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When Kansas rancher Derek Klingenberg sent out the call to the world's farmers and ranchers for a little help for his latest parody, the response was overwhelming.
The parody, "#WeAreFarming," uses farmers and ranchers of all ages and background to turn Pharrell Williams' "Happy" into an ag dance party.
Some of the lyrics include:
"Dance around if you love playing in the dirt/ Dance around if you've ever ruined a good shirt."
"Dance around if your office roof is sky blue/ Dance around if you love this farming thing you do."
Click here or the embedded video above to watch the parody.
Klingenberg made a name for himself with numerous other pro-agriculture parodies, including "What does the farmer say?" and "Feeding Cattle in the USA." His latest parody in February took on Pitbull and Ke$ha's "Timber," showing off his herd's twerking skills.


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Study of Hypotensive Hematopoietic Malignancy Patients' USCOM Readings
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|Leukemia Lymphoma Paraproteinemias Multiple Myeloma Myelodysplastic Syndromes
|Procedure: USCOM scan Procedure: Fluid Bolus
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|A Pilot Feasibility Study of Hypotensive Hematopoietic Malignancy Patients' USCOM Readings
- What is the inter-rater agreement between multiple independent USCOM users measuring stroke volume (SV) and peak velocity (Vpk) whose systolic blood pressures (SBPs) and mean arterial pressures (MAPs) are stable (SBP above 95 mmHg and MAP above 65 mmHg)? [ Time Frame: 1 day (one time event for patient) ]Pairs of USCOM measurements from multiple raters for SV and Vpk, both of which are interval-level measures. Inter-rater reliability will be assessed using the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC); our design fits into case 1 using the Shrout and Fleiss (1979) classification system.
- What is the inter-rater agreement between multiple independent USCOM users measuring SV and Vpk in hematopoietic malignancy patients whose SBPs drop below 95mmHg or MAPs drop below 65mmHg? [ Time Frame: 1 day (one time event for patient) ]pairs of USCOM measurements from multiple raters for SV and Vpk. We will use the ICC to evaluate rater agreement here, as well, with the same sample size and the same confidence interval. For Aim 2, though, if the second rating cannot be completed within 5 minutes of the first, that episode will be excluded from the study.
- In what percentage of patients is fluid bolus administration successful as measured by the current standard of care (MAP) and what is the level of agreement between the standard measure and USCOM readings in determining return to hemodynamic stability? [ Time Frame: 1 day (one time event for patient) ]After two raters have measured SV and Vpk, bolus will be administered. Determining the success of bolus administration, we will simply record whether the clinician judged the bolus to be successful. In addition, one rater will measure SV and Vpk again using USCOM within 5 minutes of bolus administration. We will then calculate the percentage of patients whose stroke volume and peak velocity increased at least 15% after bolus administration using the post-bolus USCOM reading and the same rater's pre-bolus USCOM reading. We chose an increase of 15% based on a review of the research as the threshold that would best indicate a therapeutic response to bolus administration.
|Study Start Date:
|December 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Aim 1: Hemodynamically Healthy Patients
Nurse 1 will perform an USCOM scan and record values of Vpk and SV on the clinical data sheet.
Nurse 2 will perform the USCOM second scan within five minutes of Nurse 1's scan and record the values of Vpk and SV on the clinical data sheet.
Nurse 1 and 2 will be blinded to each other's scans by using separate clinical data forms
|Procedure: USCOM scan
Aim 2: Hemodynamically Unstable Patients
Nurse 1 will perform an USCOM scan and record values of Vpk and SV on the clinical data sheet.
Nurse 2 will also be notified of the hypotensive event, will then perform the USCOM second scan within five minutes of PI's scan and record the values of Vpk and SV on the clinical data sheet.
The two USCOM scans will be completed within 10 minutes of the hypotensive episode.
Nurse 1 and Nurse 2 will be blinded to each other's scans by using separate clinical data forms.
|Procedure: USCOM scan
Aim 3: Hemodynamically Unstable Patients + Fluid Bolus
At the time that an enrolled patient meets one of the following criteria; SBP drops below 95 mmHg or MAP drops below 65 mmHg the PI will be notified to PI to perform the USCOM scan and record the Vpk, SV, systolic blood pressure and mean arterial pressure on the clinical data sheet within 10 minutes of the hypotensive episode, prior to the patient receiving a fluid bolus (fluid bolus is part of standard of care).
The USCOM scan will then be repeated within 5 minutes after fluid bolus delivery.
Before the hemodynamically unstable patient receives subsequent fluid boluses (multiple boluses are common standard of care), the PI will perform an USCOM scan. Then within 5 minutes after the delivered fluid bolus, the PI will perform another USCOM scan. This will continue, until no further boluses are prescribed.
|Procedure: USCOM scan Procedure: Fluid Bolus
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
-≥ 18 years of age
- English speaker
- Diagnosis of blood dyscrasia, hematopoietic malignancy, or condition that may requires HSCT
Exclusion Criteria:
- Obstruction of the suprasternal notch that prevents placing the USCOM probe in the correct location
- Tracheostomy or endotracheal tube that prevents placing USCOM probe in the correct location
- Inability to lie flat, on left or right side, or with the head of bed at a 30 degree angle for the USCOM exam (ex. due to respiratory distress or physiologic reasons)
- Impairment by a psychiatric, cognitive, or physiologic disorder that limits ability to understand explanation of study and give consent
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01755000
|United States, Missouri
|Washington University School of Medicine
|St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
|Principal Investigator:
|Michelle Parmentier, RN, BSN
|Washington University School of Medicine
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Washington University School of Medicine
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01755000 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|December 18, 2012
|Last Updated:
|August 30, 2013
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Myeloma
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Hematologic Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Plasma Cell
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Hemostatic Disorders
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Blood Protein Disorders
Hematologic Diseases
Hemorrhagic Disorders
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Bone Marrow Diseases
Precancerous Conditions
Neoplasms by Site
Antihypertensive Agents
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We almost got in on the hologram phase with Eldor, but missed out.
Back in my youth, I was kind of hoping for more extensive light-sensing or infrared-sensing (a la BraveStarr) that we got with just the Beam Blaster and Artilleray.
And I'm still surprised we've never gotten a color-change Faker.


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This is a recent clip from CNN where Reza Aslan schools Alexander Benard on whether or not Barack Obama should be more outspoken about the current situation in Iran. Sometimes, I'm amazed that people like Alexander Benard can appear on television. Earlier in the clip, you see John McCain expressing his support for the Iranian protesters and acting like the Iranian people respect him. This is the same man who was singing "Bomb Iran" during his presidential campaign! Does he really think that people will forget that?
Alexander Benard states that the President of the United States speaks on behalf of the world. Says who? Did American Presidents all of a sudden become Presidents of the world? Isn't this reinforcing the notion that America is a bully nation that goes around policing other states? The US has no credibility in Iran anymore; the people don't forget the CIA-backed coup in 1953 when a democratically-elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossedegh, was ousted for the sake of re-installing the pro-western Shah. The Shah's dictatorship only led to the rise of Ayatollah Khomeni and the subsequent Islamic revolution. And we all know in recent times how the Bush administration has been very hostile towards the current regime in Iran.
People like Alexander Benard need to get over their western savior complex and pay attention for once. I'm glad Reza Aslan shut him down and schooled him on a country that Benard doesn't know anything about. All one needs to do is use their common sense: If the United States mingles with this situation, Ahmadinejad will use it to his advantage and it's going to get very ugly. Look at Pakistan, for example. The Taliban invasion of Pakistan is retaliatory to the Pakistani military, which was forced into the region by the US. The Taliban accuse the Pakistani government (and anyone else who doesn't agree with their radical ideology) of being complicit with the war crimes of the US. Ahmadinejad will do the same thing if the US interferes; he will associate Mousavi with the west and it will seriously create potential for increased violence.
I'm really fed up with these groups who suddenly "care" about Iran, when only a few months ago, they were pounding the war drum against them. I don't understand how they can shamelessly appear on television and have the "guts" to talk about Iran. I heartily agree with Aslan. This is something that needs to be left to the Iranian people.


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Devin Mills's Roasted Beet "Tartare" with Caperberries, Truffle Oil, and Micro Arugula
Roasted beets take center stage in this "tartare" recipe from chef Devin Mills. Bonus: It's vegetarian-friendly!
Serves 4
4 medium-size beets
¼ cup olive oil
Salt and pepper
For the sauce
1 cup mayonnaise
¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 tablespoon chives, finely chopped (about 6 chives)
1 teaspoon chervil, finely chopped (about 2 stems)
For the garnish
1 tablespoon white truffle oil
8 caperberries
1 cup micro arugula
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Coat the outside of the beets with the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Place beets in a roasting pan and cover with aluminum foil, sealed tightly. Roast until tender, approximately one hour.
2. While the beets are still warm, peel the skins off with a paper towel. Chop each beet into six parts and place in a food processor. Pulse the beets on and off, on high speed, until the pieces are an even size—about the size of a lentil.
3. Remove beet mixture and strain excess moisture with cheesecloth or a fine mesh colander. Set aside to drain.
4. In a separate mixing bowl, combine all liquid sauce ingredients and whisk until smooth.
5. Place the drained beets in a mixing bowl and add just 3 tablespoons of the sauce. Add 1 tablespoon of chopped chives and 1 teaspoon of chopped chervil.
6. Gently mix until the sauce and herbs are incorporated and coating the beets.
To Plate
Take 1 tablespoon of the sauce and, using the back of the tablespoon, spread a light layer in the center of the plate. Then, take a circular cookie cutter and place on one side of the sauce. Delicately spoon a few teaspoons of the beet sauce—herb mixture into the cookie cutter, pressing down lightly on the spoon each time, to pack and shape the beet into the cylinder shape of the cookie cutter. Gently lift the cutter up, revealing the beet tartare.
To Garnish
Lean a caperberry on the tartare. In a mixing bowl, add micro arugula and white truffle oil. Season with salt and pepper. Toss lightly and place a tablespoon of the dressed arugula sprouts on top of the tartare.


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robertk wrote:Anyway the comment in my post above about the teacher who claims vipassana is a 'simple mental technique' comes from Goenka. Now if you agree with him please discuss or show evidence from the teachings.
Even two years after attending my one and only Goenka course, I can still remember the sound of him repeatedly reminding us, "anicca, anicca, anicca".


text: Fabulous Response to our Very Special Christmas Greeting! 12. December 2012 Linda-Hogg BMXmas, Book, Windows 8, Xmas, National Museum of Computing, BPark, Bletchley Park, TNMOC (0) We've been receiving fabulous feedback for our Christmas 'card' this year! To mark our 15th Anniversary, we decided to put together 'A Fight Before Christmas' based on the poem, 'T'was the night before Christmas …'. We are delighted with the response and I thought I would put together some of them here. If you would like your own copy of the book, please email us at email@example.com with your address! Enda Flynn, Comperio: great work with the Xmas card - my 3 year old has been picking it as bedtime story. Hazel Woodcock, IBM: The book is fantastic. Story, artwork, production, all first rate. Eileen Brown, Social Media Guru: Thank you so much for quite frankly the best Christmas card I've received for years – what a joy to go through it. Inspired. Wilbour Craddock, Microsoft Canada: Awesome! Simply Awesome! From Martin Casey, Arekibo: Congratulations to @BlackMarble - Your Christmas book/card is exceptional - thank you! Amanda Lennon: Thank you SO much for my Xmas story book - absolutely fab! Diarmuid Murphy, Microsoft Ireland: Just got this gorgeous Christmas storybook from @BlackMarble put me in the festive mood. Ben Nunney, Microsoft UK: Wow. Epic Christmas Comic from@BlackMarble arrived this morning... Richard Costall, MVP: Big thanks to @BlackMarble for a fantastic Christmas card/story very clever. #HappyChristmas Craig Murphy, MVP: Awesome @BlackMarble Xmas greeting this year! Ian Palmer, University of Bradford: Just got the 'card' from@BlackMarble. They surpassed themselves this year. This is a BOOK guys, not a card. Genius. :) Steven Murgatroyd, KCom: Just got this from @BlackMarble, love it...very creative! Merry Christmas! #xmasfun Kevin Ball, HP: - it's fabulous! Plus we are supporting The National Museum of Computing and Bletchley Park with our Christmas campaign!


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How to raise happy toddlers
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The queen of beautiful food, Donna Hay, has just wrapped up her annual donna hay kids' magazine (on sale now). To celebrate, she's sharing some of her amazing birthday cakes in the issue with Kidspot readers!
Below is the easy recipe to make Donna's cool creepy-crawly Spider smash cake (above) and you can also get the step-by-step instructions to make her gorgeous Garden butterfly birthday cake here. For an impressive, but actually quite easy, cake to suit any age or gender, check out Donna's Up and away birthday cake.
Full of stunning birthday cakes, top party tips, clever lunchbox ideas, a family cookbook and more, the little magazine aimed at little people, is bursting with inspiration and gorgeous-ness. Pick up a copy in July.
To decorate:
To make the spider's head and body, lightly grease a 3.5-litre capacity and 375ml-capacity glass bowl with the oil. Pour the melted chocolate into both bowls and rotate to coat the bowls evenly, using a pastry brush to help evenly coat.
Refrigerate for 1 hour or until set.
Turn the bowl upside down and cover with a warm tea towel. Slide the chocolate dome from the bowl and set aside in a cool place.
To make the chocolate cream cheese icing, place the butter and cream cheese in an electric mixer and beat for 6-8 minutes or until pale and creamy. Add the icing sugar and cocoa and beat for a further 6-8 minutes or until light and fluffy.
To assemble, trim the edges of the chocolate bowls to form a clean edge. Place the mixed lollies on a cake board and cover with the two bowls. Using a 1cm plain nozzle, pipe rounds of the icing around the base of the big bowl and all over the small bowl.
Knead the black fondant on a clean surface until pliable. Roll out between 2 sheets of non-stick baking paper to 3mm-thick. Using round cutters, cut out an 11cm and a 3cm round from the black fondant for the spider's back. Cut 6 x 1.5cm-long pieces for the mouth. Cut 2 x 2cm rounds and stretch them to create ovals for the eyes. Roll 8 x 1 teaspoonful balls from the black fondant to make the base for the legs.
Knead the red fondant on a clean surface until pliable. Roll out between 2 sheets of non-stick baking paper to 3mm-thick. Using round cutters, cut out a 7cm round from the red fondant and 2 x 2cm rounds for the body and eyes.
Lightly brush the base of the 11cm black round, 7cm red round and the 3cm black round. Place each piece on top of each other and place on the spider's back. Place the 1.5cm-long pieces on the head in a zig-zag pattern to create a mouth. Lightly brush the base of the 2 x 2cm red rounds and press onto the black ovals. Press those onto the head for the eyes. Press the black round balls onto the ends of the 8 straws and lightly brush with water.
Press around the large dome to create the legs to finish.


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Ever wake up in the morning and forget what state you're in? This time of year…I do. Scouting visits, conventions and trade shows are keeping me away from good old Wildwood!
So far this year I have visited:
- New Jersey (South to North and everywhere in between)
- Pennsylvania (2 times)
- Delaware (2 times)
- Maryland
- New York (3 times)
- Connecticut (2 times)
- Massachusetts
- Vermont
- New Hampshire
- Rhode Island
- OH Canada! OH Canada!
Hopefully I get to see YOU somewhere up and down the east coast this winter!
See you at the Shore,


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Open-Label Pilot Study of Lisdexamfetamine for Cocaine Dependence (Vyvance)
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|Cocaine Dependence
|Drug: Lisdexamfetamine
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Open-Label Pilot Study of Lisdexamfetamine for Cocaine Dependence
- the maximum total lisdexamfetamine dose achieved [ Time Frame: during 1 week of study participation ]Defined as the highest amount of medication per day maintained for a seven day period during the trial.
- Change in Cocaine use [ Time Frame: Baseline compared to 8 weeks of trial or length of study participation ]Cocaine use as recorded by the number of days of use on the Timeline Follow-Back method and confirmed by urine toxicology results
- Change in Cocaine craving [ Time Frame: Baseline compared to week 8 or last week of study participation ]Cocaine craving as measured by the Cocaine Craving Scale (CCS)
- Change in Cocaine craving [ Time Frame: Baseline compared to week 8 or last week of study participation ]Cocaine craving as measured by the Cocaine Craving Questionnaire (CCQ)
|Study Start Date:
|December 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Lisdexamfetamine
Patients will be titrated to the tolerated dose of Lisdexamfetamine over a two week period, with a maximum of 140mg daily, and then maintained on the highest tolerated dose for four weeks
Drug: Lisdexamfetamine
Patients will be titrated to the tolerated dose over a two week period, with a maximum of 140mg daily, and then maintained on the highest tolerated dose for four weeks
Other Name: Vyvance
Detailed Description:
In an eight-week open label outpatient pilot trial, we will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and potential utility of LDX in the treatment of cocaine dependence. Patients will receive a flexible-fixed dosing schedule under open-label conditions. Patients will be titrated to the tolerated dose over a two week period, with a maximum of 140mg daily, and then maintained on the highest tolerated dose for four weeks, followed by a two week run-down period. All participants will receive medication management counseling and individual therapy using a structured compliance enhancement manual designed for pharmacotherapy trials in subjects with substance use disorders.
The primary outcome measures will be 1) the maximum total lisdexamfetamine dose achieved during the study period defined as the highest amount of medication per day maintained for a seven day period 2) lisdexamfetamine tolerability as measured by adverse effects reported on the Systematic Assessment for Treatment and Emergent Events (SAFTEE). Secondary outcome measures will be 1) cocaine use as recorded by the number of days of use on the Timeline Follow-Back method (Sobell & Sobell, 1992) and confirmed by urine toxicology, 2) cocaine craving as measured by the Cocaine Craving Scale (CCS) and Cocaine Craving Questionnaire (CCQ) and 3) alternate measures of cocaine use, such as the dollar value of cocaine used per day, as measured by the Timeline Follow-Back method, and the proportion of urine toxicology samples negative for cocaine.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Individuals must be treatment seeking
- Men and women between the ages of 18-60 who meet DSM-IV criteria for current cocaine dependence
- Used cocaine at least four days in the past month
- Individuals must be in good general health
- Individuals must be capable of giving informed consent and capable of complying with study procedures
- Women of child-bearing age must agree to use a method of contraception with proven efficacy, consisting of one of the following: 1) Any form of hormonal contraception; 2) Intra-uterine device; 3) Sterilization; 4) Double-barrier contraception which is a combination of two of the following: condoms, spermicide, diaphragm. Pregnancy tests will be performed monthly and if a woman becomes pregnant, the study medication will be discontinued.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individuals who meet DSM-IV-TR criteria for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, any psychotic disorder other than transient psychosis due to drug abuse, or current major depressive disorder
- Individuals with any other current Axis I psychiatric disorder as defined by DSM-IV-TR that in the investigator's judgment are unstable, or would be disrupted by study medication, or are likely to require pharmacotherapy during the study period
- Individuals physiologically dependent on any other drugs (excluding nicotine or cannabis) which require medical intervention
- Individuals with current psychostimulant abuse or dependence (other than cocaine dependence)
- Individuals with current suicidal risk
- Individuals with coronary vascular disease as indicated by history or suspected by abnormal ECG or history of cardiac symptoms
- Unstable physical disorders which might make participation hazardous such as uncontrolled hypertension (SBP > 140, DBP> 90, or HR > 100 when sitting quietly), acute hepatitis (patients with chronic mildly elevated transaminases < 1.5x upper limit of normal are acceptable), or uncontrolled diabetes
- Individuals with a history of seizures, hyperthyroidism and/or glaucoma
- Individuals with a family history of sudden cardiac death
- History of allergic reaction to study medication
- Women who are pregnant or nursing
- Currently being prescribed psychotropic medication by another physician (other than sleep medication)
- Individuals who are legally mandated (e.g., to avoid incarceration) to participate in substance abuse treatment program
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01486810
|United States, New York
|New York, New York, United States, 10032
|Principal Investigator:
|John Mariani, M.D.
|Columbia University
|Responsible Party:
|New York State Psychiatric Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01486810 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
P50DA009236-18 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|November 30, 2011
|Last Updated:
|October 25, 2016
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by New York State Psychiatric Institute:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cocaine-Related Disorders
Substance-Related Disorders
Chemically-Induced Disorders
Mental Disorders
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate
Anesthetics, Local
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Vasoconstrictor Agents
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Dopamine Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Central Nervous System Stimulants
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KEXP Reviews
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The sixth album from New York's reclusive singer-songwriter F.M. Cornog (aka East River Pipe) is a concept record that touches upon all sorts of drug use. It's a pretty dark listen, though Cornog's shimmering melodies make even the bleakest songs go down easy. 1/5/2006 - Don Yates
Other East River Pipe album reviews:
The Gasoline Age - 8/15/1999
Mel - 9/15/1996


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Sony's February 20th PlayStation reveal will bring with it the first news of Killzone 4, rumours claim.
VideoGamer says it has word from an "industry source" that the Guerrilla Games developed title will be announced alongside the PS4 and will most likely be a "launch window" title for the console.
It's likely that Sony will choose to announce its new hardware with a number of first party titles.
Other possibilities (based on nothing but idle speculation) include Gran Turismo, Uncharted, SingStar, Everybody's Golf, WipEout, LittleBigPlanet, MotorStorm, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance and perhaps even God of War.


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Each year, test-day data from all herds enrolled in Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI) somatic cell count (SCC) testing in the United States are examined to assess milk quality on a national basis. Results highlighted in a new USDA report show an uptick in milk quality due to the downward trend for SCC.
During 2010, the SCC in DHI herds averaged 228,000. This compares to 233,000 in 2009; 262,000 in 2008; 276,000 in 2007; 288,000 in 2006; and 296,000 in 2005.
Thirty-two states and Puerto Rico had lower average SCC than the previous year; 14 states had higher averages. A few Mexican herds tested through the U.S. system were included for the first time.
Variation among states remains large, ranging from 170,000 (Idaho) to 421,000 (Arkansas). State average SCC was lower than the national average for mountain and western states, and often higher for southeastern states. Differences between adjacent states were substantial, which suggests that herd size and mastitis control practices, including genetic selection, are impacting state differences as well.
The current federal SCC regulatory limit in the US is 750,000, except in California where it is 600,000. In many other major dairy countries, the SCC limit is 400,000.
The overall percentage of herd test days that exceeded 400,000, 500,000, 600,000, and 750,000 during 2010 were 18 percent, 10 percent, 5.7 percent and 2.7 percent, respectively. The 2.7 percent of 2010 DHI herd test days that were higher than the present legal limit for bulk tank SCC may overestimate the percentage of herds that shipped milk exceeding the legal limit because milk of cows treated for mastitis is excluded from the bulk tank even though included in DHI test data. The percentage of herd test days that exceeded the legal limit also would have been higher than the percentage of herds that were rejected from the market because market exclusion only occurs after repeated violations.
As herd size increased, milk yield generally increased and SCC decreased. During 2010, the average test-day SCC in herds with fewer than 50 cows was 286,000 compared to 251,000 in herds with 100 - 149 cows; 217,000 in herds with 500 - 999 cows; and 184,000 in herds with over 3,000 cows.
The percentage of test days with SCC greater than 750,000 in herds with fewer than 50 cows was 5.1 percent. This compares to 1.3% for herds with 50 - 99 cows; 0.7 percent for herds with 100 - 149 cows; and only 0.4 percent or less in herds with 150 or more cows. The typical seasonal pattern was also evident. Average SCC increased from May through August and declined quickly from September through November. The lowest average SCC was in November and December.
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I'm one of what feels like a half-dozen people on Earth who really didn't like Toy Story 3 all that much, and at least one reason why was because it raised an interesting question ("what happens to the toys when Andy grows up?") and then stalled on answering it for about an hour just so they could do a prison break movie. I'll be the first to say that it was a very well-done prison break movie, filled with suspense, tension, and excitement, but it felt like a sideshow from the main event. With Toy Story of Terror, the first animated TV special from Pixar, the studio has gone from prison movies to horror films, presenting an amusing tale of terror from a toy-level perspective. It's great fun and sure to satisfy fans of the franchise.
A road trip for Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Mr. Potato Head, Rex, Trixie, and Mr. Pricklepants gets sidetracked when Bonnie's mom has car trouble and has to stay at a motel overnight. When the toys exit their suitcase, Mr. Potato Head goes missing, and soon the toys have reason to suspect something more sinister afoot as their investigations reveal much more to the motel than meets the eye. Revealing too much more would spoil the surprise, but I will say that the toys will need some creative thinking and help from other sources (including an errant Combat Carl action figure) to get themselves out of the sticky situation they find themselves in.
You might look at Toy Story of Terror as Pixar's floor-height take on Scream, as Mr. Pricklepants carefully details the horror-movie tropes they are living through (at least until…no, I can't give that away). The special itself executes those tropes pitch-perfectly, with mysterious goings-on, inexplicable clues, shadows fleetingly glimpsed, and foreshadowed horrors all deployed to wonderful effect. As with the Toy Story movies, Toy Story of Terror gets a lot of mileage out of what's important to toys and how they have to solve problems in a world that's not built to their scale, and several different plot elements hinge on prior rules that have been set up for toys throughout the series. One plot element that seemed a little fabricated for the short was Jessie's severe claustrophobia, which the toys helpfully explain comes from the time she was abandoned in a box (as chronicled so memorably in Toy Story 2). However, even if I felt it was a little artificial, that plot element also works itself into the plot organically and fruitfully enough. A few moments don't quite ring true: the toys often seem to speak loudly enough to be heard by nearby people several times, and the architecture of the motel is a little mystifying, but these really only are minor nitpicks.
The animation for the short looks terrific from start to finish, and I didn't see any visible shortcuts or cut corners. We've definitely come a long way when CGI animation on a TV budget can look as good as the Toy Story feature films. Admittedly, they could probably recycle existing character models, and the plot of the short means they could get away with a sparsely populated environment. You're not going to see anything like the day care crowd scenes from Toy Story 3 here, but a lot of the scenes in this special work specifically because the screen is so empty.
Another aspect where Pixar didn't skimp is in the voice talent. Everyone from the movies is back to reprise their roles, and they're all as entertaining as ever. I'm especially taken with Joan Cusack's performance as Jessie, who probably goes through the most emotional whipsaws in the special, and was also heartily amused at Timothy Dalton's dryly hilarious Mr. Pricklepants. Joining the regular cast is Carl Weathers as Combat Carl (referred to in the first film as a G.I. Joe stand-in, and seen here in full-size, interactive glory). Like Buzz in the first film, he's hilarious exactly because he seems to be taking everything way, way too seriously, and Carl Weathers has a ball with the role.
The fact that I enjoyed Toy Story of Terror as much as I did brings me to the other major reason why I don't like Toy Story 3 all that much: I felt really manipulated by the ending of the film when Andy (and, by extension, the audience) bids a tearful goodbye to his toys. Even as I shed a few manly, manly tears at that ending, that annoying little voice in the back of my head was telling me, "But this isn't really goodbye, is it? It's not like we're never going to see these characters again." Disney is never going to let these characters go away in any permanent fashion, and the expansion of the franchise with the Toy Story shorts and now this special only make that aspect of my dissatisfaction feel stronger. This is definitely not a criticism of Toy Story of Terror, and in fact is quite the opposite. It's fun to hang out with the Toy Story characters, as Toy Story of Terror ably demonstrates, but that seems to make that goodbye seem even less necessary.
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Hello Marco,
First of all, we have to be sure that your encoders are correctly configured. Did you try to contact Micro Epsilon? Maybe they could give you some advice regards to correctly configure your system. Then after verified this, we can perform the next step in evaluating your problem.
I would like to express my bewilderment for the problem I had and I still have.
It has been more than one month from my first post. From my side, I didn't put so much pressure on the NI technical support bacause I was busy with lots of other stuff, but also from your side I got no useful advice. Now the time to have everything working properly is getting closer. The setup has to be ready in one week. I will appreciate any suggestion from you.
Thanks a lot.
My only past experience with a similar asymmetric counting behavior was tracked down to the following 2 issues:
A. Poor ground referencing. The screw terminal was clamping the power supply's ground reference on the insulation rather than the conductor.
B. The power supply had been set at too low a current limit. With the system running and the current limit kicking in, the voltage dropped down to less than 4 volts.
We didn't observe consistent differences when counting in opposite directions, but we *did* see a tendency for the count to drift in a specific direction. So it's kinda sorta similar. So my best guess at this point is to *really* check out your digital ground consistency among DAQ board, power supply, encoder, whatever else. Take ohm measurements with the DAQ cable disconnected from the board and with the power supply off to make sure you have good ground contact. (Sometimes a voltage measurement may "happen" to read 0V potential even if there isn't truly a good grounding connection.)
There's still a bit of uncertainty over whether A and /A are TTL inverses of each other or whether they are a differential pair. There are a variety of types of differential, some of which operate between 0V and 5V and are said to be TTL-compatible. I've had past experience where I wired that kind directly into counter inputs and they seemed to work fine. It got me through some quick-and-dirty testing, but I wouldn't advise relying on it for the long haul.
I was just in a very recent thread where the poster used a neat technique that *appears* to solve the E-series problem of miscounts during direction change / vibration. He hooked up A & B for the directional event counting on counter 0 and hooked up /A and /B the same way on counter 1. Then he summed the count values of the two counters in software. The result *appears* to be a good 2X quadrature reading. That means you increment by 2 counts per full cycle of quadrature. I sketched up a little timing diagram for myself, and am tentatively convinced that his scheme handles direction changes and vibration.
Hopefully, something here will help.
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Hi, it's been a year or so that I'm working with labview real time and this forum has been very helpfull
I have the same problem as Marco: my quad-encoder with TTL signals, mounted on a brushless motor, is read by a PCI-6024E (E-series) and the counter doubles the counts in a direction while the other is ok.
Was this problem solved in some way? is there a way to read this encoder?
I also have an M-series and there's no problem with the same encoder, so i'd say, is there something wrong in the VI? I'm using this:
I put channel A in the source (pin37 - PFI8) and channel B in the up/down (pin 16 - P0.6); in a DGND i put the reference ground.
Their specs are TTL with 20mA per channel.
I checked a hundred times if everything was ok with screws and wires.
I even uses 2 analog inputs to read this channel and at low speed of motor (as the DAQ can reach 1khz maximum) and i count the rising edges just like the NI vi should do. My counter is right, the NI counter is wrong, as it doubles the counts.
So the wiring is ok, any one as an idea of where there could be something to fix?
Then, how can i use the A\ and B\ to create a sort of X2? I can't see the VI linked in this thread. Labview says that something is missing...
Thanks for any suggestion,
Steven A.


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Marcus Thornton was a stud at SG last year. But now has fallen in the depth charts to more expirienced veteran wing defenders. Although we are still stick with the same amount of wings, we get a better player and even clear some cap space.
I could see NO doing this now because they want a more veteran team. The Hornets coach recently said in an article that he couldn't find time for Thornton and there is nothing wrong with him. He said he even improved on denfence. But there isn't much playing time for him. He's also not expacted back on the active roster anytime soon.
This could be a potential low risk/ high reward type scenario. As I stated earlier, although we would have the same number of wings , Mike dunleavy is likely in his last year as a Pacer and we don't know how much longer whether Lance will be around. If it works out We have a starting SG for years to come and still have all that cap space. If it doesn't work out, we just lose D Jones who doesn't even fir in JOB's system.


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On the field with the Phillies groundskeeper [photos]
The Phillies might not look like a championship team right now, but their groundskeepers do.
Mike Boekholder has been working in professional baseball for twenty years. He speaks the language of the Phillies.
"We're real proud of the work they do," said Mike Boekholder, the chief groundskeeper at Citizens' Bank Park. "They put in 110 percent effort for us all the time."
Boekholder has a full-time staff of five people working for him, which swells to two dozen people on game days. His sole responsibility it making sure the 2.3 acres of grass is perfect.
"Our job is to prepare their office for them, so they can give 110 percent," the MLB green thumb said of the Phils. "I'm sure when you go into your office at work there's a certain way you like things on your desk. This playing surface is their desk, our job is to set it up for them."
Last year the stadium switched from Bluegrass to a hybrid Bermuda grass, Riviera Bermuda. It thrives in the heat of a Philadelphia summer. Unfortunately, the summer has not been all that hot — instead it's been on of the wettest summers on record.
"It's growing, but not growing very fast. We're having a heck of time keeping the growth of the plant up with the amount of wear and tear the players are putting on it," said Boekholder, who calls the grass a "skin." Underneath the skin are twelve layers of sand, peet moss, gravel, and crushed concrete that make the field perfectly flat, perfectly drained. The field is about ten feet below the water table – if it did not drain perfectly, it would flood invariably.
Other baseball fields in the Philadelphia area can't compare to the quality of the lawn at Citizen's Bank Park. It doesn't have to be that way, says Boekholder. Many fields in high school and public parks use synthetic turf or Bluegrass, whose main growing periods are in spring and fall.
"They are using that field constantly in the spring and fall — only able to work on it in the summer," said Boekholder. "If you're growing a bluegrass field in this part of the country – which is common — it just doesn't want to grow that time of year. So the only break they get is during the time of year the field doesn't want to grow. They are never able to do the work to recover the surface for fall football."
Boekholder says the biggest bane of his job is not rain, or drought, or players. It's high-definition television. The super-crisp video resolution accentuates every blemish on his field.
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KANSAS CITY -- Michael Kirkman in 2014 hardly resembles the previous version that last appeared for the Rangers on June 6, 2013.
For starters, Kirkman, who made his 2014 debut on Tuesday against the Royals, will assume a role relegated primarily to facing left-handed hitters.
"I'm not sure," said Kirkman on how the decision was made. "Pitching coach Mike [Maddux] said I'd be facing lefties when I got here. That's what I'll be doing, I guess."
Kirkman was the losing pitcher in Texas' 2-1 loss. He entered in the eighth and faced four batters, three of them left-handed. Mike Moustakas slugged a leadoff double, Jarrod Dyson reached on a fielder's choice, Omar Infante flew out to right, then Kirkman hit Alex Gordon. Salvador Perez clubbed the game-winning single off Jon Edwards.
The left-hander features his lowest arm slot since 2010, when he completed his most impressive Major League stint with Texas (14 games, 1.65 ERA).
Kirkman last appeared for Texas in 2013. He posted a 8.18 ERA in 25 relief appearances and he delivered the ball from a more traditional arm slot.
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"Here and Now." If Lisa Carlin, PhD '13 had a mantra, this might be the one for her. Her research and life's work has been focused around mindfulness, the idea that we can experience the world for what it is without trying to change it.
But what is mindfulness, exactly? "It is the awareness of the present moment without judgment," Carlin says, and this is precisely what she has tried to apply to her work. When she finished her PhD in psychology this past August, Carlin took a position with the Department of Veterans Affairs as a staff psychologist. She is working with the trauma services program, in charge of the women's track. The trauma services program is designed to help to teach veterans skills to cope with trauma and to learn how it influences their lives. The treatment is comprehensive and includes individual and group therapy as well as PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) support groups, and family education, and medication management. Carlin says that incorporation of mindfulness practices is a key recovery tool for veterans and she often recommends it for her patients. The VA also offers Yoga Nidra, an active-breathing practice where focusing on something as simple as the flow of air in and out can help to bring awareness and mindfulness to practitioners. It can help veterans to better address traumatic experiences by decreasing anxiety and facing their fears and concerns more effectively.
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"Frederick Wiseman's Hospital (1970) is one of the most brutal exposés of the American health system ever made, and perhaps the most shocking thing is that since the film was made, matters haven't improved much at all. Using his trademark "never apologize, never explain" hands off camera style, in which no narration is allowed to intrude on the image, and Wiseman essentially keeps filming and filming even when "nothing" seems to be happening, Hospital emerges as a ringing indictment of a system that is collapsing under its own weight, where the rich get measurably better care than the poor, and where a distant and uncaring bureaucracy controls the actions of everyone involved. The doctors and nurses try to attend the multitude of patients, but are seemingly overwhelmed; the incoming wave of supplicants never strops.
Never exhibited commercially in theatres, Hospital was originally commissioned by PBS, and won two Emmys, in addition to garnering a rave review from film critic Pauline Kael in The New Yorker. Wiseman's central sympathy here, as in most of his films, is with the poor, the disadvantaged, the ones who flock to the emergency room seeking help that sometimes never arrives.
Wiseman, born in 1930 in Boston, originally trained to be a lawyer, and initially pursed that career. Fascinated with the possibilities of cinema, however, Wiseman broke into film by producing director Shirley Clarke's fiction film The Cool World (1963), covering the activities of teenage gangs in New York. Convinced that reality was more interesting than anything staged, Wiseman soon began making 16mm black and white documentaries, creating as his first film the groundbreaking film Titicut Follies (1967), which chronicled the crumbling infrastructure of a Massachusetts mental hospital with such unsparing ferocity that the film was soon barred from public screenings until a 1993 court order overturned the initial ban.
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Wiseman typically shoots more than 100 hours of material for the documentaries he makes, and then discovers the rhythm of the material in the editing room. In some of his films, he favors fast cutting; but in most films, long takes predominate, in which the viewer is required to join in the work of "directing" the film, finding things out in a step-by-step fashion as an actual eyewitness observer would.
Wiseman wants us to experience the events he's documenting without undue mediation, as any observant bystander would. With a list of more than forty films in his canon, Wiseman is perhaps the preeminent documentary filmmaker working today." — Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
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Well after a completely hectic weekend of overclocking and play we are finally back at home and able to get up the information about the winners of this year?s North American Finals for the Gigabyte Open Overclocking Competition. There were some pretty big ups and downs. At one point the rule even had to be amended as Fugger pointed out an available tweak for the Maxmem benchmark. It seems that in CPUTweaker there is an option to optimize for Maxmem. Using this can give you some amazing results, but they are not accurate at all. In the end HiCookie announced that using that was out of bounds.
The fun continued during round two where we saw a few more contestants lose either CPUs or motherboards to the demands of event.
After both rounds were over the winners emerged and were given their prizes.
Ross managed to grab the third place spot along with a pile of hardware, awarded by Ransom Koay from ThermalTake:
Second place fell to MikeGuava. Mike won a complete system put together by Cyber Power and presented by Kingston. Mike also gets a round trip ticket to Taipei and the world championship competition.
The big winner for the event was sno.lcn who was presented with s custom system from iBuyPower a silver winner?s plate and also a ticket to the championship event in Taipei.
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CAPITOLA -- Steve and Jan Peat, the owners of McDonald's on 41st Avenue, are going back to the drawing board to mull their next step.
Asking the City Council Thursday night for feedback on their request for drive-through operation, they heard mostly negative comments.
"The lot is not big enough," said Councilman Dennis Norton, who said the statistic that 70 percent of McDonald's customers use a drive-through "scared the pants off me."
"We need to design for people instead of the automobile," he said. "This is probably OK in Fresno or Bakersfield; it's not acceptable in Capitola."
Councilwoman Stephanie Harlan said it was not compatible with the adjacent residential neighborhood and Councilman Sam Storey suggested the city review whether it should amend the ban on drive-throughs for restaurants during the general plan process.
Mayor Michael Termini was torn between wanting to help a local business owner and the potential for complaints about the loudspeaker system at midnight.
McDonald's operates between 5 a.m. and midnight in Capitola.
Councilman Kirby Nicol was absent.
Two couples who live on 42nd Avenue emailed their objections to the council, and only one resident, Linda Banks, said a drive-through might be a good idea.
After a discussion on smoking regulations, the council reached consensus on amending existing rules.
Mayor Michael Termini, mystified by the American Lung Association's giving Capitola air quality a D, found out the reason is the city does not have a regulation barring the sale of tobacco within 1,000 feet of schools.
He's in favor of amending the city ordinance to add that restriction, he said.
Of four options presented by police chief Rudy Escalante to reduce sales of tobacco to minors, the school restriction was the only one to pass muster. Councilmen Sam Storey and Dennis Norton both voiced their support.
The city of Watsonville and Santa Cruz County license tobacco retailers, but council members were reluctant to levy a fee on small businesses. Termini was reluctant to outsource the licensing to the county public health agency.
With 14 businesses in Capitola selling tobacco, a fee of $200 would generate about $2,800, which would have to be spent on services for the retailers paying the fee.
Councilwoman Stephanie Harlan, a nurse, was disappointed that the fee revenue could not fund visits to New Brighton Middle School to educate students about tobacco.
The idea of further banning smoking in commercial break areas had little support, with one city resident asking the police to enforce the existing ban along the Esplanade first.
Norton said the quantity of cigarette butts is "one tenth of what it used to be," since the city enacted the smoking ban but he was unwilling to ban smoking in condos and apartment buildings.
Harlan agreed, saying, "Let's enforce rules in the village first. We need to do some more education down there with managers and employees."
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Editor's note: Linda Banks' name was incorrect in an earlier version of this article. This version has been updated with the correct name.


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Every season, I give the same speech to kickoff Super Bowl month, much like I give the same speech to kickoff the Football Foodie season in August. Why the same speech? Why do teams still listen to "Eye of the Tiger" thirty years later? Why do people still talk about Vince Lombardi's Super Bowl II speech? Or quote Bear Bryant? Tradition. Because it fits. Because none one remembers that after Tom Landry said, "A winner never stops trying" he said, "to get the the front of the deli line."
So with a few edits, this is this year's Football Foodie Super Bowl snack speech.
Did you honestly think you could prepare for the Super Bowl in just a couple of days? Did you say to yourself, "Well, I guess since New Orleans is hosting the Super Bowl I could just use this old Hurricane mix I had laying around the house." Or even, "But I need to get my Pro Bowl party out of the way first! And the Senior Bowl! I cannot even begin to think about my Super Bowl party until next week."
WELL SUCK IT UP BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU CAN EAT LIKE A PIG UNTIL NEXT SEPTEMBER. You either start planning and cooking now or you will be stuck fighting some I-don't-care-football-but-maybe-I-will-get-laid-if-I-get-out-of-the-house douchecake in an American Apparel hoodie over the last bag of Cool Ranch Doritos at the Silver Lake Vons next Saturday.
"But Sarah, I was going to make a giant muffaletta or a pot of gumbo for my Super Bowl party. That should feed everyone." Great. What do you feed everyone for the remaining five hours of your party? If your main course is the game, then what is your halftime show? What are your funny commercials that require you to share 3D glasses with six of your friends and sixty of their filthy 3D thumbprints? Are you ready for people to start rooting through your drawers looking for more snacks? You need to have many, many, supporting dishes for the Super Bowl. For every Matty Ice, there are several lineman there to block for him, and for every Peyton Manning dive to the ground, there are several lineman to throw under the bus for not blocking for him! This is a team sport and your Super Bowl spread needs to reflect that just one or two dishes do not make a buffet.
Are you willing to go to a Super Bowl party and run the risk of them not having enough snacks? And no, showing up with a six-pack of beer is not enough. That's about a bottle a beer an hour JUST FOR YOURSELF, so no, you did not bring anything to share. So you will sack up and make at least one item to bring to the party. You are a grown-up who can bring at least a covered dish to your friend's house.
In years past I've spread out the recipes over a month for the 28 Days of Super Bowl Recipes (or as my pal Smokey calls it, the "football snack advent calendar"), but since the Football Foodie has moved to a new home and I don't want to wear out our welcome, this year it's the Month of Super Bowl Recipes, with posts on Wednesday and Friday for your game planning needs.
This year's snack line-up is a good mix of mains, small bites and sides. Dishes that can be made in advance, cooked the day-of or even tossed together minutes before of the game. Snacks that you'll love almost as much as the playoffs.
Super Bowl Recipe Month! Skirt Steak Sandwiches With Caramelized Onions And Gorgonzola Sauce, Salt & Pepper Biscuit Bites and a Giant Cherry Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie.
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Northern Valley Indian Health will host its second Give Kids A Smile Day Saturday, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at its Woodland Clinic.
Give Kids A Smile provides free dental treatment, both preventative and restorative, for uninsured children 1-17 years of age. More than 100 children are expected to attend this year's Woodland Clinic.
The event is planned by Northern Valley Indian Health and is a collaboration of community volunteers who come together to provide increased dental access to those in need.
"Northern Valley Indian Health Clinic is proud to participate in such a wonderful community event," said Inder Wadhwa, Executive Director of NVIH. "February is Children's Dental Health Month and it is critical that we work together to raise awareness about the importance of oral health."
Families in attendance will also receive educational information on oral health and nutrition.
The Northern Valley Indian Health Woodland Clinic is located at 175 W. Court St., Woodland.
The clinic is a private, nonprofit tribal corporation that was founded in 1971 by a group of Northern California Native American Tribes seeking to reestablish health services for Native Americans in California. It provides medical, dental, and pediatric services at clinics in Chico, Willows, Red Bluff, and Woodland.


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It is commonplace for the school year to begin in mid-August, but it still takes me by surprise. Just like when I notice reminders for December holiday shopping airing well before Thanksgiving, I find myself thinking, "Already?" I realize that the school year ends earlier as a result, but when I see the traffic heating up and kids walking around with their backpacks during August, I still feel as if something is getting cut short. But then again, from a minimized vacation point of view, I know it could be worse.
After graduating from college, I taught English in Japanese public schools for a year, arriving during the sweltering month of August, which is the summer holiday for Japanese students in its entirety.
This being Japan, I was of course sent immediately into a classroom where students from several municipal schools had been enrolled in summer English-language instruction with a newly arrived American sensei. No grades or evaluations were required for the course, but that didn't necessarily mean those kids didn't experience pressure and imposition. But together we sweated it out – literally – and no one dared complain, least of all the newly arrived American sensei.
At the time, I thought, "Wow. American kids sure have it easy by comparison." Here were approximately 35 middle school students, wearing light cotton shirts and blouses with oppressively heavy skirts and pants; the boys all had black military-style caps and shaved heads. I learned later that the uniforms were adaptations of early 20th-century European naval and military dress. The shaved heads were considered a bit archaic even back then – in cosmopolitan Tokyo, for example, male students were allowed a respectful amount of hair on their heads.
But it really wasn't about the uniforms per se. It was about a bunch of kids – mostly against their collective will – spending two weeks of their already short summer break practicing their limited English skills in a stuffy classroom while temperatures peaked at decidedly over 100 F on a daily, unrelenting basis. That's a challenge even in shorts and a tank top with your hair styled anyway you like.
This was my intro into a stricter educational system than I had been accustomed to, and it was really only the beginning of a genuinely eye-opening experience.
When my own kids were attending primary and secondary schools, and as I work with middle and high school students today, I still remember that year when I was making the rounds in Japanese classrooms. Sometimes I think what the American system offers by comparison is laudatory, sometimes I think it's horrible. Regardless, public education is revealing. You can tell a lot about a country's values by how it chooses to educate its youth, which is why the current U.S. debate over public education – government's role, cost, curriculum, access and inequality, teachers, family support structure – is so fundamental, going well beyond when a school year begins and ends.
I still feel sorry for kids trudging back to school in mid-August. But ironically enough, year-round schooling doesn't strike me as such a bad idea, either.


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In the 50 years ending 2006, housing starts in the U.S. averaged 1.5 million annually. Interestingly, in 1972 we built 2.5 million homes when the U.S. population was 200 million. Fast forward to 2006, which was the height of the real estate bubble, and we built 2.6 million homes, the difference being the population had grown to more than 300 million.
On average, it takes about 75 years to turn over the nation's housing stock entirely when averaging about 1.5 million units annually. However, since 2008 we've averaged only about 690,000 housing starts annually. Given the historical average, that is less than half what we need to keep up with demand if we are going to have enough housing for a growing population and if we are to avoid seeing our housing stock become totally dilapidated. The shocking truth is, at the current rate of construction it would take 217 years to turn over our existing housing stock, which means that we are concocting a recipe for lots of blighted cities and neighborhoods as homes all across the nation fall into disrepair. Of course, that's if you're going to accept that it will stay at the current, highly depressed rate of construction. I am not. Being a betting man, I'm betting that this won't be the case....393 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Coastal Fisheries Vulnerable During Freeze
AUSTIN –The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is concerned about the vulnerability of coastal fisheries during the freeze and remind the public that it is illegal to harvest fish by means other than rod and reel.
"It is illegal to pick up stunned or dead fish with a net or by hand," said Robert Goodrich, TPWD assistant chief of law enforcement for fisheries enforcement.
Anglers are also reminded a temporary closure to saltwater fishing along parts of the Texas coast to protect resources during freezing weather conditions is in effect through noon Saturday, Feb. 5. A list of affected areas can be found on the TPWD Web site.
Anyone observing fishing activity in the closed areas during the freeze or taking fish by illegal means is urged to contact their local game warden office or call Operation Game Thief at 800-792-GAME.
In addition to the temporary fishing closure, TPWD officials are recognizing a voluntary suspension of barge traffic during the freeze along the Intracoastal Waterway in the Lower Laguna Madre by the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association as helping minimize any additional impacts to turtle populations.
"This is a significant voluntary conservation action by barge operators to assist in protecting the resource," said Carter Smith, TPWD executive director. "We applaud their efforts."
Biologists believe the combination of all these conservation efforts will help reduce the time needed for these resources to recover, should there be significant impacts from the freeze.
As temperatures are expected to remain at or below freezing during the next couple of days, game wardens and fisheries biologists have been monitoring beachfronts and bays for stunned sea turtles. At least a half dozen stunned sea turtles have already been rescued and transported to rehabilitation facilities.
Texas has about two million acres of bays and estuaries susceptible to freeze. There were three major freezes during the 1980s, including one in 1989 when the temperature at Brownsville dropped to 16 degrees and an estimated 11 million fish were killed in the freeze event.
State health officials are reminding people not to eat fish that may have died as a result of the freezing temperatures. Fish found floating or on the shore may have been dead for several days and could cause adverse health effects if consumed.
As of noon Thursday, at least one minor fish kill affecting between 2,000-2,500 hardhead catfish was reported in San Antonio Bay.
Anglers and coastal residents can report any freeze related fish kills or large numbers of sluggish or cold-stunned fish by contacting TPWD's Law Enforcement Communications office at (281) 842-8100 or (512) 389-4848.
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2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK350
As a somewhat cute roadster, the SLK previously appealed to trophy wives and very successful hairdressers. But not anymore. The 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK350 comes out with an aggressive look in front and an exhaust note that sends small woodland animals scurrying for the hills.
Vents in the hood, a big lower air intake, and the prominent Mercedes-Benz badge on the grille declare that the SLK350 has something to prove, a chip on its shoulder from too many years of Sunday driving. But the rear does not maintain the new style, instead showing curves similar to those of the BMW Z4, one of its chief competitors.
With its panoramic glass roof, the SLK350 has a very futuristic look from the rear, which is not at all stylistically cohesive with the front end. From the back, the car looks like a space pod, something that would be floating around the International Space Station in 10 years or so.
As a retractable hard top, the SLK350's roof is an entertaining bit of tech. As with most modern movable tops of this type, it is power-operated, doing a bit of origami on itself at the push of a button. It stacks up in the trunk or unfolds itself, protecting the cabin from wind and rain. As a gee-whiz option, Mercedes-Benz also offers an electroluminescent top that changes opacity depending on the severity of the sun.
Eco, Sport, and Manual
Like the car's new front-end looks, the engine helped me feel secure in my manhood as I got behind the wheel of this former chick car. The 3.5-liter V-6, now featuring direct injection, starts up with the sound of an angry tiger, then settles down to a clearly audible idle. This thick steering wheel has a flattened bottom and sculpted thumbholds above the spokes, a practical style for slaloms and S turns.
Deeply grooved thumb slots above the lateral spokes hint at the SLK350's sport driving capabilities.
Paddles on the wheel complement the shifter, both working through the seven gears of the automatic transmission. A button near the shifter takes the car from its default Eco mode to Sport, then to Manual. Each of these modes changes the gearbox programming. And while an automatic may discourage sport drivers, this one uses a lock-up clutch, eliminating torque converter slush and creating hard gear shifts.
The SLK350's default Eco mode is actually its standard drive mode, with Mercedes-Benz' clever use of the letter E reflecting its claim that its cars are very efficient and emit minimal CO2. Expect to see other cars in the Mercedes-Benz lineup adopt this nomenclature.
While driving the car in Eco mode at low speeds on city streets, I found the high-revving engine and gearbox led to some herky-jerky motion. Moderately stepping on the gas pedal initiated gear changes that threw me back and forth in the cabin. The SLK350 didn't always behave in this manner, but at certain speeds it delivered less than the luxury driving character promised by the Mercedes-Benz brand. I would never want Mercedes-Benz to go back to the torque converter gearbox, but maybe a little refinement of this one's programming would eliminate the jerks.
Getting into higher speeds, the SLK350 delivered the kind of performance I would expect from a tony roadster. The leather seats and Harman Kardon audio system made the cabin a pleasant place to sit while covering boring stretches of freeway, but the short wheelbase and excellent engine note had me thirsting for the tight turns of a mountain road.
Open-top driving down the coast in the SLK350 was a delight.
The cabin of the SLK350 is an enticing place, Mercedes-Benz having taken pains to make it suitable for open-top driving. The Air Scarf technology blew warm air from the base of the headrest around my neck, and heated seats handled any other challenge from the fall weather. Mercedes-Benz also tried to minimize turbulence in the cabin, which mostly seems to work with the help of a screen between the headrests.
Detailed audio
With the top down, the wind noise at anything over 40 mph is intolerable. After hearing the jet enginelike volume during a bit of freeway travel, I brought up the side windows, which diminished the sound considerably even with the top still down. And made it possible to hear music from the 11-speaker Harman Kardon audio system.
That many speakers may seem like overkill in a two-seater, but I had no complaints. Although hampered by external noise, during later testing with the top up I could hear an excellent degree of detail from this system. It managed to lift tones and instruments from complexly layered tracks that might get lost when played over an inferior system. The system could also handle cranked-up bass without a problem. In some ways, the reproduction is too detailed, as high notes can become piercing.
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This last week has been pretty awesome for me in terms of DG:
I added about 20' to my drive lately. Not sure how this happened, but I think I'll attribute it to throwing putters a lot lately and concentrating on a clean release. Now hitting 350' with TeeBirds and 360+ with my high speed drivers. 400' here I come.
I have started to get more response to the flyers I have been posting around here trying to get a club together. We're now starting a weekly league. In conjunction, I'm renting some baskets to set up a temp course on Saturday during the Hutchinson Water Carnival. On Sunday I'm going to set up an object course at the park I'm hoping to get a course installed in. Hopefully this will draw some attention to our cause since most around here have never heard of the sport.
And better yet...a reporter from the local paper called me earlier this week. She saw one of the petitions I had posted and is going to do an article about my efforts to get a course installed, and about DG in general. Our town is only about 13,000 pop., but I'm still pretty psyched.
I've got about 100 signatures on my petition so far and hoping to get a lot more this weekend. I've been talking with a guy from the local park board and he sems pretty optomistic about building a course, and has forwarded my proposal and some other info on to the rest of the board. I think I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
For anyone else who is attempting something similar...patience and persistence is the key. I started posting flyers last year and only had 2 responses. Also it takes a lot more work than you would think, thankfully, my girlfriend has been helping me design handouts and a display board for this weekend.


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Lebanese singer Madonna is poised to end a long period of celibacy by marrying the man of her dreams. Her prince on a white horse is apparently a successful businessman. But his name will remain a mystery till the wedding.
Madonna told Asharq Al Awsat daily that her daughter Maud had grown up by now, and was able to look after herself.
Over the years, Madonna has carved out a special position on the local and Arab music scene with her spectacular shows and upbeat stage presence. Apart from the wedding, Madonna is planning a tour in the United States to promote her upcoming album entitled Helli Ya Dama'a (Come On, My Tear).
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Cottage Cheese and Egg Breakfast Muffins with Mushrooms and Feta Cheese
(Makes 12 small or 6 large muffins, recipe adapted from Cottage Cheese Muffins at 101 Cookbooks, original recipe by Rose Elliot.)
I highly recommend Silicone Baking Cups for this recipe, either large or small. If you don't have silicone muffin tins, be sure your pan is sprayed well with non-stick spray or olive oil or you'll have a very hard time getting these out of the pan. You could use foil muffin cups sprayed with non-stick spray in a regular muffin pan.
8 oz. cremini mushrooms, diced into 1/4 inch pieces (about 2 cups diced mushrooms)
2 tsp. olive oil (more or less, depending on your pan)
1/3 cup low fat cottage cheese
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup white whole wheat flour
2/3 cup almond meal (or grind 2/3 cup unsalted almonds in a food processor, which will give a slightly chunkier texture)
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. Spike Seasoning (optional but highly recommended, or use another all purpose seasoning blend that's good with eggs)
4 eggs, beaten
3 T water
1/2 cup crumbled feta
2 T sliced green onions
While mushrooms are cooking, combine cottage cheese, parmesan cheese, white whole wheat flour, almond meal, baking powder, Spike seasoning, eggs, and water in large plastic bowl. Stir together with large spoon.
When mushrooms are done and slightly cooled, gently stir mushrooms, Feta cheese, and green onions into batter. Spray individual silicone muffin cups or silicone muffin pans with non-stick spray if desired. If using individual muffin cups, place on cookie sheet. Fill muffin cups nearly full, dividing batter so cups are equally filled. Bake 25-30 minutes, or until muffins are slightly browned and firm. (I bake them slightly longer than 30 minutes because I like them nicely browned.
Serve hot or at room temperature. Can be stored in the refrigerator and reheated in microwave. Don't microwave more than 1-2 minutes.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
The amount of flour per muffins is minimal, so I would still consider this a low-carb recipe, but because of the flour, these muffins would be limited to phase 2 or 3 for the South Beach Diet. Use white whole wheat flour for South Beach. The muffins do contain a significant amount of fat from almond meal, Parmesan cheese, and Feta cheese, so be aware of that when planning other meals for that day if you're following South Beach. As long as you don't need it to be gluten-free, these muffins would make a good breakfast for most low-carb or low-glycemic eating plans.
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