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Here we are again: next verse, same as the first, except that this verse feels more like a bridge leading to an epic guitar solo that dives into the chorus that everyone sings along with even if they can't decide on the right key. Tomorrow is move-in day for my final year at the College of Idaho, and it's finally time for this Retail Robin to pick up all his twigs and leaves and fly them over to Caldwell for one extremely final time.
Around this time last year, the end of summer seemed to be ending on solid ground. My future was comfortably set in stone; no last minute changes of plan were on any horizon. I had my books, I had many of my things packed, I knew when I would be moving back to campus and who I would see when I got there, and I even had a good, end of summer hangout session planned with my closest local friends. But this year, with only a couple more weeks before fall classes start, I feel like I'm in a state of flux.
I have finally caught up with summer--it got away from me for a second there!
My typical summer day went as follows:
Stop me if you've heard this one before--a guy walks itno a bar. He gazes at the various patrons and demands to know one thing: "Who's the strongest in here?" A very muscular, bearded gentleman immediately rises from his lofty bar stool and bellows "I am the strongest one in here!" The first guy looks to the other man and says "Oh, great. Could you help me push my car to the nearest gas station?"
My name is Mariah Schlepp, and I am a Pinterest addict. I am also a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, and Pinterest is one of my first go-to places for fun ideas to bring to chapter and recruitment. Today I was getting all excited for fall recruitment and went on a pinning spree in search of good ideas; after spending more time in front of my computer than I would care to admit, it occurred to me just how much I miss my sisters.
Don't get me wrong. As much as I love living the campus life at C of I, being back home in Meridian for the past few months has been quite the delightful break. No early morning classes to worry about, no homework, being able to see my family every day--these are perks I wasn't able to get all the time during my freshman year. And with the start of classes looming over us in just a few more weeks, I figure now's as good a time as any to count my home life blessings.
So, without further ado, here are my Top 5 Best Things About Being Home This Summer.
At 10:08 on the morning of August 6th I recieved a text message...which took a not-so-close second to my pillow as I pressed "Ignore" and rolled back into my pillow for another hour or so of sleep on my day off.
So, my summer is a little different compared to the last two years. My mom just finished moving from Boise out to Caldwell. Aside from school, I've lived in Boise since I was 2 years old. I'm currently paying rent at my Fraternity house, and now more than ever, I really feel that Caldwell is my home.
The C of I theatre department has became a second family to me. I encountered an abundance of spectacular opportunities within the department, including the opportunity to attend the weeklong Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival. Not ready to put my theatrical duties on the shelf for summer vacation, I have returned to the Sixth Street Theatre stage for my third summer season.
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10 easy Halloween costume ideas
Halloween costumes don't need to be complicated or fancy, they just need to be spooky!
But fear not the spectre of sewing and crafting that awaits you on 31 October because we're here to help. Scroll down and you'll find 10 ideas for easy Halloween dress ups. Some of them are so easy, you can knock 'em up the night before. Some are creepy. Some are just plain cute.
But first, here's some factoids about Halloween to get you in the mood
Halloween - a contraction of All Hallows' Eve - is celebrated on 31 October, which down here in Oz is in the spring.
However, the origins of Halloween are thought to date back to the ancient Celt's Samhain ("summer's end") festival which actually marked the beginning of winter; a day when the natural and the supernatural worlds were believed to blur into one.
The Samhain festival involved lighting enormous bonfires (to ward off evil spirits) dressing up in the heads and skins of dead animals (you can see why kids still dress up in spooky costumes) and taking predictions for the future from the druids (to ease the community's anxiety about the onset of a long, cold winter).
Trick or treat: no really
Above all, the Celts believed that this was a day when spirits roamed the earth. As a way of pacifying the evil spirits they left out treats and gifts for them. This practice probably evolved into what we now know as "trick or treat."
Then the Romans got in on the act
There are various versions of Halloween-type celebrations across many cultures throughout history. They all occur around the same time: at the end of the northern hemisphere autumn.
In 1000 AD the Romans declared 1-2 November All Soul's Day. Also known as All Hallows Day or All Saint's Day, it was a church-sanctioned day to honour dead souls and saints. The night before became known as All Hallow's Eve.
In the interests of empirical unity (with the Celts now part of the mighty Roman Empire) a lot of the Celts' Samhain traditions were fused into this day.
What's with the dress ups?
The Romans dressed in costume as a tribute to the dead souls, the Celts who were notoriously superstitious, dressed up in costume as a safety measure; to camouflage themselves amongst all those ghosts roaming the earth on 31 October.
So when you're thinking Halloween costumes, think spooky. Because it's important to blend in on this creepy evening of dead souls - ooooh!
Now you're in the mood, try these 10 easy homemade dress up ideas for Halloween!
1. Paint your face for Halloween
Looking for the simplest Halloween solution? Two words: face paint. You'd be amazed how spooky a black and white face can be. Add a cloak (for a ghoul) or some shredded clothes (for a zombie) and you've got yourself a creepy outfit. You can make your own homemade face paint too!
How to paint your face for Halloween
2. Make this easy last-minute Halloween costume
Short on time? Under the pump? This spooky ghoul outfit is a cinch!
Easy last-minute Halloween costume idea
3. Create a cute black cat costume
Most little girls have a cheeky cat inside them they are desperate to release. A black cat is spooky and cute for Halloween.
How to make a cute cat costume
4. Make a cool bat hat costume
If you've got a boy or girl who isn't into fancy dress, this bat hat is a good compromise.
5. Dress like a witch
If you're looking for something fabulous and you want to put a bit of time in, try this jazzy witch outfit.
6. Create an easy Dracula costume
Make this easy black cape (below), add fabbo homemade face paint and hey presto! You've got yourself a Dracula costume!
How to create your own Dracula costume
7. Create your own skeleton costume
Got a black hoodie? Add face paint and a skeleton printable and you've got yourself a skeleton outfit.
How to make an easy homemade skeleton costume
8. Make homemade monster masks
If you're just looking for a fun craft activity that can also double as your trick or treat outfits, try making these monster masks with your kids.
9. Create a homemade Harry Potter or Hermione costume
Instead of being one of the ghouls, your child can be a ghoul-fighter by dressing up as Harry or Hermione to roam the streets on Halloween.
How to create a Harry Potter or Hermione costume
10. Make your own fairy princess outfit
Okay so it's not exactly scary (unless you have an aversion to pink!) but some little girls just won't be told. If you've got one of these, here are some girly fairy things that might suit her for Halloween.
How to dress like a fairy princess
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Immune Reconstitution in Tuberculosis Disease (IRETB)
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|Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB)
|Drug: vitamin D (cholecalciferol) and PBA (sodium phenylbutyrate) Drug: Placebo tablets
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Immune Reconstitution in Tuberculosis Disease Using Antimicrobial Treatment With Vitamin D and Phenylbutyrate
- Composite clinical TB score [ Time Frame: 0 (baseline) compared to 8 weeks. ]A previously described composite clinical TB score will be used to monitor the efficacy of vitamin D and phenylbutyrate treatment among TB patients on standard chemotherapy. The numerical TB score will include self-reported clinical symptoms (cough, night sweats and chest pain) as well as different parameters determined upon clinical examination anemia, haemoptysis, dyspnoea, tachycardia, positive finding at lung auscultation, fever, low body mass index (BMI) and low mid upper arm circumference (MUAC). The TB score will be determined at the time of diagnosis (time point 0) and at 4, 8, 16 and 24 weeks after initiation of antimicrobial treatment with vitamin D and phenylbutyrate. The primary endpoint will be assessed at time point 8 weeks compared to baseline (time point 0).
- Clinical secondary endpoints [ Time Frame: 0-4, 8, 16 and 24 weeks ]
Clinical composite TB score (0, 4, 16, 24 weeks).
Modified clinical composite TB score (0, 4, 8, 16, 24 weeks).
Chest X-ray (0, 4, 8, 16, 24 weeks).
Time to sputum- and/or TB culture conversion (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 weeks).
- Laboratory secondary endpoints [ Time Frame: 0, 4, 8, 16, 24 weeks ]
Peripheral CD4/CD8 T cell counts.
Antibodies in lymphocytes secertions (ALS) (S Ashenafi, Thorax, 2012).
Quantiferon-in-tube TB-gold (QFT).
Plasma levels of vitamin D, LL-37 and also cytokine/chemokine profiles.
Functional studies of immune cells (PBMCs).
|Study Start Date:
|September 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: vitamin D (cholecalciferol) and PBA (sodium phenylbutyrate)
Dose of interventions: 5,000 IU of vitamin D (cholecalciferol tablets) once daily and 500 mg PBA (sodium phenylbutyrate tablets) twice daily for 16 weeks.
Drug: vitamin D (cholecalciferol) and PBA (sodium phenylbutyrate)
Dose of interventions: 5,000 IU of vitamin D (cholecalciferol tablets) once daily and 500 mg PBA (sodium phenylbutyrate tablets) twice daily for 16 weeks.
Placebo Comparator: Placebo tablets
Placebo tablets for vitamin D once daily and placebo tablets for PBA (phenylbutyrate) twice daily for 16 weeks.
|Drug: Placebo tablets
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
HIV negative patients, adult patients >18 years who has not started anti-TB therapy.
Newly diagnosed pulmonary TB confirmed by microscopy or culture but also sputum-negative clinical TB cases (defined according to the WHO 2006 criteria for sputum smear-negative TB ie. clinical symptoms of TB, chest X-ray findings and response to standard treatment).
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients who have already started treatment with anti-TB drugs for more that 5 days.
HIV-positive patients.
History of anti-TB treatment in the past 2 years.
Local extra-pulmonary TB in the absence of lung manifestations.
Hypercalcaemia (serum calcium > 3 mmol/L) identified at baseline.
Pregnant and breast feeding women.
Any known liver or kidney function abnormality, malignancy or patients treated with cardiac glycosides.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01698476
|Black Lion Hospital (BLH), Addis Ababa University, Faculty of Medicine
|Addis Ababa, Lideta sub city, Ethiopia
|Principal Investigator:
|Susanna Brighenti, PhD
|Karolinska Institutet
|Responsible Party:
|Susanna Brighenti, Associate professor, Karolinska Institutet
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01698476 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 25, 2012
|Last Updated:
|February 4, 2016
Keywords provided by Susanna Brighenti, Karolinska Institutet:
pulmonary TB
sodium phenylbutyrate
antimicrobial peptides
immune response
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Mycobacterium Infections
Actinomycetales Infections
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
Vitamin D
4-phenylbutyric acid
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Bone Density Conservation Agents
Antineoplastic Agents
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I was beside myself with laughter when, during the walk back to our respective cars today, you cornered me (while wearing the wedding (?) ring you've yet to mention) and started grilling me about who I spent time with while in CA. The capper on the utterly surreal conversation had to be when you switched to "patronizing and ironic fucktard" mode and said, "I just hope that you will extend me the same courtesy I have given you by telling me if you start a relationship."
(sidebar - direct quote, people. OH YES, HE DID!!! And with a straight face, even.
I demurred that I would, of course, give him a heads up before INTRODUCING anyone TO THE KIDS, but that I was confident he wasn't asking me to keep him apprised of my (currently non-existent - not that he knows that) dating life.
Ahem. End sidebar)
I appreciate you not ruining my perfect exit by speaking again. It allowed me to hold my laughter until I was safely in the car and out of the driveway.
It's been a while since you gave me such a good laugh, Wasband. Thanks for upping your game again. I needed that.
[This message edited by nowiknow23 at 8:35 PM, August 4th (Sunday)]
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
"I just hope that you will extend me the same courtesy I have given you by telling me if you start a relationship."
[This message edited by gma56 at 8:40 PM, August 4th (Sunday)]
NIK, I would not have been surprised if lightning had struck him down where he stood.
WH#2 (SorryinSac)- Killed himself (May 2015) in our home 6 days after being served divorce docs.
XWH #1 - legally married 18yrs. 12+ OW (that I know of).
I edit often for clarity/typos.
I'm sure you will extend the same (nonexistent) courtesy that he did. FTG.
Married: 11 years, no kids
Character is destiny
BURY it!!!
It's like their brains are permanently disconnected from the world. There is reality and then the weird bits of reality that their brain absorbs and warps to create whatever picture of themselves they want to create. Sad!
I'm glad you got a good laugh out of it!
Was he this stupid when you were married to him, or did you drop him on his head during the divorce?
I refuse to answer until the statue of limitations on divorce drop-kicks has passed.
[This message edited by Jrazz at 9:57 PM, August 4th (Sunday)]
I've made a huge mistake - GOB
Sooooo it's going to be SUPER awkward when I send him pictures of us and tell him to stay away from my new girlfriend, then?
"I just hope that you will extend me the same courtesy I have given you by telling me if you start a relationship."
First thought....."Yes wasband, I will extend you the EXACT same courtesy"
(stories like yours reaffirm my "not a people person" status)


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New York -- Winick Realty Group said Tuesday it has been appointed the exclusive broker for Desi Shack, a fast-casual South Asian restaurant concept with one current location in Midtown East.
Desi Shack plans to open two more locations within the next 12 months, seeking sites measuring 600 sq. ft. to 1,500 sq. ft. in the Financial District, Midtown East, Midtown West, Flatiron, Union Square, the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side of Manhattan.


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Hunting Know-How
Everyone Wants to Gather and Preserve the Knowledge of Veteran Process Control Engineers. However, Few Know How to Turn Expertise into Useful Information that Rookies Can Use to Make Wise Decisions
By Jim Montague, Executive Editor
How do you get process control knowledge out of someone's head? Ask them and then pay attention. Simple, right? Well, it's easy to say, but it can be devilishly hard to do.
First, you have to ask the right questions about operations, best practices and exceptional events. Second, you must document that collected know-how and coordinate it with the input from all the other veterans you're interviewing. Third, and most challenging, you have to convert this documented know-how into instructions that rookies can use for training and to make better decisions.
"Sometimes those people with the most knowledge are the least likely to write it down, so we've had some success pairing them with technical writers and then collecting their knowledge into a coherent form that others can use," says Eric Cosman, engineering solutions IT consultant at the Dow Chemical Co. (www.dow.com) in Midland, Mich. "We even have some videos steeaming on our corporate intranet."
Likewise, Finland-based Neste Oil Naantali (www.nesteoil.com) and Metso Automation (www.metso.com) recently cooperated to implement a refinery-wide metsoDNA CR automation system, which forms a complete process monitoring and control entity that covers phases that used to be controlled as separate units (Figure 1). Besides unifying the refinery's controls, Neste Oil's engineers report that metsoDNA gives them knowledge management tools, such as "diary" and "process helps," which store and allow sharing of experience, enhance continuous learning and develop operational practices. They add that metsoDNA's knowledge management also builds an "organization memory" to further boost performance and learning of Neste Oil's production staff.
"It's now is possible to use operator resources and increase the value of the oil fractions through the whole production chain without skill or technology limitations, since all processing units are now included in the same DCS version," says Kari Koivisto, who directed Neste Oil's automation upgrade project. "The operators share a similar process view through a uniform metsoDNA user interface, which enables uniform operation and feedback. Of course, the old veterans know the process right down to the last detail, but the new system is also useful to them because it gives them an overview of the whole process and helps when they're training new operators."
To help other users learn how knowledge management differs from what they do now, Eddie Habibi, founder and CEO of PAS Inc. (www.pas.com), explains that its heart is: 1) aggregating know-how into large collections after it's captured; 2) contextualizing that knowledge after it's retained, and 3) simplying it for easier sharing. "Knowledge is of no value until it's turned into an output," says Habibi. "This is also how our Integrity software brings in know-how; normalizes it, so everything looks alike; gives context to the data, so all the pieces make sense; and simplifies it, so the results are easy to find and use."
Habibi adds that PAS recently surveyed about 40 plant personnel who work with automation systems and found 25 to 40% of their time is spent searching for information instead of solving problems with that information. "Integrity can shorten those searches, so they only take up 1% to 2% of automation professionals' time," says Habibi. "For example, Integrity can indicate when an operator is preparing to start a pump and then suggest reviewing incident reports for it; or remind him about a procedure that needs to be done with this type of pump; and finally capture more knowledge at this point of transaction."
Extracting and Converting
While it's not easy to turn in-the-brain expertise into digital documentation that others can use, there are more than a few projects seeking to do it. "The key isn't capturing knowledge, but putting it to use. The know-how in books, papers and even DCS databases is no good if you can't apply it to the situation at hand. Fortunately, we're finding ways to put this knowledge in play automatically without so much effort," says George Buckbee, PE, Expertune's (www.expertune.com) vice president of product development and marketing. "This all begins with the ability to recognize patterns. For example, a sticky valve will generate patterns, such as a square wave on process variables or a saw-tooth wave on control outputs, but users need to be able to recognize and look for them. An expert like F. Greg Shinskey would recognize these patterns as a sticky valve, while a novice might just see it as something cycling. Capturing enough knowledge can help software like our PlantTriage perform these diagnostics, rather than just presenting data, and lead to direct action to correct problems. One of our PlantTriage users says it tells him what not to work on. Now, it's still difficult to capture all expert knowledge, but we can take key parts, make them accessible and apply them to actual situations." In fact, Expertune has codified knowledge from experts like Shinskey and used it to add active-model capture (AMC) and large-scale interaction analysis capabilities to its software.
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Contrast Ultrasound Perfusion Imaging in Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
This study has been completed.
Oregon Health and Science University
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Jonathan R. Lindner, MD, Oregon Health and Science University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: June 20, 2011
Last updated: September 26, 2016
Last verified: September 2016
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Contrast ultrasound is a technique that can quantify blood flow in the tissues of the body by ultrasound detection of microbubble contrast agents that behave in the circulation similar to red blood cells. In this study, the investigators hypothesize that contrast ultrasound of blood flow in the leg (thigh and calf) at rest and during stress produced by medications that mimic exercise (vasodilator stress) can provide information on the location and severity of peripheral vascular disease (blockages of the blood vessels in the leg). The investigators will also determine whether symptom improvement after revascularization (procedures to open up or bypass the blockages) is directly related to the improvement in blood flow.
|Peripheral Arterial Disease
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Contrast Ultrasound Perfusion Imaging in Peripheral Arterial Disease
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Peripheral Arterial Disease UltrasoundU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Jonathan R. Lindner, MD, Oregon Health and Science University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Quantitation of Perfusion [ Time Frame: Immediate ]Correlation of skeletal muscle perfusion with symptom status
|Study Start Date:
|July 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Age matched control subjects without PAD
|Patients with PAD
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|19 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Patients with peripheral arterial disease who are referred for diagnostic angiography and/or revascularization procedures
Inclusion Criteria:
- Known or suspected PAD
- Lower extremity angiography or MRA planned or performed within 6 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age <19 y.o.
- Pregnant or lactating females
- Hypersensitivity to ultrasound contrast agent, dipyridamole, or regadenoson
- Severe reactive airways disease
- Evidence right-to-left shunt (identified on screening echo)
- NYHA Class III or IV heart failure.
- Planned amputation
- Unstable coronary artery disease or severe aortic stenosis
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01377649
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01377649
|United States, Oregon
|Oregon Health & Science University
|Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239
Sponsors and Collaborators
Oregon Health and Science University
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Jonathan R. Lindner, MD, Professor, Oregon Health and Science University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01377649 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 20, 2011
|Last Updated:
|September 26, 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Peripheral Vascular Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
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In recent times we've heard all about the "tiger mum", "helicopter parents" and "free-range" child rearing, but naming and blaming parenting styles is nothing new.
For many years parenting experts, psychologists and child development researchers have been labelling parents – and the general consensus is that mums and dads tend to fall into one of four very broad parenting categories.
Which parent are you? Or what sort of parent would you like to be? Check out the characteristics below.
Parental traits include:
What the experts say: According to research, kids from authoritarian families may be relatively well-behaved but they can tend to be less resourceful, have poorer social skills and lower self-esteem.
Parental traits include:
What the experts say: This style of parenting gets the biggest tick of approval because it's balanced, loving and democratic. Studies have found that children of authoritative parents are more likely to do well at school and become assertive and independent-thinking adults who form sustainable friendships and relationships.
Parental traits include:
What the experts say: Sometimes called "permissive", this style of parent is openly loving and they are more likely to want to be their children's friends. Research has found children with indulgent parents often have high self-esteem, good social skills and get on well with adults. However, they can also become involved in problem behaviour and be less motivated in school because they are not held accountable for their own behaviour or performance.
Parental traits include:
What the experts say: Also called "neglectful", the parenting gurus don't have much good to say about this style of parenting. While these parents usually ensure their children's basic survival needs are met, research has found their kids can tend to perform poorly in nearly every area of life and show problems in cognition, attachment, emotional skills and social skills.
This article was written by Fiona Baker for Kidspot, Australia's best family health resource.


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Judge likely to unfreeze funds to pay for lawyersFebruary 10, 2014 11:33 PM
No decisions were made Monday in a motion hearing for the University of Pittsburgh researcher accused of killing his wife, but the judge on the case made it clear which way he was leaning about whether to unfreeze the man's assets to pay for his criminal defense.
Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey A. Manning said that a defendant has the right to defense counsel of his choosing, and such is the case with Robert Ferrante, accused of killing his wife, Autumn Klein, with cyanide in April.
At a hearing in August, the prosecution moved to freeze Mr. Ferrante's assets in anticipation of collecting restitution for the couple's minor daughter if he is convicted. Another judge issued a temporary restraining order in the matter, leaving only about $243,000 for Mr. Ferrante's defense.
Last month, his attorneys, William Difenderfer and Wendy Williams, asked the court to unfreeze the money in Mr. Ferrante's name to pay for various aspects of the defense, including expert witnesses and investigators.
The prosecutors have objected, saying they fear Mr. Ferrante will dissipate his assets, leaving nothing for his young daughter. At the hearing Monday, civil attorney John P. Gismondi, who represents Klein's estate, said he estimated a wrongful death and survivor's action could net $5 to $6 million in Klein's lost wages over her lifetime.
Assistant district attorney John Fitzgerald argued, "$243,000 was unfrozen. … Nobody has to pay $243,000 up front for these services that they're talking about. Your honor, the commonwealth is not begrudging the money to pay for a defense."
Instead, the prosecution has asked the court to require the defense to have the judge review the expenses and sign off on them if appropriate. But Mr. Difenderfer objected.
"It is a scary thought that I would have to come to the commonwealth … and say, 'Can I please have some money?' " Mr. Difenderfer said. "This is unconscionable."
Further, the attorney continued, Mr. Ferrante has no intention of dissipating his assets.
Judge Manning told the commonwealth attorneys that it was none of their business how much Mr. Ferrante is paying his defense attorneys.
"As long as he is doing so for his defense, he may do so foolishly," the judge said.
Judge Manning told both sides that he'd reviewed both the Pennsylvania legislation and the Constitution, which guarantee a defendant's right to counsel.
"Let me assure you, statutes don't trump the Constitution," Judge Manning said. "The statute should not be allowed to impinge on the constitutional rights of the defendant."
Among other issues discussed at the hearing, Deputy District Attorney Lawrence Claus said that a journal belonging to Klein was found in the police evidence locker and will be made available to the defense.
In a motion filed late Friday, Mr. Ferrante's attorneys said they believed they'd not gotten all of the required discovery in the case. At the hearing, they said a single page of Klein's diary, in which she wrote about missing love in her life and another unsuccessful attempt at in vitro fertilization, was sandwiched between a medical record and a police report.
The defense has claimed that the DA's office has done "whole computer dumps" with hundreds of gigabytes of information provided on hard drives and discs that do not open.
Mr. Claus said that the defense received the information the same way the prosecution did.
Also, in a search warrant application unsealed Friday, DA Detective Lyle Graber wrote that Google records confirmed that a search performed on the laptop found with Mr. Ferrante at the time of his arrest originated from his home address about 8 1⁄2 hours after he learned from police that his wife had died from cyanide poisoning.
The search phrase was "would ecmo or dialysis remove traces of toxins poisons."
ECMO is the acronym for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation — a blood circulation system that supplies oxygen to the blood for patients whose heart and lungs are severely damaged and no longer functioning. The technology was used to treat Klein at UPMC Presbyterian — where she was taken after she collapsed.
Judge Manning is expected to rule on the asset issue later this week, and a status conference in the case is scheduled for Feb. 25.
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I can't believe it. The company put up fantastic numbers -- the best in retail -- and then gave muted guidance. What happens? The stock gets hammered before the market opens. Do people wait for the call or the interview we did with CEO Christine Day? Do people think about how this company works? How it is conservative? How this is the game it plays?
At some point, the people who either are trying to paint the tape negatively (as I think short-sellers did with a blitz of selling) or are actually panicking will eventually get the message. This is a growth company that can put up stores for years and is just beginning its international ramp. This is a company that only has 12% men, and that could double with some attention.
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The stock's not cheap, but no quality growth story is.
The management's a little unsophisticated when it comes to dealing with Wall Street. Think about it: Shouldn't they be reporting at 4 p.m. with a 5 p.m. conference call?
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We're going to get a little personal up in here. Not too personal, mind you, but perhaps sitting at the same table rather than just eating in the same restaurant. I had a baby (our first) last October and, as any parent can attest to, life got complicated quickly. Gone were my hours to fiddle with this recipe and that. Heck, it was a miracle if I got into the kitchen at all! Luckily, I had planned ahead (thanks to the wonderful mom-friends I have) and had several meals in the freezer. I also stocked my cupboard with a few packages of our Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix for dinners that my husband could prepare in a pinch. I knew money would be tight and ordering out was likely to be out of the question for a while. Additionally, I knew that I didn't want to spend any unnecessary time kneading or rising pizza dough from scratch.
Let me tell you, we fell in love that first groggy October night when I'd finally convinced myself to put down the baby and enter the kitchen. I have liked our pizza crust mix since we released it in 2008, but this is new, this is love. I don't eat a gluten free diet, but I happen to find this mix to be a wonderful combination of ingredients for a pizza crust. It's not for everyone, I'll give you that, but it sure beats many recipes that I've attempted. It has whole grains and so what if those grains happen to exclude wheat?
Here is what I do to make this mix really shine. I've even tested these minor adaptations on my husband who managed them and made a delicious pizza from *mostly* scratch.
- Instead of eggs, I use the suggested egg replacer of flaxseed meal and water. I first tried this when we were out of eggs and the store was out of the question. Not only did it work well, we liked it more. Plus, it gets a little extra flax in our lives and, for that, I am grateful.
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I've always there is nothing to compare to sitting in a waterfowl blind and watching the sun come up. Birds or no birds, there is nothing to compare to the start of a new day!
I've always there is nothing to compare to sitting in a waterfowl blind and watching the sun come up. Birds or no birds, there is nothing to compare to the start of a new day!
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You guys are all throwing out great stuff. Wounding an animal is by far much worse than not filling a tag. I spent the entire season trying to catch up with the bull I stuck on opening morning. Spent the month before season opened looking for a big bull, found him, figured him out and stuck him one hour into opening day... in the brisket! I spent the entire afternoon tearing that drainage apart looking for him. The next morning I went into the next drainage over the ridge on a hunch and found my bull in there already scabbed over and placidly grazing in a small park. I never could seal the deal on that bull all season long and saw him numerous times the last few always with cows. At least he was seemingly okay but still... I framed the broken arrow around Mark Drurie's saying, "Plan the Execution, Execute the Plan." It hangs in a prominent spot where I see it everyday to remind me of the lesson.
You are absolutely correct... I've not taken shots as well because I did not want the season to be over so quickly only to eat my tag later on. Good thing there are pheasants and waterfowl!
even worse as a non-res 900 bucks for an elk tag etc...
I've eatin more tags than most I bet... but you don't shoot big ones by shooting little ones.
One of my best hunts was a solo hunt on Kodiak Island several years ago. I camped on one side of a deep canyon, on the other side I spotted a great billy. Early the next morning I took my bow and made the trek to make a go of him. The stalk turned into one of the few that turned out perfectly. I was able to get within 10 yards of the billy as he fed towards me. As I drew on him, he spotted me and made one big jump that put him on the edge of the canyon, then stood broadside to me. I held at full draw knowing that if I released, he would jump over the canyon and I probably would not be able to retrieve him. I didn't shoot and he jumped into the canyon and ran off. The moment was perfect, the stalk was perfect and the day was perfect.
When I got back to my camp that evening and was having my supper that same billy came up on my side of the canyon and laid down within 300 yards of my camp. He had no idea I was there. I had a .300 Weatherby in camp with me and thought briefly of shooting him with it. I decided not too. The entire hunt had been great to that point and in my mind was one of my most successful hunts and memorable days. Killing that goat would not have added to the sheer joy of the experience.
I ate tag soup that day but I'll feast on the memories of that hunting experience forever. It's why I hunt.
I hate the taste! I can't stand it! I would rather go to the dentist or get a prostate exam!!!!! Tag soup might sound ok but it puts the worst taste in your mouth ever! Yuck!!!
I have eaten 5 out of my last 6 tags and those 6 are my only tags I have gotten. I won't shoot little animals, I want big ones. I live by, you can't shoot big ones if you shoot small ones. But I am only 15 so I have lots of time.
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Funny story.
A couple months ago we were hunting Sambar (elk like animal from India, introduced into Australia in the 1800's) about 3 hours south of where I live.
I went down there with the thought that it would be wonderful to get to see one, and if I got one it would be a bonus. I had a Vicorian hunting license (Victoria is a state in Australia $60), and was using my buddies Kimber 7mm-08 with a Kahles 3-9.
We saw 3 on the drive into camp, as it was well past dark in the headlights.
First thing in the morning I head up the hill outside of camp into the very thick bush of Fern Gully hoping to get one. Within 100 yards of camp an adult bust me in the timber and all I saw was fur.
I spend about 3 hours weaving around the jungle trying to get set up and saw the biggest fox I have ever seen in my life. Of course I shot at the fox and my buddy calls me on the radio to ask how big the sambar is. I missed and no sambar.
About an hour later, I hear shots and my buddy has a big cow down on the other side of the gully. I hike up to wear he is and help him pack her out. I carry 3 quarters, he carries one and we are off.
I want a big sambar in the worst way, a huge bull. But honestly this was one of the greatest hunting days of my life, and by far the best day I have ever had in Australia. Heck I even made it home for dinner.
In the end we saw 7 or 8 Sambar, and we split the meat so I ended up with over 200 pounds of sambar in the freezer.
Ate tag soup, but it tasted fine.
Got home and back at work, i was discussing with a friend of mine from Texas that we had a heck of a good time. He being a Texan has paid for 3 high fence hunts in Australia, and killed 2 Rusa deer and a red stag. To him hunting is to put animals on the wall.
There is more to life than antlers. And honestly I am pretty happy I missed that fox.
I have never had a year where I filled ALL of my tags. Heck in 2009 I had 3 premium tags. Nevada Archery deer, CA archery late season deer, and CO archery antelope. Never filled a single one.
I missed a feral hog at 20 yards. I missed a turkey even closer. Didn't even draw blood. that stung.
But I called in a turkey for my daughter that year, and that made it ALL better.
I really had to look at what it was I enjoyed about hunting and I discovered that I still enjoyed the time afield, even if a didn't have a full freezer to show for it.
Anyone who has never NOT filled a tag hasn't really hunted.
This is the first year in quite a while that I filled all 3 tags I had. There have been some years I didnt fill any. I decided a few years back if the day ever comes that I cant go home happy with the tag still in my pocket I will quit hunting. Hunting is about alot more then filling tags.


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At the same time, three time zones away, USC coach Lane Kiffin was explaining to the media that his job status wasn't in question despite his being "extremely disappointed with this season."
How in the world did this happen? Boy Wonder is in trouble and (used to be) Coach Blunder is riding high.
Three months ago to the day, the Trojans were voted to the No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25 poll and Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly didn't even know who his quarterback was. But on Sunday, Kelly explained that there is little magic involved in his program being ranked No. 1 for the first time since Nov. 1993.
"Well, I think it's still about how we got here and the preparation and how these guys transformed themselves into champions by their habits and how they go to work every day," Kelly said. "It doesn't mean much if we don't prepare."
Yeah, preparation is certainly important, but so is having the nation's best defense, not turning the ball over, and oh, being ridiculed for decades, well, that actually helps too.
Over the last decade or so, USC (7-4) has been notorious for its hard-hitting defense that wreaked havoc on opposing offenses. This year, that is Notre Dame's calling card.
How good is the Irish defense? Well, their most ferocious player last season left the program and Notre Dame actually got better. A lot better.
What's ironic leading up to the Notre Dame at USC match-up on Saturday (8 p.m. ABC) is that the same thing that has sent the Trojans spiraling and Kiffin clinging, is the same thing that Notre Dame rectified to become relevant in the national picture again.
Last season, the Irish (8-5 in 2011) ranked 118th nationally in turnover margin after committing 29 turnovers (17 interceptions), however, Kelly made that a point of emphasis in the spring and fall camp and his team has committed just 14 giveaways (26th nationally) this year.
Kiffin's team on the same token has gone the opposite direction.
A year ago, the then 10-2 Trojans committed just 18 turnovers, but this season they have given the ball away 29 times with two games still remaining.
"I think the number one glaring thing in our losses has been turnovers," Kiffin said after losing to UCLA on Saturday. "We haven't gotten many and we've had way too many."
There is an old adage that tough times don't last, tough people do. In the case of Notre Dame, that isn't entirely true, because the tough times sure as heck did last… and last… and last. But Kelly said two decades of disappointment – and in the case of his current team – being questioned repeatedly, has played an integral part in the program earning its place at No. 1.
"Well, I think it's- in any program, whether you're at Notre Dame or for me at Grand Valley State when we built national championship programs, there's going to be a core guy, core group of guys that have to go through those tough times," Kelly explained. "Every group that I've had that has gone through those tough times, they're stronger for it. So I think there's no question that this group is stronger because of the experiences that they've had along the way."
Sure, losing to Tulsa and Navy (twice) will do that to a guy.
But USC went through hard times also. For about a month. The Trojans were sanctioned by the NCAA for cheating (can you imagine Tim Brown's Heisman Trophy being taken away?) and they had to endure the hardship of an 8-5 season in 2010.
Kelly's program isn't as sexy as the Trojans (it's doubtful that Snoop Dogg will be getting fashizzle on the sidelines with a Catholic priest anytime soon), but through recruiting, teaching, screaming, a daily focus on details, more screaming, and not accepting any excuses, he's brought the Irish program back.
"If we're not prepared we're not going to win," Kelly said. "For us it'll be about being consistent with what we've done up to this point."
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Dear Members,
I read about King Asoka and Prince Vitasoka Thai Version/Thai Book long time ago(King Asoka threatened to kill Prince Vitasoka in 7 days, but later changed his mind.But Prince Vitasoka didn't want to be in the palace anymore, he went to see his favorite Thera and asked to be ordained as a bhikkhu and years later attained Arahatship), I can't find that Thai book online...so I post this Burmese Version which is very nice indeed.
King Asoka And His Arahant Brother(Vitasoka)
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Moggaliputta-Tissa Thera, popularly known in Myanmar as Shin Upagote,
depicted in image as an Arahant holding a bronze bowl for alms collection,
was the Presiding Chairman of the Third Buddhist Council during the time of
King Asoka. He was the prince Tissa Kumara(or Vitasoka), the younger brother of King
Asoka. He was ordained as Monk early in his life and soon attained the
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He was well known as the one who had tamed the enemy of Buddhism, the
great God Mara . When King Asoka was preparing to hold a great festival in
honor of the religion, and the monks, realizing that God Mara would do
everything in his power to destroy the festival, King Asoka sent for Tissa
Thera )Shin Upagote_. Thera Tissa by his great miraculous powers, not only
defeated God Mara in a great struggle, but also converted him to Buddhism.
Some Burmese believe that Shin Upagote still lives in a floating brazen palace
in the southern ocean, and that he can be invoked to come by a special prayer,
and that his mere invisible presence will prevent storms and floods. Myanmar
believes that he can be invoked when danger in the form of some physical
violence threatens. To this day, Burmese in various part of the delta regions,
celebrate festivals in honor of Shin Upagote.
Shin Upagote Light-floating Festival in Shwegyin
Shin Upagote Festival - Shwekyin, Bago Division
Dances by day and, on the eve of 1st Waning day of Thidingyut, light floats
dedicated to Shin Upagutta are put onto Shwekyin canal. The festival is
normally celebrated in late October in the 1st waning of Thadingyut.
Shin Upaote Festival in Yangon
Shin Upagote Festival - Sin-Oh-dan, Yangon
Sin-Oh-Dan Chinese temple sponsors the floating ceremony, dedicated to shin
Upagutta on Yangon river. The festival usually is celebrated in the late or
early November. All participants at the procession must all have observed
vegetarians for a minimum of 9 days.
The Fame of Moggaliputta Tissa
The Third Buddhist Council
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There reigned in the newly founded city of Patna (Pataliputra), a Mauryan
king named Chandragupta. King Bindurasa was his son, and he had sixteen
wives who bore him One hundred and One sons. Of them Asoka was the most
distinguished. His mother was Subhadrangi, also known as "Dharma",
Sumana or Susima, who was his eldest stepbrother, Tissa, also called
Vitasoka or Vigatasoka, was his younger uterine brother.
Tradition has it that Asoka won his throne through shedding the blood of all
his father's sons save his own brother, Tissa Kumara(Vitasoka) who eventually was
ordained and achieved Arahantship.
In the reign of King Dhammasoka, he gave great support to the cause of
Buddhism, encouraged the subjects to follow the Doctrine in their daily lives.
With his royal patronage, Buddhism flourished, and the Sasana gradually
grew in importance and numbers. Tempted by worldly gain, many
undesirables of alien sects joined the Order and polluted the Sasana by their
corrupt lives and heretical views which they taught.
Then, the king was told that Arahant Tissa would be able to unified the
sasana. The King sent word to the Arahant, but he would not come. Failing
twice, the third time he sent a messenger inviting him to come to protect the
Sasana. The Venerable Thera accepted the invitation and arrived at
Pataliputra. The King received him with due honor and accommodated him
in Asokarama, built by the King himself. For seven days the King stayed with
him, and studied the Dhamma sitting at his feet.
Good monks could not live together with these sham monks and there was
trouble. The King consulted the Venerable Moggaliputta Tissa to protect the
Sasana. The Bhikkhus were then tested with regard to their views, and the
undesirables were eliminated from the Noble Order, The pure Bhikkhus that
remained performed the Uposatha for the first time after seven Years. The
Arahant Moggaliputta Tissa availed himself of this opportunity to hold the
third Council in order to protect the Dhamma and the Sasana. One
Thousand Arahants participated in the Council which was held at
Asokarama, in Pataliputra (Patna) in the 18th year of King Asoka's reign,
about Two hundred, and Thirty Six years after the Parinibbana of the
Buddha. The Venerable Moggaliputta Tissa was the presiding Thera, and it
was he who was responsible for the composition of the Kathavatthu-Pakarana,
one of the seven books of the Abhidhamma, at this august Assembly.
In the previous Second Buddhist Council, only matters pertaining to the
precepts (i.e. Vinaya) were discussed and no controversy about the Dhamma
was noted. In the third Buddhist Council, convened in 326 B.C (about 235
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the Third Council discussed the differences of opinion in both the Vinaya and the Dharma.
Buddhism had entered into a period of great flourishing and splendor. It was
recorded that the Tripitaka existed with distorted and misled interpretations
were totally revised.
Love Buddha's dhamma,


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Orion designed the XX12g's optical tube and base with portability in mind. The truss tube can be divided into a small front tube section including the secondary mirror and focuser, rear tube section housing the primary mirror cell, and the four truss-pole pairs. We've increased the portability of the XX12g compared to its XX12i IntelliScope-equipped counterpart by making the base collapsible for easy no-tools-required disassembly into four separate, smaller pieces for easier transport. The separated component pieces of the XX12g tube and base can be stored without taking up an excessive amount of space in your home, and can be transported in virtually any standard-sized car to your favorite dark-sky observing site.
The XX12g telescope optical tube employs a rigid 8-pole truss design that virtually eliminates flexure observed in 6- and 3-pole collapsible tube designs. Stability of the assembled XX12g Dobsonian base is enhanced by its 1" thick composite wood base panels, which are laminated with water-resistant black melamine. GoTo and tracking motors are pre-installed on the base panels, making assembly nice and easy. Once the tube and base are assembled, the optical tube attaches to the base with a dovetail trunnion and locks securely in place with a single captive hand knob.
The XX12g GoTo system automatically slews the telescope to any of the over 42,000 celestial objects you choose from the hand controller's intuitive menus, once a simple alignment process is completed. Altitude and azimuth motors automatically track the motion of the target object so it stays put in the eyepiece field of view for extended visual study. For anyone who has spent an evening manually tracking objects with a Dobsonian this is a profound upgrade, and trust us, it was worth the wait. Forgiving of bumps and nudges, the XX12g features closed-loop electronics allowing manual repositioning, or slewing, of the telescope tube without losing alignment of the GoTo system.
With 12" (305mm) of light gobbling aperture and a fast f/4.9 focal ratio, the XX12g is capable of providing clear, crisp and very bright views of the night sky in a 2" or 1.25" eyepiece installed in its 2" dual-speed Crayford focuser with 1.25" adapter. The 12" diffraction-limited parabolic primary mirror is crafted from low thermal expansion glass for speedy ambient temperature acclimation and optimal visual performance. The included cooling accelerator fan helps hasten temperature acclimation of the primary mirror (requires 8 D-cell batteries, or other 12V power source, not included). The primary mirror features enhanced reflectivity aluminum coatings which provide 94% reflectivity and a protective quartz overcoat, so you get the most out of each and every photon collected.
The XX12g is outfitted with a thorough set of included accessories. A 35mm DeepView 2" eyepiece provides wide 56� views and a 12.5mm illuminated Plossl 1.25" eyepiece helps optimize GoTo system alignment. A collimation cap, removable eyepiece rack, 12V DC power cable and RS-232 cable are also included. A 12V power supply (sold separately) is required for use of the GoTo system and motors.
In keeping with Orion's tradition of offering top-notch quality optics at affordable prices the XX12g GoTo Truss Tube Dob is priced to please. Includes a FREE Starry Night Special Edition software CD-ROM and SkyTheater DVD - a $69.90 value! As with all Orion telescopes, our Customer Service and Technical Support teams are available to help with any questions you may have on our exciting new 12" GoTo Truss Tube Dobsonian.
A specially designed Light Shroud is available (sold separately) for the Orion XX12g optical tube. A Light Shroud significantly enhances the viewing experience in a Truss Tube Dobsonian by blocking distracting peripheral light from entering the light path, optimizing contrast and brightness.
A custom Orion Padded Case Set (sold separately) is available for the XX12g Dobsonian optical tube. Each set of cases includes a padded case for the top tube section including a secondary mirror cover, a padded case for the bottom tube section, and a roll-up case to safely hold the truss-pole assemblies. An Orion Padded Case Set is the best way to preserve and protect your investment for years to come.
With the Orion SkyQuest XX12g GoTo Truss Tube Dobsonian telescope, you're amply equipped for big-aperture visual adventures, wherever you may roam.
Assembled weight (including accessories): 118 lbs. Assembled optical tube, 56"L x 14"W, 49.5 lbs. Bottom tube section, 26"L x 14"W, 34.3 lbs; top tube section, 8"L x 14"W, 9.6 lbs. Truss pole assemblies (4), 24"L x 4.6"W x 1.75"H. Total weight of 4 truss pole assemblies: 5.6 lbs. Base, 28"W x 33.5"H, 71 lbs. 12V battery pack included (requires 8 D-cells: not included) to power Cooling Accelerator Fan.
Meets or exceeds all California State Environmental Quality & Safety Regulations (CARB 93120 Phase 2 Compliant).
Limited Warranty against defects in materials or workmanship for one year from date of purchase. This warranty is for the benefit of the original retail purchaser only. For complete warranty details contact us at 800-676-1343.
Please note this product was not designed or intended by the manufacturer for use by a child 12 years of age or younger.
Level 1 Beginner - Suited for a wide range of uses, these telescopes are simple to operate and set up. Some initial assembly may be required. Very good optical and mechanical quality. Great for families, young people, and folks who don't want to mess with equipment but just want to take a look. Any of these scopes will show you countless lunar craters, Saturn's rings and a myriad of star clusters and nebulas! Referring to the manual is recommended.
Level 2 Intermediate - These scopes offer higher performance and more advanced features than Level 1: Beginner models. They typically take a bit longer to learn and need some set-up or adjustments. But anyone with the slightest technical bent will have no problem getting familiar with these models. Referring to the manual is recommended.
Level 3 Advanced - These scopes provide the best performance but may require more skill to master and appreciate. They have exceptionally fine optics and mechanics. Some are easy to use but are but on the large or heavy side. Some are intended for specialized uses. These scopes will appeal to the more technically inclined. Referring to the manual is highly recommended.
Level 4 Expert - Expert telescopes offer uncompromising optical and mechanical quality for the most demanding amateur astronomer. They may be technically involved or designed for specialized use, such as astrophotography or detailed deep sky observation. They carry a premium price, but are designed to provide the ultimate performance in the field. Referring to the manual is highly recommended.
For telescopes, the optical diameter (also known as aperture) is the size of a telescope's main light-collecting lens or primary mirror, measured in millimeters or inches. Telescopes with larger optical diameters collect more light, which leads to an increase in brightness and image resolution compared to smaller instruments.
For binoculars, the optical diameter (also known as objective lens diameter) is the size of each of the front-facing objective lenses of a binocular measured in millimeters. Binoculars with larger objective lenses collect more light, which increases image resolution and brightness. Binoculars with larger objective lenses are recommended for low light situations, and binoculars with at least 50mm or larger objective lenses are recommended for pleasing astronomical observations at night.
Orion SkyQuest XX12g GoTo Truss Dobsonian reflector telescope
Orion Deepview 35mm 2" eyepiece
Orion 12.5mm illuminated Plossl eyepiece
Eyepiece rack
EZ Finder II finder scope
Extension tube, 2"
Collimation cap
12V DC power cable
Cooling fan
RS-232 cable
Starry Night software
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A per-item shipping charge (in addition to the standard shipping and handling charge) applies to this product due to its size and weight. This charge varies based on the shipping method.
Standard Delivery: $0.003 Day Delivery: $480.002 Day Delivery: $480.00Next Day Delivery: $510.00
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Ben Sauder, from Tremont, Ill., is certainly no stranger to the winners circle. He exhibited the Grand Champion Female on the Central National Junior Jersey Show for the third consecutive year at World Dairy Expo. South Mountain Voltage Spice-ET was the first place junior in the Junior-Three-Year-Old Cow class and earned Sauder the $500 Udder Comfort Grand Champion Cash Award. Additionally, Ben along with his siblings, Nic, Jeni and Andy, exhibited the Reserve Grand Champion. Spice's herdmate, Willdina Jade Bee, a Senior-Three-Year-Old, captured Reserve Grand Champion honors.
Judge Hank Van Exel of Lodi, Cali. and Associate Judge, Nathan Thomas of Cable, Ohio placed 78 junior entries. Overall show results and top class placings are as follows:
Spring Heifer Calf
1. Miss Nevada Lexus, Brad & Brian Arthur, Maynard, IA
2. WH Verbatim Dee, Logan and Jordan Elmore, Elizabethtown, KY
Winter Heifer Calf
1. Pyramid Plus Jada, Caitlyn Abbott, Fairfield, VT
2. WH Verbatim Noel, Logan and Jordan Elmore, Elizabeth, KY
Fall Heifer Calf
1. Shady Space Ringmaster Cookie, Brianna, Krista, Mathew & Austin Hall, Westby, WI
2. Four-Hills 1st Blue 3241-ET, Britney & Megan Hill, Bristol, VT
Summer Yearling Heifer
1. Sunset Canyon Governor Fb Belle, Valery Silva, Beaver, OR
2. On The Go Vindication Tweety, Katrina Watson, Jorday Stookey, Decatur, TX
Spring Yearling Heifer
1. Crossbrook Tequila Sam, Julia Bogardus, Schohavie, NY
2. Bohica Giller Armani, Mikhayla Luttrop, Berlin, WI
Winter Yearling Heifer
1. Underground Dominica Mamie, Regina Pozzi, Valley Ford, CA
2. Yellow Briar Carlyn-ET, Kyle Natzke & Nicholas Schuster, Fond Du Lac, WI
Fall Yearling Heifer
1. Stookeyholm What A Flirt, Jordan Stookey, Brody & Sley Brand, Dalhart, TX
2. Tri-Koebel Comerica Makayla, Greta & Tera Koebel, Three Oaks, MI
Junior Champion Female of the Junior Show
Sunset Canyon Governor Fp Belle, Valery Silva, Beaver, OR
Reserve Champion Female of the Junior Show
Shady Space Ringmaster Cookie, Brianna, Krista, Matthew & Austin Hall, Westby, WI
Fall Yearling In Milk
1. Hollylane Renaissance Tamika-ET, Valery Silva, Beaver OR
2. Tri-Koebel Minister Fame, Tera Koebel, Three Oaks, MI
Junior Two-Year-Old Cow
1. Kipps Comerica Amelia, Corey Popp, Rice, MN
2. Bj Governor Monopoly-ET, Shawn & Seth Nehls, Hustisford, WI
Senior Two-Year-Old Cow
1. Kellogg-Bay Amedeo Gladys-ET, Megan Hill, Bristol, VT
2. Yellow Briar Justice Gimini, Regina Pozzi, Valley Ford, CA
Junior Three-Year-Old Cow
1. South Mountain Voltage Spice-ET, Ben Sauder, Tremont, IL
2. Ratliff Sambo Demi-ET, Cassy Krull, Lake Mills, WI
Senior Three-Year-Old Cow
1. Willdina Jade Bee, Nic, Jeni, Ben & Andy Sauder, Tremont, IL
2. Kellcrest Kelsie, Jordan & Whitney Ebert, Algoma, WI
Four-Year-Old Cow
1. Drentex Justice Baklava, N Kipp, S & C Schniedermeyer, R Groves, Hazel Green, WI
2. Suess Deluxe Rachel, Andy & Ryan Ripp, Dimock, SD
Five-Year-Old Cow
1. Belfontaine Remake Oshgosh, Ben Sauder, Tremont, IL
2. Rgr Vin Drizzle-ET, Shawn & Seth Nehls, Hustisford, WI
Six-Year-Old & Older Cow
1. Fcf Prize Ella, Jordan Stookey, Brody Brand-Aces Hi, Dalhart, TX
2. Xanadu Champion Kandy Kiss, Ben Sauder, Tremont, IL
100,000 Lb. Cow
1. Lyon Duke Dutchy, Ben Sauder, Tremont, IL
2. Bj Kaptain Mitzy, Shawn & Seth Nehls, Hustisford, WI
Senior and Grand Champion Female of Junior Show
South Mountain Spice-ET, Ben Sauder, Tremont IL
Reserve Senior and Reserve Grand Champion Female of Junior Show
Wildina Jade Bee, Nic, Jeni, Ben & Andy Sauder, Tremont, IL
Generous support from sponsors makes the Central National Jersey Show possible. In 2011, sponsors include: American Jersey Cattle Association, Avonlea Genetics, Bachelor Farms, Bohica Genetics LLC, Budjon Farms, Cattle Connection, Cybil Fisher Photography, Czech-Mark Jerseys, Estrotect, Fastrack, Golden Hill Jerseys, Hillcrest Alfalfa, Jersey Link Sires, K&R Jerseys, Nasco, National Dairy Shrine, Nic-Nat Jerseys, NQ Beverly Hills Jerseys, NuPulse, Inc., Oakhaven Jerseys, Orthridge Jerseys, PortaCheck, Ratliff Jerseys, Select Sires, Inc., South Mountain Jerseys, Stephan Jerseys, Swiss Valley Farms, The Hartford Livestock Insurance Department, Udder Comfort, Wheatland Ag, Wisconsin Jersey Breeders Association, Wisconsin Jersey Spring Spectacular, Wisconsin State Jersey Show and World Dairy Expo.
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During 2011-12, we visited some of the world's richest design capitals, holding live tournaments with over 150 talented creative pros. On Friday, November 16th, 35 of them converged on the Lower Eastside to compete in our Global Championship 2012. This playful new experiment featured live creativity fueled by audience-generated ideas.
We are proud to announce that the 2012 Global Championship title was awarded to the Tokyo 2D/3D competition team Takumi Yoza & Taiyo Yamamoto, and to New York's motion/animation competitor Stu Chudy!
The Jury determined the champions based on the competitors' adherence to the brief, strength of concept, originality, aesthetic, and technique.
Each member of the winning 2D/3D team and the motion/animation champ received a HP DreamColor Display, and each of the 2D/3D and motion/animation runners-up received a HP IPS Monitor.
This year, we have had a special audience design contest in collaboration with charity: water and sponsored by Adobe to drive awareness for an important problem: access to clean water for all.
Right now, one billion people don't have access to clean drinking water. On mycharity: water, you can run, bike, or give up birthday presents to raise money to fund water projects for communities in need, and 100% of all donations directly funds water projects. Every dollar donation is linked to a water project and proved with photos and GPS. Now, charity: water seeks the help of the Cut&Paste design community for fresh ideas.
The Challenge: In a 15-minute offstage round, sketch a graphic that represents an activity you would do to raise money for clean water using the iPad and Adobe Ideas app, provided at Cut&Paste. The winner from all global entries receives the opportunity to work on a charity: water campaign. Click for more details and take a look at some designs from Global Champs 2012:
To remember the night, HP hosted a creative photo booth. While getting their exclusive Global Champs photo, they were able to enter to win a 24" Performance Display! Check out these fun photos from our Global Champs audience:
The Lower Eastside Girls Club provides a place where girls and young women can grow, learn, have fun, and develop the ability to make a difference in the world.
In an effort to support their mission, Cut&Paste will be donating 50% of all Global Champs ticket sales. These donations will go directly to the development of the design studio.
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Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word.
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The people who think that all "genetically engineered" foods should be labeled as such are still organizing for the November California vote on Proposition 37. Just because groups gathered a million signatures to get the proposition on the ballot doesn't mean they are taking a rest.
The "Yes on 37 Right to Know Campaign" organizers have pledged to gather signatures from another million Californians to publicize support for voting Proposition 37 into law. The collection of signatures is the tool for keeping attention on the proposition with the public and news media.
The Yes on 37 organizers will not be dissuaded by any amount of facts, science, economics or other counterpoints being expressed by average farmers, ag industry officials or government regulators. Obviously, it has been easy pickings for campaigners to convince the average citizen to agree with having the right to know every detail about the food they are eating.
"The campaign has tapped into a deep grassroots passion for knowing what's in our food and created a statewide network of thousands of volunteers who helped the measure quickly qualify for the November ballot. The initiative, which calls for simple labels on foods that have been genetically engineered, collected almost a million signatures in just 10 weeks (original campaign to gain a ballot position)," a news release from the Yes on 37 group claimed.
"No other election campaign we know of has mobilized so many voters so quickly with such a huge network of volunteers," said Stacy Malkan, a spokeswoman for Yes on 37. "This is a powerful people's movement. Californians are demanding the right to know what they are eating and feeding their children."
Yes on 37 has initiated its One Million More signature drive using door to door solicitation and stationing supporters outside grocery stores and farmers markets across the state. The campaign to require labeling every food that might have GMO content is also being spread high and wide with online sites and various social media. More than 300 bloggers have signed on to promote Yes on 37, according to organizers.
An additional claim is that more than 800 organizations of people in all walks of life have endorsed voting Yes on 37.
"We will make history when we reach this ambitious goal of One Million More supporters. But we are making history already by standing up to some of America's most powerful corporations to demand the right to know what's in our food," Malkan said.
Malkan and the Yes on 37 group say that the U.S. is a holdout on not labeling food that might have some GMO content because 50 nations of the world currently require a form of such labeling. Proposition 37 requires labeling of genetically engineered foods, which are plant or animal products whose DNA has been altered by genes from other plants, animals, viruses or bacteria. It allows this labeling requirement to be phased in, although the ag industry doesn't see it as a long enough phase-in period. Additionally, Yes on 37 claims this labeling change specific to California "would cost consumers nothing," which the ag industry/food suppliers contend is a lie.
The whole basis for demanding such labeling is the underlying belief by activists that selling "genetically engineered foods that have never been proven safe for humans" shouldn't be allowed. The big problem to Yes on 37 supporter philosophy is that genetically engineered foods have not been proven unsafe. No court case has ever been won by activists claiming the food from GMO crops is unsafe for humans or animal consumption.


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What is this medicine?SODIUM PHOSPATE SALT (SOE dee um FOS fate sawlt) is a saline laxative. It is used to treat constipation or to clean the bowel before a colonoscopy.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is for rectal use only. Do not take by mouth. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Wash your hands before and after use. Remove tip from enema bottle. Gently insert enema tip into the rectum. Squeeze bottle until almost all of the medicine is inside the rectum. Remove enema tip from the rectum and stay in position until the urge to evacuate is strong. Do not use more often than directed.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this drug may be prescribed for children as young as 2 years old for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
What if I miss a dose?This does not apply; this medicine is not for regular use.
What may interact with this medicine?Interactions are not expected.
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Do not use with any other laxatives unless your doctor tells you to. Drink fluids as directed to prevent dehydration. See your doctor right away if you do not have a bowel movement after using this medicine.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
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Shaq To Guest Star On Southland (Access Exclusive)
First Published: February 21, 2013 3:36 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- Shaquille ONeal is heading to the small screen!
The former NBA superstar will guest star on TNTs police drama, Southland, Shaq announced on Thursdays Access Hollywood Live.
Shaq will play Officer Earl Dayton, a cop who knows Officer John Cooper (played by Michael Cudlitz) from the police academy. The pair will run into each other at the funeral of a notorious gangster, where Shaqs character will be serving warrants.
[Southland] is one of my favorite shows, so one day I just got the number and I called them and I was like, This is Detective ONeal, and I would like to play a police officer [on your show], he told Kit Hoover and Billy Bush. They were like, This is not Shaq! I said, This is really me.
Part of the reason Shaq is such a fan of the hour-long drama stems from his police connections off-screen he has previously served as a reserve officer with both the Port of Los Angeles police and the Miami Beach police department.
I e-mailed them a picture [of me in my police uniform] and I told them I would like to be on the show and Im shooting next week, Shaq explained, adding that this was the first time hed ever contacted a show and asked to guest star. Im a police officer in real life and that show really depicts how they do it in life.
The episode shoots on Tuesday in Los Angeles and will air on April 3.
Shaq is the second notable name to appear as a guest star on the dramas fifth season so far Chad Michael Murray is currently starring in a guest arc as a cop influencing Officer Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie) in a less-than-positive way.
The basketball stars previous acting credits include big screen roles in Scary Movie 4, Freddy Got Fingered, Kazaam and Blue Chips. He also had a cameo on HBOs Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2001.
Southland, which returned last week with the premiere of Season 5, airs Tuesdays at 10/9c on TNT.