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SALADO Nothing could have weakened Landon Wightmans excitement as one of his biggest dreams came to life Tuesday afternoon.
Nothing could have damaged the 17-year-olds spirit.
Not even chemotherapy.
A trip to the hospital in January for an injury Wightman received after being bucked off a horse revealed non-Hodgkins lymphoma in Wightmans leg and stomach.
Soon after, when the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas asked Wightman, who lives in Ivanhoe, what his wish would be, he was very clear: a six-horse trailer with a dressing room and hayrack.
I want to be able to take all my ponies to the shows, Wightman told the foundation. I would like my brothers and sister to go with me trail riding and camping.
Wightman was exuberant when the 32-foot horse trailer he had dreamed about for years was pulled around in front of Bloomer Trailer Manufacturing in Salado and presented to him.
Wightman, who has been competing for about five years, shows Welsh ponies at halter and in driving classes. He also owns paint, Belgian and quarter horses about 15 horses total.
His mother, Leslie Wightman, said he had been plotting and planning his dream trailer for years.
His drawing just came to life, Leslie Wightman said, as her son checked out his new gift.
Leslie Wightman said Landon always had to leave some horses behind when he went to shows or family members had to miss out on trail rides.
Nobodys left behind now, she said.
Make-A-Wish teamed with Bloomer Trailers to make Wightmans dream come true the first wish the foundation has granted involving a horse trailer.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas grants wishes for children ages 2 to 18 who have been diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition.
More than 2,400 children have been granted a wish by the foundation since its inception in 1982.
Randy Bloomer, president of Bloomer Trailers, worked directly with Wightman to design and build the custom trailer.
Wightman submitted drawings of his trailer, and Bloomer, a high-end, custom horsetrailer manufacturer on Salados south side, made sure all the specifics were followed down to the wavy black and red custom stripe and the family coat of arms painted on the body of the white trailer.
Ive been dreaming of this trailer for years, Wightman said. Its everything I thought it would be ... and more.
Wightman travels to Dallas once a week for chemotherapy, which he will continue until February.
Though he is now in remission, Wightman will continue scans after the treatments end for the rest of his life.
Wightman, who started riding again in March, is breaking into barrel racing and plans to take his new trailer to an event on Jan. 2 in Athens.
To keep the trailer presentation a surprise, Wightman was led to believe that he was just stopping by Bloomers with his parents and a brother to check on its production.
The rest of his family his youngest brother, sister and grandfather dropped in early to add to the surprise.
Bad weather kept the Wightmans from seeing the trailer before Christmas, as first planned.
Bloomer gave the trailer, valued at $38,000, to the foundation for $22,000.
They didnt ask for that, he said. Their job is to make it happen.
Bloomer said these days its important for devoted horsemen to have good equipment, the best of the best.
While Bloomer and his team took the project on as a nice gesture that they thought would really touch Wightman, it ended up giving them a lot in return.
I think all of us were more touched than he was, Bloomer said.
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Vancouver, BC – Yesterday, I had the Peoples Mixtape by Chin Injeti on repeat for the majority of the day, struggling to determine which track was my favourite. The Grammy-winning producer showcases his A&R skills by putting together some incredible collaborations and showcases a ton of Canadian talent as well. But this post is to make sure you've downloaded and listened. We have a full review of the project courtesy of HipHopCanada's Jay Edgar of the West Coast team.
Guest appearances include Bishop Lamont, Shad, Skratch Bastid, David Banner, Jasiri X, SonReal, The New Royales, Jay Electronica, Omar Khan, Sophia Danai, Zaki Ibrahim, Talib Kweli and The New Royales. Peoples mixtape also features some co-production from REL!G!ON and DJ Khalil. Listen to the mixtape (and download it too) after the jump!
01 – Peoples 1 – Bishop Lamont, Shad & Skratch Bastid
02 – Peoples 2 – David Banner
03 – Warrior – Jasiri X (Co-produced by Rel!g!on)
04 – Gunna Be Fine – SonReal
05 – Poser – The New Royales ft. Jay Electronica (Co-produced by DJ Khalil)
06 – What Am I Gonna Do Now – Omar Khan
07 – Higher Baby – Sophia Danai
08 – Everything's Significant – Zaki Ibrahim
09 – Walking Around My Dreams – The New Royales ft. Talib Kweli (Co-produced by DJ Khalil)
10 – Who I Am (Buggin' Out Remix)
11 – Contagious ft. Skratch Bastid
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Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have crafted their campaign narratives, telling you who they are, what they've done and how they would lead America. But there's more to their stories. The Choice 2012 documents the places, people, and decisive moments that made the men who are competing for the presidency, as well as reveal new details and fresh insights about the two candidates--and our choice in November 2012.
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Introducing: Annata Calderaro
That's right – another Anna to join the fold.
I'm now able to run two WoW accounts (due to some fortuitous and star-aligned happenings), and so it's possible for me to add in new characters again. I've previously been running with 10 characters on Feathermoon – and now I have my eleventh!
Solidly built and capable looking, Annata appears to be in her mid thirties. Her hair is thick and wavy, and while still mostly black, is starting to grey at the temples. Her eyes are deep set and dark brown.
Annata is a rogue (and currently level 16 – woo!) Being a low level rogue is difficult, especially since my most recent leveling endeavors were a prot warrior, a ret paladin, and a feral druid. (I'm used to being a LOT less squishy). Still, stealth is hax, and I'm having a lot of fun sneaking around and stealing stuff completing quests.
From a character perspective, Annata is a master poisoner (and she's an herbalist accordingly) – so I'll probably be taking her into the Assassination tree for all of the fun poison talents. Probably. For now, I'm still working on getting my "please don't see me while sneaking" and "please let my offhand actually hit once in awhile" talents. She's a Stromgarde citizen (or was) and a low ranking associate of Ravenholdt.
I've not yet gotten to do a lot of actual RPing with her, since the Riders have been pretty busy lately, so I've been around with Aely a lot more than anyone else. Hopefully I'll get some time to explore the character – I'd really like for her to meet some of the rest of the crew, as she's a little more … shall we say … morally fluid. (Which makes her more unusual in my character set, and I'm REALLY looking forward to exploring that aspect of WoW.)
PPS: Calderaro is a medieval Italian surname for Cauldron maker. Annata's former husband was a blacksmith, and she is a master poisoner. (No, she didn't kill her husband. She's from Stromgarde, and he was killed in one of the many invasions there.)
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With more than $500 million in HITECH Act startup funding set to run out by the end of the year, too many health information exchanges "haven't figured out how to fund themselves."
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As health payment reform takes hold, insurance giant UnitedHealthcare announced Wednesday that it will double its number of accountable care contracts over the next five years -- a move that will total more than $50 billion worth of reimbursements by 2017.
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Most healthcare stakeholders and observers can agree that the way healthcare costs are determined and communicated is, to put it mildly, a bit nonsensical. One of the biggest problems is that patients -- the actual consumers of healthcare services -- usually know nothing about the cost of what they're buying.
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Contradicting the common argument that an overuse of diagnostic imaging procedures is driving up healthcare costs, a new study from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute shows physicians are actually ordering fewer imaging exams for Medicare patients.
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In its annual report to Congress, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT outlined some of its milestones and how it is trying to fix some barriers to main goals of the HITECH Act, chief among them nationwide digital exchange through interoperable EHRs.
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The hottest letters in healthcare right now are A, C and O. And while together they stand for Accountable Care Organization, industry analysts say providers need to look beyond the acronym in their efforts to build a new business model. "At this point, providers shouldn't worry about what an ACO looks like, but instead focus on the building blocks...
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Payers are taking hits to their bottom line due to several gaps in health IT use, according to the athenahealth 2013 PayerView Report released Wednesday. Despite these challenges, Humana took the overall top spot in rankings this year.
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While 90 percent of healthcare CIOs view IT innovation as critical to success, the more surprising statistic is that fewer than one-fourth consider their existing infrastructure capable of supporting such technological advancement.
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The 19-hospital Bon Secours Health System will tap Aetna subsidiary Healthagen for the technology, analytics and care coordination services to facilitate better care for Medicare beneficiaries whose primary physician participates in the Good Help ACO, billed as one of the nation's largest Medicare beneficiary pools.
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It's a big day! We're unveiling our list of the top 100 most influential board-certified aesthetic doctors in social media.
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Theresa writes: My husband and I are starting divorce proceeding after three and a half years separation. He is living in the main house, mortgage is paid. He's taking a pension and also has two part-time jobs. I only have a small pension but also have a full-time job. It has been agreed that I have half the house value but am I entitled to any of his pension?
The objective of resolving financial issues is to find a fair outcome. The Courts have said that fairness has three strands: needs, compensation and sharing.
What this means in practice will always depend on the particular facts.
Generally though, where a pension has been accumulated during the course of a marriage and is needed to meet each spouses' income needs, like other matrimonial assets, it will be shared between them.
Sanjeeve writes: I have been married for three years and want to know that if I get a divorce, will I have to give my husband 50% of my savings? We do not have any joint accounts or a mortgage and the savings are in my name only.
Where a marriage is short and both of the spouses are financially independent, only assets built up during the marriage will be shared. If the savings existed before the marriage there is an argument for saying they should be kept separate.
A viewer has been divorced for about 15 years. The decree Nisi was issued, but no financial settlement was attempted or reached. He's got a couple of questions. Is there a time limit regarding the financial side?
No, provided the party who wishes to apply has not remarried in the meantime; if they have they are barred from bringing a financial claim arising from the divorce.
However, delay in bringing proceedings will be an important factor that will be borne in mind particularly where assets have been accumulated after the breakdown of the marriage took place.
If a divorce took place in 1995 would the division of the assets be guided by the rules then or by current rules?
The law as it stands at the date the application is made will apply to the division of the assets, even if there has been a long delay since separation.
What happens if one of the parties dies?
In that case, any jointly owned property will pass to the surviving spouse who will also have claims against the deceased's estate to meet their needs. Increasingly, the probate courts are dealing with these cases on the same basis as the divorce courts deal with the division of assets following marriage breakdown.
Meera: got divorced Jan 2008 and is concerned her solicitor may have advised her incorrectly.
She was married for just 14 months. Her ex-husband was still seeing his ex-girlfriend so she divorced him on grounds of 'unreasonable behaviour'. Her solicitor told her because he bought the house - off his mother - a year before they married and because it was a short marriage, she's not entitled to 50%. Is this correct? Her name was never on the house. Her ex-husband has offered her £2,000.
This question raises an interesting point that few people contemplating marriage are aware of. The House of Lords have said that a marital home, however, whenever and by whomever it was acquired, is always subject to the sharing principle. I'd suggest Meera takes a second opinion before settling for her ex-husband's offer.
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Two high-profile North Korean defectors working for South Korea's spy agency have revealed how regime officials routinely stashed huge sums of foreign currency in their homes.
Both men are analysts at the Institute for National Security Strategy, an affiliate of South Korea's National Intelligence Service.
They said Kim Jong-un, who took power after his father Kim Jong-il's death in December, appears to be trying to take control of various foreign-exchange schemes controlled by the party and army as he seeks to boost the nation's ailing economy.
In recent months Kim experimented with agricultural and economic reforms after he and his powerful uncle purged the Stalinist state's top general for opposing change.
One of the defectors, who did not want to be named, said that since the 1990s, high-level officials with links to economic bureaus have been hoarding foreign currencies - even as millions of people starved to death due to famine.
"Party officials have been keeping massive sums of dollars close to hand - US$500,000 to US$1 million in their homes," he said.
It is unclear whether the practise has continued since Kim took power and if his reforms include tackling high-level corruption.
Foreign reporters, briefed yesterday by the two men in a secure complex in a woodland south of Seoul, were told they could not disclose the location.
The other defector, Goh Young-hwan, said the number of North Korean defectors had fallen since Kim Jong-il's death. That could be due to the new leader's promise to improve the economy, he said.
"This has raised expectations of a better future," Goh said.
Another key reason is a new policy enacted on the previously porous border with China that gives guards greater incentives to capture defectors.
"In the past, if North Koreans wanted to cross the river, they gave money to guards," Goh said.
"Now the regime says to the guards, 'Take the money - we will not punish you - but get [the defectors] and we will give you credit'."
Although Kim Jong-un seems to be more open and less warlike than his father, there is no fundamental change in his policy towards South Korea.
Inter-Korean Yellow Sea naval clashes flared in 1999 and 2002. In 2010, North Korea sank a South Korean ship and shelled an island. Earlier attacks include a special forces assault of the presidential residence in 1968; a bombing of the cabinet in 1980 and the bombing of a Korean Air flight in 1987.
A museum at the National Intelligence Service desplays exhibits captured from North Korean agents, including a female agent's suicide poison disguised as a phial of perfume, underwater infiltration apparatus used by naval commandos and poisoned-tipped knives disguised as pens.
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Western Australian construction workers are facing a dramatic post-boom correction to wages and conditions, with a new union-agreement reducing labour costs for employers by up to 20 per cent.
The CFMEU's draft enterprise bargaining agreement for WA, obtained by The Australian Financial Review, offers employers reduced wage rates and cuts to redundancy, union training levy and income protection contributions.
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"It's an unusual position for the CFMEU to make a concession," Mr Richardson said. "The union, to its credit, has taken on a more pragmatic approach. The most recent union draft EBA is a major step forward in the union accepting the reality of the market that employers who sign up to a union EBA and employ union members have to compete and work in."
Hourly rates are reduced, with carpenters taking a 9 per cent hourly cut, from $37.72 an hour under the old EBA to $34.26 an hour.
Building representatives who have analysed the draft agreement say the total labour savings are closer to 20 per cent, given reduced payments to expenses that include the union training levy, which falls from $27.80 a week per employee to $12 a week.
Wages and conditions rocketed in WA during the iron ore boom, as record mining project investment created a shortage in construction staff for both the resources and building sectors.
Many commercial builders blamed mining companies for not training enough of their own workforce, which led to unsustainable wage increases for the construction sector.
Union agreements reflected the rapid increases, before non-unionised workforces started pinching major Perth construction contracts that would traditionally go to CFMEU-preferred builders, such as Brookfield Multiplex.
CFMEU WA state secretary
AMP capital chief economist
"Typically they go up in the good times, and are flat in the slow times," Mr Oliver said. "But this was an unusually strong cycle, and wages had to come off such a high rate."
The draft agreement, which is being distributed to major builders and sub-contractors, is designed to replace the CFMEU's 2011-2014 EBA.
The new agreement would expire in June 2017.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA chief executive
"They still need to be more realistic," Ms Willmott said.
"Where wages have gone up unrealistically, they will need to come down."
Non-unionised employers appear to be able to undercut the CFMEU agreement by offering fewer, or no rostered days off – as opposed to the union's fortnightly RDO.
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For every $150 donated we can make and distribute another 200 meals. We also need your generous support for the following items:
Rescuing food:
- A year's supply of fuel for our food rescue vans – $18,000
- Two 4-sided roll cages for the freezer – $1,000
Cooking food:
- Industrial vegetable slicer – $20,000
- Robot coupe mechanised dicer $5,000
- Robot coupe replacement blades – $500
- Resurfacing four baking trays – $140
Growing food:
- Wheelbarrow – $200
- Variety of garden tools – shovels, spades, rakes – $60
- Vegetable seeds – $50
Telephone donations
Yes, you can donate over the phone! To do this, please call 03 9428 0044.
Fill it out and post it to: 1-7 South Audley Street, Abbotsford, 3067. You can also fax it to 03 9428 1844.
Tax deductible
All donations of $2.00 and over are tax deductible. FareShare is a registered DGR (Deductible Gift Recipient).
Where will your donation go?
FareShare does not receive regular government funding to cover the costs of our operations.
Your donation will help us to collect surplus food from supermarkets, farmers and other food businesses. It will also pay for the cost of running our kitchen, and then distributing food to hundreds of Victorian charities.
We are fortunate to receive pro bono support from many businesses – helping to cover the costs such as maintenance of commercial kitchen equipment, packaging and offsite food storage.
However, we need to raise money to keep our six refrigerated vans on the road every day, pay for electricity to run our ovens and coolrooms and employ chefs to oversee nearly 100 volunteers a day.
For more information about fundraising on behalf of FareShare Marcus Godinho on 03 9428 0044 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
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Photo Flash: Artist Imagines Animated Characters from FROZEN, TANGLED, BRAVE and More in Modern-Day Looks
Ever wondered what your favorite animated characters would look like wearing today's hottest looks?
An artist on Tumblr has come up with some awesomely appropriate outfits for Elsa, Anna and Hans from Disney's FROZEN, Rapunzel and Flynn Rider from TANGLED, Merida from BRAVE, and Astrid and Hiccup from HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON.
Check out the illustrations below!
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Elsa from FROZEN
Anna from FROZEN
Hans from FROZEN
Rapunzel from TANGLED
Flynn Rider from TANGLED
Merida from BRAVE
Astrid from HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
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Cuba, the pearl of the Caribbean, offers a stunning variety of places to see. Learn more about the cities and the best sites in Cuba
Cuba, the pearl of the Caribbean, offers a stunning variety of places to see. Throughout the entire length of the island, from Pinar del Rio to Guantanamo, the diverse geography here will captivate you and make you fall in love with the country and the people.
The rich history of the island becomes evident when visiting La Pantana in Guantanamo, a cavern with rich pre-Columbian rock carvings. Visiting La Periquera in Hoquin will also help you gain a deep understanding of Cuba's ancient history. Finally, Isla de la Juventud is home to El Abra Museum, which is dedicated to the poet Jose Marti, a central figure in Cuba's history.
The best cigar makers in the world are in Pinar del Rio. Alejandro Robaina is one of the world's most prestigious names in Cuban cigars. In the province of Havana, you can also taste some of the best rums in the world by visiting the Havana Club factory.
In the city of Havana, or La Habana in Spanish, a walk around Malecon and a visit to the city's old town will give you a chance to get to know the people, the rich history and the enigmatic future of Cuba.


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THE Grassroots Heroes Awards are back for a fourth year and it promises to be another year of tales of achievement and stories of hard work and commitment.
Following their launch in 2011, the Lancashire Telegraph has once again team up with sponsors United Utilities to celebrate and highlight all that is good in local amateur sport.
The awards are a chance for readers to nominate their local heroes and, in the last three years, hundreds of nominations have flooded in for the 10 categories.
The awards cover every aspect of sport at grassroots level; from the achievers to the hard workers, the medal and trophy winners to the unsung heroes.
The aim is to reward those people who contribute to much to the sporting community.
From team sports to individual pursuits, there are so many deserving causes out there.
We want to reward the talents of teams and individuals who have starred in their particular sport or those hard-working officials and behind-the-scenes committed, committee members whose hard work goes largely unrewarded.
East Lancashire has a rich and diverse sporting history, the fact that 20 different sports were featured in the last year's shortlist goes someway to demonstrating just that.
So now is your chance to highlight all of those efforts, endeavours and tireless dedication.
Once again, there are 10 categories to choose from – including lifetime achievement, senior team of the year, junior team of the year, coach of the year, unsung hero, spirit of sport award, the people's choice and junior sports personality and senior sports personality.
Kevin Young, editor of the Lancashire Telegraph said: "Sport is so important to the life of East Lancashire and these awards recognise all those who make such a valuable contribution.
"This is the fourth time we have held these awards and they go from strength to strength.
"They play an integral role, not just in the local sporting scene but the wider community as well."
The awards ceremony will be held at Mytton Fold Hotel, Langho – the venue for the previous three events – at a date to be announce in January.


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From teleportation to robot servants: Americans' predictions and dreams for the future
Americans see the next half-century as a period of profound scientific change, according to a new Pew Research Center survey in partnership with Smithsonian Magazine, but they don't agree on what will or won't come to pass, and whether certain future developments would have a positive or negative impact on society. Here are some key findings from the survey:
Opening U.S. airspace to drones: After Amazon founder Jeff Bezos revealed plans for 30-minute package delivery via drone in a "60 Minutes" episode, critics derided the idea as nonsense, citing a number of technical, economic and regulatory hurdles. Another hurdle may be that the public is largely unenthusiastic about the idea of giving drones permission to fly through most U.S. airspace: 63% of Americans think this would be a change for the worse, compared with 22% who say it would be a change for the better.
Devices feeding most people information: Google hopes to begin selling its futuristic Google Glass eyeglass-like computers later this year, but it may confront a market of skeptics: 53% of Americans think it would be a change for the worse if most people wear implants or other devices that constantly show them information about the world around them. Women are especially wary of a future in which these devices are widespread. Americans may have good reason to be wary: 53% say they have been involved in a technology-induced distracted walking encounter.
Time travel: About one-in-ten Americans (9%) say the futuristic invention they would most like to have is a time machine. But time travel holds little appeal for older adults—just 3% of seniors named a time machine as their future invention of choice.
Driverless cars: Americans are split on the idea of riding in a driverless car: 48% say they would, while 50% say they would not. Opinions vary by education and urbanity: 59% of college graduates would give driverless cars a try, while 62% of those with a high school diploma or less would not. And half of urban (52%) and suburban (51%) residents are interested in driverless cars, compared with just 36% of rural residents.
Personal robot servants: Some middle-aged Americans just want a little help around the house—8% of those ages 30–49 named a personal robot or robot servant as the futuristic invention they would most like to own, at least double the share in other age groups.
Controlling the weather: Will scientists rid us of catastrophic hurricanes and frigid polar vortexes by developing the ability to control the weather in the next 50 years? No, say more than three-quarters (77%) of all Americans. But there are a few optimists: one-in-five (19%) Americans say this probably will happen.
Long-term space colonies: One third of Americans expect to live in a world in which humans have long-term colonies on other planets. Young adults are especially likely to see space colonization as a viable future possibility: 43% of 18-29 year olds see this happening in the next half-century, compared with about a quarter of those over age 50. Among the pessimists are high-income Americans: just 20% of those with an annual household income of $75,000 or more think space colonization is a realistic prediction.
Teleportation: The idea of teleportation has long been a common science fiction trope, but Americans are relatively pessimistic about abandoning their planes, trains and automobiles: less than half (39%) say scientists will have solved teleportation in the next 50 years, while 56% say they won't have.
Topics: Science and Innovation
Andrea Caumont is the social media editor at Pew Research Center.
Aaron Smith is an associate director for research at Pew Research Center.
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Are these the same Americans of whom:
30% believe that dinosaurs and humans walked the earth at the same time
50% do not believe in climate change
Dear All
from calculated math of sun and earth, The earth will reverse spinning after 40 years that means all magnets objects will be reversed. Tell me which devices will work at that time.
as long as artificial intelligence is at work designing and developing ideas, all of the above and more will be in everyone's future like: 3D human organ production, designer drugs, stem cell advances, regrow bones and teeth, auto-engine cutoff, low-energy-consumption renewable energy vehicles, electronic voting, end of paper & coin currency, this are just to name a few, hundreds more is in the works as we write.
The problem is what to do with the aging healthy population.
In 1816 there was no summer in much of the northern hemisphere, due to volcanic ash from Mt. Tambora in the atmosphere. Putting at least a temporary halt to global warming should be possible if a fleet of bombers loaded with fly ash could release their cargo in the upper atmosphere. That could buy a little time to put clean energy sources in place around the globe.
Leo Toribio
Pittsburgh, PA
Clean energy sources? Such as…..? Currently, neither solar or wind power are cost effective and energy capabilities do not scale up easily. If you consider that once the earth was actually much warmer than it is now, what we are experiencing now is not new. There is GW, there is NOT AGW. The earth warms and cools in cycles. What we need is fusion power. Clean fusion power. Once that is solved, everything else can go away.


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Why earn a doctor of ministry degree?
God has a different plan for each of his followers' lives, and the ways to serve Him are many. For committed individuals, attaining a doctor of ministry degree is the culmination of many years of study. What does this credential involve and what can it do for men and women of faith?
The highest academic credential a believer can seek
A doctor of ministry is the final qualification that many theologians and aspiring church leaders choose to obtain. In order to enroll in a doctor of ministry degree program, it is typical for individuals to already possess both their undergraduate qualifications and a Master of Divinity degree.
The length of time it takes to complete a doctor of ministry degree varies depending on which areas an individual chooses to study. However, despite the differences in curricula offered by online Christian colleges and universities, this credential usually takes between three and six years to successfully complete.
Advanced biblical knowledge
Many individuals who choose to pursue a doctor of ministry degree tend to be people in positions of authority within the church with extensive leadership and ministry experience. The advanced nature of the qualification makes it an ideal choice for men and women of faith who seek to be challenged in their academic endeavors and desire to apply their knowledge to improving their ministry programs.
The specific classes of a doctor of ministry degree can vary widely, as significant emphasis is placed on self-motivated study and individual academic objectives. These qualifications usually contain a set number of core modules, and allow students to select from a range of electives to align with their personal goals.
A customized approach to leadership
In addition to being the highest academic credential that men and women of faith can pursue, doctor of ministry degrees enable individuals to study topics that will directly benefit their church or congregation. Although the curriculum of these qualifications vary from one online Christian college to the next, common specializations include congregational growth and development, global outreach and ministry leadership, spirituality and preaching, and spirit healing for members of the clergy.
While earning a doctor of ministry degree can take many years to accomplish, individuals who choose this path can rest in the knowledge that their biblical knowledge and walk with God may be significantly richer as a result. Students can develop their interpretive and communication skills to relay complex spiritual matters to their congregation, enriching the church and the lives of members of the congregation.


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Why was Modamily started?
I noticed a good portion of family and friends spending their 20s and 30s focused on their careers and putting off marriage and children. Yet, as they approached 40, especially in the case of female friends, there came an enormous amount of pressure for finding a partner, often resulting in rushed marriages ending in divorce. It was even more disheartening when a child was introduced because now that child would often have to be raised in an environment of friction where mommy and daddy did not get along. I felt there had to be another viable option that could protect against these problems. Hence, co-parenting.
What's the difference (pros/cons?) between turning to a sperm donor and finding a co-parent?
The main difference is the other person is involved with the raising of your child. We feel that co-parenting provides more support to the child because it involves two parents that are physically, financially, and emotionally committed. In a gay/lesbian couple relationship looking for a sperm/egg donor, the involvement of the donor is usually more limited, but if the donor has some kind of relationship with the child, it can provide them with a better sense of identity about where they come from. Healthy, happy, and balanced children are what we are trying to achieve and statistically, having both a mother and father within a child's life dramatically improves chances for a happy and balanced upbringing. Also, donor conceived children sometimes develop health problems related to their father's genetic makeup, for example they pass down the genes which may make them more susceptible to certain diseases such as diabetes or cancer. Knowing this information can help with diagnosis and even preventative treatment. Therefore knowing the identity of a donor has many benefits for the child, through to when they become adults.
Is the idea that people who find each other on Modamily later hook up and actually have sex until the woman is pregnant - or through insemination?
The fundamental concept behind Modamily is that we provide a network where members can meet other like-minded people who dream of becoming a parent. There are many ways to become a co-parent, and what Modamily does is help our members find someone that wants to raise a child in a similar fashion as they do. Modamily simply matches up the parents based on their desires and they decide how best to proceed from there.
If people find a good parent match on Modamily - why just have a baby together and not also start a relationship?
The desire to become a parent is why men and women use Modamily, but there is nothing preventing the development of a relationship. Our primary goal is to create a community for great potential parents that removes the stress and pressures associated with feeling that in order to be a parent one must find a spouse first.
How do you think the fast track to parenthood, through a social forum online, will change the way families are formed in the future?
A niche social network like Modamily will definitely help increase the odds of finding someone in a shorter period of time. This goes for straight or gay singles and couples looking for a donor. Everyone joins for the same purpose: to become a parent. Because people are staying single longer and waiting to get married, sites like Modamily can fill the void by helping those that still want to fulfill dreams of having a child. There's plenty of time to find Mr. or Mrs. Right, but only a limited time to find Mommy or Daddy Right.
What has been the inspiration for Modamily (other websites or such?), and when do you think the first successful new family will be formed through Modamily?
I used to be very uncomfortable with the idea of going on a dating site to meet women. When I moved back to New York, I found that many of my friends had met their significant others on sites like Match.com, eHarmony, jdate, or OkCupid and some even got married and had kids. These people weren't weirdos or had three heads, like I pictured. Rather, they were just regular people like me looking for that connection. However, I also felt that there was a sub-set of people that were frustrated with these sites because they weren't meeting their needs. I felt that if I could put together a site where everyone is there for the sole purpose of having a child with a partner, it would be possible to form a like-minded community to fill that need. Everyone is on their own timeline when deciding to become a parent, and we merely provide a forum to for people to meet like-minded individuals.
The Modamily Mission
Modamily provides a network where members can meet other like-minded people who dream of becoming a parent. There are many ways to become a parent, and what Modamily does is help our members find someone that wants to raise a child in a similar fashion as they do.
One of the sites capabilities that sets us apart from other co-parenting and sperm donor sites is the Parenting and Lifestyle quiz, which helps member's determine which candidates on Modamily have a similar vision and values ethic for how they want to raise their child. Furthermore, Modamily has recently launched the Personal Concierge Service, where our staff personally gets involved to guide members through their search process.
Modamily is also the go-to resource for information about co-parenting and sperm donor laws, fertility options, pregnancy health and well-being, and best practices recommendations on how best to responsibly embark on this journey.
Modamily has been featured internationally in BBC News, ABC News, Fox News, the Huffington Post, the Daily Mail, Marie Claire, Babycenter.com, and more. Visit http://modamily.com/press for more information.
Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com for further inquiries.
Who are Modamily's clients?
• Single men and women, gay or straight, who are ready to have kids and don't want to do it alone.
• Gay male couples wishing to find an egg donor for a surrogacy arrangement, or a known donor who will also be involved in the child's life
• Lesbian couples looking for a sperm donor - this may be an anonymous or known sperm donor who could be part of their child's life
• Men wishing to donate their sperm
• Women wishing to donate their eggs
• Women wishing to be surrogates
• Men and Women looking for medical and legal information on how to become co-parents


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Red Dead Redemption
Review by weapon_d00d816
"Good enough for a movie, but not for a game."
My experience with Red Dead Redemption has been full of ups and downs. While I enjoy the roaming experience and interesting setting, things like annoying controls and a bad multiplayer make me think twice about rating this above a 7.5.
-Story and Setting-
The end of the Wild West was a good choice for setting as it combines pre-war tech with the classic themes we've all been accustomed to. That's about as much as I can say about the setting. The story is less than average and jumps around. You aren't really in on what's going on until the later parts of the game. There are a few twists and turns, but nothing very plot-driven. It all sums up in a more exciting but disappointing ending.
There is no shortage of things to do, yet they all seem like distractions from what's really going on. The main missions are at first confusing to figure out. Where do you go? Which one is a main mission? Why can't the cattle just behave? But the main thing that bugs me is how there is little combat and the majority of your play hours are spent on cutscenes and horse-travel. It makes for a great movie, but a less than great video game. Somehow
Simply a complicated mess. There is little structure to the free-roam mode online and its reason for existence is questionable. If you want to mess around, campaign mode's free-roam is much better. The trouble is with the gameplay and controls. They were set up for campaign and work quite terribly in multiplayer matches. People are near-impossible to kill with rifles and taking cover is a sure way to get screwed over by flankers. The cover system is buggy, slow, and unresponsive, but I guess I'm just spoiled from playing Gears of War's perfect cover system.
-Artwork, Design, etc.-
To give you a good feel of that old western noir, you need good artwork. Redemption delivers (for the most part). I love the environment design. Dry expanses of land and cacti; termite-ridden wooden towns and dusty trails. It has what you expect. The animations for your character are quite realistic, as are the way you interact with most things. One thing that brings me down are the weapons' details. You don't get to see them much, other than when they're on your back. There are no empty shell animations, except for on the Gatling gun and Maxim machine gun. And they don't always seem to be doing what they're supposed to; like non-lever-action rifles doing the animation for a lever-action repeater when in certain stances.
Its underlying gameplay (or more accurately its combat) is pretty bad, but it has some detailed options laid out for you, such as: lassoing an unsuspecting traveler, mugging people and fist fighting, horseback combat, or just straight-up gunfighting. I think what makes this game halfway decent is how detailed minor actions are. If you point a gun at them, they either run, give up their money, or bring out their gun. If you punch them, they fight back or cower. If you shoot up the place, lawmen come and get'cha. And if you lasso a cougar, bring it into town, and unleash its furry fury upon the townsfolk, they...well...get mauled. For an analytical person such as myself, these things are what bring me to liking this game. If not for these, the gameplay would not sustain the game at all.
Reviewer's Rating: 3.5 - Good
Originally Posted: 06/30/10
Game Release: Red Dead Redemption (US, 05/18/10)
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Integrated Sustainability
A sustainable future remains within our grasp but - thanks to the way human brains work - only governments can implement many of the necessary strategies. Our political leaders have a unique responsibility.
Cognitive dissonance is that uncomfortable feeling we have when we know we should invest in solar panels but the 46″ wide screen TV wins out; we know we should catch the bus but we take the car anyway. It's that sense of discord that arises when emotion and reason don't get along. And unfortunately, it's alive and well, sabotaging the climate change debate.
Andrew Craig hit the start-button on a balmy Albany April day. His Landcruiser unhooked from the household power, then the twin electric motors cut in and moved it quietly down the drive. The silence disturbed some people when HydroElectrics first took over the V8 market, so they'd bought the audio option that simulated the sound of a historical V8 engine. Now the only time you'd hear anything like that was when the amplified "chugga, chugga, chugga" of a Harley Electro Hog drifted through the open window.
Before we can consider whether there are limits to economic growth, we first need to understand what is meant by the term 'economic growth'. In conventional terms, economic growth means either the growth in a nation's real GDP (an increase in a nation's output of goods and services) or the physical expansion of the nation's economy (note: the two are not the same) (see Lawn, 2007a). So, when people refer to economic growth, what they really mean is either 'growth of real output' or 'growth of the economy'.
Our planet is finite. We have 510,072,000 km2 of surface area to sustain all human economic and social activity. We have 510,072,000 km2 to support all of life. Nothing will change this physical limit. Our economy is based on growth. A fundamental tenet of capitalism is a continually growing economy that produces more and more goods. Indeed, per capita world economic output (GDP) has increased nearly 20-fold since 1960. During the same period, the world's population has increased from 3 billion to nearly 7 billion.


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The 1962 Sino-Indian War: 50 Years on
50 years Since the Indo-Sino War: Will We Let China Commemorate it With Another Successful War?
As a kid, the one song I remember which was frequently played on loud-speakers on streets on Independence and Republic Days was Md.Rafi's Kar Chale Hum Fida Jaanotan Saathiyo from the Indo-Sino war movie Haqeeqat (1964). This song gave and still gives me goose bumps and rouses an irrepressible surge of patriotism…and yes anger, lots of it.
Anger at who? At what? Anger that after a millennium of servitude, even in the history of Modern Independent India, we have not learnt our lessons and have found ourselves incapable of protecting and preserving the territorial integrity of our Motherland.
Anger that national security is still not a priority for us, and that assembly elections take precedence over our dignity and pride as a nation.
Anger that we still let corrupt, spineless and incompetent nincompoops and dotards dictate the course of our foreign policy and national security.
Anger that we let these fools lull us into a false sense of security. Anger that we as a people have shown utter apathy to the dangers looming large over the nation's borders.
This anger is obviously not without reason. In the past few months, a few genuine voices on national security have been constantly warning the government and the public of the very real possibility of an attack by China.
As recently as January 9, 2012, Col.Anil Athale (retd.) warned of a Chinese attack by June/July of this year. He had written on similar lines in October last year. Research fellows from the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA) too had expressed similar views last October.
It is not my stand that these reports must be treated as Veda-speak (not Bible-speak), however, it is certainly my belief that we must stop mouthing inanities like "there's too much at stake for China to attack India".
The one key figure who has been constantly drilling into our heads that all is well with China is Shashi Tharoor. During his stint at the External Affairs Ministry, on almost every occasion when he has been quizzed on the Chinese threat, he has persistently played it down.
Our beloved Dr.Singh's statement last December that the Government does not share the view that the Chinese could attack India, is consistent with his sterling reputation for pussy-footing on critical issues. Besides, assuming this was his personal view and not one tutored by Madam G, the fact is that his personal views have rarely counted for anything.
I understand that people in responsible positions cannot afford to shoot off their mouths on such complex and delicate issues. But why does the Indian establishment display a marked tendency to mute, subdue and sugar-coat everything that shows China in poor light vis-a-vis its behaviour with India?
The Indian Government has no qualms or shame about donning the mantle of being the de facto apologist for China's suspicious behaviour and belligerent statements.
One innocuous example is the blurring of Pro-Tibet slogans in the song "Sadda Haq" in Rockstar. While the establishment bent backwards to pacify and mollify the wounded sentiments of China, it had no qualms letting go scenes in the same song which showed Kashmiris crooning "Sadda Haq" with obvious secessionist undertones. When I pointed this out to someone close to me, his reaction was "*coughIMTIAZALIcough*"…
Why does it take an outburst from the Chief Minister of J&K to draw attention to the constant pinpricks from China by way of incursions at will? We should probably stop calling them incursions, because for the Chinese they have become "excursions"/pleasure trips. Does the Government even realize the disastrous effect on the people of Kashmir when the Chief Minister of the State has to remind the Centre that national security is still the Centre's responsibility, in fact Supreme Duty?
How on earth do we expect Kashmiris to root for India when we let the State be mauled and molested at will by Pakistan and China in turns? Funnily, we react with relative speed if the situation involves Pakistan despite the fact that in quite a few situations, it is non-State actors who take pleasure in giving India hell. On the contrary, anything and everything which involves any arm of the Chinese State necessarily has the blessings of the Highest authority in the Chinese establishment for obvious reasons.
Doesn't this mean that we ought to pay more attention to incidents involving China and must learn to connect the dots and chart patterns in order to prepare a suitable long-term response?
Like most other issues, the Government simply does not have clarity in its head as to where do our interests lie and what must be our approach towards China to best protect our interests. A holistic approach is necessary because the solution to a potential military threat cannot be purely military, more so when we are not in a state of war, nor has China been officially declared an enemy State. But inaction and perpetual inertia with eleventh-hour hare brained schemes simply cannot pass off as foreign policy, certainly not with China.
Since this is an issue that must and does form part of the centre right discourse, we will discuss China in greater detail in future posts, with the fervent hope that our readers will engage us in purposeful discussions, which will at some point translate into concrete action or formal representation.
On a parting note, if China does attack India, I will hold none but the Congress singularly responsible for the attack. The Congress has to its credit major military defeats- the occupation of Kashmir (PoK) by Pakistan in the first Kashmir War (and subsequent internationalization of the issue, foolishly by Nehru) and the ignominious defeat at the hands of China in 1962. These are but culminations of a sustained policy of neglect and apathy on the part of the Government in power then.
This time too, the Congress has been in power for close to 8 years and it will have none to blame but itself if India finds itself on the brink of war with yet again a better prepared, determined and ruthless foe…


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I am sorry I do not see your last question. Did you see my response to your question from yesterday. Did you respond there? I will check there.
Did you get my first question I sent you Jennifer?
I am so obsessed with this guy. I really feel in my heart that he cares deeply for me but is scared because of the 3 failed marriages he has had.He has a wall up but why keep me around if he feels I am a threat to his feelings? Could he just be comfortable where we are? He knows I care for him more than friends . He is a kind, gentle person and doesn't like to hurt anyone..then why lead me on if he knows I care more and he doesn't? His he also hoping that the walls with come down as well? There is such a strong chemistry between the two of us. Oh, Jennifer, I have fallen in love with this man. If I lose him it would be like another death to me.
Hi Theresa,
am so sorry about my technical issues before. I actually wrote out a response and lost it because my computer froze up.
I think you are correct in how you are thinking about him putting up a wall. Based on everything we spoke about before and what you wrote now I do believe that he has strong feelings for you as well. I too think he probably has that wall up due to his past history. Sounds like he is scared of getting hurt or failing. It does not sound like he is leading you on in a negative way. He too has feelings for you and is not using you. He just has that wall up. Really if you have told him how you feel then you only have two options left. You can wait it out and enjoy the time together and go from there or you can let him go. However, it does sound like he is a good man and feels the same for you, but not yet ready. I think if you stood and went with the flow there is a good chance the wall would come down, but if that hurts you too bad then you would need to make a decision. Also, he does feel like he is comfortable with the ways things are. You ever here the saying if it ain't broke why fix it. He is happy with the relationship and most likely feels things might mess up if he changes it.
You have very good insight to everything.
If you feel there might be a good chance of that wall coming down..I am going to wait it out. He is a very good man and worth it. I never pressure him, chase him, call him...ect.......God blessed me with patience..cry alot at home waiting but that's ok. I still feel he's worth it. I respect your opinion Jennifer and I know you would be upfront with me, I feel you always have and just tell me what i want to hear and I thank-you for that. I feel much better after talking to you.God Bless You I meant you Don't just tell me what i want to hear..sorry for the mix up
Thank you for those words. You are right I am honest with you and don't just tell you want you want to hear. I am here to help and being honest is important. I am glad that you feel better and I am here whenever you need.
You want to wait it out and I do think that is a good choice based on everything we spoke about. I just hope you will be able to handle that. I do believe there is a good chance of the walls coming down and he sounds like a good person. As you said he is worth it.
And don't just look at it as waiting for him because the two of you are in a relationship and it's not a waste of time since it's not like he is with someone else and you are just waiting, so you can feel good about this type of waiting. There is no need to cry. Be happy with the times that you share together because we both know he does like you more than a friend. He shows you that and actions do speak louder than words. So use this time as getting to know him better and better as well as enjoying each others company. In truth you both are in the process of growing your relationship and are already much more than friends, so don't be sad about it.
You will be in my prayers. God Bless you.
My friend you have made me so much at ease with all of this. it's kinda funny, i just realized that the two of us have only known each other going on 6 months now. I need to keep reminding myself of that.From now on I will put all doubt away and like you said enjoy the time we are getting to know one another better. When those negative thoughts come in concerning this situation, I will try real hard to shut the door on them!!! Oh yes, I will wait especially if i know there is a chance.even a slight one.Also you have just confirmed what's been in my heart concerning him but this crazy mind(thoughts) have made me go against it....God Bless You My New Friend...I will always come to you
I am so glad that you feel this way. I think that you reached another level tonight with this whole situation. I am so happy for you.
Thank you for all your kind words to me. I appreciate them.
I will be here for you.
Thank you for the positive rating and generous bonus.
Have a wonderful and HAPPY night!
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(CNSNews.com) – "On November 6th, Americans will make a choice about what's right and what's wrong," Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer told the conservative Values Voters summit in Washington on Saturday.
"Wrong is President Obama accumulating more debt than any president in our history," Brewer said. "Wrong is the fact that millions of Americans are unemployed. Wrong is supporting a change in the longstanding definition of marriage.
"Wrong is appointing federal judges who fail to protect life and the unborn. Wrong is our president apologizing for America when he travels abroad. Wrong is not supporting Israel 100 percent as our ally in the Middle East. And finally, wrong is his claiming greatness by blaming others for his failure."
Brewer then listed "what I believe is right."
"Right is calling a terrorist -- yes, a terrorist," she said to applause. "Right is calling a Christmas tree a Christmas tree. Right is not being afraid to salute the flag, wear a flag pin, say the Pledge of Allegiance -- and sing the National Anthem, unashamed, with a tear in our eye.
"Right is not being afraid to say those -- to say to those who are here illegally, you deserve no favoritism. Right is looking President Obama square in the eye, as I did, and saying, Mr. President, do your job. Secure our border."
Brewer said the thing that should bother Americans the most is "that we have a president who suggests that America is not an exceptional nation."
"What other country has sent its finest young men and women to fight on distant battlefields for justice and peace?" she asked. "What other nation ever rose to such strength...yet did not rise to conquer, but to protect? What other nation has acted not to dominate, but to liberate?
"We are an exceptional nation, all right," Brewer said. "That's just a fact, written in blood and sacrifice of American patriots and their families."


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Kiwanis Club hosting new fundraiser
Kiwanis members may be known for their various efforts to raise money for children's programming, but this time they've simply gone hog wild with their ideas.
The first ever Kiwanis Hog Wild fundraiser is coming up Friday, June 7, at Meadows on the Lind.
The event will feature a fun, backyard-style barbeque theme centered around the porky little animal so many have grown to love — the pig.
A big part of capturing this theme lays with the caterer…Lush Lola's.
"Lush Lola's is all about the pig and the pig roast, and Lush Lola is actually a pink pig that they use as their icon or mascot," said Beth Pridday, who is co-chairing the event with Carrie Johnston.
"And they will actually be roasting a whole pig there at the event, which I think around here is kind of a novelty for most people," added Pridday.
Tickets for the event are $40, and that includes a full meal of BBQ pork, mashed potatoes, salad, veggies and a dessert bar.
Bleachers will be providing a cash bar, while Rockstar DJ will be on hand for a little music while party-goers are pigging out.
"There will be games, mechanical pig racing, a bean bag toss with little tiny pig bean bags, a pig piñata, a couple of yard games like the traditional beer ring toss and our red solo cup game where we've got three large solo cups that will be used for people to try their skills at tossing things in," said Pridday, who says tickets for the games can be purchased, and then tossed in little piggy banks for random prize drawings.
"So you don't have to be all that skilled, you just have to be willing to pay to play," said Pridday.
Kiwanis members are also busy collecting a variety of chair baskets that will be silent auctioned off in what they call "Chairs for Charity."
"We've got everything from an Adirondack chair to a potting bench chair to a little Adirondack charm bracelet from Prices," said Johnston.
"We also have a little pink child's chair that comes with kid-like items," added Pridday. "We have a really cute potty chair being donated and it'll have some treats and children's' books about pigs, as well as a couple of chairs from WeFest with some WeFest items."
The money raised from Chairs for Charity, the games and the ticket sales all go to the local Kiwanis Club.
"And we support everything from scholarships to sending kids to Camp Cormorant to maybe a teacher's request for something for the classroom…" said Johnston, who says the club is also selling bottles of Lush Lola's BBQ sauce for $10 a bottle with proceeds also going to Kiwanis.
Meadows on the Lind is an outdoor venue located six miles south of Detroit Lakes on the south shore of Lind Lake, but come rain or shine, the party will go on.
"Even if it rains, they have an outdoor shelter there with walls and heat and everything, so if it rains we'll just take everything under the shelter," said Pridday, who stresses that this is not just an event for Kiwanis members, it's open to everyone.
"This is a fun, summer, hog wild party, so if you're looking for something fun to do on Friday June 7, we're your people," said Pridday, who says they would like attendees to buy their tickets by Tuesday, June 4.
For tickets or more information on the event, call the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce at 847-9202.


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Will Netbooks Shake Up the Laptop Market?
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A new class of small laptops entering the market has some of the major laptop vendors on edge. These computers have been dubbed netbooks. Originally, they were targeted at emerging markets for use in education. Now they're finding their way into the U.S., where they're being snapped up by consumers as second laptops for use in the home or by kids.
Over the past two weeks, I've been asked by two mainstream laptop vendors about this new class of portable computer. Specifically, they wanted to know if I thought that these netbooks could impact the sales of some of their lower-end laptop models. As you may know, there's a pricing war going on in the low-end laptop market, and increasingly you can find some rather decent basic models in the $500-to-$600 range. Netbooks typically sell for under $400, and this has at least a few laptop vendors worried. Their margins on their basic models are pretty slim now, and any pricing pressure coming from netbooks could make their profits even smaller.
A good example of a netbook is the ASUS Eee PC 4G. Although the first model, which is on the market today, is Linux based, reports indicate that an upcoming version might offer Windows XP as an option. This new netbook uses an Intel Celeron processor, so handling XP should be no problem. And this is one of the reasons why laptop vendors are concerned.
Yes, significant differences exist between a netbook and a regular laptop. For starters, right now, even low-end, low-cost laptops make the ASUS Eee PC seem puny by comparison. For example, you can get a Compaq Presario TK-57, with a 15.4-inch LCD screen, a 1-GHz AMD Athlon 64 processor, 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB hard drive, for just $499 at Best Buy. By comparison, a loaded Eee PC, with an 800-MHz Celeron processor, 7-inch screen, 512MB of RAM, and a 4GB hard drive, sells for about $399 but has less computing power. Yet, ASUS has been having a tough time keeping up with the demand.
Another netbook on the horizon--this one from Intel--is sure to get a lot of attention. It's called the 2go PC, and according to various sources, it will come with a Celeron M processor, 512MB of RAM, a 40GB hard drive, and a 9-inch screen. It will run Windows XP or Linux. And it should be priced at about $400. Although I suspect Intel will stress that the 2go PC is designed for emerging markets and education, I'd bet that these new netbooks will make their way into what has been ASUS's space. Perhaps this will push ASUS to ramp up production and get its netbooks into U.S. distribution that much faster.
For major vendors, the impact on basic laptop sales could be twofold. At the very least, vendors may have to be more aggressive in marketing their low-end models and perhaps begin comparing them with netbooks as part of their marketing campaigns. And if netbooks begin to encroach on sales seriously, vendors could even be forced to lower prices in order to stay competitive.Next: Usage >


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Frozen Yogurt Cookie Dessert Recipe
"We often prepare this yummy dessert for company," Ellen Thompson shares from Springfield, Ohio. Just five ingredients are all that's needed for the creamy, chocolate- and peanut-flavored sensation. And best of all? "It's easy to take just the portion you want and freeze the rest for later," suggests Ellen.
- 12 reduced-fat Oreo cookies, crushed
- 1 quart low-fat vanilla frozen yogurt, softened
- 1/3 cup chocolate syrup
- 1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts
- 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen fat-free whipped topping, thawed
- 1. Set aside 1 tablespoon cookie crumbs. Sprinkle the remaining crumbs into an 11x7-in. dish coated with cooking spray. Freeze for 10 minutes.
- 2. Gently spread frozen yogurt over crumbs. Drizzle with chocolate syrup and sprinkle with peanuts. Spread with whipped topping; sprinkle with reserved crumbs.
- 3. Cover and freeze for at least 2 hours. Remove from the freezer 10 minutes before serving. Yield: 12 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 piece: 220 calories, 7g fat (2g saturated fat), 3mg cholesterol, 193mg sodium, 34g carbohydrate (24g sugars, 1g fiber), 6g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1 fat.
Reviews for Frozen Yogurt Cookie Dessert
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Reviewed Oct. 28, 2010
"Loved it and easy to make!"
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"I made this dessert for a picnic. It was a BIGhit. Will definitely make it again!"
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"Oh, my goodness, Peoples! You have to try *this recipe. Recipe-Bot says, "... you can freeze the rest for later." Let me tell you, it took great restraint on my part to put the last two pieces in the freezer... and they were gone the next day. Poor hubby wanted to know where it was when he went to get some... OOPSIES! You snooze, you lose. I'm going on a retreat tomorrow and my car-pool group is the first supper (not the last one ) tomorrow night's meal (our group likes to get it out of the way and enjoy the weekend). I asked my friend if she thought it would be okay to serve this, I got a resounding "Oh, yes!. That was sooo good! That would be great." (We also like 'easy and awesomely yummy', but with little or no clean up', which means that almost EVERYTHING is disposable.) *If you don't care for frozen yogurt and/or low-fat ingredients, everything can be substituted for the regular "rich" stuff. Recipe-Bot, this is one great food. Thanks for submitting it. "
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Differential Metabolism of Dietary Fatty Acids
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Differences in how diet fats are converted to energy could explain some of the reported differences in health effects among different classes of dietary fat (e.g. monounsaturated vs. saturated). Recently, this laboratory showed that monounsaturated fats are turned into energy more readily than saturated fats. These results may mean that if one feeds more monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and less saturated fatty acids (SFA) in the diet, body fat might accumulate at a lower rate. This could affect the risk of obesity and Type 2 Diabetes. This project has two principal Specific Aims which will be assessed in healthy young adults who are fed liquid formulas containing either an approximately equal amount of MUFA and SFA (controls) or a much greater amount of MUFA and much less SFA:
- To determine if a higher intake of MUFA and a reciprocally lower intake of SFA is associated with a higher rate of fat oxidation. We hypothesize that the rate of fat oxidation after eating will be higher in those subjects randomized to the MUFA-enriched diet compared to controls.
- To measure energy intake required to maintain constant body weight during each diet and to measure fat-free mass and fat mass, before and after each dietary change. We hypothesize that those on the high MUFA diet will need a higher energy intake required to maintain constant body weight.
|Obesity Diabetes Hyperlipidemia
|Drug: Oleic acid
|Phase 1
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double-Blind
Primary Purpose: Prevention
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|Differential Metabolism of Dietary Fatty Acids
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|Study Start Date:
|September 2000
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2005
Our Preliminary Data indicate that the rate of oleic acid (OA) oxidation (amount/unit time) is 21% increased compared to palmitic acid (PA) when both fatty acids are fed to the same person at the same intake. We hypothesize that if the ratio of OA to PA in the diet were to increase, the rate of total fatty acid oxidation in the fed state also would increase under the same metabolic conditions. If our principal hypothesis is correct, overall daily fat balance might be decreased in humans fed diets enriched in OA. This would have potential significance to the treatment and prevention of obesity.
In order to address this hypothesis, we propose the following double-masked, randomized control trial. Indirect calorimetry will be performed in the fed and fasting state in young, healthy adults who will be studied under two conditions: after a 30-day, supervised, solid food diet and then again after a 30-day formula diet. The subjects will be randomized to receive either a Control Formula Diet of the same macronutrient and fatty acid composition as the solid food diet (OA=PA=16.4% total kcal) or a High Oleic Acid Formula Diet (OA=31.4% total kcal and PA=1.7% total kcal). The Control Diets (solid and liquid) provide amounts (per kcal) of total fat, saturated fat, and OA that are similar to the to the 50-75th percentile of intake of young adult Americans but above the intake of total fat and saturated fat that is recommended for optimal long-term health. The High OA Formula Diet is designed to simulate the fat source of the Mediterranean Diet. The High OA diet will result in a 167% increase in the intake/kcal of OA in the sn-1 and sn-3 positions of the dietary triacylglycerol. Using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), we will monitor body composition before and after each diet, while adjusting energy intake to maintain constant body weight. The following Specific Aims will be addressed:
- To determine if a higher intake of oleic acid (and a reciprocally lower intake of palmitic acid) is associated with a higher rate of fat oxidation. We hypothesize that the rate of fat oxidation (g/hr) in the fed state, adjusted for the covariate effect of the rate of fat oxidation on the solid food diet, will be higher (>30%) in those subjects randomized to the OA-enriched diet compared to controls. Furthermore, we hypothesize that fat oxidation will not be higher when expressed as a proportion of energy expenditure in the OA-enriched formula group. That is, we expect energy expenditure in the fed state to be higher in those fed the OA-enriched diet.
- To measure energy intake required to maintain constant body weight during each diet and to measure fat-free mass and fat mass, before and after each dietary change. We hypothesize that a higher rate of fat oxidation on the high OA diet will be associated with a higher energy intake required to maintain constant body weight.
- To compare fat oxidation on the liquid formula diet with that observed on the solid food diet. We hypothesize that fat oxidation will increase in those fed the OA-enriched diet.
- To measure the thermic effect of feeding during both the solid food and formula diet periods. We hypothesize that the high OA feeding will be associated with a higher thermic effect of feeding.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 35 Years (Adult)
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|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Healthy young adults, ages 18-35 yr. .: Generally, this means that the subject is not being continually treated with medication (possible exceptions include thyroid replacement therapy and some allergy treatments).
- Must avoid pregnancy during the study duration (we will test for this as part of the protocol).
- Must avoid use of drugs that may affect lipid metabolism, including caffeine and nicotine.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00059254
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|Study First Received:
|April 22, 2003
|Last Updated:
|January 12, 2010
Keywords provided by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK):
fatty acids
oleic acid
palmitic acid
fat oxidation
energy expenditure
body composition
monounsaturated fat
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
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Fallen Angel
The world as we know it comes to an end.
Joe Zombie
Joe Zombie is on the loose and he's killing and eating everyone in site!
Life isn't easy when you're a disembodied head without skin.
Pretty good.
The art and animation were really good. The characters are cute and generally well-animated.
The background art, specifically, looks really good. The concept is pretty good - the only thing I believe that needs improvement is the voice acting.
Sometimes the voices seemed a bit muffled, other times I believe they just had more emotion. They were generally good, though.
I liked the nice little background that appears in the beginning of the movie, that was well-drawn.
It was okay. Not the best acting or animation, but it was silly.
That's why we use REAL trees! =D
The animation was subpar compared to other things... the voice acting was wretched and awful... the sound bites were way off-kilter... just not up to snuff with usual standards of things done in the past.
Not too bad
The animation was really good, but I found the voice acting could use some improvement.
We don't celebrate Christmas where I live. The closest I got to a tree was a key chain. :(


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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Olympic Protest
On top of a road sign near Brick Lane in London last week an unofficial street art tribute was erected to Tommie Smith – one of two black Americanathletes who famously used an Olympic podium at the Mexico City Games in 1968 to stage a demonstration against racial discrimination in the United States. As the American national anthem played, Smith and John Carlos (gold and bronze medallists in the 200m respectively) silently made the black power salute – creating an iconic image of dignified protest that was broadcast around the globe.Keep reading
Olympic Posters: Branding
When the Olympic Torch Relay arrived in London, the official London 2012 website declared that 'London's moment to shine is here'. Early on in the history of the modern Olympic Games host cities realised that the Games were a chance to project a message of both civic and national pride to the rest of the world. Many Olympic posters present host cities through images of skylines, important monuments or civic coats of arms.Keep reading
Olympic Posters: History Lessons
This is the second in a series of posts looking at Olympic posters from the V&A collectionKeep reading
Olympic Posters
As I sit down to write the first entry for this blog, London is buzzing with Olympic fever: there is only one day left to go before the opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games. This presents me with a perfect opening subject – especially as Olympic posters are an area of the collection that we've been focussing on for some time at the V&A.Keep reading
Guest Blog Entry: Paper and Pearls: Hans Collaert's Designs for Pendants
Guest blog entry by Frances AllittIn the painting below, a girl dressed in a delicate lace collar stares off to the left of the viewer. Though her identity is now lost, the girl remains enchanting to behold. Framing her face are two pearl earrings and, around her neck, a double string of pearls.Keep reading