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Date of Stay: January, 2011
We actually did not end up staying here. It sounds like a wonderful park. We made a reservation. After we got through the entire reservation process the staff member informed me that the park is 50 amp only and that we would need an adapter which we did not have. There is no mention of this on their website. We decided to cancel and stayed at a different campground.
Date of Stay: January, 2011
Small but nice park in a great location for visiting attractions in Ft. Worth. Management was very friendly and helpful. Spaces were gravel and fairly level. There was not a lot of grass between sites, so it probably gets muddy when it rains. It was surprisingly quiet for being in the middle of town. Walking distance to a movie theater and several really good restaurants. Bathrooms are adequate.
Date of Stay: December, 2010
Nice amenities. Restrooms were clean and seemed very new. Plenty of room between spaces. Almost all spaces were gravel. There was one paved one that we luckily got since it was raining really hard that day. You can hear freeway noise since it's right off the freeway, but the sites on the same side of the lake as the office were much less noisy. Staff was helpful and friendly. One thing to note --a rule that we noticed on their information sheet that they gave us at check in. It said to refrain from using alcohol. From the wording, we weren't sure if that really meant that drinking is prohibited or if they meant "don't get drunk/loud, etc." We just stayed overnight so we didn't test the rule, but I would clarify if we planned a longer stay there.
Date of Stay: September, 2010
Nice level campground behind the Cabela's store. Gravel roads, mostly pull-through sites with plenty of space. Staff was friendly and accommodating. Our campsite was toward the back and we were not bothered by road noise. Overall, this campground is good for an overnight stay. If you plan to use the bathroom/shower facilities, you will probably not want to stay more than overnight. They were mostly clean, but the shower and bathroom were in separate areas. So, for example, if you are in the shower, you have to go outside and through another entrance to shave or go to the bathroom. There was no place to set anything down in the shower area and most of the wall hooks were missing. My husband took the only shower that had a wall hook and he said it looked like someone had "shaved a poodle" in there. There is an RV car wash across the street.
Date of Stay: September, 2010
Overall a nice campground. As another reviewer noted, this campground is under new ownership and is undergoing some renovations. Fairly level, gravel sites with picnic tables and fire rings. Firewood is available for sale. The staff is friendly and helpful. Bathrooms were clean. 2 shower stalls are available in each. Sites are pretty close together. There would be limited availability for a really large rig, so I'd recommend calling first if that's what you have. The park was very full due to the holiday weekend. Lots of kids and pets. The pool area was clean and well maintained. The only real issue we had was with mosquitoes and flies. There were tons of flies and inevitably some got into our RV. After dark the mosquitoes were terrible. There was some standing water near the edge of the property and several piles of dirt that had been dug up recently. I assume that once they finish w/ the renovations, this problem will be at least somewhat resolved.
Date of Stay: August, 2010
This is a great campground. Nice gravel roads, level sites with picnic tables at each. Bathrooms were very clean, well lit and well stocked. Laundry facility was also nice and clean. The staff is friendly and extremely informative! They seem to have fixed the long check-in issue by giving you your space number immediately and asking you to come back to check in after you get settled. Conveniently located to many of the attractions in Cody, including the museum and the Cody Nite Rodeo. It gets windy: we stayed for 6 days and never even put our awning out. We had a great site but, in general, sites are close together and some of them are awkwardly situated. They only take cash, but have an ATM on site. The Wi-Fi doesn't work very well.
Date of Stay: August, 2010
Overall a good campground that we would return to for an overnight stay. Level, gravel sites. There were quite a few potholes at the entrance but we were able to avoid them for the most part. The bathrooms in the main building were clean and well maintained. There was a small building with additional bathrooms and showers near the tent camping area. These were dirty and not fully functioning. There is a railroad track nearby and a train comes through very frequently.
Date of Stay: August, 2010
Level camp sites, easy access from the freeway. Overall, a decent campground that we would return to for an overnight stay. Sites had concrete patios with picnic tables. Bathrooms/showers were clean but small (only 1 shower in each). They are located, along with the laundry, in a trailer with no a/c. There were few trees, as you would expect in the high desert. The sites were pull-through, but as another reviewer noted, there was a curb at the front. We were able to avoid it by backing up and going around the back of the sites to exit. They take cash or checks only. There were quite a few grasshoppers jumping around, but the critters that really bothered us were the ants that were in the grass and on the patio. Keep your feet up if you want to sit outside, and/or bring some Raid.
Date of Stay: May, 2010
We loved this campground. We stayed for a week in early May before the season began, so it was not crowded and there were no kids and very few golf carts. The waterpark was not yet open and the camp store was open only limited hours, but this was not an issue for us. They let us play mini golf for free since it wasn't officially open yet and they were still cleaning it up from the winter. The shuttle to Ocean City wasn't running yet, so we took a cab into town a couple of times since we don't have a tow vehicle. We originally booked an ocean view site. It was a beautiful site but it was really windy so we asked if we could move to an interior location. They let us pick out which one we wanted to move to and then even refunded some of our money since the ocean view space had been at a premium price. The bathrooms were clean and well maintained. We rode our bikes from Frontier Town to Assateague Island. It was an easy 4 or 5 mile ride (each way.)
Date of Stay: November, 2009
Clean, well maintained park. Convenient to I-44 but far enough away to limit the road noise. Level, gravel sites. Would definitely return.
Date of Stay: November, 2009
Very clean, well run park. Our dog loved the fenced in dog run. Many level spots available. Close to the freeway but not much road noise. Staff was very friendly and attentive. We would definitely stay here again.
Date of Stay: August, 2009
Really nice park. We paid a bit more to get a premium site that was on a point overlooking the lake. It was picturesque. We stayed here in early August over a weekend and it was deserted. The manager told us that the schools in the area were already back in session at that time. We were only passing through for 1 night but would definitely come back for a longer stay to take advantage of the lake and marina. Clean, well maintained park.
Date of Stay: July, 2009
We only stayed here over night so we didn't get to take advantage of the lake and other amenities but it looked like a nice place for an extended stay. We lucked out getting a level site but not all of them were so level. There is a security gate around the property and a combination is needed for access in the evening. This complicates a late check-in, however we kept in touch w/ the staff by cell phone on our way there so they waited for us pretty late and were very nice about it.
Date of Stay: March, 2009
This is a nice park with level, paved sites. Clean facilities. Store has a good mix of supplies available. We stay here a couple times a year in transit to and from other destinations. There are not a lot of options in this area so it's fortunate that this park is so nice. No sewer hook ups but they have a convenient dump station.


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NORFOLK, VA – The St. John's IceCaps fell 3-1 to the Norfolk Admirals in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals Saturday night at Scope Arena. The Admirals lead the best-of-seven series 2-0.
Dustin Tokarski made 30 saves and Alexandre Picard scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, to give the Admirals a pair of victories on home ice. Eddie Pasquale bounced back after a rough outing in Game 1 to stop 35-of-37 shots and keep the IceCaps hanging around until the final minute. John Albert scored the lone goal for St. John's, which has found the back of the net just twice in the first two games of the series.
Despite a much better effort, the IceCaps were stymied offensively by a disruptive Admirals team intent on getting in the shooting lanes and winning each and every puck battle. The IceCaps went 0-for-5 on the power play and managed just seven shots in the final frame.
The game didn't start out well for the IceCaps, as Norfolk got a goal from Richard Panik just 51 seconds into the game on the Admirals' first shot on goal. Panik wired a shot from just inside the blueline that Pasquale said he "didn't track real well." Then Panik rang a second shot off the post behind Pasquale. However the goalie settled in and played a much stronger game than Game 1.
"I didn't think he was shaky in Game 1; I thought he was fine," McCambridge said of his goalie. "The guys in front of him aren't playing that well in Game 1 so you look to get him out of there. Tonight I thought he was real strong. He made key saves and was real strong back there and gave us a chance to win."
The series now shifts to St. John's for games three and four, and if necessary, game five. It's something the head coach said his club is looking forward to – playing at Mile One.
"This is a good team we're playing," McCambridge said. "They're good on their home ice. We feel we're strong on our home ice in the playoffs also. We look to get back there and get a win in this series. I thought there were some real positives we can take.
"We knew our opponent was going to be strong and they're all that. Our game was at a better level compared to Game 1 here. That was more of a type of game we thought we'd be facing; obviously not the result we wanted. We expect to have to battle for every game and every inch and we expect that for Game 3."
Norfolk got things started just 51 seconds after the opening faceoff on the team's first shot of the game. Evan Oberg fed Richard Panik just over the blueline and his one-timer beat Pasquale on the glove side to give the home team an early 1-0 advantage.
The IceCaps were being outshot 10-4 at one point in the first but started getting some chances late in the frame, finishing the period down 1-0 and trailing 14-13 in the shots department.
In the second, St. John's came to life with Albert's third goal of the playoffs 1:51 into the period. Just off a faceoff in the Admirals' zone, Paul Postma fired a shot at the net from the point and an untouched Albert banged home the tying goal on the backhand to make it a 1-1 game.
The goal seemed to give the IceCaps some life, which at one point was outshooting Norfolk after a flurry of chances early in the frame.
Norfolk eventually retook the momentum late in the period when it capitalized on a fortuitous bounce off the end boards. Mike Kostka's shot from the right side missed the net and caromed off a stanchion right to Picard at the left side, leaving Pasquale helpless as the Admirals' winger fired the puck into the open cage for a 2-1 lead heading into the third.
St. John's could not get much offence going in the final period as the Admirals clamped down defensively. Picard provided the clincher with less than a minute to go in regulation when he raced in alone and scored into the empty net to make it 3-1.
The scene shifts to St. John's for Games 3 and 4 Monday and Tuesday, as the IceCaps look to get back in the series on home ice. Catch all the action with play-by-play broadcaster Brian Rogers at www.stjohnsicecaps.com and on the radio at 930AM This Is Newfoundland Labrador. Fans can see the games live on Rogers TV and streaming online at www.ahllive.com. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. with the pregame show hitting the airwaves at 7:00 p.m. (all times Newfoundland).
Fans can also head down to Mile One Centre from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. for a special tailgate party featuring the Wonderbolt Circus, music from Chris Ryan and Anthony McDonald, free face painting and much more.
St. John's was a perfect 5-for-5 on the penalty kill, improving to 8-for-10 in the series….The IceCaps drop to 3-4 on the road in the playoffs….Saturday's attendance was 6,249, a record for a playoff game at Scope Arena in Norfolk….St. John's was outshot for the ninth time this postseason; the team's record in those contests is 4-5….The IceCaps have trailed after each period so far this series….Eric O'Dell and Mark Scheifele were inserted into the lineup, replacing Marco Rosa and Kevin Clark. Arturs Kulda returned to the lineup, replacing Brett Festerling. Spencer Machacek did not dress for the second consecutive game.

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People I Admire – Christopher Burgess
Christopher and I met at the PII Conference in Seattle this year. We sat down, had lunch, and talked about what each of us does for a living. We knew each other to some extent thanks to messages or comments exchanged on various social media outlets, but meeting Christopher in real life was definitely a treat.
Christopher has worked in the field of security technology for a long time, but more than that, he's an author, a humanitarian and an advocate for online safety. As I talked to him, it became apparent that not only is he extremely knowledgeable about online safety and security through his work as the Senior Security Advisor at Cisco, but he clearly has a passion for creating a safer Internet and safer technology for our kids. In regards to doing just that, Christopher told me, "Education and building awareness are key", and I agree 100%.
Meeting Christopher was inspiring to say the least. His expertise and years of knowledge are invaluable to parents like me, so I thank him for the work he's doing.
You can read more about Christopher and what he does for a living, as well as read his personal blog posts. Christopher also hosts a blog on The Huffington Post, where he gives online security advice and a bunch of other useful information. You can also pick up a copy of his book Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost, Preventing Intellectual Property Theft and Economic Espionage in the 21st Century, here.


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Arizona's SB 1070 is racist to the core | New, Next, Now! | IrishCentral
And have you actually seen the comments written by so many of the state's own citizens in their online forums? To hear most of them tell it the undocumented have come to America to 'take our jobs, kill our citizens and rape our women.'
Dehumanizing much?
At a Republican County forum recently, in tune with the tenor of the times, primary candidate for Congress Pat Bertroche suggested that we microchip 'illegals.'
Bertroche said, referring to undocumented immigrants who are detained and deported, 'I actually support microchipping them. I can microchip my dog so I can find it. Why can't I microchip an illegal?'
And worst of all it's no secret that the anti-immigrant movement in the United States has long and deep connections to white nationalist individuals and organizations.
White supremacist political parties have made (and have advertised) a donation they made to the fund Brewer set in to prepare for the defense of SB 1070.
Stormfront.org, the biggest white nationalist web forum online, has also called for donations to the SB 1070 defense fund. 'Money where you mouth is time,' they state.
Jan, you might want to take a look at your most ardent supporters. Why? Because money talks, and here's what it's saying - SB 1070 is racist to the core.
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If it talks like a Nazi, acts like a Nazi, and in fact calls itself "Nazi", are we then safe to assume that it IS "Nazi"?ReplyDelete
When you hear about the horrible acts that are being committed in the name of "immigration enforcement", it is hard to not compare what Arizona is doing to Nazi and/or white supremacist ideology. When you hear about how actual neo-Nazis are literally out hunting down immigrants, it's hard not to call it "Nazi". When you hear about how white supremacist nationalists are behind the legal defense fund in support of SB 1070, it's hard not to call it "Nazi." When you see cases where racial profiling has led to such barbaric acts such as the time when a pregnant woman was forced to give birth cuffed by the wrists and ankles, it's hard not to use the word "Nazi" … and again, when you find out that SB 1070 was written by and introduced to the Arizona legislature by people that are proud to identify themselves as "Nazis", it's hard not to use the word "Nazi". More on this here:


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The campaign issue surrounding outgoing Monroe County State Attorney Dennis Ward's failure to keep continuing education requirements up to date, which resulted in his brief "delinquency" status in 2009, may finally be put to bed barring any appeals. Circuit Judge Mark Jones shot down defense attorney Roberta Fine's challenging Ward's authority to prosecute cases over five weeks in 2009, when, his political opponents alleged during the primary race, he was not allowed to practice law.
Fine's motion asked Jones to withdraw a plea by Cornelius Jones, who was prosecuted during that time. A June 30, 2009, letter from the state bar notified Ward he was "administratively delinquent" on his continued education requirements.
Ward was not punished and the issue was resolved within a month.
Jones was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 12 years' probation in February 2012 in the 2009 beating of former City Commission candidate and Old Town resident Tom Milone.
"Although Mr. Ward was considered delinquent by the Bar, he was not suspended from the practice of law nor was he the recipient of any disciplinary action from the Bar. During the period ... Mr. Ward continued to function in an administrative capacity and did not consider himself to be engaged in the practice of law," Jones wrote in his Oct. 29 ruling.
Jones noted that then-Chief Assistant State Attorney Don Barrett prosecuted the case and that Ward's delinquent status had no bearing on Barrett's authority to prosecute cases under him. Jones cited the Florida Constitution: "Only the governor pursuant to Article IV, Section 7 of the Florida Constitution, not the Florida Bar, had the authority to suspend Mr. Ward from office and the Governor took no such action," Jones wrote. "Accordingly, the court finds that during the period of delinquency, Mr. Ward retained the authority to manage and operate the State Attorney's Office and his assistants had the power and authority to practice law and carry out all of the functions connected with prosecuting cases."
The issue became the central focus in a bitter race for state attorney.
Fine was out of her office Friday and could not be reached for comment.
"It's an unfortunate situation that Roberta Fine used her clients to enhance Catherine Vogel's chances of being elected state attorney by making these allegations," Ward said. "The bottom line is that even if they won the motion, this thug would still spend 12 years in prison. It was a vicious crime committed on an elderly man and I think it was irresponsible for Ms. Fine to file this thing, but she made it an issue during the campaign and she had to follow through with it."
Ward said he didn't know if Fine would appeal Jones' order.
Assistant State Attorney Val Winter, who argued the matter before Jones, declined to comment.


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The YES I AM A BABY BOOMER BUT IT IS NOT MY FAULT forum co-hosted by Deakin Research and ABC Radio National was broadcast on October 3rd and drew highly favourable comments from the Life Matters audience.
The forum, held at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute in Geelong last month, featured writer, actor and singer Jane Clifton and Deakin University's Professor David Walker and Dr Kim Toffoletti.
Comments included:
Sue Becker:
Loved what I heard of the program. I am smack bang in the middle of the baby boomers but when I listen to pop culture I sometimes think it passed me by. I certainly had the playing under the sprinkler in the back yard,having to be home when the street lights came on, the warm milk at school (which I did not object to). Where I lived there was no liberal sexuality and drug use etc. I am proud to say that I have raised three daughters who are all free thinkers and making their mark in the world and will hopefully raise children who will be free thinkers and not stereotyped by the year they were born in.
Maxine Collinson:
I thoroughly enjoyed Jane Clifton's presentation, a very clever writer, would love to have it in print.Thank you.
Mike Ballard:
I enjoyed Jane Clifton's presentation. Very amusing. Thanks.
Valerie Yule:
I hope Life Matters or Deakin University Research will put up a transcript of Jane Clifton's talk about life a few decades ago with the youth of baby boomers, "Yes I'm a Baby Boomer but it's not my fault". Her talk describes the peak of our civilisation before Australia became unsustainably wasteful.
Stephen Barefut:
Being a blood brother baby boomer would now be regarded as concerning as walking an old paling fence in barefeet or drinking the small bottles of milk that warmed and soured for hours in the school yard before its distribution at playlunch. Being a blood brother was the sign of great friendship. The cutting of the palm with a penknife and that of friends and then joining the cuts with precision so that your blood somehow became the mix of your friends was the ultimate measure of friendship. How can Facebook resurrect such a ritual of friendship with the hundreds of people we list as friends.
D. Hawcroft:
I loved Jane Clifton's list of differences between the world today and the world as it was when she was young. It virtually defined everything that is wrong with our world today. That list could do to be printed out on posters and posted up everywhere.
Daryl Tucker:
Absolutely brilliant, I am not a Baby Boomer, but I loved it, both humourous and serious, Radio National at its very best. You proved yet again that radio doesn't have to be bloody talkback and superannuated comedians.
David Martin:
Another interesting program. I just wanted to point out that it's not my fault that every morning, when we wake up, there's another 200,000 new generation mouths to feed! 200k every single day!! Why? What's the attraction?? Kids - you can't sell them, burn them, or eat them - well not legally at least! Personally I've got dogs - Kelpies - loyal, intelligent, loving, obedient, great companions - why would anyone want "dog substitutes" instead?
I've got to despair for the future because during this century the "Me,me,me" generation will have to come to terms with and address the four BIG issues of the ramifications of climate change, world population growth, then end of fossil fuels, and an economic system that relies on growth. Needless to say - IT'S NOT MY FAULT!!!
Annie Warburton:
Heard it right through. Very good. Especially loved your second speaker and then Jane, always good value.
Neil Cranmer:
I've just listened to Jane Clifton and loved every word of it Bravo Jane!
See if you agree with the Radio National listeners, click here to listen:
The Baby Boomer forum is the sixth in the series of forums co-hosted by Deakin and Life Matters.
Previous forums have looked at sustainability, obesity, ethics, literacy and the republican movement in Australia.
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Last week was full of news on wearable devices: First the report from The Wall Street Journal that Microsoft is fabricating a smart watch (whether it's just a prototype or an actual product is not confirmed); then Google's release of guidelines for developers building apps (known as "Glassware") for Glass; followed by the news on Wednesday that Google will start shipping Glass units to participants in its Explorers program.
To put these stories in perspective, Glass is a much, much more important story than any smart watch story — whether that watch is made by Microsoft, Samsung, or even Apple. Smart watches could enable new "glanceable" experiences that we haven't had on other devices, enhanced by body-generated data, like the Basis smartwatch does today. But they won't fundamentally disrupt social norms in the way that Glass will. At best, they'll reinforce existing ecosystems for smartphones — i.e., iPhone buyers might buy an iWatch; an iWatch might displace some phone usage, but wouldn't replace a phone altogether.
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Last week I had the pleasure of attending ManageEngine's first user conference and training event in the Middle East (Dubai to be specific); with event attendees not only from the UAE, but also Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Russia.
The one-day user conference element of the two-day event, offered me both fresh insight into how IT service management, ITIL, and enabling tools are being adopted in the Middle East, and first-hand experience of ManageEngine's customers within the region.
This quick blog is intended to capture my views, thoughts, and opinions for the benefit of all.
The current state of IT service management in the Middle East?
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Two problems on my nose. How can I treat the Sebaceous Hyperlasia without using Accutane(Derm offered it, but I refused)? What can I do about the raised scars? These scars have a psychological impact on me. One is 3 months old and other is 12 years old. My dermatologist (5 years practice) won't help me much more. He just gave me medication to treat acne. I live in southern tip of Texas and can't find an experienced dermatologist who could treat these problems.
What Alternatives To Accutane Can Correct Sebacious Hyperplasia and Hypertrophic/Keloid Scarring On Nose?
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Sebaceous hyperplasia and scars on the nose can be best treated with laser resurfacing
With light colored skin it is easy to resurface the nose using a fractionated CO2 laser or a standard CO2 laser. The standard resurfacing treats the entire skin area and requires about 14 days of healing time. The fractionated laser treats a fraction of the skin (with tiny areas of normal skin left in between) and takes about 5 days to heal. A board certified Dermatologist who specializes in laser surgery would be the physician to talk to regarding your treatment. Best to you.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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{Since we've gone gluten free, I've had to find some new ways to make some old favorites, like Chocolate "Cheesecake" Cupcakes, Buckwheat Wraps, Focaccia Flax Bread, Chili Mac, and Homemade Hamburger Helper.
Today, Corah of The Homespun Rabble Rouser brings to us a fabulous recipe for something we love–Potato Pancakes! These look sooo good and my sons are already begging me to make them! Make sure to check out her blog. She is fighting valiantly against Lyme Disease and has a lot of good stuff to offer.}
Pancakes have been our families way of celebrating weekends for a long time. There's nothing quite like waking up to the smell of pancakes and bacon in the morning.
My husband, Lance, is the official pancake flipper in our house. (I am not pancake adept for some reason. I try, but they burn… always. I suspect my lack of patience.) He rises early on the weekends, spends some time in Bible study and then sets to work mixing up the "weekend magic" graciously allowing me to catch some extra shut eye.
With our recent switch to a gluten-free lifestyle as part of our attempt to treat Lyme Disease, our pancake making days ground to a halt. Or so we thought.
Our kids started lamenting their pancake loss and we all were growing tired of eggs for breakfast. So, I started scouring the web for inspiration, and Lance began creating and experimenting with some different recipes.My kids love the sweet recipes he came up with of course, but this one right here is my favorite.
I think about these pancakes a lot lately – almost as much as I think about pizza. I think I could eat them for every meal for a week before I'd get tired of them. The recipe calls for new potatoes, but they'd also be lovely with some heirloom potatoes and always remember to aim for organic.
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Perfect Potato Pancakes – Gluten-free with Vegan Option
Serves: 4-6 people
6-7 new potatoes
1/2 yellow onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced (See Easiest Way to Peel Garlic)
3-4 baby portobello mushrooms, chopped
4 pastured eggs (or use Powdered Egg Replacer or other substitute)
1/4 to 1/2 cup whole milk (or dairy-free milk like Easiest Coconut or Easiest Almond Milk)
real salt and pepper to taste
bacon fat or butter for the pan (coconut oil would work well too)
- Boil the potatoes in a saucepan until fork tender with the skin on.
- While potatoes are boiling sauté the onion, mushroom and garlic in a cast iron skillet with bacon fat or butter. (These 2 things can be done the night before to make it quicker in the morning.)
- Soak your potatoes in cold water to cool them down, otherwise when you add the eggs you'll end up with scrambled eggs. (If you've made them the night before, skip this step.) Peel the skins off.
- Place all the ingredients in a blender or a food processor. Add 1/4 cup of milk first. The consistency you are looking for is a very thin mashed potatoes, so add more milk if needed until you reach the desired consistency.
- Over medium heat, add your potato mixture to your greased pan with a measuring cup, the goal being a 3 inch diameter pancake. Don't make them too big or they won't hold together. Flip when they are browned. Continue to grease the pan a bit more between batches to prevent sticking.
- Serve with our ranch dip recipe, sprinkle with chopped green onions, and a side of bacon or sausage. Enjoy!
{From Adrienne–Can't wait to try these! We just got a bunch of organic potatoes from a community garden of sorts. What a great way to start using them! We LOOOVE pancakes here. I've got this recipe for Buckwheat Pancakes, but I would so love to add to my repertoire!}
Do YOU like potato pancakes? Have you ever made them?
Corah Webber @ The Homespun Rabble Rouser is a writer, artist, and mother of 2. She splits her time between homeschooling, doodling in notebooks, researching health problems, and day dreaming. Her passion for health and blogging arose out of her own 18 year struggle with a misdiagnosed health condition that turned out to be Lyme Disease. She dreams about starting an urban farm and going to back to school to be a Naturopath Doctor once she is healed. Find out more about Corah by visiting The Homespun Rabble Rouser or connecting with her on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest.


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All Whites central defender Michael Boxall has signed a two-year deal with A-League soccer club Wellington Phoenix.
Coach Ricki Herbert says the Vancouver Whitecaps player will provide cover, and competition, for the established central defensive pairing of Andrew Durante and Ben Sigmund.
"Michael is a big, strong, quick defender who has impressed me when I've had him in All Whites squads," Herbert said.
"He's been playing in a good league and I'm confident he will be quickly up to speed with the A-League."
Boxall, 23, played his early football in New Zealand with Central United, Three Kings United and Ellerslie. He went on to spend three years in the United States with the University of California Santa Barbara Gauchos.
He was selected first overall in the Major League Soccer supplemental draft by the Whitecaps last year, but after being part of the starting line-up early on, found himself on the sidelines.
"The football has been a bit disappointing in the last few months," Boxall said.
"I was out of favour with the coach and while I tried to do all the right things it didn't make any difference."
Boxall made his New Zealand debut against China in March last year, and has made seven appearances for the All Whites.


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Xata Corporation's Xata Turnpike fleet management and compliance system now supports the Google Android mobile device operating system across multiple wireless carriers.
Android gives users more feature-rich mobile device options for running Xata Turnpike, mentioned by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) as a cost-effective electronic onboard recorder (EOBR). The Android platform also gives Xata Turnpike users functionality on the new Samsung Galaxy Tab, a tablet computer for e-mail, web browsing, and other multimedia tasks.
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Xata Turnpike is already certified to run on several Android-enabled smartphones, and additional Android devices will be certified shortly, including the Samsung Galaxy Tab. The largest Galaxy Tab comes with a 7-inch, high-resolution touchscreen, giving drivers an extra-large screen with an easy-to-use hours of service (HOS) graphical interface that supports fingertip scrolling and pinch-to-zoom.
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U.S. professor finds longest prime number with 17,425,170 digits
After running 1,000 computers non-stop for 39 days to uncover the world's largest prime number yet, a Missouri college professor said this week he is starting all over to top his own record.
"It's a never-ending job," said Curtis Cooper, a computer science professor at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. The computers are still running, although finding a higher prime number is estimated to take five to seven more years. Thousands of other computers in the United States are making the same search.
"This is my first love," Cooper, 60, said in an interview with Reuters. "It's pure mathematics. It's kind of an art form."
Cooper said he has received calls and emails from around the world after Wednesday's announcement that he had identified the prime number - which is a number that can only be divided by itself and 1. For example, 4 is not a prime number because it can be divided by itself, 1 and 2. Prime numbers include 2, 3, 5, 7 and on up to the giant figure Cooper and his computers discovered, which has 17,425,170 digits.
The new number is 2 multiplied by itself 57,885,161 times, minus 1. A single campus computer, labeled #22, found the number on Jan. 25, but it had to be verified by the prime number locator project known as GIMPS - the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search.
The term "Mersenne" refers to the rarest prime numbers, only 48 in all, that have ever been discovered. GIMPS has discovered the last 14 of them.
Working with the GIMPS system, Cooper and Central Missouri chemistry professor Steven Boone discovered two earlier record prime numbers, in 2005 and 2006. Their newest prime number is the largest discovered since 2008, at the University of California-Los Angeles. It beat the UCLA number by some 5 million digits.
Having the record prime number discovered three times at Central Missouri, a state college with about 11,000 students, is a source of great pride, said Mike Greife, the school's news bureau director. "It's kind of mind-boggling," Greife said of the search process.
Cooper said his earlier successes finding the highest prime number motivated him to keep trying. He said he spent at least two hours a day "baby-sitting" the college computers to make sure everything was operating properly. The search software runs in the background while the computers carry out other functions.
Cooper said prime numbers are mostly of interest to mathematicians, but the search has some practical uses. For one thing, it shows how computers can be used together on such a project, he said.
Prime numbers also have been used in Web applications to encrypt messages because they are so rare. Those numbers, though, have a mere 100 to 200 digits, Cooper said.
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which are so variable in different dialects, and in different ages of the same dialect. But
on the whole, it seems to me, that though it is always allowed, that there are virtues of
many different kinds, yet, when a man is called virtuous, or is denominated a man of
virtue, we chiefly regard his social qualities, which are, indeed, the most valuable. It is, at
the same time, certain, that any remarkable defect in courage, temperance, economy,
industry, understanding, dignity of mind, would bereave even a very good-natured,
honest man of this honourable appellation. Who did ever say, except by way of irony,
that such a one was a man of great virtue, but an egregious blockhead?
But, Secondly, it is no wonder that languages should not be very precise in marking the
boundaries between virtues and talents, vices and defects; since there is so little
distinction made in our internal estimation of them. It seems indeed certain, that the
SENTIMENT of conscious worth, the self-satisfaction proceeding from a review of a
man's own conduct and character; it seems certain, I say, that this sentiment, which,
though the most common of all others, has no proper name in our language,
[Footnote: The term, pride, is commonly taken in a bad sense; but this sentiment seems
indifferent, and may be either good or bad, according as it is well or ill founded, and
according to the other circumstances which accompany it. The French express this
sentiment by the term, AMOUR PROPRE, but as they also express self-love as well as
vanity by the same term, there arises thence a great confusion in Rochefoucault, and
many of their moral writers.]
arises from the endowments of courage and capacity, industry and ingenuity, as well as
from any other mental excellencies. Who, on the other hand, is not deeply mortified with
reflecting on his own folly and dissoluteness, and feels not a secret sting or compunction
whenever his memory presents any past occurrence, where he behaved with stupidity of
ill-manners? No time can efface the cruel ideas of a man's own foolish conduct, or of
affronts, which cowardice or impudence has brought upon him. They still haunt his
solitary hours, damp his most aspiring thoughts, and show him, even to himself, in the
most contemptible and most odious colours imaginable.
What is there too we are more anxious to conceal from others than such blunders,
infirmities, and meannesses, or more dread to have exposed by raillery and satire? And is
not the chief object of vanity, our bravery or learning, our wit or breeding, our eloquence
or address, our taste or abilities? These we display with care, if not with ostentation; and
we commonly show more ambition of excelling in them, than even in the social virtues
themselves, which are, in reality, of such superior excellence. Good-nature and honesty,
especially the latter, are so indispensably required, that, though the greatest censure
attends any violation of these duties, no eminent praise follows such common instances
of them, as seem essential to the support of human society. And hence the reason, in my
opinion, why, though men often extol so liberally the qualities of their heart, they are shy
in commending the endowments of their head: because the latter virtues, being supposed
more rare and extraordinary, are observed to be the more usual objects of pride and self-
conceit; and when boasted of, beget a strong suspicion of these sentiments.


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When I have the computer on (HP Laptop 4GB of RAM), with Open Office and mail, I am using around 1.75GB to 1.90GB of RAM. With those programs and 1 CAD program running like I usually do, the RAM goes up to around 2.35 normally.
Earlier, I had a lot to do and had 4 or 5 CAD programs running so I wouldnt have to close any out and I could keep working faster. With all those programs the RAM went to 3.60GM of RAM, which is what I expected.
When I was done and closed all those programs out, the RAM went down to 0.99 to 1.05GB of RAM.
My question is why after closing all those programs, did the RAM go so low, when normally when I close out the 1 program, it goes to what it normally is. 1.75GB of RAM?
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Labor is complicit in the state schools crisis
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Amid the fuss about values and literacy, we must not lose sight of the real issues in education, writes Kenneth Davidson.
It seems as if the Australian electorate is still to reap the full bitter harvest from the Tampa affair, which many people believe gave the Coalition victory in the 2001 election.
Politicians can be relied on to give the swinging (or aspirational) voter what he or she wants. And "razzle-dazzle", fuelled by fear or greed or preferably both, works. Vale boring Simon Crean. Enter exciting Mark Latham.
In 2001, Latham gave us a glimpse of his promise when Crean made him the shadow minister for winning back the western suburbs of Sydney.
Latham's policy offerings included tax subsidies to encourage low-income earners to buy shares, to encourage the working class to move from reliance on income support to ownership of assets.
In the area of education, he floated the idea of reintroducing caning in schools, and he proposed allowing people to draw on their superannuation savings to pay, with government support, for their education.
None of this came to anything. I don't believe it was meant to. Now Latham has concocted a new bit of educational "razzle-dazzle" designed to capture the attention of the aspirational voter - three literacy programs called Book Start, Parental Literacy Network and Read Aloud Australia, which will culminate in "read aloud week".
The mind boggles. The best that can be said about this latest offering to the education debate is that it sounds good (who can oppose literacy?), it subliminally makes the point about the generational difference between Latham and Howard (Latham has a young family and Howard doesn't), and it can hardly be attacked by Peter Costello on grounds of cost (after three years the three programs are expected to cost no more than $27.5 million a year).
Its function is as a talking point. It is an effective foil to Howard's "values" debate, which attempts to heighten awareness of the problems in government schools while feigning concern.
This mirrors the debate about health insurance. Behind the apparent unctuous concern for public health and the public hospital system was the threat to starve the public system of funds in order to drive people into taking out private health insurance.
Behind the razzle-dazzle is the issue of resources. But neither the Coalition nor Labor wants to have a debate about resources, because it will lead to hard choices about where the education (and health) dollar should go.
To summarise. In 1996, for every dollar the Commonwealth allocated to government schools, it allocated $3.50 to private schools. Now, for every dollar the Commonwealth gives to government schools, private schools get $5.
It is not rocket science. If government schools are starved of funds and those funds are switched to private schools, middle-class parents concerned about their children's futures and who can afford to supplement their children's education with fees, will take their children out of the underresourced public system.
The values debate is razzle-dazzle designed to blind the parents of the 70 per cent of children who still rely on public education to the way in which the taxpayer dollar is being switched from their underresourced system into an overresourced system for the relatively rich and privileged.
Support for this view is provided by education researcher Dr Barbara Preston, who has cross-referenced census data with school enrolment data and found that 56 per cent of low-family-income Catholic students attend government schools, while only 32 per cent of high-family-income Catholic students attend government primary schools and only 27 per cent attend government secondary schools.
State aid was introduced on a needs basis by the Whitlam government to bring Catholic schools up to the standards of government schools. According to a paper prepared for the Australian Education Union by Trevor Cobbold, by the end of 2003-04 funding for Catholic schools will be on a par with government schools, and the "independent" schools will have a funding advantage of 40-44 per cent.
Cobbold claims the Commonwealth Department of Education systematically underestimates the resources available to non-government schools relative to government schools. The charge, made last November, demands a detailed response from the Government if it has any pretence to concern for equity and efficiency in the education sector.
Similarly, if Latham had any real concern for education, except as a means to hook the aspiration vote, he would promise to re-establish a schools commission, which was set up by Whitlam to ensure education funding was based on needs, not political clout.
Government schools have to take everybody - 8 per cent of government school students have a disability or are indigenes, compared with 3 per cent attending non-government schools. This is an argument for the government schools to receive higher, rather than lower, levels of resourcing compared with the private schools, which can expel their difficult students into the public system.
As Beazley Labor showed in 1991 when it rubber-stamped the new quadrennial funding deal, which is at the base of the present crisis in public education, the ALP is much closer to the Coalition on education funding than it cares to admit.
This is not surprising, really. After all, both the major parties are after the same aspirational voter who sees the public system as competition for the education tax dollar and who sees those students who make it through the public system as more competition for the top places in university and the top jobs, which go to those with the best education.
Kenneth Davidson is a staff columnist.


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According to a 2009 report, there were 25 known legal brothels in Queensland and 75% of services involved outcalls, the numbers have since increased. It's up to you, therefore, to determine the kind of service you would like. There are venues where you can enjoy the company of escorts in Brisbane, including having them visit you at your hotel room or home. There are some escorts, though they will provide services based on their own terms depending on their personal circumstances. There are factors that you have to consider as you choose the best accommodation for your services. This article explores some of them.
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There are cities in Australia where it's illegal for an escort to provide an in-call service such as inMelbourne, unless they have the appropriate license. Therefore, you will need to provide the premises either in your own home or at a hotel. Luckily in the state of Queensland, escorts in Brisbane have the right to rent a motel or a hotel room to work under the anti-discrimination Act of 2012.
Depending on individual preference again, escorts in Brisbane may choose to visit your home or prefer a hotel. In the instances where an escort will insist on a hotel, it's mainly for security purposes, and this is especially common when you are having the services of the particular escort for the first time. The reason is valid, and a client ought to understand.
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There are escorts in Brisbane that just a have a preference for hotels only and would not fancy offering their services in any other setting. This is especially for the escorts that are working independently. Also the same goes for the men who would not prefer having the services of an escort in their homes for it might ruin the moment, especially when an unexpected visitor visits the home.
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Often the ambience that a hotel will provide to enjoy the best services of an escort is quite different from the environment that a home may provide. It often brings calm to the nerves, and the feeling that the privacy of a hotel brings is good enough to prepare both the escort and the gentleman for an intimate experience.
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Sandra and Brian were married at Barndiva in Healdsburg, Calif. on May 18. "Everything was in one place — the ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception," Sandra said. "The chef used to work at The French Laundry (3 star Michelin restaurant), and we're BIG into food." The bride wore an a-line wedding gown with a tiered skirt, accessorized with a gray sash and wedges, while the groom wore a black suit, accessorized with a patterned tie. "When we saw each other for the first time, we both cried hysterically," she said. Following the Jewish and Taiwanese American nuptials, guests were served pass hors d'oueures, 5-course meal, dessert bar, and late night snacks. Wow, that's a lot! Reception tables were decorated with all handmade items. "I loved that everyone chipped in," Sandra said. "Our aunt sewed all of the table runners, the 'maids made their bouquets from flowers we bought at the SF Flower Mart, my sister made the seating chart. Super special." The table numbers were chalkboard wine bottles attached with a tag that said, "Draw on me," and each place setting included a kitchen utensil or cutting board as a favor. The newlyweds' best advice? "Pick the three things that are most important to you and forget about the rest," she said. "Spend your money and your time on those three things and you won't go crazy."
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Hailed winner David Cook received critics while underdog David Archuletta was a 'knock out'.
The battle of the Davids on the seventh season of American Idol has been officially grinding since last night (May 20) when the two last-standing contestants showcased their final efforts in winning the love from American people. The finale of the show was aired on FOX at 8:00 P.M., presenting David Cook and David Archuleta on Nokia Theater's stage taking three rounds each and here is the report.
The first round was picked by Sony BMG producer and music mogul, Clive Davis, who opted U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" for Cook and Elton John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" for Archuleta. Feedbacks from the judges were surprisingly different from expectation when the acid-tongue judge Simon Cowell who had predicted Cook's win, said "Round 1 goes to David Archuleta." Other judge Randy Jackson said that Archuleta's performance was one of the best in the season while Paula Abdul preferred to speak in metaphor by saying "the sun is never going to go down on you!" On the other side, Simon commented on Cook's performance as "tense" and "emotional".
Round two was about the top ten songs that entered the songwriting competition. The contestants were allowed to pick one that suited them and Cook took in "Dream Big" that accentuated his 'rocker' genre. Randy thought it was OK, Paula said she loved it although it wasn't a "winning song" while Simon said Cook made the most of it. Archuleta, known for his persona and appeal to young girls, picked the ballad "In This Moment" that got himself teary at the end of the performance. Taking cue from the judge's comments, the second round also went to Archuleta for Simon thought it was a better song choice.
The final round is contestants' choice. Cook who stepped up first in this show, came out with Collective Soul's "The World I Know" while Archuleta preferred to wow the audience once again with his memorable rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine". Cook received a praise from Randy, a standing ovation from Paula but a critic from Simon who thought it was a bad decision to pick the song when in fact it was his "Billie Jean" rendition that got him shining in the competition. Archuleta on the other hand swallowed praises from the three judges who thought that it was a winning performance.
Before the show was ended, former American Idol winner Ruben Studdard performed at the show, followed by the announcement from the show's host, Ryan Seacrest who said that viewers will have four hours starting 9 P.M. ET/PT to vote for their favorite. The ultimate winner will be announced on Wednesday, May 21 in a live broadcast.
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Composite resin shrinkage is the cause of frequent class II open contacts. The scope of this problem is exemplified by observing the amazing diversification of matrix system solutions that purport to resolve this dilemma. What is interesting, however, is the attempt to create contact by aggressive over-wedging of the teeth. The over-wedging approach hinges on separating teeth enough to compensate for both resin polymerization shrinkage and the interproximal thickness of the matrix. Though over-wedging methods can produce a degree of success, too often clinicians find themselves with inadequate contact. The reason is simple. Over-wedging does not always produce enough separation to offset resin shrinkage and the matrix wall thickness. The result is open contacts.
This article will describe a new and innovative approach to achieving excellent contacts when placing class II composite restorations.
|Figure 1. Contact Perfect matrix bands: Universal MO/DO (a); Bicuspid MOD (b); Molar MOD (c).
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Figure 3. How Contact Perfect works.
Contact Perfect, recently introduced by Miltex, resolves the open contact problem by allowing the clinician to place a MOD restoration with a singular band. Contact Perfect is a series of 3 matrix bands (Figure 1) that utilizes standard Tofflemire retainers (Figure 2). Contact Perfect takes a novel approach to compensate for matrix thickness and resin shrinkage. Very simply, it is a band with a window portion that aligns interproximally. It works by selectively removing the matrix window to establish direct contact. After resin compaction is completed, you can remove the window to build direct resin contact against the opposing tooth (Figure 3).
Creating the contact is simple. Use an explorer to poke the uncured resin surface once only (Figure 3). Because resin behaves according to fluid dynamic principles, it will bulge or displace through the window when an explorer tip is inserted into it. This creates a nicely contoured contact point. All this is accomplished without over-wedging the teeth and subjecting them to potential periodontal ligament insult. Moderate wedging is used, however, to secure the gingival aspect of the band and thus prevent unwanted gingival extrusion. The result is remarkable. The contact predictability is nearly certain, and the quality of contact is anatomically excellent. Contact Perfect uses standard Tofflemire retainers and requires no extraordinary instruments or devices. The technique is novel and differs slightly from present modalities. The learning curve it presents can easily be mastered after a couple of band placements.
As noted, there are 3 Contact Perfect band styles: Universal MO/DO, Bicuspid MOD, and Molar MOD (Figure 1). For clarification, typodont illustrations are interspersed with clinical photos.
The Contact Perfect Procedure
Step 1: Mount the band on the retainer, align the window with the preparations,and place the band
Figure 4a. The band's window is aligned and placed.
|Figure 4b. Contact Perfect is mounted on a tooth. The band's window is aligned interproximally.
After placing Contact Perfect on the retainer, the windows are aligned with the prepared aspect of the tooth. The band is then placed on the tooth and gently wedged interproximally to prevent subgingival extrusion during compaction of the resin (Figures 4a and 4b). Suggestion: Gently wedge the unprepared side of 2 surface restorations to facilitate band insertion.
Step 2: Snip the window connector tab
Figure 5. Contact Perfect's connecting band is snipped.
Once in place, this connector is snipped. This physically detaches the window from the matrix band so the window can be withdrawn later. Note: do not cut the tabs with the eyelets. These eyelets are used to withdraw the windows later. Cutting the connector tabs can be done in 2 ways: sever with a fine diamond and high-speed handpiece, or snip the tab with a scissors (Figure 5). I recommend holding a gauze pad or using high-speed suction over the tabs to contain the clipping.
Step 3: Pack a first increment, bevel it, and light-cure
Figure 6. A ramped axial increment is packed and cured.
Etch and prime in your preferred manner. Although not necessary, you may precoat the adjacent proximal surface with a thin lubricant to preclude resin adhesion. The initial increment is a departure from conventional technique. The goal is to create a layer that ensures excellent axial wall resin adaptation to provide deep photo-curing. The critical key here is to bevel the resin, leaving the windowed wall free from resin impingement. Remember, the goal ultimately is to create direct contact. If we occlude the windowed portion with resin, then we will not be able to displace the resin to create direct contact. I pack a 2-mm increment of resin into the box. Then, using a plastic instrument, I bevel the resin away from the window portion of the band. This keeps the resin from impinging on the windows' surface. Once done, the bevel is photo-cured (Figure 6). Note: For Contact Perfect, it is recommended to use a universal, non-sticky, sculptable resin.
Step 4: Pack a Second Increment
|Figure 7. A second increment is placed. Gross occlusal and marginal ridge sculpting is done (no photo-cure has been done at this point).
The remainder of the prep is bulk packed. Using a plastic instrument, carve some initial occlusal anatomy, paying special attention to forming a well-rounded marginal ridge as seen in Figure 7. The band's secure and circumferential envelopment of the tooth permits aggressive resin compaction and adaptation to the interior and exterior line angles. Once satisfied with the gross sculpting, the uncured restoration is ready for direct contact.
Step 5: Remove Window
Figure 8. The eyelet is engaged to remove the band's window cover.
With an explorer, engage the removable shield's eyelet (Figure 8) and withdraw the shield with a continuous swift motion (resin is still uncured).
Step 6: Tap Uncured Resin Once With An Explorer
Figure 9a. The uncured resin is "tapped" once with an explorer to displace resin and establish contact.
Figure 9b. After the "tap."
Figure 10. The tap hole is filled.
Remember, the resin should not have been photo-cured yet…this is critical. Using an explorer, I tap the resin surface once only (no more than 2- to 3-mm deep; Figure 9a). The volume of the inserted explorer tip causes the resin to displace uniformly or flow through the open window and directly touch the adjacent tooth's natural anatomical contact point. After the tap, there will be a visible "tap hole" in the resin surface (Figure 9b). Again, only poke the resin once per mesial and/or distal side (if doing an MOD). Caution: Additional taps could result in hyper-extrusion of the uncured resin and compromise perfect contact.
I then photo-cure the restoration from an occlusal, buccal, and lingual approach (you can cure through the now-open window). The light is applied for 20 seconds from each aspect. After curing, I then use a small amount of resin to fill the tap hole (Figure 10). Note: You can direct the curing light through the exposed proximal walls to enable additional light penetration if desired. The resulting resin-displacing tap hole is then filled with a flowable resin and cured.
Step 7: Remove Matrix Band
Figure 11. The connecting arch is severed to help remove the matrix band.
Figure 12. The retainer is tightened to effect a buccal-lingual separation.
Figure 13. Postoperative film of a Contact Perfect procedure.
Contact Perfect has a unique removal system. It eliminates having to withdraw the band through the newly formed contact area. The removal is a 2-step process that will allow the band to be removed buccally and lingually without disturbing the contact area.
(1) Using a finishing diamond on a high-speed handpiece, sever the occlusal connecting arch. Just look for the visible notch and slice through it (Figure 11).
(2) Upon severing the notch, tighten (not loosen) the retainer to separate the remaining gingival connection of the band (Figure 12). Note: The matrix should be secure in the retainer to prevent band slippage during the tightening phase.
Patient demand has made it imperative for dentists to become proficient with posterior composites, in particular class II restorations. Contact Perfect is a Tofflemire-like matrix system that allows the clinician to achieve contoured, direct contact class II restorations by utilizing the liquid dynamics property of composite resin to displace or flow when compacted. There is a minor learning curve, and the band's usage must be employed in proper sequence. This band presents an effective approach to resolve one of resin dentistry's continual problems.


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Young British Jews stake out a liberal stance on Israel. / YouTube
American and British Jewish communal institutions alike are presently grappling with the question of what to do with the "evil son" — he who, in the words of the Passover Haggadah, "by divorcing himself from the community…denies our very essence."
In the United Kingdom, students are debating the place of Israel in Jewish life on campus, where political, cultural, and religious activities center around a confederation of Jewish societies (J-Socs) under the umbrella of the Union of Jewish Students (UJS).
Since the last UJS conference in November, it is the clear policy of the UJS that the Union should defend Israel's right to exist regardless of whether individual members support the Israeli government. Individual J-Socs are expected to have a conversation about Israel — not only the modern state, but Israel over 3000 years of Jewish history — and J-Socs are encouraged and advised to effectively counter the BDS movement on campus where necessary.
But Gabriel Webber — a member of Brighton & Sussex J-Soc — recently wrote in defense of a motion that failed at that conference, one that called for a wall of separation between Israel advocacy and the activities of J-Socs. While "all Jewish students want to go to a J-Soc where they can hang out with fellow Jewish students, to eat Jewish food and to be an active member of their religion or culture," there remains a minority that don't "want to wave flags and engage in an active campus-based fight against BDS."
"J-Socs are there to provide a fulfilling Jewish life for Jewish students who are away from home, often for the first time, and it is a tragedy and a travesty if Jewish students are made to feel so uncomfortable there that they cannot participate," Webber added.
In response, Eylon Aslan-Levy, Chairman of the UJS National Council, noted that "JSocs are among the last places on campus where Jewish students feel comfortable being Zionist and need not fear that their ties to Israel are a cause for social embarrassment. The demand to whitewash Israel from JSocs amounts to insisting that they accommodate anti-Zionists by converting themselves into yet another space where explicit attachment to Israel is faux pas."
Delineating between Israel and Judaism in the name of inclusion would have unfortunate if unintended consequences. For one, Aslan-Levy argues, it would perpetuate a narrative that "the right of the Jewish state to live in peace and security is somehow an unnatural outgrowth of real, pure, unadulterated Judaism." Downplaying the association between Zionism and Judaism would "bolster the conviction" of those who believe that "Israel is taboo," including the BDS movement.
Moreover, as UJS President Joe Tarsh subsequently argued, "by removing Israel from J-Soc programming, we might make J-Soc more inclusive to those who do not support the conventional Israel narrative but in doing so we would exclude students" to whom Zionism is dear, whose Zionism is inseparable from their Judaism.
The notion that "I would be able to get my 'fix' of Israel through an Israel society, because I do not want to have to frame my Zionism as separate from my Judaism, and forcing me to do so, says quite clearly that my Jewish identity is not catered for by my J-Soc," Tarsh said.
In a statement to The Forward, a spokesperson for the UJS said, "UJS recognizes that Zionism and Israel are core aspects of many Jewish students' identities. Simultaneously, UJS and J-Socs seek to ensure that no Jewish students feel alienated or excluded based on their political views, and hopes that all students are able to take up the opportunities offered to engage with Israel beyond politics, and develop a personal and sophisticated relationship with Israel."
Anti-Zionist Jews are, Yossi Klein Halevi recently argued, "the contemporary equivalent of the evil son" who in the Haggadah "repudiates the story — but from within the family… Once a year, during the seder, everyone is at the table, including the evil son" — but what of the rest of the year? Whither the evil son?
Liam Hoare
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Five tenets to live by.
Drupal released its new Code of Conduct on Monday with the intention of preserving the community and environment that has sprung around the open source content management system.
"The new Drupal Code of Conduct states our shared ideals with respect to conduct. Think of this as coding standards for people," Moshe Weitzman said in the announcement on Drupal's website.
The Drupal Code of Conduct consists of five tenets:
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Millions of U.S. Soccer Fans Are Cheering for Mexico
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However, millions of these fans are not cheering on the red, white and blue shirts of Team USA, but the green of Mexico — which confronts World Cup host Brazil on Tuesday (3 p.m. Eastern time).
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In Mexico-US games with open tickets, support for
Much of this disparity can be explained by the long-running challenge of making US sports fans take soccer more seriously.
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High school student Mellany Quiroz, who watched
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University students have the capacity to contribute more to the cost of their education, Education Minister
Last Thursday's audit commission report says university graduates can afford to pay for the lion's share of their degrees, in a move that would save the government $1.5 billion a year.
The commission said the federal government should reduce its contribution for bachelor degrees from 59 per cent to 45 per cent, and the student contribution should be lifted from 41 per cent to 55 per cent.
"There are lots of ways of funding universities and allow them to raise their own revenue," Mr Pyne told the ABC on Sunday.
"I do think that students who pay about 40 per cent in their late income life, later on when they earn over $50,000, start paying, they borrow every dollar from the taxpayer upfront, there are no domestic fee paying students in Australia.
"That is a great system, the envy of the world, which we will maintain.
"But I do think that there is capacity for students to contribute more to their own education, especially knowing that they are very likely to have an unemployment rate below 1 per cent and also that they will earn over a lifetime 75 per cent more than a person without a university degree."
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There are five different kinds of P95 according to Ruger's website:
P95 - Manual Safety Model
P95D - Decocker Model
P95DAO - Double-Action Only
P95DPR - Decocker Model
P95PR - Manual Safety Model
Which do you have?
i shot my p95 a couple day ago and brought it home to clean it last night ... well while i was cleaning it i dissassembled it and took (please excuse me right now i am drawing a blank and do not know a thing about guns compared to you guys) i took the thing out of the slide with the 2 springs on it with the black thing at the end holding the springs on .... well it flew off.... i put it back on as best i could and now when i pull the slide back it will not spring all the way backin into place unless i let it go hard... im guessing i just have to stop worrying about breaking my nails and be a lil rougher with it lol........but will you guys help me out.. does that need to be fixed by a professional.... i loaded and unloaded the chamber a couple tmie and its seems to work okay.. it just seems like i have to be rougher with it.... is that true or did i mess it up when that black plastic peice flew off
thanks guy!!!!
There are five different kinds of P95 according to Ruger's website:
P95 - Manual Safety Model
P95D - Decocker Model
P95DAO - Double-Action Only
P95DPR - Decocker Model
P95PR - Manual Safety Model
Which do you have?
lol i know im confusing i dont know how to explain it and i dont honestly know which p95 it is inwhich i will post this information when i get home today.. and you can get back on and maybe help me out i would greatly appreciate it ... thanks for your time..............
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number 32 in the top picture is the peice that flew off ......nice diagram im saving that lol thanks
Ok. That "black thing" is your recoil spring guide, or guide rod. The springs are called recoil springs.
That piece that came off looks like a grommet of some sort secured by a slip ring that goes on the guide rod to capture the springs onto the rod. It sounds like your springs may be binding as a result of improper re-assembly (make sure you put BOTH springs back in) which can happen if the slip ring is sprung and not holding correctly.
The actual nomenclature for 32 & 33 are:
32: Recoil Spring Collar
33: Recoil Spring Collar Retainer
You should not have to remove those for general cleaning, which is why it comes out as a "captured unit" (this means that the springs are "captured" on the rod) for easy field stripping.
I would suggest that when you get home, you take it apart again and look at the recoil rod/springs and see if something is off centered / ill fitting and try again.
If the Recoil Spring Collar Retainer is bent out of whack you can order a new one from Brownells. But be very careful with slip rings, they don't hold very well of you over extend them. You may also want to call Ruger once you get home and give them the model # and serial # and see if they will just send you one.
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yeah.. the black retainer that flew off literally flew off lol. i just tried to lower the springs to get to some nasty oil i saw. i did not push on it or anything... but when i got dont cleanin the rod i turned it a little bit just wiping it off and it flew off lol..... but thatnks you very much for your help.... ill post and update later tonight ,,,,, thanks again!~!!


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