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Windows 8 is full of groovy nuggets of innovation. One of my favorites is the Sematic Zoom. This control is a container of two other controls – usually list controls. The first declares the UI when zoomed out. The second declares the UI when zoomed in. Simple.
Easy and Intuitive
To use Semantic Zoom, users performs a standard two-finger pinch-zoom. This manipulation is the natural gesture for touch users desiring to drill in or back out. The two-finger pinch-zoom originated in image applications, but there it was performing an Optical Zoom.
What about the mouse?
Everything that works for touch in Windows 8 works for the keyboard and mouse. This is a common concern when users see a touch demo – and it's a great answer to offer them back, there's a no-compromise experience for keyboard and mouse. Semantic Zoom is CTRL + Mouse Wheel.


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Neglected pup found abandoned outside Pinellas Park business
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Someone abandoned a sweet pup that was severely neglected outside a Pinellas Park business, police said. The male bulldog mix, somewhere between 5-10 years old, was likely left sometime between Sunday and Monday morning.
He was in poor shape, police said, with chain or collar marks around his neck, one eye was closed and crusted, and he had irritated skin all over his body. He was filthy and shivering from the cold and extremely malnourished.
While police search for whoever left the dog, an employee of the business where the dog was abandoned, Adam Clark, has come forward to help the dog and took him to the vet for help.
The vet said the dog had been living on concrete for a while, which is why he had hardened nodules on his hindquarters and irritated skin. Clark has named the pup "Andray."
Investigators say they have very few leads and are asking anyone with information about the dog and who could have done this to come forward.

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VistaNav-SSR UAS Monitors Wildfires with Mercury Computer Systems
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) announced that it was selected by the Remote Sensing Applications Center of the U.S.D.A. Forest Service to support two wildfire monitoring and forest mapping projects in 2007 with the VistaNav(TM)-SSR Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The Remote Sensing Applications Center, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, provides technical assistance to agency field units using advanced geospatial technology for improved monitoring and mapping of natural resources.
Carbon Design Systems Announces Automatic Model Generation Webinars
Carbon Design Systems, the leading supplier of tools for the automatic creation, validation and deployment of virtual hardware models, announced four upcoming webinars on automatic model generation for the CoWare(R), ARM and MIPS platforms. The first is scheduled for Tuesday, August 14, and will outline how automatic model generation is used with CoWare's Platform Architect design environment. A repeat of an earlier seminar, it is timed for the Asian market and will be held at 9:30 p.m. E.D.T. It will be repeated Tuesday, September 18, at 8 a.m. E.D.T. to accommodate European attendees.
Music Increases Automotive Bluetooth Adoption
The migration of Bluetooth for music streaming into the automotive and portable navigation markets is increasing automotive Bluetooth adoption. In fact, this wireless technology is set to account for 94 percent of in-vehicle communications system shipments by 2013, according to a new Strategy Analytics report, "Automotive Bluetooth: Heat Unit Integration and A2DP Present New Opportunities."
Sealevel Creates PCI Express 16-port RS-232 Serial I/O Board
Sealevel Systems, Inc. pioneers another first for the industry: a 16-port RS-232 serial I/O adapter designed for the new PCI Express bus design. "Sealevel is prepared to help our customers meet their I/O needs with the PCI Express bus. This new product, the COMM+16.PCIe, has the highest serial port count available for PCI Express," states Earle Foster, VP Sales and Marketing for Sealevel.
ADLINK Rolls Out Low-Power Geode LX 800 COM Module with SATA Support
ADLINK releases a new, low-power ETX-GLX COM based on the AMD(R) Geode(TM) LX 800 processor and CS5536 companion chipset. The ETX-GLX supports up to 1 GB DDR400 memory in a single SODIMM socket or can optionally be equipped with 128 MB or 256 MB DDR400 memory soldered on the module.
Tilcon Supports Curtiss-Wright SVME/DMV-183 SBC, SPMC/DPMC-704 PMC
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, and CompactPCI products, has announced that Tilcon Software has expanded its support of Curtiss-Wright hardware by offering their EVE user interface engine for use on the rugged dual-PowerPC-based SVME/DMV-183 6U VME single board computer (SBC) when combined with the SPMC/DPMC-704 Graphics PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC). EVE's dynamically reconfigurable user interface technology speeds and simplifies the development and integration of complex, multi-screen, multi-function graphical user interface applications into cohesive, user-friendly and distinctive user interfaces.
Leica Geosystems Unveils GMX902 GG GPS + GLONASS Receiver
With the Leica GMX902 GG, Leica Geosystems continues its commitment to developing accurate and reliable GNSS monitoring solutions. The Leica GMX902 GG is a high-performance GPS + GLONASS receiver, specially developed to monitor sensitive structures such as bridges, mines or high rise buildings and crucial topographies such as land slides or volcanoes. It provides precise dual frequency code and phase data up to 20 Hz, enabling precise data capture as the basis for highly accurate position calculation and motion analysis.
Quantum3D Names Director of NA Embedded Visual-Computing Software Sales
Quantum3D(R), Inc., a leading provider of Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS), open-architecture, realtime visual-computing products and solutions, announced that embedded-industry veteran Ray Niacaris has joined Quantum3D as Director of North American Embedded Visual-Computing (EVC) Software Sales. Mr. Niacaris will be responsible for the sales of EVC software, including IData(R) and FidelityVCF(TM), and coordinating major accounts and channels such as OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), VARs (value added resellers) and LSIs (lead system integrators). Mr. Niacaris will also support Quantum3D's existing sales representatives in their efforts.


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Savannah Chavez
Lakeside | Girls volleyball
Chavez tallied 10 kills on Tuesday as the Lancers beat Jurupa Valley Patriot 25-20, 25-17, 20-25, 25-23.
Julie Johnson
Elsinore | Girls volleyball
Johnson had 15 kills and four aces Thursday as the Tigers defeated Eastvale Roosevelt 32-30, 18-25, 25-20, 25-21 for a nonleague victory.
Taylor McMullen
Murrieta Mesa | Girls volleyball
The senior middle blocker had 10 kills, four aces and four blocks in the Rams' 25-12, 22-25, 25-22, 27-25 win over Heritage on Thursday.
Jamal Morrow
Heritage | Football
The senior rushed for 244 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries Friday night in a 35-32 loss to Great Oak.
Texie Petchel
Vista Murrieta | Girls golf
The Broncos sophomore was the medalist in two wins, shooting a 38 Tuesday against La Quinta and a 37 Thursday versus Temecula Valley. She also shot a team-best 37 in the Broncos' 199-207 loss to Palm Desert on Wednesday.
Shane Pico
Elsinore | Football
Pico ran for 225 yards on 17 carries and four touchdowns as Elsinore defeated Temecula Valley 53-29 for a nonleague victory Friday night.
Monika Poomcharoen
Great Oak | Girls golf
Poomcharoen shot a match-low 35 on Thursday as Great Oak defeated Murrieta Valley 205-257 for a nonleague victory at Temecula Creek Inn.
Kyle Ruhe
Great Oak | Football
The senior tight end had six receptions for 107 yards in Great Oak's 35-32 victory over Moreno Valley Rancho Verde on Friday night.
Amanda Sappington
Calvary Murrieta | Girls volleyball
Sappington tallied 13 kills in the Warriors' 21-25, 25-19, 25-22, 9-25, 12-15 loss to Western Christian on Tuesday.
Khalil Sharpe
Murrieta Mesa | Football
The 2011 All-CIF selection caught seven passes for 119 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns in the Rams' 33-10 win over Redlands Citrus Valley on Friday. Sharpe had a 56-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter.
Ryan Smith
Temecula Valley | Football
The senior running back gained 119 yards on 17 carries and scored two touchdowns in the Golden Bears' 53-29 loss to Elsinore.
Nick Stevens
Vista Murrieta | Football
Stevens threw for three touchdowns Friday and rushed for another score in Vista Murrieta's 59-14 rout of Redlands East Valley. The Colorado State-bound senior completed 11 of 17 passes for 187 yards.
Cassidy Wilson
Temecula Valley | Girls volleyball
Wilson tallied 15 kills as the Golden Bears swept Elsinore 25-15, 25-19, 25-12 for a nonleague victory Tuesday.


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Monday, March 16, 2009
Watchmen: Not Enough Sugar Cubes.
So I saw that Watchmen movie. It was okay. Overall I was impressed with how close it was to the source material, albeit to the shallowest possible reading of that material. The whole thing held together well, and aside from a few nitpicks, and I think it would make sense to someone who was unfamiliar with the story. The problem is, I can't really say I'd recommend it to anyone who hasn't read the book. I think anyone's first exposure to Watchmen ought to be the book.
Movie good. Book much better.
They probably should have just put a speedo on ol' Doc Manhattan. Ive heard that the movie isn't doing so well because a squeamish America can't deal with that blue wanger all up in their grill for 2.5 hours. Show Americans gore, show them tits, show them torture and death, but for God's sake, Zack Snyder, what were you thinking showing them two and a half hours of blue IMAX pecker?
I disliked the alley fight scene, because it badly undercut the idea that Laurie and Dan's hands were cleaner than Rorschach's. As they whirled through the group of knottops, casually stabbing one guy in the neck here, shattering another muggers arm to gory splinters there, using a third as a human shield, Nite-Owl and Silk Spectre were just as frightening and seemingly as merciless. I know the two didn't have a "code against killing" as such, but their ruthlessness was part of the amped-up aspect of this film that jarred against the subtler tone of the original story.
For that matter, why did all the Watchmen seem to have super powers? A major point of the original story was that only Doctor Manhattan had superhuman powers with the rest of the cast falling firmly into the "costumed adventurer" camp of superheroes. At different points in the film, the Comedian, Silk Spectre and Nite-Owl all perform in action scenes well beyond human norms, despite part of the point of the story being that they are all retired, old and schlubby. They all took punishment that seemed to devastate other, normal human bodies within the same story, they all moved with superhuman speed and skill, striking enemies with bone shattering force after years of retirement. As an action film, I 'm sure Watchmen felt obligated to deliver high octane fight scenes, and I understand action movies and action movie rules, but they kinda clash directly with one of the major themes of the story.
The once-shocking violence of the graphic novel is updated with the genteel touch of the man who brought you the breezy comic opera "300". It obviously had its effect on the Saw crowd , as I heard a few ecstatic sighs and whispered "sweet!"s as Rorschach's meat cleaver came down on the child murderer's head. Again, this was extreme Watchmen, and the volume was cranked to eleven.
I could happily go the rest of my life without another "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!" death scene.
I don't see how the new ending was any big improvement over the original (also flawed) ending. It sure seems like if Doctor Manhattan did go rogue, the U.S. would get and perhaps deserve most of the blame, not be embraced by the brotherhood of man. But then I find any ending that finds mankind uniting under a banner of unity and brotherhood to be a pretty unlikely prospect ever, regardless the circumstances. Certainly not for more than a week, tops.
Mixed feelings aside, but there was bound to be a big Hollywood adaptation of Watchmen sooner or later. If there had to be a sped-up, superficially-read Hollywood version of Watchmen, thank Kirby it was this one.
Always remember, it could have been much, much worse.
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As with music and everything else, this is more proof the British should stay the fuck out of the comic industry. Bad, overly marketed trash being called the "greatest and most intellectual work of art ever created".
I mean, c'mon, British people. Who do you think you're fooling? Enough's enough.
Wait - they made a movie out of Watchmen? Whoa.
- joe bloke said...
I thought the film was cool. sort of. it's the best film of Watchmen we're ever going to get, at least.
and I'm assuming that the Sugar Cube is being ironic. either that, or he's just a racist twat.
- Brian Hughes said...
I always try to assume that the more crazed comments are going for funny or irony, and just not quite pulling it off. No harm in that, I do it all the time.
- joe bloke said...
hey, it's cool. it's St Patrick's Day. I've just spent the whole night getting bashed for being English by a pub full of pretend Irishmen. you'd think I'd be used to it by now. we're very sensitive, us Limeys, you know. heh.
- Garnet said...
The movie was very, very heavy on the level of "NOOOOOO!" I really don't know how actors do it; has anyone ever really responded to someone's death that way?
- Brian Hughes said...
NNNOOOOOOOO!!!, I don't think so.
- DrX said...
I actually agree with all of these points. I was ok with the change from the squid, but now, having seen it, in its execution it really undercut the believability of mankind uniting. The alien concept -- the idea that there's something else big and important out there, and why should we be having these petty sqaubbles amongst ourselves -- it just doesn't work when the "alien" is Doctor Manhattan. It'd result in a temporary truce at best, not world change.
- sunnan said...
9/11 undermined the squid idea a bit.
- Past Expiry said...
Check out this cartoon about the Watchmen movie!
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CBA hires Reagan Anderson — Denny Miller closes shop — Trade associations raise a glass to Prohibition's repeal — Puerto Rican Chamber celebrate Labrador
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CBA HIRES REAGAN ANDERSON: The Consumer Bankers Association has hired Reagan Anderson as head of congressional affairs. In her new role, she will also serve as a member of the management team for the association. "I have known Reagan since the beginning of her career at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta through to the NYSE where she has excelled at each entity. She is politically astute, legislatively savvy and she will be a terrific addition to our strong advocacy team," said Richard Hunt, president and CEO of CBA. Anderson comes to CBA from NYSE Euronext, where she was vice president of government affairs. She also has extensive Capitol Hill experience, as well as experience in trade associations. She has held positions with the Private Equity Growth Capital Council, Fannie Mae and with members of Congress.
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DENNY MILLER CLOSES SHOP: Denny Miller Associates is closing its doors after more than 25 years in the business. The Hill reports this morning that Miller's lobbying firm — founded in 1984 — will close down on Dec. 31. Miller's wife and the firm's executive vice president, Sandra Burgess Miller, told The Hill that the couple has plans to hunt, fish, ride horses and spend time with grandkids. DMA Vice President Chris Miller tells PI that he, Wally Burnett, Shay Hancock and Tim Lovain will move on to hang a shingle at a new firm called Capitol Strategies in 2014. DMA's client base includes Raytheon, AT&T, Boeing, General Dynamics and Oshkosh. The firm was signing new clients as recently as October, such as Science Applications International Corporation and Kalispell Regional Healthcare. More here, from Kevin Bogardus: http://bit.ly/1912wfe
GOOD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, where it's been 33 years since Led Zeppelin disbanded. Following the September death of drummer John Bonham, the band put out a press statement on Dec. 4, 1980, saying: "We wish it to be known that the loss of our dear friend, and the deep sense of undivided harmony felt by ourselves and our manager, have led us to decide that we could not continue as we were." Send your lobbying news, gossip, tips and scoops to email@example.com. And keep up with PI on Twitter by following @ ByronTau or @ PoliticoPI.
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS RAISE A GLASS TO PROHIBITION'S REPEAL: Prohibition ended 80 years ago this week, and several boozy trade associations are marking the anniversary. The National Beer Wholesalers Association has purchased ad space on CBS big screen on 42nd Street between 7th and 8th avenues in Times Square. The video will be running into the new year and is also available online. The Beer Institute will also celebrate the repeal with a Thursday event that marks 80 years to the day since the Utah State Legislature voted for repeal — giving the amendment the states necessary for ratification. The Beer Institute notes that beer is now a $246.5 billion industry that supports 2 million American jobs. See the NBWA ad here: http://bit.ly/1ePv6R7
PUERTO RICAN CHAMBER CELEBRATES LABRADOR: The National Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce will host a birthday bash for Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) — the only voting member of Congress from Puerto Rico. A who's-who of the GOP caucus is listed on the invite. To host, the event costs $1,000 per PAC, or $500 per individual. For young professionals, tickets are only $50.
BRAKE JOINS ITIF: Doug Brake has joined the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation as a telecommunications policy analyst, the association announced Tuesday. Brake will focus on broadband policy, spectrum policy and the linkages between telecommunications and economic growth and innovation. He previously served as a research assistant at the Silicon Flatirons Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
NABPAC DECKS THE HALLS: The National Association of Business Political Action Committees and PAC PALS hosted over 200 guests at their annual holiday party Tuesday at the Willard Hotel Office Building. Spotted: NABPAC Executive Director Geoff Ziebart, NABPAC President Victoria Adams of Merck, Ellie Shaw of American Express, Shannon Aimone of Home Depot, Bernie Merritt of Weber Merritt, Trey Richardson of Sagac Public Affairs, Catherine McDaniel of WSWA, and former NABPAC Presidents Ned Monroe of NAM and Jeff Pannozzo of Bridgepoint Education.
USCBC CELEBRATES 40 YEARS: The U.S.-China Business Council is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year with a Wednesday gala at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. The event will celebrate USCBC's achievements, and partnerships in support of an expanded U.S.-China commercial relationship over the past 40 years. At this year's gala, USCBC will recognize the former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger for his contributions to the U.S.-China relationship. Senior U.S. and Chinese government officials, members of Congress, and members of the American business and think tank communities will attend the event.
AHRENS JUMPS FROM HYUNDAI TO BGR: Via POLITICO's Mike Allen: " Frank Ahrens, vice president of global corporate communications for Hyundai Motor and a former reporter and editor at The Washington Post, will join BGR Public Relations as a vice president early next year. Ahrens has worked for Hyundai Motor in Seoul … since 2010. … [H]e was a [Post] reporter and editor for 18 years, [mostly] in the business section. 'Frank brings a great deal of public relations and journalistic experience to our growing team,' said Jeff Birnbaum, president of BGR PR. … BGR founding partner Gov. Haley Barbour said Ahrens fits the BGR model of providing top-level expertise to the specialized needs of its clients."
INTENSE LOBBYING FIGHT OVER THE FARM BILL: David Rogers reports: Cotton and rice recently took a shot at corn and soybeans in a letter about proposed payment limits in both bills. Corn and beans went directly after House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) last week — threatening to kill the farm bill and seek a two-year extension that would run past his tenure as chairman. If J.P. Morgan had written such a letter to a tax-writing chairman in Congress, it would have stirred an immense fuss. But given the poor state of affairs in the farm world, the corn-and-beans threats drew little notice. "The traditional coalition has broken down," Lucas told POLITICO. And to a surprising degree, commodity groups are instead picking sides between Lucas and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.). More here: http://politi.co/1gEgxBb
SCHLAPP JOINS VOTER GRAVITY BOARD: Voter Gravity, a GOP campaign technology company, has also added Matt Schlapp — the former White House political director under President George W. Bush — to its board. Schlapp was previously involved in fundraising for the Republican National Committee's abandoned Data Trust project — which sought to outsource the committee's voter file to a private company. He's currently a principal at the lobbying shop Cove Strategies and previously worked as vice president of federal affairs at Koch Industries. More here: http://politi.co/1bhqEX1
2013 IS/WAS AWFUL FOR K STREET: "Companies, labor unions and other organizations have spent $2.38 billion on lobbying this year through the end of September, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. The data for the rest of the year will not be released until January, but if the fourth quarter numbers are around average, it would be the lowest lobbying total since 2007." More here, from the Huffington Post. http://huff.to/19gWV0K
LIZ CHENEY GETS A SUPER PAC: Former Vice President Dick Cheney "will be the keynote speaker at a $10,000-per-couple dinner here on Thursday at Cafe Milano to benefit the newly formed Cowboy PAC, a group that aims "to begin a statewide advertising campaign in the very near future." http://nyti.ms/INffZb Public Campaign's Adam Smith jokes: "Nothing says cowboys like Cafe Milano." http://bit.ly/1cb3Zga
LIGHTER CLICK: Not a parody: Chicago politician just released from prison will run for seat vacated by Chicago politician headed to prison. http://trib.in/1az6xn7
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O'Neill and Associates: Ugandan Democratic Federation
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Potomac Government Relations: Plumbing Manufacturers International
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2012 Estate Pinot Noir Magnum
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Hand-picked grapes from 12 blocks, representing five clones (33% 13/Martini Selection,33% clone 828, 16% Dijon clones. 13% Pommard 5 clone and 5% Calera clone).
Wine Specs
Pinot Noir
Green Valley
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Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
By nose: cassis, licorice, black berry, red cherry, raspberry and roasting herbs. By mouth: cola nut, dark cherry, black berry and dried herbs.
Vineyard Notes
100% French, mainly central France, fire bent, medium plus toast, average age 3 years
Winemaker Notes
100% Pinot Noir
Food Pairing Notes
This is an elegant and very versatile wine with food. It is delicious with salmon, classic cioppino, smoked duck, pork tenderloin with rashers of prosciutto ham, heirloom carrots and spaghetti squash, classic coq au vin, mushroom ragout on sourdough toast, triple crème cheese from Cowgirl Creamery.


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JERUSALEM -- Israel's defense minister, undaunted by growing resistance within the ruling party to a planned pullout from the Gaza Strip, said yesterday that the army's blueprint for the withdrawal will be ready next month.
Gaza settlers charged that the government is already preparing to throw them out of their homes.
Also yesterday, Israel's attorney general urged the government to consider adopting an international convention governing the treatment of residents in occupied lands. This showed increased Israeli sensitivity to international criticism, particularly in the aftermath of a ruling by the International Court of Justice against its contentious West Bank separation barrier.
The barrier and the Gaza withdrawal are hallmarks of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's "disengagement" plan, which he said is meant to reduce friction between Israel and the Palestinians.
Sharon hopes to carry out the Gaza pullout next year, but it has sparked an internal uprising by hard-liners within his Likud party.
The resistance has raised questions over whether Sharon can carry out the withdrawal without his government collapsing. Hard-line opposition has already cost Sharon his parliamentary majority, leaving him somewhat vulnerable to no-confidence votes.
Sharon insists he is going ahead, and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, speaking after a visit to an army base in northern Israel, said yesterday that planning for the pullout was progressing.
"The main points of the policy have already been decided," he said. "We plan to complete our plans in September."
Sharon has said Israel will uproot all 21 settlements in Gaza as well as four isolated enclaves in the West Bank. About 8,000 Jewish settlers live in Gaza among 1.3 million Palestinians.
Mofaz said the military's preparations include the possibility of resistance from the settlers. "I hope we will not see extreme steps against Israeli soldiers and Israeli police," he said.
Settler representatives have harshly criticized the plan. Eran Sternberg, a spokesman for the Gaza settlers, accused the army of sending in soldiers to the Neve Dekalim settlement yesterday to prepare for the pullout.
"The soldiers wandered around the homes and recorded different facts," Sternberg said, claiming they even counted the numbers of flower pots in individual homes.
The army said the soldiers were conducting a routine exercise unrelated to the withdrawal.
Attorney General Meni Mazuz recommended the government seriously consider adopting the Fourth Geneva Convention, a set of international legal guidelines governing the treatment of occupied peoples, a statement from his office said.
The recommendation comes after a scathing ruling last month by the International Court of Justice, which called the barrier built to separate Israelis from Palestinian areas a violation of international law and urged Israel to tear it down. Mazuz has ordered his advisers to assess the World Court's decision.
Although the ruling -- and a UN General Assembly resolution backing it -- were nonbinding, the matter has raised concerns in Israeli legal and political circles.
"In terms of general public opinion, world public opinion, it does have ramifications. That's why it's so ominous," conceded a senior official, speaking on condition of anonymity. The 1949 convention lays out the responsibilities of an occupying power in treating the local population. It is meant to protect occupied peoples from harm and guarantee them access to education, health care, and other services.
It also forbids occupying powers from "transferring parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies" -- a stipulation that could have negative implications for Israeli settlements.
Yesterday, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan criticized Sharon's approval last week of a plan to build new housing in four West Bank settlements that the government insists will remain part of Israel under any peace settlement with the Palestinians. Annan called it a violation of the internationally backed "road map" peace plan. Since capturing the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war, Israel has said the convention does not apply to the West Bank because the region does not belong to another country, and it insists the dispute with the Palestinians be decided through negotiations.
In violence yesterday, a Palestinian farmer was killed by Israeli gunfire in southern Gaza, Palestinians said. The military said soldiers opened fire on Palestinians planting a bomb.


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Hi! It's Jilly. Who loves restaurant copycat recipes?! *Me, me!* Well, Valentine's Day is coming up, and as nice as it is to go out for a romantic dinner to celebrate, sometimes that's not always possible due to work schedules, babysitter woes, etc. Plus, who wants to fight the crowds?! So, I've pulled together a HUGE list of restaurant copycat recipes to bring your favorite take-out meals home!
Impostor Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits
Happy Joe's Special (Canadian Bacon and Sauerkraut Pizza)
Homemade Mighty Taco Beef Copycat
Caramel Apple Spice in the Slow Cooker (Starbucks Copycat)
Creamy Jalapeño Ranch Dip from Chuy's
Weight Watchers Version of Red Lobster Biscuits
Olive Garden's Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
Copycat McAllister's Chicken Tortilla Soup
Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli Soup (Slow Cooker)
Panera Broccoli and Cheese Soup
Chipotle Inspired Pico de Gallo
Copycat Chipotle Mexican Grill Cilantro- Lime Rice
Copycat Noodles & Co. Homemade Mac and Cheese
Spaghetti with Tomato and Basil from Scarpetta's in NYC
Garlic Cheddar Drop Biscuits, similar to Red Lobster
Whole Wheat Cranberry Walnut Pumpkin Scones (Starbucks Copycat)
Red Velvet Waffle Recipe from Yolk in Chicago
Stuffed BBQ Shrimp (Claim Jumper Copycat)
Starbucks Copycat Mocha Frappaccino
Vanilla Bean Cheesecake (TGI Friday's Copycat)
Corner Bakery Cinnamon Crème Coffee Cake
Red Robin Copycat California Chicken Sandwich
Café Rio Copycat Sweet Pulled Pork
Cilantro Lime Ranch Salad Dressing (Café Rio Copycat)
Bang Bang Shrimp Taco Boats (Bonefish Grill Copycat)
Café Zupas Wisconsin Cauliflower Soup
Copycat Sonic Ultimate Meat and Cheese Burrito
Knock Off Jamba Juice Caribbean Passion Smoothie
Copycat Culver's Colby Jack Pub Burger
Faux Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits Recipe
Red Apple Sangria (Applebee's Copycat)
IHOP Bacon Temptation Omelette
Spicy Garlic Chicken Wing Sauce from Buffalo Wild Wings
Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup from Panera
Panera Bread French Onion Soup
The Best Copycat Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll Recipe
Cracker Barrel Hash Brown Casserole
Copycat Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark
Copycat Panera Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
Double Chocolate Chip Muffins (Otis Spunkmeyer Copycat)
Panera Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Copycat Willow Tree Chicken Salad
Honey Mustard Dressing (Chili's Copycat)
Better Than Starbucks Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate
What are your plans this Valentine's Day? Staying in, or going out?
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Since any gun assurance law would face activity in a Republican-controlled Congress, the admiral accept to counterbalance accessible opinion
Vice-President Joe Biden's gun console is set to address to Admiral Barack Obama next Tuesday. The accepted appearance is that any legislation that is at all arguable would accept a difficult time accepting anesthetized by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Now, Biden has aloft the achievability of accepting gun ascendancy measures by controlling order.
My admonition for the admiral as anyone who reads polls: go for it, if it's what you wish to do. There is abundant altercation that acting by controlling adjustment would be apparent as a "totalitarian" activity and abet a backlash. Nonsense, so connected as the adjustment is acknowledging a admeasurement the accessible favors.
Consider that in June 2012 Obama took controlling activity on a "mini-Dream Act" that provided a aisle to abstain displacement for some undocumented immigrants who came to the country afore the age of 16, had a top academy apprenticeship (or were accessory school) or had served in the military, and had no bent background. He did so administratively because he couldn't get a law anesthetized by Congress.
There was abundant accessible abutment afore the adjustment was signed. Back in backward 2010, Gallup begin that 54% of Americans would vote for a bill that would acquiesce for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country in their adolescence to accept a alleyway to citizenship. A backward 2011, a Fox Poll put abutment for such a law at 63%.
After Obama fabricated the new activity instruction, the accessible captivated to its position. 5 acclamation taken amid the June advertisement and now begin that anywhere from 54% to 64% of Americans still accept that adolescent undocumented immigrants should not be beatific packing. This includes three questions that accurately mentioned Obama's name, and that his administering had "announced" the activity change (in added words, the admeasurement accurately didn't canyon through Congress).
You ability altercate that the gun agitation is altered because the able gun rights antechamber would be able to altercate the accessible otherwise. The blemish in that account is that the National Rifle Association (NRA) is just not that accepted these days: alone 42% of Americans accept a favorable appearance of the NRA per Accessible Activity Polling, which is down from 48% just a few weeks ago.
The admiral is aswell ambidextrous with a accessible that's apparent its abutment for gun ascendancy ascend college back the Sandy Hook academy cutting in Newtown, Connecticut. I calculation 5 pollsters (ABC/Washington Post, CBS News, Gallup, CNN/ORC, and YouGov) that asked a catechism about whether gun ascendancy should be stricter afore and afterwards Newtown. Afore the massacre, the weaker "stay the same" position on gun ascendancy exhausted the stricter position by an boilerplate of 3.8 allotment points. Afterward, stricter led by 11.4pt – a 15.2pt turn-around.
Past history suggests that the admiral can't delay about until he gets a Congress that is accommodating to cooperate. Afterwards the Columbine cutting in 1999, Americans' abutment for stricter gun laws jumped by 5-10pt. Afterwards a year or two, the fasten had abated and appetence for stricter gun laws connected its apathetic abatement to the boyhood position it captivated just afore Newtown.
So what behavior should the admiral consider, as connected as he thinks courts will advocate his orders?
• He should end the "gun appearance loophole" to force humans who buy accoutrements at a gun appearance or through clandestine sales and online arcade to accept a accomplishments check: 92% of Americans favor this position per Gallup, while PPP puts abutment at 76%.
• Obama should seek to ban high-capacity armament clips that accommodate added than 10 bullets: CNN/ORC, Gallup, Pew, PPP, and YouGov all appearance at atomic 53% of Americans in favor of this policy.
• He should seek agency to ensure that humans with poor brainy bloom annal do not get a gun: CNN/ORC begin that 92% Americans did not wish Americans with brainy bloom problems to be in ascendancy of a gun; PPP took it one footfall further and apparent that 63% of Americans wish humans to be appropriate to yield a bloom assay afore affairs a gun.
• Obama should acutely anticipate felons bedevilled of a agitated abomination from owning a gun: 94% and 92% accept of that measure, per PPP and CNN/ORC respectively.
• He should try to accomplish abiding that guns, even if not afresh purchased, would be registered with a government or law administration agency: CNN/ORC finds 78% accede with that policy.
• Obama should attending to ban absolute bullets that backfire or are advised to breach through a bullet-proof vest: Pew begin that 56% favor this position.
• Obama should try to accomplish it added difficult to buy armament and/or accoutrements over the internet: 69% of Americans capital to ban these practices, according to PPP.
You'll agenda I don't cover an advance weapons ban. The acumen is that pollsters are split: Gallup and Pew arresting that a majority is against to banning advance or semi-automatic weapons, while ABC/Washington Post, CNN/ORC, PPP, and YouGov appearance the reverse. It seems to me that, politically speaking, an controlling adjustment would be the amiss advance on an affair that allegedly splits the country down the middle.
Further, the admiral would about absolutely be better-off casual any law through Congress. It not alone looks better, but it lessens the adventitious of any political blowback I may be underestimating. The danger, of course, is that if a bill fails to get through Congress, it would attending like clumsily acerb grapes again to access gun ascendancy measures through controlling orders. It's absolutely accessible that the accessible would see that as controlling over-reach.
Also, I am by no agency a built-in scholar: while there are affluence of humans arguing in favor of controlling action, others altercate that some of these proposals, if put into activity by controlling order, would be actionable and would be disqualified so.
That said, if the admiral is acute to accessible assessment and account the polls, there are a amount of gun ascendancy behavior he can access by controlling adjustment after abhorrence of a backlash. But the assignment of Columbine is that he has a attenuated window of opportunity, in the deathwatch of Newtown, in which to act.


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Earlier this month I shared my favorite holiday tradition. And that's spending Christmas day with a house full of my mother's side of the family. There's no amount of snow, gifts, or holiday decor that can trump that. Our recent trip to NY earlier this month gave me a taste of that. Everyone wasn't there, but it sure was a housefull there to celebrate the week of my uncle's birthday. One of those days, my aunts (and great cousin) decided to cook up some gumbo and cakes. We had dinner at the table and my aunts and uncles gave my uncle gifts that represented memories they had of him… from baseball ringtones, to bats and rocks, plush chiuauas, toy cars, and DJ shirts. It was a delight watching his eyes light up as he received those gifts and listening to my family's old stories. That day happened to be my birthday and it was the best birthday I've ever had… celebrating family. I can't wait to get back together again.
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Kansas education officials may appeal a warning issued by the federal government this week over how the state's teachers are evaluated.
The U.S. Department of Education notified Kansas officials Wednesday that the state's progress on revamping teacher evaluations — a requirement of its No Child Left Behind waiver — was unsatisfactory.
The department says Kansas should already be piloting new evaluations that grade teachers in part based on their students' test scores.
Although the department renewed Kansas' No Child Left Behind waiver for another year, it also placed the state on "high-risk status" and requested detailed plans on how it will proceed.
That news frustrated officials at the Kansas State Department of Education, who say Kansas is in compliance with its waiver.
"They wanted us to have piloted (the new evaluations) in the spring," Kansas Education Commissioner Diane DeBacker said, "but we never committed to that in the first place. It's a bit frustrating."
DeBacker said her department would hold a special meeting Friday to consider filing an appeal.
"We believe we've met the requirements of our waiver," she said.
Kansas is one of 39 states with waivers of the No Child Left Behind law. The waivers release states from the law's requirement that 100 percent of students be proficient in math and reading by 2014.
Under Kansas' waiver, school districts are making a number of changes to teacher evaluations. Some of those will start this year, but one final component — linking teacher evaluations to student test scores — won't come until 2014-15.
That component will use test scores over multiple years to gauge student achievement and assess whether a given teacher's students are making adequate progress.
Deputy Education Commissioner Brad Neuenswander said Kansas remains on track to meet its 2014-15 deadline. The federal government may want faster progress, but the Kansas State Department of Education wants to be sure that the system is fair and accurate before rolling it out, he said.
"We want to make sure we get this right," Neuenswander said. "We don't want Kansas teachers and principals out in the field trying to pilot this and making inferences about student data until they've had appropriate training. We're taking time to make sure it's quality data and schools are ready for it."
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Falling For Fallout: A (Post-Nuclear RPG) Retrospective
In what we hope is the first of an ongoing series of retrospectives, Kawika takes us back to reminisce about playing Fallout and what made this title so special:
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I should do one of retrospective things myself one of these days, I have been delaying it for too long.
You guys forgot "Remember Wasteland?"
Oh, and Fallout d20.
Picky, picky. But a good point. ;)
I wonder how many of our readers played/remember some of the great classics like Bard's Tale and Phantasie!! Some REALLY old retrospectives might be fun too!! :)
Great article by the way!!
Great article, great writting. Very interesting and enjoyable read. I'm glad to hear someone else isn't angry at a possible FOOL (if done right).
One note though: they were going to use the GURPS system but lost the contract or something happened. So SPECIAL is a modified GURPS system. If your fimiliar with gurpgs you can definitely see the crossovers and resemblances. I forget where I read this, bit I know I did. And it makes sense if you're fimiliar with GURPS.
Never played Wasteland, but the Fallouts have all been fun. The console one was pretty lame, but I played thru it anyway.
Nice article btw. I actually didnt know about the "Fallout: Warfare" game. I'll have to look that one up!
February 12, 1997
Rumor Control about Interplay
Executive Summary: We wish we knew.
I had problems with a couple of features of the otherwise very impressive alpha version of GURPS Fallout. As I corresponded with Interplay staff about this, I got handed up the ladder but their responses remained puzzling -- and that is the most detail I'm going to give for now.
Just before leaving for Europe last week, I got a call from a reporter asking me to comment on the Interplay decision to drop GURPS. I told him this was the first I'd heard of it. Calling Interplay, and talking with the last man I'd corresponded with, I got first "We haven't decided that, where'd you hear it?," then "Well, we have been talking about it and somebody must have gotten the idea it was decided," and finally "Yes, we have decided to drop it, so sorry."
The statement on the Interplay web site, to the effect that this was a mutual decision of SJ Games and Interplay, is not true. Scott Haring tells me that no written correspondence from Interplay has YET been received at our office. We are not clear what their proposal to finish and release the game without the license entails, for us or for the game, and have absolutely not agreed to it.
I can't imagine how Interplay could take three years working on a GURPS. computer game, and then be able to create and install a completely dissimilar game engine in a few months. Nor have I read (or heard) any explanation of how they might plan to do that. So "no comment" on that for now, too.
I've been invited to meet with Brian Fargo, who I understand owns Interplay, when I'm in LA in a few days. I'll be very interested to see what he has to say. I hope we will be able to announce that this was a tempest in a teacup.
February 19, 1997
Yes, I visited Interplay while I was on the West Coast. Marathon six-hour negotiating session with the programmer who is now in charge of the FALLOUT project. Clearly all the original problems could be resolved; I made a lot of concessions because I want to save the project. The GURPS implementation they've created is *worth* saving. But their decision won't be made by the programmers. All I can say is "wait and see."
March 14, 1997
Interplay Update
I just got a phone call from my contact at Interplay, telling me that they were indeed dropping the GURPS system from the project which has been going forward as GURPS Fallout since 1994. Sigh.
The stated reason was that they were "too far along" with the process of deGURPSizing the game. I asked if I could get any of this in writing. He laughed. But he said he'd talk with others there and "see" if he could send me a letter.
Bill that's one side of the story. If you talk to the guys that were there at the time they will explain that for months Steve expressed concerns about the content of the game, not just the implementation of the mechanics, something they didn't like and I can see why. When he made clear one day that he could redraw from the game completely there was a meeting at Interplay, where they assigned a couple of members from the team to see if at that point it was still possible to create a system that could work in the game without breaking everything that was already made.
Since we are talking about a small team at the time where everyone helped out (Fallout was considered a B game inside Interplay, an oddity that Fargo allowed to be made as long as they would create the game with a low budget and without spending too much resources) , and comprised of many P&P and tabletop games fanatics, it wasn't difficult to create SPECIAL in a record time.
Of course Fargo saw the opportunity to get on with the game without Steve's doubts (and temper) hanging around their heads, and took it, that way he could save on royalties. Of course Steve didn't saw that coming, but it was his fault in the first place, when he tried to remedy the situation it was too late.
In the end fargo got a surprise hit made below budget and got the royalties for himself, leaving everyone happy at Interplay and Steve quite surprised to what had happened.
In the end that was one of the last good moves that Interplay made, but that's another story…
This is the original GURPS Fallout website
Interesting article … I missed out on the Fallouts until just a few years ago!
It's official: Fallout is now the Beatles for CRPG's. Does a week go by when someone doesn't get teary eyed and rehash everything -in a retrospective no less- that was great (and that's everything) about this game?
I never heard Fargo's version though, I wonder if he remembers what was going on at the time…
A great read; it brought back a lot of memories. Thank you.
Well, Fallout is still the best non-fantasy RPG out there, despite the fact it was released 10 years ago and I managed to get my hands on it 2 years ago. And I never managed to like the sequel.
Bill the reason Kawika posted that version of the events, wich has been in the net for many years, with slight variations, is simply because that's how we heard the story in the first place. If you have doubts again I advise you to go and talk to the devs from those days, Boyarsky and Cain are still great fans of GURPS and like Steve Jackson, something that not all of of them did after a while, I'm sure they might give you some clues on the events.
The basic story reads something like this, from a post at NMA from an old Interplay dev:
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Tax changes due to be introduced in April could mean thousands of public-sector contractors leave their work in favour of more favourable terms in the private sector.
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In a case about the pre-6 April 2013 legal position, the Supreme Court has overturned the Court of Session decision that dismissals that resulted from the expiry of fixed-term contracts did not count towards the threshold for triggering collective redundancy consultation obligations.
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In Kücük v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen [2012] IRLR 697 ECJ, the ECJ held that an employer's use of 13 successive fixed-term contracts over a period of 11 years was not inherently in breach of the Fixed-term Workers Directive, but that the issue of objective justification had to be assessed by the national court on the particular facts of the case.
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I wish I was making this up...the semi-short version
Bought an HP Envy H8-1549 Desktop refurb from MacMall...sealed with HP warranty.
Set it up over the last two days...had issues with USB 3.0 and WLAN...decided to call HP before returning it as I couldn't get another system like it from MacMall. I'm a tech/consultant and have set up hundreds of systems over the past three decades...every single driver upgrade was done and every subsystem was troubleshot and retested at length. I'm also a tech writer including hundreds of columns for a NY Times-owned paper.
After waiting 25 minutes on hold, I got "Alicia" in India on the phone. explained to "Alicia" the issues I was having...Alicia was very concerned I'd installed the Windows 8.1upgrade...(I'd gotten it from the HP site).
"Alicia" informed me that after spending 8-10 minutes speaking with her supervisor, the fact that I'd installed Windows 8.1 meant my warranty had been voided and they could not offer support.
I explained to "Alicia" that the upgrade had been offered by the HP website and she said it didn't matter, and that my issues were caused by the Windows 8.1 update - the same update the HP support site and software installed updated drivers for into my new Envy.
Even after I told "Alicia" the problems with the two issues had existed before the 8.1 update, she said that didn't matter. She also said that because the USB 3.0 issue related to external hard drives not sold by HP, that I had to call the hard drive company for support. The Seagate external hard drives (did I mention this system came with a Seagate Barracuda stock from HP?) worked just fine plugged into a laptop for the last year...no problem. That didn't matter either.
And the fact the Ralink network card supplied with the Envy had throughput that was a fraction of any other computer meant nothing as well...not only because I had installed Windows 8.1, but because I mentioned to "Alicia" that the Ralink's performance had been degraded while there was a Logitech wireless Nano receiver in the system...apparent interference...even though I also told her I'd removed it to only limited improvement.
"Alicia" then yelled at me that she would not put her supervisor on the phone after I asked, and that any problems with the system were related to Windows 8.1 which I had somehow improperly installed, even though I got it via the HP site after HP advertised customers could upgrade.
And yet, HP and dozens of other companies continue to farm tech support out to India/Bangladesh, etc. companies whose near-complete lack of competence is so beyond the imagination...I don't even begin to have the words to adequately describe it.
Hear this one Meg and Henry? I'd love to bring my Envy to Palo Alto and sit and have a chat.
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Ah…George Clooney. Allow me to man-crush swoon for a second….'The Descendants'…ooooo…'Up in the Air'…ahhhh…Gravity…okay, okay. That's enough, or my wife might get suspicious. Anyway, Clooney is a classic Hollywood star, but beyond that, he's a gifted artist with a specific vision – and better yet, the talent to realize it.
As an actor, he holds his Oscar. As someone behind the scenes, he has another (as producer of 'Argo') and has directed at least two terrific films (yes, I love 'Good Night and Good Luck' and 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' but 'Leatherheads' was ruined by Renee Zellweger and the less said about the cliched 'Ides of March' the better). Now he's back again in the Academy hunt with 'The Monuments Men,' a World War II film about the Allies campaign to save priceless art from the Nazis cultural purge.
The first trailer for the film set it up as a kind of kooky combat comedy, Clooney in charge of a ragtag group of goofs set off to an otherwise serious and noble purpose. Come on, when you see Bill Murray and John Goodman in the cast, your mind is definitely thinking "laughs." Now, Deadline.com has premiered a second preview for the film and now you can start smelling the Oscar bait in the air. While still a little slight in its set-up (Murray is an architecture specialist? Goodman as a sculptor? And both going through basic training? That's the fact, Jack), but once the second act of the teaser takes over, we can see there more serious side to the storyline kick in. There's also an unusually large concentration of Matt Damon this time around, which we don't mind at all. See for yourself.
Unexpected Cate Blanchett sighting as well! Score! Again, Clooney is a gifted filmmaker. He gets period detail without going Coen-overboard into minutia and he certainly looks like a world weary WWII icon (think Clark Gable without the duck face). Yet it's the tone that remains troubling. We are dealing with a very sensitive subject here, one that is often splashed across the contemporary media when a priceless work of art is uncovered that later turns out to have been pilfered from a Jewish estate. As I said up top, Clooney can do no wrong in my completely heterosexual appreciation book. If he delivers like he has before, 'The Momuments Men' will be a major year-end contender. If not, we may be seeing another 'Ides'-like affront.
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Minerals are inorganic nutrients that make up less than 1 percent of a dog's body weight but are essential to many important functions, such as growth and strong bones and teeth. They are classified as either macrominerals or microminerals. It is important to note that two of the macrominerals, calcium (the most abundant mineral in the body) and phosphorus, must be in balance and given in correct proportions (the ideal calcium:phosphorus ratio is between 1:1 and 2:1). Microminerals (also known as trace minerals) serve very important functions as well. Balance is critical with all minerals because they interact; too much of one can interfere with the absorption of another.
If you elect to feed your dog commercial food (and most of us do), here's what to look for and what to avoid when you're standing in front of a shelf of carefully designed bags, cans, pouches or boxes.
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When you compare different types of foods — canned, kibble, etc. or simply different brands — you need to keep in mind the moisture content so you can compare like to like. Use the dry-matter basis.
First, establish the amount of dry matter by subtracting the percentage given for moisture from 100 percent. If the moisture is given as 10 percent, the food's dry-matter content is 90 percent.
Next, convert the protein found in the Guaranteed Analysis statement to a drymatter basis by dividing its percentage by the amount of dry matter (calculated in the previous step). For example, if the protein is given as 26 percent, it converts to 28 percent on a dry-matter basis (26 divided by 90). If the moisture level had been, say, 30 percent, the dry matter content would have been 70 percent and protein would have been 37 percent (26 divided by 70).
You can do similar calculations for fat and fiber after converting their percentages to a dry-matter basis.
Although treats are usually given in small portions (or ought to be!), make sure that you pay the same high level of attention to what's in them as you do for all of your dog's food. Look for organic, wholefood ingredients, including named meats, whole grains, lots of good fruit and/or vegetables and natural, food-based sweeteners (if they are used at all) — applesauce, honey or molasses, for example. Avoid by-products, artificial coloring, artificial flavoring and artificial preservatives. Look for individual portions that are easy to break into smaller bits.
Treats are often high in calories, so factor them in when thinking about your dog's overall food intake. It is recommended that "treat substitutes" make up no more than 5 to 10 percent of a dog's diet. If the calorie count isn't listed on the label, find out what it is before giving them to your dog. Contact the manufacturer for calorie information if need be.
Calorie Count
To determine how many calories a moderately active adult dog living in a temperate climate requires daily, use one of the following formulas:
Body weight 0.75 x 132 = Kilocalories needed (National Research Council)
Body weight 0.75 x 125 = Kilocalories needed (Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition)
Or see the chart on dogcathomeprepareddiet.com.
Ackerman, Lowell, DVM. Canine Nutrition: What Every Owner, Breeder and Trainer Should Know (Alpine Publications).
Brown, Andi. The Whole Pet Diet (Celestial Arts).
Fougère, Barbara, BVSc. The Pet Lover's Guide to Natural Healing for Cats & Dogs (Elsevier).
Kerns, Nancy, ed. The Whole Dog Journal Handbook of Dog and Puppy Care and Training (Lyons Press).
Nestle, Marion, and Malden C. Nesheim. Feed Your Pet Right (Free Press).
Palika, Liz. The Ultimate Pet Food Guide (Da Capo Press).
Sommers, Katy, DVM, and Jan Allegretti. The Complete Holistic Dog Book (Celestial Arts).
Strombeck, Donald, DVM. Home-Prepared Diets for Dogs and Cats (Free).
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July 30th, 2013 08:43 PM #6
Honestly, I think the reaction of your coworkers is ridiculous. I know three people named Forrest (one a girl) and they have never gotten Gump jokes. Seriously? Come on.
Teasing potential is not a concern for me. My name is pronounced LAY-ah, as in Leia, like, yes, the princess from Star Wars. It's something that is frequently pointed out when I first meet someone but is rarely brought up again, if ever. The brutal truth is that some kids will be teased whether their name is Amy or Banana Maureen and some kids won't. The most popular kid in my middle school was named Pierre and I don't ever remember him getting a single comment about it. The least popular kid, on the other hand, was named John, and he was teased mercilessly. You can't hack playground politics.Simon, Eloise/Louise, Faye, Judah, Thea, Felix, Iris, Cordelia, Roscoe, Lydia, Jasper, Phaedra, Adrian, Lucinda, Jane, Conrad, Wallace, Finnegan, Sylvie, Charlie, Dashiell, Juniper, Atlas, Matilda, Julian, Alice, Marlowe, Octavia, Jack, Marigold, Archer, Gabriel, Persephone, Raphael, Dov
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July 30th, 2013 10:01 PM #8
This makes me feel a lot better. I guess I need to stop worrying so much. For now we're not TTC but we enjoy researching names for future use.
I really didn't see all that much name teasing when I was young anyway. In fifth grade a boy moved here from outside of the country. I don't even remember what country he was from, but his name was Daulphin. He was teased for that name. Some of my classmates used to call him Flipper. I think his parents knew that Daulphin would be a hard name to have in the US, because he went by Joshua a lot of the time. He told us he picked that name before he moved here to use if he didn't want to be called his real name. Now that I'm and adult I think it's a little sad he felt he couldn't use his birth name. It sounds silly in the US, but I bet it sounded handsome in his own country and language. He moved a couple of years later and I never heard about him after the fact.
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It fully depends. If it's bothering you, there's a reason for it..like the name is commonly teased. Such as Titus - all I hear is tight a$$, and tit is the abbr. childish? sure, but I promise other people are thinking it. The website in my signature may be of hekp to you.Natacha - mother to Geneva Simone and Marlena CarysRunning all my names past http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/a site that surveys people with the same name.
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when you dont have to think too hard about it
if you look at a name or say it and realize something is 'off' find a variation or move on, not worth the hassle for a person to grow up and live with forever
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This is something that concerns me a lot. I WAS teased for my first name, but I probably would have been teased with any name to be perfectly honest. I was a target.
We've decided to throw caution to the wind and go with a name with some teasing potential for our son. I anticipate we will have much more trouble with adults than he will with his peers. Same with a little Forrest. Kids in kindergarten in 2018 aren't likely to associate your son with a movie made 24 years previously.Mom to Sylvia Caron and Linus Roman


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On Saturday morning we woke up to a glorious blue skies - and a ground frost! Cold not withstanding we decided that it was too good a day to waste much time indoors, we have waited so long for sunshine. So donning warm jackets we headed of to Aldeburgh. It was cooler on the coast of course but we weren't the only ones making the most of the crystal clear blue skies and sunshine. Have you noticed that the sun always seems to put a smile on people's faces? I swear the birds and the animals were smiling too. After a while we moved on elsewhere, but first here's an assortment of photos taken at Aldbeurgh. (The slideshow is sometimes slow to load initially)
Early afternoon and we decided to head inland for a while, we took ourselves off to Captain's wood.
Captain's Wood is a most extraordinary wood quite different to any other wood owned by Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Unlike the dense thicket of the coppices of Bradfield or Combs Woods, Captain's Wood has an open airy feel with space between the trees where fallow deer roam through one of the greatest expanses of bluebells in the county.
We were too early in the year, especially with the late spring, to see bluebells but we did see two herds of fallow deer (at a distance of course.) We also saw lots of butterflies, in particular quite a few peacocks were fluttering about.


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Feast on Equality
Four years ago the University of Louisville's Office for LGBT Services, and a few concerned community members, noticed there was a significant number of students who did not have a place to spend their Thanksgiving holiday. For these students, the cost of being LGBT included the loss of their support system. Their stories led to the first Alternative Thanksgiving event at U of L. The event brought students and community members together for a shared dinner, in a safe and welcoming location. This simple idea of a home-cooked meal and a network of support has become one of the most treasured student events of the entire year.
The Alternative Thanksgiving is entering its fourth consecutive year in 2012 and this year their reaching deeper into our community to grow and expand the care needed for these students. Therefore, they established the Feast On Equality.
The goal of the event is to provide needed financial resources to support University of Louisville students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). The event is being held on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 7pm at the Mellwood Arts Center. It represents the collective commitment of community partners, students, and the Office for LGBT Services at U of L to make sure that every student has the resources they need to succeed in school and have the support they need during the holidays. Some LGBT students approach Thanksgiving with nowhere to spend the holiday because their families reject them. The loss of family support also means a struggle to pay for college and a higher risk for dropping out. The Feast on Equality aims to raise funds to ensure that the university's Office for LGBT Services can meet the needs of these students and create systems of support around them.
The Feast on Equality will feature fine dining and an evening of entertainment. Charla Young, of TV's Power to Change, will serve as master of ceremonies and Wiltshire Pantry will cater the dinner. For tickets or more information, visit www.FeastonEquality.com.
Funds raised will go in support of the C.A.R.E (Community Assistance Resource Engagement) Fund to provide ongoing support for LGBT students at the University of Louisville.
YouthBuild Louisville
YouthBuild Louisville is an education, job and leadership training program designed to help young adults realize their potential. Founded 11 years ago, YouthBuild Louisville has developed a two pronged approach using both classroom and hands on job skills training. The program has graduated 350 participants, helping young adults obtain GEDs and go on to employment and/or post-secondary education. The organization has made a $2.8 million commitment to the Smoketown neighborhood with plans for an expanded campus underway. Within the community, YouthBuild Louisville students have built 10 new homes, rehabbed 15 homes, created 200 community gardens and developed three miles of trails in local parks.
They celebrate Their Vote to Build Strong Young Community Leaders at their 2nd Annual Luncheon and Raffle Extraordinaire, sponsored by PNC Bank on November 6th. The event will to be held at Hotel Louisville, 120 West Broadway from 11:30am to 1pm. WAVE TV's Dawne Gee will Emcee along with Rabbi Joe Rapport from The Temple who will deliver the key note speech.
Tickets are $65 each and tables of 8 are $500. Raffle tickets will also be sold for prizes. Please, visit www.youthbuildlouisville.org or call 502-290-6121 for more information.
Annual Holiday Gift Show
November 13th
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November 14th & 15th
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Wine served daily (not complimentary)
Wednesday and Thursday, Lunch catered by Mastersons (not complimentary)
11am – 2pm
Over 21-years ago, a small group of women with small businesses organized an annual holiday boutique, which has grown into a highly anticipated, well-attended show. Today, over 30 juried vendors participate, consisting of local artists, business owners and KY Crafters. Temptations Holiday Gift Show will be guilt-free shopping for yourself or others showcasing antiques, clothing, gifts, photography, pillows, pottery, paper, stationary handbags, jewelry, foods and more!
Tuesday, November 13 starts off the Holiday Celebration of Shopping and Giving! Bring friends, family or simply yourself to find unique gems and gifts while giving back to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The silent auction, which takes place Tuesday Evening, will benefit this cause.
MS stops people from moving. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) exists to make sure it doesn't. The NMSS addresses the challenges of each person affected by MS by funding cutting-edge research, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional education, collaborating with MS and other health organizations around the world, and providing programs and services designed to help people with MS and their families move forward with their lives. In 2010 alone, through its national office and 50-state network of chapters, the Society devoted $159 million to programs and services that assisted more than one million people. To move us closer to a world free of MS, in 2010 the NMSS also donated an additional $37 million to support 325 new and ongoing research projects around the world and hopes to fund a total of $250 million in MS research from 2011-2015. The NMSS is dedicated to achieving a world free of MS. Join the movement at www.nationalmssociety.org/kyw.
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11/24/1999 (1:20 pm) by chiefgeek
Have you ever used Dialpad.com or any other Web-based phone program to make FREE phone calls? If so, tell me about your experience.
11/24/1999 (2:57 pm) by Anonymous
I've logged over 100 hours of long distance calls and I love it. The only problem I found was busy signals in the evening. I guess this is because the call volumes are too much for the system.
11/24/1999 (3:24 pm) by Anonymous
I have tried it once on a 56k line worked great with only about a half second delay. Need a async sound card for it to work like a real phone.
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11/24/1999 (5:24 pm) by admin
I don't use it much myself to call anyone here in the US but practically everyone i know back home (half the world away) use it all the time to call me up.
In some cases wherein a busy signal occurs, we move over to comp-comp IP telephony using Roger Wilco.
At less than 300kb in size, and excellent voice quality on even a 28k modem, it's well worth the download. (did i mention it's free?)
11/24/1999 (6:21 pm) by Anonymous
I've had very limited success in using the service. Constant busy signals in the evening. The times I have gotten through have taken a little getting used to (delay....) but the quality was fine.
11/24/1999 (6:39 pm) by admin
I haven't had a chance to try Dialpad.com yet, but I have been pretty happy with speak4free.com, which allows one to make free five minute phone-to-phone calls (US to US only). You type the numbers into a webpage, the service calls the first number, plays a short ad, then connects you with the second number. It's pretty cool, but of course, you have to have a phone line free that's not being tied up with the 'net connection... so it's perfect for office (T1) use :)
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11/24/1999 (7:08 pm) by Anonymous
I cannot get it working on my PC. I've loaded and configured everything they said, including trying it with the latest Netscape and IE5. The Tech. Support just returns standard e-mails, not even addressing the error I told them. They said Netscape had a bug that sometimes caused it to go wrong. They just blames others for their software deficiency. I have advice for them, hire some real programs and tech support people and maybe you will be successful. Otherwise, its not worth the time and effort.
11/24/1999 (8:04 pm) by admin
It's got pretty crappy soundcard support, but I guess that's what you get for a young product. I've got two soundcards in my system and it gets confused (I know this must be a pretty rare setup). When it does get up and running, make sure to use headphones or else the person on the phone end hears their voice at about a second of delay. But hey, free long-distance! I just can't wait for international coverage...
11/25/1999 (1:19 pm) by admin
I've used Dialpad for several weeks now to call my
daughter in Seattle. (from St. Petersburg, Russia) Despite some occasional choppiness, the system works really well. The sound quality is actually much better than using the POTS, from here. For Anonymous, who can't get it to work, and blames the software: I'd suggest he stop blaming Dialpad, and look closer at his own setup.
I've run it successfully with IE4, IE5, and Netscape on this feeble old Pentium166.
11/25/1999 (2:12 pm) by Anonymous
We have used Dialpad for several weeks now and have told all our friends and family about it. Although it is a little different than a phone, and takes some getting used to, we love the service. Technical support was very helpful with regards to some problems we were having, and we will upgrade our computer's SDRAM memory to help alleviate some of the choppiness, and crashing that has occured while using the Java-based program. We currently only have 32mbSDRAM and will upgrade to 128mbSDRAM to help smooth things out!
11/29/1999 (4:11 am) by admin
My youngest brother (a.k.a. tech support) and I have used Dialpad and love the service. Our parents are not quite so fond of the service since 'tech support' and I now make numerous lengthy phone calls to them and refuse to hang up because it's FREE!!! It's definitely a great service for those who are so tight they squeak! Squeakin' on outa here...
11/30/1999 (1:48 am) by admin
this is unbeliveable. eventhought the delay conversation occur often, i have saved a lot of money for calling my friends in and out of state.
And since i have been using a calling card which charged me a lot in the first minutes, i can use dialpad to check whether my frieds available or not. And i am just hoping i can use dialpad for international call too.
Thanks dialpad


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" Description: Brand: Kryptonite / Type: Bicycle lock / Sports Genre: Cycling "
I recently gave up driving my car to work as fuel prices have gone through the roof. Since then I've invested a bit of money in my bike and part of that is on a decent lock! Luckily my hospital has "secure" parking facilities and so my bike is not in too much danger but you can never be sure. With this in mind I went down to Halfords and grabbed a Kryptonite U lock and a 4 foot Double loop cable. The cable came to about £12, fairly expensive I felt but I was assured I'd never have to buy one again!
The cable itself is about 1/2" thick and is made of braided steel filaments, and covered with thick clear plastic. At each end of the cable is a loop for attaching the cable to your lock or even itself if you loop it through. Of course the cable is branded with the symbolic orange Kryptonite logo. The cable bends quite easily and takes very little effort to tie around the bike or lamp-post.
As far as security protection goes I'm not sure on the cable. I spent some summers while in college working for an electrical contractor and I'm sure I've cut through worse stuff with only a hacksaw and some effort, never mind a grinder or bolt cutters. That being said, I use it in conjunction with a thick U-Lock which requires another set of tools to remove from my bike so there shouldn't be much of a problem. I would doubt someone would bring that many tools to try and steal my £300 bike! Or at least I hope so...
Typically I use the cable by weaving it through the various parts of my bike and back to the U-Lock, in the hope that I don't lose my front wheel! After use I simply roll it up and tie it together with the supplied velcro strip and pop it in my bag. I've had this cable for about 5 months now and it still looks good as new. I'd say another year of use and it'll still seem perfect.
At the end of the day it depends on how much you value your bike. If you don't care that much about it then I wouldn't bother with this cable and just stick with one lock. If you do like your bike unharmed however then hop down to Halfords and pick one up.
golferinfr's Full Review: Kryptonite 4' Flex Double Loop Cable Bike Lock
Four days ago, my friend who is also in turf/landscaping maintenance called me up with distressing news. He was robbed in the middle of the night and they loaded up his trailer with tons of stuff, all they left behind was the stuff that didn't work. He was in North Carolina winterizing his home down there and came back with empty sheds. His daughter left at 6pm, she is his secretary
Quick thinking and planning this right I went to Lowes I was looking everywhere for what I wanted, sales person said to get linked chain. I know a sharp bolt cutter would go through that like a heated knife through butter. Then he directed me to the locks section of the isle and that's where I seen these. The Kryptonite Flex Cable Loop is a strained cable about a inch thick in circumference and has a thick plastic coating over the cable.
They come in 3 sizes, 4 feet, 10 feet, and 30 feet. I bought me 4 four footer and 3 thirty footers. I also had to buy ten Master Locks. Like I got money that grows on trees. So I made a decision to keep a trailer on my truck at all times and the other trailer take one wheel off and put it on blocks and what I did was use one of the 4' footers and lock the trailer to my peach tree. Using another four footer cable lock through the handles of my chainsaws and my Stihl trimming hedgers and when I finished aligning all my cable I locked them up. The loop that you put the locks through is 3 inches in diameter and easy to stretch a little in case you have a real tight fit. The strained loop is forged in a circle and each loop has a thick plastic protector on it to detour a thief hopefully.
I know nothing a full proof these days. I even put extra lock hasps on my door to slow a thief down. See lawncare equipment is really easy to heist. I heard from a another friend that his buddy went into Walmarts and was parked in the fire lane out front just to pick up a prescription and a truck pulled up next to his and the guys lifted the trailer off his truck and put it on theirs and drove off. The police just write out reports, but they tell you with West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania being just miles apart your equipment can be anywhere. Well I don't want that happening to me.
These Kryptonite Flex Cables are very easy to around your equipment, I can imagine how easy it would be to put around your bike or anything you want to lock up. As explained to me by OpenRoad as I was asking for these links. He gave me his point of view letting me know that this would slow them down and if they are smart and have a 4 inch battery operated grinder they will get in eventually. All I need is one bark from Brutus and my motion lights to come on and put two shells of buckshot in my 12 gauge and we'll see who's the quickest.
Overall assessment. This four foot flex cable is easy to work with. The lock loops are easy to put your locks in. The steel strained cable looks very durable. It is well put together and hopefully will serve it's purpose. The plastic coating also helps as a protection so the steel cable doesn't rust. Price 6.99 U.K.
Thanks for reading !!!
This review originated by me on Epinions.com