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My human-sister brought home a bunny. Do you believe it a real live bunny. I remember playing with bunnys outside before I left my human-mom's house. I would play with them night and day. They didn't much like me. I remember one time I found their nest. I brought one of the baby's to my human-mom as a present, but she yelled at me. She must not like bunny's. My human-dad picked it up. I don't know what he did with it. He probably played with it.
I want to play with this new bunny, but my human-sister won't let me. I tried to get close to it when it was on the floor but she yelled at me and told me to be nice. I will be nice I just want to play.
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text: Brian Nester takes a victory at the Famed Toledo Speedway with the Top Speed Fabrication ICAR Modified Tour on Friday August 2nd. It was a 40-lap main event.Well we finally did it! We had ourselves an ICAR race. With rain in the forecast we lost some cars, But we still had a great race with Trevor Berry taking the Economy Auto Parts fast qualifier award. He was knocking on the track record that Brian Nester holds. With a time of 16.89. With Brian Nester, Damon Breedlove, Tim Burkett, and Mark Bott rounding out the Top 5 in qualifying. With the Topspeed Fabrication Modifieds Feature event with Jonathon Martin and Damon Breedlove making up your front row. The green flag flew as Jonathon Martin jumped out to the lead with Brian Nester on his bumper and Trevor Berry in tow. On lap 7 Jim Resnew took his car pit side than on lap 13 going into turn 3 Trevor Berry lost a connecting rod out the oil pan. With oil on the track came the first caution all the cars came sliding thru the oil but all was ok. On the restart Brian Nester was able to take the lead from Jonathon Martin and than never looked back. With staying green Brian was able to open up a quarter of a lap lead on Jonathon Martin. In turns 3 and 4 Jonathons rear bumper and Damons front bumper made contact. With Damon getting hard on the brakes to let Jonathon gather it back up both cars lost positions. We continued to stay green as all cars was moving forward that would move JoshWeyher into 2nd place. He would hold that position until Tim Burkett would make the pass for 2nd. Rounding out your top 10 would be Josh Weyher for 3rd, Damon Breedlove, Greg Fullerton, Dave Christeaus, Brad Wyatt, Jonathon Martin, Mark Bott and Norm Taylor. ICAR will be making up their rain date at Angola Motorsport Speedway August 10th with the gates opening at 2pm and racing at 7pm. We Will have more details on the Event schedule on Monday August 5th.

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- 3-D Printing: A User's Story
- Aerospace Users, Industry Experts
EOS will be co-locating its North American User Day with IMTS 2014, bringing aerospace titans together to tell their stories of industrial 3-D printing applications.
Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) system EOS M 290
We can talk all we want about the potential of 3-D printing – about all of the slick new machines, heavy-dusty materials and all of the amazing things you can make with them – but potential doesn't go far on the factory floor.
IMTS this year is going to be brimming with 3-D printers representing just about every major additive manufacturer, all of whom will be talking potential.
But EOS will be doing something a little different.
Rather than just highlighting new machines and applications, the laser-sintering machine maker is bringing a small army of users to the conference to tell their 3-D implementation stories first-hand.
For the first time, EOS has co-located its North American User Day (NAUD) with IMTS 2014, offering a full day of case studies, user accounts and real-life applications of 3-D printing on the factory floor. Better still, the company has happened the show up for all IMTS attendees.
"IMTS is an ideal venue to demonstrate how Additive Manufacturing fits in with existing subtractive technologies as part of a process chain," said Andrew Snow, senior vice president, EOS of North America, Inc. in a corporate release.
"Historically, EOS has held the NAUD to better serve and educate our customer base," he added. "Now, opening the presentations to everyone also provides all IMTS attendees the opportunity to network with experts, industry leaders, and each other—to learn about the roadmap ahead and the success of early and current industrial 3D-printing adopters."


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- - Follow up question for cat owners - food (http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/general-information/398649-follow-up-question-cat-owners-food.html)
Follow up question for cat owners - food
Ok, I have a week to prepare. I will be bringing home 2 ragamuffin cats, both 4.5 yrs old. She said she is using some kind of crystals for the litter box. I will start with that and transition to one that was recommended in my original thread.
Now to food. I know dog food very well and it believe it is safe to assume any company that makes crap dogfood makes crap catfood. They are currently on fancy feast both dry and canned.
Should they be transitioned slowly as we do with dogs? Assume so? What foods produce less stool and smell? I read some people think cats should not eat dry food????
What else do I need to know regarding food? I appreciate everyone's help on this! I have many years experience with dogs and zero with cats! :)
Cats are obligate carnivores and dry really has too much carbs for them (they don't process it well and many cats also become obese on dry). A good quality canned food with the lowest number of carbs would be a good start. Evo has some canned that is 95 percent meat. I try to buy large cans at online stores to be more economical and yet feed a decent quality. Wellness has a couple of their regular foods that is grain free (chicken ... and ... turkey?) They have a yellow triangle on the label saying grain free. I also buy the large cans of Innova Cat & Kitten (ALS) and California Natural. I then supplement with some 6 oz cans that are flaked because my kitty likes texture. So I do her food as half good quality canned and half flaked per day.
Are Ragamuffins like Ragdoll? We have one...she's strictly indoor. We have two others that are in/out.
We only feed dry kibble cat food mainly for dental health. They should be transitioned slowly or you may have diarrhea issues. We use a mixture of Meow mix indoor and meow mix outdoor. Our outside cats eat shrew, mice, baby bunnies, bugs, birds (unfortunately). I think cats are easier feeders honestly. We mainly feed the mix because 2 of our 3 are long hairs and can get hairballs. The Meow Mix also has an ingredient to help with hairballs. I also have wheatgrass planted for the indoor cat to chew on as she likes.
I have had cats live well past aged 20 too, so cats are even more of a long-time commitment than dogs.
We use blue buffalo wilderness, but we are switching to either taste of the wild or from. My cat is an indoor only cat due to some balance and lack of normal kitty street smarts... So this is his complete died.
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Cats are notoriously difficult to get to change their diets. I have a friend with 3 cats, and she tried to switch them to raw. She was successful with 2 of them, but the other one absolutely refuses to eat anything but kibble. Go figure!
From what I've read, cats don't get enough moisture when exclusively fed kibble. My Siamese eats canned (TikiCat) and raw (RadCat). She's almost 2 and hasn't had kibble since I picked her up at 4 months old. And I have never ever seen her drink water. I'm sure she must, but I've never seen it.
That said, I'm not a cat food nazi. Raw and/or canned is expensive. I'm only feeding one tiny 4 lb cat, so I can afford it. Oh, and grain free is the way to go (kibble, canned or raw). As with anything, feed the best you can afford, and can get your guys to eat. Good luck with your kitties!
Oh and yes, keeping clean water available is very very important for cats. One other consideration is that cats need taurine--not an ingredient that is easy to supply with a raw diet I think. I've never had any issues with kibble fed cats and other than confrontations with other animals causing some minor injuries (and in one case a major abscess) mine have lived very very long lives. The youngest I've ever lost a cat to anything but major trauma was eye cancer and she was 18.
Unlike my dog, my cats love the junkier, low quality foods. I do not feed them with anything that has by products as ingredients, but they seem to really like added corn.
We actually change their diet about every 3 bags, they've never had issues changing brands.
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They are strictly indoor cats, long hair, and one is really overweight. They are huge! I couldn't get pictures of them today but I do have some of their kitten pictures. They look exactly the same just a whole lot bigger. The one on the left is the one now overweight. His name is Noah. The one on the right is much more shy, she had to pull him out from under the bed for me to see him. He went right back. He is Issac.
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AFC ups pressure on Ramotar over NCN probe
The Alliance For Change today upped the pressure on President Donald Ramotar for not taking action on irregularities at state TV NCN which implicated two senior officials of the network.
The irregularities pertained to the deposit of money from GT&T into the private account of one of the individuals and attempts by both to cover up the matter. A subsequent investigation pointed to other irregularities.
As the Minister of Information, the matter was referred to Ramotar and eight months after an investigation nothing has happened. Critics have said that the President should not even haven't gotten involved but that the matter should have been handed over to the police. Critics have also said that the police themselves should have investigated the matter.
At a press conference today, the AFC said:
"Some eight months (June) after President Donald Ramotar ordered an investigation into financial irregularities at the National Communication Network and some four months (November) since the Audit firm has handed in its report, there has been no move by the Administration to ensure that those who siphoned off the company money into their personal accounts are charged.
This is the highest level of executive lawlessness.
"The deposit of company money into personal bank accounts is not an allegation, there is evidence that this fraudulent transaction did take place. In any other society, those responsible would have been behind bars. For the President to sit on the report from the audit firm while the perpetrators are still being paid by the company or allowed to go free, places the president in a position where he is clearly condoning executive lawlessness.
"If President Ramotar is disinclined to take action in his capacity as President, he is honour bound as Minister of Information to ensure that the state owned and government controlled NCN operates above board and in such a clear case of irregularity, he should have immediately called for those named to face the full force of the law and let the chips fall where they will.
"In addition to the NCN audit report, President Ramotar is also sitting on an audit report on the operations of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) that recommends the immediate dismissal of NDIA's boss Lionel Wordsworth and the Senior Section Engineer, Aneel Chowbay…
"The audit on fuel consumption and equipment operations and maintenance, was conducted between May and September. It was completed and submitted to the Chairman of the NDIA Board of Directors on September 26, and carbon copied to President Donald Ramotar. Five months on and the President has failed to clean house.
"These clear-cut and proven cases of financial irregularities at two government controlled entities have placed Guyana in a very embarrassing position. This is compounded b the fact that the persons named either continue to work in the agency with the opportunity to continue their illegal behavior or they are given a slight tap on the wrist and sent off to perpetrate such acts elsewhere. They are not made to pay for the wrong they did.
"While the AFC remains committed to working with President Ramotar and his
Administration to move Guyana forward, we remind him of remarks he to his new cabinet in December 2012, `…our nation's well-being should always be our most important guiding influence' and call on him to lead by example and put this nation's well-being ahead of protecting cronies."
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Graywalkers: Purgatory - A Strategic & Tactical Turn-Based RPG
Well this new kickstarter fell under my radar it's called Graywalkers: Purgatory, and it's asking for $100,000 to get funded.
It's desribed as, "A Emergent Strategic & Tactical Turn-Based RPG set in a Supernatural Post-Apocalyptic World where Heaven & Hell merged with Earth."
I wish them luck as the game sounds good, but the asking price based on other projects is hard to achieve.
Graywalkers: Purgatory is the first in a series of Emergent Strategic and Tactical Turn-based 3D Role-Playing Game set in a stylish supernatural post-apocalyptic world, where parts of Heaven, Hell and Earth have merged together in an event called "The Rupture".
In this game, you play the prophesied leader of the Graywalkers, 36 Hidden Ones who walk the line between the darkness and the light. It is your task to gather them all, unite the the chaotic lands of Purgatory under one banner, and lead the war to reclaim the world for humanity. Your actions will affect the economy and politics of this land ravaged by the war between the supernaturals.
The vision for the Graywalkers saga has underlying foundations that will guide it through its development from beginning to end:
- Best of Turn-Based - the game was inspired by some of the best turn-based games we love: the X-Com series, Fallout Series, Jagged Alliance series, the original Wasteland, Baldur's Gate and Arcanum. We've melded the best features we loved from these games and added our own to create a unique but familiar experience.
- Epic Story, Deep Mythos & New Mysterious World - the epic story of Graywalkers spans more than 2000 years of background history, providing a deep and rich world flavored with new takes on old legends and mysteries waiting to be discovered.
- Emergent Gameplay - we wanted to create a game where the player's decisions and actions have the ability to change and affect the world in profound ways.
Community Interaction – one of the reasons for us being here on Kickstarter is to build a community behind this game. We want them to be part of the development of this game as reasonably possible. The game we will build is the game they want to play
- Game Type - It is a 3D 3rd person role-playing game with strategic and tactical elements. You can toggle between Isometric and Perspective views.
- Game Modes - There are 3 possible Game Modes; Campaign is the single-player epic storyline, Freeform is a single player experience where everything is procedurally generated and your measure for success is affected by influence, resources and power. If Stretch goals are reached, we will be adding a Multiplayer Mode which is Team based PVP.
- Distribution - We are targeting on distributing the game on as many digital platforms as we can get on, including hopefully Steam, GOG, Desura and others.
- Current State - The game is in the pre-alpha stage. We have working prototypes for some of the core systems but we still need to build majority of the content. We estimate 14-18 months more of development time.
Information aboutGraywalkers
SP/MP: Single-player
Setting: Post-Apoc
Genre: Strategy-RPG
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DURHAM, N.C. - The Marist men's lacrosse team finished on the short end for the first time this season, dropping a 19-11 decision at 12th-ranked Duke Monday night. It was the Red Foxes first loss in six games this spring.
Connor Rice (Penfield, N.Y.) had five points for the second time in three days, finishing with a goal and four assists. Mike Begley (Brookeville, Md.) found the back of the net four times and Jack Doherty (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.), who just hours before the game was named the MAAC Offensive Player of the Week, scored twice. Jim Marks (Camillus, N.Y.) and Gannon Osborn (Canandaigua, N.Y.) each had a goal and an assist. Dave Scarcello (Buffalo, N.Y.) played the entire game in net and made 11 saves.
Drew Nesmith (Montclair, N.J.) put the Red Foxes (5-1, 1-0 MAAC) on the board first with a goal at the 12:10 mark. Rice tallied his first assist of the game on the goal.
Duke (6-4) scored seven of the next eight goals however to take a 7-2 lead with 11:48 left in the second quarter.
Rice scored with 9:10 on the clock to stop the Blue Devils' run and start a four-goal streak for Marist. Doherty scored just 55 seconds later and Begley scored two of his goals, both unassisted, to pull the Red Foxes within one at 7-6 with 1:53 left before halftime.
Duke however scored twice in the final 1:18 to take a 9-6 lead at the midway point. The Blue Devils also scored the first to goals of the third quarter to open a five-goal lead, 11-6, with 12:22 left in the period.
Begley scored his final two goals and Doherty added his second, but Marist still trailed 14-9 going into the fourth quarter.
Aedan Herman (Stafford, Va.) scored on an assist from Rice at the 12:05 mark to pull the Red Foxes to within 14-10, but Duke scored the next five goals to put the game away.
Marist jumps back into conference action when it travels to Canisius, the defending MAAC Champions, for a 1 p.m. game on Saturday.
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Early ones had issues, they replaced bbls with a new style and that supposedly fixed a lot of the issues they were having. Mags have to be carefully loaded or they jam. They have promised a carbine version using the same mags, so far vaporware and probably will be for a while. KelTec everything is hard to find, they have a high demand and apparently limited production capacity.
People who have them seem to like them, except for the issues of them jamming and blowing up in the early production. Very light weight, and very loud! There is one at a local gunshop here, probably will be for a while as he has $900 on it. "Street price" based on their MSRP should be in the $350 range, doubt if you will see even MSRP for a few years.


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Siena Sweeps MAAC Baseball Weekly Awards
Release: May 16, 2011
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Junior, 2B, 6-0, 195, Stratford, Conn./Bunnell
Paolini batted .615 with a .923 slugging percentage in Siena's series at Saint Peter's. He went 4-for-6 with a home run and six RBI in the series-opening win, and had two hits in each game of the Saturday doubleheader. The home run was 17th of the season and 54th all-time for the MAAC's home run king. Paolini drove in eight runs on the weekend and played a flawless second base, making good on all eight of his chances. He also scored two runs and stole a base.
MAAC Pitcher of the Week
Senior, RHP, 6-0, 191, Windsor, Conn./Northwest Catholic
Sumple enjoyed one of the top performances of his career in Siena's series-opening 12-0 win over Saint Peter's. He picked up the complete game shutout, allowing just four hits and striking out 11. Sumple registered 136 pitches in his nine innings of work.
MAAC Rookie of the Week
Freshman, INF, 6-3, 185, Montclair, N.J./Montclair
Citro batted .667 with a .786 slugging percentage in Siena's series win at Saint Peter's. His marquee performance was a 6-for-6 opener in which he scored three runs and drove in two. In the series finale, Citro's 10th inning, bases-loaded triple cleared the bases, breaking a 3-3 tie and leading Siena to the extra-inning win and series triumph. He finished the weekend 9-for-14 with five RBI, four runs scored and a .786 slugging percentage.


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The Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi-pure-bloods-have godlike powers. Children of Hematoi and mortals-well, not so much. Half-bloods only have two options: Become trained Sentinels who hunt and kill daimons or become servants in the homes of the pures.
Seventeen-year-old Alexandria would rather risk her life fighting than waste it scrubbing toilets, but she may end up slumming it anyway. There are several rules that students at the Covenant must follow. Alex has problems with them all, but especially rule #1: Relationships between pures and halfs are forbidden.
Unfortunately, she's crushing hard on the totally hot pure-blood Aiden. But falling for Aiden isn't her biggest problem-staying alive long enough to graduate the Covenant and become a Sentinel is. If she fails in her duty, she faces a future worse than death or slavery: Being turned into a daimon, and being hunted by Aiden. And that would kind of suck.
©2011 Jennifer L. Armentrout (P)2014 Tantor
"Sexy, sizzling, touching, and fun." (Leigh Fallon, author of Carrier of the Mask)
"Half blood"
Why us it that the heroine is being a pain in the ass and constantly arguing and breaking rules, is that supposed to make her more kick ass and tough etc... well its not she just comes out annoying like hell. It always amazes me that a teen girl heroine is always a smart ass etc. etc.. anyway this book lacks the ooomph factor that keeps your imagination soaring, Justine Eyre narrative is excellent as always:)
"Story as good as narrator is bad!"
So worth the read if you can get past the narrator! I actually started the Luxe series written by Armentrout, but didn't make it because of the narrator. I did better with this book, and I can get over the too gravely voice of the heroines, but I still hate the way she does the male leads. In trying to stay in character, she makes the voice too monotone and sucks all the sexy and emotion right out. "nuff said.
This story is pure fantasy. It's like BH 90210 with a paranormal twist. I found myself brought back to my fun college days of parent-free living, only with money and nothing but super hot guys around. Call me shallow, but it was fun to put away my Mom jeans and dive to the dark side for awhile. And the nice thing was that while there was a real superficial edge to the setting, the characters were real people, with real emotions. Of course there are hook-ups, but the romance was real -- you like the people, you get to know them, and it's clear they care about each other. It might start with attraction, but this author doesn't have them fly into bed just based on that -- she establishes at least a preliminary emotional bond. As far as YA, the characters are older and so the themes are more mature -- Underage drinking, pretty grim violence, slavery, hookups, virginity, etc.
"Good Book, Terrible Reader"
The reader. I really enjoyed the story, but I will have to get the rest of them as books to read myself, because as an audio book, it just annoyed me.
When Alex went to the infirmary to visit Cain, and he turned out to be a half-blood demon! Very scary and while I wasn't really surprised, it wasn't pleasant in a good plot twist kind of way.
Anyone who doesn't sound like they are working on a bowel movement while reading! I can think of any number of readers that would be better. I do like when there are male and female readers in particular. Love the Phil and Natalie paring of the fever series by KMM.
I can't wait to read what happens next with Alex and her men. First we have to find out what all this stuff about her being the second Apollyon and Seth and her attraction to Aiden and the changing laws regarding Pures and half-bloods dating. Lots of loose ends!
Please, for the love of all that is holy stop letting Justine Eyre read books. She is not good at it. When my friend told me it sounded like she was on the toilet, I was amazed at how right he was. I am not usually a mean person, and hate to say this, but if this is the only way to keep her from ruining more books, then it has to be said. Maybe, she needs to find another line of work at which she can excel, because this ain't it.
"If you like Richelle Mead!"
If you liked any of Richelle Mead's books (Vampire Academy or Game board of the gods), there's no reason why you wouldn't like this series. Everyone says it reminds them of Vampire Academy series like it's a negative thing and if they stopped at just the first book I can see why they would think that, but I am on book 3 and I definitely think this series stands apart. Similar, not the same. It is certainly worth listening to!
P.s. The main characters ages range around 17-24.... so it has more "adult" scenes than the Vampire Academy series.
I had a little trouble with some of the narration in the first book, but she gets better during the 2nd book.
"Problem with Narrator!"
I had a huge problem with the narrator. She has a gravelly irritating tone that was like listening to nails on a chalk board. Even getting past that, she didn't differentiate the voices of the characters much.
The story might have been interesting if I hadn't already read Vampire Academy. There was so many similarities that it really distracted me. It was an OK story but not engaging and I'm not very interested in what will happen in the rest of the series.
"Now THIS is how you do it!"
Loved this book. Kick butt heroine. The world the author built was believable and the Heroine goes through a pretty great character arc. (I know everything in the world...oops...maybe not.) Loved it! She stands up and takes responsibility for what she does. I am hooked.
"Worst Narrator Ever!"
Regardless of the plot, I could not get into the story because of the narrator. She has such a low voice and her performance as some of the main guys in the story was awful! It was comical at times because of how "valley girl" she sounded. very disappointing
picked a different narrator
awful...worst I've ever heard.
It had potential but Justine's voice made it impossible to get into it.
"Good Series"
Once you get past the similarities to Vampire Academy it's actually a really good story. The first book I was not as sure about because it was so like VA I kept anticipating the twists and turns in the story like I had already read it. As the series continues the story changes and you hardly notice any similarities. I liked VA so a similar story line didn't bother me much. In the end I think I like this series better.
"The narrator is horrible!!!"
The narrator was so horrible I couldn't get through the first chapter. So I have no idea how the story is due to the performance.
"liked the story, did not like the narrator."
It sounds like the narrator is testing really hard to have a sexy/gravely voice and it just isn't good. The story was good enough that I stuck to it. I will listen to the next book.
"Terrible narrator"
Different narrator
I enjoyed story and would really like to complete the series but I cannot listen to another book with the hunk in the story sounds like my 90 year old grandmother with a bad sinus infection.
"Brilliant, thoroughly enjoyed it"
Fab book, kept me listening. I was hooked quickly. Brilliant concept and story line. I HIGHLY recommend it.
"Loved this book, narrator not right choice"
Yes if you like Vampire books with a bit of a difference
Liked them all as this makes the story
Not sure, a male narrator may have been better
Not at this time
"great story, annoying narrator"
Great story and characters but the narrators voice was very irratating. love the story line and will listen to the other books. Shame about the narrator, when she did male voices it was very croaky for all charachters and irratating. Sounds like a frog
her voice
enjoyable storyline
"narration poor"
Better and more engaging narration
Not with same narrator
Didn't get far enough to find any
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Preconception Care and Pregnancy Weight Gain
Even if you or your significant other is not pregnant, but you plan to be, start focusing on your/his medical and nutritional health early. Obtain preconception care with a midwife, or obstetrician, and a registered dietitian. Why? Preconception care can help lower the risk for complications during pregnancy and delivery, as well as reduce the risk for infant mortality and low-birth weight. Specifically, it can ensure mom is at a healthy weight prior to becoming pregnant. Why is this important? Not only does mom's weight prior to pregnancy impact her and baby's health, it impacts the amount of weight she is advised to gain during pregnancy.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) provides their recommendation for weight gain during pregnancy based on mom's preconception body mass index (BMI). Body Mass Index is a calculation of estimated body fat based upon weight and height.
Institute of Medicine's updated recommendations emphasize the importance of adequate preconception care and its role in ensuring mom's BMI status falls within a healthy range of 18.5-24.9 kg/m2 prior to conception.
Below are current recommendations by the Institute of Medicine for Total and Rate of Weight Gain of Pregnancy (by BMI):
Underweight (BMI= <18.5 kg/m2)- 28-40 pounds total, with 1 pound per week*
Healthy Weight (BMI= 18.5-24.9 kg/m2)- 25-35 pounds total, with 1 pound per week*
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I recently had the opportunity to look into the anti-malware world of Apple OS X. One of our clients moved to a new office in late October 2011. As part of this move they also moved from Microsoft operating systems and software to Apple OS X systems and software, making a clean break from all things Microsoft. While researching their question about anti-malware for OS X I found that the world of anti-malware for OS X is just as fraught with information and disinformation from Apple fans, Apple opponents and anti-malware vendors as the world of Linux seems to be at times with its fans and detractors. I came to the following conclusion which is paraphrased and expanded from the e-mail I sent our client.
After a lot of research over the past month I have come to the conclusion that costly Unix, OS X and Linux anti-malware programs, such as Norton anti-virus on OS X, are a waste of money. It is not that unix-like systems are invulnerable to attack, but that the types of attacks I have seen mentioned over this month will get right through most anti-malware software on systems that are vulnerable. All these anti-malware solutions seem able to do is protect your Microsoft using friends and clients to whom you might forward an infected e-mail sent to you from someone else using an infected Microsoft Windows system.
The fact that Microsoft software is perceived to have the largest installed base does mean there are many more attacks against Microsoft systems on the desktop space. But, just because a system is highly targeted does not mean it can be successfully targeted. The flawed core design of all Microsoft operating systems, desktop and server, means more successful attacks. The "designed with security in mind" unix-like systems are much less likely to experience a successful attack on the desktop or the server. This is not to say they will never be targeted, they will. Just that the incidents of successful attacks are likely to be much lower than that of Microsoft's systems. Of course, any desktop system that has a user interacting with it can be successfully attacked through social engineering. User education is the only solution to social engineering attacks.
Unix-like systems are typically not susceptible to traditional Viruses such as those found on Microsoft Windows. However, they can be susceptible to social engineering, Worm and Trojan Horse attacks. Here are some basic definitions:
Virus – Self-replicating malware that attaches to executable files. The infected program has to be run for the virus to spread. Typically viruses will seek out system programs that will start when the system starts. Or they will seek out specific software that is ubiquitous across the platform on which the virus is designed to attack.
Worm – Self-spreading malware that attacks un-patched, vulnerable "services" on networks. These usually are a "rootkit" running on an infected system that will attack print servers, name servers, web servers, file servers, and the like. All modern desktop operating systems are likely to be running a service of some sort. Server systems will definitely be running some services. These malware only succeed if the service is vulnerable due to not being patched or up to date. A successful attack will then install itself as a new "rootkit" on the infected system and start scanning a network for more vulnerable systems it can successfully attack from the newly infected system.
Trojan Horse – Embedded malware that requires the end-user to install an application that is pretending to be something it is not. This is the most prevalent attack these days. In some cases it preys on a users ignorance by using social engineering to get the user to install malware. Fake anti-virus pop-up messages from infected web sites are the most common infection vector. In other cases deliberately infected source install files from "strange" web sites is the other attack vector. A Trojan Horse may include a virus, a worm or both.
For more detail see this: The Difference Between a Computer Virus, Worm and Trojan Horse
All anti-virus software is retroactive. In other words, for all of these, the anti-virus software has to already "know" about specific malware to be able to prevent it. In the event of web site pop-up malware, most, if not all, anti-virus software will happily let one install the software that is masquerading as anti-virus software. In some cases the end-user might get a warning that the software is malicious. But often no warning is given, even with web scanning enabled in the anti-virus software. Then the uneducated, gullible user clicks on the dialog and essentially, but unknowingly, agrees to infect the system.
Here is one example of a successful Trojan Horse web based attack on OS X systems:
Mac OS X Viruses: How to Remove and Prevent the Mac Protector Malware
If you are new to unix-like systems and have not yet purchased anti-malware for your Linux, Unix or OS X, here is what I recommend. Do not buy anti-malware for unix-like systems as you will likely just be wasting your money. Instead, use a "free" anti-malware package if you feel you must have one. Keep your unix-like systems up to date. Then educate yourself, your friends, your acquaintances and your employees about these web based Trojan Horse attacks. Think long and hard before you download and install any "strange" software from "strange" web sites. Ultimately the human mind considering the pop-up message on the screen or the program download from a "strange" site is the last line of defense against these attacks. An educated, cautious mind is the best defense against a social engineering malware attack.
Finally, we all know there are some people for whom no amount of training will suffice. Not all brains are equal in their ability to process and store information. These folk may listen politely to explanations about malware, nod that they understand, then go ahead and click the [Install] button on a malicious pop-up dialog and follow the instructions to completion. There are also people who refuse to learn anything they perceive to be "inconvenient". They remain willfully ignorant of malware threats as a result. These people will always be the weak link in the chain when attempting to protect personal and business systems from malware. The malware clean-up businesses will still have a strong future with these people using computers, no matter what operating system they use.


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Faculty trace first Koreans, ancient Chinese mariners
Two faculty members in the UH Mānoa Department of Anthropology are using modern scientific tools and working with international colleagues to help glean information about early peoples of East Asia.
Christopher Bae is working with an interdisciplinary team that includes geoscientists and biological anthropologists to investigate caves in the mountains of the South Korean peninsula. He is seeking hominid fossils and other early deposits that could shed light on human evolution during prehistory Asia.
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Barry Rolett is interested in the evolutionary impact of rising sea levels, which may have triggered seafaring by early Fujian inhabitants in coastal China. He uses sediment coring to literally dig up the evidence of a maritime culture among probable predecessors to the Polynesian voyagers.
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US auto sales accelerate to best pace since 2007
US auto sales accelerated to the best pace since October 2007 as major automakers posted double digit gains on Wednesday and forecast more growth in the months to come.
Total industry sales rose 17 per cent when compared with August last year while the sales pace jumped to an adjusted, annual rate of 16.1 million, according to Autodata.
That's up from 15.8 million in July and the first time the sales pace topped 16 million since the US auto industry sank into a deep downturn that led to the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler.
"The news is even more positive than the overall numbers imply, as individual car buyers, not fleet sales, are behind the surge," said Michelle Krebs, an analyst with automotive site Edmunds.com.
"The stars are aligned for strong retail sales: great new product, widely available cheap credit, and a desire and need by car buyers to purchase a new vehicle to replace their likely aged one."
Ford economist Ellen Hughes-Cromwick said that while it was not time to get "irrationally exuberant," recoveries in the housing and jobs market and a historically high average age for vehicle on the road "should give us some good support going forward."
While the short-term outlook for the industry remains quite good, Kelly Blue Book analyst Jack Nerad cautioned that "the overall economic recovery is weak and fragile, so another shock could send sales back."
"Right now, based on three years of pent-up demand, an aging national car fleet, artificially low interest rates and some glimmers of hope that the economy is really developing some momentum, the auto industry is out-performing the growth of the overall economy," Nerad said.
"But that doesn't mean that sales will continue at the strong pace we've seen in August."
Toyota surged past Ford to win second place in August as sales jumped 23 per cent to 231,537 vehicles.
"The auto industry continues to be a bright spot in the economic recovery," said Bill Fay, Toyota division group vice president and general manager. "August capped a great summer for new vehicle sales and it was Toyota's best month in more than five years."
Ford was not far behind as sales rose 12 per cent to 221,270 vehicles.
They were constrained by "tight inventories in some of our most popular models and a temporary pullback in fleet sales," said Ken Czubay, Ford's sales chief.
GM's sales rose 15 per cent to 275,847 vehicles, the highest so far this year and the best since September 2008.
"The second half of this year is off to a very solid start for GM and our model-year change over and new product launches are going smoothly," said GM sales chief Kurt McNeil. "We have a lot of momentum and we feel good about the direction of the US economy as we prepare to launch even more new products."
Chrysler's sales rose 12 per cent to 165,552 in the automaker's best August performance since 2007.
"All aspects of our business continue to improve as evidenced by our streak of 41 consecutive months of year-over-year sales gains," said Reid Bigland, Chrysler's head of US sales.
Honda set a new August sales record as sales jumped 27 per cent to 166,432 vehicle. Nissan also set a sales record as sales rose 22 per cent to 120,498 vehicles.
Korean automakers, which expanded rapidly during the downturn, posted more modest gains.
Hyundai sales rose just eight per cent to 66,101 while Kia sales grew four per cent to 52,025.
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About the Book: The Dinner
A phenomenon that has sent shockwaves across Europe, The Dinner will be the talking point of the summer.
A summers evening in Amsterdam and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant. Between mouthfuls of food and over the polite scrapings of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum of polite discourse - the banality of work, the triviality of holidays. But behind the empty words, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new course, the knives are being sharpened.
Each couple has a fifteen year old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable insulated worlds of their families. As the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children, and as civility and friendship disintegrates, each couple show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love.
About the Author: Herman Koch
Herman Koch, born in 1953, is a Dutch actor and writer. He studied at the Montessori Lyceum before finishing his schooling in Russia. Koch is a renowned television actor on the series Jiskefet and a columnist for the newspaper Volkskrant. The Dinner is his sixth novel and has already won the prestigious Publieksprijs Prize in 2009. Herman Koch currently lives in Spain.
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From the starter to the dessert, Herman Koch moves from the family farce to the hard-hitting novel. You leave the table, gobsmacked." - Le Figaro
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Dangling from the neck, the ridges of this multi-disc necklace shine with illuminated style. Various sized discs overlap, linked together to create a symmetrical pattern.
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40th International Theatre Festival
20th February > 8th March 2009
Teatro Fondamenta Nuove
Sunday February 22 and Monday February 23 at 8:30 p.m.
Orlando [world premiere]
from Orlando by Virginia Woolf
adapted and directed by Stefano Pagin
with Stefania Felicioli, Michela Martini, Massimo di Michele
original music Gabriella Zen
set designers Matteo Torcinovich, Marino Ingrassia
art director Gaia Dolcetta
costume designers Gaia Dolcetta, Stefano Nicolao
tailoring Nicolao Atelier – Venice
production Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, Teatro Stabile del Veneto, La Biennale di Venezia
art director Gaia Dolcetta
costume designers Gaia Dolcetta, Stefano Nicolao
tailoring Nicolao Atelier – Venice
production Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, Teatro Stabile del Veneto, La Biennale di Venezia
in collaboration with Comune di Venezia – Assessorato alla Produzione Culturale
In Virginia Woolf's literary production Orlando (1928) – inspired by the figure of her friend Vita Sackville-West with whom Woolf had woven a complex relationship – is a truly singular episode.
In the first chapter we find ourselves at the end of the sixteenth century, during the era of Elizabeth I, and young Orlando experiences a beautiful and painful love story with Sascia; in the second we are at the beginning of the seventeenth century, with a still young Orlando who gets his first taste of the hypocrisy of the literary world, experiences lust (after love) and is sent to be the ambassador to Constantinople. Among the Turks, after untold dissipation, he wakes up as a woman and experiences delicious adventures with the gypsies. Upon her return to England, it is the early eighteenth century, in the new society of Pope and Addison, with Orlando still intent on composing the poem The Oak Tree, but also dedicated to nightly escapades. The fifth chapter places Orlando and England under a heavy cloud; it is the era of crinolines and Victorian morality and poor Orlando is herself forced to be married. In chapter six we return to the present, in the post-Edwardian twentieth century that swept away the abhorred Victorian nineteenth century.
Stefano Pagin's production does not hinge – like Sally Potter's film – on biographical narration. Orlando here becomes an allegory of love and of the artist and the adaptation into a play circumscribes his exploration of these themes – love and eroticism – developing the entire part about Orlando (man) and Sascia, Orlando (woman) and Shelmerdine.
In the theatre adaptation of the book for two actresses and an actor, the stars of the show are again – after their successful La buona madre at the 2006 Theatre Biennale – Stefania Felicioli and Michela Martini, actresses who have worked with the great Italian directors – Sequi, De Bosio, Castri, Ronconi and Strehler. With them, Massimo Di Michele, who has acted, among others, under Tonino Conte, Marco Bernardi, Krzysztof Zanussi.
The theatre "score" will be complemented by an original score by composer Gabriella Zen, who previously held a seminar with the director during the International Theatre Workshop in November 2008, a premise to the play that is being presented today. In her compositions, Gabriella Zen works along the same lines as the adventures of the protagonist. Just as Orlando never dies, traveling across the eras and the countries of the Mediterranean, the music morphs similarly from the sixteenth-century notes of the Renaissance courts to the pop sounds of the British new wave of the Eighties.
We will attempt to read Orlando through the myth of Aristophanes – explains the director. During Plato's Symposium, the playwright Aristophanes stands up to speak and expresses his opinion about love by narrating a myth. Once – he said – there were perfect beings, men and women who had four hands, four arms, two faces, they were two men and two women united by one head only. There was a third type, the hermaphrodite, who was made of a male and a female also joined at the head. "They were terrible, with great strength and vigor, and great pride, in such measure that they sought to attack the gods". Zeus then decided to divide them into two to make them weaker and harmless. Since then, men have always been in search of their ancient perfection. Those who were joined to a man look for a man, those who were joined to a woman look for a woman, and the hermaphrodites seek the opposite sex. Aristophanes believes that love is the desire for unity with one's beloved, who is not just anyone, but the same person we were originally tied to.
Reading and re-reading Orlando by Virginia Woolf over the years, I have always had the same impression, that the mystery of this novel could also be interpreted through myth, or through the "hero's trial", or sentimental education, like a fable of initiation. I have always had the impression that over Time and Space, Orlando sought his other half, to return to his self, and the History and Space sought on the contrary to make him lose his way, offering false models, disguises very similar to those of the ancient unity. We will attempt to highlight the search for the other half of one's self by splitting the roles – lover and beloved will be the same person throughout the centuries – and by the change in sex.


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Light the Way
Combining antique fixtures with original design, a lighting company blazes a trail.
Overhead rail lines shadow wide avenues of bargain shops and fast-food restaurants, and vast housing projects give way to streets of 19th-century row houses, churches, and defunct brick breweries. One of these large Bushwick, Brooklyn, edifices, just across from a row of pastel stucco houses, is the new home to Remains Lighting, a business run by husband-and-wife team Alexandra (Alix) MacGowan Calligeros '90 and David Calligeros. While the streets are clogged with buses and taxis, the four-story space that houses Remains is open, spacious, and flooded with natural light.
Remains Lighting has showrooms in London, Chicago, Manhattan, Greenwich, and Los Angeles, and its antiques and original designs appear regularly in glossy spreads in Elle Decor, House Beautiful, and Architectural Digest. But as Alix says, "It's not just the beauty of the design that matters to us, but the structural integrity of the pieces and the processes by which they're made—the effort to manufacture locally and sustainably."
In January, Remains, which began its life in 1996 in a Chelsea loft, consolidated its production, design, and manufacturing operations to this 25,000-square-foot factory. The new space gives the company room to begin manufacturing more of the specialized parts for its own designs, and it also allows Alix and David to realize their personal ambition–to do their work in a more environmentally conscious way.
The Brooklyn factory is now in the process of getting LEED certified. While LEED (Leader in Energy and Environmental Design) may not yet be a household term, it's a shortcut to saying that the building has undergone a stringent process monitored by the U.S. Green Building Council and that it meets certain standards in efficiency and pollution control. "Most of what the LEED process requires," Alix says, "are things we wanted to do anyway—the solar, the green roof, the water-efficiency control."
It's immediately apparent that this is a different kind of factory. In the areas where the building is not lit from tall windows, lights are mounted on sensors that detect both the need for light and the presence of activity, and all water sources are operated by foot pedal. They've insulated the roof and plan to install retractable awnings for further heat and light control. Remains gets all of its power from renewable sources, and, just this May, installed its own solar panels on the roof. "We expect the meters to be spinning backwards on weekends," Alix says.
While they use scrap metals and recycled materials whenever possible, a business that works with chemical finishes has a particular challenge when it comes to water. So Remains invested in state-of-the-art filtration for rinse waters and developed a "closed-loop" system for all of its plating. This way, none of the chemicals used in meticulous finishing processes find their way back into the municipal water.
"Having the plant in a high-density neighborhood like this, a place where people actually live and work, is important to us," Alix says. The happy consequence is that of the 40 employees who work in the Brooklyn factory, seven cycle to work year-round, and most others are close enough to either walk or take the subway.
Alix and David had been planning this expansion for about a year before they moved. The timing wasn't great, Alix admits, referring to the collapse in the economy. It may slow down their ability to hire—they have about 25 manufacturing jobs now, but they'd like to increase that over the next few years. "Of course everything depends on the sales." Right now things are holding steady, and they're excited about a couple of new high-tech machines on the main floor. This is where rods, or strips of brass or nickel, are shaped into minutely detailed finials, frame lengths, and other components.
"A lot of lighting is made in China and India," Alix says, "but we acquire most of the parts we don't make from the East Coast, and the rest from domestic sources whenever we can." To make a high-quality piece from metals and glass requires a lot of skill, skills that are disappearing in the U.S. and that Alix and David hope to help keep alive. A list of some of the artisanal and industrial services they require includes glassbenders, metal spinners, brazers, glass blowers, shade-makers, wire-formers, and chain-makers—not your standard curriculum at tech schools these days.
Motivated by his respect for the craft and informed by years of work in antique restoration, David starting designing original pieces for Remains in 1998. His "permanent collection" now consists of hundreds of different wall lights, pendants, sconces, and lanterns. The company also does custom work anchored in David's knowledge of antiques and on adaptations of the company's own designs. Most of the pieces are characterized by simple elegance, but there are also some flamboyant show stoppers—such as the gilded chandelier hanging in the 59th Street showroom, four feet tall and decorated with caryatids and hermai.
Los Angeles designer Madeline Stuart says, "I can't think of another company anywhere in the country that offers so many unique and beautiful fixtures. They're absolutely exquisite."
David, who founded the company and is in charge of acquisitions and design, has a deep knowledge of all things lighting. Of Alix, he says, "She has turned our business from a one-man antique shop into a thoroughly organized international organization. She's able to see patterns in seeming chaos, to then create systems of management and communicate her distilled, organized vision to our staff."
A history major with a concentration in studio art, Alix learned early on how to make complex connections and handle a lot of data while developing an appreciation for tactile beauty. At Middlebury, her senior thesis focused on civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, and she had a memorable summer job working on a vegetable farm in Starksboro. But it is printmaking teacher David Bumbeck who continues to inspire her. "He was an expert in all techniques," she says. "He didn't adhere to a rigid style or method or philosophy in his teaching. He adapted to his students, was very generous in that way."
The influence of this teaching style can be seen now in the way Alix works with employees. "We really value people's different contributions to the business, and we want their input. And while the business grows, people's jobs evolve to better suit their talents. There's a lot of room for collaboration."
It's sometimes hard to hear on the factory floor, but the atmosphere is cordial and focused. There are designers, mainly mechanical engineers working on computers, and finishers concentrating on the polishing wheels and chemical rinses. The shipping department—one man at a desk—is right near the front door, where a massive, gleaming, 18-arm chandelier, "a custom piece," Alix notes, awaits a photo shoot before being shipped to its final destination.
The price tag for these items? Yes, it's pretty steep. As Madeline Stuart says, "The quality of the fabrication makes them almost like pieces of jewelry." But what makes them valuable is something added to their decorative flair, it's the values embodied in their production.


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The England Under-21 man, 22, scored 24 league and cup goals last season but has rejected the offer of a new deal.
"Izale believes that playing in League Two is having a detrimental effect on his England career," chairman Pete Winkelman told the club's website.
"It is the club's policy not to hinder any player's opportunity to progress."
McLeod has scored 60 league and cup goals in 135 appearances since joining the Dons from Derby in the summer of 2004.
He was League Two's joint top scorer last season, when Milton Keynes rejected a £1m bid from rivals Peterborough, but he also collected three red cards during the campaign.


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Nebraska Wesleyan University awarded degrees to 489 undergraduate and graduate students at its 128th commencement on Saturday, May 6.
Antwan Wilson, Chancellor of Washington D.C. Public Schools and Nebraska Wesleyan alumnus, delivered the commencement address. He was presented with an Honorary Doctor of Pedagogy degree. Honorary degrees was also presented to James P. Abel, chairman and CEO of NEBCO, Inc., Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, and Marilyn Moore, retired president of Bryan College of Health Sciences, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
Nebraska Wesleyan University broke ground Tuesday, April 4 on a new science center named after a cherished member of the Lincoln community who was known for his service, entrepreneurship and philanthropy.
Two houses in six days.
Hours of manual labor, mixing and pouring cement, chipping and shaping cinder blocks, and digging foundations.
And important lessons on poverty, privilege, and people.
Members of Nebraska Wesleyan University's Global Service Learning (GSL) student organization traveled to Guatemala this summer for their annual international service project.
Nebraska Wesleyan University has announced its academic honors list for students enrolled in the adult program for the spring semester of the 2016-2017 academic year.
Nebraska Wesleyan's adult program provides nontraditional students the opportunity to earn a college degree while pursuing a career.
Students must have a minimum grade point average of 3.75 on a 4.00 scale.
Nebraska Wesleyan University has announced its Academic Honors List for the spring semester of the 2016-2017 academic year.
A student must have a minimum grade point average of 3.75 (on a 4.00 scale) for 12 or more hours of coursework to qualify for the list.
A complete list of students earning academic honors recognition is below.
Nebraska Wesleyan University is again expanding its graduate degree offerings.
Beginning in fall 2019, NWU will offer a Master of Social Work degree.
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I don't really see the point in this if you can only upgrade CPU, RAM and HDD/SSD. I could do this on my current laptop if I wanted. Might not be as convenient, but it's not exactly rocket science! I think their new version would have to incorporate upgradable gfx for this idea to really take off. Nice review though, as always.
what kind of temperatures did you get with that laptop cpu?
Er, hot. I didn't record any actual temps but it was certainly pretty toasty.
I Agree with Trevor. This is more of a barebones laptop rather than DIY... Most laptops the hard drive and memory are upgraded in the same way. Even the CPU upgrade is not so different. They only real difference is the laptop doesn't come with HDD, memory and cpu.
While I mostly agree, upgrading the CPU on most laptops is not a trivial matter. Then again it is probably the part you're least likely to replace, DIY or not.
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I've always called it a Secret Santa.
People need to stop with the being offended about everything thing.
I'm an atheist. I celebrate anything and everything. I don't have a tree but I would love ornaments. I would love ANYTHING my curly sent me. ANYTHING.
Nothing that is sent to me as a thoughtful gift would ever offend me.


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GeneDx accepts all commercial insurance policies. The patient is responsible for only the co-pay, co-insurance and unmet deductible dictated by his or her insurance carrier. GeneDx will perform a benefit investigation and attempt to contact the patient if the patient's out-of-pocket cost is expected to be greater than $100. GeneDx will review the information and discuss payment plan options. A Financial Assistance Program is available to patients with financial difficulties. If the patient decides to cancel the test, we will contact the physician that ordered the test to get their approval before cancellation. GeneDx provides a compassionate care price as well as a payment plan for patients who are financially challenged. If the patient receives a payment from the insurance company, it is patient's responsibility to pay GeneDx within 10 days of receipt of that payment. This payment is not eligible for reduction under any financial assistance or compassionate care program. For more information regarding commercial insurance billing at GeneDx, please call us at 888-729-1206.
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Isn't it about time for another Inspire, Inspire Journal prompt?! I think so! This go around consider the phrase, "From Within" and see what you can come up with for your line-weaving journal page.
Near the beginning of the year I went on a cleaning spree and I purged a ton of stuff from my art studio. It was a truly nice feeling to donate many of my un used items to other creative folks. And also to free up storage nooks, work space, and a cluttered mind. Afterwards I felt inspired to create new art pieces from many of the things I had tucked away just waiting to become a piece of art.
Believe it or not my studio is still staying somewhat kept even while I create colorful messes behind the doors. There are many project – a rainbow of bright hues ready to burst through the studio doors and into the hearts of others.
It was those feelings of freshly cleaned artful spaces and a renewed sense of creativity that had me doodling this little page in my Inspire, Inspire journal.
So now it's your turn! What sort of thoughts come to mind for you when you hear the words, "From Within?"
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Yet, for one of the largest regional names, U.S. Cellular, there is no word when the new iPhone models will be available. Back in May, the regional operator said that it would reverse its position on the device and offer it to customers. CEO Mary Dillon had called the phone too expensive to carry because of the subsidies involved. But after losing 5% of its post-paid subscribers over the last 18 months, Dillon is hoping that the lure of the Apple iPhone 5s and Apple iPhone 5c starts to bring the customers back. So far, there is nary a peep from U.S. Cellular as to when a launch might occur
Twenty five carriers in the U.S. now carry the iPhone. It seems ages ago when AT&T had the exclusive for the device in the U.S. Up in Canada, the October 1st launch date will apply to regional carrier MTS and we expect others to join along.
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Bookpedia is a book cataloging software for Mac OS X. It retrives information from the web, has smart collections to help organize your books and is written for Mac OS X. Using Bookpedia comes naturally because of its familiar iTunes style interface.
What is new in this release:
- Updates for macOS Sierra.
- New 'Enter Full Screen' menu command and shortcut Command-Control-F.
- Fix for an OS bug drawing borders over the combo box control in graphite appearance.
- Google Books plugin updated.
- Abbeys plugin updated.
- Bug fix: added a beep when reaching the bottom of the collection with next button.
- Bug fix: Google Books is now limited to title as the default search when using the cascading search option (Search All).
What is new in version 5.5:
What is new in version 5.4.2:
- 5 second delay on updating a smart collections when changing a rating in the table view.
- Added megabyte counter to activity sheet for backup zip export, for more feedback during backup process.
- Fixed redrawing issue with the cover image and scrolling the collection view.
- Under El Capitan Cover flow view would not load right away when switching to cover flow or app launch.
- Using a quote character as part of a smart collection rule would incorrectly appear as a backslash in subsequent edits. Furthermore if at the end of the rule, would then cause the smart collection to begin failing.
What is new in version 5.4.1:
What is new in version 5.4:
- Added 64-bit support for users on OS X Mavericks and Yosemite.
- New option to duplicate a collection, using the copy/paste commands or the "Duplicate" command in the collection contextual menu.
- Improved localizations.
- Autosave for the autofill.xml file has been optimized.
- New iSight code for faster and more reliable barcode recognition.
- The Wikipedia search now downloads more images.
- Bug fix: Rare bug with the autofill that could cause the smart collection rule sheet to freeze up.
- Bug fix: when opening an entry twice for editing (by accident) any changes will be saved automatically.
- Bug fix: EPUB import could stall if it encountered an incorrectly encoded release date in the EPUB files.
- Bug fix: Status column now sorts all images of the same type together.
- Plug-in fixes: IBS and Bol NL search sites.
What is new in version 5.3.2:
- Horizontal bounce is now turned off in list view to avoid issues with scrolling in Yosemite.
- New Add/Edit panel look for header and footer.
- New toolbar icons.
- New export options icons.
- New checked/unchecked style for the list view.
- Yosemite optimizations.
- Cover flow is faster.
- Highlights updated in Add/Edit panel.
- EPUB imports that are not compressed are now handled correctly.
- New "Command-Option-A" keyboard shortcut for opening an Amazon URL.
- Bug fix: Source list does not pop open again if currently collapsed.
- Bug fix: Possible iSight crash in Yosemite.
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There's a lovely debate that's been around for some time between Christopher Hitchens and William Lane Craig at Biola University. I recommend that you watch it — or watch parts of it, namely Christopher Hitchens's turns at the podium. William Lane Craig is an awful speaker. Christ must have granted Hitchens a silver tongue and Craig a wooden ear. If you can bear through Craig's turn at the microphone, then you'll witness a great 'debate' between a philosopher-hack and a public intellectual.
What I find most interesting about the debate — besides the subject of 'Does God exist?' — is Hitchens and Craig's respective debating styles. I will start with Hitchens:


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I have a collection of 135 titles (142 CDs) issued by Goldmine/Soul Supply record company. This is not a box set but rather it is a collection of albums that are similar in that they all are rare soul compilations by the same company. There are some tracks that are on more than one album but considering the scope and magnitude of this collection, the number of duplicated tracks is small. Some CDs have good artwork, some have none, most have some artwork of varying quality. All are 320 CBR MP3 and are fully tagged. Original post now has added CDs.
Everything You Did (and didn't) Want to know about the PMBOK Guide, fifth edition from PMI
This collection contains 349 songs recorded at 91 separate recording sessions between October 11, 1942 and March 23, 1961. Two-thirds of the selection on this 18-disc anthology have either been out out of print since the 1940s, or have never been released in any form. Cole's 1956 album, AFTER MIDNIGHT, is included here in its entirety, along with all of the trio's more familiar songs. Included in this set are 104 tracks previously unavailable on US LPs. Sixty-six of the tracks were previously unavailable anywhere. Fifty-six rare Capitol radio transcriptions appear commercially for the first time. Dozens of the tracks appear at the correct speed for the first time ever.
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Who Are Your Favorite TV Sidekicks?
Today on the Deminski & Doyle Show, the guys read off a list put together by CNN. The list was a compilation of some of the best TV sidekicks of all time in light of Mary Richards' (Rhoda Morgenstern from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show") announcement that she has terminal brain cancer.
Here's the list:
- Ethel Mertz from "I Love Lucy", played by Vivian Vance.
- Steve Urkel from "Family Matters", played by Jaleel White.
- Boner from "Growing Pains", played by Andrew Koening.
- Tonto from "Lone Ranger", played by Jay Silverheels.
- Silvio from "The Sopranos", played by Steven Van Zandt.
- Gilligan from "Gilligan's Island", played by Bob Denver.
- Barney Fife from "The Andy Griffith Show", played by Don Knotts.
- Robin from the "Batman" series, played by Burt Ward.
- George Costanza from "Seinfeld", played by Jason Alexander.
- Maynard G. Krebs from "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis", played by Bob Denver.


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August 9, 2009 By Merrill Douglas
When a government agency needs a new business application, it can meet that requirement in several ways. It might buy an off-the-shelf product. An in-house IT professional might develop the software. Or the agency might outsource the job to a custom software service. Which of those options works best is a matter of debate.
There's also a fourth option: the informal route. Consider the Surveying and Mapping section of the Real Estate Department in Hillsborough County, Fla. That organization boasts several employees who, although they aren't trained programmers, know their way around Microsoft Access. Previously when one of them needed to track projects, staff activity or other administrative details, he or she would whip up an ad hoc Access application.
Those databases and related queries worked well for specific needs. But as managers raised increasingly more questions, even when all the required data was available, staff had a hard time retrieving answers.
A manager who needed to report on staff utilization, for example, might not know that Employee A had been tracking exactly the data she needed. If the manager turned instead to Employee B, who had developed his own Access applications, the two of them might end up pulling information from two or more databases, moving the results to an Excel spreadsheet and then performing further calculations. "That used to literally take us a couple of days before we could crunch out an answer," said Jose Sanchez III, manager of Surveying and Mapping.
When Surveying and Mapping finally took stock of its Access applications, it found that employees had been busily reinventing the wheel. "I think there were 23 different databases. There were a total of 230 different fields of data, and 85 percent of them were common to each other," Sanchez said. In other words, most of the fields contained duplicate data.
Hoping to transform these disparate solutions into a more useful, integrated tool, two and a half years ago, officials in Surveying and Mapping presented the problem to Pat Cosgrove, manager of distributed processing in the county's Information and Technology Services Department. Cosgrove is responsible for business application development and enterprisewide support.
When a department needs new software, Cosgrove's team first evaluates what's commercially offered and buys it if the right product is available. That strategy didn't work for Surveying and Mapping. "We did not find anything out there that was off the shelf that met this department's particular requirements," Cosgrove said.
The usual alternative is to write the software internally. Unfortunately Cosgrove couldn't take on that project. "I didn't have the resources to address it, in view of other program requirements that were going on," he said.
A third option arose from developer Vision Genesis. Based in Reston, Va., the company says it can produce custom software in half the time a traditional shop would need to do the job, and therefore at a much lower cost. The company has largely been marketing its services to the federal government; the U.S. Defense Venture Catalyst Initiative conducted a review of its work this spring. Company officials were looking for a chance to demonstrate their services, so they offered to develop a new application for Hillsborough County free of charge.
Cosgrove doesn't know the mechanism Vision Genesis uses to develop applications faster than other software shops. "They didn't provide that information to us," he said.
To a large extent, that's proprietary information, said Mark Pomponio, CEO of Vision Genesis. But the secret has to do with the fact that the company's programmers don't develop a comprehensive, abstract design before they write code. "We start coding, and then our tool generates those other abstractions that are needed," he


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Copper pipe size question
Sorry for the stupid question but I did not find an answer using the search feature.
I've got old steel pipes in the basement that I'm going to replace with copper. In looking around the internet I see that most of the diagrams use 3/4" pipes at first then switch to 1/2" pipes when they go upstairs.
Is there a reason to switch to smaller pipes (other than increased pressure)?
By upstairs, do you mean a second story upstairs or just through the floor from the crawlspace/ basement to a fixture?
If you are talking about going from 3/4 to the fixture with 1/2; It is done to put a 1/2x3/8 stop on it. And then use a lav or toilet supply to the stop. Just for info the pressure does not increase by going to a smaller pipe. The pressure would be the same but the volume is decreased.
What PLUMBINGTALL said. I would recommend running a 3/4 trunk and then branching off with 1/2 to the fixtures.
The most obvious reason for using 3/4 inch copper piping is that the inlet and outlet to the water heater are 3/4 inch in size. So, plumbers will typically connect to the water heater with 3/4 inch piping.
I agree with the previous posts about using 3/4 inch copper piping THROUGHOUT your house, and branching off to each plumbing fixture with a 3/4 X 3/4 X 1/2 inch tee. That way, the supply piping can provide full flow to two different plumbing fixtures simultaneously. That means your shower won't change temperature when someone flushes the toilet.
Thanks much! And another question.
Thanks everyone for the responses!
What got me curious was the pipe changes from 3/4 to 1/2 about 10 feet before it makes the turn up to the kitchen sink. Just seemed strange to change it there and not further along (or behind the sink). The other set of pipes going to the bathroom (on the 2nd floor) go up through the wall as 3/4.
New question: Looking at pipe types I see that there are "M", "L" and "K". I don't think I need to worry about "K" as from what I've read that is for outdoor use. For what I am doing (replacing old steel pipes in the basement) should I use "L" or "M"?
Are there elbows and connectors specific to "L" or "M" or are they generic.
Thanks again!
The fittings are generic as far as i know. In 13 years I've never seen a fitting marked with k,l, or m. The difference in each is the thickness of the wall of the pipe. I prefer to use type L but I am a commercial guy and it is generally required on any job I do. I use it on houses as well though. The main reason to use "m" is that it is a little cheaper than L so it gets used alot in residential to keep cost down and it will work fine.
Thanks jporter!
If the price difference is not too bad (I'll need about 110' of pipe) I'll probably go with "L" as I'd rather use better quality to begin with.
Type "M" is supposed to be used for low pressure spplications like heating systems. I'd never use it for domestic lines. The fittings are the same. As far as pipe size, a larger line will carry more water with less pressure drop. A 3/4 line will carry the same volume as 2-1/2 half inch lines will at the same pressure. That means exactly what Nestor said, flushing the toilet won't have as much impact on the pressure in the shower if they are fed from a 3/4 supply. Just keep in mind that for hot water lines, if you use a 3/4 supply, you'll need to run that much more water until you get hot water to the outlet. And when you are finished there will be that much more water laying in the pipe that you've paid to heat.
Thanks for the info Maintenance 6!
Not trying to start an argument but type m is fine for water distribution systems such as hot and cold domestic water. It is rated at over 300psi. But I do believe like we've all said that L is the better choice and it should be used unless you jusst can't afford it.
I really don't see the advantage of using L piping, IMHO it is just more costly. M has been used in residential plumbing for years. The weak points in any plumbing job is usually the solder joints, if you have good joints you should not have a problem. I have exposed plumbing in my laundry area that has been bumped and hit for years with no problems.
I am not sure were you are located but if freezing pipes is your concern then none of the three types are rated for freezing and they will all rupture. I know as I did a repair for a friend who thought if he used L piping to an outside faucet he would not have to worry about it freezing.
I would also consider pex piping, you will have some up front cost for some specialty tools. But once you have them your good to go. Working with pex is a breeze. You can buy it at the local home center in 500' lengths. The fittings are a little more costly but when you factor in you use fewer of them you are usually money ahead.
Pex pipe can freeze and not burst, however the fitting will.
I want to state as the previous poster said about starting an argument. I do not want one. The opinions I expressed here are solely my own. :)
I agree that either Type M or L would work. Typically, Type M is used in homes and Type L in commercial applicaitons.
If it were my own house, I'd use Type L because it has a thicker wall. I've had several times when copper pipes have gone out of round on me, and every time it was a Type M pipe. The Type L is simply stronger because it has a 0.040 inch wall thickness as opposed to 0.028 inch for Type M (and 0.049 for Type K). That's more than a 33% increase in wall thickness over Type M, and that makes for a stronger pipe, even when hot at soldering temperatures.
If it were easy to change the type of copper pipe, it wouldn't matter. But since the lion's share of the cost of replacing the piping is going to be the cost of the labour, I'd opt to pay a few percent more on the total job cost and go with the Type L piping. It's going to change the cost of the job very little, but it'll make a big difference in the quality of the finished product.
Just curious, when you say gone off around you what do you mean? Are you saying the pipes ruptured? If it were a leak in the joint I do not think it would mater if the pipes were M or L, a bad solder joint is just that and will leak no matter how thick the pipe is.
I installed residential water softeners for about a year full time and a couple years part time after that. In all my installs that had copper pipe I do not recall one time any of the homes had type L copper in them. (I really enjoyed working on the old galvanized piping :laughing:)
I do not disagree that type L is a stronger thicker pipe, I just do not see the need for it in residential plumbing. The plumbing in my home is 23years old (I had the house built) The only problem I have had is one joint starting to leak. I cut it out and sweated in a new fitting, never have I had any other problems.
I know most, if not all of the builders in this part of the country have gone to pex for new home construction. I am aware they had some problems with one manufacture of the fittings when it first came out, but that has been resolved (not necessarily the pending litigation). With the price of copper, pex is now competitive cost wise and when you factor in the cost of the labor/time saved on installation in my mind it is the clear winner.
One disadvantage to using 3/4" everywhere and branching off with 1/2" is when you let the hot water run until it gets hot at the faucet, you'll waste a lot more hot water with 3/4".
When I built my house 12 years ago, I used type M everywhere except under the footing. It's 2 story, and on a well. I used 1" from the well to the water heater, then 3/4". I went down to 1/2" to feed the last 3 fixtures in the line.
This occurred in two places, both bathrooms. 1/2" feeds a shower, toilet, and sink. If I'm in the shower and another person flushes the toilet or washes their hands in the sink, I feel no water pressure or temperature change at all.
The key here is to keep the 1/2" runs short, and plan it out to minimize the number of 90's.
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Authorities said Wednesday two people face charges after an alleged burglary leads to their arrest.
Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said 30-year-old Joshua Edward Foster of Toccoa and 19-year-old Mariah Burnette of Canon were arrested on August 15 in connection to the alleged theft of $500 worth of surveillance camera and related equipment.
Foster was charged with theft by taking in the city and Burnette was charged by police with obstruction of an officer.
Jarrell said that just after midnight on August 14, the surveillance camera and other equipment was stolen from a car wash on Big A Road.
He went on to say that detectives obtained a description of the vehicle the suspects were in and that vehicle, with Burnette and Foster inside, was then pulled over by patrol officers.
According to Jarrell, some of the items reported stolen were found in the vehicle when it was pulled over and he says the stolen equipment was returned to the owner.
Foster also faces charges from the Stephens County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff Randy Shirley said his office has charged Foster with possession of cocaine, a firearm-related charge, and theft by receiving.
The sheriff indicated Foster remains in jail on a $21,000 bond and Burnette remains in jail on a $1,000 bond at last report.
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I've said it before: Aside from a clogged up-pipe. The only problems I've ever had on my Subie were caused my mechanics who didn't pay enough attention to their job.
I need to replace my lower radiator hose. The mechanic who changed out my radiator last time over tightened the hose and its split. Granted, I didn't tell him to replace the lower radiator hose while he was under there. Now its leaking pretty badly. As of now I have a second clamp on it before the break, hopefully that'll hold until this is fixed.
I'll just need and about an hour of your driveway's time. I'll keep the mess to minimal and will compensate you with beer and most likely pizza.
I'm looking to be able to do this tomorrow, Oct first in the afternoon.
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A new experiment in Sweden will allow daycare staff to use GPS systems in order to track the behavior and wanderings of little children in their care. Each child will carry a transmitter which allows staff to keep note of how a particular child moves about. There is no doubt it could help if a child strayed away. Of course, it also conditions children to live with being watched and observed each minute of their lives.
This is one of those technology events in which we can see sunshine or clouds. It is great to add another tool in the quest to ensure safety for young children. On the other hand, it is another example of introducing being observed for the rest of your life by those in authority positions. Was it 1984 that we feared or is it 2084 that we fear?