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2013 Toyota Highlander Review
Practical, comfortable and NOT a minivan
Minivans aren't cool. They actually neutralize any potential hipness within a three-car radius. Nothing screams "obligations" and "responsibility" louder or clearer than these family wagons. This is something that has not gone unnoticed by today's drivers, who steer clear of vans the way anorexic supermodels avoid Chinese buffets. Naturally motorists still need cargo space and seating capacity, but they crave a more stylish package. This desire gave rise to the sport utility vehicle, out of which grew the modern crossover.
|1. Three powertrains are offered including a 2.7-liter 4-cylinder, a 3.5-liter V6 and a hybrid.
2. The Highlander Limited provided for AutoGuide testing was powered by the optional 270 hp V6 engine.
3. Base price is just about $30,000 including destination and delivery charges, though range-topping hybrid can eclipse 47 grand!
These vehicles combine the functionality of a minivan with the rugged good looks of an SUV. Offered in all shapes and sizes they're gaining momentum in the marketplace. Nameplates like Pathfinder and Explorer are former truck-based utilities that have changed their ways; just call them "born-again crossovers." Vehicles like the Chevrolet Traverse, Mazda CX-9 and Hyundai Santa Fe are strong competitors as well.
Toyota's offering in this crowded segment is the Highlander. It's a handsome hauler with smooth bodywork and a surprisingly understated design. Altogether it looks sleek unlike, say, the GMC Acadia, which is overly aggressive in appearance like a possessed bulldog.
SEE ALSO: Large Crossovers With The Most Third-Row Legroom
The same is true inside the Highlander, where stylists kept their cool. The overall design theme is friendly and functional. Additionally, the controls and interface elements are about as logical as they come, with one exception: the radio.
Two very large knobs protrude from either side of the dashboard's center stack, above the ones that operate the climate-control system. They're easy to see and even easier to grab onto, the only problem is they're not what you think they are. In fact, they're not even dials, just placeholders.
On the Limited-trim model provided to AutoGuide for testing they're home to some warning indicators and the hazard-light button. Reaching for the nearest one and twisting it with the expectation of adjusting the audio volume results in frustration because it doesn't turn. The radio is controlled by a duet of dials that are practically microscopic in comparison. Did you miss them in the pictures? Better look again. Those giant "knobs" are most likely used to operate the navigation system on Highlanders so equipped. Here they're merely counterfeit controls.
The car's dashboard is made of attractively grained hard plastic, as are its door panels. However, it would be nice if the door tops were made of something soft. On a long trip your elbow may object to that rigid material, which probably rates at about 9.8 on the Mohs hardness scale, one step below diamonds. Thankfully all the doors' lower surfaces are soft and squishy.
When it comes to seating the Highlander is a star. The front chairs score top marks, while the second-row is nearly as roomy and comfortable. Interestingly that back bench can perform a neat trick. The center section can actually be removed and stowed under the front console. In its place a clever storage unit can be installed. It's an interesting concept and one that's executed quite well.
Of course that's not all. The Highlander also offers a third row of seats. But be warned, it's like a playground back there meaning kids only. Even most petite adult won't fit very well, so don't even try.
Along with (mostly) comfortable seats, fit and finish is another Highlander highlight. Everything in the vehicle's cabin is just as it should be. World-class assembly quality gives the impression that Toyota really cares about details, something its competition could learn a thing or two from.
If there's one glaring flaw in this car's interior it's undoubtedly the headliner. It's seriously cheap looking, bringing to mind a half-price Salvation Army sweater, all fuzzy and pilling. Toyota, you can do better than this, especially since the rest of the cockpit is so nice.
In keeping with its Scottish theme the Highlander's seat-belt warning chime plays bagpipe music and drivers can opt for tartan fabric instead of leather. There's also a dedicated haggis cubby in the glove box. Just kidding, but maybe engineers will incorporate these ideas in the next generation.
Putting the works in motion, the Highlander Limited delivers a smooth driving experience. It's powered by a terrific 3.5-liter V6 engine that whips up a creamy 270 horsepower with a healthy serving of torque, 248 lb-ft to be precise.
Like the Honda Ridgeline we tested a couple weeks ago, the Highlander is equipped with an antiquated five-speed automatic transmission. It works just fine, but six gears are pretty much the standard these days; even more are preferable. It's curious why some Japanese automakers are behind the curve, especially Toyota, since a six-shooter is standard on Highlanders powered by four-cylinder engines. That gearbox probably can't handle the V6's higher output.
Unlike the Ridgeline, the Highlander has nice steering feel. You won't confuse it with a BMW M3 but it's appreciably better than the artificial, robotic helm of the Honda.
SEE ALSO: 2013 Honda Ridgeline Review
On the road this crossover absolutely coddles its passengers with a velvety smooth ride. It feels like the springs are made from down comforters and the shocks are filled with marshmallow fluff. It's a perfect combination for Michigan's decrepit roads, which are more pockmarked than the surface of the moon, or Berlin side streets circa April '45.
Of course the tradeoff for a supple ride is usually sloppy handling, and the Highlander does pitch and roll a bit while braking or taking sharp turns but it's not that big of a deal. If you want a track car get a Porsche 911. This is a cushy family hauler that's perfectly suited to its intended mission.
With a V6 engine and all-wheel drive on board the Highlander Limited should be able to get 17 miles of urban driving out of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline. On the highway it ought to hit 22. That works out to an average of 19 MPG, which is precisely what the trip computer reported after a week of testing. We were pretty hard on the car, taking full advantage of its smooth-running, 270-pony corral; it's probable normal drivers would do even better.
If affordable efficiency is a priority then the four-cylinder model is right up your alley. It should return up to 25 miles per gallon on the interstate. It's also the value leader of the Highlander lineup starting at just about $30,000.
But wait, there's more! Just like a tawdry late-night infomercial there's another model to talk about. The Hybrid version is the economy champion of the Highlander lineup, returning 28 MPG on both city and highway test cycles. But that added efficiency comes at a price. You can bet it's more useful than a home podiatrist kit, though a lot more expensive than three easy payments of $19.99. Base MSRP is just about $41,000 and if you opt for the top-of-the-line version it eclipses 47 big ones! Bring your checkbook to the dealer along with your first- and possibly second-born children.
In Limited trim our test model stickered for an expensive but much more reasonable $41,855. The only option it was equipped with was a rear-seat DVD entertainment system, which cost $1,760.
The Highlander is a solid offering in the three-row crossover segment. It can give any competitor a run for its money thanks to a unique combination of Toyota quality, interior comfort and butter-smooth ride. It's not bad looking, either.
Sure, it may not be the most fun vehicle in its class to drive, that title probably goes to the 365-horsepower Ford Explorer Sport. It's also missing at least one gear in its transmission, but betting dollars to doughnuts, the Highlander is a solid crossover that offers buyers a broad spread of trim levels and powertrain options. It's competitively priced and probably as reliable as a blacksmith's anvil, and that's enough to make it a perfect minivan alternative.


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Food is essential to life, that's for sure, but it's certainly not reason enough to take a life. This is especially true for crappy carnival foods, like corn dogs.
However, a Florida man is in jail for stabbing his roommate to death over a missing corn dog. Police say Corey Lamont Walker, 36, admitted to murdering his roommate, Anthony Kimball Smith, with a butcher knife when his carnival crap dog came up missing, Broward-Palm Beach New Times reports.
"It's hard to imagine someone taking a life over something so trivial," police spokesman Mike Puetz said.
The two roommates were living in a transitional living facility with four other roommates at the time of the attack. Another roommate at the facility called police and told them there'd been a stabbing over some corn dogs.
"It appears that somebody pilfered a corn dog from him," Puetz added. "He was the only one there with corn dogs."

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When his wife was temporarily laid up, Greg Sacho of DePere, Wisconsin took over the cooking. He came up with this moist, crunchy recipe as "an alternative to her mouthwatering fried fish," he says. It's a keeper! Tip: Combine leftover onion soup with 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon each water and milk to serve as soup.—Gary Sacho, De Pere, Wisconsin
- 1/2 cup condensed cream of onion soup, undiluted
- 1 tablespoon 2% milk
- 3/4 pound perch, bluegill or catfish fillets
- Dash pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 3/4 cup coarsely crushed sour cream and onion potato chips
- In a shallow bowl, combine soup and milk; dip fillets. Place in an 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with pepper. Combine butter and lemon juice; drizzle over fillets. Top with potato chips.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 17-20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Yield: 2 servings.
Originally published as Moist Baked Fish in Cooking for 2 Fall 2007, p47
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"My husband and I both enjoyed this recipe made with flounder & Halibut. I have never found cream of onion soup (perhaps it's an east coast item?) but substitute cream of celery. Pleasant. On my monthly rotation."


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- including Nick Groshart shown here - takes on Buffalo in the first home swim meet of the year at 4:00 pm Thursday at the Junior High Pool. The only other opportunity to see the boys at home will be on February 4th.
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Bone marrow - nonneoplastic
Reviewers: Dragos Luca, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 4 February 2013, last major update September 2012
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PubMed Search: osteoclast
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● Cells derived from hematopoietic progenitor cells involved in bone resorption, primarily due to remodeling and not calcium homeostasis
● Along endosteal surface of bony trabeculae (reside in Howship lacunae) or along margins in marrow smears
● Common in children (active bone remodelling); in adults associated with metabolic or neoplastic diseases
● Some overlapping immunophenotypic features with monocytes / macrophages
● Relatively recently identified osteoclast colony stimulating factor and transcription factors involved in osteoclastogenesis
● Activated by parathyroid hormone and by cytokines RANKL and macrophage colony-stimulating factor (Arthritis Res Ther 2006;8:201)
● Osteoclasts use their ruffled borders (with villous extensions) to bind to matrix adhesion proteins, produce resorption pits / bays (shallow concavities) called Howship's lacunae
● Plasma membrane forms a seal with bone; osteoclast acidifies extracellular area, which solubilizes the mineral and releases enzymes which dissolve the matrix
Left to right: cross-section; bone resorptive cycle; osteoclast differentiation
Micro description
● Very large (up to 100 microns), multinucleated (2-12 nuclei) giant cells associated with bone surface
● Abundant, blue-purple-pale pink cytoplasm containing many fine, red-purple granules
● Also contain bone sand in the cytoplasm
● Multiple, relatively uniform but widely separated nuclei, each with one nucleolus and dense chromatin
● Generally, less mature osteoclasts have basophilic cytoplasm and mature forms have brightly eosinophilic cytoplasm
Micro images
Very large cell with multiple nuclei with distinct nucleoli, cytoplasm has coarse azurophilic granules
Positive stains
● CD13, CD31, CD51 (Histochemistry 1991;96:169)
● CD53, CD54, CD61, CD63, CD68, CD115, acid phosphatase, microphthalmia transcription factor and TRAP
Electron microscopy description
● Numerous mitochondria, rare lysosomes
● Ruffled edge in area of cell membrane is associated with bone resorption
Electron microscopy images
Left: osteoclast resorbing bone
Additional references
● Keio J Med 2003;52:1, Wikipedia,
Anat Embryol (Berl) 1984;170:51
End of Bone Marrow - nonneoplastic > Normal > Osteoclasts
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I have recently taken a new job in plymouth. This is an hour from home for me. I am limited on time to scout, I am not asking for your honey hole, just some general information. I have a few questions about the plymouth area.
1. Does plymouth have a decent Teal population? I am interested in shooting some teal in early season as I have never shot one before.
2. I would be hunting Menominee conservation wetland area. Does anyone have experience here? Is it crowded? Is it good for waterfowl?
Any information would be appreciated.
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Hey guys / gals,
I'm looking to extend the theme of my website in about 3 months (from now I save up for the cost)
I'm currently using Zillapress and I want to implement a digital shop area with a similar one page style layout to that of Picons and Gomedia's Arsenal.
Obviously, my site is powered by Wordpress, so it would be great to have this storefront area manageable via the Wordpress admin and integrated with my already established userbase.
However, if using an external service like Ejunkie or whatever is more efficient and easier to use, I'm happy with whatever.
This job won't need to be designed totally from scratch, more so customization of my existing theme.
I want someone who'll not necessarily create a super sexy design, but more so create a ridiculously simple experience for my customers and integrate the shop seamlessly with my site.
I have a budget in mind of what I'd like to spend, but I would like to hear quotes of what you Themeforesters think this job would cost so I'm not walking into this with stupid price expectations
Thanks folks
I'd say $1500
(I wouldn't apply for that tho, just an information from my end)
Yeah, agree with Mel, that seems a reasonable price.
Not sure about themezilla, if that was built from the ground up it would be difficult to customize. Otherwise if it uses something like buddypress it would be easy to integrate.


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Ed Cotton: Why Magazine Publishing Has Forever Changed
When I took a look at the "about" section of a new soccer magazine, The Blizzard, a magazine designed to be downloaded, I was struck by how they defined their reasons for existence.
When I took a look at the "about" section of a new soccer magazine, The Blizzard, a magazine designed to be downloaded, I was struck by how they defined their reasons for existence. They summed up precisely why magazine publishing has been forever changed and how developments in the web-publishing space, like the "AOL Way", might have opened up interesting new avenues for publishers.
However, the most important thing is the development of what they consider to be a "space" for something more considered.
The iPad and tablets are re-introducing the notion of consideration and will have a significant impact on the types of content that get created- more detail and depth could be the order of the day.
Here's what The Blizzard had to say
1. Twitter and Facebook are instant and ubiquitous, delivering transfer scoops and breaking news to a global audience before a sub-editor can type the word "Exclusive".
2. The internet has brought a whole new methodology to football analysis, from chalkboards to minute-by-minute reports, all delivered under the watchful eye of that toughest of football critics, the anonymous comments poster.
3. The on-line consumption of quality journalism is voracious and brutal. Readers demand a constant stream of the highest quality writing, completely free of charge.
(Continue reading here.)
Ed Cotton is the Director of Strategy at BSSP, and is curious about all things relating to brands, marketing and culture. Read more at influx insights.


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Too adorable: this little rag-doll like electric man power strip pulses 110-volts of juice through his circulator system and out his limbs to keep your gadgets charged. It's $14.99, which is more expensive than a cheap strip picked up at Best Buy, but no where near as button cute.
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Murderer Mark Bridger who was jailed for killing five-year-old April Jones has launched an appeal bid, the schoolgirl's parents have said.
Parents Coral and Paul Jones told The Sun that police officers warned them of an initial hearing at the Court of Appeal next month, which the couple plan to attend.
It is not known if the appeal is against his sentence or conviction.
Mrs Jones said her family continue to be "tortured" by Bridger, who was jailed for life in May after being found guilty of the little girl's murder.
"It's disgusting," she told the newspaper.
"He's in prison where he belongs and he should stay there.
"He's just torturing my family with these legal battles.
"It's like he's taunting us, like he wants to show he's got the upper hand."
She added that Bridger had already tried to claim compensation following an attack by a fellow inmate while at the top security Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, earlier this year.
Bridger, a father of six, snatched April near her home in Machynlleth, Wales, on October 1 last year.
The five-year-old's body has never been found.
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Panel seeks accountability after Benghazi attacks
By Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a car bomb struck the U.S. ambassador's residence in Lima in 1992, the State Department convened a special panel to answer the same questions now hovering over a review of the September attacks in Benghazi, Libya: How much security is enough? What is the right role for U.S. diplomats?
The Lima panel, known as an Accountability Review Board, issued a final report "that didn't find anybody had been delinquent," former U.S. Ambassador to Peru Anthony Quainton said. That report was never made public.
Whether the report by the Benghazi Accountability Review Board, expected to be completed in mid-December, comes to the same conclusion could affect the arc of a controversy that has seen the Obama White House subjected to withering criticism over security arrangements in Libya and the administration's shifting explanations of the violence.
The attacks on the diplomatic mission and a nearby CIA annex in Benghazi, in eastern Libya, killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, and raised questions about the adequacy of security in far-flung posts.
The panel, led by veteran diplomatic heavyweight Thomas Pickering, is expected to consider whether enough attention was given to potential threats and how Washington responded to security requests from U.S. diplomats in Libya.
A determination that top State Department officials turned down those requests, as Republican congressional investigators allege, could refuel criticism - and possibly even end some officials' careers.
Also in the balance is the future of funding for embassy security and of a policy, known as "expeditionary diplomacy," under which envoys deploy to conflict zones more often than in the past.
Central questions raised after the Benghazi attack include why the ambassador was in such an unstable part of Libya on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Continued...


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Saw this in FB and checked it out. If your near Northumberland County Pa. and interested, Jeffs recycling in Paxinos Pa. is making these things. I experimented a long time with shredded paper but the mess vrs what you got out of it wasn't worth the time.
They say that a half ton skid of these carboard chip blocks for $240 has the same energy as 1 ton of coal. I can get one ton of coal for $170 so he will have to come down quite a bit to be competative. However once production and sales ramp up, you never know.
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The term "Victorian" brings to mind demure females, frigid marriages, and clearly-defined gender roles that kept men and women in separate spheres. But some say that Queen Victoria did as she damn well pleased because her station as Queen allowed her to take licenses that many women never could.
Not only did Victoria form a close (and perhaps romantic) relationship with her servant Mr. Brown, she defied both class and racial divisions in her intimacy with Abdul Karim, who served as a teacher. (Learn more about that "deep friendship.") However, it took assertiveness and conviction on Victoria's part to trample upon centuries of firmly ingrained class hierarchy.
Victoria's birthright made it impossible to confine herself to what society called the woman's spheres of influence – home, hearth, and babies – without losing the security of her throne. And get this: according to those who knew Victoria and her own letters, she shamelessly enjoyed a fantastic sex life with her husband and didn't view lovemaking as a nasty necessity for reproductive purposes only. Victoria loathed her pregnancies and viewed them as hindrances to her romance with Albert and her quality of life.
But was Victoria a feminist? Not by her own definition. Victoria's own words have damned her in the minds of feminists past and present, especially this quote from a letter she wrote to Sir Theodore Martin about women's suffrage (and in the third person):
The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Woman's Rights,' with all its attendant horrors, on which her poor feeble sex is bent, forgetting every sense of womanly feeling and propriety. Lady —— ought to get a good whipping. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself. God created men and women different—then let them remain each in their own position. Tennyson has some beautiful lines on the difference of men and women in 'The Princess.' Woman would become the most hateful, heartless, and disgusting of human beings were she allowed to unsex herself; and where would be the protection which man was intended to give the weaker sex?
The former quote is a clear case of "do as I say, not as I do." Did Victoria buckle down and find herself a new husband for protection after her beloved Alfred died? No: she enjoyed close companionship with men of her choice (two in particular) without ever again submitting to restrictions of a 19th century marriage. Despite her happy marriage to Alfred, Victoria wrote to her daughter Vicky:
All marriage is such a lottery – the happiness is always an exchange – though it may be a very happy one – still the poor woman is bodily and morally the husband's slave. That always sticks in my throat. When I think of a merry, happy, and free young girl – and look at the ailing aching state a young wife is generally doomed to – which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.
It's as if Victoria more or less recognized and accepted the realities of marriage, but she had no inclination to join in the "wicked folly of 'Woman's Rights.'" Did her antipathy and lack of support for suffragists and women's rights activists completely cancel out her feminist beliefs, or was Victoria a contradictory product of her environment, nurturing and her own intelligence?
In some ways women of today – unlike Victoria – may support feminism in their words even though they might not represent feminism in their actions. How many of us first-world women have a career and an education, the achievements for which our foremothers fought, and still behave like 19th century belles over a prospective mate? When Victoria wrote to Vicky, "should one delay too long, opportunities for a suitable marriage grow fewer and a woman becomes desolate and bitter," I immediately thought of the themes in Sex and the City, The Bachelorette, and a host of "chick flicks" that depict women getting the guy as the climax (unintentional pun) of the female protagonist's life.
Which leads me to ask: Will the myth of the knight in shining armor and how women who don't find him morph into crazy cat ladies continue to haunt us like it did our Victorian predecessors, or will more women in the future come to believe that happily-ever-afters come many different forms?
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Commodities Corner: Gold firms, Oil tad weaker
FXstreet.com (London) - Oil weakened slightly this session on thin Asian trade, but still stood strongly above $80. OPECs previous comments are surely supporting oil at its current level, a group of the leading producers say they are comfortable with oil in this range.
Oversupply is set to continue this year as the slow (but steady) growth of the global economy and the demand for energy this brings with it, weighs on oil prices. Recent cold weather across the Northern hemisphere had bumped oil prices up, however with meteorologists reporting warmer weather due, oil has shed some gain in recent trade..
Front month WTI currently trades at 81.88, off around 70 basis points from the open.
Gold bullion has firmed in trade in Asia this session, up $1 from the open despite choppy early trade. The precious metal currently trades at $1151.


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I am not a simplifier by nature. I am a train wreck by nature. I horde (well, I keep :)), I was raised without structure when it came to home organization. We have a pretty big home (3300 sq ft) and it is so full, and disorganized. 2 years ago, I quit work full time. DD1 was 10, DD2 was 2, and I had just found out I was pregnant again. We had planned this in our master plan, and I was ecstatic. When we both worked a ton we hire help to clean. I left DD2 in child care for a full week after quitting work and went through every item in our home. I brought 2 truck loads to GoodWill. Everything stayed so clean, so nice, I knew where everything was. Pick up was easy because everything had a place. Fast forward. DD2 and the now 16 month DD3 both have some special needs that have sucked the life out of me. How is full of crap again. DD1 is 12 and in Jr High, super busy and involved in everything. AND....we just found out we are expecting again (surprise this time) and 6 week sono showed 2 sacs, 1 heartbeat. We go back in 3 weeks to see if the other is viable and is kicking a heartbeat, or not. So this spring I will have a then 13 yr old, 4 yr old, still 1 yr old, and either 1 or 2 new babies. I am so overwhelmed with my home. I would hire regular cleaning help again but I have scaled my part time consulting from 15 hr to 3 hr a week due to the girls needs, and there isn't tons of extra cash. It is to the point that I am now rebuying things we have because I don't know where they are. :) Our cute little kid hooks I installed 2 years ago by the door are now full of 6 or 7 unused totes. Sometimes I think....why do I own 10 purses, 10 totes, 5 diaper backs, 10 flashlights, etc...when I could own one of everything that I knew where it was and such. We have an amazingly beautiful home. I love it. I want my kids to come home, ,kick shoes off by the door so we have one pile, toss their bag on a hook or tote, and get on with life. I have no expectations of amazing organization, but just a little structure so life runs smoothly. I have tried flylady and such, and fail. Any wisdom on how to start to get my home together and my kids in a routine of housekeeping? Like, why shouldn't we be able to stop when we are done playing, pick up a toy, and put it away? Bestow your wisdom on me. :) How do you hold a home together with multiple kids???
I don't have any amazing words of wisdom :). I have two 10 year olds, a 3 year old, and a 2 year old. Three out of four have mild special needs (Asperger's, learning disability, sensory issues -- possibly Asperger's, but she's 2 so we don't know, but she's a handful :).)
I have been trying to simplify our lives for the past three years, but reading Miss Minimalist's blog has really been the motivating factor to get to a true point of simplicity. I have no desire to be a true minimalist, but she focuses more on having what you use or love. There were just a lot of her blog posts that made me realize that I really could get rid of the extras or the things I didn't like but kept anyway.
I might attempt to enroll the whole family in an
transition to a new way of thinking and doing things
that mirrors what's going on inside you as isn't the
process of pregnancy beautifully organized and
orderly? So perhaps you can tell the children how
you wish the house and your lives to gradually become
more orderly and beautiful for its own sake and also
as a welcoming for the baby(s) that are coming. As
some might focus on a nursery, yuor family might focus
on transitioning the house and their life to a new level
by the time of the due date. I'm hoping your children's
excitement about a new sibling(s) might lend itself to an
effort towards oragnization for you and for those new
Perhaps you could start with one room and extend
improvements throughout the house. As you've got a
teenager I'd make sure you and your spouse were
modelling, as much as you can, an attempt to organize
so perhaps your bedroom is constantly in OK shape
and ideally is getting a little more beautiful by the day.
If the kids need new toy boxes etc and your budget
allows it then things like that might organizing easier.
Perhaps words about why would they expect you to
buy toys or clothing when they litter the floor with
them with hints about rewards go with improvements.
Periodically you could tell the family how the baby
is changed since the last time you talked about it
and hopefully be able to mentuion some things that
have improved in the house and in your lives.
I'd greet them at the door for a while to make sure
shoes and bags went where they should.
You could tell them that the little egg that started
them and their siblings had a protective covering
over it called "zona pellucida" which in an ancient
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you now. You want that clearness, that clarity and lack
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Mayor Michael Estes has been elected to serve another term in office and three new commissioners will be sworn into the Traverse City commission, according to last night's unofficial city election results. With all precincts reporting, Estes had 2,108 total votes compared to opponent Rick Buckhalter's 1,369 votes, with write-in candidates earning 215 votes. Of the three winning commission candidates, Ross Richardson took the lead with 2,071 votes, while Tim Werner earned 1,875 votes and Gary Howe claimed 1,832 votes. Incumbent Jody Bergman lost her seat in fifth place just nine votes behind Jan Warren's fourth place 1,500 total.
Traverse City voter turnout was at approximately 34 percent this year, with 4,176 of 12,298 registered voters coming out to the polls. As of press time last night, the city had not yet released vote totals for the Grand Traverse County Road Commission or Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) millage proposals; check The Ticker's Facebook page for updates.
Tom you're right, we the people would have been in more trouble. Lol
I think that most of you are being too hard on the man. Granted, he screwed up big time, especially since he is an elected official. He needs to get the proper treatment. I personally don't care for him as the mayor of our town and hope that someone else will be selected if he chooses to step down or the governor makes him do it. If this had happened to one of you it wouldn't garner the headlines that it has in his case.
Hang on folks - Agenda 21 aka Grand Vision will now move forward with a vengeance.
Julie if you go to the 86th district court website in the past you could click on courts records and you could type in a persons name and it would give you everything on a person. Fyi! I think that they blocked it though.
Estes better go through all the hoops that others do when committing an offence related to substance abuse. He needs to go to AA meetings, do urine screenings and PBT's. His attendance records should be proven to the public as he is an elected official who drives drunk in a bicycle lane.
Looks Like Local Government is as big a JOKE as Federal Government !!!!
Guess we better set up a breathalyzer at the entrance of the governmental center.
Lol, ok CurtisBlow go to a drug testing place and ask the people that have to do drug tests if the reason that they got into trouble was drug related. You're wrong. trust me. So right back at you. While on bond you have to do drug testing. Unless you're Mr. Estes that knows people.
in many cases a vote for EStes was a vote against his opponent.
Many of us who voted for him are hoping he does the right thing and resigns (or the Gov replaces him).......... Do the right thing Estes....go seek treatment. Let someone else who is qualified hold the office until you're better
To educate folks on how the Court handles alcohol-related offenses (that does NOT involve use of illicit drugs): random breathalyzer screening (for alcohol) is typical for those individuals, and not drug testing. Also Alcohol Anonymous meetings and a substance abuse accessment are typically mandatory.
Mr. Estes says that he doesn't want any special treatment with the courts but why doesn't he have to do drug testing?
We have a REAL winnnner folks!
Good luck Traverse City.. you'll need it. With the roundabout nut now elected to your city. Get ready for him and his little minions to push TC to become something other than TC. This is the planning commission guy that helped bring you the Clinch Park fiasco.
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If you're a regular reader of TrustedReviews you may already know about the fate that my PlayStation Portable console suffered recently. While I was busy playing, I mean reviewing OutRun 2006, the analogue stick on my PSP just snapped clean off. Needless to say I wasn't best pleased, especially considering that I imported my PSP from the Far East and it was out of warranty anyway.
So, with no chance of getting a replacement or a repair from Sony, I decided to see if I could get a replacement part myself. Unfortunately, the majority of websites that I found were happy to repair broken units, but didn't sell the parts to facilitate a customer repair, and given that most of these "repair services†cost in excess of £40, I wasn't really willing to go down that route.
My old PSP analogue stick - at least what was left of it.
Then I discovered www.psptree.co.uk, an online store that seemed to sell pretty much every possible spare part for the PSP, including the analogue stick that I needed. In fact, as I started to wander through the pages of PSP Tree I realised that you could, in essence build an entire console from scratch – assuming that you were happy to pay more for all the parts than a new unit would cost you. With a price of £20 for the analogue stick, I was set to make a serious saving over sending the console away to be repaired. That said, even PSP Tree's repair service was cheaper than I'd seen elsewhere – the company would have charged me £35 including the new stick for a full repair.
Since I was going to have to crack my PSP open to repair it I figured I may as well have some fun too. I also asked PSP Tree to send me a replacement face plate and buttons, so I could customise the look as well as repair my unit. So, with a blue face plate and buttons at my disposal along with the replacement joystick, I set about ripping my PSP to pieces. One thing that I did notice when I unpacked the bits from PSP Tree is that the faceplate includes a screen protector – so all those PSP owners, including myself, that have been worried about scratching their screens should relax, you can always just buy a new face plate for £14.99.
PSP Tree sent me everything I needed to fix my PSP and some bits to jazz it up a little too.
A replacement analogue stick.
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Joe Biden Tells LGBT Community To Hold Trump Accountable
Karen Handel Said She Opposes Gay Marriage, Would Outlaw Adoption For Gay Couples
TWD's Daniel Newman On Celebrities Who Come Out After Fame: Pathetic
Queen Elizabeth Vows To Protect LGBT Community From Discrimination
Janet Mock: Caitlyn Jenner Doesn't Represent Transgender Community
Colton Haynes Joins Cast Of 'American Horror Story'
President Barack Obama on Tuesday
headlined a major Democratic National Convention (DNC) LGBT gala in
New York City, where he touted his administration's achievements on
gay rights.
"So Pride Month is a time for
celebration, and this year we've got a lot to celebrate," Obama
said after toasting "a lifetime of health and happiness" to a
male gay couple in attendance who had married earlier in the day.
"So now you flash back 10 years ago.
Maybe no single issue divided our country more than same-sex
marriage. In fact, the Republican Party built their entire strategy
for 2004 around this issue. You remember? They calculated that if
they put constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage on state
ballots, they'd turn out more voters, they'd win. And they, frankly,
were right. People flocked to the polls. Those amendments were on
the ballots in 11 states. They passed in every single one."
"When I took office, only two states
had marriage equality. Today, 19 states and the District of Columbia
"But what's been remarkable is the
way Americans of all age groups are increasingly embracing marriage
equality. They understand love is love."
Obama went on to tout some of his
administration's accomplishments, including repeal of "Don't Ask,
Don't Tell" and no longer defending the Defense of Marriage Act
(DOMA) in court.
Obama also made his first public
remarks about plans for an executive order barring federal
contractors from discriminating based on sexual orientation and
gender identity, saying he decided to sign the order "because in
the United States of America, who you are and who you love shouldn't
be a fireable offense."
"It would be better, by the way, if
Congress passed a more comprehensive law that didn't cover federal
contractors," he said. "And we need to keep working on that, so
don't take the pressure off Congress."
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Since July, Ana has been busily working on her own Talking Difference project. She is working on a series of short social-documentary films with migrant families in and around Melbourne.
I caught up with her to see how her project is going.
What inspired you to do this project?
I strongly feel that the question of cultural identity and diversity is one of great pertinence not exclusive to Australia but one which is bound up with the overall condition of the migrant in a shifting world. This project is driven by a belief that it is only through promoting dialogue within and between diverse migrant communities that we can mature socially and culturally as a society.
As part of the project, you are going to create video family portraits. Can you tell me a little bit about where the idea came from?
I am inspired by the Enlightenment tradition of family portraits as a base for a more subversive use of the style through an inversion of the social lens, of its focus. For me, the family portrait speaks of a time, of the values of a specific time and the many identities that may populate this time. Through creating video family portraits of migrated families, my idea is that these portraits serve as testament to the time we live in, the shifting configuration of our social fabric.
What's been your favourite part of the project so far?
Every part of this project has been a great learning for me as an artist, as a filmmaker and mostly as a human being. Though this project, I have been granted the opportunity to work closely with a number of thought-provoking, enthusiastic, complex and interesting people from a number of different backgrounds.
Through this process, I have been able to strongly empathize and better understand the lives and experiences of the many different migrant and refugee communities in Melbourne. I feel enthusiastic with the future possibilities of further engaging with the different communities I have had the honour to meet.
What next? Where to from here?
At this stage, I am finding participants for the project and liaising with community leaders who are helping me through this process. I feel strong and enthusiastic about the direction this project is taking.
Last weekend Ana set up her camera at a Ramadan Festival in Broadmeadows to start her series of family portraits.
Watch this space to see the results!
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9 Favorite Henry Mancini Scores
Before there was John Williams or Hans Zimmer, there was Henry Mancini—the first film music superstar. Through a string of chart-topping studio albums, Mancini's indelible tunes were played on hi-fi's around the world, and his songs and themes were sung and recorded by the top artists of his era. But that popularity came at a price.
"A problem arose from the re-recording of those scores," Mancini said in his autobiography, Did They Mention the Music? "The albums were made up of the most melodic material from the films. A lot of the dramatic music—which is what I really loved to do and really thought I had a feeling for—was left out….The albums gave me a reputation, even among producers, as a writer of light comedy and light suspense, and at that time it was not easy for them to think of me for the more dramatic assignments. I did that to myself."
In recent years, the boutique soundtrack labels have begun to rectify Mancini's undeserved reputation, releasing a slew of proper scores that showcase Mancini's versatility composing for comedy and drama. With such a dynamic musical range, choosing nine titles was difficult and my list leaves out some classic scores. And while I may not always enjoy some of the films he worked on, Mancini's music always elevated every project.
The unlikely trio of Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor and Jill Clayburgh proved to be box office gold in this comedy-thriller about murder on a train from Los Angeles to Chicago. I haven't seen the film since it opened, and though it didn't exactly appeal to my 14-year-old self, Mancini's delightful score makes me want to revisit it. With its charming chugga-chugga main theme and a pair of delightful melodies for Clayburgh, Mancini's music captures the film's comedic and dramatic elements with his trademark ease.
With nearly a dozen films, over 100 cartoons and product placement galore, the character of the Pink Panther has saturated pop culture, as has Mancini's ubiquitous theme. Much like Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek main theme, it's hard to think there ever was a time when that sneaky sax melody was fresh and new. There is much to enjoy in the score beyond the main theme, and Mancini would have fun tweaking the tune over the years, but the original is a true film music classic.
There are few finer Italian pairings than that of Sophia Loren and Marcelo Mastroianni. While SUNFLOWER is not one of their stronger outings, this tale of love and separation set in WWII Russia and beyond is greatly enhanced by Mancini's lovely score. A heartbreaking main theme and subtle Russian orchestrations accentuate the film's amber haze of memory.
Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough – "Main Title"
Jacqueline Susann was known for her doorstop bestselling romans a clef full of sex and love among the rich. This 1975 film may be missing the prurient joy of Susann's intricately plotted prose but it's still fun to watch old pros like Kirk Douglas and Alexis Smith, and especially a young Brenda Vacarro chew the scenery to an Oscar nomination as a foul-mouthed, sexually ferocious magazine editor. Mancini deserved better but his professionalism shines through in a score that revolves around one of his most lovely—and least well-known—themes. An undiscovered gem.
The White Dawn – "Trek to Warm Buns/A Goose for Daggett"
When it comes to film music, I have few holy grails but THE WHITE DAWN was one of them. For years I had been hoping for a release of Mancini's excellent score from this little-known film about the clash of cultures between Eskimos and Europeans. Thanks to Intrada I was able to check this one off the list. The score is a prime example of Mancini's range and use of orchestral color. Whether it's the rousing whale hunt that opens the film or the tender recorder theme for the little Indian boy, Mancini's score is a model of dramatic musical economy. Both the film and the score are highly recommended.
Days of Wine and Roses – "A Sad Pop"
Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick give career-best performances as a husband and wife who find joy and disillusion at the bottom of a liquor bottle. Mancini provides poignant voice to their descent, with one of his best known—and Oscar-winning—tunes. From the lonely French horn solo to the murky alto flute, Mancini's spare use of the orchestra never overtly tugs at the heartstrings and yet still manages to wring more than a fear tears.
Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn dissect their married life in cool '60s fashion, thankfully with Mancini at the wheel. One of my favorite Mancini themes highlights the couple's highs and lows while other cues provide comedic musical counterpoint to the bitterness onscreen. This is a Mancini score that is crying out for a proper soundtrack release.
Victor/Victoria – "Crazy World"
Even though the LGBT community took potshots at the film, this gender-bending musical was a surprise crossover hit, thanks in no small part to delightful performances from Julie Andrews, James Garner, the hysterical Leslie Anne Warren and the elegant Robert Preston. Like all Blake Edwards films, some jokes landed and others did not. But Mancini's rich melodic score (with help from lyricist Leslie Bricusse) gave the characters a handful of memorable songs. From rousing production numbers like "Le Jazz Hot" to charming duets ("You and Me") and the heartbreaking ballad "Crazy World," Mancini's seemingly infinite gift for melody was on full display. Forget the misguided stage version and stick to the movie.
Breakfast At Tiffany's – "Turkey Eggs"
Though it bears faint resemblance to Truman Capote's original novella, TIFFANY'S is one of those rare movies whose images and music have entered the pop lexicon. Everyone knows "Moon River," but Mancini's score is much more than that deservedly famous song. With its mixture of '60s pop swing and delicate underscoring, Mancini straddles the film's many moods with a breezy ease that belies how intricately woven into the fabric it is. Mancini's one-two punch at Oscar time for Best Song and Best Original Score were fully deserved, and Intrada's release of the score can now sit alongside the classic LP rerecording. The quintessential Mancini score.


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I very recently found out I am pregnant, but I am feeling under the gun to find a provider. I'd like to get some blood tests done since I have had a missed miscarriage in the past.
I am newer to the area (Martinsburg WV) and haven't been able to find anything about this practice online.
Is this a VBAC friendly practice?
Can I see the Midwives for my entire pregnancy?
Do they have any evening hours? With traveling and the kids in school I'd really prefer to have to option of evening appointments.
Any info you have that would be great!
I have looked into CWC - but I'm not sure I like their policies.
I have also looked into MCA - but their closest office is over an hour away and they have limited hours there.
I have been going to [email protected] for about 3 years now. The midwives are great, Dr Andele is wonderful, the male OBs...not so much--but I don't 'do' male doctors unless I have to. I had an emergency induction with my first child in 09 under [email protected] and even though not one single thing went the way I wanted it to, it was the best it could have been. Meritus is a very nice hospital, gorgeous rooms, etc.
I don't know if they are VBAC friendly.
You see the midwives unless you develop complications.
No evening hours, last appointment is no later than 430p, if that. However they are very flexible, I've never had a problem getting a date/time that I needed within their hours of 8-430pm.
I'm very sorry for your loss btw, we lost our 2nd child to miscarriage last March, this is our 3rd baby and she is due in feb :)
thanks for your reply!
after making an appointment, and hearing about some of the policies, I changed my mind - We are going to give MCA a shot - I Think my chances of a VBAC are a lot higher at Shady Grove and with MCA their first time VBAC success rate is 86%, so I assume their second vbac success rate is even better.
thank you again!
I was going to recommend Shady Grove. Two friends of mine had their babies there with CWC in the past month. One of them has a mom who is a L&D nurse there and couldn't believe the policies I have been told with my VBAC. She said they do intermittent monitoring and VBACs can labor in the tubs. They just pull you out and dry your belly to monitor for a few minutes each hour. It's not a location I can really choose given where we live, but they sound to be pretty VBAC friendly as a hospital.
Wife to a wonderful DH, Mom to 3 amazing girls and one special boy, IBCLC, supporter of moms.
Meritus has ONE tub that they are not currently letting mom's use at all for 'liability reasons', like mom's falling and suing. I'm so done with MD's legal tip-toeing.
I pray that you guys get the births you desire. We're due on March 1st, really looking fwd to having a "normal" birth with this little girl :)
I've read all the Bradley Birth books I can get my hands on and I do the exercises every day, the pelvic rock and squats are WONDERFUL for back pain! The other book that really was great, even if you don't want a non-medicated birth was "Natural Hospital Birth" by Gabriel, Cynthia. Very good at listing the interventions that hospitals routinely use and how to get around them if you want to do so.
Thanks for the response!
We've decided to go with Midwifery Care Associates and birth at Shady grove. It is a bit of a hike to get there, but I Think we made the right choice, after talking to the offices in Hagerstown, I just didn't feel like they would be willing to work as hard for my VBAC.
I saw Terri Peopperling again for my first visit, and maybe she just prefers doing baby stuff, rather than yearly exams, or she was having a bad day the day I saw her, but she was wonderful, and it seems like I am going to like it there.
I'm preparing myself to be calm, focused, loving, and strong enough to stand up for myself--I am awesome in crisis so I'm not worried about ME, worried about the husband :). Prepping my husband as an advocate as we speak, not sure how that's going to work out though LOL.
I just try to remember there is nothing they can make you do and to read everything before signing it.
I finally got my birth plan 99% done, I'm going in on Monday, unfortunately with the one mw I don't particularly care for, and I'll give it to them at WHC.
The only thing I don't like about the way everyone in MD seems to do it is that you never see the same person every time you go in and when you go to the hospital you have no idea who is going to be there/on-call, etc. (This is of particular concern since I have a past history of sexual abuse and really have a very very hard time accepting male OBs--although a perfectly lovely one delivered our daughter when I came in for induction for PE at 35 weeks).
I would love to have a home birth next time with a midwife and doula. That's a bit far off though :)
Women's Health Center is vbac friendly if you have only had one prior c-section. If you have had more than one, the closest place that will take you is John Hopkins. Hagerstown has a birth circle that meets the first Monday of each month, 7p.m. at SUFI Acupuncture @28 s. Potomac St. in downtown. Several of the midwives from Women's Health come to the meetings. I know you have already chosen Shady Grove, but in case you wanted to stop into birth circle, you (and everyone else) is welcome. :)
I know your question is over one year old, so congrats on the baby, and I hope all is well!
I just wanted to give some extra info on Women's Health since you asked about it at least 2x, and I thought I could offer some more info.
Firstly, I've had 3 of my 4 kids at Women's Health. They are excellent and average a 10% c/s rate. One of the OBs told me, "If the midwife can't get the baby out, the baby's not coming out!" The OBs credit the role of the midwives in keeping their c/s rate low. The midwives handle most of the L&Ds, except where a woman has requested a doctor or if there is an emergency.
Women's Health does VBACs in the private rooms, not in the OR. I have a friend who had what she describes as the "perfect" VBAC experience with Women's Health - with a very patient midwife in her own private suite.
To be admitted, a woman needs to be 4cm, otherwise they'll send you home. So, don't worry about spending all day in the hospital in labor. One of the midwives told me about a patient she recently had who wasn't dilating. The OB on-call wanted to give pitocin, and the midwife suggested, "Let's check again in one hour." During that hour, the midwife encouraged the couple to do nipple stimulation, alone, privately. In one hour the OB returned, did his check, and was stunned by the progress, and canceled the pitocin request.
I think the birthing tub is open and able to be used. It was originally to be available almost 4 yrs ago, but red tape held it up. The Women's Health midwives were very excited for it. I was sorry that it wasn't ready when my babies were due. Maybe next baby! With my 4th baby, I arrived 10min before she was born. One of the midwives, who I saw on many appts and with whom I became good friends, was waiting for me when I arrived and exclaimed, "Oh, I'm so happy I'm here for you today!" I can't explain how comforting it is to have truly caring midwives working with you.
As far as prenatal appts go, you can request a CNM or OB. I always requested a CNM for my appts, and I always got one. I never saw an OB with my pregnancies - not even in labor. I never knew which CNM I'd see for my next appt, however, and this could be a drawback for some people, but I didn't find it to be so. Also, don't hesitate to ask to meet all the midwives.
I also declined internal checks, even at my 40-wk appt, without a problem.
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AI Trait List (In progress)
No one seems to talk about this game and it's a pain in the ass to figure some of this stuff out so I figured I would start some topics.
I don't have all AI Traits but I'll post a list of the ones I have gotten and what the in game menu says about them. It might make them easier to unlock for others.
Bolded traits are good to have and should be aquired to help you through the single player game.
Text between () : My ideas on how to aquire the traits.
Early Attack - Tendency to initiate Attacks. (Doing combos a lot will get you this trait.)
Delivers First Blow - Skilled at dealing first blows.
Inashi - Skilled at Inashi.
Vertical Kumitachi (A) - Moves vertically while on the offense.
Horizontal Kumitachi (R) - Moves Horizontally while on the defense.
Cornered Animal - Shows true strength at low health.
Soku-Guri- Accurate Soku-Guris from Kumitachi.
Kuzushi During Inashi - Skilled at kuzushi during inashi.
Stance Change Moves - Skilled at Stance Change moves. (stance change move are bought from the store and have a "C" at the end of the name, buy as many as you can and remember the combos they help a lot during hard stages. Stance change moves cost 2500 experience points)
Pushes Back from the Edge - Not afraid to fight to the death.
Untouchable Light - Finish a stage without taking damage.
Kumitachi Demon - Perform lots of instant kills on a stage. (Everyone if you can, it gets you hella points to spend on new stance moves)
Eye Of God - Can read opponent's move in advance. (This one is tied to a secrect achievement, sadly I don't know how I unlocked it.)
Kaeshi - Skilled at Kaeshi.
Kuzushi While Running - Skilled at Kuzushi while running.
Aggressive Sword - Master of cutting attacks.
Weak to Attacks - Vulnerable to attacks.
Tenacious - Master of attacks after Kaeshi.
Power Attacks - Skilled at power attacks. (Power Attacks are bought from the store after stages and usually cost 3000 experiance points. you hold down the button during a combo to charge the power attack)
Avoid Soku-Guri - Skilled at evading Soku-Guri.
A Sheltered Life - I don't have this one but it's a negitive trait meaning you finished the game on easy.
Path of Trials - I don't have this either but the top people on the leader boards do. It's a positive trait meaning you beat the game on hard.
Iron Wall - Block over 50 attacks and then finish the stage. (it's easy to get this in the snowy dojo stages. run into one of the paper walled rooms and sit in a corner with the block button held down. Enemies in this stage don't force a grapple too often so you should be able to just sit there safely.)
For those of you looking to get the online achievements:
For 9th Dan: You need enough points to get in the top 21 players. You'll need about 2500 points to crack the top 21 and you get 15 points per win, it will take awhile.
For Master:
Master requires you to be one of the top 4 players in the world.
The top guy has 3600+ points and uses Sasaki Kojiro.
He has the following AI traits:
Early Attack
Delivers the First Blow
Kuzushi While Running
Pushes Back From the Edge
Path of Trials
Untouchable Light
Horizontal Kumitachi (A)
Tsuba-Zeri Bashiri
If you want to practice fighting against anyone on the leader board you can highlight their name and press start. It will start a battle that doesn't effect your rank and allows you to see what traits they have.
Edit: I added the achievement pictures for traits that unlock them. This isn't meant to be a achievement guide though.
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You don't have to be in the top 4 to get the "Master" achievement, you just have to be in the top 1% with 100 wins online. I believe I was 35th with 100 wins online when I got this achievement.
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how do u preform instant kills?
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To perform an instant kill press X to lock swords with an enemy and then press one of the directional buttons to push them towards walls, lanterns, posts or cliff edges, then press X again along with the direction towards the object. If you lowered their green stamina bar enough the enemy should now have an orange triangle near their body, quickly attacking them again will execute a instant kill.
This works very well agianst bosses.
Another good tactic for blocking enemies is to start a 3 hit combo just out of range of the target, you will miss the first attack but they never guard agianst the next two hits in the combo. If you have stance change moves you can really finish off a boss quickly like this.
I use this stratagy to finish of the final boss of the game all the time.
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We of the 21st century read stories about past events in which mistakes were made that resulted in war. World War I was one such example and we are convinced errors of the past would never occur today. In 2008, terrorists from Pakistan entered India, went to the city of Mumbai and conducted violence that caused the death of 165 people as well as wounding dozens and destroying many installations. There was tension between the two nations when President Asif Ali Zardari received a phone call from a man who said his name was Pranab Mukherjee, the Defense Minister of India. He told the Pakistan president that his nation was prepared to launch an attack, and hung up. President Zardari placed his air force on alert and said they might be attacked at any moment. He contacted then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. She immediately called the Indian ministry of external affairs and spoke with an official who confirmed that Pranab Mukheriee had called the president of Pakistan.
At this point, Rice kept her cool and personally contacted Mukheriee who was completely baffled by the so-called "phone call." He assured Rice no such phone call had ever been made and the Secretary of State was able to calm things down. It now turns out the phone call was made by Ahmed Omar Saeed, a terrorist who was in jail for murdering American reporter, Daniel Pearl. Somehow, a phone was smuggled into him and he decided to have fun and play games.
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Over 1300 individuals attended the 76th Victorian Water Industry Operations Conference and Exhibition held by the Water Industry Operators Association's (WIOA). This important water industry event was held on 4 & 5 September2013 at the Bendigo Exhibition Centre. Delegates were officially welcome by Managing Director of Goulburn Valley Water, Mr Peter Quinn on behalf of the conference hosts. Mr Marcus Crudden from the Essential Services Commission provided the opening address and Dr Karl Braganza from the Bureau of Meteorology enthralled delegates with his keynote presentation on climate monitoring and some of the data that he was able to provide
The event concluded with the official awards ceremony, which saw Stephen O'Keeffe from Goulburn Valley Water win the prestigious Wal Whiteside Award as the 2013 Victorian Operator of the Year.
A comprehensive exhibition with over 182 exhibition sites saw companies exhibit the latest in equipment, services and process technologies available to the water, wastewater and liquid conveyancing industries. The winner of the Ron Bergmeier Award for best exhibition site was EcoCatalysts.
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Clear communication with your plastic surgeon is important in achieving the desired goals of the patient. I like to communicate with patients with "goal" pictures. During surgery, I use temporary sizers to determine the size/profile that will give the patient the look she is looking for. Trying to predict the size of the implant preoperatively is not ideal. I think it is too much responsibility for the patient to choose the size of the implant. Ideally, the surgeon would make that determination once he/she is in the operating room with sizers in and examining the patient in the upright and supine position. There are many variables that come into play when choosing the correct implant size (how much breast tissue the patient currently has, the shape of the chest wall (concave vs. convex), etc..
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a fitness activity in which dance exercises are performed to Latin American and other kinds of lively music
'Jonathan Framp may be the only man in his Zumba class, but he is so taken with this Latin-inspired exercise that he is organising a Zumbathon.'Surrey Today 18th April 2012
'Pregnant mom still dances to the beat … Abby Honaker made two women puke during one of her high-intensity Zumba classes … She wants to prove anybody can work out, even if they are tired, overweight, scared or in her case, nine months pregnant.'Daily Telegraph 13th November 2011
Food "on-the-go" – calorific and unhealthy. Sedentary lifestyles – by day, eight hours sitting at a desk, by night, slumped on the sofa, socializing via the Internet or watching TV. There's no doubt that for many of us, myself included, 21st century lifestyles are obesogenic, predisposing us to become a size or two larger than we should be. We're therefore continually finding new ways to motivate ourselves into shedding a few pounds, and one of the latest additions to the various activities aimed at pumping and sweating our way to improved fitness is Zumba.
if you're one of those types who can always be lured onto the dance floor at a party, then Zumba might be just the thing to get your legs moving
If on the one hand you're the sort of person who could never see yourself at a gym, or simply finds other, conventional ways of taking exercise rather unappealing, but, at the same time, you're one of those types who can always be lured onto the dance floor at a party, then Zumba might be just the thing to get your legs moving. Zumba is a form of fitness class in which you burn off calories by dancing to different kinds of lively tunes, often Latin-American inspired such as salsa, merengue and samba, but also other types of modern music like hip hop and Bollywood (music from the Indian film industry). Zumba is truly eclectic in its approach, even sometimes incorporating moves from belly dancing and martial arts. Classes typically last for about an hour and include exercises to both fast and slow rhythms. There's even a water-based alternative performed in a swimming pool, referred to as Aqua Zumba.
Zumba is proving to have universal appeal, attracting people of all shapes, sizes and ages, and now practised in more than 100 countries across the globe. The key to its popularity seems to lie in the way it combines internationally recognised music with simple but addictive dance steps, in doing so creating a kind of 'fitness party'. It's this concept on which Zumba classes are promoted, often by taglines such as 'ditch the workout, join the party'. If you'd like to see Zumba in action, check out this link which gives a demonstration of some basic steps.
The concept of Zumba was invented in the mid-nineties by Colombian fitness instructor Alberto Perez. Perez had gone to teach an aerobics class and, realising that he'd forgotten to bring traditional aerobics music, improvised by using his own mix of music (salsa and merengue) from tapes he happened to have in his bag. This proved instantly popular with the class, spontaneously creating a novel kind of dance-fitness programme focussed on letting the music naturally 'move' participants. In 2001, Perez took this new dance-fitness concept to the USA and joined forces with entrepreneurs and fellow Latin Americans Alberto Perlman and Alberto Aghion, the three launching a business they named Zumba Fitness LLC. Use of the term Zumba was an arbitrary, creative coinage, trademarked as a catchy brand name. Since then both the concept and the brand have become a globally successful phenomenon, spawning the launch of Zumba academies to train approved instructors, Zumba music CDs, Zumba video games on various gaming platforms, and even clothes and accessories branded Zumbawear™. The popularity of the activity has even taken it into the realm of fundraising events, so that, following in the wake of dance-a-thons, swimathons, telethons, phonathons etc, the Zumbathon has now become a popular way to raise money for charitable causes.
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Andy Rooney's Thoughts on What Every Child Should Have
Jim DalyJim Daly is president and chief executive officer of Focus on the Family, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping families thrive.
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Although he struck many of us as something of a curmudgeon, I enjoyed watching and reading Andy Rooney over the years.
Mr. Rooney lived a long and colorful life before passing away at the age of 92. Many of his newspaper columns were compiled into various books. The following essay that I'm going to excerpt, "What Every Kid Should Have Growing Up," comes from one of his best-selling works titled Sweet and Sour.
Reading over this list, I have to admit that I wish I had all these things growing up.
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Publication Acceptance Date: 5/1/2002
Publication Date: 6/24/2002
Citation: Schmugge, T., Jacob, F., French, A., Ritchie, Jerry, C., Chopping, M., Rango, A. 2002. ASTER thermal infrared observations over New Mexico. In: Proceedings of IGARSS 2002 Symposium, Toronto, Cananda, June 24-28, 2002, I:24-26. Interpretive Summary: Multispectral thermal infrared data acquired with the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite over the USDA/ARS Jornada Experimental range has been compared with ground measures of surface temperature and emissivity. The results are very good indicating that the instrument is well calibrated and will be very useful for producing large scale maps of surface temperature and emissivity.
Technical Abstract: Excellent scenes from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer (ASTER) on the Terra satellite were obtained over the Jornada Experimental Range test site along the Rio Grande and the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. They were acquired on May 9, 2000, February 12, May 12, July 15 & 22, September 17, October 19 and November 11, 2001.There were simultaneous field campaigns for the 5/09/00, 5/12/01 and 9/17/01 scenes. Also, MASTER coverage was obtained for the 5/12/01 scene. The White Sands National Monument was also within several of the scenes. Emissivity values from the ASTER data from the 5/09/00 and 5/12/01 scenes for the gypsum sand at White Sands were in good agreement with values calculated from the lab spectra for gypsum and with each other, except for band 10. At both the mesquite and the grass sites the agreement amongst the ASTER results is excellent and in reasonable agreement with those calculated from the lab spectra and those observed with a field radiometer. These results indicate that ASTER and TES are working very well. The surface brightness temperatures from ASTER were in reasonable agreement with measurements made on the ground during the field campaigns mentioned above.


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Pittman, Leapai return Saturday
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Former WBA middleweight challenger Jamie Pittman (20-2, 8 KOs) will be in action over eight rounds when he clashes with Tim Kanofski (11-3, 0 KOs) at the Gold Coast Convention Center at Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia on Saturday. Pittman will start a red hot favorite but the tough Kanofski always comes to fight and has a good work rate but lacks finishing power.
Also in action will be WBO #14 heavyweight Alex Leapai (21-3-3, 16 KOs), who will punch it out with 36-year-old Florida heavyweight Jason Barnett (12-12, 6 KOs) over eight rounds.
Pittman challenged Felix Sturm unsuccessfully for the WBA middleweight title in 2008 losing in seven rounds. Pittman's trainer Graham Shaw said, "Jamie is a very good student of boxing and he is hungry to learn. He wants to be a world champion and is IBF #1 Daniel Geale's main sparring partner so he is getting the best preparation. I was happy with Jamie's last fight when he outscored Togaslima Letoa."
Leapai is trained and managed by Noel Thornberry who commented, "Alex had a big year in 2010 defeating American heavyweights Darnell Wilson on points and stopping Owen Beck in six and Travis Walker in four rounds. I'm expecting a good win for Alex on Saturday."
In other bouts, light heavyweight Daniel Baff will return to the ring when he meets Kashif Mumtaz and former rugby league star Sonni Bill Williams will have his toughtest test to date when he clashes with Scott Lewis in a heavyweight eight round bout.
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The surgery center's consumer-driven model could become popular as Americans look for alternatives to inpatient healthcare, which generally costs much more than outpatient care. The surgery center has demonstrated that it can offer high-quality care at a lower price than the local hospital. In part, this is due to the absence of expensive administrative employees, which can contribute to high payrolls at hospitals.
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