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HealthGrades recently released its eight annual HealthGrades Annual Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence study and the results show that the top 5% of U.S. hospitals are improving faster than the rest of the field. The same top hospitals have a 29% lower risk-adjusted mortality rate, as well as a 9% lower risk-adjusted complication rate than other U.S. hospitals.
"This independent study of mortality and complication rates identifies an elite group of hospitals that are setting the benchmark for outstanding patient outcomes," said Rick May, MD, vice president of clinical excellence research and consulting for HealthGrades and an author of the study. "And what's extraordinary is that these hospitals are not standing still. In fact, the data show that they are continuing to improve their patient outcomes at a faster rate, reflecting a commitment to quality that stands as a model for all other hospitals."
The information on which these conclusions are based comes from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data for 26 patient outcomes at all 5,000 non-federal hospitals in the country from 2006 through 2008. Those hospitals that placed in the top 5% of all hospitals for risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates, and who qualified based on quality ratings, patient volumes, and types of care provided, were recognized as one of HealthGrades' Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence. This year, 269 hospitals received this distinction.
The 2010 study found that patients being cared for at one of the 269 facilities in the top 5% were less likely to have suffered an adverse event. In addition, HealthGrades estimates that more than 150,000 Medicare patients' lives could be saved at hospitals if each hospital were to provide the same quality of care as those hospitals in the top 5%.
Of all of the states, Delaware's hospitals ranked highest, with 50% of the state's hospitals making the list of Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence. Thirty-six states had at least one hospital representative in the top 5%.


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The first hearing of Turkey's biggest trial against members of the press started on Monday, involving 44 journalists, 36 of whom have been in pretrial detention since December, facing terrorism charges and accused of backing the illegal pan-Kurdish umbrella group, the KCK.
"This trial is clearly political," said Ertugrul Mavioglu, an investigative journalist. whose terrorism charges for interviewing a member of the KCK – which includes the Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK) – were dropped last December. "The government wants to set an example, it wants to intimidate."
More than 100 journalists are in jail in Turkey, more than in Iran or China, and many of these work for Kurdish media outlets. About 800 more face charges and numerous journalists have been fired or have had to leave their jobs because of pressure from the Turkish government.
In a recent speech, Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin compared writers and journalists to PKK fighters, saying that there was "no difference between the bullets fired in [the Kurdish southeast of Turkey] and the articles written in Ankara."
The government said none of the journalists on trial had been arrested for their work as members of the press, but because of alleged terrorist offences. However, the 800-page indictment includes a charge of "denigrating the state" against one journalist who wrote about sexual harassment at Turkish Airlines.
Another is on trial for exposing sexual abuse of minors in Pozanti prison in Adana. Other offending articles include interviews with a leader of the pro-Kurdish Freedom and Democracy party, and reports on casualties in the conflicts between the PKK and Turkish armed forces.

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Big John's Restaurant is set aside the soft sands of Lipa Beach. The varied menu includes the best in Thai cuisine, as well as a delicious selections of Western cuisine all prepared with the freshest of ingredients.
A casual beachside atmosphere prevails during the day, Big John's transforms itself from a spacious, sunny open air, dining experience in the afternoons to a romantically sultry evening restaurant offering luxury dining close to the beach. Tables are set on the sand, candles are lit,and guests enjoy fine dining into the night.
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Sept 11, 2012 – Nike Oshinowo Denies Romance With Prince Tokunbo Sijuwade
The latest rumour circulating round is that popular business woman, Nike Oshinowo's marriage is at the verge of breakup. www.naijagists.com
The rumour further stated Nike Oshinowo is dating Ooni of Ife's son, Prince Tokunbo Sijuwade.
Rumour mongers claimed Prince Tokunbo Sijuwade, now divorced was spotted hugging and deep-kissing Nike Oshinowo at Senator Daisy Danjuma's birthday party in Spain.
In an interview with Encomium magazine Nike has debunked the rumour.
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I was a guest at the event. There were many respectable and responsible Nigerians at the party. I sat at on the table with Gen. Danjuma and Daisy, Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, two of the Chagoury brothers and their wives.
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My name is Jessica Riley and I am the president of the Class of 2012.
On behalf of the class, I would like to thank the the faculty of Weston Public Schools. Ever since kindergarten, you have helped shape us into the people we are today, and that is something we will forever be in debt to you for.
I would also like to thank my class, not only for electing me to represent you all for our senior year in high school, but for being the class that I know and love. I can't even begin to describe what an amazing experience it has been to work with and represent you all this past year. As a class, we set the standards very high for classes to come — good luck Class of 2013. Weston High School is the number one school in Fairfield County. it is number two in the state. AND it is 163rd in the nation. The Class of 2012 helped make those statistics possible.
The town of Weston could not be more dedicated to our school system. The togetherness and community feel is definitely the thing I will miss most about our small town. We are able to come together in both difficult and joyful times to make a difference.
In the past few weeks, I have been dreading graduation. Thinking about this day was like thinking about having to go to the dentist. All I could think about was the little things I would miss most about our school. Being Doaked, listening to one of Coach Lato's famous speeches, shaking hands with Mr. Paul, listening to Brian over the announcements every day, parking AND trying not to get run over in the senior lot, and last, but not least, watching Ms. Wolak in awe because she has more energy than our whole class put together. Many of us still wonder how much coffee she drinks in the morning.
Although I will miss our community more than you can even imagine, I believe it is now our job to spread what the town of Weston has taught us to others. We need to spread the importance of teamwork, and sense of community. I wish my classmates the best of luck in whatever path they choose to follow.


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If plants did not defend themselves in some way, they would certainly be gobbled up by a whole suite of voracious predators ranging from little insects to large mammalian herbivores. Indeed, not only do plants defend themselves, they typically have more than one kind of defense. When a plant has several options, how does it choose? Does it allocate multiple defenses to the same tissues or defend different tissues in different ways?
Diane Wagner and colleagues from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, examined how two defenses--phenolic glycosides (a direct chemical defense) and extrafloral nectaries (an indirect defense)--were distributed among leaves of a plant in the trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) in Alaska. They found unique findings contradicting all expectations and published them in the April issue of the American Journal of Botany (http://www.
Diane Wagner has had a long-standing interest in extrafloral nectaries, or EFNs, which in general serve as an indirect plant defense. EFNs are found on the petiole at the base of a leaf and serve to attract insect predators who consume both the nectar produced by the plant and herbivorous insects that attack the plant.
"After noticing EFNs on aspen leaves about 7 years ago, I was surprised to find that very few biologists had studied their function in aspen," Wagner noted. Trembling aspen is common and widespread in North America and is a species of considerable aesthetic and ecological importance. So Wagner joined forces with Pat Doak, an insect population ecologist, to look at the functional significance of EFNs in trembling aspen. The study was funded by the National Science Foundation.
"The expression of EFNs in aspen is unusually variable," Wagner notes. "Some leaves within a plant express nectaries but others do not, and the frequency with which EFNs are expressed varies both within and among aspen stands. That variation was intriguing to us in several respects." On the other hand, as with many plants, trembling aspen direct more phenolic glycosides, a direct chemical defense, to the younger, more vulnerable leaves, and as they age and grow, fewer of the compounds are allocated to these ramets.
The authors reasoned that aspen leaves that possessed high concentrations of phenolic glycosides might not need extrafloral nectaries if the chemicals directly deterred the herbivores or if these secondary compounds were also present in the nectary and had a negative effect on the very insects the plant was trying to attract. To see if this might be the case, they assessed the presence of EFNs and phenolic compounds on leaves from different shoot positions from short and tall ramets across multiple sites.
"What we found was the opposite of what we expected," said Wagner. "Instead of segregating the two defenses, aspen plants tended to express both in the same set of leaves. Other leaves on the plant were relatively poorly defended, with no EFNs and concentrations of phenolic glycosides too low to be effective against the major herbivore in our study." Indeed, while shorter ramets and younger leaves had higher levels of phenolic gylcosides, the presence of EFNs was correlated unexpectedly with higher phenolic glycoside levels when other factors (i.e., leaf position) were controlled, and damage from leaf mining insects was not related to presence of EFNs.
The authors hypothesize that leaves with EFNs might need higher levels of chemical defenses because they might attract nectar-drinking herbivores who may also lay their eggs on the leaves. However, EFNs may provide a diffuse form of indirect defense that extends to all the leaves by attracting predators of herbivores onto the aspen ramet in general.
"Our study shows that the expression of biotic defenses such as EFNs can covary with expression of other types of defense, at least within individuals," Wagner concludes. "I think the most important take-home message of the study is that natural correlations between EFN expression and herbivory could be influenced by correlated defensive traits. Experimental approaches are necessary to disentangle the effects of these correlated characters."
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Support for Gov. Paterson is waning while his rival, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, gradually gets more support, according to a new poll by Siena College.
The poll found Cuomo would crush Paterson with 70 percent of the vote in a possible Democratic primary.
But these numbers don't come as a surprise.
"The governor at the moment has no political base," Siena poll spokesman Steven Greenberg said, according to the Daily News.
Even the president urged Paterson not to run for governor last month.
Meanwhile, Cuomo's numbers are up: Last month the poll showed Cuomo would win 66 percent to 20 percent.
According to the survey, Paterson's poll statistics are not likely to improve by much, even if he is able to bridge the $3 billion budget gap without raising taxes and cutting the budget.
The budget crisis makes this situation even more sticky for Paterson. The poll shows that 53 percents of voters are more likely to choose Paterson if he can balance the budget without raising taxes.
But 56 percent say they would not want to vote for him if he and the Legislature make major cuts in spending for health and education.
Even though Paterson's deficit reduction package does not include proposing new taxes, he is planning to cut $1 billion for health care and education.
As much as 75 percent of those polled don't think Paterson can bridge the budget gap by not cutting the budget.
It gets worse for Paterson, 58 percent of blacks would support Cuomo. Many Democrats prefer Cuomo to run for governor next year rather than Paterson.
"The governor is in a political lose-lose situation," Greenberg said. "It's very difficult for the governor to be fiscally responsible and politically strategic at the same time."
The poll found some good news for Paterson, however. Most New Yorkers don't blame him for the budget deficit. Only 13 percent say it is his fault.
But the bad news continues. Just 32 percent hopes he runs for governor and 21 percent hope he runs for Senate. A major chunk of pollster, about 43 percent, wishes that he bows out of the race for governor.


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Miley Cyrus is about to have a very big week. She's hosting and performing this Saturday on SNL and she's dropping her much talked about album BANGERZ next Tuesday. Not only that, her new documentary 'The Movement' premieres on MTV tonight!
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Miley is a pretty talented actress and she knows how to poke fun at herself. Her guest appearance on SNL is going to be huge for her! Tons of people will be watching (like me) to see what this controversial star is going to do.
So what do you think? Is Miley going to deliver an epic performance on SNL like Justin Timberlake did earlier this year? Either way the world will be talking about it. Looks like Miley's mission to be talked about and make a statement will continue!


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If you wanted to spend your lunch hour at The Coupe in Washington D.C. today (Jan. 10), chances are there was a bit of a wait. Not because of an influx of professionals flocking for a tasty meal, but because the President of the United States was lunching with five young professionals from the D.C. area.
One of those lucky people? Our very own Tommy McFly from 94.7 Fresh FM!
In an effort to call attention to the lack of young people registering for healthcare, Obama sat with five professionals who are working to promote the initiative. Sitting next to Tommy were four other young professionals who are advocates of the healthcare reform. They included executive director of the youth division of the Center for American Progress John Podesta, Young Invincibles representative Jasmine Hicks, Maryland small-business owner David Dimock and Andres Cruz, who assists D.C. residents in enrollment.
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I'll unveil a final field of 64 projection after the regional hosts are announced Sunday afternoon. With Saturday's action completed, here is my final prediction for national seeds and hosts (note: this is what I think the committee will do, not necessarily what I think it should do). We'll reference WarrenNolan.com's Ratings Percentage Index rankings, updated through Saturday's action.
National seeds:
1. Arizona State
2. Virginia
3. Florida
4. Texas
5. Coastal Carolina
7. Louisville
8. Georgia Tech
The top five national seeds are set in stone, in some order. The next three are less certain, but UCLA and Louisville both have top-eight RPIs and gaudy overall records, and those factors will weigh heavily with the committee. Georgia Tech sneaks into the last national seed thanks to a stronger RPI (No. 10) than Cal State Fullerton (No. 14), Auburn (15), South Carolina (18) or Texas Christian (19). Tech's 24-10 record against the top 100 is also the strongest of that group. Out west, Fullerton went 2-0 against UCLA this season, but both those wins came in midweek play, which does not have as much weight as weekend series. And UCLA has 14 wins against the top 50 compared to Fullerton's nine, a product of playing in a vastly superior conference.
Texas Christian, the only team in the nation that did not lose a weekend series all year, has a strong case to be a national seed over Georgia Tech after adding a Mountain West tournament championship to its regular-season title. But the committee loves the Ratings Percentage Index, so TCU will not earn a national seed with a No. 19 ranking in the RPI. Those two losses against Air Force are also certain to haunt the Frogs; the rest of the top 20 teams in the RPI have a combined one loss against teams outside the top 200.
Other hosts:
• South Carolina
• Auburn
• Texas Christian
• Cal State Fullerton
• Miami
• Oklahoma
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
Connecticut secured a hosting spot with its run to the Big East title game, improving its overall record to 47-13. An RPI of 22nd means UConn will host as a No. 2 seed; teams like Florida State, Vanderbilt and Clemson played stronger schedules, have better RPIs and more drawing power, but geographic diversity does matter to the committee—that's why Michigan hosted as a No. 2 seed in 2008, for instance.
We'll send Florida State to Norwich, Conn., as the No. 1 seed. Assuming UConn is safe as a host, that leaves FSU, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Clemson and Vandy competing for the last two hosting spots. Oklahoma finished very strong down the stretch, and keeping in mind the pro-Big 12 bend of the committee's field a year ago, it's hard to imagine the Sooners being sent on the road. Florida State, Vanderbilt and Clemson have very similar resumes to each other, but the Seminoles helped themselves more in their conference tournament, so let's take the Commodores and Tigers off the board. Arkansas also had a poor showing in its conference tournament, but the Hogs won a critical series at Vanderbilt last weekend, giving them the tie-breaker.
That leaves Arkansas and Florida State vying for one spot. The Hogs finished the season with a whimper, dropping 10 of their last 15 games, including an 0-2 showing in the SEC tournament. Neither team has a geographic advantage over the other; Arkansas is in the same region as Oklahoma, but Florida State is in the same region as Auburn, Georgia Tech and the two other Sunshine State hosts. Each team would be the fourth host in its respective conference, and the committee has simply been kinder to the SEC than it has to the ACC (see yesterday's post about the four ACC teams that finished in the top 10 in the RPI getting sent on the road in the last five years). Maybe Florida State is more deserving of a host spot because it did not finish the season as cold as Arkansas (the Seminoles rebounded from their lone hiccup at Clemson last weekend with a run to the ACC title game), but if we're trying to predict what the committee will do, the smart money is on the SEC team getting the benefit of the doubt and the ACC team packing its bags, especially since the SEC is the top-rated RPI conference and the ACC is No. 3.


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While the Prohibition Party gained votes in the 1876 election over 1872, its vote total was still miniscule. The party worked to organize state affiliates during the Hayes presidency, and in the midterm election of 1878 the party offered 56 candidates (17 in NY and 13 in OH, 26 in 7 other states). The party did not exist at the time in the former Confederate States and was weak in New England.
In the spring of 1880, party leaders in several northern states held state conventions to choose delegates to the national convention. State conventions were held in MA on 4/20 [NYT 4/21], NY on 4/20 [NYT 4/13], CT on 4/21 [NYT 4/22], and PA on 5/20 [NYT 5/21]. In these conventions, the party's initial constituency was clear: religious leaders and women. A local convention in Middletown NY nominated a slate of women to run for school board, and the minority Democrats endorsed them rather than running their own slate [NYT 3/9/1880].
3d Prohibition Party National Convention
The 3d Prohibition Party National Convention was held in Halle's Hall in Cleveland OH. There were 142 delegates present from eleven states; OH, MA, and PA were fully represented, and partial delegations appeared from AR, CT, IA, MI, MN, NJ, NY, WV, and WI. The Arkansas delegation represented the first Southern state party to be organized.
The convention heard many speeches, the most important of which were delivered by A.A. Miner, the convention chairman, and James Black, the 1872 presidential nominee.
The platform mainly set forth the argument for the abolition of the sale of alcoholic beverages. It stated "it is an accepted truth that alcoholic drinks are poisonous and hurtful, increasing disease, deranging the intellect, and producing baneful effects on posterity." The party sought congressional action first in the territories and in DC. It charged the Republican Party with "permitting an annual waste to the Nation of $1,500,000,000 and the sacrifice of 100,000 lives through the liquor traffic." The Democratic Party was cited for its plank of 1876 against national prohibition. The platform also called for women's suffrage.
The convention unanimously nominated Neal Dow for president and Henry A. Thompson for vice president [NYT 6/18/1880].
The Campaign of 1880
Dow, who had not attended the convention, wrote a letter accepting the nomination on 7/20. In this letter, printed in the New York times on 7/21/1880, Dow said "I consider the objects of the Prohibitionists of this country to be of supreme importance to the interests of the Nation and the people. Aside from its bearing upon the moral and religious welfare of the people, I consider the suppression of the liquor traffic to be an object of far greater political importance than any other now claiming the attention of the country."
State parties met in the summer to nominate their local candidates. The Massachusetts convention on 9/8 was the first in history to have an equal number of men and women delegates [NYT 9/9/1880]. The Prohibition Party worked to recruit candidates for all levels in 1880. While it only sponsored 50 candidates for US House, the party contested 11 states and had full slates in CT, MN, and NH.
Just before the election took place, Republican newspapers ran an article stating that Dow planned to vote for Garfield. They had discussed for months that the Prohibition vote came primarily from the ranks of the Republican Party, and in a close race such as that of 1880, even a small number of votes could make a difference. So when Dow told a friend that he "most earnestly wish success to General Garfield," the Republican press ran with the story that Dow was effectively out of the race [NYT 10/29/1880].
The 1880 Election
Dow's supposed endorsement of Garfield just five days before the election was a severe blow to the Prohibition Party. He improved upon G.C. Smith's 6,743, receiving 9,674 votes, a 40% increase. Though the congressional candidates were all defeated, none of them had been expected to win.
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The bestselling author of Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel surveys the history of human societies to answer the question: What can we learn from traditional societies that can make the world a better place for all of us?
"As he did in his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond continues to make us think with his mesmerizing and absorbing new book." Bookpage
Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and… (more)
This book reminds you how important geography is, but it also unwittingly reminds you how important history and culture are, and how certain core conceptions — our notions of individual agency, our assumptions about time and space, our moral intuitions about killing and individual dignity — have been shaped by our civilizations.
Leaving aside the weak arguments and the dreary exposition, there are periodic nuggets of fascinating research that do tell us more about who we are and why we came to be this way. But they are too few and too far between.
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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Sen. Kay Hagan has been traveling the state on her "Fighting for our Future" budget listening tour. The senator says she wants to hear directly from North Carolinians about common sense solutions to reduce our deficit and put the nation's fiscal house in order.
Next week, Hagan will make the fourth and final stop on her tour in New Hanover County. The event is Friday, July 8, at 11:15 a.m. at the McKeithan Center at Cape Fear Community College's North Campus.
The roundtable-style listening session will also include UNCW Senior Economist Dr. Woody Hall; Linda Pearce, Director, Elderhaus Adult Day Health Center; Dr. Wade Watanabe, UNCW Research Professor; and Steve Smith, Retired USMC & Chaplain, Onslow County Special Incident Response Team.
Next week Hagan will also hold several "Conversation with Kay" sessions with constituents in southeastern North Carolina. Constituents can come meet with Hagan to talk about their concerns. Her constituent services staff will be on site to help people navigate issues with federal agencies, such as the VA, IRS or Social Security Administration.
Thursday, July 7, Hagan will meet with constituents at the Bladen County Courthouse at 106 East Broad St. in Elizabethtown from 11 a.m to noon. Her staff will be available from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
From 12:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. Hagan's staff will be at Southeastern Community College, Building T, Room 120, 4564 Chadbourn Highway in Whiteville. The senator will be there 1-2 p.m.
The next stop is at Brunswick Community College, 50 College Road in Bolivia. Staff available 2:30-4:30 p.m. while Hagan meets with constituents 3-4 p.m.
"Conversations with Kay" wraps up Friday, July 8 in Burgaw. Hagan will meet with constituents 2-3 p.m. Her Constituent Services staff will be on site 1:30-3:30 p.m. That session is at the Pender County Administrative Building, County Commissioners Meeting Room at 805 S. Walker St.


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Tail/Shuck - Angel Hair
Rib - Lagartun X-Fine wire - Silver
Tied by Swirlchaser
Hook: Tiemco 2457 (?)
Thread: Olive
Tail: 2 Fibbettes, splayed
Body: Green dubbing
Wing: White poly
Thorax: Olive green dubbing
Krystal Flash Midge
Tied by Famill00
Hook: nymph
Gills (Rear and at head): White poly
Body: Black Krystal Flash wound up shank
Thorax: Dark brown dubbing
Red Mercury Midge
Tied by Mcnerney
Hook: Dai-Riki 125, size 20
Thread: 12/0 Red
Bead: X-small Quick Silver glass bead
Rib: Silver x-fine Lagartum wire
Flashback Zebra Midge
Tied by Flytyer123
Hook: Dry Fly
Thread: Black
Ribbing: Red wire
Body: Black thread
Thorax: Black dubbing
Pumpkin Head Midge
Tied by S fontinalis
Hook: Tiemco 2457 (?)
Bead: Orange
Tail: Pheasant tail fibers
Rib: Gold wire
Body:Peacock herl
Wing: White poly
Thorax: Black ostrich
Blood Midge Chironomid
Tied by Joni
Hook: Scud size 12
Thread Black UTC 70
Body: Burgundy UTC 70
Rib: fine copper wire
Wingcase: Pheasant
Thorax: peacock herl
Gills White ostrich
Coating over body: Sally Hansen's Hard As Nails
Hula Midge
Tied by Mudbug
Hook: Tiemco 2487
Bead: Black
Thread: Black
Rib: Silver wire
Body: Black thread
Wing: White Ostrich
Tied by Aroostookbaser
Hook: Dry fly
Thread: Olive
Tail: Lemon dyed mallard
Body: Green dubbing
WIng case: White poly
Thorax: Green dubbing
Emerging Midge
Tied by Darwin
Hook: Tiemco 2457 (?)
Thread: Black
Rib: Fine silver wire
Body: Black thread
Wing: 2 strands of pearl Krystal Flash
Thorax: built up area with thread
Halo Midge Emerger
Tied by Dean_Mt
Daiichi 1270, #20
Body: fine synthetic budding
Rib: x-small flat mylar, pearl
Wing buds: large-cell, closed foam
Orange deer hair spike
Moose Midge
Tied by peregrines
Hook: Tiemco 2487
Thread: Black Uni 8/0
Body: Moose mane fibers wrapped up shank
Flashback: Doubled strand of Blue/Gold Halo Flashabou
Cheeks: Doubled strand of red Krystal Flash tied along each side of thorax
Coating: 2 coats of epoxy or clear light cured resin (Bug Bond used here)
Thorax: built up with thread


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Faced with new statistics showing a dramatic drop in the number of impaired driving fatalities, the B.C. government is no longer planning a campaign to assure British Columbians that it is okay to drink - a little - and drive.
The government introduced what it called the country's toughest drunk driving laws last year, but three months after they came into effect, then-solicitor general Rich Coleman said they were proving to be too onerous.
Responding to complaints from the restaurant and bar industry about the damage to their business, Mr. Coleman announced plans last November to launch a campaign to counter what he called the "urban myth" that abstinence is the only way to legally drive in B.C.
"I think they don't understand they can go in and have a couple of glasses of wine with dinner and still leave and be okay," he said at the time. "The fear hit in such a way that they said they can't have a drink at all. That wasn't the intent."
That campaign never materialized.
New figures obtained from the ministry of the solicitor-general show the province has wildly exceeded its target in reducing drunk-driving fatalities.
The government hoped to reduce the number of fatalities by a third in three years.
In the first seven months, motor-vehicle deaths related to alcohol have dropped by 50 per cent. Between October of last year and April of this year, preliminary data shows 30 people have died. The five-year average for the same period prior to the new law was 61 deaths.
Mr. Coleman said in an interview that he now believes the law is working. "The efficacy has pretty much proven itself out," he said. He said he'd still like to see further analysis, but "obviously with that being down, something is working and I suspect it is this."
Ian Tostenson, president of the B.C. Restaurant and Foodservices Association, had been promised changes by Mr. Coleman. But he said he no longer expects that will happen.
Under new Premier Christy Clark, Mr. Coleman was shuffled to a new portfolio. And, Mr. Tostenson noted, Ms. Clark's "family first" agenda doesn't lend itself to watering down drunk-driving rules.
Mr. Tostenson said he has held further meetings with government but has accepted that the law is here to stay.
"There is no way the government is going to do anything," he said. "I plan a bit better, our kids will drive us or we'll take a taxi. … It still hurts but people have adapted."
The new law, which came into force last September, gives police the authority to impose tougher roadside penalties for drivers who refuse a breath sample or are found with a blood-alcohol level over the legal limit of 0.08 per cent. Drivers face an immediate, 90-day driving ban and a $500 fine, plus their vehicle can be impounded for 30 days.
The new rules also created a "warning" category for drivers with blood-alcohol levels between 0.05 and 0.08 per cent. Penalties include an immediate, three-day driving ban and a $200 fine for a first-time offence. In both cases, drivers will pay more to restore their driving privileges, up to $4,060 after any roadside suspension.
RCMP Superintendent Norm Gaumont, head of Lower Mainland District Traffic Services, said there is little doubt the new regulations have been effective in improving road safety in B.C.
"I can't think of any other legislation where we saw such an immediate change in driving behaviour," he said. And it appears to be sustained: In the first six months of 2011, in the lower mainland, seven people were killed in alcohol-related crashes. The five-year average for the same period was 21 deaths.
"Certainly we are seeing the results."
Between September 20, 2010 and April 30 of this year, there have been more than 10,000 vehicle impoundments for alcohol-related prohibitions provincewide. Roughly 20,000 24-hour roadside suspensions have been handed out in the same timeframe.


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In A Life Like Mine: How Children Live Around the World, we are introduced to 18 children from different continents, such as Mahasin and her family, nomadic cattle herders in Sudan. Mahasin is nine years old and attends a traveling school for children. When she's not learning lessons, she likes to weave baskets and help her mother and sisters cook their staple meal, asida, a dish of vegetables and grains mixed with spices. We also meet Isa, age 10, who lives in Sierra Leone and was taken by fighters in the country's civil war for two years. Now he is back with his family, attending school, planting a few crops, and playing checkers with his friends. The stories and photographs of these children's lives are fascinating and will appeal to any child who wonders how the world's children are alike and different.
So, we all know the fairy tale of the Princess and the Pea, right? She shows up at a castle late one night in the middle of a snowstorm. The prince falls in love with her beauty (evident even under the wet, bedraggled appearance), but the king and queen want to make sure she is a real princess. So, they put a single pea under a pile of 20 feather mattresses and wait to see if she notices. And, sure enough, the real princess emerges in the morning bruised and sore from the tiny pea. The prince and princess get married and live happily ever after. Except...well, did you ever think what it would be like to live with someone like that? Someone who couldn't even stand a pea under her mattress? What about when she was hot? Disappointed? Challenged by some problem?
The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas, by Tony Wilson, takes the traditional Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and stands it on its head. Prince Henrik doesn't like the idea of marrying a princess who is sensitive. His brother is married to a very real, very high-maintenance princess who complains day and night about things that don't suit her. Frankly, it's a drag being around her, let alone married to her.
After marrying a rancher, former Los Angeles food snob and vegetarian Ree Drummond found herself in the Oklahama countryside as a ranch wife and mom to four kids, all with big, meat-loving appetites. She set out to "create delicious food - food that would allow me to tickle my cooking fancy, but still make the cowboys' heart go pitter pat." Drummond started a food blog called The Pioneer Woman, where she posted step-by-step directions to a number of delicious recipes, starting with "How to Cook a Steak." Drummond's mouthwatering recipes, combined with her witty comments and lovely photographs, skyrocketed in popularity, which led to her first book, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl.
When I was in school, we often had to memorize and recite a poem to the class. Some of these poems have stuck with me even as an adult, and I always feel a sense of accomplishment when I can remember one. Memorizing poetry is like a game - you challenge yourself to master the poet's words and rhythm. Once you do, you are likely to remember it for a long time. One of my kids memorized this short poem from the collection and recited it at dinner the other night when we were having peas:
I eat my peas with honey
I eat my peas with honey
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on the knife.
Yes, we all tried our peas with honey after this...and they do taste funny.
Mary Ann Hoberman, Children's Poet Laureate from 2008-2010, chose 123 poems to make up Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart because they are "memorable," which she points out, has two meanings: "easy to remember" and "worth remembering." Some are short, like the pea poem above, and some are longer challenges, like Edward Lear's The Jumblies. There are poems about beasts, families, food, nature, and more. There are poems from famous writers (Roald Dahl), favorite poets (Shel Silverstein), and some I had never heard of. Emberley's pictures are lively and colorful and make the entire book a pleasure to browse.
Halfway through this spring, during a week of practically living out of our minivan and eating dinners on the run due to a parade of soccer games, drama rehearsals, and tae kwon do practices, I said to myself, "Enough. I want to get off this ride!" I picked up Putting Family First: Successful Strategies for Reclaiming Family Life in a Hurry-Up World, by William Doherty and Barbara Carlson, and devoured it in the next 2 days. Doherty and Carlson first trace the evolution of the overscheduling of today's kids and then provide concrete steps for reclaiming family time. I found myself nodding along to almost every chapter and came away with some great suggestions for how to streamline our outside commitments and reconnect as a family.
Doherty points out there are positive reasons why kids are busier today - like more opportunities to choose from - but also several that are negative, like more intense sports schedules, fear that children will be left behind if they don't engage from an early age, and parental guilt due to long work schedules. Whatever the reasons, Doherty stresses that the end result is that "the adult world of hypercompetition and marketplace values has invaded the family." What to do about it? The first step is to slow down and reconnect over family meals, optimally four times a week or more. The second is to reclaim bedtime as a soothing ritual. And the third step is to look critically at the schedule, cut back on outside obligations, and find time to "hang out as a family."
Did you know that the Cinderella story is one of the world's oldest fairy tales? The first version can be traced back to ninth-century China and was written about a heroine named Yeh-shen. Today, more than 1500 versions of the tale exist, many with a unique twist. I recently enjoyed what I consider to be the most singular version of Cinderella that I have ever come upon in Cinder by Marissa Meyer.
Cinder Linh is a cyborg – part human, part robot – who knows nothing of her birth parents or history. She is a ward of her evil stepmother, Adri, who relies on Cinder's extraordinary talent as a mechanic to support the family all the while vilifying Cinder at every opportunity. Together with two stepsisters, Pearl and Peony, they live in technologically advanced, post-World War IV "New Beijing." Unfortunately, New Beijing is threatened by an airborn plague called letumosis, which strikes at random and has an almost 100% fatality rate.
In The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson, Princess Elisa is sixteen years old and getting married to a man she has never met – King Alejandro from neighboring country Joya d'Arena. Although plump Elisa often feels commonplace and dowdy, she is widely considered singular because she was chosen to bear the Godstone, a once-in-a-century occurrence. The living stone nestled in her navel marks her as God's chosen one with a special destiny. Elisa has spent her years in Brisadulce living in her older sister's shadow and studying the Scriptura Sancta in relative peace. Upon leaving, she is about to be thrust into a world of political intrigue and omnipresent danger for which she is ill prepared.
"Simple living is about living your life with a purpose that aligns with your values. It's about enjoying the things you love and care about and not stressing over the things that don't matter."
I love reading about new systems for meal planning, housekeeping, and productivity….but when it comes time to implement them, I often get lost in the details and quickly return to my previous, imperfect system. Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living by Tsh Oxenreider goes beyond the checklists: "…at the foundation of this book is the idea of redefining simplicity…I want to help you find what simple living looks like for you." Oxenreider does this by gently guiding the reader through several reflective steps, like creating a family mission statement, evaluating your family's current commitments, and making a plan to get and stay out of debt. Then she provides concrete, action steps for decluttering, cleaning, and organizing your physical space.
While I love the idea of purchasing only organic and sourcing all of our food from local farmers or venues, it simply never seemed like a realistic option for our large family of 6 either in terms of practicality or finances. But it doesn't require an outpouring from your pocketbook to become appreciative of local and seasonal food. Sometimes, it's as easy as casting a few seeds into the dirt.
When we planted our first vegetable garden and I tasted my inaugural Brandywine tomato, I was completely hooked. Holding a warm tomato fresh off the vine that tasted like some sort of ambrosia of the gods was life changing. That summer, I ate my way through plates of Brandywine, Costoluto Genovese, and Black Krim tomatoes. I grew ronde de nice and adorable pattypan squashes and learned a million different ways to serve squash. I discovered the amazing varieties of eggplants and made ratatouille with our abundance. I fell in love with the amazing variety of seeds and plants offered by such suppliers as The Seeds of Change, The Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, and The Cooks Garden.
Now you can download even more content to your devices for free with your library card!
The library has added downloadable audiobooks to its OverDrive selection at http://overdrive.librarypoint.org.
Choose from more than 230 titles, including such bestsellers as The Paris Wife by Paula McLain and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (our featured "Big Read" book).
There are titles for children, teen, and adult audiences.
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As many of us know, Mexican beers are often served with a slice of lime wedged in the top of the bottle -- the drinker is supposed to shove the lime into the bottle and turn the bottle over to mix it with the beer. It's not an exact art, and often the beer and lime juice mix can splash all over the shirtless poolside drinker.
Although this can seem fun and even flirtatious, as evidenced by the Corona commercials that show attractive people squirting limes at each other, the potential result is an unsightly skin condition.
It's no joke -- the clinical term for the condition is called "Mexican Beer Dermatitis," and it's being reported in the Archives of Dermatology. The skin develops brown spots and discoloration, and it can stay for months.
The culprit is a substance called psoralen, which is present in limes and also lemons. It makes the skin more sensitive to UVA light. According to the report's author, dermatologist Scott Flugman, this happens a lot with people like bartenders who work outdoors with limes.
The best thing to do if you splash some lime or lemon on yourself? Wash it off, or if you are too lazy to get up, throw a towel over it.


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Huge Eagles and Sixers fan. I also will follow the Flyers, Phillies and Soul, but no where close as the Sixers and Eagles. College Football is Joe Pa and the Nittany Lions. College Basketball, you can't go wrong with 'Nova. It's all Philly sports.
I write mainly Sixers/NBA, but may chime in with some Eagles, Penn State or Villanova.
I've had some of my NBA/Sixers writing find its way onto NBA on TNT's website, as well as USA Today.
Check out 2minutestomidnightgreen.com for my Philly articles and much more Eagles and Sixers news. Site run by Bleacher Reports own, Bob Cunningham. Make sure to visit and spread the word!
Check out my mock draft
2009-10 eastern confrence mega preview, breaking down every team in the east, don't be scared by the article length.
finally the Answer has find a home, however is it a good fit.
everybody knows who the contenders are, but what about the middle of the road teams. i'll give you some insight to the eastern confrence's middle of the road teams, hope you check it out.
I know you are a big NBA fan and if you are a true NBA then you know of the travesty that is currently happening in Oklahoma City. I am not talking about the Sonics moving there, I am talking about Kevin Durant being held captive on that team.
The team is stuck in a perpetual cycle of rebuilding. How are they going to resign all those high draft picks? They can't offer everyone one of those guys over $10M a year and if they sign Durant to the max offer of $14M a year, which they'll have to, then they cannot afford to sign a good supporting cast to help him win.
So, what I am asking for you is to come help me out with FreeDurant.com and write little posts about why it would be great for Durant to come to your city and help your team win a championship.
If you are interested go here: http://www.freedurant.com/about there is an email link on the bottom of that page.
Let's create a storm to get Durant out of OKC to a place where he can win a championship!
And the site is going to be going through some revamp soon, just taking a while to get the graphics done.
Jarvis Moss calls it quits?
can you check this out.
Hey can you check out my latest article.
Everyone loves Mark Cuban, did you know that he was even a disco dance instructor in high school? Lol. He is featuered in this article.
Check out how one play in 2008 changed NFL history forever:
Yao Ming has elected to have season ending surgery, what does this mean for the Rockets


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An Arizona-based software company has rented office space in Las Colinas for its new regional headquarters.
JDA Software Group Inc. leased 51,623 square feet in at 500 East John Carpenter Freeway in Irving. The 8-story building is owned by an affiliate of Dallas' Spire Realty Group.
"The central location and amenity–rich office environment of Las Colinas has been on our short list for our new Texas headquarters," Rusty Hagemann, JDA vice president, said in a statement.
Andrew Schendle and Allison Johnston of Spire Realty Group negotiated the lease with John Roper of CBRE Group.
Scottsdale-based JDA provides software for supply chain, merchandising and retail store operations to companies worldwide.


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The first was for my Giants football and Mets loving grandson. The material used was from the NFL. A lot of cutting to get the symbols. The orange stars are for the Mets.
The second was a birthday gift for a 5 year old grandson. The planes were separate pieces all sewn on individually.
The last one I just gave to my almost 12 year old granddaughter. This is the first time really doing some free form quilting.


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Jane Gunn Corley
Funeral services for Jane Gunn Corley, age 70, of Ruston, LA will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, February 3, 2014 at First Baptist Church in Ruston. Officiating the service will be Dr. Chris Craig, Rev. Andy Johnson, and Rev. Dudley Poda. Visitation will begin at 12:30 P.M. until service time at the church.…read more
Jane Gunn Corley
Funeral services for Jane Gunn Corley, age 70, of Ruston, LA will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, February 3, 2014 at First Baptist Church in Ruston. Officiating the service will be Dr. Chris Craig, Rev. Andy Johnson, and Rev. Dudley Poda. Visitation will begin at 12:30 P.M. until service time at the church. Interment will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Ringgold, LA under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston.
Mrs. Corley was born on September 15, 1943 in Tallulah, LA and died February 1, 2014 in West Monroe, LA following a lengthy illness. Jane was a member of First Baptist Church in Ruston and was a member of the Newcomers, First Baptist Church WMU, and Piney Hills Quilters Guild. She is preceded in death by her parents, M.O. and Kathlyn Edmonson Gunn; and her brother, Eddy Gunn.
Jane is survived by her husband, Tony Corley, Sr. of Ruston; sons, Tony Corley, Jr. and wife Cynthia of Boutte, LA; Timothy Corley and wife Tabitha of Savannah, GA; four grandchildren, Tony III, Victoria, Adam, and Aaron; her mother-in-law, Macie Martin of Jonesboro, LA; brother, Sammy Gunn and wife Dianne of Quitman, LA; and a host of other family and friends.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Ruston Library.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.comhide
Date: Monday, February 3, 2014
Time: 12:30 pm - 02:00 pm
First Baptist Church – Ruston, LA
Date: Monday, February 3, 2014
Time: 02:00 pm
First Baptist Church- Ruston, LA
Date: Monday, February 3, 2014
Pleasant Grove Cemetery- Ringgold, LA
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Tony and family, So sorry to hear of Janes passing however knowing Janes relationship with The Lord-I know she is where he has lived all Her life to be-at the feet of Jesus and experiencing all there is to know bout Heaven! I remember when yall moved to Luling and i was in yalls youth group at church-looking back now I remember how in love yall were and how excitied yall were about yalls new house where we had so many church gatherings. Mom and I ran into Jane about 3 years ago at Walmart and they had a very happy reunion. Im glad they got to visit. My parents-George and Lovie Myers are both in Heaven-Dad 3-7-2003 and Mom 7-25-2013. I know Mom met Jane and they are probably talking about WMU stuff still as they both had a passion for Missions! Know that I will be praying for you and your family during this time of incredible grief.
Friends from Luling
We lift you and your family up to the Lord in this time of grief. We pray the Lord will comfort you as you need and when you have no answers to all the questions 'why', know that God is by your side. He is aware of your feelings and knows the great loss you face. Just place your trust in His eternal love, for there, you will find His grace. Remember these words by Hans Christian Anderson as you go from here; "A human life is a story told by God".
Tony, I am so sorry to hear about the loss of Jane. You and your family have my deepest sympathies. May God bless you and keep you in his loving care during this difficult time.
Tony, I am sorry for your loss. My prayers are with you and family
Tony, I am so sorry for the loss that you and your family are experiencing. Jane will certainly be in your daily thoughts and prayers and in my prayers as well.
Tony, I am so sorry for the loss that you and your family are experiencing. Jane will certainly be in your daily thoughts and prayers and in my prayers as well.
Mr. Corley a candle has been lit today in the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans in memory of Ms. Jane. Please except my heartfelt sympathy.
Tony, our thoughts and prayers are with you and the family at this time.
Tony, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time.
Dear Tony, I'm so sorry to hear of your wife's passing. Our prayers are with you and your family. May you find comfort in the days to come through the wonderful memories you shared together. "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him". Psalms 28:7 Cathy Gordon and Family
Mrs. Jane was one of the kindest people I have ever known. She never judged myself, or any of Tim's friends, based on our appearance, but rather, on our character. My thoughts are with Mr. Tony, Tony Jr, Tim and the whole family during this difficult time.
Tony, I am truly sorry to hear of Jane's passing. You and your family will be in my prayers.
Tony, Ella Rae and I were deeply sadden to hear of Jane's passing. Although there is no doubt she is with the Lord, there must be a deep void in your heart after having such a great companion for so many years. Please know that Ella Rae and I are praying for you, Tony Lee and Timothy. We will always cherish the precious memories of this wonderful Christian lady who's life was defined by the fruits of the Spirit.. We will remember Jane as one who was obviously devoted to her Lord, her husband, family, friends, church and community. May God's presence bring special comfort to your heart during the coming days. We Love You, Mack & Ella Rae Roberts
Dear Tony, Tony Lee and Tim, Our hearts are saddened by the loss of Jane, truly a very special person and one we will forever remember. Our prayers are with you and your loved ones at this most difficult time. We love you and will be in contact shortly. Mr. Charlie & Mrs. June
Dear Tony and family. We are so sorry to hear of Jane's passing. We loved her and she was our precious friend. We are keeping you in prayer. Our love and sympathy.
Jane was a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, a teacher, and a friend to many. She fulfilled all of these roles with love and humility. While here on this earth with us, Jane, like the Apostle Paul, ran the good race and fought the good fight. We are certain that Jesus received her into the place that He had prepared for her with a broad smile and the warmest hug that she ever experienced. She was a dear friend, and we will miss her.
Jane was a person who made our community a better place. She was always friendly and greeted you with a smile. We will miss her. Ben & Rebecca


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Preparations in place for World Series
Gates will open three hours before first pitch on game days
By Kelly Thesier / MLB.com
Roger Bossard, the White Sox head groundskeeper, stood close by supervising as they began to stencil the outline of the World Series logo on the grass of U.S. Cellular Field.
The placement of the official logos on the field is just one of the many steps that the White Sox have undertaken to prepare for hosting their first World Series in 46 years.
Preparing to host such a large event has made for countless, long hours for club employees, but it's something that each is looking forward to -- but maybe none more than Bossard himself.
Bossard is in his 39th year with the White Sox and this will mark his first World Series. Being on the grounds crew on the South Side is the family business for Bossard, whose father Gene was the head groundskeeper before him.
The last time that the Sox hosted a Fall Classic, Bossard was 10 years old and didn't quite understand then what it meant to be a part of it.
"I have great memories of '59 and being there, but I didn't know just how special," Bossard said. "The first thing I thought about when they won the other night was my dad, because my dad was here for the last one. I can remember him telling me how special it was, but until you're really there, you don't realize it. Now that I'm here, I realize it. It's a chance of a lifetime."
Besides the increased media attention and national focus on the White Sox, not much will change with the arrival of the World Series.
White Sox vice president of communications Scott Reifert said that the park is ready to go right now with most of the preparations being completed when the team hosted the American League Championship Series.
"All of the preparations that were made to host the LCS are the same that go into hosting a World Series," Reifert said. "The Division Series is a bit different -- more like a big Cubs-Sox weekend -- but things have been ready here to host a World Series game since Day 1 of the LCS."
Despite almost everything remaining the same, there are a few slight changes the team has made for the big weekend. One of those changes will be to open the gates at 3:30 p.m. CT on game days, three hours before first pitch, to make sure that fans can arrive in time to not miss any of the pregame activities. Along with the earlier opening of the gates, parking lots will also open an hour earlier.
"We wanted to make sure that people could get out to see batting practice and take part in all the ceremonies that surround such a special event," Reifert said.
Hosting such an event also has thrown a few kinks into activities that would normally be taking place this time of the year. Bossard was busy working on the logo for the field on Wednesday but his original plans for this date had him planting a new field.
The grass at U.S. Cellular has been there for seven seasons and Bossard has marked this season as the one he would install a new field. Bossard has been in the process of creating a new grass along with Dr. Hank Wilkinson, a turfgrass professor at the University of Illinois. The grass has been in the planning stages for 4 1/2 years and the new grass should hold up better in hot conditions like Chicago experienced this summer.
"With what's going on with the World Series now, I have to hold off until next year," Bossard said. "Obviously, I say that with a smile on my face as this is my 39th year and this is what I've been waiting for. The replacing of the grass and rebuilding of the dirt can definitely wait one more year."
Bossard is also being careful not to change anything from his usual routine to mess with the field. He said that the condition of the field seems to be exactly the way the players like it, and that's how he'll keep it.
"I'm not changing anything," Bossard laughed. "I don't want any bad hops"
The only thing that might change though is Bossard's travel schedule. With his hesitancy to leave his field during such a busy time of the season, Bossard has yet to make a road playoff trip with the club, but that may change this time around.
If the Sox are up 3-1 and have a chance to win the World Series in either Houston or St. Louis, Bossard said there is no doubt that he will leave his precious field behind for a day.
"I'm gone," Bossard said with a smile. "I'm gone."
Kelly Thesier is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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In its New Year's issue, The Nation, that old-line, hard-fighting, New York-based liberal weekly, ran a front-page editorial in favor of Molly Ivins's running for the U.S. Senate seat that'll be up for grabs shortly. The Nation listed as our heroine's short-form qualifications that (a) she might win, (b) she's an actual liberal Democrat, (c) she isn't Jim Mattox, Mike Andrews or Richard Fisher, and (d) she's funny as hell.
The Press has been able to confirm (b), (c) and (d).
As for (a): Liz Faulk, Ivins's loyal and literate assistant, supplied this quote from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: "The horror! The horror!" You read it here first.
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Press readers may remember a letter in our December 30 issue that decried a Jim Hightower column attacking organochlorines -- chemical compounds that some doctors and environmentalists suspect greatly increase the incidence of breast cancer. The letter complained about Hightower's "scare tactics" and "unsubstantiated and inflammatory 'factoids,'" and it cited several beneficial uses of chlorine products. It was signed by Karin Knapp and Diana Thomas but gave no phone number, address or other identification of the writers.
After running the letter -- which we wouldn't do now, because we've decided to require addresses and phone numbers from people who send us letters to be published -- we received an anonymous tip that Knapp and Thomas are PR flacks for the local Vista Chemical Company, which produces surfactant intermediates (chemicals used in laundry detergents and PVCs). Phone calls to the company, which has offices off the Katy Freeway just west of Dairy Ashford, confirmed that the two women are indeed employed there in, as Knapp put it, "employee communications."
"We do newsletters for employees, different bulletins for employees," Knapp said. "We do not write press releases for the corporate entity."
Thomas did not return our calls.
Knapp told us, "The information we gave in our letter is just as valid, if not more so, than the information in Jim Hightower's column. He did not disclose the source of his information. I think it's Greenpeace, and I think that's a valid piece of information that was left out of his column."
Hightower's research assistant confirmed that some of the information in the column did in fact come from Greenpeace. She also said Greenpeace doesn't contribute "one cent" to Hightower's salary.
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Knapp said she and Thomas wrote as "private citizens." "No one at the [Vista] company approved what we wrote," she said. "We did use information we have vis-a-vis our jobs. We wrote as women and private citizens, not employees of the company.
"People are assailing just about everything we do, but they're not using good facts. That is what we are asking people to do: Look at the facts, and just don't take at face value every scary thing you hear about cancer or anything else."
Or, we suppose, everything you read on the letters page.
By the way: "Chlorine, Human Health and the Environment: The Breast Cancer Warning," the report from which Jim Hightower took some of his information, is available by writing to: Greenpeace, 1017 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago IL 60607, or by calling Greenpeace at (312) 666-3305. The report costs $5 for shipping.
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Dizziness that really isn't and weakness that really isn't
This is the fourth day that I've been dealing with this sensation of weakness in arms and legs. They just feel weak, I can still do all the things I normally do with the same strength I normally do them with. My body just feels weird like my arms and legs might give out on me even though I can use them perfectly fine. I also have this sensation of not really dizziness or light-headedness just a feeling like swaying or being unsteady like I'm on a boat or something. I feel it all day long until I fall asleep. It doesn't get worse or better upon standing and I experience it when I'm sitting as well just not as bad. It does get worse when I close my eyes and sometimes I can feel my body swaying slightly when I do this. I have other symptoms that come and go, but these two remain constant. I had an episode like this earlier in the year and the doctor said it was probably an inner ear problem mixed in with a panic attack. This episode was much worse and lasted for an entire month. The only time I feel comfortable in my own body is when I'm laying down and I can't lay down all day every day forever. I don't want to go back to the doctor because he wasn't very helpful the last time and basically told me I was crazy. I was diagnosed with panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder a month or so after my first episode of this year. My concern is that this is so similar to the symptoms I had before and it's lasting a long time again and that it's something serious. I also know what my panic and anxiety disorder does to me. I'm very scared and was wondering if anyone else has dealt with this and was it due to anxiety or something else.
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I get the same thing. At work I constantly have to fight off the sudden flashes of dizziness. Also, the weakness portion. I find myself thinking if I am having muscle issues. I think these are several issues, one I think is breathing issues caused by stress. It is known that hyperventalation causes hands and feet to become weak and vibrate during anxiety. There might be some overbreathing issues without you realizing it (yawning too much, mouth breathing, sighing alot). Like a mild form of it throughout the day. Also, anxiety draws blood to the organs, so your circulation system might be drawing blood towards your organs more (cold hands,feet, etc..) For dizziness, go a market and try Meclazine (motion sickness pill) and see that helps some of it.
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adrenal fatigue
Re: Dizziness that really isn't and weakness that really isn't
I have the same exact thing, all day, most everyday! Very frustrating. Do you take any medication? I take Xanax as needed, and when I do take one, I feel completely normal except tired so I know its the anxiety.
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On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity" (The New York Times). Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.
About the Author
John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, in 1914 and lived there until 1925, when his family returned to the United States. He studied at Yale and Cambridge, served for a time as Sinclair Lewis's secretary, and then worked several years as a journalist. Beginning in 1947 he devoted his time mainly to writing fiction. He won the Pulitzer Prize, taught for two decades at Yale, and was president of the Authors League of America and Chancellor of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Hersey died in 1993.


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The following is a list of activities relating to our partner BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights in Nigeria.
BAOBAB For Women's Human Rights is a women's human rights organization, which focuses on women's legal rights issues under the three (3) systems of law - customary, statutory and religious laws in Nigeria. The organization evolved from an ad hoc group of activists, social scientists, lawyers, and specialists in Muslim laws and Arabic who were responsible for executing the Women and Laws Nigeria project, under the auspices of the International Solidarity Network of Women Living Under Muslim Laws from 1993 to 1996. In 1996, BAOBAB as presently constituted formally came into being. BAOBAB operates from a national office in Lagos and with outreach teams in 14 states across Nigeria and is considered one of the leading voices in Nigeria advocating against cruel and violent forms of punishments against women in the name of 'culture'.
The 8th of March of every year is a day set aside by the United Nations as International Women's Day (IWD). It is a day to recognise, celebrate and honour women's struggles and achievements in the past years and to call attention to other areas of concerns that are critical to women's life in particular and the society in general.
It's over four months now since the last general elections, but Nigerian women politicians and even stakeholders are yet to recuperate from the shock of its outcome. Unlike previous elections, women vied enmass for various political offices, but few of them got in! As a response to this fall which has also translated into an abysmal reduction in the representation of women in political offices(apart from the ministerial offices), the question of 'what went wrong?' has continued to take centre-stage at most women gatherings.


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I am an Indiana Resident!!!!!!
Found out today that under Indiana law, I can legally buy an Indiana resident hunting and fishing license even though my permanent address in in IL and I have an IL driver's license. For the purpose of hunting and fishing the Indiana DNR defines a resident as anyone who has lived in Indiana for sixty days prior to the purchase of the license. And one can use their social security card instead of their drivers license. This is how the DNR explained it.
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A resident is a person who has lived in Indiana continuously for a period of 60 days preceding the date of license or permit purchase. All others are non-residents."
"Therefore, if you have had your residence within Indiana for 60 days you qualify for a resident license. You can also use your social security number to purchase a license, you do not need an Indiana driver's license."
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How do they define "living" having a permanant address? My father has property in WI, IL and IN. Bounces around between the three properties, I wonder if he would qualify for one too.
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That is interesting. Im in IL, but have property in MI. I just drive thru IN, but I wonder if MI has a similar ruling.
I am up sometimes for several weeks - not 60 days though. Are you up that long or do you just pretend?
I'll have to check out the MI hunting rules.
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Just a "heads-up" --
Residency rules can be very complicated and variable. They are often somewhat different from State to State and for different purposes.
One can be a resident of State A for the purposes of a resident hunting license, but not for the purposes of resident tuition at a state college or for the purposes of buying a gun, etc.
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Some states also disallow a "resident" hunting license to "residents" (fulfil the requirements of being a resident) that already have a "resident" hunting license in another state. (like WA)
However, In WA your resident/non-resident concealed pistol license is exactly the same, just the address is different. And you can OC anyway, and even conceal without a permit if you are participating in a recreational activity (RCW 9.41.60)
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I qualify in spades!
Yes, under the Indiana rules as stated in my first post I am not a pretender, but legally qualify. I work in Indiana during the academic year, but spend my academic breaks and summer in IL. I own property in IN and pay state income tax. So yea, I can get a resident hunting and fishing license.
Now here is the other weird thing. I was at an IN DNR sponsored shooting range. A sign there said it had been determined that it was illegal to bring guns into Indiana from Illinois for the purpose of hunting or target shooting. I still haven't figured out where that comes from. Way crazy.
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In MI, owning prop dont make you a resident. They stress that.
I dont know the number of days that it takes to be a resident.
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Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems in Bethesda, MD received a $17.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for systems engineering and integration in support of Combat System Warfare Federated Tactical Systems (SWFTS). SWFTS is comprised of all submarine combat system subsystems, mainly consultation, command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C5I). This effort provides for the overall architecture integration of the subsystems to achieve a single total combat system for Naval Battlegroup interconnectivity.
Work will be performed in Manassas, VA (44%); Middletown, RI (12%); San Antonio, TX (8%); Groton, CT (7%); Woodbridge, VA (7%); Newport, RI (7%); Riverdale, MD (5%); Canton, IL (3%); Greensboro, NC (3%); Bethesda, MD (2%); North Waterford, CT (1%); Mystic, CT (1%), and is expected to be complete by December 2006. The contract was competitively procured and advertised on the Navy Electronic Commerce On-line website, with two proposals solicited and received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., issued the contract (N00024-06-C-6272).


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While this was a simply a technical test to see how well a time-lapse rig would do during a thunderstorm, it does show just how violent and unpredictable such weather can be over a five hour span of shooting in extreme weather. I was lucky enough to have the building overhang protect the lens from the elements, but it demonstrated just how important a good vantage point and proper protection of the optics will be for a real shoot at a remote location.
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A fire ignited 5,600 tons of stored rubber at a warehouse in Savannah, Georgia, spreading thick black smoke for miles but causing no injuries, an official said.
The fire broke out at a warehouse at the Port of Savannah's Ocean Terminal and was contained, said Claude Debnam, a dispatcher for Savannah Fire and Emergency Services.
Blocks of rubber were stored in the warehouse for use in the making of tires and other products, Debnam said.
Smoke drifted toward downtown Savannah and its historic areas, prompting an advisory to tourists and residents to stay indoors as much as possible, Debnam said.
Fire officials have not determined the cause of the blaze, Debnam said.
"As hot as rubber burns, it may be a couple days until they can get in there and find out what happened," said Debnam, a former volunteer firefighter. "It will be a mess over there." (Reuters)


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Talk Like a Pilgrim
"Good Morrow" "How Do You Fare, Goodwife?"
The Pilgrims talked a little differently than we do today. If you visit the Museum's 17th-Century English Village, you will notice that the townspeople say words you know in a funny way, or even say some words you don't know at all! That's because they are speaking in 17th-century English, not 21st-century modern English.
Here are a few examples of English words, greetings and phrases that were used back then. Practice them at home and you could talk like a Pilgrim too!
Instead of "Hi, how are you?" the Colonists might say:
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You actually managed to give this hot topic (for RPG geeks
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Two aspects are somewhat missing in your discussion, in my opinion. For me at least the party versus solo aspect has a much greater impact. Party games are much better suited to TB, because the presence of several figures with different capabilities and movement in a 2D or 3D placying field is what really enables strategy - the similarities to games like chess are obvious in that case. Combat in Jagged aliance towers above anything in Fallout for that very reason. Fallout combat was interesting enough, because you still have the element of choosing the most appropriate attack for your character and the opponents you face, but compared to party TB combat, that remains a fairly linear equation.
The second missing aspect is perspective. First person (or close 3rd person, like Gothic) perspectve single-player RPG games are usually solo games, so the above applies. But also are inherently unsuited for TB combat IMHO, becasue the view is "through your eyes" instead of "looking at a game" - which leads to an urge for immediate feedback in real time. Games that have combined both (e.g. realsm of Arkania) really do suffer from immersion breaking switches in perspective for me.
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