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The Power of Introverts
Books on introversion seem to be everywhere of late, all of which seem to be premised on surviving as an introvert in a culture that values extrovert traits. (Introverts, it must be said, tend to read more than extroverts.) The latest to come across my radar seems interesting: Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (website, Amazon: hardcover, Kindle). From the interviews that the author has been giving ("Oh, the irony of being an introvert on book tour!") it seems that one of her central arguments is that Western (or at least North American) society's extroversion bias is relatively recent, and that, in a world where group work and meetings are valued over working quietly and without interruption, introvert values are chronically underrated. From her interview in Scientific American:
In our society, the ideal self is bold, gregarious, and comfortable in the spotlight. We like to think that we value individuality, but mostly we admire the type of individual who's comfortable "putting himself out there." Our schools, workplaces, and religious institutions are designed for extroverts. Introverts are to extroverts what American women were to men in the 1950s — second-class citizens with gigantic amounts of untapped talent.
This is a far cry from books that seem to take as given the need for introverts to pretend to be extroverts. Via Andrew Sullivan.
(Some of you may have seen the author's piece, "The Rise of the New Groupthink," in the New York Times earlier this month. And if you haven't yet read the ur-text of introvert awareness, Jonathan Rausch's "Caring for Your Introvert" from the March 2003 issue of The Atlantic, you should.)


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Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully scarcely hid his disappointment with Auckland's local government yesterday when he "reluctantly" announced that Queens Wharf will get a cheap, temporary, Government-funded makeover for the event next year. The Prime Minister has also declared disappointment at "the continued inability of the elected mayors to agree on a sensible way forward". They clearly believe the decision might have been different if a single mayor and council were already installed.
Many things would be different. The wharf newly acquired for public use would have come under the wing of a specialised waterfront agency to be answerable to the new Auckland Council. The agency will be responsible for co-ordinating all the recent and planned public development of the waterfront from the tank farm to Queens Wharf and possibly further east.
It should be able to produce a plan incorporating not just all the old wharves but Quay St, the Viaduct Harbour, the whole precinct between Fanshawe St and the sea, and Westhaven.
As wharves are acquired they will be developed in accordance with the plan, not burdened with a building hastily designed for a big but one-off event.
The World Cup does not need a swept-up development of Queens Wharf even if the Government was convinced otherwise when it agreed to share the cost of the purchase with the Auckland Regional Council last year.
Now a more modest cruise ship terminal is to be provided for two vessels that will be floating hotels for Cup followers.
The presence of the ships will doubtless turn the wharf into a party zone no matter what else is provided there. Mr McCully and the regional council chairman, Mike Lee, did not offer much more detail yesterday, but since the unsightly green sheds are likely to survive until the Cup, both could be venues for a big screen, bars and entertainment.
"Party central" it might yet be, but the wharf was never going to have a monopoly on Auckland's "fan zones", as Cup organisers call them. Several sites in the central city will feature big screens and all the entertainment provided near the venues of major international sports events these days.
The Viaduct's Te Wero Island was well up for that purpose during the America's Cup defences. The Auckland City Council had similar plans at Aotea Square for the World Cup before the Queens Wharf purchase. Some have suggested Vector Arena might be a better place for "party central" considering the weather.
Spring is Auckland's windiest and wettest season. The party will need a warm and dry refuge. Vector Arena might be too far from Queen St and be too much of an auditorium to have an inviting atmosphere. Britomart train station might have better possibilities. Or better still, if a lifting bridge was slung across the Viaduct Harbour entrance, the barns left by America's Cup syndicates are ready-made for a party.
The mayors have done well to accept an additional $40 million liability for the upgrading of Eden Park. The park trust board hopes to fund that sum from additional sponsorship but the ratepayers' guarantee will probably bear the bulk of it. To commit them to nearly as much again for Queens Wharf would have been tempting fate.
Queens Wharf is already a benefit of the World Cup. It was worth buying, and worth inviting ideas to see if something suitably impressive could be constructed in time. But that was always a long shot.
With the pressure off now, there is time to find an inspired design that might be instantly and almost universally admired. It can take as long as it takes.


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As we say in Ireland "it was grand soft day" meaning it rained all day, but that didn't stop Louise and Rob from having the best day ever! The boys kicked it off at home in Drummoyne with a bit of MMA (on t.v.) and a visit from a cheeky little lorikeet, while the girls got ready at the lovely Sebel Pier One . Then it was off to Hunters Hill to meet Father Kevin Tuitu'u at St Peter Chanel Catholic Church for the wedding. Luckily we managed to get a break in the weather for a quick photo shoot at Observatory Hill and Dawes Point Park.
This is our first Sydney wedding since moving back to Australia from Ireland. It was mind blowing to shoot with the Sydney Harbor Bridge and the Opera House as a background. It's very different to stone walls and donkeys. Yes we miss the donkeys but we had lots of fun with Louise and Rob.
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The Wisconsin Pest Control Association announced its first scholarship for children and spouses of WPCA members. The first annual scholarship award will be in the amount of $500.
Beginning in the spring of 2011, WPCA will begin accepting nominations and applications for the newly-created scholarship award. The scholarship will be presented to one student who will be attending an accredited college, university, trade school or institute of higher learning.
"The WPCA's board of directors agreed that not only will a scholarship benefit members, it reflects our support for the education of both them and their families," said association vice president, Keith Baricovich. "We're thrilled to be able to advance the future of the industry in this way."
The Wisconsin Pest Control Association Leadership Scholarship is open to qualified nominees with a minimum 2.5 GPA. Nominations, applications, and short, 500-word essays for applicants must be submitted by April 30, 2011. Applications and essays will bereviewed and judged by scholarship committee members Keith Baricovich, Up North Services, and Kyle Stiemsma, Terminator Pest Control. The award will be distributed in fall,
To obtain an application for study in the fall semester of 2011, visit the WPCA's website at http://wisconsinpest.com/.


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Nothing will stop your kid from having a blast in this thing. Nothing except maybe an irresistibly yummy snack from an aerosol can.
Officially, Ella didn't know how to read yet. But if she were to Google "Cruel and Unusual Punishment," she was pretty sure the definition would be a perfectly good Ultimate Playland that goes unused as a sick little girl is forced to stay in bed.
She had considered just hiding inside the massive tent and tunnel structure, but as soon as she stood up, she felt dizzy and had to lay back down.
Her mother thought maybe she had caught that stomach bug that was going around. But Ella knew better. "Damn you, squeeze cheese!" she thought to herself as she shook her tiny little fist into the air. "Why did you have to be so delicious, yet so far past your expiration date?"
She closed her eyes and willed herself to be well enough to connect the 10 separate structures to build over 30 feet of non-stop playtime.
But it was no use. Her stomach was doing the kind of somersaults that made even the patented Twist N' Fold Technology for instant set-up and compact storage too much of a challenge.
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She closed her eyes again and imagined herself happily surrounded by the basketball, golf balls, putter, soccer balls and 50 magic balls that were included. But before she knew what was happening, sleep engulfed her and she was zzzzzzzzzz …


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The mercury may have topped 120 degrees (!), but fan favorites America Ferrera, Ryan O'Nan and Jason Ritter - along with writer/director Ryan Peters - stayed cool as they wrapped up their first USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour to the Persian Gulf, having visited with over 1300 service members along the way! The group's Handshake Tour found them greeting Troops, posing for pictures, and signing autographs as they traveled throughout the Persian Gulf for eight days.
Ferrera had this to say about her experience: "We are here because we are so thankful and grateful and to hear a soldier say "thank you" its overwhelming, because really we are the ones who are filled with so much gratitude."
Check out a short video below, in which they express their gratitude to the Troops…
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It was a morning to remember. A group of stars from NBC's "This Is Us" – Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson and Chris Sullivan – spent a morning visiting service members and their families at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst as part of a USO entertainment tour.
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When Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeffrey Lee received an urgent call to head to his work station one morning, he thought there was something seriously wrong, but there was no emergency. Instead, he walked into his own surprise birthday celebration, courtesy of his wife, USO Yokosuka and the Operation Birthday Cake Program.


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Deonnae Lopez presenting her poster at the 2008 Johns Hopkins University summer scholars poster session. Credit: Will Kirk / Homewood Imaging and Photographic Services.
Eighty visiting scholars, both undergraduate and high school students, from more than 60 different institutions spent their summer discovering what it's really like to conduct research with faculty members at Johns Hopkins University. They displayed the results of their hard work—which included studies on topics as wide ranging as public health, genetics and nanobiotechnology, during a poster session held in Turner Concourse on August 7.
Participants at this poster session represent only a fraction of the short-term research programs that occur at Johns Hopkins every summer. Each program has its own admission criteria, separate funding sources, and specialized focus, but the overall purpose is the same. "To attract the best and brightest students from colleges across the country so that they will apply to Johns Hopkins for graduate school," says Ashanti Edwards, the education program coordinator who manages the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at the Institute for NanoBioTechnology.
For example, David Nartey, a senior in biology from Morgan State University who conducted research on engineered DNA nanoparticles through INBT's REU, says he intends to apply to Johns Hopkins for graduate school. Nartey worked with INBT affiliated faculty member Hai-Quan Mao, associate professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Whiting School of Engineering, and will continue to work in the Mao lab even after completing the REU program.
"I learned to use many different types of equipment in Dr. Mao's lab," Nartey says. "Also the students that I worked with were very helpful in explaining everything. Every student has their own area of expertise and I learned a lot during lab meetings."
Another goal is to allow underrepresented minorities to experience Johns Hopkins first-hand, adds Cathy Will, manager of student recruitment and programs at the School of Medicine and organizer of the poster session. "When these students have positive experiences at Hopkins, they will return to their home institutions with good stories to share with their classmates. The next year we always see more admission applications from those schools."
In addition to INBT, which placed 11 students in faculty research labs, departments who hosted students and participated in this poster session included the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's Basic Science Institute, Center for Excellence in Genome Sciences Scholar Program, and Pulmonary Care and Critical Medicine; the Bloomberg School of Public Health; and the Krieger School of Arts and Science Department of Biology.
To learn more about INBT's REU or to see highlights from the 2008 INBT REU program, click here.
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I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time. A teenage girl in the Netherlands put up an invitation for her 16th birthday party. But a moment of carelessness, which teenagers tend to have a lot of, allowed the invitation to go out to loddy-dotty-everybody. The invite went viral. Police estimate that approximately 30,000 Facebook users got wind of the party.
Some say that the police and media made it worse by publicizing the SNAFU, and asking people not to come. Maybe.
It's been said that 10% of people will take up 90% of your time, and true to form about 3000 people showed up and made quite a ruckus. Windows were broken, bottles were thrown, houligans prowled the streets. It's an anecdotal cautionary tale about privacy online and snowballs. The funny thing here, is that this mob response was entirely unintentional.
Every day people all over the world plan and strategize ways to capture the power of social media. Some people even get paid to do it. But nothing seems to beat the catalyst of happenstance, which is what makes anything that goes viral eternally fascinating.


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My town has a couple dog parks dedicated to working to working dogs from the police depts. So I asked for a dog park pass for Xmas, I got cash for one but decided to visit first.
It has a key card system and we just hung outside, when a lady came I asked if shed let me in to check it out before we pay the 50 bux. She said no, because the dogs all need shot verification. Im sorry but that pissed me off. Is she really dumb enough to think her dog is in some bubble and isnt exposed to stuff??? The diseases come from wild animals.
So I rubbed it in her face by letting my girl off leash and playing in the fields NEXT to the fenced in park. All the dogs were jealous and followed us around the circumfrence. I think Im gonna just break the law and use the dog park money to pay tickets when I get them.
Not to sound like I'm criticizing but I can't really see why she was so wrong. I wish the dog park here had someone on hand to verify shot records of the dogs that visit. I understand the diseases do come from wild animals but they also can come from unvaccinated pets and wouldn't you feel better knowing that your dog is a little safer because someone is checking the other dogs?
Sorry, but I wouldn't let you in to my park either. If I let a dog into my private dog park that people pay money for and have to sign liability waivers, what happens when someone lets a strange dog in that gets into a fight or something? Not to mention at my park I could lose my membership for letting in a strange dog.
The well ran dog park in my town requires a rabies tag or you're kicked out. I agree with it. I'm sure the other dogs weren't too jealous. They could interact with each other while yours was on the outside looking in.
They followed us at the fenceline the whole time, they were looking at my girl running fields and in the pond chasing orbees. The main attraction is offleash but she does that all the time anyways. Ill pay the ticket and write a story on here when we get busted. Putting a dog in a sit/stay while the ticket gets written does wonders towards a warning...
My girl isnt spreading lepto- can dogs even spread it to each other? Or kennel cough, shes a healthy adult. My breeders are anti vaccination, but I do a 3 way plus rabies.
So why would you ask for a pass for Xmas if this park is so beneath you?
because we drive like 40 minutes to go the the free park where theres nobody enforcing dumb rules. I understand the not letting in strange dogs, but Im reasonable enough that if someone asked nicely, explained its their first visit and wanted to check it out then id let them in ONCE. To say stupidity about shots is a sign of the times.
kids get shots to go to school 8 hours together in a small room- basically a germ breeding ground. To do this with a dog park is stupid.
You realize rabies is contagious and can be passed to humans right? You think people want to bring their kids in to that? That's why any dog park worth a darn actually enforces the shots requirement. You sound close minded.
If you wanted to leave your dog in the car and check out the park yourself I'm sure she would have no problem letting you in. You should be happy the park has people who enforce the rules. I'd rather a park be too strict then have a bunch of people who could care less.
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I don't understand your stance on this TBH. A private dog park, asked you to provide proof of a legally required shot. What's the big deal???
If you were a member and someone let in a strange dog, "because they asked nice" and it attacked your dog, I bet you would be ticked if there was no proof of vaccination. Isn't that what you were paying for? A private off leash area that is well maintained with standards??
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You have to hand it to the Aussies - they don't lack confidence.
Even after a couple of decades of our best trotters smashing the Australians on their home soil, two of Victoria's best trotters are still aiming at New Zealand riches this month.
There may be method in the madness of at least one trainer who has been here, done that in Andy Gath.
The Victorian is one of the few Australian trotting trainers to have tasted group one success in New Zealand, having won a Rowe Cup with champion mare La Coocaracha in 2002. Now Gath is eyeing a return with Elegant Image for this month's Rowe Cup carnival, even though he knows the 5-year-old isn't in that great mare's class.
A keen form student, Gath realises that with I Can Doosit out until next year, Stig suffering soreness issues and Vulcan heading to Sweden, our open-class trotting ranks are vulnerable.
Add to that, Dr Hook being sidelined for the rest of the season and The Fiery Ginga staying on in Victoria, at least temporarily, and Alexandra Park looks enticing to Gath.
Elegant Image is last season's Breeders Crown winner and was second best to Vulcan in the Great Southern Star two weeks ago, suggesting he deserves a ticket across the Tasman. "It is always hard to beat the Kiwis at home but with a few of them sidelined I think it is worth a shot," says Gath.
"So we will have a special trial for him right-handed at Melton on Monday night and if he pleases me he will come across."
Elegant Image could contest the Greenlane Cup on April 19 before the $100,000 Anzac Cup on April 26 and then his main aim, the A$150,000 Rowe Cup on May 3.
A win or a few placings in those races would also earn him enough money for a start in the new 5-year-old division of the Harness Jewels at Ashburton on June 2.
Also heading to the Jewels but with an even busier lead-up is Victoria's champion 3-year-old trotter Blitzthemcalder. He was brilliant winning at Melton last start and looks one of the best of his age ever produced in Australia so Kiwi-born trainer Ross Payne has been eyeing a return home with him since last August.
While he meets a local crop crammed with talent, Blitzthemcalder has been opened the $2.60 favourite for tomorrow night's New Zealand Trotting Derby at Addington.
He has pleased Payne with how he has settled at Mark Purdon's Canterbury stables but will start from the outside of the front line, with Victorian superstar reinsman Chris Alford coming across to drive him.
The TAB has opened Ohoka Punter the $1.50 favourite for the New Zealand Pacing Derby tomorrow night, while Christen Me is a $1.30 favourite for his race tomorrow night, which will decide whether he heads to Sydney to chase a Miracle Mile start on April 28.
Meanwhile, Vulcan's trip to Sweden has been moved forward, with the tiny trotter to leave Auckland next Tuesday.
"The flights suit and he will go to Amsterdam, have a few days rest and then head to Stockholm," said trainer Tim Butt, who hopes to races Vulcan in Stockholm in the first week of May before the Elitlopp on May 26.
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* Two of Victoria's best trotters are aiming for New Zealand's elite races.
* That reverses the usual trend of Kiwi trotters pillaging Aussie's best trots.
* Blitzthemcalder is favourite for tomorrow night's NZ Trotting Derby at Addington.
* Elegant Image is targeting the Rowe Cup Meeting at Alexandra Park.


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Stephens Co. School System Still Working to Update Financial Numbers
The Stephens County school system continues efforts to get final financial numbers in order to move forward with the Fiscal Year 2015 budget.
School system staff provided the Stephens County Board of Education with another Fiscal Year 2015 budget update during the board's meeting on Tuesday.
Finance Director Misty Cleveland told the Board that the current up to date estimated fund balance is $85,000.
Cleveland said that is a better figure than just a couple of days ago, when the fund balance was actually a negative $1.1 million.
She said those wild fluctuations are part of reconciling all of the books.
Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey said that regardless of where the fund balance sits, the school system still faces a Fiscal Year 2015 budget with expenditures exceeding revenues.
"If we were to hold to similar to what we are hearing today, which is certainly much better news than yesterday's news, than obviously we still have to deal in either of these scenarios with $1.5 million worth of adjustments to get back to a constitutionally balanced budget," Dorsey said Tuesday.
Dorsey said that if the Board of Education keeps the millage rate at 18.4 and does not roll it up to 18.57 mills in order to levy the same overall amount of property tax as last year, the projected Fiscal Year 2015 budget shortfall grows to just over $1.6 million for the general fund.
He said, however, until a final anticipated fund balance is ready, the school system will not truly know what it faces.
Dorsey said he hopes to have that number later this month and wants to have a called Board of Education meeting at that point to begin moving forward.
"We are going to try to have you some scenarios to consider … some different scenarios on what it would take to get to a balanced budget," said Dorsey.
One option the school system has looked is only doing one bus run, instead of two, and having K through 12 students all ride the same bus.
However, Dorsey said that it appears at this point that the cost reductions from fewer routes would be offset by extra costs of hiring bus monitors for those buses.
Dorsey also said that the general fund shortfall does not include an estimated $250,000 in federal and state program monies, like Title I, and approximately $455,000 in E-SPLOST III money that will have to reimbursed at some point because the monies did not meet expenditure control requirements.
Fiscal Year 2015 starts on July 1.
Because the school system will not have a budget ready on July 1, the Board of Education unanimously approved a July spending resolution on Tuesday.
That spending resolution will allow the school system to spend funds for July not to exceed one-twelfth of the final amended budget for all funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 while a budget is finalized.
Also on Tuesday, the Board of Education unanimously approved a loan resolution that will allow the school system to borrow money to use until tax collections come in later this year.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Jim Tomsula didn't look like a guy who was prepared to stand up in front of hot lights and cameras Monday morning and talk about being head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. It was probably the farthest thing from his mind.
So when team president Jed York called Sunday night and hired him to be the Niners coach for the final week of the regular season, Tomsula was unprepared for everything that followed. But that's what York likes about him.
"He apologized to me for not having a suit and tie on because he didn't have a chance to go home last night," York said. "That's the kind of coach Jim Tomsula is. He's the kind of coach that stays here every night, he's the type of guy that grinds every day, he's the kind of guy that's going to make sure our team is focused this week."
That's what York is looking for – a coach to take over for one game in the wake of Mike Singletary's firing Sunday night. Nothing more.
Tomsula, who's been 49ers defensive line coach since 2007, isn't a candidate to succeed Singletary. He didn't even want to address the subject. He said he just wants to make sure the team finishes strong after Sunday's 25-17 loss to the St. Louis Rams that knocked them out of the playoff race and ensures them of at least a 10-loss season. The 49ers play the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
"I'm looking at this as a one-week calendar," Tomsula said. "That's what we have. From the beginning of the season, we've had a one-week calendar. Your long-term goals are next Sunday. That's what makes this a little bit unique. So what we're going to do is we're go to win the game. We're going to prepare to win the game on Sunday. All the energy, all the focus, everything we do this week is to get that win."
The 49ers were favored to win the NFC West but opened the season with five consecutive losses and never found stability, either on or off the field. Singletary fired offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye in the season's first month, switched quarterbacks Alex Smith and Troy Smith four times (including once Sunday) and never gave the team an identity. All that has added up to a 5-10 record and an eighth consecutive season without the playoffs.
"We were very optimistic about this season," linebacker Patrick Willis said. "We had high hopes of winning the division and going to the playoffs. For that not to happen is sad. But at the same time, I feel we're all held accountable. It's not just one person, it's from top to bottom. Hopefully, with things happening the way they are, I trust that our management is going to do the right thing and put people around us to get this thing turned around."
Monday morning, York also dismissed two Singletary assistants, inside linebackers coach Vantz Singletary, and pass-rush specialist Al Harris. Vantz Singletary is the nephew of Mike Singletary.
"They're very, very close with Mike," York said. "I think they took this very tough when Mike was let go, and I wanted to make sure that our players were the focus this week, that we weren't dealing with issues on the coaching staff. I wanted to make sure that our coaches are here together and not worried about 'What does my future look like?' … That was my decision."
Reporters weren't permitted in the locker room Monday, although some players were brought in to a media workroom to answer questions. Those who were admitted they were unprepared for the news that Singletary had been fired.
"I thought coach Singletary would still be here," tight end Vernon Davis said. "It did catch me surprise that he's not going to be here anymore. I thought he would at least be here until after the last game. But like I said, it's a business, and the guys upstairs make the decision."
Tomsula, 43, has one year of head coaching experience with the Rhein Fire (2006) of now-defunct NFL Europa. He was also an assistant with the Berlin Thunder, Scottish Claymores and England Monarchs starting in 1998.
Asked how his time with Rhein prepared him for the NFL, Tomsula smiled and said, "Right now, we don't have any interpreters in here in this press conference. This is actually one of the easiest I've ever done, and it's a lot shorter."
Tomsula said he spoke with Singletary after hearing the news Sunday.
"The one thing I will say is I don't think anybody has to worry about Mike Singletary," he said. "Mike Singletary is a strong man with a good family. I simply called him and apologized that we didn't get it done. That's the bottom line. I asked if he was doing all right and he said yes.
"Mike Singletary's a strong man, he's a good man. He'll be fine."


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WARRIORS ATHLETE OF WEEK: Senior post is glue that bonds Brainerd together
Marcus Comstock isn't flashy on the basketball court, but all he does, game in and game out, is help the Brainerd Warriors win.
Unbeaten Brainerd has been doing a lot of winning this season. The 6-foot-4 senior has been a huge contributor, leading the team in one statistical category and ranking second in three others.
"Marcus is the glue to our team," Warriors coach Scott Stanfield said. "He's an intelligent player. He's constantly talking to the other kids, when we're on defense and what defense we should be in. He just does everything. He's a coach's dream.
"He's a relentless worker, and that rubs off on our team. We don't have a lot of size in the post — we've got Marcus, Jagar (Hanson) and Jacob (Blong) — and because of that Marcus knows he's got to play a lot of minutes. He's in great condition. He never gets tired. He can run all day."
Comstock makes his home around the basket, especially in games like Tuesday's 71-53 win against Fergus Falls and an 80-71 win at Rocori last Saturday. At Rocori, he erupted for a career-high 27 points, making 11 of 14 field goals, and 5 of 6 free throws. He added six rebounds and two steals.
"I think a lot of it was we started to hit threes and (Rocori) had to come out," Comstock said of his big game. "That allowed me to get into the lane and keep driving on them."
The victory was only the third time Brainerd has won at Rocori in 20 years. Comstock said the Warriors used that statistic as motivation.
"We just wanted to keep the streak going," he said. "We wanted to keep proving we're as good as our record shows."
Brainerd is 12-0 for the first time in 52 years. Comstock said that fact is in the back of players' minds, but the team just wants to get to state.
"We knew we had some talent," Comstock said. "We worked a lot in the spring, summer and fall getting better. We knew we had the potential to do this. To see it come to fruition has been a great joy for all of us.
"It's been a great season. I can't imagine a better one so far."
Comstock couldn't have played much better so far. He leads the team in field goal shooting (61 percent).
"I worked on that in the offseason," he said. "In-season, you have to balance that with playing defense and the sets we have to be able to run."
He ranks second in scoring (13.7 points per game), free throw shooting (68 percent) and rebounding (5.7). He scores many of his points on drives to the hoop, second chances in the paint and on free throws after being fouled and crashing to the court. Comstock also contributes on defense, often guarding the opposition's top post player.
"We know that (assistant) coach (Jeff) Ramey emphasizes defense a lot," Comstock said. "He wants us to get a lot of charges. If we meet his goals, we're pretty sure we'll get the win."
Other notable efforts:
■ Jack Sauer, basketball, scored 24 points against Fergus Falls.
■ Sara Wennerstrand, girls hockey, made 29 saves in a shutout against River Lakes.
■ Cole Smith, boys hockey, had a goal and four assists against River Lakes.
■ Josh McKeag and Justin Kuglin, swimming, each won two events and were on a winning relay against Fergus Falls.
■ Kyle Helmberger, boys hockey, made 26 saves in a shutout against Roseau.
■ Zean Baker, Nordic skiing, won the boys race in the Little Falls Invite.
■ Luke Boran (152) and James Weiss (285), wrestling, won titles at the Elk River tournament.
■ Savannah Stone, Alpine skiing, won the morning race in the MLK Invite at Giants Ridge.
MIKE BIALKA, sports editor, may be reached at 855-5861. Follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bertsballpark.


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There are a few contenders for the title of "weirdest critter in the world".
There is, for example, the three-toed sloth of Central America, which plays host to an entire ecosystem that lives in its sticky green fur. Then there is the bizarre star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata, the only tentacled mammal.
But surely the award must go to the mysterious and curiously engaging naked mole rat, Heterocephalus glaber, which is so weird in every respect that it resembles a creature from outer space.
Scientists now believe it may hold the key to curing cancer - and even extending the human lifespan.
Uncommonly among mammals, mole rats do not get cancer, and scientists have discovered why. They hope the "gloop" that they have identified in the animal could, in due time, form the basis of a host of new medicines to treat cancer and other diseases, including arthritis.
Naked mole rats are small, almost hairless rodents, about 10cm long, that live in eastern and southern Africa. The structure of a mole rat colony is identical to that of hive insects such as bees. There is one female, a queen, who mates with a handful of fertile males; the rest of the colony consists of sterile "workers".
They can run backwards as fast as forwards, can manipulate their incisor teeth individually like chopsticks and unlike all other mammals, naked mole rats are not truly warm-blooded.
The oddities continue. Mole rats appear unable to feel pain, at least on their skin. The pain receptors found in all mammals - called nociceptors - are there, but they appear to be turned off. (It is finding out how these nociceptors operate that could be the key to new treatments for arthritis.)
In terms of cancer, numerous studies have failed to find a single tumour in the thousands of individuals sampled.
Finally, these little rodents live for around 30 years - 10 to 20 times the lifespan of relatives such as rats and mice.
It is, however, that resistance to cancer that has proved the most intriguing puzzle. Now, Vera Gorbunova and colleagues at the University of Rochester in New York have identified a polysaccharide found in naked mole rat cells that stops tumours growing.
The scientists, whose study was published in the current edition of Nature, suggest that the finding "opens new avenues for cancer prevention and life-extension".
The chemical, called high-molecular-mass hyaluronan (HMM-HA), acts as a kind of lubricant, allowing mole rats to squeeze their bodies through the smallest tunnels.
It seems, therefore, that the ability of HMM-HA to confer cancer resistance was a happy evolutionary accident. And one day, it may be possible to engineer the ability to produce HMM-MA in human tissues.


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Welcome to BleedingCool.com – the blogsite edited by Hannah Means-Shannon, written by Rich Johnston, Dan Wickline, and many columnists and friends for Avatar Press.
This site doesn't just pull back the curtains of the comic book industry, but gives you a series of upskirt shots. But as well as news, rumours and gossip, there are reviews, previews, features, interviews, videos, columns and a place for comic book readers to call their own. Whatever your tastes from mini comics by Sean Appozardi to blockbuster events by Geoff Johns, from the Guardianista middle class commentary of Posy Simmonds to the righteous right hook of Chuck Dixon, from Rob Liefeld's cankles to Robert Crumb's thighs, from Frank Quitely's OctoMumLips to Frank Cho's shapely hips, you're welcome here.
More than that, we need you. We can't be everywhere all the time. Hell, Rich Johnston is stuck in the outskirts of London for a start. But, en masse, you can be. Keep your eyes and ears open. Point out any loose threads and we will start pulling.
Because everyone in comics knows something, whether found in the dark online, corners, overheard in a comic shop, shared over drinks at a comic convention or found in the dumpsters at 1700 Broadway, that other comic readers would love to know. And here is where you can share it all. Those that do will get points, kudos, and special credentials on the forum. And the knowledge of a job well done.
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Published November 20th, 2009
Florida has been a retirement destination for a long time, but Gainesville may not be the first community that comes to mind. Retirement Lifestyles magazine has called Gator Nation a new retirement hotspot. Many local seniors said the energy of a college town and many things to do in a small town attracted them. Retirement Lifestyles also credited a stable economy and an outstanding medical system to factors alluring seniors.
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Introducing the 2013 Gelber Prize finalists: today's nominee, Paul Bracken
- By Joshua Keating
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy
Over the past few days, we've been sharing interviews with the authors nominated for this year's Lionel Gelber Prize. A literary award for the year's best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs.
The award is sponsored by the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto in cooperation with Foreign Policy. The interviews are conducted by Rob Steiner, former Wall Street Journal correspondent and director of fellowships in international journalism at the Munk School.
Next up is Yale political scientist Paul Bracken. Here's the jury's citation for The Second Nuclear Age:
The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger and the New Power Politics by Paul Bracken urges an end to complacency about nuclear strategy post-Cold War. With deep personal experience in the field, Bracken examines regional nuclear theatres that barely existed under the 20th Century's duopoly, and makes the case for new paradigms of conflict management in a far more volatile nuclear game. This is a cautionary treatise of profound potential significance in a newly multilateral world."
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The New Dropouts? The States Divide on Testing and Accountability
But these critics were not stupid. They knew that the support for such standards was very strong. So they attacked the new standards by professing to believe in high standards and announcing that what they were opposed to was replacing strong standards—say in Massachusetts or California—with weaker standards. They apparently believed that if they could get states widely regarded as leaders to reject the standards, then others would follow. But it did not work. The leaders held firm. As did almost all the other states.
Then the opponents saw another opportunity. Instead of going after the states where they could argue that the Common Core would lower high standards, they would go after states that did not want to pay the price of having high standards. They would get states that were members of the state consortia, tasked with building tests to measure student achievement against the Common Core, to drop out of the those consortia. They know that teachers teach what the tests measure. If the tests are not measuring the Common Core, the Common Core is dead...at least in those states. Whereas their first strategy targeted states with the strongest commitment to high standards, their second strategy is to go after the states with the weakest commitment to high standards.
But, once again, this is not an honest debate. And that is because the opponents are again being cagey. Instead of attacking the Common Core on its merits, the opponents are urging the legislators and governors in the targeted states to oppose the use of the new tests on the grounds that they are too expensive, take too much testing time and require technology they don't have and can't afford.
It is a smart strategy. Roughly half of the state members of the PARCC testing consortium now spend less on testing than they would be required to spend if they use the PARCC tests. That's a nice juicy target.
But let's be clear about what is happening here and what is likely to happen if this strategy succeeds. The tests being offered by the testing consortia are at least twice as expensive as the conventional multiple-choice, computer scored tests long used by American schools. The tests and examinations used by most of the world's leading education systems are more than twice as expensive as the tests being offered by the testing consortia. The top-performing countries can afford these very expensive tests because they are given to students only two or three times in their school career, not every year.
But why would they use such expensive tests? Because, in testing, as in other things, you get what you pay for. Conventional multiple-choice, computer-scored tests are quite good at measuring the acquisition of basic skills and facts. They cannot measure whether you can write well; build a robot, make a pleasing drawing or design a unique solution to a complex problem requiring the synthesis of knowledge and skills from a variety of fields of study—the very kinds of tasks that are now being demanded of adults in jobs that are going to pay well in the modern economy. Those things can be measured, but it costs a lot more to measure them.
If you are a legislator or a governor reading this blog, I strongly urge you to think very carefully about the choice you are being asked to make. As an individual state, unless your state is very large, you do not have a prayer of having enough money to build a world-class testing system unique to your state. If you are thinking of abandoning one or both of the testing consortia on the grounds that you cannot afford their tests, you are now spending less than the average American state on testing, which means that you are spending far less than the average industrialized nation on testing, on a per pupil basis. If you continue to do that, you will find that there are American testing companies that will be happy to sell you a test they will be happy to announce is aligned with the Common Core, if that is what you want, or not aligned with the Common Core, if that is what you want, at a price you are willing to pay. But the test you get, whether you make it or buy it, will not test the skills and knowledge that will be needed by the children in your state if they want to be competitive in the global labor market. I can guarantee you that.
Whatever you are spending on testing, it is a tiny fraction of what you are spending on elementary and secondary education in your state. But that tiny fraction is crucially important. It will largely determine what your teachers choose to teach. If your tests can only measure a limited range of basic skills and basic knowledge, that is what your teachers will teach, and not much more, even if they might wish to teach at a much higher level, because your accountability system will be tied to your tests.
What we are headed toward is a two-tier national education system, separated by the ambition of the tests that drive state accountability systems. There are quality testing options available to states other than the tests that will be offered by the two testing consortia, but states that chose to go their own way now—ostensibly on the basis that they cannot afford to purchase the tests offered by the consortia—will find that they have chosen to be second class education systems, states whose students will be forever behind the education systems of the states that choose quality now, much like students who make the choice to drop out of high school. That is a high price to pay for a decision made on the basis of ideology masquerading as practical common sense.


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Poland Is Putting Up A Big `For Sale' SignKaren Lowry Miller
In a room at Warsaw's Victoria Intercontinental Hotel, on July 17, Polish policymakers nudged their country one step closer to a true market economy. There, Privatization Ministry officials kicked off a procedure that divvies up control of 413 state-owned companies among 15 investment funds, which are run jointly by Polish firms and such outsiders as PaineWebber Inc. of the U.S. and Britain's Kleinwort Benson Group PLC. At the end of the process, the funds will control 60% of each company. Then the real work begins, as fund executives descend on their new charges to determine their fate. Theoretically, they have a free hand: to expand the companies, line up venture capital, lay off workers, and even shut down operations.
By 1997, Polish investors are supposed to be the main shareholders in the remade companies by buying publicly traded stock in the funds themselves. But getting to that point will not be smooth going. Many Polish politicians and voters still oppose the privatization process, which has been wracked by lengthy delays and stormy public debate. But reformers see this as a necessary move to stop the state support of companies, which is fueling the deficit and hampering the economy. Polish and Western investors, meanwhile, see a potential gold mine. "There are shining stars if you know where to look," says Jacek Siwicki, an executive at the Polish American Enterprise Fund, which wants to invest in several of the companies.
Employees from some of the top firms in U.S. and European finance have already been combing through these communist-era leftovers, visiting hundreds of them to find the moneymakers. The list, however, contains some true dogs--about 40% of the enterprises are in the red. But promising ventures exist too, such as bearings maker Prema Milmet, detergent marketer Pollena Lechia, and Mera Pnefal, a manufacturer of control systems. These companies have controlled costs and boosted marketing enough to look like winners.
Each fund will end up with a mix of disappointments and stars to manage. The strategy then will be to send in teams of management consultants, accountants, and financiers to pore over the books, visit the factories, interview the current managers and review the marketing to figure out the best way to increase the value of these assets.
REACHING OUT. A glance at motormaker Tamel, one of the companies on the list, illustrates the problems--and opportunities--awaiting the funds. The 1,600 workers at Tamel, based in the southeastern industrial town of Tarnow, assemble motors for everything from elevators to ships. Production plunged in 1991 as Poland's Soviet markets collapsed. Later, a bureaucrat placed in charge knew so little that he suggested turning the company into a furniture maker.
Then Stanislaw Ciaston, a company veteran blocked from the top during the old regime because he would not join the Communist Party, took over. Marketing director Jan Kurkiewicz, 41, a fluent English speaker who has worked abroad, started reaching out to new foreign customers. Technical director Wladyslaw Drozd increased quality so much that the factory now supplies components to Siemens and design-to-order engines for other European and Asian customers. The company is exporting 65% of its motors to the West and ekes out a profit. Unlike other companies whose managers just idly waited for privatization, Ciaston even lined up a strategic investor and tried unsuccessfully to get off the list of 413.
Whichever fund controls Tamel will find a company that still desperately needs more investment. Striding through the grimy factory, Drozd points out workers pouring molten iron into outmoded, 30-year casting machines. Mass-production equipment lies idle: It cannot be adapted to make the specialized motors that customers want. In place of expensive automated equipment, swift-fingered women are braiding the wires to be used in the motors. "We've climbed out of the coffin," says Drozd. "All I need are more modern machines."
"POLITICAL INTERFERENCE." Tamel's executives are hoping the investment fund that wins their shares can line up a big capital boost. It's been a long, debilitating wait to be privatized, as legislators debated the plan for over four years. The program got the green light only after the more pragmatic wing of the ruling communist coalition, the Democratic Left Alliance, replaced conservative hard-liner Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak with Jozef Oleksy in February. Now, says Aleksander Kwasniewski, party chief, "We are committed to privatization."
Yet some questionable compromises are still being made. The ex-communists controlling Parliament just passed a bill spelling out changes in the corporate structure of the remaining 5,000 state-owned enterprises. Yet the bill leaves the state owning the companies. An interim step, says Kwasniewski, but there's no legislated plan to privatize these companies, which include the state phone monopoly. Opponents, led by President Lech Walesa, who vetoed the bill, say that it neglects the need to restructure these companies and make them more competitive. "Political interference will slow everything down," argues Henryka Bochniarz, president of Nicom Consulting and a former industry minister. A new vote on the bill will be held soon.
Reformers inside and outside the government hope the current privatization scheme will be so successful it will appease the critics. To counter fears at the grassroots level, the plan will also give workers 15% of the shares in the company where they work. To entice other Poles to buy shares in the funds, the Privatization Ministry is planning a $6 million marketing blitz.
The mass privatization plan is a breakthrough for Poland. It brings in foreign expertise and gives companies a chance to restructure effectively and find needed capital. If it works, companies such as Tamel have a shot at standing out in the new economy. Policymakers from China to Ukraine will be closely watching this latest experiment in the shift to capitalism.
413 state-owned companies will go private, including such successes as Mera Pnefal, a maker of process controls, and household detergent marketer Pollena Lechia.
Fifteen National Investment Funds, run by Polish finance groups and such foreign firms as PaineWebber and Kleinwort Benson, restructure the companies.
The National Investment Funds divvy up control in each company. Company workers will later get up to 15% of the remaining shares, and other Poles will get shares in the funds.


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For most people — except maybe weather buffs — bad weather, especially bad weather you aren't prepared for, can ruin a trip.
If you're traveling to Europe, you're heading to a part of the world with much less turbulent weather than the USA. You won't have to worry about a hurricane ruining your vacation and severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are extremely rare.
As many travelers have learned, however, floods and heat waves are possible.
Still, as Robert Henson says in his book The Rough Guide to Weather: "...most of Europe trundles along with relatively few weather worries." (This book, by the way, is a good investment for travelers since it includes details you won't find elsewhere.)
"Normal" summers in parts of Europe can be warm — but not as hot as large parts of the USA. This is why first-time travelers from the USA should know that air conditioning isn't as common in Europe as in the USA — although its use is growing.
This is a reason, in addition to a better chance of snaring a low air fare, to go in May or September rather than during the summer months, if you can.
Even though you are not likely to encounter dramatic weather while traveling in Europe, you will enjoy your trip more if you are ready for the normal, day-to-day weather.
You should be prepared for gray skies just about any time of the year and treasure the sunny days — maybe you'll be lucky and have lots of those.
If you look at monthly rainfall averages, you'll see that Europe is dry compared to much of the USA east of the Mississippi River.
But don't be fooled into thinking you aren't likely to run into rainy days. In general, you'll find just about as many days with rain as in the eastern USA, but not as much rain falls, on the average, on a wet day in Europe.
A good way to begin trip planning is by going to the USATODAY.com current conditions and forecast pages for the cities you plan to visit. If you're about to leave, you'll find the latest reported weather and forecasts for five days as well as a link to 10-day forecasts from The Weather Channel.
To find a city forecast page, type the name of a city or a nation in the box at the top of this page that says "Find a forecast" and click "Go." (European postal codes don't work.) If you've typed in the name of a city, you'll go directly to the forecast page for that city.
If you typed in the name of a nation, you'll go to a list of links to all of the city forecast pages we have for that nation. You can also go to our European forecasts page. At the top of the page you'll see a temperature forecast map for Europe. (Clicking on that map takes you to a precipitation forecast map.) Under the temperature map you'll see links to many of Europe's larger cities. Under those, you'll see links to each nation in Europe, which takes you to a list of all of the forecast pages we have for that nation.
The temperature and forecast maps are worth a glance the day you leave the USA for Europe since they will be forecasts for the next day, the day you arrive, unless you are taking one of the very few flights to Europe from the USA during the day, not overnight.
No matter how you reach a city's forecast page, at the bottom you'll find links to "Daily averages" and "Monthly averages."
A caution: Not as much data about weather averages is available for foreign cities as for the USA.
The daily averages for each city includes each day's time of sunrise and sunset. This can be especially helpful for planning a trip to Europe because the amount of daylight, as well as the weather, can be more important than you might think.
If you go in the summer, don't be surprised by the long days. They are longer in northern Europe than in any part of the USA's contiguous 48 states. You might want to take a sleep mask on a summer trip if you have trouble sleeping when it's light outside.
In the middle of summer in places such as Paris the sun rises about a quarter to six in the morning and sets around a quarter to 10 at night. Throw in another half hour or so of twilight in the morning and evening, and you could easily end up trying to go to sleep when it's still light, or being awakened by the morning light earlier than you like.
In the winter, on the other hand, the days are going to be short, and probably dark with clouds. On New Year's Day, for instance, the sun rises in Paris at 8:22 a.m. and sets at 4:47 p.m.


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Living Colour Discuss 'Vivid' Songs, Brooklyn Parties, New Album + More
In Part 1 of our interview with Living Colour, the band spoke all about their experience on ShipRocked 2014 as well as the making of their classic album 'Vivid,' which recently celebrated it's 25th Anniversary. They also talked about their musical roots in New York City and much more. In Part 2 (which you can watch above), the members discuss specific tracks on 'Vivid' at length and explain that each of the songs have a different story and personal meaning behind them.


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Authors: Xiong Wang
Memristor was postulated by Chua in 1971 by analyzing mathematical relations between pairs of fundamental circuit variables and realized by HP laboratory in 2008. This relation can be generalized to include any class of two-terminal devices whose properties depend on the state and history of the system. These are called memristive systems, including current-voltage for the memristor, charge-voltage for the memcapacitor, and current-flux for the meminductor. This paper further enlarge the family of elementary circuit elements, in order to model many irregular and exotic nondifferentiable phenomena which are common and dominant to the nonlinear dynamics of many biological, molecular and nanodevices.
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With a stay at Box Hotel in Hanoi (Hoan Kiem), you'll be minutes from Bach Ma Temple and Hanoi Old City Gate. This hotel is within close proximity of Ancient House and Memorial House.
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Probably. Even the heatspreaders that do use thermaltape tend to insulate the heat rather then get rid of it. They look cool though. Anyone ever thought of using thermalpaste on heatspreaders?.Originally Posted by Darkedge
not using thermal tape was very very dumb - could they even make your ram hotter??
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so, in theory the heatspreaders on my crucial ballistix are actually keeping the heat in?
Originally Posted by frodo
Hmmm, i said crucial not corsair, by the looks of it the crucial ram uses EXACTLY the same heatsinks! no difference at all bar the "ultra" is "ballistix" on my ram
i had some REALLY good akasa memory heatspreaders, that used a like clay, that was a near solid thermal paste, which when the memory was against did a very good job of transmitting the heat, shame i cant find them any more :(
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Nope, corsair uses thermal tape, the same kind that gpu ram sinks are adhered(sp) with. They also only use a tiny thin layer of it so more heat gets out. So while not really helping dissipate the heat, they are not holding them back and making them hotter. Hope that helped frodo, and if you did want to take them off, put them in the freezer for 10~20 min and then gently pry them off
As for solving the heat issue because of that crappy tape, I got a set of heavy copper mem sinks like OCZ uses here, im going to try ripping off the crappy 3m tape and just use arctic silver and see how it works. Maybe I'll keep a tiny strip of the tape, just to kep them on the ram.
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The shelter said the owner brought her in on 1/17, she whelped on 1/20, and had lost all of her puppies by early Feb- they said she wasn't making enough milk, and I don't know if that's the entire story, but its what I have to go on right now.
She isn't spayed (yet), and I wanted to give her as much time as possible to get really healthy before we did the spay. I read on this website http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/germ...=63684&pagen=1 that usually females go into heat 6 months after their last heat, regardless of whelping.
I don't know enough about breeding to know what's the best and safest thing to do. In your experience, how long can (and should) I realistically wait before spaying her? She's not terribly underweight, but she's obviously been under stress and her teats are still saggy.
How far in advance should I make the appointment, ideally? The shelter mentioned that she would have more blood loss right now because of her teats are still enlarged. Our dogs are neutered but I still want to do it before she goes into heat again. When-ish should I make the appointment for?


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Rivers, on the other hand, are shallow, move quickly and are prone to seasonal flooding — all of which presented problems in Montana. And cleanup crews with deep-water technology are not equipped to solve the problems that rivers present.
That was the topic of a recent Popular Mechanics article, which explained that traditional oil booms would fail in the Yellowstone's swift current. Further, the dispersants that break down oil on the ocean's surface and carry it to microbes beneath the surface would instead create problems in a river, settling oil droplets into the riverbed.
The ability to respond to underground spills is critical, considering that pipelines cut beneath much of the country. America has an appetite for oil, and companies such as Exxon (the operator of the Montana line) are responding to that need. But since spills will happen, it is paramount that technologies be developed to protect the freshwater systems from their effects.
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Soaked in sweat from 85 physical laps on the twisting road course and champagne from celebrating his fourth IZOD IndyCar Series victory at Mid-Ohio, it was pointed out to Scott Dixon that he had tied Rick Mears for 10th all time with 29 Indy car victories.
At 32 years old, he's not pointing to A.J. Foyt's record 67 wins. But Bobby Unser's 35 (fifth on the list) is tantalizing to the New Zealander. Mears, who retired when he was 41, won his 29th race at age 39.
"If I could run for another nine years that would be pretty cool," said Dixon, who is two wins from tying Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Dario Franchitti, Sebastien Bourdais and Paul Tracy for ninth. "That's a long time, but we would love to work our way to the top."
In the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, Dixon worked his way to the front for good following the second and final round of service stops by getting in and out of his pit stall quicker than race leader Will Power of Team Penske. Dixon went on to lead the final 26 laps and won by 3.4619 seconds.
"All in all, it was a perfect day," noted Dixon, who closed to 28 points of the front-running Power in the series championship standings with three races remaining. "I was waiting for something to go wrong. I saw the guy in the flag stand hanging his 10 fingers out, and I thought, 'What's going to go wrong now?'
"I'm glad we got to the end. I'm super excited for the team."
It was the 149th victory for a Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver across all series (NASCAR and GRAND-AM, too), and the fourth in a row at Mid-Ohio (Franchitti won in 2010).
Dixon, who has won four of the six IZOD IndyCar Series races on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn course, has developed a comfort level with the demanding course.
"I learned a lot when I first came here I think in 2002 with Kenny Brack and Bruno Junqueira," Dixon said. "And I couldn't get within 2 seconds of them. It was some crazy number by Kenny, and that really frustrated the hell out of me.
"Coming back, it's always been a track that I've focused on and loved coming to. I think it's been the same at Watkins Glen (where he won in three consecutive years) or Road America. So it's just a place I feel comfortable, a place you can really charge. You can really get aggressive with this place, and it keeps giving you some more back."
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Well, it may not be officially summer on the calendar, but when that last day of school hits, it's my official summer. Unfortunately my official summer ends August 1st, but lets not think about that. I can think of no better way to kick off the summer than with some Raspberry-Chocolate Chip Frozen Yogurt.
To make it even better, it's from Eating Well, so it's good for you. It really is..yogurt and antioxidant rich raspberries. Just look at that gorgeous color. I followed the recipe exactly, my only addition was 2 tablespoons of vanilla vodka – which I pretty much add to any frozen yogurt or ice cream, it helps keep it a bit soft. With all the flavors of vodka they have out there now though, I should probably become more adventuresome. I've used the vanilla forever, just because vanilla pretty much goes with anything.
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- Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker . Freeze according to manufacturer's directions, or until desired consistency. Add chocolate chips during the last 5 minutes of freezing. Transfer to an airtight container and freeze until ready to serve.
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also. it is easy to be seduced by natural beekeeping and there are some elements that appeal. i went into my hives without smoke at the weekend and they were calmer than they have ever been.
but ... from reading about natural beekeeping in books and blogs for a few weeks, i am heading back to square one and the whole Integrated Pest Management approach. i think its OK to play with ideas and see what emerges.
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The euro zone crisis may continue for years, forcing Britain to look outside a stagnant euro area for fresh export markets and economic salvation in emerging economies, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
His gloomy assessment of "near perpetual stagnation" came as pressure continued on Spanish bond yields and stockmarkets reacted coolly to the narrow Greek vote on Sunday to back pro-bailout parties.
Speaking to reporters accompanying him to the G20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, the British Prime Minister said: "It may be that the euro zone crisis is going to continue for some time, in which case the UK must do all it can to put its own house in order and link up with the fastest growing parts of the world."
There was a serious danger eurozone leaders would be unable for political reasons to take the economic steps necessary to resolve the two-year-old crisis. Mr Cameron regards banking union and a commitment to share debts between eurozone countries as indispensable but possibly politically unobtainable.
He said: "It's difficult for the recipient countries. It's also very difficult for Germany. We have to understand the German difficulties. It is very difficult politically to take the steps that are required economically.
"We decided not to take those steps when we didn't join the euro. But nonetheless if you want a functioning single currency, you have to take at least some of those steps. You need to have elements of banking union, fiscal transfers and so on."
He sketched three alternatives.
"Option one is that they take action to strengthen the euro zone, to make it more coherent. If this deals with the current problems, it is clearly in their and our interests.
"Option two is enough financial action and just enough political and economic action to keep the show on the road, but without solving the fundamental problems.
"Option three is they don't take any of these steps and dominoes start to fall, which would have very severe financial consequences across the world and would seriously affect us."
Mr Cameron, who believes the euro zone will muddle along on a path of slow growth, urged Greek politicians to quickly form a new government. He said: "The outcome of the Greek elections looks positive in terms of a clear commitment to staying in the euro zone and accepting the terms of the memorandum, but those parties that want that to happen cannot afford to delay and position themselves . . . delay could be very dangerous."
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US President Barack Obama was meeting Dr Merkel at the G20 summit separately, to seek an update on German thinking. He is also due to meet the key euro zone players – France, Germany, Italy and Spain.This quartet will meet in Italy on Friday ahead of a European council meeting next week.
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New Year's resolutions on dating are no different from any other kind. I quit making them because I usually broke them and ended up feeling like a failure. And I've come to realize that the way we tend to approach them is usually the result of thinking/feeling something negative about ourselves. So resolutions become a cloaked form of judging and scolding ourselves for what we did badly the year before, though we did our best at the time. And that makes them a setup for failure.
We all wish we had done some things differently, and I'm not the only one who judges themselves for it. But it isn't good for us and it's unlikely to create real or lasting change. Since I'm all for change and have finally learned some things that work for me, try this if you want, and see how it works for you:
This year, my intention is to remember to listen to my intuition and act on what it tells me, without undue delay, and whether I like it or not. Tuning into myself honestly and behaving accordingly, is always better in the end. I've been working on it for a while now, and it helps in every aspect of my life, including dating. But I still forget to listen sometimes, or find it difficult to believe myself and act on what I know.
For example, I got into a relationship this year that had a lot of seriously good "glue." But as soon as I realized that it was not the kind of relationship or the man I wanted, I let go. I didn't keep hoping and trying, despite my loneliness and my hunger for it to work out. And I know that I saved us both a lot of time and grief.
We know more than we often let ourselves in on, especially when we don't like what we know. So listen and be kind to yourself, make doable resolutions or intentions, and make them from an internal space that's not judgmental.
Finally, always remember that you can make a new start anytime—not just at the beginning of a new year. You're always growing. So, Happy New Year! You might even have a happier one if you don't make a resolution.
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Which way is the wind flowing???
Scenarios on a boat with hull speed of 8 knots.
Reaching at 10-15 knots TWS: Wind flow fore to aft.
Broad Reach 10-15 knots TWS: Winds flows aft forward?
Reaching at 30-35 knots TWS: Wind flows fore to aft, sorta.
Broad Reach at 30-35 TWS: Wind flow aft forward for sure.
Whaddya think? What's the flow looking like at the angles and wind speeds? Is the flow tearing away at high speed on the Reach or not? I don't have telltales on my sails and just sail by the cloth so I can't say for certain what the wind is really doing flow wise in these situations.
CC, why don't you ask your wife for a short length of wool and tie about 1' of it on either side-stay about head height?
It's not expensive and would really help you work it out in real-time.
Yeah, I looked at telltales the last time I was in WM but didn't buy any. I use the Windex for direction usually and watch the Headsail luff and Mainsail shape. I guess I oughta get some during refit.
We've got a Windex but I hardly ever use it. Two reasons:
1. In steep chop and light airs, the bloody thing can spin though 360 degrees and I know the wind isn't doing that.
2. My neck gets sore staring up at the top of the mast! ;)
Refit???? You just need some yarn or a piece of casette tape tied to the shrouds. You can also buy a set of telltales that come with little stick on disks that allow you to retrofit them to your sails. Cheap and easy.
I second the sticky disk ones. As you are apparently very interested in flow, I think you would benefit greatly from telltales, especially on the head sail.
Your sail may look full, but the tell tales do just that, tell you what part of the airfoil is stalling. If you enjoy screwing around with sail control lines, as I do, they give you lots of oportunity to play with trim, twist, etc to maximixe the amount of lift.
On broad reaches tell tales don't do much anyway. Once the apparent wind is abaft the beam the sails aren't really giving much lift, they are pulling the boat. From a beam reach and higher the telltales tell all about sail shape.
Hope I didn't cause any confusion. :o
You put sheep on your sails??????????
Charlie, for a cheap trial find some sticky tape and dig into your old cassette collections and rip out some magnetic tape.
Cut some 6-8 inch lengths and stick them onto your sails and shrouds and check it out.
Once you find the best location on your boat (for accuracy and visibility) then decide which permanent type you want - wool (yarn) or purchased ones. (they won't break the bank)
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