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On Tuesday, the Jets began dumping salaries to get under the salary cap. Bart Scott, Calvin Pace, Eric Smith,and Jason Smith were released, saving some $32 million. This is just the beginning, of course.
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On Tuesday, the Jets began dumping salaries to get under the salary cap. Bart Scott, Calvin Pace, Eric Smith, and Jason Smith were released, saving some $32 million.
This is just the beginning, of course. New general manager John Idzik might not be able to fire Rex Ryan, but he's got free rein to fix a depth chart that became burdened with overpriced veterans in recent years. Punt protector and backup quarterback Tim Tebow qualifies. He's set to make $2.6 million in base salary next season and, for any number of reasons, isn't a good fit in New York.
Which is why, according to ESPNNewYork.com's Rich Cimini, the Jets will try to shop Tebow at the 2013 NFL combine in Indianapolis this week. The organization can trade him on March 12, and if nothing comes of that (and, really, we can't imagine there will be much interest), it's reasonable to assume that Tebow will join Scott, Pace and the Smiths among the ranks of the released.
We've written previously that Tebow's best chance at NFL redemption might come in his hometown of Jacksonville, Fla. Except that, last month, new Jaguars general manager David Caldwell slammed the door on any such speculation.
"He is a member of the New York Jets, so I can't imagine a scenario where he would be a Jacksonville Jaguar," Caldwell said during a January press conference. "I can't imagine a scenario where Tim Tebow would be a Jacksonville Jaguar. Even if he's released."
If Tebow hits free agency and can't find any NFL suitors, the consensus seems to be that he should take his game north of the border. But it's not clear he would have success in the Canadian Football League, either.
In Peter King's Tuesday Morning Quarterback mail bag column, reader Chris from Winnipeg offered up a convincing argument why the CFL won't magically solve Tebow's quarterbackin' issues.
"There's a lot of talk about Tebow going to have to come play up here in Canada if he wants to stay a quarterback," Chris wrote King. "I just don't think it will help him. The same positives/negatives would affect him. Sure, his size and running ability would become more of an asset due to the larger field (65 yards wide, 110 long) and smaller defenders (CFL linebackers are more like safeties due to the greater need for coverage) but his throwing issues will be more pronounced. Larger ball, larger field, one less down, and the potential for a much larger weather factor. Just don't think that Tebow has any chance of going Flutie on us up here, then going south again to find success."
Fine points, all of them, but we can't imagine Tebow playing in the CFL for another reason: His image. After all, he wasn't willing to be traded to the Jaguars last offseason. In fact, the best chance to see Tebow in person might be at one of his church-related speaking appearances.
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The era of the remote control is over, according to a presentation on the entertainment control platform (ECP) delivered last week at the Freescale Technology Forum (Orlando, Fla.).
Using the same wireless radios as ZigBee, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (Austin, Texas) has defined a simpler networking protocol for controllers and controlled devices that it claims enables wireless interoperability among multiple consumer electronics appliances from multiple manufacturers--many of which Freescale says will announce ECP-compatible products before Christmas.
"Imagine coming home with a new DVD. You pop it into your player and it comes on, switches the amplifier input to DVD, adjusts the speakers to surround sound, dims the lights for the movie's opening scene--and you still don't know where the remote is," said Victor Berrios, global platform manager and leader of the team that developed the networking software and protocols for ECP over the past two years.
Freescale demonstrated its RF wireless entertainment control platform--including the light-dimming function triggered by DVD insertion--in its digital living room at the forum. For the demo, Freescale engineers equipped components ranging from televisions, receivers and amplifiers to iPods, DVD players and CD players for ECP compatibility. By next year, Freescale promises to be able to build a nearly identical digital living room, but populated with ECP-enabled consumer electronics brands straight off manufacturers' shelves.
ECP is based on networking software and protocols for the IEEE 802.15.4-based communication standard, designed from the ground up for devices with a very long battery life (measured in years) and correspondingly slow data rates. ZigBee wireless mesh networks also use IEEE 802.15.4, so there is a plethora of radio chips available, some of them already packaged with a Freescale microcontroller. Freescale's microcontroller development system software now includes the ECP networking protocols, in addition to the ZigBee protocols already provided, so OEMs can enable interoperable communications among their consumer devices.
"We are still very much behind ZigBee, but when you are communicating among devices within a relatively small area and don't need mesh networking, ZigBee's hierarchical infrastructure is overkill," said Brian Kelly, global market and applications manager of the group that specifies new global products. "What we do is use the identical IEEE 802.15.4 radio chips as ZigBee but implement the entertainment control platform instead."
Today's controllers only send data from the remote to the device, but ECP enables interactive controllers, since it supports two-way communication. By using ECP to specify that a device is a controller, interactive displays are possible. Freescale expects makers of high-end video displays to offload their on-screen programming to LCD-based touchscreens using ECP.
Since ECP is radio-based, it does not require line-of-sight communication, as is necessary for today's infrared remote controls. And because infrared competes with switching transients coming from plasma displays, switching to radio frequencies will solve that problem as well.
ECP specifies more than 16 thousand public commands, but thus far Freescale has only assigned 600 because those were all that were needed to define today's consumer device functions, according to the company. Manufacturers can also specify their own, confidential commands to differentiate their device or enable it to perform special functions.
Three 2.4-GHz channels are used simultaneously among devices, providing enough redundancy for transparent interference elimination, according to the company.
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The platform will roll out on consumer electronics devices this fall, but Freescale isn't yet divulging the details of any design wins or saying how many more announcements will be made before Christmas.
Initially, the products will come with an ECP-compatible remote control. But if the standard catches on, eventually consumers would be able to buy an ECP-compatible device without a remote, since it could be controlled with any other ECP-compatible controller the consumer already owned--or sometimes, as in the DVD-to-dimmed-lights example, without any remote at all.


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Twin Falls Rental Scam, Mr. Rogers Autotune, and Cellular Data Usage – Terry's Weekend Recap
Beware of rental scams in Twin Falls, how much cellular data do you really need, and a Mr. Rogers autotune that will totally get stuck in your head. Here's what Terry was talking about last week.
Mr. Rogers Gets Autotuned In PBS Video
Kids of my generation grew up with 'Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.' He was one of regular fixtures on my television along with 'Sesame Street,' and 'Captain Kangaroo.'
A hip video featuring Mr. Rogers using autotune has been circulating the 'Net and I finally broke down and watched it. I'm so glad I did. Sure the autotune is silly, but the song is everything that made Mr. Rogers great.


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|SalesVantage.com >> Article Archives >> Sales Coaching >> Secrets to Getting the Sales Job You Want
The morning you wake up with the inspiration to begin a job search is a little scary. There is the factor of the unknown. Yet, you pushed yourself outside of your comfort zone to open the doors to new opportunity. It's been a while since you last looked for a new sales home. How do you go from where you are today to a new, fresh opportunity?
Know what you want. In sales, you often work with the profile of your ideal client. The same applies when looking for a job. You need to know what the ideal fit is for your sales pedigree. If you don't know what you are looking for, how will you know when you find it?
Develop your marketing tools. Marketing tools? Yes, that is what a cover letter and resume are all about. When you think of marketing, you also think of messaging. Many forget this when they develop their cover letter and resume. However, these marketing tools communicate a message, a story. The key is to make sure they convey the story you intend.
While the easy thing to do is to create one cover letter and one resume, it is not the most effective way to pursue a new job. As someone who has screened thousands of these documents from sales candidates, I can share with you a little nugget of insight. Hiring managers ask themselves a simple question when they first peruse your cover letter and resume. "Do they want my job or just a job?" We know when you are mass emailing your marketing tools just like prospects know when you mass email them.
In sales, you are taught to make sure your message matches your audience. Sales is not taught as a one-size-fits-all, but rather a template that is adjusted to match the need and circumstance. When prospects feel that they are the sales call of the day, they don't respond. The same applies to hiring managers. Hiring managers are looking to hire people that want to work in their organization. They can feel when someone just wants a job, not necessarily theirs. Thus, when they get that feeling, your candidacy for the job goes into the trash.
The cover letter is one of the first ways it becomes obvious that you are treating this as a mass event. The sales person applies for a specific job, but the cover letter communicates a message that says they want a different job. It is not intentional on the part of the sales person. After all, they paid a copywriter a thousand dollars to create this masterpiece. Copywriters are very helpful to those in need of assistance in creating the story of their background. However, the effective cover letter recipe has three ingredients to it, making it somewhat difficult for the copywriter to unilaterally assist you.
What you've done. The resume is an extension of the cover letter. The message should be the same. Highlight the results and areas of expertise that are most relevant to this opportunity. I'm not suggesting that you leave certain jobs or employment off your resume. However, package each one as best as you can to convey the synergy between you and the company.
From the job posting, you can usually infer what is most important to the sales manager. Those usually can be found in the section of the job description that highlights the candidate requirements for the job. Include bulleted descriptions and statistics that map back to those elements.
While the work to customize these marketing tools may seem huge and painful, it really isn't. Earlier, I mentioned that you should start the search process by identifying the right home for your sales skills. The reason for that recommendation was to give focus to your search. It allows you to laser-in on those opportunities that best match you. Thus, isn't it worth the time investment to customize your marketing tools for those job prospects that are best suited for you? Wouldn't you do the same thing in pursuit of a major prospect? I certainly hope so.
Lee B. Salz is a sales management guru who helps companies hire the right sales people, on-board them, and focus their sales activity using his sales architecture
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S4 pupils accompanied by Mrs Macleod, Mr Oliphant and Mr Watson climbed high on Meall a' Bhuiridh to reach snow on the Winter Skills weekend. Despite poor weather conditions everyone remained cheerful as they learned how to walk in crampons, cut steps and self arrest with ice axes. The instructors praised the pupils' resilience. Later in the day the pupils worked on their climbing skills back at the Ice Factor climbing walls in Kinlochleven. On Sunday the group walked into the Lost Valley in Glencoe and managed to avoid the worst of the weather.
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Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated is reporting that ESPN has hired Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice as an analyst, and that Rice will appear on NFL Live, SportsCenter and ESPN's Audibles show, which will air Thursday nights this fall. On Audibles, Rice will be banter with his former Niners teammate Steve Young.
Rice, who holds NFL records for receptions, touchdown receptions and receiving yards, is scheduled to start his duties on Sept. 15. He is a bad man.


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My fridge was really running low on supplies Wednesday night so I was so glad to be able to pick up on Thursday. Wednesday has been the only night I cooked something. Israeli Brown Rice seasoned well... and popcorn made on the stove with real salt and nutritional yeast to top it. I am feeling really good eating all this raw stuff. I did miss some rice... but the popcorn... I knew if my kids asked me to make it I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off...
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My fridge was really running low on supplies Wednesday night so I was so glad to be able to pick up on Thursday. Wednesday has been the only night I cooked something. Israeli Brown Rice seasoned well... and popcorn made on the stove with real salt and nutritional yeast to top it. I am feeling really good eating all this raw stuff. I did miss some rice... but the popcorn... I knew if my kids asked me to make it I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off...
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- Capt'n Amazing's wife said...
Fabulous! I just bought more lemons yesterday so I could make more cheesy dip and green chips! They are so delicious aren't they? We just can't get enough. I put as my facebook status what I was doing and someone told me I was crazy. HA! I suppose that is how it looks from the outside...But I'm so happy with everything I put in my mouth and how many people can say that? Occasionally we give in to popcorn as well. Nick says he needs something "breadlike" in his diet and this is his quick and easy way of getting it.
Btw I wanted to ask you about pacifiers. I sometimes feel bad about sticking a pacifier in my son's mouth but I can't seem to find any other way to console him at times. Any helpful tips?
- February 6, 2010 at 8:37 AM
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About pacifiers... I assume you use your slings and carriers most of the time? There should be carriers to keep him on your back while you are in the kitchen. Many babies are comforted by this.
Are you comfortable nursing him for comfort. A lot of mothers get the societal message the nursing for comfort is a bad thing. If he nurses absolutely all the time, assuming he is healthy and chunky (and I think he is going by what you share), then a pacifier probably won't compromise your milk supply.
WoW! Raw breastfeeding mother! I can't wait to see how you (and Kristen) introduce solids and how it goes. What healthy babies you'll have.
- February 6, 2010 at 8:59 PM
- Permission to Mother said...
I was looking at my photo from the September share. It amazes me how people think I eat the same thing all the time (fruit and boring salad). None of the veggies and fruit are the same as what I have now!
My husband ate a veggie pattie topped with tomato, avocado, alfalfa sprouts and he had some Quinoa salad. No complaining except he had other meals today that he quietly made himself.
Perhaps quinoa salad and oatmeal would help your husband get his grain fix. I've been eating oatmeal raw for a while I've added it to shakes. I've soaked it Almond Breeze milk and homemade milk overnight to have cereal in the am.
- February 6, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- Capt'n Amazing's wife said...
I did order an Asian back carrier from a lady on etsy and it should be arriving tomorrow! Parker had to be held or worn all day today. I think once I get the new carrier that it will be easier to wear him more and then I won't have to lie him down where he will get fussy.
But today was rough he had this crying spell that I couldn't find a reason for and nothing I did could stop it. The first time it happened I used the binky (he refused the breast) and he calmed down but then the next time I decided he really needed to eat so I was more persistent at getting him to nurse and then he did and fell asleep. This happened again later.
I don't really care if society thinks that nursing for comfort is good/bad/ugly/etc because they aren't in my house paying attention to how I do things. So I just try to do what I think is best for me and my son. It seems like he usually only wants to nurse if he is hungry but maybe that isn't always the case because he nurses frequently during the day...? I don't even bother paying attention too much to how often he nurses, I just make sure it doesn't go too long in between his feedings. But he's always sure to let me know.
Btw what is your opinion of well baby visits? I was recently reading "How to raise a healthy child in spite of your doctor" and that guy is totally against them. We decided against immunizations and I've gone twice to the ped and it just seems totally pointless. I know nothing is wrong with my baby so why am I taking him to the doctor? Last time as we sat in the sterile waiting room, he had to sit there with me and listen to another kiddo screaming his head off because he was getting his shots. Of course that made him cry (he is just so sympathetic, what else can I say?) and I felt bad for bringing him into an environment like that. I wish I could have gone and rescued that poor child from the miserable situation. Sometimes I wonder how parents can stifle their sensitivities so much that when their child screams in such agony and pain that they take the side of the doctor instead of wondering if the shots are really necessary. I guess I shouldn't judge other people though, I suppose they are more susceptible to infections and sicknesses eating the SAD.
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Facing a potential $7 billion loss this fiscal year, postal officials are considering closing nearly 1,000 post offices across the country, including 13 in the D.C. metro area.
The United States Postal Service has seen steep declines in usage in recent years, as former customers ditch snail mail for email, and businesses opt for online customer contact and billpay.
Four of the branches that may end up on the chopping block are in Maryland: the Derwood branch in Rockville, the Capital Heights branch in Bethesda, the Landover Hills office in Hyattsville, and the Silver Spring Center in Silver Spring.
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The Free Widget Foundation (FWF) was first organized in the summer of 1990, as
a grass-roots, all-volunteer effort to generate a publically accessible
repository for X widgets. The goal of the FWF was to gather a set of
powerful, flexible, freely-accessible widgets, assisting programmers to
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In the world of portable vaporizers, the name Magic-Flight has been a hot topic of late – much of it around the product's physical footprint.
Vaporizers, sometimes called "vapes" by professionals, claim to be a healthy alternative to normal flame based smoking and the carcinogens they output. The Magic Flight Launch Box, itself, is a conduction based vaporizer that allows for smoke-less consumption of tobacco and other organic materials in a product that is half the size of a pack of cigarettes. It uses a high-amp, single AA battery to power the device where other portable vaporizes rely on butane or gas based power sources. How the Magic-Flight Launch Box is able to operate at this size is exceptional.
Those down with the handmade movement will appreciate the work and design behind each Launch box. Made from a solid block of maple, the Magic-Flight is said to take one week to assemble and features some unique features including a poly-glass lid that stays closed by a fine metal hook that winds its way through the device and even acts as a grounding point for the battery. We also recommend spending some time in their FAQs to get full run through on the product.
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Neuromuscular incoordination
Clinical Summary
A 46 year old lady complaining of difficulty in swallowing food since last 4 5 years
Had visited many doctors.all blood tests including CT thorax; abdomen; brain; UGIEndoscopy were normal.Thyroid/LFT/RFT were within normal limits
She was ultimately thought to be hysterical/functiona and
even had psychiatry consultations.
A dynamic barium study done under IITV however revealed tertiary contractions( C waves)during active swallowing and was then diagnosed to be suffering from NM inco-ordination.
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The shortest - but by no means easiest ascent to Sicily's second highest mountain starts at Piano Battaglia and traverses the southwestern slope of the mountain. While it covers only 400m of altitude it is very scenic since the south-west slopes tower above the basin between Piano Torre and Portella Colla. The path is not marked but well worn, at least until you get to the summit plateau. The final ascent is a scramble across loose rocks, often avoiding the dense patches of dwarf beeches and the funnel-like dolines which form the landscape on top of the plateau.
As with all high peaks on islands - the weather on Pizzo Carbonara is prone to be very stormy. Our own experience telss us that while at sea level barely a breeze was blowing on to of the mountain you had difficulties of keeping your footing.
Getting ThereSee the Getting there information on the main page. The starting point is Piano Battaglia, to the west of the large meadow.
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- Start altitude: ca. 1605m
- Summit altitude: 1979m
- Prevailing exposure: W
- Type: 2h over narrow paths, on the plateau trail-less
- Protection: A clearly visible path on the slope traverse, path-less near the summits
The route starts in the west of the large meadow at Piano Battaglia. There a narrow trail heads up the slope northwards, crossing the access road and soon heading towards the south-western slope of the Carbonara Massif. There you have near perfect views of the Cervi Group to the west and as far as the western Sicilian Highlands, at least on a clear day. In the cracks between the rocks you can find a multitude of beautiful mountain flowers, among them the rare Orchis Brancofortii, and endemic species, which only grows on Sicily and eastern Sardinia.
The slope traverse ends in a rocky path, which soon enters a large amphitheatre-like doline. Though the ascent to Carbonara should be started at the eastern end of this amphitheatre, it nevertheless is advisable to first hike to the nothern end to sneak a peek down one of the numerous gullies in the west face towards Piano Torre below. Return to the east end of the doline and leave the path here, scramblik up the loose rock in the drection of the main summit.
Here my facility to describe the route fail me as the summit plateau, far from being featureless, conststs of numerous hillocks, funnels, ravines, all with the infernal dwarf beeches netween. Look for a way through these - we walked a half circle, first turning south, then moving east along the crest between two of the funnel-like dolines.


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Syerramia Willoughby: Why are land rights in Africa so important?
Catherine Boone: One reason is that in most African countries, between 50 and 80 per cent of the people depend on land for their livelihood and a place to live. Secondly, land rights and the rules of access and control and allocation of land are really a template for all kinds of social and political relationships in an agrarian society. Finally, many observers have observed that there is an upsurge in land-related conflict across much of sub-Saharan Africa. There is a small debate about how an increase or decrease in conflict is measured, but what we do know is that there seems to be a dramatic upsurge in visible forms of land conflict.
SW: What are some examples of visible land-related conflicts?
CB: There was the expropriation of the commercial farms in Zimbabwe. The ten-year civil war in Ivory Coast was very closely associated to the question of land rights and who had the right to own farmland in the country. Even the genocide in Rwanda had very important land-related dimensions. In all of these situations, land tenure relationships were very important in defining social cleavages and in mobilising people. We can also point to the problems in North and South Kivu in eastern DR Congo, especially those in North Kivu where people are struggling over farmland as well as land issues related to access to mineral resources. These are just some visible land conflicts; of course many conflicts are confined within communities or families and simply fly under the radar.
SW: What did the research for your book involve?
CB: The starting point was the often-repeated premise that land-related conflict in rural areas results from the absence of government. My research argues the opposite position, saying that, in fact, control over almost every inch of farmland and territory anywhere in almost every African country has been subject to a history of governmental interventions and policies. Governments have played a very profound role in structuring control over land.
The book looked at 30 to 35 instances of land conflict in subnational regions of about ten countries, identifying variations in patterns of conflict. I was able to identify the ways in which these differences were shaped by land tenure institutions that were moulded by government.
SW: What were your findings?
CB: The main finding was that these rural localities, districts and regions were tied to central governments in a myriad of overlapping institutional and political ways. Land conflicts are shaped by these institutional arrangements governing land and land access.
SW: What are some examples of these varying links between rural areas and central government?
CB: I studied a large-scale acquisition by outsiders in a peri-urban area in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti region in Ghana. The government had taken 400 acres of land for an infrastructure project. The previous land users were very unhappy because the farmland taken away had been very productive, with citrus groves and cocoa trees. However, in the Ashanti region and much of Ghana, the government gives the authority to allocate land to the chiefs, so the ultimate arbiter of who could take or give this land in Kumasi is the Asantehene. This means that these people had nowhere to go within the structure of the national government to complain. Their main recourse was the chief's council. It may seem that the people with land grievances are forced into a supposedly customary system. However it is only partly customary, because the modern government put these arrangements in place. This is an example of land conflict being kept out of national-level politics with people channelled into the neo-customary system.
We see almost the opposite example in Kiru Valley in northern Tanzania. The government had allocated land to some investors in private sugar-cane estates. The occupying farmers were just as unhappy as their counterparts in Ghana. In this case, however, there are no chiefs and no neo-customary form of politics in that part of the country. They have what I call a statist land tenure regime where the central government itself controls and allocates land. These people first aired their grievances to their MP, then backed an opposition candidate in their area and took their case to court as far as the highest court in the country for land issues. In this case, we see that the land conflict was channelled directly into institutions at the national level.
There were also some cases of dramatic and large-scale violence and destruction like that in southern Ivory Coast over the presence of outsiders. As land grew scarce, people who were indigenous to the area began to resent the presence of "strangers", even though many of these were Ivorians from other parts of the country. Those outsiders had been brought there by the central government: as a result, aggrieved farmers blamed the national government for the presence of these strangers and took their land conflict directly into the political arena. Like the farmers in the Kiru Valley, they backed an opposition candidate who came to power, vowing to resolve their land-related conflict. However, in many other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, when non-indigenous people become the target of resentment because of growing land scarcity, the local people or the local authorities can more or less unilaterally kick them out.
We have seen three ways in which land conflict can arise, yet ultimately the manner in which it develops depends on how the central government insinuates itself into the property relationships.
SW: What sort of impact do you expect this book to have?
CB: I hope this work will have an impact on the study of the politics of land and resource use. More generally, I hope that analysts will become much more sensitive to the role of national institutions in structuring conflict in rural Africa, and more aware of the ways in which property institutions and administrative institutions can create or help mediate conflict.
In study of African politics more generally, I believe that showing how administrative and property institutions reach very deep into rural communities will identify ways in which these institutions structure many forms of politics, such as electoral behaviour, electoral mobilisation and the dynamics of civil war. Until now, these institutional frameworks have been almost invisible.
SW: What future direction will you be taking in this research now you are here at LSE?
CB: I would like to work on land in post-conflict situations in countries like Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Rwanda, Burundi and northern Uganda and do a comparative study, bringing in the experiences of countries like El Salvador, Serbia or Cambodia. I hope to interest some of the East African students in the Department of International Development in doing their dissertations on this topic. It could be the way to start a really interesting comparative project.
I also hope to work with colleagues in the Geography, International Development and Government Departments to explore the ways in which governments project their power across territory to structure property relations, political
Catherine Boone has joined the Departments of International Development and Government at LSE from the University of Texas, Austin after one of the biggest recruitment drives in LSE history.
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A Henderson business received major damage after a fire Saturday night that also caused smoke and water damage to a neighboring business.
Henderson Fire responded about 11 p.m. to Dynamic Spine & Sport Rehabilitation near Windmill Parkway and Pecos Road. Thick black smoke consumed the inside of the business, and a second alarm was called to receive help from Clark County Fire, Henderson Fire Battalion Chief Scott Satterlee said.
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This is an original floral abstract painting created in beautiful shades of orange, maroon, pink, red, yellow and white. It is part of my GeoFlora series, a series of botanical and floral abstract paintings. I use drip and splash techniques to suggest plant life, like wild flowered fields and sea corals.


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I am really starting to panic just a little bit. 🙂 Thanksgiving is only 3 days away! Then, it will be one month to Christmas. This one went by so fast, that I am really worried about the next one. 🙂 I did some shopping yesterday to try to finish up Christmas. I saw the prettiest Garden Sundials for my mother-in-law, they are on my list now. I should talk to her to be sure she wants garden goodies, first. LOL! Anyway. on to the holiday gift guide:
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John Lydon (better known as Johnny Rotten), former lead singer of punk legends the Sex Pistols, must be having a good chuckle right about now, as archaeologists are comparing graffiti the band scrawled on walls of a London flat in the mid-'70s to prehistoric cave art made by early humans, like the famous Lascaux caves in southern France.
According to Dr. John Schofield of the University of York's Department of Archaeology, the eight graffiti cartoons (most of them done by Rotten) are worthy of preservation as heritage pieces, despite their offensive nature. (These are the Sex Pistols after all.) The drawings, discovered behind some cupboards in an apartment the band had rented on central London's Denmark Street, depict members of the Pistols, their manager Malcolm McLaren, and other associates.
Dr. Schofield, apparently not joking, said:
"The tabloid press once claimed that early Beatles recordings discovered at the BBC were the most important archaeological find since Tutankhaman's tomb. The Sex Pistols' graffiti in Denmark Street surely ranks alongside this and — to our minds — usurps it."
I don't get it. Johnny Rotten, probably high on glue at the time, scribbles some images on a wall that look like the handiwork of a two-year-old and he suddenly has the imprimatur of some academics in the journal Antiquity? Maybe they were just bored from scooping all that dirt and wanted to give their profession a shot in the arm? Schofield further elaborates:
"We feel justified in sticking our tongues out at the heritage establishment and suggesting that punk's iconoclasm provides the context for conservation decision-making. Our call is for something that directly follows punk's attitude to the mainstream, to authority; contradicting norms and challenging convention. This is an important site, historically and archeologically, for the material and evidence it contains."
I'm sorry, but Indiana Jones is about as punk rock as archaeology's gonna get.


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Top hitter: George Sisler (St.L. Browns), .420 avg.
Top slugger: Rogers Hornsby (St.L. Cardinals), 42 HRs
Top pitcher: Eddie Rommel (Philadelphia A's), 27 wins
NL MVP: none selected
AL MVP: George Sisler (St.L. Browns), 1B
World Series: New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, 4-0, with one tie.
Pitcher Charlie Robertson of the Chicago White Sox became the first major leaguer in the 20th century to toss a perfect game, shutting down the Ty Cobb-led Tigers in Detroit. It was also just the fifth perfect game ever, and the last until Don Larsen turned the trick for the Yankees in the 1956 World Series. Oddly, Robertson never had a season with a winning record, but the perfect game, in only his fifth career start, flashed his unrealized potential. Arm troubles hindered his career thereafter until he finally bowed out of the game in 1928 with an overall mark of 49-80.
The Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs played the highest-scoring game in major-league history on Aug. 25, with the Cubs finally prevailing in nine innings, 26-23. Given the 49 runs, there weren't all that many hits (51), but 23 walks and 10 errors contributed to the scoring. The Phillies decided not to waste their bullpen when they fell way behind early and only used only two pitchers in the game. The score actually could have been considerably higher, since a total of 25 runners were left on base.
The National League was without a player-manager for the first time since 1900. By 1930 player-managers had disappeared from both leagues, but a scattering of them have been hired in the postwar era, the last being Pete Rose, who did double duty with Cincinnati from 1984 to 1986.
Despite compiling a .401 batting average, Ty Cobb was not the American League batting champion. That honor went to George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns who easily surpassed Cobb with a .420 average. That was the highest average ever achieved by a left-handed hitter in the AL.
Major league baseball's long-held antitrust exemption was conferred in 1922 when the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the National and American Leagues in a lawsuit brought seven years earlier by the rival Federal League. Before reaching the Supreme Court, US District Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis had ruled for the defendants, who were accused of monopolizing star players. Landis, a Cubs fan, was named the sport's commissioner in 1920, after the Federal League had gone out of business. The high court did not consider baseball in violation of interstate commerce statutes and it remains the only professional team sport in the US with an antitrust exemption.


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I'm looking for a place in the Boston/MetwroWest area to have a Bocce event and then a good Italian dinner for a visiting business group of 8.
Yerardi's in Newton used to offer both but I hear they're closed. I'm trying to book with Parks & rec folks in the North End, but they don't reserve the public bocce courts. I'm working on the indoor cours at Steriti Rink as it would be easy to stroll to the North End for dinner.
One option is behind the Sons of Italy in Watertown.
Anyone know of any facilities in the area that might cover Bocce and Italian food in one stop ? I'd like to stay within a 15 mile radius of Natick where the group is staying.
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Allow the man considered the world's best 125-pound fighter to introduce the UFC's new weight class.
Ian McCall can describe the flyweight division with as few as two words.
"Nonstop pace," he said at a news conference Wednesday in Sydney, Australia.
The world's premier mixed martial arts organization will introduce its eighth weight class Friday in the Land Down Under. A four-man tournament for the new championship in the smallest and speediest division takes place on the main card of UFC on FX 2, which airs on television at 6, from Sydney's Allphones Arena.
McCall (11-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) faces former UFC bantamweight top contender Demetrious Johnson (14-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC), while two-time bantamweight challenger Joseph Benavidez (15-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) meets Yasuhiro Urushitani (19-4-6 MMA, 0-0 UFC).
The two winners will square off sometime this summer to crown a champion.
"Going through a camp at this weight, I really feel the difference," Benavidez said of the switch to flyweight from bantamweight. "I gained a certain discipline and focus that I didn't have to have at 135. It feels great. I'm faster and in better condition. It's going to make for a dangerous fighter."
The 5-foot-4 Benavidez and 5-foot-3 Johnson ranked among the top five 135-pound fighters in the world despite an obvious size disadvantage. They were two of the UFC's smallest bantamweight fighters, but stayed in the division because no major MMA promotion offered flyweight.
Johnson recalled snacking on ice cream during training camps for previous fights to keep his weight up. It's taken a refined diet with the 125-pound limit in sight.
"Having the discipline to cut out all the bad stuff in your diet and eating all organic and natural things from the Earth helps you focus more on training," Johnson said. "You're not carrying around the extra 10 pounds."
Like Benavidez and Johnson, McCall also started at the bantamweight division. But after a loss to then-WEC champion Dominick Cruz — who has also beaten Benavidez and Johnson — McCall opted to sign with a smaller promotion to compete at flyweight.
"Uncle Creepy" has gone 4-0 in the two years since, capturing the Tachi Palace Fights flyweight championship in the process. The 5-foot-5 McCall never anticipated fighting in the UFC until matchmaker Sean Shelby sent him a message through Twitter late last year and explained the company's plan to implement flyweight.
"I did the happy dance for five minutes in my kitchen," McCall said. "And then, he just called and told me what was going on. He said don't tell anyone, don't (even) tell your wife."
The first thing McCall did? Yelled for his wife so she could join in on the celebration.
Despite his established dominance at flyweight, McCall enters the fight with Johnson as more than a 2-to-1 underdog in local sports books. It doesn't seem to bother him.
"In this sport," McCall said, "you always have something to prove no matter who you are."
Urushitani, however, is the biggest underdog in the tournament. The relatively unknown Japanese fighter vacated his Shooto flyweight championship belt to join the UFC.
Before the UFC called, the 5-foot-5 Urushitani said through a translator that he was pondering giving up on his dream to fight professionally. He forgot about that and "immediately accepted" the UFC's offer.
"I like to perform as an underdog and I like to beat the guy who is considered greater than me," Urushitani said.
Benavidez is a 9-to-1 favorite over Urushitani. McCall warned it would be foolish to count anyone out in the race for a new UFC championship belt.
"Everyone's super-good for a reason," McCall said. "Everyone's here for a reason. I'm just ready to prove my worth."
Case Keefer can be reached at 948-2790 or [email protected]. Follow Case on Twitter at twitter.com/casekeefer.


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Legal Question in Personal Injury in Texas
My daughter was in a wreck that totaled her car, the other party was at fault and left the scene. The other party was apprehended and charged with dwi, and also was wanted. The at fault insurance company is trying to settle for little of nothing. Do I need to get an attorney?
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Yes. They will try to get the bodily injury claim settled before you can understand that dwi defendants risk punitive damage awards making the cases more valuable than a run of the mill wreck. You should definitely have your daughter speak to a lawyer to understand her rights.
Based on your question, the simple answer is YES. You should consider obtaining a local law firm to assist you with protecting your daughter's interests and rights. There are many items to consider when dealing with a party who may have been under the influence and operating a motor vehicle which resulted in an accident causing injuries.
The above response given is not intended to create, nor does it create an on-going duty to respond to questions. Additionally, the response does not form an attorney-client relationship, nor is it intended to be anything other than an educated opinion. It should not be relied upon as legal advice. The response given is based upon the limited facts provided by the person asking the question. To the extent additional or different facts exist, the response might possibly change.
If you had full coverage and only property damage is involved, you own insurer should pay a fair price less deductible...so you are not relying on other insurer. If anyone had injuries, you need a lawyer..
Yes, you need to consider speaking with an attorney. Drunk driving isn't an accident, it's a choice. These cases should not be settled for less than the policy limits of the drunk driver.


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Chill Out to Cris Cab's 'If You Only Had Today'
See, here's what I like about Cris Cab: The guy knows how to make records with a laidback vibe. Unlike other rappers in the genre that spend way too much time worrying about their Twitter follower number or YouTube swagger, Cab excels at getting down to brass tacks and actually focusing on a high-quality musical product. With barefoot acoustic guitar rifts, punchy sax solos, and a backing band that knows how to actually jam on a reggae off-beat, Cab can set a mood for, say, a beach party in Negril or some simple summertime campfire chillin'. Call it barefoot music. Call it pop-rap. Whatever. It's cool. I dig what this guy is doing and can't wait to see what comes next.
Enough of my preaching. Just nice to have a breath of fresh air in the YouTube-generatio0n music scene every now and then. Here's Cris Cab's " If You Only Had Today." Listen and enjoy.


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Amazon.com has made good on its threat to cut ties with Illinois affiliates because of a new law requiring the online store to collect sales taxes.
Amazon notified its Illinois partners Friday that it will stop doing business with them April 15. It calls the tax law "unconstitutional and counterproductive.
Online retailer Overstock.com said later that it also will cut ties with Illinois-based partners beginning May 1.
Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation Thursday that requires online companies to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases if they have any affiliates based in Illinois. Affiliates are businesses that refer customers to Amazon and Overstock and receive commissions on purchases.
The sales tax always applied to Internet sales. But individuals - not online businesses - were responsible for paying it. Few people did.


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Candidate for WDC superintendent: I didn't withdraw
The Wadena-Deer Creek School Board, when asked why it held no public meetings to choose a superintendent, claimed one of the top two candidates -- Dr. Charles Rick -- withdrew, leaving no choice but to hire Virginia Dahlstrom.
That's news to him.
Reached last week, Rick, superintendent at St. Louis County Schools, said he was surprised by the board's claim that he withdrew.
Rick said he was asked during his interview on Friday, Feb. 1 if he was ready to accept the job on that day. He said he explained he was a candidate for another superintendent job in New Prague, but was still interested in the Wadena-Deer Creek job. Rick said he drove home that night with the idea he was still in the running.
Late that night or early the next morning -- Rick wasn't sure which -- he received a phone call notifying him the WDC School Board had chosen someone else. They went another way, he was told.
WDC School Board Chairwoman Judy Taves, and the district's attorney, Sue Torgerson, said Rick had withdrawn on the day he visited WDC, negating his candidacy for the top spot in the district.
No public meetings were held between Feb. 1 and Feb. 27, when the school board approved an already-signed contract with Dahlstrom. No meeting minutes contain any action of the board to choose Dahlstrom. When asked at the conclusion of the Feb. 27 meeting when a decision had been made to hire Dahlstrom and not Rick, Taves said "one of the candidates was no longer available." She then referred comment to the school board's attorney, Sue Torgerson.
Torgerson said in an interview the following day that the board understood that "they only had one candidate that was still interested."
When asked when the board chose Virginia Dahlstrom, Torgerson said it chose Dahlstrom at the Feb. 27 meeting.
Rick said he was interested in the Wadena-Deer Creek job. After being notified he would not get the job, Rick said he followed through on the process with the New Prague district, and didn't get that job. He remains on the job with St. Louis County Schools in Virginia, Minn., where he is superintendent.


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Americans Cut Back on Driving
Americans cut their driving by more than 112 billion miles over the past 13 months, as the weak economy kept drivers off roads despite lower fuel prices, according to the Federal Highway Administration.
The falling number of miles dwarfs the 49.9 billion decline in the 1970s, a decade characterized by high gas prices, fuel shortages and a recession.
November's decline of 12.9 billion miles, or 5.3%, was the largest for the month since the estimates began in 1971.
Spokesman Doug Hecox said it had been thought that gas prices were the main reason driving levels decreased, but new data suggested that other factors including unemployment and a decline in housing prices were affecting driving patterns.
Mr. Hecox said a steeper drop-off in rural driving showed "an overall shift in American consumer planning to coordinate trips more efficiently." Initially, the agency believed the decline would be greater in urban areas, where there is more access to public transportation.
In November, the South Atlantic and West regions experienced the biggest drop with 6.4% declines from a year ago. It was the third month in a row that the South Atlantic, a bloc of eight states and the District of Columbia, led the nation in declining driving.
Rhode Island led the nation with the largest single-state decline of 12%, with Utah and Vermont posting the next-highest declines of 9.1% and 8.8%, respectively.
Additionally, Mr. Hecox said there seemed to be a desire among the American public to be more "green," with efforts to reduce their carbon footprint reflecting new trend to be more environmentally conscientious.
In July, as gas prices soared, consumers across the country cut back considerably -- slashing trips to the movies or the mall, carpooling, or switching to more-efficient vehicles.
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The tiles come with the map and book. He paid for the tiles out of his own pocket and is trying to get some of the money back, IIRC. Not a bad idea mind you. If you're not a good artist are even a semi-decent one then there isn't much you can do other than contract the work out to someone else.
You know something weird. I actually like it this way. It takes the old 'Look at Paragraph #13' concept in the goldbox games to the next level. I'm reading along as I play. The things I do and visit are only enhanced with a good narrative to go along the way. I look at the book as my DM explaining what I'm seeing and hearing
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Friday, March 17, 2017
Saw Chain Dipper (w/pic)
6 comments:
- Lady Locust said...
Actually, that looks like a handy little tool. It'll probably end up being one of those multipurpose tools that's handy for all sorts of tasks.
- March 17, 2017 at 6:19 PM
- Kathy Felsted Usher said...
Good thinking. You can use this for lots of things.
- March 17, 2017 at 6:54 PM
- Sunnybrook Farm said...
If only you lived close enough to sharpen my chains! I usually end up doing it while taking a break in the woods. Your method should get more life out of the chain. I don't enjoy cutting wood much any more as I have to cut so much of it and it is hard to get to much of the time.
- March 17, 2017 at 7:18 PM
- Gorges Smythe said...
You never know, LL!
We shall see, Kathy!
Mainly, SF, it will make the files last longer.
- March 17, 2017 at 11:23 PM
- Glen Filthie said...
What is your preferred degreaser Gorges?
- March 18, 2017 at 3:56 AM
- Gorges Smythe said...
I used to just use gasoline, Glen, but I've got naphtha now, though I haven't used it yet. I thought it might be even less oily than gas.
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Subject: [DNA] KCAL 9 News Report on using DNA to trace ancestry
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:43:14 -0800 (PST)
Much to my surprise, while watching KCAL, Los Angeles, Channel 9, 10 o'clock news, they announced a segment on tracing your heritage using DNA technology.
They began by discussing how many people are interested in tracing their roots, but by using traditional genealogical techniques, the trail often dead ends somewhere on the East Coast - but there is a way to break through this brick wall - DNA testing.
Using Pat Harvey, the KCAL news anchor, who is African - American, the process from sample collection to analysis was shown. The lab used was Trace Genetics. Ripan Mahli (who has been noted before on this List) was interviewed. The news report indicated that the testing costs between $270 and $500 USD, that it is 98% accurate, and that the results are available in a week.
Before describing Pat's results, they showed an interview with a woman who learned that her ancestors came from a specific region in Africa. Pat's results indicated that her mitochondrial haplogroup was the same as the "Caucasian" scientist who did the testing - both shared an unnamed group that originated in the Middle East in locations such as Iran (presumably "J"?).
Further information is available on the website for the TV station at www.kcal9.com .
The point is that one of the largest TV stations in the second largest city in the USA chose to do a report on the stuff that we all find so fascinating. Clearly a result of this segment is likely to be an increase in the interest in the relationship between DNA and genealogy.
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October 20/17 — Faulty drug tests by Motherisk at the Hospital for Sick Children resulted in tragedy for families in 5 provinces.
For more than two decades, in thousands of cases across Canada, Motherisk's flawed drug and alcohol testing influenced decisions about whether to remove children from their families. Parents who've lost children speak out about the heartbreaking aftermath and experts weigh in on how it all went wrong.
September 25/17 — Thou shall not criticize our drugs.
September 25/17 — Psychiatry ignores an elephant in the room.
August 29/17 — Drug safety advocate concerned over Health Canada 'retreating' from Vanessa's Law.
May 30/17 — Psychiatric drugs killing more users than heroin, cocaine, say health experts.
May 23/17 — Doctors 'too reliant' on depression questionnaire designed by Pfizer, campaigners warn.
May 9/17 — The Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression: still promoted but still unfounded.
May 3/17 — worstpills.org: Researchers fight to undo a depression drug's dark history (subscription-based). It refers to a published study promoting the benefits of citalopram (CELEXA) for the treatment of depression in children and teens, which was never approved by the FDA.
May 3/17 — Citalopram (Celexa) in children and adolescents for depression: What we knew and when.
April 11/17 — How many pills are too many?
March 17/17 — Analysis: Reports of drug side effects see major increase.
January 1/17 — The Daisy Project: Escaping Psychiatry and Rediscovering Love. Daisy's story inspires others to never give up, and to believe that they too can regain control and rediscover the light and love in their own lives.
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Citalopram (Celexa) in Children and Adolescents for Depression: What We Knew and When
Citalopram (Celexa), analogous to paroxetine (Paxil) and the Study 329 story [1], for the management of major depressive disorder (MDD) in children and adolescents is an additional example of promotion trumping the evidence that this drug should not be used in younger populations of patients.
What was known and in plain sight for prescribers since July 1998 when citalopram was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was information contained in the drug's professional product label and other agency documents warning prescribers not to use citalopram in children and adolescents.
The original professional product label for citalopram from July 1998 contained the following statement in the Pediatric Use section of the label:
Safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients have not been established.[2]
Under the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act the sponsor submitted two studies in 2002 seeking additional marketing exclusivity for citalopram. The decision was:
Only one of two clinical studies is positive and this supplement is not approvable.[3]
Exclusivity was granted based on the completion of these two studies.Both of these studies were published. The positive study in June 2004 and the other that found in the treatment of adolescent depression a therapeutic effect for citalopram as compared to placebo could not be found.[4,5] The professional product labeling for citalopram was amended in February 2005. A box warning, the strongest type of caution the FDA can require, was added to the professional product label and contains the following statement:
Celexa is not approved for use in pediatric patients.
The following description of the 2 clinical trials submitted to obtain pediatric exclusivity was added to the Pediatric Use section of the professional product label in 2005:
Two placebo-controlled trials in 407 pediatric patients with MDD have been conducted with Celexa, and the data were not sufficient to support a claim for use in pediatric patients.
The FDA warned prescribers about citalopram and its use in children and adolescents in 1998 and in 2002 found the review of 2 pediatric exclusivity studies did not support the use of the drug in this population of patients for MDD. The FDA concluded its pediatric assessment of citalopram 8 months after the publication of the first citalopram study in 2004 that was positive. Citalopram's label was revised in 2005 to strengthen the warning about the use of the drug in younger populations. [6] The second study, which was negative, appeared in the literature in 2006.
Promotion and the circulation of Wagner's [4] 2004 positive paper appear to be the spark for citalopram's market place success. The prescribing of drugs may largely be a function of promotion and not the quality of available objective useful scientific information.
Resources would be better utilized in improving prescribing that directly impacts patient safety and wasteful drug budgets. Professional product labeling changes; continuing education programs for prescribers; re-analyses confirming old FDA decisions; and calling for journal article retractions have appeared to be uniformly unproductive.
An intervention that has not been fully attempted is directly promoting FDA approved professional product labels and documents and how to use them directly to patients and their families.
1. Sasich LD. Paroxetine and Study 329: what we already knew and when. BMJ. Oct 14 2015; 351:h5411 [Letter].
2. Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Celexa (citalopram) Professional Product Label, July 17, 1998. At https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/1998/20822lbl.pdf. Accessed May 2, 2017.
3. Hearst ED, US Food and Drug Administration. Pediatric Supplement Celexa (citalopram), April 2002. At https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/DevelopmentResources/UCM162562.pdf. Accessed May 2, 2017.
4. Wagner KD, Robb AS, Findling RL, et al. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of citalopram for the treatment of major depression in children and adolescents. Am J Psychiatry. 2004; 161(6):1079-1083.
5. Von Knorring AL, Olsson GI, Thomsen PH, et al. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of citalopram in adolescents with major depressive disorder. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2006; 26(3): 311-315.
6. Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Celexa (citalopram) Professional Product Label, February 2, 2005. At https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2005/020822s29lbl.pdf. Accessed May 2, 2017.
Background by Larry Sasich. Posted with permission.
Antidepressants and Violence
Navy-yard Shooter Aaron Alexis's past fell just short of raising alarm.
- Aaron Alexis was on the antidepressant Trazodone at the time of the shootings.
- The timelines and his calm, organized behaviour are well aligned with someone experiencing an antidepressant-induced psychotic episode:
- Aug 23 — prescribed Trazodone for insomnia.
- Aug 28 — still not sleeping, dosage increased.
- Sept 14 — practiced shooting with shotgun and purchased shotgun.
- Sept 16 — shooting.
- The FDA has several reports on the connection between Trazodone and homicide.
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Cleaning the Interior of the Car
You spend a lot of time in the car every day. Between getting to and from work, heading to the store for groceries, taking the kids to school and picking them up from extracurriculars, and just going out outings for run, it can sometimes seem like its your second home. With all that activity, its no wonder things can start collecting on the floor, the seats, and in the trunk. Smudges and stains can accrue on every surface, and dont even get started on the crumbs and spills left from drive-thru snacking.
You make sure to keep your house tidy, with some help from the Mariannas team. So why shouldnt your car get the same treatment? Take some time to clean out the inside of your car. Once you do, your second home will look and feel brand new!
To begin, gather anything large and loose. Have a trash bag handy to collect junk. Be sure to check everywhere, especially if you have kids. You never know where a tissue or a string cheese wrapper might hide! You will also want to remove anything that really doesnt belong in the car, such as clothing items and toys. Its okay to have one or two of these items in case of emergency, but you should not have enough in there to make your car look like the floor of a messy kids bedroom.
Once the area is clear of debris, bring on the vacuum. A shop vacuum with a chisel head is an ideal way for picking up all the tiny bits of dirt and food hiding between the seats and in hard-to-reach places. Youll also want cleaning cloths to wipe away the dust the builds up around your steering wheel and on the dashboard, not to mention to clean up windows and wipe down any hard surfaces.
Greasy fingerprints and smudges can obscure windows. Just as you would in the house, use a glass cleaner on them. Use those cleaning cloths to buff away any mess and leave those windows streak-free.
If this all seems pretty straightforward, we have a few things in mind you may not have thought of. Those rubber mats on your floor that you use to keep muddy footprints off your cars carpet can be wiped down with soap and water. Upholstery cleaner can be applied to the seats and floor to bring out the best in these surfaces. Once you vacuum away the foam, your seats and floors will look better than they have in years. We also recommend tracking down some dashboard cleaner, which does not harm the plastic components while bringing out a brilliant shine. You can also use this on those rubber mats to help protect them from future grime.
Once youve finished with all the hard work, put the finishing touches on your work. Spray your favorite air freshener in the interior of your car to give it a fresh, clean smell. Or, if you prefer, find your favorite scent of car freshener at your local store. Bonus points if its in a cute shape, like a tree or a cat!
Once youre done, take a good look. Enjoy the sight of a job well done. To help keep your car looking great, consider using car organizers for your belongings and placing a small trash can or two where you and your passengers can easily reach them. And dont forget to keep the outside clean to match!


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Pharoahe Monch ft. Mr. Porter - Haile Selassie Karate
Ethiopia's regent from 1913 to 1930, Haile Selassi is a beloved figure in African history thanks to his political thought and commitment to internationalism, as well as the reforms instituted during his reign. (The Rastafari movement even hailed him as God incarnate, though he didn't share their view.) He was not known for being a master martial artist, but that doesn't stop Pharoahe Monch from busting out some Haile Selassi Karate on a new single off his junior full-length. A dense melange of allusions to politics, spirituality, African history and civil rights struggles, Monch's bars come backed by the chopped-sample boardwork of Samiyam. Mr. Porter of D12 provides hook vocals, and Tim Gregory directs the official visuals, shot in Mitchell's Plain, South Africa. Fans can find Karate and much more on the Booth-acclaimed W.A.R. (We Are Renegades), available in stores and online as of March 2011.


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Lake Roosevelt levels rising for holiday weekend
RESERVOIRS -- The level of Lake Roosevelt was 1248.90 at 9 a.m. today as the lake continues to fill. The Bureau of Reclamation predicts the levels will continue to rise up to 1 foot a day over the next week.
Through the Memorial Day weekend the level of the lake is anticipated to be in the 1250-1253 range.
Daily lake level forecast by phone: (800) 824-4916.
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Johannesburg - The Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) will join striking workers on Thursday at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits).The PYA was calling on university management to address workers' demands to ensure it could focus on educating students, it said in a statement.The PYA consists of the Young Communist League (YCL), the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), the SA Students' Congress (Sasco) and the Congress of SA Students (Cosas).Sasco general secretary Themba Masondo said the PYA planned on Thursday to observe how the negotiations were being held."We will just be showing support to the workers and observing the situation," Masondo said.The delegation would be made up of the general secretaries of these organisations.On Wednesday, Wits staff vowed not to back down from the salary demands they presented to management during a one-day strike on Tuesday.They have demanded a nine percent increase. Management has offered 6.8% for support staff and 7.55% for academics.They have also demanded more funds for research projects, and have complained about a shortage of parking space and child care facilities.The Academic Staff Association of Wits University (Asawu) and the National Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) walked out of talks on Monday. Asawu said it would make the same demands on Thursday.The university said it was waiting for Asawu and Nehawu to give it a counter-offer or give reasons for their rejection of management's proposals.A third union, the Wits Administration, Library and Technical Staff Association (Altsa), signed an agreement on Monday nigt.Wits spokeswoman Shirona Patel said a salary analysis had shown that the institution was currently a "market leader" when it came to academic remuneration."Wits has offered competitive salary packages which have consistently exceeded inflation," she said in a statement.
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Sanitaire release
June 2, 2009
The company is calling its newly-extended warranty program the ""anitaire Promise of Performance" as a means to emphasize its quality commitment to the company's legendary vacuum cleaner models, which are widely known as the most durable and dependable available. The new warranty effectively doubles the warranty on Sanitaire commercial vacuums from one to two full years from the date of purchase.
"We have already enhanced the durability of our products by making numerous improvements in recent months," explains Brad Hoare, General Manager of
and Commercial Brands. "As an example, we developed a longer lasting motor that ensures our vacuum cleaners will stay on the job and out of the repair shop." Eureka
"But we wanted to do more to strengthen our partnership with our customer, and to demonstrate that we stand behind our products to reduce their maintenance costs and downtime," Hoare says. "That's why we're introducing the Sanitaire Promise of Performance, to offer our customers even more confidence that they can depend on Sanitaire to keep performing."
The new two-year warranty on Sanitaire commercial products covers parts, material, workmanship—even labor—making it one of the best in the industry. The warranty covers all models, including the flagship DuraLux® and the new lightweight upright DuraLite®. Models excluded are SC678, SC679 and SC689.
The Sanitaire Brand was recently rated first in quality and durability. Each Sanitaire product is backed by a network of more than 1,500 warranty service centers throughout the
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A member of the Electrolux Home Care Products family since 1974, Sanitaire has earned the reputation as an industry leader by producing the most durable and serviceable commercial upright vacuums in the industry. The current line of Sanitaire vacuum cleaners includes uprights, canisters, back-packs, floor machines, industrial carpet cleaners, air movers and accessories.
Included in the Sanitaire commercial line-up are 13 models which are part of their Green Cleaning Line, a collection offering superior cleaning power and has passed stringent CRI Green Label™ testing for soil removal, dust containment and carpet appearance retention. The Sanitaire Green Cleaning Line is designed to provide commercial environments with cleaner indoor air through higher levels of filtration to achieve a positive environmental benefit.


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How big should I make my E-mail field?
Right now I have 40 characters, but maybe that is too small??
An email address is allowed to have up to 255 characters before the @ and up to 63 characters after so the absolute maximum length it can have is 319. I generally use a varchar (255) to hold email addresses as that only uses as much space as the address actually needs and I have never come across an email address longer than that.
The only difference between a char(40) and varchar(255) is that email addresses longer than 40 will not fit into the first of these - a smaller email address will take up the same amount of space in both since the char(40) will almost certainly be converted by the database itself into a varchar so as to save space.


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Offered for sale is what I believe to be a WWI or earlier HUSSAR CAVALRY REGIMENTAL LANCE PENNANT.It was acquired as part of a large collection and is in excellent condition.
The pennant is of Swallow-Tail configuration. Made of a white cotton, almost muslin like weave body with a black felt Death's Head (Totenkopf). Measures approximately 11 1/4 in. by 29" Has four button holes for fastening around a lance or other form of staff T are no rips, tears, stains or other damage. Below is some Wickepdedia information for your perusal. "Use of the symbol as a military insignia began with the cavalry of the Prussian army under Frederick the Great . Frederick formed Husaren-Regiment Nr.5 (von Ruesch), a Hussar regiment commanded by Colonel von Ruesch. These Hussars adopted a black uniform with a Totenkopf emblazoned on the front of their Mirletons and wore it on the field in the War of Austrian Succession and in the Seven Years' War .In 1808, when the regiment was reformed into Leib-Husaren Regiments Nr.1 and Nr.2, the Totenkopf remained a part of the uniform.During the Napoleonic Wars , when Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , was killed in battle, his troops changed the colour of their uniforms to black, with a Totenkopf on their Shakos in mourning their ... read more


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Power-Button Earrings: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?
For those who want to express their inner geek without going overboard, feast your eyes on these silver power-button earrings. Showcased on tuaw, each pair is handmade and molded from an actual Apple power button. If these pieces of geeky jewelry don't do it for you, you may prefer the bracelet version instead. Do you think they are too geeky? Or would most people not even notice the power symbol? Leave your answer below!


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Hello and welcome to The Woods, the TFL-approved fanlisting for M. Night Shyamalan's 2004 movie, The Village. This site serves as a complement to my original virtual dedication to The Village, Those We Don't Speak Of. The fanlisting has been owned by me, Xaari/Sherry, since March 2009 and was kindly passed to me by the wonderful Sarah. It is listed at my domain, A Fanatic, my collective, Ethereal Roses, and also at The Fanlistings Network in the Movies category.
If you are a fan of The Village, then please consider joining this fanlisting! My goal is to unite as many fans as possible. :)
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