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Vice President for Professional Development & Research
Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU)
Educating for the Role of the USA in the World
Dr. Ron Mahurin is vice-president for Professional Development and Research of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), headquartered in Washington, DC. A native of Pennsylvania, Ron received a B.A. in political science from Gordon College (1981), and a Master's and Ph.D. from Miami University of Ohio (1991).
From 1989-1991 Ron was assistant professor of political studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, teaching in the areas of international relations and comparative politics, with an emphasis on the Middle East, American Foreign Policy and International Political Economy. In 1991 Ron returned to his alma mater, Gordon College, serving on the faculty in the political studies department. He continued to deepen his interests in the Middle East, serving as a Malone Fellow with the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations in 1992 studying the post-Gulf War politics of Syria, Kuwait, and the Gulf States. In 1994 he and his family spent a sabbatical break on the CCCU's Middle East Studies Program, leading a seminar on Conflict and Change in the Middle East. In 1996, he accepted an administrative appointment as Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Gordon College. He continued to teach several courses in the political studies department while helping to build the corporate and foundations efforts for the College.
He is the co-author, with Timothy Sherratt of "Saints as Citizens: A Guide to Political Responsibilities for Christians" (BakerBooks, 1995). He is currently working with Sherratt on a second book which examines church-state relations in the US in light of the emerging religious and cultural pluralism of the nation.


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Something hairy's on the telly tonight! Also features baboons.
Posted by Bombyx Mori on April 8th, 2011
Posted by Bombyx Mori on April 8th, 2011
Insanely funny person!!! They called the cops on me laughing so loud to Dandelion Mind.
I've been watching the series on ITV on demand online, splendid work. You have now joined the select clique of people who make me laugh that have done documentaries with apes… Terry Pratchett's Jungle Quest (with Orangs… of course) and now Bailey's Baboons, hairier than Charlie's Angels, will you be fighting crime with them?
This was a delightful series. The baboon thoughts interjected by Bill made it fun and interesting. I can certainly understand the frustration of the people. I'm starting to understand the pride, fear, and familyhood of the baboons. I hope that more strides can be made to ease the friction between man and baboon. It must have been hard to film when you cannot jump in to help. Thanks for making this series. I really enjoyed it.

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The Foundation for New Monasticism is a collaboration of old and new, esteemed elders immersed in the depths of our religious traditions and young contemplatives whose paths speak to an emerging spirituality that cuts across traditional religious and spiritual boundaries. Incorporated as a 501 c (3) nonprofit, it is dedicated to the furtherance of "new monastic life." It is founded for those who hope to commit to a contemplative and prophetic spirituality, helping them with the resources to build their lives around that—as well as bringing together established communities and individuals into a space of "dialogical dialogue," situating each in the midst of their authentic truth while further evoking emergent understandings among them. The Foundation endeavors to hold space for this emergence, rather than define it, while providing training and formation for those who feel called to it.
For more on what we do and our unique ethos please see our "Programs" above. For articles, videos, books, and other new monastic communities, please see our "Media / Resources." Biographies for the founders can be found below.
Pir Netanel (Mu'in ad-Din) Miles-Yépez is an artist, religion scholar, and spiritual teacher, and the current head of the Inayati-Maimuni lineage of Sufism. He has been deeply involved in ecumenical dialogue and is considered a leading thinker in the InterSpiritual and New Monasticism movements.
Born into a Mexican-American family, in his late teens, Miles-Yépez discovered his family's hidden Jewish roots and began to explore Judaism and other religions seriously. After studying history of religions and comparative religion at Michigan State University, he moved to Boulder, Colorado to study with the innovative Hasidic master and leader in ecumenical dialogue, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, founder of the Jewish Renewal movement. In addition to Schachter-Shalomi, he also studied with various Sufi masters and teachers of Buddhism, and counts Father Thomas Keating, Trappist monk and founder of the Centering Prayer movement, as an important influence. In 2004, he and Schachter-Shalomi co-founded the Sufi-Hasidic, Inayati-Maimuni Order, fusing the Sufi and Hasidic principles of spirituality and practice espoused by Rabbi Avraham Maimuni in 13th-century Egypt with the teachings of the Ba'al Shem Tov and Hazrat Inayat Khan. Currently, he teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.
As a writer on religious subjects, he is known for his critically acclaimed commentaries on Hasidic spirituality (written with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi), A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters (2009) and A Hidden Light: Stories and Teachings of Early HaBaD and Bratzlav Hasidism (2011). He is also the editor several ecumenical works, including The Common Heart: An Experience of Interreligious Dialogue (2006) and Meditations for InterSpiritual Practice (2011). He is also the founder and executive editor of Spectrum: Spirituality, Culture, and the Arts.
As an artist, Miles-Yépez is mostly known for his vibrant paintings, influenced by traditional religious imagery and his Mexican-American heritage. His work in general represents a lifelong fascination with religious iconography, myth and symbol, image and archetype, cultural impressions and his own ancestry. Most of his work is concerned with the acculturation and use of traditional symbols and iconic forms in a new multi-cultural paradigm.
Adam Bucko is an activist, spiritual director to many of New York City's homeless youth, and co-author of a New Monsaticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living (2015) and the award-winning Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation (2014).
He grew up in Poland during the totalitarian regime and spent his early years exploring the anarchist youth movement as a force for social and political change. At the age of 17, Adam immigrated to America where his desire to find his path towards a meaningful life led him to monasteries in the US and India. His life-defining experience took place in India, where on his way to a Himalayan hermitage, he met a homeless child who lived on the streets of Delhi. This brief encounter led him to the "Ashram of the Poor" where he began his work with homeless youth. After returning to the US, he worked on the streets of various American cities with young people struggling against homelessness and prostitution. He eventually co-founded The Reciprocity Foundation, an award winning nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of New York City's homeless youth.
In addition to his work with homeless youth, Adam established HAB, an ecumenical and inter-spiritual "new monastic" fellowship for young people which offers formation in radical spirituality and sacred activism. He collaborates with spiritual leaders across religious traditions and mentors young people, helping them discover a spiritual life in the 21st century and how to live deeply from the heart in service of compassion and justice.
Adam is a recipient of several awards and his work has been featured by ABC News, CBS, NBC, New York Daily News, National Catholic Reporter, Ode Magazine, Yoga International Magazine and Sojourner Magazine.
Rory McEntee, author, philosopher, educator, and contemplative activist, works at an intersection of spirituality, education, social justice and culture. He has been a leader in the new monastic movement, and serves as Executive Director of the Foundation for New Monasticism.
As a close friend and mentee of the late Brother Wayne Teasdale, Rory helped to found the Interspiritual Movement, traveling and participating in dialogues with world spiritual leaders, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He currently serves as the administrator for the Snowmass InterSpiritual Dialogues—an ongoing 30-year project convened by Father Thomas Keating which engages contemplative leaders from multiple faiths in intimate "dialogical dialogue," where they meet as human beings in search of the ultimate rather than representatives of their religious traditions. Rory counts the late Brother Wayne Teasdale, Father Thomas Keating, Advaitin Joshi Baba and His Holiness the Dalai Lama among his mentors.
As a writer and philosopher, Rory is currently working on the development of a "new monastic theology." He co-wrote the New Monastic Manifesto with Adam Bucko and is co-author of The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living (Orbis Books, 2015), which presents a philosophical, theological, and poetic vision for new monastic life, as well as methodologies for its praxis. He is also the author of numerous articles on new monasticism, including "Towards a New Monastic Theology."
As part of the Foundation for New Monasticism, Rory is working to help develop deep formation processes for young people in contemplative life and prophetic spirituality which emerge out of collaborative and intergenerational friendships with some of the world's leading contemplatives and activists. Previously, Rory worked as a mathematics and physics teacher and vice principal at the high school level, while bringing meditation practices into secondary education. He did doctoral work in Applied Mathematics at the University of Southern California (ABD), and in fall 2015, Rory will begin work on a PhD in Theology and Philosophy at Drew University.


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On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 comes out the week of November 11th. It's a live/compilation album featuring 63 previously unreleased tracks from their 1963–1964 BBC Radio broadcasts. It'll be released along with a remastered and repackaged Live at the BBC Volume 1 (originally out in 1994).
The album will be available as a 2-CD set and a 3-LP set. An exclusive limited edition Lithographic print will be also available from the Beatles online store.
On Air Live At The BBC – Volume 2, will come in lavish gatefold packages featuring an exhaustive 48-page booklet and 63 recordings drawn from the band's 1963-1964 BBC radio broadcasts, including 37 previously unreleased performances and 23 previously unreleased blasts of in-studio banter and conversation between the band's members and their BBC radio hosts.
Here's a taste below.
Beatle fans, take note, I'll do a Legends hour on 45 Years of the Beatles White album, the weekend of Nov 16/17, too.


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DIA Difference Between ZigBee and DigiMesh
From Digi Developer
Mesh Setup
Although not related to DIA, people familiar with ZigBee setup will find DigiMesh a new experience.
Unlike ZigBee where new nodes can sometimes merely be powered up and joined to the correct network, DigiMesh works more like the older ZNet design where you will require either:
- Use XCTU and an XBIB board to manually configure the required Network setting
- Use a 'commissioning node' in an XBIB board with default settings to locate the new factory-fresh DigiMesh device, then using the 'Remote Configuration' setting, push the required Network settings into the new device.
See this Wiki page for a summary of the required parameters: Quick Guide to DigiMesh Setup
Understanding Sleeping
There is a basic difference between ZigBee and DigiMesh.
- ZigBee has powered, non-sleeping devices called routers (or parents). The coordinator is just a router with an extra role.
- Routers 'mesh', forming the resilient mesh-topology hyped by ZigBee advocates.
- Routers discover routes (paths) and adjust routes as old peers go offline and new peers come online.
- Routers repeat broadcasts
- In general routers don't say much - unless asked to move data.
- ZigBee also has sleeping end-devices (or children).
- End-Devices do not mesh. They locate ONE specific router/parent to belong to.
- When End-Devices wake up, they start polling their parent 10-times per second, sending data or looking for data the parent has buffered.
- End-Devices do NOT repeat broadcasts
- However, end-devices are rather chatty as long as they are awake!
- DigiMesh
- All devices in DigiMesh are routers, forming the mesh
- DigiMesh devices can sleep, or be fully awake.
- All nodes need to understand the wake/sleep cycle, and only talk during wake cycles.
DigiMesh in DIA
What this means to DIA (and YML files) is that any ZigBee node can have any desired data sample rate. You can have 20 temperature sensors, all with random sample rates between 1 second and 1 day. The fully awake routers can send data at any time, and the sleeping end-devices can wake anytime, trusting that their parent is awake, ready and waiting to handle their data.
In contrast, under DigiMesh all data samples need to be an limited integral multiple of the entire mesh's sleep/wake cycle.
DIA/DigiMesh Sleep Coordinator
Within DIA, the Digi gateway acts as the designated sleep coordinator. This means DIA sets the sleep/wake times within the XBee within the gateway, and the gateway imposes the sleep/wake cycle over the entire mesh.
This is a DIA limitation, not a DigiMesh one. As of this release, DIA does not support nominated sleep coordinators, which is more appropriate to a peer-to-peer system. Most DIA systems are gateway-centric, assuming the gateway is critical and the devices have little or no function without the gateway, and therefore their sleep-coordinator.
DIA/DigiMesh Sleep Mode
To disable all sleeping, set the DigiMeshDeviceManager's sleep_time setting to zero. The SM value in all nodes is forced to 0x00.
To enable sleeping, set the DigiMeshDeviceManager's sleep_time and wake_time settings to a value higher than 10msec - for example 20000 and 10000 respectively, which means the mesh sleeps for 20 seconds, then is awake for 10 seconds. The SM value in all nodes is forced to either 0x07 or 0x08, which means 'always awake but sleep aware' and 'sleep'.
This 20/10 design means for 20 seconds none of the nodes transmit data - even the fully awake nodes (SM=0x07). Every device waits until the mesh wakes, then they all try to send messages as required, including forwarding (and 'meshing') as required. Of course the wake_time needs to be long enough to allow all the required messages to move, including passing across multiple hops.
This is a DIA limitation, not a DigiMesh one. DigiMesh includes some richer asynchronous sleep-modes, which allow nodes to wake up during the sleep-period and talk, however this implies the sleeping node is within 'ear shot' of a fully awake node since no other sleeping node will be awake to help route the message.
DIA/DigiMesh Data Sample Rates
At this point, all nodes can use external logic to decide when (during any particular wake-time) that they wish to send data. If the node has its own processor, it can format a message and send it during the beginning portion of the wake cycle, hopefully having time to receive any responses. The DIA framework on the gateway can also send out polls. The DigiMeshDeviceManager will queue up any pending outgoing messages from DIA drivers, then sending them out when the mesh wakes.
Support for the Digi XBee's IC/IR commands is also supported. By default, a node will send data each time it awakes. This requires IR=0xFFFF, IF=0x01 and at least 1 of the XBee IO pins be configured as an input.
The DigiMeshDeviceManager's set_if setting can be set to True or False. If set_if=False, then the DIA does NOT interfere with the IC/IR/IF settings within the remote nodes. DIA assumes that the user has configured the remote devices as required.
If set_if=True, then the DIA uses the various sample_rate setting of drivers to calculate the correct IR/IF values. For example, if the device wishes a once per minute data sample and the mesh is waking every 30 seconds (for example, our 20/10 sleep_time/wake_time settings), the setting IR=0xFFFF and IF=0x02 means the XBee will send a data sample every second wake cycle. The DIA will round down, so if the driver sample_rate is once per 75 seconds with a wake-cycle of 30 seconds (20/10 sleep/wake), then DIA is forced to select IF=0x02, which will give you data every 60 seconds.


text: I know the marketing and packaging of the vehicle including the STS can be different here in Canada than in the USA. I would like to know if Xenon headlamps are available even as an option on the V6 model in the USA. In Canada, xenons are available only on the highest model pkg for the V8. They are not offered anywhere else even as an expensive stand-alone option--which to me seems to be a grave oversight. Since I do not want a V8, and currently owning an 02 STS with the V8 and xenons, I would only trade for a newer if I could get the V6 with xenons. Either the Canadian marketing dept is asleep at the switch or GM corp has underestimated the popularity of this feature. GM are you listening??


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Mila Schon Designer Italian Leather Ladies Watch
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Dr. Ondrea Kassarjian is currently a Manager at Cardinal Health's Packaging Technology Center. She holds a PhD and Master of Science in Packaging, and a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture, from Michigan State University. Her research focused on variables that affect the loss of sterile package integrity. Other industry roles include business development, product development, quality management, testing, and training. Additionally, she has instructed courses at Michigan State University. Her professional interests include testing methodologies, understanding the human-package interaction, and enhancing the customer experience.


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cdrewlow wrote:Very nice. I had a similar idea of Bugs in front of sign that said "Welcome to Albuqurque. Turn left here." but I like yours much better.
jrhunter wrote:I hope people like the design. This is my first design and I am very open to suggestions and advice. =)
I don't know if you have any knowledge of Terry Pratchett, but whenever I hear of the turtle with the world on its back (originally a hindu legend iirc), I can't help but think of Terry Pratchett, so I hope this gets top 3 just for that :P I will buy one xD
And I'll just leave this here...hope I don't get in trouble for it xD
"See... Great A'Tuin the turtle comes, swimming slowly through the interstellar gulf, hydrogen frost on his ponderous limbs, his huge and ancient shell pocked with meteor craters. Through sea-sized eyes that are crusted with rheum and asteroid dust He stares fixedly at the Destination.
In a brain bigger than a city, with geological slowness, He thinks only of the Weight.
Most of the weight is of course accounted for by Berilia, Tubul, Great T'Phon and Jerakeen, the four giant elephants upon whose broad and star-tanned shoulders the disc of the World rests, garlanded by the long waterfall at its vast circumference and domed by the baby-blue vault of Heaven.
Astropsychology has been, as yet, unable to establish what they think about..." Terry Pratchett, The Colour Of Magic (London: Corgi, 1985), p.7
Re: Hard, but not impossible
aside from the fact that 50% of my shirt.woot shirts are BLUE, I love the design...
WHY CAN'T PEOPLE USE ORANGE? OR YELLOW? OR RED? Grey. Black. Blue. That's my shirts. With one or two greens thrown in.
GL, voted for it, clever design.
BootsBoots wrote:I really drew it with a sharpie.
THIS IS AMAZING. THIS IS MY #1 PICK FOR THIS DERBY, good [insert deity here] man! If this doesn't win, I will forever never buy a woot product again (I may or may not be lying.)
Re: Wonderful World of...
I <3 the Pikachu booth.
minxling wrote:Best I can do:
It should read "Heisenberg's cat is..."
Since the mathematics of the statement would then mean heisenberg's cat is not as good. Currently it's backwards Oo
clever idea anyways, dunno how many people will understand/like it, and the fonts need some work.
arright, my posting in this derby- DONE. GL to the rest of ye!!!
You keep saying you only copied the "parchment outline", but the shading and textures and everything else (except for the red lines) matches up with the original image. It looks like you just reduced the colors to four, then changed each shade to a new color. I think Woot expected people to create their own maps, not use images they found online. If you thought it was okay, then you should have linked it yourself in the first place. If Woot is okay with printing it, I'm pretty sure that they like to at least know about it right away so they can verify the rights and such.
tsarevna wrote:Both the previous rejection and this remake's rejection are completely bogus. The last was not in a fictional world, it was a MAP of the United States (showing the map-observer located in a real US State), and this most recent is clearly on topic, as it portrays a MAP of a real place with some humorous commentary and context that makes a joke. How is this more off topic than any of the other maps with parodied characters providing humorous context? (Where Am I, I'm the Map, Cheese Marks the Spot, Left At Albuquerque, Wonderful World Of..., Lewis & Clark Go to White Castle, to name just a few.) I do not see how this is any different. It met all of the rules and even can be seen as a perfect illustration of two suggested ways to run with the theme: "Maybe it's a depiction of map-reading gone wrong, or someone upset at where their map has led them." I would have been in for at least two...
Maybe the person who rejected it in the first place was embarrassed for thinking the US was a fictional place and they rejected this one out of spite. I'd feel pretty dumb if I didn't know the US was a real place.
Re: Top O'Graphic
Thanks for your votes and your kind words!
lonelypond wrote:framing of the parchment really made it; I would have left some kind of map shaped border myself. Nice fossil though ; )
Clever idea!
Re: Global Thermonuclear War
Joshua: Shall we play a game?
David Lightman: Oh!
Jennifer: [giggles] I think it missed him.
David Lightman: Yeah. Weird isn't it?
Jennifer: Yeah.
David Lightman: [typing] Love to. How about Global Thermonuclear War?
Joshua: Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?
[Jennifer laughs]
David Lightman: [typing] Later. Let's play Global Thermonuclear War.
Joshua: Fine.
Re: Not in Kansas anymore
Just the number of comments alone should be enough to prove that this submission should not have been rejected outright.
I love it. Partially because I sing in the Turtle Creek Chorale and I'd love to have one!
Re: Pirates of the QRibbean
QR code turned pirate map. I don't have a smartphone myself but I ran this through an online decoder and it was able to parse the data.
Here is a larger view to try out:
The trees are a bit hard to see.
fongandrew wrote:The trees are a bit hard to see.
Gah, Woot somehow mixed up my comment from a different thread. Disregard above.
Anyhow, also agree that text should be removed.
Re: How to close a map
I like your style. A lot.
This rejection is utterly ridiculous. Off topic? Really?
JapChrissy wrote:I think the word girlfriend should be replaced with Marriage? That way girls could wear it too =)
Because every geeky/gamer girl is hetero? I know a lot of girl geeks who have pondered the girlfriend question as much, if not more, than guys. The only thing that would make it better imo is if after girlfriend, it had femme bot.
I hope this shirt wins, because I want 5 of them.
At least there is only one Exit/outcome.
bottlehed wrote:"Thumbnail doesn't match shirt"? There's a Taco Processing Factory right below the heart, in Stomachia!
I agree, the thumbnail is literally a cropped version of the full version.
How do I contest this?
Re: failing at succeeding
In the sentence "We just got here, and your leaving?"
..."your" should be "you're"
Well that's just hilarious. Here we are arguing back and forth about the maps rule because this clearly has a map... and then for some completely of the argument reason this gets rejected...
It's a male silhouette and "sex" occupies only a tiny portion. My willing suspension of disbelief will only go so far. ;)
Joking aside, it's a nice design.
Re: A Golden Smile
thanks for your comment :D I like this illustration! it's cute
Re: IM THE MAP
Can someone explain to me how this one gets by the copyright rule? Why was the other Link shirt rejected and not this one?
jrhunter wrote:I love this one. The concept is great.. The hamster's tail is a little strange though. I think they have fuzzy tails, not naked ones like mice. It looks half mouse half hamster. I would definitely buy one.
Hamsters have naked tails, though the longer-haired varietys sometimes have hair that covers the tail but doesn't grow from it.
Creative idea!
mrwednesday wrote:I know that logic can be tough to follow because of having to think and all that, but that's exactly why the rule does apply. Not Kansas = Oz. Oz is not ramys 's creation. Not Kansas doesn't exist on a real map. This is a map of Oz however indirectly you want to believe it is. So no it is clearly exactly what the rule forbids and why it was rejected the first time and should be rejected again.
If you lived in Kansas City, you'd realize that "not Kansas" doesn't automatically equal Oz.
Ingenious! My Smartphone recognized it.
It's awesome, I love it, and would probably buy it but I have to agree... why hasn't this been rejected? It seems to break rules that others were rejected for.
xazothia wrote:They need to make Nintendoland for real. I want to go to there. :0
Seriously! I think I'm going to look at this image before I go to bed tonight and see if I can dream about it :D
Re: Global Warming
SO SAD! I really wanted to buy this one. I'm a little annoyed that this one was rejected when I see some of the other clear rule-breakers skating through...what's up woot team???
Josephus wrote:Heisenberg. at least it's right on the shirt.
I realized that after I hit "Enter", but it didn't seem like a resub-worthy error (and I came from my initial thought that I'd make it a city map of "Heisenburg", but then changed my mind).
All I can do is do not buy from woot ever again, and stop telling my friends where did I get this or that awesome shirt.
And I will do it.
Probably Woot would not care. But I will still do it.
Bye bye, Woot.
I love the use of the green on the black shirt. it has great contrast.
Re: World on top of a Turtle
The more I think about this, the more I wonder why this shirt was rejected while a Waldo & a Zelda shirt sit in the top votegetters.
Yes, it's an Oz reference, but it's clearly a map of the U.S. and the "not in Kansas" joke is perfectly relevant to a non-fictional U.S. map, particularly in Kansas City, where the city straddles two states.
The only conclusion I can come to is that they don't even want an Oz reference in a shirt. If that's the case, then why are Link or Waldo references okay? Or rather, SOME Link references, considering there was already a Link shirt rejected.
Then again, I'm fairly new to Woot and it seems pretty clear that there's some politics surrounding some of the shirt designers. It's a shame because I would have bought this shirt.
citizencoyote wrote:It's awesome, I love it, and would probably buy it but I have to agree... why hasn't this been rejected? It seems to break rules that others were rejected for.
Im not sure about some of the rejections this time. I understand ramys fire fox design being too close to the shirt by diana that's already been printed, but I don't understand the oz ones being that the map in question is a map of the US.
There is a major difference between my link shirt though and spirits. He has an actual map that is either of the mushroom kingdom (a world he didn't create) or hyrule (again a map on original world). The rules didn't say no pop culture or video games, they said no maps of worlds you didn't create. The map im showing is not just a map, its a character and a play off doras map buddy. The map in dora if your familiar with it never actually unravels himself to show the way but hops around in front of another larger map, letting the viewer impose any local to him or even be blank for all we know. I added a bit of a curvy dotted line with a giant x on it to further show that this is not a Zelda map and is totally out of place in that world especially since its talking to, hence the reaction from the other character. That's my personal ideas on it and so far it looks like soot has similar thoughts. Im not going to claim to understand the rejectionator though as I've had non sensical rejections myself in the past like my first van from the v derby. Hope this helps.
Re: The Map For Lost Glasses
"Everything is Blurry"
That's fantastic. Is this on creame, or silver? (wonky monitor, looks more like cream but I'd like silver)
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If You Come Softly (1998)
by Jacqueline Woodson
No current Talk conversations about this book.
Jeremiah es tiroteado y muere, y Ellie ahora tiene que lidiar con las consecuencias.
Mmmm... suena como un libro alegre.
Me dijeron que es muy bueno, así que voy a arriesgarme a pesar de esa sinopsis
A romance in which a young Jewish girl and a black boy fall in love after literally bumping into each other in their high school's hallway. I kept waiting for the story to start, only to reach the desperate end. A good read if you like thinking, "What? No! Really? No!" at the end of books.
Jeremiah es tiroteado y muere, y Ellie ahora tiene que lidiar con las consecuencias.
Mmmm... suena como un libro alegre.
Me dijeron que es muy bueno, así que voy a arriesgarme a pesar de esa sinopsis
I've read almost all of this authors books. She is an incredible writer who deals with difficult subjects without over reaction. Her style is lovely and lyrical, and she is one of my favorite authors.
In this book she writes of two 15 year old young adults who attend a prestigious private school in NYC. Jeremiah is African American; Ellie is Jewish and white. Jeremiah's movie producer father left his mother in pursuit of a younger woman. Ellie's mother abandoned her family twice, thus leaving her with a sense of mistrust of relationships that can last.
As the two form a very significant bond; they face a lot of bumps in the road. Again Woodson writes in a wonderful fashion. While two teenage people falling in love might sound trite, I would recommend you read this to see the magical way in which the reader is pulled into the story.
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson is a great multicultural book to read with sixth-eighth graders. Elisha "Ellie", a white Jewish girl, and Jeremiah "Miah", an African American boy, attend the same prep-school. Ellie and Miah run into each other and can't stop thinking about each other. They have the same class together and their relationship begins to grow. Ellie is scared to tell her parents about him because she is afraid what they will say. Throughout the book Ellie and Miah deal with racism. They endure stare and rude comments from strangers but their love for one another continues to grow. At the end, Ellie decides to tell her parents about Miah but life makes a brutal choice for them.
This is a great book to address the issue of racism with your students. Many students may be able to relate to the characters in this book. They may be afraid to tell their parents something or they may have been a victim of racism. I would use this book as a literature circle.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0142406015, Paperback)Miah and Ellie are in love. Theirs is a rare and special first love. But the people around them don't see it that way. They can only see black and white: Miah is black, Ellie is white, and Jewish; and their love, no matter how real, is too strange and scary for the world they live in.
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After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to cope with peoples' reactions.
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Reds 1, Phillies 0: Jay Bruce delivered a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth as host Cincinnati downed Philadelphia in the completion of Tuesday's suspended game.
After Cincinnati closer Aroldis Chapman (2-0) set Philadelphia down in order in the ninth Tuesday, the scoreless draw was suspended until Wednesday after a 45-minute delay when a heavy downpour made conditions unplayable.
The Reds needed less than 10 minutes to end it in the bottom half when Zack Cozart opened with a single off Phillippe Aumont (1-2) and Joey Votto drew a walk. Brandon Phillips followed with a fly ball that center fielder Ben Revere couldn't handle in left-center and Bruce followed with a single to right.
Homer Bailey threw 59 of his 89 pitches for strikes over eight innings and matched a career high with 10 strikeouts. The Reds' 2004 first-round selection faced no more than four hitters in any inning, allowed only two hits and retired the final 13 batters he faced.
Kyle Kendrick was every bit as effective, permitting two hits and two walks over seven scoreless frames. The right-hander yielded a single to Cozart and walk to Phillips in the first, and did not face more than four batters over his last six innings.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The start of the game Tuesday was delayed 1:31 before play was interrupted again in the middle of the ninth. … Tuesday marked the fourth time in the Phillies' last five games where neither they nor their opponents scored more than one run after eight innings. … Reds CF Shin-Soo Choo drew a walk in the third and Votto drew a walk in the ninth to extend their consecutive-game streaks of reaching base to 14.


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CBS Corp. (CBS)
Jefferies & Co. reiterates hold
CBS Corp. said May 7 that it sees signs of life in the moribund ad market -- but the hopeful talk hasn't convinced everyone a snapback is at hand. "While we're modeling some improvement (in the second half of the year), we expect a more prolonged recovery," Jefferies & Co. analyst Brian Shipman told investors in a May 8 note.
CBS posted a $55 million loss for the first quarter on May 7, missing Wall Street forecasts. But CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves signaled that the worst of the advertising downturn may be over, telling analysts on a conference call, "We are seeing early signs of improvement in the advertising marketplace both locally and nationally."
Shipman struck a more cautious tone. He said, "Though fear-induced cuts to ad (spending) may be behind us, advertisers remain in a weakened state, and will likely continue to conserve cash, and for the most part won't increase (spending) until" next year.
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VeriSign, which provides Internet infrastructure services like domain name registration, earned $65 million, or 34 cents per share, in the quarter compared with a loss of $8.1 million, or 4 cents per share, a year ago. Revenue rose 8% to $255 million from $235.3 million.
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Burk recommends trimming positions in DryShips, though he expects the damage from this offering to be less than the $500 million offering in January, given the improved market and dry bulk environment. He eliminated his $10 price target.
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Triple Threat Camp by Absolute Dance
Event Dates and Times
6/15/2015 - Starts: 9:00 AM - Ends: 12:00 PM
6/16/2015 - Starts: 9:00 AM - Ends: 12:00 PM
6/17/2015 - Starts: 9:00 AM - Ends: 12:00 PM
6/18/2015 - Starts: 9:00 AM - Ends: 12:00 PM
2460 Patterson #5, Grand Junction, CO 81505
Camp for our older school age students that gives campers a taste of Broadway. They will spend time honing their acting, signing, and dance skills. In addition to various skills dancers will also learn about various productions that have played a key role in the Musical Theater industry. The end of the camp will culminate in a mini production performed by our new batch of "Triple Threats." *Class will be divided by age.
Theresa Kahl, 970-255-8322, email@example.com
http://www.nbc11news.com/community/events/300610971.html | 300610971
Modern Princess Camp by Absolute Dance
Event Dates and Times
6/22/2015 - Starts: 9:00 AM - Ends: 12:00 PM
6/23/2015 - Starts: 9:00 AM - Ends: 12:00 PM
6/24/2015 - Starts: 9:00 AM - Ends: 12:00 PM
6/25/2015 - Starts: 9:00 AM - Ends: 12:00 PM
2460 Patterson #5, Grand Junction, CO 81505
Many little ones dream of becoming royalty. During this week we will let them explore the feeling of the royal life and their favorite modern princes through dance, crafts, tea time, and maybe a meet and greet with their favorite princess. Ages 4-8
Theresa Kahl, 970-255-8322, email@example.com
http://www.nbc11news.com/community/events/300610911.html | 300610911
Around the World Camp by Absolute Dance
Event Dates and Times
7/13/2015 - Starts: 9:00 AM - Ends: 12:00 PM
7/14/2015 - Starts: 9:00 AM - Ends: 12:00 PM
7/15/2015 - Starts: 9:00 AM - Ends: 12:00 PM
7/16/2015 - Starts: 9:00 AM - Ends: 12:00 PM
2460 Patterson #5, Grand Junction, CO 81505
It's a small world after all. Students will get a chance to learn through activities and movement about various countries around the world. Students will get to learn about tradition dance, food, and create crafts that reflect glorious cultures from around the world. Ages 4-12
Theresa Kahl, 970-255-8322, firstname.lastname@example.com
http://www.nbc11news.com/community/events/300610871.html | 300610871
Shake it Up Camp by Absolute Dance
Event Dates and Times
6/20/2015 - Starts: 9:00 AM - Ends: 12:00 PM
2460 Patterson #5, Grand Junction, CO 81505
Camp for those who are divas at heart or like all things glam. Our rock stars will have plenty of dance time, in addition to creating fabulous accessories, and even a celebrity photo shoot. Ages 4-12
Theresa Kahl, 970-255-8322, firstname.lastname@example.com
http://www.nbc11news.com/community/events/289791101.html | 289791101
Valentine's Day Dance at The Commons
Event Dates and Times
2/14/2015 - Starts: 7:30 PM - Ends: 10:30 PM
Grand Junction, CO
Dancing & live music from Clark Gaults' Swing city Express for those 55 years and better. Advance tickets are $15 per person and $30 per couple. Call 243-8829 to order tickets. At the door, $20 per person and $35 per couple.
Mike Green, Marketing & Communications Manager, Hilltop
Office: 244-0420; cell: 610-621-7690.
http://www.nbc11news.com/community/events/283858821.html | 283858821
Levis & Lace Square Dance
Event Dates and Times
12/12/2014 - Starts: 7:00 PM
Masonic Center Grand Junction
Mainstream Square Dance
Paul Eakins 303-550-4720
http://www.nbc11news.com/community/events/283655891.html | 283655891
Community Holiday Dance at BHRC
Event Dates and Times
12/6/2014 - Starts: 7:00 PM - Ends: 10:00 PM
Bill Heddies Recreation Center, Delta, Colorado
This dance will help kick off the holidays, with DJ Chuck Gregory. Drinks will be provided, bring a snack to share. Cost is $4.00 at the door.
http://www.nbc11news.com/community/events/282480621.html | 282480621
1st Annual Abundance Masquerade Ball
Event Dates and Times
12/6/2014 - Starts: 6:00 PM - Ends: 11:55 PM
Wisehart Springs Inn, 39508 Pitkin Rd, Paonia, CO
A benefit for Elsewhere Studios' Artist Residency Program. The enchanting Wisehart Springs Inn is a modern farm-castle, complete with spires, turrets, fountains and spiral staircases, and the perfect setting for this formal masquerade.
The evening will begin with a three course Harvest Dinner with local wine pairings catered by local chef Megan McMillian of North Fork Foods.
Susan Ellinger, acclaimed concert pianist, will accompany dinner with a private concert.
The event will transition to the Ball with more live music and a silent auction to benefit the Community Supported Art Library.
The Ball will feature a Jazz Trio.
Formal attire (black tie) and Masks required!
6:00 Dinner guests arrive. Appetizers
6:30 – 7:45 Dinner
7:45 – 8:15 Silent Auction continues
8:00 Doors open for Ball attendees
8:15 Ball begins
Midnight Ball ends
$100 Three Course dinner with
wine pairings and Ball (50 tickets available)
$25 Ball (50 tickets available)
Karen Good
http://www.nbc11news.com/community/events/278225161.html | 278225161
BOSCO Hip Hop Master Class
Event Dates and Times
10/24/2014 - Starts: 4:00 PM - Ends: 7:00 PM
2460 Patterson Rd. #5, Grand Junction, CO, 81501
Celebrate Bosctober by dancing your heart out with the greatest hip hop dancer around. On Friday October 24th BOSCO is coming to Grand Junction and offering a master class. Bosco is a professional dancer who has preformed with P!nk, Fergie, 50 Cent and numerous others! BOSCO has taught over 125 different schools around the world and has toured in the U.S., Australia, Japan, Mexico Puerto Rico, China, and more. His class is a high energy environment where everyone can have a great time. The beginners class is from 4-5:15 and the intermediate/advanced class is from 5:30-7:00! For only 15$ in advance or 20$ at the door you can join the fun!
Theresa Kahl, 970-255-8322, firstname.lastname@example.com
http://www.nbc11news.com/community/events/255165021.html | 255165021
Kismet: an evening of Middle Eastern Dance
Event Dates and Times
4/26/2014 - Starts: 7:30 PM
Grand Junction Masonic Center, 2400 Consistory Court
Sultan's Pride Middle Eastern Dancers are presenting their Spring show "Kismet" at the Grand Junction Masonic Center.
Join the ladies of Sultan's Pride for an evening of beautiful dances and costuming from the Middle East. Adult tickets are $8.00. Tickets for children under 12 are $4. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance from any Sultan's Pride dancer.
For more information about classes and performances please contact Ellen Rehwold at 970-434-4608 or email@example.com.
http://www.nbc11news.com/community/events/248372231.html | 248372231
'The Prom' sponsored by Project Hope of Colorado
Event Dates and Times
May 18, 2014
Two Rivers Convention Center, Grand Junction
Unlike you and I, a prom is only a dream for individuals with special needs. But with your contribution we have the ability to bring that dream to life.
With your support on May 18, 2014 'The Prom' will take place for its 9th year at Two Rivers Convention Center.
Please consider financially assisting us this year in changing lives and making dreams come true. 100% of all donations go directly into purchasing:
Tuxedos, Dinners, Facility Rental, Decorations, Special Altered Prom Gowns.
For more information or to view a short video, visit www.projecthopeco.com or contact Michele Ferguson at (970)-245-7729
Michele Ferguson - (970)-245-7729
http://www.nbc11news.com/community/events/238370461.html | 238370461
Peach Promenade
Event Dates and Times
All Day
MT Garfield Middle School
Square and Round Dance
Chuck & Carol Watkins, Chairman
http://www.nbc11news.com/community/events/231971891.html | 231971891
Sleeping Beauty Dance
Event Dates and Times
7:00 p.m. on Friday and 2:00 p.m. on Saturday
Palisade High School Auditorium located at 3679 G Road in Palisade.
Try not to miss the Sleeping Beauty Ballet production by Dance Works on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $15 for and $5 for children 12 and under. It will be an additional $3 at the door. Reserved seating only.
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Fall For Dance
Event Dates and Times
11/22/2013 - Starts: 7:30 PM
11/23/2013 - Starts: 7:30 PM
11/23/2013 - Starts: 2:00 PM
Colorado Mesa University, Moss Performing Arts Center, Robinson Theater
Adults: $12
Seniors: $8
Students/Youth: $6
Laura Bradley
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CMU-FALL for Dance
Event Dates and Times
Moss Performing Arts Center Recital Hall at Colorado Mesa University
The Moss Performing Arts Center is holding their FALL for Dance show. The event is $12 for adults, $8 for seniors, and $6 for students.
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Fall For Dance
Event Dates and Times
12/9/2011 - 12/10/2011
CMU, Moss Performing Arts Center, Robinson Theatre
$12 adults, $8 seniors, $6 students
Laura Bradley
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CMU Holiday Concert
Event Dates and Times
3:00 p.m.
CMU, Moss Performing Arts Center, Robinson Theatre
$10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students
Laura Bradley
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Chamber Orchestra
Event Dates and Times
7:30 p.m.
CMU, Moss Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall
$10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students
Laura Bradley
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Guest Artist Recital: Project Trio
Event Dates and Times
12/1/2011 - Starts: 7:30 PM
CMU, Moss Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall
$15 adults, $10 seniors, $5 students
Laura Bradley
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Hip Hop Workshop w/Michael Vargas
Event Dates and Times
7:00 pm
LaPUERTA Dance Studio
Meet Michael Vargas
Michael Vargas aka "Xmastreemike" has been a dancer since 2003 where he got his first role in the feature film You Got Served. From there, his career has taken off working with such artists as Missy Elliott, Ciara, Ryan Leslie, Fergie, Omarion, and is currently on tour with Justin Bieber. Michael didn't start dancing until the age of 19 when he moved to LA from the Bay Area in 2002.
He has trained with the biggest names in the industry and has worked his way to become well respected in the dance industry.
Price: $15 in advance or $20 at the door
About The Ground Level
The Ground Level's mission is to help others in their dance goals by attracting celebrated industry professionals who bring the latest dance choreography, dance trends, audition and industry advice.
Stacey Wales
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Seven Falls Dancers at DRC
Event Dates and Times
8/25/2011 - Starts: 11:00 AM - Ends: 4:00 PM
Dinosaur Resource Center
On the front plaza at the Dinosaur Resource Center. Native American Art, Jewelry & Crafts will be displayed. At 1pm & 2:30pm the Seven Falls Indian Dancers will perform Native American dancing (weather permitting). Come and join the fun!
Deb Robillard
http://www.nbc11news.com/community/events/127746903.html | 127746903
Salsa Night
Event Dates and Times
8/27/2011 - Starts: 7:00 PM
Roasted Espresso and Subs, 502 Colorado Ave.
A night of salsa dancing and lessons with the instructors of La Puerta, coffee from Roasted Espresso and Subs, and get to know the work of Sustainable Roots.
Toni Walters, 970-462-2860
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Hey guys I ve got another question for ya Im not sure if its a problem or not ....and its kind of dificult to explain.. But ill try Ive noticed after i drive my car Ive got oil dripping off my starter I started investigating and found oil In both the back bolt recesses on my intake manifold around my distributor and on the back of the block below the intake on my 327
Here is the confusing part ill try to explain... The milled sealing surface on the intake for the distributor Is like a 2 in. circle The sealing surface on the distrib. is Nowhere that big and uses only like a 1/4 inch wide round piece of paper as a gasket....(Hell i confused myself)
Basically the sealing surfaces are not the same size and i believe the paper has to go. Its an aftermarket distrib. Do they make better gaskets? Im sure adjusting the timing destroyed the paper gasket.... Has anyone seen this before (not the paper) the different size surfaces and what have you done about it?
Thanks again guys
Well sorry to waste everyones time I am an IDIOT!!! It seems the "paper gasket that came with the distributor is to prevent the sealing surface from getting scratched
Its amazing how much oil you will leak......WHEN YOU DONT USE GASKETS!!!
Please feel free to take any punitive action against me as you see fit....
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There are thicker gaskets for this, if you can find one.....Just get some thicker gasket material and cut the circle out of it.
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LAWRENCE, Kan., April 21.--Tom Churchill, University of Oklahoma all-around star, today won the decathlon in the Kansas relays.
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The Layout - Continued
Now that we have covered the exciting upper half of the P55-UD6, we can move on to the lower half of the board. As with the rest of the P55-UD6, it follows a traditional ATX layout. We see the typical number of PCI-E slots and of course the throw back PCI slots. As we mentioned earlier, the top PCI-E x1 slot is pretty much useless, as is the one located directly below the primary PCI-E x16 slot.
I have no idea what the designers were thinking here. It makes no sense at all to include these slots if they are not going to be usable by the majority of people. This board is obviously aimed at enthusiasts, so you can expect a dual-slot cooler GPU in this position.
When we had our "date" with the P55-UD6 GIGABYTE was still planning for a total of 10 (yes, 10) SATA ports. There would be six SATA-II and four SATA-6G ports.
Unfortunately we have just recently learned that there are some issues with the Marvell controller used (shown below). This has caused a last minute redesign of the board.
We do not have any word on what will take the Marvell SATA-6G controllers place, but it could be another SATA controller to maintain the tracing layout that is already in place.
GIGABYTE has also included a set of diagnostic LEDs to help you with any POST-time trouble shooting. Some of you will also be happy to know that there is still a legacy PATA-IDE port as well as a floppy port.
For the I/O side of the board we see that GIGABYTE is maintaining its usual plethora (yes, I know what a plethora is) of connectivity options.
There are eight USB 2.0 slots and what also appears to be two powered e-SATA ports. Further to that is Toslink and Coaxial digital audio out, a dual purpose keyboard/mouse PS/2 port, FireWire 400 and 800, Dual Gigabit LAN and the usual six-port analogue audio outputs.
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Refusal of medical treatment : a child's prerogative?
Trowse, Pip (2010) Refusal of medical treatment : a child's prerogative? Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice Journal, 10(2), pp. 191-212.
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Society has a need for children to be able to make health care decisions. Homeless children need access to health care. Parents may not be accessible or competent to consent to their child's health care. The familial relationship may have broken down. Children may not want their parents to know about drug, alcohol or pregnancy related issues. There is legal and academic support for the right of children to make autonomous decisions with respect to their health care. However what these decisions cover and who can make them is not clear.
Whether or not a minor has capacity and is therefore competent to consent to medical treatment is a question of law. Some states of Australia have enacted legislation, while others rely on the common law to determine this issue. At common law a minor is capable of giving consent to medical treatment when he or she achieves a sufficient understanding and intelligence to be able to understand fully what is proposed. Known as 'Gillick competence' this is a well known principle of law. The question posed by this paper is whether the decision of a 'Gillick competent' child can and should be overridden by the court?
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine government survey says the average price of heating oil in the state has held steady from two weeks ago at $3.51 per gallon.
The Governor's Energy Office said Tuesday that the average statewide price for a gallon of heating oil ranged from $3.24 to $3.87. It also found the average price of kerosene dropped 1 cent over the last two weeks, to $3.98 per gallon. The average propane price is now $2.83, a drop of 5 cents per gallon from two weeks ago.
The average heating oil price was highest in southwest Maine. Propane and kerosene were most expensive in the central part of the state.


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An overview of laboratory techniques in the diagnosis and prevention of rabies and in rabies research
Laboratory techniques in rabies, 4th edition, 1996
The laboratory occupies a central place in efforts to meet the threat of rabies. Laboratory results influence both the decision whether or not to proceed with a course of treatment, and the decision on the need to institute elaborate measures for controlling an epizootic in ac ommunity. The laboratory must also provide the necessary assurance that the biological products used for treatment and prevention in humans and animals are efficient and safe.
The documents mentioned below [in pdf] describe selected methods for arriving at a diagnosis in the laboratory, for determining the acceptability of biological products in rabies prophylaxis, and for conducting rabies research. Most laboratory workers can decide for themselves whether one or other of the techniques given here is within their competence, but often they are not aware of certain pitfalls and limitations of particular methods. In addition, a choice of procedures can ease the work and provide a decisive answer more quickly. These considerations are partially covered in the relevant sections of this manual; here the various techniques can be used by laboratories with limited resources.
The institution of treatment measures in exposed individuals, as recommended in the eighth report of the WHO Expert Committee on Rabies, should never await the results of laboratory diagnosis. A laboratory diagnosis may be delayed for a variety of reasons and early treatment, both local and systemic, can be a critical factor in saving the life of the patient.
A laboratory report should be as clear and unequivocal as possible, and should stipulate exactly the procedures used. A positive test by any one of several recognized procedures overrides negative reactions in the others. Where a doubtful result is obtained in any single test, recourse to the other tests available is essential in order to arrive at a definitive conclusion. Until this conclusion is reached, treatment should be continued. Even with a negative laboratory report, circumstances may occasionally justify the initiation or continuation of treatment by the physician, e.g. suspicious clinical signs in the animal, or an attack in an area where rabies is enzootic by an animal that could not be caught or killed. Considerable experience has demonstrated, however, that a complete set of negative results obtained in a reliable diagnostic laboratory can usually be accepted with confidence, and that the treatment can be terminated or modified at that point.
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Do u have bigger ones for 120H tank?
I got to see these in person recently when I picked up my stuff from Frank. They are so freaking cool, and light as a feather too, which surprised me.
Can you tell me what the thicker bladed grass is on the right, behind the hairgrass, and possibly what that blue looking stem plant is?
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the thicker bladed grass appears to be blyxa japonica
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|Volleyball Looks to Bring Momentum Home
EUGENE, Ore. - The Oregon women's volleyball team (14-10, 7-7) will play a pair of ranked opponents in the same week for the third time this season as No. 6 Stanford and No. 20 California come to Eugene, Thursday and Friday, respectively. Both matches will start at 6 p.m. and will be shown live on the Pac-12 Networks.
The Ducks are coming off a big five-set comeback against UCLA last week in which Oregon climbed out of a 2-0 hole to win the match and stay even in the Pac-12 with a 7-7 record. Both teams entered the match with 13-10 records, fighting for NCAA tournament positioning.
Jim Moore noted that the win was a big one in terms of the comeback effort, momentum and the playoff picture but when asked about what the team needs to secure a spot in the postseason, his frame of mind was much more narrow.
"(We're) Just trying to get better," he said. "We just try to get better on a consistent basis."
Consistency, on a point-by-point basis, has been the message from Moore all season and no signs point to change now.
Those points will be well-earned, Thursday when Stanford, a staple at the top of the Pac-12 standings comes to town. While the Cardinal enter the week in third place, it is the conference's leader in hitting percentage (.314) and blocks/set (2.99) where they rank fourth nationally in both categories.
"Not only are they big and physical but they're disciplined on and off the court," senior setter Lauren Plum said. "They don't make many mistakes and we can't make any mistakes."
While Liz Brenner is having a career season in 2013, Moore noted that team success will come by varying the offensive attack and getting more hitters involved.
"We have to be more consistent, we have to have more people put the ball on the floor. It can't be just Ari and Liz, we have to have more people put the ball on the floor."
About the Cardinal: Stanford is the No. 6 team in the nation with an 18-5 record and an 11-3 conference record after a pair of losses to USC and one to Washington. The Cardinal has the fourth-best hitting percentage in the nation and tops in the conference (.314). Carly Wopat plays a major role in that figure as the senior is hitting .457 while also leading the team in kills (2.93/set). But Stanford is more than just Wopat, as six players average over 2.00 kills/set this season. In addition to the stellar offense, the team also ranks first in the conference in blocks/set (2.99), good enough for fourth nationally. Oregon fell to Stanford earlier this season in three sets, bookending the match with strong sets, both ending in close 25-22 scores.
About the Bears: California is No. 20 in the nation at 16-7 and 9-5 in conference. The Bears have racked up kills this season (ranking fourth in the nation) but have lacked efficiency as they rank 43rd in hitting percentage. Cal comes into the weekend on a three-match win streak with a win against UCLA before being the first team to sweep the mountain schools on the road this season. Adrienne Gehan is the team-leader on offense with 4.38 kills/set. Oregon went to five sets with Cal in Berkeley earlier this season and suffered a tough loss after leading the fifth set 11-9 until the Bears came back to win 15-13.
Conference/National Rankings: Oregon is receiving votes in the latest AVCA Coaches' Poll Monday, Nov. 11, and would be ranked 27th if the poll was extended.
As of the Nov. 10, rankings Liz Brenner ranks third in the Pac-12 with a kills per set average of 4.45, a tally that ranks 18th in the nation.
Ariana Williams' .357 hitting mark is eighth in the nation and 63rd in the country.
As a team, Oregon leads the conference in assists/set (13.83) and is second in both kills/set (14.55) and digs/set (16.76). The assists/set mark ranks fourth and nation while the team is 12th in kills.
Crazy Comeback: After trailing by two sets, 2-0 at UCLA last week, Oregon mounted its biggest comeback of the season to come back and win the match in five sets. The Ducks, who were dominated in the first two sets (25-13, 25-18) won with their backs against the wall in the third set, 27-25 and took control in the fourth and fifth sets winning 25-20, 15-9.
Statistical Anomaly: The win against UCLA was Oregon's first win of the season when dropping the first two sets. In fact, it was the only time this season the Ducks had forced a fifth set from down 0-2. It also marked the first win for Oregon when trailing in hitting percentage and when hitting below .200 (.162).
Double-Doubles: Liz Brenner's 10 double-doubles this season is the most since Katherine Fischer recorded 14 during the 2010 season. Nine of Brenner's double-doubles have come in conference play.
Oregon Vs. Ranked Opponents: Oregon is 2-6 against ranked opponents this season, playing some of the nation's finest. The Ducks most recently lost to No. 4 USC, Nov. 8, with the last ranked win coming against UCLA, Oct. 11.
In all, 10 of the 21 schools on Oregon's schedule this season have been ranked in the AVCA top 25 at some point this season.
What's Next: The Ducks will be on the road for the next three matches at Utah and Colorado next Firday and Sunday before traveling to Washington State, Wednesday, Nov. 27.