X across the top about ˝-inch deep (to allow for dough expansion when baking). Bake 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean and the top is browned.
Remove to cooling rack. Cool 10 to 15 minutes before slicing—if you can wait that long!
without walnuts:
Total calories per serving: 306
Fat: 8 grams
Carbohydrates: 54 grams
Protein: 7 grams
Sodium: 228 milligrams
Fiber: 7 grams
(Serves 8 to 10)
If you're thinking about a holiday pie, consider making a cobbler instead. There is one fewer crust and much less fat, plus you have the delicious flavor of freshly baked fruit to enjoy! This delicious, sweet-tart dessert even gets raves from those who claim to dislike cranberries! For a Cranberry-Pear Cobbler, substitute 3 cups sliced Bosc pears for the apples.
3 cups fresh cranberries
3 cups peeled, sliced, sweet-tart apples (Granny Smiths are a good choice)
One 8-ounce can pineapple chunks
1/2 cup unrefined organic sugar
1/4 cup arrowroot or cornstarch
1/2 cup plain soy or rice milk
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup unrefined organic sugar or Sucanat
1/4 cup canola oil
1 Tablespoon each: soy or rice milk and organic sugar
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coarsely chop cranberries in a blender or food processor. Combine them with apples, pineapple chunks, sugar, and arrowroot or cornstarch. Mix well. Pour into a 9x13-inch baking dish. Blend soy or rice milk with lemon juice and set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar, blending well, making sure there are no small lumps. Pour in canola oil and mix with a fork until mixture is crumbly. Add soy or rice milk and lemon juice, and stir until a stiff dough is formed. Add a little more flour, if necessary, for a stiff dough. Roll dough out on a lightly floured board to a 13x9-inch rectangle. Carefully lift dough and place over fruit. Press down. Brush with milk/lemon juice mixture, and sprinkle with sugar. (This makes the crust brown nicely and gives a little sparkle to it.) Cut about 5 slits in the pattern of a star in the top. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until crust is done and the filling is bubbling. Cool about 15 minutes before serving.
Total calories per serving: 288
Fat: 8 grams
Carbohydrates: 54 grams
Protein: 4 grams
Sodium: 211 milligrams
Fiber: 5 grams
(Serves 8)
Agar, sometimes known as "Vegetarian Jell-O," makes a tasty holiday treat that young and old alike will enjoy. Agar or agar-agar is a marine algae that is flavorless. You can find it in natural foods stores or Asian markets.
31/2 cups cranberry-apple or apple juice
11/2 cups cranberries
One 8-ounce can crushed pineapple
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 Tablespoons agar flakes
1 cup blueberries
1 banana
Combine juice, cranberries, pineapple, salt, and agar flakes in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Simmer, stirring for five minutes or until agar is dissolved and cranberries are soft. Add blueberries, and cook for about one more minute. Pour into mold. Stir in sliced banana. Refrigerate until firm.
Total calories per serving: 115
Fat: 0 grams
Carbohydrates: 29 grams
Protein: 1 gram
Sodium: 77 milligrams
Fiber: 2 grams
(Makes 3 cups (6 servings))
Pineapples and cranberries pair well together in this non-traditional cranberry sauce which can be flavored with freshly grated ginger or lemon zest. (The zest is the outer peel of a citrus fruit.)
2 cups fresh cranberries
One 8-ounce can crushed pineapple
1/2 cup mixed berry or apple juice
1/4 to 1/2 cup fruit sweetener
1 to 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger or lemon zest
Combine ingredients in a saucepan, starting out with Ľ cup fruit sweetener. Stir and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes (or until mixture looks thick and saucy). Sweeten to taste.
Total calories per serving: 69
Fat: 0 grams
Carbohydrates: 18 grams
Protein: 0 grams
Sodium: 5 milligrams
Fiber: 2 grams
(Makes 2 cups (4 servings))
Made with Cranberry Applesauce, this easy pudding makes an excellent last-minute dessert.
1 cup Cranberry Applesauce (see recipe, above)
1 cup silken tofu
1 Tablespoon finely chopped walnuts or pecans, or grated coconut
In a blender or with a hand blender, combine Cranberry Applesauce and silken tofu and blend until smooth and creamy. Mix in chopped nuts or grated coconut, if desired.
Total calories per serving: 107
Fat: 3 grams
Carbohydrates: 17 grams
Protein: 3 grams
Sodium: 6 milligrams
Fiber: 1 gram
Debra Daniels-Zeller is a freelance writer from Washington.
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Tractor trailer accident snarls Interstate 70 traffic
COLUMBIA, Mo. - A tractor trailer crash backed up traffic for hours on Interstate 70 in Columbia.
Just after 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, emergency crews were called to the accident on the eastbound lanes of I-70 at the exit ramp to Highway 63.
The Columbia Fire Police Department says the tractor trailer -- carrying automotive batteries -- struck the concrete railing on the passing lane, jack-knifed and crossed both eastbound lanes before ending up in a ditch.
Due to the crash, emergency officials had to temporarily close the exit ramp to Highway 63. By 4:30 p.m., crews were able to clear the scene and reopen the lanes to traffic.
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Refined Relaxation on Hilton Head Island
Main Street Inn • Hilton Head Island, SC
Escape Kit
- A Two-Night Stay for Two in a Luxurious Double or Royal Queen Room
- Daily Hot Breakfast Buffet and Afternoon Refreshments
- Combine Vouchers to Stay for Up to Four Nights
The Destination
Getting into a relaxed state of mind is a breeze on Hilton Head Island. The laid-back locale off the southern coast of South Carolina has so many sun-drenched beaches, championship golf courses, and secluded paths for biking or strolling that you can't help but embrace its slow-paced serenity. When it comes to indulging, there's no shortage of elegant options on this upscale island; an array of fine restaurants, plush spas, and charming seaside boutiques offer just the right amount of refined luxury to an otherwise restful retreat.
The Digs
Main Street Inn combines elements of classic luxury with distinctive features to ensure a sensational stay. Simultaneously cozy and lavish, the inn strives to provide a pampered experience for guests by anticipating their every need. Each detail has been attended to in Main Street's spacious accommodations—high ceilings and ornate crown moldings ensure elegance at every turn. In the morning, guests awake to a full, hot breakfast buffet to be enjoyed in the dining room or in the soft morning light of the Charleston-style gardens. Later, return to the gardens or gather in the parlor for afternoon refreshments. The inn's whirlpool and on-site spa invite guests to pamper themselves in the meantime.
The Diversions
• Sea Pines Forest Preserve
• Harbour Town
• Coligny Beach
• Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
• Coastal Discovery Museum
• Tanger Outlets Hilton Head
"Tucked away off Main Street, a short drive from Palmetto Dunes, and equidistant from Caligny Plaza, this inn is perfectly positioned for all the fun activities that Hilton Head has to offer."-- TripAdvisor
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Kaffir Green Apartment, Lisboa
尺寸60 平方米
Floor No.2
- 适合家庭/儿童
- 互联网/无线网路
- 厨房
- 洗衣机/干衣机
- 电视机
- 毛巾
Accommodation summary
|Beco dos surradores, Lisboa, 1100-341 Lisboa Lisboa, 葡萄牙
Recently renovated, Kaffir Green Apartment can host up to 5 people. It features a double bed and an extra confortable sofa-bed in the living room, has a kitchenette with brand new appliances and has at your disposal all you might need to prepare your meals. The bathroom, with a shower, is also renovated. In the second floor you´ll find a relaxing double bedroom.
Kaffir Green Apartment is located in Martim Moniz, an area very close to many places of interest like Sé de Lisboa, Sao Jorge Castle, Bicos House and the amazing Graça Viewpoint (Miradouro da Graça), where you can enjoy a magnificent view over the city and Tagus River and with all sort of traditional commerce and transportations nearby.
Looking for a charming Apartment for rent in downtown? Rent Kaffir Green Apartment and you will experience the best things that Lisbon has to offer!
住宿规定Where to pick up the keys at the apartment
Check in and check out are flexible, according to your and previousnext guests convenience. After your reservation is confirmed, please provide me with your estimated arrivaldeparture times.
We also provide transfer from the airport
Cleaning Taxes Free
We only ask you to leave the apartment as you found it.
Late Check in After 22H : 12€
Security Deposit: 150€ (Payment should be made in cash)
Note: There is a Lisbon city tax of 1 EUR per person/per night is not included in the total price and should be paid upon check in. This Municipal Tourist Tax is subject to a maximum amount of 7 EUR per guest. The tax is charged to guests aged 13 and older. The total amount of this tax is charged by the city hall, the apartment owner is only responsible for collecting it for the authorities.
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It was comfortable, clean and calm. We were always welcome at the host.
This wasabi yellow apartment is at the central Lisboa, very close to everything and good restaurants and fado bar, we love Alfama area, so beautiful! Very good communication and good experience! Would love to come back again!
We really enjoyed our stay at the apartment in Lisboa. Very friendly people. "Check-In" and "Check-Out" were very uncomplicated. A very good restaurant, a supermarket and a bakery are only 3 minutes to walk away. The apartment is clean and it´s a perfect place to start visiting Lisboa by feet or using the famous tram 28 near to the apartment.
Very nice and modern apartment with everything you need. Next to the famous tram 28 station Graca on the hill with a lot of nice reataurants and bakeries. The apartment is very clean on the second floor without elevator but also in a quiet area in one of the most beautiful city I ever visit.
Staying in the apartment from Tiago was a very nice experience. The apartment was incredible clean. We had all the facilities to spend a very nice week.
Antonio who did the check-in for us, was available all the time I need, and this was much appreciated to me.
I highly recommend you to stay in this apartment and enjoy Lisbon.
I'll be back there for sure.
Thanks for making our stay comfortable.
The positives:The appartment was clean, modern and cozy!
The negatives: noisy (neighbours) upstairs and a hilly area.
Excellent appartment in the most amazing part of Lisboa. Just within walking diatance of many magnificent places and restaurants. Nice and cosy, with all necessary amenities. Tiago, thank you for your hospitality :)
The Appartment is very well located, the host extremly friendly ...we were totally satisfied and everything was perfect. we would come again.
The apartment was good. The best was its location. Alfama's heart is an amazing place to spend a few days. However the apartment isn't clean enough. Ants and hairy floor changed my first impression. Fortunately, my holidays were so good (it's too easy fall in love with Lisbon). I will come back this city but I wont repeat my rest in Wasabi Yellow Apartment.
Excellent apartment , well equipped, easy access to metro/bus, private parking. we really enjoyed our stay. Carlos is very freindly and easygoing host.
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6-3-13. Ocala, FL- The Bubba Army Late Models will return for the first time since April 6th, and they will be joined by the Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Open-Wheel Modifieds, Bubba Army Hobby Stocks, Bubba Raceway Park E-Mods, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks, and Rent-N-Roll Gladiators. The Hobby Stocks will battle for $600 and the E-Mods will fight for a $750 payday.
After a long rest, the Bubba Army Late Models return to Bubba Raceway Park with Anthony's Rich Pratt on top of the standings. While that may be familar and deserving for Pratt, he has yet to fulfill the final part of his mission- visit Coors Light Winner's Circle. He's already done that in the Modified ranks, but has yet to do so in his AirGas-sponsored Late Model that is now in his former colors. Just fifteen points behind him is Versailes, Indiana's Bryan Bernhardt, the Bubba Army Performance Engines #B69 driver who took his Crate Late Model to the top earlier this year. Bernhardt, now trying to master three disciplines, hopes to steal the spotlight- and with it, the points lead- from Pratt. Placed third is the Wells Farms driver out of Jacksonville, "The DeRailer" Darrell Padgett. Padgett won the last race, but any advantage from then may be gone. In a tie for fourth is John Koller. The Grand Island driver is only thrity-eight points back, but he must fight to hold off the driver tied with him- Tyler Clem. Clem, the St. Petersburg driver, is exceeding everyone's expectations and a victory does not seem out of range at this point for the Tony Stewart Racing Developmental Driver.
The Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Open-Wheel Modifieds will run their sixth event of the season, and it's Modified-rookie Bryan Bernhardt a top the standings. Bernhardt has been bridesmaid too many times already in his Mathews Motorsports #33L, but a win is very close for the Versailes, Indiana driver. Just seven points behind him is Zephyrhills' Buzzie Reutimann. Reutimann, seventy-two, has a victory this season, but he lost the lead after taking the last race off to be with David Reutimann in Charlotte. Belleview's Charlie O'Neill is the only driver to start all five features so far and that has him placed third in the standings in his Aerotech Aluminum #75. Behind him is the B&S Auto Salvage-sponsored driver Scott Kurtzner. Rough luck has hit Kurtzner, but he continues to fight off fifth-placed Jeff Mathews. Mathews has only started three features, but he's won all three. "The Repo Man" out of Dover, Florida will most likely pull Double Duty and go for a second-consecutive sweep.
With $600 on the line, anything can- and will- happen in the tenth Bubba Army Hobby Stock event. The parity has been incredible, with six drivers taking their first win on the 3/8 mile (and three of those being first-time-ever winners!) in 2013. Even better, the only two repeat winners are the teenagers in Hunter Gustafson and "The Mayo Missile" Devin Walker. Walker stole the points lead back after a podium finish last week-end, but it's win-or-nothing for the Lasoski Racing Developmental Driver. Sitting behind him is Ocala's Brian Shea, driver of the BP Electric #19. Shea is only six points back and a win would help him with more than just a $600 payday. Gustafson, the Howey-In-The-Hills driver, is placed third in his Precision Race Cars #15, but must continue to fight off Ocala's Sean Monoghan. Monoghan looked mighty strong in the last race, but he must continue to reel points off to get back into championship contention. Rounding out the top five is Dunnellon's Matt Kramer. "The Big Lake Boys" will also return, and they're batting .500 in money races.
The E-Mods have had a wild season, but Shane Nichols has been doing his best to keep everyone else off the winner's list. In the three events that have official results, Nichols has won all three. The other one- also won by Nichols- has yet to be deemed official by UMP and Bubba himself. With the un-confirmed results, Ocala's "Sweetfeet" Shane Nichols is still credited with the points lead. Behind him is Shane Taylor. Shane, and brother Shawn- both out of Trenton-, have their cars placed second and third. Lake City's Swede Melgaard is fourth and a $750 payday would be "Swede" for Melgaard. Charlie Howard, Jr. of Gainesville sits just four points behind Melgaard, but he's looking at the cash on the line.
With the 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks strolling out to Bubba Raceway Park for the tenth time, the points battle still remains close. The leader is Summerfield's William Gillam. Gillam, one of the two drivers to win his first career race this season, sits twenty-seven points ahead of two-time winner Brandon Elwood out of Anthony. Elwood, the other first-time winner this year, has his #28 up to second, but must fight to hold off Mt. Dora's Tony Campbell. "TC" has been close to victory a few times, but has yet to break through and celebrate in Coors Light Winner's Circle. Belleview's Melvin Fockler comes off of three consecutive podium finishes, but he's tired of the consolation prizes- he's ready to win his first career race. The final driver in the top five is Brandon Tillander. Tillander sits only seventy-seven points out of the lead, but he's also very close to Coors Light Winner's Circle and becoming the third first-timer of 2013.
Stephen Frankland, "The Barnseley Bullet," is the Rent-N-Roll Gladiators points leader. With five of the nine feature victories this season, he has certainly stamped his name on the record books, but he wants more- he wants a championship. Sitting thirty-four points behind him is Ocala's Bill Southard. Southard has been fighting hard and he continues to learn. Tom Sheehan has climbed into third, but sits over one-hundred points out. Josh Fincher is in fourth and Jerry Taylor, the only other feature winner in the top five, rounds out the top five.
The pits open at 4, grandstands open at 5, and racing is scheduled for 7. You won't want to miss any of the action! Don't forget Excellence In Education Night on June 15th. On this night we'll give all elementary-school aged kids with an A-B Honor Roll Report Card (as long as you bring it in!!!) a free kid's Coke, free kid's popcorn, and an autographed picture of Tyler Clem. We'll also donate $4.00 from each paying adult's ticket back to the school. On June 22nd is our Summer Spectacular with a $5000 to win Late Model headliner, and on the 29th is the Mike Peters Open, another $5000 to win Late Model race. For more information, please visit www.bubbaracewaypark.com or call us at 352-622-9400!


text: Minn. winter (still going). Of my two hives, one has overwintered very well- large cluster, a lot of remaining honey. The other died out (probably froze), with most of their honey still there. I use all mediums and have more than three packed with capped honey left. I will be installing a package next month. What do you recommend for an arrangement of the boxes with the new package installed. Can I place the bees below all this honey and they will eat and then use the comb, or do I need a box of empty drawn comb right above and feeder, etc? I could take the honey, but I crush and strain and hate to destroy this deep drawn comb. I have learned more about the right amount of honey to leave for next winter, but would appreciate advice on what to do with this leftover honey this year and how to arrange my boxes for installing the package this spring. Thank you.


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At the Point of Paradise in Punta Cancún
Krystal Cancun • Cancun, Mexico
Escape Kit
- A Four- ($699), Five- ($875), or Six- ($1,046) Night Stay for Two in a Deluxe Ocean View Room from April 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013
- Or, a A Four- ($770), Five- ($963), or Six- ($1,155) Night Stay for Two in a Deluxe Ocean View Room from July 1, 2013 through August 31, 2013
- All-Inclusive of Meals, Alcoholic & Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Non-Motorized Water Sports, Taxes and Service Fees
- 20% Off Spa Massages
- Combine Unlimited Vouchers to Extend Stay
The Destination
Not to point any fingers, but if any one part of Cancún Island is to blame for its paradisiacal reputation, it's Punta Cancún, the easternmost reach of the resort district. With the Caribbean beside it, lagoons within, and nightspots and restaurants aplenty, Punta Cancún is both relaxed and refined. Under the care of trademark hotel-zone hospitality, you're not at fault for spending your entire vacation in a shoreside beach chair–but with the bus to downtown just minutes away, opportunities for exploration are endless.
The Digs
Krystal Cancun is perched within a curl of Caribbean shoreline. True to their name, Deluxe Ocean View Rooms offer luxe amenities: Gowny drapes ensconce floor-to-ceiling patio doors revealing a never-ending horizon beyond talcum-white sand, and king-size beds are outfitted with high-thread-count linens. All-inclusive of meals, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, Wi-Fi, 24-hour snack service, and water sports access, you'll never feel marooned. Stay close to your room and lounge by the infinity-edge Jacuzzi and swim-up bar, or take a nap in a veiled Bali bed beside the sea.
The Diversions
• Drop in on the El Rey Ruins and other Mayan archeological sites
• Snorkel along the Great Mesoamerican Reef
• Take a boat ride across Nichupté Lagoon
• Swing through the island's mangroves with a round at Riviera Cancun Golf
"The location is KEY! Everything you need is right there... clubs, shops, beach... if you need to go somewhere, the bus stop is a few blocks away. The rooms are nice, comfy, and clean. The new renovations are breathtaking!"-- TripAdvisor
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Human chorionic gonadotropin hormone test
Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) is a type of hormone. Both men and women have small amounts of HCG in their body at all times. When a woman is pregnant, her body produces much more HCG than usual. In a healthy pregnancy, the amount of HCG in the blood increases substantially throughout the first three months. This blood test measures how much HCG is in your blood.
This test is the gold standard for determining whether you are pregnant. It shows that you are pregnant before an imaging test, such as an ultrasound, can detect a fetus. Ultrasound can show you that you are pregnant when HCG rises to 1,000 IU/L or greater, when you're about six weeks pregnant.
Your health care provider might order this test if you have vaginal bleeding or cramping. This might indicate that you could have an ectopic pregnancy or could lose your unborn baby. Your doctor might also want to know how your pregnancy is progressing over a few days, so he or she may order this test two or more times, several days apart.
Your doctor might also order an ultrasound to screen for certain birth defects. Your blood may also be checked for two other hormones, estradiol and progesterone. Your levels of estradiol, a form of estrogen, can show how well the placenta is working. Progesterone levels also rise during pregnancy and can help your doctor figure out if you are at risk for miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy.
A result for a lab test may be affected by many things, including the method the laboratory uses to do the test. If your test results are different from the normal value, you may not have a problem. To learn what the results mean for you, talk with your health care provider.
Normal levels of HCG in men and premenopausal women range from 0.02 to 0.8 IU/L. In early pregnancy, HCG levels can double every few days, peaking by about 10 weeks. After that, levels can either hold steady or begin to decline. Normal HCG levels during pregnancy can range from 20,000 to 200,000 IU/L.
Sometimes, measuring change in HCG levels over time can provide useful information. If HCG levels do not change as expected, it may mean the pregnancy could be lost.
The test requires a blood sample, which is drawn through a needle from a vein in your arm.
Taking a blood sample with a needle carries risks that include bleeding, infection, bruising, or feeling dizzy. When the needle pricks your arm, you may feel a slight stinging sensation or pain. Afterward, the site may be slightly sore.
This test is quite reliable, but false-positives can be caused by:
Certain tumors that make HCG
Medications containing HCG, such as certain drugs used in fertility treatments
Recent loss of pregnancy; it can take 60 days for HCG levels to return to normal
You don't need to prepare for this test. But be sure your doctor knows about all medicines, herbs, vitamins, and supplements you are taking. This includes medicines that don't need a prescription and any illicit drugs you may use.


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|"louis boakye-yiadom" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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|Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:02:50 +0000
Thanks, Jeff and Michael, for the very helpful replies. Louis
From: email@example.com (Jeff Pitblado, StataCorp LP)
louis boakye-yiadom <email@example.com> asks about the -missing()- function:
> I have two questions regarding the -missing- command (or function?).
> First question:
> I'm not clear about exactly what -missing- does. An example will clarify my
> concern. I have a dataset containing 11 variables (the first is -clust- and
> the last is -s11aq13-). One of the variables is -trexpcd-, and the total
> number of observations is 4872. I gave the following commands and had the
> shown output:
> count if mi(trexpcd)
> 4649
> count if mi(clust-s11aq13)
> 82
> My understanding of the online -help- is that -missing- evaluates the number
> of observations for which any of the arguments is missing. So, for the
> second command, since -trexpcd- is one of the arguments, I expected the
> result to be a number which is at least equal to 4649.
> Can anyone please show me what I'm missing?
> Second question:
> Also, I had the following result:
> count if !mi(clust-s11aq13)
> 4790
> Does !mi() evaluate the number of observations for which none of the
> arguments is missing? Thank you.
I believe what Louis wants is Nick Cox's -nmissing- command, which (among
other things) reports the number of missing values found in the variable of
the dataset:
. ssc install nmissing
(output omitted)
. sysuse auto
(1978 Automobile Data)
. nmissing
rep78 5
There is also a companion command called -npresent- that reports the number of
non-missing values found in each variable of the dataset:
. npresent
make 74
price 74
mpg 74
rep78 69
headroom 74
trunk 74
weight 74
length 74
turn 74
displacement 74
gear_ratio 74
foreign 74
Also, look into the -mark- and -markout- commands. They help you generate a
variable that indicates observations that are free of missing values for a
specified list of variables:
. mark touse
. markout touse price-foreign
. count if touse
Svend Juul <firstname.lastname@example.com> also replied and was puzzled by the results of the
following commands:
. count if missing(rep78-headroom)
. count if missing(mpg-headroom)
-missing()- is a function, in this context "rep78-headroom" is interpreted
to mean the difference between the variables -rep78- and -headroom-.
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